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Most Americans believe a recession is on the horizon
AKDSEO July 17, 2022
Seven in 10 U.S. consumers see an economic downturn ahead, assuming one hasn't already started. But awareness doesn't equal preparedness — two in three admit they aren't ready for what they think is coming, according to a survey from MagnifyMoney, a personal finance website.
"When you are living paycheck to paycheck and seeing everything around you go up in price by the day, it can be really scary," said Matt Schultz, chief credit analyst at LendingTree, which owns MagnifyMoney. "You know you don't have a lot of wiggle room to pay bills. We are seeing some of that fear in this survey."
People are clearly concerned that things will get worse before they get better, he said. But if there is a silver lining, they are preparing, or at least trying to.
A separate survey from Empower, the retirement plan manager based in Greenwood Village, found that about three in four Americans are preparing for a recession by delaying purchases, boosting savings, paying off debt more aggressively and looking at "side hustles" to earn more income.
Who is more likely to feel unprepared? Women, adults in younger generations and lower-income households, according to the MagnifyMoney survey.
Inflation, higher housing costs and rising interest rates are the warning signs cited by those who see a recession coming. And the steps people are taking to prepare were similar to what Empower found in its survey — cut back spending, stick to a budget and build up emergency savings.
Whether those darker views reflect a sober assessment of what is to come or setting the stage for a self-fulfilling prophecy, consumers would do well to brace for a slowdown, experts said.
"It makes for an exceptionally difficult time for families to reach their personal goals," said Wayne Winegarden, a senior fellow of business and economics at the Pacific Research Institute in Monterrey, Calif. "How do you squeeze a nickel and a penny? Those become the important considerations."
A different kind of downturn
Recessions vary in what triggers them, and what excesses in the economy they correct. The next downturn, however, could be more like those seen in the 1970s and early 1980s when inflation was more of a problem.
Service workers at restaurants, hotels and entertainment venues suffered huge job losses during the short-lived pandemic recession in the first half of 2020. The Great Recession, which followed a housing bubble and financial crisis and was a drawn-out slog, devastated the mortgage and construction industries and pretty much anyone tied to residential real estate from 2008 on. Veteran Colorado tech and telecom workers know how brutal the 2000-2001 recession was for their aspirations.
The Federal Reserve is expected to keep raising interest rates and tightening the money supply to bring inflation, at a four-decade high, under control, which historically has been around 2%. The hope is for a soft landing, but the Fed is willing to trigger a recession to break the back of inflation running above 9%.
"For the first time in my 38-year career, the Federal Reserve is not going to bail out the market by lowering interest rates or flooding the system with liquidity. They are doing the exact opposite," said Fred Taylor, a partner and managing director at Beacon Pointe Advisors in Denver.
Taylor said that when stocks go down in value, fixed income investments will normally rise, balancing out the losses. But stock markets are down by 20% or more and bond markets are down 10% to 15% because of rising interest rates. Investors are getting hammered left and right. So far, they aren't showing any signs of panic.
Nor should people expect the kind of help the federal government provided during the pandemic when Congress approved a record $4.6 trillion in several assistance packages to deal with the outbreak and economic downturn. Those federal stimulus checks likely won't be coming to the rescue this time, and they wouldn't be particularly helpful if they did.
A popular definition of a recession is two consecutive quarters of declining economic activity. That is likely already baked in. But unusually strong growth in the first half of 2021, when the economy was rebounding from the worst of the pandemic, distorts any comparison. An official declaration of a recession will likely involve a more complicated calculation, and economists are divided on when that might happen.
"More formally, we don't view the first half as a recession," said Chris Varvares co-head of U.S. Economics for S&P Global Market Intelligence, during a webinar. Industrial production and hiring remained robust this year, which wouldn't be the case if a recession were underway.
Even though the economy technically contracted in the first half of the year, employers still added 2.2 million net new jobs nationally and nearly 50,000 in Colorado through May. Unemployment rates moved lower despite the slower momentum. A more likely scenario is that employers will pull back on unfilled job openings rather than let workers go. The open jobs go away before the occupied ones do.
Workers might find it harder to hop around as they have the past year, and another piece of advice would be to plant roots until inflation is once again under control. But the lack of slack in labor markets, which are being driven by deeper demographic trends, could also mean fewer layoffs compared to the past three recessions.
Schultz said big job cuts would be a game changer and a clear signal that a deeper downturn is at play. Keep a close eye on the tech sector, which has been an important driver of job gains and higher wages in recent years.
Another scenario is one of high inflation that depresses economic growth, known as stagflation. The economy muddles along but higher prices persist and consumers are squeezed and miserable for far longer than they want to be. Varvares said that scenario hasn't manifested either, but added the words "stay tuned."
Consumer confidence is collapsing, but consumer spending is not. U.S. retail sales rose 8.9% nationally year-over-year in June, which in most years would be a sign of a still healthy economy. But the increase was just below the pace of inflation, meaning the extra spending represents a keeping up rather than a moving forward.
"In simple terms, consumers did not buy more stuff in June – they bought less product but paid more for it. This is not a comfortable position as it makes consumers feel downbeat, which is one of the reasons confidence is sliding," said Neil Saunders, Managing Director of GlobalData in comments on the June retail sales numbers.
Dipping into accumulated savings and drawing on credit made that possible, but there are limits to how long that can go on, Saunders said.
Consumers need to save more, but inflation makes it harder to set money aside as basic living costs consume more of each paycheck. Inflation also erodes the value of those savings, requiring that more money be set aside. That could reflect why many people realize that rougher times are ahead, but feel unable to get ready.
"There is no vaccine for inflation," Schultz said.
When it comes to paying down debt, the equation isn't as clear cut, said Winegarden.
Inflation erodes the value of money, so yesterday's debt can be paid in future dollars that are worth less. Technically speaking, it is worth stretching out those payments. But most credit cards and consumer revolving debt now carry variable interest rates, which are rising alongside inflation. Paying those debts should be a priority.
Another reason to get aggressive about paying down debts, even if they are at a fixed rate, is if someone thinks their job might be at risk in a downturn. Being free of debt will make it easier to maneuver financially and avoid a default that could wreck credit scores.
Investors might want to consider buying shares in companies that are paying dividends and are likely to grow those payouts through any downturn, Taylor said. While those stocks could still go down in value, dividends would help offset that. And losses in more conservative stocks have been less than those in growth stocks.
It is also important to keep losses in the market this year in perspective given the huge run-up since late March 2020. Strange things are happening and the economy may feel untethered, but that is typical in periods of adjustment and transition, said Tom Nun, a portfolio strategist at Empower.
"One of the worst things you can do when you are faced with uncertainty is to make rash decisions," he said.
While most forecasts call for any recession to be less severe than others in recent history, consumers shouldn't be sanguine, Winegarden said. The world has been full of surprises this decade, and more could be coming.
"The economic environment is dominated by a huge tail risk, a very large risk," he warned. "We are very economically insecure. It's like when you are on a balance beam and you are getting pushed. We could fall really far."
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K99.1FM Wins National Children's Miracle Network Station of the Year!
March 11th, 2019 (DAYTON, OHIO) – K99.1FM personalities will head to Orlando for Children's Hospitals Week from March 19-22 to receive their award for Radio Station of the Year for their work with Children's Miracle Network.
The station first started their work with the organization more than two decades ago with the K99.1FM Cares for Kids Radiothon, in partnership with Dayton Children's hospital. Each year, station personalities Nancy Wilson and Frye Guy broadcast live from the hospital for three days straight, interviewing patients and caregivers and imploring listeners to donate. To date, this program has raised almost $4 million for vital children's services at the hospital.
"Nancy and Frye have spent countless hours over 20 years of dedication to Dayton Children's Hospital. Serving the community has always been their first priority so it's no surprise they would be honored for such a tremendous award," said Vice President of Marketing and Radio at Cox Media Group, Nick Roberts.
Tune in to watch a Live-athon of the ceremony Wednesday, March 20, at 8:00 p.m. (EST): The exciting, live event will feature appearances by various celebrities and of course, the Champions; 10 kids who represent the 10 million kids treated annually at Children's Miracle Network Hospitals throughout the U.S. and Canada. Catch the action at Facebook.com/CMNHospitals
For more information about how Dayton Children's works with Children's Miracle Network Hospitals, visit here
This is one of several awards and nominations that K99.1FM received over the past few years. The station has been recognized nationally as one of the most influential country radio stations in North America.
To learn more about K99.1FM, visit www.k99online.com or contact Emily Broughton at emily.broughton@coxinc.com
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Eighteen Confirmed Dead in Twin Church Attacks in Kenya
July 3, 2012 by Open Doors in General
At least 18 people have died while 66 have been wounded when assailants burst into the Africa Inland Church (AIC) and the Catholic Church, shooting at worshippers with firearms and detonating grenades. Details are still emerging, but eye-witnesses told Open Doors that the attackers first shot at point blank range the two policemen standing guard outside the AIC church, then took their guns and started shooting at worshippers.
As the churchgoers realized what was going on, they tried to flee. Many were shot dead as they attempted to escape. Eyewitnesses were deeply shocked by the attacks. "We heard something like stones being thrown on top of the roof. Then we realized that we were being shot at," said Dennis Nzioki, who was attending the AIC worship service at the time of the attack. The attackers threw at least four grenades into the church. Two detonated; two others were later found intact. Two policemen guarding the AIC churches were among those killed. Four of the injured are in critical condition in Nairobi hospitals.
At the Catholic Church the attackers apparently jumped over a fence and started shooting at people standing near the church. Three church members were killed before the attackers fled.
Police said they have identified suspects in the attacks. "No arrests have been made but we have reports that five suspects were involved in the AIC attack while two suspects were involved in the Catholic Church attack," said Deputy Regional Police Chief Philip Ndolo.
There is speculation that the attackers may be linked to the Somali rebel militant group al-Shabaab. Kenya has suffered a number of abductions as well as firearm, grenade and bomb attacks since October 2011 when the government sent troops into southern Somalia to target that al-Shabaab rebel group, which is fighting its UN-backed government. The atmosphere in areas close to the Somalia border, such as Garissa, has been particularly tense lately. However, some observers suspect that radical Islamists are using the tense atmosphere in these regions to eliminate the Christian presence in these Somali- dominated border regions.
Chairman Abdulghafur El-Busaidy of the Supreme Council of Kenya Muslims condemned Sunday's church attacks; "All places of worship must be respected. We want to send our condolences, and we are sad that no arrests have been made yet." Kenyan Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka also condemned the attacks. "Places of worship should be respected," he said.
Father, we come before You with saddened hearts after hearing of the attacks on Your people in Kenya, our brothers and sisters in Christ. First and foremost we lay at Your feet the suffering families of the victims, asking that You comfort them. As we naturally want to seek justice for these acts of violence, Father, we ask that you fill Christians in Kenya with an overwhelming sense of peace and forgiveness. We do, however, ask that justice be served and that the attackers be arrested, bringing an end to the violence that plagues the area near the Somalia border. And Father, as Open Doors workers go into the area to investigate the attacks, protect them and, allow them to return home safely to report back the best way to help the victims and believers in the area. Amen


