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Trang chủ 2021 Tháng Mười Một 28 VN-EU UK Prime Minister Johnson recommends that Vietnam gradually phase out coal power and prevent deforestation
UK Prime Minister Johnson recommends that Vietnam gradually phase out coal power and prevent deforestation
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had a phone conversation with British President Boris Johnson
In a phone call on October 26, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson recommended that the Vietnamese government commit to reducing greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050 and continue to take steps to phase out coal electricity as well as end deforestation by 2030.
The phone conversation between UK PM Boris Johnson and his Vietnamese counterpart Pham Minh Chinh took place on the eve of the Global Climate Summit (COP26) which will be held since early November in Glasgow, England.
Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will lead the Vietnamese delegation to attend the conference.
According to the British government's press release, the two sides discussed Vietnam's leading role in the region in tackling climate change.
The two leaders noted the increasingly strong relationship between the UK and Vietnam and pledged to further deepen their strategic partnership, including in defense and security.
Vietnamese government leaders welcomed the UK's recent support for vaccines and medical equipment for the fight against Covid-19.
Johnson expressed his wish to welcome Vietnam to Glasgow to attend COP26 and jointly promote global action on climate change.
The UK has committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050.
Boris Johnson has set a target that by 2035, all of the UK's electricity will come from clean sources.
The UK is the world leader in offshore wind power. Britain currently has about 10GW of capacity, which the government has promised to quadruple by 2030.
Cars and taxis accounted for 16% of UK emissions in 2019 and the government says no new petrol and diesel cars will be sold from 2030.
The UK government says it will cut emissions from manufacturing by about two-thirds between 2018 and 2035.
Vietnam "addicted" to coal power plants?
While the general trend around the world is to abandon coal-fired power because they destroy the environment, Vietnam does not seem to have taken any active steps to participate in this process.
Besides the old coal power plants, Vietnam is continuing to build new ones.
The controversial coal power plant project II in Vung Ang will finally officially start construction in December 2021, according to Reuters.
Climate change: Greenhouse gas concentrations hit new highs in 2020
Electricity output from Vietnam's coal power plants could be doubled by 2030, according to a draft development strategy submitted to PM Chinh for approval in mid-October.
Observers say that this draft shows that Vietnam is certain to continue to rely mainly on coal power for economic development, at a time when financiers and insurance companies are refusing to support the construction of new coal power projects because of their devastating impact on climate change.
In mid-October, Chinh said that Vietnam would increase the share of renewable energy in the context of declining fossil fuel reserves. "As a developing country with many difficulties, Vietnam is building a harmonized and balanced roadmap for sustainable energy transition, climate change adaptation, and carbon emission reduction," Chinh said.
Mr. Pham Minh Chinh's 'harmonious' roadmap is that by 2030, coal power will account for 31.4%. While electricity from natural gas only accounts for 22.4%, hydropower 20%, renewable energy 25.7%
In an article titled "Is Vietnam addicted to coal power?," the South China Morning Post said that Vietnam's coal power plants are mainly funded by China, Japan, South Korea, and a few from America.
Electricity output from coal power plants currently meets 50% of electricity demand in Vietnam. Currently, only about 12% of electricity in Vietnam is produced from renewable energy sources such as solar and wind.
Not only causing serious pollution, coal power plants in Vietnam are believed to have caused 4,359 premature deaths in 2017, according to a 2020 study on air quality and health by NGOs. Hanoi-based sustainability government GreenID – a number the organization expects could increase with more coal power plants
The two sides agreed to continue working together to tackle the global pandemic and increase trade and investment between the two countries, based on the UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement and the plan to join the UK's CPTPP trade bloc.
British PM Boris Johnson expressed his wish to welcome Vietnam to Glasgow to attend COP26 and jointly promote global action on climate change.
Source: https://www.bbc.com/vietnamese/vietnam-59047135
UK and Vietnam sign many agreements during Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's trip
ASEAN Summit: Will the new Vietnamese Prime Minister get his goal?
US President and Vietnamese Prime Minister meet on sidelines of Climate Change Summit
Danh mục: VN-EU Từ khóa: Boris Johnson, Phạm Minh Chính, Prime Minister, UK, Vietnam


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Initial 'D'(ionysius) with foliate decoration., Commentary on Pseudo-Dionysius' Hierarchia caelestis (index Commentaria in Hierarchiam Coelestem S. Dionysii Areopagitae)
John Longland, bishop of Lincoln and confessor of Henry VIII, Royal Appendix 69 (see Carley 2000).The flyleaves contain two Goliardic poems or satires on church abuses in a 13th-century hand: an invective against the bishops of Bath [Jocelin], Norwich
Initial 'P'(rimus) with decoration., Commentary on Pseudo-Dionysius' Hierarchia caelestis (index Commentaria in Hierarchiam Coelestem S. Dionysii Areopagitae)
Large initial 'I'(udei) with decoration in angular and foliate patterns., Commentary on Pseudo-Dionysius' Hierarchia caelestis (index Commentaria in Hierarchiam Coelestem S. Dionysii Areopagitae)
Initial 'H'(is) with decoration., Commentary on Pseudo-Dionysius' Hierarchia caelestis (index Commentaria in Hierarchiam Coelestem S. Dionysii Areopagitae)
Coloured initial 'D'(ominus) with display script., Liber scintillarum and other theological collections, with Old English glosses
Coloured initial 'D'(ominus) with display script. Includes the Liber scintillarum of Defensor of Ligugé (ff. 1-100v) and a series of extracts from Ecclesiasticus and Isidore, Sententiae, under the title 'Hic pauca incipiunt de vitiis et peccatis' (ff. 100v-106), with
Coloured initial 'D'(ominus) with display script, at the beginning of the Liber scintillarum., Liber scintillarum and other theological collections, with Old English glosses
Coloured initial 'D'(ominus) with display script, at the beginning of the Liber scintillarum. Includes the Liber scintillarum of Defensor of Ligugé (ff. 1-100v) and a series of extracts from Ecclesiasticus and Isidore, Sententiae, under the title 'Hic pauca incipiunt
Decorated initial with a hybrid creature and foliage., Commentary on the Gospel of John and the Epistles of John
colour (f. 136v). Small initials in brown or red. Rubrics in red. Commentary on the Gospel of John and the Epistles of John The first leaf of this manuscript is bound in Harley 5958, f. 87. In the lower margin
Decorated initial 'H'(oc) with reserved designs and penwork decoration including arabesque motifs., Diadema monachorum
(d. 1720): inscribed 'William Cocke / Virginia / July 4, 1719' (f. 1); William Cocke is mentioned in John G. Kolp, 'Holloway, John (1666?-1734), ~Oxford Dictionary of National Biography~ (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004) [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/articleHL/68571, accessed 9 Jul 2007].The Harley
Woodcut of John holding a chalice., Collection of Scottish poetry
of John holding a chalice. 9 large (ff. 5v, 116v, 125v, 187, 189v, 193v, 198v, 208v, 213v [the same as on f. 193v]) and 8 small (ff. 178v, 182, 183, 183v, 185, 188v, 190v, 204v) woodcuts of the 15th century,
Coloured letters., De trinitate (excerpts) (ff. 9-85v); De doctrina christiana (excerpts) (f. 8r-v); De rerum naturis (ff. 9-35v); calendar (ff. 1v-7v)
of a flaming mountain and a pelican in her piety (f. iii). (John Brough Taylor, F.S.A. (elected 1813), the editor of R. Hegge's Legend of St Cuthbert: inscription 'John Taylor, FSA' (f. i). Item 90 in an unidentified French sale
Coloured initial 'H'(er ys godspelles) in green with penwork decoration in red, with ownership inscriptions of Thomas Cranmer (Thomas Cantuarien[sis]) and John Lumley., West Saxon Gospels (the 'Wessex Gospels')
in red, with ownership inscriptions of Thomas Cranmer (Thomas Cantuarien[sis]) and John Lumley. Copied, directly or indirectly, from Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodley 441, omitting some passages due to defects in the Bodley manuscript (Marc 16:14-20, Luke 16:14- 17:1, and 24:
Foliate initial 'P'(lacuit) with animal masks, dragons and a marginal extension, at the beginning of the dedication to Henry II., Topographia Hiberniae, Expugnatio Hibernica, Itinerarium Kambriae; De purgatorio sancti Patrici, Excerpts from the Chronicle of Eusebius of Caesarea
c. 1375-c. 1420, no. 906 (see St Augustine's Abbey 2008). John Twyne (b. c.1505, d. 1581), schoolmaster and antiquary, perhaps owned by him: inscribed 'Twyne' in the hand of John Dee, antiquary (b. 1527, d.1609), in the entry of the
Miniature of a crane, and barnacle geese growing from a tree., Topographia Hiberniae, Expugnatio Hibernica, Itinerarium Kambriae; De purgatorio sancti Patrici, Excerpts from the Chronicle of Eusebius of Caesarea
Miniature of two kingfishers and a stork eating a worm., Topographia Hiberniae, Expugnatio Hibernica, Itinerarium Kambriae; De purgatorio sancti Patrici, Excerpts from the Chronicle of Eusebius of Caesarea
Miniature of a stag, a hare, a badger and a beaver in the lower margin of the folio., Topographia Hiberniae, Expugnatio Hibernica, Itinerarium Kambriae; De purgatorio sancti Patrici, Excerpts from the Chronicle of Eusebius of Caesarea
Miniatures of a spider, a fox, and a wolf, in the margins of the folio., Topographia Hiberniae, Expugnatio Hibernica, Itinerarium Kambriae; De purgatorio sancti Patrici, Excerpts from the Chronicle of Eusebius of Caesarea
Marginal miniature of a fish with golden teeth found at Carlingford in Ulster, and a deer with golden teeth from Dunholm wood., Topographia Hiberniae, Expugnatio Hibernica, Itinerarium Kambriae; De purgatorio sancti Patrici, Excerpts from the Chronicle of Eusebius of Caesarea
Miniature of a Cow-stag of Chester, the woman of Connaught embracing a goat, Joanna of Paris embracing a lion, and a rooster crowing, in the lower margin, Topographia Hiberniae, Expugnatio Hibernica, Itinerarium Kambriae; De purgatorio sancti Patrici, Excerpts from the Chronicle of Eusebius of Caesarea
Miniature of the legend of the bear of St Firmin of Uzio., Topographia Hiberniae, Expugnatio Hibernica, Itinerarium Kambriae; De purgatorio sancti Patrici, Excerpts from the Chronicle of Eusebius of Caesarea
Miniatures of the rats of Ferneginan and the wandering bell of Mactalewus, in the left margin of the folio., Topographia Hiberniae, Expugnatio Hibernica, Itinerarium Kambriae; De purgatorio sancti Patrici, Excerpts from the Chronicle of Eusebius of Caesarea
"Results" Manuscripts Online (www.manuscriptsonline.org, version 1.0, 22 January 2022), https://www.manuscriptsonline.org/search/results?ac=f&ft=t&kw=john&sdf=1126&sdt=1154&st=160

