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Life isn't easy for "Walmart moms" – women with children at home who shop at least once a month at the world's largest retailer. They are struggling to pay the bills and raise their kids. Most are married; some are their family's sole breadwinner after their husband's layoff.
They use words like "busy" and even "chaotic" to describe their lives, but through it all, they remain hopeful, two focus groups conducted this week reveal about this key bloc of swing voters.
"Without hope, what do you have?" says Courtney G. from Kansas City, Mo., a mother of two young children who works two part-time jobs. Her husband was laid off, and his severance is running out.
A bipartisan team of pollsters began studying this demographic in 2008, and has been tracking their views since. Walmart moms represent about 15 percent of the electorate; half have household incomes under $50,000 a year, 60 to 70 percent are white, and almost half are college-educated.
They voted for Barack Obama in 2008, swung Republican in the 2010 midterms, and voted narrowly to reelect President Obama last fall. In other words, they mirror the electorate as a whole, and can offer clues to both parties on how to address the issues of the day.
"They have logistical struggles and difficulties," says Margie Omero of Momentum Analysis, a Democratic polling firm. "That's the prism and the lens through which they view all political issues."
The focus groups of 10 women each – one in Kansas City, the other in Philadelphia – met on Wednesday to discuss Obama's State of the Union address the night before. A few women had watched the whole speech, but most had not. After all, they're busy moms, juggling work, school, kids' activities, volunteering, and family time.
Videotapes of the two sessions were presented to a group of reporters in Washington on Thursday.
The focus group organizers – Momentum Analysis and the Republican firm Public Opinion Strategies – showed the women clips from Obama's speech and then solicited comments. When asked if Washington politicians understand their lives, the answer was a resounding "no."
"There's a certain amount of isolation," said Maggie L., a homemaker from Kansas City. "Even the good people get sucked in."
The women described members of Congress as living lives of luxury, while average folks like them are barely getting by.
One woman described her family's decision to walk away from their mortgage and into a rental to save money. Others spoke about the cost of gas, bread, and health insurance. Eating out is rare.
But life is not joyless: Instead of going out, one said, cooking dinner and watching a movie together at home can be just as fun.
Still, even if these women are, on average, hopeful about their families, they're less optimistic about Washington. Few see an end to the partisan gridlock anytime soon. But eventually, a few said, there will be a breakthrough.
"Some things have to get done," said Katie M., a resource manager and mother of three from Philadelphia, listing taxes and guns as areas for potential progress.
Jackie A., a consultant from Philadelphia with one child, predicts Congress will act on immigration, because of the last election. "It's all about numbers," she says, perhaps alluding to Republican Mitt Romney's poor performance among Latino voters.
For many women, issues like immigration and climate change seem a bit disconnected from their daily concerns. Gun violence sparked a lively discussion, but did not produce the kind of ideological divide that shows up in Washington. Many of the gun-owners in the group supported limits or bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.
In both groups, the Obama proposal that got the most animated response was universal public preschool. These are women who either have kids in or not far from their preschool years (before and after), and the idea spoke to what they see in their daily lives: that prekindergarten gives kids a leg up academically, but for many families who have no public option, private preschool is unaffordable. One woman's mother-in-law was paying her four-year-old's tuition.
So score one for Obama – tapping into a real-life issue. Though quickly, the women began to talk about the practical concerns of public pre-K. How would it be funded? And if it's not full-day, how do working parents shuttle their kids around?
"What about parents without cars?" asked Colleen W., a homemaker in Kansas City.
Ardely V., also of Kansas City, commented on one of the central conundrums of today's political debate. "We are all looking for the government to help, but then we say that government has too much control," she said, suggesting that parents should take more responsibility in their children's early education. "Everything interrelates."
And what about the economy, the central political issue of the day? Obama's proposal to raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $9.00 an hour didn't impress the Walmart moms. That's good for a high school student making pocket money, many said, but hardly a living wage. Some expressed concern that raising the minimum wage will put pressure on prices.
On the issue of persistent high unemployment, politicians have been talking "jobs" for so long that a lot of the women tune out.
"It's almost like they have earmuffs on, they can't quite hear it, they've heard it for so long," says Nicole McCleskey of Public Opinion Strategies, the Republican firm. "There's been a lot of promises, and they just haven't seen the results."


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In case you missed it bento boxes where the challenge on The Next Iron Chef tonight. It was a great competition where they had to create a dish of all five flavors, one for each section of the bento. I think that this is a great idea that I'm going to steal for my own bentos. Also each dish had to contain rice and it was interesting all the different kinds.
Link: http://www.foodnetwork.com/the-next-iron-chef/index.html
I missed that...will have to catch a rerun. Thanks for letting us know! (Though the NIC show itself annoys the hell out of me...)
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i agree, that show really annoys me as well...and iron chef america is nowhere near as good as the original
LOL I missed this too, but click here to see Alton Brown, my secret luvr mispronounce Japanese names of delicious food:
Knowing that the Food Network reruns shows, I ran to my TIVO and found several different times for the show and was able to catch it yesterday. There are a few more showings. Look for the eipisode titled "Umami."
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On Saturday, Nov. 10, Philadelphia Mural Arts Program director Jane Golden and Bredenbeck's Bakery owner Karen Boyd-Rohde marked the public opening of a building-sized mural on the south side of Bredenbeck's. The opening dedication marked the end of a nearly year-long installation of the Wissahickon river-themed mural and included a performance by the Springside Chestnut Hill Academy Middle School for Girls Choir.
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Louis James Surrago, 63, of East Stroudsburg, entered into rock 'n' roll heaven on Jan. 18, 2013.
Louis is the son of the late James Louis Surrago and June Surrago. He was born March 17, 1949, in New York.
Louis was deeply passionate about rock 'n' roll music, wildlife preservation and reading.
Additionally, his love of culinary arts and truly generous spirit blended as he provided countless home-cooked meals for friends and family. He was a volunteer at Meal on Wheels throughout his lifetime and was readily available to help those in need.
Always a gentleman, he is survived by his beloved wife of 37 years, Denise Stillwell Surrago; his much-adored daughter, Tara Ann and her husband, Frank; his grandson, Rocco "the fist" Pelligrino; his sister, Phyllis Smith; his brother, Christopher; and loving nieces, nephews and friends.
Louis will be greatly missed. We find comfort in knowing he will be met by so many of our past great rock 'n' roll legends.
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Theatre & Dance presents 'An Inspector Calls'
Lamar University's Department of Theatre & Dance will open the 2011-12 season Sept. 22 with the suspenseful British parlor drama "An Inspector Calls" by J.B. Priestley. Directed by senior theatre major Bonnie Dupuis of Groves and starring Lamar instructor Joel Grothe in the title role, the play will run through Sept. 25 in the University Theatre.
Set in an English industrial city, "An Inspector Calls" tells the story of a young girl who commits suicide and a respectable British family who is subject to an inquiry in connection with the death. As a mysterious inspector interrogates the Birling family, all members of the group are implicated lightly or deeply in the girl's undoing.
"As a whole, I think the audience is confronted with the notion of how they shape their own reality versus how it is shaped by others," said Dupuis. "It's thought-provoking and entertaining. It's a 'whodunit' without being a traditional 'whodunit,' and audiences will not want to miss Mr. Grothe's acting debut on the Lamar stage."
