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The Truth About Cloud
Posted by George Colony on September 9, 2011
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As CEO you have undoubtedly heard about cloud computing. Under cloud your company's data and applications can be contained and run on the computers and networks of a third party like Google or Amazon, theoretically lowering your cost and reducing your data centers (along with staff).
If I sat you down for coffee, here are five things I'd tell you about cloud:
1) Pure cloud constitutes an interim step -- App Internet will offer better solutions. Local devices like your iPhone or Android tablet or server are becoming ever more powerful -- under App Internet those devices will join up with the cloud to solve problems. Compare an iPad (with apps) to a Google Chromebook and you'll get the idea.
2) Storing your most sensitive data in the cloud is a bad idea. Because cloud vendors typically do not reveal their security protocols, there is no way to verify how safe your data will be. And if it is lost, you are liable, not the cloud vendor.
3) The cloud can be cheaper. Some vendors are claiming 50% cost reductions -- that's hogwash. But in some cases it could reduce operational costs by 10%-30%.
4) You can't just flip a switch and go to the cloud. Before you go, Forrester recommends a full audit and rationalization of: 1) your data portfolio, 2) your applications portfolio, and 3) your security architecture. In other words, your roadmap must be plotted before you go cloud -- or you'll be repaving cow paths.
5) The primary reason for going cloud is agility, not cost savings. Cloud can unlock data -- speeding up your business and making it easier for your people in the field to get the right information at the right time.
What other observations do you have on cloud? What has been your experience? I'd love to get your thoughts.
Back to what you said about
Comment from Augustus McMillan (not verified) on Sat, 09/10/2011 - 10:59
Back to what you said about security. If you're on a shared server (many are and probably don't know it), then if someone attacks the company of someone else on your server you're vulnerable. If someone from one of those companies messes things up themselves it could effect you. If you're not on a shared and are on a dedicated it really just saves money initially. You're not paying to purchase a server, and someone to set you up if you don't know how. But if you're using the cloud for several years the amount you pay monthly for the dedicated server may surpass what you'd spend to set up your own. I think people feels there's something magical about being in the cloud. But you're just moving the server from your office to the provider's office.
Comment from Roger Bottum (not verified) on Sat, 09/10/2011 - 11:48
Your statement is way too broad re security. Most credible cloud app / SaaS vendors do share their security protocols (including our firm). The nature of your posts is broad granted, but from this perspective looks like you gloss over important and relevant distinctions for the sake of a short story.
Organizational Readiness
Comment from Mrunal Moghe (not verified) on Sat, 09/10/2011 - 13:14
Of course cloud has several benefits like Flexibility and scalability , less cost and complexity but the long - term risk in the cloud is the organizational readiness. The organization has to change the way while consuming IT services. It has to be fundamentally ready to change the way it interacts with the service provider and the business.
Agile & the Cloud
Comment from Nodally Technologies (not verified) on Mon, 09/12/2011 - 16:16
Great article! Although the cloud will help to make a business more flexible and agile, the true potential benefits of a move to the cloud won't be unlocked unless the on-the-ground systems are able to interact effectively with the new cloud-based apps and data. Legacy systems are not able to fully realize the potential of the cloud, so business's must re-think the traditional way of developing and integrating systems!
Spot on
Comment from Navin Quadros on Mon, 09/12/2011 - 22:34
George, you've hit the nail on the head. Its time analysts like ourselves cut through all the media hype and call cloud for what it is. While the upsides of cloud are many, adopting cloud is not, as you said, 'flipping a switch'.
A couple of months ago, I did put together a few thoughts on addressing the skepticism around cloud computing that seems to be the thought undercurrent of most CEOs and business decision makers. Here's the line of thought:
I believe addressing cloud as a customized solution in each case than taking a cookie cutter approach to cloud adoption would pave the way towards App Internet.
~Navin Quadros
Cloud in China...
Comment from George Colony on Wed, 09/14/2011 - 01:12
If you are a cloud advocate, come to China -- it may give you pause...
I have been here this week and have discovered that:
1) Dropbox is outlawed and doesn't work.
