Reference the guest post by Skvez, society in the UK seems to be more about living in the suburbs than living in the country and we need to ensure that we consider that in our plans. I actually have plans to move away from here to a more remote location but looking at it realistically I believe I will have the same issues there. More so probably because where I think people will soon realise that there is little to be had in the suburbs there will be more in the remote villages or homes.
So, with this in mind, I spent some time over the weekend looking at my home with a view to work out what I could do to secure my stores and what I could do to secure my home in a worst case scenario.
I live in a quiet cul-de-sac on the outskirts of town, about 800 yards away from real countryside and farmers fields. My home is an extended semi detached house with what was a large garden but is now a garage, several sheds, a green house, a patio area and a small garden area.
It was a sobering exercise. Due to a magpie nature I have collected over the years a significant number of items that would be of benefit in a survival or self reliance situation. In fact they fill the loft, a living room, one bedroom, my garage and two of the sheds. Items like a lathe, drill press and a milling machine are difficult to store never mind the camouflage nets, the water bottles and the sleeping bags and tents. Then looking at the pantry, the kitchen and the washroom to find food, more water and all the cleaning and cooking gear. Some of the stuff like the lathe, the mill and the drill, is difficult to move and hide. Some of it, the garden produce and trees, just cannot be moved. The rest of it is portable but some of it, particularly the foodstuff, needs to be stored carefully.
In the end I decided I need to move a lot further than I intended and choose my land carefully. I cannot currently secure my house and grounds well and have nowhere really to securely store six months worth of food and material. Yet, I cannot move in the current economic climate. Ouch. I'll also update the spreadsheets so that this is taken into consideration during the planning.
I'm going to start by making certain assumptions, which may or may not be valid. I hope I won't find out.
Nobody is going to steal a lathe or any heavy machinery on their scavenge hunt for food.
The edible food in the garden, greenhouse and house will disappear.
Any movable pots with small food plants in will disappear.
Anything in the pantry or kitchen that is edible will disappear.
Anything portable and seen as valuable will disappear.
Doors will be broken down or windows smashed to gain entry to any room, homes, garages and sheds.
Looters will be armed, if not with firearms, at the least knives, axes and wood.
Any resistance with weapons or otherwise will result in injury or, more likely, death.
There will be several visits over a short period of time followed by delays before more sporadic visits.
Any discoveries of hidden spaces will result in the entire area being destroyed.
The early post-disaster is going to be the most difficult time for the family. Having food and equipment but not being able to use it is going to be difficult but has to be done, if the fact that we are fed and warm is discovered then they would come and, at this moment, they would be able to take everything. Even armed I would be unable to stop them as they would wear me down and destroy the house. I need to find somewhere to store my stores and pretend to be in the same situation as them. Most people have food in their gardens, trees, veg or the like so having some will not make me stand out. Defending it is not worth it and if they take what is there, leaving the bare plants then that is the best I can hope for. I may have to plant my crop rather than use pots. As long as I could access the hidden areas quietly, without overview then I could stock up on a daily basis and live from day to day for the first few months. No luxuries, no light, no building or anything that makes us stand out.
The next stage, late post-disaster should be traumatic but less so than an earlier search. Hiding, or running away, would be a viable option and if the house looked ransacked already then the chances are it would simply get a cursory search.
So, I need somewhere to store my goods, hidden but accessible without being overlooked. I need to protect my assets and I need to lay low.
The first and biggest issue is where to store the goods. I need a largish room, protected from water and with a concealable entrance. Due to the shape of my house I could create a small hidden room about 1M deep at the end of one room. I could put enough stores in there, brick it up and leave it until the hordes are gone. This would cover a lot but not it all and I just cannot hide it all unless I go underground. It is possible to do that but difficult and how can I do it securely and how much space can I create?
My first thoughts are I could go under the house with the entrance in the hidden room just discussed. I could remove the earth from the room a bit at a time and dispose of the soil in the bins. Last time I did this it took me three months to dig out a floor space about a metre deep covering the entire floor area whilst I worked during the day. The intention is to then cover it with thick flooring, refurnish the room and then hope that nobody starts to dig (excuse the pun) too deeply into the makeup of the walls and floors.
I think that would cover my stock problem for the long term. I could also hide a smaller cache up in the loft behind the water tank, some buried in the garden area under different parts of the patio and one of the sheds, not much but enough for a weeks worth of items in each area. Which would enable us to eat but not have too much on hand before we needed to enter the storage area.
So pre-disaster, Bolt the lathe, mill, etc. to the floor and round the bolt heads. Move everything edible or interesting to the storage areas.
Early post-disaster though I think I would have to denude every one of my fruit trees, bushes and veg patches. So they just get a cursory glance and I get to keep them. Unlock every door outside and inside to allow access and make it look like there is nothing here. Get out when visited and run away or even join in pointing to your neighbour's house.
Late post-disaster, set deadfalls and traps, seal up the holes, acquire a suppressed pistol or knife and willingness to use them if necessary on some poor sap just looking to live. Noise being a No No while you keep your head down. Move the family up the stairs into the loft, demolish the stairs and use ladders. Seal all windows for light so you can put the lights on.
Longer term, stay alive until you are rescued, or you get to the following summer where you can start rebuilding and looking for other survivors because no one is coming. Prepare for a new world. The rules for this one will be gone at that point.
I have been accused of sounding too apocalyptic but it is just they way it worked out in my mind. I have no doubts that we will tear each other apart if we find someone with food when there is none around and I have no doubt our lives, already considered low by certain members of society will be nothing to these people if they want what you have. We need to be very careful until we get ourselves back on our feet. There will be no law and order to help us and although you may think it is bad now wait till you see how man can treat others under these circumstances.
I agree it's unlikely that your lathe or other heavy machinery will be stolen on a food scavenge but your garden tools may be at risk.
Perhaps not, I'm hopeful that once you've been raided you may not get raided again. In fact I was considering an article on "how to make your house look like it's already been raided so it won't be searched". At least while there are other not yet raided properties, one that has been raided is less likely to be re-searched.
I don't think you are necessarily being too apocalyptic under *certain conditions*.
If the country gets hit by a bad storm for a few days and the power goes out and people can't make it safely to the shops I don't think you will have your house raided by the neighbours.
However in the longer-term scenario of a collapse in the global economy due to hyper-inflation and loss of trust in fiat money it's a distinct possibility.
It's improbable but that doesn't mean we shouldn't plan for it. Just as I don't expect my house to burn down but I still have fire insurance, working smoke alarms and sleep with the door keys in a convenient location to the bed.
I was going on the assumption that there will be plenty of gardening tools around and you can't eat them. So even if mine were stolen I could likely find replacements for the common ones.
The main point being to minimise what is stored in the store rooms to essentials only.
