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Templates for planners and trackers
Keep track of all your plans with handy, customizable templates for all your planning and tracking needs, whether for business or personal use. You'll find ways to keep everything organized, including health and food journals, budgets for business or home, trip planning spreadsheets, sales call logs, and more.
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Maximize your productivity at work and home using free, customizable templates. It's not easy staying organized these days, but using the right tools helps you prioritize and remember your most important tasks. Whether your run your own online business or need to plan out your busy social calendar, creating a personalized planner makes life easier. Setting ambitious goals for next year? Use a tracker template to measure your progress and see how far you've come. Choose a planner or tracker template and customize it to fit your unique needs. If you're using a planner for work, add custom branding like your business's logo or color palette. Try out new fonts and design elements that match your personal aesthetic. Once you've created your perfect planner or tracker, get ready for a productivity boost. Print out your design or share it digitally with your coworkers or family members. Don't worry if your plans change—using a template makes it easy to revisit your designs and make updates in the future.

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Location services or location tracking is a handy feature in your Android smartphone. Enabling it has some benefits; for instance, it makes it convenient for you to find the nearest gas station using Google Maps, allow navigation apps like Waze to calculate routes between destinations, or check in at places on Facebook. But while convenient, there are some risks in allowing the apps on your phone to track your every move. Here's how you can change the location settings on your Android phone.
Photos and GPS tagging
Your Android smartphone's geolocation or GPS tagging function lets you attach coordinates to the pictures you take. This allows you to organize photos in albums by location. Geolocating images in itself isn't a bad thing, but you can get into trouble when you broadcast sensitive locations to the world. For instance, a picture of your expensive watch with a GPS tag of your house could attract wrongdoers.
Here are four ways to control geotagging photos:
- Go to your camera settings and you'll find an on/off toggle.
- Go to Settings > Location and from there, you can decide if you want the location saved along with your images.
- Download an EXIF editor and manually remove the location information from specific images.
- You can also turn off location services altogether by going to Settings > Location.
Discrete location settings
Apart from location settings in photos and GPS tagging, Android has three discrete location settings that allow you to set the level of accuracy of your location reporting. You can find these in Settings > Location.
- High accuracy – This uses the GPS radio in your phone to pinpoint its exact location using data from satellites while also making use of nearby Wi-Fi and cellular networks.
- Battery saving – This mode only uses Wi-Fi networks and mobile networks to identify locations. While it might not be as accurate as the high accuracy setting, it will help your battery last longer.
- Device sensors only – This uses only the GPS radio to find you. It may take a little more time to find your location since it doesn't use nearby Wi-Fi and mobile networks to get your general location first. This also uses more battery power.
Turning off your location settings will not only help keep your smartphone's security intact, but it will also help preserve your battery life.
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Methodological localism emphasizes two ways in which actors are socially embedded. Actors are socially situated and socially constituted.
Socially situated. In any given situation individuals are embedded within a set of social relations and institutions that create opportunities and costs for them. They have friends and enemies, they have bosses and workers, they have neighbors and co-religionists, they have families. All of these relations and institutions serve to constitute the environment within which they make plans and perform their actions. This complex setting of opportunities and regulative systems falls at the center of research for the new institutionalism (Brinton and Nee 1998, The New Institutionalism in Sociology; Ostrom 1990, Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action ). And, as the new institutionalists rightly insist, there are very important variations across social space in the details of the workings of institutions and social networks. Two adjacent California counties may have slightly different rules of livestock liability; and these rule differences will lead to different patterns of behavior by ranchers (Ellickson 1986, "Of Coase and Cattle"; link). We might call this the "structure" factor.
Socially constituted. The second form of social embeddedness is deeper and more persistent. The individual's values, commitments, emotions, social ideals, repertoires of action, scripts of behavior, and ways of conceiving of the world are themselves the products of a lifetime of local social experiences. Individuals are socialized throughout their childhoods and adult lives into specific ways of thinking and acting, and the mosaic of these experiences serves to constitute the moral, emotional, and practical characteristics of the individual's social-cognitive system. The way the individual thinks about the social world is itself a feature of his/her social setting. Moreover, the mechanisms of socialization—schools, religious institutions, military experience, playgrounds, families—are themselves concrete social phenomena that are amenable to empirical sociological investigation, and they too are locally embodied. If we want to know why affluent Pakistani teenagers applauded on Facebook the murder of Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer for his opposition to harsh blasphemy laws, then we need to look in detail at the ways in which the political and religious attitudes of this segment of Pakistani society took shape (link). We might call this the "identity" factor.
These two aspects of embeddedness provide the foundation for rather different kinds of social explanation and inquiry. The first aspect of social embeddedness is entirely compatible with a neutral and universal theory of the agent -- including rational choice theory in all its variants. The actor is assumed to be configured in the same way in all social contexts; what differs is the environment of constraint and opportunity that he or she confronts. This is in fact the approach taken by most scholars in the paradigm of the new institutionalism, it is the framework offered by James Coleman in Foundations of Social Theory, and it is also compatible with what analytical sociologists refer to as "structural individualism". It also supports the model of "aggregative" explanation -- explain an outcome as the result of the purposive actions of individuals responding to opportunities and constraints.
The second aspect, by contrast, assumes that human actors are to some important degree "plastic", and they take shape in different ways in different social settings. The developmental context -- the series of historically specific experiences the individual has as he/she develops personality and identity -- leads to important variations in personality and agency in different settings. So just knowing that the local social structure has a certain set of characteristics -- the specifics of a share-cropping regime, let us say -- doesn't allow us to infer how things will work out. We also need to know the features of identity, perception, motivation, and reasoning that characterize the local people before we can work out how they will process the features of the structure in which they find themselves. This insight suggests a research approach that drills down into the specific features of agency that are at work in a situation, and then try to determine how actors with these features will interact socially and collectively.
If both actors and structures differ substantially across social settings, then there are many possible pathways that interactions and processes can take. Suppose for the sake of example that there are three "types" of actors:
- prudent, self-interested, calculating
- strongly attached to religious duty
- strongly attached to norms of social solidarity and perceived fairness
So what are the social circumstances in which we are likely to find type-3 actors rather than type-1 actors? It has sometimes been maintained that miners have a high degree of solidarity relative to other groups of workers. They have shared circumstances of risk underground that make them viscerally aware of their dependence on the support of others; they have a culture of songs and stories that favor solidarity; and they have a history of successful collective action. So the argument is that children who grow up in this environment confront a converging set of influences that amplify the "solidarity" functions of agency and damp down the "me-first" functions. Miner communities, then, cultivate a particular kind of actors. (A book that tries to do a more careful job of evaluating miners' solidarity is Roy Church and Quentin Outram, Strikes and Solidarity: Coalfield Conflict in Britain, 1889-1966, reviewed here.)