2) Twitter is outlawed and rarely works.
3) Facebook is outlawed and rarely works.
4) YouTube is outlawed and rarely works.
5) Google is unreliable, probably as a result of the Google/China clash.
6) All traffic between your device and the network passes through the "Great Firewall" -- and who knows who is listening.
Cloud is gennext
Comment from Korath mathew (not verified) on Wed, 09/14/2011 - 20:24
The primary reason for going to cloud is that it is the next generation solution in every aspect including security. When eighty percent of breach is internal it is safer to be in the cloud. Not using cloud is akin to sticking to vintage desktop in the era of tablets
It Depends...
Comment from JT Pedersen (not verified) on Mon, 10/03/2011 - 16:57
Enjoyed the article though, similar to Augustus, I disagree with you on #2. Having operated a SaaS portfolio, including large data repository, security varies by vendor. In our case, to secure Healthcare and Financial business, we had to routinely expose precisely what our security methodologies were. In addition, we were routinely subject to penetration testing. While never fun, pentests were always useful. Major (resource-rich) customers would review their findings with us and we'd use them for further improvements.
Cost savings 'depends' on what it is you're looking to accomplish. You -can- see 30-50% savings in certain business cases. However, whether you see 0, 1, or 50% savings, is going to be directly tied to your #4. Do your due diligence, prepare properly, and you can have a reasonable expectation of success. The failures are always those that tried to 'flip a switch.'
With regard to #5, Agility, Flexibility, and -Scalability-, are major values driving cloud adoption. However, data is not necessarily freed up by a move to the cloud. If you're not careful, you can easily find your data held captive by your provider every bit as much as any other manner of implementation.
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You can use a Wii Mote on a Wii U system, along with other Wii attachments such as the Nunchuk, Classic or Classic Pro that attaches to the bottom of the Wii Mote. This allows you to even navigate the Wii and Wii U menus with the analog stick. Be aware though that the Wii U emulates a Wii and will not be compatible with Wii U specific accessories for controlling purposes, including the Wii U gamepad while in Wii Mode. That means that for any Wii games you decided to play, say with your gf, you won't be able to use the Wii U gamepad as a controller and you will need two Wii motes for multiplayer Wii games.
That being said, the Wii U gamepad does still stream audio and video while in Wii Mode. And as far as which attachment to use, most games require the Wii mote + Nunchuk, Classic or Classic Pro but are compatible with all of them so which to use is up to you. I prefer the Classic Pro for most games apart from the few I mentioned in the list.
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I don't think you are ridiculous, just a mom who's relationship changed with her kid (furry or not ) anyways, not an expert as to why that happened, but I think the new pup is just that.. new.. and he likes her. She may be able to play in ways that you couldn't. I dont' think that means he doesn't "like" you anymore just that he has a new friend. Just like when we get new friends we tend to hang out with them a lot more too. Not to mention his routine has probably changed with him so he's adjusting.
Also, just curious.. do you let him pick where he sleeps? I don't give Titan that option.. he's in my room no matter what. Maybe you just bring him up there regardless if you want him in your room.
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I have had a male Shepard now for almost 3 years and he is my LOVE. This dog followed me everywhere, went to bed when I did, sat where ever I sat, cuddled with me every morning, knows my moods, just really the BEST DOG ever.
Then my hubby brought home a pug. Which is ok, my daughter loves her and I do to EXCEPT
Now my Shepard wont even sleep upstairs with us never mind in our room, never naps with me any more, never comes to wake me up etc.
He likes the little dog, they play, I still show him TONS of affection, he shows he is happy to see me, still sometimes lays near me in the living room, I still exercise him alot.
Not sure what happened to change how he is with me?
The little dog gets into trouble and I know that makes Duke (the Shepard) feel guilty (ex: little dog pees/poops on floor) so I dont know if its that that Duke doesnt want to get blamed...
I know this all might sound silly to you all but I am seriously really sad about this. I feel like I have hurt him and he doesnt like me anymore.
