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Understanding how the media understands Trump voters
It's now been a long-running joke among us elite liberal types that the media keeps on saying "economic anxiety!" about Trump supporters when the "racial resentment!" is so right in front of us. Yglesias as made a cottage industry on twitter of pointing out blatant racism of Trump supporters and archly referring to their economic anxiety.
Dylan Matthews with a great piece on this. Honestly, one of the best I've read this election season. The highlights:
The press has gotten extremely comfortable with describing a Trump electorate that simply doesn't exist. Cottle describes his supporters as "white voters living on the edges of the economy." This is, in nearly every particular, wrong.
There is absolutely no evidence that Trump's supporters, either in the primary or the general election, are disproportionately poor or working class. Exit polling from the primaries found that Trump voters made about as much as Ted Cruz voters, and significantly more than supporters of either Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders. Trump voters, FiveThirtyEight's Nate Silver found, had a median household income of $72,000, a fair bit higher than the $62,000 median household income for non-Hispanic whites in America.
A major study from Gallup's Jonathan Rothwell confirmed this. Trump support was correlated with higher, not lower, income, both among the population as a whole and among white people. Trump supporters were less likely to be unemployed or to have dropped out of the labor force. Areas with more manufacturing, or higher exposure to imports from China, were less likely to think favorably of Trump…
So what is driving Trump supporters? In the general election, the story is pretty simple: What's driving support for Trump is that he is the Republican nominee, a little fewer than half of voters always vote for Republicans, and Trump is getting most of those voters.
In the primary, though, the story was, as my colleague Zack Beauchamp has explained at length, almost entirely about racial resentment. There's a wide array of data to back this up.
Much of which I've already highlighted here, so…
The message this research sends is very, very clear. There is a segment of the Republican Party that is opposed to racial equality. It has increased in numbers in reaction to the election of a black president. The result was that an anti–racial equality candidate won the Republican nomination.
Given that the US is one recession away from a Republican winning the presidency, this is a concerning development…
The American press is overwhelmingly made up of left-of-center white people who live in large cities and have internalized very strong anti-racist norms. As a result, it tends to be composed of people who think of racism as a very, very serious character defect, and who are riddled with anxiety about being perceived as out of touch with "real America." "Real America" being, per decades of racially charged tropes in our culture, white, non-urban America. [emphases mine]
So in comes Donald Trump, a candidate running on open white nationalism whose base is whites who — while not economically struggling compared with poor whites backing Hillary Clinton and doing way better economically than black or Latino people backing Clinton — definitely live in the "real America" which journalists feel a yearning to connect to and desperately don't want to be out of touch with.
Describing these people as motivated by racial resentment, per journalists' deep-seated belief that racism is a major character defect, seems cruel and un-empathetic, even if it's supported by extensive amounts of social scientific research and indeed by the statements of Trump's supporters themselves.
So it becomes very, very tempting to just ignore this evidence and insist that Trump supporters are in fact the wretched of the earth, and to connect them with every possible pathology of white America: post-industrial decay, the opioid crisis, labor force dropouts, rising middle-age mortality rates, falling social mobility, and so on. This almost always fails (globalization victims and labor force dropouts are less likely to support Trump, per Rothwell), but if there's even a small hint of a connection, as when Rothwell found a correlation between Trump support and living in an area with rising white mortality, you're in luck. If you can squint hard enough, the narrative will always survive…
But we have a good case study we can examine to see if Western European–style welfare states can prevent far-right racist backlashes from popping up. It's called Western Europe.
Comprehensive welfare states are very, very good. They do not solve racism. Whites in both Europe and America have made it very clear that they will not accept becoming a demographic minority without a fight, and will continue to vote for candidates that speak to that concern and promise immigration policies that put off white minority status for as long as possible.
Great, smart stuff on many levels. This is really going to stick with me as I continue to think about this election.
Oh, my a practically 100% politics version. Well, there has been a lot going on.
1) Ronald Brownstein on Trump's legacy for the Republican Party:
Minorities, millennials, and white-collar whites have been the most likely groups of voters to reject Trump personally as unqualified and temperamentally unfit for the presidency. But in polls they are also most resistant to his insular agenda. Those voters display particular opposition to Trump's most racially barbed proposals—including his plans for a Mexican border wall and the mass deportation of undocumented immigrants, and his evolving proposals to bar Muslims from entering the United States—and are most inclined to view Trump as biased against women and minorities. As a new national survey from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs shows, they are also the most dubious about his protectionism on trade—and most likely to view greater global economic integration as benefiting both the country overall and their own living standards.
All of this signals that, even without his personal foibles, Trumpism alienates precisely the electorate's fastest growing groups, which include minorities, millennials, and college-educated white women. That's why so many Republican strategists have long feared he was steering the GOP to disaster by identifying it so explicitly with white backlash against demographic, cultural, and economic change.
The challenge those Trump critics face is that his bristling defensive nationalism has struck a powerful chord within the Republican coalition—primarily, but not exclusively, within its growing blue-collar wing. Chen, like many GOP thinkers, believes Republicans can't simply revert to their old agenda of free trade and smaller government if Trump loses, but must find ways to address the white working-class anxieties that "Trump exposed" in ways that don't alienate so many other voters.
2) Paul Waldman on what the hacked emails really tell us about American politics. Nothing we didn't know:
It takes a mighty effort to turn this into something sinister. But some are trying, though. The New York Times story about it notes:
The private discussions among her advisers about policy — on trade, on the Black Lives Matter movement, on Wall Street regulation — often revolved around the political advantages and pitfalls of different positions, while there was little or no discussion about what Mrs. Clinton actually believed. Mrs. Clinton's team at times seemed consumed with positioning and optics.
That's like saying that emails circulating among the coaching staff of the Washington Nationals "at times seemed consumed with how to score runs and prevent their opponents from doing the same." These are political operatives. That's what they do.
3) Jay Rosen on how the mainstream media is ill-equipped to properly cover the asymmetry between the parties.
4) Molly Ball talks with disaffected and smart conservative Avik Roy on the problems with the Republican Party.
5) Waldman on how Trump has revealed his loathsome self:
It's safe to say that commenting, even implicitly, on the looks of his accusers would not be part of that plan.
But think about it: Since this story broke last Friday, have you heard Trump say a single thing that demonstrates he's even attempting to understand women's perspectives on this question? Beyond a perfunctory "No one respects women more than I do," he has been completely unable to express even an iota of sympathy for what women go through every day, the way that harassment and unwanted advances are a reality of life for them. An ordinary politician would do that, or at least try, even if it wasn't sincere and someone had to explain to him how to go about it. But not Donald Trump.
6) I decided to find some good, simple explanations of Hillary's email "scandal." This Politifact was the best.
7) NC Senator Richard Burr probably picked the wrong time to become an official Trump adviser.
8) And Paul Waldman, again, on Ted Cruz, laughingstock:
The fact that Cruz caved in so quickly and so easily and for such motives might have been a tragedy. The fact that he did it just two weeks — two weeks! — before Trump's campaign collapsed in on itself and was deserted by one prominent Republican after the next, that's not tragic. That'shilarious.
And the funniest part of all? There wasn't a single aspect of this that wasn't utterly predictable, utterly obvious — apparently to everyone except someone of Cruz's universally recognized intelligence. I mean, who could have thought that Donald Trump would self-destruct? Who could have thought that some horrible new thing would come out that would finally break the camel's back? Who could have foreseen this, except anyone who had paid attention at any of the last six months?
If Cruz could have held his nerve for just two more weeks, he'd be looking smart, courageous, and principled. A prescient man, one who could be TrusTed. Two weeks!
There are many, many causes for sadness these days in American politics. Ted Cruz, however, has become a source of mirth. And these days, I'll take all the comfort I can get.
9) Great Seth Myers clip on Trump supporters denying sexual assault claims.
10) Speaking of which, Brendan Nyhan wrote this two years ago on how social science explains the floodgate of accusations coming loose on Bill Cosby. Very much applies to Trump as well.
11) Whether or not Trump is an anti-Semite doesn't matter, because he's gone full-on anti-Semite in his rhetoric.
12) Former McCain adviser Steve Schmidt on the Republican Party:
As a conservative Republican, I find anathematic the regulatory and tax policies of liberal Democrats. But there's no question that Republicans — as an institution and what we're led by — are unfit to run the country, or to govern the country.
You have a massive reckoning coming due that will play out over years on the serially putting party above country. We've reached the moment in time that George Washington warned about in his farewell address with the danger of factions. You have basically warring tribes that subordinate the national interest to their tribal interest.
There's no higher value obviously for most — though not all — Republican elected officials than maintaining fidelity to Donald Trump. What's extraordinary about that is that in America, we don't take an oath to a strongman leader; we take it to the Constitution of the United States. And Donald Trump is obviously manifestly unfit in every conceivable way to occupy the office of the American head of state.
13) Excellent Seth Masket on the moral failure of Paul Ryan:
Paul Ryan is the elected leader of the most democratic branch of government. The speaker of the House has a dual mandate — he or she functions as a party leader (and is often elected on a party-line vote) but is also a constitutional officer, serving as the leader of the chamber. Sen. Mitch McConnell, as the leader of a party caucus, bears no such official responsibility to his chamber. (Joe Biden is president of the Senate.) Indeed, it is often the speaker of the House who will push back against accretions of executive power, which can lead anti-democratic outcomes.
But when democratic institutions themselves are under attack, does not the leader of the most democratic branch of government have some obligation to defend it? How can Ryan maintain an endorsement for a presidential candidate who has promised, repeatedly and publicly, to undermine the nation's democratic traditions?
To be sure, there has been no shortage of statements by Trump inviting condemnation by his fellow Republicans on a broad range of topics. But when democracy itself is at risk, there is no political figure better situated to stand up and defend it than the House speaker. By maintaining his endorsement for Trump, Ryan has failed at this vital task.
14) Nice exploration of the complicated relationships between race, class, and political views in the Monkey Cage.
15) Even Krauthammer cannot take Trump's "lock her up" talk.
16) This 538 feature that lets you play around with the demographics of states and see how it would affect their voting patterns is so much fun.
17) Loved Barry Schwartz's Paradox of Choice. One of those popular social science books that has stayed with me ever since reading it (too much choice is a bad thing). Here an article on the implications for the dating world.
18) Ryan Lizza's profile of Trump campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway is good stuff. This little bit at the beginning real caught me and certainly explained why a woman who thinks like this would work for Trump:
Conway, who is the first woman to run a Republican Presidential campaign, told me that she was proud of the milestone but not hung up on it. "I've been in a very male-dominated business for decades," she said. "I found, particularly early on, that there's plenty of room for passion, but there's very little room for emotion." She added, "I tell people all the time, 'Don't be fooled, because I am a man by day.' "
19) A 33 tweet long tweetstorm on how impossible it would be to "rig" the election (write a blog post already!!). I'm sure Trump's campaign will take this to heart ;-).
20) A good explainer on just how absurd Trump's accusations of libel are.
21) Ezra's "unified theory" of Trump scandals:
A disciplined politician would have spent the past few weeks executing a strategy that played to Hillary Clinton's vulnerabilities rather than his own. He would have focused on the WikiLeaks emails, and on his best messages. He would have dismissed accusations against himself as efforts to change the subject, and then moved on from them. He would have worked overtime to shore up support among wavering Republican politicians.
Of late, Trump's behavior reminds me of the Joker's epic speech in The Dark Knight. "Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am? I'm a dog chasing cars. I wouldn't know what to do with one if I caught it. You know, I just … do things. The mob has plans, the cops have plans, Gordon's got plans. You know, they're schemers. Schemers trying to control their little worlds. I'm not a schemer."
That's Donald Trump. A dog chasing cars. A guy who just … does things.
22) Walmart discovers that it is actually good business to compensate and treat your employees well. It's all about the theory of "efficiency wages."
23) The fact that I want to believe this so much and that it seems to make intuitive sense with my experience actually makes me skeptical. But I've been reading enough lately without actually delving into this article Mika tweeted a link to. Here's the abstract:
Conservatives differ from liberals in a variety of domains, including exhibiting greater fear and disgust sensitivity. Additionally, experimental procedures to reduce reasoning ability lead to stronger endorsement of conservative views. We propose that dual-process models of moral judgements can account for these findings, with conservatives relying on System 1 (fast, emotional) and liberals relying on System 2 (slow, reasoned) processes. To test this theory, we had liberal and conservative participants respond to moral dilemmas under cognitive load or with no load. As predicted, liberals took longer to respond under cognitive load than under no load, indicating a reliance on controlled reasoning processes. Conservatives' response times were not affected by cognitive load. These differences cannot be accounted for by group differences in logical reasoning or working memory capacity. Instead, as predicted, logical reasoning ability positively predicted the time that liberals, but not conservatives, spent contemplating the dilemmas. These findings suggest that differential reliance on Systems 1 and 2 may be a fundamental aspect of left-right political orientation. They also challenge intuitionist models of morality and politics and suggest a dual-process theory of morality could account for some of the discrepancies in the political psychology literature.
24) Nice interview with the Post's David Fahrenthold, who has done such exemplary work on the Trump beat.
25) No matter what happens November 8th, how damn well Republicans have gerrymandered this country is depressing in its ongoing long-term ramifications.
26) Fascinating essay from a psychologist who spent his career counseling Catholic priests who fall in love.
27) Paul Waldman on the wave of misogyny Clinton's election will surely unleash. When we think about what has happened with racism under Obama, it really is depressing.
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This is another drink with no clear history, the name seems to have been coined in the 1920s after either a tool of the same name or a surgeon who pushed this as a measure of preventing scurvy on ships. Seeing as how in 1747 it was discovered that lime juice could prevent scurvy and sailors were no doubt mixing lime and gin purely for its medicinal value by the nineteenth century, I am going with the scurvy story. Either way the cocktail has a long and glamorous history.
In a mixing glass combine three and a half ounces of gin, use Plymouth's here, and one and a half ounces of Rose's lime juice, fill with ice and stir. Pour into a cocktail glass. This is one I will also build in an ice filled old fashioned glass and serve on the rocks. As you drink this, think of all the good things the vitamin C is doing for your body!
Stir together both ingredients in a mixing glass with ice, pour into a cocktail glass.


