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kellyman - 1:12 pm on Sep 6, 2012 (gmt 0)
Hi Guys Implemented a 301 a few months ago (14 weeks to be precise), i have rankings that have dived and not recovered, The original 301 was implemnted by PHP but a few weeks ago i have asked my developer to change this to htaccess which now 50% is done via the old site attempting to do the new site once we confirmed all is best practice
Scenario is
www.example.net was renamed to www.example.com
Both sites sit on different servers along with different I.P's
the new sites 301 is currently handled by php and although we get all the correct headers and such i believe there to be an issue as rankings are still 80% down, this php handles the canonicals and removes the forward slash pretty simple
As i mentioned we are going to implement a htaccess version on both servers
On the old we are going to add the below which is a simple redirect
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example.com/$1 [R=301,L]
we were advised to add the below, but we got an internal 500 server error however the single line code works just fine, however there must be a reason for the below and is it best practice...
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example.net$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.example.net$
RewriteRule (.*)$ http://www.example.com/$1 [R=301,L]
On the new server which is currently being handle by PHP I have sought help already a month or 2 ago but wanted to check that what i was doing was correct and no unwanted chaining being forced, so not implemented yet it will be in the next few days once i get my head around what's exactly needed
On the new server were going to add this which should deal with Canonicals, removal of upper case urls along with, removal of the forward slash
# 31 - Redirect index requests on new server
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /([^/]+/)*index(\.(php|html?))?
RewriteRule ^(([^/]+/)*)index(\.(php|html?))?$ http://www.example.com/$1? [R=301,L]
# 32 - Redirect .php requests to extensionless URL
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /(([^/]+/)*[^/.]+)\.php
RewriteRule ^(([^/]+/)*[^/.]+)\.php$ http://www.example.com/$1? [R=301,L]
# 33 - Redirect non-canonical requests to www
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^(www\.example\.com)?$
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.example.com/$1 [R=301,L]
would the above be best practice when doing a website name chnage
Thank you


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Inside Curtain Bluff: yes, there are hotdogs
I can only imagine how Curtain Bluff Managing Director Rob Sherman is going to react when he stumbles upon this story focused solely on the hotdogs served at his incredibly upscale resort. Regular readers know the drill, though. If there's a hotdog somewhere in the world, I need to try it. Curtain Bluff's contribution will now stand alongside those from Reykjavik, Stockholm, East Anglia and Madrid. It's just something I have to do.
Pass the calm swimming beach [LINK:previous day] and walk over to the beachside restaurant where lunch is served. Instead of sprinting for the extensive buffet, wait a moment for a menu and order the hotdog. Just do it once, and order it in addition to something "real."
With British cultures, the definition of "hotdog" varies. The one I had in Cambridge, England was more sausage than hotdog, but East Anglia was decidedly the latter. Since Antigua's history was shaped by British rule, I was unsure of what to expect. The result was waiting for me when I returned to the table (having abandoned my wife to run back to our room to get my cameras), and it was a hotdog – a thick hotdog. Not as long as what I had at King's in Bury St. Edmunds, its girth was much more impressive. You'll have to open wide just to take a small bite.
Despite the appearance, the Curtain Bluff hotdog tasted a bit more like a sausage than a hotdog. There was a hotdog taste to it, and the color and texture were certainly dog-esque, but there was a pretty substantial sausage contribution, as well.
So, how did it taste?
Order the damned hotdog! It's worth it. The crisp crack that comes with the cutting of your teeth into this "lesser" cuisine unleashes a rush of juicy flavor that will dominate your taste buds. Supplement the experience with ketchup and a line of Grey Poupon mustard, and you've got a winning dog.
The best approach to lunch, I found, is to mix your hotdog with the buffet: get a little bit of everything. Order your hotdog, then run to the buffet for a salad. Don't go overboard, just put enough on your plate to take the edge off a bit. When your dog arrives, scarf it down like an animal – it feels nice to be subhuman in such luxurious surroundings. Then, let your civilized self return, sample the grilled chicken, and pick something up for dessert (all of which is prepared perfectly in the pastry kitchen).
Finally, lie to all your friends about having eaten something as low as a hotdog at a place like Curtain Bluff.
Disclosure: Curtain Bluff did pick up the tab for this trip. Honestly, a prolie blogger like me wouldn't be able to cover this destination without support from the resort. And, would the resort have "bought" a story about hotdogs? Let's be a tad realistic about that, shall we? That said, my opinions are my own. Worried that my experience was positive? Blame the resort staff for doing a kickass job. I could lie and say it all sucked, but that would come at the expense of my editorial integrity.
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This will probably be an un popular answer, but I think for the sake of his mental health and his current and future attitude about sex, it might be best to minimize your reaction. I would not go to the police, but definitely would talk to the other parents and would talk to the school/camp about the lack of supervision.. I have two teenagers, and I would be very upset if this happened to either of them, too, but I feel like how you respond will make a powerful difference in how he processes this, for a long time to come. Though sexual play is normal for adolescents, it sounds like this was quite a bit more than simple flirting. These girls sound very aggressive, and they need to be talked to about their behavior, and they need to be taught some healthy boundaries. I just feel that responding too strongly might make things even worse for your son. You said that at first he was coerced but then began acting on his own- I imagine he has very mixed feelings about what happened and is very confused. Having to work that won't with a therapist (unless the already have an established relationship where your son feels safe) might be even more traumatic. He may just need some reassurance that all the feelings he has been having (negative and otherwise) are normal, and that his parents are addressing the situation with the girls' parents..
How is it going to negatively affect his mental health and attitude about sex to be told that NO means NO and that he does not deserve to be sexually assaulted?? I work for a sexual assault crisis centre and you would not believe how horribly negative of an affect it has on people - well into adulthood - to know that their assault was NOT taken seriously and that their parents didn't view it as serious enough to take the appropriate actions. I swear, I feel like I am in the twilight zone reading this responses. Again - would you say the same thing if it were a 13 year old girl and a 17 year old boy? I highly doubt it.


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HOUSTON – He grew up in Chickasaw County but his music and his message is aimed at an audience that has grown to become the largest concert tour in the world each winter.
NewSong drummer Jack Pumphrey was raised in Houston and he will take the stage at Winter Jam in Tupelo Thursday night along with Toby Mack, Red, Matthew West and Sidewalk Prophets.
"It is awesome to see what God has done with Winter Jam," said Pumphrey. "It has grown to become something more than any of us ever dreamed."
