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Kim Matula started her professional acting career in 2006 with the horror movie, Savage Spirit, as Megan. Before making her breakthrough as Hope Logan in the soap opera, The Bold and the Beautiful, in 2010, she appeared in the TV series, How I Met Your Mother.
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This one thing is why we can't get the coronavirus spread under control
By Jacob Siegal
Published Jul 30th, 2020 10:52AM EDT
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Wearing a mask is the most important action you can take to stop the spread of coronavirus, but there's only so much a mask can do if you attend a large gathering.
Most states have rules about how many people can gather in indoor and outdoor settings, but people continue to break those rules, even as COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths rise.
This weekend, a New Jersey mansion party managed to draw around 700 people.
After effectively flattening the curve by the end of May, bringing the daily average of new coronavirus cases down to 21,000 or so, the United States eased up on closures and restrictions in June and saw the case count skyrocket as a result. On July 16th, more than 75,000 people tested positive for the novel coronavirus, and though we seem to have momentarily plateaued, over 50,000 Americans are still getting infected every day. The goal now is to bend the curve back down, but in order to do so, US citizens have to stop gathering in large numbers.
Speaking in Frankfort, Kentucky this weekend, White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx said that federal health officials were urging states with rising infection rates to close bars, curb indoor restaurant capacity, and limit gatherings to 10 people. "We can see what is happening in the South moving North," said Birx. Sadly, there are many Americans who are flouting these rules, especially the limits on gatherings.
Even if you are refusing to follow any of the other CDC or WHO guidelines to protect yourself and others, limiting the number of people you come into contact with could change the trajectory of the pandemic in the US for the better. But as CNN reports, we keep seeing examples of people going out of their way to be in close proximity to as many people as possible, whether it be parties, concerts, or events where social distancing is impossible.
Perhaps the most egregious behavior of all occurred in Jackson Township, New Jersey last weekend when police raided and shut down an Airbnb house party at a mansion where an estimated 700 people had gathered without any regard for social distancing and with no masks to be found. Under the current executive order from Governor Phil Murphy, indoor gatherings are limited to 10 and outdoor gatherings to 500 people.
Here's what Brian Lippai, spokesman for the Ocean County Health Department, had to say about the incident:
It's still too early to determine what to expect but in the meantime it's crucial to remind residents – especially our young adults – that neglecting to adhere to the mandated safety measures can have serious repercussions on a community. We've come a long way in the last several weeks and incidents like this can lead to serious setbacks in our efforts to mitigate the spread of Covid-19.
This is just one example of reckless behavior that could create a COVID-19 hotspot. In NYC, Astoria's Steinway Street managed to trend on Twitter when hundreds of people gathered to drink and party until the early hours of the morning for a week straight until they were finally shut down. And in the Hamptons, photos from a "drive-in" concert headlined by The Chainsmokers showed that a number of attendees weren't social distancing.
The infection rate may have stalled out in the US, but the hospitalizations and deaths are on the rise. If we continue to defy the rules, tens of thousands of Americans will continue to test positive every day. As of the morning of July 30th, there have been over 4.4 million cases and 151,000 deaths from the novel coronavirus in the US.
Jacob Siegal, Associate Editor
Jacob Siegal is Associate Editor at BGR, having joined the news team in 2013. He has over a decade of professional writing and editing experience, and helps to lead our technology and entertainment product launch and movie release coverage.
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A 51-year-old woman has been charged after police say she was found to be in possession of crack cocaine during a traffic stop.
Officers with the Putnam County Sheriff's Department allegedly observed the driver of a 2002 Oldsmobile commit a violation on Danbury Road in the Town of Southeast on Saturday, Nov. 2 around 5:30 p.m.
A traffic stop was initiated, and police allegedly observed several pieces of drug paraphernalia on the floor of the vehicle.
Further investigation revealed that one of the passengers, identified as Katherine Shanahan, 51, of Brewster, was found to be in possession of suspected crack cocaine, according to police.
The driver of the vehicle was issued multiple traffic summonses and released, police say.
Shanahan was arrested and charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor. She was released on her own recognizance and is scheduled to appear in the Town of Southeast Court.
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Everybody knows salad can be healthy, but does everybody know it can be fun? According to readers polled on Instagram, maybe not. Only 41% said their main reason for eating salad is pleasure—but those that did had ready ideas and recipes for spreading the love. Keep reading to see what they and other resources online have to say about the secrets to making salads something to look forward to at home!
According to research from YouGov, if you're over the age of 55, there's a 90% chance you like salad; if you're a Milliennial, a 40% chance you don't. In other words, while it's not hard to find someone to praise the good of greens, it's getting increasingly harder to find someone who's excited to eat them. What's going on?
In today's society, salad is top of the tongue for anyone who's talking health plans, diet tips or what to make to lose weight. It's one of the few foods that fits almost any dietary restriction or preference—the rare overlapping area in the Venn diagram of what basically everybody can eat. Salad's on almost all restaurant menus, including fast food chains, and it's the universal symbol for virtuous eating, even when, as one Harvard Health Letter points out, in certain cases, it's actually not.
The problem? Saying salad's good for you may get people to muscle through a meal, but it won't make them love it. Also, some salads aren't exactly enticing.
Salad lovers agree. In fact, tap into the minds of the people who actually love their lettuce (and other types of salads), and you'll hear some reoccurring advice about thinking outside the box of the expected and mixing up your salad routine. Turns out, salad really can be super.
Below, in no particular order, are some of the top tips of Instagram and Internet salad fans. If you're looking to dress up your salad game, here are some great ideas for where to start.
Make homemade dressing. If you're in for the slightly extra effort of making your own dressing, you can experience what many people call a game changer. You can go basic by shaking vinegar and oil together to emulsify them in a closed mason jar, or you can get creative by adding in yogurt, cream, nut butter, herbs, spices, etc. Instagram sources recommend checking out versions from Sprouted Kitchen, Shutterbean and Pinch of Yum.
Add hearty and satisfying components. As at least one toddler I know likes to say, salad is more exciting when it has "a lot of yummy stuff" inside. Multiple respondents recommended a version of "fill your salad with a bunch of foods you like." Also, when possible, incorporate different textures, fats and proteins. Consider nuts, cheese, fresh or dried fruit, chopped veggies, sprouts, grains, meat, beans, crushed chips and/or toasted bread cubes, for example.
Try cutting ingredients differently. Shake up your salad routine by shaving carrots instead of chopping them or finely dicing broccoli instead of dicing it. Sometimes it's the way you cut your ingredients that makes the salad—watch this Jennifer Garner Instagram video for inspiration!
Want even more specific advice than what's listed above? All of the below options were favorites from Instagram respondents–note all the kale!–the kinds of recipes that make them excited to eat salad again!
This fresh spring season of green and growth is the perfect time of year to celebrate salads. So as you're planning meals or looking for last-minute inspiration in the kitchen, consider trying one of the ideas above! I'll join you. Follow along for salads I'm excited to try on Pinterest–and stay tuned for some more salad-themed content on the blog to come.
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Her children William "True" Stevenson, and Lillie Price Stevenson, broke the sad news on Monday (December 5) evening in a statement shared via their mother's social media accounts, saying she had "separated from life after a battle with cancer, recently discovered."
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"We are grateful to the incredible team of doctors and nurses at Moffitt Cancer Center for their care."
lley shared her children with Parker Stevenson, to whom she was married from 1983 to 1997. The actress was first married to Bob Alley for seven years (1970 to 1977).
De Alley, who would have turned 72 next month, was described as an "extraordinary, tough and loving mother," the statement said.
"As iconic as she was on screen, she was an even more amazing mother and grandmother," her children noted.
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Q: OSX Apache2 Virtual Hosts Proxy Issue I'm using the following httpd-vhosts.conf file to host several sites on my MacBook.
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The first two virtual sites (v3.local,ss.local) are giving back the following error messages in the Apache error log:
[Thu Aug 30 15:12:04 2012] [error] (61)Connection refused: proxy: HTTP: attempt to connect to [fe80::1]:3002 (localhost) failed
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The third site test.local works fine without any issues.
I can't seem to find out why the first two sites are responding with the listed issue. What could be causing it and how can it be resolved?

A: Apache is trying to connect to the backends using IPv6, and those backends are likely only serving using IPv4. You'll need to configure apache to connect to 127.0.0.1 rather than localhost, as localhost resolves to an IPv6 address.

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Sean is currently the drummer for Disney's Frozen on Broadway. On Broadway he also originated The Book Of Mormon, Monty Python's Spamalot, Dolly Parton's 9 to 5, La Cage Aux Folles, and Violet. Off-Broadway he originated Hamilton. As a substitute on Broadway he performed in 13 different shows.
Sean is also the drummer for American Idol Runner-Up Clay Aiken. With Clay, Sean has toured the country and played on many TV shows. He has also performed with Aaron Tveit, Audra McDonald, Jennifer Hudson, Sting, Dolly Parton, Stephanie Block, Idina Menzel, Cheyenne Jackson, Lin Manuel Miranda, and Jane Lynch. He maintains a busy freelance and recording schedule in NYC.


