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Protecting your privacy is very important to us. We have prepared this policy to help you understand how we aim to protect the privacy of the personal information we collect.
The Policy has been developed and made public on this website to inform you of your rights and our obligations and to ensure that we comply with the Privacy Act.
'Sensitive information' is personal information that includes information relating to a person's racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religion, trade union or other professional or trade association membership, sexual preferences and criminal record, and also includes health information.
information you provide to Cashwerkz, by telephone, by email or otherwise.
We will not collect sensitive information unless the individual has consented or an exemption under the APPs applies. These exceptions include if the collection is required or authorised by law or necessary to take appropriate action in relation to suspected unlawful activity or serious misconduct.
You can make a general inquiry without providing your personal details by telephone.
The option of remaining anonymous however is very limited given the nature of information needed for us to provide our services to you.
You also have the right to refuse to provide us with personal information if we request it. However, if you choose to do so, you may not meet the minimum requirements for us to provide you with the full services you could receive if you had provided us with this information.
We will only collect personal information by lawful and fair means. Personal information will generally be collected from you or your authorised agent.
Written material you provide to us in writing or by facsimile.
Product issuers which may include banks, credit unions and non-bank financial institutions.
In some circumstances we may access mailing lists to obtain information to conduct market research. We use reputable mailing list companies who are also bound by the Privacy Act. We do not keep a record of any information about you from those lists unless you contact us. The information on those mailing lists remains the property of the company from whom the list was provided.
We are legally required to collect certain personal information to meet the requirements of the Anti‑Money Laundering and Counter‑Terrorism Financing Act 2006 though normally this is collected directly from you with your consent.
You may change the settings on your internet browser to reject cookies. This, however, may prevent you from using certain features of the website.
We may receive personal information about you when we have taken no active steps to collect that information. This is known as 'unsolicited' personal information. In the event that we 'collect' unsolicited personal information, and if we determine that we could not have lawfully collected that information under Privacy Law if we were to request it, we will destroy or de-identify this information, if it is both lawful and reasonable to do so.
Cashwerkz recognises how important the security of personal information is to clients. We will at all times seek to ensure that the personal information we collect and hold is protected from inference, misuse or loss, and unauthorised access, modification or disclosure. Cashwerkz's employees must respect the confidentiality of the personal information we collect.
With respect to paper-based information, we have physical security controls at their premises and in respect of electronic files have secure electronic networks.
Related purposes which you would reasonably expect.
Sensitive information will be used and disclosed only for the purpose for which it was provided or a directly related secondary purpose, unless the individual agrees otherwise, or where certain other limited circumstances apply (e.g. if required by law).
We may also use your personal information, including your contact details, to provide you with information about products and services, which we consider may be of interest to you.
Regulators - that monitor compliance with legislation such as the Australian Taxation Office (ATO), the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority, Authority (APRA), the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and AUSTRAC (where disclosure is required by law).
Information released to the above and other organisations is kept private and secure. Unless disclosure is required by law, we ensure parties who receive information about participants have appropriate systems in place to comply with applicable privacy laws before permitting them to handle information.
You have the right to access your own personal information that is held by us, and if this information is incorrect, request that we correct this information.
To access your personal information, you may contact us by phone or in writing and request that we provide this information to you. You will be required to provide acceptable proof of identity with your request before we will be able to provide you with access to ensure your personal information is protected.
We will provide access within 30 days of the individual's request. If we refuse to provide the information, we will provide reasons for the refusal.
Exceptional circumstances may arise which prevent us from providing you with access to your personal information because of reasons outlined in the Australian Privacy Principles and the Privacy Act. In these cases we will advise you in writing why we cannot provide you with the information and mechanisms available to you should you want to lodge a complaint.
If you believe the personal information we hold about you is incorrect, you may also notify us of this by using the contact details above. If the information is confirmed to be incorrect, we will take reasonable steps to correct the information within 30 days, unless you agree otherwise, and provide a confirmation to you that the correction has been made. We do not charge you for correcting the information.
In the exceptional circumstances we have received a request to correct your personal information but are unable to implement the correction you have requested, we will advise you in writing of the grounds of refusal and mechanisms available should you wish to lodge a complaint.
If you believe that the privacy of your personal information has been compromised or is not adequately protected.
Once a complaint has been lodged, we will respond to you within a reasonable timeframe to address your complaint.
If you are not satisfied with the result of your complaint to Cashwerkz you can also refer your complaint to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner.
by emailing - [email protected].
We use Google mail to send personal information to our services providers and third party contractors. Accordingly, your personal information may be held overseas, depending on the location of Google's data storage centres. It is not practical to list all of the countries in which Google's data storage centres are located, however, they may include Australia, the United States, Ireland, the Netherlands, Finland, Belgium, Taiwan and Singapore.
If you would not reasonably expect us to use or disclose the information for the purpose of direct marketing, we may only use or disclose that information for direct marketing if you have consented to the use or disclosure of the information for direct marketing or it is impracticable to obtain that consent.
In relation to sensitive information, Cashwerkz may only use or disclose sensitive information about an individual for the purpose of direct marketing if you have consented to the use or disclosure of the information for that purpose.
You may also request that Cashwerkz provides you with the source of your information. If such a request is made, Cashwerkz must notify you of the source of the information free of charge within a reasonable period of time.
We will not use identifiers assigned by the Government, such as a tax file number, Medicare number or provider number, for our own file recording purposes, unless one of the exemptions in the Privacy Act applies. Cashwerkz endeavours to avoid data-matching, being the comparison of data collected and held for two or more separate purposes in order to identify common features in relation to individuals, as a basis for further investigation or action in relation to those individuals.
This Policy will be reviewed from time to time to take account of new laws and technology, and changes to our operations and the business environment1.
By using the Website you agree to be bound by the Terms in relation to your use of, and the performance of, the Website, and the information, services and material contained in or provided by it.
Cashwerkz provides comparative information on products offered by participating providers (Third Party Providers). We then automate the ability to deal in, and report on these products without leaving the Website (the Services).
In order to deal in any of these products, you will need to register as a Cashwerkz User (by entering into the User Agreement) and to setup an account in the name of the investing entity.