Lately, eDiscovery related conferences are sprouting up all over the country. If you are a small company or law firm, it is difficult to decide which ones to attend and how you will get the most "bang for your buck." Unlike most conferences where there is a panel of industry experts that make traditional PowerPoint or "fancy smancy" Keynote presentations, then field questions from the audience at its conclusion, the Executive Counsel Institute adopts a more differentiating format. Labeled as "The Exchange," it is comprised of 10 in-depth roundtable sessions geared towards educating and assisting corporate in-house counsel regarding the latest trends in eDiscovery related technology and best practices. Although the sessions are moderated by the heads of eDiscovery practice groups of some of the most prominent international law firms and corporate in-house litigation support practitioners in the world, participants can freely ask questions and share antidotal comments and recommendations equally.
This unique format allowed various members of the audience to chime in on a multitude of topics based on the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM).
Sitton v. Print Direction, Inc., — S.E.2d —, 2011 WL 4469712 (Ga.App. September 28, 2011) – where the court upheld that the employer was allowed to monitor an employee who brought his own laptop to work to work on a competing venture using their internet.
Through these discussions, additional concerns were flushed out regarding the implications of these decisions, such as: How do you preserve your data when it is in the cloud and can involve multiple cloud vendors? What happens if you are working "offline" and alter documents locally that are not in the cloud yet or are in draft form, are they collected and/or still protected under attorney/client privilege if they never reach their final destination? What are the issues with data privacy when "outsourcing" sensitive documents like HR, audits, etc.? These are just some concerns that arose during the conference.
Always a fascinating and evolving topic, new social media eDiscovery solutions were discussed to collect and produce the relevant data from people participating in this space. Some companies that were referenced with emerging social media eDiscovery technology were X1 eDiscovery (a desktop search application and now focusing on Social Media self collection and archiving), NextPoint, Hanzo Archives, and Covogence. David Kessler, Partner at Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, mentioned that there were cases in Pennsylvania involving social media sites that are being used by defendants to win cases by treating postings as admissions by the party. In one instance, a judge forced the defendant to "friend" them so that he could see beyond the privacy settings for an in camera review. Bill Kellermann, E-Discovery Director at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, LLP, referenced the "Snitches get Stitches" case, where a killer's girlfriend tried to intimidate a witness by threatening him/her using social media. Companies really need to have solid policies and procedures and monitor their employees' social media activities to limit their exposure and utilize the appropriate tools available to collect and produce this activity.
1. Load only your most important custodians to create your "seed set" and then apply to the larger data set.
2. Use PC on your set of documents and determine the key words that you want opposing counsel to use.
3. Use a "Word Wheel" index consisting of the frequent key words or terms that appear.
4. Review and analyze the Da Silva Moore Case (Peck Decision).
5. Be prepared for "seed set" battles in the future.
6. Probative evidence is paramount for trial lawyers (A jury can only stomach 250-500 exhibits).
7. PC does not do well with spreadsheets, technical documents, handwriting, etc.
8. Tweets do not have enough "text" so it's best to link the conversations into one document.
9. Don't forget to use David Brauer's "Curse Word Search".
10. De-Duplication needs to be well thought out (no global de-duplication).
1. Use Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDA's) before providing data to vendors.
2. Use your own data to test projects (not the Enron data).
3. Find out who else is using the tool.
4. Trend toward end-to-end solutions, collection to production. Some problems with the fact that one piece in the solution does not always stay current.
5. Talk to who's happy with their tool and who's not happy with their tool.
7. Read Law & Technology News Articles.
8. Make sure that the vendor has ethical standards (does not demo other people's privileged information).
9. If using contract reviewers, make sure that they are well qualified and vetted.
10. Consult internally with other departments like audit, etc. to see what they use.
11. Define what you want your review to look like first, then find a tool that does most of what you want done.
1. Keep in mind that the decision that is made today regarding preservation will not be determined until 3 years from now in the courts, where technology will have improved and cost will have decreased.
2. Negotiate a "Technology Pre-Nump" to get access to your data with your provider.
3. Remember that "The Law firm's job is to make money, corporate counsel's job is to save it." – Kimbir Tate, McKesson Corporation.
4. Regarding Records Retention – Ask these questions: 1.) Do you have a records policy or hold protocol? 2.) Do you follow it? 3.) Does it work? (Email management, protocol to trigger a hold, and separating and departing employee's protocol -60 day policy minimum) – Robert Brownstone, Fenwick & West LLP.
5. Be on the look-out for new technologies such as new algorithms to determine when people are lying because their speech patterns change for fraud investigations and for face recognition technologies.
"The Exchange" is coming to Chicago, New York, Houston and Los Angeles this year for those who want to experience the program. If they want to come, they can register at www.executivecounselinstitute.com.
Kevin L. Nichols is the Principal of KLN Consulting Group located in San Francisco, which specializes in Litigation, Diversity and Business Development/Social Media consulting.
For more information, please visit http://www.klnconsultinggroup.com.