Discussion in 'The Projects Forum' started by jeff vogt, Mar 13, 2014.
Needing some help up here in Alaska to hook up motor to wheat grinder.
Have a small 130V DC Bodine Gear Drive motor. Model 192. Only pulls .3 Amps, for a wattage of 39.
Need to put a rectifier, capacitor and in-line fuse in place to convert the AC to operate this DC motor. Have read some posts, but not clear enough for me to understand.
I know a person can buy an off-the-shelf controller for about $100. But I am hoping I can just add these parts to get it to run (for about $10-$15).
Problem is I am not sure of the exact parts needed.
Rectifier I need (a 130V .3A) is not anywhere to be found.
Bridge rectifier - Our small RS has a bunch of rectifiers/bridge rectifiers, and most appear to be "over-rated" ex: 200V 25A, 200V 50A, 600V 25A. Is it OK to use one of these as it is "over-built"?
For the capacitor, are their different types? A 10uf be OK?
OK to use an in-line fuse with 200V and 1 amp?
I predict imminent thread closure.
Just use a 25amp rectifier. No capacitor needed.
1 amp 200v fuse in line side should be fine.
You could use a bridge rectifier if you know how it hooks up. Bigger voltage and amps the better.
A 1 amp 150 volt fuse would probably work OK.
Bridge rectifier - Our small RS has a bunch of rectifiers/bridge rectifiers, and most appear to be "over-rated" ex: 200V 25A, 200V 50A, 600V 25A. Is it OK to use one of these as it is "over-built"?
It is absolutely OK to use an "over-rated" rectifier. Problem: Fully rectified AC is ~170V DC. This might be OK for your motor, or it might not. I'd be a bit nervous. And if you want control you'll need something more anyway.
A ghetto solution would be to place a light bulb in series with your motor. On paper a low wattage bulb (12W) would drop the voltage from 170 to 130. You could experiment with bulbs from 7-20W or so, and see what happens at the motor.
I'd use a capacitor filter as well. I haven't done the math, but I think you'd want at least 1000µF electrolytic in parallel with the rectifier DC poles, with a voltage rating of 200V or more.
RS should have 1N4007 rectifiers good up to 1000 volts. I'd use a fuse and a switch to be safe too!
I'd use one of the pre-built bridges. Just easier, IMHO.
No problem with peak voltage, just don't use capacitor.
... just don't use capacitor.
Why not? It'll reduce the ripple.
Full wave rectifier only is fine, this is no different than running a SCR drive, you will only get 90v on 120vac but usually it runs those Bodine motors fine.
You guys are confusing me. (It's not hard to do!) I can accept that you don't need the filter cap, but how do you get 90V DC from rectified 120V AC?
Just as a capacitor input filter increases the voltage above rms. A choke input reduces voltage below rms.
That's my understanding. I didn't look it up.
If you were to check out the Terms of Service found at the bottom of the page you will find that there are restrictions on discussion of certain topics. Transformer-less power supplies is one such topic.
In order to continue with this discussion a AC mains transformer would have to be incorporated into your design.
I've no dog in this fight.
Technically you may be totally correct.
In my opinion, a dc motor connected thru rectifier only, with no other components, could easily be thought of the same as any other "how do I connect this motor" question.
It may be a good place to draw a line in the sand.
If not, backing up one step, and explaining a proper dc motor connection method, with an isolation transformer, is fine with me.
Se3ing that this thread is still open I will close it. It is indeed a violation of ToS.
switch from DC to AC?


