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On the other hand, did you ever try to watch movies on Netflix, listen to some good music on Spotify or Internet radio on Pandora from an Eastern-European country (e.g. Romania), just to find out that these services don't work in Romania (yet)?
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The infrastructure schema of what we're trying to achieve looks something like this (please try to bear with me here – I'm totally aware my drawing skills are close to nonexistent):
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A weakness in Snapchat gives hackers the ability to cause the iPhone to crash. The news comes just a month after another vulnerability in the messaging app was highlighted, where millions of usernames and phone numbers were posted online.
In the most recent highlight, Jamie Sanchez, a security researcher, found that a denial-of-service attack could be used through the free messaging app. Hackers would be able to use Snapchat to send hundreds of messages to the same phone, which would crash the system and require a reset of a user's device. This will only happen on iPhones, but Android users will find that their phones are much slower than normal.
The app creates tokens to verify an identity and hackers will be able to reuse them allowing the sending of hundreds of messages all within the space of seconds. Hackers cannot just target individual phones. They can also target groups of users who use the app.
Unlike the problem with the leaking details, Snapchat has taken this threat extremely seriously. In a statement issues, the company said that it would reach out to Sanchez to learn more about his security threat and create a fix for it.
Unfortunately for the company, Sanchez took his find to the Los Angeles Times first, instead of notifying the app creators. He claimed that the company "has no respect for the cyber security research community."
This was due to the previous way that the app creators handled a security incident. He did not want the same thing to happen when he alerted Snapchat to the weakness that can cause the iPhone to crash. He decided going public right away would mean the company would have to actually do something about it.
During the Christmas holidays, a security research firm in Australia informed the app creators of a vulnerability that would lead to hackers getting usernames just by having—or just guessing—phone numbers. When the company failed to acknowledge this vulnerability as series, hackers went to expose the issue by posting 4.6 million user details online. It was removed quickly, but it meant the app creators had to acknowledge there was a problem and put them in the public eye.
Sanchez explained the problem in more detail on his own blog. He explained how tokens are created for each message that is sent. When a new message is sent, even between the same people, a new token is created to verify the identity of the users. However, these tokens are never deleted, which means that they can be reused over and over again.
The security researcher developed a script that would allow spam messages to be sent automatically reusing the tokens. Used in conjunction with the previous vulnerability highlighted last month, 4.6 million users could be affected at the same time.
During a demonstration to the Los Angeles Times, Sanchez sent 1,000 messages to one phone in five seconds, causing the denial-of-service attack and crashing the phone. His accounts have since been blocked by Snapchat as they work on a fix for the weakness that causes the iPhone to crash.
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See also:
Snapchat Details Leaked and Skype Hacked in Unrelated Incidents


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Ok...This may not be a Freezer to Crock pot meal, but these wings are AWESOME! I've had this recipe for many many years, and I'm always changing them up a bit, but here is the original recipe that I got from a friend I would say, about 15+ years ago. If you love hot wings, I believe you will really love these, because they are just a tad bit different than your traditional hot wings.
1 Family size pkg of Wings
Hot Sauce ( I actually use store brand Habenero)
1 bottle of Sweet N Spicy French dressing (or any French or Catalina)
1/2 bottle Fat Free Italian dressing
flour (for batter)
Oil (for frying)
First, Preheat oven to 350 degrees (yes, you will be placing these into the oven)
Add oil to skillet, about 2 inches deep. (oil will be hot enough when you sprinkle a little flour into it and it starts to sizzle, just a tad bit)
Next, flour your wings as you normally would when frying. Add floured wings to hot oil and fry til golden brown. In the meantime, add your whole bottle of French dressing and half bottle of Fat Free Italian dressing to a SEPARATE large sauce pan or Dutch oven over med heat.
Remove wings and place on a plate layered with paper towels, to allow to drain. Next, place in a large bowl and coat with enough Habenero or hot sauce, just to coat.
Then place the wings into the Dressing mixture (the one in the separate large sauce pan or Dutch oven) and let simmer for about 10 minutes.
Remove the wings from the dressing mixture and place on a buttered cookie sheet. If you like, you can add a little of the remaining dressing mixture over the wings (and for extra heat, add a little more hot sauce before placing in oven)
Place in the preheated oven and let cook until bubbly, approximately 15-20 minutes, as the wings are already cooked, you are just allowing the dressing and hot sauce soak in and get a little bubbly.
* Switch up on your dressings
* Serve with Ranch or Blue Cheese dressing
* Instead of the dressing mixture, use BBQ sauce and honey, along with hot sauce
* Fry your wings and just coat in Buffalo Wing Sauce and place in preheated oven, just long enough to heat up the sauce.
As you can see...I've served mine with fried green tomatoes!
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Saint Louis, October 25, 1863.
