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Trump’s Legacy: Damaged Brains

The pesticide, which belongs to a class of chemicals developed as a nerve gas made by Nazi Germany, is now found in food, air and drinking water. Human and animal studies show that it damages the brain and reduces I.Q.s while causing tremors among children. It has also been linked [open, DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djh324] [DX] to lung cancer and Parkinson's disease [DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2013-101394] [DX] in adults.

[...] This chemical, chlorpyrifos, is hard to pronounce, so let's just call it Dow Chemical Company's Nerve Gas Pesticide. Even if you haven't heard of it, it may be inside you: One 2012 study found that it was in the umbilical cord blood of 87 percent of newborn babies tested. And now the Trump administration is embracing it, overturning a planned ban that had been in the works for many years.

The Environmental Protection Agency actually banned Dow's Nerve Gas Pesticide for most indoor residential use 17 years ago — so it's no longer found in the Raid you spray at cockroaches (it's very effective, which is why it's so widely used; then again, don't suggest this to Dow, but sarin nerve gas might be even more effective!). The E.P.A. was preparing to ban it for agricultural and outdoor use this spring, but then the Trump administration rejected the ban. That was a triumph for Dow, but the decision stirred outrage among public health experts. They noted that Dow had donated $1 million for President Trump's inauguration.

So Dow's Nerve Gas Pesticide will still be used on golf courses, road medians and crops that end up on our plate. Kids are told to eat fruits and vegetables, but E.P.A. scientists found levels of this pesticide on such foods at up to 140 times the limits deemed safe. "This was a chemical developed to attack the nervous system," notes Virginia Rauh, a Columbia professor who has conducted groundbreaking research on it. "It should not be a surprise that it's not good for people."

[...] Democrats sometimes gloat that Trump hasn't managed to pass significant legislation so far, which is true. But he has been tragically effective at dismantling environmental and health regulations — so that Trump's most enduring legacy may be cancer, infertility and diminished I.Q.s for decades to come.

Chlorpyrifos

Asked in April whether Pruitt had met with Dow Chemical Company executives or lobbyists before his decision, a EPA spokesman replied: "We have had no meetings with Dow on this topic." In June, after several Freedom of Information Act requests, the EPA released a copy of Pruitt's March meeting schedule which showed that a meeting had been scheduled between Pruitt and Dow CEO Andrew Liveris at a hotel in Houston, Texas, on March 9.[91] Both men were featured speakers at an energy conference. An EPA spokesperson reported that the meeting was brief and the pesticide was not discussed.[92]

In August, it was revealed that in fact Pruitt and other EPA officials had met with industry representatives on dozens of occasions in the weeks immediately prior to the March decision, promising them that it was "a new day" and assuring them that their wish to continue using chlorpyrifos had been heard. Ryan Jackson, Pruitt's chief of staff, said in a March 8 email that he had "scared" career staff into going along with the political decision to deny the ban, adding "[T]hey know where this is headed and they are documenting it well."[93]

I don't have the cash for an FPGA so I'll give it a try on my iMac and my Xeon box.

I don't know much about the GPU on the iMac but the Xeon box has some manner of high-end card. It takes up two PCI slots so it can have its own fan.

I discussed this at Kuro5hin a while back, but those who knew something about cryptocurrency told me that the electricity would cost more than the bitcoins it produced.

Bit now BitCoin is at $7000. Surely I won't use more electricity than that.

If it works out at least a little bit, when I get paid I'll buy a mining rig.

I at first planned to use 1/3rd of my paycheck to buy equal amounts of bitcoin, lite coin and etherium. But I think it's quite likely that today's irrational exuberance isn't like to last as long as I would like. Yeah I could make some money but likely there are other ways I could make more. Like mining.

Soylent often reports that mining rigs are always in short supply. But I'm not greedy, I expect I would do just fine with last year's model.

