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LinkedIn shares are rallying after the professional social networking giant unveiled a new site in "simplified Chinese."
But the company's China news is far from being a simple business expansion move in a country notorious for Web censorship.
In fact, operating in China is such a complicated endeavor, LinkedIn suggests it's ready for compromise.
"Expanding our presence in China presents a challenge that our company must address directly, clearly and in a manner consistent with our core values," Chief Executive Jeff Weiner wrote in a blog post unveiling the new site.
"As a condition for operating in the country, the government of China imposes censorship requirements on Internet platforms," he continued.
The professional social networking company "strongly supports freedom of expression and fundamentally disagrees with government censorship," he stressed.
But he also said, "At the same time, we also believe that LinkedIn's absence in China would deny Chinese professionals a means to connect with others on our global platform, thereby limiting the ability of individual Chinese citizens to pursue and realize the economic opportunities, dreams and rights most important to them."
And so LinkedIn has come up with some guidelines.
It promises to be "transparent about how it conducts business in China" and to "undertake extensive measures to protect the rights and data of our members."
Still, Weiner also made it clear that there will be "restrictions."
"Government restrictions on content will be implemented only when and to the extent required," he stressed.
Weiner didn't elaborate, but he said LinkedIn will rely on partners, including Derek Shen, the company's China head, "to navigate the practical challenges of expanding our presence in China."
LinkedIn representatives could not immediately be reached for additional comment on the guidelines Weiner listed.
But while Wall Street is clearly thrilled by LinkedIn growth prospects in the world's second-biggest economy, questions about privacy and security will likely linger.
Wunderlich Securities analyst Blake Harper called LinkedIn's China offensive a "very promising opportunity" that is "now much more real."
But the privacy and censorship issues are also important, even though the benefits may outweigh those concerns, he suggested.
"Strings are attached — how onerous will they be?" he told clients in a note.
"We believe LinkedIn has less to concede than many other western Internet companies, as its core mission and use case for professionals is in line with the government\'s initiatives for economic growth," he wrote.
He added: "The risk remains that the government\'s restrictions prove too burdensome but we are taking an optimistic approach at this point."
Ray Wang, an analyst with Constellation Research, said LinkedIn is facing "the same challenge Google faced in China."
"The calculation has to be made:'Is the market size worth the risk of privacy and IP [intellectual property] theft?'" he told MarketWatch. "LinkedIn apparently thinks it's worth it."
UPDATE: LinkedIn elaborated on Weiner\'s blog post late Tuesday.
\"Because LinkedIn believes in and is committed to promoting freedom of expression, we will be filtering only the minimum required by the Chinese government and proactively notifying our members of such practices,\" LinkedIn spokesman Doug Madey told MarketWatch.
He added: \"We believe that if we do things the right way in China, LinkedIn's presence in China will benefit Chinese professionals and professionals outside of China, encourage the steady advancement of human rights and economic opportunity, and contribute more broadly to economic development by strengthening the connections among our members around the world.\"
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Terrebonne Parish Council members elected its 2013 leadership Wednesday night, putting an earlier dispute behind them.
Terrebonne Parish Council members elected its 2013 leadership Wednesday night, putting an earlier dispute behind them.
Beryl Amed�e was elected Chairwoman by securing five of her fellow members' votes. Her opponent was Danny Babin, who got four votes.
Here's how the vote went:
For Amed�e: Greg Hood, John Navy, Arlanda Williams, Christa Duplantis, Amed�e.
For Babin: Russell Hornsby, Pete Lambert, Dirk Guidry, Babin.
The nine council members voted twice during their first meeting of the new year, held Jan. 9. The back-to-back votes ended in ties because Duplantis chose not to vote.
The indecision over the vacancy for council chair prompted Duplantis and Babin to allege that back-door politics were to blame.
Hood addressed the topic before casting his vote.
"Over the last few weeks I've been deeply concerned about the huge riff within the Terrebonne Parish Council," he said. "I've never seen a council so split apart as we are at this time."
Hood said the feud has him wondering whether some members have hidden agendas.
"The parish can certainly do without petty squabbles over who will lead this council, either in the public eye or behind closed doors," he said. "We as a council need to work together as a single unit for the good of the people."
In other council action, the council unanimously voted to ask the state Bond Commission to approve roughly $11 million in bond sales that would pay for road, drainage and bridge work.
If the commission approves the request, the money will be used to extend and connect Westside Boulevard from Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard to La. 311.
Parish President Michel Claudet said the road is needed to open up additional space for retail locations, which the parish is lacking.
The bonds, essentially government-backed IOUs, would be repaid over 20 years using money from a quarter-cent sales tax in place since 1979, officials said.
The council also voted 6-3 to approve to raise salaries for the next Parish Council.
Here's how the vote went:
For: Navy, Babin, Williams, Guidry, Amedee, Hood.
Against: Duplantis, Lambert, Hornsby.
Council members' annual salaries would rise from $12,660 to $17,064. That's an increase of $4,404 or 41 percent. An exception is the council chair, whose yearly salary would rise from $14,244 to $19,200. That's up $4,956 or about 35 percent.
The nine members' raises combined would cost taxpayers an extra $40,188 a year but would not into effect until after newly elected officials take office in 2016.
It is the members' first pay raise since 1998.
By a 6-3 vote, the council also agreed to give the next parish president a raise.
Here's how the vote went:
For: Amedee, Hood, Navy, Guidry, Babin, Williams.
Against: Duplantis, Lambert, Hornsby.
The parish president's salary has remained at $75,782 since 2005. The new salary would be the average of Terrebonne's three other parishwide elected officials: the sheriff, clerk of court and assessor. Unlike the council members' salaries, the parish president's would be adjusted yearly to reflect that average.
The increase would go into effect in 2016, the year the next parish president takes office. Claudet will not benefit from the raise; he must leave office at the end of 2015 because the Home Rule Charter imposes a two-term limit on parish presidents.

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Dogged by charges that she inflated her resume and abused her position, the embattled president of the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences agreed to resign at the end of the month, the institution announced Thursday, ending weeks of controversy that had engulfed the organization and threatened to tarnish its reputation.
Leslie Cohen Berlowitz, who has overseen the Cambridge honorary society for the past 17 years, had been on paid leave from the academy for more than a month while an outside law firm investigated allegations, first reported by the Globe, that she falsely claimed to have a doctorate from New York University and misstated her work history in federal grant applications.
Berlowitz, 69, also came under fire for berating staffers and receiving an oversized pay package — more than $598,000 in fiscal 2012 alone for an organization with only three dozen staffers. The attorney general's office also asked whether the academy fully reported all her executive perks, such as first-class travel.
"Although I am tempted to provide a point-by-point response to the questions that have been raised in recent weeks, I believe there is only one fact of consequence that bears mentioning," wrote Berlowitz in a farewell letter to members Thursday. "I always acted in good faith and with the best interests of the Academy at heart." Berlowitz declined an interview request.