The Website includes information provided by Third Party Providers, which include financial institutions or financial services providers and other organisations in connection with the services offered by us or by such third parties. We reserve the right to change the financial institutions or financial services providers and other organisations referred to, and information about them, at any time. We accept no responsibility in respect of any such information or any change to that information.
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Cashwerkz, us or we means Cashwerkz Pty Ltd ABN 70 164 806 357 AFSL (AFS Licence No. 459645).
Representative/s has the same meaning as that term in section 910A of the Corporations Act 2001.
The Services means the provision of comparative information about different financial products offered by Third party providers, and the facility for Users to deal in and report on the products without leaving the Website.
The Website means the website at cashwerkz.com.au operated by Cashwerkz.
Third Party Providers means the entities which offer financial products on the Website, and which then enter into Third Party Contracts with Users.
you or yours means the User or any Authorised Adviser.
User Agreement means Cashwerkz On-line User Agreement.
Access to the Website is permitted on a temporary basis, and we reserve the right to withdraw or amend the Website without notice. We will not be liable for any loss or damage if for any reason the Website is unavailable for any time or for any period. From time to time we may restrict access to some parts of the Website, or to the entire Website, to registered users or to their authorised advisers.
You acknowledge that your Authorised Advisers act on your behalf and are not Representatives of Cashwerkz or any Third Party Provider.
transmit any material which contains viruses or other computer codes designed to interrupt, limit or destroy the efficient operation of this website, its software or hardware.
This clause excludes or limits our legal liability for the Website. You should read it carefully. This clause applies only as far as the law permits, and in particular we do not exclude or restrict our duties and liabilities to you under the Corporations Act 2001 or the Australian Securities and Investments Act 2001.
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We do not represent or warrant that the Website will be available and meet your requirements, that access will be uninterrupted, that there will be no delays, failures, errors or omissions or loss of transmitted information, that no viruses or other contaminating or destructive properties will be transmitted or that no damage will occur to your computer system. You have sole responsibility for adequate protection and back up of data and equipment and for undertaking reasonable and appropriate precautions to scan for computer viruses or other destructive properties.
To the fullest extent permitted by law we, our representatives, agents and related entities hereby exclude all conditions, warranties and other terms which otherwise might be implied by statute, common law, or equity.
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You also agree to indemnify us against any claims that information or material which you have submitted to us is in violation of any law or in breach of any third party rights (including, but not limited to, claims in respect of defamation, invasion of privacy, breach of confidence, infringement of copyright or infringement of any other intellectual property right).
The publication on the Website of any person's contact details does not constitute implied or express consent by us or the person to receive unsolicited commercial electronic messages or SPAM.
Any transactions in relation to the products offered by participating providers which occur via the Website or as a result of visits made by you are governed by the Terms.
You can apply for a number of products via the Website. Although we cover a range of products, providers and services, we don't cover every product, provider or service available in the market. You should not act, or refrain from acting solely on the basis of the material contained on the Website.
The Website contains statements regarding the terms of the products, including features and inclusions. Some of these statements are generalised in order to give you a summary of the products being compared. However, not all products are the same and you should confirm the exact terms of any product that you intend to purchase prior to purchasing that product. The product information supplied on the Website is available only to Australian residents.
The products offered on the Website are not provided by us but are instead provided by Third party providers over whom we do not have control. The information and products contained on the Website do not constitute a solicitation, inducement, recommendation, opinion or suggestion to purchase or apply for any particular product.
The presence of a product on the Website does not constitute an endorsement by us of the Third party provider, the product, the content of the Third party provider's website, or the activities of the Third party provider.
All product prices are quoted in Australian dollars.
By submitting your personal details through the Website, you are able to make an offer to obtain a product from a Third party provider. That offer may be accepted or rejected. The contract for the product will only be concluded once your offer has been accepted by the relevant Third party provider. If your offer is accepted then the product will be provided to you, subject to the Third party provider's terms and conditions. You will receive written confirmation if your offer has been accepted.
To the extent that anything contained on the Website constitutes financial product advice, it is general advice only and does not take into account your personal circumstances or objectives. It is your responsibility to satisfy yourself that you wish to obtain any product before doing so. Products included on the Website may not suit your personal objectives, financial situation or needs. Please consider whether a product is appropriate for your circumstances, before making a decision to purchase or apply for any product. If you are considering acquiring any financial product you should obtain and read the relevant Product Disclosure Statement or other offer document prior to making an investment decision.
You must not misuse the Website by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, bots, logic bombs or other malicious software. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Website, the server on which the Website is stored or any server, computer or database connected to the Website. You must not attack the Website via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack.
By breaching this provision, you may be committing a criminal offence under the Commonwealth Criminal Code Act 1995 and equivalent state-based legislation. We may report any such breach to relevant law enforcement authorities and may co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your personal information to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use our Website will cease immediately.
You should not use public Internet connections (wireless or wired) to access your account via the Website. It is your responsibility to ensure you have up-to-date and effective anti-virus and anti-malware software on your phone, tablet, computer, server, network infrastructure or any other device through which you transact with us. If you believe any device through which you transact with us has been infected by a virus, trojan, worm, logic bomb, bot or any other malicious software, you must notify us immediately by calling us on 1300 721 005.
We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a distributed denial-of-service attack, viruses or other malicious software that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data or other proprietary material due to your use of the Website or to your downloading of any material posted on it, or on any website linked to it.
We shall not be liable for any loss or damage suffered by you as a result of using public network connections, failing to have up-to-date and effective anti-virus and anti-malware software or failing to notify us that your device has been infected by any type of malicious software.
We reserve the right to investigate complaints or reported violations of the Terms and to take any action we deem appropriate including but not limited to reporting any suspected unlawful activity to law enforcement officials, regulators, or other third parties and disclosing any information necessary or appropriate to such persons or entities relating to user profiles, e-mail addresses, usage history, posted materials, IP addresses and traffic information.
You may link to our home page, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage or take advantage of our reputation, but you must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement by us where none exists.
If you wish to make any use of material on the Website other than that set out above, please address your request to [email protected].
All documents, and data stored by Cashwerkz is fully encrypted on disk.