Inside Hillary Clinton’s Secret Takeover of the DNC

Clinton Ally and Former DNC Chairwoman Turns Tables, Accuses DNC of Rigging Primary Against Bernie

Papa John's Blames the NFL for Hurting Pizza Sales 🍕📉🔥

Papa John’s International Inc. founder John Schnatter is going after NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, saying weak handling of the league’s national-anthem controversy has hammered sales of his pizza.

“The NFL has hurt us by not resolving the current debacle to the players’ and owners’ satisfaction,” Schnatter, who serves as the pizza chain’s chairman and chief executive officer, said on a conference call. “NFL leadership has hurt Papa John’s shareholders.”

The remarks follow a controversy over NFL football players protesting during the national anthem, a movement that started last season. The demonstrations have sparked calls for a boycott and raised concerns among league sponsors. But Schnatter’s comments mark the highest-profile example of an NFL partner publicly blaming the outcry for hurting business.

'I want to quit': Fox News employees say their network's Russia coverage was 'an embarrassment'

'I'm watching now and screaming': Fox News employees anonymously trash the network's Russia coverage

Sean Hannity’s rambling defense of Trump, visualized (archive)

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    tempbutton.setAttribute("title","Bold");
    tempbutton.setAttribute("style","font-weight:bold;");
    tempbutton.setAttribute("onclick","addBold(document.getElementsByTagName('textarea')["+x+"]);");
    toolbar.appendChild(tempbutton);

    // Italic button
    var tempbutton = document.createElement("input");
    tempbutton.setAttribute("type","button");
    tempbutton.setAttribute("value","I");
    tempbutton.setAttribute("title","Italic");
    tempbutton.setAttribute("style","font-style:italic;");
    tempbutton.setAttribute("onclick","addItalic(document.getElementsByTagName('textarea')["+x+"]);");
    toolbar.appendChild(tempbutton);

    // Strike button
    var tempbutton = document.createElement("input");
    tempbutton.setAttribute("type","button");
    tempbutton.setAttribute("value","S");
    tempbutton.setAttribute("title","Strikethrough");
    tempbutton.setAttribute("style","text-decoration:line-through;");
    tempbutton.setAttribute("onclick","addStrike(document.getElementsByTagName('textarea')["+x+"]);");
    toolbar.appendChild(tempbutton);

    toolbar.appendChild(document.createTextNode(" ")); // Divider

    // Code button
    var tempbutton = document.createElement("input");
    tempbutton.setAttribute("type","button");
    tempbutton.setAttribute("value","Code");
    tempbutton.setAttribute("title","Wrap \u003Cecode\u003E tags around the selected text.");
    tempbutton.setAttribute("style","font-family:monospace;");
    tempbutton.setAttribute("onclick","addEcode(document.getElementsByTagName('textarea')["+x+"]);");
    toolbar.appendChild(tempbutton);

    // Teletype button
    var tempbutton = document.createElement("input");
    tempbutton.setAttribute("type","button");
    tempbutton.setAttribute("value","TT");
    tempbutton.setAttribute("title","Wrap \u003Ctt\u003E (teletype, i.e. monospace) tags around the selected text.");
    tempbutton.setAttribute("style","font-family:monospace;");
    tempbutton.setAttribute("onclick","addTT(document.getElementsByTagName('textarea')["+x+"]);");
    toolbar.appendChild(tempbutton);

    // Spoiler button
    var tempbutton = document.createElement("input");
    tempbutton.setAttribute("type","button");
    tempbutton.setAttribute("value","\u25A0\u25A0\u25A0");
    tempbutton.setAttribute("title","Wrap \u003Cspoiler\u003E tags around the selected text.");
    //tempbutton.setAttribute("style","font-family:monospace;");
    tempbutton.setAttribute("onclick","addSpoiler(document.getElementsByTagName('textarea')["+x+"]);");
    toolbar.appendChild(tempbutton);

