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Defendant challenges the sufficiency of the indictment
In U.S. v. Bailey, defendant appealed his convictions for sexual exploitation of a child and possession of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C § 2251(a) and 18 U.S.C § 2252A(a)(5)(B) respectively. He argued that the indictment was insufficiently clear and that there was insufficient evidence to support his conviction on one of the counts.
After a bench trial, the district court made findings of fact that defendant video recorded the child victim after living her note instructing where and when to masturbate. He was seen in one recording giving the victim money in order to induce her to masturbate. He is also heard in the recording, telling her that she had better hurry up and masturbate.
First he challenges the sufficiency of the indictment. Bailey concedes that his challenge is made for the first time on appeal, and therefore the court of appeals review is limited. His challenge has two parts. First is count one through four. He argues that the language of each of said counts is identical with the exception of the time frame during which the alleged crime occurred. Because there was overlap in those time periods, he argues that he had insufficient factual information to tell which count charged the crime depicted in Government exhibits, he argues that he had insufficient notice to prepare his defense and also that he would be unable to invoke the protections of double jeopardy in the event of a future prosecution. The court of appeals rejected his arguments because it can prevail only if he could show he suffered actual prejudice as a result of the indictment and he cannot do this. He knew precisely which of the four video images were charged in each count. The images on each of the four Government exhibits were distinctive, and readily distinctive from the others and he will have no trouble obtaining double jeopardy protection in the event of any future prosecution.
Posted in: Sex crimes and internet crimes
Court denied motion to dismiss indictment for improper venue
In U.S. v. Kopp, the defendant registered as a sex offender in the Northern District of Georgia, and then moved to Daytona Beach, Florida, where he failed to update his registration. A grand jury then indicted Kopp in the Northern District of Georgia for failure to register as sex offender. Kopp moved to dismiss the indictment for improper venue. The federal court denied his motion. Kopp then conditionally pleaded guilty. Later he violated his supervised release, and federal court sentenced him to 16 months of imprisonment.
Kopp was convicted in a court of Hungary for "Rape of an Individual Not Older than Twelve". As an American citizen he requested a transfer under the Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons, Council of Europe. United States Parole Commission required him to serve his prison sentence followed by a term of 36 months of supervised release. Kopp was certified as a sexually dangerous person required to register as a sex offender. Kopp begun his term of supervised release in the Northern District of Georgia. Kopp probation officer directed him to complete a sex offender registration, and he updated his registration in Georgia until December 2011. In 2012 Kopp removed the electronic monitoring device that he wore as a condition of his supervised release and left the halfway house in Georgia where he resided. A month later police officers encountered him in Daytona Beach, Florida. Kopp never registered as a sex offender in Florida, nor did he inform the authorities in Georgia that he was moving to Florida.
Kopp was taken to Northern District of Georgia where he was indicted for failure to register as a sex offender. He moved to dismiss the indictment for improper venue. He argued that venue did not lie in Georgia because he failed to register in Florida. The District court denied the motion. The district court sentenced him to 18 months of imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release.
Updated: July 5, 2016 1:51 pm
Consent by defendant's wife to the full search of defendant's computer results in a valid
In U.S. v Watkins, the defendant appealed the court's denial of his motion to suppress evidence in violation of the Fourth Amendment obtained by the government as a result of a warrantless search of his computers and its denial of his motion for reconsideration and to reopen the evidentiary hearing. On October 24, 2009, three days after a girl body was found in a Georgia landfill, and detectives visited Watkins for permission to search his computer; he agreed. Later that day, Watkins agree to meet with a detective from the Clay County Sheriff's office where Watkins expressed a willingness to help in any way he could about the disappearance of the girl. As the interview progressed, Watkins stated that he had used LimeWire to download and view child pornography approximately one hundred times. The detectives assured Watkins that he was not searching for his child pornography but only for clues to the girl's murder and stated "I am not worried about your files and all that kind of stuff. I've got my own private stuff on my computer, you know what I am saying?" Watkins subsequently read and signed a voluntary consent form authorizing full search of his computers.
The Detective and an evidence technician went to Watkins home to meet Mrs. Watkins, explained that Watkins had signed a form consenting to a search of the computers in the home and asked for her consent to search the computers as well. She agreed, although she later claimed that she did so with the understanding that the search was limited to the murder investigation and the website the children had visited. The consent form signed by Mrs. Watkins was identical to the one Watkins had signed at the Sheriff's office. Watkins who was present did not register any objection or reservation while officers sought and obtained Mrs. Watkins's consent to an unlimited search of the computers. After the forensic analysis found evidence of child pornography, the evidence was used to charge Watkins with receipt of child pornography by computer over the internet. Watkins moved to suppress the evidence from the computers. A magistrate judge held a hearing and recommended denial of the motion. It reasoned that the detective's assurances about the scope of the search had limited Watkins consent to evidence relevant to the murder investigation, but that Mrs. Watkins consent authorized a general search and therefore permitted discovery of the child pornography evidence. The search was valid because, Mrs. Watkins consented to a full search of the computers, and Watkins failed to show that the search violated his rights under Randolph. The district court upheld the magistrate's recommendation concluding that Watkins had "not actually expressed a refusal to consent to an unlimited search of the computers" as Randolph required; instead, "he consented to the detective's request for a search that was implicitly limited… to certain of the computers." He was charged under 18 U.S.C. § 2252 for receipt of child pornography over the internet.
The district court and denied Watkin's motion for reconsideration and for a new evidentiary hearing before the district court. The district court subsequently conducted a bench trial on stipulated facts and found him guilty of the charged offense.
Posted in: Constitution - Bill of Rights and Sex crimes and internet crimes
No error in sentencing defendant to jail for a supervised release violation
In U.S. v. Vandergrift, the defendant was placed on three years of supervised release after serving a 97-month sentence for the federal crime of possession and distribution of child pornography. Before the expiration of a three year supervised release, Vandergrift's probation officer filed a petition seeking revocation of his supervised release charging that he violated the following conditions of his supervised release: (1) failing to obtain lawful employment; (2) failing to obey instructions to search for and obtain employment; (3) knowingly giving false information to a probation officer when questioned about the whereabouts of another federal supervisee; (4) possessing or having access to a pornographic DVD and a Maxim magazine, both of which contained sexually stimulating material; and (5) violating 18 U.S.C.§ 1001, when he knowingly lied to a probation officer about his roommate's absence. The district court revoked Vandergrift's release and imposed an above-guidelines sentence of 24 month imprisonment to be followed by one year of supervised release.
In revoking supervised release, the court considered the safety of the public, the example set to others in deterring similar conduct, punishment for the crime that was committed, and the court also considered what was best for Vandergrift as a factor.
Having considered all of these, the sentence imposed was 24 months in prison, the maximum under statute hoping that during the period of imprisonment "something can be found to put him on a better course."
Posted in: Federal Sentencing, Federal Trial Issues and Sex crimes and internet crimes
Voluntary admissions made following a warrantless entry not subject to exclusion
After a brief hiatus, please find this Miami's defense attorney's latest entry, summarizing a recent opinion from the 11th Judicial Circuit. The opinion touches on topics and practice areas relevant to the Swartz Law Firm's scope of expertise, including sex offenses and internet crimes.
In U.S. v. Slaughter the defendant appealed his conviction for use of the internet to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity (18 U.S.C. §2422(b) and committing a felony involving a minor while being required to register as a sex offender (18 U.S.C. §2260A). Registered as a sex offender, he went on Craig's list and responded to a post by a 14 year-old girl named Hanna seeking someone to buy alcohol for her and some friends. Hanna turned out to be an FBI agent. After a flurry of emails Slaughter began expressing an interest in a sexual encounter with the two girls and suggested they rent a hotel room. Knowing they were underage, he made plans to meet them at a specific hotel. On the arranged date, agents arrived at the hotel room and without an arrest warrant or a search warrant, they entered his room, tackled him, and told him they intended to search his room and car. Later, he was taken to the county sheriff's office where he was read his rights pursuant to Miranda. He signed a waiver and admitted to trying to entice the girls to meet him at the hotel room by his emails.
Slaughter moved to suppress post-arrest statements made at the sheriff's office following the warrantless entry into his hotel room. The 11th Circuit found the statements to be admissible even though the police had previously entered his hotel room illegally and arrested him. Additionally, the 11th Circuit found the facts similar to the Supreme Court decision in U.S. v. Harris where police illegally entered a defendant's home and arrested him on probable cause he committed a murder and later at the police station he waived Miranda and gave a statement. The Supreme Court found the exclusionary rule does not apply to the statements. Here the police had probable cause to arrest Slaughter, his Miranda rights were read and he voluntarily gave his statement under these circumstances, though the earlier pre-Miranda statement was suppressed the post Miranda statement was not subject to the exclusionary rule.
A twenty-five day delay before an agent submitted a search warrant application to a Magistrate Judge to search a computer was not unreasonable in view of the totality of the circumstances
