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I'm a very nervous blogger. I've read too many horror stories of people being sacked for inadvertently saying the wrong thing. As a consultant / contractor the decision would be an easy one for my customers - no tribunal, no notice period, just "Your services are no longer required".
So, sorry folks but you won't be getting any inside track on any industry programmes, there will be no dirt dished and if I could find a whistle it would stay unblown. As it says on the sidebar of the blog, I am open to criticism, correction and abuse. Ask me nicely and I'll remove posts, ask me nastily and I'll fold like a pack of cards. Take offence at my username and I'll point out that I have no affiliations, that I'm generally eclectic in my outlook and that's really all it says about me. No-one should read anything else into it all..., family to feed and all that. Getting the picture?
So I was heartened to see that the IT policy of my current customer included a section on Blogging that was neither dismissive or prescriptive. Not in company time, don't talk about us or your work. That was about it. Sensible stuff.
I hope this doesn't count as talking about them..... Ah. Someone let me know if I need to find the delete button will you?
What working environment do you prefer to operate in? Do you prefer a rigid structure, rules and regulation..., or would you rather be left to get on with it? Now, obviously we're talking about the Aerospace industry so it's all relative and I'm not offering completely free reign. But have you ever thought about it?
I worked for one company where I had my first Design Review submission rejected because it wasn't printed on yellow paper. I was asked to modify one unit to include a shallow channel in the surface to reduce the risk of another part touching it - the drawing took half a day, the justification took nearly six months on and off. When I talk of Design Review I mean one opportunity a week to enter a room to face the great and the good. They regularly sent people packing, me included, for insufficient preparation. It was deeply, deeply frustrating.
I then moved to a company where much more complicated changes could be signed off in a day. Want to get a drawing signed off? Well, then you needed to walk round and persuade each of the signatories in turn and that meant that they didn't gang up on you. Designers were responsible for their own work and it was up to them, more or less, to ensure procedure was followed, justification was sufficient and everything was in place.
So which would you prefer?
The thing is, it's the first company that I remember the fondest and it was there that I did the better work. At the second, whilst the freedom to "do" seemed liberating, the effect of mistake was very time consuming - lots of investigation and lots of unpicking and studying of what had gone before. And therein lay the problem: there was always a faint suspicion that something wasn't as good as it could be. The free hand became partially paralysed by the lack of clarity and the consequence of going wrong.
Again, let me be clear that I'm talking in degrees here and the work was always robust. This is Aerospace and was always well regulated. But I still prefer to have had the reassurance that there is no way I could have done it better. The lessons I learnt at the first company, from each time I was sent packing, continue to stand me in good stead for my working life and give my customers confidence in my work.


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Charlotte's posted the press conference and the one-on-one interview to their website, and Big Al legitimately seems like one of the most genuine guys I've ever seen. He actually really seems happy to be here, and wants to make this team better in more ways than just his scoring. He also sounds extremely humble with his defense and willing to improve.
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I think Al and Cody will be a very nice tandem over the next three years. Jefferson is the banger that will live on the block while Zeller has a great basketball IQ and can making a killing at the high post. Also, I think Cody's defense will benefit big time from competing against a guy like Jefferson who is one of the best back to the basket players in the league.
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Success is the favorable or prosperous termination of attempts or endeavors – attainment of wealth, position, honors, or the like.
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For me, it was Philadelphia Phillies third-baseman Mike Schmidt and Miami Dolphins Quarterback Dan Marino. For you, it may have been the lead singer of a rock band, or an aspiring Hollywood actress. Either way, we found ourselves looking up to someone for a very specific reason.
They attained success in a way we wish to.
In today's society, there are many online folks that the everyday person (or aspiring blogger) wishes to become. For bloggers, that might be Darren Rowse or Chris Brogan. For women in the tech space, that might be Cali Lewis or Jolie O'Dell.
The bottom line is that we all have role models who have successful blogs. Ones we wish we could have started, or popular ones we wish we could contribute on. Like all of us, they started somewhere, and had to build from the ground up.
It will take some time, and probably hard work. But those who are diligent will experience the cliche from Field of Dreams, "If you build it they will come…"
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I have to admit that for me this might be the most challenging one. Our lives today are filled with tasks and to-do lists. Filled with places we have to go. Calls we have to make and so on.
