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People who have ADHD have slightly smaller brains than average, new research finds.
There was also evidence in the brains of those with ADHD for delayed development.
Dr Martine Hoogman, the study's first author, said:
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We hope that this will help to reduce stigma that ADHD is 'just a label' for difficult children or caused by poor parenting."
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Thanks again Darrel,
I see the problem and it is as I expected.
I have bitten the bullet and added an outboard dual uart chip (SC16IS752) that communicates via I2C and that should solve all my problems.
I think overall this solution is cleaner and more reliable in the long run, and it has nice big 64 byte buffers as well.
BTW what is that simulator your using in your example?
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Yes, you can generate an interrupt on the falling edge of serial data, as long as you are on an interrupt pin.
But no, the SERIN2 command doesn't recognize the low without a high/low transition as the start bit. It must see that transition to get the half-bit timing right.
Here's an example of what happens ...
The chip on the left transmits a string of text when the button is pressed.
The chip on the right receives the string and re-transmits it unchanged.
Two modes are selected by the switch, either with or without an interrupt.
On the right you can see that with an interrupt, the data is garbled.
But there is enough of a delay while the DEC number is converted to ascii that it's able to find the correct position of the start bit and the numbers are displayed properly.
So if you have control of the transmit devices, you can send one dummy character and a small delay (1 BYTE period), then the receiver can ignore the first byte, and grab the rest.
If you don't have control of the TX, that method probably won't work.
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Thanks for your reply Darrel.
You are correct about all your assumptions, this is the point Im concerned about.
I guess what I need to know is a few technical points.
Can an interrupt be triggered on the falling edge of the start bit, even if i need to use another pin in parallel just to detect this.
When the Serin2 command is executed, does it need to see the high to low transition of the beginning of the start bit, or is it happy to accept that the line is low and begin from there? i.e if I interrupt on the high to low then jump to a serin2 in the ISR will that work?
I have read that uarts generally operate by detecting the low state (not the transition) and then wait half the bit width and sample again to make sure it's not a glitch and to position the timing at approximately the mid point of the bit. It then samples every bit with in time (i.e 104us for 9600) to detect the data. is this how serin2 works?
Thanks again for your help.
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Since the data could come in at any time, I assume they could also come in at the same time on two different ports.
There would be no way to have two SERIN2's running at the same time.
But the biggest problem is that the interrupt responds to the first transition of the signal which is the "Start bit". If you then run a SERIN2 it will see the next transition as the Start bit and the data will be garbled.
If you had a chip with 2 USARTS, you could use an interrupt driven software UART for the third channel, but PBP doesn't have a native command for that.
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Software serial with interupts exampleI have a project that requires the use of 3 uarts.
The Pic I'm using is a 18f2321 running at 40Mhz.
One of the uarts is using the hardware, and the other 2 will be implemented in software, all will run at 9600 bps.
My problem is all of these ports can be hit with unsolicited data, so i need to figure out a way of servicing them as efficiently as possible.
The pic is running very fast and normally would not have any trouble polling ports at that speed, but as you know the code will halt for a small amount of time to see if a character has arrived. It is during this time that other data on another port might be missed.
So I am looking to use interupts if I can to allow the code to run full speed and only service the uarts when actually needed.
Also I'm not even sure I can generate an interrupt on a pin that is being used by Serin2?
Firstly does anybody have any hints or tips on what im trying to achieve, and secondly can anybody point me to a code example where multiple uarts are used.
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The news was released yesterday that Contact Energy is looking at outsourcing its retail processing positions based in Lower Hutt with the possible lose of 70 jobs.
Contact Energy is in talks with staff over the potential outsourcing of around 70 jobs to India.
Consultation began yesterday over plans to outsource the work to India-based technology company Wipro Technologies as Contact sought to upgrade its retail processing software, corporate communications manager Jonathan Hill said.
Mr Hill said the proposed outsourcing was part of "a significant transformation of its business processes", including changes to Contact's retail billing systems.
The jobs in question were retail processing positions at its Lower Hutt branch, where around 200 people were employed.
Consultation began yesterday and they had put a proposal to staff. No decisions had been made, he said.
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Well after last weeks effort I promised myself that this week I would get there earlier.
Attendance was good as another pleasant day had occurred, purchased a Cup Cake from the Cup Cake stall, and got a huge sugar overload. Bit of competition from the alternative market in the Mall, but to not put it to nicely had the tack that I generally avoid. It is a craft /tinkers market.