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Q: Take many of the same type of cli argument in a shell script? In a shell script, possibly bash, how can we take many of the same type of argument and add them to an internal array? An example would be like so:
./combine -f file1 -f file2 -f file3 -o output_file

I am aware this simple problem can be solved with cat and redirection alone. But I am interested in how in lets say bash we can take all three of the -f arguments and have them in an array so we can do something with them?
Due to the nature of the requirement we need some form of flags here since there will be other arguments.
In a language like python it is rather easy, especially with library like docopt. You can specify an array as intended and you are done.
Thanks so much

A: you can use getopts:
#!/bin/bash

while getopts "f:o:" opt; do
    case $opt in
        f) file+=("${OPTARG}") ;;
        o) output="${OPTARG}" ;;
        *) exit 1 ;;
    esac
done
shift $((OPTIND-1))

echo "List of files: \"${file[@]}\""
echo "Output: \"$output\""

so for example:
$ bash test.sh -f 1 -f 2 -f three -o /dev/null
List of files: "1 2 three"
Output: "/dev/null"

so what i'm doing is adding every occurance of each -f flag to an array file and then simply printing it. as for -o i'm just saving the input to a variable output. anything else will result in the stderr of getopts and exit:
$ bash test.sh -w hi
test.sh: illegal option -- w
$ echo $?
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This is encryption for your RMXP games.
Now, along with this I am also going to show you how to turn your game into an installable .exe, with InnoSetup.
It's always good to know about your encryption to know what it does and why it works. This encryption is based on vgvgf's DRGSS encryption and is much, much stronger than RPG Maker's encryption. It uses your own personal magic key, plus checksum protection, debugging detection, and several other safety features for your game. In essence, this is really what protects the game (after the tutorial) because it locks away your magic key, and without a magic key no rgssad extractor will be able to open it.
And modify the offsets (EF AC DA ED) to your own magic key. Note that it is written backwards, so write your own magic key (make one up) in reverse typing. (ie ABC = CBA) REMEMBER YOUR MAGIC KEY THAT YOU JUST MADE UP BECAUSE YOU'LL NEED IT LATER.
Step 4) Play the game.
The main drawback is the price of ASProtect SKE. Although you can encrypt your games and have all of the encryption features without purchasing ASProtect SKE it will show a message saying your game is protected by ASProtect SKE. If you don't mind them having that small copyright at the start of your game, don't buy ASProtect SKE. If you do mind having a popup message at the beginning of your game, then buy ASProtect SKE. Either way works.
7. "Add Folder" and select your project's folder.
8. Pick the installation folder and upload an .ico for your game.
Why do they need encryption um?
By the watermark, do you mean like a little notice at the beginning, or is it the PLASTERED ALL OVER kind of watermark?
There is a popup at the beginning if I'm not mistaken.


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Kazimierz Odnowiciel wracający do Polski – obraz olejny namalowany przez polskiego malarza Wojciecha Gersona w 1893 roku, znajdujący się w zbiorach Muzeum Narodowego we Wrocławiu.

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There were quite a few tables already occupied, but we got one outside under the vines and the sign.
We were soon brought bread with great olive oil and thick sweet balsamic.
The menu featured some traditional and some more adventurous combinations of toppings. I ordered the Quattro Stagioni, whose fantastic, authentic thin base was loaded with tomato, mozzarella, artichokes, mushrooms and olives. The only reservation I would have with the pizza was that the mushrooms didn't look fresh.
The porcini pizza also bore tomato, mozzarella, bacon & parsley.
There was a good range of local beers available to accompany the meal. The service was friendly, but it seemed to take a long while, maybe half an hour to be served after ordering, maybe we just overly hungry after a day outdoors! The bill was $68 including 4 drinks.


