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Abolish plea bargains
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Plea bargain is defined as: an arrangement between a prosecutor and a defendant whereby the defendant pleads guilty to a lesser charge in the expectation of leniency.
Goal: Justice. I believe that whoever better promotes justice in the justice system should win the round.
What is wrong with the system? Plea bargains are unjust every time. People who take plea bargains are either guilty, or innocent. If they are guilty, they are using a plea bargain to escape the punishment they deserve. If they are innocent, they are confessing to, and being punished for, a crime they did not commit. In either case, injustice has been done. When you consider the fact that plea bargains account for 90% of criminal cases in the U.S., you are forced to agree that with plea bargains in place, the justice system cannot accomplish it's only purpose.
Plan: Plea bargains will be made illegal in the United States.
The advantage of enacting this plan, is that justice can be done. There will still be some wrongful convictions, but in every case, the defendant will have a chance to defend himself, and convictions will be punished appropriately.
Please stand with me in returning justice to the justice system.
In life there are a lot of gray areas. Each case has different circumstances. There are a lot of factors that go into someone being charged in the first place. How many charges are against them may vary. The arresting officer or other witnesses involved. Plea bargaining allows for the prosecution and the defense to work through these details before a trail. Going to court is costly. It cost money and time for both sides to go to court. It places a heavier burden on the courts themselves. Which depending on their location may already be overburdened beyond their intended capacity.
The idea to abolish plea bargaining to promote justice is a generalised idealistic solution to complex problems.
Yes, the prosecution and defence get to work out all those details, and, in the case of a plea bargain, make absolutely sure that justice miscarries.
Yes, a trial costs money, but if the justice system is not willing to spend money on justice, what should it spend money on? You did not contest the point that justice is the purpose of the justice system. In that case, we must spend whatever we must to achieve that goal.
Even under my plan, not all cases will go to trial. Some guilty defendants will plead guilty to save the trouble of court, and in hopes that the judge will be lenient at sentencing.
My opponent argues that the solution is not complex enough to fix this complex problem, but he does not explain exactly how the plan will fall short, or present evidence supporting his opinion. He has merely said that the problem is complicated.
The issue you are presented with is still the same. Every plea bargain is a miscarriage of justice. Plea bargains are used in 90% of cases. We must get rid of this enormous flaw in the system.
I did not contest that justice is the point of the justice system for two reasons. First, that is not the topic of debate. Second justice is the point of the justice system. Pro needs to adequately demonstrate that plea bargaining impedes the justice system. Not whether justice is the point.
90 percent of criminal cases are settled by plea bargains.
The court system handling 10 percent is overburdened.
Doing away with plea bargaining would load overburdened courts with exponentially more burden.
Which would render the court system less effectual.
Nations, states, counties, cities have budgets.
There are a finite amount of resources.
In adult society it is most reasonable to consider cost.
Doing away with plea bargaining is not a plan. The notion addresses no issues that would result.
It is uncertain how many criminal cases wouldn't go to trail without plea bargaining. There's no way to know if judges would provide leniency. If judges did provide leniency isn't that just plea bargaining with a judge as the arbiter. These are things pro couldn't possibly know and shouldn't state as fact.
Justice is the legal and philosophical theory by which fairness is administered.
Plea bargains involve mutual terms set by both parties.
The guilty receives a punishment through plea bargaining.
No one has to accept a plea deal.
Plea bargaining is a just mechanism in the justice system.
First, assuming plea bargains are unjust, is the cost of justice too high. Both sides agree that justice is the purpose of our justice system. If we are not willing to spend money to achieve justice, our courts may as well shut down. Can you look a taxpayer in the eye and tell him "We can afford $700,000 to study methane gas emissions from dairy cows, but justice is too expensive." I couldn't. If plea bargains are unjust, then we should get rid of them whatever the cost. Hire more judges and cut the budget elsewhere!
So the main issue you the judge must decide is the second point: Are plea bargains unjust? My answer is yes. Every time. Justice means giving somebody the punishment he deserves for his crime. Think about the two groups of people who take plea bargains. Guilty and innocent. If a person is guilty, he deserves a sentence of X. In the status quo, he can take a plea bargain and escape his just sentence. If an innocent person takes a plea bargain he is confessing to a crime he did not commit. If that is just, my opponent should win the round.