I have a lot of faith in my fellow humans but I do recognise a dark side and that will be the time it comes out.


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Technology management
An Executive's Guide to Information Technology
Principles, Business Models, and Terminology
Robert Plant, University of Miami
Stephen Murrell, University of Miami
Assessing the most valuable technology for an organization is becoming a growing challenge for business professionals confronted with an expanding array of options. This 2007 book is an A-Z compendium of technological terms written for the non-technical executive, allowing quick identification of what the term is and why it is significant. This is more than a dictionary - it is a concise review of the most important aspects of information technology from a business perspective: the major advantages, disadvantages and business value propositions of each term are discussed, as well as sources for further reading, and cross-referencing with other terms where applicable. The essential elements of each concept are covered in a succinct manner so the reader can quickly obtain the required knowledge without wading through exhaustive descriptions. With over 200 terms, this is a valuable reference for non- and semi-technical managers, executives and graduate students in business and technology management.
Provides a clear definition for each term, as well as an unbiased appraisal of its business value proposition
Includes a set of UK and US legislative requirements under which organizations must operate
Sources of further reading are provided so that the topics can be taken further if desired
'… as a general IT reference this book is excellent. For the relatively experienced IT professional, this is an excellent and recommended publication.' IT Training
A-Z description and summary of over 200 terms.
Dr Robert Plant obtained his PhD in Computer Science at the University of Liverpool, England, in 1987. He is currently an associate professor at the School of Business Administration, at the University of Miami, and specializes in teaching MIS Strategy both here and at other universities and companies. His research interests focus on the role of information systems in strategic management.
Dr Stephen Murrell obtained a D. Phil in Computation in 1986 from the Oxford University's Programming Research Group. He is currently a lecturer in Computer Engineering at the University of Miami, where he specializes in teaching Programming, Algorithms, and Operating Systems. His primary area of research is in Programming Languages.
Service Orientation
Winning Strategies and Best Practices
Offshoring Information Technology
Sourcing and Outsourcing to a Global Workforce
Intellectual Property for Managers and Investors
A Guide to Evaluating, Protecting and Exploiting IP
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Strategies for Evaluation and Management
Mastering Your Organization's Processes
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Electronic, optoelectronic devices, and nanotechnology
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Top 10 Most Notable Career Suicide Albums
Career suicide albums fall into two camps: those that were released ahead of their time, and those that set new standards in awful. The best thing that could be said about the later category is that these albums are oftentimes just as fascinating as an artist's best work.
By Sean McCarthy / 8 February 2021
Career suicide albums fall into two camps: those that were released ahead of their time, and those that set new standards in awful. The best thing that could be said about the latter category is that these albums are oftentimes just as fascinating as an artist's best work.
In most cases in this list, the artist not only endured the backlash received after the album's release but went on to release some of their best work. In other cases, the public finally came around to not only accepting these records but ranking them amongst the best LPs of the decade.
10. Lou Reed/Metallica – Lulu (2011)
It's tough putting this album above other career suicide albums that have more history on their side (see Hole's Celebrity Skin and Garth Brooks' Chris Gaines vanity project), but the volume of toxic prerelease publicity surrounding Lulu automatically qualifies this as a Top Ten entry. From the beginning, music writers (and more than a few Metallica and Lou Reed fans) balked at how nothing positive could come out of such a pairing.
But just like excessively negative reviews can make movies like Batman and Robin and Catwoman essential viewing for movie buffs, Lulu became a "must listen" event in its own right. Indeed, Lulu represented one of those rare moments that brought in people from all different musical backgrounds. You may not have picked up the album, but chances are if you have a Velvet Underground or Metallica record in your collection, the element of curiosity made you at least give one of the songs a listen.
One of Lulu's most notable accomplishments was how it gave some rock critics notoriety just because he or she wrote positively about the album. And for all the talk about how Lulu was destined to be on every critic's "worst of" list in 2011, the album actually placed higher than such well-received releases as Cut Copy's Zonoscope and Lucinda Williams' Blessed in 2011's Village Voice Pazz and Jop poll.
9. Beastie Boys – Paul's Boutique (1989)
Yes, it's regarded as the Beastie Boys' best album. Yes, it's one of the best rap records of all time. But in 1989, few bands achieved such a commercial drop-off as the Beasties. Coming off nearly two years of lewd behavior and MTV dominance, people seemed to have had enough of the trio's antics. Their heavy metal fans had releases by Metallica, Slayer, and Iron Maiden to keep them company. Rap fans were discovering N.W.A. MTV fans of the band were being entertained by Bon Jovi, Poison, and Motley Crue.
What's a band to do? If you're the Beastie Boys, you go to Los Angeles, experiment with a lot of psychedelic drugs, hire an unknown producer team known as the Dust Brothers, and overdose on pop culture references. At a time where the '70s were despised, the Beastie Boys created a sample-heavy love letter to that decade. Their follow-up to the number-one selling Licensed To Ill only made it to Number 14 on the Billboard charts. It would take almost five years before fans discovered what they were missing.
8. The Clash – Cut the Crap (1985)
Even people who refuse to sway from "the only band that matters" label bestowed upon the Clash have problems with the band's exit. Combat Rock may have dominated MTV, but most fans put the album on the second-tier of Clash favorites. But had the group chosen to end their run with that LP, few would have said they overstayed their welcome. But like Brett Favre coming back for another season after making it to NFC Championship or Muhammad Ali's final fights, the Clash thought they had more chances to achieve greatness.
The recordings for the album were legendary for all the wrong reasons. The much-needed melody/abrasive tension of Mick Jones and Joe Strummer was decimated when Strummer fired Jones. Mere months after Cut the Crap was released, the Clash disbanded.
7. Faith No More – Angel Dust (1992)
One year before Nirvana's Nevermind changed the landscape of music, the success of Faith No More's The Real Thing showed a potential sea change coming. "Epic" and "Falling to Pieces" managed to be both commercially popular and critically acclaimed. One of the most obvious predictors of 1991's landscape-changing year was how in 1990 FNM's videos received almost as much airplay as Warrant's "Cherry Pie" and Poison's "Unskinny Bop".
The Real Thing won Faith No More literally millions of fans. Armed with a bigger budget, the band chose to spend its artistic capital by upping the weirdness factor found in Introduce Yourself and in deeper cuts on The Real Thing. The famous inside cover of freshly-butchered beef was a perfect warning for those expecting The Real Thing II. It may have lost FNM the majority of its fanbase, but Angel Dust remains a fan favorite. One year later, Nirvana took the exact same artistic liberties with In Utero.