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What has not changed is the design idea- two birds perched on the edge and pencil-drawn footprints going across the off-white strip on the surface of the plate .
Plates are slightly irregular in shape, finished with attention to detail but obviously handmade.
Plates can be used as serving dish or as a wall hanging. There is a wire at the back if you choose to put the plate up on the wall. Otherwise it is very easy to remove.
Made of quality coloured-stained stoneware clay, the platesare high fired for strength and durability. Food safe and meant to be enjoyed daily. Dishwasher and microwave safe (be gentle to the birds when placing in dishwasher).


Erdogan's conservative and Islamic-based party lost its decades-old stronghold of Ankara to the opposition and is trailing in the tight race for Istanbul.
A U.S. withdrawal from Syria that has not been thought through would lead to "chaos" and "an Iraq on steroids," Sen. Lindsey Graham warned Saturday, urging President Donald Trump not to get out without a plan.
The killing of Khashoggi, who wrote columns critical of Prince Mohammed, has strained the decades-long ties the kingdom enjoys with the United States. It also has added to a renewed international push to end the Saudi-led war in Yemen.
Since the U.S. announcement, forces have been building up around Manbij and further east, ushering in new alliances and raising the chances for friction.


Wicked North Games developed the Common Attribute Skill System, (CASS), to work with the OpenD6 OGL initiative in 2009. The idea behind CASS is that the combination of Attributes and paired Skills cover all fundamental rolling across multiple Role Playing Game genres.
The five core Attributes are Dexterity, Strength, Intellect, Persona, and Aptitude.
Attributes are the core elements of a Character, and the innate way a Character interacts. An Average Attribute is three dice (3d), a dice score below three dice (<3d) is a Below Average Attribute, and a dice score above three dice (>3d) is an Above Average Attribute. Characters begin the game with one die (1d) in every Attribute and ten dice (10d) to distribute among the five (5) Attributes, which if distributed evenly creates an Average Character. Attributes have a minimum score of one die (1d) and a maximum score of six dice (6d).
Dexterity deals with the accuracy and control of movement. It is the Parent Attribute for the Skills: Initiative, Athletics, Brawl, Dodge, Heavy Weapons, Melee, Pick Pocket, Ranged, Riding, Sneak, and Throw.
Strength deals with disciplines of force-related movement. Strength is the Parent Attribute for the Skills: Climb, Grapple, Jump, Lift, Push-Pull, Stamina, and Swim.
Persona deals with social and personal influence. Persona is the Parent Attribute for the Skills: Artisan, Command, Deception, Empathy, Gambling, Intimidation, Languages, Persuasion, and Willpower.
Intellect deals with academic and experiential disciplines. Intellect is the Parent Attribute for the Skills: Academics, Business, Culture, Law, Medicine, Politics, Search, Streetwise, Survival, and Tactics.
Aptitude deals with complex mechnical or technical tasks inherently trainable. Aptitude is the Parent Attribute for the Skills: Communication, Demolitions, Engineering, First Aid, Navigation, Operate, Piloting, Security, and Vehicle Weapons.
The derived stats for Characters are Hit Points, Initiative, Move, and Vitality. Players should only calculate these four Character stats at Character Creation. After Character Creation Hit Points, Initiative, Move, and Vitality increase independent of any Attributes. Initiative and Vitality increase like Skills, Move increases like a Skill Specialization, and Hit Points increase by their own constant cost.
Hit Points – Determines how much damage Characters may suffer before dying.
Initiative – Determines how quickly Characters react in combat.
Move – Determines the number of spaces a Character can move in a Round.
Vitality – Used to absorb and resist damage when hit.
The list of Skills included with the basic Character in c6 is comprehensive and covers the breadth of Character actions available to players. The development of more general Skills in c6 is intentional. The following Skills cover the majority of actions any Player may desire taking with a Character while playing c6.
Skills provide a more unique and detailed way to better customize each Character than Attributes. An average roll during game play revolves around a Character succeeding with three to four dice (3d – 4d) in a given Skill.
Skill dice scores are cumulative with their parent Attributes. A Character with three dice (3d) in Strength and two dice (2d) in Climb provides five dice (5d) to attempt a Climb. As such, Skills can have a value of zero dice, but as they inherit the innate ability of the parent Attribute, they have a minimum cumulative score of one die (1d) and a maximum cumulative score of twelve dice (12d). An Attribute roll should not occur without an attached Skill. For example, a Player has a Character with three dice (3d) in Strength, and wants that Character to Climb a wall, but has no dice score in the Climb Skill. The GM instructs the Player to roll the three dice (3d) from Strength, since it is the parent Attribute; however, the attached Skill is Climb.
Any Skill can become on a Specialization. A Player writes in a Specialization at the bottom of the Skill list. Skill Specializations cost less to increase than the parent Skill as they only pertain to the Specialization when improved or used. For instance, a Specialization on Melee: Swords does not work with swinging Chairs, only the base Melee Skill is available for swinging chairs if a Specialization does not exist for it.
Many Skills have Skills Specializations representing a focused area. Below is quick list of Skills and example Specializations.
Athletics – Use to execute complex physical maneuvers.
Brawl – Use to kick, punch, and utilize some martial arts.
Dodge – Use to avoid attacks.
Heavy Weapons – Use to operate ballistae, rocket launchers, trebuchets and other heavy weapons.
Melee – Use to swing or parry with a weapon.
Pick Pocket – Use to steal an item off of someone's person.
Ranged – Use to fire bows, guns, or other personal ranged weapons.
Riding – Use to ride on flying, aquatic, or land-based mounts.
Sneak – Use to avoid detection by others.
Throw – Use to throw any object.
Climb – Use to scale a vertical surface.
Jump – Use to jump horizontally and vertically.
Lift – Use to lift objects much heavier than is comfortable or normal.
Push-Pull – Use to push or pull an object and apply momentum and torque.
Grapple – Use to wrestle and subdue opponents.
Stamina – Use to act longer, resist certain poisons or diseases, and increase tolerance to intoxicants.
Swim – Use to swim through water.
Artisan – Use to interpret ancient and modern artwork, or create art including acting, dance and music.
Command – Use to direct and inspire others through the tides of battle.
Deception – Use to coerce, lie, employ subterfuge, and trick others.
Empathy – Use to identify the motives of others.
Gambling – Use to play games of chance.
Intimidation – Use to appear menacing to others.
Languages – Determines how well one learns other languages and the number of languages known.
Persuasion – Use to charm or convince others to see a point of view.
Willpower – Use to resist another's will.
Academics – Use to conduct research or recall specific knowledge.
Business – Use to bargain and conduct business.
Culture – Use to understand other cultures.
Law – Use to understand local laws and customs.
Medicine – Use to apply advanced medicinal practices.
Politics – Use to understand local politics.
Search – Use against Pick Pocket, against Sneak, and generally when trying to find anything.
Streetwise – Use to interact with criminals and navigate the underworld of crime.
Survival – Use to adapt and live in the wilderness.
Tactics – Use to identify bonuses against enemies in combat or understand the enemy better.
Communications – Use to communicate effectively at long range.
Demolitions – Use to create, place, recognize, and detonate explosives.
Engineering – Use to design, manufacture, and repair complex devices or mechanisms with lots of moving parts.
First Aid – Use to stabilize someone's health in an emergency.
Navigation – Use to understand charts and maps, identify location, and determine routes.
Operate – Use to operate a device or complex machine without an understanding of its innards.
Piloting – Use to drive just about any vehicle (not mount) that flies, floats, or moves on the ground.
Security – Use to understand and apply security, and to avoid sentries or similar countermeasures.
Vehicle Weapons – Use to fire weapons from a ship or vehicle.
This is how quickly you react, whether you are rolling for yourself or for a group. It is sometimes vital to go first in order to survive potential casualties.
If you are diving through the air with grace, or trying to pull off death-defying physical feats, then you are using the Athletics Skill. Using Athletics will help you get into and escape from situations no ordinary person could conceive, execute complex physical maneuvers, run at great speeds, and add a little flavor when swinging a sword.
The act of brawling covers a lot more than just punching; it involves blocking, kicking, and some martial arts. When in a combat situation and unarmed, it is time to put up your dukes and make sure you are the last one standing.
You dive for cover! When the action gets intense, the Dodge Skill is critical to staying alive. Dodging an attack will allow you to avoid harm.
From the ballista, to the rocket launcher, to more personal large weapons – all of them demand fast hands and hard work to maneuver, aim, and fire. Most Heavy Weapons are complex machines that may need quick repairs; familiarity with a Heavy Weapon can only help in this cause.
When you have run out of arrows and all you have on you is a trusty blade, or when you are creeping through the darkness only armed with a dagger, Melee is the Skill to use. Melee covers attacks and parrying, and a range of hand-wielded weapons: simple, improvised, and complex.
Stealing – agree with it or not, sometimes you have to do it. The Pick Pocket Skill covers most actions that involve any sleight of hand.
Whether you prefer the direct approach of a handgun, or shooting your opponents from a distance with a longbow, your method of choice uses the Ranged Skill.
