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Updated 1357: CRM and business IT solutions provider Autotask has reportedly gone down, with the company citing "a known issue in a few zones".
The company posted this tweet 18 hours ago at the time of writing, but has since gone deathly quiet to customers' ire, including not replying to a request for comment from CloudTech:
We are currently working on a known issue in a few zones. If you have any questions please contact support. We will keep you updated!— Autotask (@Autotask)


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In France, tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets as part of a second round of protests over pension reform plans.
The 24-hour strike has affected schools, transport and public services across the country.
The action is being widely seen across Europe as a key test for President Sarkozy as governments across the bloc seek to implement austerity measures.
France's lower house has already approved raising the retirement age from 60 to 62.
But union leaders like Charles Pellotiere hope to influence the upcoming debate in the Senate, France's upper house of parliament.
"This legislation is not fair especially for women who have had partial careers or worked part-time. Women will be required to work until the age of 67 and thus will be penalised by the reform bill," he said.
President Sarkozy has indicated that he's willing to make marginal concessions but remains firm on the central pillar of raising the retirement age for those who want full benefits.


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Only Duke basketball players usually may shoot hoops on the hardwood floor at Cameron Indoor Stadium that bears Mike Krzyzewski's nickname.
But the namesake of Coach K Court is making an expensive exception for the 80 wealthy weekend warriors who paid $10,000 each to participate in his annual "K Academy" fantasy camp, pulling on personalized Blue Devil warm-ups and playing for teams coached by J.J. Redick, Jay Williams and about 20 other former Duke stars.
"It's a testament to how big Coach K is, not just in college basketball and not just basketball, but in sports in general. He's one of the biggest names in sports," Philadelphia 76ers forward and ex-Duke player Shavlik Randolph said Wednesday. "I think it just shows that these guys will pay this amount of money to come and just be around, because they conduct this just like normal Duke basketball.
"They don't hold anything back, and they get around these Duke players, players that they've seen on TV and probably players that they're fans of. They definitely get their money's worth."
Staging the fantasy camp, which takes place at the famous arena and at the Emily Krzyzewski Family Life Center, gives the coach a chance to raise money for charitable causes. He said he doesn't make any money from the camp, with the roughly $750,000 in annual proceeds going to scholarships at Duke and to the downtown Durham gym and community center that's named for his late mother.
"It's been an amazing success and a lot of fun, and it's helped fund some really good things," Krzyzewski said.
The itinerary features not just free-throw shooting and layups but also lectures and business lessons. It also offers yet another way for the Hall of Fame coach - who has spoken to Fortune 500 companies, written books on finding success and staged an annual leadership conference - to promote the "Coach K" brand and broaden his appeal beyond basketball and into the board room.
"He has a lot of goals and things that he wants people to be aware of," former Duke player Chris Duhon said. "He's always been a guy that has been talking about leadership. He does that all the time."
But there's little doubt that the biggest draw is the chance to play on the same floor where Krzyzewski built Duke's dynasty, coaching teams that reached 10 Final Fours and won three national titles.
"We try to teach them some things I would do with corporate business ... so we have a few lectures, and they like that, too," Krzyzewski said. "The main thing they like is getting to know one another, playing at Cameron, hitting a big shot, coming up to the line with the game on the line - really, it is a fantasy, and my staff does a great job in re-creating the atmosphere. Obviously, we can't get 10,000 people in there with painted faces. but we do introduce crowd noise, have a tent village and all that stuff."
Of course, the fantasy campers get a mellow version of Coach K - not the sharply focused leader whose intense facial expressions have become a staple during TV broadcasts of Duke's high-pressure games of February and March.
"Much more relaxed ... I'm not coaching, that's the main thing," Krzyzewski said.
Instead, the roughly 25 former players divide them into eight teams of 10 campers each and lead them through a tournament, with statistics and results published in a commemorative media guide.
"We don't take ourselves too seriously, but we try to give the guys a good week's worth," former Duke and NBA player Mike Gminski said.
Some campers can't get enough. Maury Fisher, a 74-year-old real estate developer from Chicago, is a guard who is attending Krzyzewski's camp for the third time. He first decided to come to Durham after playing for the Duke coach at one of Michael Jordan's camps a decade ago in Las Vegas.
"You talk to any of the guys that have ever met him or played with him, he's just the best," Fisher said. "It's the way he makes you feel about yourself. I'm the oldest guy, but he has a way of making you feel like you're special to him. He's been that way. ... Most of the coaches are great guys, but he's still somewhere above them in terms of his makeup and how he handles somebody."
The camp also brings together several generations of Blue Devils - from Quin Snyder, Mark Alarie and others from Krzyzewski's early teams in the 1980s to Redick, Sean Dockery and others who concluded their careers at Duke more recently.
"When you have an event that can bring a large number of them back at one time, that makes it better," Krzyzewski said. "And for us, there's no game. It's not like we're playing Virginia or Maryland or North Carolina and they come back and there's a lot of tension. This is a lot of fun - not that these games aren't important, but we can have some fun. ... It's like a family reunion."


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I have loved making art objects for as long as I can remember.
At school I rapidly got rid of subjects that weren't art related or didn't fit my view of "useful".
When I left school I spent two years studying character animation which gave me an appreciation for "flow" in design.
Since then I have been self taught. My path has taken me from bone carvings to architectural model making, sculpting figurines and busts (for toy/hobby companies and museums), and then into bronze sculptures and Jade carving.
I'm enjoying exploring and developing my work and what I can offer the world we live in.