Home News Letters to the Editor Are we inefficient or more conscientious?
Are we inefficient or more conscientious?
In reference to the article titled "Obama: Cut direct farm payments" published in the March 5 issue of Farm and Dairy, I know a lot of family farmers in our area of Western Pennsylvania and just a handful make over $250,000 in annual products sold.
Does that mean we are inefficient, as the article implies? Or does it mean we are more conscientious about the products we sell?
American food products have enjoyed a well-deserved vote of confidence in the past, but lately consumers have heard horror stories, not only about products themselves (e-coli in fresh vegetables); but about the manner in which those products are raised and harvested (dairy cows that spend their entire post-natal life in a neck harness, injected with hormones and stripped of their milk three to four times every day until the milk supply slows, at which time their heads are released and they are shipped to market as "shells" to become ground meat).
I am not anti-business. My husband and I run a beef operation and have made enough profit to allow us to live a good life.
We have raised our animals without hormones and chemicals, a move that has increased our sales, I might add.
What I am against is the idea that bigger is better. The article suggests just that with a statement that compares farms with sales over $250,000.
Within that group, the larger farms, those producing over $500,000 in sales (9 percent of the farms) produced 63 percent of the products sold.
I am not an economist, but it looks to me as if our government has spent the past two decades handing out tax breaks and cash incentives for business growth.
Well, I think allowing them to fail is not the problem — helping them get too big to fail is where we goofed.
I'm banking on the fact that the 91 percent of large farmers and the 100 percent of the rest of us are smart enough not to let that happen in our industry and if that means supporting an agriculture bill that cuts payments to the 9 percent who would gobble up the rest of us, all the better.


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MIT Campus Feel? Is MIT a place for social people?
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WaitingGirl November 4, 2011, 4:51pm #1

I am not able to visit MIT, but I wonder the following questions. What do MIT students do in their free time besides working on a research project or solving a math problem? Is diversity highly valued in MIT as in other Ivies? Other than interests and passions in math, science and engineering, does MIT admissions also look for music talents, for example? I have a diverse background, and I am extremely social. I wonder if MIT students have a social life. If I apply to MIT, do I have to make myself look more science and math "specialized" and "nerdy"?

Any insights are welcome! Thank you guys very much in advance!

PiperXP November 4, 2011, 5:20pm #2
What do MIT students do in their free time besides working on a research project or solving a math problem?

This varies widely depending on the student. For the obsessive few, it will be... working on a research project or solving a math problem. For others, it's sports or music. I'll give you myself as an example, though, with only things I've done so far this semester - chainmailling, movie marathons with friends, coffee with a friend, going to Sport Tae Tkwon Do, checking out the airplane they brought to campus (google "Terrafugia"), learning to glassblow, seeing the circus for the first time, apple picking, watching Star Wars for the first time, reciting poetry or songs with a group of friends, playing a role-playing game that involves shooting people with dart guns a lot.

This is a taste of my life (though disproportional - I hang out with friends a lot more than I go to the circus, for example :D). Really, there's so much at MIT and around Boston that you can vary it as much as you like.

Future immediate plans - see Macbeth with my boyfriend and some friends tonight.

Is diversity highly valued in MIT as in other Ivies?

Gods yes. Look at Chris's more recent entries to the Admissions website. Note, this is a lot more than racial diversity - there's a huge diversity in interests and attitudes here at MIT. "Just look at our 400+ clubs."

...does MIT admissions also look for music talents, for example?

This question is complicated. Because you will be required to do at least a year of calc and physics, along with chem and bio, Admissions wants to know that you'll get through the requirements and not be miserable doing so. But beyond that, Admissions doesn't have one particular thing they look for. They're looking for a variety of people -- I guess some common threads are interesting, or talented, people who can bring new things to the table. Music is one in many, many ways to do so. It'll certainly be an asset to your application that you're not only academically qualified, but found fit to pursue something interesting above and beyond what you had to do.

Don't try to nerdify your application. But fair warning - if you come here, you might get nerdier. I don't mean in social ability, but in interests. (My social ability in the outside world has not suffered here, but now that I've been here, I've seen Star Wars and played D&D and found these things enjoyable.)

molliebatmit November 4, 2011, 9:18pm #3
I wonder if MIT students have a social life.
If you haven't already, check out the student blogs on the admissions office website -- they're written by a selection of real students, and you'll see immediately that students at MIT do indeed have rich social lives of various types.

You have to understand that this perception is fairly offensive to most MIT students. I mean, MIT is tough, and people are very smart and work very hard. But fundamentally, MIT is a college, and it's full of 18- to 22-year-olds who are interested in romance and parties and having fun with friends in addition to being interested in math and science.

If you are admitted to MIT, you will have the opportunity to come to Campus Preview Weekend, where admitted students come to campus and meet their fellow admits as well as current students, and are introduced to the various living groups, extracurricular activities, and social events that characterize the MIT experience. If you are afraid that MIT is not a place where you can have an active social life, CPW will disabuse you of that idea pretty quickly.

Speaking for myself, although I did undergraduate research for a substantial chunk of my non-class time, I also found time at MIT to be on the cheerleading squad, work with my dorm government, meet a great guy (and, later, marry him), and have a lot of fun with my friends.


When it comes to interacting with relational databases, citizens of the Java world tend to be in one of two camps. Lately, the rift continues to widen.
Use Hibernate ORM for all CRUD operations, all queries, and anything else that would otherwise touch SQL. SQL is icky. Abstract all the things.
I got 99 problems and Hibernate ORM caused them all. Es el Diablo. Avoid it, no matter what. Use nothing but pure SQL, as God himself intended.
Folks miss an important point: ORM was never meant to be used for everything! It is a tool to be used where applicable. Can it be used as a complete abstraction or replacement for everything involving the database, shielding developers from ever having to learn SQL? For the most part, yes. Should it be? Definitely no. It often makes sense to combine ORM with other SQL approaches, marrying the best of both worlds.