Anyone have any thoughts? (besides thinking I am ridiculous, lol)
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H.Res.895 - Establishing within the House of Representatives an Office of Congressional Ethics, and for other purposes.110th Congress (2007-2008)
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(Sec. 1) Establishes an independent Office of Congressional Ethics in the House of Representatives.
Establishes a board to govern the Office, consisting of six individuals, three of them nominated by the Speaker of the House, subject to the Minority Leader's concurrence, and three by the Minority Leader, subject to the Speaker's concurrence.
Requires the Speaker and the Minority Leader each to nominate an alternate board member, subject to their respective concurrence.
Sets forth: (1) procedures for filling vacancies on the board; and (2) eligibility qualifications of board members.
Requires the Speaker to designate one member of the board as chairman, and the Minority Leader to designate one as cochairman.
Declares that selection and appointment of members of the board shall be without regard to political affiliation and solely on the basis of fitness to perform their duties.
Prohibits an individual from being eligible for appointment to, or service on, the board who: (1) is a registered lobbyist under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995; (2) has been so registered at any time during the year before the date of appointment; (3) engages in, or is otherwise employed in, lobbying of Congress; (4) is an agent of a foreign principal registered under the Foreign Agents Registration Act; or (5) is a Member or a federal officer or employee.
Imposes a one-year moratorium on appointment to the board of any former Member, officer, or employee of the House.
Limits terms on the board to two Congresses. Prohibits a member of the board from serving during more than four consecutive Congresses.
Requires four of the individuals appointed in the 110th Congress to serve on the board only for the remainder of that Congress. Allows such an individual to be reappointed for an additional term of two Congresses.
Permits a board member's removal from office for cause by the Speaker and the Minority Leader, acting jointly, but not by either, acting alone.
Declares that a board member shall not be considered a House officer or employee. Sets the compensation rate of a board member at a per diem equal to the daily equivalent of the minimum salary payable for GS-15 of the General Schedule.
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Requires completion of such preliminary review within 30 calendar days or five legislative days, whichever is later, after receipt of the request.
Requires: (1) a vote, before the end of the applicable time period, on whether to commence a second-phase review of the matter under consideration; (2) an affirmative vote of at least three board members to commence such review; and (3) the matter to be terminated if no such vote has succeeded by the end of such period.
Authorizes the board, at any point before the end of the applicable time period, to vote to terminate a preliminary review by the affirmative vote of at least four members.
Requires the board to notify in writing: (1) the individual who was the subject of the preliminary review; and (2) the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct of its decision to either terminate the preliminary review or commence a second-phase review of the matter.
Prescribes procedures and a deadline for a second-phase review, as well as the sole contents of a report to the Committee upon completion of such review.
Requires the board to: (1) transmit such report to the individual who is the subject of the second-phase review; (2) hold necessary hearings, only in executive session; (3) solicit testimony, receive relevant evidence, and pay witnesses as prescribed by Rule XI (Procedures of Committees and Unfinished Business) of the Rules of the House; and (4) adopt specified rules to carry out its duties.
Requires the board to refer a matter to the Committee, and cease its own preliminary or second-phase review, upon Committee request.
Prohibits review by the board of any alleged violation: (1) of law, rule, regulation or standard of conduct not in effect at the time of the alleged violation; or (2) that occurred before the adoption of this resolution.
Requires board members and Office staff to execute a specified oath or affirmation in writing public disclosure of certain information relating to their service in the Office.
Requires the board, before voting on a recommendation to or statement for the Committee relating to official conduct of any Member, officer, or employee of the House, to provide that individual the opportunity to present a statement to the board, orally or in writing (at the board's discretion).
Requires any individual, before becoming a member of the board or the Office staff, to execute a signed document declaring that he or she agrees not to be a candidate for a Member of Congress until at least three years after his or her tenure is complete.
Specifies rules for a professional nonpartisan Office staff.
Provides for funding of the Office.
(Sec. 2) Amends Rule XXVI (Financial Disclosure) to require members of the board to file annual financial disclosure reports with the Clerk on or before May 15.
Requires the Clerk to have such reports printed as a House document and made available to the public.