No doubt both have a place and will feed off one another, but it is early days yet, they need to become established to survive and given the rigorous conditions to become a Farmers Market, they will need support to outlast several wet Sundays, being outside. The word on the street is that an organic vegetable supplier is coming, which will hopefully boost numbers. I also have the feel that an organic market as part of a larger market akin to something like the Lower Hutts Riverbank Market would help, but it's not my project and I do wish them all the best especially the suppliers. (see here for more details and links from last week)
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Well I was late, told myself I would have to be early but didn' t time my arrival till about 11.30.
Seems I missed all the activity which occurred after 9am, so ably I'm handing the review over to TheInquiringMind, who did arrive early and posted a comprehensive review on his blog.
I did have the opportunity to catch up with Chris who is responsible for the web presence of the market and Helen part of Upper Hutt Experience. They were extremely pleased with the inaugural result and received a lot of encouraging feedback from both suppliers and visitors, so I am sure that this will develop into a great asset for the city.
Enjoy the photos courtesy of Chris and if you are up that way early Sunday enjoy!
Check them out at Upper Hutt Farmers Market Website and Twitter account
Lower Hutt: Mediterranean Food Warehouse opens
We went to One Red Dog in Wellington on Saturday night, so we didn't have pizza in mind when we visited the new Mediterranean Food Warehouse in the Hutt on Sunday afternoon. We were just happy to have a look around the shop and have a coffee. We've been fans of Gino and Joe Cuccurullo's Mediterranean Food Warehouse in Newtown for a while, often making the pilgrimage out there to buy a big tin of olive oil and have a calzone.
The layout of the new Hutt store is great – there's heaps of space – and it's very family friendly. As well as the shop, there's the caffe area with a pizzeria and gelato stand. Our flat whites were spot on – and the lemon tart was divine. So we left happy, thinking that when the weather improves, we must remember to pop in for gelato. (I think we'll be back for calzone before then!)
That's the great thing about the Mediterranean Food Warehouse – there are so many reasons to visit. For coffee, for shopping, for a pizza and a beer or for gelato. All I can say is, I'm one very happy Hutt Valley Chick now that we have our own Med Food Warehouse in the Hutt. Congratulations to Michele and Joe Elenio – we wish them all the best with their new business. We'll be definite regulars! See the video below for a taste of the Med!
Mediterranean Food Warehouse, 337 High Street, Lower Hutt (opposite McDonalds). Phone: 566 8232.


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As the pickup truck rumbled down the street, Lauren lay flat, trying to keep her body still so that she'd stay hidden. She brought her arm up close to her face and glanced once again at the Minnie Mouse digital watch her father had given her a few months before for her seventh birthday.
Just fifteen minutes had passed? It felt like they'd been in the truck for an hour.
Lauren deserved an award. Fifteen minutes of not moving or making a sound had to be some kind of world record.
She wanted to peek from under the tarp in the back of the truck, but if she did that, it would spoil the plan. She had to wait until her daddy came to a complete stop. Then she'd jump up and yell,
At home, her father always liked when she jumped out of one of the closets. He always pretended to be so frightened, making a silly face. But she knew he put on that act just for her. Her daddy wasn't afraid of anything.
She couldn't wait to see his look of surprise this time, and the idea of that made her almost giggle out loud. It wasn't a closet this time. Plus, after the nasty argument he'd just had with her mom, she really wanted to put a smile on his face.
She felt the truck slow down and come to a stop. Were they really there or was he stopping because of a traffic light?
The breeze that had been tickling her cheeks since she'd snuck into the back of the truck had stopped, too.
This had to be it, where he was headed.
She edged up to peek out of the corner of the tarp just to make sure. That way she could set her timing so that she would get the surprise just right.
She heard the door of the truck creak open, and Lauren began to count in her head.
One-two-three . . .
When she got to ten, she would jump out.
Four-five . . .
There's my baby. Her father's deep voice made her stop counting.
Hey, Daddy.
That voice came from a female and the words made Lauren frown. Daddy? How could anybody else be calling her father daddy? She was his only daughter, not that she didn't want a baby sister. Or even a baby brother would have been great.
So why was some other girl calling Vernon Robinson daddy?