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I was born again after eight years! - the story of Fadi - a Syrian called to the service. Irmina Nockiewicz Almost 8 years after the outbreak of a devastating civil war, Fadi, a young Syrian man, relates to ACN how he heard the call to service. It was the [...]
The number of Christians in Aleppo fell dramatically during the war, from 180,000 before the war to 32,000 today. Joseph Tobji, Maronite Archbishop of Aleppo and shepherd of a small community of about 400 families, spoke with Pierre Macqueron of the pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN). [...]
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Interview with Daniel Rice
Welcome to my blog. Let's get rolling.
What are your hobbies away from the computer?
You know the writing advice, write what you know? I followed that adage in several instances in my debut YA urban fantasy, Dragons Walk Among Us. Like Allison Lee, the novel's protagonist, I'm an avid shutterbug. I mostly photograph nature scenes–my current obsession is photographing birds–and my son's soccer games.
Is your writing style planned or freestyle?
I'm defin itely a planner. I'm a member of a writing group called The Puget Sound Writers Guild (http://www.pugetsoundwritersguild.org), which puts a big emphasis on the planning process. My personal approach is to develop a concept for the novel–think of a one to two-page outline of the plot. I expand this into a scene-by-scene outline, which I try to keep reasonably high-level but it can get pretty detailed if I'm not careful. I find the advantage of this process is it allows me to write the rough draft fairly quickly. For example, I took Dragons Walk Among Us from concept to rough draft in about six months. For me, at least, that's a pretty good clip.
I have traveled to the locations and photographed them! Dragons Walk Among Us takes place in the Pacific Northwest, including wilderness locations such as beaches along the Olympic Peninsula and Mount Rainier National Park. Hopefully, readers who have visited these locations find my descriptions capture their essence.
What was your biggest surprise in the editing/revision process?
When I first started writing, I absolutely dreaded the idea of editing a rough draft. That's probably because those early works were little better than chicken scratch. As a more experienced writer, I no longer fear the revision process. In fact, I enjoy it. It's fulfilling to finish editing those tens of thousands of words and realize how much the story has improved.
Describe a normal writing day (or period, if you have other employment obligations).
I'm a member of #5amwritersclub. The more writing I can get done in the wee hours of the morning before the boys wake up, the better. The little lads relish making their presence felt.
What's your dream vacation destination?
Gosh. I do enjoy traveling. I have family in Southeast Asia, so that destination is always high on the list. In fact, I plan to have a portion of the sequel to Dragons Walk Among Us take place there. The photographer in me, however, dreams of visiting Iceland's primordial landscapes.
In what genre do you read?
I read all kinds of speculative fiction–fantasy, science fiction, and some horror. I'm a big believer in reading extensively in the genre you write, so I'm always looking to read young adult fantasy and science fiction. Thrillers, suspense, and popular science–I really enjoy Neil deGrasse Tyson's books–round out most of my reading. I enjoy listening to audiobooks while taking walks, so I find the Libby app, which allows me to check out audiobooks from the local library, invaluable.
Shutterbug Allison Lee is trying to survive high school while suffering the popular girl's abuse. Her life is often abysmal, but at least her green hair is savage. Her talent for photography is recognized by the school paper and the judges of a photo contest.
While visiting her friend Joe, a homeless vet, Allison's life irrevocably changes after an attack leaves her blind. All her dreams as a photojournalist are dashed as she realizes she'll never see again. Despair sets in, until she is offered an experimental procedure to restore her vision. But there are side effects, or are they hallucinations? She now sees dragons accompanying some of the people she meets. Can she trust her eyes, or has the procedure affected her more than she can see?
I march across the dark swath of wet grass interspersed with towering Douglas fir toward the lamplight in the distance. Obscured by the surrounding shrubbery next to the base of a conifer is a blue tarp. I press my free hand against the brown bag, feeling the warmth radiating from the container of broth. Good. I'd hate for the soup to be cold.
A gust of wind pushes me sideways. From somewhere overhead comes a loud crack like the bone of some gargantuan creature snapping. A widowmaker thumps to the earth. Gasping, I nearly drop the soup and freeze in place. Overhead, the trees sway in the wind, branches creaking and groaning. I scamper toward the encampment.
About half a dozen tents surround the base of the tall conifer. A wide man with hunched shoulders moves around the camp. I smile. It's Joe.
~**~
Dan has wanted to write novels since first reading Frank Herbert's Dune at the age of eleven. A native of the Pacific Northwest, he often goes hiking with his family through mist-shrouded forests and along alpine trails with expansive views.
Dragons Walk Among Us is his debut novel. He plans to keep writing fantasy and science-fiction for many years.
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Author Interview–Karilyn Bentley
Here with me today is an author friend from The Wild Rose Press, Karilyn Bentley, who writes paranormal romance. Let's chat…
Fantasy with a touch of funny
I like to garden and I used to enjoy painting, but have not done that for awhile. Does reading count as a hobby? <g>
It's a little bit of both. I start with an idea for a story and included in the idea are the characters. Then I have to figure out where I want the story to end and how the characters need to grow by then.
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From the Illinois Economic Development Guide 2019
No Tech Bubble Here:
WWT Bets Big on Edwardsville
Fast-rising supply chain solutions provider investing $115M in SW Illinois.
by RON STARNER
A rapidly rising technology company that made its fortune delivering innovative supply chain solutions to large public and private organizations around the globe is bringing one of its biggest projects to Southwestern Illinois.
St. Louis-based World Wide Technology is preparing to move into more than 2 million square feet of new space in the Gateway Commerce Center in Edwardsville just across the Mississippi River. The $115-million expansion is expected to create up to 500 new jobs in two new facilities being developed by Earth City-based TriStar Properties.
The deal is widely considered to be one of the largest industrial lease transactions in the history of Southern Illinois and all of metro St. Louis. It's also the latest evidence that the company founded by David Steward in 1990 is only just getting started. One of the largest African American-owned businesses in the U.S., WWT is headed by Steward, who Forbes says is one of five black billionaires in America and 745th on Forbes Billionaires list for 2019.
How fast is WWT growing? Consider this: a decade ago, the technology-driven solutions provider for logistics operations and supply chains registered $2.5 billion in annual revenue. In 2018, the company reported more than $10 billion in total revenue, and the growth is just gearing up. The project will increase WWT's total square footage from 1.6 million sq. ft. to more than 2 million, and in the next five years grow the number of employees at both facilities from the current 1,200 up to 1,700. The firm plans to move into the two new buildings in 2020.
The 300 to 500 new jobs will focus on technical engineering and warehouse logistics, so they will be high-wage positions. WWT's current facilities include spaces for distribution and warehousing, business operations and a best-in-class technology integration lab. WWT uses advanced supply chain logistics to reduce the risk, cost and complexity of customers' IT deployments.
Based in a new headquarters facility in Maryland Heights, WWT employs more than 4,600 people and operates more than 2 million sq. ft. of warehousing, distribution and integration space in more than 20 facilities around the world. By locating in an Illinois Enterprise Zone, WWT is able to take advantage of incentives that give developers up to 100% of new taxes on improvements abated in years one through seven, 70% abated in year eight, 40% abated in year nine, and 10% abated in year 10.
For more insight on the site selection and expansion of WWT in Edwardsville, we turned to Tom Strunk, CFO of WWT (pictured).
Why did you select Gateway Commerce Center in Edwardsville for your current large-scale expansion project?
TOM STRUNK: WWT has been in the Edwardsville area for over a decade, and we've expanded several times. Based on lessons learned over the various expansions, we've determined that being able to redesign the flow of our new facilities and building out would make us more efficient and scalable versus staying in our existing location. The new facilities will take advantage of additional investments being made in our next-generation global platform systems to provide broader technical capabilities to customers and partners. For example, we will be expanding the size of our best-in-class technology integration lab, as well as optimizing the layout for material flow and improving inventory management and automation. The tax incentives on the property were also influential in our decision.
What operations of WWT will be housed there?
STRUNK: The new facilities will house approximately 1,700 employees who support WWT's Global Supply Chain operations. This also includes housing our Integration Technology Center. The facilities use advanced supply chain logistics to prepare IT equipment for shipment to our customers, helping our customers reduce the risk, cost and complexity of their IT deployments. WWT's investment in Edwardsville will further expand our capacity and ability to serve our customers domestically and around the world.
How many new employees will be added and on what timetable?
STRUNK: WWT is frequently recognized as a great employer, and we look forward to hiring 300 to 500 more employees at our Edwardsville facilities over the next five years. The jobs will range from technical engineering roles to a variety of supply chain roles including warehouse and logistics.
How would you describe the workforce that is available to WWT in the region?
STRUNK: WWT is proud to be recognized as a great place to work and this is an attraction for prospective new employees. This said, the labor market is tight at the moment, and competition for skilled labor is at a premium across the region.
Did you look at other potential expansion locations before choosing GCC in Edwardsville?
STRUNK: We explored multiple locations before selecting GCC. However, given our existing investment in the region, GCC made the best sense.
Do you plan to expand again in the future? If so, where?
STRUNK: There are no current plans of additional industrial space. However, it is something we will continue to evaluate as our company grows.
What do you like best about the business climate in the region?
STRUNK: Our roots are in the greater St. Louis metropolitan region including both sides of the river. Our region is a great place to live and work, which is very attractive to our employee base.
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Q: Error on Implementing Kruskal´s Minimal Spanning Tree in Java i tried to implement Kruskal´s Minimal Spanning Tree in Java. I´m using Eclipse for writing.
I used this website (https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/kruskals-minimum-spanning-tree-algorithm-greedy-algo-2/) to get started and changed the Code with german commands and my own, bigger example.
Here is my Code:
package Kruskal_Algorithmus;

//Java-Programm für den Kruskal Algorithmus
//Ziel ist es einen minimalen Spannbaum aus einem gegebenen zusammenhängenden, ungerichteten, endlichen
//und kantengewichteten Graphen zu erzeugen.

import java.util.*;
import java.lang.*;
import java.io.*;

class Graph
{
    // Erstellung einer Klasse zur Erzeugung einer neuen Kante im Graphen
    class Kante implements Comparable<Kante>
    {
        int quelle, richtung, gewicht;

        // Erzeugung einer Vergleichs-Funktion damit eine Sortierung der gegeben Kanten
        // nach ihrem Gewicht / Kosten möglich ist
        public int compareTo(Kante kantenVergleich)
        {
            return this.gewicht-kantenVergleich.gewicht;
        }
    };

    // Erstellung einer Klasse um Teilmenge mit Hilfe von Union-Find zu finden
    class subset
    {
        int parent, rank;
    };

    int K, E; // K => Anzahl der Knoten & E => Anzahl der Kanten
    Kante kante[]; // Zusammenfassung aller Kanten im Kanten-Array

    // Graph mit K Knoten und E (edge) Kanten wird erstellt
    Graph(int k, int e)
    {
        K = k;
        E = e;
        kante = new Kante[E];
        for (int i=0; i<e; ++i)
            kante[i] = new Kante();
    }

    // Erstellung einer Funktion die eine gewünschte Teilmenge aus den Elemente i heraus sucht
    // (Anwendung von "Path compression")
    int find(subset teilmengen[], int i)
    {
        // Suche und vergabe der Eltern-Teilmenge (parent)
        if (teilmengen[i].parent != i)
            teilmengen[i].parent = find(teilmengen, teilmengen[i].parent);

        return teilmengen[i].parent;
    }

    // Eine Funktion die die Teilmengen x und y vereint und das Array subsets bildet
    void Union(subset subsets[], int x, int y)
    {
        int xroot = find(subsets, x);
        int yroot = find(subsets, y);