Grothe teaches acting and directing in the Department of Theatre & Dance. A professional actor, he most recently portrayed Dan Buchanan in the highly acclaimed production of "Street Scene" produced by GirlFridayProductions in Minneapolis.
"Professor Grothe has directed a number of plays, but this is his first time on stage since coming to Lamar," said Judy Sebesta, chair of the Department of Theatre & Dance. "It has been a great experience for the student actors to work with a professional like him."
The cast also features another Lamar faculty member: Andy Coughlan, interim director of student publications, takes on the role of Arthur Birling. Other cast members include Bethany Eldred, Beaumont; Steven Hoffman Jr., Silsbee; Maci McFarlin, Nederland; Allison Underhill, Port Arthur; and Joseph Whitaker, Beaumont.
Performances are 7:30 p.m. Sept. 22–24, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 25, in the University Theatre, 4400 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway. Tickets are $15 for general admission; $10 for senior citizens, students and LU faculty/staff; and $7 for LU students. Call (409) 880-2250for reservations and additional information.


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With no way around the ruined Tempest and the partially-destroyed station, the Calvarian officer and his surviving troops run towards the southern side of the map to re-group.
Seeing as how the aliens are in much better shape than either of them, the Calvarian soldiers shout at the Kuragin spec ops officer:
"Hey, we are willing to offer a temporary truce if you help us kill these aliens!"
"Done!" shouts the Kuragin officer, "I'll alert the rest of my troops and tell them not to fire."
This is rather odd, as the Calvarians and Kuragin despise each other. I guess ends justify the means though....
Kuragin Troops:
After his moment of glory, our heroic Kuragin heavy pics up his missile launcher and takes cover behind a computer screen, patiently waiting for the alien troops to come to him.
Fooled by his dumbass programming into thinking that HE killed the tank, the alien android throws down his blaster carbine and starts to do a victory dance.
Meanwhile, the remaining aliens converge on the base, as two open fire on the Kuragin heavy (both miss). The squidtron also shoots at the fleeing Dragari troop, but misses, and the Dragari troop manages to exit the map, taking them out of the game.
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INDIAN WELLS, Calif., March 15 (UPI) -- Rafael Nadal, displaying the form that made him one of the sport's greats, defeated rival Roger Federer Thursday for a semifinal berth at the BNP Paribas Open.
Nadal broke Federer's serve four times and rolled to a 6-4, 6-2 victory. Nadal improved to 19-10 against Federer and moved a step closer to his third title at Indian Wells.
This was their first meeting since Federer won in a semifinal confrontation at this tournament a year ago.
Nadal will take on Tomas Berdych in the semis after Berdych got past Kevin Anderson 6-4, 6-4.
Berdych has played Nadal 15 times and has won just three of those matches.
The other quarterfinals will be played Friday when world No. 1 Novak Djokovic takes on Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Andy Murray meets Juan Martin del Potro.


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The threat to credit rating agencies is real.
At least that's the opinion of Jaret Seiberg, analyst at Guggenheim Securities, after the Securities and Exchange Commission late Tuesday released a study on credit rater compensation models. The study didn\'t make a particular recommendation, but called for an agency roundtable to discuss various alternative models.
"This is a short-term win for S&P and Moody's as they have the most to lose if the SEC uses its authority … to require the first rating on structured finance products to be randomly assigned," Seiberg said in a report Wednesday. "Longer-term, this does little to change the regulatory threat to the incumbent players. There are now legitimate alternatives to the status quo that are on the table."
The study has the largest impact on the big three credit rating firms, McGraw-Hill Cos. Inc.'s Standard & Poor's, Moody's Corp. , and Fimalac SA's Fitch.
It was required by the post-crisis Dodd-Frank Act. The provision in the statute, introduced by Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., could fundamentally transform the way agencies rate complex structured-finance products — such as the mortgage securities at the center of the financial crisis.
The statute required the SEC to consider a number of alternative models to how ratings are crafted. Currently, the rating agencies compete for that business from companies, something that helped lead to inflated ratings that didn\'t reflect the true risks. The goal of the various models is to separate the hiring of the rating firm from the payment of the rating.
One model, one considered by Franken, would require the SEC to create a government-mandated clearinghouse, through which credit raters would be randomly assigned to handle structured finance products.
Another model considered would have sophisticated investors create and operate an investor-owned credit rating agency. Firms seeking a rating would need to obtain two ratings — one from the investor-owned rating agency and another from another rater.
The SEC also offered a "stand-alone" model, where firms would continue to pick their raters. However, with this approach, the rater would be compensated through transaction fees and those fees would pay for the ratings.
Yet another approach would encourage unsolicited ratings by giving raters who conduct these ratings access to information that the initial rating was based on. Backers of this approach say it can reduce conflicts because unsolicited ratings provide a check against biased ratings.
A designation model would give all credit raters the option of rating a new structured finance product and investors would direct fees to the rater of their choice based on the investors perception of the quality of the research underlying the ratings.
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5:30 pm
Cyberchase "A Whale of a Tale" With special guest star Al Roker. A trip to R-Fair City nearly turns into a monster mash when Hacker abducts Glowla, a beautiful cyberlady who generates pure energy. Hacker is able to snatch Glowla by reprogramming her trick whale, Snout. D
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Lidia's Italy In America "Baltimore: Gone Crabbing" In this episode Lidia heads to Baltimore, where she goes crabbing off of Tangiers Island, VA in search of the freshest crabs for her crabcakes. In this exciting episode, viewers will witness the molting of the crab's shell with the local mayor - one of the watermen of the island. In the kitchen, Lidia prepares a truly nautical meal of Mussels Triestina, Stuffed Tomatoes, and Crabcakes. D
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America's Home Cooking: Chocolate Since the time of the ancient Aztecs chocolate has been the ultimate comfort food and guilty pleasure. Now we know that chocolate can actually be good for you! So we asked our viewers to send their favorite chocolate recipes for cakes, cookies, pies, souffles, sauces, brownies, fudge, truffles and mousse. We collected over 120 of these fabulous family treasures into our newest cookbook and then invited several of the people who sent them in to demonstrate in our kitchen. D
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Simply Ming "Thai Lime Leaves & Shallots" Guest Chef: Skip Bennett and Shore Gregory. In this episode, Ming's menu consists of the East-West duo Thai lime leaves and shallots. In the kitchen, Ming prepares an "All-In-One" Thai Seafood Soup. D
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Taste of Louisiana with Chef John Folse & Co.: Our Food Heritage "English Louisiana" Though France and Spain are known for their Louisiana colonization efforts, the English had a significant impact as well, especially in the Florida parishes. Libby Dart, a historian from St. Francisville, shares the story of Louisiana's English heritage. D
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Rick Steves' Europe "French Riviera: Uniquely Chic" Long a favorite of Europe's elite, the coastline still sparkles with yachts. Rick follows in the footsteps of the 19th century aristocrats along Monaco's harbor and Nice's promenade des Anglais. Then he visits picturesque artist hangouts of Chagall, Matisse and Picasso.G


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IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--InnovoCommerce LLC, makers of innovoPOINT®, the world's leading clinical and investigator portal product, announces innovoPOINT cSafety Exchange™, a compelling new virtual private cloud-based solution for secure and compliant safety report distribution, management and reporting. Clinical sponsors face increasing complexity managing global clinical trials. In addition to mounting pressure to accelerate site qualification and overall site activation time and maintain cost structure operationally, clinical sponsors must achieve greater efficiencies while promoting regulatory compliance with overall safety reporting. As clinical trials become more global and complex in nature and regulators further scrutinize safety event monitoring, sponsors now must utilize enterprise-class technology to distribute safety reports to investigator sites, institutional review boards (IRBs) and clinical research organizations (CROs).