Under the terms of her resignation, the academy said Berlowitz will receive no severance, but will get a one-time $475,000 payment for retirement benefits, deferred compensation, and accrued vacation under her contract, something the office of Attorney General Martha Coakley pledged Thursday to investigate. Berlowitz will also receive supplemental health insurance for five years at a cost of no more than $3,500 a year.
"The agreement has been reviewed by independent legal counsel, and the board has determined that this agreement is in the academy's best interest," academy chairman Louis W. Cabot said in a letter to members. The statement was noticeably void of any praise for Berlowitz, who long enjoyed strong support from the board before the Globe first noted discrepancies in her resume.
The academy also announced broader changes, including the departure of Cabot, a longtime Berlowitz ally, when his term as chairman ends in October. He is expected to be replaced by Don Randel, a former president of the University of Chicago. Cabot also announced that a special commission will examine the academy's pay practices after complaints that Berlowitz earned more than most university presidents.
Berlowitz, a native New Yorker, said the academy had accomplished a great deal during her tenure, including improving the academy's finances and diversifying the membership. But she said she thought her resignation was "in the best interests of all concerned. " She did not elaborate.
Berlowitz's critics cheered the announcement of her departure, saying her doctored resume had badly damaged an organization meant to celebrate intellectual achievement.
"What the academy has done is long overdue," said Harvard Law School professor Laurence H. Tribe, an academy member since 1980. "Whether this step will suffice to restore the reputation and integrity of this scholarly institution . . . remains to be seen. But anything less would have been insufficient."
The controversy has attracted national attention because of the academy's prestige. Founded by John Adams and other Harvard College graduates during the Revolutionary War, the academy publishes a quarterly journal, holds lectures for members, and annually elects scores of the brightest scholars, artists, and leaders. Past members have included George Washington, Albert Einstein, and Martin Luther King Jr.
But academics typically have little tolerance for people exaggerating their educational credentials. Marilee Jones, an admissions dean at MIT, left in disgrace in 2007 after she falsified her degrees. Doug Lynch, a vice dean at the University of Pennsylvania, quit last year after disclosures that he falsely claimed to have a doctorate.
The academy also said it is launching a search for a new chief executive, a process expected to take several months.
A spokeswoman for the academy declined to release the results of its law firm's investigation or to answer questions about what it uncovered. The spokeswoman, Pamela Jonah, also declined to say whether the academy plans to remove Berlowitz as a member of the academy or revise its past tax returns to disclose more details about the perks she received.
Attorney General Martha Coakley's office said Thursday it planned to "continue to review the circumstances that led to Leslie Berlowitz's contract and compensation levels, and that ultimately resulted in this large separation agreement," referring to the $475,000 payment.
Christopher Loh, a Coakley spokesman, said the office will also review any findings from the academy's committee tasked with examining the pay practices. The committee will include US Appellate Judge Diane P. Wood, Amherst College president Biddy Martin, and New York Times columnist Linda Greenhouse.
Supporters have long praised Berlowitz for boosting the academy's fund-raising, launching new programs, and balancing the budget.
Kathryn Bard, a Boston University archeology professor, who recently had dinner with Berlowitz, praised her for creating a fellowship program for scholars early in their careers and promoting interdisciplinary work in the social sciences.
"I think she has done some important things and made good contributions," said Bard, who was elected to the academy three years ago. She said Berlowitz denied ever claiming to have a doctorate — the issue at the heart of the controversy — but even Bard said her resignation was probably "the best thing for all parties."
And critics said Thursday's announcement marked the beginning of a new chapter for the academy. New York University history professor Thomas Bender said he was happy with both Berlowitz's resignation and some of the other changes announced, such as the new chairman and special committee, though he hopes the academy does even more to improve its governance.
"I think it is a good outcome," said Bender, a member of the academy since 1994 who has been concerned about the academy's governance. "The issues were serious; in response, serious and decisive acts have been taken."
Correction: An earlier version of this story contained an incorrect name for Amherst College president Biddy Martin.


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1. Which federal commission has responsibility for issues concerning the internet, and in which federal department is it located? What is your view about whether it should regulate the internet?
The Federal Communications Commission, or FCC, has become responsible for issues concerning the Internet. The FCC is located in the Commerce Department. The FCC should not be able to regulate the Internet, as it is a form of freedom of speech and of the press.
- Excellent answer. But there was a mistake in the lecture: the FCC is actually an independent agency, and is not part of the Commerce Department, even though the FCC does regulate a type of commerce. Full credit.
2. What do you think are the three most important federal agencies or commissions, and why?
The Defense Department is the most important because is responsible for the defense and security of the United States from foreign aggressors.
Next the Department of Homeland Security is very important for preventing domestic terrorism and violent protests.
The Department of Energy is important for finding, and testing, cleaner and more efficient energy sources to lower our reliance on oil from the Middle East.
- Superb - but many criticize how the Department of Energy gets in the way of finding new energy sources. I think the Department of Energy is one of the departments that conservative Rick Perry wanted to eliminate if he were to become president.
3. Explain what the "Cabinet" is, and who (in general terms) is in it.
The cabinet consists of 15 officials appointed by the President and approved by the Senate. Along with Vice President, these officials include the Secretaries of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Labor, State, Transportation, Treasury, and Veterans Affairs, as well as the Attorney General.
- Superb answer - best in the class.
4. How might the election of Mitt Romney to president this year affect who is governor of New Jersey in 2013? Explain.
If Mitt Romney is elected president he plans to appoint the New Jersey governor Chris Christie to be the U.S. Attorney General. If Chris Christie accepts this position he will no longer be governor of New Jersey and a new governor must be elected.
- Almost right. If Chris Christie goes to the Department of Justice in a Romney Administration, then the NJ lieutenant governor (a liberal Republican) will become governor.
5. What information would you like to seek in a "FOIA request," and why? Specify a federal agency from whom you might seek this information by filing a FOIA request.
Under the Freedom of Information Act, it is possible to request the military records of a deceased relative, such as a grandparent. This information is requested from the US national archives.
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Executive orders have their usefulness, when important decisions must be made quickly. This power however can be abused and used as a way to simply bypass Congress. Congress should have the ability to override an executive order, as the executive branch does not have the authority to pass legislation on a regular basis.
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7. In which department is the FEC located? Do you agree it should be there, and why? (a little research is needed to answer this)
The Federal Election Commission is an independent regulatory agency, is not under any department, and is not controlled by the President. The FEC should be independent of the president's control. If it was, he could manipulate it, to help himself, or hurt his adversary in an election.
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The first article (from the Yankton Press & Dakotan) is actually the announcement of his 6th birthday (March 9, 1945), but I wanted to include it because it is so close in time to his obituary (March 23, 1945):
Dickey Enjoys Fine Birthday Even If Sick
Little Dickey Ray Slowey, who has been confined to Sacred Heart hospital here for many weeks suffering from a malady diagnosed as leukemia, was today celebrating his sixth birthday. He was a happy boy indeed with gifts from many people and attentions from all around.
Dickey Ray is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Slowey, 812 Douglas Avenue, and mother was with him today. In fact, mother has been with him almost constantly since he was attacked by the strange malady for which there appears to be no remedy. The lad was feeling quite well today and was able to enjoy his birthday anniversary to the fullest.