        // Teilbäume werden nach ihrem Rang in der Sortierung geordnet
        if (subsets[xroot].rank < subsets[yroot].rank)
            subsets[xroot].parent = yroot;
        else if (subsets[xroot].rank > subsets[yroot].rank)
            subsets[yroot].parent = xroot;

        // Falls zwei Mal der selbe Rang auftaucht wird ein Element einen Rang weiter nach unten geschoben
        else
        {
            subsets[yroot].parent = xroot;
            subsets[xroot].rank++;
        }
    }

    // Funktion zur Erstellung des Minimal Spanning Tree nach Kruskal
    void KruskalMST()
    {
        Kante ergebnis[] = new Kante[K]; // hier wird finaler MST gespeichert
        int e = 0; // Index-Variable, welche für das Ergebnis-Array benötigt wird
        int i = 0; // Index-Variable welche für die sortierten Kanten benötigt wird
        for (i=0; i<K; ++i)
            ergebnis[i] = new Kante();

        // Schritt 1: Alle Kanten werden in nicht absteigender Reihenfolge nach ihrem
        // Gewicht / ihren Kosten sortiert.
        // Da gegebener Graph ggf. nicht zu ändern ist, erstellen wir eine Kopie
        // des Kanten-Arrays.
        Arrays.sort(kante);

        // Zuweisung, unter welchem Array die zu erzeugenden Teilmengen gespeichert werden
        subset subsets[] = new subset[K];
        for(i=0; i<K; ++i)
            subsets[i]=new subset();

        // Teilmengen mit einzelnen Elementen werden erzeugt
        for (int v = 0; v < K; ++v)
        {
            subsets[v].parent = v;
            subsets[v].rank = 0;
        }

        i = 0; // Index-Variable, welche die nächste zubearbeitende Kante auswählt

        // Ziel: Kantenmenge des MSP = Knotenanzahl - 1
        while (e < K - 1)
        {
            // Schritt 2: Kante mit geringsten Kosten wird ausgewählt.
            // Index-Variable wird für nächste Wiederholung um 1 erhöht.
            Kante next_edge = new Kante();
            next_edge = kante[i++];

            int x = find(subsets, next_edge.quelle);
            int y = find(subsets, next_edge.richtung);

            // Wenn das hinzufügen der Kante in den MST keinen Kreis / Zyklus ergibt,
            // wird Kante zur Lösung hinzugefügt und Variable des Lösungs-Index um 1 erhöht.

            if (x != y)
            {
                ergebnis[e++] = next_edge;
                Union(subsets, x, y);
            }
            // Falls es doch zu einem Kreis kommt, wird die ausgewählte Kante verworfen.
        }

        // Ergebnisse werden mithilfe des Ergebnis-Arrays auf der Konsole ausgegeben.
        // Der fertige MST ist erkennbar.
        System.out.println("Der gesuchte Minimal Spanning Tree wird folgendermaßen aufgebaut:");
        for (i = 0; i < e; ++i)
            System.out.println(ergebnis[i].quelle+" -> " +
                ergebnis[i].richtung+" Gewicht: " + ergebnis[i].gewicht);
    }

    // ausführbares Programm:
    public static void main (String[] args)
    {

        //gegebener Graph wird im Programm erstellt:

        int knotenAnzahl = 12; // Anzahl der Knoten im gegebenen Graphen
        int kantenAnzahl = 66; // Anzahl der Kanten im gegebenen Graphen
        Graph graph = new Graph(knotenAnzahl, kantenAnzahl);

        // Kante 1 -> 2
        graph.kante[0].quelle = 1;
        graph.kante[0].richtung = 2;
        graph.kante[0].gewicht = 32;

        // Kante 1 -> 3
        graph.kante[1].quelle = 1;
        graph.kante[1].richtung = 3;
        graph.kante[1].gewicht = 45;

        // Kante 1 -> 4
        graph.kante[2].quelle = 1;
        graph.kante[2].richtung = 4;
        graph.kante[2].gewicht = 43;

        // Kante 1 -> 5
        graph.kante[3].quelle = 1;
        graph.kante[3].richtung = 5;
        graph.kante[3].gewicht = 28;

        // Kante 1 -> 6
        graph.kante[4].quelle = 1;
        graph.kante[4].richtung = 6;
        graph.kante[4].gewicht = 11;

        // Kante 1 -> 7
        graph.kante[5].quelle = 1;
        graph.kante[5].richtung = 7;
        graph.kante[5].gewicht = 16;

        // Kante 1 -> 8
        graph.kante[6].quelle = 1;
        graph.kante[6].richtung = 8;
        graph.kante[6].gewicht = 28;

        // Kante 1 -> 9
        graph.kante[7].quelle = 1;
        graph.kante[7].richtung = 9;
        graph.kante[7].gewicht = 37;

        // Kante 1 -> 10
        graph.kante[8].quelle = 1;
        graph.kante[8].richtung = 10;
        graph.kante[8].gewicht = 46;

        // Kante 1 -> 11
        graph.kante[9].quelle = 1;
        graph.kante[9].richtung = 11;
        graph.kante[9].gewicht = 8;

        // Kante 1 -> 12
        graph.kante[10].quelle = 1;
        graph.kante[10].richtung = 12;
        graph.kante[10].gewicht = 5;

        // Kante 2 -> 3
        graph.kante[11].quelle = 2;
        graph.kante[11].richtung = 3;
        graph.kante[11].gewicht = 12;

        // Kante 2 -> 4
        graph.kante[12].quelle = 2;
        graph.kante[12].richtung = 4;
        graph.kante[12].gewicht = 16;

        // Kante 2 -> 5
        graph.kante[13].quelle = 2;
        graph.kante[13].richtung = 5;
        graph.kante[13].gewicht = 42;

        // Kante 2 -> 6
        graph.kante[14].quelle = 2;
        graph.kante[14].richtung = 6;
        graph.kante[14].gewicht = 36;

        // Kante 2 -> 7
        graph.kante[15].quelle = 2;
        graph.kante[15].richtung = 7;
        graph.kante[15].gewicht = 22;

        // Kante 2 -> 8
        graph.kante[16].quelle = 2;
        graph.kante[16].richtung = 8;
        graph.kante[16].gewicht = 17;

        // Kante 2 -> 9
        graph.kante[17].quelle = 2;
        graph.kante[17].richtung = 9;
        graph.kante[17].gewicht = 50;

        // Kante 2 -> 10
        graph.kante[18].quelle = 2;
        graph.kante[18].richtung = 10;
        graph.kante[18].gewicht = 33;

        // Kante 2 -> 11
        graph.kante[19].quelle = 2;
        graph.kante[19].richtung = 11;
        graph.kante[19].gewicht = 8;

        // Kante 2 -> 12
        graph.kante[20].quelle = 2;
        graph.kante[20].richtung = 12;
        graph.kante[20].gewicht = 2;

        // Kante 3 -> 4
        graph.kante[21].quelle = 3;
        graph.kante[21].richtung = 4;
        graph.kante[21].gewicht = 41;

        // Kante 3 -> 5
        graph.kante[22].quelle = 3;
        graph.kante[22].richtung = 5;
        graph.kante[22].gewicht = 34;

        // Kante 3 -> 6
        graph.kante[23].quelle = 3;
        graph.kante[23].richtung =6;
        graph.kante[23].gewicht = 47;

        // Kante 3 -> 7
        graph.kante[24].quelle = 3;
        graph.kante[24].richtung = 7;
        graph.kante[24].gewicht = 49;

        // Kante 3 -> 8
        graph.kante[25].quelle = 3;
        graph.kante[25].richtung = 8;
        graph.kante[25].gewicht = 46;

        // Kante 3 -> 9
        graph.kante[26].quelle = 3;
        graph.kante[26].richtung = 9;
        graph.kante[26].gewicht = 36;

        // Kante 3 -> 10
        graph.kante[27].quelle = 3;
        graph.kante[27].richtung = 10;
        graph.kante[27].gewicht = 49;

        // Kante 3 -> 11
        graph.kante[28].quelle = 3;
        graph.kante[28].richtung = 11;
        graph.kante[28].gewicht = 32;

        // Kante 3 -> 12
        graph.kante[29].quelle = 3;
        graph.kante[29].richtung = 12;
        graph.kante[29].gewicht = 35;

        // Kante 4 -> 5
        graph.kante[30].quelle = 4;
        graph.kante[30].richtung = 5;
        graph.kante[30].gewicht = 35;

        // Kante 4 -> 6
        graph.kante[31].quelle = 4;
        graph.kante[31].richtung = 6;
        graph.kante[31].gewicht = 42;

        // Kante 4 -> 7
        graph.kante[32].quelle = 4;
        graph.kante[32].richtung = 7;
        graph.kante[32].gewicht = 2;

        // Kante 4 -> 8
        graph.kante[33].quelle = 4;
        graph.kante[33].richtung = 8;
        graph.kante[33].gewicht = 2;