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The innovoPOINT cSafety Exchange offering is built on the Microsoft® SharePoint® 2010 platform, capitalizing on major investments global pharmaceutical companies are making in Microsoft's market leading collaborative platform. This solution provides a comprehensive, value-added capability for clinical sponsors to manage safety report distribution, while accelerating and managing site qualification, site activation, study conduct and study close-out, all in an integrated and seamless user friendly environment. The turnkey offering includes dedicated qualified virtual private cloud infrastructure, validation and global support and monitoring services. Key features of the offering include:
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If nothing less than the absolute best intake system will do, it does not get any better than the AIRAID MXP Series Intakes. Designed for high-performance gas and diesel applications, the MXP Series represents the ultimate in Cold Air Induction systems.
AIRAID MXP Series Intakes start with a new one piece roto-molded air box that addresses all the shortcomings of the restrictive factory design. Then AIRAID adds a new air intake tube constructed of cross-linked, high-density polyethylene that is designed using extensive computer modeling to maintain proper mass air flow readings and calibration. They also frequently have a built-in velocity stack, which further promotes airflow. What this all means is a simple-to-install system that was designed using extremely sophisticated technology to increase airflow while maintaining proper air/fuel ratios, therefore eliminating the need for recalibration once installation is complete. Just bolt it on and go!
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I went on a hunt for something to store my tea in. Preferably a shelve system or drawers but all I could find was the ones below which just didn't appeal to my needs especially the tea bag storage which are flat and have a lid that lifts up and can only store a few flavours- very pointless in my opinion. I like to have many flavours to choose from depending on what mood I'm in. Since I've stopped drinking alcohol herbal tea is my new healthy addiction.
My mind was seriously boggled with how hard it was to find something suitable then my sister mentioned a tool box for screws and bolts then it clicked that I had a similar type system for my jewellery which would be perfect and so I went and checked it out. It was perfect! The tea bags fit perfectly and it closes to keep them fresh, it keeps them separate and it looks funky and tidy.
All I had to do was make little cardboard squares , I made plenty for when I get new tea and the top bit has enough storage space so I can keep a dedicated pen and some blue tack there (yes I agree I have become slightly OCD with my tea storing issues) Anyway below you can see the types of regular storage systems and why I think they are rubbish. At the bottom you can check out my perfect little tea drawers and you can see it in my little kitchen. If you want to buy one you can get one here. The company Keter and model flip bin you can find here to go in search yourself. Also I would be interested to hear from other people who might have had this problem and I wonder how you store them? yes I'm sad like that :D
This one below is the best out of a shit bunch but only enough room for three?
Round and Flat? = Stupid way to store them in my opinion
Ah finally something that saves counter space, can store as many as 16 flavours and is compact
Click the photo to see the flavours I have- I'm gonna give some away and buy more so it's filled with only the best flavours I also have too many rose :)


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Day-Z: A fun activism day the 1st of each month!
The idea is to have TZM members wear or show off their Z-gear (i.e. Z t-shirt)
Imagine Joe Citizen going to the gym in the morning. He sees a fellow health enthusiast wearing a Z-Shirt. Later, at the office, he sees someone in HR sipping coffee out of a Z-Mug. On the way home from work, he sees a bunch of teens playing frisbee in the park, all with Z-Shirts on. When Joe gets home, he's gonna Google Zeitgeist!
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The grand opening of Appleis retail store at the Crabtree Valley Mall in Raleigh, North Carolina, will be at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 24. In addition to the standard amenities, including the Genius Bar, this store will feature The Studio where customers can get one-on-one training from creative experts. Apple is planning a week long series of events to celebrate the Grand Opening, free training events and free prizes including T-shirts for the first 1000 visitors.
One lucky winner will walk away with the grand prize, a "Digital Lifestyle Collection" valued at US$2229, including a 17-inch flat-panel Intel Core Duo iMac, an iPod nano, a Canon PowerShot SD450 digital camera, a Sony Handycam CCD-TRV138, and an HP Deskjet 5440 printer.
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Assessment tools: for practitioners, managers, and trainers
Sage Publications, 1982 - Law - 192 pages
Assessment Tools provides a series of proven techniques for assessing a wide range of activities in human service programmes. Lauffer draws on the experiences of professionals in assessing individuals and families, in organizing voluntary associations at the community level, in training and staff development, in programme planning, and in agency management. Task analysis, the nominal group technique, force field analysis -- all concepts or procedures drawn from the social sciences -- are clearly explained and illustrated in a format that follows case examples with a discussion of the history of each tool and its multiple uses. Lauffer shows the advantages of applying different techniques to the same job. Checklists, glossaries of terms, examples of questionnaires or simulation aids, and lists of further reading enhance the book's value as a practical guide to gathering and organizing information for decision-making.
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Day Tour for Two (helicopter shared with four other passengers) Chicago Helicopter Experience
Day Tour for Two (helicopter shared with four other passengers) at Chicago Helicopter Experience for Half Price!
You will fly out over Lake Michigan north to Wrigley Field and then south back down to the heliport with clean unobstructed views of the city.
Helicopter flight time is approximately 16-17 minutes.
It takes 2-4 minutes to board and disembark from helicopter.
Your total helicopter experience with pre-flight briefing and the customer experience center will be about one hour.
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It is fall, and the leaves are not the only ones changing their colors as world leaders arrive in New York City to give speeches at the opening of the U.N. General Assembly and to mark United Nations Day. In his final speech as U.S. president to the United Nations on Sept. 23, George W. Bush said, "The United Nations and other multilateral organizations are needed now more than ever." This completes the administration's turnaround on the United Nations.
Upon entering office, the administration was hostile to the United Nations, seeing it as ineffective and unnecessary at best, corrupt and opposed to U.S. interests at worst. The administration did not even bother to appoint a U.S. ambassador to the United Nations for nearly a year. Later the administration chose John Bolton for the job, a fierce critic of the United Nations and international law, who notoriously said, "If the U.N. Secretariat building in New York lost ten storeys, it wouldn't make a bit of difference"—a callous comment, considering that the United Nations has repeatedly been targeted for terrorist attacks.
The administration believed in unilateralism and, if necessary, coalitions of the willing, not in strengthening and using the very international laws and institutions the United States had worked hard to construct in the aftermath of the Second World War, and the administration worked to withdraw from or undermine numerous global treaties endorsed by U.N. members. At the nadir of U.S.-U.N. relations, Bush invaded Iraq in 2003 without U.N. Security Council authorization, something his father, President George H. W. Bush, had sought and received prior to the 1991 Persian Gulf war.