All data sent between your computer and Cashwerkz is encrypted using TLS encryption.
All passwords are securely hashed before being stored on encrypted disk.
Cashwerkz protect customer data by implementing session time-out's and locking accounts with repeated failed login attempts.
Cashwerkz conduct regular third-party security audits to ensure security of systems and data.
Below are some simple actions you can take to protect your information and increase your own security when transacting on line. This list should not be regarded as exhaustive and is provided for information purposes only.
Make sure you sign in via the authorised Website address cashwerkz.com.au and always sign in directly from your browser.
Check that the secure session has been authenticated with a valid security certificate.
Never accept links or redirections from other websites or emails for the purpose of signing into this website.
Be wary of using public or Internet Cafe computers to access or perform financial transactions.
Always check for a locked padlock symbol at the bottom right corner of your browser, as this indicates it is secure to use.
Treat your login and password details as confidential, and do not disclose them to any third party. Ensure you do not record or save your Password on your computer.
Disable or switch off the option on your browser for retaining user names and passwords.
Ensure that you are not observed when entering your email and Password when you sign into cashwerkz.com.au.
be kept secret and changed regularly.
If you have lost, forgotten or misplaced your password, simply click on "lost password?" in the Cashwerkz log-in page and we will email you a link to securely create a new password to your account.
You should notify Cashwerkz immediately if you suspect that your password has been compromised or you are concerned of any suspect activity on your account.
Remember: Cashwerkz staff will never ask you for details of your password.
Always use the latest antivirus, anti-spyware and firewall software to maintain security.
If there are any transactions you are unfamiliar with or that look suspicious, please contact us.
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We may authorise you to use content on our Website if you contact us and we agree in writing.
These Terms are effective until terminated by us.
This Financial Services Guide ("FSG") has been prepared to inform you of the services offered by Cashwerkz Pty Ltd ("Cashwerkz, us, we, our") and to assist you in deciding whether to use any of the services offered by Cashwerkz.
It sets out how Cashwerkz operates, how Cashwerkz, its employees, and any related entities are paid, how Cashwerkz deals with client's complaints, as well as any interests, associations or relationships that could influence Cashwerkz in providing services to you.
If you choose to use our services you may also receive from us a Product Disclosure Statement (PDS) or other types of Offer Document. The PDS and/or Offer Document contains information about the particular product and will assist you in making an informed decision about that product.
Cashwerkz is a broking platform for cash products, delivered as an online service for individuals, self directed clients, company's and advisers (financing planners and agents).
Cashwerkz is designed to lower the overhead, effort and costs inherent in the end-to-end process of comparing, selecting and and investing in cash products against a Cashwerkz User's product preferences. Cashwerkz Users can deal in these products without leaving the Cashwerkz website.
Issuers of cash products (e.g. Term Deposits) pay Cashwerkz when term deposits are placed with them, so you pay no fee.
For Term Deposits we may receive a placement fee from the Issuer, which may vary between Issuers, which is normally 0.10%.
The rate you are quoted on the Cashwerkz website is the rate you receive for your investment.
e.g. For a $100,000 Term Deposit invested for a 1 year term, and the Issuer pays .10%, we will be paid $100.
i.e. $100,000 x 0.10% p.a. x 1 year = $100.
We pay our employees a salary and possible bonuses for the performance of their duties in line with their key performance indicators. They are employees under employment contract terms.
Staff do not receive incentives from the institutions nor by any other means other than through the performance of their jobs and at the discretion of the Board of Directors.
Cashwerkz is licensed by ASIC to provide dealing and execution services and general financial product advice for financial products. Cashwerkz owns and operates the website cashwerkz.com.au an internet cloud application that specialises in cash products.
Any financial advice provided by Cashwerkz will be general product advice only, strictly in accordance with our AFSL, and will not take a client's personal circumstances into consideration or a client's individual financial circumstances, objectives or needs.
On whose behalf do we act?
When we provide financial services, we are acting on our own behalf. We do not act on your behalf. In some cases we may act as agent for a product issuer for the limited purposes of receiving Applications on its behalf and obtaining information required under Anti-money laundering/Counter-Terrorism Financing laws.
Cashwerkz has an obligation under the AML/CTF Act to verify your identity before we can provide you with any financial services. Up until the point we have met these obligations, clients will only be able to view information on the Cashwerkz site for comparison use only but will not have the ability to initiate or complete a transaction.
Cashwerkz has a client registration process, which makes it easy to provide information required to meet KYC/AML identity requirements. Our process ensures a client (whether an individual, corporation or Trust) need only provide this information once to verify their identity and therafter as required to ensure ongoing compliance.
Changes to your existing investments can be placed anytime via cashwerkz.com.au, by writing to us in the form of an email at [email protected] or by phoning us on 1300 721 005 during business hours.
You are entitled to ask us about your rights as an investor in regard to the service you receive, our fees, and what you can do should you have a complaint about our services.
You have the right to know about details of fees and other benefits Cashwerkz may receive in relation to the provision of services to you.
You will receive general market advice only. If you require specific advice tailored to your personal financial needs, you should contact your financial adviser.
We may provide you with general commentary on deposit products. To the extent that this commentary may be financial product advice, it is general financial product advice only. You should always contact your financial adviser should you require investment advice specific to your personal financial situation and read the PDS before making a decision to acquire a financial product.
You will receive communication from Cashwerkz including confirmation of successful transactions by electronic means. The Cashwerkz website also provides an up to date record on the status of 'orders' and 'holdings'.
How is a transaction made?
Cashwerkz is an automated online service designed to lower the overhead, effort and costs inherent in the end-to–end process of comparing, selecting and investing in cash products. When you select/confirm the product you wish to deal in Cashwerkz will automatically carry out the transaction on the selected product. Once a transaction is processed any subsequent enquiries are to be made through Cashwerkz.
Contact your adviser and inform him/her of your complaint.
If your complaint is not satisfactorily resolved within 3 days, please e-mail at first instance [email protected] and if still unsatisfied please contact the Directors in writing at GPO Box 1468 Sydney, NSW 2001. We will endeavour to resolve your complaint quickly and fairly.
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission can also be contacted on 1300 300 630 if you have a complaint or wish to obtain information about your rights.
It is a requirement under Section 912B of the Corporations Act that Cashwerkz have adequate professional indemnity insurance in place for compensating persons for any loss or damage suffered as a result of breaches of Cashwerkz 's obligations under its licence.
We confirm that Cashwerkz has such professional indemnity insurance in place and conforms with the requirements under Section 912B of the Corporations Act.
At Cashwerkz, our aim is to see you 'werk' your cash like a pro. Our community on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and YouTube has been designed to inspire, empower and connect with like-minded individuals. By sharing high quality and relevant information on a range of financial topics, we look forward to helping you manage your cash and pursue the passions of your life.
As a community we're all in this together so we encourage questions, comments, feedback and general discussion. However, to ensure this remains a safe, supportive and friendly environment, we ask that you adhere to these simple guidelines.
Thank you for your support and contribution to our community of investors. We are thrilled to have you here. Now…let's werk it!