        // Kante 4 -> 9
        graph.kante[34].quelle = 4;
        graph.kante[34].richtung = 9;
        graph.kante[34].gewicht = 12;

        // Kante 4 -> 10
        graph.kante[35].quelle = 4;
        graph.kante[35].richtung = 10;
        graph.kante[35].gewicht = 47;

        // Kante 4 -> 11
        graph.kante[36].quelle = 4;
        graph.kante[36].richtung = 11;
        graph.kante[36].gewicht = 39;

        // Kante 4 -> 12
        graph.kante[37].quelle = 4;
        graph.kante[37].richtung = 12;
        graph.kante[37].gewicht = 15;

        // Kante 5 -> 6
        graph.kante[38].quelle = 5;
        graph.kante[38].richtung = 6;
        graph.kante[38].gewicht = 19;

        // Kante 5 -> 7
        graph.kante[39].quelle = 5;
        graph.kante[39].richtung = 7;
        graph.kante[39].gewicht = 20;

        // Kante 5 -> 8
        graph.kante[40].quelle = 5;
        graph.kante[40].richtung = 8;
        graph.kante[40].gewicht = 5;

        // Kante 5 -> 9
        graph.kante[41].quelle = 5;
        graph.kante[41].richtung = 9;
        graph.kante[41].gewicht = 23;

        // Kante 5 -> 10
        graph.kante[42].quelle = 5;
        graph.kante[42].richtung = 10;
        graph.kante[42].gewicht = 14;

        // Kante 5 -> 11
        graph.kante[43].quelle = 5;
        graph.kante[43].richtung = 11;
        graph.kante[43].gewicht = 9;

        // Kante 5 -> 12
        graph.kante[44].quelle = 5;
        graph.kante[44].richtung = 12;
        graph.kante[44].gewicht = 47;

        // Kante 6 -> 7
        graph.kante[45].quelle = 6;
        graph.kante[45].richtung = 7;
        graph.kante[45].gewicht = 43;

        // Kante 6 -> 8
        graph.kante[46].quelle = 6;
        graph.kante[46].richtung = 8;
        graph.kante[46].gewicht = 6;

        // Kante 6 -> 9
        graph.kante[47].quelle = 6;
        graph.kante[47].richtung = 9;
        graph.kante[47].gewicht = 24;

        // Kante 6 -> 10
        graph.kante[48].quelle = 6;
        graph.kante[48].richtung = 10;
        graph.kante[48].gewicht = 32;

        // Kante 6 -> 11
        graph.kante[49].quelle = 6;
        graph.kante[49].richtung = 11;
        graph.kante[49].gewicht = 44;

        // Kante 6 -> 12
        graph.kante[50].quelle = 6;
        graph.kante[50].richtung = 12;
        graph.kante[50].gewicht = 3;

        // Kante 7 -> 8
        graph.kante[51].quelle = 7;
        graph.kante[51].richtung = 8;
        graph.kante[51].gewicht = 14;

        // Kante 7 -> 9
        graph.kante[52].quelle = 7;
        graph.kante[52].richtung = 9;
        graph.kante[52].gewicht = 26;

        // Kante 7 -> 10
        graph.kante[53].quelle = 7;
        graph.kante[53].richtung = 10;
        graph.kante[53].gewicht = 39;

        // Kante 7 -> 11
        graph.kante[54].quelle = 7;
        graph.kante[54].richtung = 11;
        graph.kante[54].gewicht = 8;

        // Kante 7 -> 12
        graph.kante[55].quelle = 7;
        graph.kante[55].richtung = 12;
        graph.kante[55].gewicht = 24;

        // Kante 8 -> 9
        graph.kante[56].quelle = 8;
        graph.kante[56].richtung = 9;
        graph.kante[56].gewicht = 1;

        // Kante 8 -> 10
        graph.kante[57].quelle = 8;
        graph.kante[57].richtung = 10;
        graph.kante[57].gewicht = 19;

        // Kante 8 -> 11
        graph.kante[58].quelle = 8;
        graph.kante[58].richtung = 11;
        graph.kante[58].gewicht = 14;

        // Kante 8 -> 12
        graph.kante[59].quelle = 8;
        graph.kante[59].richtung = 12;
        graph.kante[59].gewicht = 39;

        // Kante 9 -> 10
        graph.kante[60].quelle = 9;
        graph.kante[60].richtung = 10;
        graph.kante[60].gewicht = 6;

        // Kante 9 -> 11
        graph.kante[61].quelle = 9;
        graph.kante[61].richtung = 11;
        graph.kante[61].gewicht = 47;

        // Kante 9 -> 12
        graph.kante[62].quelle = 9;
        graph.kante[62].richtung = 12;
        graph.kante[62].gewicht = 25;

        // Kante 10 -> 11
        graph.kante[63].quelle = 10;
        graph.kante[63].richtung = 11;
        graph.kante[63].gewicht = 15;

        // Kante 10 -> 12
        graph.kante[64].quelle = 10;
        graph.kante[64].richtung = 12;
        graph.kante[64].gewicht = 21;

        // Kante 11 -> 12
        graph.kante[65].quelle = 11;
        graph.kante[65].richtung = 12;
        graph.kante[65].gewicht = 11;

        graph.KruskalMST();
    }
}

In Eclipse i get this Error Code:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: Index 12 out of bounds for length 12
    at Kruskal_Algorithmus.Graph.find(Graph.java:53)
    at Kruskal_Algorithmus.Graph.KruskalMST(Graph.java:117)
    at Kruskal_Algorithmus.Graph.main(Graph.java:479)

I´m really new to Java Coding, and have no clue how to get this program working. I hope you have some tips for me.
Thank you!

A: Your numbering of graph nodes seems to start with 1: 1, 2, 3, ..., 12
Array indexes in Java however start with 0. When you create an array of 12 items, the last item has index 11. There is no array element at index 12.
You have a few options: You could change your numbering so that node number matches with array indexes. This is likely the easiest. For example what was an edge 6-12 changes to an edge 5-11.
    // Kante 6 -> 12
    graph.kante[50].quelle = 5;
    graph.kante[50].richtung = 11;

Alternatively, subtract 1 from the node number to get the index in your loops. OR add extra space to all arrays that are indexed by graph node. For example:
    subset subsets[] = new subset[K + 1];

If you choose the last option you'll also have to change any loops that iterate on nodes. The currently iterate on 0-11 when your nodes are numbered 1-12.
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Still concerned about Mitchell's recruiting.
It seems to me Coach Mitchell still isn't recruiting well. The breakdown for this year is, 4 Seniors, 5 Juniors, but 4 are redshirts, 4 Sophomores and 2 Freshmen. Certainly enough players, but 6'3" is our tallest, so he still hasn't brought in much size which is badly needed to compete.
I'm concerned too...the women's team has been relevant in years past (so they could recruit) but ever since players been transferring out its been like keeping the team together with gum. I'll make it a point to take a look at them during the season but I'm worried that this may be Coach M's last season.