The PRESIDENT, Washington, D. C.:
Mr. PRESIDENT: I take the liberty of sending you a letter which I have this day received from Honorable Willard P. Hall, Lieutenant-Governor of Missouri. It may be of interest to you as showing the good effect of the stringent measures which I felt compelled to adopt in some portions of Missouri, and of the firm support you have given me. The immediate effect, as might have been expected, was a terrible storm, but it has passed away, I hope never to return. The State is now in far better condition than it has been at any time during the war.
I have issued an election order, in compliance with your instructions, with which all parties express themselves satisfied. It seems I have at last succeeded in doing one thing which nobody can find fault with.
Shelby's raid has terminated with a loss of about one-half of the men with which he entered the State, and he received no recruits, except the robbers under Quantrill and Jackman. These left the State with him. This fact is gratifying as showing that the rebel power in Missouri is completely broken. Whatever may be the secret feelings of the former secessionists of Missouri, their influence now, so far as it is exerted at all, is for peace and submission to the national authority. All that is now necessary to secure peace to Missouri, with the possible exception of occasional raids from Arkansas, is union among the loyal people. I shall spare no efforts to reconcile their differences as far as possible, or to at least restrain their quarrel within peaceable limits. The additional strength your support has given me will enable me to do this far better than before. My radical friends now exhibit some disposition to stop their war upon me, and I shall not certainly give them any good reason for continuing it. The honest enthusiasts on the subject of liberty, who compose the respectable portion of this party, are already well disgusted with their lawless brethren, who have brought such odium upon them, and now begin to realize the necessity of sustaining mein enforcing the laws.
Whatever may be the result of the pending election, I believe the most serious danger is already past. I shall not fail to exercise great forbearance in enforcing restrictions upon speech and press. I have enforced my order in only one case, and that so clear that the offender freely confessed and asked pardon on any terms. It will not, probably, be necessary for me to exercise any control over their press hereafter.
Your accurate application of the real difficulty here, and the strong and generous manner in which you have sustained me, will do more good in Missouri than to have doubled the troops under my command. This I hope soon to show you by sending additional forces to the front.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
SAINT JOSEPH, MO., October 21, 1863.
Major-General SCHOFIELD, Saint Louis, Mo.:
GENERAL: It is with very great pleasure that I can inform you of the satisfactory condition of things in this section of Missouri. There is more security for men and property in Northwestern Missouri than there has been since the rebellion began. There is not a spark of rebellious feeling left here, and all citizens seem to be, and I believe are,


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The CS650 is a multiparameter smart sensor that uses innovative techniques to monitor soil volumetric water content, bulk electrical conductivity, and temperature. It outputs an SDI-12 signal that many of our dataloggers can measure.Read More
The CS650 consists of two 30-cm-long stainless steel rods connected to a printed circuit board. The circuit board is encapsulated in epoxy and a shielded cable is attached to the circuit board for datalogger connection.
The CS650 measures propagation time, signal attenuation, and temperature. Dielectric permittivity, volumetric water content, and bulk electrical conductivity are then derived from these raw values.
Measured signal attenuation is used to correct for the loss effect on reflection detection and thus propagation time measurement. This loss-effect correction allows accurate water content measurements in soils with bulk EC ≤3 dS m-1 without performing a soil specific calibration.
Soil bulk electrical conductivity is also calculated from the attenuation measurement. A thermistor in thermal contact with a probe rod near the epoxy surface measures temperature. Horizontal installation of the sensor provides accurate soil temperature measurement at the same depth as the water content. Temperature measurement in other orientations will be that of the region near the rod entrance into the epoxy body.
|Measurements Made
|Soil electrical conductivity (EC), relative dielectric permittivity, volumetric water content, soil temperature
|Required Equipment
|Measurement system
|Soil Suitability
|Long rods with large sensing volume (> 6 L) are suitable for soils with low to moderate electrical conductivity.
|Not replaceable
|Not interchangeable
|Sensing Volume
|7800 cm3 (~7.5 cm radius around each probe rod and 4.5 cm beyond the end of the rods)
CE compliant
Meets EN61326 requirements for protection against electrostatic discharge and surge.
|Operating Temperature Range
|-50° to +70°C
|Sensor Output
|SDI-12; serial RS-232
|Warm-up Time
|3 s
|Measurement Time
|3 ms to measure; 600 ms to complete SDI-12 command
|Power Supply Requirements
|6 to 18 Vdc (Must be able to supply 45 mA @ 12 Vdc.)
|Maximum Cable Length
|610 m (2000 ft) combined length for up to 25 sensors connected to the same data logger control port
|Rod Spacing
|32 mm (1.3 in.)
|Ingress Protection Rating
|Rod Diameter
|3.2 mm (0.13 in.)
|Rod Length
|300 mm (11.8 in.)
