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Justice Kennedy consistent in gay-rights decisions
Published 12:00 am Sunday, July 7, 2013
This is an excerpt from "The Party Line" political blog at www.wfae.org, written by Dr. Michael Bitzer, professor of political science and history at Catawba College.
In the recent U.S. Supreme Court case involving the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the writer of the majority's opinion has been a justice who has been the linchpin of the major developments in gay rights since 1996.
Justice Anthony Kennedy, a Reagan appointee who garnered a 97 to 0 Senate confirmation vote in 1985, has become what some court watchers have labeled the new swing vote on the Roberts Court.
Generally, Kennedy has been seen as one who tends to side with the conservatives on the court, with the strong exception in gay rights cases.
The first major gay rights case was 1996's decision in Romer v. Evans, which involved a Colorado-state constitutional amendment denying gay citizens the right to bring local discrimination lawsuits. It passed with 53 percent of the vote.
In a challenge to the amendment, the lawsuit made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court, where Justice Kennedy struck down the state constitutional provision as violating the U.S. Constitution's 14th Amendment and its "equal protection of the law."
In overturning the state amendment, Kennedy wrote that the "resulting disqualification of a class of persons from the right to seek specific protection from the law is unprecedented in our jurisprudence," and that "it is a classification of persons undertaken for its own sake, something the Equal Protection Clause does not permit. "Class legislation … is obnoxious to the prohibitions of the Fourteenth Amendment … ," quoting the 1883 Civil Rights Cases.
In the end, Colorado and its voters "cannot so deem a class of persons a stranger to its laws," and Justice Kennedy, along with five other justices, overturned the voter-approved initiative.
In 2003, the high court again saw the majority on a case that overturned a previous decision and expanded the rights of gay Americans. Using the concept of freedom and liberty, Justice Kennedy, writing for the majority in the case Lawrence v. Texas, used a concept of liberty to overturn a 1986 decision in Bowers v. Hardwick that declared there was no constitutional protection for homosexuals to engage in intimate sexual acts.
Justice Kennedy believed that the previous court decision erred in upholding a state sodomy law, in that it violated the idea of individual liberty, citing an earlier court opinion that held:
"At the heart of liberty is the right to define one's own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life. Beliefs about these matters could not define the attributes of personhood were they formed under compulsion of the state."
Justice Kennedy noted that "persons in a homosexual relationship may seek autonomy for these purposes, just as heterosexual persons do" but that the Bowers ruling denied gay Americans this right.
In ending his opinion, Kennedy wrote, "The petitioners are entitled to respect for their private lives. The state cannot demean their existence or control their destiny by making their private sexual conduct a crime. Their right to liberty under the Due Process Clause gives them the full right to engage in their conduct without intervention of the government."
Now, in this year's landmark case striking down a component of the federal law defining marriage as between one man and one woman, Justice Kennedy appears to continue his jurisprudence in this area by extending the protection of "liberty" toward gay Americans.
By the state of New York recognizing a same-sex couple's marriage but the federal government failing to do so, Justice Kennedy again used the cloak of liberty and equal protection to strike down Section 3 of DOMA, writing that the "The Constitution's guarantee of equality 'must at the very least mean that a bar congressional desire to harm a politically unpopular group cannot' justify disparate treatment of that group."
Unlike the Romer or Lawrence cases, however, Justice Kennedy used the power of state governments to the advantage for gay Americans, saying that if New York, or any other state, chooses to recognize a status of an individual, the federal government should not "restrict the freedom and choice of couples married under those laws."
Again, using the notion of liberty found in the Fifth Amendment's Due Process Clause, Kennedy believes that the federal DOMA law "imposes a disability on the class by refusing to acknowledge a status the State finds to be dignified and proper."
Most likely, the next round of legal challenges over gay rights will center on the power of some states to deny gay couples, legally married in one state, from receiving recognition in another state. This will inevitably pit the two clauses of Article IV, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution against one another:
"Full faith and credit shall be given in each state to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state. And the Congress may by general laws prescribe the manner in which such acts, records, and proceedings shall be proved, and the effect thereof."
Generally, "full faith and credit" has come to mean that if you drive from your home state to another, that other state must recognize the driver's license (a record) of your home state. And what is a marriage license but a public record?
But given that Congress can, and indeed did in Section 2 of DOMA, "prescribed" that states do not have to recognize other state's marriage licenses for same-sex couples, the inherent conflict between the two could serve as the focal point for the next legal challenge.
And, if the decision in Romer v. Evans is any indication, the state constitutional amendments banning same-sex marriages may be subject to Justice Kennedy's libertarian interpretation of liberty and equal protection.


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Washington (CNN) -- A House ethics subcommittee found longtime Democratic Rep. Charlie Rangel guilty Tuesday on multiple violations of House rules.
The subcommittee, according to California Democratic Rep. Zoe Lofgren, the ethics committee chairwoman, found "clear and convincing" evidence of guilt on 11 of 12 counts, including failing to pay taxes on a home in the Dominican Republic, misuse of a rent-controlled apartment for political purposes and improper use of government mail service and letterhead.
The veteran New York congressman was cleared of a charge relating to an alleged violation of the House gift ban.
Rangel, who was re-elected this month, had been facing 13 charges; the committee combined two of them.
The full ethics committee -- known as the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct -- will now recommend a punishment for Rangel to the House of Representatives. The penalty can range from a fine to expulsion. Most observers believe Rangel is likely to be reprimanded but not expelled.
A full committee hearing on the sanctions is scheduled for Thursday.
R. Blake Chisam, the committee's chief counsel, told subcommittee members in a trial hearing Monday that there was no proof of corruption or evidence Rangel was trying "to personally enrich himself." But, Chisam said, Rangel "quite frankly was overzealous" in many instances and "at least sloppy in his personal finances."
Before Chisam spoke, Rangel walked out of the trial, complaining he has not had sufficient time to hire a new legal team to respond to the ethics violation charges.
The subcommittee rejected Rangel's request to delay the hearing until a new defense team was assembled.
Rangel told the subcommittee members he has already spent $2 million defending himself from the charges and has been advised the trial could cost him another $1 million.
He complained that he was not being given enough time to raise funds to hire new lawyers because the committee was rushing to complete its work before the conclusion of the current lame-duck Congress.
Rangel's original defense team left him in September.
"Does this sound like it has a scintilla of due process?" Rangel said to reporters early Tuesday evening. "Does it sound fair that you have a respondent that sent the case to you, that it took two years to reach a conclusion, and accusations are made, just before the election, and the hearing is declared after the election with the understanding that there will be no witnesses called? It just doesnt sound like the fair thing to do."
"I never heard of a trial or hearing where they said we're not going to call witnesses because they said we just don't have time," the congressman said.
Rangel said he did not regret asking the subcommittee to investigate him, saying he "was very anxious to prove to my constituents" that he was innocent.
Lofgren said Monday it was Rangel's responsibility to assemble his legal team. She also noted that Rangel had received advice numerous times from the committee on how to raise funds for his defense.
Several subcommittee members, however, blasted Zuckerman Spaeder, the law firm originally representing Rangel.
It is "fundamentally unfair" for lawyers to abandon a client on the eve of a trial, said North Carolina Democratic Rep. G.K. Butterfield, a former trial judge. "That would not have happened in my courtroom."
Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, expressed his "astonishment at Zuckerman Spaeder for taking the money ... and then kicking their client to the side of the road when it came time for the actual hearing."
In a statement issued in response to the criticism, a spokeswoman for the firm said it "did not seek to terminate the relationship [with Rangel] and explored every alternative to remain as his counsel consistent with House ethics rules prohibiting members from accepting pro bono legal services."
Numerous House Republicans -- as well as some House Democrats -- have called for Rangel to resign because of the alleged ethics violations. Rangel has said he has made mistakes.
Republicans on Tuesday were quick to characterize the ruling as an indictment of the Democrats' stewardship of the House.
The ruling "is the nail in the coffin of what Nancy Pelosi promised would be the 'most ethical congress in history,'" National Republican Congressional Committee spokesman Ken Spain said. "The arrogance of power that defined the Democrats reign over the House of Representatives was overwhelmingly rejected on November 2, and today's ruling is further proof that the American people were right."
Rangel, who was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1970, was forced to step down as chairman of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee because of the allegations against him.
Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters of California is also scheduled to have an adjudication hearing with the House ethics committee this month, on November 29. Waters has denied the allegations against her, which include steering federal bailout money to Massachusetts-based OneUnited Bank -- in which her husband had a financial stake.
CNN's Alan Silverleib, Rachel Streitfeld and Deirdre Walsh contributed to this report.


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There's a growing threat on the cybersecurity scene that could drain millions from unsuspecting businesses and leave them vulnerable to hacking threats.
It isn't a new strain of ransomware. It's the cybersecurity industry itself.
It's ironic, but the products vendors sell, and the marketing they use, sometimes leave buyers misinformed and less secure, according to several business directors who actually buy the tech.