In U.S. v. Laist, FBI agents traced child pornography images to a computer used by Laist, a University of Georgia student. They paid a visit to the student's residence to ask him for consent to view his computer. Laist then provided the agents with consent to look at the computer and gave the agent his username and password. The agent concluded that there was child pornography on the computer and asked Laist if he could take it to the FBI office for further analysis. The agent was convinced it contained child pornography. Laist gave consent of the agent to take the computer for further examination but asked for and received permission to copy documents he needed for school. The computer was taken on March 4, 2009, and on March 11, 2009, Laist's attorney sent a letter revoking his consent. The letter was received on March 12, 2009. Once this notice was received, the FBI agent who seized the computer began the process of drafting a search warrant application by preparing the affidavit. The warrant affidavit and application were completed and submitted to the Magistrate judge on April 7, 2009, but the magistrate judge did not issue a warrant until April 13, 2009. Ultimately the agents found the computer contained child pornography images and Laist was charged in federal court with possession of child pornography.
The issue was whether it was reasonable for the FBI to wait 25 days to prepare the search warrant application while holding Laist's computer based on probable cause. The 11th Circuit found the 25 day delay was not unreasonable. Laist's possessory interest in the content of the computer was diminished for several reasons. First, Laist was able to remove whatever files he needed. And he had an opportunity to copy what he needed. Though he revoked consent he did not request additional files. Furthermore he admitted there was child pornography on the computer.
The government still obligated to diligently obtain a search warrant. The 11th circuit upheld the district court's finding that the agents did act diligently by finding that the agent put the ball in motion the very first day he received notice Laist revoked his consent. The agent began writing the affidavit on the March 10 and submitted his first draft to the US attorney 10 days later. The court noted findings by the district court: that the agent put considerable effort into preparing the affidavit which contained valuable information about how theses crimes are committed such as an explanation of the peer-to-peer file sharing used to distribute the child pornography; that it contained extensive information about the defendant's conduct including descriptions of how the Innocent Images National Initiative conducted several online undercover sessions; and that the affidavit did not contain a whole lot of boilerplate. In the weeks following the AUSA and the agent exchanged drafts. Furthermore, the investigation took a year and involved numerous agents. The government sufficiently showed diligence. Under the totality of the circumstances the facts show the government's delay was reasonable.
Court finds a warrantless entry into the home did not taint the subsequent consent to the search the home and discovery of child pornography on defendant's computer
In U.S. v. Smith, the 11th Circuit found no Fourth Amendment search and seizure violation. Smith was charged with receiving and distributing child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2252(a)(2) and (b)(1) following the discovery of child pornography on a computer found in his home. Smith moved to suppress the computer contents from admission at his federal criminal trial. He also moved to suppress statements on the grounds the officers conducted a warrantless and uninvited entry into the house and the evidence should be suppressed as the fruit of poisonous tree. After the motion was denied, Smith entered a conditional guilty plea allowing him to appeal.
Here are relevant facts. ICE officers operating on a tip that Smith has child pornography on his computer went to his duplex apartment to speak with him. No one answered after officers knocked and then pounded on the door.
Through windows the officers saw mound of beer cans and a laptop computer in the living room. They smelled a foul odor from Smith's apartment, which one detective thought was similar to that of a decomposing body. A neighbor told them he had to be home because she saw him the previous evening and his car was in driveway. The neighbor expressed concern that he was not answering the door and asked the officers to check on him and she told one of the officers that Mr. Smith was feeling some sort of depression and was not acting right. The officers determined they should conduct a "welfare check" and enter the home through an unlocked sliding glass door to ensure Smith's well-being. As they moved through the house they heard a moaning or groaning sound and found him in his bedroom lying on a mattress. After he told them he was okay they told him they were there to speak with him. Smith said he would talk with them outside. The officers left the apartment and met with Smith outside where they asked him questions about child pornography on his computer. When officers asked him if they could look at his computer, he agreed and let them back in the house. The officers found suspicious files on his computers. After some time, he signed a consent form allowing the agents to search his home. He then consented to the police taking items back to the station to examine. They asked and he agreed to return to the station with them for questioning. At the station he was given Miranda warnings. He then confessed to downloading child pornography and making it available for upload via a peer to peer file sharing program.
Conviction for inducing a girl under 18 years of age into prostitution does not require proof the defendant knew she was underage
In U.S. v. Daniels the 11th Circuit took up the issue of whether a conviction under 18 U.S.C. 2422(b) requires the government to prove that the defendant knew the victim was a minor. The statute makes it a crime for someone to use any interstate of foreign commerce to knowingly induce, entice, or coerce any individual who has not reached the age of 18 to engage in prostitution or any illegal sexual activity. Daniel was charge with persuading, inducing, enticing, or coercing a girl under the age of 18 to engage in prostitution in violation of section 2422(b) and with knowingly transporting the girl across state lines to engage in prostitution. Daniels, a pimp, drove to Miami with a woman named Head, to engage in prostitution. After arriving in Miami they met a girl (A.W.) on the street who was then 14 years old. They convince her to work as a prostitute for Daniels. Head explained the details of working for Daniels what to charge for certain services how to act with a trick. There was no mention about her age. When trouble began between the two prostitutes, Daniels decided to sell A.W. to another pimp for $200. He took her to a bus station in Miami where she boarded a bus bound for Memphis, Tennessee, where she worked truck stops for the pimp who bought her.
Sending A.W. to another pimp was enough proof Daniels induced her.
Daniels' federal criminal defense attorney argued the evidence was insufficient to convict of a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2422 because no reasonable jury could have found that he persuaded induced enticed or coerced A.W. to engage in prostitution because she was already a prostitute in Miami. The fact that she was already working as a prostitute when she came to work for him is not sufficient evidence to conclude that he persuaded her to be a prostitute. The 11th Circuit found that Daniel's actions in arranging to sell her to another pimp and putting her on a bus so she could reach him falls within the definition of induce.
Defendant's waiver of right to counsel was valid when he admitted having child porn on his computer; federal child porn statute upheld as Constitutional
In U.S. v Woods the defendant was charged with violating federal child pornography laws. In his defense he raised Constitutional challenges under the Fifth Amendment and Sixth Amendments for failure to advise him pursuant to Miranda v. Arizona and he challenged the law the under the Due Process Clause for being vague and overbroad.
Woods was a Navy serviceman when his ex-wife found child pornography on his computer that she took when she moved out. As any ex-wife would do, she turned it over to law enforcement. In this case it went to the Naval Criminal Investigative Services, who sent investigators to his workplace at Ft. Gordon to speak to him. He was escorted by his chief to a room where the investigators were waiting but he was not arrested nor did they tell him he was in custody. Before questioning he was given a military waiver of rights (Fifth and Sixth Amendments) form which he signed. Woods did not ask for an attorney. After signing he admitted to viewing child pornography on his desktop at home but received it inadvertently. He was interviewed a second time. Prior to signing a waiver, he was not told he was under arrest nor was he restrained. He gave a statement that he has searched for and downloaded hundreds of images of child pornography, that he used it for arousal, and admitted incidents of molesting his niece.
1. Motion to Suppress denied.
Prior Florida conviction for a lewd assault qualified as a crime of violence under the sentencing guidelines enhancement for reentry after deportation
Again the 11th Circuit addressed a common sentencing issue facing Miami federal criminal courts as well as federal courts nationwide: whether a prior offense is considered a crime of violence under the sentencing guidelines. Defining a crime as a crime of violence will determine whether a defendant will receive an significantly enhanced sentence as a career offender or an armed career criminal. In U.S. v. Cortes-Salazar, the 11th Circuit addressed a recurring sentencing guidelines question facing federal criminal courts in Miami and around Florida: whether a prior offense is considered a crime of violence under the sentencing guidelines. How a crime of violence is defined can determine whether a defendant is sentenced as a career offender or as an armed career criminal and the sentence enhancement imposed is very significant. In this case, the definition of a crime of violence meant a significant enhancement for a defendant convicted of reentry after deportation. Here, Cortes-Salazar appealed his 57 month sentence for illegal reentry. His sentence had been enhanced 16 levels under the sentencing guidelines because the sentencing court determined that a prior Florida conviction for a lewd assault act was a crime of violence under the sentencing guidelines provision 2L1.2. In his challenge he claimed his prior conviction did not qualify as sexual abuse of a minor and, therefore, was not a crime of violence. The 11th Circuit disagreed and found it did qualify as a crime of violence for the following reasons.
Under the applicable sentencing guidelines provision 2L1.2, a prior conviction for a crime of violence requires a 16 level enhancement of a defendant's offense level. The guidelines define a crime of violence to include among other offenses, the sexual abuse of a minor. The 11th Circuit decided in tow earlier cases that prior convictions for sexual abuse of a minor were found to be crimes of violence. In U.S. v. Padilla-Reyes the defendant was convicted of the same Florida offense of sexual abuse of a minor. At the time Padilla Reyes was decided, the guidelines enhanced the sentence for an aggravated felony, which included in its definition the crime of sexual abuse of a minor. The 11th Circuit applied Padilla Reyes to the amended version of the guidelines which enhance a reentry after deportation for having a crime of violence. In U.S. v. Ramirez-Garcia the 11th Circuit again held that the defendant's prior conviction of "taking indecent liberties with a child" constituted "sexual abuse of a minor" and therefore fell under the guidelines definition of a crime of violence. The Ramirez-Garcia court rejected the defendant's argument that the prior offense should be interpreted by its plain meaning and found it fell under the definition of a crime of violence.