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Home security can often be overlooked in favor of more pressing issues for new homeowners. While fire alarms and working locks may be top of mind, there are other aspects of home security that can go unnoticed but are just as critical.
New homeowners will address safety issues during the home inspection process, but home security goes far beyond that. Home security helps homeowners settle into their new residence more safely, so the sooner measures are put in place the better.
About three out of every four burglaries occur at a residential property, according to the FBI [Crime in the U.S., 2013]. The average home burglary results in a $2,322 loss.
Burglary is one of the most common household property crimes, and it's also one of the easiest to prevent. Homeowners can only benefit from taking appropriate home security precautions.
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TSA VEX National Championship
2016 National TSA Conference
June 28 – July 2, 2016
Gaylord Opryland Convention Center
Nashville, TN
Featuring two events and two new games! Link: http://www.roboticseducation.org/vex-robotics-competitionvrc/tsa-vex-robotics-competition/
TSA VRC Competitive Event GuidelinesTSA VEX Robotics Competition (VRC) – Nothing But Net – High School
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The TSA VEX Robotics Competition (VRC) and the TSA VEX IQ Challenge (VEX IQ) each provide students with a hands-on, co-curricular competition for learning about science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). These events complement the existing technology-related competitions offered by the Technology Student Association (TSA).
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Every major music journalism outlet has been following the story of Mark Kozelek's beef with the War on Drugs. The initial complaint—that TWOD drowned out Kozelek during a festival performance—turned into weeks of Kozelek enacting numerous public retaliations against the band, which eventually ended in music writers waiting with bated breath for Kozelek to release a promised single titled "War on Drugs: Suck My Cock".
The song, which premiered this past Monday, is an eight-minute explanation of the original event spiked with Kozelek's rationale as to why TWOD is, in his estimation, a terrible band, with critiques spanning the band's sound, influences—even their appearance.
The response to the track has been overwhelmingly positive, insofar as anything not explicitly negative or critical can be presumed neutral-leaning-positive. So far, it's been referred to as smart publicity, as being "just his sarcastic brand of wit," "admittedly goofy," and "the best (or at least most fun) dis track by a non-rapper since Taylor Swift's 'Dear John'." Vulture, an offshoot of New York Magazine, called it one of the best songs of the week. The one vaguely negative response I've seen to Kozelek's recent behavior was written by a man who seems to be his biggest fan, a journalist who has interviewed him three times, and his major complaint is that Kozelek's behavior will lead to being remembered at year-end for this incident instead of his album Benji, released earlier this year to exceptional critical acclaim. Written before "War on Drugs: Suck My Cock" was released, the author states that he believes the song will be "beautiful and elegant and even funny," before explaining that he thinks the War on Drugs guys would do best to just ignore Kozelek entirely.
It seems this is most people's opinion of the one-sided beef: Kozelek, a notorious curmudgeon, isn't doing anything harmful by harassing these guys. In fact, he's just doing what he's always done—being a grumpy ass who doesn't seem to care what people think of him. These same people insist that ignoring him and letting him continue to do this kind of stuff is the best option moving forward. To speak up about this kind of behavior from artists and performers is to inevitably be met with, "Lighten up, not everything has to be political, it's just for entertainment."
When Mark Kozelek chose to start and carry on a completely one-sided and extremely public feud with a band who genuinely did nothing wrong, who chose not to retaliate and even stated their position as fans of his work, who seem hurt and confused by Kozelek's constant public attacks that persisted for weeks and how said attacks affected their year—that doesn't seem like entertainment. It's important to call it what it is: emotional abuse.
When communities band together to discuss integral elements of abuse, certain traits are highlighted as being indicative that a person is an abuser: "Male-pattern violence is often characterized by motivations of aggression, revenge, competition for dominance, [and] competition with other males." These are socially sanctioned behavior patterns that fit in well with "cultural prescriptions that are cherished in Western society—aggressiveness, male dominance and female subordination… [and] using physical force as a means to enforce that dominance."
Which is why, in all likelihood, Kozelek chose to say "suck my cock" instead of "I think your band is bad." "Suck my cock" is a command heard most often in two places: heterosexual porn, and schoolyard taunts between presumably straight boys. In no way does Mark Kozelek actually want his cock sucked by the members of the War on Drugs. What he wants is to make them feel violated, to make them feel submissive. "Suck my cock" is an order, not a request. "Suck my cock" is, when used by the wrong person, the language of physical force, the language of rape. He wants the world to know that he thinks TWOD sucks cock, implying that sucking cock is a bad thing. Who sucks cock? Not straight dudes like Mark Kozelek, but women and gay men. Which one of these groups is he using as an insult?
His behavior is indicative of a larger evil bred in the dark corners of the music industry, that of the middle-aged, straight white guy slowly fading into obscurity. He may be a musician or a music critic—could be both—who is obviously talented, but he isn't receiving as much attention as he used to. Maybe he sees other people getting the work or praise that he once received—younger people, women, people who don't agree with his worldview or go along with his way of doing things. With less to do now that he's slowly greying into obscurity, he spends his free time taking out his frustrations on soft targets: people who aren't likely to fight back, people who are already marginalized and without the platform or agency to speak out against someone with that amount of privilege and reputation. These men go off in interviews or on social media and take shots at anyone who doesn't fall in line with their worldview, and it gets personal quick. They're staring down the barrel of obsolescence, aimed at them by a culture where the most exciting music and art, as well as critical writing about that music and art, is being created by people they have nothing in common with. It becomes "you can't fire me, I quit" very quickly—they're no longer considered important voices, so they strike out against the people who are gaining traction.
This is why Kozelek's song is a seven-minute ode to how funny and smart he is for saying mean and sexually aggressive things about people he doesn't know: it's OK that you didn't invite him to your party, because he didn't want to fucking go to your stupid party anyway. If it wasn't obvious enough, in comparing the War On Drugs to Mellencamp and Fleetwood Mac, he's actually taking shots at people closer to his own age, as if to insist that he's not like those other old people—that he's still relevant, still cool, that the War On Drugs crowd would be better off listening to his music, that he still in some way fits in with them. He's only imitating what his curmudgeonly peers are doing—fumbling to hold on to whatever relevance they have left in order to feel like they still belong.
These men are devotees of a dangerous patriarchal herd mentality, which they confuse for part of some imaginary intellectual elite. These men can't just be smart on their own; they have to be smart in a superior way that only exists in relation to the ways in which other people are dumb, generic, inauthentic. These are men who never learned that someone else's success doesn't mean their failure. It's sad in the same way that American Beauty is sad—to see these men holding on to their fragile egos and public identities for dear life. And their retaliation is, more often than not, aggressive and menacing.
It is imperative, when we see men exhibiting this manipulative behavior, for us to identify it and name it as abuse. This can be scary: some incidents, such as this one, are so public and obvious that it's easy to start an open dialog about why it's terrible. But when I sit with my friends and hear their stories about times they've been manipulated, intimidated, coerced or outright abused by older men in the music industry, I wonder how anyone ever feels brave enough to come forward.
This problem definitely doesn't get better when publications (including some that have, in the past, exhibited a modicum of moral and journalistic integrity) grant column space and attention to men who publicly engage in harassment and abuse. If we act like a sociopathic bent toward punishing complete strangers is newsworthy, if a song that refers to a female music writer as "some spoiled bitch" is by your estimation a "nice account" or "the diss track of the century," that blatantly reinforces that this sort of behavior is not only acceptable but worthy of praise and attention.
So don't write this off as the ranting of a cantankerous character, and definitely don't take the advice of so many enablers and ignore it. Instead, think critically about what this sort of behavior represents on a larger scale: human behavior doesn't come from nowhere, these traits are learned and reinforced by larger oppressive systems that also systematically disenfranchise people in many other ways. If we desire a more just world—and a better music scene for sure—we would be doing ourselves a favor to take the space we would normally dedicate to men like this and give it over to artists who represent a broader diversity of voices. This goes for music as well as art, literature, politics, any area where middle-aged white men have the most agency to make sure their voices are heard. The more of us there are, the more things will be like the show that pissed Kozelek off in the first place; no matter how cruel their banter gets, at the end of the day, we'll still be louder.
Meredith Graves is the singer in Perfect Pussy, whose album Say Yes to Love was released in 2014. She is on Twitter and Instagram as @gravesmeredith.


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As in the early days of the Christianity, individuals and churches were named after the apostles, martyrs and saints. In accordance with tradition, our parish was named in the honor of Saints Cyril and Methodius. The two were brothers born to a prominent Christian family of Byzantine Greek derivation in Thessalonica. Saint Methodius, the older of the two brothers was a military man and civic official who grew tired of worldly affairs. As a result, he retired to a monastery and was tonsured a monk at Mount Olympus. His brother, Constantine who possessed an innate understanding of philosophy was a scholar and was referred to as the Philosopher. He held the office of Librarian at the Patriarchal Basilica of the Holy Wisdom in Constantinople (i.e. Hagia Sofia, from the Greek, Αγία Σοφία) . Constantine took the name Cyril while in Rome, shortly before his death.
While both were in a monastery on the Bosphorous, the Emperor Michael sent the two brothers to the Khazars in response to a petition for instructors of the Christian faith. On the journey to Khazaria, the brothers stopped in Chersonesos where they recovered from the Black Sea the relics of Saint Clement. From here, their journey continued on to Moravia where they were besought by Prince Rastislav and his subjects to preach the Gospel. Historians suggest Rastislav's request was not simply for evangelization, but that he had an ulterior motive of freeing the Slavic people from German occupation. In fact, Germanic missionaries labored among Saints Cyril and Methodius; however, were unsuccessful because the Moravians wanted to learn the Holy Scriptures in their native tongue and to use it also in the celebration of the Divine Liturgy (i.e. the celebration of the Holy Eucharist in Eastern Rite Churches). Consequently, Saint Cyril devised an alphabet for the Slavic people and with the assistance of Saint Methodius, used it to translate a number of Greek texts into the language of the Slavs. Albeit, extremely successful in their apostolic mission, the Saints were met with hostility by a number of German bishops. The Germans, who were distrustful of the two brothers for political reasons, contested Church services in the vernacular. And as a result of the Divine Liturgy being celebrated in the Slavonic language, the brothers were summoned to court in Rome in 867, by Pope Nicholas I, who died before their arrival. Upon arrival in the Eternal City, they presented the Slavonic translations to newly enthroned Pope Adrian II. The Pope received the brothers with great reverence and convinced of their orthodox faith, commended their missionary activity, sanctioned the liturgical use of Slavonic and ordained both Saints Cyril and Methodius as bishops. However, before returning to Moravia, Saint Cyril died in Rome on February 14 in 869, and was interred at the Basilica of Saint Clement.
At the request of the Moravian princes, Pope Adrian II created the Archdiocese of Moravia and Pannonia, and in doing so, made it independent of the German Church. He then installed Saint Methodius as Archbishop in 870 to the dismay of the existing Latin clergy. As a result, Saint Methodius was summoned to a synod in Ratisbon and interrogated. At the order of King Louis, the Holy Roman Emperor (the Germanic Emperor of the West), he was deposed and cast into prison where he cruelly tormented for some three years. Eventually, when word of his imprisonment reached Rome, Pope John VIII came to his defense. At the command of the Pope, Saint Methodius was liberated and reinstalled as Archbishop of Moravia. Shortly after though, he was again summoned to Rome in 879. A German priest, Wiching accused Methodius of heresy and objected to the celebration of the Divine Liturgy in Church Slavonic. In Rome, the Pope paralleling his predecessor, sanctioned the usage of Church Slavonic and decreed that in celebrating the Divine Liturgy; the Gospel was to be read in Latin and Slavonic. While in Rome, Wiching was nominated as one of the suffragan bishops of Moravia and continued to resist the leadership of Saint Methodius as his metropolitan. Wiching in his disdain of the Greek bishop forged papal letters to Archbishop Methodius in hopes to incite disputes. When the Pope learned of these fallacious letters he immediately denounced them and admonished the priest.
Shortly after this ordeal, Saint Methodius traveled back to Constantinople and with the assistance of several priests, he completed the translation of all the canonical Holy Scriptures with the exception of the Books of Maccabees. He additionally translated the "Nomocanon" which was Greek church-civil law. Saint Methodius' enemies did not cease to criticize his apostolic efforts even in his old age. His health soon began to fail him and he died April 6 in 885. Prior to passing, he recommended Gorazd as his successor, a Moravian Slav who had been his disciple.
In the Greek Rite, the brother Saints are referred to as equal to the apostles, illuminators to the Slavs and are the patrons of missionaries. In 1980, Pope John Paul II declared the brothers as co-patrons of Europe. To Catholics, they are additionally recognized as patrons of unity and ecumenism between our church, the Church of Rome (the Roman Catholic Church) and her sister church, the Church of Constantinople (the Greek Orthodox Church). As a result, they are highly revered in Eastern Rite Catholic churches, especially in the Greek Catholic churches of Slavic origin. When our parish mission was established here in Deer Park, it was by Slovak settlers who chose the brothers as patrons of our church. Their feast day in the Roman Church is February 14 and in the Greek Church is May 11.
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Thai Movie Posters for saleJanuary 10th, 2013
Our walls sport a few movie broadsheets from our collection, but we cannot display them all so we are selling the rest. The posters are all in good condition in the printed art area. The posters all have a broad white border with Thai/Script indicating printer/theatre. The border on most of the posters is frayed with some small tears, however all would be covered once framed. These are delicate, old pieces of ephemera so the must be framed! We think most are from 1950-70s.
Prices are THB2,000 unless noted. If any poster has damage to the printed art area we will discount THB500 (upon our inspection.)
Send an email to cw(at)wtfbangkok if interested.
seeking WTF internJuly 19th, 2011
WTF Gallery and Opposite are currently looking for an intern to join our team as Exhibition and Event Assistant. During this 4 month internship the successful applicant will work closely with gallery staff and artists in a series of tasks related to exhibitions and events.
Do ThingsJanuary 9th, 2011
"Give up on yourself. Begin taking action now, while being neurotic or imperfect, or a procrastinator, or unhealthy, or lazy, or any other label by which you inaccurately describe yourself. Go ahead and be the best imperfect person you can be and get started on those things you want to accomplish before you die." – the late Japanese psychotherapist Shoma Morita.
A nudge to do more, great, fun events at WTF and in our lives!
Donate used or unwanted CDs and DVDs for ARTDecember 1st, 2010
WTF gallery would like to ask our friends a small favour. We are working with a great thai visual artist, Som Sutthirat Supaparinya, helping her to create a new work called "Disc is Dead, Disco is Alive!". The work will be displayed as part of her solo show at WTF Gallery Jan next year.
Private Party Space at WTFSeptember 6th, 2010
Party with art! The 2nd floor gallery is available for private parties. We can arrange a mini-bar with drink specials and tapas selection. You can shake or chill to your own music. Discounts on booze and drinks too.
Please contact. somrak@wtfbangkok and soontharee@wtfbangkok for details.
Make your next party more creative!
The Embrace | Gene Kasidit music videoAugust 11th, 2010
WTF closed Tuesday, 27 JulyJuly 26th, 2010
We'll be closed for Khao Phansa Day (Buddhist Lent). Just Tuesday (in addition to normally shut Monday's). See you Wednesday!
CNN Go, WTF!July 9th, 2010
A great write up on the CNN Go website!
The bar/gallery incorporates all of these into its mission statement — to be a creative social club — and the four owners thrive on intimacy shared with good friends, accessible arts and one-of-a-kind dishes. Officially WTF stands for "Wonderful Thai Friendships," but we all know what it really means so they're not fooling anybody.
Now, if we could get everyone that read the article to just come and have a drink.