"There's definitely a lot of vaporware," said Damian Finol, an IT security manager at a major internet company. "There are definitely products that have really exaggerated claims about what they actually do."
For some vendors, it's more about the sale than about security, IT executives say. To close a deal, bad vendors tend to overpromise features that they claim will be added down the line but never materialize. That makes a buyer's job harder.
"It takes more and more time and investment to find the right products," said Martin Fisher, a chief information security officer at a hospital in Atlanta. "It's frightening how many don't do a good job of this."
Buyer beware
Navigating the cybersecurity marketplace has never been tougher, security administrators say. Go to a security show like RSA or Black Hat and you will find hundreds of vendors offering antivirus software, network firewalls and other products to protect your business against hackers.
Clearly, a lot of products are being bought. According to research firm Gartner, an estimated $81.6 billion was spent worldwide last year, with sales only expected to go up.
But figuring out which products are worthwhile is no easy matter, especially when vendors are hyping up their technology.
"A lot of people have really great ideas," said Quentyn Taylor, director of information security at Canon EMEA. "But then you sit there and wonder: 'Does this work outside the PowerPoint presentation? How does this actually install?'"
"It may be the best security tool," he added. "But can IT operations deploy it or maintain it easily?"
The managers say that's a key problem with some of today's security products: once installed, they can be difficult to use or won't work well in the real world.
"If they will fail, most products will fail at scale," said Jonathan Chow, a CISO at an entertainment company. "That's the real difficulty: Is the product going to work when installed in 1,000 computers? Or 10,000?"
Others, such as Finol, are troubled by security vendors who only check in with their customers to renew the service contract — not to help them use the product.
"It's a wasted opportunity," he said. "The buyers are going to be like, 'We barely used this. We didn't take full advantage of this product.'"
Aggressive sales
Poorly performing products also amount to wasted money. At the enterprise level, licensing security products can easily cost $1 million or more, Chow said. But vendors seem to think he has an unlimited budget.
"A lot of them do assume that my CFO is a leprechaun, and that there's a big pot of gold in my office," Chow said. "Every product is super expensive."
Some vendors even resort to scare tactics. When Chow rejects a product pitch, salespeople often tell him he doesn't care about his company's security.
"It's a shame-and-guilt game," Chow said.
One CISO said that on two occasions, vendors have threatened to report his organization to the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, claiming he was violating compliance regulations by not buying their security product.
The aggressive sales tactics aren't surprising. Competition among vendors has ramped up in recent years as a wave of security startups has shaken up the sector with new products promising better protection. That's brought a flood of venture capital into an increasingly crowded market.
On the plus side, the growth of the market means more choice, and possibly more innovation — but that's open to debate.
"The innovation is more in marketing and less in product," Fisher said.
Hype over technology
For example, vendors like to talk about cutting-edge technologies, such as machine learning, and include them in their marketing. Or they'll talk about how to stop nation-state hackers because it sounds sexy.
But often, the technology they're promoting isn't that impressive, let alone game-changing, customers say. And average businesses, which tend to face more mundane threats such as email phishing scams, may not even need them.
"The vendors tend to overhype on the black swan (the rare and unforeseen event), and not the common threat that is happening every day," Taylor said.
"I've yet to see anything (in machine learning) that would make me sit up and go, 'Wow,' in the security space," he said.
Taylor does looks forward to what the industry will cook up next. But it's easy for less-experienced business executives to get caught up in all the marketing amid fears they'll be hacked next.
"That's the natural reaction to hearing a new buzzword, like insider threats or APT (advanced persistent threat)," Finol said. "The customers will jump the gun without doing the due diligence."
Of course, good vendors exist. But there's no magic bullet or one-size-fits-all approach to cybersecurity. IT managers say there are a few questions businesses should ask when they're looking at an enterprise security product:
- What do my peers think about this product? Have any of them tried it?
- Will my security staff even find this product useful?
- Can the product scale and integrate with my IT infrastructure?
- Do I own an existing product (or a free tool) that already does the same thing?
"People have to do their homework," Chow said. "They can't rely on what they are being told."


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In the latest episode, Dr. Fred Passman, President & Founder of Biodeterioration Control Associates, Inc., discusses metalworking fluids, microbicides, and recent EPA actions that will impact the use of microbicides. He also provides some detail on the 2011 STLE Annual Meeting, and the education courses provided. For the Annual Meeting Education Course, Metalworking Fluid Hot Topics, Dr. Passman will be teaching one of the course modules.
To listen, click the play button in the slider bar above, click here to download the episode, or click here to read the transcript. Visit our website for more information about the Annual Meeting including education courses offered. You can read Microbial Problems in Metalworking Fluids by Dr. Passman for more information on the topic.
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BSPlayer is media player for Android devices: smartphones and tablet PC's, supporting hardware accelerated video decoding, automatic subtitle search and buffered network playback from SMB shares.
Main features:
- ONLY in full version: experimental support for Chromecast (most mp4's are supported)
- Android 6.0 compatibility
- hardware accelerated video playback - significantly increases playback speed and reduces battery consumption, supporting multi-core (dual and quad-core) hardware decoding*
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- supports customizable gestures for Seek, Jump, Brightness and Volume control, exit to popup video
- playlist support and various playback modes.
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- external and embedded subtitles ssa/ass, srt, sub, txt...
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Eclipse DemoCamps November 2013/Karlsruhe
Photos of the Event
Report on the event and photo gallery
FZI Forschungszentrum Informatik
House of Living Labs
Haid-und-Neu-Str. 5a
Karlsruhe, Germany
LatLong: 49.0120458, 8.4246818
Date and Time
November 20, 2013 at 17:30
As in previous years, the FZI Forschungszentrum Informatik is organizing an Eclipse DemoCamp in 2013.
We are looking forward to welcoming you at the DemoCamp. Participation is free of charge. However, since space is limited, we ask for registration (registration will be available soon on this page).
If your company is willing to co-sponsor this event, please contact the organizers.
FZI Forschungszentrum Informatik, Karlsruhe
Michael Hauck, email@example.com Benjamin Klatt, email@example.com
Preliminary Agenda
- 17:30 - 17:35 Welcome
- 17:35 - 17:45 Intro by Ralph Mueller, (Eclipse Foundation)
- 17:45 - 18:00 Ben Romberg & Stefan Schürle (andrena objects): Contracts for Java (C4J) mit dem C4J Eclipse Plug-In
- 18:05 - 18:20 Erik Wittern (FZI): An Eclipse-Based Service Feature Model Designer
- 18:25 - 18:40 Andreas Sewe (Codetrails): Code Snippets for the World (and Eclipse)
- 18:45 - 19:10 Break
- 19:10 - 19:25 Werner Keil: Triple E' class Continuous Delivery (auf SlideShare)
- 19:30 - 19:45 Benjamin Muskalla (Tasktop): Practical puppet by the example of the Mylyn project
- 19:50 - 20:05 Kai Kreuzer (Deutsche Telekom): Eclipse SmartHome - Enabling the Intranet of Things
- 20:05 Closing, get together at FZI
Please register on the Karlsruhe DemoCamp Eventbrite site.
- The Karlsruhe DemoCamp is free of charge.
- Our venue is limited to a maximum audience of 90 people.


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WASHINGTON — He came in with a plan, and the plan was to have no plan, or at least not one that was obvious. In the NFL, they can sniff out a wannabe-leader, a bold-faced climber, a fraud from a mile away. All the way back in the spring, Robert Griffin III knew he wanted to make the Washington Redskins his team, that he needed to do so — to mold it to his will — in order to take the franchise where he wanted to take it.
But he had to do it the right way — slowly, organically, respectfully. Eventually, undoubtedly, he would become the Redskins' leader, but it couldn't be his call.
Griffin, the son of two retired Army sergeants, had come into the Redskins' organization as the equivalent of a five-star general — with a $21.1 million contract and four national television commercials before he had taken his first professional snap. But he was going to conduct himself like a private.
"My strategy was to come in and try to lead by example first," Griffin said recently. "Being a rookie, you don't want to come in talking right away. You can rub a lot of guys the wrong way. … One thing you can't do as a leader is come out and say you're the leader."
Some eight months after he first walked through the doors of their practice facility, Griffin has the Redskins — a last-place team each of the previous four seasons — on the verge of the playoffs. A win over Dallas today would cement the team's first division title in 13 years and earn the Redskins a home playoff game next weekend. Named to the NFL Pro Bowl team on Wednesday, Griffin is also a leading candidate for Rookie of the Year.
And there is little doubt, with all due respect to veteran linebacker London Fletcher, that the Redskins are Griffin's team now. He wears a captain's "C" on his chest, an extraordinary honor for a rookie, bestowed upon him at midseason. Especially on offense, but increasingly across the entire locker room, the Redskins take their cues from the 22-year-old superstar with the preternatural confidence.