Cortes-Salazar tried to persuade the 11th Circuit that under the analysis used by the Supreme Court's decisions in Johnson v. U.S. and Begay v. U.S., the 11th Circuit was required to find this prior was not a crime of violence. Unfortunately, the Supreme Court decisions interpreted the definition of violent felonies under the Armed Career Criminal Act, which differed from the definition of crime of violence given in the the sentencing guidelines.
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Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf resigns
October 12, 2016 Tim Dempsey Leave a comment
First he was flayed by Senator Elizabeth Warren, then Congress had a go, then everyone got to gnaw on the fact that he'd done some seriously criminal stuff, then it emerged that he'd been a party to the bank's frauds since at least 2008, then we learned that his $200B bonus would be subsidized by taxpayers, then we learned that he walked through one of the bank's notorious boiler rooms every day, then his board of directors clawed back a couple million.
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"High agitated" Trump shouts at NYT reporter asking him about sex assault claims: "You are a disgusting human being"
The New York Times reports that two women have come forward to accuse Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump of inappropriately touching them. When asked about the claims, he became angry and insulting.
In a phone interview on Tuesday night, a highly agitated Mr. Trump denied every one of the women's claims.
"None of this ever took place," said Mr. Trump, who began shouting at The Times reporter who was questioning him. He said that The Times was making up the allegations to hurt him and that he would sue the news organization if it reported them.
"You are a disgusting human being," he told the reporter as she questioned him about the women's claims.
Jessica Leeds, 74, a retired businesswoman, says Trump sexually assaulted her on a plane flight in the early 1980s, forcing her to change seats: "He was like an octopus," she said. "His hands were everywhere."
Rachel Crooks, then a 22-year-old receptionist working in Trump Tower, says he forced a kiss on her in 2005: "It was so inappropriate," Ms. Crooks recalled in an interview. "I was so upset that he thought I was so insignificant that he could do that."
Trump supporters want women's right to vote removed
Two maps published by the stats wizards at Fivethirtyeight depict likely electoral maps if only men or women voted. Women prefer Hillary Clinton; men prefer Donald Trump. In both cases, it's a landslide–and Trump supporters want to see theirs made real. The hashtag #repealthe19th, referring to the Ninteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, was kicked into play to encourage American to turn back the clock women's right to vote.
Eric Trump, the son of the GOP nominee, campaigned using the men-only map, according to Buzzfeed. He presented it and called its existence proof of the "momentum" the Trump campaign has.
Later on, observers noticed #Repealthe19th gaining momentum on Twitter as Trump supporters suggested rolling back the constitutional amendment that gave women the right to vote. Apparently, it isn't a new hashtag, but Silver's predictive map gave it a nudge.
It's not the first time a Trumpkin has headed down this path. Trump delegate Peter Thiel, a Silicon Valley billionaire noted for his successful effort to bankrupt Gawker Media through a series of secretly-funded proxy lawsuits, once wrote that women voting was bad for democracy.
The Temple of Silence: Forgotten Worlds of Herbert Crowley
Beehive Books is kickstarting a super-deluxe book of the work of Herbert Crowley, who was kind of an early 20th Century Jim Woodring.
The cartoonist, painter, illustrator, and sculptor Herbert Crowley was an innovator at the dawn of comics, and a defining figure of the early 20th century New York City avant garde art scene.
He exhibited his work in dozens of venues, including the legendary Armory Show of 1913 alongside Picasso and van Gogh, and in a joint exhibition with Léon Bakst in 1914. He received countless glowing reviews, describing him as a visionary voice exploring a brand new form of art. His cartoons were featured in the now-storied New York Herald Sunday comics section, printed on the reverse side of of Winsor McCay's masterpiece LITTLE NEMO IN SLUMBERLAND.
A 1915 article in The Bookman called Crowley an artist whose "star is very decidedly in the ascendant. New York City at large discovered Herbert Crowley only a few months ago; but, once having been discovered, he is not the sort of person easily to be forgotten."
But then… he was.
In 1917, he disappeared from the New York City scene, and never showed his artwork again.
In Art Out of Time, Dan Nadel's 2006 collection of comics by unknown cartoonists, several of Crowley's strips are reproduced as examples of vital early newspaper cartooning that had been unjustly and completely forgotten. In a short piece at the end of the anthology, Nadel describes Crowley as representing the "single largest information gap in this book," — a book about unremembered artists — and writes that that aside from the existence of these comic strips, "nothing else is known about Crowley or his work."
Rudy Giuliani tells Hillary to "Take it and f.... stuff it up your... I didn't say it!"
Rudy Giuliani: "Hillary, we don't want your socialized medicine. Take it and stuff it up your… I didn't say it!" pic.twitter.com/oyjY1zuxa2
— POLITICO (@politico) October 12, 2016
It's going to get much nastier than this, too. 26 days left.
Greenpeace NZ delivers a solar power petition -- with a song
The government of Hawke's Bay, New Zealand imposing an energy-company-backed tax on people who put solar panels on their homes. Greenpeace's petition in support of sustainable, renewable power was delivered with a catchy, angry song by Tiki Taane.
Preserving endangered dark rides with VR
Crystal writes, "'Dark rides' like the Spookarama at Deno's Wonder Wheel Park, those single-cart rides that take you through a haunted house full of ghosts and scares. They're prime for teenage making out, have been around for 100 years — and they're disappearing. Joel Zika, a 36-year-old art and design university professor in Melbourne, Australia, has been fascinated with the dark rides for years, reveling their connection to early horror effects in movies. So he decided to document them in the only way that would truly do them justice: virtual reality."
Republican senators supporting Trump again after denouncing him
Sens. Deb Fisher of Nebraska and John Thune of South Dakota both condemned Donald Trump's boasts of groping women and urged him to quit the race. Surprise! They've changed their minds.
"I plan to vote for Mr. Trump and Mr. Pence on Nov. 8," Fisher told Lincoln radio station KLIN.
During a tour of a research facility in Lead, South Dakota, The Rapid City Journal reported, Thune said the 2005 recording was "more offensive than anything I've ever seen," but that won't stop him from voting for Trump.
There's a lot you could say about them, but what matters is what they're saying about you.
Help fund another year for excellent, diverse science fiction with Strange Horizons
Niall from the online speculative fiction magazine Strange Horizons writes, "Our annual fund drive has just 6 days to run, and we still need to raise at least $3,000! Why should you, the fine readers of Boing Boing, consider donating this year?"
"Russia's Trump" says America must elect Donald Trump or prepare for nuclear war
An ultra-right Russian politician aligned with Vladimir Putin says American voters should elect Donald Trump for president, or prepare for nuclear war. Vladimir Zhirinovsky likes to compare himself to Trump, and is a similarly unrestrained blowhard.
"Americans voting for a president on Nov. 8 must realize that they are voting for peace on Planet Earth if they vote for Trump," he said. "But if they vote for Hillary it's war. It will be a short movie. There will be Hiroshimas and Nagasakis everywhere."
Attachments that give you an excuse to use mason jars
Jarware makes cute specialized lids to convert mason jars into things like cocktail shakers, tea infusers, honey dippers, juicers, and piggy banks.
Sassy Pussy Trump
All Donald Trump's own words, newly voiced by Peter Serafinowicz. Somehow this makes it even creepier.
More Sassy Trump in our archives.
Pigeons sink into grain
These birds seem calm about sinking into grain. Some of them even fly into the pit as if they want to be buried in grain.
Aliens 30th Anniversary: The Original Comic Series
Aliens is one of my all-time favorite movies. A perfect mix of action, sci-fi and horror, which I would argue hasn't been replicated. Then there's Alien 3, and everything that came after it. I don't like to talk about that. But, in 1988 after Aliens came and four years before the next movie would come out, this comic series ran which gave me the followup story I wanted.
The series has been published as Aliens: Book One, Aliens: Outbreak, and in novel form as Aliens: Earth Hive (a lot to keep track of), but since these publications were made after Alien 3 came out, names were changed to avoid confusion from the films continuation of the story. So Wilcks = Hicks and Billie = Newt. Thankfully this comic doesn't do that. This printing features the comic as it was intended to be read with the characters we're familiar with.
The story picks up a few years after the film ended. An adult Newt and aged Hicks are struggling to deal with the horrors they witnessed, and Ripley is ominously missing. The black-and-white comics really capture the gritty world that the movies take place in, expanding on it in the best way. Although the comic ends on a bit of a cliffhanger, the story is continued in Aliens: Nightmare Asylum, but you will have to deal with the name change of the main characters.
The book itself is beautiful. And black. Very black. It feels like something that was designed by H.R. Giger himself. Why I'm most excited about this rerun of the series is because it gives me some hope at seeing a movie that truly succeeds Aliens. There's been a lot of back and forth, but Sigourney Weaver, Ellen Ripley herself, has been in talks with Neill Blomkamp (director ofDistrict 9), and the two are championing a new Alien movie. One which might retcon everything that happened in the later movies. This would mean that the cinematic world might very well line up with these comics. It's a stretch, and might never happen, but I like to dream. Aliens fans will definitely appreciate this one.
by Mark Verheiden (author) and Mark A. Nelson (illustrator)
2016, 184 pages, 8.3 x 12.4 x 1 inches (hardback)
$17 Buy a copy on Amazon
Great deal on LED bulbs
I have these TaoTronics 60 Watt LED equivalent bulbs and like them a lot. At $13 for 6 (when you use code RSHKZDMQ on Amazon), it's a great deal. I prefer the Soft White (3000K) because the Daylight ones are a bit harsh.
English man spends 11 hours trying to make cup of tea with Wi-Fi kettle
The iKettle is advertised as "the world's first Wi-Fi kettle." Mark Rittman got one and said it took 11-hours to make a cup of tea.
A key problem seemed to be that Rittman's kettle didn't come with software that would easily allow integration with other devices in his home, including Amazon Echo, which, like Apple's Siri, allows users to tell connected smart devices what to do. So Rittman was trying to build the integration functionality himself.
Still haven't had a first cup of tea this morning, debugging the kettle and now iWifi base-station has reset. Boiling water in saucepan now. pic.twitter.com/lC3uNX5WTp
— Mark Rittman (@markrittman) October 11, 2016
@markrittman why don't you just get normal fucking kettle
— ready 4 december (@onekade) October 11, 2016
Study shows MD diagnosis more accurate than Google, for now