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As mentioned in a previous post, I just got a new Exopc slate, which doesn't have a physical keyboard/mouse.
I was able to boot to BING and used BING to image the Windows 7 (35GB) and Windows 8 (25GB) partitions from the 64GB SSD.
The system now has the following partitions:
35GB (Win7)
24GB (Win8)
1GB (Data)
I created the last partition by shrinking the Win8 partition using BING, and created a small 1GB partition for Data.
I currently boot into Win8, which has a graphical boot manager, which lets me choose to boot to either Win7 or Win8. I'd love to install BING, and use that as the boot manager, but since this is a slate, I don't think that there'd be a way to select which OS to boot, since the touch is not activated at that point?
I'd also like to eliminate that 100MB partition, which I think was created by the Win7 installer. Is it ok to do that? Would I need to do anything else to get the Exopc bootable after that?


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A school of sockeye salmon, swimming up the Adams River to spawn, where they will lay eggs and die. Adams River, Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park, British Columbia, CanadaStock Photo: 26146Species: Sockeye salmon, Oncorhynchus nerkaLocation: Adams River, Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park, British Columbia, CanadaFormat: Digital 16:9Copyright © Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide.
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We've offered three research directions in the UCF Community Geography and GIS REU Site in Belize. In 2019, we will only be supporting the drones and spatial storytelling research track. The track will have between 4 and 5 students, but the teams will be part of the broader REU cohort and work together across teams on shared learning activities about research design and community-based scholarship.
Research Direction I: Mapping disparities in flooding and disaster management (not offered in 2019).
Primary Mentors: Dr. Timothy Hawthorne and Dr. Hannah Torres (University of Central Florida) & Mr. Antonio Cano (University of Belize).
Situated in a developing country with high poverty rates and poorly planned infrastructure, seven town councils in Belize are completing strategic plans to access financial assistance from The World Bank. The Institute of International Urban Development (IIUD) has been working directly with town councils and GIS practitioners in Belize to build capacity for long-term planning efforts. PI Hawthorne, Co-PI Visaggi, and one of their students worked closely with IIUD, Dangriga Town Council, and residents in 2013 to develop a geospatial pilot study of land use planning and flooding hotspots (Skelton, 2014). Geospatial training workshops were also conducted to support Dangriga Town Council staff. Research Direction I will expand this work. Students will answer Research Question 1: Where are the most vulnerable land uses and populations in relation to potential environmental disasters? As increasingly strong storms and flooding events occur in Belize due to climate change, researchers and town leaders are interested in creating a GIS-based flooding and disaster mitigation plan. REU students will use mixed methods (including qualitative sketch mapping with ArcGIS Collector and GIS analyses) to understand where flooding hotspots are located after periods of heavy rain and identify which culverts overflow afterward. Qualitative sketch maps will allow students to collect detailed local knowledge of flooding hotspots. Boschmann and Cubbon note that "sketch maps have been used in participatory and qualitative GIS to develop cartographies of group and individual spatial narratives" (2014: 237). Using a participatory mapping application in the ArcGIS Collector application developed by the PI and students, 50 participants in 6 focus groups each year will: a) map locations where flooding commonly occurs; b) annotate where and why they perceive the town to be safe or unsafe during floods; and c) annotate where they see culverts overflow from floods. During a Week 2 partners meeting with UB, Smithsonian, and other local community organizations identified by UB mentor Cano, students will lead the co-design of the database and Collector application (10 hours) and focus group questions (10-12 hours). Each focus group will last around 2 hours, mapped data from the field will be synchronized instantly into the database when re-connected online, and students will transcribe notes from the focus groups (Weeks 3-4, 10-12 hours per focus group). Having students create and implement the ArcGIS Collector application for community-based fieldwork is feasible given that the team has used it in the previous REU and BGX program. It is advantageous as a mapping platform for tablets and smart phones because it allows multiple stakeholders to use touch screens in off-line fieldwork to collect geographic information, annotate maps with participant local knowledge of a location, and attach photos and videos to a location. Tables attached to geographic locations in GIS will provide details from each participant's perceptions. Such data will be overlain and analyzed with existing land use data to identify hot spot areas (especially large residential and commercial districts) most vulnerable to flooding events. Community-collected knowledge attached to locations will show aggregate views of flooding hotspots, areas of high/low safety, and areas of overflowing culverts from Belize residents and community groups. This yields a community-driven database inclusive of Belize voices, rather than being collected only by U.S. researchers with less local knowledge. GIS hot spot analyses of data from six focus groups will take around 12-15 hours in Weeks 5-6.
Students will also address Research Question 2: Where are optimal locations for disaster management services to serve the largest populations? Utilizing baseline land use and flooding data collected with community members above, students will perform site suitability analyses and street network analyses to identify optimal locations and evacuation routes for medical support services and temporary disaster relief centers during hurricane and flooding events. These data are available, but students will need to download, symbolize, and analyze these GIS data (20-25 hours in Week 6). This work will allow students to create: 1) a draft emergency management plan and evacuation routes; 2) maps and datasets that consider high population centers while avoiding community-defined flooding hotspots, and 3) community-defined spatial strategies to assist the most people during an emergency. A 3-5 page report, an ArcGIS Online mapping application, and public presentation will be finalized in Weeks 6-7 (time estimate 35 hours) for community education to emphasize the critical role of safe evacuation routes during an emergency.
Research Direction II: Mapping marine debris and mitigating the impacts on coastal communities (not offered in 2019).
Primary Mentors: Dr. Timothy Hawthorne (University of Central Florida), Dr. Christy Visaggi (Georgia State University), Dr. Hannah Torres (University of Central Florida) & Mr. Antonio Cano (University of Belize).
Tourism and fishing provide significant forms of revenue for coastal residents in Belize; preserving the quality of shoreline ecosystems has important socio-economic implications. Threats to the vitality of economic growth in such communities include impacts from human-induced litter that devastates these habitats. Environmental destruction from anthropogenic marine debris is a global crisis that can lead to the collapse of functioning ecosystems with insufficient management of refuse being particularly problematic in developing nations (STAP, 2011). This REU research direction seeks to answer Research Question 3: What is the distribution and composition of marine debris in coastal communities? Collection of baseline data across the coastline in southeastern Belize will also allow students to address Research Question 4: Where are hot spots of debris in which management efforts should be focused?
REU students will first engage with 50 participants in 6 focus groups each year using qualitative sketch mapping to document local knowledge about marine debris. During a Week 2 partners meeting with UB, Smithsonian, and other local community organizations identified by UB mentor Cano, students will lead the co-design of the database and Collector application (10 hours) and focus group questions (10-12 hours). Residents will be asked their perceptions of marine debris, including whether or not they view debris as a problem, what they believe to be major sources of debris, and their views on possible mitigation strategies. Residents will then complete qualitative sketch mapping in ArcGIS Collector. Participants will be asked to: a) map areas with large amounts of marine debris; b) annotate land uses or structures near these sites that may contribute to debris; c) identify sites for recycling bins and signage to combat the problem; and d) demarcate priority areas and feasibility for future clean-up areas. Community-defined knowledge will be collected in the ArcGIS Collector application to show aggregate views of marine debris hotspots, possible sources of debris, and priority mitigation areas. Each focus group will last around 2 hours, mapped data from the field will be synchronized instantly into the database when re-connected online, and students will transcribe notes from the focus group (Weeks 3-4, 10-12 hours each). Students, in conjunction with local residents, will then map marine debris along the coast of Belize employing a framework based on pilot research conducted by a Hawthorne and Visaggi undergraduate student in 2013. Trash and data collection occurred along the shoreline in 50 m segments at 20 locations (e.g., Ambergris Caye, Caye Caulker, Punta Gorda, Monkey River Village) using handheld GPS. Targeted sites varied in size, accessibility, and reliance on tourism for assessing the volume and influence litter has on socially disparate communities. Sampling localities were selected in consultation with locals and perspectives on sources and long-term impacts were discussed for monitoring social trends. REU students will build upon this existing approach by expanding spatial coverage in Belize and contribute to the first openly available GIS database to evaluate shoreline debris. Documentation of such baseline data is essential for effective management of litter in
communities that are dependent on maintaining healthy and attractive ecosystems. Typical fieldwork for REU students in this research direction will require data collection at a locality in the morning and late afternoon (~3 hours per site in Weeks 4-5 based on pilot work). Type of material (e.g., plastic, styrofoam), identity of items (e.g., lids, bags, bottles), size, and condition will be assigned to GPS points in the Collector application. Information on environmental factors that may contribute to land-derived debris production will be noted (e.g., river inputs, boat access, dumping grounds). Previously, data collection incorporated Belize residents, students, and youth (similar participation will occur here). Spatial patterns on concentration and distribution will be analyzed using GIS spatial interpolation to recognize debris hotspots. Hot spot analyses from six focus groups will take around 12-15 hours in Weeks 5-6. Maps characterizing the severity of impacts will facilitate classification of priority areas for improved management. In consultation with residents, students will also identify new locations for trash receptacles and recycling bins in areas of high inundation. The ArcGIS Online mapping application, a public presentation, and a 3-5 page report will be finalized (35 hours in Weeks 6-7) for community education to emphasize the critical role of ongoing conservation and monitoring.
Research Direction III: Drone mapping and spatial storytelling for coastal and island communities (offered in 2019).
Primary Mentors: Dr. Timothy Hawthorne (University of Central Florida), Dr. Hannah Torres (University of Central Florida) & Mr. Antonio Cano (University of Belize).
The primary question driving this supplemental research direction is: how are island communities in Belize impacted by and adapting to development, environmental degradation, and climate change? High resolution drone imagery will allow us to understand this broad research question and spatial story telling with community members will provide contextual local knowledge to explain impacts on and adaptations to a changing environment on Belize Barrier Reef islands.
The Belize Barrier Reef islands are an integral part of the tourism industry and a source of livelihoods for many Belizean families, both on the islands and the mainland. This is particularly important since the largest sector of the Belizean economy is the tourism industry (World Bank, 2017). However, increasingly strong storms and flooding events are occurring in Belize due to climate change. Such events present significant challenges to the reef islands and human population. These challenges include damages to boat docks and structures, erosion of shorelines, loss of mangroves, and damages to crumbling or poorly constructed sea walls. Several additional challenges are present on the islands as new and sometimes poorly planned development occurs where developers do not fully consider how these new plans might impact the coastal environment and reef structure. These poorly planned developments often lead to environmental degradation (loss of mangroves for example) and in many instances put humans in the perilous path of increasingly strong storms. Thus, researchers, non-profits, and concerned citizens in Belize, and around the world, are eager to explore new research avenues to understand and protect the complex reef island ecosystem and ensure sustainable tourism and development occur.
To address the above issues, a systematic, free, and openly available GIS data portal of the Belize Barrier Reef islands is needed to include up-to-date high resolution imagery and GIS data about structures, docks, island polygons, alternative energy sources, sea walls, shoreline erosion, and mangrove loss. In conjunction with our research partners in Belize, including University of Belize faculty and students, residents, tour guides, the Smithsonian, and Esri, our REU students will use mixed methods and open data principles to support this effort. Students will engage in drone mapping of the islands; processing of the drone imagery in Esri's Drone 2 Map; digitizing and analyzing drone imagery to create new GIS data about island geographies; spatial storytelling to represent and share local knowledge about the islands; and communicating results to a broad international audience through an open data portal, formal and informal presentations, publications, and public education and outreach through our reef imagery.