Winter Jam began 18 years ago as a way for NewSong to play at neutral venues with a simple donation at the door. It has now grown into the largest annual music tour in the first quarter of the year – in any music genre. It is also a major launching pad for new Christian music artists.
"I've gotten to know some of the biggest names and hottest bands on the planet," said Pumphrey. "Touring and going on the road is a lot of work but I've grown to love Winter Jam because of the musicians I get to know and the fans I get to meet."
Through Winter Jam, Pumphrey has developed relationships with the likes of Steven Curtis Chapman, Jeremy Camp, Newsboys, Anointed, MercyMe and Skillet.
But like him, Pumphrey said Christian artist work very hard to be down-to-earth kind of people, because it is part of their witness and rooted in their soul.
"They really are normal people just like me and you," said Pumphrey, who comes home to Chickasaw County to hunt each Christmas. "We've got personal problems, family problems, career problems just like everyone else."
And just like his fans, Pumphrey said he turns to music when life sends him a challenge.
NewSong has just released Swallow the Ocean, it's 18th CD.
Pumphrey said the CD is beginning to pick up a little momentum and he hopes the Winter Jam tour will get it in front of people who need it most.
"The whole concept is how big God's love is," said Pumphrey. "Think about the ocean as ink and the sky as your canvas. If you tried to write or paint on that canvas you would run out of ink before you finished depicting God's love."
Pumphrey said NewSong produced Swallow the Ocean the old fashioned way.
"Now days I can just show up and lay down the beat and with technology the rest of the guys come in and lay down their tracks," said Pumphrey. "We did Swallow the Ocean old-school. We all came in and looked each other in the eye as we put it together. It was a lot more personal and emotional to me. I truly think this CD has a different feel to it."
And Pumphrey didn't shy away from his real purpose with NewSong, his work with Winter Jam and the message of Swallow the Ocean.
"I was saved at a NewSong concert in 1992," said Pumphrey. "My father had a tour-bus company in Atlanta and he got me a job working with them."
Pumphrey said he initially has his eyes on the lights of Nashville. NewSong has helped him set his sights on a different light.
"God had a plan for my life and He has a plan for every life," said Pumphrey. "Two years after I got saved NewSong asked me to join the band."
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"My wife Dawn (Arrington-Pumphrey) is from Houston, I've got two grandmothers who live here," said Pumphrey. "NewSong has carried me a lot of places but it all started in Houston and I consider it home."
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Reason 24/7 noted a sheriff in Kentucky and two in Oregon who said this week they wouldn't enforce any unconstitutional gun control measures coming from the feds. NBC News found the trend, reporting:
Police chiefs from around the country, who are appointed not elected, were on hand in Washington to support the president's announcement. But a number of sheriffs, many of whom must run for office, were vocal in their opposition…
Dudley Brown, founder of Rocky Mountain Gun Owners, which considers the National Rifle Association too weak on gun rights, said he has gotten calls from other sheriffs around the country who say they won't cooperate with the feds.
"We'll see how many of them have the courage to do it," he said.
Could America use more sheriffs refusing to enforce unconstitutional laws? 2011 saw more Americans arrested for marijuana possession than all violent crimes combined.
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"2011 saw more Americans arrested for marijuana possession than all violent crimes combined."
Thanks for that - I thought sloopy did all the nut kicking around here? :(
Add Pine County, Minnesota to that list-
Could America use more sheriffs refusing to enforce unconstitutional laws? 2011 saw more Americans arrested for marijuana possession than all violent crimes combined.
That is truly sickening. And it is something that I bet most people have no idea is the case. And it is worse than even that. The affect of an arrest goes beyond just that one arrest. It gives people criminal records, makes it impossible to get student loans to go to school. In the day and age of the Obamaconomy and its attendant enormously high unemployment rates, it basically makes many of these people unemployable. This is not a war on drugs. This is the war on the American people. It is taking millions of people very year and dooming them to unemployment and poverty.
If individuals would simply stand up and reject unconstitutional acts--whether as citizens or as government officials--things would be a whole lot better.
It would be nice if the most important sector of the nation would reject unconstitutional acts: those people charged with protecting it.
Let's be honest, John. Its a war on poor people. I'll bet there's a way for lawyers with rich clients to have the arrest stricken on finding of a not-guilty verdict, or even adjudication deferred nolo pleas. It just so happens that the majority of people who can't afford that kind of lawyer happen to be non-white.
what %age of first offense mj arrests result in continue without a finding type dispositions?
of course you have no idea but you assume it's rare. it's not.
I don't care. One life ruined (or even slightly inconvenienced) by a pot arrest is too many.
i agree. i am 100% against the WOD and the WAR on MJ. but making it sound worse than it is does a disservice to truth
If you really think getting busted for pot is no big deal, why don't you go out and get yourself arrested Dunphy? That is if any of your corrupt fuck buddies would bust you. It is not like you would lose your job or anything. I am sure it would be no big deal. Yup, everyone who is busted for pot is some dumb hood rat with nothing to lose.
You really are a fucking animal.
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Does that mean you never arrest or cite anyone for drug possession, dunphy? I'm truly curious if you choose which laws to enforce and which ones not to.
I don't see a problem with doing that, as long as they are victimless crimes (including speeding) and the non-enforcement is unilateral, meaning no exceptions made.
DIAF, Shit-stained pig.
Who cares the number of people who only smoke it once or twice in their lives and get arrested would be so small as to be insignificant. So presumably each one of those dismissed cases would go on with the subsequent threat of being arrested for a SECOND offense of merely possessing a plant the government doesn't like.
we won't talk about the people who never smoked it and were busted because they introduced someone to their buddy who they knew dealt thereby "facilitating a drug deal"
It's called 'Continuation with no finding of fact'. If the guy keeps his nose clean, some time later the judge dismisses the charges... even if the person pled "No Contest"
Isn't it standard to have to hire a lawyer and ask a judge permission to wipe a record after a period of time?
When my ex pled no contest to larceny, the judge told her that if she kept her nose clean for twelve months, the judge would dismiss the charges.
par for the course for misdemeanor arrests in general.
Since it is your ex, I will ask. How did she end up pleading no contest to larceny?
Since it is your ex, I will ask. How did she end up pleading no contest to larceny?
She was a thief. She used to babysit the children of wealthy families in the tony western suburbs of Boston, and help herself to things she wanted.
I ended up being the one who turned her into the police. None of the jewelry was ever recovered. She made it vanish as soon as I confronted her with my suspicions about her light fingered ways.