My opponent made a few other statements which I will respond to here:
If both parties agree on unjust terms, they are still unjust.
The guilty receives "a punishment," but it is not the just punishment meeted out by law.
Actually, there are examples of people will very little choice in the matter. That aside, refer to my first point.
Clearly it is a mechanism, but as I hope I have showed, it is unjust.
We can't know how often judges will be lenient or how often people will plead guilty, but we can assume that some will. Even if none do, I believe that solving this injustice is worth the cost.
A judge is the one who should have power over sentencing. If he is lenient, that is not the same as a plea bargain.
If you see the injustice of plea bargains, please help to stop them.
Plea bargaining has played a key role in gaining information to take down criminal organizations.
Who are anyone of us to say what a just punishment is? Most sentencing in a trail is left to the arbitrary decision of the judge. Who may have personal reasons for making his or her choice.
Whether plea bargaining exist or not, prosecutor's still have incentive to gain convictions.
Plea bargaining is optional. No one has to take a plea deal.
The court system is overburdened in it's current state. Adding an exponential amount of burden to the court system would be disastrous.
Any adult who understands how the world works knows it is unreasonable to say spend whatever it costs. The only way one could make such a statement is to have no idea what it is to manage money and responsibility in the first place.
In a plea bargain both sides come to an agreeable solution.
The accused is given a punishment the representative of the state sees fit to the crime. Oftentimes a judge reviews the plea deal.
My opponent has not demonstrated how plea bargaining impedes justice. The scenarios pro paints could lead to injustice even in a trail. Clearly plea bargaining is not the determinant factor on whether justice is or isn't served.
Finally my opponent keeps mentioning justice as if he alone has a perfect sense of it. Let me define justice:the legal and philosophical theory by which fairness is administered.
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4 points to Pro (Conduct, Arguments). Reasons for voting decision: Great debate both of you. Couple reasons for my vote. I gave conduct to pro because Con did not define justice until his last sentence. That is not really fair Con because justice was an important issue and if you didn't agree with his definition, redefine it in round 2 or round 1, but not round 3. Pro made better arguments in a couple areas. 1: Pros argument that Justice is receiving the correct sentence, was not addressed by Con, Con said that justice would be arbitrary because of judge sentencing. However Mandatory Minimums make that not possible (this is where no research hurts you). Con argued that our system would collapse under the new strain. But Pro pointed out that an unjust society should not be allowed at any cost. If we are going to sacrifice lives to build a just country, keep it just. Also, Con never explained the extent of the collapse, and whether we could pick up the pieces. This point was not fully brought out. I don't agree with Plea Bargains, but I vote Pro.
[*Reason for removal*] The argument points are sufficiently explained, but the voter appears to be under a misapprehension about Con's definitions in the debate. Con provides the exact same definition of justice that came out in R3 in R2, which the voter apparently would be content with. Since this is the sole basis for awarding conduct, the vote produces inaccurate information to award points and thus is insufficient.
As I have said, I don't love the idea myself. It was a topic I have not studied much. I had the idea, and wondered how it would go.
You also need to define what is just sentencing. How do you figure the sentencing in a plea bargain is unjust? Because it's less than a maximum? If a just sentence is what the law says it is than whatever the outcome of plea bargaining is just.
Another thing about your friends vote that is troubling is he assigns you no burden of proof. You should have defined justice seeing how you originally asserted it wasn't being served.
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Despite the prevalence of those little "I voted" stickers on social media these days, actually voting is getting more complicated in this country. WVU law professor Atiba Ellis, whose research focuses on voting rights laws, explains why.
QI've heard you use pop culture texts like "Monty Python" to teach your law students about current election issues. How does that work?
AOn the first day of class, after they've read some of the traditional texts, I show them a clip from "Monty Python." In it, two peasants argue with King Arthur about the basis of authority. Notice the big questions framed in that conversation. What is the basis for choosing how we are governed? Is the threat of violence — King Arthur kicking Dennis' butt for questioning his rule — inherent in any system of government? Should such violence be inherent? How do we distribute rights between the governed and the government?
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Dennis: Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
-"Monty Python and the Holy Grail," 1975
From there we start talking about election rights themselves. The American state says legitimacy comes from a mandate from the masses, so how are the masses supposed to express that mandate? By voting, right? Then we confront how the law says all citizens have the same rights but not all can exercise the same access and ability to participate in the creation or expression of that mandate. These concepts, in the abstract, can seem quite remote and difficult. But with the Monty Python example, my students can see we are having this same argument over the course of this class. And that this argument has existed for hundreds if not thousands of years.
