The Disk Verifier add-on to augment Parted Magic's secure erase feature for NIST 800-88 compliance (https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/SpecialPublications/NIST.SP.800-88r1.pdf). Disk Verifier is licensed under the GPLv3.
Buy this tool to verify your disks have been wiped correctly and add NIST 800-88 compliance to Parted Magic's secure erase GUI. This product is in the form of a Parted Magic module (see https://partedmagic.com/adding-programs/) that you can add to your ISO or USB stick.
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Starz Gives Neil Gaiman's 'American Gods' A Series Order
Sarah Muir June 16th, 2015 - 1:30 PM
Starz has given the American Gods adaptation a straight-to-series order.
American Gods is a 2001 urban fantasy novel by Neil Gaiman. The novel has been translated in 30 languages since its release and it won the science fiction and fantasy Hugo and Nebula awards. The drama adaptation comes from FremantleMedia North America, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The novel is about the impending battle between old and new gods. The traditional gods with mythological and biblical roots being to lose believers worldwide to the new contemporary gods that reflect society's love of money, technology, media, drugs, and celebrities.
The novel focuses on Shadow Moon, an ex-con who becomes a bodyguard and a traveling partner to Mr. Wednesday. Mr. Wednesday presents as a conman but is actually an older god who is traveling across the country to recruit forces in preparation for the battle with the new gods, according to Variety.
In a statement about the announcement, Neil Gaiman said, "I am thrilled, scared, delighted, nervous and a ball of glorious anticipation. The team that is going to bring the world of American Gods to the screen has been assembled like the master criminals in a caper movie: I'm relieved and confident that my baby is in good hands. Now we finally move to the exciting business that fans have been doing for the last dozen years: casting our Shadow, our Wednesday, our Laura…"
The series was developed and written by Hannibal creator Bryan Fuller and Kings creator Michael Green. Fuller and Green are also executive producers and showrunners for the adaptation. Gaiman will also executive produce along with FremantleMedia North America's Craig Cegielski and Stefanie Berk. Starz will have pay TV and SVOD rights, but Fremantle will distribute the series in the rest of the world, according to Variety.
In an effort to generate buzz for the adaptation, Starz has started the social media hashtag #CastingShadow, asking fans to weigh in on who should play Shadow Moon.
"Starz is committed to bring American Gods to its legions of fans," said Starz CEO Chris Albrecht in a statement. "With our partners at FremantleMedia and with Bryan, Michael and Neil guiding the project, we hope to create a series that honors the book and does right by the fans, who have been casting it in their minds for years. The search for Shadow begins today!"
American Gods was originally with HBO in 2011 but the project never went forward. Starz put the project in development last summer.
"Almost 15 years ago, Neil Gaiman filled a toy box with gods and magic and we are thrilled to finally crack it open and play," Fuller and Green said in a statement. "We're grateful to have Starz above us and FremantleMedia at our backs as we appease the gods, American or otherwise."
At the ATX Television Festival in Austin, Fuller discussed how the series may differ from the novel, "Neil Gaiman has given us a lot of room to really dig into the characters and he's shared them with us. It's an immigration story really, at its heart, so it feels like we can unpack that in a way that allows us to tell a signature story."
Production on the series will begin as soon as the lead is cast.
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Q: Creating an IntelliJ Module Programmatically I'm trying to make a proper project, like the one setup when you go through the Kotlin wizard or something, but I can't figure it out.
class SpigotKtWizard : ModuleBuilder() {

override fun setupRootModel(modifiableRootModel: ModifiableRootModel?) {}

override fun getModuleType(): ModuleType<*> {
    return SpigotKtModuleType.instance
}

override fun createWizardSteps(wizardContext: WizardContext, modulesProvider: ModulesProvider): Array<ModuleWizardStep> {
    return arrayOf(BuildOptionsStep())
}

override fun createProject(name: String?, path: String?): Project? {
    val project = super.createProject(name, path) ?: return null
    val d = project.baseDir.createChildData(this, "Test")
    File(d.path).writeText("Testing boyyyy")
    return project
}

}
This is what I have currently, and I'm getting this:

But other projects (and specifically, the same design I'm trying to achieve), look more like this:

Is there a page in the docs that I missed?

A: In pic 2 you're displaying a "project" instead of a "module", see the offical doc.
You may want to implement a DirectoryProjectGeneratorBase<YourSettingsBean> and register a (as an example you may refer to this file my julia plugin) directoryProjectGenerator in plugin.xml.
In your implementation of generateProject, you can create files, set files as source root/test root/excluded root by using:
    ApplicationManager.getApplication().runWriteAction {
        val modifiableModel: ModifiableRootModel = ModifiableModelsProvider.SERVICE.getInstance().getModuleModifiableModel(module)
        module.rootManager.modifiableModel.apply {
            inheritSdk()
            contentEntries.firstOrNull()?.apply {
                addExcludeFolder(findOrCreate(baseDir, "out", module))
                addSourceFolder(findOrCreate(baseDir, "src", module), false)
            }
            commit()
        }
        ModifiableModelsProvider.SERVICE.getInstance().commitModuleModifiableModel(modifiableModel)
    }

This should be missing in the doc, BTW. So it's not your fault. But I recommend you to take a look at the existing plugin projects (like the julia plugin mentioned above, the mathemetica plugin or the covscript plugin), which are extremely helpful for new comers.

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January 2014 ! Do you have new goals ?
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Webbers Falls police chief arrested on complaint of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon
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Matthew Crittenden, 35, of Webbers Falls was arrested yesterday and accused of assault and battery with a deadly weapon, according to jail booking reports.
Crittenden is the Muskogee County town's police chief.
According to law enforcement sources, Crittenden is believed to have been intoxicated and pointed a firearm at one of his employees, though the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, which is working the case, has not confirmed that.
UPDATE: The OSBI released the following information:
Agents from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) arrested the chief of the Webbers Falls police department after an altercation with an officer in the department. Matthew Crittenden was arrested on April 29, 2020 and is facing one charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. He was booked into the Muskogee County Jail.
The incident occurred around 11:30 p.m. on April 28, 2020 and involved the chief assaulting one of the officers in his department. Another officer with the police department, who witnessed the altercation, contacted the OSBI and requested an investigation. Based on that investigation, Crittenden was arrested. He will likely face additional charges.
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Nanocatalysts for Suzuki cross-coupling reactions
Aziz Fihri, Mohamed Bouhrara, Bijan Nekoueishahraki, Jean-Marie Basset, Vivek Polshettiwar
KAUST Catalysis Center
Chemical Science
This critical review deals with the applications of nanocatalysts in Suzuki coupling reactions, a field that has attracted immense interest in the chemical, materials and industrial communities. We intend to present a broad overview of nanocatalysts for Suzuki coupling reactions with an emphasis on their performance, stability and reusability. We begin the review with a discussion on the importance of Suzuki cross-coupling reactions, and we then discuss fundamental aspects of nanocatalysis, such as the effects of catalyst size and shape. Next, we turn to the core focus of this review: the synthesis, advantages and disadvantages of nanocatalysts for Suzuki coupling reactions. We begin with various nanocatalysts that are based on conventional supports, such as high surface silica, carbon nanotubes, polymers, metal oxides and double hydroxides. Thereafter, we reviewed nanocatalysts based on non-conventional supports, such as dendrimers, cyclodextrin and magnetic nanomaterials. Finally, we discuss nanocatalyst systems that are based on non-conventional media, i.e., fluorous media and ionic liquids, for use in Suzuki reactions. At the end of this review, we summarise the significance of nanocatalysts, their impacts on conventional catalysis and perspectives for further developments of Suzuki cross-coupling reactions (131 references). © 2011 The Royal Society of Chemistry.
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Fihri, A., Bouhrara, M., Nekoueishahraki, B., Basset, J-M., & Polshettiwar, V. (2011). Nanocatalysts for Suzuki cross-coupling reactions. Chemical Society Reviews, 40(10), 5181. https://doi.org/10.1039/c1cs15079k
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Q: Is there a way to constrain music21's chord detection to non-slash chords? I'm working on a script that takes as input a sequence of MIDI notes and outputs a chord symbol for use in Impro-Visor, an open-source jazz improvisation helper. In order to take advantage of Impro-Visor's large vocabulary of chords I've been trying to add to music21's chord vocabulary--music21 itself will handle the MIDI pitches and the interpretation of most common chords--using the harmony.addNewChordSymbol method, but the system doesn't offer the new chords in its chord detection. For example, if I try this chord from the Harmony module's docs:
>>>harmony.addNewChordSymbol('BethChord', '1,3,-6,#9', ['MH', 'beth'])
>>>c = chord.Chord(['C3','D#3','E3','A-3'])
>>>print(harmony.chordSymbolFromChord(c))
'A-+/CaddD#'

Whereas I would hope in this case to get: 'Cbeth'
Music21 consistently suggests slash chords like the above rather than whatever chord I've tried to add to the vocabulary, presumably because the chord type to the left of the slash--'+', in this case--comes earlier in the OrderedDict in harmony.py. Is there any way to make the chord-detection prefer a custom chord type over these slash chords (which I don't have any way of handling)?

