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Judge Upholds UPS Employee/Paid Informant's Search Of An Intercepted Package
from the can't-challenge-what-you've-taken-steps-to-distance-from-yourself dept
Maybe this is part of UPS's large settlement with the DOJ. Maybe this is what FedEx won't do, which is why the DOJ tried to prosecute it for aiding and abetting illicit drug sales, right up until a federal judge called its prosecution "novel" and ushered it out of the court.
Whatever the case, there's at least one "inside man" (in this case a woman) at the UPS. A San Bernardino UPS store owner acted as a "citizen informant" for the county sheriff. In exchange for unspecified "compensation," the store owner would flag suspicious packages and call in the Sheriff's Department to come in and have a look/sniff at said shipments.
All well and good, if that's the sort of service you expect from a private company, rather than, say, the US Postal Service, which presumably does this sort of thing all the time. The Sheriff's Department, however, did instruct the store owner that she was not to open any suspicious packages.
So much for that. From the suppression order [PDF] (via Brad Heath):
On May 27, 2014, the UPS store owner contacted Officer Kristina Winegar, a deputy assigned to the narcotics division/parcel interdiction team in the Sheriff's Department in the County of San Bernardino, California, about a "suspicious package." The UPS store owner told the deputy that a black male entered the UPS store and paid $90 to have the package shipped to Houma, Louisiana. According to the deputy's police report, "[d]ue to the [cost of shipping the package] and suspicious behavior of the suspect," the store owner opened the package and found a container wrapped in cellophane. The store owner smelled a chemical order and resealed the box. The sender of the package, who provided the UPS store with the name "Sam Niel" and a Louisiana phone number, listed "John Lirette" in Houma as the recipient. The shipper used the UPS store address as the return address for the package.
You can't undo a package opening, even with access to official UPS box-sealing tape -- not under the Fourth Amendment. That's what led to this suppression hearing. The sheriff's department showed up and discovered that no "Sam Niel" existed in its criminal record database. It grabbed a dog to sniff the package. The dog alerted. Finally, a warrant was obtained to search the contents of the box that had already sort of been searched by a UPS employee on the Sheriff Department's payroll. This search led to a "controlled delivery" to the address on the box. That residence was also searched.
"Sam Niel," whose given name is actually Phillips Thompson, moved to suppress the evidence as the result of an illegal search. He might have had a point, too. A paid "citizen informant" working for the government and performing "private searches" (against instructions) is very different than non-government employees doing the same thing. The Geek Squad member who comes across child porn while repairing a computer performs a private search, and that's perfectly legal and constitutional.
The government is generally discouraged from availing itself of private searches, especially when it's paying someone at a private company to act on its behalf. So, interesting questions might have been raised, if not for the use of an "alias."
"Sam Niel" does not exist, therefore Phillips Thompson cannot challenge the search. It's a form of disavowal and the courts will not let someone make two incompatible claims:
1. That's not my stuff.
2. The search of that stuff was unconstitutional.
Suppression denied. But that ruling doesn't eliminate another interesting, but mostly unexplored, aspect of this decision. As Scott Greenfield points out, what the government refers to as an "alias," and ties solely to criminal activity, could be something far more innocuous.
Notice that it's called an "alias" here, whereas it might be called a pseudonym if he used the name "Sam Niel" in a comment to this post telling me that I'm a dumbass. The distinction is that an alias is what's used to conceal an identity to commit a crime, while a 'nym is a time-honored, First Amendment protected, effort at quasi-anonymity.
But the government's argument raises troubling issues. While a person's intention to conceal his identity may be protected anonymity, should the government allege that its use related to crime, it would, by the government's argument, morph into an alias, designed to distance the person from the offense. And further by the government's argument, deprive a person of their right to challenge evidence based on this notion that he "forfeited any objectively reasonable expectation of privacy."
As we're well aware, the US Postal Service scans every package and envelope and makes this available to law enforcement agencies on request (no warrant required). Maybe you feel the government doesn't really need to know who is sending communications back and forth, just the destination. You use fake names to throw off this tracking or just to dump some garbage data into the bulk collection. There's nothing illegal about it, but the government has determined that -- should one of these packages be searched -- you cannot challenge the search because you've used an "alias." Whatever bit of privacy you've tried to take back by using a pseudonym has only served to prevent you from challenging inspection of the communications content.
To put it another way, most people's email addresses aren't reflective of their real names. NSLs and subpoenas can grab to/from data but not the content. If the government treats email addresses as "aliases," the contents of communications are quickly painted as somehow criminal and it could argue the fake "name" contained in the email address is nothing more than the sender trying to distance themselves from what's contained in the messages. So much for suppression.
Of course, many email addresses are tied to actual people and that identifying info can be obtained from the service provider. But what about throwaway accounts containing nothing linking them to an actual person? There may be no criminal activity but it would be extremely difficult to challenge a search of email contents if someone has made an effort to distance the communications from themself and/or the other parts of their online identity. Pseudonymous speech is apparently protected by the First Amendment. Not so much by the Fourth.
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The Calgary Heritage Initiative Society strongly urges you and the Board of Trustees to reconsider replacement of the current Elbow Park School in favour of rehabilitation.
Elbow Park School was designed by William Branton, Calgary School Board Architect and Building Superintendent and construction began in 1926. It was the first brick school in Calgary, and one of the few built between the wars. Built in a unique Tudor Revival style, it is a distinct landmark for the Elbow Park community, as well as the citizens of Calgary. It provides us with a visual touchstone to our past and creates a sense of place. In a word it is irreplaceable.
Although a rebuild may cost less financially than rehabilitation, consideration must also be given to the risks of replacement as follows:
· - Flood mitigation for an existing heritage building provides a wonderful opportunity for the CBE to demonstrate innovation and adaptation. The building itself could become a teaching tool for architects and builders from around the world.
· - The school has been identified as a city-wide historic resource by city council for and is listed on its inventory of historic resources. Loss of the school represents loss of a valued piece of Calgary's heritage.
· - Restoration/repair is a more environmentally friendly option than replacement
· - Although a new building may assist in addressing current deferred maintenance all buildings, no matter their age, have maintenance items to address that need to be budgeted for on an ongoing basis.
· - It's true that no 88 year old building meets current building code standards, but there are many examples, local and global, of adaptive re-use that integrates new and old standards.
· - Arguably students may be more inspired to learn and grow in a building that retains its patina of history.
· - The Elbow Park community's population ebbs and flows, and a school that can accommodate a larger population may itself not be viable in 1-20 years
CHI encourages you to consider a viable future for the Elbow Park School and to request a Heritage Resource Impact Assessment (HRIA) from the provincial government prior to making any conclusive decision. Once it's gone it will be lost forever.
Cynthia Klaassen
President, CHI
Irena Karshenbaum
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January 15, 2014
Attention: The Honourable Alison Redford, M.L.A., Premier of Alberta
Honourable Heather Klimchuk, M.L.A., Minister of Culture
Danielle Smith, M.L.A., Leader of the Official Opposition
His Worship Mayor Naheed Nenshi, Mayor of Calgary
Ward Sutherland, Ward 1 Councillor
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Sheila Taylor, CBE Board Chair
Regarding: Protecting and Preserving the 1926 Tudor Revival style Elbow Park School
I'm writing to request the protection and preservation of the Elbow Park School in Calgary.