One of the big issues today are voter ID laws. Can you explain why they are so contentious?
In terms of voter ID laws, proponents tend to argue the need for election integrity. They analogize these laws to getting on an airplane or getting into a courthouse, where the need for security is high. For opponents, the objective is to protect minority citizens from anything that would harm their access to the vote. They see such laws as unnecessary barriers targeting minorities, the elderly and the poor.
So you have these ideas about security versus participation and the need for laws to allow one of those to be more important than the other. On one level you can say the process is there for everyone to participate and everyone gets an equal opportunity, but one of the key premises of my work is that that opportunity doesn't really exist for everyone.
One of your arguments has been that voter ID laws are basically the same as the poll taxes of the 19th century, laws once put in place in a number of states that required voters to pay to register to vote. Can you explain that?
I argue that there is a certain level of socioeconomic wherewithal for one to have in order to participate in a political process like this. You have to understand how to work with a highly complex electoral system, and you have to have time and money to do things like prove your citizenship, travel to a DMV and purchase an ID to successfully express your mandate.
When you construct socioeconomic barriers to participation — things like voter ID laws, proof of citizenship laws — you certainly make the process more secure, but you also make it more likely legitimate citizens will be dissuaded from, if not unable to, complete the requirements. And the people for whom the process is harder, those on the outside of the political system, are frequently those who've been discriminated against historically — immigrants, African Americans and those of low socioeconomic status. The question is what is it about the law that still supports this kind of discrimination and what can we do about it?
Tell me about your research. How do you navigate such complex legal and constitutional territory and digest that for an audience?
Late nights and coffee! (Or early mornings and Darjeeling tea. It's hard to tell the difference sometimes.) It's easy enough to look at our doctrinal structures and see the policies, assumptions and forces behind them, and there's a rich literature out there that does a great job at exactly that. My own work, however, has tried to show that these issues are driven by (often false) assumptions we have. And whether it's the doctrine itself or the assumptions, it is more accessible for an audience if you illustrate the point with pop culture.
For instance, in my paper, "The Meme of Voter Fraud," I argue that voter fraud, the idea that there's a threat of rampant manipulation of elections, is a meme. And to be clear, a meme is an image, idea or behavior that is transmitted from person to person. In this context, however, such memes can and do persuade people to act — often regardless of the evidence or lack of evidence.
By way of example, you have certain powerful political figures, like Kris Kobach, Kansas secretary of state, and pundits like Hans von Spakovsky, John Fund and others, who've helped promote myths about undocumented immigrants and other "outsider" groups overwhelming elections to skew the vote. Currently, there is no evidence that this type of voter fraud ever happened. But the story still circulates. It's been brought up in the recent presidential campaign. These stories evoke and spread fear, and fear persuades people to act before they get the facts. We've seen this time and again throughout history.
The fear invoked after 9/11 developed into the desire to crack down on immigration. This has since bled into conversations about banning immigrants from countries associated with ISIS or terrorism and then also into building walls. People want to conflate actors who actually pose threats with an entire religious and racial group generally.
These memes have the tendency to drive us towards legislation and regulation that seeks to control the "other." In this context, the "other" is often a group you see as outside your socioeconomic, cultural or national identity. These two examples of memes — voter fraud and dangerous immigrants — spread the fear that those we see as different may also be a threat. even when there is no evidence that any one group of people is more dangerous than another.
You argue in your research that racial biases are another example of this. Can you explain?
That is one argument I make in both my research and the race and the law course I teach. In both, I draw on critical race theory, which articulates that racial biases are also part of this received tradition of wanting to find an "other" against which one can define oneself. This ideology creates a worldview that defines boundaries based on perceptions of race and then rationalizes those boundaries as assumptions change. These biases develop into the fear of losing power or the desire to accumulate and keep power in order to protect one's self and one's identity — and they often occur at the expense of the "other."
These issues come to bear when the history of racial segregation, the economic disadvantage that affects these communities and the incentives to create a political base predisposed for one party come together. These things create structures of vulnerability of which politicians making voting rules attempt to take advantage by creating added burdens and segregated districts to channel the political process. This is why I argue that we must pay particular attention to such marginalized communities in which people are often put into the role of "other." The vulnerabilities combined with the addition of restrictive rules to the voting process, cause people in these communities to be dissuaded from participating in the political process and thus get locked out of the democratic process.