My friend was inaccurately told the same thing, only to find out that he had to "petition the court" to remove the charges and could only do so two years after supervision ended.
What did she steal, your dignity?
You can't rape the willing.
That's if you are actually convicted. If the case is just continued and later dismissed, it isn't on your record to begin with.
except the vast majority of first offense mj arrests do NOT give people records as they routintely get probation and then continued w.o a finding type sentences. iow, they don't have to admit to a conviction.
do you have any evidence that people who have mj arrests (note that arrest includes criminal citation and does not require custodial arrest) are doomed to unemployment and poverty/
any stats?
i thought not. heck, i had 2 friends busted for pot in college. both got the typical continued w.o a finding sentence and both are doing quite well financially.
again, evidence?
Sure, if you can afford a lawyer and somehow get through probation, which is harder than people make it out to be, you might be able get it stricken from your record. That is real comforting.
And yes, a criminal record makes getting a job, already difficult in this economy, very difficult.
I have a friend who was arrested for trespass and disturbing the peace in connection with the renewal of his license to carry at the Stoughton, Mass, police station in 2000.
The lieutenant who was handling the license renewals asked why my friend inserted assertions of his rights on the renewal application. The cop ordered my friend to delete the assertions, which included things like, "If you interfere with the exercise of my constitutional rights, I will hold you liable under 42 USC 1983".
My friend, a former army captain who was a firearms instructor, refused and the cop told him to leave the police station. On his way out, my friend went to the dispatch window in order to make a complaint.
One of the cops assisting the lieutenant came to the dispatch window and promptly arrested my friend and charged him with trespassing and disturbing the peace.
Eventually, at considerable expense and delay, the charges were dismissed. He went to court on 16 separate dates before the case was finally dismissed by the third judge to hear the matter.
My friend's lawyer filed a motion to expunge all of the records pertaining to the arrest. The motion was denied.
Real. World. Evidence.
I've found that if you get arrested the best thing to do is move cities immediately after getting out of jail and postpone your court date as long as possible, preferably over a year. Then if you get any sort of probation or "pre-trial diversion" they're more apt to let you mail in every month so they can keep your money rather than handing it over to another county or city. So no drug tests.
You find it, if its so strong for your case. Scan an upload your marriage certificate to Morgan Fairchild at the same time.
i am not making the claim. the claim was made before me. provide evidence.
i've been a cop i n 3 states. in all 3, continued without a finding is par for the course (vast majority) for misdemeanor first time offenses, to include mj - HI, MA, and WA
vast majority != 100%
And it only takes 1.
So it's the same way in
Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming ?Relevant statutes and sentencing data from the states you haven't been a cop in would really bolster your claim.
Even having to show up in court is a totally unacceptable burden to place on someone for the non-crime of drug possession.
the war on MJ is an unconscionable crime agaisnt humantiy. you get no argument from me.
but mischaracterizing it is just as bad as the just say no drug warriors mischaracterizing the dangers of drugs. truth matters.
the reality is a first time offender gets arreested for MJ possession, they are going to get probation and a continue w.o a finding. iow, don't get caught again for a year and get it wiped from your record
If someone gets paperwork for anything, there's no guarantee some asshole agency won't find the record. So fuck that shit.
If I'm ever in a position to make decisions about hiring people, I will hire qualified people and ignore records other than sick shit.
So would I. But sadly I think we are in the minority.
Hmmm, I'm of mixed minds about this. In this case it's good, because they're refusing to enforce laws that I don't like. But the problem is, what happens when they start refusing laws I do like because they're politically unpopular too?
Like during the civil right era when sheriffs refused to enforce laws against lynch mobs or in cities when they refuse to enforce laws against union violence?
Yeah. I'd rather they enforce the law justly, and equally in all circumstances. The alternative of selective enforcement creates way too many moral and ethical dilmmas.
Sounds like a situation when having a firearm would be kinda handy.
Again, I agree with the goal. My issue is that if we state as a general principle that Sheriffs only have to enforce laws they feel like enforcing, that can be used to trample liberty as easy it can be used to protect it. How do we distinguish the two cases, orther than the whims of the mob?
Most are drawing the line at the difference between an executive order and a law passed by congress. Since these executive orders are under fire already as being unconstitutional, the cops are refusing to enforce the laws until they go through congress and are passed in the usual way. As far as I know, none of them are saying they will refuse to enforce the laws once they pass congress and there has been a presumably satisfactory decision on whether its unconstitutional or not.
i've made this point many times before. appointed police chiefs are almost always butt boys for city councils or mayors, since they are appointed. this is also why their policy positions are so often divergent from "real cops". they are true cop-o-crats.
sheriffs are elected, and in this respect - better. i'd rather have a head LEO be beholden to the people.
I hate the term law enforcement officer, which emphatically illustrates unwavering loyalty to the state rather than the people they are supposed to protect.
Instead of LEO we need peace officers, guys who walk around and keep the peace and actually keep citizens safe.
William Grigg has written about this quite frequently.
You mean the fake Pro Libertate? Bastard.
Ah, you read him as well.
He would utterly eviscerate every single democrat in debate.
I'm familiar with his work.
Well, aren't you gonna give 'em an atta boy? Some praise?
No. Because he uses my name without permission.
1. The basic mission for which the police exist is to prevent crime and disorder.
2. The ability of the police to perform their duties is dependent upon the public approval of police actions.
3. Police must secure the willing co-operation of the public in voluntary observation of the law to be able to secure and maintain the respect of the public.
4. The degree of co-operation of the public that can be secured diminishes proportionately to the necessity of the use of physical force.
5. Police seek and preserve public favour not by catering to public opinion, but by constantly demonstrating absolute impartial service to the law.
6. Police use physical force to the extent necessary to secure observance of the law or to restore order only when the exercise of persuasion, advice, and warning is found to be insufficient.
7. Police, at all times, should maintain a relationship with the public that gives reality to the historic tradition that the police are the public and the public are the police; the police being only members of the public who are paid to give full-time attention to duties which are incumbent upon every citizen in the interests of community welfare and existence.
8. Police should always direct their action strictly towards their functions, and never appear to usurp the powers of the judiciary.
9. The test of police efficiency is the absence of crime and disorder, not the visible evidence of police action in dealing with it.
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i;'ve used the term peace officer before. it gets ridiculed here, but i do believe it better characterizes what we do
... guys who walk around and keep the peace and actually keep citizens safe.