A: I found that just telling music21 you meant for "C" to be the root does the trick. (Otherwise, it will try to stack in thirds and treat "Ab" as the root.) Call .root() like this:
>>> harmony.addNewChordSymbol('BethChord', '1,3,-6,#9', ['MH', 'beth'])
>>> c = chord.Chord(['C3','D#3','E3','A-3'])
>>> c.root(c.bass())
>>> harmony.chordSymbolFromChord(c)
<music21.harmony.ChordSymbol CMH>


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George D. Alan Works with OSHA to Promote Worker Safety and Health
Company: George D. Alan
Location: , Texas
NAICS Code: Caulking (i.e., waterproofing) contractors
SIC Code: 1799
Industry: Waterproofing, Caulking and Moisture Protection - SIC Code: 1799, NAICS Code: 238390
Employees: 40 in 2001; approximately 60 in 2005
Success Brief:
After the George D. Alan Company worked with the Texas On-Site Consultation Program and the Sealant Waterproofing and Restoration Institute, it developed its own Safety and Health Manual, reduced its Workers Compensation premiums and experienced two years with no-lost time.
The Situation:
In February 2001, the George D. Alan Company (GDA) of Dallas, Texas, a small contractor/subcontractor with approximately 40 employees experienced a jobsite fatality (NAICS 236220). While the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) did not issue any safety citations for the fatality-causing incident, the Company expended considerable resources researching the safety and health issues and their affects on the work force to prevent a similar incident from occurring.
To improve its health and safety culture, GDA began by reviewing the safety and health programs of larger companies and organizations in its industry, instituting new safety practices, hiring a full-time safety coordinator and implementing a policy for educating those workers who violated the company's safety and health programs and procedures. In addition, GDA empowered its workers to walk away from situations where they perceived concerns about the safety and health of a jobsite and recognized them for their exemplary safety practices.
In 2003, GDA joined the Sealant Waterproofing and Restoration Institute (SWR Institute).1 Through the OSHA and SWR Institute Alliance2, GDA learned about OSHA's substantial resources available to it for identifying and preventing workplace hazards before injuries or illnesses occur including:
The OSHA On-Site Consultation Program, a free service that small businesses, particularly those in high-hazard industries or involved in hazardous operations, can use to help improve their safety performance. In Texas, the Occupational Safety and Health Consultation Program (OSHCON) is administered by the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation.
The SWR Institute Safety and Health Manual, developed through the OSHA and SWR Institute Alliance, contains basic information on a wide range of important topics within the sealant, waterproofing and restoration industry such as hazard communication, confined space, fall protection, recordkeeping, personal protective equipment, respiratory protection, and scaffolding.
After learning of the OSHA On-site Consultation Program, GDA promptly contacted OSHCON to request a review of the Company's safety and health policies and procedures. In June 2003, a safety and health consultant from OSHCON visited a GDA worksite and worked with supervisors to identify workplace hazards, provide advice on compliance with OSHA standards, and assist in establishing safety and health programs. GDA implemented all of the consultant's recommendations including those involving ladder safety, trenching, and shoring. The interchanges were so beneficial that in 2005, GDA requested safety audits for three additional worksites from the OSHCON as well as training in record-keeping procedures.
The Impact:
Since 2001, GDA has increased the number of people working for the company from 40 to approximately 100 individuals. According to Dan Cain, President of GDA, "Using OSHA's cooperative and assistance programs to create a culture of safety has been essential to GDA. Embracing sound safety practices and sharing those safety practices with other companies has been empowering." Doug DeSilvio, GDA Safety Manager, stated, "Our internal promotion of Outreach Programs has challenged our field crews to take action when hazards exist. Limiting and controlling these hazards has translated into measurable gains for our company."
As a service company, GDA believes that properly prepared workers are more competent, confident, and comfortable performing their jobs. For that reason, GDA ensures that its workers receive training as well as ample personal protective equipment. While working with OSHA, GDA has dramatically improved its safety and health culture and lowered its injury and illness rates. At the time of its initial Consultation visit, the Company's Days Away, Restrictions, and Transfers (DART) rate was 19.2 and its Total Recordable Case (TRC) rate was 19.2, compared to the national industry average of 3.5 and 6.6 respectively. In 2010, the company reported a DART rate of 4.18 and a TRC rate of 5.57 and achieved over 200,000 hours without a lost time injury between July 2009 and September 2010.
According to GDA Safety Coordinator, Bo Bosher, "We've become much safer more quickly than we expected because we have made good use of OSHA and the SWR Institute Alliance. We've modified the SWR Institute Safety and Health Manual and morphed it into our GDA Manual. We've networked with other SWR Institute members and shared safety information and data with them. And, we've sent all of our Spanish-speaking employees to OSHA 10-Hour Construction Outreach Training Program Courses."
OSHA offers a number of resources for businesses and organizations to work cooperatively with the Agency. For more information on OSHA's cooperative programs, please visit Directorate of Cooperative and State Programs (DCSP).
Mr. Dan Cain, President, George D. Alan Company
Developed through the OSHA On-site Consultation Program and the Sealant Waterproofing and Restoration Institute (SWR Institute) Alliance (September 2010).
1SWR Institute is a nonprofit corporation of approximately 230 commercial contractors, manufacturers and consultants engaged in the application, design and manufacture of sealant, waterproofing and restoration products.
2Originally signed in February 2003 and most recently renewed in July 2009, the Alliance between OSHA and SWR Institute provides information and guidance on reducing and preventing exposure to lead and silica as well as emphasizes safety concerns in the areas of confined spaces, fall protection, and staging requirements. Through the Alliance, OSHA and SWR Institute work together to increase access for workers to safety and health information and outreach programs and develop and disseminate injury and hazard information at conferences and events and through print and electronic media.


I've been craving the Fuji-x100 since it came out. The combination of the rangefinder aesthetic and sharp, fixed 35mm equivalent lens have me thinking constantly of how many situations I'd be able to use one in where toting the 5DmkII might be overkill, and the iPhone5 would be underkill.
Luckily enough I've waited long enough that the successor to Fuji's upstart digital rangefinder, the x100s is now available and is going to be my Christmas present this year!
David Hobby's x100s in it's Lo-Fi travel duct-tape camouflage.
1. Canon 5DmkII for assignments and clients and weddings etc.
2. Fuji x100s for holidays, short trips and places where too much gear is a burden.
3. iPhone5 for everything else.
And if you wanted more, a search on Flickr shows plenty of examples by others.
I think my biggest stumbling block is going to be the x100s' excellent in-camera processing and jpeg output. This may mean not shooting RAW files as the increase in shooting speed and flexibility afforded is pretty impressive. I... *think* I'm going to have trouble committing to this over the xmas break and won't have my computer to compare images on, so maybe RAW+jpeg it will have to be.
and so I'm pretty stoked to read that the x100s has a mode for shooting this way too. It should mean higher res and sharper images in this format.
The way the lens flares out is great. The built-in ND filter is good. The ergonomics are very nice. The shooting modes and film emulation is fantastic. The leaf-shutter and wide aperture should mean much more interesting looks outdoors in full sunlight. In short, I cannot wait for Christmas Day this year!!
I hope your Christmas is filled with family, fun, sun and good cheer!


