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Genuine Xecuter Product Serial Checker Launched !
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We are please to announce the launch of the Genuine Xecuter Product Serial Checker. http://serial.xecuter.com Now you will always know for sure if your TX products are the real thing and not some dodgy clones that are crap quality and will get absolutely no support and no warranty. We will be adding a unique code to all TX products over the next few weeks, however the first product to have a code already printed was the CR3 Lite. As suspected there were many CR3 Lite clones on the market and the quality was pathetic. Cheap quality crystal oscillators, incorrect circuit layout, poor quality build, really shitty glitch times etc. They even tried to clone the serial numbers but must have gotten bored and just duped the codes Fakes / Clones: The problem is (or was) that users will come here reporting that their CR3 Lite is bad and demand support / warranty and the reputation of the product is turned to mud – when in fact it's a perfectly great product that out performs every RGH device on the market (except the CR3 Pro of course). We would understand it if we charged so much more money for the originals – but these clones are being sold wholesale for only $1.80 cheaper than buying the originals direct! Cheap f***ers indeed. Well now you can see if your code is valid and that your product is real. Once you enter your code you will be given the option to claim it and leave a message that is to be displayed (we recommend you put your forum nick in there somewhere in case you require support in future so you can prove that you own the real product). We have also implemented a check limit on each valid code. It is presumed that a retailer may check the code to see...
Posted by Scene News on Oct 29, 2012 in
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Here is a monster update to compliment yesterday's LT Ultimate fw news. Going out with a bang for sure NEWS #1: CR3 PRO It's been 6 months in the making (no thanks to several motherboard/dashboard revisions during our development time), and now after an exhaustive test run, the CR3 Pro is ready for public consumption. This is aimed at users who demand the highest RGH performance possible and the ability to tune their settings to an extreme level. The first release of CR3 Pro is designed for slims only. The full kit includes new V3 QSB's for Trinity, Corona v1 (16MB Hynix TSOP) and v2 (4GB Phison BGA) (These are also available to buy separately for use with legacy CoolRunners Rev A, B & C and also the CR3 Lite and a Phat version V3 QSB kit is also available – See News #5). A Brand new POST V2 for complete monitoring and tuning using the new CR3 Pro Rater software is also included (J-R Programmer v2 required – See News #6) Note: For Corona v2 (4GB) Nand Read/Write you will need the 4GB RW Kit. CR3 Pro Installed to a Corona v1: CR3 Pro Rater Screenshot: A dedicated CR3 Pro Phat version is in progress – currently having fun with "un-glitchable" zephyrs and falcons Full details / specs / install pics / prices / release date etc will be available shortly. NEWS #2: CR3-DGX The CR3-DGX is an add-on that connects to the CR3 Pro. We have been working on this bad boy for some time – it's really kick-ass and only made possible by the high level of accuracy and timing of the CR3 Pro. Features: Fast Recovery of CPU/DVD Key from 2.0.15572.0 – Tested on Trinity, Corona v1 & Corona v2 (4GB) Fast Recovery of CPU/DVD Key from 2.0.15574.0 – Tested on Trinity, Corona v1 &...
C4E & Team Xecuter Presents LT Ultimate 1532 Demo
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You wanted more info……. How about one version Unlocked DVD PCB running a new Live Play & Update safe and tested LT Ultimate fw from C4E for all slims including: Liteon DG-16D4S 9504 (Tested & 100% Complete) Liteon DG-16D4S 0272 (Tested & 100% Complete) Liteon DG-16D4S 0225 (Tested & 100% Complete) Liteon DG-16D4S 0401 (Tested & 100% Complete) Liteon DG-16D4S 1071 (Tested & 100% Complete) Liteon DG-16D5S 1175 (Tested & 100% Complete) Liteon DG-16D5S 1532 (Tested & 100% Complete) Hitachi DLN10N 0500 (Tested & 100% Complete) Hitachi DLN10N 0502 (Tested & 100% Complete) It also no longer matters if you had a previous full fw dump or not. DVD Key only required. Now you know why we showed the fw name as LT Ultimate. Is this good enough for you ? Here is a video demo of another world first – a Liteon DG-16D5S 1532 working with the new LT Ultimate Firmware and the new PCB Upgrade…....
UpdateSPY v16167-1 now available
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UpdateSPY by 'Zouzzz' is a nice Windows tool that allows you to easily download almost all Xbox 360 Retail System Updates, since 2.0.6690.0 up to the latest 16197 Dashboard. Here's the changelog for the newest release: v16197-1: – Added update 2.0.16197.0 download – Added update 2.0.16197.0 detection Be sure to download the latest version from HERE! NEWS SOURCE #1: Storyid #4070 (via) GX-Mod NEWS SOURCE #2: Updatespy 16167 download official system update easily (via) Homebrew-Connection Original post: UpdateSPY v16167-1 now...
XMPlayer v0.0.2 is now available!