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Recently, California household movers have been placed under the authority of the California Department of Consumer Affairs' Bureau of Electronic and Appliance Repair, Home Furnishings and Thermal Insulation (BEARHFTI). If licensed, the moving company will have a 6-digit Cal-T number that is displayed in all its advertising. Every interstate moving company needs to be licensed by the US Department of Transportation's FMCSA. Walk away from any company that is not licensed appropriately.
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Former WWE CEO Linda McMahon Predicts Trump 'Will Be Re-Elected in 2020'
By Nicholas Ballasy 11:19 AM on November 21, 2019
WASHINGTON — Linda McMahon, former administrator of the Small Business Administration, predicted that President Donald Trump will win re-election in 2020.
McMahon, chair of the America First Action Political Action Committee (PAC), was asked if she thinks Congress will find that the president committed an impeachable offense.
"I think Donald Trump will be re-elected in 2020," McMahon said during an interview after a luncheon organized by the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, which is the "largest voluntary health agency dedicated to blood cancer," according to its official website.
McMahon, former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), was also asked if she is satisfied with the Trump administration's handling of health initiatives for cancer and other health-related issues.
"When women get together we are a powerful source. So I do know that the president, next year, and coming up in his next term, is also going to be focusing some of his energy on pediatric cancer so I'm very pleased to hear that," she said.
McMahon's daughter, Stephanie, the chief brand officer of WWE, discussed her philanthropic efforts and the state of the economy during an interview after the event.
Polls Suggest Impeachment Will Help Trump Reelection in Swing States
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Nicholas Ballasy is a video journalist based in Washington, D.C. His interviews with prominent politicians and celebrities have been featured by media outlets including Fox News, NBC News, ABC News, Access Hollywood, Inside Edition, the Washington Post and more. Follow his work at www.nickballasy.com.
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November 13, 2016 / andy / 11 Comments
Some have asked my thoughts on the local elections….well, the results speak for themselves. The Democratic party in Manassas is ascendant and put on a convincing display of force. The Democrats carried the entire contest with the sole exception of a single Council seat. Mark Wolfe, despite the various head winds that he faced was the top vote-getter with 7,184 votes. Pam Sebesky in second 6,474 and Ian rounding out the top three with 5,852. Theresa Ellis came very close to taking Ians' spot with 5,757 votes. The Mayor was unopposed – a situation that is very unlikely to occur in four years.
I was not surprised by Mark's success. He has always performed well no matter how hard the far right goes to defeat him (and they've done some outlandish stuff). He's a popular guy. I was a little surprised by where Pam and Ian ended up – I thought Ian would take second but Pam benefited from people who were straight ticket voters (which appear to have been most people). Ian and Theresa worked hard and I think that's why the democrats didn't sweep the entire contest. It's clear that the republicans are going to have to work hard on turning out their folks in the future. The base of reliable republican votes seems to be a little smaller than the democrats but those democrat voters are indeed willing to cross over and vote GOP so future contests are likely to be relatively fluid affairs.
As for governance of the city, it means the elected folk from both parties will have to work together. The Council is split 3-3 with the republican mayor being the tie-breaking vote. On policy items the republicans could implement legislation without the democrats. An important thing to remember is that the Council alone can vote to expend funds and that requires 4 votes. The budget process could be interesting.
There were a number of firsts in this cycle: it's the first time we have had a local election the same time as a Presidential election and it is the first time we've had slick, professionally produced hit pieces sent out by a PAC – Awareness Manassas.
There has been a lot of discussion and hand-wringing about the election date. The arguments against revolve around "the people that are voting don't know what they're voting on". The arguments for revolve around turnout and "the more people that are involved in the process the better it is". My thought is this: I kind of agree with all of that. No, many people who are voting don't know or haven't studied the Council candidates but I view this as a problem for the candidates to solve. Ultimately if you want to get elected, you need to educate the voters. I'm sorry it is harder than it used to be but that's the way it is. Elected office ain't a beauty pageant (Good thing for me). There has been some talk of moving the date again and I've heard elected officials talk about moving the date by simply taking a vote of Council. That shocks me. The current election date was set by referendum – the absolute voice of the people. I would think that politicians that aren't prepared to respect that should be prepared to get booted out of office. My message to those that want to move the date is this: cowboy up and get the question put to a referendum. It ain't hard.
The "hit pieces"….well, if we're Facebook friends you know how I feel. I think that the ads that Mr. Youlen ran and the mailers that "Awareness Manassas" sent out were despicable. There are ways to convey information that do not require that kind of imagery and accusation. Yes, there is room in our contests for "sharp elbows" but that is as far as it should go. I believe those negative mailers cost the Republicans votes and they definitely cost them a fair amount of good will (even though the candidates didn't send them). I think that using that tactic in a small city like Manassas is incredibly destructive and short-sighted. Do those responsible not think that somebody is going to find out who was associated? The republican party, to their credit, disavowed the mailers but some of the republican electeds didn't seem to mind. For my part, I'll not be associated with crap like that and that's why I resigned my post within the party several days before the election. If you think I was associated with those mailers in any way you need your head examined. Manassas is my home town. I cherish and respect it. She deserves better.
Going forward, two years from now, we have Elston, Bass and Aveni. More or less the entire political spectrum! It will be interesting to see if the democrats again bring a full slate and who the third republican will be. The electoral landscape will be a bit different – it won't be a presidential year but Mr. Trump could have an effect on our local and congressional elections. If he's going full-on "DTrump", harranguing people on twitter and gets bogged down in social issues, it will definately drive turnout at the local level. If he's somewhat restrained and sticks to the four or five big picture changes he can make then he will be less of a catalyst for turnout. My bet? Well, Trump is Trump and he's aligned himself with the right wing of the republican party. The election in two years will be about Trump.
