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The Winter Solstice, which occurs around December 21st or 22nd in the Northern Hemisphere, marks the shortest day and longest night of the year. This event happens when the Earth's axial tilt is farthest away from the Sun, and the Sun reaches its lowest maximum elevation in the sky. Key Points About the Winter Solstice: Astronomical Significance: It marks the start of astronomical winter in the Northern Hemisphere and astronomical summer in the Southern Hemisphere. After the solstice, daylight gradually increases until the Summer Solstice in June. Cultural Celebrations: Many cultures celebrate the Winter Solstice with festivals and rituals symbolizing rebirth and the return of the Sun. Examples include: Yule: A Pagan festival honoring the Sun's return. Dongzhi Festival: Celebrated in East Asia, focusing on family reunions and eating warming foods like dumplings. Inti Raymi: In Inca tradition, though celebrated in June in the Southern Hemisphere, it reflects similar reverence for the Sun. Astronomy Behind It: It happens when the Sun is directly over the Tropic of Capricorn (23.5° South latitude). Earth's axial tilt (23.5°) and orbit around the Sun cause the variation in daylight hours throughout the year. Symbolism: It represents hope, renewal, and the promise of longer days ahead, aligning with themes of light overcoming darkness. Would you like information on how it's celebrated in a specific culture or region? In the Southern Hemisphere, the Winter Solstice for the Northern Hemisphere corresponds to the Summer Solstice, which typically falls around December 21st or 22nd. This marks the longest day and shortest night of the year for those living south of the equator. Key Points About the Summer Solstice in the Southern Hemisphere: Astronomical Significance: It marks the beginning of astronomical summer in the Southern Hemisphere. The Sun is directly overhead at the Tropic of Capricorn (23.5° South latitude). Daylight: Locations close to the poles, such as Antarctica, experience 24-hour daylight during this time (a phenomenon known as the Midnight Sun). Countries like Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and parts of South America enjoy longer days and warmer weather. Cultural Celebrations: Many cultures and traditions in the Southern Hemisphere celebrate the summer season rather than the solstice itself. Examples include: Christmas in summer: In Australia and New Zealand, Christmas is celebrated during the height of summer, often with beach outings, barbecues, and outdoor festivities. Indigenous communities may have unique ceremonies or observances connected to the Sun and the changing seasons. Weather Patterns: The solstice often aligns with peak summer temperatures in many regions. However, in areas like the southern tip of South America, weather may still feel relatively cool due to latitude.

China’s Trojan Horse: Military-Aged Migrants and America’s Open Border https://politiquerepublic.substack.com/p/chinas-trojan-horse-military-aged?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=840660&post_id=153025331&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=djel3&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email The surge of Chinese nationals illegally crossing the southern border has taken on alarming dimensions, underscoring the vulnerabilities caused by the Biden regime’s open border policy. Hundreds of thousands of military-aged Chinese men have entered the United States, according to estimates from border security experts and reports highlighted by agencies like Customs and Border Protection, with estimates ranging from 400,000 to over 1,000,000 individuals. Many believe this influx to be the foundation of a modern terracotta army assembled on American soil?