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It has been a while since its first release, and now, developer 'Siz' has released an update to the famous libxenon's Media Player, which was originally started by 'Ced2911'. Here's the huge changelog and info for the new v0.0.2: XMPlayer 0.0.2 – October 19, 2012 With a lot of help from especially Ced2911 and the Libxenon community, I can proudly present the new version of XMPlayer with added features, fixes and changes. Enjoy. /siz github: https://github.com/siz-/xmplayer Changelog Version 0.0.2: – Fixed: .avi files not playing after a .mkv, .mov or .mp4 file has been played – Fixed: When entering a new folder « Item number/All item number » will not update until moving down on d-pad – Fixed: When paused, the osd buttons (y, xbox, x) unpauses video, only (a) pauses/unpauses now – Fixed: Osd_show_progression (x) only shows if osd-button (y) hasn't been pressed before – Fixed: Lb and Rb doesn't seek -600/+600 – Fixed:The D-pad being buggy after a video has been played – Fixed: Some bugs with osd displaying delay as -0 because of it being close to zero – Fixed: Removed the 1 pixel-width line artifact in videos – Changed: Osd-button (y) now switches from directly on/off, this means it only needs 1 press to full osd and not 3 presses – Changed: When pressing the pause-button (a) progression will also show – Changed: The page down icon now only shows, if there are at least more items than a page – Changed: The (b) button doesn't exit to homescreen any more, it goes one level up, until root then goes to homescreen – Changed: [extension.mp4] demuxer=mov to demuxer=lavf in mplayer.conf, lavf handles .mp4 files better than mov – Changed: Updated libass to 0.10.0 – Changed: Ass/ssa is now subtitle default which means outline, color, scale etc. works -Changed: The audio delay option in osd is...
FakeAnim v0.60b released!
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FakeAnim v0.60b by our friend BioHazard, is a nice app that allows you to run a custom boot animation in the form of WMV 9 encoded videos, so they can be played on the console prior to showing the dashboard. Overview: This release will allow for fake animations in the form of WMV 9 encoded videos to be played on the console prior to showing the dashboard. Since this file is only loaded after the console is ready there will be a minor increase in boot times. This has no impact on glitch times since the glitch occurs prior to this file ever being loaded. The Delay and Calibration settings are designed to allow the user to tweak the video to their specific system and display. This tweaking makes it so that the video does not get cut off. Please read below for a full set of instructions: Installation & Configuration: Important: Do NOT attempt to delete bootanim.xex if you are unable to restore to a previous NAND dump via hardware. Requirements: DashLaunch v3.03 is required for this to work. Installation: Copy over all files in the archive to the HDD or USB of the 360. Edit your launch.ini to have fakeanim = point to the fakeanim.xex Reboot the console and make sure the application runs. Ignore the Red Screen being present for a while. Once you have verified the application is launched remove bootanim.xex** from the consoles Flash. (Use FS3 or FTP). Reboot the console and pay attention to how long the red screen is displayed. Calibration takes place in the fakeanim.ini file and should be checked with a cold boot in order to force the GPU to initialize. Once calibration is complete edit the fakeanim.ini and set calibration to 0 Calibration Notes: To adjust the length the red screen is shown. Add to the number to increase the time take delay. Take away to decrease it. The...
AutoGG v0.8 now available!
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AutoGG by blaKCat is an All-In-One (Nandpro/xebuild/build.py…) Glitch/JTAG app. Following the launch of the 16197 Dashboard, and the subsequent new versions of other apps like Xebuild and DashLaunch, he decided to update this one too supporting all of them. Here's the full changelog for v0.8 Dash 16197 Xebuild 1.05 DashLaunch 3.03 New way USB-Flasher to get Nand and Cpukey without LAN Patched NandXell with new option to get Nand Data and Keys to USB. Lan Xell Debug Log without Com Monitor You can download the newest version from HERE! NEWS SOURCE #1: AutoGG by blakcat (via) Elotrolado NEWS SOURCE #2: AutoGG 0.8 the rghjtag aio program is updated (via) Homebrew-Connection Read more at 360Crunch.net: AutoGG v0.8 now...
DashLaunch v3.03 is out!
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cOz is back with a new version of DashLaunch with lots of new additions, like Corona 4GB memory support, tons of new options, and of course, support for the just released 16197 Dashboard! Here's the full changelog for v3.03: some commented code made contpatch non-functional on untouched demo containers added polish translation add nohealth option, disables kinect health pseudo video at game launch add autofake option, when enabled fakelive functionality is enabled during dash and indie games only (thanks BioHazard!) added some failsafe code to lhelper and launch to ensure auto profile signins occur moved boot time quick launch button check to lhelper, it now occurs at the point where bootanim freezes (approx) removed bootdelay option, it should no longer be required add corona 4G memory unit path add fakeanim path fix bugs related to Guide/Power paths add PIRS type content to installer launch item parsing add nooobe option, disables setup screens when settings already exist dash launch now patches xam to prevent flash updates from appearing when updaters newer than current are on devices wired controller poweron causes should now be recognized from all ports for Guide path added new option 'farenheit' add 16197 removed button debouncing, A and Y are more useful exiting from miniblades but will be touchy on older dashes tweaked boot time button checker, it should now possible to hold a button before the controller syncs (may only be 16197+) add corona bl detection to xelllaunch You can get more info on any of the Source Links below! Download Links: – dash_launch_v3.03.zip NEWS SOURCE #1: Dashlaunch 303 (via) RealModScene NEWS SOURCE #2: Dashlaunch 3.03 16197 kernel Corona 4gb and new features added (via) Homebrew-Connection Read more at 360Crunch.net DashLaunch v3.03 is...
xeBuild 1.05 and XeBuild GUI 2.085 are now available!