Seems Google doesn't diagnose quite folks as well as human doctors do… yet. Clearly, the doctors in this article are clinging to the hope that they'll still be relevant in a few years.
Via Huff Po:
Doctors also got it right more often for the more serious conditions and the more uncommon diagnoses, while computer algorithms were better at spotting less serious conditions and more common diagnoses, according to the results published in a research letter in JAMA Internal Medicine.
"In medical school, we are taught to consider broad differential diagnoses that include rare conditions, and to consider life-threatening diagnoses," said Dr. Andrew M. Fine of Boston Children's Hospital, who was not part of the new study. "National board exams also assess our abilities to recognize rare and 'can't miss' diagnoses, so perhaps the clinicians have been conditioned to look for these diagnoses," he said.
"Physicians do get it wrong 10 to 15 percent of the time, so maybe if computers were augmenting them the outcome would be better," Mehrotra said.
"In a real-world setting, I could envision MD plus algorithm vs MD alone," Fine told Reuters Health by email. "The algorithms will rely on a clinician to input physical exam findings in a real-world setting, and so the computer algorithm alone could not go head to head with a clinician."
I'm fairly certain Google isn't as good at wringing money out of insurance agencies, so MD programs still have something going for them.
Samantha Bee makes fun of Paul Ryan's Pussyghazi response
https://youtu.be/ltU3ms9rt5w
Samantha Bee should be championed and revered for explaining why Paul Ryan is an awful person.
Awaken Online: Catharsis
I'd never heard of this genre referred to as 'LitRPG', but Awaken Online: Catharsis is a fantastic trip into MMORPG land!
Things are always clear in a MMORPG, right? Kill the bats and rats to get a bigger sword, so you can kill bigger rats and bats and get an even better weapon! Up until now moral choices have been simple, good or bad? Welcome to Awaken Online, where moral ambiguity seems to be the thing! Join Jason (great name) as he tries to figure out if the ends really do justify the means, and that maybe, just maybe, he's the bad guy here.
I really enjoyed this first novel by Travis Bagwell. It is free via Kindle Unlimited.
Awaken Online: Catharsis by Travis Bagwell via Amazon
Police arrest more people for marijuana use than for all violent crimes combined
Forty five years after Richard Nixon launched the war on drugs as a way to persecute black people, little has changed, according to a new ACLU/Human Rights Watch report.
The ACLU/Human Rights Watch report shows that arrests for drug possession continue to make up a significant chunk of modern-day police work.
"Around the country, police make more arrests for drug possession than for any other crime," the report finds, citing FBI data. "More than one of every nine arrests by state law enforcement is for drug possession, amounting to more than 1.25 million arrests each year."
In fact, police make more arrests for marijuana possession alone than for all violent crimes combined.
The report finds that the laws are enforced unequally, too. Over their lifetimes, black and white Americans use illicit drugs at similar rates, according to federal data. But black adults were more than two-and-a-half times as likely to be arrested for drug possession.
This award-winning bundle of apps will turn your Mac into a productivity powerhouse
The Award-Winning Mac Bundle features 13 premium Mac apps that are designed to help you get your work done faster and smarter. This suite of apps (valued at $672) was curated to make your Mac work better – whether it's new or old, and streamline your daily tasks and actions. Best of all, you can name your own price to take it home. Here are a few of the apps we're excited about:
Drive Genius 4 – This popular, award-winning software works to speed up and protect your Mac by helping you remove unnecessary files and recognizing any larger hardware problems.
The Hit List – This ultimate list-making app allows you to create lists to manage your tasks and obligations, conveniently syncing across all your devices.
DeltaWalker 2 Pro – Ever had to annoyingly toggle between multiple files? DeltaWalker allows you to compare, edit, and merge files side-by-side, all in a simple, single interface.
With 13 apps total, this bundle has a lot to offer, even if you don't need every single app. Virtually all of these apps cost more on their own than in the bundle itself.
So here's what you need to do: pay anything you want to take home 3 awesome apps. Or beat the average price, currently at $13.03, to make the entire bundle is yours. The average price will go up as word spreads, so get your bundle today.
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How much does it cost to live in different cities around the world?
iamlindoro says: "I built a site that builds you custom budgets for 600 cities around the world based on your lifestyle, family, housing, and other needs."
Jamaican Thundercats
Behold the Tunda Cyat, one of the many delights from P5YCKONOMIXXX. NSFW.
Kings Bay Learns Lessons in Wake of Hurricane Matthew
In the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew, the death toll is still uncertain. As of Oct. 11, the storm claimed more than 1,000 lives between the Caribbean islands and the United States, with still more people unaccounted for. …read more
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Date Caramel Sauce
A crisp, crunchy, and tart apple dipped in sweet caramel sauce just feels like fall to me. I thought it would be a great idea to make a healthier version of a caramel dip so I could eat this as a snack instead of dessert!
This no-cook dip comes together quickly and is made from just a few simple ingredients: dates, vanilla, and coconut cream.
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Weekly tabloid roundup
Michelle Obama is exposing Hillary Clinton's secret sex life and financial dealings, Bill Clinton plans to live in Arkansas "to study young interns," Prince Charles' wife Camilla has branded William and Kate "lousy parents," Playboy magnate Hugh Hefner is a dying recluse, Goldie Hawn "needs rehab to survive," and Angelina Jolie "lusts for lesbian love – and drugs!"
What do these lurid stories in this week's tabloids have in common? They cling to the barest gossamer thread of reality – a thread that grows more frayed with each week's reports.
"Backstabbing Obama destroy Hillary," screams the Trump-loving 'Globe' cover story, ignoring the small detail that the Clintons' finances have been dissected in numerous public investigations and public tax filings, and allegations of her sexual proclivities have been long ago and repeatedly aired in depth. There's little dirt that the Obamas could offer the Republicans – as if they'd want to – that hasn't already been revealed.
If Hillary wins the White House, husband Bill plans to live in a "Little Rock love shack" – actually, his Presidential Library – where he has transformed his apartment into "a Hugh Hefner-style playboy penthouse" where he aims to seduce women, claims former Republican political strategist Dick Morris in the 'National Enquirer.' Bill reportedly plans "to build a swimming pool on the roof of his library . . . to have naked pool parties the way JFK did at the White House." Seems like fair and balanced reporting to me, despite the complete absence of supporting facts.
Why are Prince William and wife Kate such bad parents, according to Camilla? Because Kate squatted down to talk to son George at his own level, rather than talking down to him to make him appreciate his inferior position. "Camilla knew that's a royal no-no," reports the 'Globe,' which apparently believes that Camilla adheres to Victorian parenting practices, and has no problem in endorsing them.
"Hugh Hefner's sad last days" trouble the 'Globe,' which claims the 90-year-old publisher is a frail 90 pounds and a "tragic recluse." Which simply means that he hasn't been photographed in public lately. Let's remember that the tabloids gave Nick Nolte four weeks to live – several months ago.
Perhaps this is a good time for a trip down memory lane, to the 'Globe' issue of May 2012 whose cover screamed: "Who'll Die Next?" and revealed the "stars' secret health shockers." Pictured on the cover, the stars whose days were numbered: Liza Minnelli, O.J. Simpson, Heather Locklear, Demi Moore, Mary Tyler Moore, and, yep – Nick Nolte. Four years later, all are still alive. In the interests of complete fairness, let me acknowledge that this 2012 'Globe' cover also included a photo of country singer George Jones, who did indeed die the following year . . . at the age of 81. Hardly a shocking or premature demise.
Why does Goldie Hawn "need rehab"? The 70-year-old actress was partying in England and on …read more
Joi Ito interviews Barack Obama for Wired: machine learning, neurodiversity, basic research and Star Trek
Joi Ito (previously) — director of MIT Media Lab, former Creative Commons chief, investor, entrepreneur, and happy mutant — interviewed Barack Obama for a special, Obama-edited issue of Wired.
The Caretaker's beautiful music about dementia
When I first heard the lovely music Leyland James Kirby creates as The Caretaker, it instantly reminded me of The Shining's ballroom ghost scenes. Turns out, that's where Kirby found his original inspiration. His compositions draw from his huge collection of vintage 78s with added static, glitches, loops, and ambience for a deeply ghosty and, well, haunted vibe. All of his releases embody the mysteries of memory in sound. After a four year break, The Caretaker has released the first in a series of six new albums that will be released over three years, "slowly cataloguing the stages of early onset dementia." Listen to "Everywhere at the end of time" below:
Everywhere at the end of time by The Caretaker
Each stage will reveal new points of progression, loss and disintegration. Progressively falling further and further towards the abyss of complete memory loss and nothingness.
Viewing dementia as a series of stages can be a useful way to understand the illness, but it is important to realise that this only provides a rough guide to the progress of the condition.
Drawing on a recorded history of 20 years of recollected memories this is one final journey and study into recreating the progression of dementia through sound.
"Everywhere at the end of time" by The Caretaker (Bandcamp)
"Out Of Time: Leyland James Kirby And The Death Of A Caretaker" (The Quietus)
MIT, Woods Hole Joint Master's Degree Program in Oceanography Opens
Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Warfare Vice Adm. Jan Tighe recently announced that applications are being accepted for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) Joint Master's Degree in Oceanography Program. …read more
Check out this bloody, dismembered leg... cake.
Sweet-toothed cannibals rejoice! Yolanda Gampp's Halloween bloody buttercream and vanilla leg cake looks absolutely delicious.
Subtle superhero jackets
The Justice League collection from Hero Within works subtle DC hero insignia (Batman, Superman, Flash, Green Lantern, Hal Jordan) into hoodies, blazers, and pea coats. Costs range from $150-$250; coats ship in December.
Meet the WWI women who pretended to be rocks for the war effort
The Women's Reserve Camouflage Corps were a group of 40 woman artists from NYC and Philadelphia ("in perfect physical condition") who devised camouflage systems for fighters and materiel during WWI, testing their theories by hiding in Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx — where the local cops grew accustomed to having seeming rocks and trees spring to life as they passed.
Republican congressman briefly unsure whether admitting rape would disqualify Trump
Blake Fahrenhold serves Texas's 27th Congressional District. Last night, he was asked in an interview if he would continue to support a candidate who boasted about enjoying rape. Fahrenhold said that he would have to consider it. (more…)