She lifted the tarp a couple of inches higher so that she could peek out. She had a sinking feeling that her chance to jump out was slipping away.
You miss me? her father said.
I've been waiting on you all day.
All thoughts of her surprise were forgotten. The giggle-filled smile that she'd had since she'd jumped into her father's truck right before he left the house had vanished. Who was her father talking to this way?
Raising the tarp so her head stuck out all the way, she peeked over the roof of the truck cab and her mouth opened wide.
Her father and a lady were hugging. And it wasn't any ol' kind of hug like he gave the ladies in church on Sunday. No, this was the kind of hug that he gave her mother sometimes, the kind that brought on their adult smiles.
She was frozen in shock as her father embraced the woman even tighter. They were so busy with each other, Lauren had time to study the lady who had called her father the same thing that she did.
The woman was thick, a word that she'd heard her mother use when she described someone who was kinda on the chubby side. She had on a royal blue dress that rode up high on her thighs. It looked like it was a size too small, since Lauren could see every bump and curve on her body.
Lauren thought her father was going to step back and away from this lady, done with his hug, but instead he kissed her. One of those long, sloppy kisses Lauren sometimes saw on TV. The kiss went on and on and on, and Lauren wondered how they could even breathe!
The awful show got worse when her father moved his lips from her mouth to her neck. Lauren stared in horrid fascination as he licked that lady's neck up and down. Up and down. It was so bizarre and disgusting to Lauren, but the lady was smiling like this was the best thing that had ever happened to her.
Slowly, Lauren rose to her feet, her surprise to her father forgotten. Today he was the one with the surprise.
The tarp slipped from her shoulders and hit the bed of the truck with a soft thump. Only it wasn't quiet enough because the lady opened her eyes, and for a few seconds that were too long for Lauren, they locked eyes.
Umm, honey, she said, tapping Vernon on the shoulder.
Umm, yeah, babe? her daddy moaned. He sounded like someone was hurting him, and Lauren wondered if maybe the woman's neck had cut his tongue. Maybe that's why he was groaning so loud.
I think you'd better turn around.
The lady tapped him harder, pointing insistently toward the truck.
Her father eased his head around to follow her motion. His eyes blinked a couple of times as if he couldn't believe what he was seeing. Then he jumped away, putting a couple of feet between him and the lady.
Pumpkin! he yelled.
What are you doing?
This was the moment when she was supposed to yell,
Surprise! and her daddy would make a silly face.
But the image of her father and this lady and the slobbering they'd just been doing made her forget what she was supposed to do. Not that it mattered because she couldn't get her voice to cooperate anyway.
He marched over and pulled back the tarp completely. With the way he looked at her, she felt exposed, like she'd done something wrong.
What are you doing back there? he exclaimed.
I-I . . . I wanted to surprise you, she said to her father, though her eyes were still on the lady.
Have you been back there the whole time?
She could tell from his tone that he was mad at her. But usually Lauren knew why her father was upset. This time, though, she had no idea why. Maybe he wasn't mad at her at all. Maybe he was just mad that he had to break away from the sloppy-tongue lady. Or maybe he was mad because the sloppy-tongue lady had hurt him.
Answer me, he said. Then he repeated,
Have you been back there the whole time?
She nodded, her eyes still on the woman.
Her father fell silent, as if he was trying to figure something out. He looked slyly over at the woman, seeming to reach some decision.
Ah, umm, this is Candy, her daddy said.
She's a friend of mine.
Candy? That name didn't make any sense to her.
Like M&M'S?
Yeah, yeah, he said,
just like that, honey.
At least that explained what her father had been doing. If the lady's name was Candy, maybe he'd been licking that woman's neck because she tasted good.
So that's why you were licking her? Lauren asked.
Because her name is Candy?
Her father moaned, although it was a different kind of moan from the one he was making a few minutes ago. This was the moan he made when something went wrong.
He licked his lips, and she knew what that meant. He was trying to think of what he was going to say next.
Look, sweetheart . . . there are some things—
The lady had come forward by that time. She touched Vernon's arm, interrupting him.
Hi, precious. She grinned at Lauren, showing all of her pearlies.
Your daddy was just helping me get something out of my eye.
If Lauren hadn't been taught to respect her elders, she would have laughed out loud. Did this lady think that she was stupid? She'd watched enough TV to know what a kiss was. And she'd seen her mother and father kiss enough times, too, even though she hadn't seen them kissing in a long time.