"Everybody gets in line behind him and says, 'Take us to the promised land,'" wide receiver Santana Moss, a 12-year veteran, said after last Sunday's win over Philadelphia. "I know it sounds funny saying that, but he shows what it takes every day to get to where he's trying to get by how he prepares. It shows up on the field on Sundays. There's no question you want that guy to be a captain."
You could argue, in fact, that Griffin's greatest individual achievement this year isn't the 104.1 passer rating that ranks second in the NFL, or the 752 rushing yards, which ranks first among quarterbacks, but the way in which he has altered the culture of the Redskins' locker room. He has lifted it up with his overwhelming force of belief, rather than being dragged down by the weight of all the losing that met him when he arrived.
"His expectation of winning and playing great is a huge influence in here," said veteran tight end Chris Cooley. "It's been a drastic change of culture, and you could say Robert has been the biggest part of that. He's a natural leader. When he talks, people listen — and people believe. No one said, 'Okay, you're the quarterback, so we're going to listen to what you say.' You build that trust.
"It's an unbelievably hard thing to do. I don't think he came in and in his mind said, 'I have to make everyone believe in me.' I think he came in and said, 'I believe in myself, and I'm going to do what I do best.' And the rest just falls into place."
In a sense, the process by which Griffin became the Redskins' leader was all just a big charade. Even the team's most veteran players knew from the moment the Redskins selected Griffin with the No. 2 overall pick of the draft in April that he was the chosen one — their franchise quarterback, a transformational figure who represented the surest, quickest path to winning. If the team was going to go anywhere, the kid was going to lead it.
"We knew when we drafted him he was going to bring a different dynamic to this team that we hadn't seen before," left tackle Trent Williams said. "So we welcomed him with open arms."
But in Griffin's hands, that process was less a charade than a nod to tradition and protocol, and from Griffin's own perspective, a deep and innate understanding of the right way to do things.
Griffin knew what he represented, what was expected of him, and what he was capable of. He knew the Redskins' awful recent history, and he knew he could change their direction — because he had done it before. At Baylor University, he had helped transform the football team from a perennial doormat to a perennial bowl contender — not only through his talents but the sheer force of his personality — and won the Heisman Trophy as a junior.
"People started to believe in him at Baylor — believing what he was saying about turning it around," his mother, Jacqueline Griffin, said. "And that's what he knew he was going to do in Washington."
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As the first Redskins players boarded the team bus at their Buffalo, N.Y., hotel on Aug. 9, on their way to Ralph Wilson Stadium for the team's first preseason game against the Bills, they were met by a solitary figure in the front row. It was Griffin, and as each teammate walked past, he looked them in the eye, nodded and held up his fist for a fist-tap.
By this point in training camp, Griffin had become well known around Redskins Park as the first to arrive each morning and the last to leave each evening.
"I made sure I showed up early. I stayed late. I worked hard in practice," Griffin said. "I brought a different type of attitude to practice than they were used to, feeling that every day is a game day. There were some feisty practices between the offense and the defense — just a lot of chirping and a lot of intensity, which is something teammates said they hadn't experienced before. So I just tried to bring that attitude, and then let the game play speak for itself."
Griffin surprised teammates — most of whom only knew of him as the flashy college superstar and ace pitchman for Gatorade, Subway, Adidas and Nissan — by being overwhelmingly unassuming and humble.
"When I first met him, we were passing on the stairs at Redskins Park, and he stopped me and said, 'I'm Robert Griffin III. I'm the quarterback they drafted in the first round,'" recalled fullback Darrel Young. "I just looked at him and thought, 'Yep, we're going to be just fine here. This kid is as humble as they come.'"
If the Redskins had to acclimate themselves to Griffin's style, the converse was true as well. The NFL, by nature, is a different animal than college. Players have families, real world problems, expensive toys — all of which compete for their time and focus. Football is their job, their livelihood, and the ultimate goal sometimes appears to be setting oneself and one's family up for life financially — during the short window of opportunity that is an NFL career — more so than winning games.
Part of Griffin's challenge was to break through that callousness and get teammates to rediscover the primal but dormant competitiveness inside them, a task made even more difficult by the culture of losing that had become entrenched around the Redskins. But while that culture perplexed Griffin in the beginning, according to people close to him, ultimately it was no match for the force of his personality.
"When you have a guy like that leading your team who is so excited to play — who wants to go out and do big things and take this team places it hasn't been in years, it's so easy to be excited with him," long snapper Nick Sundberg said. "His attitude is extremely contagious."
"His will to win," said tight end Niles Paul, "is never-ending."
The first major benchmark in Griffin's ascension to the Redskins' leadership throne may have been the win at New Orleans in his NFL regular season debut. It was one thing to make jaw-dropping plays in practice, or even in the preseason, and yet another thing do it in games that count — especially in a notoriously difficult place to win such as the Superdome.
"I think I earned their belief after the first preseason game, and I think I got their trust after the first regular season game," Griffin said. "Because your work and your work ethic can only speak so much, but once you go out and do it in a game and you perform in the clutch, and you win a big season-opener like we did against the Saints, that's when you can really earn guys' trust."
A week later, at St. Louis, Griffin led the Redskins on a potential game-winning drive in the final minutes that flamed out when wide receiver Josh Morgan threw the ball at opponent, drawing a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. As the final seconds counted down on a crushing loss, Morgan sat alone on the Redskins' bench, with his teammates staying far away — until Griffin came over, patted him on the head and whispered something in his ear.
"He just told me to keep my head up and keep going," Morgan recalled. "Yeah, it did mean a lot to me. He didn't have to do that. With all the hype and anticipation, you think one thing about him. But then you see him, and he's a normal kid — a normal kid with a big heart."
Griffin didn't do it to prove his leadership skills. Few people even saw it happen. He did it because he thought Morgan could use a lift, because he would need Morgan's confidence again later, because it felt like the right thing to do.
"Sometimes people think it's what you say when you're in a huge group that makes you a leader," Griffin said. "But sometimes it's the one-on-one conversations you have with guys individually, just getting to know them. I think I've done that a lot. Not intentionally — it just happens."
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Griffin was born with the leadership gene, inherited more than likely from his father. Robert Griffin Jr. enlisted in the Army when he was 18, and rose from private to staff sergeant, a promotion of five ranks, in his first year as an artillery man.
Many years later, when the elder Griffin — with his retirement papers already in hand — was suddenly stop-lossed and asked to return to Iraq to lead a dangerous transport mission, young Robert, then 13 years old, received one of the most important lessons of his life in the art of leadership.
"It was a pivotal moment for Robert," Jacqueline Griffin, said. "Not only did he assume a leadership role with the family, as the man of the house, but he also got a glimpse of how much leadership matters, and that sometimes you have to make sacrifices to be a good leader. Sometimes you have to take a hit for the team."
At Copperas Cove (Texas) High, Griffin became the starting quarterback his sophomore year and led the Bulldawgs to back-to-back appearances in the Texas state final his junior and senior years. Along the way, his will to win, not to mention his breathtaking ability, became the stuff of local legend.
Troy Vital, Griffin's best friend from high school and his running back on those Cove teams, recalled a playoff game their senior year in which the Bulldawgs trailed by two touchdowns with five minutes left in the game. As they sat on the bench together, with the opposing team holding the ball, Vital figured they were about to lose and began rhapsodizing out loud about the approaching Signing Day, when Vital and Griffin would sign their college scholarship papers.
"He goes, 'Don't even start talking about that. We're about to get back in this game. This is what we live for. This is our moment,'" Vital recalled. "We scored 24 points in five minutes and won the game. It's just moments like that that blow you away. That's how he is."
When Griffin arrived at Baylor, the football team hadn't had a winning season in 13 years, hadn't been to a bowl game in 14 years and hadn't finished a season ranked in the top 25 in 22 years. But by the time he left, the Bears had accomplished all three, and Griffin had become the first Heisman Trophy winner in school history.
In the beginning, Griffin was stunned by the complacency around the football program, bristling at all the empty seats in the stadium, and seething at the way players laughed on the team bus after losses.
"People were just used to losing," said Lanear Sampson, a wide receiver who came to Baylor in the same recruiting class as Griffin and is now a senior. "It irritated him. He's a winner. He wants to win. … He just believed in himself and his teammates and coaches, and believed we could turn the program around."
It may be difficult to comprehend now, but as recently as November 2011, the knock against Griffin was that he didn't have a signature victory — that he couldn't win the big game. Then, on Nov. 19, Baylor beat fifth-ranked Oklahoma in a nationally televised contest, and followed that with wins over top-25 teams Texas Tech, Texas and Washington (in the Alamo Bowl), and no one ever again said Robert Griffin III couldn't win the big game.
"He just has that mojo about him," said Ahmad Dixon, a junior defensive back at Baylor.
With the Redskins, Griffin has already revealed a knack for seizing the largest moments. He won in his NFL debut (at New Orleans in Week 1), in his national television debut (at Dallas on Thanksgiving Day) and in his Monday Night Football debut (vs. the Giants in Week 13). And of course, he has led the Redskins on the six-game winning streak they bring into Sunday night's game against Dallas.