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Rafael Nadal: I'd much rather Novak Djokovic didn't play at Australian Open!
Djokovic was left fighting for the right to compete at the opening grand slam of the year, a tournament he has won nine times, after authorities cancelled his visa last week.
A medical exemption was expected to allow the Serbian to enter the country, regardless of his vaccination status, which he has yet to formally disclose.
Novak Djokovic wins court battle to stay in Australia
But the Australian Border Force declared Djokovic had been ordered to fly out of the country on Thursday, sparking a challenge to that decision by the tennis star's legal team.
After both sides had presented their cases, Djokovic was handed an Australian Open lifeline on Monday when defeating a deportation order brought by Australia's government
Judge Anthony Kelly ruled at Melbourne Circuit Court that Djokovic's visa cancellation order should be "quashed" immediately.
There may yet be another twist in the saga, though, as Australia's immigration minister Alex Hawke could still cancel the 34-year-old's visa on new grounds.
Djokovic now appears far more likely to defend his Australian Open crown than he did over the weekend, however, as he goes in search of a 21st major title.
While that will inevitably make Nadal's chances of success at Melbourne Park a whole lot tougher, the Spaniard said the decision to grant Djokovic's freedom must be respected.
"Whether or not I agree with Djokovic on some things, justice has spoken and has said that he has the right to participate in the Australian Open," he told Onda Cero.
"I think it is the fairest decision to do so, if it has been resolved that way. I wish him the best of luck.
"But on a personal level, I'd much rather he didn't play!"
Nadal described Djokovic's COVID-19 vaccination controversy "a circus" and reiterated that the vaccine "is the way to stop this pandemic and disaster".
The 35-year-old ramped up his preparations for the Australian Open by winning last week's Melbourne Summer Set without dropping a single set.
That was Nadal's first tournament in five months due to injury and means he has won at least one ATP Tour trophy in every season since 2004 onwards.
He is level with Djokovic and fellow great Roger Federer on 20 grand slam titles, with the trio locked in a race to finish with the most majors.
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With the help of creative communications agency 88 Creative and the many participating organizations, girls between the ages of 13 and 18 were educated and inspired by a day of exploration, visiting Toronto-based organizations across media, fashion, wearables, professional services, education, finance, and other industries.
We are extremely grateful to FITC for their support with this year's HoHoTO holiday party and HoHoTO initiatives, including the Girls' Tech Tour.
When FITC heard about our partnership with the YWCA Toronto's Girls' Centre and our newest effort, the Girls' Tech Tour, FITC donated 20 passes for their April, 2017, 3-day event, FITC Toronto 2017 to the Girls' Centre.
HoHoTO began in 2008 with a call to arms on Twitter: Toronto's digital mavens can do more for our community.
From that first event and every year that's followed, we've fed countless Torontonians with over $350,000 raised for the Daily Bread Food Bank.
This year, impact and opportunity are our focus, as we bring the digital community together in support of organizations that directly affect beneficial change in our technology ecosystem.
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What you need to know about Pittsburgh Police body cameras and public access to footage
By Rebecca Addison
CP file photo by Mike Schwarz
Dan Gilman
More than seven years ago, a CAPA High School student Jordan Miles was beaten by three undercover Pittsburgh police officers in Homewood. Then-17-year-old Miles alleged the officers didn't identify themselves, causing him to fear for his life when the three men approached him. He ran and a physical altercation ensued.
Over the past seven years, the events of that January evening have partly centered around whether or not the officers identified themselves. Had the officers recorded the incident with body-worn cameras, arguments over that fact and perhaps several others might've been laid to rest.
A national call for police to wear body cameras has gained steam over the last decade in the wake of several high-profile incidents of police brutality. Locally, the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police began implementing a body-camera program nearly four years ago, but to date, body cameras have not been given to all officers on the force.
That's due in part to the Pennsylvania's wiretapping law which prohibits recording without consent. Under current law, police can use body cameras in public places, but officers have to get permission from owners in private residences to record unless they are pursuing a suspect.
"My frustration as a council member is we have been talking about body cameras since we put funding in place three or four years ago," Pittsburgh City Councilor Dan Gilman said at a meeting this week. "I'm hopeful that we may actually be moving somewhere. But my fear is every day that passes there is potential for an incident where a body camera would be incredibly important — whether its for an officer, for the public, for a private citizen — and we're not going to have it because we can't get a sentence added that would allow us to have what almost every other state has."
Last week, in an effort to allow for the full implementation of body cameras across the state, the Pennsylvania Senate passed legislation to amend the wiretapping law. The House has already approved the legislation, and it has been sent to Gov. Tom Wolf to sign.
However, the city hasn't actually been waiting for the state legislature to give body cameras to Pittsburgh officers. So far, 147 cameras have been deployed, but state law has limited which officers are using them.
"The cameras are being rolled out," said Public Safety Director Wendell Hissrich at a meeting with city council this week. "Whether or not the law passes, we're still going to be moving forward until such a time it's illegal to use body cameras, but I don't think that's going to happen. It's not a case that we're sitting on the cameras waiting on the law to pass."
Right now, the bureau is protecting its officers by primarily giving cameras to bike and motorcycle officers who generally don't go into residences and operate where there's not a reasonable expectation of privacy. Other officers who have volunteered to wear the cameras work in places like South Side, and the bureau says these officers want the extra protection of having a camera. Hissrich says 150 more cameras are ready to go, and an additional 250 should be ready by the fall.
"The goal, of course, is to have enough to outfit all the police officers currently employed by the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police. There have been some hold-ups in this plan, a lot having to do with what's going on in Harrisburg," says Hissrich. "We were cautious here. We didn't want to move too aggressively on the body-worn cameras only to have the legislature change something. That's why we have been slow in moving forward, just so we don't waste tax-payers' money. It is a slow process. We're hoping it moves much faster as it moves through Harrisburg."
Currently, Pittsburgh's body cameras must be turned on manually to begin recording and will record 30 seconds of footage prior to the time they've been turned on. The bureau is looking into future options that would automatically turn on the camera if an officer draws a Taser or firearm.
"There have been instances where it wasn't activated as quickly as we would like, which is why we're looking toward as much automatic activation," said police commander Ed Trapp. "We want to take as much of that having to think about it away from officers. Our officers are really good under stress remembering what to do, and once they have the cameras enough, a lot of that will come to them automatically, but we want as much auto activation as we can have."
Trapp and police chief Scott Schubert said they're fans of the body cameras. They say body-camera footage has already been useful in criminal investigations and has been used to exonerate officers in the face of allegations of wrongdoing.
"The benefit far outweighs any issues with them. It helps with confidence from the public," said Trapp. "Ninety percent of the time, video exonerates the officer, because most of the time our officers do the right thing. I'm a big believer in it. I think it's a great program."
"It's something we do believe in," Schubert said. "It's a tool we can use, and it has helped on many occasions to have that footage to show what the officer saw at the time and the actions the officer took. I think it's a resource that keeps everybody honest. It helps de-escalate things out in the field as well, when the public knows the camera is on. A lot of times we see things where we get video from people, but you only get parts of the incident, and it can inflame the situation even more in the media. By having this, it's going to help our officers, and it's going to help the public with complaints."
While officers seem to be benefiting from the program, some worry the public won't see the same benefits. According to the new legislation, the recordings cannot be requested under Pennsylvania's open-records law, and requests would have to go to the district attorney's office. A district attorney can deny a request for several reasons, but one example would be if the video could be prejudicial to a jury. Denied requests can be appealed through the courts, but according to Trapp, the video footage is deleted after 30 days if police determine it has no evidentiary value.
"I'm very concerned, with my understanding of this law," said Gilman, "that they're tying it so much to the evidence side — that we're going to be sitting on video evidence of a situation that could protect a citizen, protect an officer, wherever the facts might [lead], and not have access to it or be able to use it, when we're sitting with it in our possession, on cameras the city paid for, being stored on equipment that's housed by the city, that the city paid for, but I have a county official or a judge withholding it from me."
Earlier this year, Pittsburgh Police officer Paul Abel was involved in an altercation with Pittsburgh Steelers coach Joey Porter. While Abel was wearing a body camera, the police did not release the footage.
But according to John Doherty, associate solicitor for the City of Pittsburgh, this footage is protected under law. Anyone who releases the footage could be fined. Last year, Doherty testified before the Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee in favor of a blanket ban on Right to Know requests for body-camera footage. According to the Pittsburgh Tribune Review , he cited the example of an individual requesting the footage for the sole purpose of identifying witnesses, confidential informants or undercover officers.
Still, despite the reasons for not releasing the footage, Gilman says he forsees problems arising when the public is denied access to footage in the case of an alleged instance of police brutality.
"I hope we never have a high-profile incident in this city where there's body-camera footage and a very contentious situation. However, I'm also a realist and see what happens across this country, and unfortunately, it's not an impossible reality for Pittsburgh," Gilman said. "The fact that we may find ourselves in that situation, that we have video tape of what happened, whatever it may show, and the public will be demanding that [we] take action, and we're all going to have to sit there and say we have no control, is a slap in the face to the public. We're going to have protests, we're going to have angry citizens."