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The crimes of UPSgate are primarily about the criminal evasion of employment tax by a federal contractor and the aiding and abetting of this massive crime by the White House, Congress and various federal law enforcement and regulatory agencies. The act of "wage theft" is simply a vehicle by which the employment tax evasion is orchestrated through because wage theft is one of only two mechanism that allow the action of criminal employment tax evasion to occur.
The use of the suffix "gate" is applied to a word to denote a controversy, scandal or other high profile event involving politics or government. Examples in the use of the suffix "gate" in recent political history includes the crimes that were associated with Watergate, Climategate, Monicagate and the Clinton White House's Travelgate.
THE FACT'S BEHIND THE ETHIC'S COMPLAINT'S AND UPSgate CRIMES
I. from 1995-2007, the Government Accountability Office discovers and reports to congress massive federal contractor fraud and employment tax evasion that is tied to wage theft and federal government contracts
During the course of my investigation, I found that as far back as 1995 the Government Accounting Office (GAO) has released numerous in-depth report's to Congress and the Internal Revenue Service that detailed the ongoing crimes surrounding the awarding of federal contracts to federal contractor employers that had violated the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). Examples of this felonious crime include how 80 firms had violated the Act and on one occasion received $23 billion, about 13% of the $182 billion in federal contracts that was awarded in fiscal year 1993.
And, make no mistake about it because these are serious crimes against the American people and their government. And, if it wasn't for the fact that those who are committing these crimes are major campaign donor's to both political parties they, too, would be indicted, prosecuted, and incarcerated just like the average American citizen has been for committing the very SAME crimes. In order to gain a better understanding surrounding the criminality of this racket, read the following excerpt from 2007 GAO report, which details the seriousness of this ongoing crime:
If you wish to read each of the GAO reports surrounding these crimes, which is the heart of UPSgate just click on each of the images below.
II. How is Social Security Funded?
Everyone who is employed, either by a private company, government agency pay's Social Security taxes from each of the paychecks. This "tax money" [wink-wink] goes into the Old Age and Survivors Benefit Trust Fund, where it accumulates [wink-wink] until that worker reaches retirement. This so-called retirement usually occurs between the ages of 62 and 70. Those worker's who are classified as "self-employed," such as having started their own business and work for themselves rather than an entity, pay more into this trust fund than do traditionally employed persons. This self-employed person will pay the entire contribution [code for TAX] into the Trust Fund, which is 12.4 percent of their gross monthly income along with 2.9 percent of that same gross monthly income going to pay the Medicare Taxes. And, after adding the two amount's together, the self-employed worker pays a grand total of 15.3 percent of their gross monthly income into the Social Security Trust Fund. However, the tax burden for the worker that is NOT self-employed and works for a company like United Parcel Service, their contributions [TAXES] are much less. Actually, they are half with 6.2 and 1.45 percent of their gross monthly income going to the Social Security Trust Fund and Medicare taxes respectively, which comes to the average non-self-employed worker paying only 7.65 of the gross monthly income into the Social Security Trust Fund with his employer paying [MATCHING] the other half of the 7.65 percent of the remaining tax. . The TAX is called "FICA," which is the acronym for Federal Insurance Contribution Act. The portion that the employee see's deducted from his/her paycheck is only THEIR half, because their employer's contribution is not shown. The threshold at which Social Security is no longer deducted from a worker's pay is $102,000; this threshold is from 2008.
III. What is the "truth" about the financial state of the social security trust fund?
The Social Security Board of Trustees report to Congress that the SSI Trust Fund will be depleted by 2033. To read the scathing 2014 report on the solvency of Social Security CLICK HERE.
IV. wage theft, federal contractors and the premise of the UPSgate crimes
On July 25, 2008, the Illinois Senator, Barrack Hussein Obama sent an official letter (Read a copy of letter CLICK HERE) to then U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao feigning his outrage regarding the failure of the U.S. Department of Labor to enforce wage and overtime laws. In his letter to Chao, Barrack Hussein Obama cites two GAO reports (refer to GAO reports located at the top of this page) as he pointed out their failures and then demanded a response to his inquiry.
As far back as 2008, U.S. Senator Barack Hussein Obama is well aware that a major problem exist at the U.S. Department of Labor in their investigation process and enforcement of federal labor laws surrounding wage theft.
In March 2009, Congressman George Miller, Chairman of the House Committee on Education and Labor, held a Congressional hearing that investigated the GAO's own investigation into wage theft and the U.S. Department of Labors failure to enforce federal labor laws.
This is the time that I began contacting Congressman George Miller's office, investigators with the House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor, and my own Congressman, Parker Griffith, concerning the wage theft and employment tax evasion racket that a federal contractor was engaged in that was costing the federal government upwards of $100 million or more, in lost tax revenue.
I contacted my Congressman Parker Griffith, his Chief of Staff, Sharron Wheeler, Congressman Griffith's Legislative Assistant, Brian Greer, and a House Investigator that was involved in the Miller wage theft hearings, Nina Dejong. I provided substantial evidence to be used during the Congressional hearings on wage theft and for Congressman Parker Griffith's own investigation.
Over a two year period, I filed complaints with 36 U.S. Senators (Feinstein), U.S. Congressmen/women (Miller, Pelosi) along with providing overwhelming evidence to each one of the defendants in the 2011 civil RICO lawsuit that was filed in federal court located in Birmingham, Alabama, that detailed and supported the claims of massive fraud against the United States that I was making. I managed to had received responses from a few that claimed the privilege "Congressional courtesy" and refused to get involved in the investigation of the massive fraud that was being wage against the United States government once I made it known to them, which was in violation of parts 2, 9, 10 of the Code of Ethics for Government Service in addition to numerous federal criminal statutes U.S. Code Title 18 Racketeer Influenced Criminal Organizations Act (RICO Act), and other criminal statutes. I outlined how the members of Congress and the Executive Branch of government are stripped of both their implied and qualified immunity status, which can be read in the 678 page evidence manual entitled, "The Washington Mafioso's UPSgate."
The Obama crime family Capo, U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, and the Wage and Hour Division had received numerous complaints concerning the federal contractor employment tax evasion and wage theft racket, but refused to act by claiming that no such crime was occurring despite having recently filing lawsuits that she had filed on behalf of similarly situated workers that were going through the VERY SAME THING! The only difference between those workers and the workers identified in my complaint is that Obama Capo Solis was protecting several of her close supporters. The Obama Capo, Hilda Solis, is a staunch Marxist supporter of the criminal immigration movement. (Read an excerpt about Hilda Solis from the evidence manual, "The Washington Mafioso's UPSgate," which discusses her Marxist background and her war on unions.)
The American tax payers funded a public service announcement informing criminal immigrants that the U.S. Department of Labor was there to fight for them in the event they were facing wage theft issues from their employer.
THE McCONNELL AND RYAN CRIME FAMILY MADE MEMBER'S
The identified Washington Mafioso defendants that were named in both the Congressional and Senate Ethics complaints are the following:
The identified Washington Mafioso defendants that were named in the Civil RICO complaint are the following:
DOMESTIC ENEMY NUMBER'S 1 and 2...BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA AND THE IRS
President Barack Hussein Obama, Joe Biden, Eric Holder, Timothy Geithner, and Douglas Shulman (IRS Commissioner) and several other received formal complaints concerning the corruption and criminal activities of those that were involved (including officials in the Obama administration). Shortly after filing my complaints, President Obama along with fellow defendant's Joe Biden (who replied to my complaint), U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill and Douglas Shulman of the IRS watched as President Obama signed the Tax Delinquency Memorandum.
President Obama stated, "Studies by the Government Accountability Office have identified tens of thousands of such dead-beat companies that are being awarded government contracts. One company owner who owed over $1 million in taxes was paid over $1 million as a defense contractor --and instead of using that money to pay his back taxes, he chose to buy a boat, some cars, and a home abroad with his earnings. The total amount owed in unpaid taxes by companies like that is estimated at more than $5 billion." Read the entire account in "The Washington Mafioso's UPSgate."
THE MAIN TAX EVADING FEDERAL CONTRACTOR OF UPSgate....UNITED PARCEL SERVICE
United Parcel Service (UPS) has maintained crony capitalistic relationships with the Obama administration and President Obama along with President George Bush, and President Bill "Little Willie Cigars" Clinton. This close relationship has helped guarantee the continuance of the $2.84 billion in federal contracts DESPITE President Obama's memorandum barring federal contractors like UPS from receiving federal contract while engaging in employment tax evasion with the Obama administration's protection and blessing.
I am sure that many of you have heard about the Enron, WorldCom, and Adelphia accounting scandals that rocked the financial world in the beginning of the 21st century. For Example, Enron's accounting scandal involved complex financial statements that were confusing to shareholders and analysts. In addition, its complex business model and unethical practices required that the company use accounting limitations to misrepresent earnings and modify the balance sheet to indicate favorable performance. Enron's auditor firm, Arthur Andersen, was accused of applying reckless standards in its audits because of a conflict of interest over the significant consulting fees generated by Enron. During 2000, Arthur Andersen earned $25 million in audit fees and $27 million in consulting fees (this amount accounted for roughly 27% of the audit fees of public clients for Arthur Andersen's Houston office). The auditor's methods were questioned as either being completed solely to receive its annual fees or for its lack of expertise in properly reviewing Enron's revenue recognition, special entities, derivatives, and other accounting practices. Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling went on trial for their part in the Enron scandal in January 2006. The 53-count, 65-page indictment covers a broad range of financial crimes, including bank fraud, making false statements to banks and auditors, securities fraud, wire fraud, money laundering, conspiracy, and insider trading. United States District Judge Sim Lake had previously denied motions by the defendants to have separate trials and to relocate the case out of Houston, where the defendants argued the negative publicity concerning Enron's demise would make it impossible to get a fair trial. On May 25, 2006, the jury in the Lay and Skilling trial returned its verdicts. Skilling was convicted of 19 of 28 counts of securities fraud and wire fraud and acquitted on the remaining nine, including charges of insider trading. He was sentenced to 24 years and 4 months in prison.
The Securities and Exchange Commission has initiated administrative proceedings against two Deloitte & Touche auditors who allegedly aided in the Adelphia accounting fraud in 2000. The SEC filed a complaint Friday against Gregory Dearlove and William Caswell, the two auditors in charge of the 2000 Adelphia Communications audit. The complaint against Dearlove stems from the accounting fraud scandal at Adelphia that broke in 2001. In June 2005, Adelphia founder John Rigas and his son Timothy were found guilty of 18 counts of fraud, including securities fraud, bank fraud, and making or causing to be made false statements in Commission filings. John Rigas was sentenced to 15 years in prison, and Timothy Rigas received a 20 year sentence. Beginning in 1996, John and Timothy Rigas established various loans and lines of credit in the name of Adelphia. By December 2000, the company was liable for $3.7 billion in outstanding loans. The company's liabilities were not correctly denoted in the 2000 audit; $1.6 billion in co-borrowing debt was omitted. In June 2002, Adelphia filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, under which it still operates. The SEC complaint states that "Dearlove failed to ensure that Adelphia's disclosure of its liabilities was proper. Dearlove knew or should have known that all co-borrowing debt was a direct liability of Adelphia and should have been presented on Adelphia's year-end balance sheet." Deloitte served as Adelphia's auditor from 1986, when Adelphia went public, to December 2001, when the company suspended its audits, stating that Adelphia's records had been falsified. In April 2005, the SEC filed an administrative proceeding alleging that Deloitte "failed to conduct its audit of Adelphia in accordance with GAAS." Deloitte settled, paying $50 million and agreeing to remedy its fraud detection systems. (Source: Merius Meland)