Boy Victim of Leukemia To Be Buried Here On Monday
Leukemia, mysterious blood disease about which little is known in medical science, claimed the life of six-year-old Richard Raymond Slowey, son or Mr. and Mrs. Tom Slowey, 812 Douglas avenue early today. The lad had been ill a number of weeks, and his death occurred at 4:00 a.m., in Sacred Heart hospital.
"Dickie," as he was known to all his acquaintances, observed his sixth birthday in the hospital on March 9, and throughout his illness, he maintained a cheerful disposition and enjoyed the company of his callers.
The boy is survived by his parents, one brother, Vernon who is serving in the Pacific theater of war, and four sisters, Mrs. Donald E. Perry, Mrs. Edw. Lanctot, and Lois and Rita at home.
Funeral services have been set for 9:30 a.m., Monday, from Sacred Heart church with the Rev. Msgr. L. Link officiating, and rosary will be said at the Burke Funeral Home at 8 p.m., Sunday.
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The push to bring jobs in-house is shifting in political winds.
The rhetoric borders on the triumphant. "This amendment eliminates the federal government's monopoly on services," proclaimed Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, after a May vote on the fiscal 2012 Defense authorization bill, which includes language that would lift restrictions on outsourcing. This legislation has "re-leveled the playing field," said Alan Chvotkin, executive vice president and counsel at the Professional Services Council.
The House vote signals a slowdown in President Obama's push to rebuild government's expertise by bringing work done by contractors in-house. There has been a "shift to a more deliberative dialogue," says Beth McGrath, the Pentagon's deputy chief management officer. But is the insourcing policy in retreat? Administration officials view it more as a rebalancing than a reversal.
"We have focused on ensuring that inherently governmental work is not performed by contractors, and that agencies have internal capacity adequate to maintain control of their critical mission and operations," says Daniel Gordon, administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy. "In that context, insourcing is a tool that can sometimes be appropriate, but the administration does not view insourcing as a goal in and of itself. Moreover, we never intended to conduct massive insourcing, and the record over the past two and a half years bears that out."
The effort became politicized as Obama sought to offset what many saw as an overreach toward outsourcing under President George W. Bush. "In the Bush era we had the concept of competition, but Obama's is more a unilateral movement, and it's a great concern to industry," says Rob Burton, who was deputy administrator for the Office of Federal Procurement Policy during the Bush years. The Defense Department "is pulling back for obvious reasons," he says. "There's no cost savings-in fact there's cost growth when you do an apples-to-apples comparison."
Burton, now representing contractors as a partner with the law firm Venable LLP, complains that numbers on insourcing are scarce because the process "is not transparent and doesn't require much cost analysis," particularly at non-Defense agencies.
Insourcing gained traction with a March 2009 Obama memorandum that concluded spending on government contracts had more than doubled since 2001. It directed agencies to assess the federal acquisition workforce to "develop, manage and oversee acquisitions appropriately." Many lawmakers got religion on insourcing, especially after a dramatic hearing in February 2010 at which Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano revealed that DHS contractors outnumbered civilian employees 200,000-to-188,000. Democrats were soon enacting moratoriums on conducting public-private job competitions under the Office of Management and Budget's A-76 policy.
But the recession's stubbornly high unemployment rate, combined with the Republican takeover of the House in the 2010 elections, put a damper on insourcing. The Pentagon had a plan to add 20,000 employees to its acquisition workforce by 2015, half of those through insourcing. But the military services began balking at the insourcing mandate-the Army halted it altogether in February, and then-Defense Secretary Robert Gates in March directed agencies to consider insourcing only on a case-by-case basis.
This spring, Republican House members pushed authorization bills for Defense, Homeland Security and the Agriculture Department that would suspend moratoriums on A-76 competitions. The House passed a nonbinding resolution stating that "the federal government should not be in the business of competing with its citizens and private enterprise." And free-market advocacy groups such as the Business Coalition for Fair Competition continued pushing their Yellow Pages test. Coalition President John Palatiello frequently has said, "If a product or service can be found from a private business in the Yellow Pages, the government should not be doing it."
The House Armed Services Committee report on the Defense bill hit on worries about the president's insourcing initiative: "The committee is concerned that the Department of Defense's recent focus on efficiencies without a thorough business case analysis and risk assessment potentially undermines the department's ability to appropriately plan and budget for its total manpower requirements. The committee believes that the Department of Defense should aggressively undertake a more holistic approach to its requirements in order to achieve the appropriate balance in its total workforce, rather than managing simply to an arbitrary civilian authorization level."
The House bill would suspend the moratorium on A-76 competitions at Defense, pending a Pentagon report on their efficacy and a review by the Government Accountability Office. It would insource some inherently governmental functions and shift responsibility for such competitions from the Pentagon's acquisition division to its personnel and readiness staff. And the legislation contained an array of provisions under the rubric Total Force Management, some of which pleased and some that bothered contractor lobbyists.
Hill sources stress that the bill is far from being a partisan defeat of insourcing. It is intended to get the contracting process "off the roller coaster ride between insourcing and outsourcing that occurs with each change of administration and into a framework of total force management that is requirements-based," says Michael Amato, minority staff communications director for the House Armed Services panel. Total Force Management is intended to provide government officials a toolbox for determining which services-ranging from lawn maintenance to helicopter repair-are best performed by military members, civilian feds or contractors. It is not, observers suggest, intended to achieve some arbitrary goal or savings.
Whether such a flexible approach will survive in the Democratic-controlled Senate is problematic, Burton admits. Consider legislation by Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., that is modestly titled the Correction of Long-Standing Errors in Agencies' Unsustainable Procurements, or the CLEAN UP Act. It would reinforce insourcing by "reforming the discredited OMB Circular A-76 privatization process by ensuring all costs of conducting studies are considered," the senator said when introducing the bill.
Burton is pleased, at least, that the Defense bill is "moving in the right direction" even though swings in the insourcing debate could continue for years. He contends that the Bush approach of stressing competition made agencies more efficient. "Eighty percent of the positions were won by feds," he says. "So you could argue the Bush policy was the real insourcing."


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The Pad Thai recipe calls for palm sugar. Can brown sugar be substituted for palm sugar?
The Pad Thai recipe calls for palm sugar. Can brown sugar be substituted for palm sugar?
What kind of brown sugar is closest to palm sugar? I have something called "brownulated" at home - but there's dark brown sugar, light brown sugar ...?
Yes there are different kinds of palm sugar. Thai palm sugar is more subtle with caramel notes. Indonesian palm sugar is more smokey. Malaysian palm sugar is more intense in flavor from the start. Hope this helps!
Is there a difference between the types of palm sugar that you find? Thai vs.... ?
Yes, brown sugar can be substituted for palm sugar. Recipe purists believe that the taste of palm sugar resembles that of brown sugar, yet with more rounded caramel and butterscotch notes. When you are in a pinch, you can use brown sugar for palm sugar.
Let me know how the recipe for pad thai goes. Good luck!


