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IASSIST Quarterly (IQ) volume 34-2 now on the web
The new issue of the IASSIST Quarterly is now available on the web. This is the volume 34 (number 2, 2010).
The layout has changed. We hope you'll enjoy the new style presented. It seems to be a more modern format and more suited for the PDF presentation on the web. Walter Piovesan – our publication officer – had a biking accident. To show that nothing is so bad that it is not good for something Walter used his recovery time to redesign the IQ. Furthermore, Walter is the person in charge of the upcoming 2011 IASSIST conference, so he is a busy guy. And I'm happy to say that Walter should be fit for the conference.
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Rein Murakas and Andu Rämmer from the Estonian Social Science Data Archive (ESSDA) at the University of Tartu describe in their paper "Social Science Data Archiving and Needs of the Public Sector: the Case of Estonia" how the archive had a historical background in the empirical research of the Soviet Union.
From the historical background we move to web 2.0 in a paper by Angela Hariche, Estelle Loiseau and Philippa Lysaght on "Wikiprogress and Wikigender: a way forward for online collaboration". The authors are working at the OECD and the paper's statement is that "collaborative platforms such as wikis along with advances in data visualisation are a way forward for the collection, analysis and dissemination of data across countries and societies".
The third paper addresses an issue of central importance for most data archives. The question concerns balancing data confidentiality and the legitimate requirements of data users. This is a key problem of the Secure Data Service (SDS) at the UK Data Archive, University of Essex. The paper "Secure Data Service: an improved access to disclosive data" by Reza Afkhami, Melanie Wright, and Mus Ahmet shows how the SDS will allow researchers remote access to secure servers at the UK Data Archive.
The last article has the title "A user-driven and flexible procedure for data linking". The authors are Cees van der Eijk and Eliyahu V. Sapir from the Methods and Data Institute at the University of Nottingham. The data linking relates to research combining several different datasets. The implementation is developed for the PIREDEU project in comparative electoral research. The authors are combining traditional survey data with data from party manifestos and state-level data.
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Five defendants charged with rioting during the Mong Kok clashes last February pleaded not guilty at their District Court hearing on Friday morning.
The prosecution submitted photographs, videos and 105 video screenshots as evidence against the defendants, reported RTHK. According to Ming Pao, some of these videos were taken by police officers, while others were retrieved from the internet.
Chris Yung Tsz-hin, 18, Law Ho-yin, 20 and Lin Yun-fat, 26 were jointly charged with one count of rioting.
Meanwhile Sung Kwan-wo, 27 and Leo Chan Siu-kwan, 48 were charged with one count of rioting each.
See also: 4 years, 9 months in jail for activist convicted of rioting and arson during Mong Kok unrest
The prosecution told the court on Friday that Yung and Law both positioned themselves near the front of the protests and held glass bottles before they were arrested. Lin, Sung and Chan were accused of throwing bricks at police officers, reported Ming Pao.
Counsel for Yung, Sung and Chan told the court they will contest whether the trio were present at the scene of the clashes.
Counsel for Law and Lin will not contest that the pair were present at the scene, but will dispute whether their actions constituted rioting.
Four protesters have been jailed for rioting for their parts in the clashes so far.
The violent protests took place on the night of February 9 last year – Lunar New Year – over efforts by the authorities to clear street hawkers in Mong Kok.


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Several airlines now fly direct to Phuket's International Airport from international locations, making a stopover in Bangkok unnecessary, especially during the the high season (November - April.) It is still the trend for many tourists to come through Bangkok however, catching domestic flights via Thai Airways, which run regularly through the day, 7 days a week.
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Network Ten's Staggering Debts Revealed By Administrators
Network Ten appears to be in more financial pain than previously thought with the weight of its debt being revealed since administrators were appointed on June 14.
An investigation by Fairfax Media has revealed that the beleaguered network owes its US content provider CBS a staggering $843 million after the network submitted a claim for the outstanding monies to Ten's new administrators.
Production company EndemolShine, that makes MasterChef, Shark Tank, Survivor and Offspring for Ten, is reportedly owed $12.4 million.
Working Dog Productions that makes Have You Been Paying Attention? submitted a claim for $4.9 million. Fremantle Media, creators of Neighbours, submitted a claim for $3.1 million. ITV Australia, which makes I'm a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here! for is reportedly owed $3.5 million.
Adding to that, the ATO is apparently chasing Ten for $3.6 million and Cricket Australia is owed $21.6 million from its Big Bash arrangements with the network.
The Publicis' owned Starcom Mediavest Group is also said to be owed $3.3 million from media buying.
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How willing are we for the heart to be broken – and then put back together – over and over and over again? Sometimes we wake up feeling so vulnerable, so sensitive, so naked, so translucent, so raw inside. What will the day bring? Will we allow another fully into our hearts? Will we take the risk that love always demands? How deeply will we meet that which appears on this new day? Will our old friend anxiety come for tea? Will our faithful companion fear ask to join? Will our long lost acquaintance shame arrive for a reunion? Will we resist the temptation to turn from our old friends, to spiritualize them away, to "transcend" them, to dishonor their gifts through the habitual movement to be in some state other than the one that has been given?
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When Glenn Beck advised Christians to "run as fast as you can" from churches that preach "social and economic justice," he told us a lot about Glenn Beck.
Clearly, the man knows little or nothing about the Bible, the Jewish religion, or the Christian religion. If he knew even the most rudimentary facts about those religions and their sacred texts, he would know that there is no theme that receives greater emphasis in those texts than justice for the poor.
When I wrote the book, Christian America and the Kingdom of God, I wanted to compare the popular notion of "Christian America" with the biblical vision of the kingdom of God--a vision that was central to the preaching of both Jesus and the Hebrew prophets and that dominates the biblical text from start to finish. That theme, in fact, is so central to the Bible that I found I could not do it justice in a single section or even a single chapter. I finally had to devote one entire chapter to the kingdom of God in the Hebrew Bible and another chapter to the kingdom of God in the New Testament.
