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In its ruling of 10 April 2018, the Federal Constitutional Court declared the way in which properties are valued for the purposes of real property tax to be unconstitutional. Up until now, the tax has been calculated on the basis of property values that are decades old (known as “assessed values”). In the states ( Länder ) of former West Germany, the assessed values date from 1964. In the Länder of former East Germany, the values are even older, based on assessments made in 1935.
Since then, property values have increased at very different rates, both in western and in eastern Germany. This leads to significant inequality of tax treatment, which the Federal Constitutional Court considers to be unjustifiable. The amount of real property tax due on properties of a similar value within the same local authority can vary enormously. Figure 1 illustrates this using real examples.
In other words, the current valuation rules result in similar properties being treated differently without good reason, which goes against the constitutional principle of equal treatment. However, instead of declaring the current valuation rules void, the Federal Constitutional Court gave lawmakers until 31 December 2019 to come up with a new approach. Until then, the existing rules can continue to be applied. If the legislature is able to adopt new rules by 31 December 2019, real property tax can be levied using the current valuation method for an interim period lasting until 31 December 2024. From 1 January 2025 onwards, the new rules must be applied.
The need to reform real property tax law, especially the use of assessed values, has been undisputed for years. In their coalition agreement for the 19th legislative term, the governing coalition parties agreed to place real property tax on a firm foundation, observing the requirements of the Federal Constitutional Court. Real property tax will remain a key source of revenue for the local authorities, bringing in more than €14 billion (in 2018), and the local authorities will retain the right to apply a multiplier.
In order to be able to meet the deadlines set by the Federal Constitutional Court, the Federal Minister of Finance initiated talks with the Länder finance ministers at an early stage. Any reform of real property tax (and of the associated valuation rules) has to be approved by the Länder in the Bundesrat. After all, the Länder have administrative responsibility for real property tax and will have to do most of the work involved in implementing the new legislation – they will be responsible for revaluing all 36 million or so properties in Germany. In other words, a reform is impossible without the cooperation of the Länder . During these talks, the framework of the real property tax reform was discussed with the Länder , and a compromise was found. Key elements of a real property tax reform were formulated. Based on these and on the subsequent interministerial coordination, the Federal Ministry of Finance produced three draft pieces of legislation. One amends the Basic Law (Germany’s constitution), the second primarily sets out the new rules on the valuation of property for the purpose of real property tax, and the third introduces a third category of real property tax (“real property tax C”). The three drafts were subsequently adopted by the cabinet and submitted to the legislative procedure. In parallel, the CDU/CSU and SPD parliamentary groups presented the same drafts to the Bundestag.1
The objective of the reform is to make real property tax fair, easy to administer and compatible with the constitution in order to ensure that it remains one of the local authorities’ main sources of revenue. The way property is valued for the purposes of real property tax will be future-proofed and put on a stronger legal footing. Increasing the amount of revenue generated from real property tax at the general-government level is not the objective.
The real property tax reform consists of three separate bills
Three bills have been submitted to the legislative procedure to implement the real property tax reform.
Amendment of the Basic Law and escape clause for the Länder
The German Federal Ministry of Finance and nearly all the Länder agreed on a value-based real property tax model at an early stage. However, since there is no academic consensus regarding the Federation’s legislative powers on real property tax, these powers are to be explicitly enshrined in the Basic Law. This amendment to the Basic Law will give the Federation unrestricted concurrent legislative powers in the area of real property tax, regardless of whether federal legislation is necessary under section 72 (2) of the Basic Law. At the same time, supplementary rules to the Basic Law will give the Länder comprehensive divergent regulatory powers. This means that federal legislation on real property tax will apply to everyone living in Germany, unless a Land has made use of the escape clause.
New rules on valuation for the purposes of real property tax
Basic structure to remain unchanged
Fundamentally, the way in which real property tax is calculated will remain the same. As is currently the case, the calculation will consist of three steps. First, real property (farm and forestry assets and land assets) located in Germany is assigned a value for real property tax purposes. Then, this value is multiplied by a uniform factor (known as the basic federal rate, or Steuermesszahl). Finally, what is known as the multiplier (Hebesatz) is applied. While the basic federal rate is set by federal law and is the same across all of Germany, the multiplier – and therefore the amount of tax ultimately due – is determined by the local authorities.
The real property tax reform does not have the objective of changing the total amount of tax generated. However, the basic federal rate is the only instrument available to lawmakers at the federal level to ensure that total real property tax revenue remains unchanged across Germany. Because property values have increased over time in most places, revenue neutrality could only be achieved by reducing the basic federal rate to roughly one tenth of its former level. The real property tax bill is ultimately determined by the multipliers applied by the local authorities. The local authorities are encouraged to adjust their multipliers depending on the change in the base tax volume attributable to them. Thus the new real property tax legislation will allow local authorities to retain their revenues from real property tax, but will not increase the burden on taxpayers overall.
However, although the reform will be revenue-neutral, meaning that the tax burden on taxpayers as a whole will neither increase nor decrease, the amount paid by individual taxpayers will change. Some will have to pay more real property tax, others less. That is the logical outcome of the Federal Constitutional Court’s ruling, which, after all, calls for the abolishment of inequalities arising from the use of obsolete property values. Any alternative way of implementing the Federal Constitutional Court’s ruling would also entail changes to individual taxation levels.
It is not possible to provide general information on how individual tax bills will change, particularly since current tax amounts vary significantly. Figure 3 illustrates how real property tax could change in the case of three properties in Dresden – both with and without the multiplier adjustment that local authorities have agreed to make.
The real property tax reform will be socially equitable. The amount of real property tax will continue to be based on a property’s value. This means that the amount of tax will vary depending on whether the property is in a highly desirable city centre location or in a less sought-after peripheral district, whether it is the site of a business in a structurally weak region or in a large metropolitan area. Social housing properties as well as land assets belonging to local/community housing corporations or housing cooperatives can, under certain conditions, be eligible for a reduced basic federal rate, on the basis that these properties are rented out not primarily for profit, but for the purpose of providing affordable housing.
Valuation of land assets
The valuation of land assets depends on the property type. Distinctions are made between developed and undeveloped properties and, within the former category, between residential and non-residential properties.
Residential and non-residential property
The category of residential property includes detached and semi-detached houses, blocks of (rental) flats and owner-occupied flats. The category of non-residential property includes business premises, mixed-use properties (serving both residential and non-residential purposes), non-residential parts of otherwise residential properties, and other developed properties (such as club houses or boathouses).
Valuation of undeveloped property
The value of undeveloped property is calculated by multiplying the size of the property by the standard ground value. The standard ground values for 15 of the 16 Länder can be found online via the BORIS portal5 . Users can enter the property’s address and obtain the applicable standard ground value. The amount of real property tax resulting from this calculation reflects the location-based value of the property in a standardised, comparable and realistic way.
Standard ground values
Standard ground values express the average locational value of the land in euros per unit area. Standard ground values are derived by independent expert committees from purchase prices of comparable properties.
Valuation of developed properties using the income approach (Ertragswertverfahren)
The valuation of residential properties is done using the income approach. With approximately 24 million units, residential properties account for the lion’s share of the properties that need to be revalued.
Under the income approach, the property’s value is determined by the future income that can be generated from it on a sustainable basis. To give future income a present value, it is discounted at what is known as the property interest rate. The sum of the discounted income is the income value. Arithmetically, the same result can be obtained by applying a capitalisation factor on the annual income from the property over its remaining useful life and discounting the remaining value of the land after the remaining useful life of the building has expired.
In order to make the valuation of such a huge number of properties manageable for all administrations involved, the calculation will be based not on the income actually agreed, but on average monthly net rents per square metre of living space. In other words, a standardised version of the income approach will be used. The specific amount of the net rent depends on the size of the home, the year of construction, and the Land in which the property is located. This amount is then increased or decreased based on what are known as rent level categories, which differ according to local authority (the lower the rent level, the lower the net rent in any given local authority). The German Finance Ministry determines the net rents for each Land using Federal Statistical Office data on average rents in all 16 Länder . It classifies local authorities into rent level categories on the basis of the Housing Benefits Ordinance (Wohngeldverordnung). The value of the land is calculated by multiplying the size of the property by the standard ground value (the same calculation that is done in the case of undeveloped properties) and then discounting the resulting figure with a factor based on the remaining useful life of the building.
Valuation of developed properties using the cost approach (Sachwertverfahren)
The cost approach is used for the valuation of all non-residential properties. In the case of non-residential properties, there is no comprehensive data available to determine average net rents. As a result, the income approach is not an option.
Under the cost approach, properties are valued using the acquisition or construction costs at the time of valuation. The value of the property is made up of the cost of acquiring the land and the cost of constructing the building, minus any depreciation.
Here, too, a standardised version of the cost approach is used for the purposes of real property tax. In other words, rather than the acquisition or construction costs for each individual property, the method applies, on the one hand, average construction costs depending on the type of building minus depreciation and, on the other hand, average acquisition costs for the ground based on standard ground values (as with undeveloped properties). The value of the building and the value of the land are added together, and a factor is applied to adjust this to the general values on the property market. The result is the real property tax amount based on the standardised cost approach.
Valuation of farm and forestry assets
Farm and forestry assets are valued using a standardised income approach. The usual categories of agricultural and forestry use (agriculture, forestry, viniculture and horticulture) are assigned different amounts per unit area. These amounts reflect the average income per unit area for the category in question. Multiplied by the property’s useful area, this gives the net income of the agricultural and forestry use. A capitalisation factor is then applied to the sum of all net income calculated in this way. The result is the value of the agricultural or forestry operation for real property tax purposes.
Straightforward for individuals, businesses and administration
The use of a standardised approach simplifies the process significantly and allows for computer-assisted valuation. In future, the amount of external data required to calculate real property tax will be reduced, and the details required will be relatively easy to obtain. In the case of residential properties, the details required generally include property size, standard ground value, building type, construction date, and living space. The current method requires significantly more information.
In the case of non-residential properties, which will be valued using the cost approach, taxpayers will generally have to provide a maximum of eight pieces of information, down from more than thirty. Thanks to the increased use of digital technologies, the collection of real property tax will be automated to a great extent.
Real property tax C
There is a significant housing shortage in Germany, especially in metropolitan areas. The associated rise in property prices is increasingly driving investors to hold undeveloped properties for speculative purposes. In some cases, undeveloped properties are purchased with the sole intention of waiting until their value goes up and they can be sold at a profit. This kind of building land speculation is an obstacle to the construction of urgently needed housing. For this reason, the German cabinet has decided to give local authorities the ability to encourage construction through tax measures. The relevant piece of legislation (Draft Act Amending the Real Property Tax Act for the Purpose of Mobilising Properties that are Ready for Development) gives local authorities the option of applying a higher multiplier in the case of undeveloped properties that are suitable for development. In effect, real property tax C makes speculation more expensive and creates incentives to actually build on undeveloped land.
Real property tax C
“Real property tax A”, “real property tax B” and “real property tax C” have become established terms for real property tax relating to different types of property assets. Real property tax A refers to real property tax for farm and forestry assets. Property tax B is real property tax for other land assets, i.e. undeveloped and developed properties. Property tax C is the increased real property tax for undeveloped properties that are ready for development.
With its ruling of 10 April 2018, the Federal Constitutional Court set the legislature and the implementing Länder and local authorities a Herculean task. The German government has reached a milestone in implementing this decision by submitting three draft pieces of legislation to the legislative procedure. As a result, the end-of-year deadline set by the Federal Constitutional Court is still achievable. The government has thus paved the way for a real property tax model that is simple, socially equitable and compatible with the constitution.
- Bundestag printed papers 19/11084, 19/11085 and 19/11086.
- Gesetz zur Änderung des Grundgesetzes (in German)
- Grundsteuer-Reformgesetz (in German)
- Gesetz zur Änderung des Grundsteuergesetzes zur Mobilisierung von baureifen Grundstücken für die Bebauung (in German)
- E.g. for North Rhine-Westphalia: https://www.boris.nrw.de/ (in German)