Where he once wore the tag of being unable to win on the big stage, now he has a reputation for thriving on it — something that might bring the Redskins some comfort as today's kickoff approaches.
"I've shown them through the games that no matter what the score is, we always have a chance," Griffin said. "Not just because I'm their quarterback, but because of the attitude we bring to the table."
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The captain's patch is about four inches tall, a white "C" above four stars. One of the stars on Griffin's No. 10 jersey is gold — indicating his first year as a captain — and the other three are white. In subsequent years, more stars will turn to gold, and eventually in year four, the "C" itself will be gold, as it is on the No. 59 uniform of Fletcher, the Redskins' longest-serving captain.
The patch was sewn on Griffin's uniform by a Falls Church, Va., tailor whom the Redskins use as a contractor, and was unseen by the quarterback himself until he arrived at FedEx Field on Nov. 18, the day of the Eagles game, and saw his jersey hanging in his locker.
"Words can't describe what it means to be captain," Griffin told ESPN's Jon Gruden in a taping prior to the Redskins' Monday Night Football appearance. "It shows me they truly believe in me."
The extraordinary gesture — Redskins coach Mike Shanahan, who has been in the NFL since 1984, is among those who can't recall another example of a rookie being named a team captain — was the result of a vote by Griffin's offensive teammates, and it came at a critical time for the Redskins, after their bye week, with the team's record sitting at 3-6 following three straight losses. It also came two days after Griffin welcomed his teammates back from the break with a stirring speech about how there was still time to turn the season around.
By that time, Griffin had gradually taken on a more outwardly vocal position as a team leader, and his teammates had begun to view him as such. One particularly meaningful moment came after the concussion he suffered Oct. 7 against Atlanta, when he failed to get down quick enough near the sideline and was leveled by an oncoming linebacker. The next day, at Redskins Park, Griffin apologized to his teammates for being so careless, and vowed not to let it happen again — a gesture that left some of them shaking their heads.
"He's six or seven years ahead of what I've seen from anyone in our locker room, in terms of his status in the locker room, his ability to control a football team, his leadership," said Cooley. "If you forget for a second that he's a rookie, it doesn't mean anything to you. You're like, 'Yeah, this guy is awesome. He's the leader.' But then you step back and think he's only 22. He's been in the NFL for six months. I mean, it blows me away."
It is an intangible skill — the ability to possess humility and self-confidence in equal proportions — one that has tripped up countless other would-be leaders in professional sports.
"He's got an aura about him. He just exudes confidence," Sundberg said. "Without even saying a word, we know he's going to go get the job done. It spreads to all of us. It's something that's vastly different from a year ago. His attitude, his want-to, above all else is what's leading us."
Griffin came in with a plan, and at least to the extent that events have transpired, it has worked to perfection. The Redskins are a team molded in his image: prepared, confident and full of belief in their mission. By lining themselves up behind their 22-year-old leader, the Redskins have allowed Griffin to lead them, if not to the promised land, then right to the edge of it.
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Qualcomm's activities in China could result in regulatory penalties for the chip vendor, this time from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over bribery allegations.
The company is already facing an anti-monopoly probe from Chinese authorities for allegedly overcharging clients. But on Wednesday, Qualcomm said that the SEC may also consider penalizing the company, as part of an anti-corruption investigation.
The SEC's Los Angeles Regional Office has made a preliminary decision to recommend that the SEC take action against Qualcomm for violating anti-bribery controls, the company said in its second quarter report. The accusations involve Qualcomm offering benefits to "individuals associated with Chinese state-owned companies or agencies," the report added.
Both the SEC and the U.S. Department of Justice have been probing the company over alleged violations of the nation's Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
In cooperation with those official investigations, Qualcomm said it's found instances of preferential hiring, and giving gifts and other benefits to "several individuals" with China's state-owned companies. The gifts and benefits amounted to less than US$250,000 in value.
If the SEC takes action against Qualcomm, penalties could include giving up profits, facing injunctions, and other monetary penalties, the company said. Earlier this month, Qualcomm filed a submission with the U.S. regulator, countering any claims of wrongdoing.
Qualcomm is facing the investigations at a time when China is increasingly become a bigger part of its business. The nation is the world's largest smartphone market, and more Chinese device manufacturers are expanding globally.
Last year, however, Chinese regulators began investigating Qualcomm due to complaints from industry groups. The company was allegedly abusing its market position and charging higher fees for its patent licensing business. In November, Chinese authorities conducted two surprise raids of Qualcomm offices in China for documents.
Chinese regulators could decide to penalize Qualcomm by confiscating financial gains made, and even imposing a fine of 1 to 10 percent on its revenues for the prior year, the company said in its quarterly report.


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Chicago Bulls To Build New Practice Facility Next to United Center
Mayor Rahm Emanuel Welcomes the Chicago Bulls to a City of Chicago Practice Facility as West Side Continues Economic Growth and Advancement
The Chicago Bulls will build their new basketball practice facility on a site next to the United Center, the team announced today, releasing a preliminary architectural rendering of the planned facility.
"I am pleased that the Bulls are moving their practice facilities into the City of Chicago and continuing the great work revitalizing the entire neighborhood around the United Center," said Mayor Emanuel. "The Bulls are an iconic championship team and a source of pride for our city. Their future, and the future of the West Side, is bright."
The location planned for the new facility is Parking Lot J, which sits east of the United Center across South Wood Street between Monroe and Madison Streets. Plans for the new facility remain in development and the project, which will be funded completely by the Bulls, is scheduled for completion in time for the 2014-2015 season.
The facility is anticipated to be approximately 55,000-square-feet in size. The firm, 360 Architects, has been selected as the lead project architect, and McHugh Construction has been named the General Contractor. The Bulls are committed to providing opportunities for Chicago-based companies, including women/minorities owned businesses, to be selected as part of the construction project.
"Today's announcement is the latest example of our longstanding commitment to the City of Chicago and to our fans," said Bulls Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf. "Investing in a modern facility for our players and coaches will help us to achieve our team's number one goal – winning championships – while also playing an important role in the city's ongoing redevelopment efforts in our West Side neighborhood."
When the team announced the practice facility relocation earlier this year, Reinsdorf credited the Mayor with the idea to move the facility.
"Mayor Emanuel has done a tremendous job promoting investment in the City of Chicago. The Mayor stressed that the Bulls brand is important to the city, nationally and internationally, and that the Bulls represent the spirit and competitive grit of Chicago. He thought centralizing our team assets inside the city limits would be a demonstration of our ongoing commitment to Chicago. We had been contemplating how to address the growing demands on our current practice facility for awhile, so the Mayor's timing and ours made sense."
The Bulls have practiced at the Sheri L. Berto Center in Deerfield, IL, since 1992. The team intends to sell the current practice facility.
"We share Mayor Emanuel's vision for the West Side and are proud that this new facility will be a major part of that vision," said President and COO Michael Reinsdorf. "Our current practice facility presented some limitations for us and as we looked to invest in the team's future, we recognized the importance of also investing in our community."
"I am pleased that the Bulls are planning to build this new facility in the shadow of the United Center, and I commend the team for their continued work to bring economic opportunity on the West Side of Chicago," said Ald. Walter Burnett, 27th Ward. "I look forward to working with the team and the Mayor's office as we go through a community process to make sure this proposed facility integrates seamlessly and productively into the surrounding neighborhood."
The Bulls plan to share with fans and the public additional information on the new practice facility, including updated renderings and other building details, as the project moves forward.
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- madv library
The madv.so.1 shared object provides a means by which the VM advice can be selectively configured for a launched process (or processes) and its descendants. To enable madv.so.1, the following string needs to be present in the environment (see ld.so.1(1)) along with one or more MADV environment variables:
If the madv.so.1 shared object is specified in the LD_PRELOAD list, the following environment variables are read by the madv shared object to determine to which created process(es) to apply the specified advice.
MADV specifies the VM advice to use for all heap, shared memory, and mmap regions in the process address space. This advice is applied to all created processes.
Values for advice correspond to values in <sys/mman.h> used in madvise(3C) to specify memory access patterns:
config-file is a text file which contains one or more madv configuration entries of the form:
exec-name exec-args:advice-opts
Advice specified in config-file takes precedence over that specified by the MADV environment variable. When MADVCFGFILE is not set, advice is taken from file /etc/madv.conf if it exists.
exec-name specifies the name of an application or executable. The corresponding advice is set for newly created processes (see getexecname(3C)) that match the first exec-name found in the file.
exec-name can be a full pathname, a base name, or a pattern string. See File Name Generation in sh(1) for a discussion of pattern matching.
exec-args is an optionally specified pattern string to match against arguments. Advice is set only if exec-args is not specified or occurs within the arguments to exec-name.
advice-opts is a comma-separated list specifying the advice for various memory region(s):
Applies to all heap, shared memory, and mmap regions in the process address space.
The heap is defined to be the brk area (see brk(2)). Applies to the existing heap and for any additional heap memory allocated in the future.