U.N.-bashing is easy domestic political fodder, but bad foreign policy. When the U.S. interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan began to go badly, the U.S. turned to the United Nations to pick up the pieces and to legitimize the new regimes. The United Nations monitored elections and helped write the countries' constitutions and set up the new governments. While publicly withholding U.S. contributions to the United Nations, behind the scenes the administration got U.N. peacekeepers to replace U.S. troops in Haiti. While criticizing the U.N. bureaucracy, the administration worked for the imposition of U.N. sanctions on the other members of the "axis of evil," North Korea and Iran.
Catholics ought to appreciate this turnaround. From Pope John XXIII's Pacem in Terris to Pope Benedict XVI's speech at the United Nations last April, Catholic teaching emphasizes support of international law and institutions like the United Nations as a means to achieve the common good in an increasingly interdependent world. As the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops notes in its 2007 document Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship, "The United States should provide political and financial support for beneficial United Nations programs and reforms, for other international bodies, and for international law, so that together these institutions may become more responsible and responsive agents for addressing global problems."
Conservative and liberal critics alike are right to demand reform of the United Nations, from corruption such as that uncovered in the Iraq oil-for-food program to sexual abuses by U.N. peacekeepers. But too many U.S. politicians have a disingenuous habit of creating self-fulfilling prophecies, undermining the United Nations and then criticizing the organization for not being strong enough to handle global challenges.
The world increasingly relies on the United Nations, from its food programs during this global food crisis to its peacekeepers in hotspots around the world. The number of U.N. peacekeepers engaged in crises around the world, for example, has tripled since 2001, from nearly 40,000 to nearly 120,000. Numerous recent studies from the Government Accountability Office to the Rand Corporation have found U.N. peacekeeping to be a highly cost-efficient means of addressing conflict and post-conflict stability. Undermining the United Nations actually undermines U.S. interests. When the United States wants a global response to stop terrorism or the genocide in Darfur, we need a capable United Nations.
The next president will have to work hard to restore U.S.-U.N. relations. Both Senator McCain and Senator Obama are relatively supportive of the United Nations, but as Deputy U.S. Representa-tive to the United Nations Alejandro D. Wolff cautions, rhetoric alone does not translate into improved partnerships.
Senator McCain has in the past expressed support for the U.S. joining the International Criminal Court and ratifying the Law of the Sea Treaty; but in his quest for the Republican nomination this year, he has backpedaled or obscured his position on these and other U.N.-related issues, and he did not answer the United Nations Association for the United States of America's questionnaire of presidential candidates (http://www.unausa.org).
Senator Obama supports the U.S. paying its U.N. dues in full and on time, noting: "No country has a greater stake in a strong United Nations than the United States. The United States benefits from a global institution intended to advance the rule of law, the peaceful resolution of disputes, effective collective security, humanitarian relief, development, and respect for human rights."
As then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI, noted in 2002 during the run-up to the Iraq war, the United Nations is not perfect, but "The United Nations exists.... It is the instrument created after the [Second World] War for a moral coordination of politics."


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B.C.'s newest statutory holiday, Family Day, takes place on Monday.
To help celebrate, Mount Washington Alpine Resort is offering 50 per cent off all alpine and nordic day tickets to B.C. residents.
And with a spotlight on families this winter, the newest stat holiday is just one of the many new offerings Mount Washington has in place to bring families together on the snow.
"Families were a major focus for us this winter," says Snow School director Mike Manara. "We've created new programs that allow families to enjoy skiing and snowboarding together as a unit, utilizing everything from lessons to rentals.
" For first-timers, Family Discover Skiing and Snowboarding lessons are designed to introduce families to snow at an affordable price. A two-hour Discover lesson taken during night skiing hours includes the lesson, Easy Acres lift ticket and rentals for all family members (minimum of six).
"From one-day programs like Discover Skiing and Boarding, to multi-day programs like our Learn to Turn lessons, families have options to get out at reasonable rates. Our new Easy Acres terrain and Magic Carpets are the ideal place to discover the world of skiing and boarding," adds Manara.
Once the snow bug has bitten, further discounts exist for regular skiing and snowboarding families. Mount Washington also offers a unique Parent Season Pass for young families with kids four and younger. The Parent Pass is transferable between parents so one can ride the mountain while the other cares for the young ones, and vice versa.
To find out more about the list of family programs and discounts available, surf to mountwashington.ca/families.
— Mount Washington Alpine Resort


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==show running-config ==
==show running-config ==
Revision as of 22:58, 31 January 2011
Configure basic load balancing with cookie insert where client traffic enters on one network and is directed to servers residing on a second network. Once the client has entered the site they will remain stuck to a given server based on a HTTP Cookie inserted by ACE.
Clients will send application requests through the multilayer switch feature card (MSFC), which routes them to a virtual IP address (VIP) within the Cisco® Application Control Engine (ACE). The VIP used in this example resides in an ACE context, which is configured with a client VLAN and a server VLAN (see figure below). Client requests will arrive at the VIP, and the ACE will check the request to see if it contains a cookie. If it does, the sticky table will be checked to see which server should receive the request. If the cookie entry has expired, or if the client does not have a cookie the ACE will pick the appropriate server to receive the request based on the requested URL. When the server responds ACE will insert a cookie into the HTTP Response to so that upon future requests client persistence to the server will be maintained.
Within the Cisco ACE sticky resources are finite and are controlled via resource allocation. Before a context can apply session persistence using sticky groups, the context must first be given a sticky allocation. Once this is done, a sticky group is created to define parameters and the serverfarm where client requests will be sent. Recall, the load balancing action tells ACE how to handle traffic which has hit a VIP. Thus the sticky group on ACE is applied within the load balance policy-map. To enable server load-balancing with session persistence based on cookies ACE inserts you need to do the following:
- Allocate sticky resources to the context
- Enable ACLs to allow data traffic through the ACE device, as it is denied by default.
- Configure the IPs of the servers (define rservers)
- Group the real servers (create a serverfarm)
- Create a sticky group
- Define the virtual IP address (VIP)
- Define how traffic is to be handled as it is received (create a policy map for load balancing)
- Apply the sticky group to the load balancing policy
- Associate a VIP to a handling action (create a multimatch policy map [a service policy])
- Create client- and server-facing interfaces
- Apply the VIP and ACL permitting client connections to the interface (apply access group and service policy to interface)
|For brevity only the bold steps are covered in this document. Please review the URL Load Balancing using Routed Mode document for more information on basic URL load balancing and the base configuration.
To begin the configuration, allocate sticky resources to the context you will be using In this example a context "routed" has already been defined. Create a resource class, allocate the desired amount of sticky entries, and apply them to the "routed" context.
ACE-1/Admin# show run | begin routed context routed allocate-interface vlan 10 allocate-interface vlan 20 allocate-interface vlan 40 ACE-1/Admin(config)# resource-class sticky ACE-1/Admin(config-resource)# limit-resource all minimum 0.00 maximum unlimited ACE-1/Admin(config-resource)# limit-resource sticky minimum 10.00 maximum equal-to-min ACE-1/Admin(config)# context routed ACE-1/Admin(config-context)# member sticky
|At this time sticky resources are a fixed resource outside the other resources. Thus you must use maximum equal-to-min and you must define sticky resources even is all is previously used. This also applies to the Admin context.