My work tries to situate the right to vote in this context. My work tries to point to this history as actually current; the old biases and historic legacies of racism, sexism and poverty in the United States continue to dominate both the law of politics and the politics of law.
What, if anything, does the constitution say about these issues? Do you see an opportunity for change?
The original constitutional text left all these issues to the states to solve. Then again, in 1789, slavery was legal throughout the country, women were considered property, and "citizenship" was limited to a few. Of course, our Constitution evolved (over the objection of folks who believe in a state-centered approach) as our concepts of personhood and equality evolved. Thus, text of the Constitution was amended to prohibit discrimination on the basis of race and sex and age (over 18) when it comes to voting. The Constitution also commands that persons receive "the equal protection of the laws" when it comes to voting and to all the things that we think of as fundamental rights today.
Thus, in 2016, we have competing approaches and interpretations of how to read the constitutional text. It's one thing to analyze the physical text and the intent of the constitution through a historical lens, whether that is the political theories of 1789 or 1870 or 1965 or today, and base your arguments on that.
Or you can raise the question of what the political theory of the Constitution ought to be. What should the Constitution and this command for equality mean tomorrow? Who is included, who is excluded and is that right? What is the ideal relationship between the government and its citizens given the premise that, within our chosen republican form of government, we believe all citizens ought to have oversight over their government? Ultimately, we have the power to make that change.
When I think about this, I think about the scene in "The West Wing" when Amy Gardner is giving a speech to a political group. She says that it is one of the wonders of our government that we can have a revolution every four years. To me, that's what voting is. That's what the electoral process is. That's why it's so important for everyone to have a voice.
We the people get to change our entire government without having to fire a gun —without having massive social disruption. We get to debate our most controversial issues and bring our most important values to light through the political process. In fact, it's our expectation as citizens that we get to make the choice collectively as to who represents us and who runs the government.
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Alistair Darling, the Transport Secretary, has said that there will be no extra Government rail network funding without improvements to services.
As the Strategic Rail Authority (SRA) began its campaign to win more money for rail, Mr Darling warned that the industry "needed to live within its means, like any business".
He added that huge investment in the railways could only be justified if performance improved and costs came down. Mr Darling said the industry had to make the case for rail "to the people that matter most, the public".
He added that some operators were still not performing well, and that the railway had to offer people more options "rather than what's convenient to the operator".
Mr Darling was speaking at a London conference entitled Why Rail Is Important at which the SRA launched its Case For Rail that will culminate in the New Year in an official request for more Government funding.
The SRA said that half of Britons use trains and that big business relies on staff who get to work by train. The authority added that 75 per cent of electricity is generated by rail-borne coal and pointed out that main rail passenger routes will be overloaded within 15 years.
Also today, Peter Field, rail development director at London Rail, a division of Transport for London, said overcrowding on trains into London will reach Third World levels by the year 2011 without investment of billions of pounds in rail services.