Deloitte & Touche was again named as UPS's auditor with fee's charged to UPS in excess of $15 million per year. Deloitte is also the auditor to UPS's philanthropic foundation called the UPS Foundation with fees in excess of $1 million. On March 15, 2010 I filed a complaint with the CEO of Deloitte & Touche USA , Barry Salzberg. In the complaint I wrote the following:
"I am writing to formally notify that your client is failing to pay its employees for the time they are working. This is prevent the collection of Federal tax revenue from the wages that are owed to the employee's. Employees are working off the clock without compensation. This is a wide spread issue that has been well documented in University studies since 1994 As UPS's corporate accounting representative and corporate auditor I would think that accurate financial reflections of business cost would be extremely important to not only the Government, but shareholders as well.
The records you need to conduct a forensic audit nationwide are the following:
1. No-meal reports daily from each package and hub operating location.
2. Records of each drivers uploaded time card.
3. Time cards of each individual driver.
4. Delivery records of each individual driver.
The rest should be easy to figure out. I am acting within the best interest of my company and to
the benefit and duty to the American people as a whole. I will be forwarding a copy of this letter
to my U.S Senator Jeff Sessions."
On March 26, 2010, I received a response from Deloitte and Touche's CEO Barry Salzberg, which stated that they have forwarded my letter of "concern" to Teri P. McClure who is the General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and a member of the Board of Directors of UPS. Deloitte & Touche's refusal to forward the information to the SEC and other government regulators and federal law enforcement agencies (FBI) violated their own Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct. Deloitte does not have a very positive track record when it comes to reporting their clients when they are breaking the law: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
The area of wage theft is something that Deloitte & Touche is all to familiar with. Deloitte was being sued by its OWN employees for wage theft, and in no way, in opinion, were they going to draw any more public notice to their own wage theft dilemma by outing UPS's. (1, 2, 3)
As you may well know, President Obama has a lot of controversy surrounding the appointment of many of his "major campaign bundler's" to plum positions within his administration. The Washington Mafioso's UPSgate evidence manual lays out the federal contractor employment tax evasion/wage theft RICO scheme in great detail and exposes the members of the Washington Mafioso that are protecting their law partners, campaign bundler's and fellow cronies from investigation and prosecution. The crux of the UPSgate crimes is found in the connection between United Parcel Service, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters union, and the members of the Obama Administration, the previous Bush administration and members of Congress.
Again, just dealing strictly in just the facts of the UPSgate crimes, I want to now explore the federal criminal statutes that apply to them for their actions in NOT reporting and investigating the crimes of employment tax evasion by a federal government contractor. Their numerous violation's of federal criminal code is as follows:
1. 18 U.S. Code § 4 - Misprision of felony: Whoever, having knowledge of the actual commission of a felony cognizable by a court of the United States, conceals and does not as soon as possible make known the same to some judge or other person in civil or military authority under the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
2. U.S. Senator Richard Shelby, U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions, and Congressman Mo Brooks violated Code's One, Two and Nine of 21 CFR 19.6 Code of Ethics for Government Service when they failed to report the crimes against the United States to the proper authorities, which reads as follows:
1. Put loyalty to the highest moral principles and to country above loyalty to Government persons, party, or department.
2. Uphold the Constitution, laws, and legal regulations of the United States and of all governments therein and never be a party to their evasion.
9. Expose corruption wherever discovered.
3. U.S. Senator Richard Shelby, U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions, and Congressman Mo Brooks violated violated the following General Ethical Standards clause Members, officers, and employees of the House who should:
a. Conduct themselves at all times in a manner that reflects creditably on the House;
b. Abide by the spirit as well as the letter of the House rules; and
c. Adhere to the broad ethical standards expressed in the Code of Ethics for Government Service.
4. U.S. Senator Richard Shelby, U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions, and Congressman Mo Brooks violated Title 18 U.S. Code § 3Accessory after the fact, which states:
Whoever, knowing that an offense against the United States has been committed, receives, relieves, comforts or assists the offender in order to hinder or prevent his apprehension, trial or punishment, is an accessory after the fact.
Except as otherwise expressly provided by any Act of Congress, an accessory after the fact shall be imprisoned not more than one-half the maximum term of imprisonment or (notwithstanding section 3571) fined not more than one-half the maximum fine prescribed for the punishment of the principal, or both; or if the principal is punishable by life imprisonment or death, the accessory shall be imprisoned not more than 15 years.
5. U.S. Senator Richard Shelby, U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions, and Congressman Mo Brooks have criminally violated 18 U.S. Code § 2 - Principals, which states the following:
(a) Whoever commits an offense against the United States or aids, abets, counsels, commands, induces or procures its commission, is punishable as a principal.
(b) Whoever willfully causes an act to be done which if directly performed by him or another would be an offense against the United States, is punishable as a principal.
6. U.S. Senator Richard Shelby, U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions, and Congressman Mo Brooks have criminally violated 18 U.S. Code § 241 - Conspiracy against rights, which states the following:
If two or more persons conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or because of his having so exercised the same; or
If two or more persons go in disguise on the highway, or on the premises of another, with intent to prevent or hinder his free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege so secured—
7. U.S. Senator Richard Shelby, U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions, and Congressman Mo Brooks have criminally violated 42 U.S. Code § 1986 - Action for neglect to prevent, which states the following:
Every person who, having knowledge that any of the wrongs conspired to be done, and mentioned in section 1985 of this title, are about to be committed, and having power to prevent or aid in preventing the commission of the same, neglects or refuses so to do, if such wrongful act be committed, shall be liable to the party injured, or his legal representatives, for all damages caused by such wrongful act, which such person by reasonable diligence could have prevented; and such damages may be recovered in an action on the case; and any number of persons guilty of such wrongful neglect or refusal may be joined as defendants in the action; and if the death of any party be caused by any such wrongful act and neglect, the legal representatives of the deceased shall have such action therefor, and may recover not exceeding $5,000 damages therein, for the benefit of the widow of the deceased, if there be one, and if there be no widow, then for the benefit of the next of kin of the deceased. But no action under the provisions of this section shall be sustained which is not commenced within one year after the cause of action has accrued.
8. U.S. Senator Richard Shelby, U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions, and Congressman Mo Brooks received knowledge about the criminal employment tax evasion racket of a federal contractor in an Email and in the form of formal complaint's.U.S. Senator Richard Shelby received knowledge about the criminal employment tax evasion racket of a federal contractor (UPS) on several occasions (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) Source: opensecrets.org
U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions received knowledge about the criminal employment tax evasion racket of a federal contractor in a complaint that was filed with him in his capacity as a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and as an Alabama Senator. The reason for filing the complaint with him as a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee was because my complaint involved criminal wrong doing by the U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, several U.S. Attorney's, the Department of Justice and the FBI, which the Senate Judiciary Committee provides oversight to these Executive Branch offices.
On November 4, 2013, I had a meeting with U.S. Congressman Mo Brooks at his Huntsville, Alabama office. I provided Congressman Mo Brooks with physical evidence and explained to him how the UPSgate employment tax evasion federal contractor fraud scheme worked and was eventually thrown out of his office after a very heated exchange, which he finally declared that the power of Congress to provide oversight to the Executive Branch of government was nothing more than "window dressing". (Refer to the audio and transcript to the meeting)
To listen to part one of the Mo Brooks office meeting where I was thrown out press play.
To listen to part two of the Mo Brooks office meeting where I was thrown out press play.
In May 2014, Congressman Mo Brooks voted along party lines by voting down a measure that would have discouraged the government from giving contracts to companies that have committed wage theft. This is another area of concern that involves the UPSgate crimes, which I brought up during my meeting with Congressman Mo Brooks because UPS is a federal contractor that has received in excess of $2.84 Billion in taxpayer money for the years 2000-2012 while being actively engaged in a major wage theft/employment tax evasion racket. Mo Brooks receives a large portion of his campaign funds from federal contractors, which I believe to be a factor in his violating the house ethics rules and other related rules and oaths of elected office.
THE CIVIL RICO LAWSUIT AGAINST THE OBAMA, RYAN, AND THE McCONNELL CRIME FAMILIES
The two Congressional complaints are build upon the foundation that was provided by the 2011 civil RICO lawsuit that was filed in federal court, which laid out the entire federal contractor employment tax evasion labor racket and the involvement of UPS. Although my initial intentions were to file it under the False Claims Act, I chose this route to see just how far the corruption went.
To read the RICO complaint and its appendix that was filed in Federal Court CLICK on each of the images:
Read how the UPS employment tax evasion scheme works.
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The legal theory and basis for prosecution can be read in The Washington Mafioso's UPSgate evidence manual. The following are the two separate ethics complaints that were filed in the House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.
U.S. Congressman Trey Gowdy has received a copy of the ethics complaint that was filed with the Office of Congressional Ethics. Congressman Trey Gowdy had a copy of the ethics complaint sent to him, and he has received it, in his capacity as a member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Now that he has been made aware of the criminal conduct and the failure of his colleagues to uphold their oaths of office and federal law, he has the responsibility of launching an investigation into the UPSgate crimes and the involvement of his fellow house members or face an ethics complaint being filed against him for the very same activity in accordance to parts 1, 2, 9 and 10 of the Code of Ethics for Government Service, which is as follows:
1. Put loyalty to the highest moral principals and to country above loyalty to Government persons, party, or department.
2. Uphold the Constitution, laws, and legal regulations of the United States and of all governments therein and never be a party to their evasion.
9. Expose corruption wherever discovered.
10. Uphold these principles, ever conscious that public office is a public trust.
Verify Gowdy Complaint Delivery
I encourage you to contact your local newspaper and send them the link to this page of the website and let them know either in writing or through E-mail that these complaints have been filed against 38 members of Congress for conduct that should have them expelled and criminally prosecuted. I encourage you to write to Congressman Trey Gowdy and DEMAND that he go public with this information and investigate these complaints against not only his fellow Congressmen/women and colleagues in the U.S. Senate, but also President Obama and his administration. Demand impeachment and expulsion for all government officials that are involved in this crime against Social Security and the American people.
I encourage you to swarm my local newspaper, The Huntsville Times with phone calls (256-534-4424) and E-mail messages demanding to know why they refuse to investigate this crime and run this story despite being provided with the hard evidence to support these complaints. (E:mail address: email@example.com)
I encourage you to call, write and E-mail Congressman Gowdy's office and demand that he demand and push for a full Congressional investigation for the Executive and Legislative Branches involvement in this crime.
I encourage you to send this information to everyone you know, every social media contact you have, every social media group that you belong to and every Tea Party organization that you can.
Finally, I encourage you to purchase The Washington Mafioso's UPSgate evidence manual and educate yourself to the war that is raging against you as an American worker by the Democratic Party, the Republican Party and the Teamsters union. I encourage to also join the American Liberty Movement and subscribe to this blog in order to get a different perspective on American politics from a political atheist and build a political movement to take the Tea Party to the next level.