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My husband is a 3D artist and I teach English online. To date, we have been dividing our time between England and France as we work from home remotely so can be anywhere. We pay our taxes in the UK and are on the health system. France will become a permanent base for us and we would like to know how we go about:
- Getting some kind of residency here.
- Registering our work here so we can pay in to the French system and what that would entitle us to healthcare and pension.
My husband is also thinking he would like to launch a market stall in our local town on a Saturday. Would he need to register twice in order to do this? Is there a minimum he needs to declare before being entitled to healthcare and state pension?
I am sure the company I currently work for won’t go for registering me in the French system due to the extra costs they will need to pay so I will need to start my own freelance language teaching work registered in France, so the same question applies, is it better to do this as an individual or a company?

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Lawyers for Level Global Investors founder Anthony Chiasson and former Diamondback Capital Management portfolio manager Todd Newman are either extremely confident that their clients will be the first in recent years to beat an insider-trading rap, or they are resigned to trying their hand at an appeal.
Prosecutors spent three weeks building their case against the two men, who are accused of participating in a scheme that netted nearly $70 million in illegal profits. But the defense lasted less than a day: Chiasson's and Newman's legal teams called just one witness yesterday, a Federal Bureau of Investigation agent, before resting. Closing arguments are set for tomorrow.
Newman's lawyer briefly questioned the agent about the government investigation.
The move to put up little or no defense could be a sign that the former hedge funders believe that the government has failed to prove its case. If they are right, it will be a first: Prosecutors have won upwards of 70 guilty verdicts, most of them plea deals, and have yet to lose a guilty verdict in the recent crackdown on insider-trading.
For their part, prosecutors spent days questioning their two star witnesses, former Level Global analyst Spyridion Adondakis and former Diamondback analyst Jesse Tortora. The defense also spent days cross-examining those witnesses.
Depending on how long closing statements go, the jury could get the case as soon as tomorrow afternoon.

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NAYPYITAW, Dec 21 (Bernama) -- The national contingent ends its stint at the 27th SEA Games by collecting 43 gold medals, surpassing the target of 40 gold.
This was possible with the collection of another five gold today, two each from the diving and Muay Thai event and one through the men's hockey squad in Yangon.
The contingent's first win for today's gold was through Mohd Lokman Hakimi Mat Raji, who gave Malaysia its 39th gold in the 51kg Muay Thai event.
The diving pair of Ooi Tze Liang/Muhammad Nazreen Abdullah, who led in the men's 10m synchronised platform event, gave Malaysia its 40th gold.
The national's men hockey squad gave Malaysia its fourth gold for today when they defeated Singapore 5-0 in the final match.....