Shared memory segments (see shmat(2)) attached using any flags, flag SHM_SHARE_MMU, or flag SHM_PAGEABLE respectively. Options ism and dism take precedence over option shm.
Mappings established through mmap(2) using any flags, flag MAP_SHARED, flag MAP_PRIVATE, or flag MAP_ANON, respectively. Options mapshared, mapprivate, and mapanon take precedence over option map. Option mapanon takes precedence over mapshared and mapprivate.
By default, error messages are logged via syslog(3C) using level LOG_ERR and facility LOG_USER. If MADVERRFILE contains a valid pathname (such as /dev/stderr), error messages will be logged there instead.
Example 1 Applying Advice to All ISM Segments
The following configuration applies advice to all ISM segments for application /usr/bin/foo:
example$ LD_PRELOAD=$LD_PRELOAD:madv.so.1 example$ MADVCFGFILE=madvcfg example$ export LD_PRELOAD MADVCFGFILE example$ cat $MADVCFGFILE /usr/bin/foo:ism=access_lwp
Example 2 Setting Advice for All Applications with Exception
The following configuration sets advice for all applications with the exception of ls.
example$ LD_PRELOAD=$LD_PRELOAD:madv.so.1 example$ MADV=access_many example$ MADVCFGFILE=madvcfg example$ export LD_PRELOAD MADV MADVCFGFILE example$ cat $MADVCFGFILE ls:
Example 3 Precedence Rules (continuation from Example 2)
Because MADVCFGFILE takes precedence over MADV, specifying '*' (pattern match all) for the exec-name of the last madv configuration entry would be equivalent to setting MADV. The following is equivalent to example 2:
example$ LD_PRELOAD=$LD_PRELOAD:madv.so.1 example$ MADVCFGFILE=madvcfg example$ export LD_PRELOAD MADVCFGFILE example$ cat $MADVCFGFILE ls: *:madv=access_many
Example 4 Applying Advice for Different Regions
The following configuration applies one type of advice for mmap regions and different advice for heap and shared memory regions for a select set of applications with exec names that begin with foo:
example$ LD_PRELOAD=$LD_PRELOAD:madv.so.1 example$ MADVCFGFILE=madvcfg example$ export LD_PRELOAD MADVCFGFILE example$ cat $MADVCFGFILE foo*:madv=access_many,heap=sequential,shm=access_lwp
Example 5 Applying Advice Selectively
The following configuration applies advice for the heap of applications beginning with ora that have ora1 as an argument:
example$ LD_PRELOAD=$LD_PRELOAD:madv.so.1 example$ MADVCFGFILE=madvcfg example$ export LD_PRELOAD MADVCFGFILE example$ cat $MADVCFGFILE ora* ora1:heap=access_many
Configuration file
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
cat(1), ld.so.1(1), proc(1), sh(1), brk(2), exec(2), fork(2), mmap(2), memcntl(2), shmat(2), getexecname(3C), madvise(3C), syslog(3C), proc(4), attributes(5)
The advice is inherited. A child process has the same advice as its parent. On exec() (see exec(2)), the advice is set back to the default system advice unless different advice has been configured via the madv shared object.
Advice is only applied to mmap regions explicitly created by the user program. Those regions established by the run-time linker or by system libraries making direct system calls (for example, libthread allocations for thread stacks) are not affected.


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Title: COPE Bill of 2006
Vote to pass a bill that amends the Communications Act of 1934 allowing national franchise telecommunication purchasing and provides for Federal Communications Commission (FCC) involvement in enforcing franchise requirements.
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|President Eisenhower / President George H.W. Bush and son Jeb on the Camp David Skeet Range
President Eisenhower installed the skeet range at Camp David in the 1950s. According to the Trap and Skeet Shooting for Fun book, he spent much time trying to improve his shooting skills on the range. He noted that his best score was 20 out of 25 targets. This March 1960 Eisenhower diary references a couple trips to the skeet range.
|As this March 1960 photo shows, sometimes President Eisenhower would practice shooting outside the Aspen Lodge
|President Kennedy with David Niven and Ben Bradlee shooting skeet at Camp David in 1963
Many presidents and their guests have enjoyed practicing their skills shooting clay birds on the skeet range over the years. This 1970 newspaper article describes a visit to Camp David by an "exuberant" 21-year old Prince Charles who "easily bested" David Eisenhower at skeet shooting, one of his favorite sports.
|Steve and Susan Ford at the Camp David Skeet Range on Labor Day Weekend in 1974
I came across a website with a message board that described an incident at the Camp David skeet range during the Reagan era:
"Reminds me of the story my buddy told me that happened while he was a Marine stationed at Camp David during the Reagan years. One day VP Bush and his sons showed up and wanted to go out to the range to shoot. My buddy was charged with assembling the presidential shotguns and ammo and they proceeded to shoot. Well, one of the sons (I can't remember which one but IT WAS NOT our latest President), placed a different gauge shot shell into the 12 gauge and squeezed off. According to Mike, he could have been killed but apparently got dusted up a bit. Well, the CO wanted to throw the book at Mike for somehow getting different shells mixed with the guns but Old man Bush stepped in and said to forget the whole matter."I tend to believe this account since I found a separate reference to Jeb Bush narrowly escaping injury at the Camp David skeet range when the barrel of a Remington shotgun exploded.
|President Barack Obama shoots clay targets on the range at Camp David, Md., Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012.
(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
2013 UPDATE: In a 2013 interview with The New Republic, when asked if he ever fired a gun, President Obama replied "Yes, in fact, up at Camp David, we do skeet shooting all the time. Not the girls, but oftentimes guests of mine go up there." This claim generated some controversy, as noted in the Fact Checker blog in the Washington Post. At the time, no photos had surfaced of the President shooting skeet except the one on my White House parody site, which was briefly posted by The New Republic and then quickly deleted. The White House released the above photo on February 2, 2013.
I wrote a related post about how the satellite view of the skeet range has changed over the years.
Sources: Camp David Tour; US Navy; The White House; Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library; Cecil Stoughton: Portrait of Camelot -A Thousand Days in the Kennedy White House; Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library; Trap and Skeet Shooting For Fun; Rome News-Tribune; Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission; Google Maps; The New Republic


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Intel's plan to improve its Atom processor line, including the launch of a dual-core version this quarter, could help sustain demand for mobile products including netbooks.
After close to two years of accelerated growth, the initial euphoria around netbooks is subsiding. According to a study released by IDC on Thursday, Intel's Atom processor for netbooks represented 20 percent of Intel's mobile PC processor shipments during the first quarter, down from 24 percent in the fourth quarter of 2009.
Intel CEO Paul Otellini recently said that netbooks seemed to be settling in at about 20 percent of mobile form factors. Otellini was positive about the company's Atom business, saying he expects significant growth in the netbook market this year. Netbooks are priced between US$200 to $500 and are designed for Web browsing and basic productivity applications.
Intel is working to innovate on its netbook chips in order to sustain demand, Otellini said. The company will be introducing new chips later this year as it tries to improve the performance of the inexpensive, low-power chips.
Otellini said that Intel was on track to introduce a dual-core Atom processor this quarter. He was vague on details, however, and did not specify whether the upcoming dual-core Atom would be for netbooks or small desktops. Intel already offers dual-core Atoms for entry-level desktops, and a dual-core chip could provide a much-needed speed boost to netbooks, which have been described as underperforming at times.
"The next innovation coming to Atom is on dual-core," Otellini said during a financial earnings call on April 13. Atom chips also go into embedded devices, and in the future, into mobile devices like smartphones.
HP has already advertised a new netbook, the Hewlett-Packard Mini 210 running Intel's upcoming N455 chip, one of the Atom series processors, on Amazon.de. The N455 supports DDR3 memory, an upgrade over the DDR2 memory in most netbooks today. The DDR3-capable processors should allow data to be exchanged faster between the memory and CPU, translating to better overall netbook performance.
"We believe the potential and growth opportunities for Atom continue to be tremendous. You can expect to hear more about this momentum throughout May, and into Computex," said Suzy Ramirez, an Intel spokesperson, in an e-mail on Friday. Computex will be held between June 1 and 5 in Taipei.
Prices of laptops have been falling and the days of netbooks being a novelty have disappeared, said Jay Chou, research analyst at IDC. Laptops are bridging the pricing gap with netbooks, while offering better performance.
"You're getting something really attractive in the $600 range for better-performing notebooks," Chou said.
Users are also looking to do more on PCs than just Web surfing, like multitasking and viewing high-definition movies.
"The original intended message of letting people expect netbooks to behave differently or less effectively is not really ringing," Chou said.
Intel has to upgrade the Atom processor in order to keep netbooks fresh, Chou said. A netbook with a dual-core Atom processor with DDR3 memory will perform better, but it's hard to say by how much, Chou said.
A dual-core Atom netbook with DDR3 memory could be available at the same price as existing single-core Atom netbooks, said Dean McCarron, principal analyst at Insight 64.