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Crème brulee at Micky D's? For real?
In a sign that commerce is king, even at the Olympics, participating McDonald's restaurants in Canada are offering a special menu of Olympic treats.
The limited-time menu includes two zippy McNugget dipping sauces, "Zesty" Mango and Spicy Szechuan; a yummy-looking S'mores pie, and the crème de la crème, a crème brulee McFlurry. Yum! I'm on the next plane to B.C!
A Minneapolis food blog reports that other offerings, though not on the McDonald's Canadian website, include a chicken parmesan wrap and Olympic mascot toys included in Happy Meals.


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Smoots Summer Games Xbox One Digital Pre-order And Pre-load available now - XboxOne-HQ.COM
Smoots Summer Games Xbox One Digital Pre-order And Pre-load available now
Published: Wednesday, August 14, 2019Tagged: Gaming, Pre-order, Xbox Live, Xbox One, Xbox Store,
'Smoots Summer Games' is now available for digital pre-order and pre-download On Xbox One.
Smoot Summer Games is a sports arcade game for 1-4 players where you can play 18 athletics events. Play with your favorite Smoot character in practice, Special Challenge and Championship game modes. Smoots Summer Games is the perfect game to play with your friends and family.
Developed by Kaneda Games and published by JanduSoft, "Smoots Summer Games" will be avaliable on August 21, 2019.
For more Xbox news, upcoming ID@Xbox release dates and information on Everything Xbox, follow @XONEHQ on Twitter and YouTube, download the free XBOX app for Android, and until next time, game on!
Xbox Store: here
Official Site: http://www.kaneda-games.com/en/featured/top_entertaiment/smoots-sumer-games-en/
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SEGA's "PHANTASY STAR ONLINE 2" will be released in North America in spring 2020! A never-ending quest awaits you!..


Whether you're celebrating a special event, or fulfilling the bucket-list dream of doing a whitewater rafting trip, we have the perfect adventure for you and your group. Below are some considerations to help you make an easier choice. And, as always, if you have questions or need help selecting a trip, don't hesitate to contact us!
Depending on where you're staying while visiting Central Oregon, some of our trips may be more convenient for you than others. However, all of our trips depart from our Bend Headquarters, and many from Sunriver, and depending on what trip you have your heart set on, convenience of departure may not be the most important factor when choosing your trip.
Sunriver Resort. We offer pickups from our shop in the Village at Sunriver Mall for the Big Eddy Thriller and North Umpqua Premier trips.
Black Butte Ranch. We offer convenient pickups at Black Butte Ranch in Sisters, Oregon, for both our Big Eddy Thriller and McKenzie Magic Half Day trips. The most convenient pickup for a full-day adventure is at the Redmond Safeway for our Lower Deschutes All Day Adventure.
Sisters. Our McKenzie Magic Half Day departs from the Five Pine Lodge in Sisters. See Black Butte Ranch for other trips departing from Sisters.
Bend. All of our adventures depart from our Bend Headquarters. Our Big Eddy Thriller is the most convenient, as it's only minutes from our headquarters to the put-in. The McKenzie Magic Half Day is also convenient from Bend. Our Lower Deschutes All Day Adventure is a little closer to our Bend Headquarters than our North Umpqua Premier.
Are you looking for a part-day or full-day trip?
Our most popular, and convenient, trip is the Big Eddy Thriller, which is two hours door-to-door from Bend, and three from Sunriver.
The McKenzie Magic trip is longer, but doesn't take an entire day. The McKenzie Magic includes a deli-style lunch.
Our all-day whitewater trips will be the highlight of your vacation. Both the All Day Adventure and the North Umpqua Premier are full-day trips that include swimming and lunch.
What day of the week do you want to raft?
We offer three of our trips, the Big Eddy Thriller, McKenzie Magic and All Day Adventure seven days a week. If you want a longer rafting trip on Wednesday or Friday, our North Umpqua Premier is a special adventure that rafting aficionados love.
What kind of scenery are you looking for?
High Desert. Our most popular trip, the Big Eddy Thriller, features islands made from ancient lava flows, ponderosa, pine and aspen trees, as well as wildlife including osprey, bald eagles, otters and deer.
Western Canyon. Our All Day Adventure will make you feel like you're on the set of an old Western, with a trip down the Lower Deschutes River through a rugged, rocky canyon. This big sky adventure may include sightings of raptors and big horn sheep.
Mossy Forest. As you travel down the sparkling waters of the McKenzie River on our McKenzie Magic trip, you'll be torn between admiring the crystalline waters of the river and the verdant, old growth forest lining the river banks.
Remote Wilderness. Well worth its trip off the well-traveled path, our North Umpqua Premier trip gives you a glimpse of pristine wilderness untouched by man. This adventure, which is a guide favorite, travels through a primeval forest punctuated with dramatic rock spires.
Since 1978, Sun Country Tours has been creating unforgettable experiences for thousands of guests on the beautiful rivers of Oregon. We are a Hall of Fame Award Winner on TripAdvisor, where you'll find lots of reviews for our adventures!
Sun Country Tours, Inc. is an equal opportunity recreation service provider under special use permits from the Deschutes, Willamette and Umpqua National Forests, and the Bureau of Land Management.


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Australian Dancing Society
Federation Organization DanceSport
See also: Categories: Organizations
Officially Founded: in 1942
By: Mickey Powell
Abbreviation: ADS
President: Barry White (WA)
Australian Dancing Society is one of a number of companies that organizes competitions in Australia under the rules of DanceSport Australia. President - Barry White (WA). ADS is the organizer of the "Australian DanceSport Championships".
2.1 ADS National Executive
The Australian Dancing Society is a national organization founded in 1942 by Mickey Powell providing a democratic national structure for the service of DanceSport in Australia. Many of the prominent names in dancing today started with Mickey Powell whose headquarters at 79 Bourke Street Melbourne became the meeting place.
Mickey was an entrepreneur and introduced many initiatives for the improvement and growth of ballroom dancing in Australia. Mickey's desire to foster and encourage Australians to develop a uniquely Australian style – and to lift the profile of Australian dancers. The first team traveled to England by sea in 1948. Alf Davies and Julie Reaby were members of that team. They went on of course to become World Champions. They remain the only Australians to have won the British Professional Modern Championship (twice). Mickey encouraged them never to lose their Australian style. His devotion and encouragement really set an agenda for the future and the development of the Australian Dancing Society.
The ADS is a "not for profit" organisation that "stands alone", providing comprehensive service at all levels and facets of the sport of dance.
The ADS has a long and proud history and continues to lead the way providing a valuable service to the sport of dance nationally. The ADS has branches in all states of Australia and deliver in excess of 30 events nationally each year. "Always aspiring" the ADS continues to incorporate new initiatives introducing "live streaming" of the full program at the ADS "Australian DanceSport Championship".
ADS National Executive
Managing Director - Adam Blakey (Vic)
Director - Marinus de Roo (NSW)
Director - Marlene Hallewell (NSW)
Director - Melinda Hayes (NSW)
Director - Andrew Palmer (Tas)
Director - Judy Pegus (WA)
Director - Susan Porter (Vic)
Director - Lecia Putland (Vic)
Director - Gary Soderlund (Qld)
Director - Madeleine Zoanetti (SA)
Australian Dancing Society is one of a number of companies that organizes competitions in Australia under the rules of DanceSport Australia. President - Barry White (WA). ADS organizing several World DanceSport Federation (WDSF) events per year, one of them is: "Australian DanceSport Championships" in Melbourne, Australia.
Organizer: ADS
WDSF Open Adult Latin
WDSF Open Adult Standard
You can also search for Australian Dancing Society to check for alternative titles or spellings.
Search for "Australian Dancing Society" in existing articles.
Categories: Organizations


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Planowanie radioterapii – proces planowania leczenia mający na celu skoncentrowanie dawki promieniowania w zmianie nowotworowej i zminimalizowanie powikłań ze strony sąsiadujących narządów. Planowanie radioterapii wymaga współpracy lekarza radioterapeuty z elektroradiologiem, fizykiem medycznym i technikiem elektroradiologii.