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That Bud's Not for the Planet, nor for me
5,000,000 pages served
Wall Street In Handcuffs!!
By CornsyrupAwareness
( – promoted by buhdydharma )
H/t AP photo
I've been waiting for this!! The Bernie Madoff story was good but I was waiting for a Wall Street arrest on someone who affected all of us. Billionaire Raj Rajarantnam may be that man. He, along with five others were arrested today for alleged insider trading.
The New York Daily News is all over this one.
A piggish hedge fund hotshot who ranks among the world's richest men was charged by the feds Friday with making millions of dollars on insider-trading tips.
Raj Rajaratnam, the billionaire founder of the New York-based Galleon Group, was among six people charged in what federal prosecutors labeled the largest-ever hedge fund insider-trading case.
"The defendants operated in a cozy world of you scratch my back, I'll scratch your back," Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said at a news conference announcing the arrests.
Rajaratnam, who Forbes ranked as No. 559 on its 2009 list of the world's billionaires, was snared in a $20 million insider-trading case touted by the authorities for its first-ever use of court-authorized wiretaps against Wall Street big wheels.
"They may have been privy to a lot of inside information, but there was one secret they did not know – and that was that we were listening," Bharara said.
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Other juicy quotes from that story
"He is not a master of the universe," said Robert Khuzami, director of enforcement for the Securities and Exchange Commission. "He is a master of the Rolodex."
That's by Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara! Wow, what a soundbite, who is this guy? Anyone know of Mr. Bharara's work?
"I'm dead if this leaks," Danielle Chiesi, who worked for the one-time equity hedge fund group of Bear Stearns Asset Management, is quoted as saying. "I'll be like Martha f—— Stewart."
I think MSNBC's show Lockup might be getting some new viewers this weekend, as six of Wall Street's finest think about which prison gang they will be joining for protection.
CornsyrupAwareness on October 17, 2009 at 5:45 am
There's more than one way to bring accountability to Wall Street. We desperately need new regulations, but we can check their greed as well with anti-trust action, collective OUTRAGE, prosecuting crooks, closing tax loopholes. We've gotta make them too big to fail, and too afraid to fail us again.
Underdog on October 17, 2009 at 5:54 am
but let the real major players, i.e., Goldman Sachs, alone. Assuming the SEC works in consonance with Treasury, what is the purpose?
newpioneer on October 17, 2009 at 2:38 pm
you've just decaffeinated my espresso, but I would prefer that every morning include news like this – each and every day, another wall street thief or six behind bars … now, a half dozen bankers or murderers-by-spreadsheet insurance execs in the pokey and I'd be cured of any need for caffein at all!
Lasthorseman on October 17, 2009 at 3:33 pm
Yeah, that would do it.
Jack's Smirking Revenge on October 18, 2009 at 12:35 am
many more to go.
Tell the Feds I got a list of names as well as their crimes if they need help.
How a schmuck like me knows everything all the way down to the details of their crimes and the Feds don't has always been a wonder to me.
Inky99 on October 18, 2009 at 8:37 am
The others? Well, this is sorta like letting the little banks fail. So the big banks can get bigger.
randgrithr on October 18, 2009 at 5:33 pm
This story is BULLSHIT!
"They didn't know we were listening."
YES THEY DID. They just didn't care because for the entire duration of the existence of the warrantless wiretapping program, the listeners have been GOING ALONG WITH IT.
These guys are sacrificial lambs.
I suppose we are all supposed to jump up and down for joy that they "got caught". Indeed, I guess we are supposed to nod our heads wisely and be glad that "they" were "listening".
"They" have been listening ALL ALONG, but there have been no arrests because the listeners have been GOING ALONG with the insider trading and ALLOWING IT TO HAPPEN. Who, I ask you, is policing THEM?
How the fuck do you think Bernie Madoff got away with all the shit he did for DECADES, people? I mean, REALLY!
This investigation and arrest are window dressing to make the general public feel better about warrantless wiretapping. It means about as much as the equally publicized, high profile arrest of Martha Stewart. It's Rovian BS, and it's designed to distract you from other issues.
The Breakfast Club (Building Process) January 11, 2022