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- Dress Made Out Of Magic: The Gathering Cards
- Releng of the Nerds: Thoughts on being a second generation geek
- Gaming In Color: Kickstarter for a documentary exploring the queer side of gaming and LGBTQ presence in the game industry.
- romero's wives: "on friday, i decided, i would close GDC with my friend cara ellison's poem, romero's wives."
- What If Everyone Involved in the Adria Richards Incident Was in a Union? | RH Reality Check
- Donglegate: Why the Tech Community Hates Feminists | Wired Opinion | Wired.com
- sexuality and sexism: "Part of that life is sexual, and how wonderfully, playfully, rightfully so. But the world as a whole would be better if we kept sexuality out of programming and other male-dominated pursuits."
- Ten Tips Guaranteed to Improve Your Startup Success: "1. Be raised with access to clean drinking water and sanitation."
- The Narrow-Mindedness of the 'Accepted Wisdom': "How a game is marketed is incredibly important, because it heavily influences what types of games get made."
- Most recent example of violating the Finkbeiner Test when writing about technical women:
- Yvonne Brill, Rocket Scientist, Dies at 88 – NYTimes.com: Annoyingly the article opens with and emphasizes her good mom and wife skills.
- NewsDiffs | Diffing: Yvonne Brill, a Pioneering Rocket Scientist, Dies at 88: NYT's unnoted edits to the "mean beef stroganoff" rocket scientist's obituary
- Family Man Who Invented Relativity and Made Great Chili Dies : The Last Word On Nothing
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Football season is upon us, and so let us all give thanks to the heavens above!
And speaking of the heavens above, here's a little-known fact: When Moses went up Mount Sinai, he came down with more than the Ten Commandments: Did you know he also was given a different, separate set of the Ten Commandments, specifically for Fantasy Football? (These were handed down in pamphlet, not tablet, form.)
Let's have a look-see then, shalt we?
1. Thou shalt remember no one cares about your team: Of course, other league members care,
as you'll probably kibbitz back and forth all year, but people who aren't in your league? They don't care about your team. They don't want to know who you snagged in the 11th round, they're not going to care if you lost a heartbreaker because RGIII took a knee at the end of a game and lost a yard rushing, they're not going to care if Dez Bryant … actually, do you even care to hear about this anymore? No. Because it's not your team.
2. Thou shalt always play your studs: In short, don't get cutesy with your lineup decisions. Want to flip-flop, say, Ahmad Bradshaw and Giovani Bernard based on matchups? Go ahead, and good luck. But to bench an Adrian Peterson or Doug Martin just because they're going up against the Seahawks defense? It's a move you'll probably regret. Studs play. Always.
3. Thou shalt not put Fantasy Football before family: Sunday afternoons, especially for Fantasy
Footballers with kids, are a minefield. While you may want to park your butt on the couch for the duration of the day, the fact is you can't. Family comes first, and if it means you miss some games, there is nothing that can be done about it. Family first, Fantasy Football second.
4. Thou shalt make sure all your live scoring smartphone apps are up to date: I mean, we don't need to be all fundamentalist when it comes to that "family first' commandment, you know? So yeah, if family is interfering with your Sunday afternoon enjoyment, at least make sure you can follow the action on your phone. Feel free to check in every 15 minutes or so. Ah, you know what? Every five minutes is probably reasonable. Every minute. Every minute seems OK. I'm just gonna keep the phone in my hand.
5. Thou shalt not have to go pumpkin picking on football Sunday: Again, family first and all, but if your better – or other, whichever – half wants to go pumpkin picking on a football Sunday afternoon, feel free to decline by saying something along the lines of "awww, sweetie, that sounds wonderfully fun and exhilarating, but can't we go next Saturday instead?" You can also say "absolutely not.' Hard stares are also effective.
6. Thou shalt understand one's mood for the rest of the week depends on how one does in Fantasy that week: In short, if you come to the office on Monday morning and notice Mary in accounting is just not herself, give her a wide berth. She probably drafted Ryan Mathews as a RB1.
7. Thou shalt limit the time viewing the NFL RedZone: Yes, it's the best channel since MTV debuted, but good golly, if you watch it for six straight hours, by the time it's over, you're going to feel cheap, dirty and used. I speak from experience. Just a constant barrage of scoring. It's too much.
8. Thou shalt count the number of angry "Oh's!' at sports bars after you ask to have the TV in the corner switched over to the Arizona-Buffalo game: Fine, sure, you have C.J Spiller and Larry Fitzgerald, and yes, you're a paying customer and all, but if there's more than two short, sharp "Oh's' from other customers, that's it. You lose. The other game goes back on.
9. Thou shalt never ask to switch off the Steelers game: Because those Steelers fans will
kill you. Smite, even.
10. Thou shalt not covet your neighbor's wife: Yep, this one made both lists as it turns
out. Just good horse sense, really.
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Hotéis em Bergen
The historic maritime city of Bergen welcomes visitors with open arms! Stay at the prestigious Radisson Blu Hotel Norge in the city centre, just minutes from Rosenkrantz Tower and the funicular to Mount Fløien for breathtaking views of Bergen. For some waterfront charm, choose the welcoming Radisson Blu Royal Hotel located on the Hanseatic wharf amidst the atmospheric wooden buildings of the Old Town.
Thanks to its location the city has a long maritime history and continues to be a centre of maritime and marine research and industry. Bryggen is on the UNESCO world heritage list and is a reminder of the city's historical links with Hansaforbundet. Here stands the Radisson Blu Royal Hotel, perfectly integrated among the historical buildings.
Bergen has a small-town charm and atmosphere. The town centre is small, but rich in content. Here you will find cosy cafés, gorgeous restaurants, exciting boutiques, charming alleyways, steep hills and great views from the top of Ulriken. Right at the heart of the city is Torgallmenningen, a natural meeting place, and at the other end by Blå Stenen is the Radisson Blu Hotel Norge, a traditional Bergen hotel where many generations have enjoyed the hotels' excellent service and location over the years.
Even though the city is small, it is Norway's second largest, and several companies have their head office here. Bergen has a strong business community, particularly within banking and insurance, high-tech industries, mass media and tourism. The city also has many exciting activities to offer both adults and children, and regardless of whether you come here for work or play, you know that the city's Radisson Blu hotels make the perfect base for an enjoyable stay in Bergen.
Buy a Bergen penny bun at the bakery, a reminder of your visit from one of the many souvenir shops, or visit the Christmas shop, open all year round, and take some Christmas decorations back home with you. Head towards the meat market, where you can buy great food. Continue your gastronomic theme with a trip to the fish market, where you won't find fresher fish!
More exciting shops can be found around Torgallmenningen, so try to keep a cool head as you stroll around! The surrounding streets contain several small specialist shops and larger shopping centres. Traditional Kløverhuset in Strandgate, Galleriet at Torgallmenningen and the latest addition to the collection Xhibition, located in the former central post office, offer endless shops and the chance to shop without getting wet. Radisson Blu Hotel Norge is opposite Sundt and is therefore smack in the middle of Bergen's shopping area.