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fanciful; impractical; unrealistic:romantic ideas
imbued with or dominated by idealism, a desire for adventure, chivalry, etc
characterized by a preoccupation with love or by the idealizing of love or one's beloved
displaying or expressing love or strong affection
ardent; passionate; fervent
(usually initial capital letter) of, relating to, or characteristic of a style of literature and art that subordinates form to content, encourages freedom of treatment, emphasizes imagination, emotion, and introspection, and often celebrates nature, the ordinary person, and freedom of the spirit (contrasted with classical)
of or relating to a musical style characteristic chiefly of the th century and marked by the free expression of imagination and emotion, virtuosic display, experimentation with form, and the adventurous development of orchestral and piano music and opera
imaginary, fictitious, or fabulous
noting, of, or pertaining to the role of a suitor or lover in a play about love:the romantic lead
As noun
a romantic person
a romanticist
romantics, romantic ideas, ways, etc
As noun
any of various permanent upright constructions having a length much greater than the thickness and presenting a continuous surface except where pierced by doors, windows, etc
: used for shelter, protection, or privacy, or to subdivide interior space, to support floors, roofs, or the like, to retain earth, to fence in an area, etc
Usually, walls
a rampart raised for defensive purposes
an immaterial or intangible barrier, obstruction, etc
, suggesting a wall:a wall of prejudice
a wall-like, enclosing part, thing, mass, etc
:a wall of fire; a wall of troops
an embankment to prevent flooding, as a levee or sea wall
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a line of defenders standing shoulder to shoulder in an attempt to block a free kick with their bodies
the side of a level or drift
the overhanging or underlying side of a vein; a hanging wall or footwall
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of or relating to a wall:wall space
growing against or on a wall:wall plants; wall cress
situated, placed, or installed in or on a wall:wall oven; a wall safe
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climb (the) walls, Slang
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drive / push to the wall, to force into a desperate situation; humiliate or ruin completely:Not content with merely winning the match, they used every opportunity to push the inferior team to the wall
go over the wall, Slang
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to fail in business, especially to become bankrupt
to be put aside or forgotten
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up against the wall, placed against a wall to be executed by a firing squad
in a crucial or critical position, especially one in which defeat or failure seems imminent: Unless sales improve next month, the company will be up against the wall
up the wall, Slang
into an acutely frantic, frustrated, or irritated state:The constant tension in the office is driving everyone up the wall
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the quality, production, expression, or realm, according to aesthetic principles, of what is beautiful, appealing, or of more than ordinary significance
the class of objects subject to aesthetic criteria; works of art collectively, as paintings, sculptures, or drawings: a museum of art;an art collection
See also fine art, commercial art
a field, genre, or category of art:Dance is an art
the fine arts collectively, often excluding architecture:art and architecture
any field using the skills or techniques of art: advertising art;industrial art
a branch of learning or university study, especially one of the fine arts or the humanities, as music, philosophy, or literature: She was adept at the arts of music and painting;I've always felt an affinity towards the visual arts, though I studied art of philosophy
(used with a singular verb) the humanities, as distinguished from the sciences and technical fields: a college of arts and sciences
(used with a plural verb) liberal arts: Faculty of Arts
skill in conducting any human activity: a master at the art of conversation;From my mother, I learned the art of perfectly cooked pasta
Synonyms: knack, facility, technical skill, skillfulness, know-how
the principles or methods governing any craft or branch of learning: the art of baking;the art of selling
Synonyms: craft, technique, skill; procedure, method, way; fine points, subtleties
the craft, trade, or profession using these principles or methods
See also term of art
skilled workmanship, execution, or agency, as distinguished from nature
trickery; cunning:glib and devious art
Synonyms: craftiness, guile, slyness, wiliness, artfulness, intrigue, machination, scheming
studied action; artificiality in behavior
Synonyms: deceit, deception, duplicity, imposture, falsehood
Antonyms: frankness, candor, openness, artlessness, ingenuousness, sincerity; truthfulness, honesty
an artifice or artful device:the innumerable arts and wiles of politics
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(in printed matter) illustrative or decorative material:Is there any art with the copy for this story?
science, learning, or scholarship
As Verb phrases
art up, to improve the aesthetic quality of (something) through some form of art: This dress is so plain, it could use some arting up
I had an interior designer art up my apartment
As preposition
with the object or purpose of:to run for exercise
intended to belong to, or be used in connection with: equipment for the army;a closet for dishes
suiting the purposes or needs of:medicine for the aged
in order to obtain, gain, or acquire: a suit for alimony;to work for wages
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sensitive or responsive to:an eye for beauty
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during the continuance of:for a long time
in favor of; on the side of:to be for honest government
in place of; instead of:a substitute for butter
in the interest of; on behalf of:to act for a client
in exchange for; as an offset to: blow for blow;money for goods
in punishment of:payment for the crime
in honor of:to give a dinner for a person
with the purpose of reaching:to start for London
contributive to:for the advantage of everybody
in order to save:to flee for one's life
in order to become:to train recruits for soldiers
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such as results in:his reason for going
as affecting the interests or circumstances of:bad for one's health
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in the character of; as being:to know a thing for a fact
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seeing that; since
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for it, British
in (def )
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Francis Ridley Havergal wrote in the sixth stanza of the hymn "Jesus, Thy Life is Mine":
"Jesus, my life is Thine,
And evermore shalt be,
Hidden in Thee,
For nothing can untwine,
Thy life from mine."