Plus, we should make them wear bowler hats/pith helmets like the cops in England. Something about a cop chasing a "perp" while dressed like Charlie Chaplin appeals to me.
imo, and in my average shift, the role of peace officer plays out far more than law enforcement offficer. the amount of time spent in enforcement, PALES compared to the amount of time keeping the peace, resolving disputes, and acting as mediator, social worker, mental health aide (we order a lot of invol's here in the pac NW), etc.
I do think they should wear baby blue, not black.
That's why I always like the Cincinnati PD uniform. Black trousers, white shirt, black tie, white cap. It looks professional, projects authority, yet you don't feel like you're being occupied by a foreign army.
A Fallout TV series? Excellent.
Well that would just end up being awful.
But at least Detroit would be useful to somebody.
Probably, but maybe not.
Look, if anyone had ever successfully translated a video game into a non-interactive medium with any success whatsoever, I would allow for a glimmer of hope.
But in the world we live in, that series will be a bigger disaster than Episiarch's mattress pad.
Wasn't there a game-movie that was okay? I could've sworn there was an exception to the general rule.
No, you're thinking of the few comic book movies that weren't terrible.
I just looked at a list online. I think you're right--I got nothing.
I will say that a few games stories could've been fine films. For instance, Bioware with KOTOR or the first two Mass Effect games.
This is where you defend the movie Doom again, isn't it?
I enjoyed the first Mortal Kombat movie.
Well, according to the emperor, that's a moot point. Big Sis Butchy is going to enforce it.
the war on MJ is a crime against the good people of this country who choose to smoke pot. fortunatly, my state has legalized the MJ.
that aside, the reality is not as bad for MJ arrestees as some people say. mischaracterizing the WO MJ, which is bad enough IN REALITY (as it is) is wrong.
it's bad enough as it is
that aside, the reality is not as bad for MJ arrestees as some people say
Dunphy, what happens to someone, regarding their 2nd amendment rights, when they get arrested for on a misdermeanor charge, involving drugs, any drugs, including pot?
the primary way to get your 2nd amendment rights fucked with is to either get a DV conviction or MERELY to get a protection order against you, which requires minimal due process and you don't get a right to a lawyer or a jury.
if a judge rules against you, by the preponderance of the evidence (a civil standard), you lose your 2nd amendment rights.
i've long argued that for the average law abiding bloke, the war on DV is worse for personal liberty encroachment than the WOD.
According to what I have heard, any drug related offense, gets you the same.
The fact that a persons 2nd amendment rights can be stipped, forever, is pure bullshit, except for maybe in the case of something like murder, which gets you behind bars for a long time anyway. There should be some limitation, 5-10 yrs maybe.
The DV thing really is bad. A friend of mine recently got a protective order against him, because his wife turned out to be a psycho bitch. He got it removed pretty quickly, because it was bogus, but he is still trying to figure out how to retrieve his pistol from the Hartford PD (since he doesn't have a carry permit in CT).
Brett's right, show me anything really popular with poor folks, and the elites want to make it illegal:
Soft drinks, tobacco, pot, ATV's, guns, wife beatin', T shirt wearin' and daughter molesting.
I was gonna comment on this thread, but someone dunphy'd all over it.
I wonder why more libertarians don't run for judge, sheriff, etc. and use their authority to minimize the law's impact on victimless criminals, while maximizing enforcement against illegal federal actors. I'm not calling for ignoring the laws on the books, but why not give drug, gambling, gun and prostitution arrestees 1 cent fines and 15 second probations, at the completion of which their action would be stricken from their criminal record?
"I'm not that tough on crime" doesn't sell well, I guess.
Yes, I know, but people seem to have trouble with any nuanced arguments about liberty.
On the contrary, you argue, "I am tough on violent crime by making it unprofitable for police to waste resources on enforcing nonviolent, victimless crimes."
Tough to sell that to the low information voters.
Oh, I'm all for trying. I've long advocated the LP focusing on state and local elections.
Mandatory minimums, brought to you by the letter R.
Why did so many democrats urge and then vote for mandatory minimums?
Don't you read the nooz? Democrats can't accomplish any part of their agenda because the mean ol' rethuglicans won't let them.
Amazing how you continually play the one-sided partisan card in the face of mountains of evidence. All you partisan hacks are the same.
Like the congressional black caucus, tony?
That's from 400 years of conditioning.
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I wonder why more libertarians don't run for judge, sheriff, etc.
I am a libertarian and because of that fact, I would not ever run for judge, sheriff or any other sort of tax-fed petty tyrant. -
From our conversations, I doubt you are a miniarchist, but I think judges and police would be perfectly legitimate in a libertarian society. I don't think it's a good idea to entrust individual rights enforcement to the mafia and the lynch mob. And I don't see how private companies and individual would have any ability to enforce their own private laws against non-contractual parties.
And even if you think they are illegitimate because you are an anarchist, I'm not sure how it is remotely libertarian or principled to let statists and authoritarians monopolize the existing government framework and the enforcement of existing laws.
Anarchists fall on their own ideological sword here: if there is no government or law, and private parties can selectively enforce private laws against non-contractual private parties, then individual rights are subjective, thus amorphous and meaningless, and will only be defended on the basis that the enforced-against party can defend or hire someone to defend themselves from the enforcement.
If individual rights are amorphous and meaningless and will be selectively enforced, how can one possibly attack government actions and theft on the basis of violating individual rights? After all, one could fight the government agents stealing your money and property and you would lose, because the enforcement power of the government will likely exceed any effort you can muster or pay to defend yourself. How exactly is that different from an anarchy with a super-enforcement private company that abuses and extorts non-customers and weaker competitors in an anarchy?
Re: Proprietist,
if there is no government or law, and private parties can selectively enforce private laws against non-contractual private parties, then individual rights are subjective,
First of all, it is not government who determines what is a right. Thinking otherwise is fallacious, as it would mean that Man only exists because of the State, not because of Man's interest in self-preservation (from which invention, trade and rights derive.)Second, private parties that do not consistently respect the rights of others find themselves quickly without partners with which to trade.
The preoccupation with marauders and malcontents doesn't have to be addressed by proposing an ever stronger group of marauders and malcontents who would call themselves "government." As history has shown, the State has failed many times in protecting its own citizens from these groups it purported to fight - the Soviet Union lost 20 million people during WWII, most during the first year of the war. The case can be argued that the existence of the Soviet State really made NO difference for the 20 million except that its non-existence would have saved that population from years of pain and suffering due to it, so just because they were invaded does not mean they would have been made any worse off, at least, if there had been NO Soviet State.