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Cogent.
Robert Bass
"many people who are voting don't know or haven't studied the Council candidates" I really like what you wrote, I just see it a tad different. I quoted you because I feel Wolfe got many, many votes from republicans who did not know he changed party and also he as much as Sebesky benefited from a straight dem ticket.
Sebesky landed exactly where I had suspected she would in second place, but I was wrong about Lovejoy as the leading vote getter.
Lastly, as Mrs. Clinton blamed the FBI this morning, I am placing blame with the last minute Manassas Awareness campaign with hurting my Republican Party in the closing campaigning.
Mary Ann Jenkins
Andy, enjoyed reading your summary of the results of the election. I am not going to question at this point how those that got elected, got elected! Lack of voter information was definetely at play here. I did not see a strong platform from either side and the only thing that I personally got from this election is that the democratic ticket did not feel that the republican led Council is spending enough on infrastructure and has been trying to hold taxes down at the cost of much needed improvements in the City. One of the things that has always been an asset to the City is that we never did more than we could pay for. Any budget conscience person can relate to that. I am sure that there is a wish list a mile long of wanting new fire stations, police stations, ball fields, libraries, new school buildings etc. I think the missing theme from both the democratic party and republican party in this election was how to grow the economy in the City of Manassas. I was at Giant today and there are four empty storefronts. Some have been empty for a long time. Wellington is not exactly out in the middle of nowhere and yet we cannot get new businesses to locate there. This is just one example of a lot of empty storefronts in the City. We pretty much count on most of our revenue on our three big companies; Lockheed, BAE and Micron. Take one of those out of the equation and we could be in a lot of trouble tax wise. I know the City gets all excited about a new brewery or distillary opening or expanding in the City but that is just not going to cut it for generating revenue to pay for all of this new infrastructure. Manassas is changing demographically and this is quite obvious. I do not think a republican carried even one of the precincts including Haydon. The question is now do we start raising taxes to provide all this new stuff? I know of many in my age group (baby boomer) who have lived here for a long time and have stated that as soon as they retire, they are leaving this area because of the cost of living. If the taxes take a big hike next year, even more long time residents will reconsider whether to stay or not. I think the democrats ran a good campaign but like they say, the devil will be in the details on what all of this could cost. If the taxes go up dramatically then everyone will come out of their cocoons and march down to City Hall and complain during budget time. Time will tell but we need to get our Economic Development Director to get on the stick and get something bigger in Manassas than just another brewery to pay for all of the stuff that the citizens of Manassas seem to think the City is lacking as a needs as a result of this election.
Ed Jones
So are you still a republican?
andy (Post author)
Depends on who you ask 🙂
Seriously, my philosophies are generally aligned with the free market ideas that the republicans favor. I'm what I call a "businessman republican". I've never thought much of the Tea party's approach to politics but I do understand and sympathize with their frustration. I think Trump is going to (and probably should) have some trouble with them (freedom cauccus guys) on the budget front and that's probably for the best.
MaryAnn – I agree with the weak platform on both sides but I did hear loud and clear from the Democrats that they want to do a new strategic, community-based strategic plan and I think that's a necessary predicate to doing just about anything. Time will tell I guess.
Julie Hassan
Team Manasas put out a large number of the negative ads. Their candidates seem to have chosen to ignore or forget about that. Since they were all a part of the ads, you have to assume that they were aware and support the attacks.
As for Mr. Wolfe, all he seems to do is win elections.
Why were there no party affiliations shown on the ballot for Council positions? I can understand school board but don't understand why no D's and R's for Council.
I don't know. I'd honestly say that I've never noticed and that's probably because I always know who I'm voting for before I go. I think it's always been that way and that is why the parties hand out "sample ballots" or a "voter guide" like the republicans did this time around. That most people do straight ticket voting probably explains why the parties hand those things out.
I've worked the polls for the republicans for about 12 years now and it isn't unusual for accept the sample ballot and say "I need to know who to vote for"…..
I didn't see a single negative add or mailpiece from Team Manassas.
It will be a completely different electorate in 2018. Andy is correct in that it may end up being a referendum on Trump. Also, the 2017 Statewides will be the first indicator as to whether or not the pendulum is swinging back to the R side or will continue to the D.
One benefit I see of the 3-3 split is I'll bet we have a lot of people watching the budget.
Lianne Best
There has been some talk of moving the date again and I've heard elected officials talk about moving the date by simply taking a vote of Council shocks and appalls me, too. There was a vote. Citizens decided. It would be extraordinarily shady and self-serving indeed for the Council now to decide, "Oh, we don't like it this way" (presumably because they didn't win seats as hoped) and undo the vote. I don't see the newly elected council participating in that kind of sneaky behavior, however – the Democrats ran on a platform of a citizen-led Council. The previous Council has demonstrated that they will support their own interests, and not those of the majority. I suppose that's why there are some changes on the panel now!
I'm very interested to see how the budget process moves forward this year. I'm very much looking forward to a new focus on funding our schools and public safety.
Raymond Beverage
OK, Andy, you wanted to know my thoughts on the election, so here it is. I'll focus more on Local since National was what it was. So grab a drink, sit back, and remember – you asked for my opinion. LOL!
First off, as you note, there has been a rise locally in the "Democrat" where "Republican" has been for years. Two thoughts there: (1) on the local Democrat Party (our City and Manassas Park), watch for the rise of the Millenials. They will factor more in Canditates and efforts to elect. (2) on the local Republican, watch also for the rise of the Millenials who do not agree with the local "leaders". Actions of the last year is such matter as "Land Use Decision" and others is not appealing to Millenial supporting the local GOP view. Not much different, Andy, then your speaking about watching Ethnic Mix of the City….it is changing and the people are being more active as they see "leaders" less responsive.
I also don't put stock in "straight ticket" votes. Looking back at others, and even now, personality driven votes prevail.