6. Liz Phair – Liz Phair (2003)
Contrary to what critics say, Liz Phair was more than 1993's Exile in Guyville. That record may have forever defined her career, but most artists would gladly assume the burden of having an album that's on a shortlist for "Best Album of the Decade" in their catalog. Whitechocolatespaceegg (1998) had a slick sheen to it, but lyrics about maternal anxiety and getting a lecture from a bartender were unmistakably Phair.
In the early part of the last decade, Phair had a choice: continue on her current path in the shadow of the diminishing sales returns of some of her peers (see Tori Amos), or make one last attempt at superstardom. Hiring Britney Spears/Christina Aguilera producers the Matrix resulted in alt-rock fans disowning Phair before her self-titled album was even released. But upon its unveiling, Liz Phair was a debacle. "Why Can't I?" was supposed to be a smash single, but it served only to be background music in trailers for forgettable movies and TV episodes. Phair even tried to retain her shock value with "H.W.C.", but the public reaction was more of a bored "eww" than a shocked gasp.
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Niger Round 2 HQFQ Survey
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Niger/Niamey Institut National de la Statistique (National Institute of Statistics) and The Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health at The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Performance Monitoring and Accountability 2020 (PMA2020) Household and Female Survey Round 2, PMA2015/Niger-R2-HQFQ. 2016. Niamey, Niger and Baltimore, Maryland, USA. https://doi.org/10.34976/mvrd-3b56
Niger/Niamey National Institute of Statistics. The Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health at The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Niger (National) Round 2 Household and Female (HQFQ) survey used a two-stage cluster design with Niamey, urban areas outside of Niamey, and rural areas as the strata. A sample of 84 enumeration areas (EAs) was drawn by Niger's National Statistics Institute (INS) from its master sampling frame. Each EA was listed and mapped. 35 households were randomly selected. Occupants in selected households were enumerated and eligible females of reproductive age (15-49) were contacted and consented for interview. Data collection was conducted between February and April, 2016. The final completed sample was 2,894 households and 3,193 women of reproductive age.
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Families were evacuated from a hotel at Disneyland Paris yesterday, amid fears that a shooter was on the loose in the theme park.
There were separate reports of gunfire outside a synagogue in the city's 19th district yesterday morning, and another potential hostage situation at a pharmacy in Jaures.
Tensions were already high in the city following the deaths of 17 innocent people in a wave of terrorist attacks last week.
A Euro Disney spokesman told MailOnline: 'At 11.30am Paris time on Saturday, January 10, the Sequoia Lodge Hotel at Disneyland Paris was briefly evacuated following a security incident, which turned out to be a false alarm.
'As a precaution a number of guests were taken into the hotel car park as is usual resort procedure.
France's President has warned its citizens to remain vigilant in the wake of a brutal attack on the Charlie Hebdo magazine, the fatal shooting of a policewoman and a deadly showdown between a hostage-taker and police at a Jewish supermarket.
The French Defence Ministry has placed 500 extra soldiers on patrol around Paris to calm nerves in the wake of the attacks. Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said France will keep its highest possible security level in the greater Paris area.
Initial reports of a gunman in the theme park yesterday morning conflicted with separate accounts that police were investigating a bomb threat.
And according to Le Parisien, a woman was arrested after shouting from her window that she was Hayat Boumeddiene, who's wanted in connection to the hostage drama which left five people - including the killer - dead in Vincennes yesterday.
The evacuation was eventually dismissed as a false alarm, as were reports of a potential shooting at a synagogue.
At around 1pm, armed officers were called to rue Armand Carrel, Paris, following reports that a number of shots had been fired outside the Jewish place of worship.
Dozens of officers sped to the scene and the road was closed sparking concerns another terror attack was underway, following two days of violence in the city.
Pictures show police on the scene, with one officer pictured with his gun drawn.
But police sources later told Le Figaro newspaper that the shots heard in the 19th arrondisment were in fact from firecrackers - adding a 'nervous' resident had called police.
There was a large police and military presence across the city on Saturday, with armed officers and soldiers patrolling public buildings and stations.
Rumours on social media that hostages were being held inside a pharmacy in Jaures, have also been been rubbished.
Meanwhile, hundreds of Parisiens were laying flowers at the Jewish deli where four people were killed by convicted Islamist, Amedy Coulibaly, yesterday.
Dozens of armed policeman stood guard at an extended security area outside the Hyper Cacher store, as grief-stricken locals paid their tributes to the dead.
It was one of two separate sieges brought to an abrupt and bloody end yesterday, following three days of constant terror in the French capital.
Police commandos stormed the Jewish grocery store in a storm of bullets and stun grenades, killing an Al Qaeda-linked gunman who was holding 15 hostages.
Twelve minutes earlier, and only 25 miles away, another stand-off ended with the deaths of Charlie Hebdo killers, Said and Cherif Kouachi.
Firing their Kalashnikovs, they charged straight into the guns of hundreds of soldiers and police surrounding their final hideout.


A Catered Affair tells the story of a Bronx mother's efforts to give her only daughter the elaborate wedding she never had -- and the bride never asked for. In this funny, poignant and oh so human show of love and disaffection, Harvey Fierstein's book and John Bucchino's score explore both our need for love and true meaning of family. See it at Playhouse 1960 in Houston.


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Ready for the World: The Best of Ready for the World (20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collect
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Ready for the World
The Best of Ready for the World (20th Century Masters - the Millennium Collection)
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When the phrase "hair band" is used, images of heavy metal groups of the '80s like Twisted Sister, Kiss or Poison immediately come to mind. However, the R&B community had its own share of hair bands during the "me" decade. Do you remember the Prince protégé band Mazarati? If you ever get the chance, watch their video for "100 MPH". Frightening is the only word that describes the hairdos in that one. Then there was The Deele, the band that first introduced us to "L. A." Reid and Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds. Mr. Edmonds' perm had to sit at least a foot high. Then there was Full Force, or what happens when music, weightlifting and jheri curls collide. But perhaps the most successful R&B group of the '80s known for their hair (second only to Prince and the Revolution) was Ready for the World, six schoolmates from Flint, Michigan who shared a love for funky music, trendy clothes and curl activator.
20th Century Masters � The Millennium Collection: The Best of Ready for the World chronicles the band's meteoric rise and chart run, featuring 13 of their most popular single releases (as well as one from lead vocalist Melvin Riley's solo debut). Even though the group pictures displayed on the disc's liner card are cause for laughter or embarrassment (depending upon which end of the fashion spectrum you dwelled during the '80s), the music is guaranteed to cause head nodding, smiles, and/or spontaneous bursts of "Aww, I remember this one" to fans of this sextet.