Built in 1926 in the Tudor Revival style, the Elbow Park School is one of the neighborhood's key heritage landmarks and is widely considered to be one of the city's most beautiful brick schools.
In its recent decision, the CBE has made a cavalier and misguided decision to demolish the Elbow Park school. I write to remind the CBE, the school does not belong to the CBE but belongs to all Albertans and it is a key provincial heritage resource.
The CBE has expressed the following reasons to demolish the school:
Additional reasons against demolition:
· The school has been listed on the City of Calgary inventory of historic resources: http://www.calgary.ca/PDA/LUPP/Pages/He ... urceId=122 and is recognized as a "City Wide Historic Resource."
· With the loss of the school, the Elbow Park neighbourhood will permanently lose one of its key heritage assets and its neighbourhood cache and value will decline.
· Restoration and repair is a greener and more environmentally responsible option than demolition and replacement. Restoration and repair is aligned with the City of Calgary recycling programs.
The reasons that have been provided for the demolition of the Elbow Park School show a lack of understanding of our city's valuable heritage resources, restorative building practices and ethical environmental standards as well as how the value of neighborhoods is created.
I respectfully request that the Premier order a Historic Resource Impact Assessment.
I respectfully request that the City of Calgary deny a demolition order.
I look forward to your response and can be reached at (403) 287-8464.
Thank you.
"Irena Karshenbaum"
Irena Karshenbaum
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David Down, Darryl Cariou, Clint Robertson and Bob van Wegen, City of Calgary Heritage Team
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The case apparently stems from an August 2009 public letter
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The basis of the new, criminal investigation was not clear. Neither Narodnaya Volya nor Charter 97 published the letter. The two outlets and Khalip all reported on the underlying corruption case, a widely publicized affair that pitted Belarusian law enforcement agencies against one another.
"In don't know what this is connected with. I think that the case of the insulted general [Korzh] has become a means of intimidating journalists so that no one ever writes about the government and the KGB," Narodnaya Volya quoted its deputy editor, Svetlana Kalinkina, as saying.
The full extent of today's raids was also not immediately clear. Kalinkina, a 2004 recipient of CPJ's International Press Freedom Award, said one other news outlet may have been subjected to a search. No journalist has been charged in the case as yet, Khalip told CPJ.
"We are outraged by the Minsk police actions and call for
the immediate return of all equipment confiscated from the premises of Charter 97 and Narodnaya Volya,
and from Irina Khalip's home office," CPJ Europe and Central Asia Program
Radina described a tense situation today as at least 10 officers raided the offices of her online publication. She told CPJ that one officer punched her in the face as he tried to force his way into the office.
She said the officers collected passport information from all Charter 97 staffers and refused to allow the publication's lawyers to observe the search. The officers told Radina that the seized computers will be held and examined for at least a month. In the meantime, Radina said her staff will seek alternative ways to update the news site. "Of course, we will look for possibilities to continue publishing the site," Radina told CPJ. "But the harassment against us is ongoing—we are being followed and placed under surveillance."


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Well, i've read around on the puppy forums, and there are a few ppl who are trying to get it working on puppy linux.
…now…what i have seen is that when ppl attempt to get mangler working with puppy its only missing a few libs– libgtkmm-2.4.so.1 — libgiomm-2.4.so.1
so im sure some 1 who knows wtf they are doing...should be able to compile a version in no time.
So you have 2 choices if you want/need ventrillo
First one:(which i have working)
Install WINE:
(several different versions..i ASSUME...any will work)
then get:
Uncompressed Ventrillo (installed to a folder):
then just open the ventrillo.exe ...done.
will be slightly buggy but very useable.
Try to get the libs for the mangler.pet made by scottman
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I made a pet file for you, hunted for a lot of libs..
I didn't use the source files you posted.. Don't have a compile environment..
Anyway, I made it with a binary from somewhere.. (I think you posted it)
But I think it won't work anyway, it says you need GLIBC 2.7... Maybe Dpup of KDEpup or Lupu can run it, I don't know..
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Posted: Mon 14 Jun 2010, 14:09
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thx very much man
im a try it out...hope it works..i'll let u know...hate to have to put a diff version of pup..just for one program.
uhh menu entry????
and ye says its missin these:
[13:14] <&Trip[ABK]> libspeex.so.1 libcelt0.so.0 libgiomm-2.4.so.1 libg15daemon_client.so.1 libasyncns.so.0 usr/lib/mangler
[13:15] <&Trip[ABK]> usr/lib/libpulse.so.0.4.1 nussbg kuv <---typen when i wasnt lookin at screen... libasyncsns.so.0
[13:15] <&Trip[ABK]> usr/lib/libpulse-simple.so.0.0.1 missing lib.. libasyncns.so.0
how2can fix
edit..started in terminal...
it wants that libspeex.so.1
((((((((((((((( i will try to find
got the libspeex...tmk..from a deopsitory
now it wants the libcelt0.so.0 but that u can only get from an rpm....i installed a unrpm .petfrom ttuuxxx...i terminal to the directory..right...unrpm filename.rpm...and i get some..rpm2cpio invalid gzip magic
cpio premature end of archive....
now i stuck once again...lol
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downloaded lupu..5. w/e ....ran live cd...installed the mangler.pet...it gave me same error bout libspeex....got that again..installed it...and back to the same thing it wants the libcelt0 that i cant get to unrpm...
Tried to put the unrpm on lupu...it said it installed..tried it...said fu its not installed..try installin it.....reinstalled it...restarted X...tried to run it again..said nah.it aint installed...terminal'ed to the directory..tried unrpm filename.rpm again...it gave me the same..u practice black magic stpasdgas apisdhag error.... -_-
i need this to work....
im startin to think..it might be easier to figuire out why ventrillo ...i assume crashes when i click next on the final step in the installer...where it actually installs....i know i had it workin b4....with wine..on a few different distros..
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im a genious...
thx for the mangler...
i had tried a 98/me version of ventrilo..bam..crashed when i tried to install...so..im sittin here thinkin...WTF!$!#$@% right....then i was like hmmmmmm vent doesnt NEEEED to be installed....so....i had it installed on winblowz... went to the folder...zip'ed it..uploaded it...downloaded it..unzipped it..opened the .exe....BAM VENT WORKIN CHEA....put my server info in...and bam..connects...its slightly buggy with wine...i knew it would be..as i ran it b4..like...when u switch channels..the channel lists gets smashed up.. ez to fix..join another channel..go back...till the channels re-align lol...umm i can hear wut ppl say..they cant hear me...which doesnt really matter i use other pc to talk with..this one just is just the output anyway..i'll prolly mess with it later and get the mic to work..(but...on a side note..scott....why u made puparcade boot with the sound off and no sound display in tray......smack urself for that....i know how to get sound ofc..but..chea bad plan son) but chea..vents workin w/e...if someone wants to get this mangler.pup working then u should for the next person who wants to use it...and thx again scott for maken it.
but if someone has stumbled upon this...and is tryna get vent to work...
heres the ventrillo.zip ..just extract it inside pup anywhere...and open it with wine.