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Here are the facts about FLASH-BANGS: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
by George E. Hand IV Dec 8, 2016
I fancy that I'm a cautious sort of fellow, that is to say I am wary for, and take pains to preserve my personal safety. I can say this now, after a ten-year departing bout from the military of being anything but timid and, well… pusillanimous. Thank you ring game 'Minister's Cat' for gifting me with that choice word to replace the word 'sissy'.
The subject arises in light of the recent and mysterious account of Sophia Wilansky, who was gravely wounded by what her supporters are describing as a police riot-control concussion grenade, one that quite alledgedly blew a substantial length of humerus from her left arm. The style of concussion grenade with even a remotely similar potential, well it never really existed at all; pure hogwash and poppycock, if I may indulge in a few words of color, as they prefer to be called these days.
Let's harness some essential facts to support or dispel that story, with a little insight from Ice-G (yours truly).
FACT: Ice-G has a STUPID amount of experience with concussion grenades of all makes and models, so much so that he (Ice-G) should probably not even be with us today. Suffice it to say that this cat squandered away eight of his lives on bangers. Flash-Bangs that is, swimmin' pools, movie stars…
The backstory to the concussion-type device, one in whose genre we can include the venerable flash-bang, is to the effect: they were used by police and the like, as well as select Special Operations Forces charged with Close Quarters Battle. (CQB).
At the very kernel of the operating system that governs the use of flash-bangs, is the notion that you can throw a flash-bang into a room ahead of you to stun/confuse/blind the enemy, to give you a leg up on an assailant that may well just be sitting in the room with his weapon trained on the door, waiting for you to stumble in.
Flash-bangs are recognized by SOF sure, because they are less-than-lethal devices, which means an Operator can go into the room WITH the flash-bang, not after it. Are you tracking? I will throw my flash-bang into a room, and follow it in there, slinging Pb as I go.
FACT: old-school SWAT-T (MK-141) flash-bangs can blow your hand completely off of your body, should you of sound and cop-esthetic mind choose not to throw it away immediately upon pulling the pin and letting the spoon fly.
In even the older school days, prior to modification, the head of the 'banger' was made of metal, therefore posed a primary projectile hazard. We simple subscribed to the notion of reasonable expectation of absorbing the projectile into our bodies for a percent of events. We embraced (begrudgingly) the theory of 'big sky; little bullet.' In my day I enjoyed the modification to the SWAT-T banger, that popped the metal head off and away from the body just a fraction of a second prior to the main blast.
Case Study: When big sky is not quite big enough. My brother Kenan F. took to construction of an explosive breaching charge to blast through a brick wall, fording access into an adjacent structure. A wall breaching charge for brick is a spirited charge, indeed! Kenan emplaced the charge, identified a shallow standing cover several feet away from the charge, fired the charge and dashed to his refuge.
There, the brave Kenan flattened himself to the wall like an octopus, pulling as much of his body behind the steel wall beam he sought for cover. As bad luck would have it, approximately two inches of commando Kenan's Behindus Maximus was indeed protruding exposed from behind the steel beam. As worse luck would have it, a one-inch by one and half-inch shard of steel launched itself from the blast and headed straight for Kenan's Buttoxus Assanine, at approximately 26,000 feet per second, where it lodged itself broadside several inches in his Rectosaurus Rex.
"Ow" the good Kenan F. did boisterously exclaim. He went into surgery to have the fragment removed. The fragment of steel was clear and silver on one side, on the other, the side that impacted him, had woodland BDU camouflage pattern burned into it that it took with it as it passed through Kenan's combat trousers.
"Did you have anything else in your ass, Kenan?" I joked with him as he showed it to me. He shook his head no. "Ah, just the chunk of steel then." I teased as he limped away. Henceforth that wall breaching charge became known as the 'Kenan F. Ass Charge.' He did us proud.
Beyond the many maims I have witnessed from the SWAT-Ts of yore, I have two stories I will tell you, depicting the destructive power of the Crash-Bang, as my West Coast SEAL bros call them.
The Science Experiment:
It was in an old deactivated high school campus in downtown New Orleans. The campus was condemned, and marked for demolition, so it was ours to do with as we pleased. We ran cycle after cycle (after cycle) of CQB through the complex. At one point my team and I were held up in what had obviously been a science classroom. There at the head of the classroom was a huge oak desk and counter with built-in sink, plumbed to a tap, and many drawers and cabinets. It was a science teachers palatial estate of endeavor!
"Sam, know what would be cool?"
"Geo, every time you start a conversation with that phrase, something bad happens."
"Hear me out, Oh ye of little faith; I'm going to pop a banger into the top drawer of this desk, then dive into the next room. Sam took refuge as I rehearsed several times the motion I would take to fire the banger and run. "Here goes!" I announced to Sam as I pulled the pin.
With a near continuous motion I stuffed the banger into the top drawer, shoved it closed, and dove into the next room with a harem of hardwood oak splinters around me. Sam and I traded a regretful glance as I picked myself off the floor. Inside the science room there was nothing remaining of the desk's base structure. The heavy granite counter top was laying upside down on pupil desks. There was no recognizable piece of oak left of the desk and all drawers were shattered to pieces. The sink lay close by, water squirting from the fractured plumbing.
"Well Sam, that's why we need to conduct these experiments, so we truly understand the potential of our equipment, ya know?"
"Yes, well you certainly proved that, Geo." Boys will be boys, I often say; and they will continue to do so well into manhood.
The Thrust Experiment:
This even took place on a demolition range, practicing explosive breaching against various composite doors, and entering on top of a banger. That is: build charge, emplace charge, stack team on door, blow open door, enter room.
That's when I happened…
I couldn't help but notice an empty 55-gallon drum nearby. The gears in my brain strained against their prolonged inactivity, releasing chalkboard scratching shrieks as they broke free of their rusty constraints, and began to turn.
"Say guys, know what would be cool?" I started, as Sam began to nervously back up towards our team van.
"George, that phrase makes me nervous, especially coming from you," Guy Cutino lamented.
"Ok, well here's the deal: If I place a banger under this 55-gallon drum… who says that the drum will not move, who says it will actually lift the drum off of the ground, and who says that it will knock the drum over completely?" I challenged.
Each brother owned their choice of the three outcomes I proposed, as I fixed a banger securely to a chunk of scrap metal grate, with a lanyard attached to the pin. This allowed me a few feet of standoff from the detonation, so I could comfortably jog off.
"Ready? Five… four… three… two… one…" I pulled and jogged toward the lads.
KAH-BOOOM!!! and the drum shot up into the air. It just kept going and going (and going).
Then the unspeakable happened.
The drum rose higher into the sky, and then we lost it in the sun. With panicking feet we tried vainly to shield the sun from our eyes to divine just where the hell the drum would impact. Every man darted a different direction. When the drum came down we just blinked at each other, thoroughly mystified.
"I'm grabbing the camcorder!" I announced "We have to record this and show the rest of the squadrons." We all chipped in and recreated the Thrust Experiment next to a five-story CQB building nearby, to give the drum's flight some gage of altitude. With the rig set to fire a second time, Sam rolled the camera and called out to me: "…and action!" with the camcorder against his shooting eye.
KAH-BOOM!!! the Eagle left its launch pad and again sailed up, and over the height of the five-story, before it came to a crash to Earth. This second shot had not gone up as high. The reason, we saw was clear that the blast had this time blown the seam out of the bottom of the drum, allowing some of the thrust to escape.
In fact Sam had not been back far enough, and the drum sailed out of the picture frame. All the squadrons showed our video at first opportunity to gather together in the formal forum of a classroom environment. "What even made you think to try that, Geo?" my Troop Leader asked. "Boys will be boys, sir," was all I offered in return.
The Ugly:
Bangers are no more, what they once were. They were just so cotton-picking dangerous. Today bangs from my perspective… well, I would almost classify them as 'attention getters' rather than a deterrent. Think about this: if one person ever got a serious injury from a law enforcement-employed device to the extent that beatnik-ass Wilansky claims she got, well… that could happen exactly one time, and one time only.
The more burning questions in my mind is: why is the little hipster not under arrest right now, and in a prison hospital for felony attempt to harm a peace officer. Bros and sis's… the device the misguided little cretin was messing with was aimed at the police, and as she soundly demonstrated—and thank you BTW, Ms. Wendy—was a lethal device; oh fudge if it back-fired on her.
Her story is pretty quiet, don't you think? What, do you get a pass for attempted murder if you (BKSE)fucked(BKSE) yourself up in the process of trying? Is there a pass for you if you're a young white female who always gets As in science and home-ec? Or is it that girls, well… they just wanna have fu-un? What's going on here, sports fans? Houston… we have a problem.
geo sends
Featured image courtesy of Reuters
About George E. Hand IV
Master Sergeant US Army (ret) from the 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta, The Delta Force. Post military I worked for 16 years as a subcontract to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on the nation's nuclear test site north of Las Vegas Nevada. Currently, I am working for DeliverFund llc as an Intelligence Analyst and street operative in the fight against human trafficking. I'm a master cabinet-grade woodworker and master photographer. I have high military ratings in six foreign languages.
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Released last December, Ogon Musokyoku started out as a fan-made versus fighting game that's a spin-off of a mystery visual novel.
This fall, it's now being ported to the Xbox 360! Ogon Musokyoku was created by 07th Expansion, best known for another murder mystery visual novel it also created, Higurashi When They Cry.
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Cyber Letters of Marque and Reprisal: "Hacking Back"
2014-10-15 / Heather Roff / 1 Comment
In the thirteenth century, before the rise of the "modern" state, private enforcement mechanisms reigned supreme. In fact, because monarchs of the time had difficulties enforcing laws within their jurisdictions, the practice of private individuals enforcing their rights was so widespread that for the sovereign to be able to "reign supreme" while his subjects simultaneously acted as judge, jury and executioner, the practice of issuing "letters of marque and reprisal" arose. Merchants traveling from town to town or even on the high seas often became the victims of pirates, brigands and thieves. Yet these merchants had no means of redress, especially when they were outside the jurisdiction of their states. Thus the victim of a robbery often sought to take back some measure of what was lost, usually in like property or in proportionate value.
The sovereign saw this practice of private enforcement as a threat to his sovereign powers, and so regulated the practice through the letters of marque. A subject would appeal to his sovereign, giving a description of what transpired and then asking permission to go on a counterattack against the offending party. The trouble was, however, that often the offending party was nowhere to be found. Thus what ended up happening is that the reprisals carried out against an "offending" party usually ended up being carried out against the population or community from which the brigand originated. The effect of this practice, interestingly, was to foster greater communal bonds and ties and cement the rise of the modern state.
One might ask at this point, what do letters of marque and reprisal have to do with cybersecurity? A lot, I think. Recently, the Washington Post reported that there is increasing interest in condoning "hacking back" against cyber attackers. Hacking back, or "active defense," is basically attempting to trace the origins of an attack, and then gain access to that network or system. With all of the growing concern about the massive amounts of data stolen from the likes of Microsoft, Target, Home Depot, JPMorgan Chase and nameless others, the ability to "hack back" and potentially do malicious harm to those responsible for data theft appears attractive. Indeed Patrick Lin argues we ought to consider a cyber version of "stand your ground" where an individual is authorized to defend her network, data or computer. Lin also thinks that such a law may reduce the likelihood of cyberwar because one would not need to engage or even to consult with the state, thereby implicating it in "war crimes." As Lin states "a key virtue of "Stand Your Cyberground" is that it avoids the unsolved and paralyzing question of what a state's response can be, legally and ethically, against foreign-based attacks."
Yet this seems to be the opposite approach to take, especially given the nature of private enforcement, state sovereignty and responsibility. States may be interested in private companies defending their own networks, but one of the primary purposes of a state is to provide for public—not private—law enforcement. John Locke famously quipped in his 2nd Treatise that the problem of who shall judge becomes an "inconvenience" in the state of nature, thereby giving rise to increased uses of force, then war, and ultimately requires the institution of public civil authority to judge disputes and enforce the law. Cyber "stand your ground" or private hack backs places us squarely back in Locke's inconvenient state.
Moreover, it runs contrary to the notion of state sovereignty. While many might claim that the Internet and the cyber domain show the weakness in sovereignty, they do not do away with it. Indeed, if we are to learn anything from the history of private enforcement and state jurisdiction, sovereignty requires that the state sanction such behavior. The state would have to issue something tantamount to a letter of marque and reprisal. It would have to permit a private individual or company to seek recompense for its damage or data lost. Yet this is, of course, increasingly difficult for at least two reasons. The first is attribution. I will not belabor the point about the difficulty of attribution, which Lin seems to dismiss by stating that "the identities of even true pirates and robbers–or even enemy snipers in wartime–aren't usually determined before the counterattack; so insisting on attribution before use of force appears to be an impossible standard." True attribution for cyber attacks is a lengthy and time-consuming process, often requiring human agents on the ground, and it is not merely about tracing an IP address to a botnet. True identities are hard to come by, and equating a large cyber attack to a sniper is unhelpful. We may not need to know the social security number of a sniper, but we are clear that the person with the gun in the bell-tower is the one shooting at us, and this permits us to use force in defense. With a botnet or a spoofed IP address, we are uncertain where the shots are really coming from. Indeed, it makes more sense to think of it like hiring a string of hit men, each hiring a subcontractor, and we are trying to find out who we have a right of self-defense against; is it the person hiring or the hit men or both?
Second, even if we could engage a cyber letter of marque we would have to have some metric to establish a proportionate cyber counter-attack. Yet what are identities, credit card numbers, or other types of "sensitive data" worth? What if they never get used? Is it then merely the intrusion? Proportionality in this case is not a cut and dry issue.
Finally, if we have learned anything about the history or letters of marque and reprisal, then it is that they went out of favor. States realized that private enforcement, which then turned to public reprisals during the 18th to early 20th centuries, merely encouraged more force in international affairs. Currently the modern international legal system calls acts that are coercive, but not uses of force (i.e. acts that would violate Article 2(4) of the United Nations Charter), countermeasures. The international community and individual states not longer issue letters of marque and reprisal. Instead, when states have their rights violated (or an 'internationally wrongful act' taken against them), they utilize arbitration or countermeasures to seek redress. For a state to take lawful countermeasures, however, requires that it determine the responsible state for the wrongful act in question. Yet cyber attacks, if we are to rely on what the professional cybersecurity experts tell us, are sophisticated in that they hide their identities and origins. Moreover, even if one finds out the origin of the attack, this may be insufficient to ground a state's responsibility for the act. There is always the deniability that the state issued a command or hired a "cyber criminal gang." Thus countermeasures against a state in this framework may be illegal.
What all this means is that if we do not want ignore current international law, or the teachings of history, we cannot condone private companies "hacking back." The only way one could condone it is for the state to legalize it, and if this were the case, then it would be just like the state issuing letters of marque and reprisal. Yet by legalizing such a practice, it may open up those states to countermeasures by other states. Given that most of the Internet traffic goes through the United States (US), that means that many "attributable" attacks will look like they are coming from the US. This in turn means that many states would then have reason to cyber attack the US, thereby increasing and not decreasing the likelihood of cyberwar. Any proposal to condone retaliatory private enforcement in cyberspace should, therefore, be met with caution.
What Should You Read on Cyber Security?
2013-08-01 / Daniel Nexon / 2 Comments
Editor's Note: This is a guest post by Brandon Valeriano of the University of Glasgow and Ryan C. Manes of the University of Chicago, Illinois. Brandon asked if we could run a bibliography on Cyber Security, and we happily agreed. If anyone else is interested in submitting bibliographies to be archived at the Duck of Minerva, drop us an email.
It is that time of the year again – that time when everyone considers updating their syllabus. So you have an interest in cyber security but have not taken the time to develop a reading list. Well here it is, I have, unfortunately, dived into the topic. The following includes a one day-version and then a more detailed list to can be used to develop a class, graduate seminar day, or to prep for a debate.
(Thanks to Hans-Inge Langø for asking the original question that promoted this post and suggesting a few things I was missing)
Of course I may have left some things out. This is a developing literature so we will update as time goes on. Feel free to tweet suggestions to @drbvaler. We attach many of our own writings here, mainly because we are a glutton like that but also because our book on Cyber Conflict is not out yet. The premium here, at least for us, is on social-scientific and peer-reviewed articles and books rather than popular speculation. Our goal is to present the entire range of the field, from the cyber threat hype folks, to the more measured reactions, to the cyber skeptics. Continue reading
Does Snowden Pass the Test?
As you've probably noticed, I'm working through two competing concerns: (1) the legal and ethical obligations that come with holding a security clearance and (2) the ethical and moral obligation to bring deeply problematic government action to light. In comments elsewhere, I've put forth two examples of what I think are relatively straightforward kinds of cases:
Publicizing war crimes that the state is covering up; and
Indiscriminately dumping government diplomatic cables.
The first provides a justification for disclosing classified information, the second is completely without justification. Without in any way denying that the US government's treatment of Bradley Manning has been horrific and outrageous, I think it is clear that Manning crossed the line when he downloaded every government cable he could get his hands on and turned them over to Julian Assange.
I probably shouldn't have used Jeffrey Toobin's New Yorker piece as an excuse to initiate discussion, because, well, it was a piece by Jeffrey Toobin. But, thankfully, Josh Marshall and Josh Barron have both written thoughtful pieces on these issues. Continue reading
Cyber-War: Emerging Threat or Phantom Menace?
2010-03-23 / Charli Carpenter / 0 Comments
Apparently the ruckus between Google and China amounts to a "cyber war."
This sounds familiar. In late February, former director of national intelligence Michael McConnell declared on the WAPO opinion pages that we are losing some sort of "cyberwar." Then earlier this month Obama administration cyber-czar Howard Schmidt announced "there is no cyberwar" at the RSA Security Conference in San Francisco.
At Government Computer News, William Jackson asks a useful question: "How can we be at cyberwar if we don't know what it is?"
Words have consequences. War entails specific risks and responsibilities and should not be entered into lightly. The Constitution lays out requirements for engaging in war, and the United States is a signatory to treaties that impose legal restrictions on conducting warfare, such as distinguishing between combatants and non-combatants and military and non-military targets. And once a nation engages in an act of war, it invites retaliation, regardless of its motives.
As of now, we have no workable definition of what constitutes cyberwar, and more often than not we lack the ability to accurately distinguish it from act of online vandalism.
For what it's worth, Ronald J Diebert and Rafal Rohozinski have a new article in International Political Sociology on the concept of cyber-security in which they analyze the parameters of the debate over what concepts like "cyberwar" or "cybersecurity" mean. They point out there there are two sets of rhetoric here – one about risks to cyberspace, and one about risks through cyberspace.
They also argue that governance may be emerging more clearly in the former arena than in the latter, which essentially remains contested.
Perhaps the conceptual corollary is helpful: genuine acts of cyber-war might be understood as efforts to target infrastructure, whereas much of what we critique as cyber-war "hype" are simply concerns over conventional forms of espionage or sabotage using new media.
It's hard to see how Google's withdrawal from China fits either category, though. In fact, at Wired, Ryan Singer argues that the cyber-war hype like this itself night be "the biggest threat to the internet" as the hype encourages citizens to imagine that increased government surveillance or control over web traffic would be a public good. To draw on Diebert and Rohozinski's typology (of cyber-war as risks to cyber-infrastructure), cyber-war hype might itself constitute a form of cyber-war – or at least, cyber-war-propaganda.
Well, one thing's for sure: I smell some interesting dissertations in the near future to organize our thinking around these concepts.
[cross-posted at LGM]