|Probe Head Dimensions
|85 x 63 x 18 mm (3.3 x 2.5 x 0.7 in.)
|Cable Weight
|35 g per m (0.38 oz per ft)
|Probe Weight
|280 g (9.9 oz) without cable
Current Drain
|Active (3 ms)
|135 µA typical (@ 12 Vdc)
Electrical Conductivity
|Range for Solution EC
|0 to 3 dS/m
|Range for Bulk EC
|0 to 3 dS/m
|±(5% of reading + 0.05 dS/m)
|0.5% of BEC
Relative Dielectric Permittivity
|1 to 81
|< 0.02
Volumetric Water Content
|0 to 100% (with M4 command)
|Water Content Accuracy
|< 0.05%
Soil Temperature
|-50° to +70°C
Please note: The following shows notable compatibility information. It is not a comprehensive list of all compatible products.
|21X (retired)
|CR10 (retired)
|CR1000 (retired)
|CR10X (retired)
|CR200X (retired)
|CR211X (retired)
|CR216X (retired)
|CR23X (retired)
|CR500 (retired)
|CR5000 (retired)
|CR510 (retired)
|CR9000 (retired)
External RF sources can affect the probe's operation. Therefore, the probe should be located away from significant sources of RF such as ac power lines and motors.
Multiple CS650 sensors can be installed within 4 inches of each other when using the standard datalogger SDI-12 "M" command. The SDI-12 "M" command allows only one probe to be enabled at a time.
The CS650G makes inserting soil-water sensors easier in dense or rocky soils. This tool can be hammered into the soil with force that might damage the sensor if the CS650G were not used. It makes pilot holes into which the rods of the sensors can then be inserted.
Current CS650 and CS655 firmware.
Note: The Device Configuration Utility and A200 Sensor-to-PC Interface are required to upload the included firmware to the sensor.
Number of FAQs related to CS650-L: 53
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Period average and electrical conductivity readings were taken with several sensors in solutions of varying permittivity and varying electrical conductivity at constant temperature. Coefficients were determined for a best fit of the data. The equation is of the form
Ka(σ,τ) = C0*σ3*τ2 + C1*σ2*τ2 + C2*σ*τ2 + C3*τ2 + C4*σ3*τ + C5*σ2*τ + C6*σ*τ + C7*τ + C8*σ3 + C9*σ2 + C10*σ + C11
where Ka is apparent dielectric permittivity, σ is bulk electrical conductivity (dS/m), τ is period average (μS), and C1 to C11 are constants.
The SDI-12 protocol limits cable length to 1000 ft, but the cable properties and power requirements of the CS650-L and the CS655-L are such that communication with a control port may work for cable lengths greater than 2000 ft. If multiple sensors are communicating through the same control port, the total length of all of those sensors must not exceed 2000 ft.
In practice, it is less expensive to purchase a new datalogger than to buy a CS650-L or CS655-L with 2000 ft of cable. If the cable is run through conduit, or if a 2000 ft long trench needs to be excavated, then the installation cost becomes more expensive than buying another data acquisition system and sensors with shorter cables.
No. The abrupt permittivity change at the interface of air and saturated soil causes a different period average response than would occur with the more gradual permittivity change found when the sensor rods are completely inserted in the soil.
For example, if a CS650-L or a CS655-L was inserted halfway into a saturated soil with a volumetric water content of 0.4, the sensor would provide a different period average and permittivity reading than if the probe was fully inserted into the same soil when it had a volumetric water content of 0.2.
No. The equation used to determine volumetric water content in the firmware for the CS650-L and the CS655-L is the Topp et al. (1980) equation, which works for a wide range of mineral soils but not for organic soils. In organic soils, the standard equations in the firmware will overestimate water content.
When using a CS650-L or a CS655-L in organic soil, it is best to perform a soil-specific calibration. For details on performing a soil-specific calibration, refer to "The Water Content Reflectometer Method for Measuring Volumetric Water Content" section in the CS650/CS655 manual. A linear or quadratic equation that relates period average to volumetric water content will work well.
No. The equation used to determine volumetric water content in the firmware for the CS650-L and the CS655-L is the Topp et al. (1980) equation, which works for a wide range of mineral soils but not necessarily for artificial soils that typically have high organic matter content and high clay content. In this type of soil, the standard equations in the firmware will overestimate water content.
When using a CS650-L or a CS655-L in artificial soil, it is best to perform a soil-specific calibration. For details on performing a soil-specific calibration, refer to "The Water Content Reflectometer Method for Measuring Volumetric Water Content" section in the CS650/CS655 manual. A linear or quadratic equation that relates period average to volumetric water content will work well.