The band, which consisted of Riley, John Eaton on bass, Greg Potts on keyboards, Gordon Strozier on lead guitar, Willie Triplett, Jr. on percussion and Gerald Valentine on drums, personified 1980s R&B. Drawing on their rock influences as well as their obvious Prince influence, they captivated the female portion of R&B's audience with their guitar-laden ballads (there are 7 on this collection), starting a black "New-Romantic movement" of sorts, inspiring a future generation of talented bands such as Mint Condition and pre-criminal activity Jodeci.
Songs like their breakthrough smash "Tonight" (from their 1985 debut Ready for the World), about a girl's first sexual experience, with Riley's moaning/whining "Oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh-oh-oh / Girl, Tonight" hook caused many an adolescent female to swoon and many outraged parents to complain. The follow-up single, "Deep Inside Your Love", just secured their spot in the hearts of those same adolescent girls. "Oh Sheila", also from the debut album, was the tune that put the group over the top and into platinum status. This was their first #1 single, and remains their most popular song to this day.
Their follow-up LP, 1986's Long Time Coming, contained the chart-topper "Love You Down" -- another ballad, this time about a May/December romance. The title track from this album and the uptempo "Mary Goes 'Round" single also appear on this collection. Ready for the World's last two albums, Ruff 'N Ready (1988) and Straight Down To Business (1991), are also represented here with singles from each. These albums didn't make as much of a splash as the first two, probably due to the fact that the band chose to try to sound like everyone else instead of sticking with what they started with (Ruff 'N Ready had a Teddy Riley-esque New Jack Swing vibe, and Straight Down to Business sounded eerily like a Bell Biv DeVoe record, especially the title cut). After the group disbanded, Melvin Riley attempted to re-capture the feel of the first RFTW record on his solo release, 1994's Ghetto Love. The single from that LP, "Whose Is It?" only reached #43 on the Billboard R&B chart, but is included in this collection nonetheless.
Ready for the World was a great band, and they made great music. Unfortunately, they fell victim to the fickle tastes of the public. So reminisce a little. Pick up 20th Century Masters � The Millennium Collection: The Best of Ready for the World and remember what a really good band sounds like.
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Two Tale return to The Brunswick Hotel, bringing with them a huge night of progressive/ alternative rock, including the long-awaited return of an old Melbourne favourite.
Guitar in hand, will bring his unpredictable repertoire of originals to open the night up, twisting the strangest chords to sing the sweet, uniquely addictive acoustic songs he's become known for.
With their huge riffs in tow, will display their unhinged signature style, injecting just the right amount of fun into dark alternative rock. Watch their physical act twirl across covers and originals, guitar solos reaching for the clouds.
And, at 10pm, this highly anticipated return will take place. The female-fronted three piece outfit (formerly known as 'The Tried') have been in the studio recording their debut EP, perfecting their expressive, explosive sound. The smoothest drums, the deepest bass and the most delicious Stratocaster tones Melbourne can offer will burst onto the stage, grab you by the head and shake you until you can't see straight.
The most barren of outfits with the grandest of scopes. Just two musicians will claw at new and bold musical ideas, firing an arsenal of dark chords and massive drums at their desperately artistic vision. Witness their music unfold over an hour, taking you on an unpredictable wandering with barely a moment to breathe.


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Quote from: Mammal on December 01, 2020, 12:26:09 pm
The public has been primed for four years to believe our elections are vulnerable to interference and fraud by the same people now saying such a thing is impossible.
Quote from: Ben Douglas on December 01, 2020, 01:54:36 pm
Election "interference" encompasses a variety of activities, not just changing votes. (E.g. spreading disinformation, illegally hacking into private servers, and even donating money to campaigns).
Who has said fraud is impossible? The legitimate issue is that evidence is needed to establish fraud. It's irrational to engage in conspiracy theory thinking: start with the assumption the election was stolen, and then interpret every glitch as proof of it.
There have been some pretty crazy allegations, and the craziest has been the nonsense about Dominion voting systems.
You may be right, I haven't been following this closely, but I don't have more warrant for trusting to the press than Rudy, given both are hyper-partisan operatives. I think most Americans agree. The press might be the only group in the country with a lower approval rating than congress. Although I doubt anyone outside of MAGA boomers take seriously Trump's claims that he "WON, BY A LOT" (his caps not mine).
I've always thought the illegal voting problem was a much bigger problem than these arguments coming from Trump's legal team you mentioned, given how many illegal immigrants are in this country.
Rudy has promoted the Dominion conspiracy theory, as well as the general vague conspiracy theory that the election was stolen. What has the MSM that is comparable?
The mere presence of illegal immigrants does not entail their voting, so that alone doesn't seem a very good reason to think there's much problem. Is there evidence that illegals have actually voted?
Quote from: Fred on December 02, 2020, 08:52:51 am
1. I personally watched Rachel Maddow deliver the same Dominion conspiracy voting theory back in '16 except the culprit was Russia. You don't remember how Russia was hacking electronic voting machines back then?
2. I live in an illegal-rich environment and have personally seen operatives busing illegal immigrants to polling stations.
This whole ordeal reminds me of one of my favorite MacArthur sermons.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umDke2j3J18
Quote from: Ben Douglas on December 02, 2020, 09:24:00 am
I searched for this, and the closest thing I could find was this. Is this what you're referring to? All she did was speculate about one voting machine (no reference to Dominion), and interviewed a lawyer who discussed the potential for hacking. and the need for auditability. Whether it's this segment, or another, I don't recall an outcry expressing certainty of massive voter fraud - just concerns expressed about the risk.
You personally checked their immigration status and watched them vote?
Given the fact that this would be a felony that could get them deported, I'm skeptical that there would be much of this.
1. Quick google:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2016/07/27/by-november-russian-hackers-could-target-voting-machines/
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/01/us/politics/russia-election-hacking.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/25/us/politics/russian-hacking-elections.html
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2019/12/26/did-russia-really-hack-2016-election-088171
https://www.vox.com/world/2017/6/13/15791744/russia-election-39-states-hack-putin-trump-sessions
https://www.rollcall.com/2019/04/22/mueller-report-russia-hacked-state-databases-and-voting-machine-companies/
https://theintercept.com/2017/06/05/top-secret-nsa-report-details-russian-hacking-effort-days-before-2016-election/
That last one I'd actually believe, as The Intercept is independent. Anyway, it's amazing how short-term people's memories are. Allegations that our voting machines/software were vulnerable to Russian hackers was widespread before and after the 2016 elections. Because of course, the only conceivable way orange man could win/lose is hacking. I watch the other side present the exact same narrative and be greeted by the exact same counter of "conspiracy theory." It's all so tiresome.
EDIT: This is a fun one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8eujrTyRRE&feature=emb_title
The professor featured in the Times' video, J. Alex Halderman, says that the Dominion voting machines are "vulnerable to sabotage and even to cyberattacks that could change votes."