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Armenia/Azerbaijan: Tensions Rise Over Nagorno-Karabakh
March 03, 2006 15:44 GMT
Armenian President Robert Kocharian (file photo) (CTK) Earlier this year, with the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan meeting in the Paris suburb of Rambouillet, hopes were high that they could break the impasse over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh . The optimism, however, was unfounded as international mediators said that no substantial progress was made during the talks. In recent days, hopes of moving forward in the peace talks have been dashed further as a war of words has escalated between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
PRAGUE, March 3, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- In an television interview on March 2, Armenian President Robert Kocharian hinted that he was prepared to recognize the disputed republic of Nagorno-Karabakh.
But he said that would only happen if Azerbaijan opts out of further negotiations or launches a new military offensive: "But if the moment arrives, when Azerbaijan indeed unequivocally says that the time is right for them, that they have to strengthen their army and in the future will solve the Karabakh issue by force, then our steps should be as followed: firstly, de jure recognition of Nagorno-Karabkah by the Republic of Armenia."
In the interview, which was carried by three national television channels, Kocharian added that further steps could be taken in strengthening the Armenian-occupied military zone around Karabakh and deeper integration with the Karabakh republic in the security sphere.
Successive Armenian leaderships have traditionally shied away from recognizing Karabakh and have said that Yerevan will not be the first to do so.
Three-Way Talks?
Kocharian also said that he believes that the Karabakh leadership should be involved in peace negotiations: "We have to try to engage Nagorno-Karabakh more actively in the negotiation process. Of course the best option would have been if the president of Azerbaijan, president of Nagorno-Karabakh, and the president of Armenia sat down around the negotiating table and if Nagorno-Karabakh would be represented by legitimate authorities."
The inclusion of the Karabakh leadership in the peace talks has long been a source of contention.
Speaking to RFE/RL's Armenian Service on February 18, Arkady Ghukasian, the president of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh republic, said that in the event that no progress is made in the peace talks, the Karabakh leadership might seek to pressure Armenia to recognize the republic as an independent state.
President Kocharian's comments on March 2 come one day after strong words from his Azerbaijani counterpart, Ilham Aliyev.
Speaking in the town of Banofshala, a small part of Nagorno-Karabakh still controlled by Azerbaijan, Aliyev said that talks with Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh are at a "dead end." He also said that "Nagorno-Karabakh is Azerbaijani land" and "We must free Nagorno-Karabakh, no matter what it takes."
The Azerbaijani president was in the region visiting camps for Azerbaijani displaced persons who fled their homes during the Karabakh war.
According to RFE/RL Caucasus analyst Liz Fuller, both Aliyev and Defense Minister Safar Abiyev have repeatedly hinted in the past that Azerbaijan might resort to a new war to bring Karabakh back under its control.
But Fuller said that Aliyev's recent comments may have been intended as much as a gesture of solidarity with the displaced persons as a statement of intent to go to war.
Armenian forces control most of Karabakh and some of its surrounding areas. The enclave's status remains unresolved since the three sides -- Armenia, Azerbaijan, and the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabkah Republic -- ended three years of fighting and signed a Russian-brokered ceasefire in May 1994.
During the fighting, about 600,000 Azeris were displaced and as many as 25,000 people were killed. Others put the number of displaced persons as much higher.
Paris Meeting
In the run-up to the February summit in Rambouillet, diplomats had expressed guarded optimism that progress would be likely during the talks. Kocharian and Aliyev met face-to-face on February 10-11.
But the talks were widely touted as a disappointment. In a statement issued at the end of the summit, the co-chairs of the Minsk Group of nations -- mandated by the OSCE to mediate a solution to the conflict since 1992 -- said the discussions were "intensive," but provided no breakthrough.
The American co-chair of the group, Ambassador Steven Mann, talked to RFE/RL's Armenian and Azerbaijani Services after the summit: "The full range of issues were discussed. There were, I think, good personal atmospherics between the two presidents and the discussions did not result in a substantial change of the positions that the parties have held for months."
Some observers are concerned about the military buildup in both countries -- and its potential impact on the peace process. Both sides have increased defense spending in 2006.
The Minsk Group of Russian, French, and U.S. mediators is set to meet in Washington in early March to formulate the framework of future negotiations.
The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict
Click on the image to view an enlarged map of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone
In February 1988, the local assembly in Stepanakert, the local capital of the Azerbaijani region of NAGORNO-KARABAKH, passed a resolution calling for unification of the predominantly ethnic-Armenian region with Armenia. There were reports of violence against local Azeris, followed by attacks against Armenians in the Azerbaijani city of Sumgait. In 1991-92, Azerbaijani forces launched an offensive against separatist forces in Nagorno-Karabakh, but the Armenians counterattacked and by 1993-94 had seized almost all of the region, as well as vast areas around it. About 600,000 Azeris were displaced and as many as 25,000 people were killed before a Russian-brokered cease-fire was imposed in May 1994.
CHRONOLOGY: For an annotated timeline of the fighting around Nagorno-Karabakh in 1988-94 and the long search for a permanent settlement to the conflict, click here.
Click on the icon to view images of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict (Flash required)
To view an archive of all of RFE/RL's coverage of Nagorno-Karabakh, click here.
Armenia Says It 'Will Defend' Nagorno-Karabakh
Azerbaijan's Aliyev Says Karabakh Talks At 'Dead End'