No. The temperature sensor is located inside the sensor's epoxy head next to one of the sensor rods. The stainless-steel rods are not thermally conductive, so the reported soil temperature reading is actually the temperature of the sensor head. If the CS650-L or the CS655-L is installed horizontally, which is the preferred method, then the sensor head will be at the same temperature as the soil, and the soil temperature value will be accurate. However, if the sensor is installed vertically, and/or with the sensor head above ground, the soil temperature reading will be less accurate. Because the sensor orientation is not known, no temperature correction was written into the firmware.
A thermistor is encased in the epoxy head of the sensor next to one of the stainless-steel rods. This provides an accurate point measurement of temperature at the depth where that portion of the sensor head is in contact with the soil. This is why a horizontal placement is the recommended orientation of the CS650-L or CS655-L. The temperature measurement is not averaged over the length of the sensor rods.
Mine tailings are highly corrosive and have high electrical conductivity. Some customers have successfully used water content reflectometers, such as the CS650-L or the CS655-L, to measure water content in mine tailings by coating the sensor rods with heat-shrink tubing. This affects the sensor output, and a soil-specific calibration must be performed. Care must be taken during installation to avoid damaging the heat-shrink tubing and exposing the sensor's rods. In addition, covering the sensor's rods invalidates the bulk electrical conductivity reading. Unless the temperature reading provided by the CS650-L or the CS655-L is necessary, a better option may be to use a CS616-L with coated rods.
Yes. Keeping the sensor rods parallel during installation is especially difficult in gravel, but it can be done. Gravel has large pore spaces that drain quickly, so the water content readings will likely show rapid changes between saturation and very dry. If small changes of water content at the dry end are of interest, a soil-specific calibration may need to be performed to convert period average directly to volumetric water content.
The electrical conductivity (EC) of sea water is approximately 48 dS/m. The CS650-L can measure permittivity in water with EC between 0 and 3 dS/m. EC readings become extremely unstable at conductivities higher than 3 dS/m and are reported as NAN or 9999999. Because EC is part of the permittivity equation, an EC reading of NAN leads to a permittivity reading of NAN as well. Thus, the CS650-L cannot provide good readings in sea water.
With regard to sea ice, the electrical conductivity drops significantly when sea water freezes and the permittivity changes from approximately 88 down to approximately 4, as the water changes from a liquid to a solid state. With both EC and permittivity falling to levels that are within the CS650-L measurement range, the sensor is expected to give valid readings in sea ice. The sensor is rugged and can withstand the cold temperatures. However, as the ice melts, there will be a point at which the electrical conductivity becomes too high to acquire a valid reading for either permittivity or electrical conductivity.


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Super 8 vs. CGI in "Star Wars" Remakes
Earlier today, I posted an utterly charming Super 8 remake of A New Hope, done in the summer of 1977 by some junior high kids in the full fervor of their nascent fanboy enthusiasm. Not only was it delightful, wistful and unironic, but it was technologically ingenious: What is most amazing about it is that a bunch of kids could have shoved together their allowances and come up with something that almost looks as good as the original.
I'd like to juxtapose them with Backyard Productions, a contemporary group of filmmakers roughly doing the same thing. Their average film costs around £3,000 (about 10,000 times the budget of the Super-8ers) and they do most of the work on a PC: knocking up toys and CGI models on the cheap while inserting light sabers and laser bolts post-production.
They seem enthusiastic enough, but once you actually check out their films, what's most shocking is how, even with the help of modern technology, they still appear less polished than those amped up kids of 1977. I think a large part of what's missing is earnestness: Though fanboys too, they have 30 years of Star Wars lore pushed between tongue and cheek. Those Super 8-ers, on the other hand, were working upon the pure impulse of their love for the movie. That hardcore affection makes their film feel substantial in a way far greater than CGI light sabers ever could.
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JMeter and BlazeMeter are reliable performance testing tools that have a lower cost compared to other commercial tools. In the presentation below, I demonstrate the testing process for those who are unfamiliar with JMeter and BlazeMeter.
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Economy is about to change in the World of Tanks. At least in Europe. The latest content update 8.6 for World of Tank has gone live in Europe today, changing the in-game economy, add new SPGs as well as new artillery units and a new premium British tank "A33 Excelsior". Read on for another World of Tanks trailer, announcing this new update along with a bunch of new screen-shots.
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Monday Analysis Seminar: On a homogenization of symmetric Levy processes
- Date
- 2018-6-29 16:30 - 2018-6-29 18:00
- Place
- Faculty of Science Building #3 Room 202
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- Toshihiro Uemura (Kansai University)
- We will consider the homogenization problem of symmetric Levy processes through the convergence of the corresponding Dirichlet forms. Specifically, corresponding to the scaling of the "coefficient" of the Levy measure, the Mosco convergence of the Dirichlet form will be shown. This implies the convergence of the finite dimensional distributions of the Levy processes. Moreover, we will see that the Levy measure of the limit process is not the harmonic mean of "coefficients" but the average.