2. Lol, well given that they were giving out free stuff to essentially bribe people to get on board, it seemed really suspicious. But it could've been legal immigrants. Although I know for a fact that many of the people in that community are illegal. Not that I care, it's cheap labor.
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Ben - Thanks for the links. I read all the articles and it pretty much confirms what I thought. I've added a comment below each link below. In summary, these articles raise concerns about need for security, and in some cases describe instances in which Russians hacked back-endsystems. I see no lies, no assertions of stolen elections, no conspiracy theory. Contrast that with Trump's assertion that he won the election, Rudy's assertion that the Dominion voting systems altered votes, and worst of all: the fact that large percentages of Trump voters actually believe the election was stolen.
--Does not assert that an election was stolen, just raises concerns about vulnerability. What's the problem?
An allegation of an instance hacking into VR systems in Durham county, and two other instances of alleged hacking into back-end systems (not voting machines). The article raises general concerns about vulnerability. Responsibly reporting:
"There are plenty of other reasons for such breakdowns — local officials blamed human error and software malfunctions — and no clear-cut evidence of digital sabotage has emerged, much less a Russian role in it."
Seems to be a different version of the Times story, and again- it raises concerns and promotes the need to avoid problems.
Back end voter information was obtained by Russian hackers. Again: raising concerns, not asserting vote changes.
Same thing: voter information hacked by Russians.
More hacking by Russians.
Sensationally notes the need for security. Do you disagree? Domininon voting systems, and as far as I know, ALL voting machines, or NOT on the network. That doesn't preclude all possibility of fraud, and security is still needed.
I think it's a fine idea to analyze the various allegations that have been made about 2020 voting to identify any fraud that may have occurred, security exposures, and process problems so that improvements can be made in the future. But making outrageous assertions, like Trump and Giuliani have done, is crazy. And it's crazy to claim that media articles that raise security concerns and report actual instances of hacking are anything like that. The Trumpist approach has clearly been: assume there is fraud (which Trump -momths ago- said would be the case if he lost), and interpret every glitch as a confirming instance of fraud, and assume every suspicion raised by observers are instances of fraud. It is quintessential conspiracy theory reasoning - contrary facts never make a dent in the belief in conspiracy. NOTHING like that has some from the MSM, but it's telling that you considered what they did to be similar.
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So if the elections are secure, does that mean Russia didn't hack them? Would you disagree that the absurdity of Giuliani's claims of hacking are commiserate to the absurdity of, say, Pelosi's? What's the difference between Cuomo (CNN) and Hannity? You've obviously thought a lot about this so maybe you know something I don't. To we uninitiated, it's the same narrative coming from both sides (just inverted). The press primed the public for Trump's incessant complaints of election fraud/interference irregularities for four years and now clutch their pearls as he does exactly what they did. The phrase s*** show comes to mind.
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@ Ben: I got a kick out of that last video you linked XD. Here's someone in the New York Times saying that we should vote with paper, not with computer systems, because of how easy they are to hack; now liberals are rushing to defend the Dominion voting machines... sigh.
Although as far as I know, there's no real evidence that either the 2016 or 2020 voting machines were hacked. It's just better on principle to stick with paper voting.
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So if the elections are secure, does that mean Russia didn't hack them?
Election security is multifaceted. If back-end servers containing contact information for voters is hacked, this implies the election was not "secure", but it doesn't imply votes were changed. The major issue in the 2020 election is vote counts, and I've seen no evidence of hacking voting machines or any other equipment that tabulates counts. So it seems that yes, Russian didn't hack them, nor did anyone else.
Would you disagree that the absurdity of Giuliani's claims of hacking are commiserate to the absurdity of, say, Pelosi's?
Giuliani has spread the irrational conspiracy theory about Dominion voting systems, and spread this disinformation widely - damaging trust in the voting system. What has Pelosi said or done that is comparable?
What's the difference between Cuomo (CNN) and Hannity?
Not sure what you're going for, nor why it matters. Here's a few differences
1.Hannity spreads conspiracy theories (Seth Rich murder; election fraud;), and I'm unaware of Cuomo doing this.
2. Hanity has a lot of direct contact with the President. Cuomo does not.
3. Cuomo's brother is a Governor, Hannity's friend is a President.
The press primed the public for Trump's incessant complaints of election fraud/interference irregularities for four years and now clutch their pearls as he does exactly what they did. The phrase s*** show comes to mind.
Did you read my last post? No incorrect information was conveyed in any of the articles you pointed to. Reasonable concerns were conveyed about what vulnerabilities. We should have been concerned, and fortunately, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security agency of the government monitored this and reported that this election was secure. You might take a look at their website, where they debunk a variety of rumors. This was Christopher Kreg's agency. You know, the guy Trump fired for telling the truth about election security.
Perhaps you're saying that this reporting resulted in people being sensitive to the possibility of election fraud. I get that, but it doesn't excuse irrationality - especially by the President and Giuliani. Before a single vote was cast, Trump said he could only lose if there was fraud. There was no rational basis for this. As soon as the vote count went against him, he resorted to this - there had to be fraud because he lost. Thus, as in any conspiracy, every fact that could be interpreted consistent with fraud was treated as confirmation of fraud. Lack of success in court is treated as corrupt judges. No one can ever disprove a conspiracy theory to a person who believes it - every bit of contrary evidence is dismissed or rationalized.
That was just cuz Trump was president. Everything is fine now and elections are uber fair. Better say it or they are coming to wreck your career and life.
Quote from: Harvey on December 02, 2020, 11:32:21 pm
That's biased nonsense. Read my last two posts.


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I Started Buying Expensive Cars When Prez Mahama Was A Student – Bugri Naabu
Posted by Nhyira Nhyira Boadu | Dec 1, 2016 | Facebook, General News, GH Elections, News, Politics |
Northern Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Daniel Bugri Naabu, has opened up on the allegation that President John Mahama attempted to bribe him with millions of cedis and cars.
Mr Bugri Naabu boasted he cannot be bribed with cars and money because he started driving expensive cars at a time that President Mahama was a secondary school student.
"What is 500,000 [Ghana cedis]? What is a car? Me, when I started buying cars; expensive cars, John Mahama was a student.
He was a student at Ghana College," he said. He made the comments when he received some regional and constituency executives of the All People's Party at his residence in Tamale Wednesday evening, TV3's Zubaida Ismail reported.
The executives have endorsed the NPP's presidential candidate, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, for the December 7 elections.
The NPP on Tuesday alleged at a news conference in Accra that President Mahama and his brother, Ibrahim Mahama, attempted to bribe Mr Bugri Naabu to resign from the NPP, paint Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as a dictator and damage him "beyond electability".