And keep in mind, many many many Voters do not claim either party. Local election is always about the Candidate, more than party alligeance. Looking at the way the numbers went for Council, I give more credence to person than party. More as that comes up below. Me? I vote for the person which sometimes is also a "revenge vote". More on that below too.
National: Tally sheet shows 15,411 showed up to vote President. Number turning out double of past years and the majority of registered voters is what was to be expected. Four years from now, who knows? Better bellweather is the Governor & General Assembly next year, then Council. See who actually shows up (second rule of local politics: decisions are made by those who show up).
Ok, so with that baseline of 15,411 or so….lets move on to the others:
US House of Representatives: around 14,829 by the sheet. So one might suppose that 500 came in, voted President, and left. A slight factor to consider as it also bleeds over into the Local.
Treasurer: 13,497 (see what I mean about vote for other then run?). I had a strong hunch Patricia would win given being African-American. It has been awhile since an Elected in this City was a person of color. And she won even with a strong negative ad attack against her. So in part, some of those 6,907 votes she got may have been "revenge" votes.
Revenge votes = You of the far right (or left) who bad mouth a Candidate, fine, they get my vote. Alas though, have to say it has been more far right negative ads.
Mayor: I don't place much on the 13,290 votes as I have a hunch he received what I will call a "click through". That means those voting saw one name and voted for it. More interesting is the 4.35% who did write-ins. Of all the races, the Mayor had the highest number/percentage….and would be interesting to see the breakout as to who was written in. I know of one person who was a write-in and a valid name (meaning spelled correctly and not abbreviated in any way). Depending on what was written in, I would call these a "protest vote" – mine was. Still, you wil note the numbers are falling further from President to Mayor…down over 2,000 voters. And the no opponent: many have said Rex Parr should have run. He might have lost, but it would be interesting to see the numbers.
Mark Wolfe: ah, leads again as the #1 vote getter. Many find his leadership style commendable; his candor when he speaks is also respected. He always paraphrases it with "this is just Mark speaking" or words like that, but people respect direct speak. Plus, add in the Revenge Vote – the right always attacks, and always looses the attack.
Pam Sebesky: I disagree a bit with your view she won on ticket. She also won because she was known from the School Board in more than just name recognition. Pam expressed her views during meetings, was seen at school events, was seen at the Football Games. It would be intersting to see the demographic breakout for ages on who voted – How many 18 to 25 voted for her? These would be people who saw her name and said "Oh! I know her!" and voted accordingly.
Ian Lovejoy: wins seat by just 95 votes over Theresa Coates Ellis. Close vote in my book. Both have many of the same views on positions & politics. This was the most interesting of all the vote spreads….and I could expound more on it, but won't.
Rex Parr and Jon Way: good runs. Rex well known, although I personally wished he had ephasized more of the business experience; economic development background; and especially his leadership for years in diversity of employees. Jon though seemed to run on the same message as before….possibly a more targeted update of accomplishments. Although for Jon, I ponder how many votes he received in past were transferred to Pam, Rex, or Theresa.
Sidebar: A good benchmark for messages is the 2014 Citizen Survey. It has many good points of what Citizens want; although seemed to be dismissed by many since it is not what politics want. Good start point also for developing Strategic Plans. Survey results aslo fit into Manassas Next 2032 Comp Plan Matrix.
Michael Youlen: the Independent…ran a negative campaign. Not a firm message out of him. Can't say "well,. independents don't make it in this City" as former Councilman Steve Randolph was an Independent for many of his political years.
School Board: I always say this is a name-recognition election. I cannot recall, in my 22 years in the City, any school race where it wasn't. And only a few Candidates from time to time who walked the neigborhood (Pam Sebesky comes to mind as the last one years back). For fun, can extrapulate the votes of council vs. school board and see how they relate….totally irrelevant especially since for Council, around 12,000 or so voted, and only around 9,700 or so for School Board.
You like the way the numbers drop as you hit each category?
Now, as to your saying: "the people that are voting don't know what they're voting on". I kinda disagree as there was a LARGE number who voted for both Constitutional Amendments. Question 1 on Right to Work had 14,631 and Question 2 has 14,771. The first question is one you have to stop and think on…the second, being tax exemption, may also have to be thought on. Of course, on a tax issue, there are the "don't tax me crowd" who would vote no anyway. I see it more as people will vote more on who they know, so you and I agree the Candidates must get out.
One factor I haven't really dwelled on was this team approach to running. Did it help or did it hurt? My gut reaction is it had no impact except maybe to be able to pool dollars to produce campaign literature instead of everyone ponying up individually.
"Awareness Manassas" and "Friends of Team Manassas": as I said before, thank you Andy for being a true leader and stepping up to speak out against them. I had hoped last Monday the Mayor might have given a stronger, more of a leader statement than just using a blend of slogans from both Parties. Leadership failure that be, and I did not expect more.
My view is there are those in the local GOP who want the attack dogs. Many residents during the lead-up to Election Day asked the Mayor and Candidates to speak out against the negative attacks…and they didn't. Of course not. Next year is the Virginia Races and for HOD 50, the Democrats have a candidate who is already proving his leadership by speaking up on issues where other "leaders" are not Then, of course, the following year is the City elections. No, no…let us not speak ill of the right wing attack dogs as they shall work to ensure we have the one-holy-GOP-as-we-see-it-City that it should be.
Ok, enough rambling. Thanks, Andy and anyone else for reading!
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Q: Python 3 Selenium WebDriverWait causes script to hang/freeze forever I have a script that uses a selenium webdriver (geckodriver) and loads various webpages.
The scripts works fine at the beginning, but than at a random point it stops working without raising any error (the program sorts of hangs without really doing anything).
I added some logging statement to check when it hangs, and this is caused by the WebDriverWait statement (see below).
The last thing that is printed in the log is "get_records - Loaded".
The expected behavior to me would be to either print "get_records - Acquired pager", or to raise a TimeoutException after 10 seconds.
[...]
logging.info("get_records - Getting url: {}".format(url))
driver.get(url)
logging.info("get_records - Loaded")
# Get records number and result pages
elem = WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(ec.element_to_be_clickable(
    (By.XPATH, "//td[@align='right']/span[@class='pager']"))
)
logging.info("get_records - Acquired pager")
[...]