The Riding Skill dictates your control when riding mounts, whether they are flying, aquatic, or land-based creatures. No matter what the difficulty, sometimes the creatures will have ideas of their own, and that is when the best riders can maintain control.
The art of stealth is essential to survival. The Sneak Skill allows you to move without detection or conceal an item so it remains hidden. This Skill helps overall in avoiding detection by others.
Your ability to throw an object is governed by the Throw Skill. Clever throwing involves understanding how an object will bounce and where it will go afterwards, which is especially useful with explosives.
The Vitality Skill is used to determine how much damage, punishment, and suffering you can absorb before losing Hit Points. Vitality also determines how long you can stay conscious due to pain, torture, or similar effects.
The Climb Skill is used when you scale a vertical surface that requires a bit of skill or while under stress.
This Skill determines the distance you can clear in a jump horizontally, vertically, or in a combination of both. Whether you are jumping from vehicle to vehicle, rooftop to rooftop, or sprinting through some hazardous terrain, the Jump Skill will often determine the difference between life, death, or serious bodily harm.
While brute strength alone is a good thing to have, experience that guides you through lifting an object so that you will not hurt yourself is better. The Lift Skill allows you to lift objects much heavier than is comfortable or normal.
This is the raw skill behind pushing or pulling an object to get it moving. Understanding the basics behind momentum and torque to aid in this task allows you to push or pull a normally stationary object to some advantage, such as pushing open a door that is stuck.
Being able to bring your opponent into a submissive hold can always help prevent an undesired action. Unlike brawling, the art of Grappling may come in handy when the situation calls for defeating an opponent without harming him.
Your endurance is essential. A high Stamina Skill allows you to act longer and resist certain poisons or diseases, including an increased tolerance to ale and wine.
If you are battling raging rapids or swimming a long distance, the Swim Skill determines how long you can survive before succumbing to fatigue or cramping.
An artistic flare or a well-trained eye can help interpret ancient works of art and modern ones. The Artisan Skill governs artistic areas such as acting, dance, and music.
Inspiring a legion of troops just before battle is no easy feat; those gifted with Command seem to pull off amazing inspirational speeches. Whether leading a platoon of rag-tag militiamen or a squadron of experienced mercenaries, those with the Command Skill can often influence the tide of battle.
The act of subterfuge or tricking those around you is a skill desired by many. Information is power, and those who make a living by deceiving others to obtain it can often find employment as mercenaries for factions with their own hidden agenda. Use the Deception Skill when you wish to conceal your motives, lie to others, impersonate someone, blend into a crowd, or fast-talk your way out of a situation.
The need to recognize the truth in others is imperative, and any good interrogator will use it to navigate around the Deceptions of others. Use the Empathy Skill when you wish to reveal the true intentions of others, recognize emotional reactions, or just understand and identify small white lies.
Betting a small fortune and winning requires both using the Gambling Skill and a lot of luck. Those who whisper that fortune favors the bold may be onto something, and taking risks can be rewarding or devastating. Whether your Gambling is professional, for fun, or from addiction, role-playing during the scenario is encouraged.
Sometimes in order to get your way you have to make those around you feel uncomfortable. Intimidation occurs when you wish to appear menacing to the point where it breaks the will of your opponents.
Knowing more than one language can be useful – especially on a large world like Westward. Language barriers often hinder encounters between people, but the well traveled often know how to recognize mannerisms and dialects. The Languages Skill determines the number of languages you understand fluently. Everyone starts with at least one native language.
When you wish to charm someone or convince them to see a point of view, use the Persuasion Skill.
The ability to resist another's will or to press yourself to move on is a trait vital to survival. Under strenuous conditions, the mind and physical body are at risk of reaching a breaking point. The Willpower Skill is a measure of your ability to resist that breaking point. Use Willpower when trying to resist cons, Persuasion, or Intimidation – or when using supernatural abilities.
A background rich in Academics will benefit anyone. Did you attend school? How far did you advance? Depending on the situation and the resources and time at your disposal, the use of the Academics Skill may act as a bonus to another Skill.
Your understanding of the art of Business and the local economy is determined by the Business Skill. Using your Business shrewdness and being able to decipher good Business decisions from bad will depend on your familiarity with the particular field.
What is the difference between our cultures? Those with a high rating in the Culture Skill know what to look for to find those differences. Culture indicates your awareness and study of a culture's preference with art, etiquette, history, literature, and religion. Culture may also aid you in sensitive negotiations where you would not want to offend your guest due to ignorance.
Styles of law enforcement vary from place to place. Using the Law Skill, you can determine if you have a basic or detailed understanding of local laws, which can help you avoid legal complications.
From applying medicinal herbs to performing surgery, the knowledge of Medicine and the Skill to use it properly can spell the difference between life and death.
Politics gives you knowledge of local people in office and key figures in more regionalized Politics. The Politics Skill can influence your dealings with local authority figures that are giving you a hard time or let you know the proper people to bribe when a situation gets sticky.
Use the Search Skill to counter Pick Pocket, Sneak, and Deception (when used for impersonating others). More generally, use Search when trying to perceive clues, identify details, spot danger, or observe changes.
Criminals come in all shapes, sizes, and species. While their preferred methods vary, their upbringings typically start on the street. Tricks of the trade are learned here through the knowledge that flows through the streets' networks. The more attuned you are to these networks, the more informed you will be when the latest news gets out. Rumors emerge from every corner, and the chances of you hearing it first come from the Streetwise Skill.
Deep down in every being's core is the essence of Survival. The Survival Skill determines your ability to live in the harshest of terrains and in Westward's many punishing environments. Survival is the ability to change, adapt, and live off your surroundings.
Gaining an edge over your opponent is a skill practiced by many, but mastered by few. Use the Tactics Skill against your opponents to add a bonus to Initiative or other Skills, as the GM deems appropriate.
The ability to Communicate effectively is essential during hikes into the jungle or when venturing into dangerous mountains plagued by ogres. Long-range Communications often involve smoke signals, hooded lanterns, or radios.
Knowing how to place explosives and time detonations is a craft not easily mastered, but highly sought after. Experts in the field of Demolitions have little trouble finding employment. The better you are in the Demolitions Skill, the more complex the explosions you can pull off.
A high rating in the Engineering Skill will allow you to perform repairs and alterations to any device or mechanism with lots of moving parts – from basic maintenance to major overhauls. Having a team of engineers at your disposal will help lower the overall difficulty.
While Medicine covers the knowledge of drugs and surgery techniques, the First Aid Skill covers the intense concentration and the hand-eye coordination involved when carrying out the task of stabilizing someone in an emergency.
Figuring out how to get from Point A to Point B is not a feat for the timid. The art of Navigation gives you the necessary knowledge of charts and understanding of magnetic north. Depending on your Navigation Skill, you are able to predict the distance and time of travel, the food supplies the party will need, as well as have an understanding of what lies along the destined route.
Sometimes you can just walk up and comfortably Operate a device or complex machine without an understanding of its innards. You use the Operate Skill to easily identify and control a machine without the worry of understanding every little aspect of how it works – from a simple pulley system used to raise and lower a drawbridge, to a complex machine created for producing light without fire.
Those gifted with a high Piloting skill are able to control a ship or vehicle as if it were an extension of their will. Pilots can easily find employment everywhere and they often love their chosen trade for the rush of speed or the freedom of traveling. Piloting is the ability to drive just about anything that flies or moves on the ground. Those who wish to dodge enemy fire while Piloting a vehicle use their Piloting Skill. If a ship or vehicle has a Maneuverability rating, that value augments the Pilot's roll.
The Security of information, individuals, and items is highly sought after everywhere. Security patrols and sentries are found in seemingly every corner and can be dangerous. Yet they apply very different techniques in eliminating potential threats. Those understanding how Security works are able to slip by undetected and possess unique talents. Use the Security Skill when you intend to avoid sentry patrols or similar countermeasures.
Firing the guns on a ship or vehicle takes a lot of coordination and training. Those proficient in using Vehicle Weapons are able to fire a vessel's weapons accurately. A ship's weapons may contain a Fire Control rating which augments your Vehicle Weapons Skill.