First of all, it is not government who determines what is a right.
Unfortunately, natural rights exist beyond law, but only matter to the degree that they are enforced and not violated, whether by state or private party. In my opinion, the difference between a state and a superpowerful private violator/extortionist company is completely meaningless. You can organize and fight aggressions/theft by either to self-enforce one's natural rights, but you will probably lose because you lack the resources to fight back.
private parties that do not consistently respect the rights of others find themselves quickly without partners with which to trade.
Private parties that can attack competitors and non-customers with impunity and redistribute their property to their customers on the basis of "might makes right" will find plenty of customers. The company with the most might and brutality will also get the most customers out of sheer fear.
Re: Proprietist,
[...]I think judges and police would be perfectly legitimate in a libertarian society.
I do, too, provided they're hired and paid by the interested parties instead of voted in by "voters."I don't think it's a good idea to entrust individual rights enforcement to the mafia and the lynch mob.
Neither do I, which is why I am against the State and democracy - you know, the legalized mafia and lynch mob.And I don't see how private companies and individual would have any ability to enforce their own private laws against non-contractual parties.
Easy:If you steal, I shoot.
If you trespass, I shoot.
If you cheat me, I will make darn sure that I and anybody else does not do business with you, ever. You will starve.Technically, you can get by through cheating, but the returns for the risk rapidly diminish as more people become wiser, or the risk of having your ass kicked rapidly increases for the diminishing returns. Either way, people learn NOT to cheat pretty quickly - which is why most people are preoccupied with their reputation.
Instead, if one entrusts reason and common sense to bureaucrats, cheaters actually flourish, which is why you have the Fed and mindless fools that bankroll governments. If you protect people from foolishness, you populate the world with fools(*) - Herbert Spencer.
(*)Which explains Tony.
And what will you do when Brutality Company send a whole army of thugs to seize your property and murder you because you aren't a paying customer? How would that be any different than what we have today? How will competition possibly exist when there is no legal framework protecting that competitions' rights from violation by Brutality Company?
The only legitimate purpose of a state is to prevent non-contractual private party violations of natural rights.
Re: Proprietist,
And what will you do when Brutality Company send a whole army of thugs to seize your property and murder you because you aren't a paying customer?
I will probably die fighting or surrender; or I may band together with others and fight them. I certainly have a chance.What will you do when National Brutality Bureau sends a whole army of thugs to to seize your property and murder you because you're aren't a paying customer?
And trust me on this: The State is just one step from becoming just an army of thugs the moment it runs out of money to extort or borrow or print. And it WILL happen.
The only legitimate purpose of a state is to prevent non-contractual private party violations of natural rights.
The State is already and by definition a violator of natural rights. You want the fox to be the keeper of the henhouse. -
You want the fox to be the keeper of the henhouse.
If we assume "hens" = non-violent, law abiding citizens who will never peck other hens to death:
Statism = foxes and wolves "guarding" and raiding the henhouse at will
Anarchy = there is no henhouse, so the hens are fair game to any foxes, raccoons, ferrets and other animals they can't defend themselves from in the wild
Miniarchism = trained guard dogs patrolling the perimeters of a farm from outside predators with minimal access to the hens themselves.
If you steal, I shoot.
You come home and discover your door's been kicked open and your TV is gone. Who do you shoot? And can you just unilaterally pick someone to murder because your intuition tells your they're the one? If not, what's the procedure for determining when the evidence for holding a particular person responsible is sufficient?
Re: Proprietist,
Whenever a person argues the case for government or the State, almost invariably resorts to an exceptionally dire scenario of chaos and fear to show that the alternative will always be worse than the current situation. However, those fear tactics do not work with me because I know that I live my life almost every day without the presence of government. I watch TV without having a TV bureaucrat dictating my preferences; I eat my food without a food bureaucrat watching; I make myriads of decisions everyday without relying on the government's approval. I can say that, in the best of cases, government is nothing else but a small nuisance, like having one of those nosy neighbors. For some people, instead, the State can be deadly. But that does not mean that, if the State disappeared tomorrow, life around us would stop. It wouldn't. People would still go to work, be productive, trade, eat, sleep and kiss their kids goodnight.
I know, there WILL be a lot of people whose lives are wrapped around government decisions, but that is what my two friends - Smith, and Wesson - are for. I can't save those folks, but I can certainly defend my life and property against them, or at least take a few with me...
I watch TV without having a TV bureaucrat dictating my preferences; I eat my food without a food bureaucrat watching; I make myriads of decisions everyday without relying on the government's approval.
That has absolutely nothing to do with a miniarchist case for government. No true miniarchist wants government to interfere with victimless or contractual activities you engage in.
Our point is that you shouldn't be able to murder, hold hostage and rape your neighbors and steal, damage or extort their property with impunity just because your gang/army is stronger and can afford bigger guns and more gangsters/soldiers than your neighbor's gang/army. It really doesn't matter at all whether you are doing this via private companies, a mafia, a dictatorship or a democracy.
And I'm not talking about any "exceptionally dire scenario" to make my point. I'm talking the reality of crime or everyday conflicts of rights without any contractual or legal basis for consistent enforcement. Your Smith and Wesson might defend you and your family from one thug at your door, but it won't defend you from a private army or mafia any more than it will from an army or SWAT team. Before you say that you will have your own police force or army for hire to defend you, what exactly is stopping you from doing that today? If you say "the law" or "the government", you are proving my point that you'd have the same problem in an anarchy with dominant and anti-competitive private "enforcers" with big guns.
Ugh. This is not news; it's pure political posturing. Sheriffs are *never* going to be asked to enforce federal law. Under any circumstances. See *Printz v. United States*.


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I don't have a headache. I am not dizzy. I don't feel nauseated. My vision is still ok. There is no reason why I cannot take another step. And by saying this simple mantra, over and over, I managed to reach to top of Mount Kilimanjaro at 19,432 feet. The top of the mountain is really a big volcanic crater. I reached the crater rim at a point called Stella Point.
One has to walk along the rim for about 45 minutes more to get to the actual highest point. By this time I was too exhausted to care. I had been climbing for 10 hours, having started at 11:00 PM the previous night and had reached the crater rim at 9:00 AM. The guide said that reaching Stella point counts as a successful ascent of Kilimanjaro for the official record books of Tanzania. That sounded good enough for me. So after eating an energy bar and drinking some water, I started down.