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|Executive Director of Athletics
Dr. Craig Poisson was named the Springfield College Director of Athletics, on April 15, 2015. Poisson took on the role with more than two decades of athletics administration experience, spending the previous 19 years as a member of the Springfield College Athletics staff and professor of physical education. Poisson was previously the senior associate director of athletics at Springfield College since 2007
Poisson has had the unique opportunity of working in a variety of capacities for the last three directors of athletics at Springfield College in Dr. Edward Steitz, Dr. Edward Bilik, and Dr. Cathie Schweitzer.
Poisson's administrative duties have focused on scheduling and event management for the college's 26 varsity sport programs. During his tenure, Springfield College has emerged as one of the premiere hosts for Division III postseason events. He has served as Event Manager or Tournament Director for numerous National Championships including the NCAA Division III Field Hockey National Championships, NCAA New England Regional Men's and Women's Cross Country Championships, NCAA Division III Women's Basketball National Championships, United States of America Gymnastics (USAG) National Championships, National Collegiate Gymnastics Association (NCGA) National Championships, and the inaugural NCAA Division III Men's Volleyball National Championship.
Poisson also spent 19 years in the classroom as a professor of physical education, teaching at the graduate level in Athletic Administration. He serves on numerous campus committees, including the Branding Initiative Group and the Enrollment Task Force and spent two terms on the Faculty Senate. He has presented at the NCAA Convention, the Eastern District Association of the American Alliance for Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Convention (AAPHERD), as well as the North American Society of the Sociology of Sport Convention.
Poisson served as commissioner of the Pilgrim Lacrosse League, a conference comprised of seven New England-based Division III programs, from 2002 through 2013. He has worked as a Consultant for the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) and for Framingham State University, served as the first Chair of the NEWMAC Associate and Assistant Group, and is a member of both the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Officiating/Negotiating and Championships committees. Additionally, he was the first Chair of the NEWMAC Sportsmanship and Ethical Conduct Committee and has served on several NCAA and ECAC regional selection committees including baseball, field hockey, men's basketball, and women's lacrosse. In 2005, Poisson was recognized as the Male Administrator of the Year by the ECAC.
Prior to Springfield College, Poisson served as an athletic administrator and adjunct faculty member at Purchase College, SUNY.
Poisson earned both a master's and a doctoral degree from Springfield College and was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in elementary and secondary Physical Education from Southern Connecticut State University. He and his wife Karen reside in Wilbraham with their two children, Tyler and Madison.
Poisson comes by his athletics career organically. His father, Francis, served on the athletic staff at the University of Bridgeport (CT) for 35 years before retiring as Director of Athletics in 1990, while his mother, Chickie, is an inductee in five athletic halls of fame, including a member of the inaugural class of the U.S. Field Hockey Hall of Fame.