Etapy planowania teleradioterapii
 Zakwalifikowanie pacjenta do radioterapii przez lekarza radioterapeutę.
 Wykonanie badania tomografii komputerowej (TK) przez technika elektroradiologii pod nadzorem lekarza prowadzącego i/lub elektroradiologa do tego upoważnionego. W badaniu wykorzystuje się urządzenia do unieruchomienia pacjenta, np. maski termoplastyczne, które mają zapewnić pacjentowi komfortowe i powtarzalne ułożenie w kolejnych etapach radioterapii. Również na tym etapie technik elektroradiolog, w oparciu o zlecenie wykonania badania TK, wyznaczane na ciele lub masce pacjenta punkty służące do powtarzalnego układania pacjenta w następnych etapach radioterapii.
 Wyznaczenie na przekrojach z tomografii komputerowej przez lekarza radioterapeutę zmiany nowotworowej, narządów zdrowych i określenie dawki jaką ma otrzymać guz. Narządy zdrowe wyznacza również elektroradiolog.
 Przygotowanie przez zespół fizyków medycznych i/lub elektroradiologów indywidualnego planu napromieniania dla pacjenta zakwalifikowanego do leczenia metodą radioterapii.
 W komputerowym systemie do planowania leczenia fizyk medyczny dobiera rodzaj promieniowania (wysoko energetyczne promieniowanie X, promieniowanie elektronowe), jego energię, kierunki wiązek terapeutycznych tak, aby w najlepszy sposób napromienić nowotwór i maksymalnie ochronić narządy go otaczające. System do planowania leczenia pozwala na stworzenie trójwymiarowych rekonstrukcji ciała pacjenta, kształtu guza, narządów zdrowych i wykonanie symulacji oddziaływania promieniowania z tkankami poddanymi leczeniu. Przygotowanie planu leczenia jest zadaniem trudnym i wymagającym. W zależności od umiejscowienia guza, jego kształtu i rozmiarów może trwać od kilku godzin do kilku dni.
 Akceptacja planu leczenia przez lekarza radioterapeutę.
 Wykonanie przez fizyków medycznych weryfikacji dozymetrycznej planu leczenia, czyli pomiarów i analizy zgodności dawki zaplanowanej w systemie planowania leczenia z dawką rzeczywistą. Pomiary odbywają się na aparacie terapeutycznym i mają na celu zapewnienie maksymalnego bezpieczeństwa pacjenta poddanego radioterapii.
 Przed rozpoczęciem radioterapii, technik elektroradiolog pod nadzorem lekarza radioterapeuty i/lub elektroradiologa sprawdza wszystkie parametry planu leczenia w symulatorze. W trakcje symulacji, jeśli nie zostało to wykonane już wcześniej na etapie tomografii komputerowej, na ciele lub masce pacjenta zaznaczane są punkty centrowania, w oparciu o które w sposób powtarzalny są realizowane kolejne seanse terapeutyczne. Etap ten może być również wykonany na aparacie terapeutycznym podczas pierwszej sesji napromieniania.
 Napromienianie pacjenta na aparacie terapeutycznym odbywa się pod nadzorem elektroradiologa oraz zespołu techników radioterapii zgodnie z planem zatwierdzonym przez lekarza radioterapeutę.

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Wow! Neither firearms nor illegal drugs are on that list! Why don't we find something that is associated with heart disease and outlaw it. Obesity comes to mind. Why don't we find something that is associated with unintentional injuries, like automobiles, and ban them. Let's outlaw death, let's outlaw guns! But wait, isn't murder already against the law?
Bitcoin: Should the Functions of Money be Separate, or All-in-One?


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/**
 * A thread synchronization barrier implemented using erl_nif synch facilities
 */
class Barrier {

private:
	uint N_THREADS;

	uint waiting_threads_counts[2];
	uint current_counter;

	ErlNifMutex* mtx;
	ErlNifCond* cond;

public:
	explicit Barrier(uint n_Threads) {
		N_THREADS = n_Threads;
		waiting_threads_counts[0] = waiting_threads_counts[1] = 0;
		current_counter = 0;

		mtx = enif_mutex_create((char*) "map_load_thread_cond_mtx");
		cond = enif_cond_create((char*) "map_load_thread_cond");

		//std::cerr << "Barrier("<< N_THREADS <<") CREATED"<<endl;
	}
	~Barrier() {
		enif_cond_destroy(cond);
		enif_mutex_destroy(mtx);
	}

	void await(){

		enif_mutex_lock(mtx);

		uint local_counter = current_counter;

		waiting_threads_counts[local_counter]++;
		//std::cerr << "await(): waiting_threads_counts[local_counter]++: "<< waiting_threads_counts[local_counter] <<endl;

		if(waiting_threads_counts[local_counter] < N_THREADS) {
			//std::cerr << "await(): Barrier NOT full" <<endl;

			while(waiting_threads_counts[local_counter] < N_THREADS) {
			//	std::cerr << "await(): cond_wait waiting_threads_counts[local_counter]: "<< waiting_threads_counts[local_counter] <<endl;
				enif_cond_wait(cond, mtx);
			}
		}
		else {
			//std::cerr << "await(): Barrier FULL. waiting_threads:" <<waiting_threads_counts[local_counter] << " broadcast!" <<endl;

			current_counter ^= 1;
			waiting_threads_counts[current_counter] = 0;

			enif_cond_broadcast(cond);
		}

	//	std::cerr << "await(): END" <<endl;
		enif_mutex_unlock(mtx);
	}

};

/*array must be big enough to contain list.length elements*/
uint list_to_double_arrayN(ErlNifEnv *env, ERL_NIF_TERM list, double* array, uint arrayLen, ERL_NIF_TERM* lastListCell) {

	if(array == NULL)
		return 0;

	uint len = 0;

	if(enif_is_list(env, list)) {

		ERL_NIF_TERM curr_cell = list;

		uint i = 0;
		for(i = 0; enif_is_list(env, curr_cell) && i < arrayLen; i++) {

			ERL_NIF_TERM hd, tl;
			if(!enif_get_list_cell(env, curr_cell, &hd, &tl))
				break;//list is empty

			if(!(enif_get_double(env, hd, &(array[i]) ))) {
				std::cerr << "DEBUG: list_to_double_arrayN - Error: attempt to read float from something else!" << std::endl;
			}
			curr_cell = tl;

		}

		if(lastListCell != NULL) //user requested the term denoting the last cell
			*lastListCell = curr_cell;

		return i;

	} else { //term "list" is not a list

		#ifdef DEBUG
		std::cerr << "DEBUG: list_to_double_arrayN - Error: trying to convert a non list as a list"<< std::endl ;
		#endif

		return 0;
	}
}

uint sync_list_to_double_arrayN(ErlNifEnv *env, ErlNifMutex *mtx, ERL_NIF_TERM list, double* array, uint arrayLen, ERL_NIF_TERM* lastListCell) {

	enif_mutex_lock(mtx);

	uint result = list_to_double_arrayN(env, list, array,  arrayLen, lastListCell);

	enif_mutex_unlock(mtx);

	return result;

}

void list_to_double_array(ErlNifEnv *env, ERL_NIF_TERM list, uint listLen, double* array) {

	if(array == NULL)
		return;

	uint len = 0;

	if(enif_is_list(env, list)) {

		list_to_double_arrayN(env, list, array, listLen, NULL);
	}

}

ERL_NIF_TERM double_array_to_list(ErlNifEnv *env, double* array, size_t array_size) {

	if(array == NULL)
		return ATOM(error);

	ERL_NIF_TERM* floatTermArray =
			(ERL_NIF_TERM*) enif_alloc(sizeof(ERL_NIF_TERM) * array_size);

	for(uint i = 0; i < array_size; i++)
		floatTermArray[i] = enif_make_double(env, array[i]);

	ERL_NIF_TERM res = enif_make_list_from_array(env, floatTermArray, array_size);

	enif_free(floatTermArray);

	return res;
}

/*returns a string containing the content of the file at filePath
 * otherwise "NULL".*/
string readFromFileStr(char* filePath) {

	ifstream file(filePath, ios::in);
	if (!file.is_open()) {
		cerr << "Failed to open file for reading: " << filePath << endl;
		return "NULL";
	}

	ostringstream oss;
	oss << file.rdbuf();

	return oss.str();
}

/*returns a dinamically allocated string containing the content of the file at filePath
 * otherwise NULL.
 * The returned sting must be enif_free'd when not needed.
 * */
char* readFromFile(char* filePath) {

	string srcStdStr = readFromFileStr(filePath);

	char* toReturn = (char*) enif_alloc(srcStdStr.length()+1);

	return strcpy(toReturn, srcStdStr.c_str());

}

#define MIN(a, b) ((a < b) ? a : b)

int inline isPow2(unsigned int v) { return v && !(v & (v - 1));}

/*
 * Return a value that is nearest value that is power of 2.
 */
unsigned int nextPow2( unsigned int x )
{
    --x;
    x |= x >> 1;
    x |= x >> 2;
    x |= x >> 4;
    x |= x >> 8;
    x |= x >> 16;
    return x+1;
}

// Round Up Division function
size_t roundUp(uint group_size, uint global_size)
{
    uint r = global_size % group_size;
    if(r == 0)
        return global_size;
    else
        return global_size + group_size - r;
}