<--ventrillo --for wine..go to google..type wine puppy linux -_-
proof yo lool
^not my normal ping btw lol some 1 was prolly downloading -_-
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I got this working!!!!!!
only thing is, i went down the compile from source route a long time ago, and after clearing all of the dependency problems, i would end up with some strange error while compiling... (I remember it being something like "Can't find undefined external variable "G_assert"" or something. So i decided to try to go down the debian package route. and i was able to eventually get it working! I think i had to make a symlink for one of the libraries from /usr/lib to /lib... I forget which one though :$.
pretty much though i installed the mangler.deb from their website, and then went to a terminal and kept typing 'mangler' then seeing that dependency error it would give me and then satisfying that one, rinse and repeat until it ran.
I was able to get a lot of the debians from the puppy package manager, but the ones i wasn't able to get I'll package up into a .tar.gz and attach to this post.
pretty much go to the package manager, and search and install the following debians:
if you can't find it easily searching the puppy package manager, it should be in my .tar attached to this file. There is one lib which after you install it, it won't be detected when you try to run mangler and it'll give you the same error, so just go to /usr/lib and find the name of the lib its asking for, symlink it into /lib and rename it exactly as mangler says
sorry that isn't the best way to install it but i don't know too much about compiling, and i don't think (or know) how to make a .pet out of debian files, if someone can toss me a link or tell me i'll do it.
but hey! it works
obviously this'll only work in Lucid puppy or dpup or any puppy that can install debian packages
edit: also after you're done you'll have to change the sound system in the mangler settings to ALSA (obviously, since puppy uses alsa
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From filmmaker Sam Raimi (Spider-Man®, Army of Darkness) and acclaimed Japanese director Takashi Shimizu comes a terrifying tale of horror in the tradition of The Ring and 28 Days Later. Sarah Michelle Gellar (TV's Buffy The Vampire Slayer ) stars as an American nurse who has come to work in Tokyo. Following a series of horrifying and mysterious deaths, she encounters the vengeful supernatural spirit that possesses its victims, claims their souls, then passes its curse to another person in a spreading chain of horror. Now, she must find a way to break this supernatural spell or become the next victim of an ancient evil that never dies, but forever lives to kill.
Michael Kirk, Shintaro Shimosawa, Aubrey Henderson
Stephen Susco
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Nathan Kahane, Joe Drake, Roy Lee, Doug Davison, Carsten Lorenz
Sam Raimi, Taka Ichise, Rob Tapert
Takashi Shimizu
Clea Duvall, Bill Pullman, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jason Behr, Kadee Strickland


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These instructions are for the E Ink models of NOOK: Nook 3G, Nook WiFi, Nook Simple Touch, and Nook Simple Touch with Glowlight.
Nook Color, Tablet, and HD models can now download 3M Cloud Library eBooks directly over wifi using the free 3M Cloud Library App for Nook.
If you have a: Barnes & Noble NOOK
You can download: eBooks from RCPL's 3M Cloud Library
You will need:
A Mac or Windows PC, your NOOK, and your NOOK's USB cable.
Get Set Up (You will only have to do this once):
Download the App on your computer: http://3m-ssd.implex.net/cloudapps/
Go to Richland Library's 3M Cloud Library at http://ebook.3m.com/library/RichlandLibrary/ and click on the "Reader Apps" link at the top right corner of the page.
Click on the "Windows" link to access the download page for the 3M Cloud Library for Windows App, or "Mac" to download the Mac application.
Click on the "Download Cloud Library for Windows" or "Download Cloud Library for Mac" image:
Follow the prompts to install the software.
The first time you open the program, you will need to choose SC as your state, Richland Library as your library, and enter your Richland Library Card Number.
Authenticating the App:
If you already use the software program Adobe Digital Editions to download eBooks from OverDrive or another service, 3M Cloud Library should automatically detect and use the same Adobe ID you used to authenticate that program.
If Adobe Digital Editions is not already installed and registered, or 3M Cloud Library does not detect your Adobe ID, it will give you two options: Use a 3M Cloud ID (no sign-in required, other than your library card) or enter an Adobe ID and Password.
The simplest way to proceed is to let 3M Cloud Library handle the authentication, and skip the process of creating or remembering an Adobe ID and password.
But! If you intend to transfer both 3M Cloud Library eBooks and OverDrive eBooks to a (non-Kindle) eReader, such as a NOOK or Sony Reader, you should authenticate your 3M Cloud Library app using your Adobe ID and password. Otherwise your eReader will only work with one service at a time.
Using the App:
Browsing and searching for eBooks using the 3M Cloud Library app works just like it does on the 3M Cloud Library website and in the 3M Cloud Library mobile apps.
The navigation icons at the top of the screen allow you to browse by Shelves or by Categories, to Search, or to view your Books.
You can use Advanced Search to narrow your search to currently available titles only.
When you click on My Books, you will see any books you have checked out using either this app, the web interface, the Discover Terminal, or a 3M Cloud Library mobile app. To read one of these books, click on its cover. This will open the book in a fifth navigation tab. To exit, you can click on one of the other tabs (Shelves, Categories, Search, My Books).
Transferring eBooks to NOOK:
Connect your NOOK to your computer using its USB cable. In the 3M Cloud Library App, a notification will appear below the navigation tabs: "connected to device: Nook". Click on "My Books" and you will see a green "download to device" button on your eBooks. Click it to transfer your eBooks. A dialog box will tell you when your eBook has been successfully transferred to your device.
Note: If you are using an eReader or the 3M Cloud Library app for the first time, you may be asked about your Adobe authorization. See above for more detail.
Safely eject the NOOK from your computer.
Your eBooks have been transferred to your NOOK.
Click here to see a video of the download and transfer process.
Frequently Asked Questions:
I transferred my library eBooks to my NOOK–where are they?
NOOK 1st Edition (aka NOOK WiFi, NOOK 3G+WiFi):
On NOOK 1st Edition, sideloaded eBooks will be placed in the "My Documents" section of the NOOK's "library."
To find them, tap the home button (the lowercase "n" in the black bar between the E Ink screen and the LCD touchscreen) and then select the "my library" icon on the touchscreen. At the top of the E Ink screen you will see either the words "My B&N Library" (referring to Barnes & Noble eBooks) or "My Documents." If you see "My B&N Library" you will need to toggle over to "My Documents" by selecting the first option in the touchscreen menu, "Go to My Documents."
NOOK Simple Touch and NOOK Simple Touch with Glowlight
On NOOK Simple Touch, sideloaded eBooks will automatically appear in the NOOK's "Library"–no searching required.
NOOK Tablet and NOOK Color
On NOOK Tablet and NOOK Color, sideloaded eBooks are placed into a folder on the NOOK called "Digital Editions." To find this folder, open the "Library" on your NOOK Tablet/Nook Color and select "My stuff" / "My files" at the top right corner.