    // Small button, if editing a story
    if (boxes[x].name == "introtext" || boxes[x].name == "bodytext" || boxes[x].name == "story")
    {
        var tempbutton = document.createElement("input");
        tempbutton.setAttribute("type","button");
        tempbutton.setAttribute("value","\u0073\u1D0D\u1D00\u029F\u029F");
        tempbutton.setAttribute("title","Wrap \u003Csmall\u003E tags around the selected text.");
        // tempbutton.setAttribute("style","font-size:75%;");
        tempbutton.setAttribute("onclick","addSmall(document.getElementsByTagName('textarea')["+x+"]);");
        toolbar.appendChild(tempbutton);
    }

    toolbar.appendChild(document.createTextNode(" ")); // Divider

    // Superscript button
    var tempbutton = document.createElement("input");
    tempbutton.setAttribute("type","button");
    tempbutton.setAttribute("value","x\u00B2");
    tempbutton.setAttribute("title","Superscript");
    tempbutton.setAttribute("style","font-family:monospace;");
    tempbutton.setAttribute("onclick","addSuper(document.getElementsByTagName('textarea')["+x+"]);");
    toolbar.appendChild(tempbutton);

    // Subscript button
    var tempbutton = document.createElement("input");
    tempbutton.setAttribute("type","button");
    tempbutton.setAttribute("value","x\u2082");
    tempbutton.setAttribute("title","Subscript");
    tempbutton.setAttribute("style","font-family:monospace;");
    tempbutton.setAttribute("onclick","addSubsc(document.getElementsByTagName('textarea')["+x+"]);");
    toolbar.appendChild(tempbutton);

    toolbar.appendChild(document.createTextNode(" ")); // Divider

    // Ordered list button
    var tempbutton = document.createElement("input");
    tempbutton.setAttribute("type","button");
    tempbutton.setAttribute("value","1. List");
    tempbutton.setAttribute("title","Insert an ordered list or convert newline-separated text into an ordered list.");
    tempbutton.setAttribute("onclick","addOrdlist(document.getElementsByTagName('textarea')["+x+"],'1');");
    toolbar.appendChild(tempbutton);

    // Ordered list button - Alpha
    var tempbutton = document.createElement("input");
    tempbutton.setAttribute("type","button");
    tempbutton.setAttribute("value","A. List");
    tempbutton.setAttribute("title","Insert an ordered list or convert newline-separated text into an ordered list.");
    tempbutton.setAttribute("onclick","addOrdlist(document.getElementsByTagName('textarea')["+x+"],'A');");
    toolbar.appendChild(tempbutton);

    // Ordered list button - Roman
    var tempbutton = document.createElement("input");
    tempbutton.setAttribute("type","button");
    tempbutton.setAttribute("value","I. List");
    tempbutton.setAttribute("title","Insert an ordered list or convert newline-separated text into an ordered list.");
    tempbutton.setAttribute("onclick","addOrdlist(document.getElementsByTagName('textarea')["+x+"],'I');");
    toolbar.appendChild(tempbutton);

    // Unordered list button
    var tempbutton = document.createElement("input");
    tempbutton.setAttribute("type","button");
    tempbutton.setAttribute("value","\u2022 List");
    tempbutton.setAttribute("title","Insert an unordered list or convert newline-separated text into an unordered list.");
    tempbutton.setAttribute("onclick","addUnordlist(document.getElementsByTagName('textarea')["+x+"]);");
    toolbar.appendChild(tempbutton);

    toolbar.appendChild(document.createElement("br")); // Divider
    toolbar.appendChild(document.createElement("br")); // Divider