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For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
October 29, 2004
Remarks by the President at Victory 2004 Rally
Seagate Convention Centre
Toledo, Ohio
THE PRESIDENT: Laura and I are so honored so many came out to say hello. We appreciate it very much. I'm honored -- (applause.) We thank you for taking time out of your day. I've got something to tell you. I'm traveling Ohio a lot. I'm asking for the vote, and I'm asking for your help. (Applause.) We have a duty in this country to vote. You may have heard, the election is right around the corner. (Laughter.) And I'm asking, you get your friends and neighbors to go to the polls. Make sure our fellow Republicans vote. Make sure independents vote. Find some discerning Democrats, and there's a lot across the state of Ohio. (Applause.) And get them headed to the polls, and remind them, if they want a safer America, a stronger America, and a better America, to put me and Dick Cheney back in office. (Applause.)
One of the most important reasons why I think you ought to put me back into office is so that Laura is the First Lady for four more years. (Applause.)
AUDIENCE: Laura! Laura! Laura!
THE PRESIDENT: I don't want to offend anybody who is follically challenged, but I admit my great Vice President doesn't have the waviest hair in the race. (Laughter.) The people of Toledo will be proud to know that I didn't pick him because of his hairdo. (Laughter.) I picked him because of his judgment, his experience. He's getting the job done for the American people. (Applause.)
I want to thank Senator Mike DeWine for joining us today. I'm proud to call him friend; you're proud to call him Senator. (Applause.) I urge you to put George Voinovich back in the United States Senate. (Applause.) I want to thank your Governor for joining us. I want to thank Paul Gillmor, Congressman Paul Gillmor, for being here today. (Applause.) I want to thank Betty Montgomery for joining us. And I want to thank the next congressman from the 9th congressional district, Larry Kaczala, for joining us. (Applause.)
I want to thank the Wil Gravatt Band. I want to thank the Anthony Wayne High Marching Generals for being here. (Applause.) I will try to keep my speech short so you can get home and do your homework.
AUDIENCE: Booo!
THE PRESIDENT: I want to thank the grassroots activists. I want to thank my friend, Bernadette Noy and Tom Noy for their leadership in Lucas County. (Applause.) I remember our breakfast. She had me flipping pancakes. (Laughter.)
I want to thank those of you who are putting up the signs and making the phone calls. I want to thank those of you who are working long hours. We're almost there. Election day is almost here. I urge you to continue working to turn out that vote. With your help, we'll win Ohio again, and win a great victory. (Applause.)
We've just got four days to go, and the voters have a clear choice between two very different candidates and different approaches and different records. You know where I stand. (Applause.) And sometimes, you even know where my opponent stands. (Laughter.) We both have records. I'm proudly running on mine. (Applause.) My opponent has an interesting idea of how to win friends. During this campaign, he's insulted our allies, and he questioned the good work of our troops in combat.
AUDIENCE: Booo!
THE PRESIDENT: Earlier today, my opponent even insulted the American people saying, you need to -- quote -- "wake up."
AUDIENCE: Booo!
THE PRESIDENT: Well, the American people are awake. (Applause.) Their eyes are wide open. They are seeing more clearly every day the critical choices in this election: the Senator's failed out-of-the-mainstream policies, or my commitment to defend our country, to build our economy, and to uphold our bedrock values. (Applause.)
This election comes down to some clear choices -- five clear choices for America's family. The first clear choice is the most important because it concerns the security of your family. All progress on every other issue depends on the safety of our citizens. This will be the first presidential election since September the 11th, 2001. Americans will go to the polls in a time of war and ongoing threats, unlike any we have faced before. The terrorists who killed thousands of innocent people are still dangerous, and they are determined.
The outcome of this election will set the direction of the war against terror. The most solemn duty of the American President is to protect the American people. (Applause.) If America shows uncertainty or weakness during these troubling times, the world will drift toward tragedy. This is not going to happen on my watch. (Applause.)
Since that terrible morning of September the 11th, we've fought the terrorists across the Earth -- not for pride, not for power, but because the lives of our citizens are at stake. Our strategy is clear. We're strengthening the protections for our homeland. We're reforming our intelligence capabilities. We are transforming the all-volunteer army. There will be no draft. (Applause.) We are determined, we are relentless. We are staying on the offensive. We're chasing the terrorists overseas so we do not have to face them here at home. (Applause.)
Because we led, Afghanistan is a free nation and an ally in the war on terror. Pakistan is capturing terrorist leaders. Saudi Arabia is making raids and arrests. Because we led, Libya is dismantling its weapons programs. The army of a free Iraq is fighting for freedom, and more than three-quarters of al Qaeda's key members and associates have been brought to justice. (Applause.) We have led, many have joined, and America and the world are safer. (Applause.)
And part of our strategy is to spread liberty and peace. I believe in the transformational power of liberty to change societies. I want you to remind your sons and daughters what has taken place in a relatively quick period of time in Afghanistan. It wasn't all that long ago that young girls could not go to school, or their mothers were taken into the public square and whipped, and sometimes into a sports stadium and killed because of the barbaric vision of the Taliban. Because we acted in our self-interest, because we acted to uphold the doctrine which I laid out that said, if you harbor a terrorist, you're equally as guilty as the terrorist, millions of people -- (applause) -- millions of people in Afghanistan voted in a presidential election. The first voter was a 19-year-old woman. (Applause.)
Free societies will be peaceful societies. Free societies will help us keep the peace. Iraq is going to have elections in January. Think how far that society has come from the days of mass graves and torture chambers. Freedom is on the march. I believe everybody years to be free. I believe people long for freedom. I believe this. I understand freedom is not America's gift to the world. Freedom is the Almighty God's gift to each man and woman in this world. (Applause.)
A President -- a President must lead with consistency and strength. In a war, sometimes your tactics change, but not your principles. Americans have seen how I do my job. Even when you might not agree with me, you know what I believe, you know where I stand, and you know where I'm going to lead our nation. (Applause.) On good days and on bad days, when the polls are up or the polls are down, I am determined to protect the American people. (Applause.)
And I'll support our troops in harm's way. You know, I want to thank those who wear our nation's uniform. I want to thank -- (applause.) I want to thank the military families who sacrifice on behalf of our nation's freedom. (Applause.) I want to thank the veterans who have set such a great example to those who wear the uniform. (Applause.) And I assure you, we will keep the commitment we have made. Our troops will have what they need to complete their missions.
That's why I went to the Congress and asked for $87 billion of supplemental funding in September of 2003. And we received great bipartisan support for this necessary and critical funding. As a matter of fact, the support was so strong that only 12 members of the United States Senate voted against the funding, two of whom were my opponent and his running mate.
AUDIENCE: Booo!
THE PRESIDENT: But let me give you a more -- a more startling statistic, one that I would hope you would use as you're gathering up the vote. Four members of the United States Senate, only four, voted to authorize the use of force and then voted against the funding necessary to support our troops in combat. Two of those four were my opponent and his running mate.
AUDIENCE: Booo!