Returning eBooks Early:
As of 9/19/12, the 3M Cloud Library App for PC v1.25 no longer allows users to return books early. (Smartphone and tablet app users can still check in ebooks early from their devices.)
Deleting eBooks on the device:
On NOOK 3G and NOOK Wifi: select the title under "My Documents" and, instead of opening it, select "Item Details & Options." Select "Delete" and confirm.
NOOK Simple Touch: On NOOK Simple Touch, sideloaded files must be deleted through your computer. You can use Adobe Digital Editions or delete by using the file system (Windows or Mac).
To delete the eBook, you'll need to connect the Nook to your computer with the USB cord and access the Nook as if it were an external disk or a USB flash drive. The eBook file will be in a folder called "Digital Editions". Once you locate the file, you can delete it manually.
The State Library of Kansas has produced a video that will walk you through the process: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLzBq1Slhjk
On NOOK Tablet and NOOK Color running the latest software: Navigate to the "Digital Editions"folder on your NOOK so that you can see the icon of the title you wish to delete. Hold your finger down on the icon for a few seconds, and a menu will pop up. Select "Delete Item."
For additional NOOK support, see Barnes & Noble's NOOK support page.


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Visiting Three National Parks in California - Yosemite, Sequoia, and Joshua Tree/
We visit Yosemite, Sequoia, and Joshua Tree National Parks. Spending 7 days straight camping without a shower, internet, or a meal we didn't cook ourselves!Read More
"Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail"
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
We spent 492 days traveling around the world. I kept meticulous notes--not only of what we did but how much it all cost. We spent less than $45/person/day and traveled extremely luxuriously (compared to ex-USA backpackers). Read to find out more.
An amazing escape into the Himalayans to see Everest Base Camp and the Sherpa culture.
Day 7 of EBC Trek: Prayer flags above Duglha
We hike over 65 miles in 4 days on the W-Trek in Torres del Paine, Chile.
We visit the world's 3rd largest fresh water reserve...and it's frozen. We also get to hike atop the Perito Moreno Glacier just outside El Calafate, Argentina.
We enjoy some relaxing days sprinkled between very long days of hiking Mt. Fitz Roy in El Chalten, Argentina.
A water problem at our scheduled hostel leaves ends up turning into the best lodging we've had to date!
We spend 5 days hiking the Lost City (Ciudad Perdida) in the Colombian Jungle.
After much deliberation I have finally decided on what to take with me on my 12 month journey.
A high-level overview of our Patagonia route (3 - 4 weeks) including an itinerary and budget.
After weeks of deliberating and narrowing down travel insurance policies I have created a computer chart which makes choosing a travel insurance policy much easier.
We visit Yosemite, Sequoia, and Joshua Tree National Parks. Spending 7 days straight camping without a shower, internet, or a meal we didn't cook ourselves!Read More
Two young and adventurous professionals leave it all behind to travel the world for over a year.


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Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Timeline: How Social Media Changed In 2011
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With a growing population seeking a better lifestyle to be delivered from a planet with finite resources, is business equipped to deliver? What customers, suppliers, employees, governments and society expect from business is changing. With more access to more information, there is a greater risk of exposure and a demand for accountability. We all want business to succeed, but not at any cost. 'Good' growth' is in everyone's interest and the new measure of success. But how do you work out what 'good' looks like? Here we talk about some of the issues.
Malcolm Preston talks about why delivering 'good' growth is the way forward and how knowing 'good' from 'bad' can transform business
Growth - always a force for good?
The world craves growth. The developing world needs growth to pull people out of poverty. The developed world needs growth to tackle mounting unemployment and large government deficits.
But is the growth we're pursuing doing more harm than good? Rapid booms are followed by shattering busts. Pollution is escalating. Precious resources are being drained away.
If we do need to look at growth in a new way what would it look like?
Growth sounds good. But is it always good?
Is growth good when it eats up resources and the community pays a bigger price (e.g. through adverse impacts on health) than the financial gain it generates? Is growth good when one company's gain in market share is another's loss? Is growth good when overall wellbeing does not change or there is no increase in GDP?
Good growth is real, inclusive, responsible and lasting. Good growth benefits everyone – consumers, communities, the economy and shareholders alike. Good growth makes good business sense as companies perform better in communities that are stable, healthy and prosperous. So, what do we mean?
Real growth generates wealth rather than simply shifting market share from one company to another (what's called 'zero sum growth'). Innovation drives 'real' growth by providing solutions that meet people's needs and aspirations e.g. affordable sanitation for the urban poor creates new a win:win for the company and the community.
Growth that benefits a few at the expense of many just isn't good. Inclusive growth benefits everyone. For example, mineral rich economies need to balance creating an environment in which businesses thrive with a desire to make sure communities benefit too.
Responsible growth looks at the total impact of doing business, rather than just the profits from business. Financial return can't be gauged in isolation from the tax contribution, environmental impact and the effect on community stability, health and prosperity.
Lasting growth invests in the future and considers returns over the long-term. For some, meeting short term targets (e.g. based on share-price increases or dividend payments), shows that a company is in good shape and on track. But if this means investment opportunities are being missed, others will think it short sighted. If we only look ahead six months or three years, who will commit to investment that sees strong returns over ten? Who has the confidence and the vision?
But what do you think makes for 'good growth'?
Can we really have it all or will we have to accept trade-offs and sacrifices? How will we know that we're doing the right thing?
Future proofing your business
"My primary responsibility is to my shareholders. If they're happy then I'm doing well". But how well are you doing? Could you be failing in your duty to protect shareholder interests if your business is not sustainable over the long-term? What about your responsibilities to the customers that buy your products, your suppliers that provide components or raw materials, and communities that supply your workforce?
Do you need to think about your business in a different way? Your business generates value that extends beyond its share price, when things go well or not it's not just shareholders who feel it. So what are the risks of ignoring the developments that are reshaping how businesses operate and how they measure success?
Business needs to look at the big picture – open the curtains wide and take in the whole view. There's a growing need to understand an organisation's footprint, how its activity has an impact on the environment, society and economy.


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Deckadance 1.9 is now available for download. Deckadance has been rebuilt from the inside out, see what's new...
Deckadance 1.9 ready for exploitation on the dance floor
Deckadance, Image-Lines popular DJ mixing application, has received some exciting updates including:
- New synchronization engine - Songs are now totally locked in sync for whatever functions are performed within DD. Importantly, Deckadance can now be fully synchronized in other hosts such as Live including BPM & Phase.
- Snap & Quantize buttons - The GUI also gains new 'Snap' and 'Quantize' buttons to make cue point setting and jumps to cue points, seeks in waveforms & exit looping perfect synchronized with the beat.
- Loop settings - Improved to work per-beat rather than per-bar. This means faster, tighter repeats are now possible.
- Song manager - The song manager (SM) is now fully integrated into Deckadance. You can detach the SM window, great for multi-monitor setups. The SM includes iTunes integration for drag-&-drop between SM and iTunes. Import playlists and more.