/*!
 * Compute the number of threads and blocks to use for the REDUCTION kernel.
 * We set threads / block to the minimum of maxThreads and n/2 where n is
 * problem size. We observe the maximum specified number of blocks, because
 * each kernel thread can process more than 1 elements.
 *
 * \param n Problem size.
 * \param maxBlocks Maximum number of blocks that can be used.
 * \param maxThreads Maximum number of threads that can be used.
 * \param blocks An output parameter passed by reference. Specify number of blocks to be used.
 * \param threads An output parameter passed by reference. Specify number of threads to be used.
 */
void getNumBlocksAndThreads(int n, int maxBlocks, int maxThreads, long unsigned int &blocks, long unsigned int &threads)
{
        threads = (n < maxThreads*2) ? nextPow2((n + 1)/ 2) : maxThreads;
        blocks = (n + (threads * 2 - 1)) / (threads * 2);

        if(maxBlocks > 0)
        	blocks = MIN(maxBlocks, blocks);
}

/*
 *  It finds all instances of a string in another string and replaces it with
 *  a third string.
 *
 */
void replaceTextInString(std::string& text, std::string find, std::string replace)
{
        std::string::size_type pos=0;
        while((pos = text.find(find, pos)) != std::string::npos)
        {
            text.erase(pos, find.length());
            text.insert(pos, replace);
            pos+=replace.length();
        }
}

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var Fabric = require("fabric").fabric;
var mixin = require("../src/mixin");

var Circle = Fabric.util.createClass(Fabric.Circle, {
  // Inherited variables with new values.
  type: "circle",
  padding: 5,
  originX: "center",
  originY: "center",
  lockRotation: true,
  transparentCorners: false,
  fill: "transparent",
  centeredScaling: true,
  objectCaching: false,

  // New fields.
  shapeName: "circle",
  color: "red",
  sizeLimits: [0.03, 0.4],

  /**
   * Resizes this shape using the two mouse coords (first is treated as the
   * center, second is the outside edge.
   */
  sizeByMousePos: function (x1, y1, x2, y2) {
    var xdiff = x2 - this.left;
    var ydiff = y2 - this.top;
    var radius = Math.sqrt(xdiff * xdiff + ydiff * ydiff);
    var diameter = this._limitDimension(radius * 2);
    this.setRadius(diameter / 2);
    this.setCoords();
  },
});

var proto = Circle.prototype;
mixin(proto, require("../mixins/clone.mixin"));
mixin(proto, require("../mixins/highlighted_stroke.mixin"));
mixin(proto, require("../mixins/limit_size"));
mixin(proto, require("../mixins/nudge"));

/**
 * Increment the size of the circle about its center.
 * Note: At the end so it overwrites the one in the `nudge` mixin
 */
proto.incrementSize = function (increment) {
  var r = this.radius + increment / 2;
  this.setRadius(this._limitDimension(r * 2) / 2);
  this.setCoords();
};

module.exports.klass = Circle;


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Overload led to barge sinking
October 8, 2009 mlipen National, Normal
OSEAH PHILEMON
THE ill-fated cargo barge, San Pedro, was overloaded when it capsized last year in Central province waters, the official investigation has found.
It has recommended that a marine inquiry into the capsizing and subsequent sinking last year.
The investigation by the National Maritime Safety Authority, yet to be made public, also revealed that the vessel had insufficient stability and under-qualified officers on board "who were not confident about their ability and knowledge to solve the problems that they faced as the situation developed".
The report said the vessel was unsafe under the Maritime Safety Act section 94 and section 103.
The investigators also found that that there may have been confusion in opening and closing valves that may have caused essential ballast water to be transferred or pumped out.
"The evidence shows that the vessel took an angle of loll that was increasing, and the vessel was gradually becoming less and less stable until it capsized," the report said.
It said there was no crew member on board who was qualified to operate the radio transmission and that there was some communication problem and understanding between the Filipino engineer(s) and the Papua New Guineans.
"It is the responsibility of the shipowner to maintain his vessel in a seaworthy condition at all times …
"He has a duty of care to his crew, to the cargo owners (shippers), to the insurers and to the environment to show due diligence," the reported noted.
Overall, the investigators found that the San Pedro did not have the proper statutory certification, was overloaded, had insufficient stability and had personnel on board holding certificates of competency at a lower grade than that required for the function they were performing on board.
The investigation showed that since the introduction of the International Safety Management (ISM) Code, shipowners and managers of shipping ventures ashore had been given greater responsibility to ensure that the safety management of their operations is up to the standards required by the code.
The report said some questions remained unanswered, including:
* Did the owners/managers knowingly send the vessel to sea in an unsafe condition?
* Is the evidence concerning the registration and mortgage of the San Pedro reliable? and
* Is the evidence concerning the draught on sailing reliable?
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Part X of the Child, Youth and Family Services Act: A Guide to Access and Privacy for Service Providers
Access to records of personal information
Substitute decision-makers can request access
Download the Part X guide
Terms used in this guide
Overview of the CYFSA
Does Part X of the CYFSA apply to you?
Are you subject to other privacy legislation?
What information does Part X apply to?
a) What is personal information?
b) What is "custody or control"?
c) What does collected for or relating to the provision of a service mean?
d) Exceptions
Collection, use, and disclosure of personal information
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A substitute decision-maker can request access to an individual's record on their behalf.112 For example, the custodial parent of a child under 16-years-old who is receiving services from your organization may request access to the child's records. In these cases, the custodial parent would "stand in the shoes of" the child to make the request. This would be an access request (sections 312-314 of the CYFSA), rather than a disclosure. Any reference to the individual in Part X would be read as a reference to the substitute decision-maker. For example, the requirement to respond to the individual within 30 days would be read as a requirement to respond to the substitute decision-maker within that timeframe.
You can rely on a person's assertion that they have authority to request access as a substitute decision-maker unless it is unreasonable to do so.113 Note that it is an offence under the CYFSA to make an access or correction request under false pretences.114
When a substitute decision-maker requests access on behalf of a capable child, the decision of the capable child prevails if there is a conflict.115 For example, a custodial parent requests access to her 14-year-old daughter's records, but the daughter indicates that she does not want her mother to have access. Provided the youth is capable, her decision prevails, and the mother's access request will be refused.
112. CYFSA, s. 303. Note that this section permits a substitute decision-maker to make requests on behalf of an individual, and that this is not limited to access requests (for example, it would apply to correction requests as well).
113. CYFSA, s. 331(4)
114. CYFSA, s. 332(1)(b)


Microsoft sued Motorola for infringing patents with Android phones, but the companies say they may work on a smartphone.
Just days after Microsoft sued Motorola for infringing its patents with Android phones, the two companies are now saying they might work together to build a smartphone based on the upcoming Windows Phone 7 OS. On October 11 Microsoft will unveil the first devices to run the Windows Phone 7 OS, from the likes of Samsung and LG, and reports indicate that Motorola will soon join the fray.
Microsoft alleged that Motorola's Android phones violated a number of its patents that "relate to key features that users have come to expect from every smartphone," a Microsoft executive said in a blog post. One of the theories that emerged afterward was that Microsoft was trying to show manufacturers that Android is free to licence, but comes at a much higher cost measured against legal fees from patent lawsuits. And that is, of course, as Microsoft is revving up to launch its shiny new mobile OS.
Speaking at a conference in Germany, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer reportedly said his company is "excited to collaborate with anybody who wants to collaborate with us" on making a device running Windows Phone 7 OS. Motorola's co-chief executive, Sanjay Jha, also said this week that he is open to developing devices that run Microsoft's new OS, despite the patent-infringement lawsuit filed days earlier.
Motorola is using the Android mobile operating system from Google exclusively on all its smartphones so far, a move that has been very successful for a company that was in financial trouble a couple of years ago. When he came to helm Motorola in 2008, Jha said in an interview he wanted to work with Microsoft on delivering a phone with Windows software, but when Microsoft failed to deliver its new OS in 2009, Motorola stuck with Android exclusively.
Now that Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 OS is ready, perhaps the Redmond giant's gentle lawsuit nudge would convince Motorola to rethink its Android exclusivity and make a Windows Phone 7 smartphone as well.


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Psychism, Channeling & Prophecy> Prophecy, the Maya, UFOs, Ancient & Lost Worlds
UFOs and the Deep State
A History of the Military and Shadow Government's War Against the Truth
Kevin D Randle
A deep dive into UFO cover-ups by the deep state. A wake-up call to what has and is being hidden.
: The leading proponent of the theory that the US government knows more than its saying about UFOs. Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Ancient Alien Question, 10th Anniversary Edition
An Inquiry Into the Existence, Evidence, and Influence of Ancient Visitors
Philip Coppens
. . . an important and outstanding contribution. Erich von Dniken, bestselling author of Chariots of the Gods
The Ancient Alien Question provides a captivating adventure around the world and sheds an interesting perspective on the Ancient Astronaut Theory. Giorgio A. Tsoukalos, producer of Ancient Aliens: The Series
Extraterrestrial Species Almanac
The Ultimate Guide to Greys, Reptilians, Hybrids, and Nordics
Craig Campobasso
Protect yourself! Discover who the aliens are and what they want.
War of the Gods
Alien Skulls, Underground Cities, and Fire from the Sky
Erich Von Daniken
Bestselling author and father of the Ancient Alien Theory Erich von Dniken explores what drove ancient humans to build city-sized places underground around the world and its connection to conflicts in the sky.
Anunnaki Connection
Sumerian Gods, Alien DNA, and the Fate of Humanity From Eden to Armageddon
Connects a diverse range of new and existing theories about the Anunnaki, offering a definitive guide to the Anunnaki while exploring their possible connection to humanity's past, present, and future.
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The Authoritative Account of the Project Blue Book Cover-Up
J Allen Hynek
The ultimate guide to Project Blue Book by one of the lead astronomers for the US Air Force program to investigate UFO sightings.
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What I Kept Secret for Decades
The father of the ancient alien theory with more than 65 million books sold reveals everything he has withheld for years.
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Distributional Effects of the 2001 and 2003 Tax Cuts and Their Financing
Isaac Shapiro, Peter R. Orszag, and William G. Gale Thursday, June 3, 2004
Tax cuts are not free; they must be financed with some combination of tax increases or spending cuts. The central goal of this paper is to apply this standard insight from public finance to analysis of the distributional effects of making the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts permanent. We estimate not only who benefits directly from the tax cuts, but also who benefits and who loses once the financing of the tax cuts is considered. We consider two scenarios: one in which each household pays an equal dollar amount to finance the tax cuts and one where each household pays the same share of income. In both cases, more than three-quarters of households end up worse off if the tax cuts are made permanent and financed. In addition, there are large aggregate transfers from the majority of low- and middle-income households to an affluent minority. These results show that, far from simply "giving people their money back," making the tax cuts permanent would impose significant losses on tens of millions of American households.
Please click here to view the full verion of the paper.
Isaac Shapiro
Peter R. Orszag
Vice Chairman of Investment Banking, Managing Director, and Global Co-Head of Healthcare - Lazard
William G. Gale
The Arjay and Frances Fearing Miller Chair in Federal Economic Policy
Director - Retirement Security Project
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""" memoryhistogramhandler.py """
import json
import traceback
import tornado.gen
import tornado.web