THE PRESIDENT: So they asked him why he made that vote, and you might remember this quote. He said, "I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it." Now, look, I haven't spent all that much time in Toledo, but I doubt I'm going to find many people who talk that way here in Toledo, Ohio. (Applause.)
He has given several answers about why he made the vote. Perhaps the most revealing was when he said the whole matter was a complicated matter. My fellow Americans, there is nothing complicated about supporting our troops in combat. (Applause.)
Senator Kerry's record on national security has a far deeper problem than election-year flip-flopping. On the largest national security issues of our time, he has been consistently wrong. When Ronald Reagan was confronting the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War, Senator Kerry said that President Reagan's policy of peace through strength was making America less safe.
AUDIENCE: Booo!
THE PRESIDENT: Well, history has shown that Senator Kerry was wrong, and President Reagan was right. (Applause.)
When former President Bush led a coalition against Saddam Hussein in 1991 because he had invaded Kuwait, Senator Kerry voted against the use of force to liberate Kuwait.
AUDIENCE: Booo!
THE PRESIDENT: Well, history has shown that Senator Kerry was wrong and former President Bush was right. (Applause.)
In 1994, just one year after the first bombing of the World Trade Center, Senator Kerry proposed massive cuts in America's intelligence budget, so massive that even his Massachusetts colleague, Ted Kennedy, opposed them. (Laughter.) History shows that Senator Kerry was wrong -- and let's be fair about it -- Senator Kennedy was right. (Applause.)
During the last 20 years in key moments of challenge and decision for America, Senator Kerry has chosen the position of weakness and inaction. With that record, he stands in opposition not just to me, but to the great tradition of the Democratic Party. The party of Franklin Roosevelt, the party of Harry Truman, the party of John Kennedy is rightly remembered for confidence and resolve in times of war and hours of crisis. Senator Kerry has turned his back on "pay any price" and "bear any burden," and he's replaced those commitments with "wait and see" and "cut and run."
Many Democrats in this country do not recognize their party anymore. And today, I want to speak to every one of them. If you believe that America should lead with strength and purpose and confidence in our ideals, I would be honored to have your support, and I'm asking for your vote. (Applause.)
AUDIENCE: Four more years! Four more years! Four more years!
THE PRESIDENT: In this campaign, there are big differences about how to protect America's families. One time in our debate, my opponent said America must submit to what he calls a global test before we commit force.
AUDIENCE: Booo!
THE PRESIDENT: I'm not making that up. (Laughter.) I heard it. (Laughter.) As far as I can tell, that means our country must get permission before we act in our own defense. As President, I'll always work with friends and allies. I'll always build coalitions. But I will never turn over America's national security decisions to leaders of other countries. (Applause.)
My opponent says that September the 11th did not change him much at all. And that's clear in his policies. He believes that the war on terror is primarily a law enforcement and intelligence-gathering operation. September the 11th changed me. I remember that day when I was at Ground Zero on September the 14th, 2001. I'll never forget the sights; I'll never forget the sounds. I remember the workers in hard hats yelling at me at the top of their lungs, "Whatever it takes. I remember the first responder -- I can't remember if he was a firefighter or a policeman -- who came out of the rubble, and he grabbed me by the arm and he looked me square in the eye, and he said, "Do not let me down." Ever since that day, I've gotten up every morning thinking about how to better protect our country. I will never relent in defending America, whatever it takes. (Applause.)
The second clear choice in this election concerns your family budget. When I ran for President four years ago, I pledged to lower taxes for American families. And I kept my word. (Applause.) We doubled the child credit to a thousand dollars per child. We want to help the moms and dads of America do their duty. We reduced the marriage penalty. We believe the tax code ought to encourage marriage, not penalize marriage. (Applause.) We dropped the lowest bracket to 10 percent. We reduced income taxes for everybody who pays taxes. Real after-tax income is up 10 percent since I've been the President. That's money in your pocket. That's money you can spend. (Applause.)
I want you to remind your friends and neighbors that the stock market was in serious decline six months prior to my arrival in Washington. And then we had a recession. And we had some corporate scandals. We passed tough laws; we have made it abundantly clear we will not tolerate dishonesty in the boardrooms of America. (Applause.)
The attacks of September the 11th cost us nearly a million jobs in the three months after that attack. But our economic policies are working. They have led us back to the path of growth and recovery. Our economy is growing at rates as fast as any in nearly 20 years. We've added 1.9 million new jobs in the last 13 months. Home ownership rates are at an all-time high. Minorities are owning their home at rates than ever before in our history. (Applause.) Farm income is up. The entrepreneurial spirit is strong in America. Small businesses are flourishing. The national unemployment rate is 5.4 percent. Let me put that in perspective for you. That's lower than the average rate of the 1970s, the 1980s and the 1990s. (Applause.)
I know people are still struggling here in Ohio. I understand that. I've traveled your state a lot; I've spoken to people. But that doesn't mean we should get away from pro-growth economic policies. Quite the contrary. We need to keep your taxes low. We need to do something about lawsuits. We need to do something about regulatory reform. To keep this economy going, I will empower our small businesses, our consumers, and American families by keeping the taxes low. (Applause.)
Speaking about taxes, my opponent has got some plans for your budget --he's going to take a big chunk out of it. He voted against the higher -- the higher child tax credit, and he voted against the marriage penalty relief, he voted against lower taxes. If he'd have had his way, the average middle-class family would be paying $2,000 more a year in taxes.
AUDIENCE: Booo!
THE PRESIDENT: That's probably not a lot for some of the folks in Washington. It's a lot for the folks in Toledo, Ohio. That means a lot to the people in this part of the world. (Applause.) That means a lot to the people in this part of the world. That money helps moms and dads. It helps our families.
You know, he's been in the United States Senate for 20 years and he's -- and he's voted to raise taxes 98 times. That's five times for every year he's been in the Senate. I would call that a predictable pattern -- (laughter) -- a leading indicator. (Laughter.) When a senator does something that often, he really must like it. (Laughter.) And he's proposed $2.2 trillion in new spending -- that is trillion with a "T." That's a lot. That's a lot even for a senator from Massachusetts. (Laughter.)
So they asked him how he's going to pay for it. He said, well, he's going to tax the rich. You know, by raising the top two brackets, you're taxing small business creators. Most small businesses pay tax at the individual income tax rate. Seventy percent of new jobs in America are created by small businesses. It makes no sense to tax the job creators in America. Running up the tax is lousy economic policy. (Applause.)
Let me tell you what else is wrong -- and you need to tell this to your friends and neighbors. He's proposed $2.2 trillion in new spending, but when you raise the top two brackets, you only raise between $600 billion and $800 billion. So there's a gap. I would like to call it a tax gap, a gap between what he's promised and what he can pay. And guess who usually fills the tax gap.
AUDIENCE: We do!
THE PRESIDENT: You do. The good news is, we're not going to let him tax you. We're going to carry Ohio and win on November the 2nd. (Applause.)