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Third Constitution of the Aukumnian Imperium
This Constitution was passed to replace the Second Constitution on the 8th of July, 2019 (the image is a placeholder). It was written to address stylistic inconsistencies in prior Constitutions and deal in the further formalisation of Aukumnia's legal documents. The Table of Contents links to any part of the Constitution, and the text inbetween sections that says "Back to Table of Contents" returns. Black citations lead to definitions, light green citations lead to related parts of the Constitution, blue citations lead to pertaining legislation, purple citations lead to pertaining Court decisions, and orange is for everything else. If you have any questions, comments, suggestions, or criticisms regarding the Constitution and its style, then please contact Xadrius (Xadrya#8539).
ARTICLE I: REGION
SECTION I: SOVEREIGNTY
SECTION II: JURISDICTION
SUBSECTION I: NATIONSTATES
SUBSECTION II: DISCORD
SECTION III: CITIZENSHIP
SUBSECTION I: REQUIREMENTS
SUBSECTION II: RIGHTS
ARTICLE II: THE EXECUTIVE
SECTION I: CHANCELLOR
SUBSECTION I: ROLE
SUBSECTION II: RESPONSIBILITIES
SUBSECTION III: EXECUTIVE POWERS
Executive Shaping
Executive Directives
Executive Veto
Justice Appointments
Declaration of War
SUBSECTION IV: REQUIREMENTS AND SELECTION
SECTION II: FOUNDER
SUBSECTION II: POWERS
SUBSECTION III: EMERGENCY POWERS
SECTION III: COMMISSION FOR AUKUMNIAN ELECTIONS
SUBSECTION I: ROLE AND STRUCTURE
SUBSECTION II: REQUIREMENTS
ARTICLE III: THE LEGISLATIVE
SECTION I: CHAMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES
SUBSECTION III: PROCEDURE
Opening of the Chamber
Dissolution of the Chamber
Speaker Challenge
Speaker Powers and Responsibilities
Representative Powers and Responsibilies
Bill Procedure
Treaty Procedure
Amendment Procedure
Motion Procedure
ARTICLE IV: THE JUDICIAL
SECTION I: IMPERIAL COURT OF JUSTICE
SUBSECTION II: TRIAL AND COURT PROCEDURE
Order of Court Presidence
Trial Procedure
Multiple Defendants
Oath of Truth
Trial Table
Private Trial
Declassification
Trial of Imperial Justice
Unconstitutionality
SUBSECTION III: REQUIREMENTS AND SELECTION
ARTICLE V: ELECTIONS
SECTION I: CHAMBER ELECTIONS
SUBSECTION I: PRIMARY ELECTIONS
SUBSECTION II: BY-ELECTIONS
SECTION II: CHANCELLERY ELECTIONS
SUBSECTION II: EMERGENCY ELECTIONS
SECTION III: OTHER ELECTIONS
SUBSECTION I: FOUNDER ELECTIONS
SECTION IV: POLITICAL PARTIES
ARTICLE VI: ENFORCEMENT
SECTION I: SUPREMACY
SECTION II: AMENDMENT
SECTION III: DEFINITIONS
The Aukumnian Imperium, additionally titled as Aukumnia, Aukum, The Imperium of Aukumnia, or The Empire of Aukumnia, is hereby declared to be a sovereign political and social congregation communionised under the region "Aukumnian Imperium".
In a legal context, usage of any titles inconsistent with the aforementioned titles shall be considered improper.
The seat of government[3] and point of operations on the NationStates site for Aukumnia shall be the region of "Aukumnian Imperium".
No foreign or domestic force may inflict upon the independence of Aukumnia nor claim sovereignty[1] over any bodies legally under the possession of Aukumnia, either Constitutionally or by Act of Chamber[1].
The government[3] of Aukumnia shall have indisputable jurisdiction[2] over the region of "Aukumnian Imperium" and the region of "Aukumnia".
The government of Aukumnia shall have indisputable jurisdiction over the nation of " Aukumnian Office".
Any nations or regions on the NationStates site may by placed under the jurisdiction of Aukumnia by Act of Chamber[1] or Executive Directive[2].
Any Executive Directive establishing control over a region or nation may be contested by a motion of the Chamber of Representatives, which may be initiated by any Honourable Representative. If the motion achieves a two-thirds majority, the Executive Directive shall be struck null.
The government[3] of Aukumnia shall have indisputable jurisdiction[2] over the Official Aukumnian Discord Server[4] (581122908093677578).
Management authority shall be granted to the Founder, as opposed to the Supreme Chancellor; However, laws[10] may be passed regarding the Official Discord Server.
The government of Aukumnia shall have indisputable jurisdiction over any servers that are managed and owned by an Aukumnian citizen[4] that are primarily used for management and administration as part of the Aukumnian government.
Servers declared as classified[3] by someone with the authority to declare classification may exist without the consent or knowledge of the unauthorised members of the Aukumnian government.
Any servers on discord may be placed under the jurisdiction of Aukumnia by Act of Chamber[1].
This may only occur if the individual in possession of the server is a citizen of Aukumnia or the person in possession of the server consents to it.
Once all requirements have been met, an individual will automatically achieve status as a citizen of Aukumnia.
For an individual to become citizen, they must:
Have a nation in the region Aukumnian Imperium or one of her dominions;
Hold membership within the World Assembly;
Endorse the current World Assembly Delegate;
Be a member of the Official Aukumnian Discord[4].
Exceptions to requirements may be made by the Founder, however, they may be overturned by the Chamber of Representatives with a one-half majority.
The executive branch[5] may revoke an individual's citizenship within twenty-four hours of it being granted.
Citizenship may only be revoked if the individual has provably been in violation with NationStates site conduct rules[8] in the past.
Any execution of this power may be contested by a motion of the Chamber of Representatives, which may be initiated by any Honourable Representative. If the motion achieves a one-half majority, the revokement shall be struck null.
Any execution of this power may be reversed by Court Order if they determine there isn't enough evidence to suggest a violation occurred.
The Imperial Court of Justice shall have the power to revoke citizenship for certain criminal violations.
The moment any of these requirements cease to be met, a citizen shall lose their citizenship status.
All non-citizens shall fall into two primary categories:
Diplomats;
Visitors.
Any individuals representing a foreign region shall be considered diplomats.
Anyone who is neither a diplomat or a citizen is classified as a visitor.
All citizens shall be guaranteed the right to speak freely, participate in the active criticism of the government[3], express any views– within the bounds of reasonable discourse.
All citizens shall be guaranteed the right to a just and fair trial.
All law-abiding[9] citizens who have held citizenship for at least one week shall be guaranteed the right to vote freely and participate in all elections.
Persons who have not held citizenship for at least one week shall not be allowed to vote or participate in elections.
SECTION I: SUPREME CHANCELLOR
The Supreme Chancellor shall be the Head of State and Head of Government of Aukumnia.
The primary role of the Supreme Chancellor shall be as head of the executive branch[5].
The Supreme Chancellor shall be responsible for the management of the executive branch[5] in conjunction with any of their appointed Cabinet members.
The Supreme Chancellor shall be responsible for the appointment of Imperial Justices[4].
The Supreme Chancellor shall be responsible for overseeing the Chamber of Representatives in the absence of the Speaker of the Chamber.
The Supreme Chancellor shall have the power to create, dissolve, or edit any Ministries or Departments.
The Supreme Chancellor may freely delegate authority over anything within the realm of the executive branch[5] to any position or body under his oversight.
Any Executive Directives creating or dissolving any body under the executive branch or applying/removing power to/from any executive body may be contested by a motion of the Chamber of Representatives, which may be initiated by any Honourable Representative. If the motion achieves a one-half majority, the Executive Directive shall be struck null.
The Supreme Chancellor shall have the power to issue Executive Directives, also known as E.D.'s.
The Supreme Chancellor shall be required to issue Executive Directives for all executions of their power over the executive branch.
All Executive Directives must be stated or announced[19] publicly. Details may remain private if the Executive Directive is or contains classified[3] material.
The Supreme Chancellor shall have the power to veto[5] any legislation[11] passed by the Chamber of Representatives.
Legislation may only be vetoed within seventy-two hours of passage.
Any veto may be contested by a motion of the Chamber of Representatives, which may be initiated by any Honourable Representative. If the motion achieves a two-thirds majority, the veto shall be struck null[7].
The Supreme Chancellor may contest any overturn of a veto by challenging it to a public vote. The public vote shall be overseen by the Commission for Aukumnian Elections. If the motion achieves a one-half majority public approval, the veto shall return to full effect.
The Supreme Chancellor shall have the authority to appoint Imperial Justices[4] in the face of an empty seat on the Imperial Court of Justice.
All appointees shall face a hearing[6] in the Chamber of Representatives.
All appointments shall require approval from two-thirds of the Chamber of Representatives.
The appointment approval votes shall be proposed directly to the Chamber of Representatives by the Supreme Chancellor when one of the voting floors is open.
The Supreme Chancellor shall have the power to classify, declassify, or reclassify any information to any level.
The Supreme Chancellor shall have the power to propose a declaration of war[7] to the Chamber of Representatives.
A proposal for declaration of war shall require a one-half majority to pass into effect.
The declaration shall be proposed directly to the Chamber of Representative by the Supreme Chancellor when one of the voting floors is open.
For any person to assume, hold, or run for the office of Supreme Chancellor, they must be a citizen[4] of Aukumnia.
The Supreme Chancellor shall be elected once a month.
No persons may hold the office of Supreme Chancellor more than six terms consecutively.
A Supreme Chancellor may not serve as an Honourable Representative or Imperial Justice during their tenure.
The Founder is primarily responsible for maintaining order and stability within Aukumnia in situations of emergency.
The Founder has the power to pardon violators of the law[10].
A pardon will exempt a violator of the law from punishment.