    // Create 7 macro buttons
    for (var i=1; i<=7; i++)
    {
        // Create macros if they don't exist
        if(!localStorage.getItem("soymacro"+i))
        {
            localStorage.setItem("soymacro"+i,JSON.stringify(["M"+i,"string","Sample Text"]));
            //localStorage.setItem("soymacro"+i,JSON.stringify(["M"+i,"regexp","/a/gi","b"]));
        }
        var tempbutton = document.createElement("input");
        tempbutton.setAttribute("type","button");
        tempbutton.setAttribute("id","soymacros"+x+"button"+i);
        tempbutton.setAttribute("value",JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem("soymacro"+i))[0]);
        if (JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem("soymacro"+i))[1]=="string")
        {
            if (JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem("soymacro"+i))[2].length < 40)
            {
                tempbutton.setAttribute("title","Insert or replace selected text with: " + JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem("soymacro"+i))[2]);
            }
            else
            {
                tempbutton.setAttribute("title","Insert or replace selected text with: " + JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem("soymacro"+i))[2].substring(0,40)+"...");
            }
            tempbutton.setAttribute("onclick","macroChoose(document.getElementsByTagName('textarea')["+x+"],"+i+");");
        }
        else
        {
            tempbutton.setAttribute("title","Replace text matched by the regular expression: " + JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem("soymacro"+i))[2] + " with: " + JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem("soymacro"+i))[3]);
            tempbutton.setAttribute("onclick","macroChoose(document.getElementsByTagName('textarea')["+x+"],"+i+");");
        }
        toolbar.appendChild(tempbutton);
    }
    // Create macros edit button
    var tempbutton = document.createElement("input");
    tempbutton.setAttribute("type","button");
    tempbutton.setAttribute("value","Edit");
    tempbutton.setAttribute("title","Configure user macros or discard changes.");
    tempbutton.setAttribute("onclick","if (document.getElementById('macrobar"+x+"').style.display == 'none') {document.getElementById('macrobar"+x+"').style.display = 'block'; macrobarInit("+x+");} else {document.getElementById('macrobar"+x+"').style.display = 'none'; if (p = document.getElementById('postercomment')) { var x = p.offsetTop; while (p = p.offsetParent) {x += p.offsetLeft;} window.scrollTo(0,x-75);}}");
    toolbar.appendChild(tempbutton);

    toolbar.appendChild(document.createElement("br")); // Divider

    // Despace button
    var tempbutton = document.createElement("input");
    tempbutton.setAttribute("type","button");
    tempbutton.setAttribute("value","Despace");
    tempbutton.setAttribute("title","Delete newlines within the selection.");
    tempbutton.setAttribute("onclick","despace(document.getElementsByTagName('textarea')["+x+"]);");
    toolbar.appendChild(tempbutton);

    // Symbol button
    var tempbutton = document.createElement("input");
    tempbutton.setAttribute("type","button");
    tempbutton.setAttribute("value",":-)");
    tempbutton.setAttribute("title","Insert a symbol.");
    tempbutton.setAttribute("onclick","if (document.getElementById('smilebar"+x+"').style.display == 'none') {document.getElementById('smilebar"+x+"').style.display = 'block'} else {document.getElementById('smilebar"+x+"').style.display = 'none'; if (p = document.getElementById('postercomment')) { var x = p.offsetTop; while (p = p.offsetParent) {x += p.offsetLeft;} window.scrollTo(0,x-75); } }");
    toolbar.appendChild(tempbutton);
    boxes[x].parentNode.insertBefore(toolbar, boxes[x].nextSibling);

    // Symbol list
    var smilebar = document.createElement("div");
    smilebar.setAttribute("style","-moz-user-select:none; -webkit-user-select:none; display:none; font-size:16pt; max-height:240px; overflow:auto; padding:0.5em;");
    smilebar.setAttribute("id","smilebar"+x);
    var smiles = ["\u0026amp;","\u0026lt;","\u0026gt;","\u0026nbsp;"];