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Biglerville Airport
Biglerville
Find Biglerville Pennsylvania airports, local, private and regional and international airports. Airports provide information about flights, departures, arrivals, times, airport delays, international airlines, and airport codes.
Bowtie Airport 724 Rentzel Road Biglerville PA 17307 717-677-0233
Schulteis Airport 315 Quaker Valley Road Biglerville PA 17307 717-677-7351
About Biglerville Airports
Biglerville Airports are aviation complexes that consist of runways for the take-off and landing of aircraft as well as aviation support structures in Biglerville, PA. Depending on airport size and air traffic, support structures at an airport in Biglerville may include control towers, terminals, hangars, and maintenance facilities. Other supporting services and amenities may also be available at airfields, including parking facilities, retail and dining services, hotels, and connections to other modes of transportation, such as rail or bus. The larger Biglerville airports may contain internal transportation systems to move passengers among terminals and parking areas. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) groups Biglerville non-military airports into four categories: Commercial Service Airports, General Aviation Airports, Cargo Service Airports, and Reliever Airports.
Biglerville Airport terminal information
Biglerville airport weather
Biglerville Airport jobs and employment
Airports in Biglerville, Pennsylvania
Biglerville Airports provide scheduled passenger services to at least 2,500 passengers per year. Commercial Service Airports in Biglerville, Pennsylvania are publicly owned and are operated by Pennsylvania or regional authorities that have the power to issue bonds for capital improvements. Commercial Airports that serve 10,000 or more passengers per year are considered Primary Commercial Service Airports. Hubs and larger airports, some of which are international airports, are Primary Commercial Service Airports.
Small Airports
General Aviation Airports are smaller, municipal public use airports that do not provide scheduled passenger services. These airports serve a wide range of aviation needs, including personal flying, air taxi and chartered service, corporate and business flights, emergency and disaster response, and tourism. Biglerville General Aviation Airports may be publicly or privately owned.
Cargo Airports
Airports that service the transport of at least 100 million pounds of cargo per year are considered Cargo Service Airports. While some Biglerville airports may function exclusively for cargo transport, many provide both commercial services and cargo transport services. In these cases, an airport may have both a Commercial Service and Cargo Service designation.
Reliever & Military Airports
Reliever Airports relieve congestion at other airports, in addition to providing general aviation services to their region. Military Air Bases support military aircraft. Some are located at or adjacent to Biglerville civilian airports and they may share certain facilities.
Airports near Biglerville
York Springs
Littlestown
Dillsburg
Orrstown
Other Biglerville Offices
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The Pitch Fiesta Rocks On!
A friendly reminder: we're at the midway point of the Pitch Fiesta. Don't wait much longer to submit your novel! Need a refresher on the rules and procedures? Go here.
After many, many years of trying, I recently landed agent representation (Deborah Warren of East West Literary) and wanted to know if I could still participate in hopes that an editor from Arte Publico might be interested in my multicultural YA novel.
Ernesto, that's okay with us, but I suggest you clear it with your agent.


Composer Herbert Deutsch (born 1932) was Professor Emeritus of Music at Hofstra University, where he taught for a mere 55 years and inaugurated their electronic music studio, and many other music programs. In the early 1960s, he collaborated with Robert Moog on the first Moog synthesizer, providing a musician's insight to counterbalance and aid the technical breakthroughs of the "mad scientist." As you may have guessed from its title, the From Moog to Mac CD is a collection of rarely heard yet historic works caught on tape during the early years of the development of the synth, appended with some later pieces on the personal computer. "A Christmas Carol" (1963) presents via tape manipulation an array of cut-up musique concrete sounds—including snippets from a radio play containing news reports of church bombings in Birmingham, Alabama—along with piano, drums, cymbals, ratchet, radio test oscillators, choral singing and scads of low-end synth damage. Some nice drones, echoes and knocks also get thrown into the mix. "The Abominatron" (1964) was the nickname Robert gave the first Moog synth. In this track, he gives a demonstration of the newly emerging instrument, verbally introducing each sound sample. Dissonant and consonant organ-like stabs, and plenty of bleeping sawtooth and squarewave mayhem dot this crude soundscape.
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Highlights: Inspector noted that food employees may not contact exposed, ready-to-eat food with their bare hands, establishment needs to repair hole in ceiling, need to clean the fryer exhaust vent, walk-in freezer was locked, use suitable utensils and that french fry bags are a single-use item and should not be re-used.
Highlights: Rice in refrigerator not at required temperature and was discarded, instructed the establishment needed to clean the spice and sauce containers because food contact surfaces must be clean to sight and touch.
Highlights: Inspector noted that chemical sanitizing solution needs to be stored off the floor to prevent contamination and that the back door of the dry storage area needed to be sealed to prevent contamination and entry of pests, need labels on prepared, ready-to-eat foods with use/discard by date marked.
Highlights: Inspector noted that beer collection runoff bucket was an insect source and that hand soap and paper towels must be provided at hand washing sinks, water leaking at hand sink plumbing, remove buildup inside of ice cooler.
Highlights: Chicken and other meat items were above required hold temperature - asked cooks to remove chicken and other items until cooler is repaired. Pitchers and other items were being stored in the hand washing station. Inspector reminded establishment to ensure vent hoods are cleaned regularly to prevent dust and grease build-up.
Highlights: Inspector observed ham stored on top of and in contact with raw shelled eggs, which could lead to cross contamination. Also reminded establishment that utensils and food-contact surfaces of equipment shall be sanitized after cleaning.
Highlights: Inspector observed no paper towels at the hand sink and dairy and yogurts were held at the incorrect temperature, establishment was using floral scented Clorox for sanitizing wares - only unscented Clorox bleach is approved.
Highlights: Inspector noted that "at the time of the inspection there was an employee cooking with no hair restraint." Also noted that a fan in the kitchen area had an accumulation of dust debris on the screen.