According to the party, Mr Bugri Naabu at a meeting with the President and his brother on October 28, 2016 handed cash of GHC500,000 and promised additional GHC3.3 million, a V6 Mitsubishi vehicle and a brand new V8 Land cruiser.
The Mitsibushi was given him on November 2, 2016. The NDC has since rubbished the allegations, describing it as a cock and bull story intended to cause disaffection for President Mahama who is seeking re-election for a second term.
'I don't need bribe' Commenting on the issue for the first time, Mr Bugri Naabu said: "He [Mahama] himself told me that, I was having some cars, Motorolas and others the day he was presenting the 500,000 to me and the car, so what is he talking about? What are they talking about?" Mr Bugri Naabu told his critics, including Dr Hassan Ayariga who called for his arrest, that he does not need bribe, indicating that if he did, he would have pocketed the money and other goodies, and done what was expected of him.
"Ayariga says I should be arrested and that I have taken bribe. I don't need bribe. If I need bribe, I would have pocket the money they give me and the cars and the promise of the other money, which [was] suppose to come [and] I would have done it [sic]" an angry Mr Bugri Naabu added. He questioned those who are giving excuses that the money and the car were gift from the President and his brother, saying "if John Mahama wanted to give me money, he would have given me since he became the vice and president".
Mr Bugri Naabu wondered President Mahama decided to give him the money and the car at a time that Ghana is going into elections because he had all the time that he became vice president and later president to have done so.
"Is it today that he [President Mahama] knows that I need money. Is it today? I asked him that day. You [Mahama] said I've run away, I said you led me because you were all the time, all of you including your brothers, we were together, Why do you get power, to talk to you is a problem? Today that you're failing, you're asking me to come? I wont come," he said.
He said Nana Akufo-Addo who is making his third attempt at the presidency in this year's election, is the only one who has a vision to get Ghana out of its economic challenges hence would not trade that for anything.
Source: 3news.com
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Lance Armstrong, who this fall was stripped of his seven Tour de Francetitles for doping and barred for life from competing in all Olympic sports, has told associates and antidoping officials that he is considering publicly admitting that he used banned performance-enhancing drugs and blood transfusions during his cycling career, according to several people with direct knowledge of the situation. He would do this, the people said, because he wants to persuade antidoping officials to restore his eligibility so he can resume his athletic career.
For more than a decade, Armstrong has vehemently denied ever doping, even after antidoping officials laid out their case against him in October in hundreds of pages of eyewitness testimony from teammates, e-mail correspondence, financial records and laboratory analyses.
Armstrong has been under pressure from various fronts to confess. Wealthy supporters of Livestrong, the charity he founded after surviving testicular cancer, have been trying to persuade him to come forward so he could clear his conscience and save the organization from further damage, one person with knowledge of the situation said.
Several legal cases stand in the way of a confession, the people familiar with the situation said. Among the obstacles is a federal whistle-blower case in which he and several team officials from Armstrong's United States Postal Service cycling team are accused of defrauding the government by allowing doping on the squad when the team's contract with the Postal Service explicitly forbade it.
Although Herman said such an option was not currently on the table, the people familiar with the situation said Armstrong, 41, was in fact moving toward confessing and had even been in discussions with the United States Anti-Doping Agency. Armstrong had met with Travis Tygart, the agency's chief executive, in an effort to mitigate the lifetime ban he received for playing a lead role in doping on his Tour-winning teams, according to one person briefed on the situation.
Armstrong was also seeking to meet with David Howman, the director general of the World Anti-Doping Agency, that person said.
Herman denied that Armstrong was talking to Tygart.
None of the people with knowledge of Armstrong's situation wanted their names published because it would jeopardize their access to information on the matter.
Tygart declined to comment. Howman, who was on vacation in New Zealand, did not immediately respond to a phone call and an e-mail.
Armstrong has hopes of competing in triathlons and running events, but those competitions are often sanctioned by organizations that adhere to the World Anti-Doping Code, under which Armstrong received his lifetime ban.
According to the World Anti-Doping Code, an athlete might be eligible for a reduced punishment if he fully confesses and details how he doped, who helped him dope and how he got away with doping.
Marion Jones, who won five medals at the 2000 Olympics, denied doping for years until giving a teary-eyed confession on the steps of a Westchester County courthouse in 2007. She spent six months in prison for lying to federal investigators about her doping and for her involvement in a check-fraud scheme.
The timeline for Armstrong's deciding whether to confess is unclear, but it is partly based on whether the United States Justice Department will join the whistle-blower lawsuit, which was filed under the False Claims Act. The sole plaintiff of that lawsuit is Floyd Landis, Armstrong's former Postal Service teammate who was stripped of the 2006 Tour de France title for doping.
If the Justice Department also becomes a plaintiff, the case would be more formidable than if Landis pursued it alone. Landis stands to collect up to 30 percent of any money won in the case, which could be in the millions. The team's contract with the Postal Service from 2000 to 2004 was more than $30 million.
Armstrong is also facing two other civil lawsuits, one that involves the Dallas-based insurance company SCA Promotions, which is trying to recoup at least $5 million it covered when Armstrong won multiple Tours.
The company withheld that $5 million bonus from Armstrong after he won the 2004 Tour because of doping accusations that surfaced in the book "L.A. Confidentiel: Les Secrets de Lance Armstrong," which was published in France. Armstrong sued the company, and the case was settled for $7.5 million.
Armstrong is also being sued by the British newspaper The Sunday Times over the settlement of a libel case in which the newspaper paid Armstrong nearly $500,000.
But what worries Armstrong and his lawyers the most, two of the people with knowledge of the situation said, is that he could be facing criminal charges of perjury if he confesses because he had given sworn depositions in the SCA case that he had never doped.
Before coming forward, Armstrong would need assurances from the Department of Justice that he would not be prosecuted for those crimes, those two people said.
After antidoping officials issued its report on him, Armstrong cut all ties with his charity, and his sponsors, including Nike and other longtime supporters, abandoned him.
"He's doing O.K. for a guy that has had his livelihood and his life torn from him, but he's very strong," Herman said.


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Boggs Center News Letter June 4, 2018
Mackinac Gathering
The business and political elite gathered on Mackinac Island last week to determine ways that will advance their interests and solidify their political control. As reported, "Nearly 1,700 business leaders, politicians, and philanthropists headed to Mackinac Island to rub elbows, and discuss issues in the state ranging from education to transportation.
"Michigan's political establishment decamps for this conference because they are drawn by the movers and shakers in the business world who come up here, and vice versa — the business people come up because there is easy access to Michigan's political class."