- File Browser - A new File Browser replaces the old one. Designed for improved integration, searches and working with your files in Deckadance.
- Options & Setup - All setup and options have been organised into a unified tabbed system. Spend less time searching and more time tweaking options.


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Focusing On Google Getting Emails & Passwords Via Data Collection Misses The Point: Anyone Could Have Done It
from the total-overreaction deptBack in May, we were among those who pointed out that it was incredibly bad that Google had accidentally collected data from open WiFi networks with some excess code in its Street View WiFi mapping efforts. A look at what they were doing highlighted how it was almost certainly accidental and no one has shown any evidence that Google did anything nefarious with the data at all. In fact, by all indications, Google didn't even realize it had collected the data until right before it admitted it.
Today, Google put up a blog post detailing some of the steps it's taken to better protect privacy, and at the bottom (on a Friday post, no less) the company tries to sneak past the "admission" that in finally going through the data (highlighting, again, that it was really unaware it had this data before) that while it was mostly fragments, in a few instances it did have full emails and passwords. This should not be a surprise. If you understand the technology of what was happening, it would collect mostly useless fragments of info, but if it was passing by at the time that someone was transmitting something like that in an unencrypted format, then of course it would collect that bit of info.
Of course, the press immediately pounced on that one key point, and all the articles this afternoon are trumpeting the fact that Google collected emails and passwords and making that the lead of the story.
But here's the important point that none of them seem to be pointing out: Anyone could have gotten the same information. I could open up my network connections where I am right now, and see half a dozen or more open WiFi networks. I could connect to any of them, just sitting here, and snarf down any open data for however long I wanted, and I'm sure sooner or later, I'd pick up some emails and passwords from some users who didn't bother to encrypt and who were using websites that weren't encrypted. That's the thing: this data is out in the open for anyone to take. Google didn't "hack" anything, or do anything particularly different than what tons of people could easily do this very second.
The problem isn't that Google got an occasional bit of openly transmitted info, it's that people are still transmitting such data in the open anyway. In an age where so many people think that just having encryption on your computer is a sign of evil, the real problem is that people aren't being taught to encrypt all of their communications. If that was standard, then Google never would have been able to do what it did... and neither could anyone else.
So for everyone slamming Google for this bit of data collection, why are you not complaining about the fact that someone who actually had nefarious intent can sit at the corner store right now and do the same thing without anyone ever realizing it?
Filed Under: encryption, privacy, street view, wifi
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text: Bud Parr (of Chekhov's Mistress) has created a new clearinghouse for litblogs, MetaxuCafe. It aggregates posts and headlines from members, lets members post original posts, offers a forum for people to talk about books and blogging, and is really quite beautifully designed. It's a new endeavor, so I'm sure various things will change in the coming weeks and months, but already more than 50 bloggers have signed on as members, including me. Membership is open to anybody who wants in and runs a blog about books that has an RSS or Atom feed. I've already discovered lots of blogs I didn't know about before, and some good discussions have begun in the forum.


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D.E. Knobbe at Latitude 33
Author D.E. Knobbe will host a creative writing workshop and sign copies of her new book, "Runaway Storm," at 4 p.m. today at Latitude 33 Bookshop, 311 Ocean Ave. in Laguna Beach.
The teenage adventure tells the story of 15-year-old Nate, who is frustrated by his parent's divorce, and deals with it by running away from New York to the Gulf Islands near Vancouver, a place he has spent a lot of time exploring. At first, everything seems to fall into place – the successful trip across country, finding the new kayak his father planned as a birthday present, keeping each of his parents thinking that he was safely with the other. But then everything changes, and his story becomes one of struggle and survival with strangers who want to harm both him and the Goth girl he tries to help.
Knobbe is an author, editor and freelance writer who grew up in Vancouver, Canada, and spent a lot of time adventuring in the Gulf Islands, the Cariboo-Chilcotin, the Yukon, and Alaska. She is passionate about preserving our oceans and wilderness and believes the best way to bring that about is by igniting the same passion in others. Her work has been published in the Los Angeles Times.
Inviting in the outdoorsy
Local authors Nanda Fischer and Jutta Gamboa who will lead a hike at 3 p.m. and sign copies of their new book, "Active in Orange County: A Guide to Physical Activity and Exercise in Nature," at 4 p.m. Sunday at Latitude 33, 311 Ocean Ave., Laguna Beach, The book encourages readers to be active outdoors and at the same time enjoy the beauty of Orange County.
For more information, call (949) 494-5403.
Women Artists Boutique
The Woman's Club of Laguna Beach will hold its semi-annual Women Artists Boutique from noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday at 286 St. Ann's Drive.
The free event will include a silent auction and refreshments, and will feature local women artists selling their handmade crafts, jewelry, apparel and art work. The artists donate items for the silent auction, which will close at 4:30 p.m., with proceeds benefiting the Woman's Club and the Women's Resource Center community programs.
LAM gets Naked
Laguna Art Museum will feature author Bram Dijkstra at 1 p.m. Sunday who will speak about his newly released book, "Naked: The Nude in America."
The book is a presentation of the nude in American art, photography and popular culture, from the 18th century to the present and features more than 400 color illustrations.
Dijkstra's explores the history of the subject from its earliest manifestations in the paintings of John Singleton Copley and Benjamin West to the taboo-shredding imagery of late 20th-century artists such as Alice Neel, Robert Mapplethorpe, Eric Fischl, and John Currin.
A book-signing will follow the author's lecture in the Museum's California Gallery, Hard-cover copies of the book will be available for sale in the Museum Store for $75.00.
Admission to the lecture is free for Museum Members, and free for non-members with paid admission.
Dijkstra is a professor emeritus of comparative literature and cultural history at UC San Diego. For more information, visit http://www.lagunaartmuseum.org.
'Stories of Home' benefits Friendship Shelter
Noted actors will take the stage at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Forum Theater, 650 Laguna Canyon Rd., to benefit Friendship Shelter.
The performance will feature short stories relating to home in the broadest sense of the word, from writers like Ron Carlson, Jonathan Saffron Foer, Aimee Bender, and O. Henry. Produced by WordTheatre, a non-profit promoting the storytelling tradition, and directed by Cedering Fox, the program features actors Richard Burgi of "Desperate Housewives," Justin Chambers of "Grey's Anatomy," Gary Dourdan of "CSI," Tess Harper of "Breaking Bad," Kate Levering of "Drop Dead Diva," film actors Chris McDonald and John Heard, and Friendship Shelter's Associate Executive Director, Mark Miller.
Tickets are $65 and available until Saturday at http://www.friendshipshelter.org and at the door, pending availability. For more information, or to reserve seating, call Taylor at (949) 494-6928.
Gallerists' perils and pleasures
The Laguna Beach Historical Society will sponsor a free program, "Laguna Beach Art Galleries, Perils and Pleasures" by Richard Challis and Gene Crain from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Monday at the Laguna Beach City Hall Council Chambers, 505 Forest Ave.