And guess what stands at the heart of the kingdom of God in both those texts? You got it--social and economic justice for the marginalized and the poor, the very theme that Glenn Beck thinks Christians should reject.
I devoted a chapter in my book to George W. Bush and the way "Christian America" played itself out during his administration. If I could revise that book today, I would include a chapter on Glenn Beck, since no one better illustrates my thesis that "the idea of Christian America is in every key respect an oxymoron--essentially a contradiction in terms--when measured by the most sacred document of the Christian tradition: the Bible itself."
Beck himself confirmed that point when he and Congressman Steve King agreed on Beck's show that for Congress to vote on the health care bill on a Sunday would be "an affront to God." Apparently they have never read how Jesus healed on the Sabbath and thereby stirred the fury of some who viewed that act as "an affront to God." (Lk. 6:6-11)
The fact is, the health care bill is preeminently geared toward one objective--providing healing for the marginalized and the poor, people for whom our current system often denies the possibility of healing altogether. The question Jesus asked of those who thought that healing on the Sabbath was an affront to God is the very question we should now pose for Beck and Congressman King: "I ask you, is it lawful on the sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to destroy it?"
That was Jesus' way of affirming what Beck wants to deny--that the biblical God is always the God of justice for the poor. We can only conclude that whatever Beck's "Christian America" may be, it is hardly very Christian.


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Push-to-talk delegate stations with detachable gooseneck microphones, built-in loudspeakers and voting buttons were installed within the council chamber to provide the Mayor, the Council Members and the staff with an easy to use device for increasing intelligibility and capturing meeting data. Software installed at the Clerk's PC will allow for creating, displaying and archiving agenda proposals and voting items.
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This heartwarming collection of historical Christmas romances is sure to put you in a holiday mood! 7 New York Times & USA Today bestselling authors bring you 7 captivating Christmas novellas!
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I. Restoration of Civil/Firearms Rights
A. Voting
A person convicted of "a felony involving moral turpitude, or who is mentally incompetent, shall [not] be qualified to vote until restoration of civil and political rights or removal of disability." Ala. Const. art. VIII, § 177.1 In May of 2017, the Felony Voter Disqualification Act limited the definition of "felony involving moral turpitude" under § 177 to 47 specified offenses, including many serious violent offenses, sex offenses, offenses against children, drug trafficking offenses (but not drug possession), and various property crimes.2 See Ala. Code § 17-3-30.1 (enacted by HB-282 (2017)). Restoration by pardon or administrative procedure (infra).
Expedited restoration of voting rights
A 2003 statute requires the Board of Pardons and Parole to issue a "certificate of eligibility to register to vote" to all persons convicted of disqualifying offenses (except those convicted of serious violent offenses and sex offenses) if they have completed their sentence and paid all fines, restitution and court costs, and have no charges pending against them. Ala. Code § 15-22-36.1. Restoration is automatic upon determination of eligibility. Persons convicted of murder and sex offenses must still apply to the Board for a pardon. Id. (See discussion in Part IIA infra). Federal and out-of-state offenders are eligible to apply for restoration of rights.
B. Office/Jury
Someone who is not a qualified elector is "ineligible to and disqualified from holding" state office. Ala. Code § 36-2-1; see Ala. Code § 15-22-36.1(a)(1), (3). A person is not "qualified" to sit on a jury if she has "lost the right to vote by conviction for any offense involving moral turpitude." Ala. Code § 12-16-60(a)(4). If lost, these civil rights may be restored only through a pardon from Board of Pardons and Parole. (The expedited procedure for restoration of voting rights described above does not apply.)
C. Firearms
Any person convicted in any jurisdiction of committing a "crime of violence" may not own, possess or exercise control over "a pistol," meaning a firearm with a barrel of less than 12 inches in length. See Ala. Code. §§ 13A-11-70(1), 13A-11-72. Restoration by pardon, unless restoration specifically withheld. State ex rel. Sokira v. Burr, 580 So. 2d 1340, 1345 (Ala. 1991).
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In 1939, the Alabama legislature was granted the pardon power by an amendment to the state constitution. It created the Board of Pardons and Parole to exercise the power, which extends to all offenses save treason and impeachment. Ala. Const. amend. 38 (amending art. V § 124). The Governor retains reprieve and commutation authority in capital cases. The Board's administration and procedure is governed by Ala. Code §§ 15-22-20 through 15-22-40. Mayors have authority to pardon violations of municipal ordinances. 3
Composition of Board: The Board is composed of three members who are appointed by the Governor to six-year terms with the advice and consent of the State Senate. Ala. Code § 15-22-20(a)-(d). Members are selected by the Governor from a slate nominated by a board consisting of the State Chief Justice as chair, the Lieutenant Governor, the presiding judge of the court of criminal appeals, the Speaker of the House and the President pro tem of the Senate. § 15-22-20(b). The chairperson is designated by the Governor. § 15-22-20(d). Members are full-time State officials, take an oath of office, and are subject to impeachment on the same grounds as other State officials. § 15-22-20(e). The Board must make a full annual report to the Governor. § 15-22-24(b).
Completion of sentence, or completion of at least three years of permanent parole, unless the pardon is sought on grounds of innocence and the judge or district attorney approve in writing. Ala. Code § 15-22-36(c). Persons convicted of a felony or certain other offenses involving danger to the person must submit to the taking of a DNA sample as a mandatory condition of the pardon. Ala. Code § 36-18-25(f). Board accepts applications from federal offenders and people convicted in other state jurisdictions residing in the state. See Article 8 of Ala. Board Rules, Regulations and Procedures. See Hogan v. Hartwell, 7 So. 2d 889 (Ala. 1942) (Board had authority to restore citizenship and political rights of federal offender, as against contention that a pardon by President was essential to restore the lost rights).