Let us today, by faith, lay hold of the wonderful truth of our inseparable union with Christ. (Colossians 1:27; Ephesians 2:5-6) The Apostle Paul said, "For me to live IS Christ, and to die is gain." (Philippians 1:21) Paul lived in the reality of his union with Christ. Continue reading


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Definition of Pleater
1. one that pleats [n -S] - See also: pleats
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1. East of Cleveland: Moral Imagination in Industrial Culture, 1920П1940 by Richard Cartwright Austin (2004)
"Among her belongings was a pleater, a clever Yankee invention that was of great use to the ... "Could you make me a pleater like the one your wife has? ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"DAVIDGE, William pleater, American actor: b. London, England, 17 April 1814; d. Cheyenne, Wyo., 7 Aug. 1888. He made his first appearance on the stage at ..."
3. A Guide to the Best Fiction in English by William Winter, George Saintsbury, Ernest Albert Baker (1918)
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4. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography by Historical Society of Pennsylvania (1892)
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5. The Wallet of Time: Containing Personal, Biographical, and Critical by William Winter (1913)
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7 travel apps to watch in 2015
In 2015, look for tech-savvy travelers to tap the power of these new smartphone apps.
7 travel apps to watch in 2015
In 2015, look for tech-savvy travelers to tap the power of these new smartphone apps.
Greenwood Police Recommend React Mobile To Stay Safe At Local Walking Trails
A Greenwood man is in jail after police say he asked a woman walking in Bell Park a question sexual in nature and began chasing her when she tried get away from him last week.
"There were other people that were in the park which we can only think that that caused him to deter his path from chasing her and go into the woods," Will Dawson, Greenwood Police Chief said.
Baker faces a number of charges including disorderly conduct, public intoxication, fleeing and resisting arrest. Carly Hodnett works at a cell phone store in town and often goes walking in the same park with her co-worker after their shift is over.
"We've had some people holler shout at us before," Hodnett said. "I mean teenage boys can be boys, but sometimes when it gets to that serious level you do want to take control, and I'm glad that [Baker's] behind bars because who could have known what else he could have done."
Chief Dawson said there are things you can do if you find yourself in a threatening situation:
The Greenwood Police Department has put a list of helpful apps on their Facebook page:
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Back-Up routine with a Mac, USB drive, NAS and the Cloud
I've been digging into how to save my files with the safest and leanest plan…
That means I need to achieve:
* A transparent, "in the background" back-up
* Multiple support to minimize risk of failure
* Multiple location to minimize risk of data loss
* Auto selection of data to back up
* Speed
That has not been an easy one, as I thought. Every solution has its benefits and limitations but I think I have a solid set-up to share, taking advantage of free online services as much as home-made solutions.
Here's my story:
1. Get Your data organized.
I was happy to start fresh or nearly, with a new computer and some already filtered, organized folders of archives.
So I only had to decide how I wanted to work on my desktop, which files I wanted to access most and how I wanted to be able to fetch them online, and back them up.
4 folders and early workarounds
I've settled for 4 folders that represent my activities.
The usual Documents works as a repository for my files. I have for example scanned all official documents here and want to access them easily on all devices.
I've created Coding, Business, WiP as additional folders to manage my activities. They all sit on the desktop for easy access and represent daily parts of my activities.
I used MacDropAny to create symbolic links to these folders into the DropBox original one. So all files in my operative folders are automatically in sync with DropBox, which runs in the background.
2. Start to consolidate
So I have my files organized, and I have a first sync in place.
How do I get two other automatic Back-ups in two different supports while not doing anything more at all ?
Here comes the NAS, and TimeMachine (and little app)
I highly recommend, if you're a heavy mac user and have valuable info on your computer, to invest a bit of money in a NAS. Basically these are Hard Drives connected to your network as a server. And they can be used for a lot of things:
* As a multimedia station to stream video on your TV
* As a download station (Torrent anyone?)
* As a personal cloud set-up (See here for example)
THere are a lot of models and brands on the market. Synology is usually the most recommended one.
Obviously, the one single main use here is as a Backup Station using TimeMachine. That's an easy set-up, where the NAS is configured to be the disk to hold your TimeMachine datas.
I used TimeMachine Editor in order to lower the frequency of the backups and adjust them to the rhythm of my work.
The software allows you to set the backup increments in more ways than Apple allows: by hour slots (whatever you want), days, etc.