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Monday, June 18, 2012
Reign Stumble in Regular Season Finale
A week after clinching the Division 5 Championship the Reign let the opportunity to host their first round playoff game slip away as they fell to the Indy Crash 28-7.
The Reign (3-5) started strong, scoring on their first possession. After some back and forth play by two strong defenses the Crash (5-3) capitalized on Reign turnovers and took a 20-7 lead into halftime. A final touchdown in the second half and a lock-down defense sealed the victory for the Crash.
The bright spot of the offensive attack was Jacki Clark who rushed for 35 yards and the Reign's only touchdown of the contest. Clark also hauled in 3 receptions for 14 yards. Clark made her presence felt on special teams as well with a 73 yard punt out of her own end zone. The Reign defense provided some opportunities for a turnaround with interceptions by Amanda Coressel, Toya Pettaway and Ella Dunn. Anneliese Kolan led the team with 7 tackles.
The Reign and Crash will meet again this Saturday in the first round of the WFA playoffs in Indianapolis. This is the first trip to the playoffs for the Reign and a return to the playoffs for the Crash, where they lost to the Boston Militia in the National Conference Championship in 2011.


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Instructables member Alexander Morris made a photo booth that looks like the app icon of the popular image sharing service Instagram. If you’re a fan of the service you might be disappointed to know that Alexander didn’t actually integrate Instagram or any image editing service into the photo booth. But Alex more than makes up for it with the quality of his build.
Just by looking at it you can already tell that Alexander has some serious crafting skills. Inside the beautiful case are two Nikon SB900 flash guns, a Nikon D3200 camera with an 18-55mm lens, a TV that serves as the viewfinder and an Arduino microcontroller to run things. It also has two seven-segment LEDs, but I’m not sure what they display. Perhaps a timer and a total image count?
Think you’ve got the skills to make one? Then head to Alexander’s Instructables page for the instructions. Otherwise stick with the Instagram app, or wait for one of these, because Alexander isn’t selling the photo booth.
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So, would you like to know how technologically inept I am?
Last weekend, my computer had an Internet connection, but I couldn’t get anything to come up on my computer screen. As is the way of all non-savvy computer nerds, I quickly deduced that the best way to get everything going again on my screen was to purge everything I could think of. By mistake, that included the user ID and password of my WordPress account.
When I tried to get back into my WordPress account, WordPress asked me for my user ID and password. I had forgotten my password long ago (I only use a few thousand of them), and the user ID was an email account that I had deleted long ago after it got hacked. WordPress informed me that, unless I could send them an email message from my user ID’s account, they would not be able to send me a new password, and therefore, I would be locked out of my own account.
And so it went. My access to four-and-a-half years of blogging and several hundred blog subscribers were suddenly locked behind bars. (I imagined hearing a loud “cha-ching!” from the TV series “Law & Order.”)
So I’ve decided to try and make lemonade out of my WordPress lemons. I am resuming my blogging career on this “sequel” blog.
Of course, I still have a “history” of previous blogging that I’d like to reference on occasion. So be forewarned that now, I will often hyperlink to my previous blog. For example, if I’m writing about Charlie Chaplin, and I want to reference a Chaplin movie review from my old blog, I will link to it like this. So please note that, obviously, if you go to that hyperlink, you will have to press the “Back” button on your computer keyboard in order to return to this “sequel” blog.
If, by chance, you know anyone who followed my previous blog but is not aware of my current situation, please let them know so that I can restore some of my old readership. And of course, please feel free to return to and reference my previous blog, whose URL is listed on the masthead of this blog.
Thank you for bearing with me through a quite troublesome situation. I would like to add a final note about the fragility of the Internet “cloud.”
Two days after my blog-blocking debacle, Slate.com posted a news story stating that the photo-sharing platform Flickr had abruptly changed their unlimited-storage format to that of only 1,000 photos per customer. A lot of Flickr users who had been using that format to save every photo they ever took got taken by surprise.
You can read Slate.com’s article for yourself here. But I must quote the article’s final sentence, at once insightful and cautionary:
“Whether they’re on your computer, on a hard drive, or printed on paper, your photographs — and your memories — are only still yours if you save them in a place where you’ll always have the keys.”
Heed the warning, folks.


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Leading Drummer of Peel Regional Police Pipe Band, Graham Brown is one of the world’s premier pipe band snare drummers. With over 18 years playing experience, he is a 3 time World Drum Corps Champion, an accredited judge and internationally respected teacher.
Graham started his drumming career as the Lead Drummer of the Milton Optimist Pipe Band, founded by his mother Gail. The band was very successful, winning the World Juvenile Championships in 1994 and the Grade 3 Worlds in 1997. After four years of playing Grade 1 in Ontario, Graham moved to Scotland to play with Jim Kilpatrick and the Shotts and Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band in 2002.
In his time with Shotts, Graham won 2 World Pipe Band Championships, 3 World Drum Corps Championships and a total of 16 Major Drumming Championships. In 2007 he returned home to Canada and was named the Lead Drummer of the Grade 1 Peel Regional Police Pipe Band.
In the solo realm, Graham has won the North American Championships at Maxville Six times, the Agnew-Harrison Invitational Five times, the Kansas City Gold Medal, and has been a Finalist at the World Solo Drumming Championships. Graham teaches private lessons, workshops, and schools internationally. He is a certified judge, and sits on the Pipers and Pipe Band Society of Ontario's Music Board.