(Sec. 3) Amends Rule XI to permit the Committee to undertake an investigation upon receipt of a report regarding a referral from the Office board.
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Notable FactsWithin the Napa Valley lie smaller sub-AVAs that lend even more character specifics to the wines. Furthest south is Carneros, followed by Yountville, Oakville & Rutherford. Above those two is St.-Helena and finally, just granted an AVA, Calistoga. These areas are situated on the valley floor and are known for creating rich, smooth Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Chardonnay. There are a few mountain regions as well, nestled on the slopes overlooking the valley AVAs. Those include Howell Mountain, Stags Leap and Mount Veeder. Wines from the mountain regions are often more structured and firm, benefiting from more time in the bottle to evolve and soften.
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Limbaugh: "Don't tell me the Democrats are not responsible for" the congressional baseball practice shooting
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Right-wing media show no self-awareness of their role in influencing violent incidents
James T. Hodgkinson, a man with a record of domestic violence, a legally purchased assault rifle, and a valid concealed carry permit, on June 14 opened fire on Republican congressmen and staffers practicing for the congressional baseball game.
The FBI is still investigating the incident, but one thing is already clear about this latest example of unhinged gun violence. The overwhelming evidence of conservative media's influence on a significant number of deadly incidents makes their attempt to deflect attention from their role in creating a toxic political culture both cynical and exploitative.
According to reports, the gunman had shared anti-Republican sentiments publicly online and had been critical of the president. Reports of the shooter's political background immediately prompted unscrupulous right-wing hacks to pounce on the tragedy, looking to exploit the terrifying gun violence incident as a way to score cheap political points by blaming the left. In a new display of audacious defiance of reality, conservative voices have put the blame of the shooting not only on the left, but also on the press and various celebrities as well. But, blaming the left or the media for Hodgkinson's actions is equivalent to blaming Jodie Foster for the attempted assassination of former President Ronald Reagan.
The gimmick, however, is deplorable not just for its cynical exploitation of fear, pain and human tragedy; it's also a hollow attempt to distract from the conservative right's own responsibility in creating a political culture that inspires violence by fanning the flames of hatred. It's a red herring aimed at avoiding the obvious, and very concrete, policy-centered conversation that needs to happen around gun violence.
Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh, two of the loudest conservative voices, immediately blamed the shooting on "the left" and "left-wing news media."
Additionally, the NRA, an organization that customarily deflects conversations about gun violence by blaming fatal shooting incidents on video games, political correctness, and strict gun laws, skirted its own precedent to also blame the left at large for the shooting.
Right-wing figures' opportunistic attempt to draw direct correlation from out-of-context phrases from progressive politicians to the actions of a violent man with easy access to assault weapons also points to a critical lack of self-awareness when it comes to their own role in influencing violent incidents.
Take Byron Williams and his failed plot to shoot people at the Tides Foundation and the ACLU. Williams explicitly pointed to Glenn Beck's now-defunct TV show and Alex Jones' websites as the information sources that prompted his violent actions on the Tides Foundation, a relatively unknown organization that Beck repeatedly vilified on his program. Or the assassination of abortion provider Dr. George Tiller, which followed continuous vitriol from former right-wing star Bill O'Reilly, who told his "audience of millions over and over again" that Tiller was "an executioner." Or the murder of three people at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, CO, at the hands of Robert Dear, a man whose "paranoid delusions, misogynist beliefs, and violent fantasies" matched "perfectly" the usual narratives that come out of "Rush Limbaugh and Alex Jones and Bill O'Reilly and countless far-right web sites."
Or the racially motivated massacre that ended nine black lives in Charleston, SC, perpetrated by a habitual commenter at the Trump-supporting, neo-Nazi outlet The Daily Stormer. After a man opened fire at a Washington, D.C., family pizzeria, it was hard to forget Alex Jones asking his audience to investigate the conspiracy theory that alleged the restaurant was hiding a child sex-trafficking ring. In the same way, Jones also exhorted Trump to use force against his opponents and threatened violence against supporters of "parasitical maggot" Bernie Sanders.