    var codes = [[161,169],[171,172],[174],[176,177],[180,183],[187,191],[215],[224,255],[402],[629],[632],[916],[920],[931],[934],[937],[945,946],[956],[960],[963],[8211,8213],[8216,8221],[8226],[8230],[8251],[8315],[8331],[8364],[8478],[8482],[8528,8542],[8585],[8592,8652],[8712,8716],[8721],[8730],[8733,8734],[8736],[8743,8749],[8756,8757],[8773],[8776],[8800,8805],[8834,8837],[8984],[9095],[9760],[9762,9765],[9770],[9773,9775],[9784,9794],[9812,9831],[9833,9842],[9850],[9855,9861],[9874,9877],[9882,9885],[9888,9893],[9913],[9940],[9962],[9971],[9981],[9992,10087],[12316],[12336],[21328],[65533],[127744,127756],[127759],[127775,127776],[127797],[127801],[127804,127812],[127817],[127820,127822],[127828,127831],[127838,127839],[127843],[127849],[127855],[127860,127867],[127873,127877],[127884],[127891],[127904,127911],[127918],[127939],[127942],[127977],[128025],[128039],[128074,128078],[128123,128131],[128137,128142],[128148,128150],[128152],[128158],[128161,128165],[128168,128170],[128172],[128175,128177],[128187],[128189,128190],[128193,128194],[128197],[128200,128204],[128206],[128214],[128225,128227],[128231,128233],[128241],[128244],[128246],[128250,128252],[128259],[128266,128270],[128273,128276],[128278,128280],[128286],[128293,128299],[128302,128303],[128509,128565],[128640],[128659],[128681],[128684,128685],[128701]];

    for (var i=0; i<codes.length; i++) { if (codes[i].length > 1) { for (var j=codes[i][0]; j<=codes[i][1]; j++) { smiles[smiles.length] = String.fromCodePoint(j); } } else { smiles[smiles.length] = String.fromCodePoint(codes[i][0]); } } // Populate smiles array with code ranges converted to individual characters

    smiles = smiles.concat(["xD",":-)",":^)","(^_^;)","(\u00A0\u0361\u00B0\u00A0\u035C\u0296\u00A0\u0361\u00B0)","(\u00A0\u0361\u007E\u00A0\u035C\u0296\u00A0\u0361\u00B0)\uFEFF","\u00AF\u005C\u005F(\u30C4)\u005F\u002F\u00AF","(\u256F\u00B0\u25A1\u00B0\uFF09\u256F\uFE35\u00A0\u253B\u2501\u253B","(\u30CE\u0CA0\u76CA\u0CA0)\u30CE\u5F61\u253B\u2501\u253B","(\u0060\uFF65\u03C9\uFF65\u00B4)","\u0CA0_\u0CA0","\u0295\u2022\u1D25\u2022\u0294","(\u3065\uFFE3\u00A0\u00B3\uFFE3)\u3065","\u0669(\u204E\u275B\u1D17\u275B\u204E)\u06F6","\u30FD\u0F3C\u0E88\u0644\u035C\u0E88\u0F3D\uFF89","(\uB208\u2038\uB208)","\u006F(\u3003\uFF3E\u25BD\uFF3E\u3003)\u006F","\u0028\u0028\u30FE\u0028\u2267\u76BF\u2266\uFF1B\u0029\u30CE\uFF3F\u0029\u0029","\u30FD\u0028\u002A\u2312\u2207\u2312\u002A\u0029\uFF89","\u0028\u2267\u2207\u2266\u0029\u002F","\u0028\u0E07\u00A0\u0360\u00B0\u00A0\u035F\u0644\u035C\u00A0\u0361\u00B0\u0029\u0E07"]); // Add in arbitrary emoticons
    // Note: \u00A0 is a non-breaking space character.

    for (var i=0; i<smiles.length; i++)
    {
        var smile = document.createElement("span");
        smile.setAttribute("style","cursor:pointer; padding:2px; white-space:nowrap;");
        smile.setAttribute("onclick","addSmile(document.getElementsByTagName('textarea')["+x+"],'"+smiles[i].replace("\u005C","\u005C\u005C")+"');");
        smile.appendChild(document.createTextNode(smiles[i]));
        smilebar.appendChild(smile);
        if (i<smiles.length) // A space is added after every symbol including the final one
        {
            smilebar.appendChild(document.createTextNode(" "));
        }
    }