But since she knew not to sass grown folks, she kept her eyes straight ahead and her mouth closed.
She must have shown some irritation in her face, though, because her daddy turned to the woman.
Candy, be cool. I got this.
The woman didn't like being dismissed like that, but she retreated to a distance that Lauren preferred. If she wanted to leave altogether, that would be all right, too.
Turning back to his daughter, Vernon said, much more brightly,
Come on, sweetie. You want to go get ice cream?
Lauren frowned. He was offering her a treat?
So, you're not mad at me for hiding?
No, it's a nice surprise, he replied, smiling for the first time since he found her.
Any time I can spend an afternoon with my favorite girl is a good time.
Lauren took a deep breath and then let it out. Now she could smile, too. She was still his favorite girl, even though he'd been talking to that Candy lady that way.
Come here. Vernon lifted Lauren out of the back of the truck. Her legs dangled in the air for a couple of seconds before he set her on the ground.
Vernon! He turned to Candy as if he'd forgotten that she was there.
We have plans, she whined.
He shook his head.
Sorry, but my princess comes first.
Those words brought a big smile to Lauren's face.
Then he added,
I'll call you later.
Lauren's smile dipped a little, but she was still the winner. When it came to her daddy, that woman was no match for her, even if she did taste like candy. How, though, could a person taste sweet anyway?
Her father opened the passenger door and Lauren hopped right in, not bothering to look at the lady as she got settled in the seat. Her father was thinking the same thing because he didn't look at Candy, either. He didn't even say good-bye. He started the truck and the two of them took off, leaving the lady standing there.
They drove in silence that lasted so long that Lauren wondered if maybe her dad was really mad at her. Because whenever they were riding together, they always talked and laughed. Sometimes they would even dance in their seats as they listened to one of her daddy's Marvin Gaye cassette tapes.
She was too afraid to say anything, though. She didn't even want to ask him to turn on the radio. After five minutes, he finally spoke up.
You know you can't do that, honey.
She was relieved when he said
honey. He was back to not being mad again.
He continued:
You can't hide in my truck. It could be dangerous. And I'm sure your mom is worried silly. In fact, he announced as he swung the truck into a gas station,
I'm going to pull up to this pay phone and let her know that you're with me.
Lauren felt every muscle in her body get tight.
Maybe you shouldn't call Mom, she said, afraid of getting in trouble. Her mother was the one who did the disciplining in the family.
Don't worry, her father said.
I'll make sure she's not mad, okay?
That eased Lauren's fears a bit. Her father was always looking out for her. He pulled up in front of the pay phone, opened the door, but then paused before he got out. He said,
I'll take care of your mother, but you have to do something for me.
What? she asked, excited again. She would do anything that her father asked.
He leaned over the seat, looming in her face as he said,
You can't tell your mom what you saw, okay? You can't say anything about what happened.
Lauren frowned.
He added,
This has to be our little secret. His voice was soft, but stern when he said that last word.
Lauren folded her hands and shifted in her seat. Her mom had always taught her that she should always tell the truth, no matter what anyone else said.
Then he did one of those things that her mom and daddy did to her all the time—he read her mind.
Don't worry, you won't be lying. We're just not telling her because it would make your mom very sad. He paused to let those words sink in. Then came the words that would settle everything.
You don't want to make your mom sad, do you?
Lauren whipped her head from side to side. Of course she wouldn't want to do that. Her mom was already so sad lately. Her mother wore a lot more frowns than she did smiles.
The door on his side of the truck was still open as he continued:
And if you told your mom this, she might get more than sad, she might get mad.
When she got mad, her mom yelled. Sometimes Lauren even got a spanking.
Her father said,
Your mom might get mad and leave. She might leave me and take you and your brother far, far away. And then, do you know what would happen?
Lauren's eyes were wide and filled with fear as she shook her head, scared of what his next words would be.
She might never let me see you again.
Inside, Lauren screamed. Never see her daddy again?
Do you want that?
No, Daddy! No! she cried, already feeling the loss. She loved her father so much and if she couldn't see him every day, she'd die for sure.
So, do you understand, this has to be our little secret? he asked.
Lauren could hardly breathe, but she nodded.
Yes, Daddy. There was no way that she would ever say a word about what she saw today. This day would forever be their special secret.
Please, Joyce!"