Easy and useful.
3. Two last Hacks and we're done
I've added two twists in my set-up to make is rock solid. It's also quite transparent to me, completely automated.
DropBox again
I've configured automated the NAS to sync with DropBox. Synology has some small software to do that easily. This way, my data is on my computer, on the Cloud and on the NAS. Plus the TimeMachine automation that suck up all the Mac system every day (I've set-up a TimeMachine Backup every day at midnight).
Automator beauty
Last things in place. I have an old spare 500GB USB hard drive. I've named it BACKUP and build an Automator script that monitor if the hard drive is plugged in the Mac. When so, it automatically sent all the 4 defined folders from the Mac and all their files on a defined folder on the USB Disk.
UPDATE: at the end I changed the script so that I manually launch it when the drive is plugged. Running a monitoring script seems to be consuming too much memory.
So let's recap:
- DropBox for selected folders 24/7
- NAS for TimeMachine, everyday at midnight
- Duplicate of DropBox on the NAS 24/7
- USB backup on folders, on-demand
What do you think ?


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Bitcoin explained_ The digital currency making millionaires – Kenyan Wallstreet the price of bitcoin
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Bitcoin, a novelty digital currency, kicked off the new year at a lofty price of $1100 at market close on tuesday, levels last seen in december 2013. Often dismissed as a niche, or fad, bitcoin surprised critics as the best performing currency and commodity asset at the close of 2016. The momentum has spilled over into 2017, as the third leg of an impressive +135% return rally continues. Enthusiasts and high risk appetite investors exposed to this cyber asset class, are feeling vindicated, after years of touting its promethean qualities.
As a web based cryptocurrency, with no central banking authority that governs it, bitcoin relies on a global peer to peer network of computers to enforce its simple monetary policy – a fixed supply of 21 million bitcoins.The price of bitcoin
The only thing that people seem to agree on, is that bitcoin divides opinion. Now in its 8th year, it has come up against skeptical pundits, who fault its pseudonymity, consensus mechanism, and fixed monetary supply. But, critics also often get it wrong. Recent events have shown, these protean qualities are in fact propelling the digital asset into the mainstream psyche. As I saw it, the economic events of 2016, highlighted two important points that portend well for the future of this nascent asset – markets are fickle and people are irrational.
In the wake of the thursday, june 23, united kingdom referendum, bitcoin reveled in the uncertainty of a widely unanticipated brexit result.The price of bitcoin the sterling pound fell sharply to a record 35 year low against the dollar. In a matter of days, XAU gold rose to its highest price in 2 years, while XBT bitcoin surged 8.7% to $680. In the united states, the early results of the US elections trickled in on november 9, indicating a shocking trump win. Bitcoin jumped +3% over the course of 4 hours, just before official results came out.
In the past, such events would prompt investors to diversify their portfolios into perceived safe assets like gold. But the contemporary world of today has a different set of dynamics, for instance, we spend far more time on digital devices and internet communications than any time in the history of humanity.
Bitcoin's creators, contrived to mimic the qualities of gold as an alternative for an internet driven society.The price of bitcoin at the height of the financial crisis in 2009, as droves of depositors queued outside banks to find out there was no money to withdraw, bitcoin was born. The first bitcoin transaction was embedded with an apt headline from the times edition, 3rd january, 2009: "chancellor on brink of second bailout for bank"
Bitcoin's monetary policy set out to be free from the price controls of presidential appointed central bankers. Because it is digital, it shed off the bulkiness and logistical nightmares of handling 12.4 kg metal bars, making it instantly accessible to anyone in the world with a mobile phone. Its resistance to seizure by both states and oppressive regimes, decisively set it apart from gold.
These lessons were drawn from the events of 1933, when an executive order 6102, signed franklin D.The price of bitcoin roosevelt criminalized the possession of private property; individuals, associations and companies could no longer hold monetary gold and were required to redeem it in 14 days at a fixed price of $20 per troy ounce. This outrageous ability of the state to take private property by force, and set prices, bothered monetary purists for decades, until bitcoin's nifty design solved this age old problem.
Owning bitcoin equates to full ownership and control over property, just like a bearer bonds or cash. No state, dictatorship or oppressive regime can seize your bitcoin once held.