Once the resources have been allocated a sticky group can be defined. The Cisco ACE can be configured in various ways to apply session persistence using cookies. For this example cookie insert will be used. The cookie name ACE will insert is supplied when the sticky group is created. By default ACE inserts permanent cookies which have a timeout of 24 hours. Using the configuration below ACE will insert a cookie with the name "ACE-Insert", it will have a timeout of 5 minutes, and use a pre-existing serverfarm named "webfarm".
ACE-1/routed(config)# sticky http-cookie ACE-Insert web-sticky ACE-1/routed(config-sticky-cookie)# cookie insert ACE-1/routed(config-sticky-cookie)# timeout 5 ACE-1/routed(config-sticky-cookie)# serverfarm webfarm
|If session cookies (cookies that are removed when the client closes the browser) are preferred then "cookie insert browser-expire" can be configured.
The serverfarm within the load balancing policy map must be swapped with the sticky group to apply cookie-insert sticky to new client requests. Based on this example configuration there are two possible actions for handling new client requests. Any requests for images will be sent to the "imagefarm" serverfarm, which does not require persistence. All other requests will be sent to the web servers in the "webfarm" where the clients will use session persistence.
ACE-1/routed(config)# policy-map type loadbalance http first-match slb-logic ACE-1/routed(config-pmap-lb-c)# class class-default ACE-1/routed(config-pmap-lb-c)# no serverfarm webfarm ACE-1/routed(config-pmap-lb-c)# sticky-serverfarm web-sticky
When cookie insert is applied permanent entries are inserted into the static sticky database for each real server defined in the serverfarm. In this example there are two entries created.
ACE-1/routed(config-pmap-lb-c)# do show sticky database static sticky group : web-sticky type : HTTP-COOKIE timeout : 5 timeout-activeconns : FALSE sticky-entry rserver-instance time-to-expire flags ---------------------+----------------------+--------------+-------+ 16820511103801384579 lnx1:0 never - sticky group : web-sticky type : HTTP-COOKIE timeout : 5 timeout-activeconns : FALSE sticky-entry rserver-instance time-to-expire flags ---------------------+----------------------+--------------+-------+ 3347854103021350619 lnx2:0 never -
When a client connects to the VIP they download index.html page from the web servers. At this point the client will get a cookie for the selected server to ensure all future requests will continue to use the same server. While there is no way to see how many clients have a cookie for a given server the common show commands will provide details on the incoming requests and responses and other data stats.
Recall, the Cisco ACE inserts a static entry for each server in a server farm in the sticky group. In this case there is only one sticky group and it uses cookie-insert and the serverfarm contains 2 real servers. Thus the output of the show stats sticky command displays 2 entries, despite the number of clients using the VIP.
ACE-1/routed# show stats sticky +------------------------------------------+ +----------- Sticky statistics ------------+ +------------------------------------------+ Total sticky entries reused : 0 prior to expiry Total active sticky entries : 2 Total active sticky conns : 0 Total static sticky entries : 2
Related show commands
This section provides information you can use to confirm your configuration is working properly.
Certain show commands are supported by the Output Interpreter Tool (registered customers only), which allows you to view an analysis of show command output.
ACE-1/routed #show sticky database static ACE-1/routed #show service-policy client-vips ACE-1/routed #show service-policy client-vips detail ACE-1/routed #show serverfarm ACE-1/routed #show rserver ACE-1/routed #show stats
The type of cookie ACE will insert depends on if cookie-insert is configured or cookie-insert browser-expire is configured. The sniffer traces below show the difference between the types of cookies ACE will insert.
Hypertext Transfer Protocol HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n Set-Cookie: ACE-Insert=R1005880048; path=/; expires=Thu, 16-Oct-2008 00:08:55 GMT\r\n Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:17:35 GMT\r\n Server: Apache/2.0.52 (Red Hat)\r\n Accept-Ranges: bytes\r\n Content-Length: 1112\r\n VirtualHost: 192.168.1.12\r\n Connection: close\r\n Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8\r\n \r\n
Hypertext Transfer Protocol HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n Set-Cookie: ACE-Insert=R1005881137; path=/\r\n Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:31:58 GMT\r\n Server: Apache/2.0.52 (Red Hat)\r\n Accept-Ranges: bytes\r\n Content-Length: 353\r\n VirtualHost: 192.168.1.11\r\n Connection: close\r\n Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8\r\n \r\n
Notice the two cookie values do not appear to be related to the sticky-value in the show sticky database static output, displayed below:
sticky-entry rserver-instance time-to-expire flags ---------------------+----------------------+--------------+-------+ 16820511103801384579 lnx1:0 never - <…snip…> 3347854103021350619 lnx2:0 never -
This is because the sticky-entry is a hash of the cookie value. In order to determine the server a client is hitting one must mark the server such that it can be distinguished, possibly using a HTTP Header in the server response, or by determining the cookie value ACE uses for each server. The cookie value is a number based on the serverfarm name, rserver name, and rserver port. The following script can be used to determine the values associated with each rserver.
[root@host cookie]# ./ace-cookie-value.tcl webfarm lnx1 0 Value: R1005880048 [root@host cookie]# ./ace-cookie-value.tcl webfarm lnx2 0 Value: R1005881137 #!/usr/bin/tclsh ####################################################################### # # # Name: ace-cookie-value.tcl # # # # This script takes the serverfarm name, the real server name and the # # port number used by ACE and returns the generated hash that will be # # used for cookie insertion. # # # ####################################################################### if { $argc != 3 } { puts "[info script] <serverfarm> <realname> <port>" exit 0 } set serverFarmName [lindex $argv 0] set realServerName [lindex $argv 1] set port [lindex $argv 2] set hashValue 5381 set hashMultiplier 32 set cookieInsertStr "$serverFarmName:$realServerName:$port" set len [ string length $cookieInsertStr ] for { set ix 0 } { $ix < $len } { incr ix } { set hashValue [expr (($hashValue * $hashMultiplier) + $hashValue) \ + [scan [string index $cookieInsertStr $ix] %c]] } puts [format "Value: R%u" $hashValue]
show running-config
ACE-1/routed# show run Generating configuration.... access-list everyone line 8 extended permit ip any any access-list everyone line 16 extended permit icmp any any rserver host lnx1 ip address 192.168.1.11 inservice rserver host lnx2 ip address 192.168.1.12 inservice rserver host lnx3 ip address 192.168.1.13 inservice rserver host lnx4 ip address 192.168.1.14 inservice serverfarm host imagefarm rserver lnx3 inservice rserver lnx4 inservice serverfarm host webfarm rserver lnx1 inservice rserver lnx2 inservice sticky http-cookie ACE-Insert web-sticky cookie insert browser-expire timeout 5 serverfarm webfarm class-map type http loadbalance match-all images 2 match http url /images/.* class-map match-all slb-vip 2 match virtual-address 172.16.1.101 any policy-map type management first-match remote-access class class-default permit policy-map type loadbalance http first-match slb class images serverfarm imagefarm class class-default sticky-serverfarm web-sticky policy-map multi-match client-vips class slb-vip loadbalance vip inservice loadbalance policy slb interface vlan 20 description "Client Side" ip address 172.16.1.5 255.255.255.0 access-group input everyone service-policy input client-vips no shutdown interface vlan 40 description "Default gateway of real servers" ip address 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0 service-policy input remote-access no shutdown ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 172.16.1.1


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|They're all about leadership
- Some people in IVC's music department are hopping mad. (I have direct knowledge of this.)