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Corona and 16197 kernel support! The final version of xeBuild 1.05 has been released, along an update for its official GUI by Swizzy. The Xebuild team has released an update to their famous NAND builder. After being in BETA, the 'final version' of xeBuild 1.05 has been released, adding full support for Corona and of course, for the just released 16197 dashboard. Here's the full changelog: 1.05 tidy ini_creator output a little colons were not being removed from macid string in ini file, fixed added corona4g build target and dump parsing, nanddump.bin should be minimum 0×3000000 bytes from corona mmc machines (no spare data) Xstress.settings will now be kept along with other mobile data added flash header sanity checks adjust dump loader to allow for 64bit file sizes build process will no longer complete a retail image if smc is patched or a jtag image if smc is unpatched. Apparently a big fat error warning isn't enough added some older retail.ini, added new switch to allow selecting specific bl configs (if making images with patches, the switch is appended to patch names as well) add 16197 Additionally, Swizzy has also updated the official GUI for XeBuild. v2.085 brings support for xeBuild 1.05, DashLaunch 3.03 and the 16197 kernel. ********* * 2.085 * ********* Updated: Now using xeBuild 1.05 – Final Updated: Now using Dashlaunch 3.03 Updated: Now building 2.0.16197.0 Download Links: – xeBuild v1.05 – XeBuild GUI v2.085 NEWS SOURCE #1: xebuild 1.05 is out Corona support added (via) Homebrew-Connection NEWS SOURCE #2: xebuild gui 2.085 xebuild 1.05 dashlaunch 3.03 and 16197 kernel support added (via) Homebrew-Connection Read more at 360Crunch.net here: xeBuild 1.05 and XeBuild GUI 2.085 are now...
Something very special is coming…..
Posted by Scene News on Oct 19, 2012 in
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*Official* Xecuter Sonus 360 Install Guide
Posted by Scene News on Oct 9, 2012 in
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Very easy to...
J-Runner v0.2 Beta (Build 283) – Includes Sonus 360 Editor !
Posted by Scene News on Oct 9, 2012 in
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J-Runner v0.2 Beta (Build 283) You can now read/write the limited edition power and eject sounds on any slim console using the Xecuter Sonus 360 QSB's and the Xecuter J-R Programmer, no rgh is required. A high end speaker upgrade is available from Team Xecuter for consoles that do not have the speaker that is featured in Limited Edition consoles because lets face it, the onboard buzzer type speaker is shit. Stay tuned for some very very cool Sonus 360 soundpacks and new custom sound features in the next release……. Added Xecuter Sonus 360 Editor Added Improved Scan IP (if nand loaded in source) Added Hex Editor/Viewer Added Ability to use custom CB when creating Nand (advanced function) Improved nand initialization Improved Badblock Handling Fixed bug on delete from CPUKey Database Probably added more bugs Sonus 360 Install Diagrams Download J-Runner v02 Beta (283) Core Pack: http://bit.ly/K8z3OP Download 15574 Files: http://bit.ly/MwsdIR Download 14719 Files: http://bit.ly/J7dtvT Download 14717 Files: http://bit.ly/IPpAxL Download 14699 Files: http://bit.ly/KZyIF8 Download 13604 Files: http://bit.ly/Jah15w Download 13599 Files: http://bit.ly/JwRM9Q Download 13146 Files: http://bit.ly/Jysf03 Download 12625 Files: http://bit.ly/MaIDac Download 12611 Files: http://bit.ly/JJQsyF Download 9199 Files: http://bit.ly/JsUEFE Download 7371 Files: http://bit.ly/Jys6Kf J-Runner Official Support Forum: Click here J-Runner IRC Support Channel @ #J-Runner on...
Xbox 360 gets new DVD drive Firmware & new NAND
Posted by Scene News on Oct 4, 2012 in
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New drive revision and new NAND. It looks like a new XBOX 360 drive has been discovered by a Team Xecuter forum member. The new Corona console was manufactured in 08/2012. Follow this link:...
Fake CR3 Lites already on sale
Posted by Scene News on Oct 3, 2012 in
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As suspected the China knock off sweat shops have started to sell their CR3 Lite copies. Imitation is flattering except we were prepared for these assholes this time. First of all we used very very specific parts that made it work as good as it does, we changed the branding on some of these parts to make sure that the cloners would get it wrong. Naturally the knocks offs don't use these parts and the performance is either weak or none at all. Added to that is the fact that there are a couple of major design faults that we won't go into – needless to say they make the copies total junk. Because they are so bad I wouldn't normally care, however they try to copy everything right down to the hologram security sticker, and this includes our name and warranty which is not cool. If you want to copy our gear, go for it but use your own f***ing brand name. So this time we have included a security sticker which gives you 2 codes. These codes are unique to every CR3 Lite (and will be included with every major TX product in future). You will be able to check these codes on an online database and you will be told if your product is genuine or fake (details will be shown shortly – we wanted to make sure the cloners wasted as many funds as possible before we launched this) If its fake you will receive no warranty and no support. We will also be showing the sellers of fake TX products and they will be blacklisted. For the record, this is a hacking and modding scene – we get it. Using ideas and improving upon them is par for the course – but to outright blatantly copy a product is just bullshit and the only...