A pardon does not wipe out the historical fact of the conviction; it involves forgiveness and not forgetfulness. Johnson v. State, 421 So.2d 1306 (Ala. Crim. App. 1982). A state pardon does not relieve civil and political disabilities "unless specifically expressed in the pardon." Ala. Code § 15-22-36(c). See also Ala. Code § 17-3-31. A person who has forfeited his office as a result of felony conviction is not restored to that office by a pardon. Ala. Code § 36-9-2; see also Hendrix v. Hunt, 607 So. 2d 1254 (Ala. 1992). "[A] pardon that restores to an individual all civil rights and political privileges necessarily nullifies all legal punishment for the offense. In other words, if the conviction incorporates certain civil and political disqualifications, then a pardon that specifically revives all civil and political rights must certainly remove any and all legal incapacities," including handgun privileges. State ex rel. Sokira v. Burr, 580 So.2d 1340, 1345 (Ala. 1991). The Board may grant a full pardon, which restores all rights, or it may grant a pardon with restrictions (e.g., firearms privileges, sex offender registration, habitual offender status). After the Sokira decision, it became common for the Board of Pardons and Parole to expressly exclude the right to own/possess/control a firearm from the restoration of civil rights. See Ala. Op. Atty Gen. No. 1999-060, 1998 WL 34309449, *1, 3 (1998).
Hearing required, vote by majority, decision and reasons for it made public. Board has no power to grant a pardon or other act of clemency unless the action is taken in an open public meeting, of which 30 days' notice has been given to the Attorney General, the DA who prosecuted the case and the judge who sentenced the offender, the chief of police and the county sheriff, and the victim. Ala. Code §§ 15-22-23, 15-22-36; see also Article 4 of the Ala. Board Rules, supra. Application to Board of Pardons and Parole is very simple form filed with local probation office that is "intended to facilitate application by individuals who lack formal education." Ala. Admin. Code r. 640-X-6-.01. Investigation by a local probation officer includes current information on the applicant's home situation, job status, and an updated criminal arrest record, written references and other information as warranted. See Article 8 of Ala. Board Rules, supra. The Board may not act on any application or case until a complete investigation of the prisoner's social and criminal record has been made by a parole officer and a written report thereof made a part of the prisoner's file. Ala. Code § 15-22-25 (b). Once the investigation is complete, a hearing will be set before the Board. Required notification will be sent to the victim and concerned officials. At hearing, a decision is made by majority vote to grant or deny the pardon request, and announced. Process takes about a year from beginning to end. See Article 6 of the Ala. Board Rules. These same procedures will apply to a request for a Certificate of Eligibility to Register to Vote, except where superseded by Ala. Code § 15-22-36.1 (see below, providing for paper review).
Board Orders granting pardons, with or without restoration of civil and political rights, are public records. The statements of reasons filed by each member voting in favor of such grant are public records. However, pardon files are otherwise confidential. Ex parte Alabama Bd. of Pardons and Paroles, 814 So. 2d 870 (Ala. 2001). Petitioner is not entitled to inspect his own file or to have a reason for denial. Ex parte Alabama Bd. of Pardons and Paroles, 849 So. 2d 255 (Ala. Crim. App. 2002).
Expedited process to restore voting rights: In October 2003, the Alabama legislature enacted an expedited process for restoring right to vote to be administered by the Board, applicable to all but specified serious violent offenses and sex offenses. Ala. Code § 15-22-36.1. Eligibility depends upon applicant having completed sentence, including payment of fines, court costs, fees, and victim restitution ordered by the sentencing court; may have no pending felony charges. In 2005, the Attorney General of Alabama opined that if a person has been convicted of both a disqualifying and a non-disqualifying offense, the person must have satisfied all terms and conditions of the non-disqualifying offense in order to be considered for restitution. Ala. Op. Atty. Gen. No. 2005-092 (March 18, 2005). If a person is determined to be eligible, the right to vote must be restored. § 15-22-36.1(b). Restoration is also available to federal and out-of-state offenders. § 15-22-36.1(a)(1).
The application process may include investigation by parole officer and report to Board within 45 days. If no board member objects within five days, issuance of Certificate of Eligibility to Vote is automatic. § 15-22-36.1(e). If any member of Board objects on grounds of eligibility, hearing scheduled. § 15-22-36.1(f). In the event the board determines, by a majority vote, that the criteria have been met, the executive director shall forthwith issue a Certificate of Eligibility to Register to Vote to the applicant. Id.
Frequency of grants
Applications for pardon have increased in recent years because pardon is necessary for employment and bonding purposes, and to regain firearms rights. A substantial number of pardons go to those previously granted restoration of voting rights.
Pardons considered
Pardons granted
Pardons denied
Voting rights restored
2608 (includes 2003)
Source: Annual Reports of the Alabama Parole Board,
Alabama Board of Pardons and Parole, PO Box 302405
Montgomery, AL 36130
Tel: (334) 353-7771, 353-8067
B. Judicial sealing or expungement
Conviction records
Alabama law contains no statutory provision for expungement or sealing of adult conviction records.
Despite the absence of statutory expungement authority for adult criminal records, municipal courts in the recent past appear to have regularly exercised a common law expungement authority. See Kristin K. Hensen, Can You Make This Go Away: Alabama's Inconsistent Approach to Expunging Criminal Records, 35 Cumb. L. Rev. 385 (2005). See also "All Expunged Cases Should be Made Public," Mobile Register, July 13, 2005. Concerning the municipal courts, the Alabama Attorney General has stated in an informal opinion that "(t)here is nothing in the Constitution of Alabama 1901 or the Alabama Code granting municipal courts the power to expunge records." 88-00410 Op. Ala. Att'y Gen. (1988). Persons seeking expungement have sometimes relied upon statutes authorizing individuals to bring a court challenge to "inaccurate or incomplete" records. Ala. Code § 41-9-645. A court may order a record "appropriately purged, modified or supplemented by an explanatory notation" if the record is found to be "inaccurate, incomplete or misleading." § 41-9-646.