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Two-and-a-half hours after polls closed in every state in the 2020 election, then-President Donald Trump declared victory and said he was going to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to stop states from counting any more legally cast ballots.
“We want all voting to stop. We don’t want them to find any ballots at four in the morning and add them to the list,” Trump said before adding, “Frankly, we did win the election.”
As the hours turned into days before the presidential election was finally called for Democrat Joe Biden, Trump built his lie that the election was stolen from him. The late-counted, or “overtime,” ballots (generally mail ballots and provisional ballots) cast in heavily Black and Latino counties favoring Democrats were deemed fraudulent. Election workers had switched real votes for fake ones, whether by USB drive or ballot drop boxes, Trump and his allies claimed. And on and on. The claims referred to the presidential votes only, though, while Republican victories from the same ballots were accepted.
Of course Trump was going to contest the results — at the time he was still disputing the outcome of an election he’d won. He repeatedly claimed he actually won the popular vote in 2016 “if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally.” In 2018, he lied that Democrats were involved in a “big corruption scandal having to do with Election Fraud,” when ballots counted after Election Day favored Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), who ultimately lost. He also falsely declared “electoral corruption” and called for a “new Election” when Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) defeated incumbent Republican Martha McSally after ballots counted after Election Day came in.
In each case, Trump’s lies revolved around the mechanics of election administration: how voters cast their ballots and how states counted them. The counting of ballots after Election Day turned into evidence of fraud in his imagination. And though none of his claims were true and all were fact-checked by the press and election law experts and readily dismissed from the courts, the Republican Party grasped onto them and won’t let go.
This presents the possibility of yet another nightmare following Election Day on Nov. 8. Little has changed in how the votes will be cast and how they will be counted in key states across the country. The same scenario that Trump used to lie about the election results in the past three elections will happen again. The only difference is that this year there are hundreds of Republicans who endorse his lies running for offices up and down the ballot.
Refusal To Accept Defeat
Since Trump left office, Republicans have been seeding the idea that all elections they do not win would have been necessarily corrupted by fraud.
“I’m going to win the election, and I will accept that result,” Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, who claims to not believe Biden won the 2020 election, said Oct. 16 on CNN while pointedly refusing to state whether she would accept the results if she lost.
Carlson, the most influential conservative television news host, told his viewers on Oct. 26 that it would be “absurd” to “accept the outcome” of the Pennsylvania Senate race if Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, the Democratic nominee, wins.
In Michigan, GOP gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon, who also claims the 2020 election was stolen from Trump, said during a primary debate that she will accept the results only if “we see the secretary of state running a fair election the way she should be.”
At a campaign stop in October, Arizona GOP Senate candidate Blake Masters continued to spread lies that the voting machines in the state are corrupted and that if he beats Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) by 30,000 votes, Democrats may just “find 40,000,” according to The Daily Beast. “There’s always cheating, probably, in every election,” Masters told supporters in July. (When speaking to a mass audience during a televised debate on Oct. 6, however, Masters admitted, “I haven’t seen evidence of” election or voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election.)
Don Bolduc, the Republican Senate candidate in New Hampshire, has repeatedly stated that there was widespread fraud in the 2020 election and refused to say if he will accept his own election results. Bolduc warned during an appearance on a conservative radio show on Oct. 10 that if the vote count were close on Election Day, ballots favoring Democrats could be reported overnight, “and the next thing you know, you wake up in the morning and the election is changed. That is still real.”
In Wisconsin, Republican Sen. Ron Johnson and GOP gubernatorial candidate Tim Michels refuse to say that they would accept the outcome of their elections.
GOP secretary of state candidates in Arizona, Michigan, Minnesota and Nevada all believe that the 2020 election was illegitimate and refuse to accept the 2022 results ― if they lose, of course.
Doug Mastriano, the far-right election-denying GOP gubernatorial candidate in Pennsylvania, led Trump’s efforts to overturn the presidential election results in the state and has refused to say whether he would accept the results of his own election.
These repeated claims, from GOP politicians and the movement’s media superstars, have conditioned the base to believe in widespread voter fraud; a recent poll showed two-thirds of Republican voters do not accept that Biden fairly won the 2020 election. So when there’s another delayed count in the upcoming midterms, all hell may break loose once again.
Blue Shift ’22
The dynamic that the GOP election lies rest on is known as the “blue shift.” First named in a 2013 political science paper, the blue shift describes how late-counted ballots tend to favor Democratic Party candidates due to Democratic voters’ higher propensity to cast late absentee ballots, use provisional ballots and their need to “cure,” or correct, errors on absentee ballots.
The blue shift appeared to accelerate in 2020 when Republicans abandoned mail-in voting amid Trump’s propaganda campaign against it while Democrats embraced it. But as a post-election report by the MIT Election Data + Science Lab shows, both late-counted ballots and the blue shift two years ago were “comparable in size to the 2016 election.”
Not only was the blue shift comparable to the 2016 election, but most states reported vote totals quickly with only 10 states and the District of Columbia not reporting 90% or more of their final vote 48 hours after the polls closed.
“In almost every state, the presidential victor was clear within five hours of polls closing,” the report states. “In the few exceptions, the problem was not wild gyrations in reported election results, but the simple fact that the vote count was close.”
What mattered, ultimately, was that the vote totals were close enough in states like Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin to delay major outlets from calling the results ― and thus the final outcome of the presidential race. And then Trump was eager to lie about election fraud.
The Republican Party’s current embrace of Trump’s lies are paramount here. It plans to claim election fraud even if the party wins, just as Trump did in 2016.
Election protection workers point to Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin as the key states where they are concerned about false claims of fraud post-election. These are among the same states that featured closely fought races and took longer to report over 90% of their vote totals — and now feature GOP candidates running who will refuse to accept the results if they lose. This promises to create a chaotic situation after the polls close.
In Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, the high rate of late-counted ballots can be chalked up to both the refusal of Republicans in state legislatures to pass bills allowing mail ballots to be processed prior to Election Day and the fact that votes were counted at centralized locations in the counties, requiring the ballots to be transported.
Mailed ballots need to be processed before they are counted. Ballot processing can involve opening the envelopes, removing the ballots from their envelopes and doing a signature match or entering the ballots into a tabulation machine. By allowing already returned ballots to be pre-processed, states can ease the burden placed on election workers on and after Election Day.
In the last election, Michigan and Pennsylvania saw their largest counties, which contain the largest share of Democratic voters, take much longer to report their ballots. Eight hours after the polls closed, only 47% of the vote was reported in Wayne County, Michigan, and 53% for Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. The vote total for Pennsylvania didn’t hit 90% of the final vote until more than 24 hours after the polls closed. This could have been caused by the centralization of vote counting at the county level, rather than the municipal, according to the MIT Election Data + Science Lab report.
To alleviate at least some of this burden, Michigan adopted legislation allowing counties to process mail ballots up to two days prior to Election Day. But election clerks noted that this change came too close to the election to enable their offices to properly speed up the counting of ballots. It is most likely that the full results will not be complete until 24 hours after polls close.
This may relieve some of the crush, but those ballots would still need to be counted on Election Day while any mail ballots returned on Election Day would still need to be processed and then counted.
Republicans in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania continued to refuse to allow any time for ballots to be pre-processed after 2020.
“We were saying, in Pennsylvania you have to pass something to deal with pre-processing,” said Sylvia Albert, director of voting and elections for Common Cause, a nonprofit active in monitoring elections. “To me, at this point, it is purposeful. They want chaos. If you refuse to pass laws, you are asking for what’s next.”
This will likely matter greatly in Pennsylvania if the Senate or gubernatorial races are close, as they are projected to be, since Democrats continue to request mail ballots at a far higher rate than do Republicans. Trump is reportedly looking to contest election results in Pennsylvania, according to Rolling Stone.
So far, Democrats account for 70% of requested mail ballots and 72% of returned mail ballots. The total could account for about one-quarter of the vote total for Democratic candidates if turnout winds up somewhere in between the 2018 midterms and the 2020 presidential election.
“We know everyone [will] want results on election night, but we must again ask for patience,” acting Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth Leigh Chapman told reporters on Oct. 11.
“We were saying, in Pennsylvania you have to pass something to deal with pre-processing. To me, at this point, it is purposeful. They want chaos. If you refuse to pass laws, you are asking for what’s next.”
Arizona, where every Republican running statewide claims the 2020 election was riddled with fraud, was among the 10 states that did not report more than 90% of their total vote within 48 hours of the polls closing. Recent statewide elections in the state have been incredibly close. Biden defeated Trump by a little more than 10,000 votes. Kelly won his 2020 race by around 70,000 votes, and Sinema won her 2018 race by less than 60,000.
The state has since become a hotbed of election-related conspiracy theories, with the state legislature voting to audit the vote in Maricopa County, which holds 60% of the state’s population, after Biden won it in 2020. The partisan audit was highly contentious but ended by showing that there was no widespread fraud in the election. (Biden actually gained votes in the audit’s final tally.)
Most Arizona voters cast their ballots by mail, and the state does allow election workers to pre-process and count those ballots ahead of Election Day. But a large number of voters return their ballots on Election Day. The “late early votes,” as they’re called in the state, make Arizona one of the states with the largest overtime vote count. Arizona also allows voters to correct any errors on their ballot up to five days after the election.
“If elections are close, it might be a week or more before we have solid results,” said Alex Gulotta, Arizona state director for All Voting Is Local, a nonprofit voting rights and election protection group. “And that’s in the normal course.”
Like Arizona, Nevada did not report more than 90% of its vote until over 48 hours after polls closed. The high overtime vote in the state is likely chalked up to its rules around mail voting. All voters are provided a mail ballot, which can be accepted up to four days after the election if it is postmarked on or before Election Day. Voters are also given up to seven days after the election to cure any errors found on their ballots. Nevada has a tight Senate race between incumbent Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D) and GOP challenger Adam Laxalt, who has refused to answer multiple questions from local media about whether he will accept the midterm election result but did tell The New York Times and The Washington Post that he would accept the results.
While the 2020 overtime vote in Arizona actually provided a “red shift,” in which Trump gained votes in the days after the election, the state saw a blue shift in 2018 that put Sinema in the lead in her race. In Nevada, the overtime vote first tilted to Republicans as rural counties were reported before tilting back toward Democrats as more ballots were counted in Clark County, which includes Las Vegas.
The lies Republicans spread about the post-election vote count highlight a mostly overlooked aspect of elections: that they do not end on Election Day. Ballots must be processed, counted, canvassed and certified. When elections are extremely close, recounts may be in order depending on each state’s recount laws.
“In the past, election protection broadly has been about focusing on how we are preparing up to the election ― the day before and the day of the election,” said Quentin Turner, director of Common Cause Michigan. “But in the past couple years, that has changed. The days leading up to and on Election Day are the pregame. The work continues on in just as an intense way after the election. And that is where the most opportunities are for people who want to sow discord or doubt in the process.”
Just as Trump put pressure on each hinge point in how the Electoral College votes are cast, so too can Republicans who reject the outcome of their elections this year apply pressure in their states.
That pressure has already been applied to election workers across the country as they have received a steady stream of death threats from Trump-backing election deniers since the 2020 election. Numerous election workers have already been driven out of office by election-denying conspiracists hounding their every move. Trump-backing militias like the Oath Keepers and other groups have also staked out drop boxes in Arizona, intimidating voters as they deliver their mail-in ballots.
These kinds of intimidation campaigns could go into a higher gear after the election. If a race is close, pressure could be applied to officials counting or certifying votes to change the outcome. And just as the outcome on Jan. 6, 2021, hinged on Vice President Mike Pence not following Trump’s orders, all of the processes that provide an opportunity for mischief rely on the officials overseeing them to act in good faith.
In Michigan, Turner said that the most worrying period is the 14 days after the election, when county totals are canvassed and certified by local boards of canvassers. In 2020, two Republican members of the Wayne County board of canvassers initially attempted to vote against certifying the totals from the largest county in the state after being pressured by Trump and his supporters.
Though those two members reversed themselves and certified the legitimate vote totals, the newest Republican member of the board, appointed in 2021, said he would not have certified the 2020 election. Election deniers were appointed to county boards of canvassers in at least two other Michigan counties ahead of the 2022 election.
“We don’t know how the boards of canvassers are going to end up voting,” Turner said. “Hopefully, they all do their jobs like they’re supposed to.”
The refusal of GOP election officials to certify results is not far-fetched. These officials refused to certify election results in 10 counties in Nevada, New Mexico and Pennsylvania during the 2022 primary elections. In a few of these cases, the county election boards needed to be taken to court to be forced to certify the election results. It took three months of litigation before the Pennsylvania counties of Berks, Butler, Fayette and Lancaster complied and certified all votes cast.
In rural Nye County, Nevada, the election-denying head of elections, Mark Kampf, is forcing the county to hand-count ballots, due to the conspiratorial fears of voting machines whipped up by Trump in 2020. The county is already counting early votes, showcasing how hand-counting is a time-consuming and error-prone process. The Nevada secretary of state told Nye County to cease its hand count on Thursday.
Elections officials of Cochise County, Arizona, also tried to count their ballots only by hand, but they agreed to abide by a court order telling them to stop on Thursday.
“It is fairly likely that some election administrator somewhere in the country is probably going to refuse to certify the results in their jurisdiction for some reason,” said Adav Noti, legal director of the nonprofit Campaign Legal Center, which is engaged in election protection efforts.
The final certification of the vote in Arizona could stretch out even further after Republicans increased the threshold for recounts in close elections. Previously, a recount would be triggered if the election margin was within 0.1%. But now a recount will occur when elections are within 0.5%. This difference would have required a recount for Biden’s win over Trump in 2020 as well as numerous other state and local races up and down the ballot.
This change would extend the amount of time when the final outcome of a close race would be either unclear or open to debate possibly into December. This could potentially give one of the many election-denying Arizona candidates extra time to whip up paranoia about the election results and put increased pressure on election workers.
“That is a difference from 2020 that is very dangerous,” Gulotta said.
The counting of these ballots on Election Day and after will be closely observed by poll watchers recruited by the Republican National Committee and former Trump adviser Steve Bannon. Poll watchers may object to votes, gum up the election process and spread lies about the conduct of the election, just as they did in 2020. John Eastman, the conservative lawyer who drafted Trump’s plan to steal the 2020 election on Jan. 6, 2021, exhorted GOP poll workers and observers in New Mexico to challenge individual votes as part of a scheme to challenge the results of elections Republicans lose, according to Politico.
Election protection groups and legal allies are anticipating a flood of activity on and after Election Day. And with many key races neck-and-neck in the polls, another post-election frenzy of litigation is expected. Republicans may very well be as unsuccessful as they were in the courts and the streets in 2020.
But the rot in American elections appears to be setting in. Trump’s lies have taken hold of the Republican Party. Every election now features figures who do not believe in the function of democratic elections, unless they win them.
And if they do win in 2022, then they will be in a position to ensure Trump has the crucial allies he lacked in 2020 when he called for “all voting to stop.”