Just outside the city centre is the Lagunen shopping centre, one of the biggest in Scandinavia with over 150 shops and restaurants. So here you can really go wild.
Bergen is a quirky mix of the traditional and the modern and you will always find something here that you simply must have. The challenge is not to buy up the whole city. The good news is that as your shopping bags get heavier, simply drop them off at Radisson Blu before heading off again.
Cross Bryggen and turn left once you reach the end. If you head up the cobbled street you will find yourself in front of the entrance to Fløibanen. In just 6-7 minutes, this amazing track cable car will take you up to Fløen and the best view across Bergen. When you come to Bergen, always remember to take a trip on Little Red Riding Hood (Rødhette) and The Blue Man (Blåmann), as the two carriages are known. If the weather is nice and you feel like a walk, the trip to the centre across Fjellveien is lovely and as you descend make sure your first stop is Fisketorget where you find the fish market. Even though the fish market has moved partly indoors, the ambiance is still the same and the quality of the seafood is fantastic. Listen to the chorus of voices, watch the Bergenese shop for fish for their dinner and see the tourists gape as they marvel at the fish.
From counter fish to swimming fish Visit Bergen's aquarium to see the penguins, sea lions, fish, spiders, crocodiles and snakes. Help feed the penguins, see the cute sea lions, learn about the crocodiles and sense the fear when you meet the spiders. The aquarium is a fantastic and exciting place for children and adults alike.
Bergen also boasts numerous exciting museums, all worth a visit. Old Bergen is idyllically located by Sandviken, where you can see the town's unique wooden house village. Troldhaugen, Edvard Grieg's home, is another popular attraction and at the Bergen Museum of Art hangs the art of I.C. Dahl and other famous artists. The maritime museum takes you back in time and tells the story of Bergen's important role in Norwegian maritime history. Both museums are within walking distance of Radisson Blu Hotel Norge.
So whatever your interests, Bergen has something for all the family. Let the many exciting opportunities Bergen has to offer fill your days here.
Man cannot live by bread alone, not even in Bergen. The city has restaurants to suit every possible taste, from small cosy cafés to top gourmet restaurants. Fish restaurant 'Enhjørningen' is perfect for seafood lovers while the Ole Bull Restaurant at Radisson Blu Hotel Norge allows you to experience the pulsating city life as you enjoy delicious food and drinks.
Some of the best things you can eat in Bergen are genuine penny buns. For whatever reason they always taste better fresh from a local bakery than anywhere else in the country. Or you could be extravagant and try a piece of "Hvit Dame" (white lady) - Bergen's version of a cream pie. The cafés in Bergen have much to offer.
Skipperstuen is one of Bergen's oldest pubs and is where you can experience a genuine, unassuming meeting place with live music and a great atmosphere, or take a trip to the Konditoriet Bar, which has one of the city's widest selections of bottled beers and Scottish single malt whiskey. Or perhaps you don't want to stray too far from the Radisson Blu Royal Hotel and go to the Filini Bar? The choice is yours, and in Bergen there's plenty of it.


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April 12, 2008
Sophomore shortstop Abby Keese went three for three today and hit two solo home runs to lead the Lady Bisons to a 4-2 win over Mercer in Atlantic Sun action Saturday. It was her thirteenth and fourteenth of the season and tied her single season record set last year.
Keese hit her first home run in the second inning over the center field fence off a 2-1 pitch. The Bears would tie the game at 1-1 in the bottom of the inning.
Lipscomb took the lead in the top of the third of an RBI triple by sophomore center fielder Lauren Dortwegt to score sophomore second baseman Megan Rottler. Dortwegt scored two batters latter on a wild pitch.
Mercer would add one more run in the bottom of the fifth inning.
Keese picked up her second home run in the top of the sixth off the first pitch of the at bat.
Including Keese's three hits, the Lady Bisons picked up a total of eight hits including two from Lauren Dortwegt who went 2 for 4 on the day.
Senior Kim Jacboson earned the win striking out five and allowing only one earned run. It was her fourth win of the week.
The Lady Bisons are 23-21 overall and 12-5 in the A-Sun.


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Rep. Louie Gohmert Grateful for Congressional Assistance with
Missing East Texas Plane in Wyoming
WASHINGTON, DC—Rep. Louie Gohmert (TX-01) released the following statement today after working with officials to obtain details about a Texas plane presumed down in Wyoming:
"At a time when we are praying that our lost east Texans in Wyoming will be found safe, it is comforting to know we have sympathetic friends in Wyoming to help. The Civil Air Patrol there was doing what it could, but late yesterday afternoon, I contacted the only member of Congress from Wyoming, Cynthia Lummis, who is a very dear, close friend. After discussing what had been and was being done, I mentioned to her that perhaps the National Guard could put together a training exercise to go look for a downed plane and asked if that was possible there. She said she knew people who could set it in motion if it were.
Her Chief of Staff, Tucker Fagan, is in Wyoming now and was a former Air Force Commander. He called me back with what they were working on and then later again saying that he had talked directly to the Wing Commander at the Air Force Base there and that they were sending up a helicopter immediately as the commander had just approved the order. Though it was dark by then, the sophisticated chopper they were sending up had sensors of various kinds that could still make a search at night worth trying. If they had not had success last night, they were going to try again today. I passed on the messages as I got them to our east Texas family members who had made it to Wyoming and they were gratified to know that federal officials in Wyoming were on the task and helping. Congresswoman Lummis had also advised me she was going to try to reach the governor to let him know as well. The Wyoming governor has now contacted the families also to relay his concern.
Our prayers continue for those we are missing, for their loved ones, and for those doing the actual search. But at the same time, we are extremely grateful to have such incredibly caring and thoughtful public servants in the state of Wyoming, from Governor Matt Mead, Congresswoman Cynthia Lummis, her Chief of Staff Tucker Fagan, to the Air Force commanders, the Civil Air Patrol searchers, and all those immediately assisting there in the state. God bless them all."
Congressman Louie Gohmert is the Vice Chair of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security. Prior to being elected to serve in Congress, Louie was elected to three terms as District Judge in Smith County, Texas. He also served as Chief Justice of Texas'12th Court of Appeals.
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Doctors at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota cleared Vokoun on Monday after reviewing his status. The blood clots that kept Vokoun from finishing last season and put him on three months of blood thinners likely resulted from a childhood accident.
Vokoun said the blood clots didn't grow or get smaller with the blood thinners.
"That's basically the sign of being an old blood clot turning into scar tissue and growing into the side of the veins in your stomach, which is part of my anatomy right now. It's just something you just live with. Your body finds different ways to fix broken stuff inside you," Vokoun said.
Vokoun was only 10 months old when he grabbed a tablecloth, dumping hot coffee on himself. The blood clot is in his right groin, near where doctors inserted a catheter during his treatment as a baby.
knives of ice wrote:this is not good. it seems like Shero isn't that happy with MAF's work off ice in the offseason or his play in camp thus far either. that's what i get out of his comments anyways.
murphydump55 wrote:Not good, I was expecting TV to steal the starting job after the first two weeks.