The price points for netbooks have been established and may not change as Intel tries to segment the low-cost and mainstream laptop markets. Intel made a major technology shift earlier this year with the introduction of faster and more power-efficient chips for laptops and desktops, and there was room to improve its existing Atom processors, McCarron said.
"The single-core Atom product has sold well, but you can't let the low-cost platform get too distant from the mainstream platforms," McCarron said.
Intel in December introduced new Atom processors, code-named Pineview, that integrated the memory controller and graphics processor inside one chip.
There is very little interest in netbooks in enterprises, so the consumer segment should continue to sustain Atom demand, McCarron said. Atom could also continue to generate good margins for Intel as the cost of manufacturing drops.


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Zeus, the King of the Olympian gods, was notorious for his
numerous love affairs and flings. He never missed an opportunity
to mess around, especially when his wife Hera, Queen of the
Olympians, was otherwise occupied.
There lived a young and beautiful mountain Nymph named Echo, who
was a very pleasant girl, but she had a reputation for being a
chatterbox. Nothing pleased Echo more than the sound of her own
One day, while Echo was amusing and distracting Hera with her
chatter, Zeus took advantage to frolic on earth with the other
mountain Nymphs. He succeeded in ravishing some of them, until
Hera finally became aware of his infidelity.
Hera was livid, to say the least, but she knew better than to
challenge her husband, Ruler of Olympus and possessor of the
fearsome thunderbolts. Rather that retaliating against Zeus, she
took out her wrath on poor Echo!
You see, Hera assumed that because Echo distracted her during
her husband's earthly encounters, she must of course be in
cahoots with Zeus. It therefore followed that she must be
Nothing could be further from the truth - Young Echo may have
been way too talkative, but she was not doing Zeus any favors
when her chatter kept Hera from noticing his absence. Still,
Hera was convinced otherwise.
To punish the hapless girl, Hera took away her most valuable
possession, her voice. Hera permitted Echo only to reply in
foolish repetition of another's shouted words. Thus, all Echo
could do was mimic the words of the speaker.
There lived in Thespia a vain youth named Narcissus, son of the
blue Nymph called Leiriope. This Nymph had been seduced by the
River god Cephisus, who had encirled Leirope with the windings
of his streams and trapped her.
Narcissus was the product of their union.
The blue Nymph Leirope was concerned about the welfare of her
new baby so she went to consult a famous oracle by the name of
Teiresias regarding her son's future.
The seer told the Nymph that Narcissus "would live to be a ripe
old age, as long as he never knew himself." A cryptic
pronouncement, to be sure, but fitting, as we shall soon see.
Narcissus was incredibly beautiful as a child, and grew even
more so as he matured. Both men and women equally desired him,
but the vain youth rebuffed everybody.
By the age of sixteen he had left strewn a trail of broken
hearts, rejected lovers all. Narcissus had absolutely no
interest in falling in love with anyone and strenuously resisted
all attempts at romance.
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How far has the public's opinion of Congress dropped?
Well, let's put it this way: Cockroaches are now more popular.
Also: colonoscopies, head lice, traffic jams, Genghis Khan, used-car salesmen and Brussels sprouts.
A survey by Public Policy Polling finds that the federal legislative body has suffered in the wake of the last-minute showdowns over the fiscal cliff. For example, those surveyed said they had a higher opinion of root canals (56 percent) than Congress (32 percent).
But Utah's members of Congress should take heart in the fact that the body as a whole did beat out many other undesirable things, including lobbyists, North Korea, the ebola virus, the Kardashians, Lindsay Lohan, meth labs and, yes, gonorrhea.
Romney swag • Looking for that one-of-a-kind Mitt Romney memorabilia to remind you of his historic bid for the presidency?
Well, you might have missed out.
A Craigslist ad recently offered up a 300-pound steel sign shaped like Iowa that features Romney's campaign slogan all for free, as long as you were willing to drive to Urbandale, Iowa, and haul it away.
Romney, the first Mormon heading a major-party presidential ticket and a politician with deep Utah ties, spoke in front of the large steel sign in Iowa several times as he campaigned there ahead of the state's Republican caucus.
The National Journal says that the new landlord of a former Romney campaign office reportedly wants the sign gone.
The Craigslist ad, sadly, was pulled down within hours, so it appears either someone jumped on it quickly or Romney snatched it up to grace his living-room wall.
Gore may top Romney • Former Vice President Al Gore recently sold his upstart company Current TV to Al Jazeera in a $500 million deal, and the cash windfall could actually make Gore richer than Romney.
Romney, of course, was characterized in his presidential bid as an out-of-touch rich guy, but that wasn't the case during Gore's run in 2000 when he had assets closer to $2 million.
But Gore has a 20 percent stake in Current TV, and his net proceeds, buoyed by his business and consulting work in the last decade, could put him north of $300 million in net worth, Forbes estimates.
Romney, meanwhile, has a fortune of about $230 million. Neither ex-presidential hopeful, though, has the White House.
Like me, please • Nestled between an offer for a new credit card and a shag rug, an ad popped up on Facebook recently asking users to "like" Rep. Jim Matheson's page: "What should I be working on in Congress? Like my page and tell me today."
Matheson, by this week, had snatched up 5,400 or so likes, but he has a ways to go if he wants to top Sen. Orrin Hatch's nearly 25,000 likes.
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Most Recent Agendas and Minutes
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Trustee Salser with Gov. Hickenlooper
Christian Morgan (Town Manager), Gov. Hickenlooper, Bob Kellerhuis (trustee)


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**A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY is in effect. Please click here to read more about how a coastal advisory is different than your typical flood advisory**
Inches, upon inches of rain. That's just a brief summary describing this upcoming week and, well, beyond.
Ah, but it's Christmas time in the Northwest! Wouldn't you feel less holiday spirit if we didn't have rain? As a kid, I got used to sledding on wet grass come Christmas morning. Of course, bailing the sled was never a fun experience, but that's why mom was always there at the bottom of the hill with a First Aid kit in hand 😉
Where were we? Oh yes. The next seven days will be quite wet, although I wouldn't go so far as to say it will be a washout comparable to the week leading up to Thanksgiving. Regardless, we'll still get a lot of precipitation and, as the famous Christmas song goes, "it doesn't show signs of stopping." Indeed, between now and as far as long range forecast models will go, about 90% of the forecast is rain.
So how much rain this time around? Let's take a look at the trusty 24 hour rainfall total map, ending Saturday at 4 am:
As usual, the southwestern tip of the Kitsap Peninsula will receive most of the rain with totals perhaps making it to as much as 2.50", but most of the peninsula will receive 1.00-1.50". In 24 hours, no less!
The bright side of this forecast is at least the weekend looks somewhat nice. If you're longing for a positive break in the clouds and rain, Saturday will likely be your day! Hmmm…maybe reserve that day to do some Christmas tree shopping? It won't be completely dry, but it could be among the driest in the next seven days!
Try to stay warm, dry, and safe out there! It's been a treacherous couple months on the roads, especially in Kitsap County, so please take it easy!
Have a great day,
Matthew Leach
Forecasting Kitsap
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There are many home dcor accessories available in the market that adds to the beauty of a room. A stylish wall clock is one of those accessories that are not only functional for telling time, but also, can be a stylish focal point in a room. Either you choose a contemporary or traditional style, you can find an array of beautiful, as well as, durable wall cocks ideas on the internet.
Nowadays, time telling devices come in various forms, like desk clocks, wristwatches, alarm clocks and computer clocks. There are many clocks that are designed using expensive and rare woods, iron, brass, or other unusual things.
While choosing a wall clock to complement your home dcor, you need to determine the color scheme first. Be sure that you are picking up the right clock that matches your decoration theme because an attractive wall clock in your summer room can add to the aesthetics and ambiance of the room.
If you want something special on your wall that can grasp the attention of your guests, then black wall clock is a perfect selection for you. Like many other clocks, these black wall clocks are also available in several sizes and styles that enhance the beauty of clock. Choose vintage ones, if you willing to give a conservative look to your home and go for modern ones, if you want to draw a more recent impression.
After selecting the best design for you, take into account the wall size of your room where you have to hang the clock. Choose the clock size according to your wall. If the space is small, choose the smaller one to give an attractive effect. Similarly, if the space is large, you can pick up a large size wall clock.
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Trump Is The Number One Topic On The Agenda Of The Bilderberg Group This Year
The Bilderberg Group conference is being held less than 30 miles from the White House, and the number one subject on the official agenda this year is Donald Trump. The three-day summit began on Thursday, and the Westfields Marriot in Chantilly, Virginia has essentially been transformed into an armed fortress in order to protect the 131 dignitaries that are attending. But unlike other gatherings of world leaders, the mainstream media won't be telling us what is going on inside because reporters are banned.
