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Q: Magento 1.9.2.1 error SQLSTATE[23000]: Integrity constraint violation: 1062 Duplicate entry '0' for key 'PRIMARY' I imported database backup through terminal . in terminal it gave error

ERROR 1062 (23000) at line 1016624: Duplicate entry '0' for key
  'PRIMARY'

then I used the below commands to resolve this -
TRUNCATE log_customer; TRUNCATE log_quote; TRUNCATE log_summary; TRUNCATE log_summary_type; TRUNCATE log_url; TRUNCATE log_url_info; TRUNCATE log_visitor; TRUNCATE log_visitor_info; TRUNCATE log_visitor_online;
But still in admin panel I am getting error-

SQLSTATE[23000]: Integrity constraint violation: 1062 Duplicate entry
  '0' for key 'PRIMARY', query was: INSERT INTO
  adminnotification_inbox (severity, date_added, title,
  description, url) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?).

A: Please check your database because it contains duplicate records so it shows "Duplicate entry violation" error

A: Truncating the log tables does not make sense here, as the CONSTRAINT is in adminnotification_inbox table. You could truncate that table (they just contain notification in admin anyway).
However, the issue seems to be that the increment is incorrect (set to 0). You can change this with:
ALTER TABLE adminnotification_inbox AUTO_INCREMENT = {HIGHEST id + 1};

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ASPEN Announces Publication of the Guidebook on Enteral Medication Administration
An essential resource for all clinicians caring for enteral nutrition patients.
Includes more than 160 drug monographs.
SILVER SPRING, Md., NOVEMBER 6, 2018 - Today, the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) announced the publication of the Guidebook on Enteral Medication Administration, a critical resource for healthcare providers managing patients who receive medications through their feeding tubes.
"This Guidebook not only covers the foundational science that underpins enteral medication administration, but also includes specific recommendations for individual medications," said Peggi Guenter, PhD, RN, FAAN, FASPEN, senior director of clinical practice, quality and advocacy, ASPEN. "It pulls together available information from multiple sources into one easily accessible resource. It is the only book in the US focused on safe medication delivery via feeding tubes."
"With the ongoing ENFit® transition, all care providers need to know how to appropriately administer medications via feeding tubes. The easy-to-find information in the Guidebook can support clinicians to deliver medications safely."
Edited by Dr. Joseph Boullata, the Guidebook will be a valuable resource to pharmacists, nurses, dietitians, and physicians involved in managing enteral nutrition patients.
Part 1: Foundational Science
The first section covers enteral access devices, drug interactions with nutrition, foundational principles of drug solubility and bioavailability, and the most current recommendations for drug preparation and administration.
Part 2: Individual Drug Monographs
The second section contains more than 160 drug monographs that summarize pharmaceutical and pharmacokinetic data, review enteral administration and nutrition considerations, and include recommendations on how to prepare and administer each drug.
"A goal of mine has always been to help develop clinicians who are well grounded in science and clinical evidence, who can use this as a basis to form appropriate judgment in practice," said Dr. Boullata. "It is my hope that this Guidebook will contribute toward that goal."
Available as a spiral-bound book or an eBook, the Guidebook on Enteral Medication Administration can be purchased through the ASPEN website.
About American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
The American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) is dedicated to improving patient care by advancing the science and practice of nutrition support therapy and metabolism. Founded in 1976, ASPEN is an interdisciplinary organization whose members are involved in the provision of clinical nutrition therapies, including parenteral and enteral nutrition. With more than 6,500 members from around the world, ASPEN is a community of dietitians, nurses, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, physicians, scientists, students and other health professionals from every facet of nutrition support clinical practice, research and education. For more information about ASPEN, please visit www.nutritioncare.org and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn.
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How to Tell If a Shy Female Likes You
By Arlin Cuncic
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It's easy to know if an outgoing girl likes you. She will give you lots of eye contact, chat up a storm and linger by your side. Shy females, on the other hand, are a lot more difficult to read. If you are getting a lot of mixed signals from the cute girl in your history class, it could be that she is shy.
Nervous and Embarrassed
Shy girls may get more nervous around people they like -- because they want to make a good impression, says etiquette expert and life coach Marie Dubuque in the video segment "How to Tell If a Shy Girl Who Is Inexperienced Likes You" available via YouTube. Watch to see if the shy girl acts differently around you than she does around others. If she blushes, seems uncomfortable and stumbles over words, these could be signs that she likes you. She may even go so far as to avoid you if she is really worried about how she will come across.
An outgoing girl will lock eyes with someone she likes. Not so for a shy girl, says Dubuque. Put on your detective hat and see if you can decipher the signals the girl in your history class is sending. A shy girl may not look at you at all because she is too nervous, she may look at you a lot but always look away when you catch her stare, or she may look around the room in an effort secretly to keep an eye on you. Watch how she behaves with others, and you will get a sense as to whether she is giving special attention to you.
If you are having a lot of trouble deciphering her nonverbal communication, consider going straight to the source -- one of her friends. Find someone who you feel you can trust enough not to spill the beans, and ask if the shy girl is interested in you. Although you risk rejection, you also don't have to spend any more time trying to read mixed signals. The shy girl might even appreciate your direct approach, if it turns out that she does indeed have an interest in you.
Coming on Strong
Some shy women will be more overt with their feelings. She may light up when you are in the room, laugh at everything you have to say and linger by your side. If a shy girl gives you these obvious signals, they are an easy-to-read agenda -- she is interested and wants to get closer to you. Her interest also shows that she likes you enough to be brave in the face of shyness -- a sign that her feelings may be more than casual. When a shy girl comes on strong, her behavior usually matches her level of interest in you.
Thought Catalog: 10 Ways Shy People Flirt
Psychology Today: The Cost of Shyness
Youtube: How to Tell If a Shy Girl Who is Inexperienced Likes You
Arlin Cuncic has been writing about mental health since 2007, specializing in social anxiety disorder and depression topics. She served as the managing editor of the "Journal of Attention Disorders" and has worked in a variety of research settings. Cuncic holds an M.A. in clinical psychology.
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It's such a beautiful day to admire the gifts of nature and to be so grateful for such a blue sky!
So I am kind of on this spinach kick lately as you can see. I'm a huge fan of spinach and love using it in so many dishes, salads, soups, sautés, you name it. There's something magical about cooking an entire head of spinach in a sauté pan and watching it shrivel down to a handful of goodness, toasted with garlic and olive oil.
My favorite grain now is quinoa and I also find ways to use it with many meals. I've often created salads with both quinoa and spinach, along with some feta cheese and toasted walnuts, and just recently found an improved version of my salad creation in Sunset Magazine. A reader had added some lemon and red chili flakes to my same salad, creating a zestier version that's really quite delicious and so easy to make for lunch or as a side dish for dinner.
Cook quinoa according to the package directions. Meanwhile, whisk together the zest, juice, oil, chili flakes, salt, and pepper in a large bowl. Then add washed spinach and onions. Mix in the warm quinoa and sprinkle on top of the salad with the feta.


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Test VoH (Value of Heritage) – test wykonywany w ramach procedury wywozowej, mając na celu ustalenie czy zabytek, dobra kultury, mają szczególną wartość dla dziedzictwa kulturowego. Pozwala na przygotowywanie ocen oraz sporządzanie wyceny obiektu. Test ten jest pomocny dla zrozumienia oraz ujednolicenia pojęcia szczególnej wartości, która to nie jest bezpośrednio zdefiniowana w ustawie o ochronie zabytków i opiece nad zabytkami, a występuje w artykule 52. dotyczącym jednorazowego pozwolenia na stały wywóz zabytku za granice kraju.