The third clear choice -- the third clear choice in this election involves the quality of life for our families. A good education and quality health care are important to a successful life. As a candidate, I pledged to challenge the soft bigotry of low expectations by reforming our public schools. I kept my word. (Applause.) We passed strong education reforms in Washington. We're increasing spending, particularly for low-income students. But in return for increased spending, we're now asking whether or not a child can read or write and add and subtract. See, we realize -- or we think every child can learn, and we expect every school to teach.
You cannot solve a problem unless you diagnose the problem, and we are diagnosing and solving problems all across America. Our test scores in reading and math are up. We are closing an achievement gap for minority students all across America, and we're not going to go back to the old days of mediocrity and low expectations in our nation's schoolrooms. (Applause.)
We will continue to work to make sure health care is available and affordable. We'll make sure health care is available by expanding community health centers so the poor and the indigent can get good primary and preventative care in places other than your emergency rooms. We're going to make sure that children of low-income families are subscribed to our health programs. We want to make sure people get health care in America that can't afford it. We also want to make sure it's affordable. Most of the uninsured work for small businesses. Small businesses ought to be allowed to join together, to spread risk, so they can buy insurance at the same discount that big companies are able to do. (Applause.)
We will expand health savings accounts, which will help our families and our small businesses. And to make sure health care is available and affordable in this good state, we will do something about the frivolous lawsuits that are running up the cost of health care and running doctors out of business. (Applause.)
I was campaigning in Canton the other day, and I met two docs who are no longer practicing medicine because their premiums got so high because of the lawsuits. I have met too many OB/GYNs who are leaving practice because of the lawsuits. And I have met too many young expectant moms who are concerned about their health care because they don't have a doc close by. And that's not right for America. This is a national problem that requires a national solution. You cannot be pro-doctor, pro-patient and pro-personal injury trial lawyer at the same time. (Applause.) My opponent has made his choice. He voted against medical liability reform ten times in the Senate, and he put a personal injury trial lawyer on the ticket.
AUDIENCE: Booo!
THE PRESIDENT: I have made my choice. I'm standing with the doctors of Ohio, I'm standing with the patients of Ohio, I'm standing with the families of Ohio. I'm for medical liability reform. (Applause.)
My opponent has got a different point of view when it comes to health care. You might remember one of the debates when they asked him about his health care plan, and he said, with a straight face, the government doesn't have anything to do with it. I could barely contain myself. (Laughter.) The government has got a lot to do with it. Eighty percent of the people would be signed up to a government program under his vision. When you make it easier for people to sign up for Medicaid, it means the small business owners will stop writing insurance for their employees because the government is going to. That moves people from the private sector to the public sector. Now, when the government starts writing the checks when it comes to health care, they start making the rules when it comes to health care. And when they start making the rules when it comes to health care, they start making the decisions for you when it comes to health care. And they make decisions for your doctors when it comes to health care. The wrong prescription for American families is to federalize health care. (Applause.)
In all we do to improve health care for our families, we'll make sure the decisions are made by doctors and patients, not by officials in Washington, D.C. (Applause.)
The fourth clear choice in this election involves your retirement. Our nation has made a solemn commitment to America's seniors on Social Security and Medicare. When I ran for President four years ago, I promised to keep that commitment and improve Medicare by adding prescription drugs. I kept my word. (Applause.)
We got the job done for our seniors. Medicare needed to be modernized. Medicare would pay thousands of dollars for a heart surgery, but not one dime for the prescription drugs that might prevent the heart surgery from being needed in the first place. That didn't make any sense to people on Medicare. And so I brought Republicans together and Democrats together. I signed a Medicare law. And beginning in 2006, all seniors will be able to get prescription drug coverage under Medicare. And we will keep our promise of Social Security for our seniors. And we'll strengthen Social Security for generations to come.
Now, you might remember the 2000 campaign, when they were running the ads and the fliers and the mailers that said if George W. gets elected, our seniors will not get their checks. Well, as you gather up the vote, please remind your friends and neighbors that George W. did get elected, and the seniors got their checks. (Applause.) And the seniors will continue to get their checks. And baby boomers like me, and a couple other people I see out there, we'll get our checks. But we need to worry about our children and our grandchildren. We need to worry about whether the Social Security system will be there when they need it. And that's why I believe younger workers ought to be able to take some of their own payroll taxes and set up a personal savings account, a personal savings account that will earn a better rate of return, a personal savings account they call their own, a personal savings account the government cannot take away. (Applause.)
My opponent's taken a different approach on this issue. He said he's going to protect Social Security. I want you to remind your friends and neighbors that he has voted eight times for higher taxes on Social Security benefits. He can run from his record, but he cannot hide. (Applause.)
And when it comes to the young generation, he's offered nothing. The job of a President is to confront problems, not pass them on to future generations and future Presidents. In a new term, I'll bring people together and make sure the Social Security system is strong for generations to come. (Applause.)
The fifth clear choice in this election is on the values that are so crucial to keeping our families strong. I stand for the appointment of federal judges who know the difference between personal opinion and the strict interpretation of the law. (Applause.) I stand for marriage and family, which are the foundations of our society. (Applause.) I will promote a culture of life and I proudly signed the ban on partial birth abortion. (Applause.)
My opponent's taken a different point of view. He voted against the Defense of Marriage Act. He voted against the ban on partial birth abortion.
AUDIENCE: Booo!
THE PRESIDENT: And at one time in this campaign, he actually said the heart and soul of America can be found in Hollywood.
AUDIENCE: Booo!
THE PRESIDENT: Most families do not look to Hollywood as a source of values. The heart and soul of America is found in caring communities like Toledo, Ohio. (Applause.)
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ScienceDaily (Apr. 2, 2012) —
Sparrows in San Francisco's Presidio district changed their tune to
soar above the increasing cacophony of car horns and engine rumbles,
details new Mason research in the April edition of Animal Behaviour.
"It shows a strong link between the change in song and the change in
noise," says David Luther, term assistant professor in Mason's
undergraduate biology program. "It's also the first study that I know of
to track the songs over time and the responses of birds to historical
and current songs."The study, "Birdsongs Keep Pace with City Life: Changes in Song Over Time in an Urban Songbird Affects Communication," compares birdsongs from as far back as 1969 to today's tweets. Plus, the researchers detail how San Francisco's streets have grown noisier based on studies from 1974 and 2008.
Luther wrote the study with Elizabeth Derryberry, an assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at Tulane University and a research assistant professor at Louisiana State University's Museum of Natural Science. "We've created this artificial world, although one could say it's the real world now, with all this noise -- traffic, leaf blowers, air conditioners," Luther says. "A lot of birds are living in these areas, and what, if anything, is this doing to their songs?"
Turns out, quite a bit.