from heron.common.src.python.utils.log import Log
from heron.tools.tracker.src.python import utils
from heron.tools.tracker.src.python.handlers import BaseHandler
from heron.tools.tracker.src.python.handlers.pidhandler import getInstancePid

class MemoryHistogramHandler(BaseHandler):
  """
  URL - /topologies/histo?cluster=<cluster>&topology=<topology> \
        &environ=<environment>&instance=<instance>
  Parameters:
   - cluster - Name of the cluster.
   - role - (optional) Role used to submit the topology.
   - environ - Running environment.
   - topology - Name of topology (Note: Case sensitive. Can only
                include [a-zA-Z0-9-_]+)
   - instance - Instance Id

  Resturns a histogram of top in memory object.
  The response JSON is a dict with following format:
  {
     'command': Full command executed at server.
     'stdout': Text on stdout of executing the command.
     'stderr': <optional> Text on stderr.
  }
  """

  # pylint: disable=attribute-defined-outside-init
  def initialize(self, tracker):
    """ initialize """
    self.tracker = tracker

  @tornado.gen.coroutine
  def get(self):
    """ get method """
    try:
      cluster = self.get_argument_cluster()
      role = self.get_argument_role()
      environ = self.get_argument_environ()
      topology_name = self.get_argument_topology()
      instance = self.get_argument_instance()
      topology_info = self.tracker.getTopologyInfo(topology_name, cluster, role, environ)
      ret = yield self.getInstanceMemoryHistogram(topology_info, instance)
      self.write_success_response(ret)
    except Exception as e:
      Log.debug(traceback.format_exc())
      self.write_error_response(e)

  # pylint: disable=no-self-use
  @tornado.gen.coroutine
  def getInstanceMemoryHistogram(self, topology_info, instance_id):
    """
    Fetches Instance top memory item as histogram.
    """
    pid_response = yield getInstancePid(topology_info, instance_id)
    try:
      http_client = tornado.httpclient.AsyncHTTPClient()
      pid_json = json.loads(pid_response)
      pid = pid_json['stdout'].strip()
      if pid == '':
        raise Exception('Failed to get pid')
      endpoint = utils.make_shell_endpoint(topology_info, instance_id)
      url = "%s/histo/%s" % (endpoint, pid)
      response = yield http_client.fetch(url)
      Log.debug("HTTP call for url: %s", url)
      raise tornado.gen.Return(response.body)
    except tornado.httpclient.HTTPError as e:
      raise Exception(str(e))


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Zeppelin Group to exhibit its latest drive solutions at Agritechnica
The Zeppelin Power Systems business unit set to showcase Cat engines that comply with EU Stage V emission standards
Zeppelin Power Systems, the official partner to Caterpillar, is presenting its latest generation of engines from November 12 to 18, at Agritechnica trade fair in Hanover. The experts in drive and engine systems will be at stand D10 in Hall 16, providing information about Cat engines, as well as EU Stage V emission standards which will apply from 2019, and customized, integrated solutions. Visitors will also be able to seek advice about electric drives for agricultural equipment.
Zeppelin Power Systems will be showcasing three selected exhibits, the C13B, the C2.8 and the C9.3B industrial diesel engines. These can be used in a number of sectors and applications such as agriculture and forestry, fruit harvesting, earthmoving and for irrigation systems; they comply both with EU Stage V emissions standards (applicable from January 1, 2019), and EPA tier 4 final for off-highway machines and vehicles. The C13B which will be presented for the first time will be on offer with nominal outputs of 340-430 kW and speed of 1800-2100 rpm, while the C9.3B will have 250-340 kW at 1800-2200 rpm. The C2.8 is available with nominal outputs of 45 55 kW at 2500 rpm. When visiting the stand, visitors will also be able to inspect a vintage Holder tractor which has been converted and fitted with electric drive, and to talk about eMobility. Zeppelin Power Systems is currently working on a number of different projects within the field of electrification, and these will involve exciting product innovations in the future.
Worldwide service, around the clock
At its stand, Zeppelin Power Systems will also provide information about the extensive service that is already trusted by many leading engine manufacturers operating in the industrial and agricultural engineering sectors. The company provides customized inspection and maintenance plans for prevention and early detection. These ensure that agricultural machinery operates reliably. Four Zeppelin Power Systems service centers and about 40 additional locations in Germany, as well as three service centers and five locations in Austria, ensure maximum availability. The Caterpillar dealer network is also available worldwide, 24 hours a day, and seven days a week. Spare parts and professional product support are available at more than 1,800 locations, and offer high quality and consistent service.


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A String of Bomb Blasts in Sweden Is Prompting Questions and Alt-Right Conspiracy Theories
Police search for evidence in a cordoned area surrounding the police station in Helsingborg, Sweden, on Oct. 18 2017, after a powerful explosion at the main entrance earlier the same day.
Johan Nilsson—EPA/EFE
By Laignee Barron
Updated: October 21, 2017 4:35 PM ET | Originally published: October 20, 2017
A powerful blast detonated overnight at a police station ripped off the building's entrance. A dynamite-laced apartment doorway blew a chunk of rubble more than 250-feet away, into the living room of a neighboring building. And a provincial town was put on lockdown after a suspected car-bombing.
There have been at least five bomb blasts or scares in Sweden since the early hours of Friday, Oct. 13. It must be stressed that police have not identified a connection between the blasts, and each attack is being investigated separately. But these incidents have rocked the Scandinavian nation, and have added fuel to the alt-right's campaign to use the country as a cautionary paradigm of liberal immigration policies gone astray.
The bombs:
No one was reportedly injured or killed in any of the incidents.
Overnight on Oct. 13, a strong explosion caused extensive damage to an apartment building in the Swedish city of Malmö, which has been experiencing a rise in gang violence and gun murders. In January, the area police chief called for the public's help in clamping down on mafia-like activity.
On Oct. 16, police, forensics experts and bomb technicians rushed to the scene after an explosion caused by a suspected car bombing in Malmö.
An explosion at a police station in Helsingborg on Oct. 18 damaged the station entrance, and shattered windows of nearby buildings. Police have blamed the attack on criminal networks.
The town of Norrköping was placed on lockdown on Oct. 18 after reports of a suspected car bomb.
Around 9:30pm on Oct. 19, police received a distress call about a suspected explosive in the stairwell of an apartment building in Malmö.
Why this matters:
Crime in Sweden has become a highly politicized since U.S. President Donald Trump used the country as an example of how more open immigration policies supposedly result in upsurges of crime. In a now widely ridiculed gaffe, the president cited a non-existent incident "last night in Sweden" during a speech in February. Swedish authorities, and Swedish media, have strenuously rejected the claims made in that speech
Alt-right talking heads have rallied around the remarks, using any episode of violence in Sweden as evidence that the president presciently exposed the nation's spiraling moral decrepitude.
What's being said about it:
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven called the police station blast "an attack against our democracy", and urged cops to get tougher on crime.
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Malmö police chief Stefan Sintéus has suggested bolstering the local police force with soldiers.
Paul Joseph Watson, a contributor at conspiracy website infowars.com said the recent series of bombings highlight how President Trump was lambasted, "only to be proven right." Breitbart, which has lamented Sweden's ostensible fall from utopia to "grenade attack capital," has speculated the police station blast was an act of terrorism.
However, there is no evidence that any terrorist organization was involved in any of the recent incidents, and the alt-right claims have no basis in fact.
Bottomline facts:
There is a vast gulf between perceptions of rising crime, and actual crimes. (Incidents of reported crime increased marginally from 2015 to 2016, according to the Swedish Crime Survey, which cautions that increased claims of crime don't necessarily mean that actual crime has surged.) Stockholm, Sweden's capital, has just been ranked among the world's top ten safest cities.
Sweden has accepted the largest number of asylum-seekers per capita of any European nation — and a government survey shows foreigners are 2.5 times more likely to be suspected of crimes — but the fact remains that most offenders are Swedish-born.
Write to Laignee Barron at Laignee.Barron@time.com.