It's critical that you blog frequently. Not every post has to be a novel, or a home run. But to establish traction and movement with your audience, you should be blogging at least 2-3 times a week. If not more.
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The IIA yesterday convened political analysts, economists and small business owners to explore the impact of investment in broadband technology on jobs and economic development. The discussion addressed a range of issues, from the importance of expanded next-generation mobile broadband for small businesses to private sector moves like AT&T's proposed purchase of T-Mobile, which will create as many as 96,000 jobs, according to a study for the Communications Workers of America by the Economic Policy Institute. For a list of participants and to listen to the dialogue, visit http://internetinnovation.org/press-room/broadband-news-press-releases/iia-teleconference-audio-august-2011/
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Supposedly Bobbi Kristina has suffered a minor breakdown while filming an episode of For Better or Worse. You remember I wrote about this awhile back. Tyler Perry offered the young woman a recurring role on his show after her mother passed earlier this year just to keep her grounded and focused. I again applaud Mr. Perry for that, he really did not have to. However they say she still is mourning the loss of her mama and this show is too much for her right now.
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I think her fam should be ashamed. Stop trying to make dirty money off of what Whitney Houston was then make it seem like you are so concerned with making her legacy remain positive. The reality show will only make your family name hella worse! Remember when Whitney and Bobby did it? You just want money; if you were so concerned you wouldn't do the show! Make Bobbi remain on Tyler Perry's show and you sit your old asses down!
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A week ago the nightmare Brian Banks has been living for years has come to an end. Mr. Banks was released from prison after the young lady who at first claimed he had raped her back in high school came forth to him and his lawyer and confessed it was all just a lie and she only did it because she didn't want her parents finding out that she was sexually active. Over 5 years this brotha has lost because of this girl's fear. Opportunities were snatched. One of his life long dreams were to play in the NFL; he had a full scholarship to USC and that was blown once he got hit with the rape charge. Now that he is out NFL teams took no time trying to scoop Mr. Banks up. The Washington Redskins, Kansas City Chiefs, and the Miami Dolphins have asked him to try out for their teams. But it was the Seattle Seahawks that caught Brian's attention. On the first week of June this young brotha will be on the practice field hoping to catch a spot on the team. Good luck brotha I hope you get EVERYTHING God has planned for you!
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ELECTORAL AND REFERENDUM AMENDMENT BILL (No. 2) 1998
Second Reading
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- ELECTORAL AND REFERENDUM AMENDMENT BILL (No. 2) 1998
Department of Finance and Administration: Missing Funds
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Economy: Growth
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Special Minister of State: Travel Costs
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Telstra: Privatisation
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Special Minister of State: Travel Costs
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Goods and Services Tax: Food
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Ministerial Code of Conduct
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Australia Day Holiday
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Department of Veterans' Affairs: Goods and Services Tax Mail-out
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Industry Policy
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Australian Cancer Society: Government Funding
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Constitution: Preamble
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Victoria: Gas Emergency Relief Fund
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Families: Relate Program
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Ministerial Code of Conduct
(Cook, Sen Peter, Hill, Sen Robert)
Department of Finance and Administration: Missing Funds
- ELECTORAL AND REFERENDUM AMENDMENT BILL (No. 2) 1998
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Diamond, Mr Barry
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Disability Service Plans
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People with Acquired Brain Injury: Support
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Government Members' Secretariat: Ms Linda Reynolds
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Government Members' Secretariat: Ms Linda Reynolds
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Australian Maritime Safety Authority: Rescue of Fishing Vessel
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Australian Maritime Safety Authority: Aerial Rescue Delivery System
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Australian Advanced Air Traffic System: Transport and Regional Services
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Senator FAULKNER (12:31 PM)
—The Electoral and Referendum Amendment Bill (No. 2) 1998 does almost nothing to enhance the Commonwealth Electoral Act. It is highly partisan and it is politically motivated. It was first introduced into the Senate in May last year on the eve of the election with so many of its measures devised with the sole intent of manipulating electoral law so as to provide advantage for the coalition.