Challis opened Laguna's first commercial art gallery, now the Esther Wells Collection, which became Challis Galleries in 1950. Prior to that, he opened a frame shop, which he displayed paintings by Laguna Impressionist Virginia Woolley and other artists.
Crain, a significant art collector who exhibited "California Holiday: The E. Gene Crain Collection" at Laguna Art Museum in the earlier part of the decade, holds a collection that includes artists from the California School including Rex Brandt, Phil Dike and Millard Sheets.
For those who cannot attend in person, the program will be televised live on Cox channel 30.
For more information about the Historical Society, visit http://www.lagunahistory.org.
'Earth: Fragile Planet' at college
Laguna College of Art & Design will present the New York Society of Illustrators traveling exhibition "Earth: Fragile Planet" from Nov. 19 through Dec. 18 at the college gallery, 2222 Laguna Canyon Road. Exhibition hours are Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free and complimentary parking is available. The public is invited to the reception to be held in conjunction with First Thursdays Art Walk on December 2 from 6 to 8 p.m.
"Earth: Fragile Planet" will showcase 40 works from many accomplished illustrators and newcomers. The exhibition will be divided into five categories: earth, energy, air, water, and wildlife. It gives the artists a forum to set forth their personal views about the state of the world and the environment.
Stone carving workshop set
Master stone carvers Marvin Johnson and Joseph Sovella will teach a Holiday Stone Carving Workshop beginning Nov. 20 at Laguna College of Art and Design, 2222 Laguna Canyon Road.
The 4-week workshop, open to all levels from novice to advanced, will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays through Dec. 18, where students will work outside, sculpting stone into forms of almost any size or shape.
Sovella has worked with great sculptors across the globe. He has also exhibited in Europe since 1990 and has just completed an exhibit in Nice, France and Kealakekua, Hawaii.
Johnson, who holds an MFA in sculpture, was a foundry pattern maker in the mid-1960s and designed parts for Barbie Dolls; sculpted civil war soldiers for diorama in Gettysburg; was a clay modeler at General Motors; and developed a line of jewelry made of tropical hardwood. His work has been widely exhibited.
Cost for the four-week workshop is $140 and includes basic tools and a practice stone.
Additional resources to purchase specialty stone are available. To register or receive additional information, visit http://www.lagunacollege.edu.


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I am what you would call a big baseball fan. So this week's voting by the Baseball Writers' Association of America, which resulted in not one single player being elected into the 2013 Hall of Fame, made me very mad.
It also ignited a feud on my Twitter account bigger than I have seen in a long time. Every person has a favourite team and a favourite player. People feel a connection with these athletes, whether it's seeing them play when they were growing up or watching them win championships for their team or crushing their hopes when a certain player does something memorable against their favourite club.
Sports and athletes dominate the news and headlines these days; people can't seem to get enough information on their teams and players. If an athlete says something, fans can dissect it online, or the media can spin it into a top story.
Think about how much revenue sports creates among newspapers, magazines, the Internet, TV, or from merchandise, ticket sales, endorsements ... the sports industry is a self-churning machine. An incredible number of people benefit from and make their livings thanks to sports.
In professional baseball, there is no greater honour than being inducted to the Hall of Fame. It's an exclamation point on a player's career. It is supposed to be the final journey and the ultimate honour for a player's contributions to the game.
To earn induction into the Hall of Fame, any eligible candidate receiving votes on 75% of the ballots cast is elected to membership. Votes are cast by members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA). This year, 569 ballots were cast.
Yet somehow, in a year when the likes of Mark McGwire, Roger Clemens, Sammy Sosa and Barry Bonds, along with others like Jack Morris, Craig Biggio, Jeff Bagwell, Mike Piazza and Tim Raines all appeared on the ballot, not one was elected. How very sad.
This system needs to be changed. I'm not against a baseball writer having a vote. Most writers follow the players' careers from start to end. But I am against the writers having complete say.
I feel that existing members of the Hall of Fame should have votes, or perhaps even certain tenured players, coaches and general managers. Maybe even owners or someone who has been involved in the game for at least 20 years. Obviously, I'm not sure exactly how to fix this voting system, but I can't fathom the idea that people who never played the game at the professional level are solely responsible for the voting. Players, the very ones on the field, should have some say in who to put in the Hall, shouldn't they? Aren't they, after all, the most qualified to assess?
The big issue at play for many of the aforementioned stars not being elected is that many of them have been linked to the so-called Steroid Era.
Bonds holds the records for most home runs in a season and the most all-time home runs. He's also the only seven-time MVP in history. He has denied ever knowingly using steroids, but, in 2011, he was convicted of obstructing justice in testimony to a grand jury investigating the issue.
Clemens won the Cy Young Award a record seven times. In 2008, he denied using human growth hormone in congressional testimony. He was later indicted on charges he had lied to Congress, but last June, he was acquitted of all charges.
Sosa hit 609 home runs in his career, including 66 in 1998. He is the only player to have hit 60 or more home runs in a single season three times. He, too, appeared before a congressional committee in 2005, insisting he never used steroids.
That committee also heard from McGwire, who admitted to steroid use years later. He has been repeatedly denied access to the hall of fame, despite his 583 career home runs.
Most people I have spoken with had two view points: they deserve to get in or they cheated. When I hit them with the facts, they would only call them cheaters and refused to hear anything else. This infuriated me even more and spurred this week's column, which appears to be about baseball, but isn't entirely.
Is someone who made millions of dollars playing a game being snubbed by the Hall of Fame going to personally affect anyone reading this column? Not at all. I simply ask that people to do the necessary research before voicing their opinions.
Yes, steroids were banned in baseball in 1991, but they weren't tested for until 2004. The legendary home run chase between McGwire and Sosa brought the world's collective attention back to baseball after an image-damaging strike in 1994. Before that fateful chase, ballparks were empty and much of the world had lost interest in the sport and its players were deemed greedy.
The very same players who were praised and loved back then for arguably saving the game are now condemned.
The same writers who had jobs and fed their families off the backs of those players are the ones now taking a stand against them.
Many people I asked on Twitter said all the players up for election were guilty. Do your research, please. At least have the decency to research which players admitted to using steroids and which didn't, and were never convicted. Don't simply agree with the media when it lumps many players in that era as cheaters. Wasn't Roger Clemens found to be innocent? Yes. And it went to a federal jury; talk about a waste of taxpayers' dollars.
How many players took steroids and didn't have great careers? Steroids don't create great athletes. Just speaking for myself, I have seen many professional wrestlers who had used steroids in wrestling and they were horrible athletes in the ring.
I have been injured to the point where I couldn't walk or I was unable to lift my arm above my head. I saw a doctor, who injected me with something so I was able to perform. I couldn't tell you what was in that syringe, let alone the attending official's name. I would ask and would be told it was an anti-inflammatory or a steroid to help me with the injury. I would say thanks and go wrestle. You could argue what I did was dumb on my part, especially in hindsight, but then, all I wanted to do was perform.