Pierwotna wersja testu.
Pierwotna wersja testu została opracowana przez Wojciecha Szafrańskiego – polskiego prawnika, doktora habilitowanego nauk prawnych, eksperta w zakresie runku sztuki. Test VoH został stworzony na początku po to, by ułatwić podejmowanie decyzji w zakresie wydania pozwolenia na jednorazowy wywóz zabytku na stałe za granicę Polski. Stanowił wewnętrzną pomoc dla rzeczoznawców Ministra Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego. Ta metoda oceny rozpowszechniła się, a z czasem zaczęła stanowić niezbędny proces poprzedzający podjęcie decyzji.

Pytania testu:

1.Czy niniejszy zabytek można uznać za istotnie związany z dziedzictwem narodowym?
(Odpowiedź na to pytanie jest twierdząca, jeśli choć na jedno z poniższych podpunktów odpowiedź była twierdząca:)

a) Czy zabytek jest związany z historią i życiem kraju?

b) Czy zabytek ma szczególne znaczenia artystyczne?

c) Czy zabytek ma szczególne znaczenie dla jakiejś gałęzi sztuki, nauki albo kultury?

2. Czy niniejszy zabytek jest reprezentatywny w skali światowej albo krajowej przez swe walory artystyczne, historyczne lub naukowe dla danego okresu, rodzaju lub grupy artystyczno-historycznej, względnie jest prekursorski w skali światowej albo krajowej pod względem stylistycznym, typologicznym lub technicznym?

3. Czy wywóz na stałe niniejszego zabytku za granicę spowoduje, że brak będzie reprezentatywnego w tym zakresie zabytku w publicznych zbiorach polskich?

Jeśli odpowiedź na wszystkie pytania jest twierdząca, oznacza to, że obiekt posiada szczególną wartość dla dziedzictwa kulturowego, zatem decyzja o jednorazowym, stałym wywozie obiektu za granicę podejmowana przez Ministra Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego powinna być negatywna. Dodatkowym czynnikiem dla odmowy jest ustalenie, czy istnieje reprezentatywny odpowiednik ocenianego zabytku w tym zakresie w publicznych zbiorach kraju. Jeżeli nie istnieje, umacnia to tylko przypisaną wcześniej obiektowi szczególną wartość.

(W formie pierwotnej w jakiej powstał test, w momencie, w którym sytuacja dotyczy zakupu obiektu do testu dochodzi pytanie czwarte "Czy niniejszy zabytek winien być zakupiony do publicznych zbiorów?" – jednak obecnie wariant ten nie jest przewidywany do zrealizowania.)

Obowiązująca wersja testu.
Obowiązująca forma testu nieco różni się od pierwotnej. Test jest obecnie przedmiotem w rękach organu wydającego decyzję, zatem właściwego Ministra ds. kultury i dziedzictwa narodowego (w poprzedniej wersji służył on rzeczoznawcom). W chwili obecnej podejmowane są starania, które miałyby usankcjonować rangę testu VoH oraz obowiązek wykonywania go, poprzez wprowadzenie odpowiednich zapisów prawnych.

Pytania testu:

Szczególna wartość zabytku dla dziedzictwa kulturowego może wynikać z:

1. posiadania przez zabytek istotnych związków z dziedzictwem narodowym, przejawiających się w powiązaniach zabytku, jego twórcy lub właścicieli i posiadaczy z historią Polski i Narodu Polskiego;

2. posiadania przez zabytek wyjątkowych cech artystycznych oraz szczególnego znaczenia dla określonej dziedziny sztuki, nauki lub kultury,

3. jest reprezentatywny w skali światowej lub krajowej reprezentatywnym dla danego okresu, rodzaju, grupy artystycznej lub twórczości danego artysty albo prekursorskim pod względem stylistycznym, typologicznym lub technicznym;

Świadectwem na faktyczne stosowanie testu VoH mimo aktualnego jego braku w obowiązujących przepisach prawnych będzie Wyrok Wojewódzkiego Sądu Administracyjnego w Warszawie z dnia 3 grudnia 2020 roku. Dotyczył on stwierdzenia posiadania szczególnej wartości danego środka transportu dla dziedzictwa kulturowego. Wyrok stanowi brak wrażenia zgody na jednorazowy stały wywóz zabytku za granicę orzekając o jego szczególnej wartości. Decyzja organu broni się przede wszystkim obiektywnością podjętej decyzji, dzięki wykonaniu testu VoH przy sporządzaniu oceny. Dzięki temu również organ mógł oddalić zarzut dowolności przy podejmowaniu działań. Sprawa dotyczy wyprodukowanego w 1912 roku pojazdu, który między innymi ze względu na swoją kompletację fabryczną bez przeróbek i modyfikacji, unikatowy stopień zachowania w skali europejskiej, uczestnictwo w wielu wstawach i rajdach zabytkowych, związek z pionierstwem oraz historią motoryzacji w Polsce posiada szczególne wartości dla dziedzictwa kulturowego Polski. Szczegółowe opracowanie postawionych przez test VoH pytań pozwoliło podjąć obiektywną i adekwatną decyzję, wpływającą pozytywnie na stan dziedzictwa narodowego.

Najnowszym etapem ewolucji testu VoH jest wprowadzenie jego treści do projektu zmiany ustawy o ochronie zabytków i opiece nad zabytkami oraz niektórych innych ustaw z dnia 27 lipca 2021 roku. Punkt 47) przewiduje zmiany w art. 52 ustawy, gdzie między innymi dodano ustęp 1b., który brzmi następująco:

Szczególna wartość zabytku dla dziedzictwa kulturowego, o której mowa w ust. 1a, może wynikać w szczególności z:

– Posiadania przez zabytek istotnych związków z dziedzictwem narodowym, przejawiających się w powiązaniach zabytku, jego twórcy lub właścicieli i posiadaczy z historią Polski i Narodu Polskiego;

– posiadania przez zabytek wyjątkowych cech artystycznych oraz szczególnego znaczenia dla określonej dziedziny sztuki, nauki lub kultury;

– z bycia reprezentatywnym w skali światowej lub krajowej dla danego okresu, rodzaju lub grupy artystycznej albo prekursorskim pod względem stylistycznym, typologicznym lub technicznym.

Zapis tego artykułu jest niczym innym jak powieleniem (w nieco zmienionej formie) pytań testu VoH. Dodatkowo inny zapis mówi o tym, że MKiDN nie tylko będzie "mógł odmówić", a będzie musiał to uczynić, w momencie, w którym test jednoznacznie wykaże obecność szczególnej wartości. Dodatkowo oznacza to, że przeprowadzenie serii pytań będzie stanowiło już nie tylko czynność, która była wykonywana w ramach dobrego praktyki – stanie się wymogiem prawnym, niemożliwym do obejścia.