F3Installer now available
Posted by Scene News on Oct 2, 2012 in
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Install Freestyle 3 easily. The FSD Team has released an update to their installer alongside the just released Freestyle 3 dashboard. Alongside the new Freestyle 3 alternative dashboard, the FSD Team has also released an update to their 'FSD Installer', now renamed to 'F3Installer'. Alongside the new Freestyle 3 alternative dashboard, the FSD Team has also released an update to their 'FSD Installer', now renamed to 'F3Installer'. Of course, this installer will allow you to install F3 and set Dashlaunch to launch F3 when your console boots. – A Live version : Put the folder F30000F3 in /Content/0000000000000000/ of a fatx device (HDD 360, USB MU int MU…) and launch the application throught the NXE. – An ISO version : burn with you imgburn (or another soft) put, the disk on the xbox and launch it thought the NXE. Download Links: – F3Installer-Live.rar (75.7 MB) – F3Installer-ISO.rar (75.2 MB) NEWS SOURCE: 360crunch.net OFFICIAL SITE: http://www.realmodscene.com/index.ph…3-freestyle-3/ (Source & Downloads) ORIGINAL NEWS SOURCE: F3Installer install Freestyle 3 easily (via)...
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I understand this doesn't stop most people.
So yesterday on the Gary Parrish show I heard his opening monologue about the horrific report detailing the attempts of some Baylor University Football officials to quash complaints of sexual assault against Baylor players.
As a person, I'm disgusted. As the father of a child who will one day go to college, I'm terrified.
I'm terrified because the willful neglect demonstrated by members of the Baylor Football staff, to women with complaints of sexual assault, makes me fearful that, one day, God forbid, if something should happen to my daughter, will there be some Bike Coach short wearing douchebag trying to talk her out of reporting it.
I'm angry because these people, regardless of their official duties, are supposed to help create and maintain an environment of education…not just cover their asses.
I'm sad for the women who were further victimized in this attempt to protect a few men who may have done something awful (we'll never know if they're guilty or innocent, though by the actions of the Baylor Football staff, they certainly don't look innocent).
And it makes me wonder: How can a mom or dad send their kid off to school without knowing how that school deals with sexual assault or domestic violence?
How can parents be sure that a school will hold their child's best interest over the best interest of the multi-million dollar enterprise that college sports has become?
Will parents start considering a school's record on dealing with these kinds of issues when they're discussing with their child what school they are interested in attending?
Because, while I'm not one of those that thinks there's a boogey man around every corner trying to get you, I know that sexual assault is one of the most under-reported crimes in the US. And that my child has a 1 in 5 chance of being sexually assaulted while she is in college.
And as a parent, that's terrifying. Its more terrifying that employees of a major University in this country would ignore these realities (because statistics aren't theoretical) for their own personal gain.
There were a lot of failings here, but the following paragraphs in the summary report really caught my eye.
Baylor failed to take appropriate action to respond to reports of sexual assault and dating violence reportedly committed by football players. The choices made by football staff and athletics leadership, in some instances, posed a risk to campus safety and the integrity of the University. In certain instances, including reports of a sexual assault by multiple football players, athletics and football personnel affirmatively chose not to report sexual violence and dating violence to an appropriate administrator outside of athletics. In those instances, football coaches or staff met directly with a complainant and/or a parent of a complainant and did not report the misconduct. As a result, no action was taken to support complainants, fairly and impartially evaluate the conduct under Title IX, address identified cultural concerns within the football program, or protect campus safety once aware of a potential pattern of sexual violence by multiple football players.
In addition, some football coaches and staff took improper steps in response to disclosures of sexual assault or dating violence that precluded the University from fulfilling its legal obligations. Football staff conducted their own untrained internal inquiries, outside of policy, which improperly discredited complainants and denied them the right to a fair, impartial and informed investigation, interim measures or processes promised under University policy. In some cases, internal steps gave the illusion of responsiveness to complainants but failed to provide a meaningful institutional response under Title IX. Further, because reports were not shared outside of athletics, the University missed critical opportunities to impose appropriate disciplinary action that would have removed offenders from campus and possibly precluded future acts of sexual violence against Baylor students. In some instances, the football program dismissed players for unspecified team violations and assisted them in transferring to other schools. As a result, some football coaches and staff abdicated responsibilities under Title IX and Clery; to student welfare; to the health and safety of complainants; and to Baylor's institutional values.
In addition to the failures related to sexual assault and dating violence, individuals within the football program actively sought to maintain internal control over discipline for other forms of misconduct. Athletics personnel failed to recognize the conflict of interest in roles and risk to campus safety by insulating athletes from student conduct processes. Football coaches and staff took affirmative steps to maintain internal control over discipline of players and to actively divert cases from the student conduct or criminal processes. In some cases, football coaches and staff had inappropriate involvement in disciplinary and criminal matters or engaged in improper conduct that reinforced an overall perception that football was above the rules, and that there was no culture of accountability for misconduct. Source
The announcement of the petition, which can be found here, lists some of the dismissive things Chairman Conrad has said about activists seeking to protect the Greensward in Overton Park.