Chennai: As part of India’s proposed human space mission, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said that it had successfully conducted a series of Drogue Parachute Deployment Tests.
According to the Indian space agency, the test was conducted at the Rail Track Rocket Sled (RTRS) facility of the Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory, Chandigarh, from Tuesday to Thursday.
The tests were conducted in collaboration with Aerial Delivery Research and Development Establishment (ADRDE)/DRDO.
The Gaganyaan mission entails the safe transportation of astronauts to space and back.
A crucial component of this mission is the deployment of drogue parachutes, which play a pivotal role in stabilizing the crew module and reducing its velocity to a safe level during re-entry, ISRO said.
Drogue parachutes, packed within pyro-based devices known as mortars, are ingeniously designed to eject the parachutes into the air upon command. These conical ribbon-type parachutes, boasting a diameter of 5.8 meters, employ a single-stage reefing mechanism, ingeniously minimising canopy area and mitigating opening shock, ensuring a smooth and controlled descent.
During the three comprehensive tests conducted at the RTRS facility, a range of real-world scenarios were simulated to rigorously evaluate the performance and reliability of the drogue parachutes, ISRO said.
The first test simulated the maximum reefed load, marking a groundbreaking introduction of reefing in a mortar-deployed parachute within India.
The second test emulated the maximum disreefed load, while the third showcased the deployment of the drogue parachute under conditions mirroring the maximum angle of attack experienced by the Crew Module during its mission.
These successful RTRS tests serve as a critical qualification milestone for the drogue parachutes, confirming their readiness for integration into the upcoming Test Vehicle-D1 mission, ISRO added.
Earlier this year, the RTRS tests of Pilot and Apex cover separation parachutes were also conducted, further accentuating the progress of the Gaganyaan mission’s parachute system development.
The intricate parachute sequence for the Gaganyaan crew module’s deceleration system encompasses a total of 10 parachutes. T
he sequence commences with the deployment of two Apex cover separation parachutes, followed by the stabilisation achieved through the deployment of two drogue parachutes.
Upon release of the drogue parachutes, the mission transitions into the extraction phase, with three Pilot chutes individually extracting three main parachutes, a pivotal step in reducing the Crew Module’s speed to safe levels for a secure landing.


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Marvel Editor Axel Alonso gave some more info about the Hulk book coming out after Secret Wars, take a look below:
“One thing I’ll reveal is that we’re going to be unveiling an all-new Hulk. Not Bruce Banner, but an all-new Hulk. An all-new Hulk, unlike you’ve seen before. A character whose silhouette and reveal is likely to inspire the same kind of reactions from a certain segment of the population who hated the new Thor, [Laughs], who thought that the world was ending, but who ultimately came around to loving the new Thor.
I have every confidence that people will embrace the new Hulk and that question will be answered about Bruce and where he is. It is a natural, organic story. It’s not a stunt; it’s a story. The identity of this character is fascinating. Who he is, what it means to be Hulk, it’s an entirely new story that I think will be inviting to new fans and interesting to a whole new segment of readers and fascinating to old fans, because this is the world in which Bruce Banner lives as well. So we’ll be doing that.”
Interesting, not really sure what to make of this. Rumor has it, more will be shown tomorrow.