Just as we raise our voices to be heard when a car speeds past, birds making their homes near busy intersections have to tweet a little louder, Luther says. But it's more than just whistling the same tune and turning up the volume. Most birds stopped singing some old songs because those ditties couldn't cut through the racket. The bird they studied is the white-crowned sparrow, a small bird that sports a jaunty white cap with black stripes. Only male birds were studied.
Even birds from the same species don't sing the same song. "Some bird species sing in different dialects just like the way people talk differently if they are from Texas or California or New York, even different parts of New York," Luther says. The sparrows warble in low, medium and high frequencies.
"It's the really low hum where almost all of this human-made noise is -- in this very low bandwidth. The birds can often sing at the top end of that low bandwidth," says Luther, whistling a lively bird tune, "and if there's no traffic around, that's just fine. But if they're singing and there's this," he says, making a low humming noise, "the lowest portion of that song gets lost, and the birds can't hear it."
So the birds changed their tune. Sparrows in the Presidio used to sing in three distinct dialects when famed ornithologist Luis Baptista made his recordings in 1969. When Luther worked with Baptista some 30 years later, those song stylings had dropped to two, with one higher-range dialect clearly on the way to be the only song in town. "One dialect had basically taken over the city," says Luther, adding that it is officially called the "San Francisco dialect."
Songs need to be heard, not just because they sound pretty -- birds use them to talk to each other, warn away rivals and attract mates. "If you go into a bird's territory and play a song from the same species, they think a rival competitor has invaded its territory," Luther says. "It's just the same way if you're in your house and you hear strange voices, as if someone broke in." If the rival bird can't hear the song and vamoose, then it may come to bird fisticuffs. That can lead to injury or death. To do the study, the researchers found territories of 20 sparrows in the Presidio where there's lots of traffic, especially in the morning rush hour when the birds do most of their singing. They set up an iPod speaker, shuffled the sparrow songs from 1969 and 2005 and waited for a reaction.
The result? "The birds responded much more strongly to the current song than to the historic song," says Luther, adding that the sparrow flew toward the speaker while chirping a "get out of here" song. "The (current) songs are more of a threat." Chirps from 1969 didn't raise a feather. "They don't think that bird is as much of a threat," he says.
This study sets up the next one, Derryberry says. The next question is whether the females care about these changes or if any song will do. "We want to understand if the females discriminate between these songs as well," she says. White-crowned sparrows are interesting birds because their songs changed with the noise environment, Derryberry says. "Here's a bird that's able to hang around," she says. "A lot of species haven't been able to adapt to and live in an urban environment."


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These handwritten registers are from the Sligo Union workhouse, one of three workhouses in County Sligo. Thousands of people were admitted to the workhouse, usually with family members. The workhouses are a looming presence in Irish cultural memory. They were often places of despair. The names of over 3,000 children can be found. The records include a person's name, age, condition upon entering the workhouse and when they were discharged or died.
These handwritten registers are from the Sligo Union workhouse, one of three workhouses in County Sligo. Thousands of people were admitted to the workhouse, usually with family members. The workhouses are a looming presence in Irish cultural memory. They were often places of despair. The names of over 3,000 children can be found. The records include a person's name, age, condition upon entering the workhouse and when they were discharged or died.
Each record contains both an image and a transcript of the original material. The amount of information can vary but you can find out the following about your ancestor:
Status (whether married, single, widowed or a child)
Birth year
Admission year
Workhouse number
Description – type of records
On image only
If a child, name (or workhouse number) of parent
If disabled, the description of the disability
Name or location of spouse
Number of children
Observations of condition when admitted
Electoral division and townland of residence
Date left workhouse or died
Sligo Union workhouse was one of three workhouses operating in County Sligo. The registers included here cover the dates 27 November 1848 to 17 April 1849 and 28 March 1854 to 3 August 1859. This is the period of the Famine in Ireland so the records are very significant. Also, they pre-date civil registration, which can help you to break through a genealogical wall. There are over 10,000 records and 297 images.
The workhouse was built between 1840 and 1842 in the north of Sligo, admitting its first inmate on 17 December 1842. The records show that 57% of the inmates were female. Of those who were widows or widowers, 71% were female. During the famine, additional sheds were erected to accommodate more inmates and a separate fever hospital was built.
The English workhouse system was introduced to Ireland in 1838. The Poor Law Commission divided the country into 130 poor law unions, which were eventually expanded to 163 unions, and a Board of Guardians was set up for each union. Elections of the guardians took place every 25 March. Only ratepayers were eligible, which meant the landless Irish were not. Two-thirds of the guardians were elected and one-third were ex-officio guardians. Usually, the local Justices of the Peace were given the ex-officio positions. Religious leaders or ministers were not eligible.
A poor rate was introduced to help pay for shelter and food in the workhouse. The workhouses were designed for the most destitute of the poor who could not support themselves. Conditions were harsh and inhuman. Inmates were stripped of their dignity, they were no longer a person but instead a pauper inmate.
The conditions within the workhouse were not to be more comfortable than those of a working labourer outside. The idea was to deter people from entering the workhouse and push them to seek support for themselves. However, labourers during this time were not living far better. Outside of the workhouse a labourer could live in a bleak one room cottage, with little furnishings and ragged clothing.
George Wilkinson, an architect practising in Oxford, was given the task of designing and building the Irish workhouses for a salary £500 per annum. The task, as explained in the Fifth Annual Report of the Poor Law Commissioners of 1839, was to produce a building 'of the cheapest description compatible with durability; and effect is aimed at by harmony of proportion and simplicity of arrangement, all mere decoration being studiously excluded.' Wilkinson did not waste any time. He arrived in Ireland in January 1839 and submitted plans for the Poor Law Commissions by February 1839.
The typical layout for a workhouse was to have an entrance block at the front for administration, board rooms and offices. Then a person would walk through to the main building, which was three stories high and made of stone. At the back were the wash houses, store rooms and kitchens. The wards, within the main building, had un-plastered walls, bare rafters and bare floors. Inmates slept on straw mattresses. The staircases were stone, steep and narrow. Open fires were used for heating, but the small windows were ineffective for ventilation, creating a smoky and depressing atmosphere. The buildings were encircled with a large stone wall, creating a prison like impression.
Every workhouse employed a clerk to the board of guardians, treasurer, medical officer, master of the workhouse, matron, porter, chaplain, schoolmaster and schoolmistress. Then additional nurses, servants or attendants were employed as necessary. Whole families entered the workhouse and then were segregated to different wards: females, males, school/children, infirmary and idiot. Females were further separated for maternity and nursery wards. The records show a married couple Hugh and Mary Callaghan, 71 and 72 years old entering the workhouse in August 1858. The couple were listed as debility (meaning weak or frail. Once separated husbands and wives rarely saw each other. Hugh was discharged in June 1863, but his wife died in April 1862.
Daily life in the workhouse was highly regimented, monotonous and disciplined. Idleness was forbidden. Men were employed to break stones or grind corn and women washed laundry and cleaned. In some workhouses inmates were made to spin the mill-wheel for hours, walking in circles. Meals were eaten in silence and no leisure time was given. Punishments were given for foul language, talking during silence, threatening assault, disturbing prayers, playing games, exciting inmates, disobeying an officer and more. Lack of water or toilet facilities in the overcrowded wards created foul smells.