Nonconviction records
Effective July 6, 2014, courts may expunge nonconviction records of non-violent felony and misdemeanor charges, including felony cases where charges were dismissed after successful completion of a drug court program, mental health court program, diversion program or veteran's court program. See Ala. Code § 15-27-1 (misdemeanors); § 15-27-2 (non-violent felonies). Expungement may be sought 90 days after acquittal or charges dismissed with prejudice, and five years after dismissal without prejudice "if the person has not been convicted of any other felony or misdemeanor crime, any violation, or any traffic violation, excluding minor traffic violations, during the previous five years." 15-27-2(a)(5). There is an administrative fee of $300, and if the prosecutor or victim object a hearing shall be held at which the court will consider certain factors relating to the crime. § 15-27-5. Where there is no objection, "the court shall grant the petition if it is reasonably satisfied from the evidence that the petitioner has complied with and satisfied the requirements of this chapter." Id. In addition, "[t]he court shall have discretion over the number of cases that may be expunged pursuant to this chapter after the first case is expunged." Id.
Effect of expungement
After the expungement of records pursuant to subsection (a), the proceedings regarding the charge shall be deemed never to have occurred. Except as provided in this chapter, the court and other agencies shall reply to any inquiry that no record exists on the matter. The petitioner whose record was expunged shall not have to disclose the fact of the record or any matter relating thereto on an application for employment, credit, or other type of application. However, the petitioner whose record was expunged shall have the duty to disclose the fact of the record and any matter relating thereto to any government regulatory or licensing agency, any utility and its agents and affiliates, or any bank or other financial institution. In these circumstances, the government regulatory or licensing agency, utility and its agents and affiliates, or the bank or other financial institution shall have the right to inspect the expunged records after filing notice with the court.
§ 15-27-6(b). Expungement does not restore firearms rights, § 15-27-15, or relieve sex offender registration, which is only available from a court. See § 15-20A-24.
See also Ala. Code § 41-9-625 (state repository required to delete arrest records from rap sheets within 30 days of release from custody if the person is not charged or is cleared of the charges).
Juvenile delinquency adjudications
May be sealed two years after final discharge or court order not pertaining to custody or supervision, if the individual has not been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor involving sexual offenses, drugs, weapons, or violence, or threats of violence, and has no pending criminal proceedings. Ala. Code § 12-15-136(a). Any adjudication of delinquency or conviction of a felony or misdemeanor involving sexual offenses, drugs, weapons, or violence, or threats of violence, subsequent to sealing shall have the effect of nullifying the sealing order. § 12-15-136(e). Five years after the juvenile reaches the age of majority, s/he can petition the court to have the records destroyed. § 12-15-137(a).
Administrative certificate
See Part I for "certificate of eligibility to register to vote" that must be issued any person convicted of a non-violent offense who has completed his sentence and paid all fines, restitution and court costs, and has no charges pending against him. Ala. Code § 15-22-36.1.
III. Nondiscrimination in occupational licensing and employment
Alabama has no general law regulating consideration of conviction. It does apply a direct relationship test in connection with some licenses. See, e.g., Ala. Code § 34-1A-5 (d)(2)a. ("An applicant [for an alarm system installer license] shall not be refused a license solely because of a prior criminal conviction, unless the criminal conviction directly relates to the occupation or profession for which the license is sought."); Ala. Code § 27-17A-18(f)(3) ("The applicant [for a pre-need sales agent for funeral services] must not have any felony or misdemeanor convictions that relate to any activity regulated by this chapter").
- Prior to its 1996 amendment, the Alabama constitution disenfranchised persons convicted of specified offenses, all felonies punishable by a term of imprisonment, and all "crimes of moral turpitude." Ala. Const. Art. VIII, § 182 (1996). Section 182's extension of disenfranchisement to misdemeanor crimes of "moral turpitude," interpreted at that time to include drug possession and DUI, was held unconstitutional in Hunter v. Underwood, 471 U.S. 222 (1985).
- Previously, there was no exhaustive list of disqualifying crimes, although the Supreme Court of Alabama from time to time identified felonies that were or were not disqualifying. According to a 2005 opinion of the Alabama Attorney General, assault, felony drug possession and felony DUI were not regarded as crimes of "moral turpitude." See Ala. Op. Atty. Gen. No. 2005-092 (March 18, 2005), 2005 WL 1121853 (Ala. A.G.) This opinion was issued in response to a request from the Board of Pardons and Paroles for a list of disqualifying offenses, and cited a number of cases in which the Supreme Court of Alabama had held that murder, rape, burglary, robbery, income tax evasion, conspiracy to commit fraud, possession of marijuana for resale, theft, transporting stolen vehicles, unauthorized sale of a controlled substance, and bigamy were all crimes involving moral turpitude. On the other hand, assault, doing business without a license, violation of liquor laws, aiding prisoner to escape, possession of marijuana, and driving under the influence, were not. Notwithstanding this opinion, Alabama's Secretary of State continued to take the position that conviction of any felony prohibited voting, and so directed county registrars. On June 1, 2007, in response to a lawsuit filed by the ACLU challenging this interpretation and application of § 177, the Supreme Court of Alabama held that while state and local election officials had acted contrary to the State Constitution and laws, no further injunctive relief was necessary. See Chapman v. Gooden, 974 So. 2d 972 (Ala. 2007)
- In August 2009 the Mayor of Birmingham issued a blanket pardon to all those arrested there during civil rights protests of the 1960s. See http://blog.al.com/live/2009/08/birminghams_mayor_langford_iss.html


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KZN Schools Squash Players for Malaysian Tour
KZN Schools Squash Players selected for South African Tour to Malaysia
Three Pietermaritzburg squash players have been selected to represent South Africa on the U19 Schools Squash Tour to Malaysia in June. Having played several ranking tournaments this year, culminating in the SA Closed in JHB in the first weekend of the holidays, all three girls were delighted to have made the cut.