Any pardon may be contested by a motion[7] of the Chamber of Representatives, which may be initiated by any Honourable Representative. If the motion achieves a two-thirds majority, the pardon shall be struck null.
The Founder may declare a State of Emergency, which shall give him the ability to exercise his emergency powers.
A State of Emergency may be struck illegitimate and all actions reversed by Act of Court.
A State of Emergency may only be declared in case of an invasion from foreign powers, insurgency[13], or for the purpose of restoring stability within the region.
The Founder shall indisputably hold the office of Chairman of the Commission[8]
for Aukumnian Elections.
The Founder shall hold indisputable control over the " Aukumnian Founder" nation.
During a State of Emergency, civil liberties may be curbed or restricted as the authorities may see fit for the purpose of restoring order and stability in the region.
During a State of Emergency declared on the grounds of an invasion from foreign powers, institutions of government[3] may not be abolished.
In this situation, all powers of the executive[5] shall be centralised around the Founder and an appointed emergency council.
The Founder and this council shall hold the power to ban citizens[4] who are not in the Imperial Court of Justice, moderate the server freely, and exercise any power over the region on the NationStates site.
All elections may be suspended during this time.
The Court of Justice may override this State of Emergency upon unanimous consensus.
This State of Emergency may only last for two weeks. The Chamber of Representatives may extend it with a two-thirds majority.
During a State of Emergency declared on the grounds of an insurgency[13] or restoring stability to the region, institutions of government[3] may be abolished, with exception to the Imperial Court of Justice.
In this situation, all powers of the executive shall be centralised around the Founder and an appointed emergency council.
The Founder may dissolve or reconvene the Chamber of Representatives.
The Court of Justice may not override this State of Emergency.
This State of Emergency may only last for two weeks. Once the State of Emergency is over, all the institutions shall be restored and fresh elections shall be held.
For any person to assume, hold, or run for the office of Founder, they must be a citizen[4] of Aukumnia and must have been in the region for a period of one month.
The Founder shall serve until resignation.
In the case of resignation, the Founder shall choose a successor to fill the position of Founder.
If no successor is declared, then a public election will be held[9].
The Founder may not be a member of a political party.
The Commission for Aukumnian Elections, additionally titled as the CAE, shall be the body responsible for the management and oversight of Aukumnian elections[10].
The Commission for Aukumnian Elections is led by the Chairman of the Commission.
The Chairman of the Commission shall be the Founder; However, they may delegate their Chairman authority to a Deputy.
The Chairman of the Commission for Aukumnian Elections must have at least two Deputy Chairmen.
The Deputy Chairmen must consist of persons from more than one political party or affiliation. Independent status counts as an affiliation.
The Deputies' primary job is to provide oversight to the Chairman to maintain the sanctity of electoral management and ensure that no laws[10] are being violated.
The Chairman of the Commission for Aukumnian Elections may also, but is not obligated to, appoint additional staff members within the Commission.
If the Chairman of the Commission is a member of the election, then the Deputy Chairmen shall oversee the election.
All members of the Commission for Aukumnian Elections must be citizens[4].
The Chamber of Representatives, additionally titled as the Chamber, shall be the body responsible for the creation of laws[10] binding the structure of government[3] and civilian conduct within Aukumnia.
The Chamber of Representatives shall consist of Honourable Representatives.
The number of Honourable Representatives each term shall be two-thirds the number of candidates for the election of that term.
The Speaker of the Chamber shall be the head of the Chamber of Representatives and will be responsible for its oversight.
The Speaker of the Chamber shall be elected from amongst the Honourable Representatives at the beginning of the Chamber of Representative's term.
The Speaker of the Chamber must be an Honourable Representative.
The Chamber of Representatives shall have all legislative[6] authority vested in them.
The Chamber of Representatives shall have the power to overturn Executive Directives[2] establishing governmental[3] control over a region or nation on NationStates.
The Chamber of Representatives shall have the power to overturn an executive veto[7][11].
The Chamber of Representatives shall have the power to overturn a pardon[7][12].
The Chamber of Representatives shall have the power to vote out a sitting member of the executive branch[5] via a vote of no-confidence.
A vote of no-confidence shall require a two-thirds majority of the Chamber of Representatives.
A motion for a vote of no-confidence may be initiated by any Honourable Representative.
Laws[10] that apply punishment to offenders of crimes listed in bills[12] retroactively, nor laws that apply punishment without the due process under the Imperial Court of Justice they are entitled to, are strictly prohibited from introduction and passage in the Chamber of Representatives.
The Chamber of Representatives' term shall begin with the Opening of the Chamber and end with the Dissolution of the Chamber.
The Opening of the Chamber shall begin within twenty-four hours of the conclusion of the Chamber Primary Elections.
Registration for the Speaker of the Chamber elections shall begin with the Opening of the Chamber.
Registration for the Speaker of the Chamber elections shall be initiated by the Supreme Chancellor, or the Founder if he's absent and will last for twenty-four hours.
The registration shall be open to all and only Honourable Representatives.
Once the registration has concluded, an election will be proposed by the Supreme Chancellor, or the Founder, if the Chancellor is absent, and will last for twenty-four hours or until all Honourable Representatives have voted.
Whichever candidate receives the most votes will become Speaker of the Chamber.
If there is a tie, all tied candidates will be proposed to a further election until a Speaker is chosen.
The Dissolution of the Chamber shall occur twenty-four hours prior to the beginning of the Chamber Primary Elections.
All Honourable Representatives shall lose their seat.
Any queued bills[12] shall be transferred to the docket of the next Speaker of the Chamber.
Any Honourable Representative may challenge the Speaker of the Chamber's office.
If an Honourable Representative challenges the Speaker of the Chamber's office, a Chamber vote shall be put forward by the sitting Speaker of the Chamber– or in his absence, the Supreme Chancellor– between the challenger and the sitting Speaker.
If the challenger receives more votes than the Speaker, they shall become the sitting Speaker of the Chamber.
The Speaker of the Chamber shall have the responsibility to:
Maintain a list of all queued legislation[11] in the order that it was proposed.
Propose legislation, treaties, and motions to the Chamber of Representatives and move it through its legally-mandated stages on-time.
Moderate all conversation and debate within the Chamber of Representatives and maintain the maturity and serious nature of the Chamber.
Ensure that as many Honourable Representative as possible vote.
The Speaker of the Chamber shall have the power to:
Move legislation and treaties through their legally-mandated procedure.
Silence Honourable Representatives for a brief period of time should they become unruly within the Chamber of Representatives.
Propose a motion to reduce the debate time of a bill[12] by any amount of time, which must pass with a two-thirds majority approval of the Chamber of Representatives.
Propose a motion to extend the debate time of a bill by up to twenty-four hours, which must pass with a one-half majority approval of the Chamber of Representatives.
Table a bill that is in debate, which may be contested by a one-half majority of the Chamber of Representatives. The bill must be brought back to the Chamber within seventy-two hours.
In the absence of the Speaker of the Chamber, the Supreme Chancellor, or in his absence, any Cabinet member, shall take over the job of the Speaker of the Chamber. However, the Speaker may delegate his responsibilities to another Honourable Representative if he so desires. If the Speaker is absent for more than seventy-hours without officially declaring a Leave of Absence, a Chamber Speaker election will be held.
All Honourable Representatives shall have the responsibility to:
Vote in all votes that take place in the Chamber of Representatives.
Express all concerns regarding anything at debate within the Chamber of Representatives.
All Honourable Representatives shall have the power to:
Propose a motion to overturn a Supreme Chancellor's veto, which shall require a two-thirds majority approval of the Chamber of Representatives to go into effect.
Propose a motion to overturn a pardon, which shall require a two-thirds majority approval of the Chamber of Representatives to go into effect.
Propose a motion to overturn Executive Directives[2] establishing governmental[3] control over a region or nation on NationStates, which shall require a one-half majority approval of the Chamber of Representatives to go into effect.
Propose a motion to overturn Executive Directives creating or dissolving any body under the executive branch or applying/removing power to/from any executive body, which shall require a one-half majority approval of the Chamber of Representatives.
Propose a motion to overturn a revokement of citizenship by the executive branch[5], which shall require a one-half majority approval of the Chamber of Representatives to go into effect.
Propose a no-confidence vote of any member of the executive branch, which shall require a two-thirds majority no-confidence of the Chamber of Representatives to go into effect.
In passage, that member of the executive branch will lose their seat.
All bills[12] shall abide by the following set procedure:
The Speaker of the Chamber shall propose a bill from the queue to debate once there is no legislation[11] in debate. This proposal will initiate the debate stage.