Each year the Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce, which sponsors the gathering, organizes panels and speakers around themes, or "pillars." It is obvious that the rejection by Amazon of the Dan Gilbert/Detroit bid to entice its new headquarters here formed the backdrop of the gathering. The pillars were "Is Michigan Prepared?"; the "Mobility Disruption, and "Trust," restoring confidence in government, news media and business. Transportation and education dominated the discussions.
Over the years these gatherings have been incubators for state level initiatives. This year is no exception. We should all be concerned about the intentions signaled by conference goers to continue to meddle in affairs where they are ill equipped to make decisions. Yet, with an astonishing combination of ignorance and arrogance, the conference provides a glimpse of the collective agenda to continue efforts to "privatize" public goods.
The disaster of our public education system is perhaps the clearest example. The head of the Chamber of Commerce, Sandy Baruah, said, "I think education has been one of those issues that we've been talking up on the island in one form or another for years now," We always talk about it but we haven't been able to solve it, and so that's a continuing frustration for us."
Mackinac gatherings have provided the backdrop for the development of schools of choice; efforts to use public money to finance private, often religious schools; the establishment of emergency management; standardized assaultive and abusive testing; increased police presence in schools; assaults on teachers unions; efforts to charge parents for children's misbehavior; removal of social supports; resisting anti-bullying efforts because they included LGBTQ concerns; extension of time required in school; and eroding qualifications for teachers. These are just a few of the ideas floated on the island over the years. Many have become laws creating the some of the worst, most destructive and abusive school practices in the country.
Baruah assures us there is no end in sight to this commitment to the destruction of public education.
In part these destructive policies are nothing more than the enactment of neoliberal, austerity politics aimed at turning all public responsibilities into private profit centers. The Mackinac gathering is simply the place where people reassure one another that they are committed to "business as usual," and making Michigan ever more business friendly.
But these policies do not emerge by accident. The Republican dominated legislature, governor and court system reflect the long standing influence of frequent island visitors such as right wing ideologue Betsy DeVos and family.
Last fall the Republican party gathered to celebrate their hold on state and national government, a government which right wing money like that of the DeVos crew helped establish.
The DeVos family has made at least $82 million in political contributions nationally, as much as $58 million of those dollars spent in Michigan — with $14 million in the last two years alone.
As Free Press writer Nancy Kaffer observed, "In Michigan, it's difficult to find a significant state-level policy change the DeVos family hasn't backed: right-to-work, pension reform, unfettered school choice."
The conference may be over, but the consequences linger. They remind us of the urgent, persistent work ahead to create more human, caring, and creative ways of living.
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Can you briefly tell us about Hamazaki Factory and your reason for making games?
After finishing an app when using Unity, I needed a publisher name to release on Google Play, so I named it "Hamazaki Factory". I like the word "factory" and I mixed it with "Hamazaki," the pen name I used during my time as a writer for PC magazines. So, that's how it was named and there's no deep meaning behind it. I came up with it simply because I needed it.
It was pretty obvious that it is not realistic to create the models, music, and other data used in the game all by myself, so I relied on assets and first I tried to focus only on the things I could do: programming and design.
Without really considering anything like how I would go about making the game, I staring designing it vaguely thinking, "Because it's a smartphone game, being able to play it easily would be good. If you hold the smartphone sideways, it really looks like you're playing a game, so I want to make it playable vertically as well." In terms of the game's content itself, after experimenting, progressing as much as I could by myself, it ended up like this.
It's like, even though there are still many things I don't know about game development, I wanted to make something proper, so I did what I could (and I'm still running towards this goal, which I can sort of see now).
I'd like to know a bit more about the development of the game. Can you tell us a bit about how you came up with the designs for the main character, bosses, and enemies that appear in Black Blood Breaker?
All of the characters are items purchased from the asset store; they aren't things that I designed. I changed the colors of the textures and adjusted some content, but basically, I kept the animation and model data as they were. If it was normal game development, the natural progression would be that you want to make these kinds of characters or you want to make them do these kinds of actions, so you design the characters and animations. But this time, because the characters and animation data are present, I decided to make attacks based on those, and I was able to move forward.
As for the standards used to select the models, I chose a model that is a little game-like rather than realistic. Because it's for mobile, I made the choice to use models that have few polygons, and in order to create a unified feeling, I chose textures that had the taste of something hand drawn. In order to get all of the data I need, I have to use assets from different creators. I used Unity for the game engine this time, so it really helped that there were a lot of assets available.
Speaking of design, at Digige we talked briefly about the level design of Black Blood Breaker. I asked if the game's stages would be procedurally generated, and was told that they'd be fixed. While I imagine that procedural generation would add to re-playability, it might also be a challenge to implement. Could you tell us a little about your design choice?
There are two reasons why I passed on implementing procedural generation in the game design. First, I've never made that kind of game (I sort of played the first Shiren on Super Famicom).
Another thing is that because I designed the game spontaneously every day instead of from a set plan, I decided that it would be impossible to introduce a new system and game style because it that would take more time. Even though I've never made it, in order to implement procedural generation it was clear that I would need a huge amount of resources and adjustment time to ensure the game plays comfortably. On that point, if the stages were fixed and I could make the game by only adjusting the various things that I made, I thought "I could manage that." ...even so, it has taken me more than a year and a half since I started creating it.
Of course, I understand that it's fun that a procedural generation dungeon type game can give new experiences each time. Anyway, for right now, while I'm hoping to include that kind of system in the end, I'm putting it together so that it makes as fun a game experience as possible given my capabilities. If you don't release it to the world, it doesn't mean anything anyway, right?
Black Blood Breaker contains some voice acting, so I was wondering what you could tell us about the process.
Previously, when I participated at an event where individual game creators get together I made a request to a freelance voice actress. I remember that I decided to work with this person because we were able to record at my house without using a studio, and when we talked at the event I figured that this person could work well with me. The reason why I bothered to put voices in is simply because I followed my desire where I thought "I wanted to put in some voice acting" and "it would be awesome if it has voice acting."
How did you get started in designing games?
My reason for starting to make games is fairly clear-cut: it's because I wanted to play games. I began making games during the 8-bit micro computer era...the distant past (I wonder if it's more than 30 years ago....).
Software was available but I couldn't afford it because it was too expensive. Luckily, I was able to use a PC that my parents bought for me, input programs from gaming magazines, and made a few basic mini games. From this point, while working as a writer for magazines, I was making games for fun, such as making sample games using languages that were published in magazines and libraries.
A few years later, after leaving PC magazines and working as a salaryman, there were less opportunities for me to make games, but after becoming freelance I returned to making them, this time using Unity which I found when I started to spend more time on this hobby.
How many games have you made so far, and can you tell us a little about them?
The first app that I made using Unity. It is a puzzle game where items fall, and by matching balls of the same color they disappear. I remember getting ambitious with the character models. I remember it took half a year.