As a general statement, I'm supportive o citizen led efforts to make change in our city, no matter how large or small. Unfortunately, this effort may not be the best use of people's time, when time is of the essence.
As the CA article notes, any effort to recall a sitting City Council member can't be brought until two years into their term, which would be 2018. By the time the recall petition came to a vote in November of 2018, not only will the issue most likely have been decided: either by mediation or Council action, but Conrad's term will be nearly over (13 months and change remaining).
Since Conrad is term limited, he won't be a part of the Council when a new group is sworn in on January 1st of 2020.
While I understand people's anger with Conrad's words, tone and sentiment, going after him in this way is a waste of time. A recall effort at this point is a flight of fancy and won't really solve anything since there's still a chance that he wouldn't actually be removed from office by a vote.
Remember, they tried this in Wisconsin with Scott Walker, and he came out of the experience stronger than ever.
As someone who routinely bugs the shit out of me, City Council Attorney Alan Wade, likes to say, "7 votes carries the day".
So if you're going to do politics…do it. Get 7 votes against Conrad's ordinance.
That may sound hard, but its a helluva lot easier than trying to recall him when this whole thing is irrelevant.
Chances are there are 7 votes to get on the Council, but you have to be smart about it. Anger isn't persuasive for most people. Anger leads to a hardening of the attitudes.
So Rule #1: Don't be a dick.
Rule #2: Don't threaten or get heated (see Rule #1).
Rule #3: Appeal to most people's sense of 'calmer heads prevailing'
If you present your case like this: "We want the Overton Park Conservancy to have a voice, and we support the ongoing mediation efforts. We're not asking you to vote against the zoo, we're asking you to vote against this ordinance at this time to give the mediation a chance to work."
Does that get you what you want? NO
But its a way to keep you from getting what you absolutely don't want…Conrad's ordinance.
In those conversations, whether they be in person, on the phone, via email, or by mail, you may get some feedback indicating the Council member's inclination. Start Counting
There are some other things you can do with 7 votes that I won't get into. Get the 7 first, then give me a call.
Now, you may have tried this on some level, but what I've observed of City Council meetings, this hasn't been presented to the Council this way. I've heard a lot of anger, and finger pointing, but not a lot of solutions. Choose any speakers wisely. Project calm. Project that you're the more reasonable party than Conrad and his hastily written ordinance.
Conrad's already taken some of that away from you by holding fire on the Second reading. Praise him for that.
The ordinance is the stick. Mediation is the carrot. Take the carrot and be happy, or get 7 votes and kill the ordinance.
While mounting a recall of a sitting Council member may be a waste of time, mounting an effort to change the way the City Council is elected may not be.
Right now there are 7 single member districts and 2 "Super Districts" with 3 members each.
How we got to this is a long and storied tale, but basically it came about as a result of an agreement between a Federal Court and the City Council way back in 1996.
If you want all the gory details, you can find a post I wrote about it in 2011 here.
Here's what's important. There are 7 districts with between 89,000 and 95,000 people in them, and 2 districts with over 323,000 people in them. What this does is makes everyone in the city have 4 City Councilmen, which is fine in theory, but as we've seen in the two decades since this arrangement has been in effect, has led to less diversity and more groupthink.
By pushing for a change in the way the district system works from the current arrangement to 13 single member districts, the districts get much smaller…just under 50,000 people per district.
What this would mean is it would take less money to get elected (especially compared to the Super Districts) and some areas of town that have never been home to a representative on the City Council since this arrangement was conceived would suddenly have more of a voice.
It puts the elected leaders on the Council closer to the people and thereby, more directly responsible to the people.
Would such a system prevent someone like your least favorite member of the Council (whomever that is) from getting elected? That would be more up to you than its ever been. And that's the point.
The City Council doesn't redistrict until before the 2023 election, but it will take a lot of pressure, and probably a Federal Court ruling approving of the new system to put it into effect. And it will meet some stiff resistance because some very powerful people will suddenly be less powerful and have to deal with people they've never had to deal with before, ever.
Just something to think about….but for now, start building bridges and rallying the votes to get 7 in the City Council. Because that's how you get what you want… or at least keep from getting what you don't want in a representative democracy.
Gibbons will join the Public Safety Institute at the University of Memphis to lend his experience as a DA to the study of protecting the public. He's also re-taking the helm of the Memphis-Shelby County Crime Commission…a post he held until he joined state government in 2011.
While some see the move as an encouraging move to combat rising violent crime, its abundantly clear to me that the prescriptions advocated by Gibbons and other members of the Memphis-Shelby County Crime Commission, dating back to the 2006 inception of Operation Safe Community, have done little if anything to combat crime, while using a high water mark in violent crime to herald their "success".
I touched on the way the Crime Commission juices the numbers earlier this year in a post about being more honest with the public's data.
Since the inception of Operation Safe Community (OSC), the Crime Commission has used 2006, a high water mark for violent crime in Shelby County, as a benchmark to measure violent crime. This is where politicians get their numbers when they say "crime is down". But by any real measure, crime isn't down, especially not this year, which has seen more murders in the first four months of the year than any time since OSC began.