In particular, the bill incorporates the Liberal Party's long obsession and paranoia about unsubstantiated electoral fraud, measures to disenfranchise large numbers of electors and massive increases in electoral funding and disclosure thresholds to allow large sums of money to go undisclosed. Yet, despite the government's best efforts and a lot of encouragement from the Liberal Party's Federal Director, Lynton Crosby, they just could not manage their legislation program well enough to get it in before the last election.
I would like to take this opportunity to flag that the opposition will be moving amendments designed to end once and for all the Liberal Party's chances of exploiting any real or apparent loopholes in the Commonwealth Electoral Act with regard to dodging full and transparent electoral funding disclosure. I am talking in particular about the Liberal Party's most recent money laundering vehicle, the Greenfields Foundation.
The Liberals, of course, are notorious for their devious attempts to rort the disclosure provisions of the Electoral Act. Where there is a will there is a way, and we want to make sure that there is no way that the Liberal Party can dodge full and transparent funding disclosure. I believe we have had some success in exposing Greenfields for the rort it is, and we have also been successful in placing enough pressure on the government to address recommendation 10 of the March 1998 report of the AEC into funding and disclosure—that is, to broaden the investigative powers of the AEC in dealing with and determining whether or not an organisation is an associated entity.
Of course, the AEC has recently utilised these powers for the first time to serve a notice on the Greenfields Foundation on 15 January 1999. I note that Greenfields had one month to appeal that notice. If they have not done so by today, we can assume that the AEC will be able to access the information it requires. I look forward to the results of the AEC's investigations.
However, while those government amendments were sufficient for the purpose of broadening the investigative powers of the AEC in pursuing suspected associated entities, they have not gone far enough in closing the loophole. In brief, our amendments tighten the definition of associated entity; they close the loophole in the event of the loan being forgiven, ultimately becoming a gift; and they prevent loans from being received from anyone other than a registered financial institution unless certain information, such as terms and conditions of the loans, is disclosed.
Let me go to the legislation in detail. Items 1 to 9 deal with the provision of elector data to members, senators and political parties. The electoral rolls and habitation indexes are currently provided either in print, on tape or on disk to members, senators and political parties under section 91 of the Electoral Act. We do think it is useful for parliamentarians to have access to further information such as the elector's date of birth and salutation details in order to more accurately address constituents and target information more directly.
There currently exists a range of permitted purposes for which information from the electoral roll and habitation index may be used. They include such things as any purpose in connection with an election or referendum, the monitoring of the accuracy of the information contained in a roll and the performance of a member or senator in relation to their constituents. The government is proposing to add a new permitted purpose—that of research regarding electoral matters. This measure will be supported by the Labor Party.
However, given potential privacy concerns, the sensitivity of this information and its value to commercial marketing companies, it is important that sufficient penalties exist for misuse of such information. The government's proposal to increase the penalty to 100 units—that is, $11,000—is a step in the right direction. However, we believe a more severe penalty should be imposed.
On behalf of the opposition, I will be moving an amendment to increase the number of penalty points to 1,000 for disclosure or using electoral roll information for a commercial purpose. This would currently attract a fine of $110,000—a sum which would more accurately reflect the value of the information provided to politicians. The disclosure of this information to marketing companies could offer enormous commercial advantage and it is essential that a penalty exists to act as a serious deterrent to such commercial advantage. We believe that 100 penalties units, or $11,000, does not do that. We hope that $110,000 will.
Items 10, 18, 29, 36, 49, 59 and 69 provide that prisoners are not entitled to enrol or vote. The Commonwealth Electoral Act currently prohibits anyone serving a sentence of five years or longer for an offence against the law of the Commonwealth or of a state or territory, or who has been convicted of treason or treachery and has not been pardoned from being entitled to have their name placed on, or retained on, any roll or to vote at any Senate election or House of Representatives election. The Labor Party will be opposing item 10 which prohibits a person serving a sentence of imprisonment for any offence against the law of the Commonwealth or of a state or territory from voting or from remaining on the electoral roll. We will propose in its place amendments to tighten the current provisions.