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KPWT seeks new kiteboarding dream spots
Frederic Gravoille, Executive Director of the Kiteboard Pro World Tour (KPWT) has taken decisive steps forward in his move to secure a new location for the global Tour looking to continents iconic beaches and waterways as a likely addition to the 2010-2011-2012 tour.
With a serious commitment to nurture the growth and dominance of the world tour series, KPWT has appointed global Sports and Event marketing specialists, to undertake a robust on-ground and in-market feasibility study that should ensure that the Tour`s global success can be replicated down-under.
"In 12 short years we've taken a completely new, grass-roots sport and created a truly global series, that brings the worlds best kiteboarders, hundreds of support staff and media together in some of worlds most exotic locations.
But before getting too far down the line, it was crucial to the event`s longevity, that both the location and the commercial model were right and were working hard with a strong sport marketing to make that happen. We plan to make further announcements before the end of the year", says Gravoille.


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|First Aid At Work Requalification
This course updates the first aid skills for people who need to renew their statutory first aid at work certificate and whose existing certificate is still valid.
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This course is legally compliant with the current Health and Safety (first aid) Regulations 1981. Upon successful completion of this three-day course, first aiders receive certification to allow them to practice for three years after which a re-qualification course becomes necessary.


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Hi all! We moved our blog to our new English Facebook page!
Of course, we aren't just a hostel, but also the place to get the real taste of Hiroshima.
In our blog posts we'll show you not only what Hiroshima is all about, but also how we fit in to it all.
Our main goal is to get more people interested in Hiroshima, because it is the place that we love. And because we love it, we want to connect it to the world!
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text: Let's face it, most people drop into Cairns for a chance to explore the Great Barrier Reef. There are plenty of options − half or day trips to the likes of nearby Fitzroy Island and Green Island, overnight adventures to the outer Reef, PADI Learn to Dive courses and budget dive lessons. If you've been dreaming about diving in one of the world's most sublime locations, then come to Cairns − there's no better place to become a pro diver! Whether you're snorkelling, diving or merely appreciating and photographing on an island or surrounded by a spectacular coral cay − either way, you're assured of a life-changing experience. The best part is, there's a trip to suit all budgets. Contact us to find out which options would be best for you.