Python version: 3.7.3
Selenium version: 3.141.0
Firefox version: 70.0.1
It seems like a similar bug happened with previous version (Selenium WebDriver (2.25) Timeout Not Working), but that bug was closed.
Is anyone having the same issue?
Update:
It seems like adding time.sleep(0.5) before elem prevents the script from freezing (either "get_records - Acquired pager" is printed, or the timeoutException is raised).
Even though this is a turnaround for the issue, I would rather not put any forced wait.

A: I actually have the exactly same experience when the script works fine at first but hangs forever after some time. The '10 seconds' timeout is that webdriver/browser tries to  open a page in 10 seconds. But the timeout that python script sends request to webdriver/browser is not defined. And it's none by default meaning request will wait infinitely.
Short answer:
driver.command_executor.set_timeout(10)
driver.get(url)

Explain:
Chromedriver as example. Whenever you run a selenium script. A process named 'chromedriver' starts as well. Let's call it 'control process'. It opens the browser and controls it. And it also acts as a http server which you can get the address and port by driver.command_executor._url. It receives http request, processes it, tells the browser to do something(maybe open a url) and returns. Details here.
When you call
elem = WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(ec.element_to_be_clickable(
    (By.XPATH, "//td[@align='right']/span[@class='pager']"))
)

you are actually sending a request to the 'control process' which is a http server and tell it to do something(find some elements in current page). The timeout '10' means that 'control process' tells browser to open a page in 10 seconds before it cancels and returns timeout status to the python script.
But what really happens here is the 'control process' is receiving request but not responding. I don't really know what's happening in the 'control process'.
Python selenium package is using urllib3.request to send request and socket._GLOBAL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT as timeout. It is none by default that makes a request wait infinitely. So you can set it by using driver.command_executor.set_timeout(10). Now if 'control process' brokes you will get a timeout exception and maybe recreate webdriver.