Zalma's Insurance Fraud Letter - December 1, 2024 ZIFL Volume 28 No. 22 Post 4939 Read the full article at Read the full article at https://zalma.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/ZIFL-12-01-2024.pdfand at https://zalma.com/blog. Subscribe to ZIFL at https://visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/manage/optin?v=001Gb86hroKqEYVdo-PWnMUkcitKvwMc3HNWiyrn6jw8ERzpnmgU_oNjTrm1U1YGZ7_ay4AZ7_mCLQBKsXokYWFyD_Xo_zMFYUMovVTCgTAs7liC1eR4LsDBrk2zBNDMBPp7Bq0VeAA-SNvk6xgrgl8dNR0BjCMTm_gE7bAycDEHwRXFAoyVjSABkXPPaG2Jb3SEvkeZXRXPDs%3D The Source for the Insurance Fraud Professional https://zalma.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/ZIFL-12-01-2024.pdf Zalma’s Insurance Fraud Letter (ZIFL) continues its 28th year of publication dedicated to those involved in reducing the effect of insurance fraud. ZIFL is published 24 times a year by ClaimSchool and is written by Barry Zalma. It is provided FREE to anyone who visits the site at http://zalma.com/zalmas-insurance-fraud-letter-2/ This issue contains the following articles about insurance fraud: The EUO is a Material Condition Precedent A Key Tool in the Effort to Reduce Fraud Claim Properly Denied for Refusal to Testify at EUO I spoke recently at the Conference of the Southern California Fraud Investigators Association on the Examination Under Oath as a tool to help insureds prove their losses and what happens when an insured fails or refuses to testify. This case emphasizes the purpose of my talk. Read the full article at https://zalma.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/ZIFL-12-01-2024.pdf Thanksgiving Wishes from the Zalma Family My family and I have much to be thankful for this year. My first born daughter, Stephanie Zalma, continues to care for my wife 24 hours a day 7 days a week with love and patience as Thea continues as Nana to our two grandchildren and the loving mother of our three children. After receiving a new Aortic Heart Valve I am personally in good health, walking about 25 miles a week. Exercising my, apparently unusual mode of retirement, I work only six to eight hours a day doing what I love the most, writing about insurance, insurance claims, insurance law and acting as an insurance claims consultant and expert witness. Read the full article at https://zalma.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/ZIFL-12-01-2024.pdf More McClenny Moseley & Associates Issues This is ZIFL’s thirty eighth installment of the saga of McClenny, Moseley & Associates and its problems with the federal courts in the State of Louisiana and what appears to be an effort to profit from what some Magistrate and District judges may be criminal to profit from insurance claims relating to hurricane damage to the public of the state of Louisiana. Read the full article at https://zalma.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/ZIFL-12-01-2024.pdf Ethical Behavior & Insurance Insurance, from the time of its first agreement to the present day has always been a business requiring ethical behavior between the insurer and the insured and between the insured and the insurer. The concept of ethical behavior refers to well-founded standards of right and wrong that prescribe what humans ought to do, usually in terms of rights, obligations, benefits to society, fairness, or specific virtues, all of which are essential to the lawyer. Ethics refers to those standards that impose the reasonable obligations to refrain from murder, rape, theft, assault, slander, and fraud. Ethical standards also include those that imply virtues of honesty, compassion, and loyalty. There are rights presumed to exist such as those described in the Declaration of Independence submitted to King George of England in 1776 that held: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The unalienable rights also include the right to life, the right to freedom from injury, and the right to liberty. Such standards are adequate standards of ethics because they are supported by consistent and well-founded reasons. Read the full article at https://zalma.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/ZIFL-12-01-2024.pdf Health Insurance Fraud Convictions Michigan Woman Convicted of $1.4M Health Care Kickback Scheme Mary Smettler-Bolton, 71, of Oakland County, Michigan was convicted November 22, 2024 for her role in a conspiracy to defraud the United States and receive illegal health care kickbacks. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Mary referred Medicare beneficiaries to several Metro Detroit home health companies in exchange for hundreds of thousands of dollars in kickbacks paid by the owners and operators of the home health companies. Over the course of four years, she and her co-conspirators caused over $1.4 million of loss to Medicare. Smettler-Bolton was convicted of one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and receive illegal health care kickbacks and one count of violating the federal Anti-Kickback Statute. She is scheduled to be sentenced on March 3, 2025, and faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison on the conspiracy count and a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison on the kickback count. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors. Read the full article about dozens more convictions at https://zalma.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/ZIFL-12-01-2024.pdf Convictions of Other Than Health Insurance Fraud Creative Fraudster Guilty of $229K Insurance Fraud Schemes Justin Mack, a native of Buffalo, New York, and a resident of Cleveland, Ohio, was sentenced on November 25, 2024 in the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas. Mack, an Ohio man was sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to pay restitution for filing 24 fraudulent claims with multiple insurance companies, totaling more than $229,000. An extensive investigation uncovered Mack’s pattern of submitting altered documentation, falsified claims, and using other people’s identities to fraudulently secure payouts from multiple insurance companies. Read the full article at https://zalma.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/ZIFL-12-01-2024.pdf The Examination Under Oath Is Not Part of a Judicial Process Although the EUO is a formal proceeding it is not part of a judicial process nor is it subject to the rules set out by codes of civil procedure. There is no right to object to questions and never a judge present to rule on the objections. The testimony at the EUO is required to be presented in accordance with the obligation imposed on an insured to deal fairly and in good faith with the insurer. Read the full article at https://zalma.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/ZIFL-12-01-2024.pdf Barry Zalma Barry Zalma, Inc., 4441 Sepulveda Boulevard, CULVER CITY CA 90230-4847, 310-390-4455. Subscribe to Excellence in Claims Handling at https://barryzalma.substack.com/welcome. Write to Mr. Zalma at [email protected]; https://www.zalma.com; https://zalma.com/blog. He publishes daily articles at https://zalma.substack.com, Go to the Insurance Claims Library – https://zalma.com/blog/insurance-claims-library/ to consider more than 50 volumes written by Barry Zalma on insurance and insurance claims handling. Go to Zalma’s Insurance Fraud Letter at https://zalma.com/zalmas-insurance-fraud-letter-2/; Go to X @bzalma; Go to Barry Zalma videos at Rumble.com at https://rumble.com/c/c-262921; Go to the Insurance Claims Library – https://zalma.com/blog/insurance-claims-library/ and GTTR at https://gettr.com/@zalma

At US/Canada Border With Sheriff's Office (exclusive access) 4,930,215 views Sep 14, 2024 NEW YORK America's southern border usually gets all the attention regarding migrants crossing into the United States. But in the last few years, the northern border has received the largest amount of crossings in its history. Join the Clinton County, NY Sheriff's Office and me to better understand what's happening between the US/Canadian border.

Pray Donald Trump and Tom Homan have a plan to stop Tren de Aragua. Venezuelan gang spreads to 'every major city' in Southern state https://mol.im/a/14084407 via @MailOnline

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John Wayne's Best Western Movie (1959) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzSUK6bXB0U In 1863, a Union outfit is sent behind Confederate lines in Mississippi to destroy enemy railroads but a captive southern belle and the unit's doctor cause frictions within ranks.

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