Noel Lee, Anele Ngubane and Ana Chemaly have been representing KZN and have made the SA top 10 annually since they were juniors. They also play in the local Midlands Men and Ladies Leagues.
The Malaysian tour will involve playing test matches against teams from Hong Kong, Malaysia and Australia, as well as playing in the Penang International Junior Squash Championships, and include three days of coaching at the Nicol David Centre. The tour has been organised and will be accompanied by veteran squash champion and coach, Sally White, who has played an integral role in developing girls squash in KZN over the past thirty years.
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I have spoke at length about Day 1 of the first annual NASA IT Summit here, but I think a blog post of the other two days with some photos would actually be abetter recap of the whole experience.
The Summit was very well organized, in an amazing convention center and offered lots of opportunities to network and interact with the many speakers.
Many of the speakers were simply superb not only for their delivery (think Vint Cerf, David Cearly, Alexander Karman, Chris Kemp) but also because of the excitement and the buzz that surrounded many of the talks afterwards.
Instead of simply writing a paragraph or two, I though I'd try something different and present a story of the Summit via my own tweets and some pictures. Clearly this is a little limiting since I did not tweet for every talk, and I most certainly was not able to attend all the talks (and they were many!), but after all this is my own "recollection" of the Summit.
- Vernice Armour: "Zero to Breakthrough"
I left after it looked like it was going to be yet again a "feel good", no substance and plenty of generalizations talk
- Vivek Kundra (Federal CIO)
WOW: what a politician. Flowless speech about the need for innovation in the Federal realm.
- Panel: needs too be culturally sensitive... Hmm I think we need too be technology sensitive first #nasait
- Kemp: CTO is a mini analyst to make better investment decisions. CTO is embedded in the CIO team #nasait
- Kemp: drive standards. Nasa rejoined W3C. What is our should be state? Future state is on a web site, wrong often but public. #nasait
- Kemp: maximize scientist productivity. CIOs are customer obsessed , CTOs should be mission obsessed #nasait
- Kemp: break the isolation cycle.Implement commodity services. Develop relationships with industry. Reduceduplication. IT is 10% #nasait
- Kemp: NASA employees should not wait in line at the apple store #nasait
- Panel: need simplicity, need risk management. Kemp: now state, should state, future state. CTO must look at what's next#nasait
- Kemp's via a robot. Centers need to create and disrupt the status quo in order you move forward #nasait
- Magnum: CTO needs too ask each center: why are you not working at the pace of innovation? And push each center #nasait
- Panel: The theme seems too be that collaboration is a must have for NASA.Key is how. #nasait
- Pettus: one size might not fit all. Panel: we need tools too enable knowledge management and sharing. What's thee research agenda? #nasait
- Gardner: Space Act agreements must be leveraged across all centers. Keep engaging industry collaborations. #nasait
- Gardner: we should adopt proven solutions across data centers. #nasait
- Pettus: collaboration is just working together on common tasks. Collaboration leads to innovation #nasait
- Chris Kemp will be here but via tele-presence.They just brought in his any-robot... #nasait
- Wondering if Kemp will give a talk our not. Video maybe? Eager to hear about Nebula and to get my account and start few testing #nasait
- Pettus (Marshall) it's nice to have a leader who pushes the envelope #nasait
- RT @hackshaven: The "gaming generation" drives adoption of new technology. Today's toys are tomorrow's tools. #nasait
- Blitch Disney imagineering: from blue sky to concept development via BIM and IPD #nasait
It was mostly a one hour long commercial for Disney... FAIL
- Vinton Cerf (Google) is my solution to alzheimer #nasait
- Cerf Interplanetary network' s goal is to produce standards #nasait
- Cerf how how do you make data usable over decades? Cloud computing is perhaps key.need standards for clouds communications #nasait
- Cerf High delay and episodic connectivity is the norm in space. Data curation essential. Need better metadata on instrument#nasait
- Cerf TCP-IP won't work. New protocol developed as open source software. Used by DARPA as well #nasait
- Cerf Interplanetary internet motivated by the mars missions "stored and forward method" #nasait
- Cerf the smart grid is just the beginning for resource management #nasait
- Cerf You are on vacation and you get an email: it's your refrigerator #nasait
- Cerf All devices must support string authentication #nasait
- Cerf software and hardware are becoming our partners #nasait
- Cerf Number of machines on the network doubles every 5-6 years #nasait
- Cerf IT must be multi mission. #nasait
- Cerf I learn so much from young people at google #nasait
- Burmeister (CEO Inspiron) surveys, some statistics, but no substance with lots of generalizations. Socrates? #nasait
Probably the worst talk of all the summit: no substance, generalizations and "feel good" motivational speaker... I only stayed because Vinton Cerf was coming up next...
- Northrop Grumman's Karman: awesome mobile scenarios. We need standards for the mobile cloud to become reality
- Karman: Perishable user demand: I want it now or not at all. How do we keep up? Think client, RIAs, hypervisors on phones?