How to make a coin vanish (without seeming like a weirdo)
Andy at the Jerx elaborates on a great way to set up a magic trick: "the peek backstage."
Chabuduo: China's culture of "it's fine"
Explosive growth and change in China means many things must be built. They are not built well, writes British ex-pat James Palmer.
The apartment is five years old. By Chinese standards, it's far better than the average. Our toilet works, while in many of my friends' houses, flushing the loo is a hydraulic operation akin to controlling the Nile floods. The sockets do not flash blue sparks when plugged in, and all but two work. None of the lightbulbs have ever exploded; and the mirror merely broke away, rather than falling spontaneously from the frame. The shower is not placed next to the apartment's central wiring and protected by nothing more than rotting drywall.
It's so brutal—"My time in China has taught me the pleasure and value of craftsmanship, simply because it's so rare"—I can't help but wonder if it's really that bad! The word Chabuduo is offered as the cultural gravity point at hand. Meaning "close enough," it is depicted here as a powerful and useful concept in earlier times (think: improvisation, effectiveness, ingenuity) that has become dangerous in the context of modern life (think: irresponsible, effete, inept.)
Yet chabuduo is also the casual dismissal of problems. Oh, your door doesn't fit the frame? Chabuduo, you'll get used to kicking it open. We sent you a shirt two sizes too big? Chabuduo, what are you complaining about?
At my old compound, the entrance to the underground parking lot was covered by a 20-metre-long half-cylinder of heavy blue plastic. Nobody had noticed that this made a highly effective wind trap, and it had been only crudely nailed to the brick foundations. Chabuduo, what's it going to matter? When a storm hit, the nails burst from the pressure and it was sent hurtling across the compound, smashing stone tables and trees; I came down in the morning to find it lying across the grass like a fallen jumbo jet's wing.
If you'r wondering where the Chinese precision craftsmanship went, well, chances are you're looking at it right now.
Photo: Three Gorges Dam by Le Grand Portage (CC-BY-2.0)
Atari founder Nolan Bushnell's new virtual reality startup
Modal VR, the new stealth startup co-founded by Atari and Chuck E. Cheese creator, has opened the doors a crack. According to Bushnell, their portable VR system is built for business applications (even though the demo video shows, you guessed it, a game). "We want to help enterprises solve problems by looking at them from another point of view," Bushnell said.
"For those of us who grew up on "Star Trek," the holodeck has always been the gold standard," he said. "Modal VR is the first time that I believe we actually have the holodeck."
"Nolan Bushnell's Modal VR launches next-generation virtual reality platform for enterprises" (VentureBeat)
"Nolan Bushnell Says His New Virtual Reality Startup Has the Keys to the Holodeck—and it's Portable" (IEEE Spectrum)
Bernie Sanders' touching video endorsing his brother's candidacy for David Cameron's old Parliamentary seat
Bernie Sanders' brother Larry is a longtime UK politician in the Green Party (I was a UK Green Party member until I emigrated to the USA last year); he's now running in a by-election triggered by David Cameron taking a shit on the UK and they running away from it as fast as he could.
Inside the nuclear bunker holding America's film history
From Great Big Story:
America's movie and film archive is located in an underground bunker in Culpepper, Virginia. The bunker was originally a gold storage unit that doubled as a fallout shelter for the U.S. president and his cabinet during the Cold War. Today, the Library of Congress stores all manner of film here. Archivist George Willeman is in charge of the nitrate vaults, where fragile (and combustible) old films sit undisturbed and well preserved.
Information security needs its own National Institutes of Health
Superstar security researcher Dan Kaminsky (previously) wants to create a "National Institutes of Health for computer security" — a publicly funded research institution that figures out how to prevent and cope with large-scale security issues in networked devices.
The coming fight over "nonlethal neuroweapons"
The Chemical Weapons Convention has a giant loophole in that it allows for the stockpiling and use of chemical agents in law-enforcement; with the Eighth Review Conference of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) coming up next month, there's an urgent question about whether "neuroweapons" (chemical agents intended to pacify or disperse people) will become tools of law-enforcement and "defensive warfare."
Comic about the creation of Twitter
In a brand new series for the Webby Awards where I'm editor-at-large, I commissioned the talented comic artist Andy Warner to illustrate the wild history of the Web, from inspiring eureka moments to crackpot ideas that changed the world to fantastic failures.
The first comic in the series is: "Twitter's First Chirps"!
And for more of Andy's work, I highly recommend his absolutely wonderful book just out this week, Brief Histories of Everyday Objects, the illustrated stories behind life's most common and underappreciated items.
In which an English technologist livetweets 11 hours of trying to make tea with a "smart" kettle
Mark Rittman is a "BI, DW & Big Data specialist, Oracle ACE Director" who dabbles in home automation and smart appliances: he spent 11 hilarious hours locked in an epic struggle with a wifi-equipped smart kettle, trying to get it to heat water for a cup of tea, livetweeting the battle.
Despite Brexit, the UK is going to end up sending billions to the EU
If the UK wants access to the EU markets, it's going to have to pay billions of pounds, something that the Brexit Leave campaign conveniently neglected to mention (they also conveniently neglected to mention that even if this wasn't true, the money the UK used to pay to the EU wasn't going to be spent on the NHS).
Security Rises to Challenge of Getting Qualified
One of the first challenges any junior Sailor or newly reported veteran faces when they begin a sea billet is getting their shipboard qualifications. The challenge often exists because of the time a Sailor can devote to the cause. …read more
Queer Kid Stuff is the perfect resource for the LGBTQ kid in your life
Looking for a way to talk to young kids about LGBTQ issues? The fantastic web series Queer Kid Stuff is here to help! Along with her teddy bear friend Teddy, host and creator Lindsay Amer breaks down complex LGBTQ issues in language that even really young kids can understand. From sexuality to gender to marriage equality to homophobia, Queer Kid Stuff tackles issues that affect the lives of both gay and straight kids. And in doing so, the series makes the world a little safer and easier for everyone.
New episodes of Queer Kid Stuff are released every Wednesday on YouTube. And you can support the series on Patreon too.
With Trump sinks his brand
A popular conspiracy theory about millionaire presidential candidate Donald Trump is that his campaign is really just a big advertising effort for his "brand": the Trump name he licenses out to anyone who will pay for it. If this was his plan, Alexandra Bruell writes in the Wall Street Journal, it was a bad one. The tape of him boasting about sexually assaulting women hits particularly hard.
As of June 2016, when Mr. Trump was already the presumptive Republican nominee for president, the added value of the Trump brand in entertainment was as high as 43%.
But that added value has been significantly diminished since the video surfaced. The perceived added value in TV and entertainment, a category with which he's closely associated after "The Apprentice," fell 13 percentage points as of Oct. 9, while the value of the Trump brand dropped 8 percentage points in real estate and 6 percentage points in country clubs and golf clubs, according to Brand Keys.
"What we know for sure is that these brand engagement numbers correlate very highly with consumer behavior in the marketplace," said Mr. Passikoff. As the Trump brand becomes more toxic, "consumers will be distancing themselves from Trump-branded products as well."
Even if his remarks subside in the public imagination, he's in it to the end, and "Trump" could end up signifying bigshot losers. Not great for any business, but bigly so in hospitality and entertainment.
USS Frank Cable Arrives in Sasebo, Japan
Submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40) arrived at Fleet Activities Sasebo, Japan, for a routine visit as part of its deployment in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region, Oct. 10. …read more
The FEEL FLUX grants the sense of slowing down time
I've been playing with my FEEL FLUX for weeks and its hit rate in the amazement department is 100%.
Each time you drop the metal ball through the copper tube you'd expect it to zip out the other end but instead, it lazily creeps from one end to the other and dribbles out into your waiting hand.
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SILENT CATCH
A "Silent Catch" is what happens when you toss the ball into the FF and it slowly glides down the sides without making contact with it. I have to say that it's satisfying and magical every time I pull off the maneuver.
As the ball glides down the tube, the magnetic field changes inside the metal wall and when this happens, a bit of voltage is created. This reaction is not unlike a tiny, temporary battery and is called an electromotive force. The movement pattern of the voltage moves down with the ball and looks like this:
What could be simpler?
The tube's material is an electrical conductor and drives current around in circles as the ball descends. The scientists at my laboratory tell me that when this happens, a second magnetic field is created that opposes the downward motion of the magnetic ball. The ball wants to fall through the tube at 9.8 meters per second but the field wants to halt it and of course, gravity wins in the end. And here's the crazy part – the faster the initial downward motion, the more powerful the slowing force becomes.
When I throw the ball as hard as I can into the mouth of the tube, the ball doesn't travel any faster than if I just dropped it in!
The image below shows an experiment in which a magnetic field is created by using a liquid battery. As more current from the battery is thrown through the copper coils, a magnetic flux occurs that's not unlike my new toy.
While I don't know where you can get an old timey liquid battery, I do know that you can get a brand new FF in machined copper here.
And the best thing of all is that the FF will look good next to pretty much anything in your office or laboratory.
Until very recently, I have pondered the answer to this question:
If I'm in an elevator on the 49th floor of my building and my arch nemesis snips the thread that suspends it, will I experience less of an impact if I jump in the air just before the elevator smashes into the bear-trap at the bottom of the shaft?
Adam Savage of Mythbusters says that according to the laws of physics, if my nemesis did his job correctly, that it'd be traveling at around 82 kilometers per hour by the time it hit the ground. Even if I could time my jump perfectly, it'd make only a sleight difference in impact speed and I'd still be a gnarled, …read more
NASWI Sailor Designated Honorary CPO
Petty Officer 1st Class Aaron Crossley at Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit (CNATTU) at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island (NASWI) is a determined, driven Sailor. He is also battling stage IV cancer. …read more
Skydiver loses then retrieves shoe mid-flight
A hapless skydiver who lost his shoe shortly after jumping from the plane was able to recover it mid-air, even having time to put it back on. (more…)