Rodzaje pozwoleń na wywóz zabytku za granicę
1. Wielokrotne pozwolenie ogólne przeznaczone dla muzeów i instytucji kultury,

2. Wielokrotne pozwolenie indywidualne na czasowy wywóz zabytku,

3. Jednorazowe pozwolenie na czasowy wywóz zabytku za granicę,

4. Jednorazowe pozwolenie na stały wywóz zabytku za granicę, które wydaje Minister Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego. Wniosek o ten rodzaj pozwolenia składa się za pośrednictwem odpowiedniego Wojewódzkiego Konserwatora Zabytków. Jest to ten rodzaj pozwolenia, do którego wykonywany jest test VoH na potrzebę ustalenia szczególnej wartości.

Przypisy

Konserwacja i ochrona zabytków w Polsce

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CMT + Seacrest Studios Love "Every Little Thing" about Russell Dickerson!
Country star, Russell Dickerson, made a special visit to Seacrest Studios at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt
Written by Program Manager, Mamie Shepherd
Country star, Russell Dickerson, made a special visit to Seacrest Studios at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt during an extraordinary week - the week his song, "Every Little Thing," hit #1! We were privileged to celebrate that milestone with this country crooner!
Our friends from CMT Radio brought Dickerson to the studio to meet patients. CMT host, Cody Alan, was on hand to interview Russell about everything from life in the country music world to his plans for the holidays.
Russell answered patient questions and gave the studio audience a special performance of his hit song. In a poignant moment, Russell shared his gratefulness in being back in the hospital that saved his sister's life after a bad accident a few years ago. Thanksgiving is the perfect time for us to be appreciative, and Russell's story reminded us of that.
During a week when we are especially thankful, we are grateful for our friends at CMT Radio, and the kindness that Russell Dickerson showed patients in Nashville during his time with us!
Listen to Russell Dickerson's hit song, "Every Little Thing," and follow his events on Instagram at @russelld. Be sure to check out all of the exciting things going on at CMT @cmt and @codyalan.


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That's the good news, a murder plot in Russell County, Alabama, foiled.
Are we surprised that the age of the terrorist is so young, seventeen?
Kudos to the teacher who found Derek Shrout's journal, had the brains to read it. There, in the young man's hand, a plan to kill six students and one teacher. The weapon? Homemade grenades.
Derek is assumed to be a racist. There is nothing Caucasian about six of the seven potential victims.
The seventh he suspected to be gay.
The journal is dated back to the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, a few days after the event. A little over three weeks ago, is all.
In his defense, Derek is saying, "It's fiction!" Police doubt it, believe the young man learned how to make the devices on the Internet. But you know, there are excellent instructions on television shows. They could be wrong.
He apparently collected tobacco cans and liked to fill them up with shrapnel. Dozens of them. But before he filled them up, he punched holes in the cans, ready for fuses.
I hear the clickety-clack of the writers at Burn Notice putting an episode together for next season.
Derek is being charged as an adult with attempted assault.
In a way, I'm glad this happened. Nobody hurt, and all's well that ends well. More exposure to a serious issue.
We learned that when teachers (and parents, too, they are great teachers) pay attention, it pays off. There are a lot of angry, confused kids out there, and unfortunately, anyone can get a weapon. Gun control might help, but what will we do about templates on how to make a bomb?
Kids don't necessarily want to talk, but they do communicate. This kid left a journal out for a teacher to read!
So we could start by listening to our own kids, and to their friends, even the weird ones, especially if they only came over that one time and felt too socially inadequate, maybe, to ever come by again. What ever happened to ____? is what we have to ask Little Joey.
Maybe he's in the garage with tobacco tins. That odd kid collecting nails? Check him out.
My slant on this blog, when it comes to mass murder, at least those we've witnessed in the past seven years, has been to diagnose the perpetrators as likely having suffered paranoid schizophrenia. Not everyone agrees, and readers write to tell me I'm seeing schizophrenia in my sleep, am overly diagnosing. After all, the kids do watch violence on television, and the video games, oy vey, totally encourage aggression.
KILL PEOPLE IN THE PARKING LOT, AND THE SENATOR!
KILL PEOPLE AT THE MOVIE THEATER! DRESS UP LIKE BATMAN! HE'S COOL!
KILL LITTLE CHILDREN IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, BE SURE TO GET YOUR MOTHER, WHILE YOU ARE AT IT, SHE'S EVIL.
AND OF COURSE, KILL YOURSELF.
I'm the first to hate video game addictions, and agree that they do make kids aggressive. No question. But people who murder en masse are probably hearing voices in their heads that instruct them to do it. And yes, the slaughter is premeditated, according to this theory.
It is premeditated because delusions, voices that are heard in a sick person's head, can build with age, strengthen, become louder as the illness progresses, without medication or intervention, until they sing/scream like a choir, a cacophonous one at that. And to shut them up, yes, the sufferer does as he is told, kills others, or attacks, because he is a good soldier, under orders. And then, he rebels, is he hasn't been told to kill himself, too. Or his suicide is the very best way, at the time, to relieve himself from his pain and severe mental anguish. We don't call it mental illness for nothing.
But what goes on with racism? What' is it about homophobia? What's with White Supremacy?
if only they were gone, all would be well!
Tap into the unhappiness of the unhappy masses, give them hope for a better tomorrow. They will believe you.
So no, Derek Shrout probably has no mental disorder, although there will surely be discussion about depression, anger, maybe even borderline personality disorder or anti-social personality.
More than likely he's merely another follower, a believer. A guy who can build himself up by putting other people down.
If we watch the story closely, maybe we'll find out who it is he really wants to impress. Kids look for approval in the craziest ways.
I had read about this young man on the internet yesterday, too. In a way, it would make me feel better if all of these folks who've been committing mass murder were schizophrenic because if they aren't, I'm at a total loss to understand what's going on. I am about to make a gross generalization, but I can't help noticing that for the most part, the people doing these things are white males between the ages of about 16 and 30, roughly, and generally come from what sounds like are middle class backgrounds. If it's not paranoid schizophrenia, then I keep wondering what is happening, what's going on in families that is seems to be leading to such violence?
I was thinking in the past couple of days that as a child, siblings and friends and I often played games of war of one sort or another. We had cap guns and/or were used sticks as pretend guns and we hurled acorns as pretend grenades. We didn't have real guns in our homes, though. And as an adult I've never owned a gun, nor felt the slightest temptation to own one, the point being that my childhood behavior nor did the many things I saw on TV or in movies lead me to plot violence. So I keep wondering, a lot, what's going on that's leading young men toward so much violence?
I am glad that in this particular case, there were people paying attention who stopped this before he did something terrible. We definitely need more people who pay attention to those they have contact with. I can't help thinking that part of the problem with being white, male, young, and of reasonable affluence is that if you're descending into paranoid schizophrenia and no one has quite figured that out yet, you're probably also smart enough to plan and plot, you may have money enough to buy the supplies, and it's relatively easy to get access to the things that allow such a person to follow through, a recipe for disaster.
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There was a teen who managed to get onto a high school campus in California, yesterday, also. He shot a specific person and and adult. I believe, from what I read, he wanted to shoot another person, also.
He was talked into putting down his weapon, by a teacher.
It seems to be the rage (no pun intended, but maybe it should be intended). The underlying anger involved seems to eventually exert itself. Paranoid schizophrenia at its worst? It boggles the mind.