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Survata Adds CTV Audience Verification To Its Measurement Suite With Help From AKQA
by Allison Schiff // Wednesday, August 5th, 2020 – 9:30 am
Brands are pumped about the connected TV opportunity.
But without the ability to measure campaigns with the same level of granularity as they can on digital channels, "CTV is not quite as fun as we want it to be," said Scott Symonds, a managing partner at WPP digital agency AKQA.
"A high-attention platform like you get with a CTV experience is a costly investment, and we need to make sure we're reaching a high-value audience," he said.
For the last couple of years, AKQA has been trying to verify whether its clients' CTV campaigns were reaching their target audience by laboriously running custom SQL queries against its partners' databases, and then having its data science team manually derive insights.
Survata, a brand analytics and insights platform and one of AKQA's partners, noticed and developed a product to automate the process of CTV audience targeting verification.
Because AKQA wasn't the only agency Survata saw toiling away at a jury-rigged version of CTV measurement, said Chris Kelly, CEO of Survata, which made its tool generally available on Wednesday.
Survata collects declared attitudinal data through its network of digital publishers and services providers. Readers and users opt in to take surveys and be interviewed about brands and campaigns in exchange for access to free stuff, such as content or Wi-Fi.
This data is normalized, weighted against the population and made available through a dashboard that advertisers can use to determine whether they reached the audiences they were looking to reach.
"It's about who you actually hit, not who you intended to hit," Kelly said. "It's as important to show a pet food advertiser, for example, that half of their ads didn't actually go to pet owners as it is to show whether half of their ads were viewable or not."
This need ratcheted up when the pandemic triggered a dramatic increase in time spent with streaming content.
"With COVID, everyone wants to accelerate," Symonds said. "But what you might call the honeymoon period is over and advertisers want to hold CTV accountable, and they want to marry CTV into their other plans."
And so as part of the release, Survata also rolled out its audience verification capability for linear and digital video channels. Cross-channel measurement and audience verification has been a big ask from brands, Kelly said.
In addition, Survata expanded the scale of its data acquisition network by striking new publisher partnerships, which should help with the measurement of smaller CTV campaigns.
Scale has always been a challenge in CTV, and despite the upticks in engagement, the amount of available inventory doesn't hold a candle to linear TV. Survata can now measure CTV campaigns as small as 2.5 million impressions, Kelly said.
"By lowering the threshold," he said, "a bigger chunk of CTV is measurable, all the way down to the long tail of campaigns."
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Returning to a Face-to-Face Workspace
As part of Fortune's coverage on back-to-work policies post-COVID, their weekly newsletter Worksheet focuses on how people are working smarter in these transitional times.
In this edition of Worksheet, S. Mitra Kalita talks to Relay's Chief People Officer, Amy Zimmerman, about how to navigate the tricky new work landscape of vaccine requirements. This is the transcript of the article, sourced from fortune.com.
Employers have a tricky legal landscape on vaccines
Despite the U.S. opening up, the world at large is actually mostly not vaccinated. Many workers have children under 12 who won't qualify for vaccines until at least the fall. And then there's the fear of the Delta variant, although its surge is predicted to be worst in states with high numbers of unvaccinated residents.
Still, what's an employer to do? Mandate vaccines? Strongly suggest them? Require them only for folks coming into the office? It feels odd that the return-to-work debate has not included more discussion around vaccine policies, surveys or reports on what percentages of workplaces are vaccinated, and how staff is navigating the overlaps.
To understand how human resources departments are thinking about this, I talked to Amy Zimmerman, the chief people officer at Relay Payments, a financial tech firm. She's also the co-founder and a principal at PeopleCo., which helps companies center talent and values. Edited excerpts of our conversation:
Can a company require employees to be vaccinated?
There is no clear legal "yes or no" answer yet. I'm happy to share our plan at Relay Payments. We are requiring that all team members who want to participate in face-to-face office interaction and activities get vaccinated. The vaccination requirement is not a condition of employment, but rather a condition to participate in the in-person community that we've created.
"The vaccination requirement is not a condition of employment, but rather a condition to participate in the in-person community that we've created."
What if a company has people who won't come back to work if everyone is not vaccinated?
It's a very tenuous subject for many. Lots of people don't feel safe being indoors with unvaccinated people. I believe it's our obligation as an employer to create a safe space for our team members. If we expect them to do the best work of their lives, how can we expect that to happen if they don't feel safe? So my strong suggestion is to be flexible. Get comfortable with living in the gray for a bit longer. I realize that's not what many employers want to hear, but that's our reality. Focus on productivity and outcomes. The last year (and more) has proved that where the work is getting done is much less important than we'd previously believed.
What about employees who refuse to get vaccinated?
Many states are "at will." If a role requires that the work be done physically in the office, the team member in that role will need to make a decision. If being in the office isn't a requirement of the role, let that team member continue working remotely so long as their work is in line with your expectations.
What control do I have over employees having social gatherings?
The truth is, we have zero control over non-work-related social gatherings. That's part of why our in office policy is so important. We can't control the decisions people make with their health, so it's incumbent upon us to ensure that the decisions we make to protect our colleagues' health in the office are prudent and thoughtful.
Do we think employers will be responsible for booster shots?
I don't think employers will be responsible for the booster shots, though I do believe that by making them available, more team members will participate, if only out of convenience. At my former employer, we held annual flu clinics, and as a result, I believe many, many more people got their flu shot than would have otherwise.
Can we mandate other vaccines, such as for the flu etc.?
Absolutely not, we don't have that legal authority as an employer.
Heading Relay's People Ops department, Amy has worked closely with her team to ensure that the transition back to an in-person workspace is done as considerably and safely as possible – and that includes a company protocol on vaccines. Always a remote-first company, Relay will open the doors to its new headquarters in August to offer team members better opportunities to collaborate and participate in company-wide, in-person initiatives and events. And yes, vaccinations are required if you want to participate in face-to-face activities.