    var flags = [];
    flags = flags.concat([[[127462,127467],"Afghanistan"]]); // AF/Afghanistan
    flags = flags.concat([[[127462,127478],"Antarctica"]]); // AQ/Antarctica
    flags = flags.concat([[[127462,127482],"Australia"]]); // AU/Australia
    flags = flags.concat([[[127463,127465],"Bangladesh"]]); // BD/Bangladesh
    flags = flags.concat([[[127463,127479],"Brazil"]]); // BR/Brazil
    flags = flags.concat([[[127464,127462],"Canada"]]); // CA/Canada
    flags = flags.concat([[[127464,127475],"China"]]); // CN/China
    flags = flags.concat([[[127464,127476],"Colombia"]]); // CO/Colombia
    flags = flags.concat([[[127464,127482],"Cuba"]]); // CU/Cuba
    flags = flags.concat([[[127465,127466],"Germany"]]); // DE/Germany
    flags = flags.concat([[[127466,127468],"Egypt"]]); // EG/Egypt
    flags = flags.concat([[[127466,127480],"Spain"]]); // ES/Spain
    flags = flags.concat([[[127988,917605,917619,917603,917620,917631],"Catalonia"]]); // ES-CT/Catalonia
    flags = flags.concat([[[127466,127482],"European Union"]]); // EU/European Union
    flags = flags.concat([[[127467,127479],"France"]]); // FR/France
    flags = flags.concat([[[127468,127463],"United Kingdom"]]); // GB/United Kingdom
    flags = flags.concat([[[127988,917607,917602,917605,917614,917607,917631],"England"]]); // GB-ENG/England
    flags = flags.concat([[[127988,917607,917602,917619,917603,917620,917631],"Scotland"]]); // GB-SCT/Scotland
    flags = flags.concat([[[127988,917607,917602,917623,917612,917619,917631],"Wales"]]); // GB-WLS/Wales
    flags = flags.concat([[[127468,127479],"Greece"]]); // GR/Greece
    flags = flags.concat([[[127469,127472],"Hong Kong"]]); // HK/Hong Kong
    flags = flags.concat([[[127470,127465],"Indonesia"]]); // ID/Indonesia
    flags = flags.concat([[[127470,127466],"Ireland"]]); // IE/Ireland
    flags = flags.concat([[[127470,127473],"Israel"]]); // IL/Israel
    flags = flags.concat([[[127470,127475],"India"]]); // IN/India
    flags = flags.concat([[[127470,127478],"Iraq"]]); // IQ/Iraq
    flags = flags.concat([[[127470,127479],"Iran"]]); // IR/Iran
    flags = flags.concat([[[127470,127481],"Italy"]]); // IT/Italy
    flags = flags.concat([[[127471,127474],"Jamaica"]]); // JM/Jamaica
    flags = flags.concat([[[127471,127477],"Japan"]]); // JP/Japan
    flags = flags.concat([[[127472,127466],"Kenya"]]); // KE/Kenya
    flags = flags.concat([[[127472,127477],"North Korea"]]); // KP/North Korea
    flags = flags.concat([[[127472,127479],"South Korea"]]); // KR/South Korea
    flags = flags.concat([[[127473,127463],"Lebanon"]]); // LB/Lebanon
    flags = flags.concat([[[127473,127486],"Libya"]]); // LY/Libya
    flags = flags.concat([[[127474,127475],"Mongolia"]]); // MN/Mongolia
    flags = flags.concat([[[127474,127485],"Mexico"]]); // MX/Mexico
    flags = flags.concat([[[127475,127468],"Nigeria"]]); // NG/Nigeria
    flags = flags.concat([[[127477,127466],"Peru"]]); // PE/Peru
    flags = flags.concat([[[127477,127472],"Pakistan"]]); // PK/Pakistan
    flags = flags.concat([[[127477,127479],"Puerto Rico"]]); // PR/Puerto Rico
    flags = flags.concat([[[127477,127480],"Palestinian Territory"]]); // PS/Palestinian Territory
    flags = flags.concat([[[127479,127482],"Russia"]]); // RU/Russia
    flags = flags.concat([[[127480,127462],"Saudi Arabia"]]); // SA/Saudi Arabia
    flags = flags.concat([[[127480,127465],"Sudan"]]); // SD/Sudan
    flags = flags.concat([[[127480,127466],"Sweden"]]); // SE/Sweden
    flags = flags.concat([[[127480,127468],"Singapore"]]); // SG/Singapore
    flags = flags.concat([[[127480,127476],"Somalia"]]); // SO/Somalia
    flags = flags.concat([[[127481,127469],"Thailand"]]); // TH/Thailand
    flags = flags.concat([[[127481,127479],"Turkey"]]); // TR/Turkey
    flags = flags.concat([[[127481,127484],"Taiwan"]]); // TW/Taiwan
    flags = flags.concat([[[127482,127468],"Uganda"]]); // UG/Uganda
    flags = flags.concat([[[127482,127480],"United States"]]); // US/United States
    flags = flags.concat([[[127483,127462],"Vatican City"]]); // VA/Vatican City
    flags = flags.concat([[[127483,127466],"Venezuela"]]); // VE/Venezuela
    flags = flags.concat([[[127487,127462],"South Africa"]]); // ZA/South Africa
    flags = flags.concat([[[127487,127484],"Zimbabwe"]]); // ZW/Zimbabwe
    flags = flags.concat([[[127987],"White Flag"]]); // Waving White Flag
    flags = flags.concat([[[127988],"Black Flag"]]); // Waving Black Flag
    flags = flags.concat([[[127987,65039,8205,127752],"Rainbow Flag"]]); // Waving White Flag + Rainbow
    flags = flags.concat([[[127988,8205,9760,65039],"Pirate Flag"]]); // Waving Black Flag + Skull and Crossbones
    //flags = flags.concat([[[000000,000000],"STRING"]]); // STRING