So no, right-wingers don't get to exploit this tragedy. They should not be able to get away with using pain and fear to avoid important policy conversations about gun access in American society. Not when the evidence of their role in promoting violence over politics is so overwhelming.
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After five people, including House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA), were wounded during a baseball practice in Alexandria, VA, right-wing media figures blamed comedian Kathy Griffin, a New York theater, the investigation into President Donald Trump's ties to Russia, and several others for the shooting.
As President Trump's executive orders banning immigration from first seven, then six, majority-Muslim nations have moved through the U.S. court system, they've been met with a series of legal setbacks and direct action and have drawn extensive media coverage. What follows is a timeline of events surrounding the ban, with a focus on right-wing media hypocrisy, denial, and defense of the president's increasingly indefensible policy. This post will be updated.
Right-wing media and fake news purveyors are attacking Robert Mueller, special counsel to the FBI's Russia probe, claiming he is biased because he has connections to former FBI Director James Comey and that he is "the poison fruit of a deliberate manipulation" by Comey.
Lie that Comey said Trump didn't pressure him on Russia-related investigations came from an "alt-right" troll and then was picked up by fake news purveyors
The Republican National Committee (RNC) pushed a false talking point that originated from the "alt-right"/fake news ecosystem to try to discredit former FBI Director James Comey's June 8 testimony to the Senate intelligence committee.
During his testimony, Comey said that he believed President Donald Trump fired him due to the FBI's Russia probe, saying, "I know I was fired because of something about the way I was conducting the Russia investigation was in some way putting pressure on him, in some way irritating him, and he decided to fire me because of that." He discussed a number of other issues as well, including saying that Trump directed him to end an investigation into his former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, and that he wrote memos on his one-on-one interactions with the president because he feared Trump might lie about the exchanges.
Responding to the testimony, the RNC tweeted, "#BigLeagueTruth: Comey testified under oath that @POTUS never asked him or anyone else to end any investigation. #ComeyHearing." The tweet included a video of Comey's previous testimony before the Senate intelligence committee -- on May 3 -- in which Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) asked him if "the attorney general or senior officials at the Department of Justice" tried to block an FBI investigation, to which Comey replied, "Not in my experience."
Contrary to the RNC's implication, Comey did not contradict himself. On May 3, he was talking specifically about the Department of Justice, not the president. The RNC's false claim was pushed early on by "alt-right" trolls Jack Posobiec and Nick Short, and was then repeated by fake news purveyors and other "alt-right" outlets before more traditional right-wing media figures and outlets, such as Fox & Friends and Rush Limbaugh, picked it up. Since then, Republican politicians such as Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) have also repeated the false assertion. The false claim even impacted the stock market.
In a statement to Media Matters, Sen. Hirono criticized the RNC for taking "a far-right conspiracy theory as fact," and noted that she "only asked former Director Comey about pressure from officials at the Department of Justice":
"If you listen to the exchange, it's clear that I only asked former Director Comey about pressure from officials at the Department of Justice, but the RNC chose to move forward and take a far-right conspiracy theory as fact. This sends a clear message that Republicans are willing to share fake news and dangerous narratives in their quest to deny Russian interference in our elections. Unfortunately, we've come to expect no less from the mouthpiece of an Administration that deals in alternative facts."
The RNC's incorrect claim is yet another example of how the "alt-right"/fake news ecosystem has been able to amplify its misinformation out of the fringe, pushing forged documents, baseless conspiracy theories, and smear campaigns into more of the mainstream.
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Fox News' Fox & Friends gave members of the Trump administration a platform to attack former Secretary of State John Kerry after Kerry pointed out that the president's decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate accord will hurt children with asthma. Research has in fact demonstrated a connection between worsening climate change and the prevalence of asthma.
In response to President Donald Trump, Kerry said to NBC's Andrea Mitchell that by pulling out of the agreement, Trump "is not helping the forgotten American. He's hurting them.Their kids will have worse asthma in the summer." Kerry added that the decision is "one of the most self-destructive moves I've ever seen by any president in my lifetime."