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Did the Trump Administration Send 18 Tons of PPE to China in Early 2020?
Critics have questioned the wisdom of exporting to China medical supplies that would soon be vitally needed in the U.S.
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The U.S. facilitated the sending of nearly 17.8 tons of donated medical supplies to China to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus in early 2020.
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During the COVID-19 coronavirus disease pandemic in March 2020, social media users began sharing a tweet ostensibly posted by U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) that castigated U.S. President Donald Trump for supposedly having sent 18 tons of personal protective equipment (PPE) to China while ignoring warnings and calling COVID-19 concerns a "hoax." Readers wanted to know both if Waters had actually tweeted those words, and whether the content of that tweet was true:
The authorship of the tweet is easily verifiable, as it appears on the timeline of Waters' Twitter account:
Trump, you incompetent idiot! You sent 18 tons of PPE to China early but ignored warnings & called COVID19 concerns a hoax. You've endangered doctors, nurses, aids, orderlies, & janitors – all risking their lives to save ours. Pray 4 forgiveness for the harm that you're causing!
— Maxine Waters (@RepMaxineWaters) March 30, 2020
It is also true that on Feb. 7, 2020, while critics contended that the Trump administration was doing relatively little to prepare for the coming pandemic in the U.S., the State Department announced it had facilitated "the transportation of nearly 17.8 tons of donated medical supplies to the Chinese people, including masks, gowns, gauze, respirators, and other vital materials" in order to help "contain and combat the novel coronavirus":
This week the State Department has facilitated the transportation of nearly 17.8 tons of donated medical supplies to the Chinese people, including masks, gowns, gauze, respirators, and other vital materials. These donations are a testament to the generosity of the American people.
Today, the United States government is announcing it is prepared to spend up to $100 million in existing funds to assist China and other impacted countries, both directly and through multilateral organizations, to contain and combat the novel coronavirus. This commitment – along with the hundreds of millions generously donated by the American private sector – demonstrates strong U.S. leadership in response to the outbreak.
Proud of our rapid facilitation of the delivery of donated life-saving personal protection equipment and medical and humanitarian relief supplies to the people affected by the #coronavirus in #China. Grateful to the generous U.S. organizations donating to the relief efforts. pic.twitter.com/wWvRuftELF
— Secretary Pompeo (@SecPompeo) February 4, 2020
This assistance only adds to what the United States has done to strengthen health security programs around the world. For the last 20 years, the United States through USAID has invested over one billion dollars to strengthen the capacity of more than 25 countries to prevent, detect, and respond to existing and emerging infectious disease threats. Since 2015, under our commitment to the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA), this support has helped improve surveillance and laboratory systems, risk communication, outbreak response, and address the rising threat of anti-microbial resistance.
The United States is and will remain the world's most generous donor. We encourage the rest of the world to match our commitment. Working together, we can have a profound impact to contain this growing threat.
This same topic was also the subject of a CNN editorial published on the same day as Waters' tweet, which criticized Trump for allowing the transfer of PPE to China even after at least a dozen cases of COVID-19 had been discovered in the U.S.:
Concerns about a dwindling supply of PPE are not new. Back on February 7, the World Health Organization sounded alarm bells about "the limited stock of PPE," noting demand was 100 times higher than normal for this equipment.
Yet the same day as the WHO warning, the Trump administration announced that it was transporting to China nearly 17.8 tons (more than 35,000 pounds) of "masks, gowns, gauze, respirators, and other vital materials." As Secretary of State Mike Pompeo noted in the press release announcing this shipment, "These donations are a testament to the generosity of the American people."
Americans indeed are a generous people. We want to help those in need. And at the time these medical supplies were shipped, more than 28,000 people in China were infected with nearly 600 deaths attributed to the virus. But how could Trump allow tons of vital medical equipment Americans to be transported to another country in February if, as he has claimed since January, he fully understood the risk the United States was facing from the virus.
As a reminder, the first known case of coronavirus case on US soil was confirmed by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on January 21, 2020.
The next day, Trump was asked about the virus while attending the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos. CNBC anchor Joe Kernen asked the President: "The CDC has identified a case of coronavirus in Washington state … have you been briefed by the CDC?" to which Trump responded, "I have." Kernen continued, "Are there worries about a pandemic at this point?" Trump declared: "No. Not at all. And — we're — we have it totally under control. It's one person coming in from China, and we have it under control. It's — going to be just fine."
As we covered in a separate article, it is not true that Trump literally dismissed the coronavirus itself as "a hoax." He did, however, liken the Democrats' criticism of his administration's response to the new coronavirus outbreak to their efforts to impeach him, saying "this is their new hoax" — while seemingly downplaying the potential severity of the outbreak by comparing it to the common flu and claiming the press was "in hysteria mode":
Now the Democrats are politicizing the coronavirus. You know that, right? Coronavirus. They're politicizing it. We did one of the great jobs. You say, 'How's President Trump doing?' They go, 'Oh, not good, not good.' They have no clue. They don't have any clue. They can't even count their votes in Iowa, they can't even count. No they can't. They can't count their votes.
One of my people came up to me and said, 'Mr. President, they tried to beat you on Russia, Russia, Russia. That didn't work out too well. They couldn't do it. They tried the impeachment hoax. That was on a perfect conversation. They tried anything, they tried it over and over, they've been doing it since you got in. It's all turning, they lost, it's all turning. Think of it. Think of it. And this is their new hoax. But you know, we did something that's been pretty amazing. We're 15 people [cases of coronavirus infection] in this massive country. And because of the fact that we went early, we went early, we could have had a lot more than that.
So a number that nobody heard of that I heard of recently and I was shocked to hear it, 35,000 people on average die each year from the flu. Did anyone know that? 35,000. That's a lot of people. It could go to 100,000, it could be 27,000, they say usually a minimum of 27, it goes up to 100,000 people a year who die, and so far we have lost nobody to coronavirus in the United States. Nobody. And it doesn't mean we won't, and we are totally prepared, it doesn't mean we won't. But think of it. You hear 35 and 40,000 people, and we've lost nobody, and you wonder, the press is in hysteria mode.
Some defenders have argued that the Trump administration's cooperation in sending donated supplies to the part of the world with the largest number of coronavirus cases at the time (China) was the most effective way of combating the outbreak, while critics have maintained that those supplies should have been kept on hand for use during the inevitable spread of the coronavirus to America. Given that some of the supplies had been donated by the "American private sector," it's unclear what would have happened to them had the U.S. State Department declined to facilitate their transportation to China, and whether that action ultimately saved or cost more lives in the U.S. is not possible to determine at this point. But for what it's worth, the Canadian government was likewise criticized for sending supplies to China for the same reasons:
Canada's department of Global Affairs shipped 16 tonnes of personal protective equipment to China [in February] to help Beijing fight the novel coronavirus, an effort that it undertook even after the World Health Organization had warned countries to prepare for possible cases.
Critics are questioning the wisdom of exporting gear overseas just weeks before it was sorely needed in Canada. The Canadian government, however, says the shipment was an effort to collaborate with China in the fight against COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.
Amir Attaran, a professor at University of Ottawa's school of epidemiology and public health and its faculty of law, said he was surprised to learn Global Affairs shipped personal protective equipment (PPE) to China.
"It was absolutely certain in early February that we would need this equipment," he said. "This decision went beyond altruism into high negligence and incompetence because Canada did not, and does not, have surplus equipment to spare."
Adam Austen, deputy director of communications for Mr. Champagne, said Canada's shipment to China was an effort to co-operate in the fight against the virus.
"Global pandemics require global co-operation. After all, pandemics know no borders. Co-operation is vital to ensuring the health and safety of people around the world. This includes protecting people here in Canada, as support of this kind can help to slow the spread of the virus," Mr. Austen said.
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Accessed 31 March 2020.
Branswell, Helen. "Coronavirus Concerns Trigger Global Run on Supplies for Health Workers, Causing Shortages."
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Obeidallah, Dean. "Trump Administration Sent Protective Medical Gear to China While He Minimized the Virus Threat to US."
CNN. 30 March 2020.
Miller, Tim. "Warnings Ignored: A Timeline of Trump's COVID-19 Response."
The Bulwark. 25 March 2020.
Palma, Bethania. "Did President Trump Refer to the Coronavirus as a 'Hoax'?"
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Pompeo, Michael R. "The United States Announces Assistance to Combat the Novel Coronavirus."
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Chase, Steven. "Ottawa Faces Criticism for Sending 16 Tonnes of Personal Protective Equipment to China in February."
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ALTON — While most nights the hauntings of Alton stay contained to the well-known locations of the paranormal, Friday night saw them flood into the streets.
Area residents lined the streets of Broadway and surrounding neighborhoods for the annual Halloween Parade. At 7:30 p.m. the parade and its 64 participants began moving West on Broadway before dispersing at Piasa and 9th Street, a neatly two-mile route.
Those in attendance braced for the dropping temperatures to celebrate Halloween downtown and partake in a community-wide event. Richard Gillespie, Vice President of East End Improvement Association, was in attendance and getting people in place for the parade. The parade is organized by East End Improvement Association, a non-profit organization. It has become a Halloween night staple for the community and the entire region.
The sidewalks on Broadway began filling with lawn chairs on Friday afternoon, if not earlier. Gillespie said he saw some chairs laid out in a parking space at one nearby business. Those who braved the temperatures were treated to floats and bands representing area schools. Among the schools participating in the parade were Alton High School, Marquette Catholic High School, Southwestern High School, as well as several other area schools.
This year the Parade Grand Marshal was Al Womack, native Alton resident. Womack, the Director of the Boys and Girls Club, is an endearing figure in the Alton Community according to Gillespie.
Womack said his goal for the community is to have every kid be successful. He strives to give them skill sets to be productive citizens. Womack is an advocate of the area school systems, and believes those in the area are capable of unlimited possibilities.
"We can come together and do great things in the area," Womack said.
For Womack, his priority is the kids in the area, and to make sure they are taken care of in the community. Womack attends events for kids who are not able to have a family member present.
"If I can be there when a parent can't make it, I'm there," Womack said.
Womack's community service and involvement in the community were some of the determining factors in crowning him Grand Marshal.
"If there is a community event, Womack is right there leading the way," Gillespie said.
Womack says the response from the community has been overwhelming.
"I had a lady call me and tell me she was delaying her trip with her kid's to watch me in the parade," Womack said.
The parade offers cash awards for those who entered the best float in the parade. Jim Leonard, parade chairman, says the award is determined by the donations they get each year. This year, Leonard said the parade cost approximately $6,000 to operate. These costs ranged from insurance, to signs, to safety vests for those involved. However, it was not just the diligent work form the East End Improvement Association that helped make the parade a success.
Among the entrants in the float contest, the Cub Scouts, Pack 126, of Godfrey made a float that was themed like a haunted house. Inside the house were 15 of the members of the Cub Scouts group. Pack 126 has been participating in the parade for five years and fell their members inside of the house were crucial to their chances of winning best float.
The winners of the best floats will be available online and in Sunday's edition of the Telegraph.