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Gasoline Engine Timing
Gasoline engines have only two possibilities for their ignition, electronic or magnito. The magnito ignition timing is factory set and has virtually no adjustment. It's typacally set around 26 to 30 degrees. Electronic ignition is actually an aftermarket item and is adjustable. The adjustment varies with the engine-maker since they make the adapters for their specific engine. Regardless of how the mechanical portion is made, the actual ignition point is the same.
Most engines using unleaded gas will time between 26 to 34 degrees. A few "hotter" engines using high octane will time up to 36 degrees. Methanol burning engines will time as high as 38 degrees and on rare occasions go as high as 40 degrees when idling isn't needed.
The very first thing required for accurate timing is to know exactly where TDC (Top Dead Center) is. The second item needed is a way to index (in degrees) the rotation of the crankshaft. The last thing required is in fact, a good functioning ignition.
Let's assume your ignition is working, by that I mean it sparks relaibly. So let's proceed to go through the sequence to properly get your timing right...
#1: finding TDC
#2: rotation degrees
#3: time it
A lot of things go into determining where the timing ought to be for each engine. The ideal way to determine this is to time it while it's running. But most engines won't allow this. So, you will have to set it and take some RPM readings as well as observing the throttle-up accelleration. A very good starting point is +28 degrees. This is a safe and reliable point for most engines.
Make adjustments in very small increments around 2 degees or so. When you're done lock everything down TIGHT.
* * * Electronic VS. Magnito * * *
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Entrance Bench With Storage – Storage Bench is a practical solution for space saving, as it combines invisible storage with additional seating. Many styles of storage benches can be put to good use in almost every room in the house to keep your household items and hidden personal possessions still useful. Leaving shoes in the hall is an extended measure in many countries of the world. It is an excellent idea that allows us to keep our house clean for longer. But for this, you have to provide the necessary accessories to keep the shoes in an orderly way. Let's look at these ideas of entrance bench with storage. And we will get a better idea of the subject.
The entryway is often one of the more difficult rooms to organize. A storage bench is a viable solution as it gives newcomers a place to remove shoes and boots while serving as a place to put them at the same time. Try an entrance bench with storage. The shoes can be slipped into the individual compartments, kept organized and off the floor. An Ottoman storage bench or in the living room offers a place to store extra. Throw your blankets, games, books and more, all while providing seating and a touch of style. The leather is an attractive option, and some storage benches have removable lids. That it can be turned upside down and used as trays for snacks and drinks.
An upholstered entrance bench with storage can be an unexpected addition to your kitchen. But it offers a way to keep items in bulk. Like paper towels from clogged the kitchen or taking up pantry space. You can also use it for tablecloths, napkins, tablecloths, and dishcloths or non-perishable foods. It doubles as extra seating in a small kitchen or breakfast nook. A storage bench makes a useful and decorative alternative to a standing board. Put a padded storage bench at the foot of your bed to keep extra bedding, blankets, duvets or anything else you would like to have on hand but out of sight.


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It is tempting at times to think that democracy is wasted on New Zealanders.He has noticed the symptoms, not necessarily the cause. He has noticed the sickness, not the source of the disease. He has noticed the cake but not the recipe.
United States president Abraham Lincoln once defined this special form of government as "government of the people, by the people, for the people" but in this country, democracy sometimes bears no more than a passing resemblance to that description because "the people" refuse to play their important part in the process.
Last week, the Electoral Enrolment Centre issued research showing that two of out three Kiwis do not know when this year's local government elections are due – it's October – and one in three does not know how to cast a vote (psst, it's via postal ballot).
Murray Wicks, national manager of the centre, sounded exasperated: "The level of ignorance ... is incredible". He is right.
New Zealanders have turning moaning into a blood sport. But when it is time to do something about whatever has got their goat, they revert to apathy, and then moan again later when what they term a vocal minority wins the day.Whose indifference?
Mr Wicks' frustration is understandable. What more must the centre – and those who care about civil society – do to get New Zealanders to take an interest in a system of government that people in other countries, such as Iran, are prepared to die to win? Seldom has the aphorism "familiarity breeds contempt" seemed so apposite.
Our forebears – those who died in foreign wars to keep the West free from tyranny – must despair at their descendants' indifference.
Before we get too carried away worrying about a natural portion of apathetic voters, we must also consider the apathetic, indifferent and uncaring government.
The anti-smacking referendum returned a record result, with a clear majority (88%) and the government ignored it. Not only did they ignore it, but they failed to appreciate it was one of the issues that helped propel them into government, as the vote from the previous election was as much about turfing labour out as getting National in.