All the best to him, get well so you can come back and give us some quality goaltending.
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'Tis the season of giving and SCARPA is feeling especially generous this year. Over the next four weeks, SCARPA is hosting four product giveaways on our Facebook page. Simply head over to facebook.com/scarpana and click "Like" to unlock your entry.
Starting this week on Monday, November 26, a new contest will begin each Monday until December 17, for lucky fans who will win trail shoes, climbing shoes, ice climbing boots or ski boots from SCARPA.


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Today we'll talk about the basic theory of Brauer groups for certain types of fields. If the last post was too poorly written to comprehend, the only thing that will be used from it is that for fields we can refer to "the" Brauer group without any ambiguity because the cohomological definition and the Azumaya (central, simple) algebra definition are canonically isomorphic in this case.
Let's just work our way from algebraically closed to furthest away from being algebraically closed. Thus, suppose is an algebraically closed field. The two ways to think about both tell us quickly that this is . Cohomologically this is because , so there are no non-trivial Galois cohomology classes. The slightly more interesting approach is that any central, simple algebra over is already split, i.e. a matrix algebra, so it is the zero class modulo the relation we defined last time.
I'm pretty sure I've blogged about this before, but there is a nice set of definitions that measures how "far away" from being algebraically closed you are. A field is called if for any such that any homogeneous polynomial (with coefficients) of degree in variables has a non-trivial solution.
Thus the condition just says that all polynomials have non-trivial solutions, i.e. is algebraically closed. The condition is usually called being quasi-algebraically closed. Examples include, but are not limited to finite fields and function fields of curves over algebraically closed fields. A more complicated example that may come up later is that the maximal, unramified extension of a complete, discretely valued field with perfect residue field is .
A beautiful result is that if is , then we still get that . One could consider this result "classical" if done properly. First, by Artin-Wedderburn any finite dimensional, central, simple algebra has the form where is a finite dimensional division algebra with center . If you play around with norms (I swear I did this in a previous post somewhere that I can't find!) you produce the right degree homogeneous polynomial and use the condition to conclude that . Thus any central, simple algebra is already split giving .
We might give up and think the Brauer group of any field is , but this is not the case (exercise to test understanding: think of ). Let's move on to the easiest example we can think of for a non- field: for some prime . The computation we do will be totally general and will actually work to show what is for any that is complete with respect to some non-archimedean discrete valuation, and hence for a local field.
The trick is to use the valuation ring, to interpolate between the Brauer group of and the Brauer group of , a field! Since is the fraction field of , the first thing we should check is the Leray spectral sequence at the generic point . This is given by .
By Hilbert's Theorem 90, we have . Recall that last time we said there is a canonical isomorphism given by specialization. This gives us a short exact sequence from the long exact sequence of low degree terms:
Now we use that and to get that . As already mentioned, nothing in the above argument was specific to . The same argument shows that any (strict) non-archimedean local field also has Brauer group .
To get away from local fields, I'll just end by pointing out that if you start with some global field you can try to use a local-to-global idea to get information about the global field. From class field theory we get an exact sequence
which eventually we may talk about. We know what all the maps are already from this and the previous post. The first is specialization (or corestriction from a few posts ago, or most usually this is called taking invariants). Then the second map is just summing since each term of the direct sum is a .
Next time we'll move on to Brauer groups of curves even though so much more can still be said about fields.


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UK retailer Clove has updated its website to reflect new details surrounding the Lumia 1020. The Nokia flagship smartphone is going for £588 including VAT and will be first available on September 27th. The retailer has both black and white versions listed, with yellow labelled with "availability to be confirmed."
The yellow variant is still "coming soon" with pre-ordering available over on Clove, should you wish to have something different than the usual black and white. As an added bonus, the Lumia 1020 at Clove includes an accessory bundle at no extra cost (although the phone itself is rather expensive). This bundle sports a wireless charging pad, wireless charging cover, camera grip and a tripod.
If you've been eagerly awaiting the release of the Windows Phone here in the UK, now is your chance to grab the handset unlocked. Mobile operators will also be announcing availability and plans. Check out our full review in the mean time.
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Matt Blair to Be Inducted Into Vikings Rign of Honor
The Vikings have announced that former Viking linebacker Matt Blair will be inducted into the team's Ring of Honor at halftime of the October 25 game against Tampa Bay. He was a 2nd round pick by the Vikings in 1974 out of Iowa State. He started 130 of 160 career games and ranks 2nd in franchise history with a recorded 1,452 tackles.
Blair also holds the Vikings career record with 20 blocked kicks and his 23 sacks and 16 interceptions are both the most all time by a Viking linebacker. He went to 6 straight Pro Bowls. Blair will be the 20th individual inducted.


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In algebraic geometry, an irreducible scheme has a point called "the generic point." The justification for this terminology is that under reasonable finiteness hypotheses, a property that is true at the generic point is actually generically true (i.e. is true on a dense open subset).
For example, there is a result called "generic flatness" (EGA IV (2), Theorem 6.9.1). Suppose Y is locally noetherian and integral, with f:X→Y a morphism of finite type and F is a coherent OX-module. If F is flat over the generic point of Y (a condition which is always satisfied, since anything is flat over a point), then there is a dense open subscheme U⊆Y such that F is flat over U.
I'm sure that there are lots of instances of this "yoga of generic points", but whenever I try to come up with one, it's kind of lame (in my example above, the condition at the generic point is vacuous). What are the main examples of the yoga of generic points?


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UW Outreach School Dean Candidates Interview This Week
Members of the university community this week are invited to participate in public forums and then offer input on the candidates for the position of dean of the University of Wyoming Outreach School.
The position is open because longtime Dean Maggi Murdock will leave the job at the start of fall semester 2013, when she assumes full-time duties as a professor of political science.
The three candidates, chosen from a slate of applicants reviewed by a committee chaired by Dean of Education Kay Persichitte, are: Anne Alexander, director of UW International Programs; Susan Frye, UW professor of English; and Brent Pickett, professor of political science and associate dean of the UW Outreach School.
Each candidate will participate in a set of interviews, including the following public forums, where they will offer presentations on these topics:
Brent Pickett
Tuesday, April 30, 3-4 p.m., Berry Center auditorium
"The Outreach School: Growing, Building, Developing"
Susan Frye
Wednesday, May 1, 1:30-2:30 p.m., Berry Center auditorium
"UW and MOOCs"
Anne Alexander
Thursday, May 2, 2:40-3:40 p.m., Berry Center auditorium
"Meeteetse to Munich: Providing Education Without Borders for Wyoming"
Interview schedules, application materials and evaluation forms for each of the candidates are available at http://www.uwyo.edu/acadaffairs/hot_links/outreach_dean_search.html.


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you mean they don't know *anyone* who could hack the systems?
sheesh. and they call themselves law enforcement...
A legal standoff has developed in Arizona between sheriff's deputies and county officials over a management system overhaul. Last week officers from Maricopa County Sheriff's Office raided government buildings and took over computer systems shared between law enforcement and county officials. Sysadmins were marshalled away …
Years ago I worked for an English county council's IT department. The county police had once upon a time used our IT but were more or less fully separated from us by the time I was working there and had outsourced their systems management.