What I ask my readers to take from this column is a message: do your research, and by research, I don't mean simply go on Wikipedia (I saw three mistakes on my own Tommy Dreamer page, including my birthday, of all things). No, I was not born on Valentine's Day. Don't just believe what the media or corporations tell you either. Have an open mind and hear others arguments. Form your own opinions, but don't judge others until you have walked in their shoes. Thanks for reading.
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1. Re: 3d animation software suggestionsMarian Driscoll Feb 17, 2011 5:32 AM (in response to Bucketheadd)
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That is a great oxymoron.
Being inexperienced in 3D character animation, expect a considerable amount of time to learn it (months, years) before you will be able to produce something useful to your employer.
Common professional apps include Maya, Lightwave and 3D Studio Max. Even if price is no object, there is a huge cost to learning these complex apps. You might do well with a more basic, but still very capable for character animation... Animation Master by Hash.
2. Re: 3d animation software suggestionsDeepwater3d Apr 27, 2011 8:21 AM (in response to Bucketheadd)
If you have access to Mac http://cheetah3d.com is probably ideal
3. Re: 3d animation software suggestionsCloudFormz May 7, 2011 1:36 AM (in response to Bucketheadd)
Cinema 4D is a good basic 3d program to start with.
4. Re: 3d animation software suggestionssweetpea01 May 13, 2011 5:39 AM (in response to CloudFormz)
I agree. Cinema4D is a good "basic" program & very affordable since you are not likely to have a "useable" finished peice for a while due to the large learning curve. (good selling point to your superiors) Although, in my experience they all work pretty much the same. I learned 3D on Maya - which was far too expensive for my employer to purchase. So we got Cinema4D & while it was different from Maya, it was easy to catch on. Also, Maxon (the parent co.) offer excellent training & support, which is a huge bonus.
5. Re: 3d animation software suggestionssocialblogger Aug 5, 2011 8:08 AM (in response to Bucketheadd)
I really like working with cinema4D which is really basic to advanced, but if you wanna
get the real deal you should try out Maya.
Really good 3d prog.
6. Re: 3d animation software suggestionsmdcerny Aug 17, 2011 11:24 AM (in response to Bucketheadd)
Had you looked into iClone or SmithMicro's Anime Studio? They are both kind of basic but rather good.
7. Re: 3d animation software suggestionsDaniel Wood Dani Sep 22, 2011 2:56 AM (in response to Bucketheadd)
I am agree with Marian, if you are totally unexperienced in 3d animation, don't go for yourself as it will take a considerable amount of time to be an expert.
Rather I would suggest you to for a 3d animation studio/company. If you are in US, you can check with Zco corporation. To get an idea of their work check their website (http://www.zco.com/3d-animations.aspx), you will find various previous work examples.
8. Re: 3d animation software suggestionsMarian Driscoll Dec 28, 2011 5:39 AM (in response to Bucketheadd)
For more information about IllusionMage, see http://www.blender.org/blenderorg/blender-foundation/press/re-branding-blender/
IllusionMage is not a "worthwhile investment" because you can get it for free at http://www.blender.org
joniqueen is spamming and scamming this forum with a bogus product.
9. Re: 3d animation software suggestionsBucketheadd Dec 28, 2011 6:55 AM (in response to Marian Driscoll)
Thanks for the heads up!
10. Re: 3d animation software suggestionsterrypasencio Jan 4, 2012 2:18 AM (in response to Bucketheadd)
If you want something for nothing, there are a few freeware versions of 3D packages available. 3D Canvas from amabilis.com is a cut down version of the company's commercial 3D packages. It's a fully functional 3D application but is probably more suited to the intermediate 3D users or keen beginners.


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Yesterday all of my groceries came in a box or unmarked paper/plastic bags or held in bundles by rubber bands, a sure sign that I didn't step into a grocery store for any produce. So while I don't have the opportunity to try things like fiddlehead ferns and zucchini blossoms, I still have a nice selection of fresh vegetables to pick from our local farmers.
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Fresh leaves of lettuce, arugula, and spinach, a generous big handful per person
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By James Drever, WyomingEntrepreneur.Biz business adviser
"We just started our business and would like to know if exporting is something for us." Fiona, Cheyenne
This is Part II on the discussion about the need to assess a business, its products and strategic goals before jumping into exporting products. Assuming a business is ready, the next step is to develop an export plan.
An export plan is similar to, and can be seen as a branch of, a business plan. It should begin with an executive summary that includes the fundamental reasons the company is exporting. To develop a plan, choose the products/services to be exported and see how you may need to modify them for customers outside the United States.
Once you have determined your offering(s), try to find your best probable customers. I recommend several potential countries and that you research to see if there are obvious pros or cons to each country. From this basic analysis, narrow the scope and obtain in-depth research on the remaining markets. You can pay for reports (approximately $600 per country) through the U.S. Commercial Service or receive cost-free reports from the WyomingEntrepreneur.Biz Market Research Center.
Based on those reports, you are ready to develop your written plan. For this, contact a WyomingEntrepreneur.Biz representative for a template, or develop your own. The Small Business Administration's basic exporting guidelines advise the following items be included:
Identify which products and what modifications need to be made to them, and to which countries they will be exported. Develop a basic customer profile and how the business owner will market the product; find the right distribution channels; identify the special challenges, competition, cultural differences and import controls; decide export sales price, operational steps and time frame for each part of the plan; decide what personnel and other company resources will be needed; and, later, how business-related results will be evaluated to modify the plan.
Export.gov is a great resource to start with, but contacting a regional export center or WyomingEntrepreneur.Biz office to find out about all the resources available is the first step. The resources can help find buyers, negotiate customs, manage payments or find intermediaries to help with some or all exporting questions.
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A female police academy recruit learns to handle a male suspect. (Photo: Richard Weinblatt)
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It's been the age-old question: how do you deal with the opposite sex. In today's litigation-laden law enforcement environment, law enforcement professionals struggle to answer that question as they discharge their duties. This column details steps that you can take to ensure your tactical and legal survival.
While false allegations can come from same sex police contacts, particularly with juveniles, complaints that stem from opposite sex interactions seem to crop up more often. These types of risks are part of the business of being a law enforcer, but some safeguards can be taken to at least minimize the dangers. Here are some tips to keep in mind (or recall from earlier training).
1) Call in your traffic stops. Beaten into most officers from their academy days, you should always call in your traffic stops. Ideally, this should be done prior to activating your emergency lights. You should call in your location, plate number including state, vehicle description, and number/description of occupants. Most tend to call the information in that order.
You should adhere to your communications center's policy. The sequence of calling in information is usually dictated by the order that the call taker's information fields appear on his/her computer screen. If the final site of the traffic stop changes from the initially radioed information, you should broadcast the location change.
2) Call in interactions. This is from street policing 101. You should always call in all types of interactions, not only traffic stops. This includes when you are being flagged down while on road patrol. In that case, you should be sure to call in your location and a description of the person or persons flagging you down.
3) Call in mileage. If you transport a prisoner, witness, victim, or even engage in a courtesy transport, call in your location and mileage. Remember to do the same when you conclude the transport. Your dispatcher should indicate the time back to you on the radio. If you take the most direct route possible (bearing in mind traffic conditions), the agency could reconstruct the time frame of the transport which could give you a measure of protection.