And let's not dwell on democracy, as it sets a goal of encouraging the apathetic and ignorant to prove their ignorance by voting according to the whims of the media's preferred party. The focus must instead be on citizen participation, and the changes government needs to make to improve participation are to do more with transparency and access to government information than voters ticking a ballot paper every three years. We have the capability to engage directly, and for this to happen, government must be less apathetic about the changes it needs to foster within its own bureaucracy.
Once we give citizens the sense that they can change things, that it is worthwhile to participate and that the elected parties will adhere to their well advertised party manifesto, then perhaps we can turn the above result around. That is the kind of change we need, not approval for another 20 million dollars to advertise to the apathetic and ignorant, because it's the despondent and resigned that require more assurances than a 30 second commercial.
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Letter to the Editor | Running for reelection in Dist. 7 in West Bend | By Adam Williquette
March 1, 2018 – Washington Co., WI – Dear neighbors in West Bend District 7: My name is Adam Williquette. I am currently running for re-election for Dist. 7 alderman in the April 3, 2018 election.
As your representative on the West Bend Common Council I have been focused on creating a business-friendly environment, a safe and high quality of life, and a financially-stable budget.
With 15 years in commercial real estate and a finance degree from the UW-Milwaukee, I have been very diligent as Chairman of the Finance Committee in how to wisely keep the city running without wasting your hard earned taxpayer money.
I care because I was born and raised in the West Bend area; I attended St. Frances Cabrini School before graduating from West Bend West High School.
As a voting member of the Common Council here are a few notable accomplishments over the last 6 years:
- The city has balanced a multi-million dollar budget while not raising taxes.
- The city built a new Police Department while keeping public safety a top priority.
- Debt in West Bend has been reduced exponentially and is on track to be at a manageable level.
- The city has attracted new businesses and construction.
- The city is well aware of demands on roadways and has increased the road maintenance budget by 30%.
In my effort to improve the business climate, I successfully pushed to have the façade improvement grant expanded to now include the Historic Barton Business District. This is a matching grant that can be used by commercial properties in Barton.
I've worked hard to keep the road maintenance at the top of the list with resurfacing Skyline Drive and before that Salisbury Road. Listening to people in the community, I understand our roads still need more work and I am a loud voice on the council to make it a priority.
Thanks to a persistent effort the Public Works Department cleaned up the "Barton Bog" by removing the weeds growing above the dam and because of my ties with real estate, I've been focused on bringing business to the community and filling empty storefronts with several new businesses moving to the Barton area the past few months.
It has been my honor to serve as your city representative for the past 6 years and I encourage you to mark Adam Williquette on your ballot when you vote April 3.
If you have any questions or concerns, my door is always open. You can reach me at 262-208-4572.
Thank you!
Adam Williquette
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- Each eligible post using #BabybelDares will result in a donation to Comic Relief of £1. Users may upload multiple posts, but donations will be capped at a maximum of five per social media handle/name (e.g. to a maximum value of £5)
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Should I Sign Anything When Fired?
Oftentimes, potential clients call us after they have been approached by an insurance company or corporate representative. The corporate employee or insurance adjuster has asked the potential clients to sign a form or give a statement when they are fired. In some cases, the potential clients have been offered money if they do what they have been asked to do.
With good reason, this makes many potential clients uncomfortable. They want to know what to do. Whether they should sign the document. Whether they should give the statement.
The answer is an unequivocal NO. You need to consult with an attorney before you sign anything or give any kind of statement.
The sad truth is that corporations and insurance companies often coax injured people and their families into signing unnecessary releases or agreeing to their slanted version of the facts.
Even something that appears innocent—such as a request for a statement "just to get down the facts"—typically has sinister motivations. In reality, the people taking these statements have been taught how to ask questions by high-priced lawyers who are experts on how to spin the facts their way. They will ask questions in a manner that seems innocuous, but is intended to get answers that support the company's defense, regardless of what the truth is.
Make no mistake. There is only one reason employers and insurance companies are "investigate" cases: to limit your legal rights and keep money in their own pockets.
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McVeigh Bomb Defense Rests After Assailing Key Witness
By Tom Kenworthy
Attorneys for Oklahoma City bombing defendant Timothy J. McVeigh concluded their truncated defense today with a final portrayal of the government's star witness as a crude, drug-abusing opportunist who proclaimed the innocence of his good friend McVeigh until faced with prosecution himself.
Using tape recordings of telephone conversations tapped by the FBI, defense attorneys characterized McVeigh's Army buddy, Michael Fortier, as angling in the days after the April 19, 1995, explosion for a lucrative book or movie contract.
"I can tell a fable, I can tell stories all day long," Fortier told his brother John nine days after a Ryder truck packed with homemade explosives ripped open the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, killing 168 people.
"The less I say now, the bigger the price will be later," Fortier, who faces a 23-year prison term for conspiracy, weapons charges and failing to report the alleged bombing conspiracy, said in another taped conversation.