The local plod's IT supremo (a senior copper, not one of their civilian staff) gained quite a reputation for arbitrarily sacking whichever company had the management contract every couple of years or so and marching their employees out of police HQ on pain of arrest. he did that two or three times as I recall.
So it's not just the more occidental parts of Yankland...
This raises an interesting point that needs to be discussed further.
In the UK, the process of investigation of computers (including servers) is governed by the ACPO guidelines. This dictates what is considered good practice; failure to follow the guidelines would most likely result in the evidence being rejected and therefore the court case failing. (I know this having studied a PG course on Forensics)
In terms of the investigation, they don't actually need the "administrator's" or "Server" password to get access - the information that they require should be obtained using other methods or a different account with appropriate permissions.
In fact they most definitely shouldn't have the admin password as it would no longer be possible to state with any absolute certainty who carried out any specific task. If I were the lawyer defending the case, I would argue that any work carried out after the password were revealed could have been done by the outsiders, and demand that the prosecution prove otherwise (which they can't).
I know that this case is in the US and therefore they do have slightly different rules, but I think that the point about proving who had access to change the evidence is still valid. (Unless anyone knows differently?)
County Manager Smith called the action "the lowest common denominator of a thug, which is the use of force. (Sheriff Joe Arpaio) has no authority in law - or business practice - to do this. He just decided . . . to send in deputies and take over and kick the staff out. It's a misappropriation of public assets."
Hoooo, yah! And Sheriff Arpaio has no qualms about going to jail for contempt. I hope that the office of sheriff is an elected spot in that county. I'd really like to see someone like that thrown out. Until then, I guess that the guys with the most guns wins. In this case, the "good" guys are not behaving that well.
The thought of Chief Deputy David Hendershott doing an indefinite period of time in the clink warms my heart. Of course, it's my personal opinion that this fine nation would be far better off swapping out the non-violent prisoners in our so-called "corrections" system with arrogant cops. I'd much rather shake hands with a pot head or a prostitute than a cop with such an overblown opinion of himself that he feels he's above the law.
The reasoning behind the change in management for the system was related to allowing technicians who did not have security clearances to run the system. The regulations which fund the system require that the system is managed by law enforcement personell. The Maricopa County staff had their employess to run the system and the Maricopa County Sheriff's office was just moving the system back to being managed by law enforcement personell.
The merits of their protestations notwithstanding, no police force should ever be allowed to perform an armed coup d'état. It sets a terrible precedent, and brings about a social environment where everyone should feel unsafe enough that they need to carry firearms at all times to protect themselves, not just from the criminals, but from the police as well.
This Sheriff's department has just transitioned themselves from police force to paramilitary rebels. The state should send in the National Guard to suppress this uprising. If they fail to do so with the same alacrity with which they would address any other uprising, then the Federal government should respond. Either way, this rebellion should not be treated any differently than they would treat a rebellion by citizens without police uniforms.
The issue at hand isn't control of computers, servers, or networks as most people know them. It's a matter of controlling access to two criminal records systems. The law enforcement personnel must control the system under strict federal and state guidelines. The trouble starts when politicians think they can arbitrarily give themselves or their under-skilled relatives control over the systems.
The rules are so strict on the data from these systems that only certified operators can even look at the terminal screens that display the information, let alone touch their keyboards or print from the system.
The sheriff probably has a point, but the local media and the misguided judge aren't letting him get the point across.
Hmm, sheriff's deputies found in contempt of court and get hauled off to jail until they comply.
"Bruno, Carlos, this is deputy sheriff ***. He's the one who popped you two last week. Please make him feel at home."
Followed shortly by the passwords.
BTW, how many folks here think they could pop those machines open in a couple of minutes? They are apparently running W2K.
Maricopa county's sheriff is Joe Arpaio, the most publicity hungry and stark raving bonkers sheriff in the modern US. If you want to drop your jaw at the other stuff he gets up to, read the New Yorker's profile of the man and his office: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/07/20/090720fa_fact_finnegan
Suffice to say that i hope none of the sys admins are Latinos with a paper problem.
Did we not read about something similar last year? A sys admin in San Francisco, refused to hand over passwords to local government? Oh, yes, I remember, his name is Terry Childs.
Since the SF officials decried Childs as "dangerous"; and had him jailed, then I think, that jail is just the appropriate remedy here.
The Judge should hand down an order to disclose the passwords under the threat of contempt.
And, I am sure that the Chief Deputy would love to spend some of his time in one of Joe Arpaio's summer camps. In case you did not know, the Sheriff of Maricopa County likes to make things "unpleasant" for the inmates in his jail. They are bunked in tents OUTDOORS.
Put the Chief Deputy in one of Joe's summer camp tents until he gives up the passwords. No showers, a portable potty (I think you Brits call it a 'loo') for a bathroom.. Keep the Chief Deputy locked up until he talks.
Childs was locked up for the same exact thing. Charge the Chief Deputy with federal crimes. What is fair, is fair.
Grenade, because I hope this blows up in Arpaio's face.
As a reg reader that actually lives in Maricopa county I can explain a little bit about this drama caused Sheriff Joe the asshat. This sheriff is not really a lawman as much as a radical right wing politician with a badge and a gun (far worse than anyone Bush put in charge of Justice during his long tenure). The guy is somewhat popular locally with the Bushtards (Arizona traditionally very redneck western republican). He gets a lot of sympathy by treating prisoners bad (makes em wear pink outfits and panties, eat bologne sandwiches, live in tents in 45+ C weather, etc. Even I do really care about being nice to prisoners but lately he as gotten worse. He is doing some obviously illegal tactics to round up immigrants from Mexico in order to please the rednecks out here (republicans hate mexicans because they are catholic and don't vote republican as well as not being WASP). Even the head of US homeland safety department (who also used to be our governor) is trying to make him enforce the law as he is supposed to. He basically runs a political machine with its own foot soldiers and lately has gotten to be a real problem. I have given up on the whie Arizona voters fixing the problem (land of John McCain and Edward Meechum after all) so I hope the guy gets impeached or something. Perhaps finally we will get enough registered hispanic voters (every republicans worse nightmare) to kick this loser to the curb. Ever notice that conservative redneck white asshats are always looked back as being in the wrong about everything (slavery, jim crow laws, lynching immigrants including irish, etc)?
Sorry former governor was Evan Mecham (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_Mecham). A real solid choice by Arizona voters. One other thing I didn't is Sheriff Joe (who should bother with actually catching violent felons) goes to businesses used by mainly hispanics such as mexican style super-markets and check cashing places, rounds every one up and deports them. Never mind these people might have young children at home. Yes the USA has big problems politically and legally with immigration but having a loose canon redneck Sheriff is probably not going to solve the problem (though it does get rid of hispanics who may one day might be able to vote his dumb ass out office).