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Q: String to Date Conversion in Spring 4.0 I am educating myself on Spring 4.0.0 M3
Following is the code,
Bean
package org.chebus.springs;

import java.util.Date;

public class Traingle {
    private String name;
    private int height;
    private Date date;

    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }

    public void setName(String name) {
        this.name = name;
    }

    public int getHeight() {
        return height;
    }

    public void setHeight(int height) {
        this.height = height;
    }

    public Date getDate() {
        return date;
    }

    public void setDate(Date date) {
        this.date = date;
    }

    public void drawShape() {
        System.out.println(getName() + " Traingle height " + getHeight()
                + " Date = " + getDate());
    }

}

Main
ApplicationContext ctx = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("org/chebus/springs/Spring.xml");
        Traingle traingle = ctx.getBean("traingle",Traingle.class);
        traingle.drawShape();

XML Config
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
       xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
       xsi:schemaLocation="
http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.5.xsd">

<bean id = "traingle" class="org.chebus.springs.Traingle">
  <property name="name" value = "RightAngled"/>
  <property name="height" value = "20"/>
  <property name="date" value = "2013-09-10"/>
</bean>

<bean id="dateEditor"
        class="org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors.CustomDateEditor">

        <constructor-arg>
            <bean class="java.text.SimpleDateFormat">
                <constructor-arg value="yyyy-MM-dd" />
            </bean>
        </constructor-arg>
        <constructor-arg value="true" />

    </bean>

    <bean class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.CustomEditorConfigurer">
        <property name="customEditors">
            <map>
                <entry key="java.util.Date">
                    <ref local="dateEditor" />
                </entry>
            </map>
        </property>
    </bean>

</beans>

Exception:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Cannot convert value of type
  [org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors.CustomDateEditor] to
  required type [java.lang.Class] for property
  'customEditors[java.util.Date]': PropertyEditor
  [org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors.ClassEditor] returned
  inappropriate value of type
  [org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors.CustomDateEditor]  at
  org.springframework.beans.TypeConverterDelegate.convertIfNecessary(TypeConverterDelegate.java:260)
    at
  org.springframework.beans.TypeConverterDelegate.convertToTypedMap(TypeConverterDelegate.java:620)
    at
  org.springframework.beans.TypeConverterDelegate.convertIfNecessary(TypeConverterDelegate.java:205)
    at
  org.springframework.beans.BeanWrapperImpl.convertIfNecessary(BeanWrapperImpl.java:459)
    ... 17 more

Not sure where i am going wrong. Appreciate your help. Thanks!

A: Good catch, this seems to be a new behavior with Spring 4.0+, your code works cleanly with 3.2.x version of Spring.
The reason appears to be because the type of customEditors in
CustomEditorConfigurer has changed with Spring 4.0+. Whereas it was of type Map<String, ?> with Spring 3.2.x it is Map<Class<?>, Class<? extends PropertyEditor>> with Spring 4.0+.
The fix is to instead create a custom PropertyEditorRegistrar, this way:
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

import org.springframework.beans.PropertyEditorRegistrar;
import org.springframework.beans.PropertyEditorRegistry;
import org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors.CustomDateEditor;

public class CustomDateEditorRegistrar implements PropertyEditorRegistrar {

     @Override
     public void registerCustomEditors(PropertyEditorRegistry registry) {
         registry.registerCustomEditor(Date.class, new CustomDateEditor(new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd"), false));
     }
}

and to use this in the configuration:
<bean class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.CustomEditorConfigurer">
    <property name="propertyEditorRegistrars">
        <list>
            <bean class="dateeditor.CustomDateEditorRegistrar"/>
        </list>
    </property>
</bean>

A: There is no builtin of Date values by default in spring.
Here you go :
How to initialize a Java Date object in Spring xml configuration file?