It should be noted that denying the right of all prisoners, irrespective of sentence, would present a breach of our obligations under the United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, article 25(b), as well as the United Nations Universal Declaration on Human Rights 1948, article 21, which was recently re-signed by the current government. I would also draw to the Senate's attention recent developments in Canada where the Canadian Federal Court held that the disenfranchisement of prisoners was unconstitutional. The government indicated during Senate estimates last week that no legal advice had been sought on this matter and whether the proposed measure would be subject to challenge in the courts as unconstitutional.
Denying all prisoners a vote would mean a person sentenced to eight weeks in gaol coinciding with an election period could not vote, yet another prisoner sentenced to two years in gaol coinciding with a favourable electoral cycle would be able to vote. Parliament has previously accepted that certain classes of prisoners should not be able to vote, and we do not oppose parliament's previous view. It is possible to distinguish between major and minor crimes, as the parliament has previously done. We believe that the five-year rule should remain but that it should be somewhat tightened so that, if any prisoner is being continually imprisoned from the return of the writs of the previous election to the issuing of the writs for the next election, their vote would not be admitted to the count.
Items 11, 12, 14, 28, 30, 31, 53 and 54 provide for the early close of the rolls. As we said in our Senate minority report, these clauses represent an extremely undemocratic, crassly partisan and cynical approach by the government of the day. They signal the government is willing to entertain mass disenfranchisement. Evidence given shows that 80,000 new enrolments occur in the one-week period before the close of the rolls in an election period. Depriving these people of a vote adds nothing to the democratic process. It is no coincidence that the government believes that coalition voter support amongst new enrollees is not strong.
Each election, there is a rush of people who either apply to get on the roll or who need to update their change of address. It is often not until an election is called that many people consider their election enrolment. Evidence given by the AEC to the Senate committee shows that a majority of the 320,000 notify a change of address at the last available opportunity. Further, about 80,000 new enrolments occur once the election is called. Closing the roll so quickly would disenfranchise a large number of first-time voters, most of whom would be young people. The restriction of three days for change of advice prior to an election will be massively distorting. It could lead to more than 200,000 people voting as at their previous address, which would be completely contrary to the spirit and intention of the Electoral Act.
The legislation also inserts a postponement period during which names cannot be added to or deleted from the roll as a result of enrolment applications. The postponement period commences at 8 p.m. on the day of the closure of the rolls until close of polling, if the AEC is satisfied the applicant has previously been an elector. However, for new electors, the postponement period commences at 6 p.m. on the date of the issue of the writs until the close of polling. This means that no new electors can get on the roll once the election has been called. The rationale is that the new proof of identity and other crosschecks for new electors will take too long to carry out and will not make the three-day limit. So those 80,000 new voters who apply to get on the electoral roll when an election is called will all be disenfranchised. That is a travesty, and we will be opposing this measure.
Items 13, 15 to 17 and 19 to 27 deal with enrolment reform. The coalition have had a long, and what I would call paranoid, obsession with the issue of electoral fraud—as if the only reason they failed to win elections between 1983 and 1996 was supposed massive electoral fraud. We all want accurate rolls, and the opposition believes strongly in the integrity of our electoral system. However, when questioned in the Senate inquiry, the AEC could not provide any evidence that the electoral rolls are rorted, nor can the Liberal Party come up with anything other than vague innuendo.
These provisions seem to be based more on a potential for electoral fraud rather than on any actual cases. They will lead to an enormous rise in bureaucratic procedures and will cost $3.9 million annually. Such funds would be better spent on habitation reviews. The AEC gave evidence to the Senate committee regarding new enrolment procedures being currently adopted. These procedures will substantially reduce any possibility of fraud.
The opposition will also be opposing measures providing that an elector must re-enrol within one month of moving to a new address. We think this would disenfranchise a number of voters, particularly itinerant electors. Previously, people were required to reside in their new electorate for a period of one month before being eligible for enrolment in that electorate. They then had 21 days to notify the AEC of their change of enrolment. This cuts that time back to only four weeks.
However, a much greater concern exists for itinerant electors. Item 17 seems to actually eliminate the entire category of itinerant electors. Item 17 states:
. . . Subject to subsection (9), a person ceases to be eligible to be treated as an itinerant elector under this section as soon as the person becomes entitled to be enrolled for a Subdivision.