    for (var i=0; i<flags.length; i++)
    {
        var flag = document.createElement("span");
        flag.setAttribute("style","cursor:pointer; padding:2px; white-space:nowrap;");
        var s1 = "", s2 = "";
        for (var j=0; j<flags[i][0].length; j++)
        {
            s1 += String.fromCodePoint(flags[i][0][j]);
            s2 += "&#"+flags[i][0][j]+";";
        }
        flag.setAttribute("onclick","addSmile(document.getElementsByTagName('textarea')["+x+"],'"+s2+"');");
        flag.setAttribute("title",flags[i][1]);
        flag.appendChild(document.createTextNode(s1));
        smilebar.appendChild(flag);
        if (i+1<flags.length)
        {
            smilebar.appendChild(document.createTextNode(" "));
        }
    }

    toolbar.parentNode.insertBefore(smilebar, toolbar.nextSibling);

    // Create macro configuration interface
    var macrobar = document.createElement("div");
    macrobar.setAttribute("style","display:none; padding:0.5em;");
    macrobar.setAttribute("id","macrobar"+x);
    var table = document.createElement("table");
    var tr = document.createElement("tr");
    var th = document.createElement("th");
    th.appendChild(document.createTextNode("Name"));
    tr.appendChild(th);
    var th = document.createElement("th");
    th.appendChild(document.createTextNode("Type"));
    tr.appendChild(th);
    var th = document.createElement("th");
    th.appendChild(document.createTextNode("String | Expression"));
    tr.appendChild(th);
    var th = document.createElement("th");
    th.setAttribute("title","Only used with expressions. Parenthesized substring matches (e.g. '$1') can be used.");
    th.setAttribute("style","cursor:help;");
    th.appendChild(document.createTextNode("Expression Replace"));
    tr.appendChild(th);
    table.appendChild(tr);
    for (var i=1; i<=7; i++)
    {
        var tr = document.createElement("tr");

        // Macro name
        var td = document.createElement("td");
        var name = document.createElement("input");
        name.setAttribute("type","text");
        name.setAttribute("id","soymacros"+x+"name"+i);
        td.appendChild(name);
        tr.appendChild(td);