- Cearley (Gartner): unifying the digital and the real world will explode. In 2015-2020 we will see context delivery architecture #NASAIT
- Cearley: Run analytics in memory. Analytics needs skills not technology. The future is mobile #NASAIT
- Cearley: analytics! The trend to make sense of data. Must be accessible enabling mashups #NASAIT
- Cearley: (gartner) : unified social communication and collaboration. Netflix prize and Einstein@home as an example #NASAIT
- Cearley gartner : you will be a cloud service provider #NASAIT
- Cearley gartner: cloud computing activities 1. Consume 2. Implementation 3. Development Apps #NASAIT
- Cearley gartner: Finally high energy in the room. Top 10 trends: cloud, social, analytics, mobile, context,... #NASAIT
- Stikeleather (DELL CIO): every device will be virtualized. Here we go: the electric industry comparison... pretty obvious conclusion #NASAIT
- Stikeleather: each of us will have a personal virtual server. Apps will go away replaced by metada on the cloud which you search #NASAIT
- Stikeleather: Software as a service is likely to kill open source. Dell CIO #NASAIT
- Stikeleather: Stab at Apple but seems mostly envy... he has a point I want "my device" wherever I go #NASAIT
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There's plenty of praise for these nappies and they've served us well, and when on Prime sale for $32 AUD they're a bargain for the 192 pack! That being said the quality seems to have dipped significantly as out of this batch, quite a few of the nappies are showing signs of QC issues such as the adhesive taps already opened/stuck onto themselves or the material around them, or the attachment area for the adhesive piece not able to be unfolded rendering them unusable, or the skirt area for the leg also being poorly constructed with bits stuck together. In the heat of the moment of rushing to put a new nappy on, the last thing you want is to open a nappy which won't unfold or unstick, or where the adhesive pads for the waist area are not able to be unfolded or where the area you're meant to attach it to won't unfold either because it's had some kind of glue stuck to it. Out of 192 nappies in the box I accept there may be a couple of less stellar examples, but this box seems to be a bit more pervasive and I'd say approximately 15-20% of the nappies are not up to the usual quality standard and some have had to be discarded immediately. The ones where I risked using them even though the adhesive pads weren't able to be stuck entirely onto the waist area did sometimes lead to clothing getting hit with the number two.
So my conclusion is, yes they're decent nappies, and yes they're good value when on sale such as during Prime day, but be mindful the quality is not what it used to be so be prepared for some wastage unfortunately. Quite disappointing really.
- Product Dimensions: 538 x 228 x 381 cm ; 6.48 Kg
- Boxed-product Weight: 6.2 Kg
- Item Model Number: 11311
- Date first available at Amazon.com.au: 10 July 2018
- Average Customer Review: 130 customer reviews
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Samed Island or Koh Samed
Samed Island is situated in Ban Phe district, Rayong province. It is within the perimeter of Lam-Ya Samed Island National Park. As one of the most famous tourist attraction in Rayong and short travelling distance from Bangkok, Samed Island always get to welcome both Thai and international tourists all year round. There are many stunning beaches, mostly clustered on the north and the east of the island.
Samed Island is about 6.5 km away from Ban Phe shore mainland or 30 minutes by shuttle boat and 10 minutes by speed boat. From Na Dan Pier, tourists can take a public shuttle to their destinations such as Ao Noi Nha, Sai Kaew Beach, Pai Beach, Tub Tim Beach, Chor Beach, Wong Duen Beach, Wai Beach, Kew Beach, Coral Beach, and Ao Prao. Rates are varied by destination.
There are always things to do on the island. Tourists can choose to chill out by the beach, swim, massage, or snorkel. Some make a day tour to dive at small islands near Samed Island such as Kudee Island, Kaam Island and Talu Island. Moreover, there're exciting water sports such as jet ski, banana boat, and kayak available on more populated beaches.
Tourists can travel to Samed Island all year round. But the best time of the year falls between November to April.
Ao Noina, Samed Island
Samed Cliff Resort is located on Ao Noi Nha, on the north of Samed Island. Ao Noi Nha is famous for its peaceful surroundings which give more private feeling than Sai Kaew Beach. Most fishermen reside in this area, therefore, guests can absorb real local lifestyle. Even though Ao Noi Nha is not reputed for spicy night life with fewer bars when compared to other beaches, but it offers the same service standard and full facilities. Its uniqueness lies in the picture of real local lifestyle which is hardly seen anymore around Samed Island. People come to Ao Noi Nha to get away from busy life. They find a peaceful, quiet place to enjoy slow time. Bring your favorite, unfinished book and let yourself flow into the world of imagination. It is also an ideal place for quality time with family and your best friends. You will surely get an unmatched experience from us.
Ao Noi Nha is about 3 km. away from Sai Kaew Beach. The nicely paved road will take you to Sai Kaw Beach and Wong Duen Beach with no hassle. Even better, guests can explore the island by renting a motorcycle and ride around.


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Sao Tome Travel
Where is Sao Tome?
Sao Tome is in Western Africa, islands in the Gulf of Guinea, straddling the Equator, west of Gabon.
What is the Capital of Sao Tome?
Sao Tome , Sao Tome.
What is the official language of Sao Tome?
The official language in Sao Tome is Portuguese.
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Independence Day, 12 July (1975)
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Chiropractic is a primary health-care profession that specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and overall management of conditions that are due to problems with the joints, ligaments, tendons and nerves, especially related to the spine.
Chiropractic treatment mainly involves safe, often gentle, specific spinal manipulation to free joints in the spine or other areas of the body that are not moving properly. Apart from manipulation, chiropractors may use a variety of techniques including ice, heat, ultrasound, and exercise as well as advice about posture and lifestyle.


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Fine Line Production designs and builds stamping dies to meet our customer's product specifications. Our company originally started with Tool and Die work and it is at the heart of everything we do. Dies are designed and built in-house utilizing 3D CAD software and modern CNC equipment. We build progressive, blanking, compound, short run, deep draw, and form dies along with fixtures and special tools.
Every tool is meticulously maintained to ensure repeatable quality throughout the life of the part. If you currently own stamping dies, we can adapt them to run in our presses. Let us know what you need and Fine Line Production will get the job done.