A puzzle game where you match one cat with a cat of the same type, and they disappear. I used a Voxel Editor, and threw it together in about a week.
A VR-like shooting game that used CardBoard where you defeat enemies that come from behind.
I made the game in the middle of making Summer Love which is mentioned below, for a change of pace. This was also made using the Voxel editor, and was thrown together in about two weeks.
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There's not so many vertical novel games for smartphone? Shall I try doing it?
Because this is a game, there should be a scenario and it needs characters.
I want some visuals. Let's animate the characters using Live2D.
Because I had never written any scenario before and I only had character illustrations that I had drawn a long time ago, it's mystery why I pursued this project until the end (I did, in fact, stop sometimes because I hit a wall). It took about nine months in total.


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several 3-4 node SLES 9 clusters and are planning on moving them to ESX.
is one of the main reasons we are going to a virtual infrastructure.
Has anyone else made this change? If so how did your migration work out?
are no BIG potential issues prior to us starting this migration.


Beautiful 2 story corner unit townhouse in prime Union City location. End unit private, walking distance to shopping, Bart & more. This charming unit with marble gas fire place, hardwood floors, carpet with vaulted ceiling in master bedroom, view of Hills; community play ground, pool, a small well maintained private patio/back yard for setting & summer barbecue, natural light in each room, mirror closet doors; one car garage & one assigned parking. HOA includes water, garbage and exterior; central 2 zone AC/Heating. View of hills! Open House Sat- from 1:00-4:00.
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April is on course to be the wettest on record as parts of the country are forecast to be soaked by a month's worth of rain over the next 24 to 36 hours.
Almost three inches of rain have already fallen this month and with a further three forecast over the next week - the record of 4.7 inches set in 2000 looks certain to be toppled.
Despite the expected rainfall, the Environment Agency warns the hosepipe ban could last 'until Christmas'.
Tomorrow is likely to be the wettest day as a band of heavy rain reaches across the South of England and Wales.
That will be followed by another wave of heavy rain that will spread north-east across England and Wales.
The downpour will be combined with high winds across the country and will continue on Thursday, with some areas expected to be hit by hail and thunder.
A wet weekend is predicted after that, with possible flooding to the West.
For many parts of Britain the downpour will double the normal levels of rain.
A Met Office spokesman said parts of London and the South East could expect 1.5 to two inches of rain over the next 24-36 hours - the usual average for a whole month.
The deluge will come as a relief to the 35million people across the Midlands and South currently suffering drought conditions - the worst since 1976.
But water companies and the Environment Agency warn the wet weather isn't going to be enough to replenish near-empty reservoirs and allow them to lift the hosepipe ban.
Most of the excess water is either swallowed up by thirsty plants, evaporates or just runs off dry soil.
A spokesman for the Environment Agency said: 'While we've had some welcome rain this week, the environmental drought affecting large parts of England could last until Christmas.
It looks like Brits will need to keep their umbrellas handy and their winter coats on - with an average temperature of just 7C, it's also set to be the coldest April since 1989.
Just a year ago, Britain was treated to one of the warmest and driest Aprils on record. Temperatures topped 28C and some parts of the UK had less than 1mm rain all month.


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Henrik Rød (born 14 September 1975 in Halden) is a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party.

He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Østfold in 2001, but was not re-elected in 2005. Instead he serves as a deputy representative during the term 2005–2009.

Rød was a member of the executive committee of Halden city council during the terms 1995–1999 and 1999–2003.

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1975 births
Living people
Progress Party (Norway) politicians
Members of the Storting
People from Halden
Østfold politicians
21st-century Norwegian politicians


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Last Week's Comics 12/21/2016
By Ian Gonzales • December 21st, 2016
Hawkeye # 1
(Writer: Kelly Thompson, Artist: Leonardo Romero)
When Marvel announced a new Hawkeye comic starring Kate Bishop written by Kelly Thompson with art by Leonardo Romero, I was all in. When I realized Kate was heading back to California, I pre-ordered the book right then and there. Kate Bishop is the shit and has been since her first appearance in Young Avengers # 1!
Kate's defining character trait has always been moxie. When her friend's wedding gets taken hostage by five goons with guns, her first instinct is to take on the kidnappers and she joins the fray when the Young Avengers show up to rescue the wedding party. After the rescue, Kate tracks the teen heroes down and declares she's joining the team. While she didn't have the code-name on day one, she was birthed into the Marvel Universe fully formed, with the same attitude of her eventual partner, Clint Barton.
One of my favorite parts of the Fraction/Aja Hawkeye was how it brought Clint Barton and Kate Bishop together (only to split them apart…and then get them back together for Hawkeye: Rio Bravo). During that 22 issue and an annual joy of a run, Kate and Pizza Dog leave Clint and head to Los Angeles. There, Fraction and artist Javier Pulido and Annie Wu riff on a whole bunch of fun LA private eye tropes and references. They pit her against Madame Masque and tie the story to the Tracksuit Draculas back in New York. Hawkeye was a helluva run. I couldn't bring myself to read the Jeff Lemire and Ramon Perez All New Hawkeye (the wound of the Fraction, Aja and friends leaving was too raw) but I continued reading Kate's adventures in Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie's Young Avengers. She was literally running through comic panels in that book and she was dating inter-dimensional Kree hipster, Marvel Boy. It was a blast of a book, but it wasn't street level like in Hawkeye: L.A. Woman.
In Hawkeye # 1, Thompson and Romero move Kate to Venice Beach. She is still the whip-smart impresario she's always been. She's not living in a trailer on the beach this time. Now she has her own office/home. She's still working on the Private Investigator License but hey, why can't a superhero have an office? Thompson and Romero spend the first issue establishing Kate's new status quo. She's starting from scratch here so no one's come back from L.A. Woman just yet. Kate takes her first case, helping a college woman who's being heavily harassed online. Hawkeye follows her instincts and solves the case. Well, she solved part of the case. There's something nefarious afoot in Venice Beach and it's up to Hawkeye to solve the crime.
Thompson's script is tight. She gets Kate's spontaneous spirit that will lead her to all manner of derring-do. Romero's art compliments the script perfectly. His clean lines, well-paced panel structure and dynamic action sequences remind me of Aja and Wu, but the true test of a Hawkeye artist is character work. Romero kills it! Kate's range of emotion throughout the issue is fluid. The art doesn't feel exactly like a superhero comic – it's a little more. It's not quite to the Fraction/Aja Pizza Dog issue (no one's that good), but it's damn good!
Hawkeye # 1 may not make my Best Of list for 2016, but I have high hopes for 2017. Kate Bishop rules and she found a creative team that get her. That's a recipe for some damn good comics!
Hawkeye, Kelly Thompson, Leonardo Romero
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