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Home Trooper Dispatch Trooper Report Week of December 31, 2017
Trooper Report Week of December 31, 2017
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Location: Thorne Bay
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Type: Assault 4-DV
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On 01/03/18 at approximately 1933 hours, Alaska State Troopers on Prince of Wales received a report of a domestic violence assault in Thorne Bay. Investigation revealed June Rinehart, age 57 of Ketchikan, assaulted a household member causing minor injury. Rinehart was arrested on one (1) count Assault 4th Degree-Domestic Violence, and was remanded to the Craig Jail.
Location: Coffman Cove
Type: Assault IV
UPDATE: Investigation into the reported domestic violence assault revealed ongoing sexual abuse of a minor by Carter beginning on/about 12/1/12 continuing through 12/14/17. On 01/04/18, a Grand Jury indicted Walter Brian Carter on four (4) counts of Sexual Abuse of a Minor 1st Degree A.S. 11.41.434(a)(2). Carter is currently in custody at the Craig Jail Facility.
On December 15, 2017 at approximately 10:22 PM, Alaska State Troopers on Prince of Wales we're advised of a domestic violence assault in Coffman Cove. Investigation revealed Walter Brian Carter, age 38 of Coffman Cove, assaulted a family member causing injury. An arrest warrant was issued for Carter for one (1) count Assault 4th Degree Domestic Violence. On December 16, 2017 at approximately 12:44 PM, Carter was located in South Thorne Bay and was arrested on the warrant. Carter was remanded to the Craig Jail. Bail was set at $10,000.
Location: Klawock
Type: DUI
On 1/4/2018 at 1515 hours, Alaska State Troopers conducted a traffic stop on a Ford pickup near Klawock for an equipment violation. Investigation revealed the driver, Bryan Carlson, 52 years old of Thorne Bay was operating the vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, and had an open container of alcohol inside the vehicle. Carlson was arrested and remanded to the Craig Jail where he was subsequently released to a sober adult.
Location: Naukati
Type: Warrant Arrest
On January 5, 2018 at about 4:30 PM, Alaska State Troopers on Prince of Wales Island located 27 year old Curtis Looper in Naukati. Looper had an outstanding warrant and was arrested. Looper was transported to Craig Police Department where he was remanded.
Type: Abandonment Unlawful
On January 5, 2018 at about 4:30PM, the Alaska State Troopers on Prince of Wales Island contacted 35 year old Tina Williams in Naukati. Williams was contacted in reference to two unlawfully abandoned vehicles on Prince of Wales island she had failed to remove since July 2017. Williams was issued two misdemeanor citations in reference to the vehicles.
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Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) appeared on CNN's State of The Union show (01/16/22) to put forward the Republican position on the push for a federal voting rights legislation(John Lewis Voting Rights Act), and also discuss the related question as to whether the U.S. Senate should change its filibuster rules to allow for the passage of the said voting rights law via a simple majority vote. When asked by host Jake Tapper why Republicans are now opposed to keeping key provisions of the 1965 Voting Rights Act(VRA) intact, when as recently as a decade ago they were all for it, Sen Cassidy gave a strange response which appeared to suggest that because the Roberts Supreme Court gutted key provisions of the VRA in Shelby County v Holder(2013), there is no need to be concerned about discriminatory state election laws–that this is not 1965 anymore, things have changed.
Yours Truly, and I suspect a lot of other viewers too, found Senator Cassidy's Response quite strange because while liberals agree that this is not 1965, and that progress has been made on the civil rights front, we need to restore key aspects of the 1965 Voting Rights Act because Trump's GOP is taking us back to 1965. In other words, Senator Cassidy, and by extension the Roberts Supreme Court, are totally wrong in their assessment that simply because this is not 1965, Republican states are no longer capable of crafting discriminatory election laws. The facts on the ground clearly show that after the 2020 election, relying on former President Trump's "big lie", many Republican-controlled states have hurriedly enacted election laws that reasonable people agree, disenfranchise voters of color.
Senator Cassidy specifically said on CNNSOTU(video @ 2:20 onwards): "The Supreme Court decided[paused for effect], the Supreme Court decided that the conditions in 1965 are different than the conditions now. Imagine that. We've had an African-American elected President of the United States, we've had an African-American elected to the Vice Presidency, an African-American elected to the[U.S.]Senate in South Carolina. Now, if anyone can't see that circumstances have changed, they're just not believing their lying eye…There's more to do, absolutely, we need safeguards, but to argue we are still the same as we were in 1965 is to deny facts that are clearly before us."
There's no other way any reasonable person presented with Senator Cassidy's response(including his pause for effect), would arrive at any other conclusion other than, because the Roberts Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act in 2013 citing changed conditions, the voter suppression laws currently popping up in red states are justified. Think about that, the new Republican rationale for voter suppression, as articulated by Senator Cassidy, is that it's not a big deal because if it was, the Roberts Supreme Court would never have gutted key provisions of the 1965 Voting Rights Act–a sad state of affairs indeed.
Bottom line folks, Dems must use every tool at their disposal to get holdout Senators Kyrsten Sinema(D-AZ) and Joe Manchin(D-WV) to agree to a filibuster carveout for a federal voting rights legislation before the 2022 midterms because if they don't, all the gains we've witnessed thus far as a result of the 1965 Voting Rights Act will be lost, and the Roberts Supreme Court will not lift a finger to assist. Simply put, it's now or never for a federal voting rights law that restores key provisions of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
Posted on December 26, 2021 January 15, 2022
Trumpers Trevian Kutti and Garrison Douglas pressuring election worker Ruby Freeman to confess to a bogus election fraud scheme at a Georgia police station(Jan 4, 2021)
A troubling segment on MSNBC's Rachel Maddow Show (12/22/21) revealed that three Trump campaign officials were directly involved in the harassment of an elderly Georgia election worker, Ruby Freeman, who they tried to extort into confessing to a bogus election fraud claim pushed by then President Trump. The officials in question are Harrison Floyd, a Black Voices for Trump Executive Director, who until November 2020, was a paid Trump campaign staffer, Trevian Kutti, a publicist for Trump's Rapper buddy Kanye West(now Ye), and Garrison Douglas, another Black Voices for Trump member who apparently, was also working for the Georgia Republican Party at the time of this harassment scheme.
Trevian Kutti is the woman in the dark outfit, seen in the video pressuring election worker Ruby Freeman to confess in 48 hours, if she wants to avoid getting arrested, and as a condition for her getting "protection". The man sitting on the right of Trevian Kutti as she issues her threats, is Garrison Douglas, who at the time, was working for the Georgia Republican Party, and is also a member of the Black Voices For Trump. The "high-profile individual" who Trevian Kutti got on the phone with, who was supposedly going to "protect" Ruby Freeman, and keep her out of jail if she confessed in 48 hours, is Harrison Floyd, the Executive Director of Black Voices for Trump. Harrison Floyd was until November 2020, a paid Trump campaign staffer. There's no question that this shameful harassment scheme was a full blown Trump operation geared towards stopping the certification of Joe Biden's electoral college victory, scheduled for January 6th.
The full Maddow segment is available here but the relevant clip is below
Maddow said: "Just step back here for a moment, just appreciate what we now know happened here. This is in the midst of what at this point, is already a weeks-long pressure campaign by President Trump and his allies in Georgia. Everybody from President Trump and his lawyer Rudy Giuliani, and everybody on down, is hyping this wackadoodle conspiracy theory about a random Atlanta election worker, and her being like the mastermind of the crime. They are doing that in order to justify getting Republican officials in Georgia to overturn the election results and say that Trump won. That election worker is getting threatened like you cannot believe. She is in fear for her life under an onslaught of harassment and threats, and in the midst of that, three people involved with the Trump campaign, one of whom until recently had been a high profile Trump campaign employee, another who works for the Republican Party, they arrange to show up at this woman's house and try to get her to admit to election fraud because then they can protect her. And the deadline they gave her was very specific–48 hours….Why was it so important that they get to her before that 48 hours was up? Well, at the end of that 48 hours, remember that conversation happened on January 4th, 48 hours after that was the certification of Joe Biden's win in Congress, the thing Trump and his allies were trying to stop at all costs."
Maddow went on to add that on January 6th, as the insurrection was playing out in real time, a bunch of Trumpers surrounded Ruby Freeman's house in Atlanta, and shouted at her through a bullhorn. Any reasonable person presented with Maddow's account of this incident would conclude that Ruby Freeman's harassers were not just some random Trump supporters arbitrarily going out of their way to inflict pain on her, but rather that they were part of an elaborate scheme to force a bogus confession out of her, which they could then use to overturn the Georgia election results, and stop the scheduled January 6th certification in Congress. Simply put, these were conspirators to a crime.
Bottom line folks, the January 6th Committee definitely needs to look into who was giving orders to these three Trumpers in this very elaborate scheme to (1) overturn Georgia's 2020 election results and (2) to put a stop to the scheduled January 6th Congressional certification of Biden's electoral college win. The public deserves to know who else was working with these three shady characters, as they terrorized an innocent, and elderly election worker. That's the least the January 6th Committee can do for poor Ruby Freeman's tormented family.
Posted on October 16, 2021 December 4, 2021
GOP Congressman Introduced DOJ Official Who Tried To Overturn Georgia's Election Results To Trump
Rep Scott Perry(R-PA) With Trump At A MAGA Rally
CNN Political Correspondent Sara Murray reported on New Day (10/13/2021) that Rep Scott Perry (R-PA) is facing renewed scrutiny over his role in the January 6th DC insurrection, because he is the one who introduced Jeffrey Clark to then President Donald Trump. Jeffrey Clark is the former senior Department of Justice(DOJ) official who went as far as drafting a letter that was supposed to be sent to the Georgia legislature, informing them that the 2020 election results were under DOJ investigation, thereby giving the Republican-controlled legislature an excuse for not certifying the 2020 election results. Jeffrey Clark's attempts to grossly abuse DOJ powers to keep Trump in office, has naturally raised questions as to why Rep Perry introduced him to Trump in the first place.