The author(s) of the bill must be given access to the Chamber of Representatives for the period of time that their bill is in debate. Should any amendments be made to the bill, they must announce[19] it to the Chamber.
Once twenty-four hours of debate have passed, which may be shortened by motion of Speaker, the bill shall go to vote. This will initiate the voting stage.
The voting stage shall last for twenty-four hours or until all Honourable Representatives have voted. At its conclusion, the Speaker of the Chamber shall compile the votes and declare if the bill has passed or failed. A passed bill, which has acquired a one-half majority, shall be considered as a law[10], and be in force.
All treaties shall abide by the following set procedure:
The Speaker of the Chamber shall propose the bill to debate, which shall be given by to the Speaker by the member of the executive[5] in charge of foreign affairs. This shall initiate the debate stage.
The debate stage may last for as long as the Speaker of the Chamber deems necessary, but not more than twenty-four hours.
The member of the executive in charge of foreign affairs shall be given access to the Chamber of Representatives for the period in which the treaty is in debate and vote. All changes made to the treaty must be announced[19] to the Chamber.
Once the debate stage has concluded, the Speaker of the Chamber shall propose the treaty to vote.
The voting stage shall last for twenty-four hours or until all Honourable Representatives have voted. At its conclusion, the Speaker of the Chamber shall compile the votes and declare if the treaty has passed or failed. A passed treaty, which has acquired a one-half majority, shall be officially ratified.
All amendments shall abide by the following set procedure:
The Speaker of the Chamber shall propose an amendment from the queue to debate once there is no legislation[11] or amendments in debate. This proposal will initiate the debate stage.
The author(s) of the amendment must be given access to the Chamber of Representatives for the period of time that their bill[12] is in debate. Should any changes be made to the amendment, they must announce it to the Chamber.
Once twenty-four hours of debate have passed, which may be shortened by motion of Speaker, the amendment shall go to vote. This will initiate the voting stage.
The voting stage shall last for twenty-four hours or until all Honourable Representatives have voted. At its conclusion, the Speaker of the Chamber shall compile the votes and declare if the amendment has passed or failed. A passed amendment, which has acquired a two-thirds majority, shall pass on to the public vote stage.
Should the amendment get a one-half majority approval in the public vote, it shall be considered as in force, and its amendments shall be made to the Constitution.
All motions shall abide by the following set procedure:
The Speaker of the Chamber or Honourable Representative which initiated the motion shall propose it directly to the Chamber of Representatives when there is an open chamber to vote in.
The motion shall proceed until it achieves a necessary majority.
All Honourable Representatives which are online during the vote are required to cast their vote, however, those who do not will not be penalised.
For any person to assume, run for, or hold office as an Honourable Representative, they must be a citizen[4] of Aukumnia.
The Chamber of Representatives shall be re-elected once a month.
No Honourable Representative may hold or assume office as Supreme Chancellor or Imperial Justice during their tenure.
The Imperial Court of Justice shall be the highest Court in Aukumnia and the primary judicial body within the region.
The Imperial Court of Justice shall consist of three members, who shall be referred to as Imperial Justices.
All Imperial Justices shall be appointed by the Supreme Chancellor and shall serve until impeachment or resignation.
All appointments shall require two-thirds majority approval of the Chamber of Representatives to be confirmed.
The "Order of Court Presidence" shall be the legal order by which the presiding Imperial Justice of a Court trial is chosen.
The most senior Imperial Justice within the Imperial Court of Justice shall be the first individual in the Order of Court Presidence, followed by the second most senior, and so on.
If an Imperial Justice in the order is unwilling or unable to preside over the case, it shall go to the next senior member and this process will continue until an Imperial Justice is found who is willing to preside.
If an Imperial Justice is offline or inactive for a period of twelve hours or more, they shall be considered unable to preside over the case.
If an Imperial Justice is on a declared period of leave, they shall be considered unable to preside over the case.
If all Imperial Justices are unwilling to preside over a case, the Supreme Chancellor shall choose an Interim Justice to preside over the case and issue the final verdict.
The Interim Justice shall require two-thirds approval of the Chamber.
The Interim Justice shall be recused of duty following the conclusion of the trial and issuance of the verdict.
After a charge has been filed by a citizen[4] of the Aukumnian Imperium and a Presiding Justice has been chosen, the trial will begin in the Court with the Presiding Justice summoning the prosecution[16]. If the plaintiff[14] in the case is not a Public Attorney, the Presiding Justice shall ask the plaintiff if they have representation, will represent themselves, or would like to be assigned a Public Attorney.
If the plaintiff states that they have representation, the individual representing the plaintiff will be given access to the discord[4] channel in which the trial is taking place and they will be asked to make their opening statements and present relevant evidence.
If the plaintiff states that they would like to be assigned a Public Attorney, the head of the relevant government[3] body assigned the Office of Public Attorneys shall assign a Public Attorney to the case. Once a Public Attorney is assigned, which must occur within twenty-four hours, the Public Attorney will converse with the plaintiff on the case and make their opening statements and present relevant evidence.
If the plaintiff states that they would like to represent themselves in trial, that individual will be asked to make their opening statements and present evidence for their claims.
Once the opening statements have occurred and the evidence has been presented, the defendant[15] within the case will be summoned. The Presiding Justice will first ask the defendant if they plead guilty or not guilty to the accusations at hand. If the defendant pleads guilty, the trial will end and the Imperial Court of Justice will come to a decision. If the defendant pleads not guilty, the Presiding Justice will ask the defendant if they have representation, will represent themselves, or would like to be assigned a Public Attorney.
If the defendant states they have representation, the individual representing the defendant will be given access to the discord[4] channel in which the trial is taking place and will be asked to make their opening statements and present relevant evidence.
If the defendant states that they would like to be assigned a Public Attorney, the head of the relevant Ministry or Department assigned the Office of Public Attorneys shall assign a Public Attorney to the case. Once a Public Attorney is assigned, which must occur within twenty-four hours, the Public Attorney will converse with the plaintiff[14] on the case and make their opening statements and present relevant evidence.
If the defendant states that they would like to represent themselves, the defendant will be asked to make their opening statements and present relevant evidence.
Once both sides have made their opening statements, the Presiding Justice will give both the opportunity to rebuttal and make counter statements until both sides are unwilling or all points have been covered.
The Presiding Justice, at the request of the plaintiff or the defendant, has the authority to call any individual to testify in the trial regarding the case.
Any member of the trial, including an individual brought to testify, may be questioned by the plaintiff and/or the defendant.
The Presiding Justice may find any member of the case in Contempt of the Court for unruly conduct within trial.
An individual found in Contempt of the Court may not participate in Court proceedings anymore within that trial.
If a trial has multiple the defendants, those defendants will be required to find a single individual to represent them or to request a Public Attorney to represent them as a whole.
All members of a trial must be required to take the Oath of Truth prior to testifying before the Court.
The Oath of Truth shall be as follows:
"I swear that the evidence that I shall give, shall be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth."
Violation of the Oath of Truth shall be illegal.
The Imperial Court of Justice may table a Court case to attend to a more important trial with a two-thirds majority consensus of the Imperial Justices.
If a Court case is tabled, it must be reattended to after the more important case has been handled.
In the circumstance that a trial contains government classified[3] information, the Presiding Justice may opt to have a private trial.
A secondary Court channel must be created for a private trial.
Once the trial has concluded and the verdict issued, a transcript shall be privately made of the trial, which shall be stored in the server database channel. The channel in which the trial took place shall be promptly deleted following the private trial.
All members of the trial shall be given access to the classified information relevant to the trial. All members of the trial must be informed of the consequences of disclosing classified information to any unauthorized individual(s).
The Imperial Court of Justice has the power to declassify classified information or order the disclosure of any hidden or private information with a two-thirds majority consensus of the Imperial Justices.
In the case that the defendant[15] or plaintiff[14] departs the region mid-trial, a mistrial shall automatically be declared.
A two-thirds majority of the Imperial Justices may rule to continue the trial in absentia[18].
If a mistrial is declared due to the departure of the defendant, then a retrial shall occur the moment the defendant returns to the Aukumnian Imperium.
If the defendant goes inactive for more than forty-eight hours, then a mistrial shall be declared and a retrial shall occur upon the moment of return.
A Court decision in a trial must always be made with the consensus of two-thirds of the Imperial Justices.