After the creation of the Free State, one of the first actions of the new government was to abolish the cruel workhouse system in Ireland.


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Window Switch – Move applications between networked computers
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You no longer need to save and send documents to move them around, simply move the view of the application to the machine where you need it.
Key Features
* Shadow an existing display or another session
* Start sessions on remote (or local) machines using intuitive menus
* Disconnect from those sessions and re-connect when you need them again
* Send them to other machines with just one click
* Stays out of the way using a single icon in your system tray
System Design Features
* Portable: the code should be portable to almosty any platform, from mobile phones to data centers.
* Secure: It uses strong cryptography to authenticate both the server and clients.
* ZeroConf: using mDNS, local servers are detected automatically.
* Simple Line Protocol: the protocol used to communicate between the client and server is a simple single line text protocol.
* Performance: the system can preload sessions and tunnels, which makes starting new sessions very fast.
* Flexible: the sessions are accessible from Window Switch, but also using xpra directly, any NX client or any standard VNC client.
* Integration with file managers: Windows Explorer (on Windows) and Nautilus on Linux.
Cool Features
* Using blueproximity or similar tools, you can get the windows to follow you around without having to touch the computer. Window Switch will simply re-connect the windows to the computer which is nearest to you.
* Sound redirection: start playing some music on one computer, move the window to another, and the sound will go with it.
Install window switch in ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick) and Natty Narwhal (11.04)
Step 0: Administrator privileges
All the instructions below must be run as root, so open a terminal and become root:
sudo su --
Step 1: Import the packager's key:
wget -O -- http://winswitch.org/gpg.asc | apt-key add --
Step 2: Natty Narwhal (11.04) beta
echo "deb http://windowswitch.org/ natty main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winswitch.list;
apt-get update;
apt-get install winswitch
Step 2: Maverick Meerkat (10.10)
echo "deb http://windowswitch.org/ maverick main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winswitch.list;
apt-get update;
apt-get install winswitch


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Updated 10/31/2017
Hardy County
Assessor's Office
204 Washington Street, Moorefield WV 26836
email@example.com - 304.530.0202
NEWS: Introducing the New ONLINE PROPERTY ASSESSMENT for Hardy County...
Click HERE To File Your Property Assessment
♠ ♠ ♠ ♠ ♠ Electronic Tax Maps ♠ ♠ ♠ ♠ ♠
The Electronic Tax Map Site is for Tax Map Use ONLY, do not rely on any lines or corners as actual; your deeded property lines and Plats may be/are Recorded in the County Clerks Office.
The Electronic Tax Map site, is a work in progress and may need adjusting, and are not Official in any capacity.
Vehicle Property Tax Credit - The WV Legislature did a FIX for the Tax Credit, see here
Duties of the Assessor
The duty of the County Assessor under the West Virginia Constitution is to determine the value of real and personal property for the purpose of taxation. The role of the Assessor in the property taxation process is frequently misunderstood. People often say that the Assessor increased their taxes, but in reality, the Assessor's only role is to fairly determine the "true and actual" value of real and personal property.
The Levying Bodies such as Legislature of WV, the Board of Education, the County Commission and the City/Town Councils set their budgets and the rate of taxation (the levy rate). Your tax bill is determined by multiplying a tax rate against our assessed value, which is 60% of market value.
The Assessor also deals with Homestead Exemptions, Managed Timberland and Agricultural Use Properties, Public Utilities, collection for distribution of Dog Tags, and the Certification Process.
Where Do Your Tax Dollars Go?
Over 70% of property tax dollars go to schools and education. County government gets approximately 20% which is used to support the courthouse, jail and various services such as: EDA, Health Department, Water and Sewage, Parks And Recreation, Dog Pound, 4-H Camp, Emergency Services, and Social Services. The remainder goes to the State and municipalities.
Want to Know More???
If you or an organization would like to have more information about your assessment, please let me know. I will schedule an appointment for you one on one or we canschedule a tour for groups of 10-12 people. Remember this is your government learn how it works. Phone (304) 530-0202.
Assessments and General Information
Every year you receive a personal property assessment form to be completed and returned to the Assessor's Office. Please examine the form carefully and list all property that you owned on July 1.
**To avoid interest and penalties be sure to file on time every year.
** If you are not assessed in the proper time frame, it will result in a supplemental assessment which has a penalty of $25.00 to $100.00. All property not assessed is subject to penalty.
You may also bring your form along with all vehicle identification numbers to the Assessor's Office. The identification numbers can be found on your registration card. The office staff will assist you in filling out your form.
Office staff will also be in Wardensville on a Monday and Mathias on a Tuesday in August. Date and times to be announced in the Moorefield Examiner and WELD at a later date.
You must come to the Assessor's Office to file proper forms for Farm Use Exemption between July 1 and September 1 every year.
If you do not file for the exemption , you will not receive it.
Farm Use Stickers may be purchased after August 1.
How to Estimate Your Taxes
The formula to estimate your tax is:
Example of Class II (owner-occupied) in County:
If you were entitled to the Homestead Exemption you would subtract $20,000 from the assessed value before applying the levy rate. Example $60,000 - $20,000 (Exemption) = $40,000 X Current Rate (County Class II) = Tax Dollars
Homestead Exemption
If you are 65 years of age or older on or before June 30 following the July 1 assessment date, or you are permanently and totally disabled, you may file for the Homestead Exemption in the Assessor's Office. This would exempt you for the first $20,000 of the assessed value.
All New Applicants MUST File between JULY 1 and DECEMBER 1 of Each Year.
Applicant's eligibility will be approved upon meeting the following requirements:
1. Applicant is the OWNER and OCCUPANT of the property. It must be used exclusively for residential purposes.
2. Applicant must have accupied the property more than six months prior to the date of application.
3. Applicant must have been a resident of WV the two consecutive years preceding the relative tax year.
4. Applicant must sign an oath that they do not receive a similar exemption in another state or county.
5. If Applicant has resided in another state and returns within a period of five years, applicant will be allowed exemption if such person resided in WV for two years out of the five immediately preceding the relative tax year.
6. Only one Homestead Exemption shall be allowed for each residence used and occupied by the owners therof, regardless of the number of eligible owners residing therein.
If you have any questions regarding Homestead Exemption, please call the office at (304) 530-0202.
Dog License Fees
WV Law requires the Assessor to collect license tax on all dogs that are or will be six months of age or older, for county and municipalities.
You will find space provided on your assessment from to give a brief description of each dog. Dog tags will be mailed to you at the address listed on your assessment form. Please enclosed check or money order with you assessment.
Dog license tax supports reimbursement to farmers for loss of sheep killed by dogs, the pound, and animal control programs.