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I just came across a neat website: Local Harvest.
You may remember awhile ago I mentioned we'd joined a produce buying group here in our local area. So far, we've loved it! It's been an adventure trying out new fruits and veggies (some of which we'd never heard of before, others we'd heard of but just never had the guts to purchase on our own).
We've also enjoyed visiting our new-ish local small town farmer's market on Saturdays, and we've been fans for years of the huge farmer's market over in Raleigh.
Well, if you're interested in finding a farmer's market in your area, or finding a CSA (community supported agriculture) group, Local Harvest looks to be an excellent resource. :)
One thing I found helpful if you're looking for a CSA is to use their search right there on the home page. If you go through the site's catalog, they'll list all the CSAs that allow you to subscribe online through their catalog — but as I found when doing a search on CSAs in North Carolina, many of them don't. You'll find a lot more if you search for all CSAs, not just the ones in their catalog.
By the way, they aren't just produce… I found several that specialize in things like meat, flowers and nuts & berries.
You can also search for farms that sell to the public, farmer's markets and grocery stores and co-ops that offer locally-grown foods. And (if you didn't figure it out from what I was saying above) they've got a catalog where you can buy all kinds of interesting and yummy-sounding stuff.
OK, now I'm starting to sound like a commercial, so I'd better stop. Seriously, though, I'm not getting anything for this recommendation — it's just that we've been so happy with our CSA, and I feel so strongly about the benefits of buying local and supporting your local farmers. So, anyway, check it out — and check out the other resources I linked to in this article — to find out what's available in your area.
If you do decide to try out something, I'd love to know how it works out for you. If you've got other resources to help support local agriculture that you'd like to share, please… share, that is! :)
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The Guru Fusion EVA 110 and 150 Accessory Bags come under the beady eye of Angler's Mail tackle editor Richard Howard. He's the No.1 products inspector, checking out loads of quality kit every week.
TACKLE storage in the shape of these Guru Fusion EVA Accessory Bags is always useful, whether you fill them with feeders or end tackle bits.
The two latest additions to the Fusion range are made from 0.8 mm EVA with 'easy tag' zippers around the top, so they're pretty water resistant.
The tinted lids also mean that you can spot what's inside at a glance, they also wipe down quickly and easily. Finished in Guru's eye-catching black and orange, they're a decent depth, too.
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The name, a derivative of the den, but a somewhat darker and more mysterious connotation, removed from the light and airy regions of the house such as the room designated for living or dining, sleeping or washing and storing your pills. There is something primitive about a cave, something that a self proclaimed esoteric, eclectic, would not care to call his room. I suppose one could call it an office or library but that is too fancy for an under-employed so I call it my room. Names are important in that they signify identity. "My room" is neutral. The room may contain the paraphernalia of tributes, the cacophony of attributes, honors, medals and cups with engraving but there is nothing there but old information and it is too dark for anything but hibernation. It implies the need for protection which no longer exists. The industrial room called the kitchen has the supreme role of the continuing provision of life, The solitary life of the cave dweller looks to exclusion and inhibition and advancing into the light of the airy living, blinking in the sunshine, engaging the pianist, does allow the new dispensation to chuck the past, praise the present and look to the future. Man cave as a term is a stupidity forced on a hapless man stereotyped into some sort of a hairy brute without anima and therefore convinced that he should like a cave. Spend your time in the living room and not the museum of life lived and room alone.
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The summit is a part of this year's Mental Health and Wellness Conference.
Lauren Anderson works with Our Minds Matter throughout the county, and said the conference and seminars are all about addressing a nationwide concern.
"Suicide is the second leading cause of death for adolescents," she said.
The goal is to reduce the stigma around mental health and encourage students to get involved with the Our Minds Matter movement at their schools. Anderson said the club's focus is to increase help-seeking behavior, promote connection, and increase healthy habits and coping skills.
Students worked in groups to learn more about their own thinking processes and how those preferences show through. It's a method to help them learn how to work together and communicate productively.
Abby Gill is a student at W.T. Woodson High School. She said the skills she's gained have been invaluable.
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This is my seventeenth summer in Palm Springs. In 1987 I was at Vista Chino and Palm Canyon, by the old Don's Pharmacy. It seemed like every day that august was over 120 degrees, and my shoes would leave heel prints in the scorching blacktop as I walked across the street to JJ's Mexican restaurant for lunch.
After so many years in practice, a sharp clinician begins to recognize seasonal complaints emerging in their patients. Patients, both new and existing, come in with remarkably similar complaints within a two week or so cluster around the same time every year. Even non-doctors recognize seasonal patterns of illness. For example, it's April and ten of our friends have glazed, itchy and runny eyes; sneezing fits and stuffy noses. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that it's "Allergy Season!" In our chiropractic office, I've come to understand another type of seasonal malady. From June until about mid-September another pattern of painful patient complaints presents to the practice: Neck and upper-mid back pain that came on suddenly with waking up. No recent trauma is recalled. The patient has pain with turning or leaning the head over. Pain is located in the side and back of the neck by the collar, but may also be accompanied by a throbbing or sharp pain in the upper back or between the shoulder blades. They may have never had this problem before. A few days or more of rest has not helped, neither have home remedies such as ice packs or pitchers of martinis.
Examination of the affected areas show muscle spasm or tightness, inflammation, loss of motion and spinal joint (not disc) irritation. In other words it is your common, yet painful sprain/strain. The big question is...
did they get it,
did they get it and
can the patient do to prevent it from coming back?
Now that we've established what they have, with focused questioning we have a likely suspect - or suspects in this case. Let me describe the patient's bedroom and sleep setup (get your mind out of gutter!), and see if you too have something in common with our summer symptom sufferer.