The next day, counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway appeared on Fox & Friends, and host Abby Huntsman highlighted Kerry's comments about asthma for Conway. Conway called Kerry's full statement "a very disappointing assessment," saying it "tells you why he lost when he ran for president." From the June 2 edition:
Later in the program, host Ainsley Earhardt also cited Kerry's warnings about children's asthma in her interview with Vice President Mike Pence, who asserted, "It is disappointing to hear the hot rhetoric":
Conservative media have a history of attacking the fact that climate change can have negative impacts on people with asthma. Despite research showing that lower emissions reduce asthma attacks and would create an overall healthier society, conservative media figures such as Michael Savage, Rush Limbaugh, Tammy Bruce, and Sean Hannity have relentlessly mocked the science and misinformed their audiences.
According to a study published in the Journal of Asthma and Allergy, "Trends in the incidence of childhood asthma worldwide have paralleled the sharp increase in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, over at least the last two decades. The prevalence of asthma in the United States has quadrupled over the last 20 years in part due to climate-related factors." Additionally, "As atmospheric CO2 levels have risen and global temperature fluctuations have increased, so has the incidence of childhood asthma. According to one CDC-based survey, the number of children under 17 years of age with asthma increased from almost 40 to 60 per 1000 from 1980 to 1993."
ISIS has claimed responsibility for a terrorist attack in Manchester, England, which killed more than 20 people. During Barack Obama's presidency, right-wing media figures exploited terrorist attacks that ISIS claimed responsibility for to blame, criticize, and attack the president. Additionally, right-wing media figures castigated Obama for not leaving a foreign trip in the aftermath of an attack.
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Experts and reporters are criticizing Attorney General Jeff Sessions' recent comments opposing reform agreements the Obama administration reached with a handful of controversial police departments, saying Sessions' opposition to the consent decrees has "no basis in fact."
The Obama administration reached consent decrees with the law enforcement agencies of roughly two dozen cities including Baltimore, MD, Ferguson, MO, and Seattle, WA. The consent decrees were the products "of aggressive efforts by the Obama administration to improve relations between the police and the communities they serve," as The New York Times noted.
Those actions are now under fire from the new Trump administration. Sessions has "ordered Justice Department officials to review reform agreements with troubled police forces nationwide, saying it was necessary to ensure that these pacts do not work against the Trump administration's goals of promoting officer safety and morale while fighting violent crime." And he has been criticizing them in the media, claiming the consent decrees "can reduce morale of the police officers" and "discourage the proactive policing that keeps our cities safe."
Sessions' actions have been applauded by conservative media such as The New York Post and Rush Limbaugh, who praised Sessions for unraveling "the extraconstitutional, extrajudicial behavior of the Obama administration."
But experts say the opposition to the agreements from the Trump administration and its right-wing media cheerleaders is based on myths.
Vanita Gupta, the head of the civil rights division of the Department of Justice from 2014 to 2017 who oversaw investigations resulting in consent decrees, said she hasn't seen any data "to back anything" Sessions has been saying about the orders.
"The attorney general has said a lot about his views on consent decrees, but I will confess that I have seen no data to back anything he says, either vis-a-vis police morale or crime upticks," Gupta told Media Matters. "In fact, there is evidence to the contrary in places like Newark where they are entered into their second year of a consent decree. Crime has been going precipitously lower. And other places like Seattle and New Orleans where many crime rates have been going down even as their consent decrees are implemented.
"The other thing that seems striking to me about what is happening right now is that there are only 15 consent decrees in a country with anywhere between 16,000 and 18,000 police departments," she added. "It seems a lot of hay is being made about a tool that is very judiciously used. It leads one to think about whether they are politicizing the program in a way that both undermines the push for constitutional policing and, frankly, at the end of the day, the rebuilding of trust in communities where there has been such a severe erosion of it, and where consent decrees have been really necessary at producing the kind of systemic reform that they do."
Reporters on the ground in cities that have been under consent decrees say they have found positive results, with several city leaders warning that stopping the decrees now would get in the way of improvements.