New Day host Brianna Keilar:"Okay[Rep]Perry introduced Trump to Jeffrey Clark. How did Perry know Jeffrey Clark?
Sara Murray:"This is a big outstanding mystery. We've asked Perry's office multiple times, they've not responded to our questions. Even in these reports, these DOJ officials say it was never clear how this Congressman from Pennsylvania had this relationship with Jeffrey Clark, how he came to facilitate introductions to President Trump, and even an Oval Office meeting with Trump and Clark in it."
It also bears pointing out that Rep Perry was one of the most vocal House Republicans parroting Trump's false claims that the 2020 elections had somehow been rigged against him–"the big lie". This raises more questions as to why Rep Perry introduced Jeffrey Clark to Trump. Was Rep Perry also involved in drafting the letter that was intended for the Republican-controlled Georgia legislature?
Bottom line folks, Rep Scott Perry is definitely someone who needs to testify before the January 6th Commission. Reasonable people will agree that a sitting member of Congress who not only actively pushed Trump's "big lie", but also enlisted a corrupt DOJ official to abuse his position in furtherance of the same "big lie", should be thoroughly grilled by the January 6th Commission.
Damning Senate Report Provides Sufficient Grounds For Trump's Criminal Prosecution In Georgia
A newly released, and damning report by the Senate Judiciary Committee, shows the extent to which former U.S. Attorney General William Barr and other top officials at the Department of Justice(DOJ), abused their positions to further former President Trump's false claims that the 2020 elections were rigged against him. Crucially, the Senate report shows that Trump and his DOJ allies focused heavily on the state of Georgia. You'll remember that in early 2021, Fulton County DA Fani Willis launched an investigation into whether Trump's phone calls to Georgia election officials pressuring them to overturn the Georgia election results, violated Georgia law.
Shortly after the Fulton County DA bombshell, there were media reports that a senior DOJ official, one Jeffrey Clark, went as far as drafting a letter that was supposed to be sent out to the Georgia legislature saying that the election results were under investigation, a move that would have given pro-Trump Georgia legislators an excuse not to certify the state's election results. Even though Clark's letter never went out, it's mere presence raised a lot of questions as to whether DOJ resources were being abused to further Trump's lies about election fraud.
Reasonable people will agree that this newly released, damning Senate Judiciary Committee report, bolsters the case for Trump's criminal prosecution by the Fulton County DA's office. You don't have to take Yours Truly's word for it, listen to what the esteemed Senator from Rhode Island said on MSNBC's Rachel Maddow Show.
Sen Whitehouse told Maddow: "I think there are three really key takeaways from this[Senate report]. First, is a very simple, one and that is how deeply, personally involved President Trump was in all of this–meetings, and phone calls, and contacts, Oval Office –he was neck deep in this personally. So that would be point one. Point two would be how much of the scheme focused on Georgia. The letter was about Georgia, the schemes to maneuver U.S. Attorney [B.J.]Pak out of Georgia were up his sleeve about Georgia, and it supplements whatever investigative materials the Fulton County DA, DA Willis, is pulling together to look at Trump's effort to subvert the election in Georgia. So it ties together into what could be a very interesting case in the Fulton County DA's office…"
There's no other way any reasonable person could interpret Senator Whitehouse's statements on The Rachel Maddow Show other than, the combination of Trump's phone calls to Georgia election officials, plus the damning Senate Judiciary Committee report showing Trump's effort to use the DOJ to overturn the state's election results, provide enough legal justification for a criminal prosecution by the Fulton County DA's office. The only reason Sen Whitehouse stopped short of saying so explicitly on Maddow's show, is because there are constraints as to what he can discuss publicly about this issue, given his role as a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Bottom line folks, Trump's harassing phone calls to Georgia election officials, plus his efforts to use the DOJ to overturn Georgia's election results, provide more than enough legal justification for his criminal prosecution by the Fulton County DA's office. The only question left is whether DA Fani Willis will for the first time, make Trump face consequences for his misdeeds.
Top DOJ Official Drafted Letter Bolstering Trump's Election Fraud Claims
Jeffrey Clark, Former Acting Head Of DOJ's Civil Division Under President Trump
A shocking report on MSNBC's Ali Velshi show(08/15/2021) says that Jeffrey Clark, the former head of the Department of Justice's Civil Division, drafted a letter that he intended to send to the Republican-led Georgia legislature, which would have bolstered Trump's false claim that the 2020 election results in Georgia were somehow fraudulent, thereby laying the groundwork for Trump to overturn the state's results. If this reporting holds up, it will be one of Trump's most egregious abuses of the Department of Justice, and grounds for an immediate investigation into Jeffrey Clark's entire tenure at the department.
Host Velshi said:"The ex-President[Trump] was particularly obsessed with trying to overturn Biden's victory in Georgia, and he managed to find someone who would help him do that. Enter Jeffrey Clark..He's the former acting head of the Justice Department's Civil Division…Clark's scheme involved plans to send letters to the Republican-led Georgia legislature, claiming that the Justice Department was investigating possible voter fraud in Georgia. This was a lie, but Clark drafted those letters in a way that would have made them seem legitimate, with a Department of Justice letterhead up on the top…That letter would have laid the groundwork for Republicans in the state of Georgia to essentially invalidate as many votes as they wanted to, in order to overturn the will of the Georgia's voters, and falsely declare the ex-President the winner."
The letter would have read like this.
Velshi added that the reason Clark's letter was never sent to the Georgia legislature, is that a few people at DOJ refused to go along with his potentially criminal scheme, and that then Acting AG Jeffrey Rosen, and his number two Richard Donoghue, also refused to sign off on Clark's scheme.
Bottom line folks, Americans are increasingly getting impatient with U.S. Attorney General Garland's seeming reluctance to go after crooks, both at DOJ and other federal agencies, who were complicit in Trump's demonstrable corruption. As host Velshi correctly put it, "currently there are no legislative or legal guardrails in place that would prevent a scheme like Clark's to be launched again in the future, which is why he and the other of the ex-President's enablers must be held to account." Americans turned out in record numbers, and stood in long lines at the polls, with the hope that a Biden administration would deal with the crooks who abused their government positions to aid and abet Trump. It is high time the Biden administration, and especially Garland's DOJ, meet the voters halfway.
Trump-Tied Dark Money Group Brags About Drafting Voter Suppression Laws
Heritage Action's Executive Director Jessica Anderson addressing a group meeting
A leaked video obtained by Mother Jones, shows the shocking extent to which a Trump-tied dark money group, Heritage Action For America, is secretly engineering the recent spate of voter suppression laws in Republican-led states. This bombshell revelation, even though not quite surprising, should be a call to action for voting rights activists nationwide, and a reminder to Congressional Democrats, of the dire need for passage of HR1-For The People Act.
In the leaked video, Jessica Anderson, a former Trump administration official and now Executive Director of Heritage Action For America, can be heard talking to a group of donors in Tucson Arizona in late April, and admitting to conduct that leaves absolutely no doubt to any reasonable person, that her group is engineering the voter suppression laws currently springing up in Republican states across the country. She is essentially bragging to the donors about how Heritage Action is drafting voter suppression laws currently being enacted by Republican-led state legislatures.
She can be heard telling the donors, "Iowa is the first state we[Heritage Action] got to work in, and we did it quickly, and we did it quietly. Honestly, nobody noticed."(see video at 1:05). No reasonable person presented with Jessica Anderson's "nobody noticed" remarks, can ever conclude that Heritage Action went into Iowa with a mission other than sneaking through a voter suppression law.
Other alarming statements by Jessica Anderson to the GOP donors include;
"At the end of the day, the bill that Governor[Brian] Kemp signed, and the Georgia legislature marshalled through had eight key provisions that Heritage recommended." (see video at 1:11)
"We are working with these state legislators to make sure they have all of the information they need to draft the bills. In some cases we actually draft them for them, or we have a sentinel on our behalf, give them the model legislation so it has that grassroots, from the bottom up, type of vibe." (see video at 1:32). This is by far, the most damning part of Jessica Anderson's presentation. She basically admits that Heritage Action is writing voter suppression laws for the states, and faking their grassroots appeal.
It also bears pointing out that this same Trump-tied dark money group, is also in the forefront of lobbying Congressional Republicans into blocking the HR1-For The People Act, currently being pushed by Congressional Democrats, which among other things, seeks to vastly expand voting rights for all Americans.
Bottom line folks, it appears Heritage Action is the vehicle Trump Republicans are using to push their voter suppression laws targeting minority voters. Voting rights activists in Texas and other emerging purple states, where the voting rights battle is already red hot, must come up with effective strategies to confront Heritage Action and other such right wing anti-democracy groups. Yours Truly is not an attorney, but is reasonable enough to know that some of the statements Jessica Anderson made to the GOP donors, can be very useful in federal lawsuits against these Republican voter suppression laws.
Fulton County DA Getting Racist Attacks After Launching Probe Into Trump's Phone Call
Fulton County DA (Georgia) Fani Willis On The Rachel Maddow Show (2/11/2021)
Fulton County DA Fani Willis told MSNBC's Rachel Maddow that after her office launched a criminal probe into former President Trump's infamous phone call to Georgia's Secretary of State, she has been the subject of racist attacks from Trump's supporters. You'll remember Georgia's Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, was very troubled by the call from the former President, which was essentially urging him to commit an illegal act, that he asked his staff to record it. It is quite clear from the phone call that former President Trump wanted Raffensperger to tinker with Georgia's election results, so as to overturn his Democratic opponent Joe Biden's win.