Her husband's words played over in her mind.
Please forgive me!
Joyce leaned back on the cushioned wrought iron patio sofa, and as she stared blankly at the thick woods on the edge of her backyard, she relived the fight she'd had with Vernon that morning.
Please. Please. Please.
It seemed like Vernon was always begging. This morning he'd been trying to explain the hooker-red lipstick that she'd found on the edge of his shirt collar. She shook her head—he was a walking cliché.
Mom, can I please go to the arcade with Sam and Terry?
Joyce turned toward the sound of her eleven-year-old son, Julian. He and Lauren were the constants that made her heart smile. And while she adored her daughter, it was Julian, with his nurturing, loving self, who was her pride and joy. Maybe it was the way he wiped her tears whenever he saw her crying. Or the flowers he would pick on his way home from school for her, just because he wanted to put a smile on her face.
Vernon could learn a thing or two from his son.
Please, Ma. Sam's mom will take us and pick us up.
She took in her rail-thin son, who had his father's curly hair and hazel eyes. She knew that one day he'd grow up to look just like his daddy. She could only pray that he didn't act like him, too.
Yes, sweetheart, you can go. Just be careful and be back by eight.
He raced over and hugged her.
Thank you so much! I love you.
I love you, too. There's a twenty-dollar bill in the jar on the kitchen table. Get that for the arcade.
You rock, Mom! he exclaimed before darting back inside.
Joyce watched her son take off. He and Lauren were the reasons she'd endured so much. She wanted to give them a good life. And Vernon had provided that. At least for the children.
With the remote on the table, Joyce clicked a button and the air filled with surround sound. She pressed the channel button, finally settling on a jazz station. Then she leaned back again, hoping that music would take her away.
But her thoughts stayed on her husband, and her mind wandered back through all of the years, back to the beginning, when she'd been filled with so much hope.
It had happened in a moment. That moment when she first laid eyes on Vernon Robinson. One of North Carolina's sudden summer rainstorms had thrown them together. One minute, the sky was that gorgeous shade of serenity, and the next, rain poured from the heavens.
Joyce had just paid Raven to have her hair roller-set. She was happy because she couldn't afford to have her hair done more than every few months. Spotting the diner right around the corner from the beauty shop, she dashed toward the door. But just as she reached for the handle, a man moved in next to her.
Oh, she said, trying to get inside.
He opened the door.
You first, he said, though they both jumped through the narrow space and into the diner together.
They stood at the entrance, safe from the storm.
What just happened? he asked, looking out.
Just one of our little rainstorms.
Little? He peeked through the window.
It looks like a little storm that plans to stay around a while.
Yeah, she said absently, thinking that she really needed to get back to her dorm. Joyce had only stepped out to get her hair done before Raven left for her vacation, and she planned to get right back to studying for her finals. As the first one in her family to attend college, she had a lot of pressure on her to do well. For the first two years she had. But this junior year had been challenging, and she wanted to put in as much time hitting the books as she could.
Don't sound so disappointed, he said.
Without looking at him, she said,
I just have so much to get done.
Me, too, he said.
But there's nothing we can do unless we both want to get out there and fight the rain without umbrellas.
His sensible comment made her run her hand over her hair. He was right: there was no way she could go back outside. She sighed as she looked around the diner filled with students, college professors, and suited businessmen. They might have been a poster for the Research Triangle.
I have an idea, the guy said.
Why don't we have lunch together?
Joyce didn't know where that had come from.
He said,
I mean, since we're already here.
She looked him up and down. He looked vaguely familiar. But she said,
I don't know you.
He held out his hand and waited, forcing her to take it.
I'm Vernon Robinson, he said, chuckling.
I'm a student at Duke . . . Duke Law . . . and everyone says I'm a nice guy. Is that enough information about me to have lunch?
Yes, she said, thinking that he could have stopped with his name. No wonder he looked familiar. This was the Vernon Robinson, Valerie Abraham's fiancé.
As a waitress led them to a table, all kinds of thoughts floated through Joyce's head. She'd heard a lot of talk on the street about Valerie, the daughter of one of the most prominent doctors in Durham, and about the up-and-coming man who'd been featured on television and in all the major media when he'd been named editor of the Duke Law Journal.