Leaving the federal courthouse to prepare for closing arguments on Thursday, Stephen Jones, McVeigh's lead attorney, said, "I feel we've done everything we came to Denver to do. We've done our best."
But despite the closing attack on Fortier's credibility, legal specialists said McVeigh's defense team had done little to undermine the prosecution's case and failed even to provide an alibi for their client.
With their options for offering a broad range of conspiracy theories closed off by U.S. District Judge Richard P. Matsch, McVeigh's lawyers concluded their defense after 3 1/2 days and 25 witnesses.
The seven-man, five-woman jury could begin deliberating McVeigh's guilt or innocence in the worst case of domestic terrorism in U.S. history by late Thursday, after closing arguments and the judge's instructions to the anonymous panel.
McVeigh, a 29-year-old decorated veteran of the Persian Gulf War, could receive the death penalty if convicted on conspiracy and murder charges. If he is found guilty, the same jury will decide between capital punishment and life in prison during a separate penalty phase of the trial. McVeigh's co-defendant, Terry L. Nichols, will be tried separately later this year.
The charges against McVeigh include eight counts of murder in the deaths of eight federal law enforcement officers, four from the Secret Service, two from the Customs Service, one from the Drug Enforcement Administration and one from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Other charges include conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction, use of a weapon of mass destruction, and destruction by explosive.
Before jury selection began March 31, Jones said, "We will concede no fact" to the prosecution. In his opening statement to the jury, he promised that "our evidence will be the rest of the story" that would establish not just a reasonable doubt about McVeigh's guilt but absolute proof of his innocence.
In presenting such a brief defense, legal specialists said, Jones left significant holes in "the rest of the story."
And after sending lawyers and investigators to the far corners of the world to scour for evidence of involvement of international terrorists, Jones was blocked by Matsch from presenting any witnesses who could back up his claims of a foreign conspiracy behind the bombing.
The charitable explanation for Jones's defense, said Denver attorney Andrew Cohen, is that the judge blocked him from presenting evidence of a conspiracy and from putting the FBI laboratory examiners on trial for alleged mishandling of bombing evidence. With those options foreclosed, Jones instead exploited holes in the government's case, such as the failure to place McVeigh at the bombing scene or detail where and how he built the bomb.
But the jury is more likely to focus on Jones's inability to prove McVeigh's innocence, Cohen said. "The message you get as a juror," he added, "is [that] this is the worst mass murder in American history. There's 168 dead, and you can only come up with four days of testimony? What about the alibi? If you're going to call a guy innocent, you'd better make your case."
To lawyers who have watched the case closely, Jones appeared to have scored some points:
McVeigh's defense team suffered a setback last Friday, when what should have been their star witness, Daina Bradley, unexpectedly changed a story she had repeated for nearly two years.
A victim of the bombing who lost her two children, her mother and her right leg, Bradley had steadfastly maintained that she looked out a window of the Social Security office on the first floor of the Murrah building just before the bombing and saw a swarthy man get out of a Ryder truck. But on the witness stand, Bradley said she also saw a second man -- whom she had never mentioned in public before -- who had a light complexion. Bradley also testified that she had been treated for mental illness and that she had a poor memory.
Relatives of the victims of the bombing, dozens of whom have watched the proceedings over the past month, greeted the conclusion of the testimony with relief and expectation. Said Blanche Tomlin, whose son, Ricky Lee Tomlin, 46, died in the explosion: "He's guilty, and I'd like to punch the button to kill him 168 times."
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Olive Senior (The Pain Tree), Tiphanie Yanique (Wife) and Jacqueline Bishop (The Gymnast and Other Positions) are the 2016 shortlisted writers for the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature.
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Derrick De Vera's Leadership Tomorrow 2019 Commencement Speech
Good evening. My name is Derrick De Vera. To all of our guests, alumni, family, colleagues, and friends, hello & welcome. And most of all, hello to my fellow Leadership Tomorrow (LT) 2019 Classmates. We did it! I'm grateful for this opportunity to share some thoughts with all of you, along with my co-speaker, Dr. Terri Hackett.
From the bottom of my heart, thank you to my class for voting me…one of the Best Leaders of All Time. That's what I told my parents. So please just go with it.
Speaking of which. They are here. Along with family that were forced to come. True Ohana. Sincerely, my parents love graduations. As Filipino immigrants, they take great pride in what graduations represent. Making the courageous journey from the Philippines in the 1980s to build a home, family, and future here in Seattle. (It's also their 30th Wedding Anniversary).
So that makes me, a PROUD Filipino-American, born and raised in Seattle. A product of Seattle Public Schools. A graduate of the UW twice. Receiving a bachelors and law degree. I am a lawyer—first one in my family—and practice at a private law firm called Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt. I also have a kind heart. And I love people.