I reached base camp about 6 hours later. The official guideline calls for a celebration with a glass of orange juice and a meal; then a two hour rest and then a continued descent down to 10,000 feet before nightfall. I found the orange juice the best tasting drink ever. But I was so exhausted I could not eat anything else. And because I was so slow, it was necessary to continue on to the next campsite immediately. I reached it at 11:00 PM that night, having been walking and climbing for 24 hours straight.
The next day was the last. The walk should have taken three hours. It took me seven hours because it was all down hill through rain forest. The trail was quite slippery and I chose to be very cautious.
The preparations for the climb started Fall of 2007. My son Tim had climbed it the previous year had his enthusiasm was so catching that his siblings and their significant others formed a group to go and asked me. Naturally, I jumped at the chance. I had been enthralled by this place since the 1950's and now I could go with a group that would be sympathetic to my oldness and slowness. So seven of us: Anna Hentzel and Andrew Johnson, Rob Hentzel and Emily Pike Hentzel, Tim Hentzel and Leslie, and I made the trip.
The outfitter was Sunny Safaris. We had 3 guides, a cook, a waiter, and 17 porters. We chose the eight day trip. Statistics show that there is a 15% better success rate for the eight day trip over the seven day trip. All seven of us made the top. There are trips which climb it in only five days. The extra days allow the body to adjust to the high altitude and it makes a big difference in preventing altitude sickness.
My training began with short walks, working up to six miles. Then I spent two weeks in Leadville Colorado at 10,000 feet with daily hikes up to 12,000. I walked up the roads to the passes as far as I could. In effect, I trained on easy trails. On Kilimanjaro, the trails were more difficult to walk on than roads. There was a small amount of rock climbing on the third day. But the guide was quite helpful saying "grab here," "put your foot here," etc. I did not look down and managed the scramble quite easily. The worst were the slippery parts of the trail. At one point, I thought the trail looked slippery. The guide assured me it was not. Anna said to trust my climbing boots, their soles were designed to get a good grip. She had barely said that when she stepped on some wet moss, her feet slipped out from under her, and she slid down the path and bumped into me. This was fortunate because it stopped her from going over the edge of a 15 foot drop. For the most part, the going was very easy. One simply walked up the mountain. The last 1/4 mile to the top involved walking on snow at about a 30 degree slant upwards.
The U.S. government suggestions for Tanzania were to take precautions against Yellow fever and Malaria. Do not eat any fruit that you did not peel yourself, and never ever eat a salad. It also said the culture thinks highly of old people. "If you are harassing someone older, a crowd may gather and beat you up." I was treated well. Every one called me "baba" which means father and seems to be used as a term of respect. The hotel staff, as well as the street venders all addressed me as baba. However, because I was so slow on the climb, the guides started calling me baboo which means "grandfather." But still, in a respectful manner.
The hotel greets you with a wet towel and a glass of juice. Because the roads are not paved, you are covered with dirt and the towel is most welcome. Initially, I had reservations about the fruit juice. Some of the party had mild symptoms from the water, but at first attack, they took "cipro" and it cleared up.
We passed huge fields of corn. I could not see the ears and asked the guide if they pick they had been already picked. He said that drought had stunted the ears. I did see other fields which had ears. And I have subsequently found out from a Pioneer Hybrid Africa specialist that Tanzania could increase corn production by 30% if they would use drought resistant corn varieties.
The country houses are essentially concrete block with a straw or corrugated steel roof. A good many of them were deserted, maybe one out of 10. The guide explained that it was caused by AIDS. If the man of the family dies, the family simply abandons its house and goes elsewhere. He did not explain why or where they go. On the airplane going over, there were three groups of students going over to volunteer in orphanages in Tanzania and South Africa.
I had asked if these orphanages were due to AIDS. They had said their particular destination was not an AIDS institution, but there were others that were. In Amsterdamn such a group had deposited all there belongings in the waiting room so one could watch them while the others went off for a meal or whatever. They had apparently not noticed, but those seats were marked in English and Dutch as reserved seats for elderly and/or handicapped.
I really had a great trip. It was good to be with my (grown) children and to get acquainted with those who are and those who may eventually become their spouses. My wife Pat helped with all of the arrangements, because we had to integrate over all four sets of participants who were in San Francisco, Minneapolis, Germany and Ames. Of course Tim had the best knowledge of the actual mountain, but Anna knew extensively about back packing, and Emily, a medical doctor, explained the medical stuff. All of this was filtered through Pat and her computer. And it all came out fine.
I enjoy doing something exciting. This trip was tiring, but not disgustingly so. I had opportunity to catch my breath and enjoy the scenery. The guide did say that the snows were departing from the mountain. Just 10 years ago, a climb would have required ice axes and crampons on the shoes in order to walk on the ice. Now, the crater rim is clear. There is ice near the top in crevasses and inside the crater. The loss of snow is due to the dry conditions, not from increasing snow melt. It was 10 degrees below zero Fahrenheit when I was at the top.
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I'll be the thrid vote for Hunter x Hunter. Excellent anime, everyone I have shown it to has loved it. | |||
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Hunter X Hunter is a good show but it doesn't focus a lot on the fighting as it does adventuring.
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After going back and rereading what I wrote I thought I'd clarify, quicksilverus is right. HxH is more of an adventure shounen that, while it focuses on fights quite a bit, they're not exactly the kind of fights you'll find in most shows and probably isn't the kind you're looking for. (however, like I said, it's not a fighting anime, but it's close enough that I still think you'd really enjoy it) | |||
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The new anime Kiba could be in your interest. Only 12 episodes has been released in Japan so far, I'm not sure that you can buy any DVDs until the last episode has been aired (should be at springtime, or at the end of this summer (only 26 scheduled episodes)).