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Super quick and easy weeknight dish. You can use any ground meat and veggies of your choice.
10 oz spaghetti
1 lb ground turkey
2 carrots, peeled and julienned
3 green onions, sliced thinly (separate the green and white parts)
6 garlic cloves, minced
5 oz spinach
1 teaspoon cornstarch
3 teaspoons Shaoxing wine, separated
2 tablespoons soy sauce + 1 teaspoon, separated
3 tablespoons hoisin sauce
1 tablespoon sugar
2 teaspoons sesame oil
1. Cook the spaghetti per box directions. In the meantime, prep the veggies and mix the ingredients for the sauce. Into a measuring cup add 1/4 cup broth, 2 teaspoons Shaoxing wine, 2 tablespoons soy sauce, 3 tablespoons hoisin sauce, 1 tablespoon sugar and 2 teaspoons sesame oil. Mix and set aside.
2. Into a hot wok/skillet add 1 tablespoon of the grapeseed oil and add the ground turkey. Break it apart as you go and cook until it is no longer pink. Add 1 teaspoon of cornstarch, 1 teaspoon Shaoxing wine and 1 teaspoon of soy sauce. Mix to combine.
3. Push the ground turkey to one side of the wok/skillet and add 1 tablespoon of oil to the other side, add some minced garlic and the white parts of the green onion. After about a minute, combine everything together.
4. Add the carrots and cook for a few minutes. Now add the spinach, spaghetti and pour on the sauce. Quickly but gently toss to combine. Make sure the spaghetti is coated with the sauce.
5. Remove from heat and add the green part of the green onions and add a drizzle of the sesame oil (optional). Enjoy.

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Pistorius covers eyes as photo is shown
Murder accused Oscar Pistorius covered his eyes as a photo showing blood smears on his toilet floor was displayed during his trial in the High Court in Pretoria on Wednesday.
Oscar Pistorius at the high court in Pretoria on March 10, 2014 on the sixth day of his trial for the 2013 murder of his girlfriend
One of the screens displaying evidence photos is next to Pistorius where is sitting in the dock,
He could look at it by turning his head slightly to his left.
While evidence relating to the toilet door through which he shot his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp was discussed, a photo was displayed.
It shows a section of a wooden door panel and a large blood smear on the tiled floor next to it.
The caption reads: “Photo taken on February 14, 2013. Fragment on floor tiles of toilet.”
Pistorius was unable to look at the image and kept his right hand over his eyes until it was replaced by another photo.
Barry Roux, for Pistorius, was questioning police forensic expert Col Johannes Vermeulen about the toilet door at the time.
Pistorius tried to break open the door of his toilet with a cricket bat after he shot and killed his girlfriend Steenkamp through it. He claims he thought she was an intruder.
Vermeulen is the commander of the material analysis sub-section at the forensic science laboratory.
He told the court he had more than 29 years of experience in scientific analysis and completed almost 1400 forensic investigations.
Pistorius is accused of the murder of model and law graduate Steenkamp in his home on February 14 last year. He is also charged with illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition, and two counts of discharging a firearm in public.
He allegedly fired a shot from a Glock pistol under a table at a Johannesburg restaurant in January 2013.
On September 30, 2012 he allegedly shot through the open sunroof of a car with his 9mm pistol while driving with friends in Modderfontein.


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FEG AK47 SA2000M - Very nice Hungarian AK
TRADE COMPLETED, YEEEHAAWW
I have the following for sale or trade:
1. FEG AK47 SA2000M - Made in Hungary. This rifle takes the 10 round hungarian steel mags. The receiver can be modified to accept 30 round mags by simply milling out the mag well to accept 30 round mags but I have neither the time nor the inclination to do this as I have other projects I am building. These are somewhat rare from what I have read and are no longer imported. I am the original owner and I purchased this in 2001. Very nice shooter. I have around 300 rounds through the rifle.
2. 6 10 round hungarian magazines
3. Original instruction and safety manual.
Some specs on the rifle"
A. Choate Polymer dragunov sniper style stock with recoil pad and length of pull spacer
B. 18.5" barrel length
C. Overall length is 38"
D. Typical AK front and rear sights
E. Original pinned AMD muzzlebrake
The fit and finish of this rifle is absolutely flawless. It has sat in my safe for 9 years and only removed to perform 6 month checks for cleaning and wipedown.
$550 cash obo face to face prefer Gwinnett County area. I am also open to trades. I prefer Glocks and XD in 9mm, 40 and 45. Really looking for a compact 9mm. Also open to trading for new ammo in 40, 45, 7.62 nato, 7.62x39 and 5.56.
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Maura Higgins appears to have confirmed her romance with Giovanni Pernice.
The Love Island star appears to have confirmed her romance with the Strictly star on Instagram.
Maura has posted a sweet hand-holding snap of what seems to be the pair as they finished dinner together.
The news comes after weeks of rumours around the new couple, who had been spotted together outside a Blackpool nightclub recently.
Maura has posted a sweet hand-holding snap. (via Instagram)
It comes after a source told OK! Magazine the couple are in "the early days of a relationship"
The source told the publication: “Giovanni is smitten. He always fancied her and slid into her DMs. It’s very early days.
"Maura is enjoying the attention and she thinks he’s so hot. He’s really charming, but she is a little worried he might be a player.
“Maura doesn’t want to get hurt, so she’s taking it slow. She’s enjoying single life so won’t rush into anything.”
Fans of the pair can’t wait to see what’s in store for the new couple.
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- 420 to the Max - Spanish version
- 420 to the Max - French version
- 420 to the Max - German version
- 420 to the Max - Japanese version
José Massapina, 420 Class Vice-President responsible for the 420 Development Programme commented, “Training and improving techniques can be challenging and this instructional video is a bit like having your own personal video coach to help you get faster and talk you through skills and tactics.” Recognizing the input from the partners involved, Massapina added, “We are delighted to have produced the video which has been a major project for the class and I am confident it will benefit many young sailors around the world. Our thanks to Nick Drougas, the Greek sailors sailing and demonstrating the techniques and Icarus who have produced the video.”
This is the first specific training video produced by the International 420 Class Association and introduces a range of specific techniques, and demonstrates how to master them in different wind and sea conditions and what to consider when undertaking a range of manoeuvres.
“If you get your technique right you'll be efficient, produce better results and avoid potential injuries,” explained Nick Drougkas the world class coach behind the video. “Boat set up is explained, alongside body and boat movement. The commentary and visual presentation provide an easily understood training tool. Watch the video, go out and practice, review your day's sailing and improve your skills,” he added.
Animated graphic overlays demonstrate specific points to consider in completing manoeuvres, accompanied by an excellent voice over. Designed to help sailors improve their skills and sail their boats better, the video provides a free and excellent resource for 420 sailors around the world. Coaches can also benefit from the video and look at new approaches to training and coaching.
Developed by the International 420 Class Association in partnership with Nick Drougkas and Icarus – the training video is broken down into easily digestible sections, which you can view as separate video clips. The video focuses on:
- Preparation and General Skills
- Medium Winds
- Strong Winds
Special thanks to the sailors George Vasilas and Akylas Drougkas for their offer to take part in the project. Vasilas was 420 Junior European Champion in 2003 and Drougas was 420 Junior European Champion in 2008 and second at the 2008 420 Junior Worlds.
We encourage all Member National Authorities and/or 420 National Class Associations to help us translating this video into the remaining languages. Please contact email@example.com to request the original video file for translation.