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Nguyen v. Barrett, C.A. No. 11511-VCG (Del. Ch. Sept. 28, 2016) (Glasscock, V.C.)
In this memorandum opinion, the Court of Chancery dismissed post-closing disclosure claims brought by a stockholder of Millennial Media, Inc. (the "Company") challenging the Company's merger with AOL, Inc. (the "Merger"). In doing so, the Court highlighted the limited path to success that plaintiffs have in seeking damages for post-closing disclosure claims.
This action arose from AOL's acquisition of Millennial Media pursuant to a merger agreement and tender offer. Prior to the closing of the tender offer, plaintiff, a stockholder of the Company ("Plaintiff"), filed a complaint challenging the Merger based on a list of roughly 30 disclosure claims. Plaintiff thereafter moved for a preliminary injunction based on one of the disclosure claims, but the Court rejected the motion, finding that the omitted disclosure was immaterial. The tender offer ultimately closed after just over 80% of the Company's shares were tendered, leading Plaintiff to amend his complaint to seek post-closing damages for two of his disclosure claims.
The Court first explained that a plaintiff bringing a post-closing disclosure claim "must allege facts making it reasonably conceivable that there has been a non-exculpated breach of fiduciary duty by the board in failing to make a material disclosure." Plaintiff was thus required to show that the board breached its fiduciary duty of loyalty—that is, that a majority of the board was not independent and disinterested or acted in bad faith—in failing to make certain material disclosures. The Court clarified that this standard differs from the standard applicable to a pre-closing disclosure claim, pursuant to which a plaintiff need only demonstrate "a reasonable likelihood of proving that the alleged omission or misrepresentation is material."
In his first disclosure claim, Plaintiff claimed that the board of directors of the Company (the "Board") made selective disclosure of certain financial projections in the proxy statement for the Merger (the "Proxy"). Specifically, Plaintiff alleged that the Proxy should have disclosed certain unlevered, after-tax free cash flow projections ("UFCF") prepared by the Company's banker, LUMA Securities LLC ("LUMA"), along with the components of the UFCF figures, because all of the components of the UFCF were prepared by Company management and LUMA merely plugged those numbers into a formula without any independent judgment.
The Court, first noting that it already rejected this claim in connection with Plaintiff's motion for preliminary injunction, found Plaintiff's argument unavailing the second time around and dismissed the first disclosure claim. The Court stated that, even if the UFCF disclosures were material, Plaintiff failed to plead facts making it reasonably conceivable that the Board breached its duty of loyalty in failing to make the disclosure.
For his second disclosure claim, Plaintiff alleged that the Proxy's statement that a "substantial portion" of LUMA's fee was contingent upon the consummation of the Merger was inadequate for using the word "substantial" instead of disclosing the precise numerical percentage. Defendants argued that not only was this claim meritless, it had been waived because Plaintiff pled this disclosure claim in his first amended complaint, but abandoned it during the course of the proceedings. Plaintiff countered that recent case law indicates a disposition towards addressing disclosure claims post-closing and that he otherwise adequately preserved the right to pursue his claims post-closing.
Rejecting Plaintiff's arguments, the Court clarified that disclosure claims should generally be brought pre-closing because the Court has an interest in ensuring that a fully informed stockholder vote take place. The Court further noted that this interest provided the Court with a "salutary incentive" to consider disclosure claims that were pled but not pursued pre-closing to be waived. Ultimately, the Court held that, regardless of the waiver issues, the second disclosure claim lacked merit because precedent case law indicates that it is sufficient for a company to disclose that a "substantial portion" of a banker's fee was contingent on completion of a transaction, "absent some indication that the fee was exorbitant or unusual, or otherwise improper." The Court also reiterated that, even if such a disclosure were inadequate, Plaintiff did not point to any facts suggesting that the disclosure was made disloyally or in bad faith.
The Court's holding therefore confirmed that disclosure claims brought post-closing may be more difficult to pursue than those brought pre-closing.
Nguyen v. Barrett