For the chinese, this salient quality comes in handy when bypassing tight capital controls by the people's bank of china, after the yuan's weakest showing in 20 years, a 7% devaluation over 2016. Chinese exchanges accounted for over 90% of trading volumes and the bitcoin/renminbi was the most actively traded currency pair.The price of bitcoin
As the risk for traditional currencies rise, like the naira's devastating 30% plunge against the USD, the idea of a digital disaster hedge suddenly does not seem too strange. It is why bitcoin is attracting the interest of hedge funds, brokerages and institutional investors.
But the currency is not without its struggles. Central bankers are dubious of a monetary system outside their control. In december 2015, after a local court case between payments company bitpesa and safaricom ltd. Over the legality of virtual currencies like bitcoin, the central bank of kenya put out a notice clarifying bitcoin was not legal tender. Its novelty means there is no broad consensus on how to regulate it – which is both a challenge for regulators and an opportunity for entrepreneurs.
To appeal to mainstream finance, bitcoin has had to relent on some of its ideological stances, and distance itself from associations with dark markets, and exchange hacks.The price of bitcoin the second wave of entrepreneurs are cognizant of this more than ever, and are now building companies willing to work with regulators.
Later this year, the commodities and futures trading commission (CFTC) will debut a pair of bitcoin dollar priced indices to track the virtual currency. Alongside the bitcoin investment trust, an OTCQX publicly traded investment vehicle, and a COIN ETF application under review by the securities and exchange commission, these are the building blocks for pricing mainstream financial products that will make bitcoin more readily accessible to traditional investors.
Some austrian leaning bitcoin economists, like jon matonis, imagine a future where countries could have bitcoin on their balance sheet as a reserve asset, a similar role to how nations treat gold. Today, 1 bitcoin is priced as much as an ounce of gold; the idea is inching closer to reality.The price of bitcoin
All these factors make bitcoin an exotic asset class choice for portfolio diversification. Its price movements are uncorrelated with events in kenya. Nairobi securities exchange investors for example, would have done well to part expose themselves to bitcoin, after the NSE 20 share index was down 21% at the close of 2016. Only time will tell, no one said the path to world reserve currency status was going to be easy.
By mr. Michael mwangi kimani
Michael is a bitcoin market analyst and co-founder at umati blockchain ltd., a company bridging the gap between east africans and bitcoin blockchain technology.
As a recognized thought leader on bitcoin in east africa, he has been featured on BBC radio show, CNN, fast company and regularly writes opinion for the daily nation and other publications on the subject.The price of bitcoin
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The third edition of the high-powered event draws forward-thinkers for three days of dialogue about the future of "the digital frontier."
Three years ago, Abu Dhabi put on the first-ever Abu Dhabi Media Summit in March with such execs as News Corp. chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch and Google's Eric Schmidt.
Now held in October just ahead of the emirate's annual film festival, it is back for its third edition with the likes of WME's Ari Emanuel, YouTube content guru Robert Kyncl, Bill Gates, former MTV and Viacom boss Tom Freston and Viacom International Media Networks CEO Bob Bakish.
The industry gathering, expected to bring together several hundred participants, will take place Oct. 9 to 11 at the Yas Viceroy Hotel on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi. More than 400 global media leaders are confirmed for the Media Summit, whose theme this year is "Redefining the Digital Frontier."
"The continued evolution and strengthening of the summit mirrors the continued development of Abu Dhabi and the UAE as an important hub for the media industry," says Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak, chairman of the Abu Dhabi Media Summit and also known to English soccer fans as chairman of reigning Premier League champs Manchester City. "The 2012 event will also see an even greater emphasis on homegrown talent through a series of master classes and workshops."
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"Everyone deserves a chance to fly."
That lyric from the show-stopping song, "Defying Gravity," in the hit musical Wicked is at the heart of the CASA benefit concert "Broadway on Wall Street" at the Tower Theatre November 15 and 16.
CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) provides a voice for children in foster care, and for this special concert, local talent lend their voices to the cause, performing uplifting songs from contemporary Broadway shows including The Lion King, Spamalot, Sister Act, Rent, and more.
"This show is essentially about love and hope," says show director David DaCosta. "The journey of life is hard enough, but kids in the foster care system often have to travel that path alone--without family, without support." As a foster dad himself, DaCosta has seen firsthand how much foster children need someone supporting them through the journey, helping them find their way to a forever home.
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