But even last year and the year before that, the rate of violent crime per 1000 people in Memphis and Shelby County hasn't changed enough to say "crime is down" with any real confidence. This is because, violent crime, as a general statement has been largely the same in every year except 2006…the high water mark.
As you can see from the chart above, from 2004 to 2014, violent crime in Shelby County, as defined by the FBI Uniform Crime Report and reported by the various law enforcement agencies in the area, has stayed in a range of 15 to 20 crimes per 1000 people. Of the data available when I made this chart, 2006 was the high water mark.
OSC says they use 2006 because that's when the program began. It then releases reports like this that on page 10 show decreases in crime on a particular month of the year. But in reality, no real progress is made. Violent crime, as a general statement, remains in the same range its been since a dramatic drop in violent crime nationwide in the 1990's.
This is exactly why no one believes the crime numbers, and they shouldn't. Crime may be down from a month in 2006 that no one remembers, but it has basically stayed in the same range for a decade.
As it stands, local law enforcement acts as a reactionary force. Part of that just comes with the territory. But there are preventative measures that the police can employ that build trust from the public, and build stronger ties with communities without turning every high crime neighborhood into a military style occupation. I talked about some of those strategies after Toney Armstrong announced his departure from the MPD.
While the OSC 2012-16 plan talks about pilot programs for community oriented policing, with Armstrong's departure, there's no guarantee that this will continue.
One good thing in the OSC plan is that it calls for more supportive services outside of law enforcement, like mental health treatment access and job training. These are absolutely necessary tools, but there's little talk of funding sources. These things are trotted out there to quell the ire of liberals like me, while little work is done to secure additional funding.
At the same time, the plan pushes for harsher sentences and mandatory minimums, which have been repeatedly shown to disproportionately impact racial minorities and the poor, at a time when such strategies are falling out of favor, to say the least.
What's more, there's not much evidence that the Crime Commission is following up on the progress for these specific initiatives, except when they warrant a press release.
There's no question that organizations like the Crime Commission can be effective tools to help bring groups that otherwise wouldn't talk to each other, together for a common cause. To the extent that this has happened, the Crime Commission has been successful.
The plan the Commission has laid out has lofty goals. But with such scarce communication with the public, there's little hope of building the kind of buy-in that would help achieve them. The Commission has mostly been used as a PR tool to pump up the stats of politicians rather than bring these and other diverse groups together or educate the public in a real way. Gibbons was involved in the Commission's creation. This pattern started with him at the helm. So there's little reason to believe it will change now that he's back.
Good intentions not withstanding, the Crime Commission which includes a host of 'community partners' suffers from the same problems other such boards do…the people who serve on them may be stakeholders, but they are not representative of the community, and so reaching out to the community is virtually impossible…which makes any real success at achieving the consistently moving target of truly reducing crime in Shelby County improbable at best.
There's no question that Shelby County has a huge task in working to reduce crime in our community. But lets be real about it, and talk about the warts at least as openly as we talk about the successes. Give people actionable things to do before a call to 911 is necessary rather than relying solely on the constant drumbeat of 'report the crime'. Make sure law enforcement is building relationships lasting relationships with communities of need.
Side Note: As for Gibbons, he has some baggage that just about everyone has ignored. There have been several instances of prosecutorial misconduct that happened under his watch before he went to Nashville in 2011. But Gibbons hasn't had to answer to any of these findings. Instead it has been Weirich who has been in the crosshairs.
For certain, Weirich deserves scrutiny where she was directly involved, but Gibbons was Weirich's mentor before that, and boss while some of this went down. Yet he's been able to skirt by while Weirich takes the heat.
Last night's passage of HB779 by the Tennessee House brought to light some features of the bill that I was previously unaware of, and some problems that will most certainly result if the bill is passed.
Here's Rep. Carter speaking on two features of the bill that haven't gotten a lot of play in the media.
Ed. Note:The clip is about 3 minutes long, but the video doesn't stop on its own for some reason.
A couple of thoughts about the sunset provisions:
First, it is a good thing that this bill sunsets in 3 years. That certainly does reduce the amount of time that Memphis and other cities would have to be in a holding pattern while neighborhoods organize to leave the city.
Second, the 'one and done' provision is also a good thing. This basically gives the organizers of any de-annexation effort one shot to get it done. If, for instance, an effort were to fail in November, the city would know that area is safe from being de-annexed (theoretically).
Unfortunately, there's nothing stopping a future legislator from writing a bill that would change those provisions in the future. If they can change nearly 200 years of standard land use practice, they can sure as hell change 3 years without even giving it a second thought.
I understand that all legislation is subject to change at any time, but these sunsets give a false sense of security to the impacted cities.
What that means is areas that are part of the city don't have to be lined up one after another. This is kind of a hard thing to visualize, so I have a picture of a neighborhood (I removed all the identifying factors because I don't know if this neighborhood can de-annex or not, its just for illustration).
Lets say, this neighborhood was part of an area that de-annexed itself. Under Rep. Carter's bill, the City could end all services on the effective date, and still tax the property for the debt accrued while in the city.
But there's another piece. If some homeowners didn't want to leave the city, they have a certain timeframe (I think 30 days from the effective date) to petition the city to come back in.