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Finding Yourself in Your Music Collection
Even though a lot of us get annoyed with "poking" and being "tagged" in photos, plenty of us are fine with making these top 10 lists when we're asked, sometimes we even do it independent of being "tagged". I can only assume this has to do with our old friend, nostalgia and I'm just gonna go ahead and assume that I'm right, this is my blog after all.
I've always found it funny to look back and think about all the music that you used to listen to that you wish no one would ever find out about; we've all got a few cringe-worthy albums in our past. Next time you're at a show, standing beside some leather-clad Hessian swilling cheap, warm beer and trying to look cool while simultaneously fighting back vomit, ask yourself if you think they used to listen to Billy Ray Cyrus when they were a kid.
In fact, go ahead and ask them, might as well interact with people, right? Unless they're just really defensive by nature or have no sense of humor, you'll probably share a good laugh over discovering you both owned the Space Jam soundtrack and wish you never sold it to that used record store. Honestly, you just never know what someone may cite as a favorite, people are often surprised to hear how much I love listening to James Brown and Funkadelic; proving that you can't judge a book by it's cover.
While it's true that I'm about as Metal as a horde of un-dead Vikings riding steel dragons to fight ogres with swords made of fire while King Diamond stands on a mountain playing "Abigail" in it's entirety, this wasn't always the case. As a child, I owned a Spin Doctors cassette; there, I said it. Part of the fun of making those top 10 lists is seeing how much you've changed as a person through your listening taste.
Maybe you went through a goth phase when you were fifteen and shudder at the thought of what would have happened if your parents actually did let you legally change your name to "Misery Von Ravenborn", but you still love Marilyn Manson and don't care who knows it. Some people call those "guilty pleasures", but I don't really subscribe to such notions. I may not want to broadcast every questionable bit of music I own, but if I'm listening to it when you come over, I'm not turning it off. Our music taste is an extension of who we are as people and we shouldn't have to change it or ourselves for anyone.
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Bill Rosenblatt of GiantSteps Media published a thought-provoking article The right to resell: a ticking time bomb over digital goods. It's worth a read. Below I've shared some of my comments on his article.
When it comes to media in our culture today, we have two crisp models of acquisition, as defined by contracts, legislation, and case law: ownership and rental. Ownership falls almost exclusively into the "physical media" bucket and "digital media" is generally a rental (licensed) model. I for one hope we can someday work out a third model for "digital ownership" that works for consumers and for creators and for rights-holders.
If we as a society can create this third model of "digital ownership" sooner rather than later, we can leave "rented media" behind, in what will be a comparatively small bucket of "non-transferrable assets." For example, over the last 30 years, US consumers have invested, in 2012 dollars, on the order of a quarter-trillion dollars in physical CDs, each with crisp fair-use and first-sale rights. The comparative total investment in rented digital music in the last 8 years is on the order of 5% of that.
We should be thoughtful about railing against rights-holders for the legal rights (or lack thereof) of the digital music that consumers have (bought) rented. In theory, we consumers knew exactly what we were getting into. That is to say, the terms of the licenses we agreed to are not unclear. Of course one can argue whether the average 18 year-old can and will read and understand all that legalese.
The ReDigi solution strives to expand the scopes of both legislative dicta and case-law. As Mr. Rosenblatt suggests, they've chosen a challenging mountain to climb. I'm not so sure I agree with his aside that it's an odd position for ReDigi to take to enable first-sale-like rights AND bring the rights-holders in to participate as well. While this is indeed a deviation from what legislatures and judges have enabled, let's be open-minded about asking questions like "why not?" as we attempt to sort out these thorny problems.
The fundamental challenge here (IMHO) is that most consumers of downloaded content make certain assumptions that they have fair-use and first-sale rights. They do not generally have those rights.
Each and every day Murfie wrestles with these issues of ownership -vs- rental as we attempt to integrate all of our customers' music purchases across any and every physical and digital format.


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Sesame Chicken Lo Mein: Make authentic tasting lo mein at home with chicken and fresh vegetables. No Asian noodles? Use thin spaghetti instead. Earn cash back on McCormick Skillet Sauces!
- Cook noodles as directed on package. Drain well.
- Heat oil in large skillet on high heat. Add chicken; stir fry 5 minutes or until lightly browned. Add vegetables; stir fry on medium-high heat 3 minutes or until tender-crisp and chicken is cooked through.
- Stir in Sauce and noodles. Bring to boil. Reduce heat to low; simmer 1 minute or until heated through.
- 2 ounces dried Asian noodles
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text: Situated idyllically in Rancho Cucamonga, CA and graced by the scenic San Gabriel Mountains, Ironwood defines "home" in only the best of terms. Our sizable, pristinely finished one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments provide residents with a sense of both comfort and refinement. Generous appliance arrays, full-size washers/dryers, and notably expansive kitchen spaces contribute still further to the complete living experience for which Ironwood is known. Beyond our gorgeous home interiors you will find an elite-quality fitness studio, delightful swimming pools, and a beautifully designed clubhouse. And where the community ends, Rancho Cucamonga activity begins—retail, cafés, office parks, and wondrous views in every direction. Your Ironwood home will be complete the moment you make it your own. Tour today.


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One Winter Street, 8th Floor
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Tel: 617-367-7770
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Fax: 617-723-1438
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Office hours: 7:45-5:00 walk-ins hours; 10:00-3:00
The State Board of Retirement administers the provisions of laws relative to the retirement of state employees. The Treasurer of the Commonwealth serves as chairman of the Board and oversees the retirement system for state workers.
Regional Office:
436 Dwight Street, Room 109A
Springfield, MA 01130
Tel: 413-730-6135
Office hours: 8:00-5:00 walk-ins hours; 10:00-3:00
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Executive Office for Administration and Finance
5 Middlesex Avenue, Suite 304
Somerville, MA 02145
Tel: 617-666-4446
Fraud Hotline: 1-800-445-3266 (within Mass. only)
Fax: 617-628- 4002
This agency, whose management was taken over by a seven-member commission under Chapter 427 of the Acts of 1996, oversees the public pension systems in the state (including city, town, county and state pension systems). The agency's purpose is to develop uniform standards and regulations for the process of retirement. Among PERAC's powers and responsibilities are the authority to review all accidental or ordinary disability pensions granted by a retirement board and the right to have access to all books and records of any system. This agency is also authorized to examine the financial affairs and transactions of any system. In addition, they handle workers' compensation claims for state employees. For information about a public pension system, call the number for their main office listed above.
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The Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement System administers the retirement system of public school teachers in Massachusetts.
Regional Office:
One Monarch Place, Suite 510
Springfield, MA 01144-4028
Tel: 413-784-1711
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F20 Contributory Retirement Appeal Board (CRAB)
Division of Administrative Law Appeal
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CRAB, an independent state body part of the Division of Administrative Law Appeal,hears appeals of decisions made by state, county, and municipal retirement boards.


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Jettison sandbags to focus on your goal
Whether your deadline is near or far, there will always be things on your team list that you don't need to do. It's tempting to take ownership of everything, all the servers, all the code, all the admin. As a team of top developers, you could also write a better timesheet management software than the … More Jettison sandbags to focus on your goal


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|Gerhard Fohler, Ramon Serna Oliver, Raphael Guerra, Alexander Neundorf, Florian Heilmann
|NXP Semiconductors, Universidad de Cantabria, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of York, Scuola Superiore Sant 'Anna, Evidence, Rapita Systems, Philips Research, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Technical University of Denmark, Lunds Tekniska Högskola, Ericsson AB, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
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|FRESCOR - Framework for Real-time Embedded System based on COntRacts (EU IST FP6), WASP - Wirelessly Accessible Sensor Populations (EU IST FP6), ACTORS - Adaptivity and ConTrol Of Resources in embedded Systems (EU IST FP7)
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|ARTIST2 - Network of Excellence on Embedded Systems Design
A real-time system is adaptive if it is able to adjust its internal strategies in response to a change in the environment, to keep the system performance at a desired level. In adaptive real-time systems, resource needs of applications are usually highly data dependent and vary over time. In this context, it is more important to obtain systems, which can very well adapt their execution to the changing environment than to apply the too pessimistic hard real-time techniques.
Aiming at meeting worst case demands results in extremely costly over dimensioning of resources. Rather, schemes should aim at provide efficient resource usage and acceptable user perceived quality.


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The Detroit Free Press is reporting allegations against former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick that came to light after a close friend was charged with money laundering.
The allegations were revealed in a superseding indictment filed in U.S. District Court in the case against Bobby Ferguson, a close friend of Kilpatrick.
The charges [against Ferguson] are related to Ferguson's alleged attempts to conceal $1.7 million in extorted payments that he received for no-show work from a contractor.
Today's indictment also offered a new, stunning allegation that Kilpatrick pocketed a $10,000 kickback in a restroom.
According to the indictment, the money exchange happened during a meeting in the fall of 2007. Kilpatrick had asked Derrick Miller to try to get money from a restaurant developer who was seeking a loan from the city's pension funds for the Asian Village restaurant development, the indictment alleged.
Miller ended up getting $10,000 from the restaurant developer, and handed the money over to Kilpatrick in a restroom in the developer's restaurant, the document charges.
The superseding indictment also details new allegations of criminal activity involving Kilpatrick and his co-defendants in a pending federal racketeering case. The fresh allegations are meant to bolster the government's argument that Kilpatrick and his co-defendants, including his father and Ferguson, ran a criminal enterprise to enrich themselves.
If these charges are true, Kilpatrick, a former Democratic Party superstar, should be ashamed of himself. Voters put their trust in him, and all he did was help hasten the decline of Detroit, a former industrial powerhouse that is on the verge of bankruptcy today.
Read more at the Detroit Free Press.


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Electric Universe - Solar Capacitor - James McCanney Part II
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