4) Ask only for information required by your agency. Do not go beyond that information which isn't required by your agency's paperwork. Even when you do, questions could come up. When I was in North Carolina, I was asked by an irate father why a male officer asked for his daughter's telephone number, he calmed down once I explained that the state's UTC (Uniform Traffic Citation) had a block for the driver's phone number.
5) No verbal warnings. The decision to give either a verbal warning or issue a citation on a traffic stops has long been thought of as one the discretionary abilities of a patrol officer. I suggest that you alter your approach slightly. When I was a police chief, I mandated that officers issue written warnings instead of verbal warnings. They still had complete discretion on citing versus warning, but I eliminated the verbal portion of that.
What I found is that when people came in to complain after the traffic stop, they often did not know the reason for the stop itself. The issuance of a written warning made that clear to them once the emotion of the moment subsided. They could look at it when they were calmer.
The other advantage, from an administrator's point of view, is that demographic information is on the written warning. This is information that I would not have had normally on a verbal warning. Such information invariably protected an officer from allegations of disproportionately targeting a particular gender or race.
6) Use in-car video. If you are fortunate enough to have an in-car camera video system, use it. Make sure it is activated prior to the traffic stop or other interaction to document what you can and cannot see from your vantage point.
It can help to defend you against that claim that you made the stop because of the person's gender or that you made an offer to drop the legal matter in exchange for a date.
If you are going somewhere outside of the field of vision of the camera, keep the system on anyway. Many video systems can record the audio portion from your wireless mic from quite a distance away.
This is a variation of what I did years ago before video cameras became the rage. I had a mini-cassette recorder on my belt and many of my fellow law enforcers would secrete one in their uniform shirt pocket. For those officers who do not have an agency issued in-car video system, an audio recorder (today, thanks to technology, they are even smaller and more versatile) would be the way to go.
7) Create witnesses. Always move to a location where other people, especially your supervisor, can see you. If the person you are talking to closes a door, make sure to open it back up. You can still create an air of confidentiality for reticent victims even with you still being in visual range of other people.
I always make sure that any female students who talk to me in my police academy manager office do so with the door wide open. I want to be sure that the two female members of the staff, who are right outside my doorway, are witnesses to my professional conduct.
8) Call for an opposite sex officer. One of the best things to do, especially if you need to do a frisk or search, is to call for an officer who is the same sex as your suspect. Doing so does not indicate that you are "weak" and can't handle things on your own. On the contrary, it demonstrates that you are savvy to law enforcement liability concepts and know how to utilize your resources.
9) Do not hang out at bars or other social establishments. Many young officers make the mistake of frequenting bars and other "social networking" establishments. If your agency wants you to do bar checks, do so with another officer. Be friendly with the managers, employees, and patrons, but be sure to keep it professional. Acquiring phone numbers does not fall under the professional conduct umbrella.
10) Don't party in the area you police. Because many agencies view your conduct off-duty as a direct reflection of your status as a member of the department, you should not party in the city or county that you police. While I think home-based activities are more prudent, many single officers want to get out of the house.
You don't want to be recognized as an officer when you are off-duty, especially if you have been drinking and are not running on all cylinders. This is a great way to be set up for a falsely generated complaint of sexual misconduct.
Of course, the best defense to opposite sex issues is to be honorable and respectful in all of your interactions. Consider how you would want your son, daughter, husband, wife, mother, father, boyfriend, or girlfriend to be treated by your fellow officers. Beyond that, these ten tips should ensure that you are around to police for quite some time.


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Dr.Elizabeth Pivonka I am a single female,and here is my question. When my mother was alive she made sure that i ate good but since she passed away i try to eat good but sometimes i just eat any old thing and i know that is not good.So i would like some advise on how i cane eat a good balance diet maybe you can give me some suggestions i sometimes eat junk food which is not good to eat when i go shopping i sometimes do not know where to start and i do not know what to buy so i was wondering if you can help me with my grocery shopping list just to give me some ideas on what to buy
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"Human rights groups said they were surprised by the Trump administration's assertions, in part because some of the satellite photographs have existed for years and are not conclusive." Not conclusive? What the hell. Make it a headline and put it on front pages of US newspapers.
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Common Sense: Humor can be found everywhere
By Brent Davis
Finding humor in situations that aren't necessarily meant to induce laughter often times will bring forth heartfelt chuckles. This is not a task easily mastered. An individual must first possess a sense of humor slightly off center.
It is a skill that can be nurtured, but is most effective when it is gifted by heredity.
I do my best to hone this skill, but it is a work in progress. There have been several instances lately where practice has resulted in at least a giggle for me.
I will recount several of the experiences now. Names and situations may or may not be altered via dramatic license in order to protect those who may otherwise be embarrassed by their unknowing participation.
I attended a gathering recently in which a silent auction was part of the festivities.
A wide array of items from a cake to paintings to gift certificates from local merchants was available for bidding. One item in particular caught my attention. On the table before me was a large rubber container normally used for storage. The lid was off the box and inside were items including a flashlight, small games, a blanket, bottled water and other necessities to use in the event of an extended power outage.
Given our county's recent struggle with such an outage, I thought this would be a popular item for bidding. The bid sheet was laid out next to the bucket. Indeed, bidders were eager to claim the prize. At this moment, I noticed the sponsor of the item - a company that supplies electric power to areas of the county. I smiled and laughed right there on the spot. I'm not sure anyone else understood my actions. I explained the situation to my wife, Laura, later that evening when I came home from the event. I waited for the laughter.
Here is what she said. "That's a great prize. You should have bid on it." My mouth open, I struggled to understand her failure to find the irony of the situation. I responded, "Think of the message it sends. 'Hi. We are your electricity provider. Your power will go out. Here are some things to do while you wait.' Get it?"
Crickets chirped. Time stood still. I was alone in looney land. I see her point.
I will give her credit. She is the first to laugh at those moments when her words get jumbled and the message she intended bears no resemblance to those that she meant. Her infamous statement during a meeting at work when she said someone was "shooting from the rear" instead of "the hip" is legendary.
We were shopping for the weekly groceries and as we pushed the cart passed the health and beauty section, we both noticed a young woman who had positioned herself near the bottom shelf to compare items. Unfortunately for her, the bottom hem of her shirt was not of sufficient length to reach the waistline of her pants. With as much stealth as she could muster, Laura leaned over to me and with an attempt at ventriloquism, she said "I see China. I see Japan."
I do not have the strength of self-control to hold at bay my laughter in such situations. I broke into laughter without conscious effort. Laura joined me in the chuckle, but not for the same reason. She thought I was laughing along with it, not at her.
"Bless your heart." I said to her. "It's 'I see London. I see France.'" The moment presented her the opportunity to laugh at herself once again and, as expected, she did. What a great quality to have.
The world would be a better place if this were contagious.
Brent Davis is editor of the Saline Courier. He can be reached at email@example.com.


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