Joyce was surprised that she hadn't recognized him right away, though she hadn't really paid much attention when he'd appeared on TV. But now that she sat across from him, Joyce saw why everyone was talking about Vernon Robinson. Not only was he smart, destined to be one of Duke's most acclaimed graduates, but this third-year law student was fine—Harry Belafonte sophisticated with extra-oomph fine. And he had class; she could tell by the way he held the menu, then asked her what she wanted before he gave both of their orders to the waitress.
He is exactly the kind of man I want to marry.
The thought of Valerie didn't enter Joyce's mind again. She didn't like thinking much about Valerie anyway. Back in high school, she'd tried to befriend Valerie when she'd worked at a church bazaar and Valerie had sauntered through. But Valerie and her snooty friends had dismissed her with their turned-up noses and sneers.
She'd felt like the lowest thing on earth on that day. Well, today, sitting across from Valerie's fiancé made her feel much better. And because of the way Valerie had treated her, it was game on!
She'd ordered a chef's salad while he'd had a cheeseburger smothered in mushrooms. Finishing their meals should have taken them fifteen, twenty minutes, tops. But hours later, when the sun had long ago emerged brightly and dried the city's streets, the two were still sitting in that booth, chatting and laughing as if they were far more than new friends.
Vernon's eyes got wide when he glanced at his watch.
Are you serious?
He looked at her with a wide grin.
We've been sitting here for four hours.
No! She glanced at her own watch. All that studying she was going to do . . .
It doesn't feel like that.
I know! What's that cliché?
Which one? Time flies when you're having fun?
"No. The one that says I want to see you again. I have to see you again."
That's not a cliché. She laughed, flattered.
He shrugged.
But it's the truth. So when can we get together?
From that moment, Operation Make Vernon Mine was in full gear. Actually, it had started the moment he mentioned his name, but now Joyce turned it up to level eleven.
Joyce accomplished her mission before too long. It was a bunch of ones: one discreetly forgotten pair of lace underwear at his apartment, one anonymous phone call, and one kiss that left lipstick on his collar. One month after Joyce and Vernon met, Valerie called off the wedding.
Of course, Vernon did all of his breakup crying on Joyce's shoulder. Not that he did too much of that. He transitioned from Valerie to Joyce quickly and smoothly, and right away the new talk around town was about Joyce and Vernon.
Although she'd schemed to go after him, it was Vernon who fell first and fell hard. A month after Valerie called off their wedding, Vernon asked Joyce to marry him.
You don't even have to finish school, he told her.
You can drop out now so that you can plan the wedding that you've always wanted. It's not like you're going to work anyway. I want to take care of you while you take care of our children.
He didn't have to do too much convincing. The way she'd grown up—on the side of the tracks that people like Vernon and Valerie knew nothing about—she couldn't wait to live a different kind of life. And with Vernon, she'd be well on


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The future direction of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB/BCFP) is in question after Kathleen Kraninger was confirmed as the new director of the powerful independent agency in a straight party-line vote on Thursday by the United States Senate, 50 to 49.
Every Democrat senator and the two independent senators who caucus with the Democrats voted against Kathleen Kraninger's confirmation. All fifty Republican senators present voted in favor of her confirmation.
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) was not present for the vote but indicated his strong support for Kraninger's confirmation in an August op-ed at USA Today.
Kraninger becomes the second director of the agency many conservatives have argued is unconstitutional and will serve a five-year term. The first director, Richard Cordray, a far-left Democrat and protege of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) was confirmed in 2013 and resigned in November 2017 to run for governor of Ohio. He was defeated last month by Republican Mike DeWine. Since November 2017, Kraninger's boss at the Office of Management and Budget, Mick Mulvaney, has served as acting director of the CFPB.
Kraninger's lack of experience in the consumer finance industry, combined with the agency's lack of accountability to Congress and the director's almost unfettered powers raises questions about the direction she will take the agency now that she is in charge of it.
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) will likely be named the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, the House committee to which the CFPB director publicly reports, when the 116th Session of Congress convenes in January. The committee is currently chaired by Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX).
Since the Dodd-Frank Act established that the agency's funding comes on a fairly automatic basis through the Federal Reserve Board, Congress has little purse string control over it. Nonetheless, public testimony before the House Financial Services Committee by the director of the CFPB is required and can be used by the committee chairman to frame the public discussion of the agency's actions.