NOTE: Dog tags are sold all year long. If you get a dog before or after July 1 and it is 6 months old or older, a dog tag is required.
Paying Your Taxes
If assessed in the proper time frame you will receive a printed tax statement from the Sheriff's Office the following July. The Sheriff's Office is the Treasurer for Hardy County and is responsible for tax collection.
On July 15, the current year's collection begins. You may receive a 2.5% discount if you pay the first half by September 1 and the second half by March 1. On April 30, a delinquent list is prepared and published in the newspaper. If you have not paid delinquent real estate taxes by the date of delinquent tax sale, your property will be sold. Date of the delinquent tax sale will be published in the local newspaper.
Please remember, if you are not assessed within the proper time frame with the Assessor's Office you WILL NOT receive a tax statement from the Sheriff's Office.
WV Code §11-3-10 requires that you report all taxable property owned as of July 1.
If you need assistance feel free to stop by the office during our regular hours or phone us at (304) 530-0202 or email email@example.com
Thank you for your cooperation. I have an open door policy and your comments are always welcomed and appreciated.
Jim B. Wratchford, Assessor of Hardy County
Land Books
Phone: (304) 530-0202
Fax: (304) 530-0203


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11 U.S. Code § 106 - Waiver of sovereign immunity
Section 106(c) relating to sovereign immunity is new. The provision indicates that the use of the term "creditor," "entity," or "governmental unit" in title 11 applies to governmental units notwithstanding any assertion of sovereign immunity and that an order of the court binds governmental units. The provision is included to comply with the requirement in case law that an express waiver of sovereign immunity is required in order to be effective. Section 106(c) codifies In re Gwilliam, 519 F.2d 407 (9th Cir., 1975), and In re Dolard, 519 F.2d 282 (9th Cir., 1975), permitting the bankruptcy court to determine the amount and dischargeability of tax liabilities owing by the debtor or the estate prior to or during a bankruptcy case whether or not the governmental unit to which such taxes are owed files a proof of claim. Except as provided in sections 106(a) and (b), subsection (c) is not limited to those issues, but permits the bankruptcy court to bind governmental units on other matters as well. For example, section 106(c) permits a trustee or debtor in possession to assert avoiding powers under title 11 against a governmental unit; contrary language in the House report to H.R. 8200 is thereby overruled.
Section 106 provides for a limited waiver of sovereign immunity in bankruptcy cases. Though Congress has the power to waive sovereign immunity for the Federal government completely in bankruptcy cases, the policy followed here is designed to achieve approximately the same result that would prevail outside of bankruptcy. Congress does not, however, have the power to waive sovereign immunity completely with respect to claims of a bankrupt estate against a State, though it may exercise its bankruptcy power through the supremacy clause to prevent or prohibit State action that is contrary to bankruptcy policy.
There is, however, a limited change from the result that would prevail in the absence of bankruptcy; the change is two-fold and is within Congress' power vis-a-vis both the Federal Government and the States. First, the filing of a proof of claim against the estate by a governmental unit is a waiver by that governmental unit of sovereign immunity with respect to compulsory counterclaims, as defined in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure [title 28, appendix], that is, counterclaims arising out of the same transaction or occurrence. The governmental unit cannot receive a distribution from the estate without subjecting itself to any liability it has to the estate within the confines of a compulsory counterclaim rule. Any other result would be one-sided. The counterclaim by the estate against the governmental unit is without limit.
Second, the estate may offset against the allowed claim of a governmental unit, up to the amount of the governmental unit's claim, any claim that the debtor, and thus the estate, has against the governmental unit, without regard to whether the estate's claim arose out of the same transaction or occurrence as the government's claim. Under this provision, the setoff permitted is only to the extent of the governmental unit's claim. No affirmative recovery is permitted. Subsection (a) governs affirmative recovery.
Though this subsection creates a partial waiver of immunity when the governmental unit files a proof of claim, it does not waive immunity if the debtor or trustee, and not the governmental unit, files proof of a governmental unit's claim under proposed 11 U.S.C. 501(c).
This section does not confer sovereign immunity on any governmental unit that does not already have immunity. It simply recognizes any immunity that exists and prescribes the proper treatment of claims by and against that sovereign.
The Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, referred to in subsec. (a)(3), (5), are set out in the Appendix to this title.
2010—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 111–327 struck out "728," after "726,".
1994—Pub. L. 103–394 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows:
"(a) A governmental unit is deemed to have waived sovereign immunity with respect to any claim against such governmental unit that is property of the estate and that arose out of the same transaction or occurrence out of which such governmental unit's claim arose.
"(b) There shall be offset against an allowed claim or interest of a governmental unit any claim against such governmental unit that is property of the estate.
"(c) Except as provided in subsections (a) and (b) of this section and notwithstanding any assertion of sovereign immunity—
"(1) a provision of this title that contains 'creditor', 'entity', or 'governmental unit' applies to governmental units; and
"(2) a determination by the court of an issue arising under such a provision binds governmental units."
Amendment by Pub. L. 103–394 effective Oct. 22, 1994, and applicable with respect to cases commenced under this title before, on, and after Oct. 22, 1994, see section 702(a), (b)(2)(B) of Pub. L. 103–394, set out as a note under section 101 of this title.


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Listen: Kelly Watch The Stars / Air AirKelly.mp3
Listen: Radio #1 / Air AirRadio.mp3
Marc Lessner at Soul Trader in London was a most dependable source when it came to the latest, greatest dance and club releases back in the late 90′s. It was Marc who insisted I pay attention to Air, and gave me their first UK EP, LE SOLEIL EST PRESCE MOI. Despite a French aversion resulting from a few bad trips to Paris, I found Air irresistable. 'Modular' on Mo Wax followed and then came 'Sexy Boy', with an intro riff shockingly similar to New Math's 'They Walk Among You', which was played down the phone to me by Howard quite early. But it was indeed the song's similarity to Pink Floyd's 'Julia Dream' that really grabbed my interest. All these years later, and I still don't think I've even heard one mention of Pink Floyd when it comes to Air. Oh, and I do cherish my promo only UK single pictured above, one of many gems from the hands of Lessner. He always had my back when it came to promos bless him.
I excitedly went to see an early, maybe first, New York show at Town Hall soon after 'Sexy Boy' became an underground hit. It was very, very disappointing. I was shocked at how dull the whole event was. It put me off ever buying a ticket again, but not from loving the recordings.
Conveniently, despite their club royalty status, many of the singles were issued on UK 7″ vinyl. Both 'Kelly Watch The Stars' and 'Radio #1′ were radio and chart hits in the UK, unlike here in the US. Once again, our programmers chose to grind their tired sounding stations to a cultural halt – I heard today that Boston's WBCN bit the dust – put themselves right out of business with their stubborn musical policies. Good riddance.
Seems to me the excellent Animal Collective have quite good tastes – the influence Air have had on their records is worn very visibly on their sleeves. All good.