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With Thanksgiving over, it seems Christmas will be right around the corner. I’ve already taken family photos and ordered Christmas cards, and actually accomplished a fair amount of Christmas shopping. Yay! So, with some of my to-do list knocked out, my thoughts are turning to the stories I want to read this Christmas season. There are five Christmas themed new releases I’m excited about so far.
The Beloved Christmas Quilt by Wanda Brunstetter
Christmas at Carnton by Tamera Alexander
The Christmas Blessing by Melody Carlson
One Enchanted Noel by Melissa Tagg
Twelve Days at Bleakly Manor by Michelle Griep
Which Christmas titles are you most looking forward to this holiday season?


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I went on a day trip to Parque Nacional Lauca. The journey would take me from sea level to 4,500m in just a few hours, which was certainly going to be a major mistake, more or less guaranteed to give me altitude sickness. But I wanted to see the Altiplano wilderness and this was my only way of getting to the park. So at 7am I got on the bus and we headed inland.
We stopped at some places en route. The first was Poconchile, a small town not far from Arica. The cemetery there reminded me a lot of the Arctic cemeteries I'd seen in Greenland a few months earlier. In both places, the graves surrounded by savage lands made the place feel like it was on the very limits of where human beings could survive.
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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — If you're planning on having a big Thanksgiving celebration, chances are you'll be cooking a turkey and lots of special sides. This means there will likely be lots of fats, oil, and cooking grease in your kitchen.
Did you know that there's a safe way to dispose of these liquids?
The City of Virginia Beach will have three drop-off sites at select Public Utilities pump stations the week after Thanksgiving.
You can take the liquids and dispose of them here, which is a better solution for your drains, the city's infrastructure and the environment.
From November 28 through December 2 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, head to the following locations:
- 1062 Ferry Plantation Road
- 3793 Lampl Ave.
- 1308 Park Center Drive
These drop-off sites are only for cooking liquids from residences. Motor oil and restaurant oils will not be accepted.
The Virginia Beach Resource Recovery Center, which is located at 1989 Jake Sears Road, is the year-round spot for safe liquid disposal. They're open from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday's through Saturday's.


Southampton's Ryan Bertrand (left) and Leicester City's Riyad Mahrez battle for the ball during the Premier League match at St Mary's Stadium, Southampton. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Wednesday December 13, 2017. See PA story SOCCER Southampton. Photo credit should read: Adam Davy/PA Wire. RESTRICTIONS: EDITORIAL USE ONLY No use with unauthorised audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or "live" services. Online in-match use limited to 75 images, no video emulation. No use in betting, games or single club/league/player publications.
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Algeria and Leicester City winger Riyad Mahrez is doubtful for the international friendly clash against Tanzania set for Thursday.
The Desert Foxes star is in a race to gain fitness for the Desert Warriors’ tuneup game against Salum Mayanga’s men.
Mahrez could miss their friendly game versus the Taifa Stars at the Stade Mustapha Tchaker on Thursday evening.
The winger was believed to have suffered the injury in Leicester City’s 2-1 loss to Chelsea in an FA Cup quarter-final tie.
Coach Rabah Madjer confirmed that the former Le Havre player is being monitored alongside Yacine Brahimi.
“I sent Yacine Brahimi and Mahrez to the infirmary,” Madjer was quoted by Algerian publication Competition.
“We’re monitoring them closely. They have a few niggles.”
Apart from the clash against the East Africans, the North Africans are scheduled to take on Iran next Tuesday as part of their preparation for the 2018 FIFA World Cup appearance in June.
However, Mahrez is expected to be available for the encounter away in Merkur Arena (Graz) at 19:00 (CAT).


President Trump and Rand Paul have joined forces in order to…confuse everybody. (Rand Paul may be confused himself)
I’ve got a couple different ideas about what’s going on with this most recent Executive Order from the White House and what it means moving forward. One of those ideas involves the Flash, alternate universes, and a Rand Paul doppelganger. Even though that unusual idea probably has more substance than anything you might read at InfoWars, I’ll choose to discuss my other ideas instead.
This all started two days ago when President Trump tweeted the following:
Unsurprisingly, many advocates for limited government and opponents of executive overreach (like myself) were dismayed to see a tweet so reminiscent of what we would see from the Obama days. There are few phrases hated more by federalists and libertarians than “power of the pen”. This is why what happened next was the last thing anybody expected:
Now, let me first state that I recognize not all Executive Orders are created equal and that issuing an Executive Order is not, in and of itself, necessarily an unconstitutional act, as much as I sometimes would like them to be. However, when the stated purpose of issuing an Executive Order is that Congress is not acting…it’s usually an indication that what is about to be released is going to be an attempt to accomplish what should be done through the legislative process and is likely going to utilize a loophole, whether real or perceived, upon which the Executive Branch will attempt to use rules and regulations to alter or undermine legislative law. Hence, the general perplexity of Senator Paul’s support of such an executive action.
While the jury is still out an what exactly Rand Paul is up to, I think I can begin to unravel a few things about what this Executive Order actually is and what, if anything, it actually accomplishes.
While the Executive Order is being sold as President Trump acting to reform Obamacare on his own, in response to the failure of Congress to act, it does nothing…I repeat…it does nothing to alter the Affordable Care Act. This Order is essentially legal acrobatics, reaching back to laws from the 1970s, finding ways to re-introduce market forces into the health insurance market by using the portions of the market which the ACA does not actually touch. Principally, it is an attempt to craft new rules and regulations for Association Health Plans with the goal of allowing small businesses to join together in providing insurance for their employees and to obtain policies from insurance companies across state lines. The mechanism for accomplishing this, as worded in the Executive Order, is to simply request that federal agencies re-evaluate their current rules and regulations to determine if they can be altered to allow this to happen. It does not effect the ACA, but attempts to create a mechanism to undermine the ACA’s attack on market forces, and try to allow an island of protection for some consumers as the ACA continues to unravel.
So, is this effectual and, more importantly, is this constitutional?
From what I can tell, this Executive Order would pass the muster of judicial review, but largely only because it is functionally nothing more than an official request that agencies investigate ways to alter their rules and regulations within the framework of pre-existing law with the hopes of accomplishing a determined goal. The language of the current order would likely not be construed as unconstitutional because the specific process to accomplish the stated goal is purposefully vague. But, not only does this mean there is no guarantee the goal can even be accomplished, it also means there’s no guarantee possible alterations to rules and regulations would remain properly in the context of current law and each and every change could face the possibility of being challenged and any one alteration being successfully challenged could put the entire effort in jeopardy.
As for whether the Executive Order will be effective, the consensus I’m sensing is that it may provide some relief to small business employees if rules and regulations can be effectively tweaked, but that the processes involved will likely take upwards of a year to effectuate and, even after that, their changes wouldn’t go into effect until the open enrollment period for 2019. Considering the speed at which the health insurance markets are spiraling downward under current law, my assessment is that anything this Executive Order might accomplish will probably arrive too late and be too little to have any meaningful impact.
But, all other considerations aside, this action by President Trump may be nothing more than a dog and pony show.
I went to WhiteHouse.gov to read the specific wording of the Healthcare Executive Order and…it wasn’t there. At least, it wasn’t listed in the Executive Order section of the website. I instead found it listed as a Presidential Memorandum. Presidential Memorandum is a vague designation, notionally different then Executive Orders in that they generally only focus on delegating tasks or initiating regulatory processes and often don’t cite constitutional or statutory authority like an Executive Order would. While Presidents have been known to interchange the use of Memorandum and Order (President Trump has demonstrated in the past he has no grasp of the intended difference), a Memorandum is generally considered to have much less impact and authority. Considering the title of the directive is “Presidential Executive Order…” it seems odd it would be officially listed as Presidential Memorandum and suggests either someone at the website has messed up, or the President, or his staff, is engaging in a little message doctoring to make this directive appear to be more than it actually is.
If this exercise really is nothing more than a dog and pony show, it appears to be one involving a dog with a comb over and a pony with really curly hair. Much remains to be seen, and I look forward with great interest to discovering why someone who once famously said he would “…repeal all previous executive orders” now has in his possession a shiny presidential pen.
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3 cups granulated sugar
1 teaspoon peppermint extract
1/2 cup water
3/4 cup light corn syrup
3/4 teaspoon red food coloring
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
Combine the sugar, water, syrup and cream of tartar in a sauce pan and heat till the sugar has dissolved.
Divide mixture into 2 saucepans, bring to a boil (do not stir the mixtures in both pots) until the candy thermometer reads 280 degrees F.
Add 1/2 teaspoon peppermint into each pot and add the red food coloring into one pot, leaving the other pot plain.
Oil an enamel or marble surface or slab. Place mixture from one pot and stretch it like taffy, pulling and forming the mixture into a rope. Set aside and continue with other pot doing the same thing.
Take both red and white ropes and twist them around each other again and again. Cut into desired sizes and form into candy cane shapes.
Oil the surface lightly again and place candy canes and allow them to harden.