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The president could be only the second most important thing Zambians vote on tomorrow
By Nicole Beardsworth
The draft constitution has lacked attention and scrutiny. Far from curbing executive powers, the new charter could extend them.
Zambians vote in the elections last year. Credit: DIRCO.
As Zambians prepare to go to the polls tomorrow, on 11 August, the bulk of coverage has focused on the race for the presidency and on parliamentary contests. But as they cast their ballots, voters will also get to decide on an issue that could have consequences that reach well beyond the next electoral cycle: an amended constitution and bill of rights.
These issues have received relatively little scrutiny and been largely subsumed by party campaigning. And because of this, Zambians, in their haste, may unwittingly end up exacerbating rather than solving a problem that has plagued the country since independence – namely, an overly powerful executive.
[See: Zambia gears up for unsettlingly close elections]
Changing the rules
Amending the constitution has long been an arena of protest and contestation between the state and non-state actors in Zambia. The inherited Lancaster House constitution has been repeatedly amended but never entirely replaced, leaving Zambia with a founding charter that entrenches a strong executive presidency, lacks of a progressive bill of rights, and still contains some repressive colonial-era provisions.
Because of this, there had already been six attempts at changing or reviewing the constitution over the past 40 years when President Edgar Lungu brought in the Constitutional Amendment Act after coming to power in January 2015.
In January 2016, facing popular pressure, Lungu signed some of the constitutional amendments regarding electoral rules into law. This move was partly done to lend the government legitimacy in the eyes of international donors as well as to avoid civil society and the opposition being able to attack the party for failing to deliver on its 2011 promises regarding constitutional changes.
Lungu's amendment introduced popular revisions to Zambia's electoral system such as the requirement that the president be elected by a majority of the national vote, with a second round run-off to be held if no single candidate achieves this in the first round.
The amendment also requires presidential candidates to have a running mate, who will become vice-president and assume the top job in event of the incapacitation or death of the president. This was an extremely popular move as the deaths of two sitting presidents – Levy Mwanawasa in 2008 and Michael Sata in 2014 – forced the country into expensive and disruptive unplanned electoral periods. As a result of the presidential by-elections, the 2016 election will be the country's fifth in just ten years.
Furthermore, Lungu's constitutional changes also created a new constitutional court which will preside over constitutional issues and – crucially – any electoral challenges.
[See: Zambia's 2016 elections: is a disputed outcome now inevitable?]
Some concerning changes
These changes to the electoral rules will apply to the upcoming vote. But other parts of the new constitution – such as the bill of rights – cannot be enacted by parliamentary and presidential assent. Instead, they are being put to a referendum.
However, beyond the bill of rights, there has been little interrogation of the amendments which have largely escaped the notice of civic bodies, constitutional experts and the donors who funded considerable parts of the constitution-making exercise. This is particularly worrying given that, amongst other things, the draft looks like it will extend rather than diminish executive powers.
As constitutional law expert Professor Muna Ndulo has pointed out in his analysis of the draft constitution, Article 81 (4) allows that "the President may dissolve Parliament if the Executive cannot effectively govern the Republic due to the failure of the National Assembly to objectively and reasonably carry out its legislative function". This essentially empowers the executive to make a judgement call about the efficacy of parliament, undermining the principle of the separation of powers.
Furthermore, subsequent articles make the Constitutional Court the final arbiter of the dissolution of parliament, potentially exposing the judiciary to political pressure and further undermining the separation of the three arms of government.
The constitution also seems to entrench presidential power with regards to the judiciary in articles 137, 138 and 140, which are unclear and contradictory on the appointment process of judges, apparently allowing the president to exercise a substantial degree of control over their appointment. This is what happened with the appointment of the six constitutional court judges earlier this year.
There are also a number of other concerning aspects of the draft such as the decision to make the Supreme Court and Constitutional Court rank equivalently, which could mean that contentious cases are bounced back and forth between the two courts as neither has superior jurisdiction to reach a final verdict.
Additionally, the procedure for appointing the electoral commission is left largely unaddressed. This means that in practice, the president is able to appoint members to this crucial body subject to ratification by the National Assembly, a body that provides few checks and balances if the ruling party has a majority.
Yes vs. no
In 2013, over 300 civic bodies and opposition parties in Zambia formed the Grand Coalition on the Constitution to push for the creation and enactment of a new foundational document. But the critical consensus that once existed within civil society on the matter has largely dissipated.
On the eve of the election, the Grand Coalition has issued a statement criticising the decision to hold the referendum alongside the elections, saying "We believe that a standalone referendum outside a partisan charged atmosphere will render more legitimacy to the exercise".
However, broadly-speaking, many central members of the group support the new constitution. Some key figures of the coalition sat on the constitutional review process' technical committee and thus endorsed the final draft. Meanwhile, it also appears that donor pressure and an inordinate focus on the bill of rights rather than other important amendments has led to blanket support for the amended constitution from key civic organisations.
In an event convened by the Council of Churches of Zambia (CCZ) on 28 July 2016, law expert Ndulo picked apart the most problematic aspects of the draft, leading one bishop to hang his head and denounce the "brown envelope culture" that had undermined their independence. But while some groups such as the CCZ have taken a more measured and critical view of the new charter, many of the Grand Coalition's members have been vocal in their support of the draft, if not the referendum.
Will it be passed?
In terms of the campaign, the ruling Patriotic Front has been advocating for 'yes', while the opposition has reportedly told their constituents not to mark these ballots at all. This appears to be due to their belief that it will be impossible for the yes campaign to succeed.
In order to pass, the referendum is required to garner the 50%+1 of "eligible" voters, and the electoral commission has reportedly said that there are 7.5 million such individuals. But since the number of eligible voters (as opposed to just registered voters) is impossible to determine without an up-to-date census, this figure can easily be challenged.
If the referendum were deemed to have passed, it is unclear if such a challenge would be launched and by whom. But if it were, it might struggle in the new Constitutional Court. In early March, President Lungu's appointment of six judges to this court was met with resistance and concern when it was revealed that none met the criteria for appointment to the post and three were known to have close personal links to the president.
Sadly, the 2016 constitutional amendment process seems to have been yet another missed opportunity to create a more progressive founding charter that enshrines critical checks on executive power. Instead, there is a danger that due to a lack of scrutiny and attention, Zambia could in fact vote for a new constitution this Thursday that does the very opposite.
A version of this article was first published on Democracy in Africa.
Nicole Beardsworth is a South African political analyst and doctoral candidate at the University of Warwick.
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Nato head Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday that the alliance does not want to get dragged into an arms race with Russia but it had to boost its defences to counter Moscow's "aggressive actions" in Ukraine.
The former Norwegian prime minister spoke after defence ministers approved a series of measures, including more than doubling Nato's rapid response force, and Washington announced it would pre-position heavy weapons on the alliance's eastern flank.
Russia has denounced the moves as Cold War-style provocations while upgrading its own armed forces, adding more than 40 new nuclear ballistic missiles this year.
"We do not seek confrontation; we do not want a new arms race," Stoltenberg told a press conference after the first day of a defence ministers' meeting at Nato HQ in Brussels.
He said ministers endorsed plans to increase the NATO Response force from 13,000 to up to 40,000 troops, including a spearhead unit of 5,000 soldiers.
Norway's defence minister Ine Eriksen Søreide said that Russia had no reason to feel threatened by Nato's move to increase its military presence on the country's borders.
"This is a response to the uncertainty Russia is creating by its use of military force in eastern Ukraine," she said. "It would have been quite unnatural if not Nato had not sought to find ways to reassure its allies and simultaneously have defensive plans for how to handle any situation that develops."
In his speech, Stoltenberg took a hard line on Russian actions in Ukraine, saying its March 2014 annexation of Crimea was "an act of aggression."
"Russia continues to send troops, forces and supplies into eastern Ukraine. There is no doubt that Russia is responsible for aggressive actions in Europe," he said at the opening of the meeting.
However he also stressed that the the alliance "continues to strive for more constructive relations with Russia."
In the meeting, US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter said Tuesday that Washington would pre-position heavy weapons in central and eastern Europe to ensure any Nato troops responding to a fresh crisis would hit the ground running.
The US equipment includes some 90 Abrams main battle tanks, among the best in the world, 140 Bradley armoured vehicles and 20 self-propelled howitzers.
Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Bulgaria, Romania and Poland will store the equipment which will be moved around the region as required for training and exercises.
Russia charges that such deployments breach the 1997 Founding Act with Nato which bans the permanent stationing of significant forces and equipment in former Warsaw Pact states.
Nato says all such deployments are rotational and temporary. The three Baltic states last month called for a permanent Nato presence to deter Russia.
Nato leaders agreed at a September summit to boost defence spending to the equivalent of 2.0 percent of annual economic output after years of cuts following the end of the Cold War.
Stoltenberg said five countries were already above the target, but overall, NATO's combined defence spending would still fall 1.5 percent this year.
In contrast, "Russia has over many years invested heavily in defence," he added.