As the Credit Union Journal reported, Waters "is expected to waste no time aggressively scrutinizing the agency … Observers expect her to use the committee's subpoena powers to investigate how decisions were made by Mulvaney, including an 80% drop in enforcement actions in 2018, to just nine, from 47 a year earlier."
Lacking a strong background in consumer finance, the question that will be answered over the next several months is whether Kraninger will follow Mulvaney's policies of rolling back the regulatory overreaches of former director Richard Cordray, or if she will soften that approach in response to the expected public onslaught from Rep. Waters and resistance from the embedded bureaucracy within the agency.
Republicans, conservatives, and financial industry trade groups largely praised Kraninger's appointment, while Democrats and liberal groups panned it.
During his one-year tenure as acting director of the CFPB, Mulvaney has reversed many of the more egregious regulations imposed under Cordray's regime and has also changed the official name of the agency to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (BCFP) because that is how the enabling legislation, the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010, refers to the agency.
"The Competitive Enterprise Institute congratulates Kathleen Kraninger on her confirmation as new director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection and commends Mick Mulvaney's service as Acting Director of the BCFP, formerly known as the CFPB," Jon Berlau, Senior Fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, said in a statement released late Thursday.
"In the year that Mulvaney headed the BCFP, he made it responsive to consumers rather than to the bureaucrats and busybodies who thought they knew best and wanted to dictate consumers' financial choices. Under his tenure, the BCFP both punished wrongdoers and ensured there was due process for regulated companies. This was in sharp contrast to Mulvaney's predecessor, Richard Cordray, under whose tenure the bureau arbitrarily and retroactively applied regulatory punishments against certain financial firms without due process," Berlau continued, adding:
We believe Kraninger will continue the Bureau's new direction of being tough but fair and promoting consumer choice. Her statements during the confirmation hearing indicated she values a thorough and fact-driven rulemaking process and wants to help bring down the cost of consumer credit by expanding choice and competition.
We also hope Congress will take Kraninger up on her offer to make the BCFP more accountable by making its budget subject to congressional appropriations and its director subject to presidential removal. Government entities must be answerable to the American people, no matter what political party controls the executive and legislative branches of government.
"We are pleased by the Senate's decision to confirm Kathy Kraninger as the Director of the BCFP," Financial Services Center of America (FiSCA) Executive Director Ed D'Alessio said.
According to its website, "FiSCA is a national trade association representing the Financial Service Center (FSC) industry. FiSCA members offer a wide array of necessary financial products and services to tens of millions of Americans."
"Director Kraninger is an outstanding choice to lead the BCFP and to reverse many of the harmful regulations and policies the bureau implemented under former director Richard Cordray," D'Alessio continued, adding:
We congratulate Director Kraninger on her confirmation and urge her to take immediate action against lingering Cordray-era regulations, such as the Small-Dollar Loan Rule. This particular regulation has had an immediate and irreparable impact on businesses and consumers across the country and we urge that it be addressed quickly. We are optimistic that Incoming Director Kraninger will follow through on the Bureau's recent announcement that it will issue proposed changes, including an extension of the compliance date, to the Small-Dollar Loan Rule by January of 2019. By completing the work commenced by Acting Director Mulvaney in this area, the Bureau can once again ensure that consumers have access to much-needed credit products offered through regulated businesses.
Now is when the real work begins, and we are eager to begin the process with Director Kraninger as we develop financial products and services that closely meet the needs of consumers, and as we continue providing our customers the best possible service for years to come.
"Kathy Kraninger has no consumer protection or financial regulation experience. We expect her to simply follow Mick Mulvaney's playbook. While the CFPB's current leadership has abandoned its mission, we're grateful that several states are taking action to make sure companies don't take advantage of consumers," Ethan Lutz, a consumer fellow at U.S. PIRG, a far left consumer advocacy group, said in a statement released by the organization.
Sen. Warren, the "intellectual godmother" of the agency and political ally of its first director, Richard Cordray, blasted Kraninger's confirmation.
"Kathy Kraninger has no interest in fighting for American families & zero experience standing up for consumers," she tweeted minutes after Thursday's confirmation vote:
Kathy Kraninger has no interest in fighting for American families & zero experience standing up for consumers. The @SenateGOP just voted to put her in charge of the @CFPB anyway.