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When it’s 9:30 at night, you’re at the grocery store, you’re hungry, don’t tend to follow recipes, and love anything that combines carbs and sauce, there are really quite a few things you can pile together and end up with something great … which is what I typically end up doing when cooking.
Friday night I made one such pile. I’m not really sure what to call it (feel free to make name suggestions), but it was delicious!
Here’s what I did:
Bought a pack of flatbreads found in the deli area of the grocery store on the low shelves that often are in front of the deli cases. The ones I used (pictured below) come in a pack of three and two will take up the full area of a large cookie sheet when baking. They make for a cracker-like crust when baked.
I put down a layer of aluminum foil on the cookie sheet (makes for easy clean up), laid two flatbreads side-by-side, and then spread a thin layer of non-fat Greek yogurt on the flatbread. Once that was evenly spread, I took the can of tomato paste and spread it on top of the yogurt. I love tomato paste so I used a full one of those tiny cans across both flatbreads.
Then I added sliced Roma tomatoes and topped it off with some fresh chopped-up basil from my pallet garden. Then it was set for baking. 425 for about 10-12 minutes got it right where I liked them … crispy, but not dried out and crunchy.
It was the first I’d attempted this combination for a pizza and I loved it!
If you’re interested in making, here’s the list of the ingredients (or as Teresa on Real Housewives of New Jersey would say, “ingredients’es”) I ended up using by the time I was done baking:
- One pack of flatbreads. I used One Republic Artisan-Style flatbreads.
- About 1/2 cup non-fat Greek yogurt (more or less depending on your taste)
- 1 tiny can tomato paste
- 2 Roma tomatoes
- Fresh basil
Give it a shot. Again, I tend to cook random things based on what I have at home and rarely is something I attempt the same two times in a row. If you have any ideas for what alterations to try the next time I welcome the suggestions.
Personally, I think on the next attempt I may add some crumbled goat cheese. Mmmm.


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Jailed: ‘Manipulative’ paedophile who sexually abused his own family in Croydon
A “persistent and manipulative” paedophile who carried out a series of sexual assaults on his own family members has been jailed.
David Defontaine, 53, was sentenced to 18 years behind bars on Friday after being found guilty of sexually abusing six victims.
Police launched an investigation into the Croydon man after the 11-year-old daughter of a family friend revealed she was being abused by him.
He was eventually charged, leading members of his own family to come forward and admit they too were victims of his abuse.
The former bus driver met his ex-partner when she was a 14-year-old girl travelling on his bus to school every day.
Defontaine, 30 years her senior, began grooming the girl for sex and she became pregnant at the age of 15.
Seven years later, he began abusing his own daughter from the relationship.
He also abused his own sister over 30 years ago when she was aged nine, as well as his sister’s niece who he abused as a nine-year-old in 2008.
He abused another niece, who was aged 10 at the time, in 2000.
Defontaine was found guilty of committing 16 offences against the six victims and on Friday, 23 June 2017, he was sentenced to 18 years’ imprisonment. He will have to serve an additional eight years on licence.


You can’t stop the growth in brake part SKUs.
Brake parts are a significant part of most jobbers’ and many shops’ business, so much so that David Vaughan, Vice President, Corporate Stores for Vast-Auto Distribution, ranks brake parts as his company’s number one are of business, by dollar volume.
There are several aspects of the category that make it tricky to manage. As the number of manufacturers, the number of models and the number of sub-levels increases, the list of brake part SKUs continues to grow. Since jobbers rely on their WD for this large variety of parts, the distributors, like Vast-Auto, have added warehouses so they can deliver the required parts more expeditiously.
As well as proliferating, the parts required are changing in nature. According to Brian Kowalski, Vice President, Branded Sales, Canada at Brake Parts Inc. “we’re definitely seeing fewer drums as more and more vehicles are equipped with four-wheel discs. OEMs for several years now have been equipping their vehicles with coated rotors and coated drums to protect these parts from rust.”
Besides coating calipers, rotors and drums to give these parts longer life by prohibiting rust, a primary OEM’s purpose is to have a rust-free appearance on their new vehicles on the lot that have the open wheel design. This trend has really created demand in the replacement parts market.
Kowalski anticipates that in the coming years, consumer demand will be driven to coated rotors and calipers as they will be looking to replace their OE rotors with like for like aftermarket parts. The brine used for Canadian winters has accelerated the demand for replacing OE installed coated brake parts and in urban centres like Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal—where stop and go traffic prays on brakes in addition to winter salt and slush—that demand is even more pronounced.
Other trends worth noting is the comparative quality of offshore parts, which don’t necessarily deliver the premium quality claimed, according to Vaughan. There is, naturally, a price advantage in these suppliers although generally the gap is narrowing between the name and will-fit suppliers. He stresses that the role of the jobber and technician is to understand what they are using so they can mange longevity expectations.
Because Vast-Auto is working with trusted partners and as those partners adapt to increased use of coated and semi-ceramic parts, as well as finding their way through newer California regulations, the company has experience declining failure levels in the brake sector in recent years, according to Vaughan.
Other changes may be on the horizon as OEMs trend toward electric and hybrid vehicles that may shift the paradigm for jobbers. The regeneration can greatly extend the life of the braking system so parts do not wear as quickly,” Kowalski points out.
Stopping vehicles is even more important than motivating them so even as they evolve, brakes and their maintenance are likely continue being a critical focus of the industry.


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Leesville to Host November to Remember Festival
The Leesville Main Street program will conduct its inaugural November to Remember festival Nov. 10 through 11 in downtown Leesville. The program's events for Veteran's Day weekend include a car shows, a 5K run, fundraisers, food, Cajun and Zydeco music, arts and crafts, and activities for children. Tributes continue through Sunday with the local annual ceremony at the Veteran's Memorial Park. Gallery One Ellleven will present a traveling exhibit on the Battle of Midway and other battles in the Pacific called Turning Point. There is no admission fee.