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Oceans Are Hotter Than Ever — and a Key Reason for Extreme Weather Patterns
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Source: Cheng, L., and Coauthors, 2020: Record-Setting Ocean Warmth Continued in 2019. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 37(2), 137−142, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-020-9283-7.
Notes: Vertical section of the ocean temperature trends within 1960 to 2019 from the sea surface to 2000 m (60-year ordinary least-squares linear trend). Shown are the zonal mean sections in each ocean basin organized around the Southern Ocean (south of 60°S) in the center. Black contours show the associated climatological mean temperature with intervals of 2°C (in the Southern Ocean, 1°C intervals are provided in dashed contours). IAP gridded data are used.
Expect more catastrophic fires and devastating hurricanes, scientists warn, as excess heat in the Earth's oceans continues to disrupt weather patterns. Ocean temperature readings from both the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Chinese Academy of Sciences showed 2019 to be the warmest on record.
Scientists look to ocean temperature as a key indicator of global warming, as oceans store 90% of the planet's excess heat. Not only are ocean surfaces warming, but — as illustrated in the above graphic taken from a recent Advances in Atmospheric Sciences article — heat is penetrating oceanic depths.
The impacts of ocean warming are significant and devastating. Warmer oceans "reduce dissolved oxygen," harming sea life, while increasing evaporation in the atmosphere, which "nourishes heavy rains and promotes flooding." The remaining 10% of the Earth's excess heat manifests in the atmosphere, causing a melting of ice and drying of lands.
"It is one of the key reasons why the Earth has experienced increasing catastrophic fires in the Amazon, California and Australia," the report says.
Business Owners in Sub-Saharan Africa Lose Livelihoods, Despite Tighter COVID-19 Containment
Source: World Bank
Revenue declined for more than 70% of the households that rely on non-farm family businesses in Gabon, South Sudan, Malawi, Uganda, Zambia, Mali and Madagascar, according to surveys conducted in May and June 2020. Kenya experienced the highest job loss rate at 62%, according to the World Bank. In general, COVID-related job losses in sub-Saharan Africa were higher in urban areas and among female workers.
Although COVID-19 cases were not as high in Africa as in other regions of the world, the pandemic has taken a major economic toll on countries in sub-Saharan Africa. These countries experienced a devastation in livelihoods, food security and human capital due to the loss of global demand and local efforts to contain the disease. Food insecurity tripled in Nigeria, Ethiopia, Uganda and Malawi compared to 2019.
Countries that were hit the hardest economically had significant domestic outbreaks, numerous oil exporters and were dependent on the travel and tourism industry. Economic activity is predicted to rise by 2.7% in 2021 — predominantly driven by export growth — but this could be jeopardized by limited vaccine distribution.
Demand for Precious Metals Is Expected to Drop As Economy Recovers
Source: World Bank, World Gold Council
The value of gold reached an all-time high of $2,067 per ounce in August 2020. At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, gold "benefited from its status as a safe-haven asset and was buoyed by continued monetary easing by major central banks," according to the World Bank. However, due to some initial signs of economic recovery, the demand for gold has started to decline, with its value seeing a corresponding drop.
Other precious metals have seen price fluctuations since the start of the pandemic: The cost of silver reached a seven-year high of $29 per ounce in August 2020, but has since declined. In contrast, the cost of platinum dropped in April 2020, but has recovered slightly due to the rise of global auto sales and its use in that sector.
Although the costs of precious metals dropped at the end of 2020, they have remained higher compared to 2019. Experts anticipate demand for precious metals continuing to decline in 2021 as the economy pursues its recovery.
Demand for Coal Remains Resilient in Asian Countries
Source: IEA
Global coal demand fell 5% in 2020 — the biggest decline since World War II. Europe and the U.S. saw significant declines in demand, but demand for coal in Asia remained steady, according to the International Energy Agency.
Transitioning to renewable energy sources, a major drop in electricity use due to COVID-19 lockdowns and lower natural gas prices all contributed to declining demand for coal in 2020. Whereas demand for coal fell by over 15% in North America and Europe, IEA expects China's coal use to have declined by less than 1% for 2020. China and other Southeast Asian countries combined account for about 75% of global coal demand.
Despite the negative impact that coal use has on global climate goals, the IEA expects the industry to rebound in 2021 — depending on electricity demand and industrial output post-pandemic. Driven by China, India and Southeast Asia, coal consumption is expected to rise by 2.6% this year.
Cost of Solar Electricity Plummeted in the Last Decade
Source: OurWorldinData.org
Electricity prices are expressed in 'levelized costs of energy' (LCOE). LCOE captures the cost of building the power plant itself as well as the ongoing costs for fuel and operating the power plant over its lifetime.
The price of solar electricity dropped by 89% in the last 10 years, becoming the world's cheapest source of electricity. A learning curve related to the sector's technology, involving "innovation that reduce[d] the amount of labor, time, energy, and raw materials needed to produce the technology," resulted in a steep decline in its cost, according to author Ramez Naam. Offshore wind power saw a similar technology learning curve with prices falling by 70%.
The price of electricity from coal has remained nearly the same, dropping only by $2 per MWh to $109 over the last 10 years. The costs of electricity from wind and solar are now significantly lower than electricity from coal at $41 and $40 per MWh, respectively.
Increased use of solar and wind electricity would lead to more jobs, lower prices for consumers and a more sustainable environment. "The more renewable energy technologies we deploy, the more their costs will fall. More growth will mean even more growth," wrote Our World in Data.