The other items in this group of amendments provide that a person becomes entitled to be enrolled for a subdivision immediately with no one-month waiting period. Therefore, an elector would cease to be treated to be an itinerant elector as soon as they moved elsewhere. We raised this anomaly during the debate in the House of Representatives and the minister provided a response on behalf of the AEC. He said:
. . . while the proposed amendments would appear to severely limit an elector's ability to claim itinerant status in the application of the current provisions, the AEC has based the determination of eligibility not solely on the length of residency at a particular address but on whether that address is considered to be a permanent address of the elector—that is, one to which the elector has a fixed intention of returning to live on a permanent basis rather than just a temporary abode for a fixed period of time. The AEC advises that it will continue to adopt this approach in considering applications if the proposed amendments are passed into law.
We just do not think that is good enough, frankly. It is not a sufficient response to a problem that the AEC would have missed but for the opposition's alerting them to it. We will be opposing the measure.
A range of other measures relying on as yet unseen regulations will also be opposed by the opposition. They include: witnesses to enrolment applications must be electors as prescribed by the regulations; the lodgment by hand of enrolment applications with a prescribed person—for example, post office or semi-government organisation; and verification of identity and citizenship for enrolment with at least one original form of proof of identity documentation.
The provisions also rely heavily on the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs' records, and their accuracy. We fear that not everyone will have records of their citizenship. An example may be someone whose parents were made Australian citizens, and they were on the certificate but may not have a copy of that certificate.
The success of these proposed changes would be dependent on these regulations that the Senate committee and the parliament are yet to see; nor have we been approached to give input into their make-up. We have said since May last year, when this was first introduced, that we are not able to support these provisions until we are satisfied that the draft regulations are acceptable.
Items 44 to 46 increase the funding and disclosure thresholds. The Liberal Party have a lot of form when it comes to pushing the limits with electoral funding and disclosure. The Liberal Party have a history of sidestepping the disclosure provisions of the Electoral Act for party political reasons. And now they are taking advantage of their numbers to massively increase the electoral funding and disclosure thresholds in the knowledge that it will allow huge sums of money to be donated without disclosure.
Item 44 increases from $1,500 to $10,000 the amount above which a donor to a political party must furnish a return for the financial year, and item 45 increases from $1,500 to $5,000 the amount received from a person or organisation that political parties are required to disclose during a financial year.
The Labor Party will be opposing these items. We believe that these increases would allow for significant sums of money to go without disclosure, particularly when com bined with item 46 which provides that the $5,000 figure does not have to be made up of individual amounts of less than $1,500. Even the Australian Electoral Commission conceded the problems with these measures. During the Senate inquiry into the legislation the head of funding and disclosure at the AEC conceded the following:
The way that a donor can make such a large donation without being disclosed is by donating up to the threshold to each state and territory branch of a political party. So, for a party that is organised nationally in every state and territory plus with a national secretariat, you are looking at nine separate identified parties, in effect, for disclosure purposes.
He went on to say:
A donor can make separate donations to each of those parties. Because they are not aggregated across the party across Australia, only within each state and territory, they will not be disclosed. So. . . they could donate $4,999 a year to each state and territory branch of a political party and go undisclosed. That would add up to just short of $45,000.
The AEC also conceded that there were a number of other ways in which donors could split their donations so they would not be disclosed; for example, by each member of a family or a company donating up to the disclosure limit. Or another scenario may see a donor donate $4,999 to individual candidates. For example, if all the 37 Victorian seats attracted such donations from a single donor, that would add up to $184,963, undisclosed.
Items 44 and 45 are basically another attempt by the coalition parties to weaken disclosure. That is a policy that they have consistently pursued for the past 15 years. The coalition parties' tacit approval of the Greenfields Foundation rort does nothing to inspire confidence in the arguments they have brought to bear in the case of these clauses. The Labor Party have always advocated very tight and transparent funding and disclosure provisions, and we will not allow these items driven by the Liberal Party national secretariat to undermine the integrity of the Commonwealth Electoral Act.
In item 46 amounts of less than $1,500—an increase from $500—need not be counted when calculating disclosure amounts. We believe that those amendments to item 46 are sensible, and they are supported by the opposition.