A new exhibit of satellite photography, titled My Planet From Space: Fragility and Beauty, is on display in the United Nations Visitor's Center in New York City from July 9 to September 9.
Chongqing, China: This is one of China's National Central Cities, which were established to influence surrounding cities on modernising and integrating services in the areas of infrastructure, finance, public education, sanitation and urban planning, among others.
Gobi Desert, East Asia: This desert is experiencing rapid expansion — particularly on its southern edge into China — attributed to human activities including deforestation and overgrazing. As a consequence, dust storms have increased in frequency, damaging agriculture.
40° 23' N, 101° 29' E, taken by Envisat (ASAR).
K2, Central Karakoram, Pakistan: K2 has a peak elevation of about 8611 m, making it the second-highest mountain in the world after Mt Everest. It is part of one of the world's largest mountain glacier systems, including the over 60 km-long Baltoro Glacier.
35° 52' N, 76° 30' E, taken by ALOS (AVNIR-2).
Lake Mead, United States of America: This massive reservoir was established in the early 1930s by the construction of the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River. Drought and increased water demand in recent years has resulted in a decline in water levels, hitting record lows in 2014.
36° 09' N, 114° 34' W, taken by Envisat (ASAR).
Mexico City, Mexico: The Valley of Mexico was originally covered by the waters of Lake Texcoco but over the centuries the water has been drained. The area that has not been built up is today used for hydraulic management and is made up of reservoirs and ponds.
19° 27' N, 99° 00' W, taken by Kompsat-2.
Namib Desert, Southwest Africa: Sand dunes dominate the world's oldest desert – some reaching over 300 m in height. The blue and white area is the dry river bed of the Tsauchab – which only sees water following rare rainfall in the Naukluft Mountains to the east.
24° 43' S, 15° 27' E, taken by Kompsat-2.
Petermann Glacier, Northwest Greenland: In August 2010, a calving event at the tip of this glacier gave birth to a massive iceberg. Measuring about 30 km long and 15 km wide at its foot and almost 7 km wide at its head, it was the largest Arctic iceberg to calve since the 1960s.
80° 57' N, 60° 51' W, taken by Envisat (ASAR).
Pine Island Glacier, West Antarctica: Radar satellites have been monitoring the rapid thinning of this glacier for over 20 years. Radars can 'see' through clouds and in the dark, making them suited for monitoring polar regions prone to bad weather and long periods of darkness.
75° 04' S, 100° 59' W, taken by Sentinel-1A.
Erg Iguidi, West Sahara Desert: This area of wind-shaped sand dunes is relatively humid, with abundant groundwater towards its north-eastern edge. Patches of season vegetation support gazelle, and the area is even used for pastures.
Kansas, United States of America: In this false-colour image, circles come from a central-pivot irrigation system, where a long water pipe rotates around a well at the centre. Rectangles are made when the pipes are rolled in straight lines across the fields.
37º 42' N, 100º 39' W, taken by Landsat-7.


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Say no to Shari'a Law in Australia! Join the protest, 3rd of July 2011
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Say no to a Caliphate in Australia, say no to Shari'a in Australia! A vigil against Hizb ut-Tahrir (2011)
Hizb ut-Tahrir is planning another one of their 'Jihad conferences', see www.uprisings2011.com. This one is set for Sunday, 3rd July 2011 at Grand Westella, 12 Bridge Street Lidcombe, NSW.
The previous one they held in Australia featured Islamic fundamentalists preaching for the formation of a global caliphate. Such a 'caliphate' can only be achieved by violent Jihad or 'holy war' as has been demonstrated in the 1,400 years of violence and slaughter driven by that evil engine of oppression, Islam.
The Jihad against India and the resulting Hindu Holocaust occurred under an Islamic Caliphate which caused the deaths of tens of millions of Hindus and Buddhists.
The Armenian genocide, during which over 1,000,000 Christian Armenians were exterminated by Muslims, occurred in the dying years of the Ottoman caliphate and provided the blueprint for Hitler's "final solution."
Mass murder and genocide is the legacy of Islamic caliphates, is that a legacy we want to leave for our children?
Join our peaceful vigil on the 3rd of July to highlight the victims of Islamic imperialism and to reject the ideology of Hizb ut-Tahrir. Contact Darrin (0431 739 260) or Nick (0417 679 972). Assemble at Lidcombe station 11AM (Railway St. side), then we'll be marching past the venue to Wellington Park.
About Hizb ut-Tahrir (HT):
HT conferences around the world suggest that the group is currently in the second stage of its goal of establishing a global Islamic government. In commemoration of the anniversary of the abolishment of the Islamic caliphate 85 years ago, HT is holding worldwide events throughout the summer, calling "on Muslims around the world to mobilize … See … See MoreMoreto re-establish the Islamic Khilafah." In addition to the July 19 conference in Oak Lawn, Illinois, events are taking place in Ukraine, Mauritius, Lebanon, Tanzania, Bangladesh, Britain, Indonesia, Sudan and Turkey, among other places.
HT claims that it does not engage in violent activities and generally espouses a policy of nonviolence. However, in a January 2010 press release, HT calls for violence against U.S. troops stationed in Afghanistan. The group accuses "US crusaders" of killing nine school children and injuring 85 others in Afghanistan. "Such incidents," HT says in the press release "has to be answered by sharp swords of Muslim united armies under a true Muslim leader (Imam/K), not by few words of condemnations, rallies and demonstrations or submissions of list of demands to the UN's or Human Rights, which are the protector of these crusaders, not us."
Its position on nonviolence is complicated by its admission that "jihad" is compulsory for Muslims in an Islamic country to fight their perceived enemies. According to the group's Web site, "the members of Hizb ut-Tahrir in that country are a part of the Muslims and it is obligatory upon them as it is upon other Muslims, in their capacity as Muslims, to fight the enemy and repel them." HT's long record of hostility toward Israel and the Jews also belies HT's claim that it does not espouse or condone violence.
The radicalization of HT members who adhere to the group's extremist ideology can also lead to violent acts. In 2007, German police arrested three men on suspicion of plotting to bomb military and civilian airports, restaurants and nightclubs. Two of the men were allegedly Uzbek members of the HT splinter cell Islamic Jihad Union (IJU), which carried out a terrorist attack against the American and Israeli embassies in Uzbekistan in July 2004.
Janet Albrechtsen writes about Hizb-ut Tahrir -> http://blogs.theaustralian.news.com.au/janetalbrechtsen/index.php/theaustralian/comments/it_is_time_we_banned_hizb_ut_tahrir/
To read comments on last year's Hizb ut-Tahrir conference (2010), see www.protectionist.net/2010/06/15/say-no-to-a-caliphate-in-australia/
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Bec says
Jack, How can it be that anyone claiming to be 'for Christ alone' feels it's OK to comment favourably of this website? Jesus laid down his life for everyone, regardless of where they come from, and Australians who claim to follow Jesus should do no less. Jesus called on his followers to obey the law of Love – Perfect love casts out fear, but on this website I can only see hatred and fear-mongering.
It's still alive: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fuck-Islam/10285218…
I've been reading a book (well more a novella) entitled "22 steps to global tyranny". It's quite a remarkable discourse on how our politicians have been moving us from a self-sufficient country with a national identity and healthy industry to a puppet of the "world government" and TCOs – it probably comes more from a conspiracy theorist than behaviourist perspective – and indeed it's probably hard to know when things have been deliberately orchestrated or just a cock-up. It describes the likes of Malcolm Fraser, Bob Hawke, Paul Keating, Alexander Downer and many other prominent politicians back further in our history as "useful idiots" – a term coined I believe by the people behind the Rhodes Scholar program of which Bob Hawke took part (and perhaps others from the above list) – but then it also looks at our education system as promoting similar ideas. It identifies key turning points in our history pretty much from just after WW1 in how the government is, either deliberately or through being comprised of useful idiots, exacting what we are seeing.
It names many policy changes and actions which contribute towards this purpose. A few interesting assertions come to mind (not necessarily in chronological order) such as
* after WW1 the govt. put the CBA (originally, the people's bank) in the hands of a directorate. We were able to afford to fund WW1 because the CBA accorded low interest loans, in the hands of the directorate, the govt. was unable to borrow from the CBA (the directorate refused) and the govt. was forced to borrow from private lenders at higher rates and thus began the indentureship of our govt.
* Multiculturalism introduced by Fraser (I think) to undermine our national identity and as such, compromise our ability to unite against injustices to the Australian people – we can't seem to do anything to protect our sovereignty these days without being labelled racist/xenophobic or intellectual philistines.
* a "crisis" to get firearms out of the hands of people to reduce their ability to resist – Port Arthur
* Free Trade – anyone taking a protectionist view was politically assassinated/ridiculed and Alexander Downer said something to the effect that it was inevitable – get with the times.
However, the proponents of a world government seem to be missing two important and historically evident truisms:
a) the community is best placed to know what the community needs – not some government 1000's of kilometres away. I applaud Noosa's resistance to amalgamation (which the book suggests is a precursor to replacing local councils with federally placed administrators).
b) absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Perhaps it will be shown that Bob Brown is the useful idiot to end all useful idiots – if there's anyone left to reflect on it 🙂
Just a minor note, I've emailed the APP a couple of times over the past week in relation to seeing if there are local branches I can support, but I don't seem to be getting responses. Is it just that you (the APP) are getting overwhelmed by emails?
Jonas says
12 July 2011 at 12:59 am
I was there and yes to me it went well it just shows how gutless the young Muslims are as they were on their mobiles asking for more troops the police had to call the dog squad to escort our members to their cars and here I am thinking of religion of peace. They call them selves lions of the desert then I realise that is true as lions hunt in packs. Nick and Darren both made speeches and I think both should be printed on here as both were very good, And both are to be congratulated on them come on boys put them up on here and A I
skippymate says
now we have gone too far where does a council in melbourne get off paying $45,000.00 for a screen so the muslim ladys can bath in private. what the hell is happening, i would like a screen around my house to protect me and my family from the invasion of my country is my council going to pay for that. BET NOT …….
Skipping Girl says
7 July 2011 at 12:13 pm
Hope all went well with this years protest.
Sorry couldn't get there this year. Everyone who loves this fantastic country should be out there standing up to these losers.
jack says
Life and heart for Christ alone,Hand for humanity.
Not Shariah Law,are you kidding me.Heaven is only through Christ no others.
NO NO NO NO NO SHARIAH LAW,DEFINITELY NA
John Howard took our guns away from us so we would have nothing to fight with. The Government knows what is coming. Because they are the 2 preferred parties.
WHO prefers them? not me. not my friends. in fact most people i know want them GONE.
LABOR & LIBERALS are a bunch of arrogant low-lives. "Arse wipes" better describes them. Juliar Gilliar and Rabbott Abbott. No Guts. Both of Them.
WE MUST VOTE IN PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT OUR COUNTRY.
We must do something as soon as possible. Get rid of islam from our home.
Publish who are the extreme left. Get them gone too.
Sweden is virtually gone with England coming up. America has already got islam in the top job. Once a muslim always a muslim. the wars in the middle east are red herrings to divert our attention.
If you people cannot see whats happening islam is gaining on you too.
Paranoia? so you say.
We must start to educate our population!
Be Aware says
Or maybe SBS.
Good luck to all who can attend.
Question – why is "Hizb ut Tahir" not banned in Australia?
Perhaps we should all ask our local representative.
Good luck on the 3rd of July 2011 !!!
Mr Aussie Digger says
why have they still not been charged with hate speech. if we even say we just dont want sharia we get dragged to court, sacked, vilified etc, yet they can call for murder, sedition, coup, etc and its called free speech, this is disgusting.
bloody good question
because the hate speech laws are not to protect us. we are white. and Aussies. the powers that be want us broken and abject.
those laws are for foreigners. to protect them not us.
those laws should be used to expel the creeps.
InfoUpdate says
"Official trailer for Hizb ut-Tahrir Australia's major conference of 2011, to be held in Sydney, Australia on the 3rd of July 2011. This year's theme is 'Uprising in the Muslim World…on the road to Khilafah'."
Smells like Jihad.