CORE STRATEGY. URGENT. VIEW RESIDENTS EMAIL.
Shepway District Council has published its Core Strategy Local Plan Review for comment. This is the planning document which sets out the development strategy for the district to 2036/37.
What they have published is an update of the adopted 2013 Core Strategy Local Plan, but now it is pulling Otterpool New Town and developments in Sellindge into the main planning process.
The Plan can be viewed on the District Council's web site at http://www.shepway.gov.uk/…/planning…/planning-consultations.
Monday 16 April, 3-7pm – Folkestone, Civic Centre.
It is vital that as many of us as possible attend these events and attempt to comment on the consultation documents.
STOP PRESS. It has come to our attention, via a local Resident, that vital documentation is not being released within the Core strategy document: The following email (edited) is now with us.
We are the tax payers and we expect our Council to act in our best interests – to provide impartial evidence for the Core Strategy to at least allow us to make informed responses to help shape this politically informed document.
The Core Strategy consultation needs to be postponed until all outstanding documentation is available.
Previous HYTHE IN THE FIRING LINE AGAIN – THANKS TO OTTERPOOL.
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Subject: Your Package May Be Lost
How Mail in Voting Endangers the Democratic Process
Sofia Quiñones Vilela
and Politics
Elaine Thompson / AP Photo
November 3rd, 2020. That is the date that seems to be marked on calendars worldwide. Americans are anxiously waiting for this day as it slowly creeps closer—constantly wondering what is going to happen, are the theoretical polls going to come to life or be debunked, will this play out like the 2016 campaign? It also seems like the world is holding their breath as they wait for November 4th to know who the Commander in Chief will be. Although November 3rd is the official United States election day, millions of Americans across the country—and those living abroad—have already casted their votes for either Donald Trump or Joe Biden.
In the past, election day is seen as an event. Throughout the country, Americans run to the polls during their lunch breaks, before or after work, receive their I Voted sticker, and march home with a confident or distressed outlook towards the future. Although this ritual will likely still be the reality for millions of people, Americans have already started casting their votes.
Millions of ballots are constantly being collected, casted, or are in the process of being mailed—one month before the official election date. Historically speaking, it is not uncommon to receive mail in votes. In 2016, roughly four million voters sent their absentee and mail-in ballots. However, with the rise of the coronavirus pandemic, even more Americans are now opting out of the traditional polling place and relying on the postal service.
As of now, ballot requests have climbed sharply compared to previous election cycles. In 2016, it is estimated that one in four voters' casted mail-in or absentee ballots, but it can be assumed that this ratio will be higher in 2020. The North Carolina State Board of Elections tweeted that they had received requests for 1,193,857 mail-in ballots, which is nine times the number of requests they had in the 2016 election. Due to the pandemic, states like California, Nevada, New Jersey, Vermont, and Washington have adopted Colorado, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Hawaii's method of voting, which is to automatically send registered voters mail-in ballots without being requested or solicited.
Clearly, mail-in voting is not something new to the electoral process in the United States. In fact, many arguments in favor of this voting option stem from the idea that the likelihood of mail-ballot fraud seems to be rare in the United States. Another pro is the fact that people are looking for ways to safely maneuver through this election and prevent having to attend physical locations that might be crowded. A Stanford University study also shows that voting turn-out does increase (although by a merely 2%). The same study found that there is no significant evidence to believe that mail-in voting applies to a certain party affiliation, racial, age, or economic group. And of course, this format of voting does reduce the costs of recruiting poll workers and finding suitable locations.
With all this in mind, it is important to consider the defects in mail-in voting. First, although those in favor have agreed that fraud is rare, it is still much more likely to be initiated when there are no poll watchers. The leading to Election Day tends to have many new developments that can stem from media coverage, the Presidential debates, etc. which can be missed opportunities if your ballot has already been sent. Most importantly, ballots are rejected frequently for reasons that can range from timing to clerical issues. It is calculated that in 2016, about 4% of mailed ballots were simply not counted.
Ballots are easily disqualified for common reasons that many people may not know about. Each state has different rules regarding how they count votes, which is why it is vital to prepare the cast properly. The Wall Street Journal reports that in 2016 about 1% of votes that were counted were rejected. Some common issues where ballots are excluded include being received after the deadline, voters not signing certain elements of the ballot, and even by applying a signature that does not match state records.
Regarding the signatures, there are certain states (35 out of the 50) that guarantee to send the ballots back in order to resolve the signature and ID errors. However, University of Florida political-science professor Daniel Smith comments that individuals who have never voted or are first time voters with mail-in ballots, are much more likely to make mistakes. Mr. Smith also found that rejections disproportionately affect younger, inexperienced voters and racial minorities—who tend to lean more Democratic. This poses the issue that if the ballot is returned to the voter, will it arrive on time before November 3rd in order to be counted towards the presidential election?
Democrats are pushing to change certain ballot regulations that will decrease the likelihood of rejections. This includes the concept of counting votes that are postmarked by Election Day even if they arrive a few days after November 3rd. Whereas Republicans oppose the idea of counting ballots that are gathered after Election Day. Regardless, the democratic process is being endangered through the delays that can take place. For example, the 2020 primaries were delayed because additional time was needed to count ballots.
If this is the case on a national level, it is very likely that the United States will not know who their new president is for a few days. In the 2000 election cycle, Florida had to recount their votes which took more than a month to resolve and still people were outraged by the results. Inevitably, the Supreme Court had to determine the findings of the election because of how unsure and inaccurate the reporting was in Florida. In which case, applying what happened to Florida to the entire nation of the United States can be an utter catastrophe.
Many states have adjusted their ballot counting to apply to this election because of Corona. Currently in the state of Georgia—a Republican majority state—a federal judge ordered that ballots have to be accepted until November 6th but this ruling is pending in the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Similarly, a federal judge from Wisconsin stated that ballots may be flooding in until November 9th as long as they are postmarked for the election day. Most importantly, South Carolina has reinstated the Absentee-Ballot Witness Rule, which states that someone must be present while you fill your absentee ballot in order to verify individuals and prevent fraud. However, before passing this rule the state of South Carolina had already sent more than 150,000 absentee ballots with 7,891 being returned as of October 1. Now they must send these ballots back so that voters can fill it out again with a witness present.
In other states such as Arizona, the Supreme Court is reviewing the legality of its voting rules. In 2016, Arizona implemented a law that allowed "get-out-the-vote" operatives to knock on people's doors to collect and submit their ballots. This practice is known as "ballot-harvesting" and the Democratic House passed a bill earlier in June that mandates ballot-harvesting nationwide. The concept of harvesting ballots is to have paid activists canvass neighborhoods to collect absentee votes. Although using a third party ballot collection is legal, the idea that people wearing Trump hats or Biden shirts can knock on doors and skew votes is clearly a concern to be had.
In fact, to illustrate the dangers of ballot-harvesting, one only needs to look at what happened in 2017 in Florida's Palm Beach local elections. Two local candidates canvassed neighborhoods where the majority of people were absentee voters. Reports find that women felt "forced" to vote for a certain candidate and there was a case of a blind man who said that the candidate filled out his ballot for him. Another example is that of Orange County in California where ballot harvesting was passed in legislature in 2016. Orange County has been frequently known as a stronghold for Republican voters in the dominantly Democratic state, but in 2018 it is estimated that 250,000 harvested votes were collected and dropped off on Election Day turning the once historically red county into blue.
It would be naïve to assume that ballot-harvesting will not take place in swing states or in nursing homes where people are more likely to be swayed. Despite the implication from Democrats saying that it is almost completely fool proof and inevitably aids those who do not know how to work the system. In the state of Wisconsin—where Donald Trump won in 2016 only by a pitiful 22,748 votes—Commissioner Dean Knudson expressed his displeasure and fear with ballot-harvesting by stating, "If you think there's no ballot harvesting in Wisconsin, you buckle up, because there most definitely will be."
Despite the precautions and dangers, the clear message that needs to be conveyed is that the world is not going to know who the president is November 3rd. Tensions have been continuously increasing amongst Americans. In fact, it is likely that more poll watchers are going to be recruited to prevent any issues that may transpire. Joe Biden even touched upon the subject during the first presidential debate of having more poll watchers on site.It should also be noted that tensions typically rise in the month leading up to the elections, but due to the current political climate, it is clearly much more aggressive than normal. Especially because of the lackluster first presidential debate.
When asked about mail-in voting in the debate, there were clear bipartisan opinions between Trump and Biden. Biden agreed to accept the outcome of the mail-in votes whereas Trump argued the likelihood that voting will lead to fraud. Democrats clearly supported Biden's stance that this route is safe and secure whereas Republicans associated with Trump's concerns over unsolicited ballots.
Unfortunately, there is no clear answer if Trump or Biden will accept the results—especially because they will likely be finalized after the official election day. Trump continues to adamantly oppose mail-in voting and has stated that the transition of power may not go smoothly if he sees there is fraud in the ballots. As concerning as Trump's statements are, Hillary Clinton has also come forward telling Joe Biden he should not concede the election "under any circumstance."
The tensions rising during the 2020 elections have clearly not lightened. Even after election day, when everyone can take a breath of fresh air, it is unlikely to last long. The 2000 election showcased the disastrous results of voting difficulties and fraud. Although it mainly applied to the state of Florida, it clearly reflects the pressure that is currently mounting on the 2020 elections.
Realistically, the most accurate form of voting is by attending the ballot box— due to the high likelihood of reliability and validity. However, understandably, this poses quite an issue during the pandemic. Especially because the United States continues to have hundreds of thousands of cases of coronavirus. For people trying to keep safe by social distancing and hardly leaving the house, it is quite understandable to solicit a ballot. However, if you are willing to go out to a bar or restaurant, then you are more than capable of going to the polls to vote for America's future.
It seems that no matter what the results of the election are, there is going to be quite an uproar. Neither the Democrats or Republicans are going to accept the outcome of the 2020 election, and it is possible that due to ballots being counted afterward, that the 'official' result can change. For people who are still deciding who to vote for—the deadline is approaching whether you intend to vote physically or through the mail.
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Just east of, and visible from, the main road (Leoforos Lemesou) into Lefkosia from the motorway is the Cyprus Police Museum. One of those small specialist museums that can be an absolute delight, the museum is housed in a clean white building with appropriate blue trim which sits inside the main police HQ. You approach from Evangelou Floraki, a small street which runs parallel to the main road – if you can't find the way in, ask at the main gate and they'll give you directions. When you get to the entrance, just ring the bell. The museum was founded by the British in 1933 as the "Criminal Museum", and was seen as the Cypriot equivalent of the Metropolitan Police's famous "Black Museum". After independence, it moved around, eventually settling in its current building in 2004. It includes all the sort of stuff you'd expect, from badges, truncheons, helmets, guns, riot shields and uniforms up to motorcycles, Black Marias and armoured cars, and some that you wouldn't – for example, a room full of musical instruments. If you're lucky, the curator – a serving officer and very knowledgeable – will show you around.
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let mockAxiosResponse = Promise.resolve({ data: "" });