That's my usual story in 61 words. It's an approachable introduction. Showcasing a disarming narrative of hard work, desire for credibility, and feel-good warmth. I've reflected during my Leadership Tomorrow experience on why I share my story the way I do. At a deeper level, I think I'm asking myself "does my story belong?" (Do I belong?)
That's been an underlying principle this year. While I can't adequately summarize 80 different LT experiences, or distill the leadership journeys of those we heard from or interviewed…in one way or another I think we've all pondered that question of belonging. Not just for us, but as leaders that impact the lives of so many others whether we realize that or not.
How do we cultivate belonging?
There's been books written on this very human need. Articles, upon articles. I'm sure there's a podcast out there. But here's what I think: I think sustaining a feeling of belonging in you, and in others requires…TRUST. Sounds simple.
It is both a leap-of-faith concept and one that must be nurtured with intention and care.
The concept of trust came up in different challenge days, in caucus meetings, in seeking a common language on race, our own lab groups, hashtag-lab-six-is-the-best led by Coach Jen. When I think of trust, I also think of Paulina Lopez and the Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition & Estela Ortega from El Centro de la Raza and their efforts in building community, and people-centered power with different stakeholders.
It's clear fostering trust is not an overnight process. It's not easy. Paulina & Estela also show that we ALL benefit when we have women & women of color in leadership positions…It is not a zero-sum game when we uplift them & others into positions of power. Let's collectively embrace that "representation matters." It matters at both the individual AND institutional level.
Candidly, it is easier to connect w/ someone that looks like you, has a similar lived experience, or some other shared affinity. Yes, AND my classmates have helped me gain more clarity that trust and belonging isn't just about commonality.
I've learned to build trust and belonging by being more fearless, open, and vulnerable about who I AM. That its more than okay to show up FULLY. In fact, there is great influence in that.
So, let me…model the way for you. Here are OTHER parts of my story:
- I have deep insecurities about my career, about whether I'm taken seriously enough as a young person of color in an industry that is predominantly white.
- I also wish that I could be more direct and challenge authority instead of always worrying about team harmony first.
- Another piece of my story is, I go to therapy…and want to normalize conversations around mental health, particularly as a man of color.
- Finally, I also love my fellow LT classmate, Kayla DeMonte. This has been a transformative journey doing LT with you.
- To be clear, we were dating before we both applied. This is my 1st time publically professing my love, though…
Now, I just expressed a ton more intimate and vulnerable pieces of my story. It feels like a huge hippopotamus is on my chest. But by sharing that, do you trust me more? That's more rhetorical, because either way, LT has inspired me to show up with more courage, even in the smallest of moments, every single day.
I'm better able to, because my fellow leaders did the exact same:
- Stories of stepping outside of their comfort zone to hold a classmate accountable on implicit bias.
- Examples of taking a huge leap into a new career. Or even just finally having a community to vent about hard issues that come up at work.
- Stories of wanting more out of LT facilitation & programming and pushing hard for change, and still pushing, because we must lead with urgency and be better.
- Moments as a parent in standing up at your child's school to address complex racial equity issues. More broadly, thinking about parenting w/this lens.
- Stories of feeling anxious to speak up immediately for fear of being "wrong" when sometimes you just need a few more seconds to reflect.
- Stories of maybe deciding to run for office, in King County, For King County Council, District 2. Inspiring shared visions from my guy, Girmay Zahilay. I encourage our hearts to exercise our civic muscles on Aug. 6th and hopefully we'll pop some champagne come Nov. 5th.
There is also one common story that I want to emphasize—so many of us have expressed this desire to continue to build relationships with one another. That we've only really scratched the surface on what this LT experience is.
Before I pass the mic to Dr. Terri about what we should do next, I want to leave with one final challenge:
That we should be thinking more expansively—not just about our LT experience—but about how we show up for one another and for ourselves. Let's think about what belonging may or may not feel like for others that do not share OUR own personal lived experience. Every day, let's be more self-aware and kind, let's show more grace and admit when we're wrong. AND do more internal work for ourselves. And then do MORE.
Let's commit to continued connection. Whether through coffee meetings, alumni happy hours, spaghetti dinners, karaoke nights. Let's keep conversations going. Be okay sending an email five months from now wanting to re-connect. Reach out again, even if you don't get an immediate response.
Let's move beyond those feelings of "I missed out" or that its too late for anything meaningful. It's never too late. We are not behind schedule. There is no deadline for building relationships or seeking belonging. Let's do it today, tomorrow, and the tomorrow after that.
Thank you for letting me feel like I belong. That ALL of me does. I do not take that for granted. And I do not take for granted that we as leaders of this region should try to cultivate that feeling of belonging wherever we go. I commit to that. Thank you very much.