These meetings are designed to be highly secretive, and for many years you were labeled a "conspiracy theorist" if you even suggested that the Bilderberg Group existed. Thanks to the relentless work of investigative journalists, we know a lot more about Bilderberg these days, and they have taken a few steps toward becoming more public. For example, they have published a list of the key topics that will be addressed at the summit this year. The following comes from the official Bilderberg Group website…
- The Trump Administration: A progress report
- Trans-Atlantic relations: options and scenarios
- The Trans-Atlantic defence alliance: bullets, bytes and bucks
- The direction of the EU
- Can globalisation be slowed down?
- Jobs, income and unrealised expectations
- The war on information
- Why is populism growing?
- Russia in the international order
- The Near East
- Nuclear proliferation
- China
- Current events
As you can see, Donald Trump is at the top of the list. The elite consider Trump to be the biggest threat to globalization that they have confronted in a very long time, and most of them would love to see Trump removed from office somehow.
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The eighth topic on the agenda is closely related to Trump. The elite talk about "populism" as if it is a bad thing, but aren't our leaders supposed to be trying to do what is "popular" with the people? Isn't that what democracy is supposed to be all about?
And what is the alternative? Are we just supposed to allow the elite to control both political parties and therefore control all political outcomes no matter what the people may want?
Point number nine is very interesting as well. The elite like to uses phrases such as "the international order" and "global governance" rather than phrases such as "world order" or "new world order", but the meaning is the same. The ultimate goal is to merge the entire planet into a single global system, but right now nations such as Russia are a bit of a headache for the globalists.
Every year, some of the biggest names on the entire planet attend the Bilderberg Group meetings. The list of those that have attended previous conferences includes Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, George H.W. Bush, Prince Charles, David Cameron, Tony Blair, Henry Kissinger, Bill Gates, Angela Merkel, Ben Bernanke, Rick Perry, David Rockefeller and Joe Biden. But none of them ever talks publicly about what goes on at these meetings because they are instructed not to do so.
Needless to say, a number of the big names that will be attending this year will be absolutely furious that President Trump has just announced that the U.S. will be pulling out of the Paris climate agreement. Many Americans don't even know that the Paris climate agreement is, but for the elite, this is about as big as it gets. The Paris climate agreement was supposed to be a giant step forward toward globalization, and almost the entire planet was on board.
Now that Trump has decided to pull out of the agreement, criticism is coming in fast and furious from top leaders all over the globe…
Before he even sat down, his predecessor Barack Obama launched an all-out assault, saying Trump 'joins a small handful of nations that reject the future'.
The leaders of France, Germany and Italy said the decision was 'regrettable' and that the deal was 'non-negotiable'.
Elon Musk, the Tesla billionaire, said he was quitting advising the White House, tweeting: 'Leaving Paris is not good for America or the world.'
Incredibly, many Democratic politicians are already promising to defy President Trump. In fact, a number of mayor and governors have already pledged to continue to honor the agreement.
Out of everything that Trump has done so far, pulling out of the Paris climate agreement is going to be the thing that the elite hate the most. So as much as they wanted him gone before, now their hatred for him is going to go to a whole new level.
And we are already seeing this in just the first few hours after Trump's announcement. For example, billionaire climate activist Tom Steyer says that what Trump has done is "a traitorous act of war against the American people"…
Billionaire climate activist Tom Steyer called President Trump a traitor if he makes good on his promise and exits the Paris climate change agreement.
"If Trump pulls the US out of the #ParisAgreement he will be committing a traitorous act of war against the American people," Steyer tweeted.
Steyer was very active during the presidential campaign through his group, NextGen Climate, and has become a leading activist in an agenda that supports moving the nation toward 100 percent renewable energy over the next 25 years.
It is important to understand the mentality of these people. They literally believe that climate change is the greatest threat that humanity is facing and that anyone that opposes their agenda is literally putting the future of the human race in peril.
Of course, that is absolute nonsense. Carbon dioxide is a life-giving gas, and without it, all life on our planet would cease to exist. Scientists tell us that life absolutely thrived when levels of carbon dioxide were much, much higher in the ancient past than they are today. In fact, some scientists point to evidence that levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere were once four times higher than they are right now.
Humanity is certainly facing a lot of threats, but carbon dioxide is not one of them. But to the true believers, the facts don't really matter. Despite a mountain of contrary evidence, they are convinced that carbon dioxide is the primary cause of climate change and that warming temperatures could ultimately wipe out the human race.
And since Donald Trump is standing in the way of their agenda, he is now enemy number one, and they are going to do all that they can to get rid of him.
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Students who want to attend a school other than their assigned school next semester (2020-21 school year) must apply for an in-district transfer (IDT). This includes elementary, middle and high school students.
The deadline to turn in IDT applications has been extended to Friday, April 17, 2020, due to school closures.
This process is for students applying for a new IDT. If your student is currently attending a school on an IDT they do not need to reapply, unless they are transitioning from elementary to middle school, or middle school to high school, and want to attend a school other than their resident school.
Download In-District Transfer Forms
In-District Transfer Request Form (Elementary)
In-District Transfer Request Form (Middle School)
In-District Transfer Request Form (High School)
Return Forms by Email or Mail by Friday, April 17, 2020
Because schools are closed, please download and fill out the form and email to Kristin Mcintosh in Elementary Education at email@example.com, or send in the mail to:
Salem-Keizer Public Schools
Lancaster Professional Center
(Attn: Kristin Mcintosh)
2450 Lancaster Dr NE
Salem, OR 97305
There is no guarantee a transfer request will be approved. Students attending school on an IDT are not eligible for bus transportation.
More information on the in-district transfer process can be found on the Student Transfers page on the district website.


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Franchitti's car launched over Takuma Sato's and sailed into the fence on the final lap. Debris was showered into the grandstand from both the cars colliding and the impact with the fence, and Franchitti's badly-damaged car bounced back onto the track. E.J. Viso then hit Sato's car.
"The car hit the fence like I've never seen before in my life," spectator Noah Tramel said. "It was insane. Absolutely crazy."
A video was sent in by ABC13 viewer Josh Jordan. You can see the camera jolting from the impact followed by a chorus of gasps from spectators. Another video shot by David M. Fourcard shows a tighter view of the moment of impact.
"A piece of fence had landed to where a lady was trapped underneath it, so she was very lucky when we walked over here. She was crawling underneath the fence to get out," spectator Paul Basaldua said.
Another home video sent in exclusively to ABC13 shows fans lifting the fence to get away from the debris.
"One guy came down and was bleeding from his head," Basaldua said. "He was with a little girl, probably his granddaughter, and she was shaken up pretty bad."
A total of 13 spectators were injured in the accident. Eleven of them were treated at the scene, but two fans were transported to Memorial Hermann Hospital, along with Franchitti, a four-time IndyCar champion, and an official with IndyCar. As of this morning, only Franchitti remained in the hospital.
The chaos in the aftermath had everyone scrambling to help those injured.
"We were at one of the vendor booths and there was some crew people who came around and asked, 'Do you have giveaway shirts so we can give to the people that got hurt?'" Oliver Chen said.
Franchitti will remain at Memorial Hermann Hospital for the next few days before flying back to Indianapolis for further evaluation. He is recovering from a concussion, a fracture to the spine and surgery to the right ankle.
Many folks are saying he is lucky to be alive. It was an accident that could have been much worse.
It's hard to get the frightening image out of your mind, considering what could have happened.
"It was horrific," witness David Fourcard said. "The sounds of the carbon fiber shredding and tires burning and everything, and from the impact of the fence shredding from the post. It sounded pretty horrific."
Current Indianapolis 500 champion Tony Kanaan tweeted a photo of him and fellow driver Scott Dixon visiting one of those hospitalized on Monday.
"I'm just glad that no one was seriously injured and no lives were lost," Fourcard said.
No lives lost as in the case of Indycar driver Dan Wheldon, who was killed in a high-speed crash in Las Vegas just two years ago. Since then, changes to the cars themselves have been made to improve driver safety. Some are crediting those changes as the reason Franchitti is still alive.
After the wreck, the caution came out to freeze the field, allowing Penske Racing's Will Power to win the race, holding off Scott Power.
INDYCAR issued the following statement Monday: " Our thoughts remain with everyone affected by yesterday's accident. Thank you to the people of Houston for their support of the Grand Prix and their concern for Dario Franchitti, the fans and race personnel. INDYCAR is thoroughly reviewing the incident. Reducing the risks that are associated with racing is one of our highest priorities and receives our constant and on-going focus."
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Qnap TS-112 (TS-112-US)
All-in-one single-bay NAS server for Home & SOHO
Multimedia Station: Home Entertainment Center for Sharing Photos, Music, Movies and Videos
An easy-to-use storage center for new digital home experience
|Introducing the QNAP TS-112 NAS server for home use, an easy to use networked storage center for the ultimate digital home entertainment experience. QNAP Turbo NAS servers are a new approach for sharing digital photos, music, and movies/videos, and keeping home computers backed up. You can easily view photos, listen to music, and even watch Full HD 1080p movies on a widescreen TV or projector streamed from the NAS over the network through PS3, Xbox 360, or other network media players. You can share multimedia content with family and friends wherever they are on the Internet by web browsers. iPhone/iPod touch/iPad and Android users can browse shared photos or listen to their music collections anywhere with 3G or Wi-Fi connection by streaming content directly to the device – no sync required. QNAP NAS brings to life the ultimate in digital home theater enjoyment.