"It doesn't deter policing or result in additional harm to officers," said Steve Miletich, a Seattle Times reporter who has covered that city's consent decree that was implemented in 2012 to address excessive force and discriminatory policing. "The general feeling is that ours is pretty locked in place, largely because the city is fully on board. The police chief is part of that. She has made it clear she is committed to the reform process and finishing the consent decree."
Asked about Sessions' claims, Miletich said, "The city disputes that. They are taking the position that we are at a point where we can measure that crime has actually gone down some and police injuries have dropped a little bit."
In Cleveland, which instituted a consent decree in 2015 to improve staffing levels, equipment, and training in the use of force, reporter Eric Heisig of Cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer said, "I don't think it has affected morale. I haven't seen a lowering of morale as a result of the reforms."
He also pointed to praise that Cleveland police received for their work during last year's Republican convention in the city, which sparked some protests and heated rallies but no police problems.
"The way they were received -- they were present, but they did not appear threatening," Heisig said about the convention-related policing. "That went a long way to give them a morale boost."
He said the consent decree "was a factor in that. There had been talk and stories weeks before about how police would handle this."
As for Sessions' attempts to change things, Heisig said, "The city, the monitor, the judge have said they do not want to see changes happen as a result of Trump. The judge said in January that he did not want to see a change."
Among the most-watched consent decrees is in Ferguson, MO, where the shooting death of Michael Brown in 2014 sparked protests, as well as accusations of police abuse.
Since a court-ordered consent decree took effect there in early 2016, reporter Jeremy Kohler of the nearby St. Louis Post-Dispatch says he hasn't seen public criticism of the agreement from either the city or the local police department.
"The city hasn't complained about the consent decree. The department hasn't said anything publicly about it making it hard to police," Kohler said, adding that shortly after his 2017 re-election, Ferguson Mayor James Knowles said it would rip the fabric of the community if it were removed.
"I haven't heard anyone say publicly Ferguson should back out of it or it is unfair since it has been in effect," Kohler added. "I think it is far enough along that it would be difficult to get rid of it."
In New Orleans, which has been under a consent decree since 2012, reporter Emily Lane of The Times-Picayune points to a citizens survey done each year that found satisfaction with police is up from 33 percent in 2009 to 64 percent in 2016.
"The [police] union spokespeople at least have been pretty receptive to the changes, most of the changes," said Jessica Mazzola of The Star-Ledger in Newark, NJ, where a consent decree has been in place since March 2016. "Saying they are anxious to do better for the public. … They have cited a big reduction in crime and violent crime specifically, 2016 over 2015."
Police experts, meanwhile, say the decrees are a positive tool in most communities that give police a way to improve themselves and work with residents.
"The consent decrees provide for a more direct connection that a change needs to be made," said Steven Brandl, professor of criminal justice at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the author of two related books, including The Police in America.
Asked what could happen if they are removed, he said, "The negative is there is one less inducement for police departments to get better, to change."
Christy E. Lopez, a Georgetown University Law Center professor and former deputy chief of the special litigation section that oversaw police practices for the U.S. Justice Department's Civil Rights Division under President Obama, agreed.
She said of the attorney general's comments, "There's no actual data to support what Sessions is saying about consent decrees. … Sessions is, from everything I understand, behaving in an extremely emotional manner. He is making emotional decisions with no basis in fact and in doing that he is disrespecting people in the Department of Justice."
Samuel Walker, a retired professor of criminal justice at the University of Nebraska, Omaha, said of Sessions: "He's wrong on his basic assumptions. He ignores the positive benefits of consent decrees that have occurred. This is a lawful court order signed by a judge -- the judge is in charge. One party can't just walk away from it."


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University of San Francisco
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The School of Nursing and Health Professions seeks a dynamic, visionary, and collaborative faculty leader to develop and direct a new Healthcare Informatics Program. In addition to the teaching, service, and scholarship responsibilities of a faculty member, the Director of the Healthcare Informatics program will work with faculty and administration to guide the program's future direction and development both online and on-ground.