It's really, really hot outside, so the air conditioner and/or the desert cooler cycles on and off all the time. Perhaps the vent blows across the bed?
There is a good chance that a fan is going, also blowing air across the bed.
We are not sleeping well. Tossing and turning, can't spoon with the bedmate, waking up with the sheets all twisted up.
Trying to get comfortable, we dig our heads and necks into the pillow, and still toss and turn.
The sheets, the mattress and pillows are damp and we're getting pretty cranky about it since June.
There's more to the list, but you get the picture. Our sleep cycle has been altered, and as a result, we jam our necks and upper backs trying to get comfy at night.
Back to our patient: with a few chiropractic treatments the patient's condition has improved rapidly, they're feeling much better. Now, how can we keep this from happening again, or happening in the first place? While I can write you a prescription ordering you to live at the beach for the summer, a few realistic tips might be in order.
If your pillow is over a year old, think of getting a new, inexpensive pillow - not a feather pillow - for the summer. If you want to try an expensive "memory foam" pillow, fine, but it is not essential.
While you're at Target or Gottschalk's buying the pillow, think of getting an egg crate foam mattress pad for under the sheet to keep you cooler.
Look to deflect the cool breezes from directly hitting you in bed.
Take a few minutes daily and do a few stretches for your neck and upper back. An excellent source for instruction is Bob Anderson's book "Stretching" available everywhere books are sold.
This is our winter, our hibernation period. We're more likely to do less outside, and instead spend more time cooped up inside. If any of this makes sense to you, please consider sitting on the floor instead of the sofa during TV time, and spend 5-10 minutes stretching around. You will quickly notice a pleasant difference, and hopefully avoid "catching" what's going around right now!
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The woven pha biang were collected in 1988 in Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai, purched from dealers. Both are probably dyed with natural dyes and possibly woven in the first half of the twentieth century. The narrower all cotton pha chet, is much more modern - probably late 1980s - and dyed with chemical dyes. The cotton woven siho (mythalogical figure half lion and half elephant) is a modern fragment (end of the 20th beginning of 21st century) made into a cushion and purchased in Malaysia. It is probably from Laos but might be from Vietnam.
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We're on a journey that should lead us to safer, more efficient and more inclusive transportation, thanks to connected and automated vehicle technologies. And, we've come to a critical navigation point.
We're on the verge of deploying technologies that could fundamentally change how we move people and goods. But, as with other major technology-driven shifts, the focus often turns to the worst potential outcomes from these developments. And, that isn't necessarily a bad thing – unless it leads to bad public policy.
The Obama Administration recently issued guidance to vehicle manufacturers on automated vehicles. This announcement trended, making the front pages of our national newspapers and the top of our national broadcast news. This was a remarkable statement about the transformative economic and social value of automated driving.
This was good news -- as far as it went. But this new federal guidance, while nimble and flexible to accommodate the pace of innovation, does not preempt state laws and regulations that could create a patchwork of requirements – making it difficult to sell and operate an automated vehicle in multiple states.
California is an example. The state is already working on its own rules, which are dense, complex and lengthy. Apparently, folks at the state DMV will decide whether the cars of the future are safe enough to be tested or sold in the state. The state DMV - - really?
In Massachusetts this week Governor Baker signed an Executive Order that is supposed to "promote the testing and deployment of automated vehicles." But by trying to do too much, Massachusetts may find itself heading down the same path as California, and that would be a mistake.
In their quests to be states at the forefront of technology development, or, perhaps to capture an economic prize, they are poised to be among the least tech-friendly when it comes to automated vehicles.
However, one state that appears to be getting it right is Ohio. Columbus recently won the Department of Transportation's Smart City Challenge and was awarded a $50 million grant to develop intelligent transportation systems. Connected and automated vehicles will be a big part of that. Ohio did not need to pass any new laws and regulations on automated vehicles to get that grant. Why? Because none were needed. Ohio is now going to be a magnet for developers of automated and connected vehicles.
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I have no idea how I missed this all these years, but two people in as many days this week referred me to this little story.
It was written originally by Emily Perl Kingsley who was trying to explain what it is like to parent a child with a disability.
I think it applies to any kind of parenting situation that is different from any kind of experience you envisioned or for which you hoped. Then again, it can apply to any kind of situation in which you thought you were headed down one road and, for whatever region, it changes.
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When you're going to have a baby (or, I would add, becoming a parent in any way), it's like planning a fabulous vacation trip–to Italy. You buy a bunch of guide books and make your wonderful plans. The Coliseum. The Michelangelo David. The gondolas in Venice. You may learn some handy phrases in Italian. It's all very exciting.
After months of eager anticipation, the day finally arrives. You pack your bags and off you go. Several hours later, the plane lands. The stewardess comes in and says, "Welcome to Holland."
"Holland?!?" you say. "What do you mean Holland?! I signed up for Italy! I'm supposed to be in Italy. All my life I've dreamed of going to Italy."
But there's been a change in the flight plan. They've landed in Holland and there you must stay.
The important thing is that they haven't taken you to a horrible, disgusting, filthy place full of pestilence, famine, and disease. It's just a different place.
So you must go out and buy new guide books. And you must learn a whole new language. And you will meet a whole new group of people you would never have met.
It's just a different place. It's slower-paced than Italy, less flashy than Italy. But after you've been there for a while and you catch your breath, you look around…and you begin to notice that Holland has windmills…and Holland has tulips. Holland even has Rembrandts.
But everyone you know is coming and going from Italy…and they're all bragging about what a wonderful time they had there. And for the rest of your life, you will say, "Yes, that's where I was supposed to go. That's what I had planned."
And the pain of that will never, ever, ever, ever go away…because the loss of that dream is a very significant loss.
But…if you spend your life mourning the fact that you didn't get to Italy, you may never be free to enjoy the very special, the very lovely things…about Holland.