        // Macro type
        var td = document.createElement("td");
        var rad = document.createElement("input");
        rad.setAttribute("type","radio");
        rad.setAttribute("name","soymacros"+x+"type"+i);
        rad.setAttribute("id","soymacros"+x+"type"+i+"S");
        td.appendChild(rad);
        td.appendChild(document.createTextNode(" String "));
        var rad = document.createElement("input");
        rad.setAttribute("type","radio");
        rad.setAttribute("name","soymacros"+x+"type"+i);
        rad.setAttribute("id","soymacros"+x+"type"+i+"E");
        td.appendChild(rad);
        td.appendChild(document.createTextNode(" Expression "));
        tr.appendChild(td);

        // Field A
        var td = document.createElement("td");
        var f1 = document.createElement("input");
        f1.setAttribute("type","text");
        f1.setAttribute("id","soymacros"+x+"fieldA"+i);
        td.appendChild(f1);
        tr.appendChild(td);

        // Field B
        var td = document.createElement("td");
        var f1 = document.createElement("input");
        f1.setAttribute("type","text");
        f1.setAttribute("id","soymacros"+x+"fieldB"+i);
        td.appendChild(f1);
        tr.appendChild(td);

        table.appendChild(tr);
    }
    macrobar.appendChild(table);

    var p = document.createElement("p");
    var save = document.createElement("input");
    save.setAttribute("type","button");
    save.setAttribute("value","Save");
    save.setAttribute("title","Save any edits to the macro configuration.");
    save.setAttribute("onclick","macrobarSave("+x+");");
    p.appendChild(save);
    p.appendChild(document.createTextNode(" "));
    var guide = document.createElement("a");
    guide.setAttribute("href","https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Regular_Expressions");
    guide.setAttribute("target","_blank");
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https://www.gofundme.com/help-mike-survive-for-a-month

"A friend" anonymously donated $85, thereby reaching the goal.

However my sister and brother in law gave me $200, but sent a check. So really I raised $900.

At the end of my pitch I promise to donate any excess to the Portland Rescue Mission. One of my donors advised me to hold on to any excess. I decided that's wise advice, so I'll wait until after I get my next paycheck to donate to the rescue mission.

I remain angry at GoFundMe for posting my campaign at Facebook with the demand "Donate Now!". I was mortified. I edited the post - I'm glad I could do so - then apologized to all my FB friends, and sent a note of apology to all my donors.

The usual crowdfunding advice is to ask all of one's friends and family to donate. I didn't do that. Rather I mailed them all my campaign link with a request that they forward the message to _their_ friends and family.

That is, I was shaking down a bunch of complete strangers for _their_ money.

All but one of my donors are complete strangers. The one friend - he gave me $125 - I've known since he and I worked together on multimedia CDs at Medior, just before the dot-com boom hit. Doug Clarke is a good guy.

A couple ACs wanted to donate cryptocurrency. I set up LTC, BTC and ETH wallets at CoinBase. I'm pleased that CoinBase is so easy to use.

This morning someone gave me LTC 0.9990. CoinBase said that's worth more than fifty dollars.

Whoever did that just made my whole day.

The disadvantage of the crypto donations is that I do not know who to thank.

I'm also soliciting donations at The Global Computer Employer Index. The anonymous donation could have come from one of my site's visitors.

In this last case, I'm not asking for charity, but to enable me to spend more time listing companies. I have the hope that I will build out the site enough, and help enough job hunters that I could work on it full-time.

To catch a ‘ninja’ thief: Osaka police unmask 74-year-old cat burglar

Police in Osaka have finally nabbed a nimble “ninja” thief who dressed in black and scrambled over walls to commit scores of break-ins over an eight-year career — and were astonished to find he was 74.

Police had been stumped by a string of burglaries, their only lead being security camera footage showing an agile thief with a black neck-warmer pulled up to the nose and a parker hood down to the eyebrows.

“He was dressed all in black just like a ninja,” a senior official at the Kawachi Police Station said.

But the master thief made a mistake in May — his neck-warmer slipped and his identity was revealed on camera.

Police recognized their man as Mitsuaki Tanigawa, 74, who had a previous record of thefts.

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