jest.mock("axios", () => ({
  post: jest.fn(() => mockAxiosResponse)
}));

let mockAuth: AuthState | undefined = undefined;
jest.mock("../../session", () => ({
  Session: {
    replaceToken: jest.fn(),
    fetchStoredToken: () => mockAuth,
  }
}));

jest.mock("../../api", () => ({
  API: {
    setBaseUrl: jest.fn(),
    fetchBrowserLocation: jest.fn(),
    fetchHostName: () => "localhost",
    inferPort: () => 3000,
    current: {
      tokensPath: "://localhost:3000/api/tokens/",
      passwordResetPath: "resetPath",
      usersPath: "usersPath"
    }
  }
}));

import * as React from "react";
import { mount, shallow } from "enzyme";
import { FrontPage, setField, PartialFormEvent } from "../front_page";
import axios from "axios";
import { API } from "../../api";
import { Session } from "../../session";
import { success, error } from "../../toast/toast";
import { Content } from "../../constants";
import { AuthState } from "../../auth/interfaces";
import { auth } from "../../__test_support__/fake_state/token";

describe("<FrontPage />", () => {
  beforeEach(() => { mockAuth = undefined; });

  type FormEvent = React.FormEvent<{}>;
  const fakeEvent: Partial<FormEvent> = {
    preventDefault: jest.fn()
  };

  it("shows forgot password box", () => {
    const el = mount(<FrontPage />);
    expect(el.text()).not.toContain("Reset Password");
    el.find("a.forgot-password").first().simulate("click");
    expect(el.text()).toContain("Reset Password");
  });

  it("shows TOS and Privacy links", () => {
    const el = mount(<FrontPage />);
    ["Privacy Policy", "Terms of Use"].map(string =>
      expect(el.text()).toContain(string));
    ["https://farm.bot/privacy/", "https://farm.bot/tos/"]
      .map(string => expect(el.html()).toContain(string));
  });

  it("redirects when already logged in", () => {
    mockAuth = auth;
    location.assign = jest.fn();
    const el = mount(<FrontPage />);
    el.mount();
    expect(location.assign).toHaveBeenCalledWith("/app/controls");
  });

  it("submits login: success", async () => {
    mockAxiosResponse = Promise.resolve({ data: "new data" });
    location.assign = jest.fn();
    const el = mount<FrontPage>(<FrontPage />);
    el.setState({ email: "foo@bar.io", loginPassword: "password" });
    await el.instance().submitLogin(fakeEvent as FormEvent);
    expect(API.setBaseUrl).toHaveBeenCalled();
    expect(axios.post).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
      "://localhost:3000/api/tokens/",
      { user: { email: "foo@bar.io", password: "password" } });
    expect(Session.replaceToken).toHaveBeenCalledWith("new data");
    expect(location.assign).toHaveBeenCalledWith("/app/controls");
  });

  it("submits login: not verified", async () => {
    mockAxiosResponse = Promise.reject({ response: { status: 403 } });
    const el = mount<FrontPage>(<FrontPage />);
    el.setState({ email: "foo@bar.io", loginPassword: "password" });
    await el.instance().submitLogin(fakeEvent as FormEvent);
    expect(API.setBaseUrl).toHaveBeenCalled();
    expect(axios.post).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
      "://localhost:3000/api/tokens/",
      { user: { email: "foo@bar.io", password: "password" } });
    expect(Session.replaceToken).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
    // expect(error).toHaveBeenCalledWith("Account Not Verified");
    // expect(instance.state.activePanel).toEqual("resendVerificationEmail");
  });

  it("submits login: TOS update", async () => {
    mockAxiosResponse = Promise.reject({ response: { status: 451 } });
    window.location.assign = jest.fn();
    const el = mount<FrontPage>(<FrontPage />);
    el.setState({ email: "foo@bar.io", loginPassword: "password" });
    await el.instance().submitLogin(fakeEvent as FormEvent);
    expect(API.setBaseUrl).toHaveBeenCalled();
    expect(axios.post).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
      "://localhost:3000/api/tokens/",
      { user: { email: "foo@bar.io", password: "password" } });
    await expect(Session.replaceToken).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
    expect(window.location.assign).toHaveBeenCalledWith("/tos_update");
  });

  it("submits registration: success", async () => {
    mockAxiosResponse = Promise.resolve({ data: "new data" });
    const el = mount<FrontPage>(<FrontPage />);
    el.setState({
      regEmail: "foo@bar.io",
      regName: "Foo Bar",
      regPassword: "password",
      regConfirmation: "password",
      agreeToTerms: true
    });
    await el.instance().submitRegistration(fakeEvent as FormEvent);
    expect(axios.post).toHaveBeenCalledWith("usersPath", {
      user: {
        agree_to_terms: true, email: "foo@bar.io", name: "Foo Bar",
        password: "password", password_confirmation: "password"
      }
    });
    expect(success).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
      expect.stringContaining("Almost done!"));
    expect(el.instance().state.registrationSent).toEqual(true);
  });

  it("submits registration: failure", async () => {
    mockAxiosResponse = Promise.reject({ response: { data: ["failure"] } });
    const el = mount<FrontPage>(<FrontPage />);
    el.setState({
      regEmail: "foo@bar.io",
      regName: "Foo Bar",
      regPassword: "password",
      regConfirmation: "password",
      agreeToTerms: true
    });
    await el.instance().submitRegistration(fakeEvent as FormEvent);
    await expect(axios.post).toHaveBeenCalledWith("usersPath", {
      user: {
        agree_to_terms: true, email: "foo@bar.io", name: "Foo Bar",
        password: "password", password_confirmation: "password"
      }
    });
    await expect(error).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
      expect.stringContaining("failure"));
    expect(el.instance().state.registrationSent).toEqual(false);
  });