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Gilcrease Expressway Turnpike opens Monday to traffic
KRMG By FOX23.com News Staff November 14, 2022
TULSA, Okla. — A new turnpike in west Tulsa will open to traffic Monday afternoon. The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority (OTA) said the new Gilcrease Expressway extension is expected to open at 2 p.m. Monday, weather permitting. It's taken about two years to finish construction on the project. The new turnpike connects travel from Interstate 44 to U.S. Highway 412 across the Arkansas River. Over the course of the next six months, there will still be ongoing construction on the intersecting roadways.
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San Carpoforo Creek and Beach is generally regarded as the southern end of the Big Sur coast. Accessible after a short quarter mile walk along the creek, the beach is wide and sandy with a rocky section at its northern end. A lagoon is present most of the year as the creek's flow is blocked by a sand bar. Passed by daily by thousands of drivers from all over the world, we take you on a journey of discovery to another of Central California's "hidden treasures". A previous Photo of the Week selection.
San Carpoforo Creek originates at 2200 feet in the Los Padres National Forest near Three Peaks. It then meanders 11 miles down the mountain until it crosses under Highway 1.
Most of the year the flow is meager; this is California after all. Then the fresh water stalls out and forms a small lagoon behind the sand bank at the back of San Carpoforo Beach just a few hundred yards from Ragged Point.
San Carpoforo is found 21 miles north of Cambria and 13 miles north of Hearst Castle on Highway 1 (aka Cabrillo Highway and Pacific Coast Highway).
All the land between Hearst Castle and the creek here is part of the Hearst Corporation's Piedra Blanca Ranch. The cattle there have the best views while grazing!
Where to park: there are no signs but you can park on either side of the road as long as you're out of traffic. Try not to block the gate that's on the west side. And be sure to read the Monterey County Sheriff's warnings about leaving valuables in your car on the Big Sur Beaches page.
There is a locked gate just to the left of that little silver car in the photo. Don't be put off by that; you can just walk around the side of it and you're on the trail to the beach.
I was here last at the beginning of September, and while I kept a close watch for them, didn't see any of the snowy plovers.
What you do have to watch out for, especially at the beginning of the trail, is poison oak. "Leaves of three, let it be".
Location: northern San Luis Obispo County on Highway 1.
Accessibility: A moderate walk of about 1/3 mile to the beach. The first half of the walk is on a packed dirt path. The rest is on very fine grained sand which makes walking a bit difficult, but doable for anyone in reasonable shape. There are no accommodations for wheelchairs and given the sand, I would be doubtful even of "beach" wheelchairs being able to traverse here.
Who was "San Carpoforo"? The early Spanish explorers named many geographic features for religious holidays and for saints. This creek was named for Saint Carpophorus, a Roman soldier who was martyred for his faith around 295 AD during the reign of Emperor Maximian in the town of Como, northern Italy.
The creek flows just a bit to the left of the pathway shown above. That cypress in the middle is about 40' in diameter. The creek is then turned to the right by the rocky headland of Ragged Point.
As you get closer to the beach itself, the walking becomes a bit more laborious. The creek peters out and forms a lagoon. It's not deep and you can wade through or work your way around to the north. The sand here is of a finer grain than anywhere else I've been. Dry sand is always a bit hard to walk on, but here even the wet sand doesn't pack tightly like on most other beaches. But with views like this, that's definitely not a problem.
The drama of Big Sur begins here at San Carpoforo Creek with the mountains dropping right down to the ocean. There are a few other sandy beaches like this along Big Sur, like Pfeiffer Beach or Garrapata Beach, but they are rare.
That's the Ragged Point Inn on that peninsula jutting out from the coast, sitting 300+ feet up from the water. A great place to stay, have a meal or just a rest stop and view the beauty.