As far as the article is concerned, I would like to know who put the criminal database in the hands of civilians to begin with. It sounds like the Sheriff was acting in good conscious, if not the most politically correct way. From the other articles, he clearly felt he had the authority to take control of the systems, backed by federal and state laws. It doesn't sound like he's getting a fair shake in court, but I imagine his actions will be upheld in appeals if he loses this one.
It's pretty clear that there is more going on here than what is in any of the articles, it will be interesting to see how this all falls out, and who's dirty laundry shows up on the clothes line.
Presuming you are a US citizen and therefore know nothing of international news ...
The reference is to the extradition Treaty signed by some twat in the United Kingdom which gives the right of extradition of UK subjects to the USA authorities with little or no evidence of guilt. Not even a prima facie case. Whereas for the UK to extradite a US citizen would require the UK to present evidence. Well done the US!
The particular case involves a UK subject, Gary McKinnon, who suffers from Asperger's Syndrome and who admittedly hacked in US 'secure' military computer systems looking for, he claims, UFO information. The US authorities want to take him to court. The should actually give him the Congressional Medal or somesuch for showing how pisspoor the security was.
I would rather he remain in this country and be employed by GCHQ to hack into US military computers.
The UK person (aka twat) who signed the Treaty should be sent to Afghanistan with a target on his back.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the Sherriff is actually enforcing the law (very strict, by Federal legislation) on the operations of the Legal systems. I believe the law states that it needs to be administered by trained Law Enforcement officials, not by politicians and unvetted staff (such that evidence gained from this can be traced to a very limited set of individuals, all who are on very thin ice if anything gets altered).
Now, if a business gets charged with criminal behaviour involving computers, what happens? Oh, yes, the local law enforcement gets called out and takes control of their machines, locking out the administrators/users until the full legal process works its way through, and the matter is decided by a neutral court.
Your solution seems to be "Allow illegal immigration to continue unchecked until there are enough people who don't like the Sherriff around to kick him out". Which is no solution. If the Sherriff keeps hitting places and deporting people, then those people are there illegally. He may be harsh, but he's doing his job.
If you don't like that, get the law changed to allow anybody to emigrate to the US without check. While you're at it, stop drug dealers and other criminal elements from going to jail because they have kids at home that are going to be deprived of parents. Illegally emigrating to a country is a choice that someone made, knowing the risks; they're caught and chucked out, that's the risk they took.
Interesting that you blame everything on "redneck white asshats". Seems you're showing a very heavy bias there. Simple fact of the matter is "humans are to blame". Race, political affiliation and outlook are all variable.
If the Arozona populace keep voting the guy in, and you really hate it that much, I'd say move. It's the same country, so moving is easy. Go somewhere that you really feel at home, and you'll find that you've just swapped one set of issues for another (happened where I live; there was about a decade where it was 'trendy' for the hardcore left to show how 'in touch' they were by moving to nice houses on the edge of the city's 'ghetto area'. Full of good intentions and 'understanding'. After ten years of that happening, they understood that they got burgled a lot, assaulted, robbed, abused and had their property vandalised. Then they stopped being so understanding and either moved out of the area, or swapped from being very left to quite right).
You know when you make assumption you make an ass out of your self .
"'Presuming you are a US citizen and therefore know nothing of international news ."
As reg reader I'd have to be blind not to have sen the articles on Gary McKinnon,
What I meant is that has nothing to do with this story. But hey don't let that get in your way of insulting Americans.
Ps I thought thought the Reg was international, silly me .
The sheriff should simply have noted his concerns to the NCIC, which would have sent Federal personnel down with proper authority to purge any criminal records information from the county's computers. Of course, this could have caused an interruption to the ability of the police department's ability to use this information, but it would have avoided a legal tangle where now the sheriff is partly in the wrong for interfering with the county's property without an authorizing court order. Apparently, the idea of contacting superior authority, and getting permission before taking action, is foreign to some people.
Not that I would ever want the facts to get in the way of a good rant, but dude (or dudette)... really... quit getting your hysterical (sorry) historical facts from the DNC talking points memos. Just couple of unfortunate facts:
Slavery - Black Africans selling black africans to white dutchmen to white southern DEMOCRATS
President that ended slavery - Abraham Lincoln..... REPUBLICAN
Authors of Jim Crow laws - DEMOCRATS
Authors of the 1875 Civil Rights Act that tried to challenge Jim Crow laws - REPUBLICANS
President that segregated federal offices that had been desegregated since the Civil War - Woodrow Wilson.... DEMOCRAT
Of course, it is much easier running around calling people asshats than actually doing a little research or picking up a book on proper grammar.
Bye the bye, 45+ C (Celsius really? Not a natural born citizen?) isn't that bad. It's a dry heat.
Apparently you missed the class on the 1960s where Nixon introduced the "southern strategy". At the end of that decade, the Republicans and Democrats bizarrely swapped positions on race, with the Republicans abandoning their traditional positions and instead consciously pursuing a policy of racial divisiveness and social conservatism while the Democrats -- the party of John and Bobby Kennedy -- became the advocates of civil rights.
The historical Republican party would be ashamed of what the modern party has come to stand for. But you know, "it is much easier running around calling people asshats than actually doing a little research" on anything that's happened in the last 50 years....
If you go back and read my comments you will noticed I said conservative racist asshats are wrongs not either party. I am well aware the parties basically switch ideologies when (of all things) Texas democrat (LBJ) actually had the balls to stand up for whats right and to his (then redneck jackass) party and pass civil right legislation in the 1960s. All the evil democrats then became Republicans and the minorities moved to the Democrat party which then became a little less redneck. The fact is both parties suck bad for different reasons (best summed with Reps = borrow and spend on military (got to stick our dicks in other countries asses after all) and corporate welfare, dems = tax and spend on government bueracrats). I just find rich holier than thou preachy hypocrites, rednecks who are so ignorant they vote against their class interests and those that take advantage of both, to tell me who is blessed by god and who is enough of a drone to be rewarded (gov jobs, contracts, etc), to be a bit more unsavory. They both take my money and try and tell me how to live but you always expect to have a small class of people so hell bent on control that nothing can stop them. Throught out time they have been called clergy, royalty, elders and today they are called politicians.
Slavery - Black Africans selling black africans to white dutchmen to white southern CONSERVATIVES
President that ended slavery - Abraham Lincoln.....LIBERAL
Authors of Jim Crow laws - CONSERVATIVES
Authors of the 1875 Civil Rights Act that tried to challenge Jim Crow laws - LIBERALS
President that segregated federal offices that had been desegregated since the Civil War - Woodrow Wilson.... CONSERVATIVE
There, fix that for ya.


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This seven minute history on the losses sustained and progress made by the gay rights movement over the last several decades is strikingly profound. From the open bigotry of the 1950's to the current presence of gay people in popular media, the tragic deaths of young people like Jamey Rodemeyer to the overturning of Don't Ask, Don't Tell and the death of Harvey Milk to the fight for marriage equality, the piece incites a strong emotional mix of hope and heartbreak. Fair warning, you will probably cry.
The Gay Rights Movement In 6 Minutes And 52 Seconds [Buzzfeed]