  it("submits forgot password: success", async () => {
    mockAxiosResponse = Promise.resolve({ data: "" });
    const el = mount<FrontPage>(<FrontPage />);
    el.setState({ email: "foo@bar.io", activePanel: "forgotPassword" });
    await el.instance().submitForgotPassword(
      fakeEvent as React.FormEvent<HTMLFormElement>);
    await expect(axios.post).toHaveBeenCalledWith("resetPath",
      { email: "foo@bar.io" });
    await expect(success).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
      "Email has been sent.", "Forgot Password");
    expect(el.instance().state.activePanel).toEqual("login");
  });

  it("submits forgot password: error", async () => {
    mockAxiosResponse = Promise.reject({ response: { data: ["failure"] } });
    const el = mount<FrontPage>(<FrontPage />);
    el.setState({ email: "foo@bar.io", activePanel: "forgotPassword" });
    await el.instance().submitForgotPassword(
      fakeEvent as React.FormEvent<HTMLFormElement>);
    await expect(axios.post).toHaveBeenCalledWith("resetPath",
      { email: "foo@bar.io" });
    await expect(error).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
      expect.stringContaining("failure"));
    expect(el.instance().state.activePanel).toEqual("forgotPassword");
  });

  it("submits forgot password: no email error", async () => {
    mockAxiosResponse = Promise.reject({ response: { data: ["not found"] } });
    const el = mount<FrontPage>(<FrontPage />);
    el.setState({ email: "foo@bar.io", activePanel: "forgotPassword" });
    await el.instance().submitForgotPassword(
      fakeEvent as React.FormEvent<HTMLFormElement>);
    await expect(axios.post).toHaveBeenCalledWith("resetPath",
      { email: "foo@bar.io" });
    await expect(error).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining(
      "not associated with an account"));
    expect(el.instance().state.activePanel).toEqual("forgotPassword");
  });

  it("renders proper panels", () => {
    const el = mount(<FrontPage />);
    el.setState({ activePanel: "resendVerificationEmail" });
    expect(el.text()).toContain("Account Not Verified");
    el.setState({ activePanel: "forgotPassword" });
    expect(el.text()).toContain("Reset Password");
    el.setState({ activePanel: "login" });
    expect(el.text()).toContain("Login");
  });

  it("has a generalized form field setter fn", () => {
    const spy = jest.fn();
    type Input = Partial<PartialFormEvent["currentTarget"]>;
    const fakeEv = (input: Input): PartialFormEvent => {
      return {
        currentTarget: {
          checked: true,
          defaultValue: "defaultValue",
          value: "value",
          ...input
        }
      };
    };

    const agreeToTerms = setField("agreeToTerms", spy);
    const event2 = fakeEv({ checked: false });
    const expected2 = { agreeToTerms: event2.currentTarget.checked };
    agreeToTerms(event2);
    expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expected2);
    jest.resetAllMocks();

    const regName = setField("regName", spy);
    const event3 = fakeEv({ value: "hello!" });
    const expected3 = { regName: event3.currentTarget.value };
    regName(event3);
    expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expected3);
    jest.resetAllMocks();

  });

  it("resendVerificationPanel(): ok()", () => {
    const wrapper = mount<FrontPage>(<FrontPage />);
    const component = shallow(

      {wrapper.instance().resendVerificationPanel()}

);
    wrapper.instance().setState({ activePanel: "resendVerificationEmail" });
    expect(wrapper.instance().state.activePanel)
      .toEqual("resendVerificationEmail");
    // tslint:disable-next-line:no-any
    (component.find("ResendVerification").props() as any).ok();
    expect(success).toHaveBeenCalledWith(Content.VERIFICATION_EMAIL_RESENT);
    expect(wrapper.instance().state.activePanel).toEqual("login");
  });

  it("resendVerificationPanel(): no()", () => {
    const wrapper = mount<FrontPage>(<FrontPage />);
    const component = shallow(

      {wrapper.instance().resendVerificationPanel()}

);
    wrapper.instance().setState({ activePanel: "resendVerificationEmail" });
    expect(wrapper.instance().state.activePanel)
      .toEqual("resendVerificationEmail");
    // tslint:disable-next-line:no-any
    (component.find("ResendVerification").props() as any).no();
    expect(error).toHaveBeenCalledWith(Content.VERIFICATION_EMAIL_RESEND_ERROR);
    expect(wrapper.instance().state.activePanel).toEqual("login");
  });
});

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Gigi, Bea, and Neerja are best friends and total overachievers. Even if they aren't the most popular girls in school, they aren't too worried. After all, real life will begin once they get to their Ivy League colleges. But when an unexpected event proves they're missing out on the full high-school experience, it's time to come out of the honors lounge and into the spotlight. The trio makes a pact: They will each take on their greatest challenge and totally rock it.
Gigi decides to run for student rep, but she'll have to get over her fear of public speaking—and go head-to-head with gorgeous California Will. Bea used to be one of the best skiers around, until she was derailed; it could be time for her to take the plunge again. And Neerja loves the drama club but has always stayed behind the scenes—until now.
These friends are determined to show the world that smart girls really can get what they want—but that might mean getting way more attention than they ever bargained for. . . .
Sarah Strohmeyer references to those song lyrics at the start of the book and I think that it best explains it. I like the whole idea of this book. Three smart girls used to look up to the smartest high schooler they have ever met, which happens to be the older sister of Neerja who is one of the three. But when they found out how the smartest people can also be the most invisible ones in high school, they decide that they needed to step out of their comfort zones in order for them to be remembered after they leave high school. They want the Ivy League schools, but they also want to shine bright before they get there.
I personally love the characters in this book. I was one of the smart girls hiding behind the shadows in high school so I found it easy to relate to them. Although I think they may be more introverted than I am, especially Gigi who gets panic attacks from speaking to a crowd. But I think what I loved most about Gigi was her love for chick lit, especially when the book mentioned books and authors I know and love. Gigi, Bea, and Neerja are probably the type of people I could easily call friends, and I loved hanging out with them through this book.
I was honestly dubious when I started reading this, but it soon sucked me in. The three girls had a lot to get through before they could achieve what each of them wanted. They all got sidetracked along the way too. But I love how they kept on going and even working really hard despite the fallbacks. And I will admit that I was very happy about Gigi's guy choice because I totally fell in love with him somewhere in between the pages. The last page is definitely my favorite part.
OVERALL, Smart Girls Get What They Want is sweet, funny, and adorable. It is a story about love, friendship, and reaching for their dreams. It has a cast of complex characters that had so much to offer throughout the book. They don't really get all of what they wanted, but they may have gotten just what they needed. It was definitely an entertaining and meaningful read.
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A: A legal act that allows law enforcement authorities to seize cash or property they believe has a substantial connection to criminal conduct.
CONTEXT: The intent of the law is to help destroy the financial base necessary for ongoing illegal activities, particularly large drug rings.
Q: How are the proceeds of seized cash and items to be used in Iowa?
A: Forfeited property in Iowa is generally used by the law enforcement agencies or prosecutors who seized it. The profits are supposed to be used to help fight or prosecute crime. The money is not supposed to be used to replace normally budgeted items such as staff salaries.
Q: What conduct gives rise to forfeiture?
A: Serious misdemeanors, aggravated misdemeanors or felonies. Most traffic and drunken-driving offenses are excluded.
Q: What property is subject to forfeiture?
A: Cash or virtually any tangible items that law enforcement authorities believe are the fruits of a crime.
CONTEXT: Cash, vehicles and weapons were the most commonly seized items, but the Register also found instances where smaller items like Nike shoes were seized.
Q: Must the seizures be related to a criminal charge or indictment? What must Iowa law enforcement show or prove to justify seizing items?
A: Law enforcement must show the property was likely obtained as a result of criminal conduct or was intended to facilitate criminal conduct. Criminal charges or indictments are not necessary for law enforcement to seize property for forfeiture.
Q: Must the state provide a court-appointed attorney in forfeiture cases as is commonly done in criminal cases for defendants unable to hire their own lawyer?
A: No. There are two types of forfeitures in Iowa — one is filed against property, the other is against people. Property cases are the most common. They are decided in civil — not criminal — court. There is no right to an attorney in such cases and no presumption of innocence.
Q: If a person is acquitted of a crime, is the property automatically returned?
A: No. An acquittal or dismissal of a criminal case does not preclude civil forfeitures.
Q: How are forfeiture profits distributed among state, federal or local agencies?
A: In cases brought under Iowa law, 90 percent of the proceeds generally go to the local law enforcement agency that seized the property. The remaining 10 percent goes to the state of Iowa and is used by the attorney general and public safety departments. In cases brought under federal law, the local law enforcement agency generally keeps 80 percent of the proceeds, and the rest goes to federal agencies.