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Dem Rep. Hill: Democrats Are 'Consistent' That We'll Talk After Shutdown Ends
Ian Hanchett
On Saturday's broadcast of the Fox News Channel's "America's News HQ," Representative Katie Hill (D-CA) stated that Democrats are "all consistent" on a position that they will only discuss border security after the government shutdown ends.
Hill began by saying she would support funding for a physical barrier on the border, but that discussions on border security can't happen until the government shutdown ends. She added that while many people support some sort of physical barrier, everyone has gotten caught up in semantics over a wall, and a 2,000-mile-long concrete wall isn't going to happen.
Hill later stated, "I think…that line that we're all consistent on, as Democrats, is that, open the government first, and then we'll talk. You will not get everyone happy, on either side of the aisle, with whatever solution we end up landing on."
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Why at Least Two Nuclear Super-Powers Are Essential
My distinguished colleague at Strategic Culture Foundation, Federico Pieraccini, has recently argued that "nuclear-armed powers decrease the likelihood of a nuclear apocalypse", and this is a response to that:
Obviously, if there were no nuclear-armed powers, then the possibility of a "nuclear apocalypse" would be zero; so, that statement is disputable at the very least. However, in a carefully modified form, I agree with something not too far different from it; and here is that form:
In the nuclear-weapons era, at least two nuclear super-powers are essential in order for there to be any realistic possibility of warding off a nuclear apocalypse, global annihilation.
Here, the concept of "nuclear super-power" is absolutely core (merely "nuclear-armed power" is not): a nuclear super-power is a nation that possesses second-strike capability, the ability to retaliate so effectively against a nuclear attack from any other nuclear power so as to annihilate that attacking country, even though this responding power might be annihilated by the attacking one.
As I have documented in prior articles (such as here), the United States, ever since at least 2006, has been virtually officially pursuing the goal of achieving "Nuclear Primacy" so as to be able to 'win' a nuclear war and conquer Russia — the prior military geostrategic system, called Mutually Assured Destruction or "M.A.D.," being ended on the American side. (Russia's Vladimir Putin says that it had actually ended when US President George W. Bush made the — as was brilliantly explained here — "decision in 2001 to withdraw from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, and the bipartisan failure by both the Bush and Obama administrations to engage meaningfully with the Russians over their concerns about American missile defenses."
However, I have argued that, in essence, the US regime had already made the decision for nuclear primacy and secretly imposed that decision upon its allied or vassal-regimes as being henceforth the US side's aim, back on 24 February 1990, and that decision was made by George Herbert Walker Bush but has continued ever since. Putin is politic; so, he needs to filter what he says through a political screen, in which he refers to the United States as being a 'partner,' which I — myself an American and no politician at all and not representing any country at all — do not need to do.
Whereas the US regime has been committed for a long time to achieving nuclear primacy (regardless whether it's since 2006, or since 2001, or since 1990 — the initial decision was actually made on 24 February 1990, and has merely been in its execution-phase on the American side from that time till now), Russia has been responding to that decision as best it has been able to. A crucial effort on the part of Russian President Boris Yeltsin in the 1990s to deal with it produced the so-called "NATO Founding Act," but the US regime trashed that in 2016. President Putin recognized as soon as George W. Bush trashed the ABM Treaty, that unless Russia would somehow block the US from achieving nuclear primacy (if any side even is capable of achieving nuclear primacy now or in the future), then a surprise intended planned nuclear first-strike against and annihilating Russia would be the outcome (given the US regime's by-then clear record on the matter); so, he has carefully worked, ever since that time (2002), so as to not only block it, but, finally, on 1 March 2018, announced to the entire world, that Russia is now able, reasonably and with evidence, to say that Russia is securely in a position so that if the United States attempts a surprise nuclear attack against Russia, then the United States will also be annihilated.
What is crucial here, during the nuclear-military age, is that there be at least two nuclear super-powers, not just one.
As I have argued elsewhere under the heading "The Three Global Superpowers": "There are currently three global superpowers, three nations that lead the world: China, Russia, and US." However, this is true regardless of whether or not China is a nuclear super-power (I don't think it is), because China is clearly a leading economic power, and may come to lead above the United States in other fields as well. In economic matters, the trend-lines are watched with at least as much and close attention as are the absolute or current numbers, and China, in any case, is clearly one of the three global super-powers already, regardless of whether it's a military super-power.
What, then, will be the result if China comes to be a third nuclear super-power? The problem, if any, is not whether there will come to be a third nuclear super-power: the problem is whether there will, ever again, be a nuclear super-power that is attempting military conquest of the entire world. This was the point that Putin was making in his March 1st speech.
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My dear brothers and sisters, I too want to express my appreciation for that beautiful choral number and for the privilege of being with you this morning. It is a thrill to know that you are the children of the Lord who have been chosen to come forth in these last days to do his work, and I learned on my recent visit to your campus that you are well aware of the world's problems: the disease, the hunger, the poverty, the immorality, man's inhumanity to man. I saw that you are seeking solutions, thoughtfully considering the opinions of others, scientifically seeking the methods, and interacting in ways that may well prepare you to unite and boldly declare that you will follow Jesus Christ to a final victory. This is not to be a game that ends in a tie, nor is it to be one where there is a strategic plan for a last-second shot. It is to be a victory where evil and unrighteousness will be bound and the children of the Lord will be free to be safely gathered into his kingdom. To some, this may seem like an impossible dream at this point in time, but I assure you it is possible and it will happen. However, it can only come about through the efforts of honest men and women who are committed to dedicate their lives to its accomplishment.
And those were not just idle words when those men pledged their lives and their liberty and their sacred honor. It was not a flamboyant or a glamorous gesture when they signed that document that declared to all the world that there were some compelling arguments necessary for them to break from the power that ruled their lives.
The move for independence came in an age of mental enlightenment, as recognized by Norman Cousins in his book In God We Trust. "The seeds of the free mind," he said, concerning that time, "seem to sprout at the same time. Ideas have a life of their own. They can be nourished and brought into active growth by a small number of sensitive, vital minds which somehow seem to respond to the needs of the total organism, however diffused the parts of that organism may be." And so it was with the ideas that brought men to pledge all that they had, in fact life itself, to the founding of this nation.
The precise phrases of the Declaration of Independence seemed to occur to many men at the same time. The framers of the Declaration of Independence had the thrill of recognizing that what they were thinking was being thought by other great minds. What Thomas Jefferson did was to bring the words, the need, and the moment together. We know from the revelations that the Lord raised up these good men to do this mighty work. It was no accident. The remarkable and joyful thing is that these young men and women who lived two hundred years ago accepted the challenge of their time so effectively. Laced throughout their writing is the evidence of their reliance upon a divine guidance. They appeal in the declaration itself to the world court on the grounds that what they did was in answer to that higher law of God which provides that all men are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights.
This is a country of contradictions. Restlessness, a love of movement for its own sake, is distinctly an American trait, but so is the love of the land and the desire to get one's roots deep into it. Americans are avid for experiment. They will buy and try anything new. But they are also devoted to the status quo, to things as they are and to letting well enough alone. They are nostalgic about the last (and lost) frontier; they lament the passing of the past; yet they believe in the ever-expanding limitless future. They are isolationists, and they also see their country as the pivotal force of the world. They are a hybrid product of many kinds, creeds, and colors from every possible racial group, and yet they are a race apart, a polyglot people to whom the letters U.S. mean not only United States, but personally "us" .
The typical American cherishes his contradictions. He is both proud and complacent about the size, vigor, and variety of his country, a country intensely devoted to ancient doctrines and the Good Book. And yet he knows that within less than fifty years, this same country has produced two new Bibles, The Book of Mormon and Science and Health. He is likely to seem naïve, apt to regard his nation as the New Jerusalem and himself as one of the specially privileged elect, one who echoes the declaration of John Adams, "I always consider the settlement of America as the opening of a grand scheme and design in Providence for the illumination and emancipation of the slavish part of mankind all over the earth." Yet his very boastfulness stems from a sense of wonder; he shares a gigantic vision which in the midst of vast prairies and breath-taking plateaus rears sky-scraping cities of incredible industry and luxury.
Here we are, you and I—Americans of diverse backgrounds, trying to understand our destiny, celebrating the significant event of the founding of this country, and looking at two hundred years of contradictions and magnificent events side by side. Our view of history is tempered by revealed truth. This country came forth with divine planning and help to provide a climate in which the gospel could be fully restored. Men of all nations were brought together into the melting pot so that they might be prepared and ready to hear the word of God.
At this crossroads in time you stand, quite naturally ready to examine this country's history. Take care how you look. History is not an easy thing to understand. Therefore, read widely, think deeply, and judge wisely. We cannot alter the pages of history, but we need to understand what was done in the past, even if it was not all praiseworthy or of good report, so that we might avoid mistakes in the future. Errors should not blind us to the good that our nation has contributed to the progress of mankind. As a country we have contributed much in the field of government. No other constitution acknowledges that the source of power reposes in the people and that only that power which they delegate belongs to the state. The sober, thoughtful system of checks and balances has stood the severe test of traumatic challenges. This principle of checks and balances stands as a torch in the night. We need to keep that torch burning. The idea of democracy itself has to have new champions. Only about one-fourth of the nations in the world are functioning as democracies. The temptation to wield power is great, and most of the world is still struggling to be freed from the fetters of oppressive governments. No matter how benevolent the dictatorship, control of human life is a terrible price to pay.
So what is it, my young friends, that you can do for America? Commit yourselves to serve the God of this land. Live according to the truths that he has revealed. Knowing what we know, none of us should do less.