- Glenn & Co. utterly screwed the pooch. There are clear indications that one or some among them never read, um, certain files. They were caught with their pants down.
- The board was not particularly impressed by the show of support for the probies (especially Amy Grimm) by colleagues, students, et al.; they responded essentially to the two union officers' assertions regarding failures of process.
- If such failures of process did indeed occur (as seems to be the case), Glenn & Co. have no one to blame but themselves. (But, given their natures, you can bet they'll blame others.)
- At least one trustee explained today that the board found it difficult to go against the recommendation of the Chancellor and IVC President; but they felt compelled to do so by the evident failure, in these instances, to follow the defined process, including development of plans of remediation for alleged failings.
You got a lotta nerveCopyright © 1965 by Warner Bros. Inc.; renewed 1993 by Special Rider Music
To say you are my friend
When I was down
You just stood there grinning
You got a lotta nerve
To say you got a helping hand to lend
You just want to be on
The side that's winning
You say I let you down
You know it's not like that
If you're so hurt
Why then don't you show it
You say you lost your faith
But that's not where it's at
You had no faith to lose
And you know it
I know the reason
That you talk behind my back
I used to be among the crowd
You're in with
Do you take me for such a fool
To think I'd make contact
With the one who tries to hide
What he don't know to begin with
You see me on the street
You always act surprised
You say, "How are you?" "Good luck"
But you don't mean it
When you know as well as me
You'd rather see me paralyzed
Why don't you just come out once
And scream it
No, I do not feel that good
When I see the heartbreaks you embrace
If I was a master thief
Perhaps I'd rob them
And now I know you're dissatisfied
With your position and your place
Don't you understand
It's not my problem
I wish that for just one time
You could stand inside my shoes
And just for that one moment
I could be you
Yes, I wish that for just one time
You could stand inside my shoes
You'd know what a drag it is
To see you


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To give a sense of the breadth of genres and artists that comprise the Viral Videos chart, we've put together a recap of the top 10, below:
1. Britney Spears ft. Tinashe -"Slumber Party"
The Princess of Pop ascends to the top of this week's Viral Chart with the second single from her 2016 album Glory.
2. Kehlani - "Distraction"
Following up her immensely successful mix tapes, Kehlani's "Distraction," the second single from her upcoming debut album, SWEETSEXYSAVAGE, is in the second spot.
3. Shakira ft. Maluma - "Chantaje"
With the help of YouTube's sizable Latin viewership, Shakira's "Chantaje" lands at #3.
4. Lil' Yachty ft. Quavo, Skippa da Flippa - "Minnesota"
The newly released video for "Minnesota," the second of the two tracks that garnered Lil' Yachty tremendous attention in 2015 (the first is "1 night"), is the fourth-most viral music video this week.
5. Noah Cyrus ft. Labrinth - "Make Me (Cry)"
Noah Cyrus continues to set herself apart from elder sister Miley with this Lana Del Rey-esque ballad, at #5.
6. Pentatonix - "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"
Pentatonix's characteristically polished five-part harmony of a traditional English carol, "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen," is gaining traction in time for Christmas.
7. Ariana Grande ft. Nicki Minaj - "Side to Side" (Live From The 2016 American Music Awards)
Ariana Grande's American Music Awards performance of the immensely popular "Side To Side" — the track received over 500 million views in under 3 months — was one of our most viral videos last week.
8. Piko Taro - "PPAP vs AXEL F"
Piko Taro's viral "Pen Pineapple Apple Pen" meets Harold Faltermeyer's "Axel F," the classic 80s track featured in Beverly Hills Cop.
9. OK Go - "The One Moment"
OK Go maintain their tradition of releasing some of the most imaginative videos on YouTube with "The One Moment." It's also the newest video in our Viral Chart top 10, released on Nov. 24.
10. Grace VanderWaal - "I Don't Know My Name"
Grace Vanderwaal is the youngest artist on our Viral Chart this week. The twelve-year-old ukulele player and singer-songwriter debuts the video for "I Don't Know My Name," made up of her fans' artwork, at #10.
To check out the rest of the Top 50, head over to the YouTube Charts page and click the Viral Videos tab.


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Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Juergen Teller for ZEITmagazin
17 comments:
i just love teller's style of photography. it's odd that he hasn't worked with a german magazine for such a long time.ReplyDelete
The tiny clutches and poppie colors are the best part of this editorial. I with Teller would work with other things rather than over exposure.ReplyDelete
Great photos. I've always loved Juergen's style of photography (flash is your friend!). I do feel that they've played up the androgyny a bit too much. Androgyny is one of my favourite things in fashion, and I think understated androgyny is always better.ReplyDelete
Does he usually work as a female model? I like the jacket he's wearing in the middle to photo the right as well as the trousers in the bottom right.ReplyDelete
sososo schön.ReplyDelete
Fabulous colors!!ReplyDelete
great colours! xReplyDelete
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I really liked the feeling these pictures left me. Not masculine, not feminine, just beauty.ReplyDelete
snappy x
- Ms. MellowFebruary 26, 2011 at 6:43 PM
I haven't been exposed to much of Teller's photography but thank you for sharing!ReplyDelete
Absolutely amazing. Love Teller's work.ReplyDelete
Great photos!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 27, 2011 at 12:01 PM
Die Bilder sind super. Der Artikel dazu über Geschlechterrollen war leider etwas schwach...ReplyDelete
aaaaaaaah andrej ist wunderschönReplyDelete
wow he is always beautiful...heheheReplyDelete
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no doubt that strong colors are going to be summers "it"ReplyDelete
ja herrlich! aber den artikel finde ich auch etwas schwach...ReplyDelete
Andrej is perfect!!!ReplyDelete
amazing pictures


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by Mike Masnick
Thu, Jul 5th 2012 7:29pm
Filed Under:
e-voting, ireland, voting machines
For years, we've been pointing out the massive problems of e-voting, and governments' general blindness to the security risks. Of course, beyond the basic fear of fraud, there should have also been concerns about wasting taxpayer money. Apparently those concerns didn't amount to much in Ireland. As Slashdot highlights, Ireland spent €54 million on 7,500 e-voting machines. However, after realizing that there was no way to secure them from being hacked, the government has sold them off for scrap for a grand total of €70,000, or approximately €9 per machine. On the bright side, at least they weren't completely worthless...
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- Voting By Cell Phone Is A Terrible Idea, And West Virginia Is Probably The Last State That Should Try It Anyway
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Jay (profile), 5 Jul 2012 @ 7:20pmNow when can the US scrap their e-voting machines?
The eejit (profile), 5 Jul 2012 @ 11:17pm
Re:Shortly after Mitt Ronmey wins the Presidency via "technical difficulties".
DannyB (profile), 6 Jul 2012 @ 6:02am
Re:The US won't scrap their e-voting machines.
The US will buy these Irish voting machines at low prices and put them to use in our elections. Think of how much money this would save the US taxpayers!
All these machines need is some dusting off with a damp cloth, a ROM upgrade, and a network connection and everything will be just great.
hmm (profile), 6 Jul 2012 @ 3:39pm
Re:probably just before they scrap voting.