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Harris, Sanchez clash in California's lone US Senate debate
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The two candidates for California's open U.S. Senate seat clashed in a series of pointed exchanges Wednesday over each other's competence and ability to get things done, highlighting the stakes in their only televised debate.
State Attorney General Kamala Harris and Rep. Loretta Sanchez, both Democrats, dueled over issues from crime to terrorism, seeking to sway voters in a race that has been largely overshadowed by Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.
The tone was often sharply critical. Harris used the hour-long matchup at California State University, Los Angeles, to repeatedly criticize Sanchez for her poor attendance record in Washington, saying the race is about "who shows up, and who gets things done."
Sanchez attempted to frame Harris, a lifetime prosecutor, as ill-equipped for Washington at a time of global dangers, often referring to her own service on the Armed Services and Homeland Security committees in the House. She also depicted Harris untrustworthy, a politician who "says one thing and does another."
Sanchez entered the race lagging in polls and fundraising, while Harris is the pick of the Democratic establishment, counting endorsements from President Barack Obama and Gov. Jerry Brown.
Sanchez needed a command performance to try to close the gap but "Loretta Sanchez isn't any closer to the Senate than she was an hour ago," said Claremont McKenna College political scientist Jack Pitney, summing up the debate. He judged Harris' performance as adequate, including effective arguments that Sanchez was often a no-show in Washington while campaigning in California. Sanchez argued she had never missed a crucial vote.
Sanchez embraced the outsider role: "Don't listen to the establishment," she said, adding that she didn't have the Democratic Party's endorsement when she first won her House seat.
The debate offered repeated confrontations, with the candidates sometimes talking simultaneously. Sanchez frequently gestured with her hands, often thrusting a finger for emphasis.
The contest came just a few days before mail-in ballots are distributed to millions of voters.
The race marks the first time in the modern era that a Republican will not appear on the Senate ballot, the Democrats-only runoff created by the state's unusual primary election rules.
The TV audience was expected to be relatively small, and the debate will be competed for viewers with the playoff game between the San Francisco Giants and the New York Mets.
Sanchez, snubbed by her own party, has been trying to stitch together an unusual coalition that includes Republicans, Hispanics, Democrats and independents. She frequently faulted Harris for the state's rising violent crime rates, an issue that could resonate with GOP voters.
As fellow Democrats, the two candidates share similar positions on many issues, including the $15 minimum wage, climate change and immigration reform.
The race has been invisible to many voters.
Typically, TV commercials would begin circulating widely at this stage in a high-profile campaign. They have not.
Sanchez, in particular, has struggled to raise money and it appears unlikely she will be able to finance the kind of advertising barrage typically needed to shift voters' views.
Harris, in her second term, has run statewide campaigns and is better known.
Competence on the job was a central dispute.
Sanchez sought to tie Harris to rising homicide rates, arguing that she has failed in an area where the attorney general professes expertise. Harris recalled that in December, Sanchez was sharply criticized after suggesting that as many as two of 10 Muslims would engage in terrorism to establish a strict Islamic state.
Sanchez, from Orange County, later issued a statement saying the estimate did not reflect her views on the Muslim community in America, and most Muslims around the world are committed to peace.
Harris said such statements are "playing into the hands of ISIS," and responding, Sanchez accused her opponent of twisting her words.
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