I'm following it via my TV at home Look for it anyway. Other animes that might interest you has already been mentioned, but since I'm such a great guy, here's a reminder: Hunter X Hunter ... and the other stuff. |
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free2slap Posts: 201 |
i think for an anime to be at its best features, the story is more approachable of what we want and what makes an anime perfect. take fullmetal achemist for instance, why this anime is so popular it's because of the story and it focus on fighting scenes quite a bit too but when they get to those fighting scenes that's at the point where it excites us. naruto started that way too with a good following story then it gets to the point they just forgot everything and it's only fighting meanwhile everything is repeatable and we become less appeal to it. 1st episode they fight, 2nd episode they fight.......till the end. that's why as a fan of FMA , I'd recommend HXH |
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Hisdon Posts: 411 Location: Poquoson, VA |
Cowboy Bebop, Samaraui Champloo, and Hellsing (ova + tv) might have some of what your looking for; they are all pretty much based on violence. Elfen Lied - MAYBE, but that's more of just a blood bath than violence. | |||
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Gage Posts: 479 Location: United States |
Yes, that is a good fighting anime, Street Fighter II. That's the best I can give you. If you're into sword combat, check out Ruroni Kenshin which is not bad but I prefer SF II. | |||
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Arcanite Champion Posts: 44 Location: pennsylvania |
You could try Full Metal Alchemist. The fight scenes in that show were interesting and numerous (and I liked how there was always some special trick to kill the enemy). Cowboy Bebop and Ikki tousen (fanservice) have some cool martial arts fighting. Chrono Crusade and Trigun have some really great fights, most of them at long range tho. | |||
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Ryozo Posts: 6 Location: Olympus |
I definately suggest Yu Yu Hakusho. If you haven't heard of it, it's about a 14-year-old guy who is chosen to become a spirit detective by the 'other' world leader. His job is to locate and usually fight demons that have stolen a valuable item or escaped or something to that effect. Not to spoil too much of it but later on he allies himself with some friends, saves a chick, enters a tournament, etc. So it's a good fighting anime with many super-natural powers/weapons and techniques used so you may want to check it out.
It's hard to mention Yu Yu Hakusho without mentioning Flame of Recca. Not only are they both focused on fighting with super-natural powers/weapons, the main character in Flame of Recca also allies himself with some friends, saves a chick, enters a tournament, etc. I found the fighting really unique in both of these titles, except for being similar to each other. The strategies and techniques are also well thought out without taking too much time aside to explain, and out of the real fighting. |
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Gage Posts: 479 Location: United States |
Yu Yu Hakusho is also a good fighting anime I agree. "Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie" is equally good. The perfect anime for me as, a good fighting anime complete with graphical scenes, some swearing dialougue (as in Yu Yu Jakusho the movie, Cowboy Beebop, Street Fighter and other animes.) And finally, the anime needs to have some sort of a major twist to it. Thats what I love to watch. | |||
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yusuke1022 Posts: 141 |
Yu Yu Hakusho!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | |||
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I have this game jajaja loll than all of you for your help any other? |
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jeromeskee Posts: 115 |
While good fights are necessary in any action-oriented anime, I think a great storyline that makes the fights meaningful is even more necessary.
I add a vote for Hunter x Hunter. While this anime probably focuses more on adventure, it breaks out of the norms that most popular fighting animes are accustomed to (i.e. new enemy arrives and everyone gets stronger to beat the new enemy). The fighting system involving Nen energy is probably the most unique fighting energy system I've seen. Plus, the characters are all unique and very likeable. All in all, it's probably my all time favorite shounen series. Hajime no Ippo aka Fighting Spirit is also a great anime with an excellent storyline and great boxing action. Also, if you're into swordfighting action, I highly recommend Rurouni Kenshin (the TV series). It's probably the best samurai anime ever. The second season that takes place in Kyoto has the best fights in the entire series. The Samurai X OVA Trust and Betrayal, which is part of Rurouni Kenshin, is also a must-see. The sword fights flow really well. Finally, if you're into basic tournament fighting style anime, I recommend Yu Yu Hakusho (which was created by the same author as Hunter x Hunter and is similar in a lot of ways to Bleach) and Flame of Recca. |
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Might I suggest the following.
Gantz this is the extreme end of the action fighting genre, but the action in the series is just glorious. Imagine liveing inside a videogame. A fantastic soundtrack, and a dark sense of humor make the series alot of fun. Not everyone gets into the story. So read up on it and see if you are interested. animenewsnetwork.com/reviews/display.php?id=634 |
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I've been reading all your post and thanks I'm already searching for almost every series youve mentioned except for cowboy bebop. thanks a lot keep on it | |||
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WWE and WrestleMania: What Is Needed for a Successful Wrestlemania?
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The WWE is a worldwide organization that has many athletes, or "entertainers," as they prefer to be known under their contract.
Some of these "entertainers" have made it as household names, while others are simply known as "that guy."
Whatever the case, every one of these people eventually wants to take part in the greatest pro wrestling spectacle of them all—WrestleMania.
WrestleMania, "the grandest stage of them all," is supposed to have an aura around it that excites the crowd throughout the show.
It's supposed to be the biggest show of the year, but with that title comes a lot of pressure to make the show feel special.
For WrestleMania to be a true spectacle, it needs four key ingredients. They are put together into one thing that makes Wrestlemania "special."
To produce a real spectacle, you obviously need stars.
They must have enough drawing power to captivate the crowd into cheering or booing them, depending on their role as a heel or face.
If a star is a face, he's got to keep the crowd on its feet, cheering every single one of his moves, especially when he makes a comeback.
He has to make the crowd so excited that when he delivers that one final blow known as his finishing move, the crowd will have enough reason to stand and cheer as loud as its voices let them, making the superstar feel as if he is "special."
But if a superstar is a heel, he has to make the crowd hate his guts. He has to make the crowd jeer at his every antic.
He has to make it a worthwhile moment when the face overcomes the odds by overthrowing the tyrannical heel.
The heel has to do the opposite of the face's moves. He has to become a villain.
The role of a heel or a face—and how a person plays it—is what makes a superstar.
But a superstar is only one of the things that makes Wrestlemania a true spectacle.
The arena is what holds the event and the crowd that wants to see the WrestleMania spectacle.
The arena has to hold thousands of fans, and has to be able to support the technical equipment that provides the superstars with a TitanTron and fireworks lighting the sky with fluorescent colors.
The arena has to be worthy of holding a show that is the show for all of professional wrestling.
In the matches, two or more superstars try to create a "WrestleMania moment" on the Grandest Stage of Them All by trying to make the crowd erupt in roars of cheers and boos.
The matches are supposed to be "dream" matches, as superstars who feed off each other very well are made to battle each other face-to-face.
The superstars need to deliver a good match, as they are faced with the task of overcoming their worthy foe.
The superstars have to do their finisher justice to hopefully have a chance at gaining a victory on the big stage.
With counters and technical grapples or high-flying moves everywhere, every match has its high-impact moments where it seems a match can go either way.