Hey its because of 'terrorism' we..erm...we have to suspend elections for a day...or a week or thirty years....
fogbugzd (profile), 5 Jul 2012 @ 8:09pmThe decision about which voting machine to buy is often governed by campaign contributions. Little things like security, cost of operation, and reliability can easily be overlooked if a company manages to get its candidate elected. After the machines are in place, it is a lot easier to more of your people into office.
Hephaestus (profile), 6 Jul 2012 @ 5:26am
Re:They should crowd source voting machines. Include two sets (rolls) of punch paper for the voting record on top of the computerized system, have huge waste containers for the chads, show both paper voting records to the voter for verification, and print out a receipt that shows who was voted for. After the election paper verification should be done on the rolls to make sure the system wasn't hacked.
mikey4001 (profile), 6 Jul 2012 @ 9:18am
Re: Re:But how long would it take before a district or two "accidentally" counted both rolls?
hmm (profile), 6 Jul 2012 @ 3:40pm
Re: Re: Re:they wouldn't bother, because in most areas they've decided who won the day before anyway....no need to waste time just throw the votes in the incinerator quick before anyone notices...
Chris, 28 Aug 2012 @ 6:00am
Re: Re:I always thought....if were spending millions on an electronic machine, how much more could a little thermal reciept printer be that spits out receipts for those who want one.
Atkray (profile), 5 Jul 2012 @ 8:33pmJust shows how inept governments can be. If they had someone with even a little skill at marketing they could have sold them for much more on Ebay,
Up for auction one hackable voting machine, like new condition.
Tired of not being picked as captain of the team? Use this machine to guarantee victory.
Anonymous Coward, 6 Jul 2012 @ 7:28am
Re:Or...If they had a Government with just a little skill of any kind they could have NOT been ripped off for 54 mil.
Atkray (profile), 6 Jul 2012 @ 7:31am
Re: Re:touch�
gab4moi (profile), 5 Jul 2012 @ 9:10pmCould they not have swapped them out for Jebs hangin' chads?
Joshy, 5 Jul 2012 @ 9:10pmSomewhere there is a very happy dictator who will be soon showing how modern his government is. By implementing the latest and greatest something few other countries offer....Electronic voting machines.
That One Guy (profile), 5 Jul 2012 @ 9:22pmSo I'm curious, when will the US/EU be rolling out their 'new' voting machines, specially purchased for any voting on potentially unpopular topics that they might want a re-vote on?
Jay (profile), 5 Jul 2012 @ 10:00pm
Re:They were in wisconsin.
That One Guy (profile), 5 Jul 2012 @ 10:11pm
Re: Re:Trial run perhaps?
Yartrebo (profile), 5 Jul 2012 @ 10:41pm"A condition of the contract is that two electronic chips in each machine, which hold information on how the equipment works, are destroyed."
Somehow I smell a cover-up here. If the systems are not fit for purpose and aren't being used any more, I can see no security reason.
That Anonymous Coward (profile), 5 Jul 2012 @ 11:25pm
Re:All e-voting machine companies guard their source code, they are terrified someone will find the bugs and exploits.
Secret systems with no external review are always a bad idea. I am reminded of all of the lawsuits over breathalyzer source code, and a recent court ruling that even if they can sometimes be flawed they stand as being accurate.
Anonymous Coward, 6 Jul 2012 @ 2:25amVote fraud: priceless
For everythng else, there's Masnickcard(TM)
DannyB (profile), 6 Jul 2012 @ 6:04am
Re:Did you have a point to make?
Is it that you support and prefer vote fraud?
Anonymous Coward, 6 Jul 2012 @ 11:30am
Re: Re:First thing that came to mind when I saw the headline was mastercard ads, no point
Anonymous Coward, 6 Jul 2012 @ 2:53amwow! that's more than the whole Irish government is worth!!
Anonymous Coward, 6 Jul 2012 @ 4:06amThe luck of the irish
Anonymous Coward, 6 Jul 2012 @ 11:31am
Mega1987 (profile), 6 Jul 2012 @ 5:07amThey should have put it in a quality assurance test BEFORE it was brought...
At least they'll be assured that it won't be hacked or the data transfer will not be tampered by any means...
Oh well... I just hope they learn from their mistake.
DannyB (profile), 6 Jul 2012 @ 6:06am
Re:The best way to maintain quality is for the vote machines to have a network connection back to the manufacturer.
That way more and better "quality assurance" can be uploaded into the voting machines right before, or even during an election.
John Fenderson (profile), 6 Jul 2012 @ 4:28pm
At least they'll be assured that it won't be hacked or the data transfer will not be tampered by any means...
QA testing cannot provide that kind of assurance.
Anonymous Coward, 6 Jul 2012 @ 5:11amNot just e-voting is dangerous for integrity of elections, but campaign contributions and other obvious signs of bias from companies that make voting machines are also a danger.
Look at Diebold in the US, with owners who have a history of supporting republican candidates financially, and who threaten to sue anyone (even college professors) who dares even hint they want to view the software of their voting machines to make sure they're 100% accurate.
That created a lot of internet conspiracies around 2004 that they stole the election for Bush. That kind of a suspicion isn't healthy for a democracy, it helps de-legitimize whoever's in power, and makes it harder for them to get things done.
Chargone (profile), 6 Jul 2012 @ 7:25am
Re:... not that that's a bad thing when they're Not legitimate and/or the biggest problem is them having far too easy a time pulling off a lot of crap they shouldn't. (which is also a common problem in 'democracies'. hint: representative democracy, isn't.)
Anonymous Coward, 6 Jul 2012 @ 5:44amThey could do the same here in the USA but I highly doubt it would matter.
We have Team A and B.
Team A want's to fuck us over with a sandpaper wrapped dildo dipped in hot sauce.
Team B want's to do the same but scratch our assholes up with a Brillo pad then dip their shit in Turpentine before they rape us.
Choices choices!
Anonymous Coward, 6 Jul 2012 @ 6:04amThat's all fine and good, but it can't happen here!
Chargone (profile), 6 Jul 2012 @ 7:27am.... i knew there was a reason NZ still used paper ballots.
this probably isn't it.
oh well.
(though there's talk of setting up ONLINE voting at some point... because THAT'S not open to rampant abuse :-S)
Wally (profile), 6 Jul 2012 @ 8:06am
E-Voting MachinesThis is not the fault of all e-voting machines. Being from the the state of Ohio where we use electronic voting machines, I can assure you it's the method of how the machines are activated. In Ohio, you have to use a key fob that is actually put on a special place on the machine. To prevent tampering after you vote two things happen. The key fob is immediately and then gaused to a specific magnetic power by the machine; the machine records that specific unique gause rating and if it doesn't match exactly, no dice. To guard against tampering of the degaussing system, the fob must be placed exactly on the spot it needs to be, if it is off by a distance of a micron, no dice. Each time someone goes to vote, a helper will put the key fob in its spot and enter a code. Also once you are done voting, a QR code of your ballot is printed out where it gets placed in a box inside the machine.
So given all that, if your Governtment doesn't do the research about it first, tampering can happen. Even in Ohio, it's still printed on paper. The point in the machines my state uses is that it allows you understand what you are doing and crwates an overall better way to interface with the voting machine. Some states still use scantron sheets to vote...which are a lot easier to tamper with.