There are a number of minor and non-controversial measures that will be supported by the opposition. They include: items dealing with assisted voting; items dealing with the preliminary scrutiny of declaration votes; the repeal of section 332, already covered by section 328; and items dealing with the failure of delivery of postal ballots.
While there are a few minor measures proposed by this legislation that are sensible and non-controversial, as I said at the outset, overall it does very little to enhance the integrity of the Commonwealth Electoral Act. In fact, it is a highly partisan piece of legislation. Many of its measures have not been proposed or advocated by the Australian Electoral Commission, and some are actually opposed by the AEC.
The AEC's submission to the Senate inquiry into the bill before the election made the following points. In regard to the entitlement of prisoners to enrol and vote the AEC said:
The AEC makes no comment on the policy relating to this issue. . . there will be some practical difficulties in implementing this policy.
In regard to the use of elector data they stated:
The AEC has no view on the policy to provide salutation and date of birth details to Members, Senators and political parties, or to allow for the use of elector data for research purposes.
In regard to assisted voting they stated:
The AEC has not been on the public record about this issue. However there could be some difficulties experienced in some polling places. . .
In regard to thresholds for reporting of donations the AEC stated:
The AEC advised against such changes in a submission to the JSCEM inquiry into the conduct of the 1996 federal election.
As I mentioned earlier, further opposition was expressed by the AEC at the Senate committee hearing.
I will be moving the amendments I have outlined when we get to the committee stage to ensure the integrity of the Commonwealth Electoral Act. I urge the Senate to support the amendments. (Time expired)


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Charlotte-Mecklenburg police are investigating the fatal shooting of a 24-year-old man overnight outside a west Charlotte nightclub.
The shooting was reported shortly before 2:30 a.m. at Club 935, in the 900 block of South Summit Avenue. That is inside the triangle created by West Morehead Street, Freedom Drive, and Interstate 77.
Police say they were called after a report of shots being fired in the parking lot. Officers arrived to find a man suffering from a gunshot wound. The victim was taken by Medic to Carolinas Medical Center, where he died.
He was identified by police as Paul Anthony Fyffe Jr.
Detectives covered the neighborhood during the night, looking for witnesses. Homicide detectives were joined by officers from several other units, including Mecklenburg County ABC.
Anyone with information in the case is asked to call detectives at 704-432-TIPS. Information also can be left with Crime Stoppers, 704-334-1600.


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Army War College: Assessing the Biological Weapons and Bioterrorism Threat
The response to the anticipated threat of "bioterrorism" took place in the absence of virtually any threat analysis. The purpose of this...
Author: Michael A. Levi
December 5, 2007
CFR Fellow for Science and Technology Michael A. Levi has just published a new book, On Nuclear Terrorism. He says that a number of logistical and technological barriers continue to hinder the ability of terrorists to mount a nuclear attack. Contrary to the popular notion that "the instructions are on the Internet," Levi explains the level of worksmanship required to assemble a nuclear device is still prohibitive.
Levi also talks about the process he used to self censor his writing in an effort to prevent his work from becoming a guide for would-be terrorists. Though he found many of his colleagues in the field have felt a similar need for caution, the issue deserves a more thorough examination.
Finally, Levi offers some advice for the next president, calling for improved intelligence and a identifying the need for more coordination in the system of U.S. defenses.
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Boost for digital market - Digital camera sales are on the increase according to the latest figures by GFK Marketing.
The market for digital cameras continues to thrive with yet another sales increase for the first quarter of this year.
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Compact cameras may make up 92% of the products sold this year, but it is the increasing popularity of the DSLR's that have really boosted the market.
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Pacific Grove Jamboree Sept. 3, 2010, while not a regular season game, gave the Breakers a chance to show their stuff against visiting Stevenson School, Half Moon Bay and Seaside High Schools in a round-robin set. It was an opportunity for team-building as each school fielded both offensive and defensive teams.
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Kendall Montrae Newson
Position: WR
Height: 6-1 Weight: 197 lbs.
Born: March 5, 1980 in Decatur, GA
College: Middle Tenn. St.
Drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the 7th round (222nd overall) of the 2002 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 1 (12533rd overall since 1950)
Other SR Links: College Football at Sports-Reference.com