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Product Inspection for Bakers: Insight from Mettler-Toledo Part one
Communication on product safety and quality can differentiate bakers in a competitive environment, says specialist
"Traditionally manufacturers haven't made a big thing of promoting food safety and quality standards to end consumers," said Neil Giles, marketing communications manager for the product inspection division of Mettler-Toledo.
"This is mostly because topics such as contamination have negative connotations behind them," Giles told BakeryandSnacks.com.
However, he said that within the next two to three years, there will be a shift towards this communication across Europe, particularly in the packaged baked goods area and this will be positive for business.
Communication: The road to differentiation
The shift towards increased communication on quality and safety standards would likely be initiated by the bigger players, Giles said, as these firms will have more cash and market share is especially important to them.
"Most bakery manufacturers need to differentiate themselves from competitors, and talking about quality and safety standards is a good vehicle to do so," he said.
As European bakers start to communicate on safety and quality, Asia is a great example to look to, he said.
"In Asia, manufacturers are advertising that products meet Western standards and on packaging you see references to HACCP processing and other international standards. The Asian industry is quite smart there – getting that message out to consumers."
He noted however, that the communication would need to go beyond just information on labels as there is already a lot of information on labels.
"Communication would be stronger if we could raise the agenda with PR activity too," he said.
Communicating recalls is a thin line
Communication is also essential when recalls do occur, Giles said.
The product must be explicitly defined, with best before dates, batch numbers and product types outlined along with the reason for the recall.
"It's quite a thin line to walk. Manufacturers don't want to be alarmist but the message needs to be very, very clear."


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Michigan researchers discover vulnerabilities in next-generation connected vehicle technology
The vulnerability allows an attacker to manipulate a new intelligent traffic control algorithm and cause severe traffic jams.
As time goes on, more cars are being manufactured with connected vehicle technology (CV) to easily connect vehicles to transportation infrastructure via wireless communication. The goal of the technology is to improve mobility, safety, environmental impact, and public agency operations.
The US Department of Transportation has started implementing a CV based system called Intelligent Traffic Signal System (I-SIG), which is a vehicle-to-infrastructure technology that uses real-time vehicle trajectory data to intelligently control the duration and sequence of traffic signals. With the use of this system, comes vulnerabilities, and Michigan researchers have demonstrated that even one single cyberattack can greatly manipulate the intelligent traffic control algorithm in the current I-SIG system and cause severe traffic jams.
The researchers, including CSE PhD student Qi Alfred Chen, computer science undergraduate Yucheng Yin, CSE Prof. Z. Morley Mao, CEE Prof. Henry Liu, and UMTRI research scientist Dr. Yiheng Feng, believe attackers can compromise their own vehicle or other people's vehicles (physically, wirelessly, or through malware), and send malicious CV messages with spoofed driving data (e.g., speed and location) to the I-SIG system. This can cause massive congestion and can even cause a blocking effect to jam an entire intersection direction.
In the video below, they demonstrate how one single attack vehicle parking nearby can exploit the newly-discovered congestion creation vulnerabilities in the current I-SIG system and cause severe traffic jams.
To demonstrate the security vulnerabilities, the researchers first performed a security analysis on the I-SIG system design, and created spoofing strategies. They then performed vulnerability analysis by trying all the data spoofing options for these strategies to understand the attack effectiveness. After that, they analyzed the causes for the highly effective attack results, and constructed practical exploits under real-world attack constraints.
The researchers discovered that the massive congestion is due to two congestion creation vulnerabilities. The first one is called "last vehicle advantage", which allows an attacker to determine the traffic signal plan by spoofing as a late arriving vehicle. The other is called "curse of the transition period", which allows an attacker to inject tens of "ghost vehicles" to substantially influence the traffic signal plan.
The researchers state that, "an attack can completely reverse the benefit of a connected vehicle-based signal control system by causing the traffic mobility to be 23.4% worse than that without adopting such system."
To defend against an attack, they recommend: designing an effective and robust signal control algorithms specifically for the transition period, performance improvement for road-side units, and data spoofing detection using infrastructure-controlled sensors.
More information is available in their research paper entitled "Exposing Congestion Attack on Emerging Connected Vehicle based Traffic Signal Control", which was presented at the 2018 NDSS Symposium in San Diego, California.


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New Trailer for 'Finding Dory'
Category: Sneak Peeks & Trailers
Check out the new trailer for 'Finding Dory'
isney•Pixar's "Finding Dory" reunites everyone's favorite forgetful blue tang, Dory, with her friends Nemo and Marlin on a search for answers about her past. What can she remember? Who are her parents? And where did she learn to speak Whale? Directed by Andrew Stanton ("Finding Nemo," "WALL•E") and produced by Lindsey Collins (co-producer "WALL•E"), the film features the voices of Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Ed O'Neill, Kaitlin Olson, Ty Burrell, Eugene Levy and Diane Keaton. "Finding Dory" swims into theaters June 17, 2016.


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Source: Vitoria News, Jennifer Feinberg
'Recent trade deals have given away more of Canada's dairy market to foreign farmers' – Mark Strahl
Chilliwack-Hope MP Strahl was again pressing the federal Liberals on behalf of the agri-food industry.
On Friday he was one of five MPs applying pressure in the virtual House of Common to find out exactly when dairy farmers can expect the compensation owed to them.
"Our dairy farmers produce the highest quality milk in the world, but recent trade deals have given away more of Canada's dairy market to foreign farmers," Strahl said.
The dairy sector was promised a multi-year compensation package for granting market access in the latest trade deal, but they haven't made it crystal clear when payments for the second year of the deal will be forthcoming.
The Liberal Minister of Agriculture, Marie-Claude Bibeau has been quoted saying that payments for Year 2 (of 8) for CETA and CPTPP compensation to under the Canada-European Union trade agreement (CETA) and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) will be paid "before the end of the year."
Strahl argued that phrasing made it unclear if the minister meant December 31, 2020 or the end of government fiscal year, March 31, 2021.
"The farmers in my riding don't need the Parliamentary Secretary to read them a story and give them the same answer he's just given four times in Question Period," the MP said with a hint exasperation in his voice.
"On what date will compensation be paid to farmers across this country?"
"Again, our government recognizes the crucial role supply management plays in keeping our rural communities vibrant," said Neil Ellis, parliamentary secretary, Agriculture and Agri-Food replying to the MP. "We'll always be there to defend it. That is why during the recent NAFTA negotiations we protected supply management from American effort to dismantle it."
The Liberals pledged to make $1.75 billion available over eight years, in "full, fair compensation" and that promise is "firm," Ellis stated.
"A promise made is a debt unpaid and it's time the Liberals keep their promises to Canadian dairy farmers," concluded MP Strahl. "Liberals should keep their word and tell Canadian dairy farmers exactly when they will receive the compensation that they have been promised."
To watch the video of the exchange in Question Period, visit MP Strahl's Facebook page.