At the end of a trial, the full verdict will be released, which will contain:
The details of the case, including all members of the trial and their role in it.
The background of the case.
The full Court verdict and a small summary, containing whether the verdict was guilty or not guilty and the punishment faced if it was guilty.
If two Imperial Justices are on governmental leave a single Imperial Justice may decide the verdict in the case.
Any Court verdict may be appealed a single time.
A Court verdict may only be appealed within a six-month period.
In the case of a Court verdict being appealed, the appealing citizen shall stand before Court and testify their reasoning.
The Court shall deliberate among themselves and with a two-thirds majority consensus amongst the Imperial Justices may a decision be overturned or altered.
In the case that an Imperial Justice is charged, they shall face a modified decision-making procedure.
The trial shall occur in the same manner that a standard trial occurs.
The selected Jury shall consist of seven Aukumnian citizens.
The members of the Jury shall be chosen by the Founder.
The Jury shall decide whether the defendant[15] is guilty or not guilty, a decision which shall require a one-half majority consensus.
A private jury channel shall be created for jury deliberation.
Rather than the Imperial Court of Justice fully issuing the final verdict, a Jury shall be selected at the very beginning of a trial.
The Presiding Justice shall issue the punishment.
The Imperial Court of Justice may not issue a warning more than once to the same Imperial Justice.
The Imperial Court of Justice may overturn any law[10] passed by the Chamber of Representative or any legislation[11] in debate or vote with a two-thirds majority consensus of the Imperial Justices, if determined unconstitutional.
An overturn may be challenged by any citizen.
The overturn may be repealed by the Imperial Court of Justice with a two-thirds majority consensus of the Imperial Justices.
Nominee Imperial Justices seeking confirmation must be first approved by the incumbent Supreme Chancellor before being required to be subject to a hearing in the Chamber of Representatives.
All prospective and approved Justices must consent to being subjected to a hearing chaired by the acting Speaker of the Chamber with the presence of the rest of the Chamber of Representatives.
During the hearing in the Chamber of Representatives, all acting members of the Chamber are entitled to ask any questions relevant to the prospective Justice's qualification and ability to serve on the court.
Discretion as to what is and isn't relevant belongs to the Speaker of the Chamber.
The prospective Justice is required to answer any and all inquiries forwarded by the Chamber of Representatives in this hearing.
Imperial Justices may not be a member of a political party or organisation.
An Imperial Justice may not serve as an Honourable Representative or Supreme Chancellor during their tenure.
Primary Chamber elections shall end on the fourteenth of every month.
The registration for the elections shall begin one week prior to the primary elections.
All law-abiding[9] citizens shall be allowed to register.
All registrations by law-abiding citizens must be accepted if they meet the required format.
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Vilcabamba, The "Valley of Longevity" Where People Live to Age 100 and Up
Apr 19, 2017 03:30pm GMT+0800
Jean Jacobs
In the southern region of Ecuador, in Loja Province, lies the village of Vilcabamba. Also called the "Valley of Longevity," Vilcabamba is home to inhabitants that live up to 100 years and more. There are people who say that the place, surrounded by lush mountains and clear streams, has all the right conditions for good health and longevity.
Increased tourism in the area has introduced some changes to Vilcabamba. Until recently, the village was isolated and didn't receive any imported goods. People didn't drive cars, and television signals were nonexistent. Today, however, there are satellite TVs, high-speed internet, and vehicles in the area.
Inhabitants of Vilcabamba live up to a hundred, with some reportedly reaching 120 to 135 years old.
Source: María Elisa
Vilcabamba was first introduced to the world in 1973 by Dr. Alexander Leaf of Harvard Medical School. He told the story of the village and its inhabitants in the National Geographic Magazine. A few years later, in 1981, medical journalist Dr. Morton Walker was hired by the Ecuadorian government to make a study of the villagers.
The village is surrounded by lush mountains and fresh streams.
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Water from the village was taken for laboratory analysis, and it was found that Vilcabamba's water contains a unique balance of enriched colloidal minerals, perfect for optimum human health. In his book, The Secret to a Youthful Long Life, Dr. Walker claims that the key to the villagers' long life and good health is the place's mineral-rich waters.
It is believed that the area where Vilcabamba is located has all the elements to bring good health and longevity.
The discovery came as no surprise. Nobel Chemistry Prize winner Dr. Richard Laurence Millington Synge, the man who discovered amino acids, has made claims that the plant life in many places in Ecuador, Vilcabamba included, contains great medicinal qualities. Herbs, roots, and fruits in this area reportedly contain some of the most powerful anti-oxidants in the world.
The exact age expectancy is not yet determined because of some inconsistencies in the villagers' self-reporting of their ages.
Source: Jan Pesula (Sapfan)
There are suspicions, however, about the exact age expectancy of the inhabitants. It is possible that the villagers are inconsistent when reporting their ages. When Dr. Leaf returned to the village three years after his first visit, for example, a man who first claimed to be 122 in 1971 claimed to be 134 years old in 1974.
Despite this limitation in research, it's still clear that the villagers of Vilcabamba live longer than the rest of us.
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Indeed, they have been blessed with a land that nourishes their health.
Source: Tom Caswell
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2 teenage girls face charges after video of toddler smoking vape pen shared on social media
Alex Lasker
Yahoo Now January 15, 2020
An investigation is underway after two teenagers in Pennsylvania shared footage of a 2-year-old boy smoking from a vape pen on Snapchat.
Pennsylvania State Police said Monday that the incident took place between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Jan. 9, as one of the suspects, a 17-year-old female, was babysitting the toddler at a home in St. Clair Township, according to a now-deleted press release.
The second suspect, an 18-year-old girl, is apparently the babysitter's friend. Both are believed to be students in the United School District of Armagh and neither is related to the child victim.
In footage of the incident, the toddler can be seen inhaling from a vape device — which police later discovered contained 3 percent nicotine but no marijuana — as one of the suspects is videotaping him. The second girl can be seen holding up her cell phone near the first suspect's camera, seemingly taking photos of her own, as the child falls over and starts coughing.
Authorities were made aware of the incident by a concerned social media user, who saw the video on Snapchat and reported it to police on Saturday through Safe2Say Something, a youth violence prevention program run by the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General.
Police, in turn, found and alerted both child protective services and the victim's parents, who previously did not know what had transpired that night.
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It was later revealed that the child, "while observed in the video to be coughing after inhaling from the device," did not exhibit any side effects and is expected to be okay.
Both of the suspects are now facing charges for endangering the welfare of children.
The child's mother, who remains unnamed in media reports, told WPXI on Monday that she was "disgusted" by the teenagers' behavior.
"I'm very upset," she said. "I'm in disbelief they'd even laugh or have [the vape] in reach of a child's possession. I'm not trusting anybody anymore to babysit my child. I'm done. I don't even want to put him in daycare. I can't trust anybody anymore."
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Very impressive video! I think noone ever got further than you making a new jj2 game (correct me if I'm wrong). Another important thing is multiplayer (online), do you think you can manage to make that work on the long run?
Indeed, after pretty much all the previous projects we have seen got abandoned.
This is pretty much the first time I am convinced somebody is developing the real deal on the internet. The number of abandoned projects and frauds of promised things on the internet exceeds my counting.
Impressive! While I still have plans to make whole new JJ game, though life gets in the way, my pet feels abandoned, etc., I am impressed. One question: Is this reimplementation of Jazz or Jazz2 engine?
//edit: Also, after engine will be done (as in it could run original game flawlessly), perhaps easier to use level editor would be good? JCS is damn hard - still didn't find out how to set backgrounds (lack of it makes character/enemies/tiles leave ugly "trail") or import custom tilesets.
I haven't really kept an eye on other projects to know anything else than that no complete engine should be around, as you said. I've never written a single line of online code, but damn sure I will try to make online play possible as well.
If you mean by your question whether I'm using any old code, the answer is no. PC is a Jazz 2 engine clone built from ground up without any reverse-engineered code from the original.
I will be writing a new level editor once it becomes relevant enough, and I would need to at some point anyway if I ever wanted to expand the event set beyond the current one. So far the only thing even remotely related is this Qt UI file from July; no code using it exists, it's just a quick (heavily JCS-based) design sketch.
No, I was asking if you are reimplementing DOS Jazz or Jazz 2. But that solved - from video I see it's Jazz 2.
Yeah, but using JCS is still significantly harder, than say RPG Maker's map editor or Tiled.