Kraninger may be on the side of cheating companies – but I won't stop fighting for working families. pic.twitter.com/cAgLIFxJJp
— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) December 6, 2018
In September, "The State National Bank of Big Spring, Texas, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), and the 60 Plus Association … petitioned the United States Supreme Court to hear a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau," as the CEI reported on its website:
The lawsuit argues the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act hands the CFPB an unprecedented combination of expansive, unchecked, and unaccountable executive authority that uniquely threatens the liberty of American businesses and consumers.
Specifically, the petition points to the fact that the Bureau is led by a single director that the president cannot remove from office for policy reasons, that Congress has no control over the Bureau's funding, and that the Bureau lacks even the internal checks and balances of a multi-member commission. The petition warns that if the CFPB stands as-is, it will become a blueprint for creating future regulatory agencies.
The Supreme Court has not yet said if it will take the case, State National Bank of Big Spring v. Mnuchin. You can read the petition here.


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- The main square of the district – Bolotnaya square – was used for executions, and a famous riot leader Pugachev was executed there.
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- One of the greatest poets of the Soviet time Boris Pasternak lived in this house. His apartment had a direct exit to the roof where he loved watching fireworks and attacks by German pilots.
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- Pavel Tretyakov, a founder of the world famous Tretyakov gallery (10 Lavrushinsky lane), was very shy. When it was the moment to propose to his beloved woman he said instead: "Would you prefer us living with Mom or without her? They lived happily ever after though".
- In the XIX century Pavel Tretyakov was an influential picture-hunter. It was very honorable to paint a picture that he would choose for his collection. However, very soon it became ambiguous in that sense that painters followed all his directions and lost their personal vision of the picture.
- The famous painting by Repin "Ivan the Terrible is killing his son" was first forbidden to exhibit, which brought even more interest towards the painting.
- A Persian carpet was laid right in front of the painting as an extension of the carpet painted, which made the impression even more realistic.
- In 1913 the painting was damaged by an icon-painter, who cut the cloth with his knife shouting "enough of blood!"
- Great Russian poetess Marina Tsvetaeva rented a house on Ordynka str because it looked like the house she spent her childhood in. She and her husband had to leave this house and it was rented by neuropsychiatrists, which literally turned out to be a madhouse. Tsvetaeva refused to come back to this house again.
- People who now clean streets were treated differently a couple of centuries ago. These were highly respected people, they guarded houses and the residents always made friends with them. Even in some pre-revolutionary pictures you can see street cleaners because they were considered as symbol of the house and people loved having them next to themselves in photos.
- Houses in Zamoskvorechye are built the following way: the ground floor is made of stone and the first floor is made of wood. On the ground floor there was usually a small shop and stone walls that functioned as a fridge; shop owners usually lived on the warmer first floor.
- Martha-and-Mary convent at 34 Bolshaya Ordynka was founded by Grand Duchess Elizabeth Fedorovna (sister of the last empress of Russia Alexandra Fedorovna) when her husband was assaulted by a terrorist. She erected a monument on the site and decided to found an orphanage.
- The architect of the Convent of SS Martha and Mary – Alexey Shchusev – later built Kasan railway terminal in Moscow, as well as Hotel Moskva (present Four Seasons Hotel) and Lenin Mausoleum.
- The Grand Duchess was also one of the nuns in the Convent. She contributed a lot to the development of the orphanage, but along with the Emperor's family was killed by Bolsheviks.
- After the Revolution in 1917 the Patriarchate was reestablished, and the first Soviet time patriarch was patriarch Tikhon. At that time people praised patriarch more than governmental leaders.
- During the early Soviet years one of the most sacred places in Moscow – Donskoy convent – was turned into… crematory. Great poet of that time Mayakovsky was buried that way…
- Shukhov radio tower is a masterpiece. And though it's not considered the best architecture of Moscow, it's still called Eiffel Tower by locals. The 160-metre-high free-standing steel diagrid tower was built in 1920s and is also known as the Shabolovka tower (8 Shukhova str).
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- Initially the project of the tower consisted of 3 towers, each of them 350 meters high. But the architect Shukhov suggested a more budget option – one tower, 148m high. His suggestion was accepted. The country used every possibility to save as it was an industrial period in the country.
- Shukhov invented the tower's form accidentally: he "recognized" the future tower in his basket for fruits, when he once saw it turned upside-down.
- On the territory of Donskoy convent you can find original medallions that had been taken from the Cathedral of Christ the Savior before it was destroyed in 1931-1932.
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