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Q: Files unexpectedly ignored in git repo - need this behavior to stop After a manual update of a directory, a few files are shown as ignored in my development repo. These files or file types are not listed as 'to be ignored'. How can I stop them from being ignored?

A: I think what you are saying is that there are some files that are unexpectedly ignored and you'd like that to stop.
Ignores can be setup in a few places.  From a global level, core.excludesfile can be set to point to a file containing a list of ignores.  The default points to $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/ignore or $HOME/.config/git/ignore, if XDG_CONFIG_HOME is not set--and it's probably not if you're running Windows.  core.excludesfiles can also be set at a repository-level, and ignores can also be set in .git/info/exclude.  You should see the pattern you want in one of those locations and remove it.

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Facebook and Vice President of Nigeria to host Fireside Chat during the UN General Assembly (UNGA)
The Vice President of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, and Facebook's Vice President of Policy and Communication, Nick Clegg, are set to hold a virtual fireside chat on Facebook LIVE, on the 18th of September, 2020. Hosted as part of Facebook's activities during the UN General Assembly, and moderated by Omowale David-Ashiru, VP Global Operations, Andela, this session will explore the growth of Nigeria's digital economy, the investments both parties are continuing to make in the country, and Facebook's role in economic development across Sub-Saharan Africa.
As the Chair of Nigeria's Economic Sustainability Committee, VP Osinbajo will highlight the importance of digital technologies, innovation hubs, and private equity funding in ensuring economic growth and development in the country, whilst sharing further insight into Nigeria's Post-COVID Economic Recovery Plan (ERP).
The 45-minute event will be streamed on Facebook Live.
Facebook LIVE details:
● Date: 18th September
● Time: 16.05pm - 16.50pm WAT
● Viewing details: https://www.alpha.facebook.com/professoryemiosinbajo/
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Alabama notes --- Saban: We are more than football school
TUSCALOOSA – For those who believe Alabama is just a football school, don't mention it to Nick Saban.
Saban's vision for the Crimson Tide's athletic department involves success for every program.
"I don't want Alabama to be just a football school," Saban said Wednesday. "I want to be good at football, we have high expectations for what we want to accomplish. But I really want us to be good in everything."
The question arose because Alabama is looking for a new basketball coach, firing Anthony Grant after six seasons. There's been no timetable set to name his successor.
"I've tried to be very supportive of all the other coaches here, including the basketball coaches," Saban said. "Had a really good relationship with Anthony Grant, had a tremendous amount of respect for him as a person and as a coach, and really feel like we did everything we could do to help recruit players and support the program as much as we could."
Saban regularly speaks to the Tide's gymnastics team and other sports on campus. Saban and men's golf coach Jay Seawell are close, with Seawell even giving Saban golf lessons.
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Injury update: Just three practices into spring workouts, one of Alabama's returning starters has already suffered an injury. During the media's viewing period of practice on Monday, left tackle Cam Robinson appeared to tweak something and had to watch the rest of drills. Saban revealed that Robinson sprained his ankle.
"We're hopeful nothing serious, just a lateral sprain of his ankle," Saban said.
Saban added that the team is hopeful Robinson is able to practice on Friday.
Robinson dealt with ankle injuries last season, but started every game last year. With Robinson out, Brandon Greene has worked at left tackle with the first offensive line group during the media's viewing period.
Position change: Anthony Averett is the latest Tide player to change positions. Averett, who played defensive backs his first two seasons, lined up with the wide receivers during Monday and Wednesday's practices.
"He's a guy that has great speed, and we'd like to find a role for him on the team," Saban said. "He was doing a really good job at corner and had made a significant amount of improvement. But we want to do experiments with guys in the spring. This is the time to do it. So that's one of the things that we wanted to do."
Averett redshirted during the 2013 season. He saw time in one game last season.
At cornerback, he's at best sixth on the depth chart behind Cyrus Jones, Eddie Jackson, Bradley Sylve, Tony Brown and Marlon Humphrey.
Other spring practice experiments have Johnny Dwight at tight end and Korren Kirven on the offensive line. Both are defensive linemen.
Saban talks NCAA Tournament: Only Saban can change an NCAA Tournament bracket. In what he described as a "little family pool," Saban said he and his kids have fun with the tournament each year.
But because of his relationship with Michigan State coach Tom Izzo, Saban is the only one getting "insider information."
"I actually had to change my bracket before the tournament started because I talked to Tom and he said 'If we can beat Georgia, I think we can beat Virginia,'" Saban said of his conversation with Izzo. "So I had Virginia beating them, but I picked them, so I've got insider information."
Saban coached at Michigan State where he and Izzo became friends. But not everyone is OK with him receiving the information.
"Kristen's gonna get mad about that, though," Saban said of his daughter. "It's just a family thing with kids and everybody. But we have fun with it every year."