There is so much that you can do to be of help to others and thereby live more fully. Have you walked the hospital corridors and seen the suffering men and women so wracked with pain that they can hardly shuffle one foot in front of the other? Who will find the medicines to cure these ailments? Have you seen the despondency in the eyes of those whose disease knows no stopping point? Who will find the cause? Have you watched with a lump in your throat while someone you loved courageously inched forward on an unsteady leg after extensive surgery and an amputation? The therapy is so long and so hard. Who will care enough to see that the hours of struggle and heartbreak are guided until new muscles are developed to take over the unaccustomed task? Who will prepare the children to receive all knowledge through more effective teaching? Have you wondered how to solve the difficult problems of land pollution? Somewhere there are answers, and someone will find them. Have you a symphony or a hymn in your soul? Are you getting the knowledge and the discipline so that the world may hear it someday? Who will discover the perfect diets and serve the meals that will allow people to perform up to their full potential? Have you seen the waste of human life in the slums of the world? Who is going to find a way to stop the deadly cycle that leads to such ruined, wasted life? How about the energy crisis or the overriding of existential philosophies? Who is going to make the contact with morality a reality? Are you?
Now is the time of your preparation. You will be better able to help your country if you come to your tomorrows having made the best use of this precious time. You will be of less value if you try to build your life upon expediency and false principles. We all have this responsibility. Shakespeare said it this way: "Be just and fear not. Let all the ends thou aimest at be thy countries, thy gods, and truth." As you explore that unknown country inside of yourself, look for the talents and dream the dreams that will make you aspire to great and noble things. Then what you leave behind will be a great country; a strong, stable family; a life of significance; a torch still burning bright as the founding fathers gave to you.
In our day young women are encouraged to reach out and fill their potential in many ways. It is important in so doing that they think carefully about the years ahead. It is important to use wisely these years of preparation to fill their minds and hearts with dreams and with learning and with the eternal perspectives which the gospel provides. The Church cannot afford to waste any of its precious human resources. Neither can our nation. Both must use resources in ways that will be in keeping with true values and divine approbation.
Women should approach their options and their choices thoughtfully and carefully. When they choose to rear children and thereby build strong family units, they should realize that such a choice offers both challenge and fulfillment. It cannot be merely a spare-time option if we are to give our nation strong, stable families that are society's hope for existence. No society in the history of the world has ever survived the breakdown of the family. So it must be with thoughtful hearts that we hear and heed the prophet's present-day counsel to strengthen family units. The choices made in planning any career, occupation, vocation, or avocation should be those that will have the strongest influence for good upon family units. As a leader of nearly a million Latter-day Saint women in the Relief Society organization, I would use my full power to persuade every young woman to accept with joy the opportunities of her divinely given role as a woman. Be she a student, homemaker, wife, mother, teacher—whatever her chosen profession—she can exemplify womanhood at its best. She can stand for faith and high ideals that will be an inspiration to all around her and to the new and upcoming generation. She can be a guide to them and thereby help them to build that high type of character without which we can never have a strong nation.
God has told us that men and women are not to be the same. We are of equal worth in his eyes, but we are not the same. So there are activities for which women are best suited and their are activities for which men are best suited. For example, I would not encourage any young Latter-day Saint woman, especially one just out of high school, to become a military enlistee. Lately into my hands have come brochures designed to persuade our young women to enlist in the military services. I know that many factors, including the extremists of the women's movement, have compelled the government not only to encourage but also to actively recruit young women into the military ranks. As I have looked at the thrust of their appeal, I see page after page enticing young women to enlist. The blandishments for enlistment come in very appealing packages. The emphasis is on personal opportunity, travel, challenge, training, and money.
I feel that the regimentation of military life places a great strain upon most women who would enlist in military services. It is difficult for them to live under the pressures of putting their lives so completely into another's charge, resigning their actions so completely to another's discipline.
Some time ago we received a phone call from our daughter. She is in the army. She was crying over the phone. In fact, she was almost hysterical. She felt she had not one friend on earth. Those she thought were her friends had deserted her and were in fact persecuting her unmercifully—for one reason, because she is a Mormon. To say "we were in despair" is an understatement.
I am your daughter's Relief Society visiting teacher. My companion and I were at first unable to locate her. When we did, we found a depressed and mixed-up young lady. I'm not connected with the military, and I soon had my eyes opened to the unfortunate circumstances in which young girls in the military may find themselves. How very difficult it would be to keep gospel standards in my mind when one was continually subject to the rowdy, cigarette-filled barracks, the regimentation of being dumped into a job for which one is neither suited nor trained.
Since that initial visit, and on following visits as she became aware of the Church here, a distinct change came over her. As far as her work would permit, she attended many ward functions, and all were aware of her friendly presence. One could almost measure the light that came back into her lovely eyes. She began to smile as she realized that people cared.
You're going to be welcoming home a very special daughter, and I shall miss her because she is my friend. I shall always be grateful to her for showing me the change that can come into one's life when he grasps firmly the iron rod.
Very little moral guidance is provided by the military. Each person sets his own set of values. The result is consistent with current trends in society. As Latter-day Saints, however, we are committed to live according to a God-given set of values. Moral integrity is not what we say is right. Moral cleanliness and integrity will always be that which God has revealed. Whether we live that way or not is up to us. The special conditions of regimentation, assigned living quarters, make it difficult to remove oneself from unwholesome environments and their consequent pressures and temptations. We must do our best to keep ourselves free from situations that might cause us to compromise our standards.
Now, as I've voiced my concern for a young woman choosing to become enlisted into the regular military ranks, I am at the same time in favor of military service organizations, such as the ones you have here on campus. One of my daughters found great growth as she participated in and was commandant of Angel Flight here at Brigham Young University. She learned personal discipline. She found pleasure in her associates. The Angel Flight Drill Team was particularly successful that year, and she took pride in their accomplishments. I raise my concerns about service in the military, particularly for young women, because I want them to make knowledgeable choices. At the same time I recognize the great good of the military. I have personal knowledge of the great good being accomplished throughout the world by Latter-day Saint military personnel. I have seen their good influence as I traveled through the Far East countries with the General Authorities for the area conferences. I saw many people who had accepted the gospel and its teachings because of the lives and the examples of good Latter-day Saint military men and women. I pay them high tribute. I know that we need such leaders who give their lives to protect our country from destruction and who will keep alive the ideals of morality, Christian living, and freedom upon which our democracy is founded. They are a strength to our country and to our Church throughout the world.
I know that a dedicated, strong, technically trained, well-directed military is vital to maintaining the good life, the free society, the American dream. Since its founding, however, this country's freedom has been won and maintained largely by a male military which was and is supported by wives, mothers, sisters, sweethearts especially dedicated to the principles of freedom, but, in my judgment, making their contribution to its cause in ways best suited to women. I hope that women will do in the future as they have done over and over again in the past—save families.
America is the great ongoing dream of democracy. America deserves the commitment of our lives to maintain this dream. America's essential ingredients are morality and integrity if we are to preserve this land. America is a land of personal choices and responsibility. America is where you can fulfill your destiny.
Nobody can tell you what the years ahead will hold for you. You can be sure there will be happy and tender moments. You can be sure there will be days of exciting achievements, and you can be certain there will be "down" days and problems you cannot anticipate. This is the nature of mortality. Your real job is to do whatever comes your way and refine your soul in the doing. You can map out a general path. You can commit to living truth as you see it. You can through your actions tell the world that you are not ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Then, wherever you are, whatever you choose to do, you will be building his kingdom for your children and your children's children. What will this next two hundred years hold for our native land, this land of promise? What do you promise to this great land of promise? If you promise a life of moral purity and integrity, then you again give our nation the fundamental building blocks of greatness and liberty. Without these gifts you give only ashes, for you destroy this great, free land.
It is my prayer that as American citizens each of us will search his soul and, as George Washington counseled, rededicate himself and "labor to keep alive . . . that little spark of celestial fire—conscience." With that conscience and with the Spirit of the Holy Ghost we, men and women, can accept the challenge of our time and contribute effectively to that which our nation needs the most. We can dream dreams for a future of growth, solutions for problems not yet solved, and hope for the future. We can build a foundation of moral virtue that gives strength and stability as our part in that final victory which will make it possible for the children of the Lord to be safely gathered into his kingdom. May this be our promise to this land of promise, I ask in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
Barbara B. Smith was president of the Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints when this devotional address was given at Brigham Young University on 17 February 1976.


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Q: how to handle windows popups using jmeter? please guide me how to handle windows popups using jmeter.
Whether jmeter can handle windows based alerts or not.
I have tried to google it, but couldnt found.
Thanks

A: Depending on what popups do you see.
If it is JavaScript alert like:

You shouldn't be worrying about it as JMeter doesn't execute client-side JavaScript however it's HTTP(S) Test Script Recorder proxy is capable of recording and replaying associated requests (if any)
If it is modal dialog like:

It means that your application uses external authentication provider, i.e.:

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*Basic HTTP Authentication

*NTLM

*Kerberos
All thee above types can be handled by JMeter's HTTP Authorization Manager. See the following reference articles:

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*How to Use HTTP Basic Authentication in JMeter

*Windows Authentication with Apache JMeter