Wally (profile), 6 Jul 2012 @ 8:09am
Re: E-Voting Machines"The point in the machines my state uses is that it allows you understand what you are doing and crwates an overall better way to interface with the voting machine."
* The point in the machines my state uses is that it allows you understand what you are doing and creates an overall better way to interface with the voting machine.
Joshy, 6 Jul 2012 @ 10:37amUh Wally some special magnetic doo-hicky isn't going to make Ohio's machine's fool-proof. Or work any better if the votes get lost in the uploading, or one-hundred-and-one other problems that pop-up. Some we know of and are easily found with a Google search. Others we may never know of until a whistle blower comes forward.
Example one of hundreds:
Ohio Voting Machines Contained Programming Error That Dropped Votes http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2008/08/ohio-voting-machines-contained.html
Wally (profile), 6 Jul 2012 @ 12:32pm
Re:That may be true, but at least we spotted the issue and it got corrected. It was a software glitch by the original programming of the first machines going through. They use the same locking technologies at my local school district for getting into locked parts. To clarify my jumbled statement:
1. You sign your name in on a physical piece of paper with photo ID in hand.
2. Someone takes you to your booth and the machine logs in with the key fob in place, the helper enters your registry ID code which is unique and changes every time there is a vote going on.
3. Following directions the directions on the voting machines here in Ohio are actually quite clear on how to work them at the voter level.
4. Even if there is a dropped vote count on the machine, the QR print is still available to use and that's how Ohio votes are counted, QR scanning.
Not to say the machines themselves are infallible, but the specific ones from my district tend to have a redundant backup of your vote.
Now, my district got our E-Voters back in 2007, the article you mentions the problem only pertains to machines manufactured 10 years ago. The manufacturers acknowledged that there WAS a problem, but that doesn't mean they didn't fix it when the problem was discovered by them independently, they just publicly announced it after being enquired about it.
The article states "The flawed software is on both touch screen and optical scan voting machines made by Premier and the problem with vote counts is most likely to affect larger jurisdictions that feed many memory cards to a central counting database rapidly," which means it affected those districts who failed to properly maintain the machines. It was a Softwear error yes, but note it says it happened when in transit.
It also states "Riggall said he was "confident" that elections officials through the years would have realized votes had been dropped when they crosschecked their tallies to certify final elections results and would have reloaded cards so as not to lose votes. Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner has said no Ohio votes were lost because the nine Ohio counties that found the problem caught it before primary results were finalized." This means they had caught the problem, notified the right people for the correction, and everything was saved.
Now it also states that the memory cards being used had to be put into our counter one at a time, larger districts wanted to rush things apparently otherwise we wouldn't be in this mess. So what seems to be a software issue, looks more like a rush job gone bad.
Long story short: due to human error and not following instructions, there was a giant mess. The vote counters were not uploading the votes one at a time into the system, which as you know, can cause data errors. Unlike Ireland, we double-checked each vote in my district and everything turned out ok.
John Fenderson (profile), 6 Jul 2012 @ 4:32pm
Re: Re:Why go through all that rigamorale when it's still easier and more secure to just use a paper ballot?
hmm (profile), 6 Jul 2012 @ 3:43pm
simple codeAll the code pretty much has to be is:
if vote=person1 then votes_for_person1=votes_for_person1+1
if vote=person2 then votes_for_person2=votes_for_person2+1
if vote=person3 then votes_for_person3=votes_for_person3+1
until time=midnight
hmm (profile), 6 Jul 2012 @ 3:45pmanyone that has a flawed voting machine is basically deliberately trying to game the system.
the code required is simple and straightforward.
code doesn't become "distracted" by women with enormous boobs and count the wrong voter, or decide you probably meant to vote for the guy with the nicest smile....it just does whatever is programmed for that selection.
any system that doesn't count every single vote 100% of the time with a failure rate of 0% has to be deliberately designed that way.
John Fenderson (profile), 6 Jul 2012 @ 4:35pm
Re:While I do think that the evidence is overwhelming that voting machines used in the US are intentionally compromised and produce faulty result by design, this...
any system that doesn't count every single vote 100% of the time with a failure rate of 0% has to be deliberately designed that way.
is just untrue. A voting machine's software is nontrivial and any experienced developer will assure you that every nontrivial program (and many trivial ones) have bugs.
Anonymous Coward, 6 Jul 2012 @ 7:07pmThe question is: Can they run Linux?
Austin (profile), 9 Jul 2012 @ 9:22am
First Hand ExperienceWell...technically Second Hand.
My mom was a district court judge in 1999. In 2000, she had to run for election (she was appointed to fill a vacant term by the governor.) As a friend of the outgoing probate judge - who tallied all the votes from the machines in an excel spreadsheet on his personal laptop (not even kidding) - she was able to get him to show her the exact voting results, precinct-by-precinct when she lost by only 0.4% of the vote. The results are frightening.
According to both state and federal election law, if a ballot is marked with a straight party vote at the top - for example, Republican or Democrat - and then the voter checks the box for a single candidate of the opposing party farther down the ballot, that is a spoiled ballot, and the machine is supposed to reject the ballot, after which a poll worker is supposed to walk over and explain that you must manually check each candidate individually in order to vote a split ticket. This did not occur.
After learning this, my mother had the newly sworn in replacement probate judge pull a random sampling of 1,000 ballots and count them. Out of these, 486 had checked the box for republican at the top, and then checked my mother's name farther down the ballot. These ballots, despite clearly being a vote cast for my mother, were counted as votes fer her republican opponent. The 486 votes from this sampling along accounted for over 0.7% of the total vote - enough to cost her the election. Needless to say, her true margin of victory was probably well over 20%. Sadly, with the bush/gore fiasco in full swing, no decent election law attorneys were available, and my mother basically gave up.
On her watch, in a single year, she cleared a 13,000+ case backlog, with many cases dating back as far as 1986. Out of over 17,000 total rulings, she was appealed 3 times, and her ruling was upheld on appeal all 3 times. To date, she remains the best judge in the history of the state. Her replacement was court ordered to both drug and alcohol abuse treatment just 2 years before his election. On the day of his sentencing, having been fired from his law firm, he read a 2 page statement where he stated under oath that he was "not fit to practice law." We learned this only 2 days before the election, and believing that nobody in their right mind would vote against someone with my mother's record, we elected not to release the information (which was public record anyway, if the local paper had been interested to begin with.) Out of his first 9 scheduled court days, he locked himself in his office and refused to come out because he couldn't face a courtroom full of people.
He has since recovered and does a pretty decent job running a fair courtroom. He does not keep as efficient of a schedule as my mother did, but he does seem to genuinely apply the law in a fair manner. Of course, it took him the better part of 6 years to get to that point. The fact remains that my mother won that election, and due to the lack of either oversight or understanding - and maybe both - of electronic voting systems, the citizens of our county were worse off for it.
Brent (profile), 9 Jul 2012 @ 10:53amDiebold FTW!
Gairciand (profile), 12 Sep 2012 @ 9:10pm
Re:indeed, Brent.


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Creekmore, Pollyanna. Early East Tennessee Tax-Payers. Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1980. Originally printed in East Tennessee Historical Society Publications beginning in 1951.
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