That all seems well and good until you visualize what that might look like, which I have done below.As you can see in this example, just a few of the plots of land in this image have asked the City to accept them back in. The City doesn't have to, and it might be in their best interest not to.
Here's why: Providing police, fire and trash pickup for these few plots of land in an otherwise unserviced area would be a very inefficient use of resources for the city. The property taxes and fees collected would never pay for the services. Its only when the city provides services to everyone in a neighborhood that it comes closer to being efficient.
Which means that if the people in these plots of land want to still be in Memphis, they would have to move, because it wouldn't make good sense for Memphis to annex just their homes, and not the whole neighborhood.
This is one of those provisions that gets stuck in bills to make it seem really Democratic. "If they want to stay in Memphis, let 'em", says Rep. Carter. He says this, knowing full well that Memphis will have to say no if there's not enough demand (we might be wise to say no if its not unanimous).
What's more, this is just one neighborhood of a larger area that de-annexed. It may be that City services have to traverse over miles of County roads just to provide services. There's no way the City could, in good faith, allow that to happen either.
So this 'pot sweetener' is really a red herring. Rep. Carter knows the City could never make a few exceptions for select people. It would be fiscally irresponsible.
At this point, we don't know if the Senate will vote on this bill this week or next. The House calendar says its ready to be sent over to the Senate, which means it could be any day now.
This afternoon Mayor Strickland met with the Memphis City Council (they were still meeting as I wrote this). Strickland says de-annexation could add between 30 and 70 cents to our already highest in the state tax rate.
Last night Rep. Larry Miller warned the Tennessee House of Representatives that by voting for the bill they were voting for a tax hike. He was right.
I guess Republicans aren't opposed to tax hikes for some people.
The bill if approved, would allow as many as 10 previously and lawfully annexed areas of Memphis to petition for a referendum, which if approved by a majority of the voters in the area, would remove them from the City.
I watched the debate from the safety of my home here in Memphis. There was some impassioned debate, especially from Shelby County Representatives Joe Towns and Raumesh Akbari, though others including Larry Miller, G.A. Hardaway spoke against the bill, while Mark White, one of the bills sponsors, spoke for it.While the debate was robust, there are still a bunch of questions that were left unanswered. Notably, whether or not residents who would leave Memphis would be liable for long-term costs associated with annexing their neighborhoods that aren't included in City debt. Representative Carter, a former General Sessions Judge from Hamilton County, seemed confident that these questions were answered. But when questioned about future refunded debt (debt that cities refinance for lower interest rates or other benefits) Carter was vague, as if he didn't really understand the question, or perhaps he was purposely trying to avoid the question.
The bill now moves to the Senate where, two of Shelby County's five members are sponsors.
There were some 17 amendments offered on the bill, only one, that didn't "make" the bill was approved. This amendment was offered by Minority Leader Fitzhugh.
One amendment sought to remove the word 'egregious' from the bill.
Egregious was the word of the night. Rep. Carter used it repeatedly to make a process that for decades had been otherwise routine seem like some kind of assault.
Rep. Carter argued that keeping the word in created a legal standard for the kind of annexation the bill dealt with, and the kind it did not. This all seems unnecessary to me, since the bill spells out exactly what kinds, in fact, which specific annexations were offensive based on when and where they happened.
I didn't know if egregious had some kind of special meaning in a legal sense, so I looked it up on FindLaw. Here's their definition:
extremely and conspicuously bad.
That doesn't sound like a rock solid legal foothold to me. I mean, who determines what's a 'bad' annexation?
We'll have to see what happens in the Senate with this bill. Hopefully, it will be held up, but I'm not holding my breath.
The allegation was that Memphis has been running a 70 to 90 million dollar deficit every year, and paying for it with additional borrowing.
Now, I'll be the first to admit that I haven't been following Memphis' budget hearings as closely as I once did in the past few years, but I'm pretty damn sure that if there had been a deficit that amounted to 10% to 14% of the City budget, I'd have heard about it.
The City has refinanced a great deal of debt over the past few years, taking advantage of their good credit rating, high values, and low interest rates. You can see all of Memphis' General Obligation Debt here.
It may be that the City has used some of the savings, or even the high premiums that were paid by bondholders above and beyond the refinanced debt for operations, but that's not borrowing to keep the lights on. That's borrowing to get rid of old debt and coming out of it ahead.
I'm still not certain that this is what happened, but I know that doesn't make it 'deficit spending', since, you know, Memphis has to have a balanced budget each year by state law.
Rep. Carter also questioned Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland's numbers on the overall financial impact of the bill.
Carter says the City only mentioned $27 million dollars of financial impact in previous discussions.
That may be, but one has to wonder what version of the bill those numbers came from. See, this bill came before the House last year. At that time, the number of areas that could vote to de-annex was less, which means less financial impact.
I know from talking to people in and around the debate, that until very recently, the areas that were to be included stuck with last year's bill. Its only in the last few days that anyone's known about the new expanded version of the bill according to these sources.
So perhaps those numbers came from a prior version of the bill and Rep. Carter is 'misremembering'. Or maybe he's just following Rep. Todd's lead and lying outright.
I can't say.
Now it seems like we'll just have to wait on the Senate to act…or perhaps, not act.
Earlier today, Governor Haslam questioned the constitutionality of the bill as well as what the impact might be on cities like Memphis, and Knoxville, where he served as Mayor.