In response to Maddow's question as to whether she and her staff were concerned about their safety given the unfortunate events of DC insurrection, DA Willis responded, "Oh absolutely. Since we've opened this [criminal probe], my security has doubled. We've gotten a lot of comments. Interestingly enough, the comments are always racist, and it's really just a waste of time and foolishness. It is not going to stop me from doing my job, and I don't think that it is an insult to remind me that I am a Black woman, so it is a waste of their time…." The rest of DA Willis' interview with Maddow is available here.
It is quite sad that as a result of Trumpism, it has become normal for any public official seeking to hold Trump accountable for his myriad infractions, to receive insults and threats of violence from Trumpers. This is especially so for public officials of color like DA Willis, who Trumpers go out of their way to subject to some of the most vile racist attacks imaginable, because Trump has put it in their mind that as long as they are fighting for him, they have a license to use any means.
It will be interesting to see how DA Willis' investigation plays out, but from her appearance on the Rachel Maddow Show yesterday, Yours Truly came out with the impression that we are dealing with a serious professional here, and Trump better invest on some good legal defense team , certainly better than the one representing him at his Senate impeachment trial.
Bottom line folks, it was well known before, and Trump's niece Mary Trump recently confirmed it, that Trump pretty much went through life without ever being held accountable for anything. We saw this throughout his presidency too, where at every turn, Republican members of Congress went out of their way to shield him from facing the consequences of his actions. This Fulton County criminal probe is in many ways the very first time Trump is staring at the potential of facing consequences for his actions, and ending up in jail. If Trump does indeed end up in a Georgia jail, it will be impossible to ignore the powerful poetic justice behind it–that the same Black women who Trump routinely maligned and addressed with great contempt as somehow inferior or unqualified, are the same ones who formed the backbone of the successful resistance to his presidency, picked Trump's successful Democratic challenger Joe Biden (especially South Carolina women), and now one of them, Fulton County DA Fani Willis, appears poised to succeed in what everybody else has failed–holding Trump accountable for his actions.
GA Governor's Former Campaign Manager Is A Lobbyist For Voting Machine Company Responsible For GA Voting Debacle
Tuesday night's edition of MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show(TRMS) featured a segment about the numerous problems voters experienced when trying to cast their ballots in Georgia's primary elections. As usual, the voting problems were concentrated in democratic party strongholds–urban areas where minorities live. The Maddow segment however threw in an interesting tidbit into the story and that is, the lobbyist for the voting machine company(Dominion) at the center of Georgia's primary voting debacle is none other than the former campaign manager for Georgia's Governor Brian Kemp. The full Maddow segment is available here but the relevant clip is below.
Maddow specifically said, "An electronic voting machine company[Dominion Voting Systems] hired [Governor] Brian Kemp's former campaign manager to be it's lobbyist, and then the Brian Kemp administration in Georgia, hired that company to replace all of the voting machines in every city, town and county in Georgia, all in record time–literally record time. The state had this board of evaluators that was looking at the various companies who were trying to get that voting machine contract. This board of evaluators looked at the different bids from the different companies and what they were offering. They did not pick the company that Georgia ultimately went with. They picked a different company altogether. But no, the state administration instead decided they would go with the company that Brian Kemp's campaign manager was the lobbyist for. The company had never had a job this big ever, in fact there has never been a bigger job in U.S. election history. As the Atlanta Journal Constitution pointed out last November, what Georgia was trying to roll out here, was the largest and fastest roll out of elections equipment in U.S. history."
Maddow's segment raises the prospect that the Tuesday primary election debacle we witnessed in Georgia may not have been the result of some random or unforeseeable technical difficulties but rather, a well orchestrated plan of voter suppression by Georgia Republicans. Governor Brian Kemp is no stranger to allegations of voter suppression. As a matter of fact Kemp has been a constant target of election integrity/security advocates like Jennifer Cohn for years.
This troubling revelation that Kemp's former campaign manager is the lobbyist for the voting machine company at the center of Georgia's voting debacle should be cause for a complete and thorough voter suppression investigation. We simply cannot afford to wait until the November general elections to be "surprised" by the same voting machine problems.
Bottom line folks, there's no longer any doubt that the unpopular policies of the republican party are increasingly turning it into a marginal/regional party. Republican party leaders have long realized that their only chance of clinging on to power is to make sure as few people as possible vote, especially minorities who traditionally vote against them. What we witnessed in Georgia's primary elections was just the latest example of GOP voter suppression but it definitely will not be the last. If we are going to have free and fair election this Fall, it is imperative that the mainstream media and members of congress take voter suppression allegations like the ones in Georgia very seriously. Simply put, Governor Kemp must not be allowed to orchestrate yet another voting "debacle" in November for GOP's benefit.
GA Sec Of State Investigating Dems For "Cyber Crimes"
Georgia GOP's long and troubling history of minority voter suppression has finally garnered national media attention now that its Secretary of State Brian Kemp, who is one of the state's voter suppression kingpins is running for Governor against a historic Dem challenger Stacey Abrams. There is intense media scrutiny on the Georgia gubernatorial race because if Dem Stacey Abrams wins, she will become the first female Black Governor of a U.S. State.
One would think that given the intense media scrutiny surrounding the GA governor's race, GOP's Brian Kemp would work tirelessly to hide his troubling voter suppression past. Instead we are witnessing the complete opposite. Just a few weeks ago, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow exposed a scheme by Brian Kemp's office to take away the vote of 53,000 predominantly black voters.
GA Secretary of State Brian Kemp has also resisted calls by his Dem challenger Stacey Abrams and others for him to resign from his role as Secretary of State while he is running for Governor. Any reasonable person would agree that there is an inherent conflict of interest to have a candidate running for Governor while at the same time presiding over the state's elections.
As if Brian Kemp's troubling voter suppression past and his apparent conflict of interest are not enough, we now find out that literally 2 days before the November elections, his office has opened an investigation into GA Democrats for alleged "cyber crimes".
Kemp's office opens investigation into Georgia Dems for unspecified "cyber crimes" https://t.co/tqoFb0SkH9 pic.twitter.com/E0m9zUE8jJ
— The Hill (@thehill) November 4, 2018
GA Secretary of State Press Secretary Candice Broce said, "While we cannot comment on the specifics of an ongoing investigation, I can confirm that the Democratic Party of Georgia is under investigation for possible cyber crimes." If this is not the latest attempt by Brian Kemp's office to kill Dem voter enthusiasm 2 days before the elections, I don't know what is.
Bottom line, regardless of how the GA gubernatorial race turns out this coming Tuesday, Brian Kemp's voter suppression tactics must be severely confronted. Simply put, no public official should ever be allowed to tinker with people's right to vote with seemingly no consequences, as Brian Kemp has. If he is declared GA Governor on Tuesday, Stacey Abrams must immediately challenge those results. If however, Kemp and Abrams end up in a run-ff(most likely scenario), the Abrams campaign must strongly insist that he step aside as Secretary of State. He must not be allowed to run for Governor while his office investigates his challenger.
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GA GOP County Officials Plan To Close 75% Of Polling Stations In Black Area
According to a New York Times piece GOP election officials in Georgia plan to close 7 out of 9 polling stations in Randolph county, a predominantly black county that votes overwhwlmingly for Democrats.
The New York Times piece points out that the majority of residents in this majority black county are poor and therefore lack reliable transportation. Closing down more than 75% of the polling stations would require them to travel more than 10 miles to vote–a move that will almost certainly depress voter turnout.
It cannot also be left unsaid(and the NYT article catches it) that this shameful move by Randolph county GOP election officials is a direct result of decisions by the the Roberts Supreme Court which have rolled back Voting Rights Act provisions that required state election officials to get permission before making changes that affect how people vote. In essence the Roberts Supreme Court has literally given local state officials total control in election related issues, the result of which is this shameful episode in Randolph county, Georgia.
It also bears pointing out that Georgia, and its GOP Secretary of State Brian Kemp in particular, has long been in the crosshairs of election integrity advocates and this latest incident in Randolph county will only make things worse.
The system that caused problems in Johnson County during the Kansas gubernatorial primary is the ExpressVote–the same system that Georgia Secretary of State Kemp wanted (and still wants) Georgia to buy. It is made by ES&S, GA's current vendor. #gapol @markniesse #ProtectOurVotes https://t.co/zq4MvSKg34
— Jennifer Cohn (@jennycohn1) August 17, 2018
This kind of chicanery by state GOP election officials is quite common in southern states and Yours Truly has repeatedly called on the DNC to take action against GOP election officials in Texas who have packed unverifiable voting machines in Dem strongholds. The DNC is yet to move a finger.
#BREAKING:Meanwhile.@DNC is still ASLEEP ON THE SWITCH as TX.@GOP packs unverifiable voting machines in Dem strongholds. cc.@HarrisVotes.@KPRC2.@HoustonChron#TheResistance #TXSen #TrumpRussia #unhackthevote #TedCruz #BetoForSenate #CNN #MSNBC #FoxNews
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— Emoluments Clause (@Emolclause) August 5, 2018
Bottom line even though the article points out that the Geoegia ACLU is going after Randolph county GOP election officials, grassroots Democrats would prefer the DNC to be on the forefront of these fights. There's no earthly reason why the DNC continues to stay in the sidelines while local GOP election officials are actively scheming on how to steal the Dem vote!!