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A manager class responsible for creating and managing enclave instances.
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Public Member Functions

void 	close ()

void 	loadEnclave (EnclaveLoadConfig config)

 	Loads a new enclave utilizing the passed enclave loader configuration settings.  More...

EnclaveClient 	getEnclaveClient (String enclaveName)

 	Returns the EnclaveClient which is loaded previously by calling loadEnclave(EnclaveLoadConfig).  More...

void 	destroyEnclaveClient (EnclaveClient enclaveClient, EnclaveFinal enclaveFinal)

 	Destroys an enclave client.  More...

 Public Member Functions inherited from com.asylo.client.AutoCloseablePointer

void 	close ()

 	This function hands over control to the child class by calling closeNative(long) for cleaning up the native resources and memory.  More...

Static Public Member Functions

static EnclaveManager 	getInstance ()

 	Returns the EnclaveManager singleton object.  More...

Protected Member Functions

void 	closeNative (long pointer)

 Protected Member Functions inherited from com.asylo.client.AutoCloseablePointer

 	AutoCloseablePointer (final long pointer)

final long 	getPointer ()

abstract void 	closeNative (final long pointer)

 	Child classes should free up native resources and memory when this function is invoked.  More...

Detailed Description

A manager class responsible for creating and managing enclave instances.

EnclaveManager is a singleton class that tracks the status of enclaves within a process. Users can access singleton instance by calling the static getInstance() method.

Member Function Documentation

◆ close()

          void com.asylo.client.EnclaveManager.close
          (
          	)

inline

◆ closeNative()

          void com.asylo.client.EnclaveManager.closeNative
          (
          long
          pointer	)

inlineprotected

◆ destroyEnclaveClient()

          void com.asylo.client.EnclaveManager.destroyEnclaveClient
          (
          EnclaveClient
          enclaveClient,

          EnclaveFinal
          enclaveFinal

          )

inline

Destroys an enclave client.

It first passes the EnclaveFinal to enclave's EnterAndExecute method and then it frees up the native memory of the client. It should not be called more than once for a client.

Parameters

enclaveClient	Client which needs to be destroyed.

enclaveFinal	Final input to the client.

Exceptions

EnclaveException	if there is any problem in destruction of the enclave.

IllegalStateException	if enclaveClient is already destroyed.

◆ getEnclaveClient()

          EnclaveClient com.asylo.client.EnclaveManager.getEnclaveClient
          (
          String
          enclaveName	)

inline

Returns the EnclaveClient which is loaded previously by calling loadEnclave(EnclaveLoadConfig).

Parameters

enclaveName	Name of the enclave registered with the enclave manager.

Returns

EnclaveClient loaded before.

Exceptions

EnclaveException	if it cannot return the client.

◆ getInstance()

          static EnclaveManager com.asylo.client.EnclaveManager.getInstance
          (
          	)

inlinestatic

Returns the EnclaveManager singleton object.

Returns

EnclaveManager singleton object.

Exceptions

EnclaveException	if EnclaveManager cannot be created.

◆ loadEnclave()

          void com.asylo.client.EnclaveManager.loadEnclave
          (
          EnclaveLoadConfig
          config	)

inline

Loads a new enclave utilizing the passed enclave loader configuration settings.

The loaded enclave is bound to the value of the field name in EnclaveLoadConfig. It is an error to specify a name which is already bound to an enclave.

Parameters

config	Loading configuration of the enclave.

Exceptions

EnclaveException	if manager is not able to load enclave properly.

The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

asylo/binding/java/src/main/java/com/asylo/client/EnclaveManager.java


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is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 136,023 in 63,431 households and a population density of 980 persons per km2. The total area of the city is .

Geography
Kisarazu is located in the midwestern part of the Bōsō Peninsula, approximately 30 kilometers southwest of the prefectural capital at Chiba and 70 to 80 kilometers from central Tokyo. The Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line, a bridge-tunnel across Tokyo Bay, connects Kisarazu and the cities of Kawasaki and Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, shortening the road distance to central Tokyo to 30 to 40 kilometers.

The city area extends from east to west, and the western part of the city is the flat land of the Kanto Plain, and the eastern part is the plateau of the Kisarazu Plateau and the Boso Hill Range.
The Tokyo Bay coastal area is an industrial landfill from the south coast of Kisarazu Port to the direction of Kimitsu. The city's main river is the Obitsu River, which is the second longest river in the prefecture after the Tone River and has a total length of 88 kilometers.  There are no particularly high mountains in the city, and even the highest point is about 200 meters above sea level.

Neighboring municipalities
Chiba Prefecture
Ichihara
Sodegaura
Kimitsu

Climate
Kisarazu has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Kisarazu is . The average annual rainfall is  with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around , and lowest in January, at around .

Demographics
Per Japanese census data, the population of Kisarazu has increased substantially over the past 70 years.

History

Early history
The area of modern Kisarazu has been inhabited since the Japanese Paleolithic period, and numerous remains from the Jōmon, Yayoi and Kofun periods have been found within the city limits. The area also is prominent in the Yamatotakeru mythology. Under the Ritsuryō system of the Nara period, the area became part of Kazusa Province. The area was contested between the Later Hōjō clan,  Takeda clan and Satomi clan during the Sengoku period. During the Edo period under the Tokugawa shogunate, part of the area was under the control of the feudal domain of Jōzai, with large portions as tenryō territory controlled directly by the Shogunate and administered by numerous hatamoto.