All of that remains to be seen.
There's one thing that's sure. If this bill gets passed, it represents a two decade reach back in public policy. There's no question its not fair, and a lot of question as to how constitutional it is.
Remember, two areas recently annexed into the city had been fighting their annexation in court, and lost. The courts have consistently upheld a city's right to annex based on the rules of the game at the time. One has to wonder if those rulings will be overturned when this is litigated.
If so, no city in Tennessee is safe to plan for its future. The whims of the Tennessee General Assembly will be too great for any city to bear. And that will have a negative impact on their citizens, their ability to grow naturally, and their financial health.


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Beef & Potato Salad With Smoky Chipotle
In central Mexico, this salad is a standard—served as an appetizer, main dish or taco filling. Serve it with lime wedges, warm tortillas or tortilla chips. (Recipe from Fiesta at Rick's by Rick Bayless; W.W. Norton and Company, July 2010.)
- 12 ounces stew beef, preferably from the chuck; cut into 1-inch cubes
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped
- 3 medium boiling potatoes, peeled and cut into roughly 1/2-inch pieces
- 3 tablespoons cider vinegar
- 1 small red onion, cut into 1/4-inch pieces
- 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 2-3 tablespoons chipotle chile in adobo sauce, finely chopped canned
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 medium avocado, ripe, cut into 1/4-inch pieces
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- Step 3
- Coarsely shred the beef and stir it into the potatoes, along with onion, oil and chipotle to taste. Let cool to room temperature. Stir in avocado just before serving.
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Le Crotoy: Mussels in the Town Square
We had Moules et Frites in the square in Le Crotoy, laid on by the local Pompiers, proceeds to their funds. As ever, very tasty! We ate from trays on wooden tables and benches laid out under the trees.
My friend Malcolm is pictured enjoying the seafood, a treat we never miss when in France.
Mussels and fries, just like home :-)
Favorite Dish: August 15th is often the occasion for some festivities. The firemen of Le Crotoy had organized a giant open-air event, where we could eat mussels and fries, or grilled sausages for a really small price !
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I heard that electrons accumulate at points on metals, and this clearly explains the arcing phenomenon, but how does a microwave make an electron imbalance on the fork?
Those sparks are due to dielectric breakdown of air.
Microwaves are absorbed by metal and majority of it is reflected off with same phase, just like a mirror. However, because of this, there can be a large concentration of electric fields in some parts, it causes the massive potential difference that in turn lead to dielectric breakdown of air and the sparks you see.
I think this link explains it quite well and seems to be reliable: http://engineering.mit.edu/live/news/1041-why-cant-we-put-metal-objects-in-a-microwave
As for the second part of your question:
The electric field is strongest on sharp edges. Why? Well that has been asked and answered here: Why is electric field strong at sharp edges?
So yes, the concentrated oscillating electric field and resulting high electric field seems very plausible between the tines of the fork. That, in turn, causes the sparks.
Another related point worth noting is that the actual movement of electrons is considerably slower than build up of strong electric field. The electric field causes the dielectric breakdown.
The energy produced in a microwave oven is at a macro-scale wavelength (on the order of centimeters), and leaves the emitter as a coherent wave - one wavelength, phase, and polarization. Despite the "stirring fan" and other measures, objects in the oven will still experience (relatively) orderly macro-scale radio waves and therefore exhibit macro-scale effects. Radio waves (including microwaves) will induce voltage differentials and electrical eddy currents in conductors. So, foil (being a good conductor) in a microwave will end up with charges accumulating here and there (dependent on shape and orientation with respect to the incident waves); voltages can be high enough to break down / ionize the air between points on the foil, and separated by sufficient distance to cause the visible sparking and arcing you see.
On the other hand, visible light is at a micro-scale wavelength (in the range of 500 nanometers). Ordinary light sources (daylight, incandescent, fluorescent, etc.) are essentially streams of photons of random wavelength, phase, and polarization(although fluorescent light occurs at more specific wavelengths, it's otherwise a random emission of photons). As such, there is no macro-scale order as occurs with the microwaves produced in a microwave oven, and there is therefore no possibility of corresponding macro-scale effects.
Even laser light, which is coherent (uniform wavelength, phase, polarization) is still at a micro-scale wavelength. It could generate a plasma (dislocating electrons, etc.), but purely due to heating effects. It won't produce a sparking/arcing effect because the wavelength is too short to produce an effect with such a large scale order (voltage differential over millimeters to centimeters).
The basic idea is that microwaves are a form of electromagnetic radiation-- light. That light consists of an oscillating magnetic and electric field component. By Faraday's Law of Induction, a magnetic field in flux induces a current in a conductor... so it is the non-conservative, induced electric field in the conductor that produces an emf that moves the electrons in the fork.
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I have a buttono in the navigation item which action is BUTTON_ACTION. By pressing it, MBProgressHUD is activate and the action work. but the "dimBackground" that make "hidden" the scrren, doe not work on the navigationbar, and the button can be pressed again during the MBProgressHUD. The code is:
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Raonic, ranked 13th in the world, regained his composure to beat his fellow Canadian 6-4 1-6 7-6(4) and reach his first Masters series final.
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