The matches make up the card, and it all depends on how they are if a WrestleMania wants to be known as great.
Hype attracts the millions of fans worldwide to watch the show of shows.
The hype is put into the rivalries, as the rivals are made out to be equal and their eventual match can seem like a clash of the titans.
The hype is the reason people tune in.
Whether a certain celebrity is involved or an icon has made his return, people want to see what will happen at the event.
That's what hype is about—making people interested in watching the show.
Any kind of hype helps, as it helps pique people's interest into wanting to see what will happen next.
When the hype helps bring people, it is then up to the show to live up to the hype.
The hype is one of the main factors in making WrestleMania an exciting spectacle.
The aura of WrestleMania is basically what makes it great. It is what makes WrestleMania feel "special."
The aura of the event is felt everywhere throughout the whole event, as it becomes the showcase of the immortals.
The aura is there for the whole night, whether during a championship match or during the match involving the Streak of the Undertaker.
The aura is what captivates the crowd. The aura is everything from the superstars to the arena to the matches to the hype.
The aura is WrestleMania itself.


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Transforming Departmentwide Financial Management Systems Remains a Challenge
GAO-07-1041T: Published: Jun 28, 2007. Publicly Released: Jun 28, 2007.
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Since 2003, when the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) began operations, it has faced the difficult challenge of bringing together 22 diverse agencies and developing an integrated financial management system to provide reliable, timely, and useful financial information. GAO's 2007 report, Homeland Security: Departmentwide Integrated Financial Management Systems Remain a Challenge, GAO-07-536, emphasized the key issues related to DHS attempting to transform its financial management systems. For today's hearing, this testimony, based on GAO's recent report, (1) summarizes DHS's financial system transformation efforts, (2) points out key financial system transformation challenges at DHS, and (3) highlights the building blocks that DHS should consider to form the foundation for successful financial management system transformation efforts.
DHS began implementation of the Electronically Managing Enterprise Resources for Government Effectiveness and Efficiency (eMerge2) program in January 2004 to integrate financial management systems across the entire department and to address the multitude of financial management weaknesses DHS inherited. In December 2005, the DHS Chief Financial Officer (CFO) decided not to exercise the next contract option with the systems integrator, and by September 2006, DHS's new CFO stated that eMerge2 was officially "dead." DHS officials have stated that about $52 million was spent on this project before it was halted but could not provide documentation to support this amount. DHS's decision to end the project before spending an estimated $229 million was prudent; however, the agency has made little progress since that time and as a result has missed an invaluable opportunity to address existing financial management problems. While DHS officials have recognized the need for an integrated financial management system, the department has not yet developed an overall transformation strategy that includes financial management policies and procedures, standard business processes, a human capital strategy, and effective internal controls. DHS officials have acknowledged that the Internal Controls Over Financial Reporting Playbook issued in March 2007 has a policy and process focus and does not comprise a strategy for financial systems modernization. DHS's recently developed high-level financial management systems strategy, the Transformation and Systems Consolidation, focuses on leveraging existing systems investments across DHS components and is still in the early stages of development. More detailed implementation strategies will be necessary to fully address financial management system integration efforts. Consolidating financial management systems for an entity as large and diverse as DHS poses significant management challenges. DHS also has an opportunity to reap substantial benefits by reengineering business processes and standardizing those processes in terms of both productivity gains and staff portability across the various components. Based on industry best practices, GAO has identified four key building blocks that will be critical to DHS's ability to successfully complete its financial management transformation: (1) developing a concept of operations, (2) defining standard business processes, (3) developing a migration and/or implementation strategy for DHS components, and (4) defining and effectively implementing disciplined processes necessary to properly manage the specific projects. Fully embracing these four building blocks and human capital best practices will be critical to the success of any future financial management plan or strategy that addresses implementing and/or migrating to an integrated departmentwide financial management system at DHS.
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Student and Exchange Visitor Program:
DHS Needs to Assess Risks and Strengthen Oversight of Foreign Students with Employment AuthorizationGAO-14-356: Published: Feb 27, 2014. Publicly Released: Mar 7, 2014.
Feb 27, 2014
Critical Infrastructure Protection:
Observations on DHS Efforts to Identify, Prioritize, Assess, and Inspect Chemical FacilitiesGAO-14-365T: Published: Feb 27, 2014. Publicly Released: Feb 27, 2014.
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Additional Actions Needed to Improve Reporting on and Planning for the Use of Contract PersonnelGAO-14-204: Published: Jan 29, 2014. Publicly Released: Feb 13, 2014.
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Department of Homeland Security:
Ammunition Purchases Have Declined since 2009GAO-14-119: Published: Jan 13, 2014. Publicly Released: Feb 12, 2014.
Feb 6, 2014
Border Security:
DHS Needs to Strengthen Its Efforts to Modernize Key Enforcement SystemsGAO-14-342T: Published: Feb 6, 2014. Publicly Released: Feb 6, 2014.
Jan 14, 2014
Screening Partnership Program:
TSA Issued Application Guidance and Developed a Mechanism to Monitor Private versus Federal Screener PerformanceGAO-14-269T: Published: Jan 14, 2014. Publicly Released: Jan 14, 2014.
Jan 6, 2014
Border Security:
DHS's Efforts to Modernize Key Enforcement Systems Could be StrengthenedGAO-14-62: Published: Dec 5, 2013. Publicly Released: Jan 6, 2014.
Jan 3, 2014
DHS Management and Administration Spending:
Reliable Data Could Help DHS Better Estimate Resource RequestsGAO-14-27: Published: Dec 4, 2013. Publicly Released: Jan 3, 2014.
Dec 17, 2013
Homeland Security:
Federal Protective Service Continues to Face Challenges with Contract Guards and Risk Assessments at Federal FacilitiesGAO-14-235T: Published: Dec 17, 2013. Publicly Released: Dec 17, 2013.
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3) Chicago O'Hare, Illinois, 2,346 reported incidents.
A strong deterrence program, geography, weather, seasonal migration patterns, and luck are among the reasons that airplane bird strikes are not as frequent near Chicago's airports as they are around some other U.S. airports, according to the Chicago Tribune.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has full-time wildlife experts at O'Hare International and Midway Airports. Working with the FAA, the Chicago Department of Aviation, and other agencies, the teams carry out daily patrols to clear the airfields of bird nests, small-animal carcasses, and debris that could attract intruders. The strategies range from shooting off propane cannons near runways to scare bird flocks to planting grasses that do not appeal to animals.
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