//edit: Also as I am game developer myself, I know that level editor is usually last thing you do in project like this (reimplementation of old game). If this would be completely new game/new engine, level editor would be implemented along with engine to actually test if it works. But since you have both original Jazz levels and user-made ones to test engine with, this can wait until engine can run any thing original Jazz2 could.
For JJ1 we already have OpenJazz.
Wait, what... you are a game developer yourself, AND you have rather clear ideas of how JCS can be massively improved. Why don't you give it a shot, then? The structure of the J2L and J2T file formats are known.
I'd do that... but I simply don't have time. Already has unity and RPG Maker projects on my head (unrelated to Jazz) and I'm not particularly good at writing level editors.
Layer positioning feels rather accurate for the first time (for all resolutions); background layers were still all over the place in the second video. Before anyone mentions, yes, I know, textured BG still needs a few tweaks.
Awesome. Wrong gems.. But still bridge code!
Very impressive work! I'm new here btw, so hello everyone! I've always been a big fan of Jazz2 prompting me to work on my own sidescrolling game engine as well, only to get sidetracked on other things.
But I'm tidying it up a bit and will post a thread about it shortly. I'll release the source code so perhaps it will be of some use to projects like this.
Welcome to the JCF; fire exits are north, south, and Dennis. Enjoy your stay.
On a less sarcastic note, what programming language are you using?
C++, I'll give the details in my own thread, but I don't seem to have the privileges to create one at this point(because I'm too new?).
Hello and thank you It's always great to see other projects pop up, so if you're planning to improve on yours, good luck Rest assured, you're certainly not the only one who's struggling with sidetracking, I spent a good deal of last year letting my code just sit around while I was playing games and I might be going on a hiatus of a sort due to schoolwork in the near future too. As far as source code goes, I prefer to come up with my own solutions in cases I don't have any means to reference against the original game; that doesn't mean I won't check your code, though.
That must be it as you seem to have been able to do that recently. Restricting new threads to established users, either with a minimum post count or a minimum account age, is a rather efficient (but obviously not failproof) method to curb spambots, so I can see why that restriction is in place.
The readme in there states the most important things about how to get into diving into the code, but as a recap: you will need MS Visual Studio '13, Qt 5.3.0, SFML 2.1, BASS 2.4 (newer versions should logically work too), and to actually run the game, you will need to contact me via a PM with a proof of ownership of the original (at the very least photos with your name + a boxed copy of JJ2, TSF, HH98 or CC will all do), for which I will provide the currently extracted assets in the format currently required by the code.
Also, this certainly doesn't mean I've abandoned the project, but it does mean I've left it untouched for a far too long time.
Hey, remember this project? Surprise, not dead yet.
And an example of a new view model working – it has no use at the moment, so only one view is used regularly for now, but it is there while it wasn't a month ago.
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Thanks for the update! It's cool to see the places where it looks like you intentionally changed the game behavior... turtles walking up and down hills, and I think I noticed some pickups bouncing off a swinging platform at one point?
I'm assuming the tube physics are unfinished, though what I'm not sure is incomplete is the falling physics. Falling seems to go too fast. The falling speed cap should be smaller too. Also launching from springs still looks a bit too fast (no, I didn't use the blooper video as a reference).
Nice to see you working back on the project though. Good luck!
Yeah, some of it is kinda intentional, in the way that when I've tried to implement a feature, it has accidentally ended up with a neat side effect that I haven't tried to (or maybe succeeded to in some cases) remove. I can't remember what my original vision was, but at the moment my strong opinion is that even though I try to be as compatible with the original engine as possible, in the end I'm already at a point that a complete clone would be difficult without revamping most of the inner structures. Their limitations would especially be detrimental if/when it is ever going to go into the territory where completely new features are added in.
I actually listed enemies walking up and down the hills as a bug in the OP (which I should clean up soon), but I might just as well keep it, at least as a default behaviour. Your observation with the coins being bounced by the platforms was correct as well: the platforms have standard collision checking with all actors. Only players can be carried by them at the moment, though – expanding that to other stuff could be something interesting to look into later.
Thanks! I'm assuming you have better knowledge of the physics than I do, so would you mind to elaborate on how tubes seem incomplete? Factors like speeds are fairly easy to change and they've seemed good enough, so I've kept them as is for now and focused elsewhere instead, but if they seem to be off significantly, I might look into them in the future. For the springs, you are probably correct – changing how it works would require some non-trivial changes at the moment, though.
Disclaimer that the above reply to Violet applies to this as well though: being a 100% clone is a very low priority if at all if it comes with a high-cost compromise somewhere else.
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Still looks nicely similar to the original, and it's encouraging to see some progress. I also had the feeling that the physics are "off" in some ways but at some point I suppose the law of diminishing returns kicks in and it's not really worth the effort of getting it pixel perfect. And things like enemies walking up slopes actually allow for more exciting gameplay than vanilla JJ2, so there's that too.
Could you tell a bit more about the end goal of this project? It would of course be nice to have a JJ2-compatible engine that is easier to tweak, but given the existence of JJ2+ (which you are surely aware of) it will probably see little use for playing existing levels. Would it be easy for people to use it as a general purpose 2D engine, for example?
Yeah, I'm aware of JJ2+ (though I have to admit I haven't come around to actually try it out yet). Can't tell if I had heard of it in early 2013 when I first started the project, though.
The point about a general purpose engine is one that I hadn't considered but that seems quite obvious in hindsight. At the moment it is already very easy to replace the graphics and sounds with something else – PC is not tied to any of the JJ2 formats after all but uses its own for everything – and with some minor changes you could already add gameplay elements that transform JJ2 into a new game altogether.
TL;DR: Goal is a mostly compatible open-source engine with main targets as local game modes, extensibility – especially in the future – and the honing of own programming skills.
Before that long break, I had set the first test release to be when the Shareware Demo episode is fully playable, with the exception of a few specific events. That's what I'm still planning to go for, but we'll see if it seems useful enough for me to release something before that. Assuming I can keep the current pace, I'm quite sure getting it there would still be at least a few months away, though.
I'm tracking the list of events left to do for that release in this issue I added yesterday (I had had it in a random text file before that, so it isn't really new). This milestone also collects some (not all) of the bugs and missing features that I'd like to also have fixed/added in at that point.
That is eventually the intention, yes, but not a priority for quite some time now. And thanks!
Wow!Looks promissing.I guess it's gonna be unofficial refreshed Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Open Source Edition.Hey!Will Project Carrot support Android devices and rest unfficial ports like OpenJazz?
All of the libraries I'm currently using do support Android (and iOS), so there's a theoretical possibility. That said, I have zero experience on mobile development, so I'm making no promises at all, and of course, even if it happened, it isn't really high up on the priority list.
Making some progress with pixel-perfect collision tonight.
Last edited by Soulweaver; May 5, 2016 at 11:22 AM.
Really cool. Is there's a GitHub of the thing? I mean, with more developers around it would proceed faster.
Soulweaver you can count on Alister Thomson.Guy who made a open source port of jazz jackrabbit 1.
I do believe you're talking about this?
Thanks. Will look through it to see if I can help with either optimizations or new code.
Yeah, the source code is available and visible there. I don't outright refuse help, but it is discouraged at least for now: there's still still some refactoring ahead which may mix up things, and I am not really tracking too accurately what I am working with at the moment, so it cannot be guaranteed what you'd like to work on actually needs work currently.
openjazz was game(still in actual updates from 2012 to 2015) engine clone for jazz jackrabbit 1,jj2+and project carrotus are game engine clones for jazz jackrabbit 2 as for jazz jackrabbit 3 unofficial patches are over so i guess there's no need for game engines clones for jj3d from unreal engine 1 and jazz jackrabbit advance game engine clone-it's crap from gameboy advance not the best like jazz jackrabbit classics.Unless I found UShock tool for Unreal Engine aka map viewer,but it makes no sense if someone like me wants to make jazz jackrabbit 3 again.
Sounds cool! It'll be great to have JJ2 playable on all three major OSes.
i'm still wondering why's no tcrf.net articles about canceled jazz jackrabbit 2 sequel jj3.Anyways jj2 fangame engine clone is looking great,curious.Now stijn knows my criptic life,but why he's covering/hiding another jazz jackrabbit fangames.No matter what he's planning to ban me permamently.
A great thing about a project like this is the possibility of widescreen support and better antialiasing for the low res graphics... unless pixels is what you're going for. In any case, a modern game. Good work! I really hope this could become the future of JJ2!


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