Meiji Restoration and Kisarazu Prefecture
Kisarazu was part of the complex reconfiguration of administrative areas at the start of the Meiji period. In 1871, as part of the abolition of the han system, the Sakurai Domain, located partly in Kisarazu, was abolished and "Sakurai Prefecture" was established.

In November of the same year, the prefecture was combined with the former Awa Province and Kazusa Province to form "Kisarazu Prefecture". The prefectural seat was established in the present-day Kaifusa district of Kisarazu. Kisarazu Prefecture was established two years later in 1873. It was combined with Inba Prefecture to form present-day Chiba Prefecture. Kisarazu Town, founded on April 1, 1889 with the creation of the modern municipalities system.

World War II and Post-War Period
Kisarazu was developed as a center for military activity as part of the militarization of Japan in the 1930s. In 1935-1936 the Imperial Japanese Navy, established the Kisarazu Air Field for the Kisarazu Air Group on landfill in the northern part of Kisarazu to protect Tokyo from attack. The base served as an arsenal, and employed up to 17,000 workers during the war.  It was this site that received the remains of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto after being transported back to Japan aboard . The Nakajima Kikka, Japan's first jet-powered aircraft, was tested at the base in 1945. The base was used by the United States Air Force from 1945 as "Kisarazu Air Base". In 1956, the base was officially transferred to the control of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF).

On November 3, 1942. Kisarazu Town, Iwane Village, Kiyokawa Village, and Namioka Village marged to form Kisarazu City. Kisarazu was expanded through merger with neighboring Aoyagi Town on March 31, 1955, and again through merger with Amaha Town and Osawa Town on April 25, 1971.

Government
Kisarazu has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 24 members. Kisarazu contributes two members to the Chiba Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Chiba 12th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

Economy
Kisarazu has a mixed economy based on commercial fishing, agriculture, and heavy industry along its Tokyo Bay shoreline. It serves as the commercial center for central Bōsō Peninsula, and is increasingly a bedroom community for neighboring Kimitsu and the Kawasaki – Yokohama metropolis across Tokyo Bay. The opening of the Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line has also resulted in the creation of a number of factory outlet shopping malls, and the development of new towns, and land prices increased dramatically in the 1980s through 2000s.

Transportation

Railway
 JR East –  Uchibō Line
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 JR East – Kururi Line
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Highway

Seaports
Port of Kisarazu

Education
Seiwa University
 Kisazaru has 18 public elementary schools and 12 public middle schools operated by the city government, and two public high schools operated by the Chiba Prefectural Board of Education. The city also has one private elementary school, two private middle schools, and four private high schools.

Local attractions
Nakanoshima Park (Kisarazu)
Enmyō-in - Buddhist temple
Kōzō-ji - 30th temple in the Bandō Sanjūsankasho the circuit of 33 Buddhist temples in eastern Japan

Sister city relations
 Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, from November 18, 2016
 Oceanside, California,  United States, from June 29, 1990

Noted people from Kisarazu
Haruo Oka, musician
Hideki Takahashi, actor
Akira Nakao, actor
Kaori Fukuhara, voice actress
Miyuki Miura, karate master

In popular culture
Kisarazu's profile has been raised in recent times by the popularity of the TV show and subsequent film, Kisarazu Cat's Eye, which were set and filmed in the city.

Gallery

References

External links

Official Website

Cities in Chiba Prefecture
Populated coastal places in Japan
Port settlements in Japan
Populated places established in 1942
1942 establishments in Japan

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25th Annual MMOC Ride – July 2018 – Mt. Rainier, WA.
July, 2013, I wrote of my desire to pass the reins of MMOC Ride Director off to a more youthful, exuberant and dedicated Homo sapiens. Unfortunately, due to a couple last minute glitches, that never came to fruition.
Since inception in 1994, when LAPD's Bob Hossfeld and I schemed a last minute mid-California 2 or 3 day ride, our ranks have swollen ten-fold as has mileage, duration and states traversed. For the love of discovery, scenery and all things on two wheels, MMOC has ridden mountaintops, canyons and gorges, low and high desert and some of the world's most serpentine tarmac bisecting lush forests. And, in those 6 states, we've only fractionally touched on the wonderment of the north and southwest quadrants of the U.S.
However, the upcoming 25th Anniversary Ride noted below shall be my last endeavor to spearhead, scrutinize and administer our yearly event. Considering the 3 years I organized July and September rides, 28 MMOC tours accompanied with at least 35 more Blue Knights and private group multi-week treks during that time span across 6 other central states as distant as Montana, Wyoming, the Dakotas and Colorado's Pikes Peak dictate it's time to pass the torch. While I did not research and lead each and every ride above, the lion's share that I did taught me it's far easier and much less time consuming to let others do so. At 75 years old, I have absolutely no desire to quit riding; blend in mid-pack and worry about the precious cargo on pillion is my wish, follow the leader if you will. The decision to continue our fun and very camaraderie-centric annual exploratory rides rests with the Board of Directors and their ability to find a replacement, if desirous. I trust their wisdom will prevail.
Care to join me as we take in the verdant Pacific Northwest state of Washington to ride the impossibly beautiful waterfall-laden east and south side of Mt. Rainier, then revisit Mt. St. Helens the next day? Rainier hasn't changed in centuries; St. Helens has been far more evolutionary, particularly since she blew her top May 18, 1980. New routing and vastly divergent scenery await us.
I have reserved 20 rooms at each hotel, all in the name of "MMOC Group", and with one noted exception, each establishment will have a 7 day reservation cutoff and 72 hour cancellation clause. A word of caution to PROCRASTINATORS: Because these reservation blocks (in some cases by written contract with me) have not been prepaid by MMOC, a couple establishments will only guarantee room availability up to 30 days out with a credit card transaction! Apologetically, also note this year, peak season hotel rooms are a minimum of 10 to 15% higher than in the recent past and I believe reflective of the burgeoning economy.
Sunday, July 8, 2018: Meet and greet @ the Best Western Shadow Inn, 584 N. East St., Woodland, Ca. 95776 (530 666 1251). I have requested interior pool view rooms and the rates are $90.00 + tax for MMOC. For early arrivals, some rooms will be available after 1300. Chevron just yards away @ 596 N. East St.
Monday, July 9, 2018: Cerulean Hotel, 100 Main St., Klamath Falls, Or. 97601 (541 882 4666). All rooms $90.00 + tax. Because there's no convenient quality stations coming into town, we'll gas up in the morning on our way out @ Chevron, 3730 Hwy 97 N, Klamath Falls.
Tuesday, July 10, 2018: Cousin's Country Inn, 2114 W. 6th St., The Dalles, Or. 97058 (541 298 5161). King rooms $105.00, dbl. qn. $115.00 + tax. Shell @ 1700 W. 6th St. This hotel has a 30 day cutoff and 24 hour cancellation clause.
Wednesday and Thursday, July 11 and 12, 2018: Red Lion, 510 Kelso Dr., Kelso, Wa. 98626 (360 578 4017). All rooms $94.00 + tax. Gas stations across the street.
Friday, July 13, 2018: Best Western Miners Inn, 122 E. Miner St., Yreka, Ca. 96097 (530 842 4355). King rooms $100.00, dbl. qn. $105.00 + tax. Gas stations across the street.
Our 25 year milestone deserves commemorate memorabilia for this momentous occasion. What better way than a monogrammed T-shirt from my friend and supplier Mark Thomas, a retired OPD Patrol Sgt. who does excellent embroidery and artwork? My vision, not open to debate BTW, is navy blue men's regular and women's V-neck T-shirts with gold and white lettering. I will need an email with your exact size and "name" spelling in quotes before the ordering deadline of April 30, 2018, NO EXCEPTIONS! Price is TBD, I suspect in the $25.00 to $30.00 range and I will arrange for delivery to our kickoff hotel where we'll collect the $$.
If you have any questions, fire away; please confirm your attendance by sending me an email and I will forward the initial detailed routes, gas and food waypoints in Feb/March, 2018. Should there be updates I'll keep you posted. As one unannounced attendee discovered last year, our routes and waypoints are always fluid thanks to the wrath of Mother Nature and various states and counties DOT road closures. With the one noted exception above, gas up at each day's end and as always, prepare your bike for the long haul (especially tires and battery) and bring 4 season clothing. The worst snow, hail and ice storm I've EVER been caught in on a motor was coming home from upper Washington through Oregon in the month of AUGUST nearly 20 years ago! Go figure.
Rhoda and I hope to see you on this historic ride. Finito!
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