Home Photo Center
Back up and share your digital photos
QNAP NAS is an ideal device for photo backup, archiving, and sharing. Simply upload your photos to the NAS, you can create and organize beautiful albums by a web browser and share with your family and friends. You can view the entire albums through UPnP-compatible players. Browsing your pictures on widescreen TV with your family has never been easier!
Home Music Center
Build your own home music library and enjoy it anywhere
You can use the QNAP NAS as a music server to easily store music files and share them to your PC or various media players.
Home Movie/Video Center
QNAP home Turbo NAS with large storage capacity and high performance for your home theater
Home Data Backup
Complete Backup Server
With QNAP's backup utility NetBak Replicator, you can automatically back up your important files from Windows PC to a QNAP NAS over the network. You can execute real-time synchronization and scheduled backup from multiple PCs to the NAS, and also restore the data to the original location or to a new directory in the event of a PC crash. In addition, QNAP NAS are compatible with many third-party backup software applications including Apple Time Machine.
Exclusive Q-RAID 1 Disk Mirroring
You can connect an external USB or eSATA drive to the NAS and configure it as a "mirror disk" of the internal hard drive of the NAS. The NAS data will be synchronized with the external drive continuously. If the internal hard drive on the NAS fails, you could install the external drive in the NAS to restore the system with all the data retained.
Home File Server
You never have to worry about the PC's hard drive crashing and data loss, because it is easy for everyone to centrally store, protect, and recover files on the NAS with advanced data protection. You can conveniently share all the photos, music, and movies/videos with your family and friends. Furthermore, different family members can be assigned to access specific share folders for privacy. All the advanced software features are built-in without extra effort and cost.
Home Printer Server
You can connect up to 3 USB printers to the QNAP NAS and share the printers with family members for network (LAN or Internet) printing.
Wireless Home Networking Integration
Convenient Wi-Fi Connection**
Connect the Turbo NAS to the home wireless network through a USB Wi-Fi dongle for convenient access. The NAS is compatible with fast 802.11n and 802.11g dongles for Wi-Fi connection.
Remote Access Anytime, Anywhere
MyCloudNAS Service**
MyCloudNAS is a service which allows you to connect to your NAS remotely from anywhere. Various NAS services can be easily published and accessed on the Internet. You can download and upload files, back up and share your photos and music instantly, and even back up important files from the NAS to other cloud storage providers.
Web File Manager
QNAP Turbo NAS provides Web File Manager for you to access and manage the server data anytime, anywhere by a web browser. Web File Manager supports intelligent data search, batch files upload and download, file extraction, mounting ISO files, file-level permission settings, and more.
FTP Server
You can set up QNAP NAS as an FTP server and share large files conveniently with others.
Wireless Data Access by Apple iPhone and Android Phones
QMobile is an application dedicated to iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, and Android users. You can view and play Terabytes of photos, music, and video files on the NAS by QMobile from anywhere regardless of the actual storage size of your mobile devices. You can also upload photos to QNAP NAS straightway from your iPhone for instant sharing.
Easy to Install, Easy to Use
The easy-to-use wizard is included in the product CD. Just a few clicks to go through the steps, and you can complete the installation in few minutes. The NAS is designed with user-friendly AJAX web interface, you can easily enjoy all the features – No IT expertise required.
Secure Network Access Protection
- Auto network attack prevention:
To prevent the QNAP NAS succumbing to external malicious attacks, you can create an IP filter policy to allow, deny, or auto-block the IP address or network domain which attempts to connect to the NAS via SSH, Telnet, HTTP(S), FTP, Samba, and AFP.
You can configure the SMTP server and SMSC server settings on the NAS in order to receive instant system warning or error messages by email or SMS.
- Comprehensive event logs:
Detailed logs of file-level data access to the NAS via Samba, FTP, AFP, HTTP, HTTPS, Telnet, and SSH, and networking services accessed by online users are all recorded.
- SSL security (HTTPS):
The NAS can be accessed and configured by web browser securely.
- Remote login to the NAS by SSH (secure shell) or Telnet connection is supported.
- Secure FTP:
The data can be transmitted with SSL/TLS (explicit) encryption. Passive FTP port range setup is also supported.
- Write-only access right on FTP server:
The third party partners are allowed to upload data to the NAS but not able to read or edit the data on the NAS via FTP.
Green Design
QNAP NAS features the latest green technologies to protect the environment and save your electricity bill. The smart fan monitors the server and hard drive temperature and automatically adjusts the fan speed for quiet 24/7 operation. The hard drives can also be set to enter sleep mode after a period of idling to reduce power consumption and extend their lifespan. The NAS can also be scheduled for automatic power on and off to save energy when no data access is required.
Class-leading Performance
High-speed data sharing for home network
With the Gigabit Ethernet interface and advanced processor, the NAS delivers ultra-high-speed home network data transfer. You can quickly store large amount of movies, photos, and music within a short period of time.
Other Applications for Digital Home
Download Station
QNAP NAS is a perfect download center for high speed BT, eMule, FTP, HTTP download. You can use the Download Station with the QGet utility to manage your download tasks remotely on the local network or the Internet. The NAS also supports continuous NZB download, and eMule download by installed QPKG without turning on a PC.
Surveillance Station
Surveillance Station of QNAP NAS enables you to connect to multiple IP-based security cameras for real-time monitoring, recording, and playback. It supports leading network camera brands such as AXIS, D-Link, IPUX, LevelOne, Linksys, Panasonic, and VIVOTEK. By using particular models, you can use two-way video and audio monitoring and recording, and smart PTZ control to control the monitoring direction of the IP cameras by a web browser.
Virtual Host Supported Web Server
You can host multiple websites on QNAP NAS with the web server and virtual host feature. The NAS supports PHP, MySQL, HTTPS connection, and SSL authentication. It is the ideal solution for you to create your own websites, e-shops, blogs, content management system (CMS), wiki, and so on.
MySQL Server
The NAS can be flexibly applied in various deployments such as a database server of another web server in remote site or as an additional backup database server.
Network UPS
This feature allows multiple QNAP NAS servers on the same physical network to be protected by a single UPS via receiving UPS notification about abnormal power supply.
Built-in iSCSI Target Service
The TS-112 is both a NAS and an iSCSI target server, ideal for cost-efficient IP-SAN setup. You can make use of the built-in iSCSI target service to add up to 256 iSCSI devices. Different iSCSI Target LUNs (Logical Unit Number) can be defined as storage expansion or backup destination of the existing application servers, such as database servers and mail servers.
Furthermore, the "Virtual Space Allocation" (Thin Provisioning) feature is provided which allows you to flexibly allocate the capacity of iSCSI LUN (Logical Unit Number). When the physical storage capacity of the volume is going to be full, you can easily expand the storage capacity by adjusting/removing the currently unused volume space.
Virtual Disk Drive (VDD)
The NAS supports flexible storage expansion by stacking other iSCSI targets on the network via its built-in iSCSI initiator. The connected iSCSI targets are turned into "virtual disk drives" of the NAS to provide more storage capacity.
Windows Active Directory (AD)
You can import the user accounts* from a Windows AD domain to the NAS to let the domain users access the domain and the NAS with the same login settings. The NAS also supports setup of large amount of users and user groups. (200,000 domain users and user groups can be imported according to QNAP's lab test.)
Software Expansion via QPKG Plugins
You can maximize the usage of QNAP NAS by installing additional QPKG software packages developed by the users and community worldwide.
* Actual performance varies by models
** Available on firmware v3.4
Hardware Specifications
|Marvell 6281 1.2GHz
|Flash Memory
|Hard Disk Drive
|1 x 3.5″ SATA I/II hard disk drive (HDD)
|LAN Port
|1 x Gigabit RJ-45 Ethernet port
|LED Indicators
|USB, Status, HDD, eSATA, LAN, Power
|3 x USB 2.0 port (front: 1; back: 2)
Support USB printer, pen drive, USB hub, and USB UPS etc.
|System: Power button, One touch copy button, Reset button
|Alarm Buzzer
|System warning
|Form Factor
|165.5 (H) x 60 (W) x 218.4 (D) mm
6.52 (H) x 2.36 (W) x 8.60(D) inch
|Net weight: 0.79 kg/1.74 lb
Gross weight: 1.7 kg/ 3.75 lb
|Power Consumption (W)
|Sleep mode: 5W
In operation: 7W
(with 1 x 500GB HDD installed)
|Relative Humidity
|Power Supply
|External Power Adapter, 36W, 100-240V
|Secure Design
|K-lock security slot for theft prevention
|1 x quiet cooling fan (4 cm, 12V DC)