Job Responsibilities
- Provide leadership and engagement in scholarly activities, curriculum oversight, professional and academic service in healthcare informatics
- Guide development and implementation for an healthcare informatics program online and on-ground
- Provide energetic and collaborative leadership in the recruitment, development, and retention of high caliber faculty
- Teach courses in the healthcare informatics program
- Serve as a member of the SONHP Leadership team
- Collaborate with SONHP Department Chairs and Program Directors
- Provide an annual assessment and report on the status and progress of the program's
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- Guide student recruitment, admission, retention, and success
- Serve as a liaison between SOHNP Departments and Healthcare Informatics faculty
- Provide academic advising for Healthcare Informatics students
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The successful candidate will have:
- An earned doctorate in information systems, computer science, health informatics, or a related area
- Experience in healthcare informatics, such as clinical knowledge modeling and decision support system development; clinical text analysis, text mining, machine learning and clinical data analytics; health care privacy, health care systems formal modeling and analysis; secure medical devices, innovative mobile applications to health care and informatics; human centric design of new health informatics technology; health information technology development and evaluation; and health informatics education research
- A demonstrable track record of scholarship in healthcare informatics
- Familiarity with online education, online pedagogy, and learning management systems
- Prior teaching experience
- Excellent communication skills
- Evidence of effective management skills
- Demonstrated background and commitment to supporting a diverse faculty, staff, and student environment
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The University of San Francisco is an equal opportunity institution of higher education. As a matter of policy, the University does not discriminate in employment, educational services and academic programs on the basis of an individual's race, color, religion, religious creed, ancestry, national origin, age (except minors), sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition (cancer-related and genetic-related) and disability, and the other bases prohibited by law. The University reasonably accommodates qualified individuals with disabilities under the law.


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So, how was falling in love?
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I've only been 'in love' once but I've loved others.
Falling in love was pretty amazing. He was my partner, my support and my best friend. I have never met anyone else in my life I have connected with so easily, whom I could be 100% myself around, and whom I could also have the best time with just being total ridiculous goofballs.
He made me feel sexy, beautiful and like I was the most important person in the world. I honestly felt like I could get through anything with him. He saw me at my worst and even though I drove him crazy at times (and vice versa) he accepted all parts of me. The good with the bad. He saw me disgusting and sick and took care of me and still told me I was the most beautiful person in the world because of who I was.
As I've grown I've realized that sometimes that's not enough. For me it was important to have the freedom to explore myself more. He wasn't willing to come along with me, and I wasn't willing to give it up for him.
I've also met others whom I was compatible value wise, and have loved. But, that same transcendental 'spark' (not talking about sexual chemistry) wasn't there.


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Walker Electric Downrigger with Auto Stop
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Walker's™ corrosion-resistant components are suitable for fresh or salt water. 4"x6" anodized aluminum deckplate, positive ion design, 12V electric motor with low drain (7 amps w/10-lb. weight). 2' arm. Equipped with Auto-Stop, which automatically shuts off the motor before the weight reaches the boom tip. Capable of speeds up to 200' per minute. Includes single black aluminum rod holder, line release, and 200' of 195 lb. test stainless steel cable.
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Proportioning valve or block?
I'm wondering what to go with.
I have 4 wheel disc brakes on a '37 Chevrolet. I have seen some people just run a rear proportioning valve with a knob to turn and others run a block that both the front and rear lines run into.
What are the benefits of each or which one is best?
it really all depends on weight of vehicle, size of motor, etc. some builders do not use them at all. my advice would be to install one in the rear brakes, that way you can fine tune the braking system to your liking.
Ok, thanks. I'll go that route.
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Vodka-Thyme Lemonade
Infusing sugar syrup with fresh thyme gives this vodka lemonade sophisticated, seasonal flair.
- Servings: 8
Source: Martha Stewart Living, July 2003
- 2 cups sugar
- 12 sprigs fresh thyme, plus more for garnish
- 4 cups freshly squeezed lemon juice, about 24 lemons
- 2 cups vodka
In a small saucepan, combine 2 cups water with the sugar and thyme; bring to a boil over high heat, stirring occasionally, until sugar has dissolved. Remove from heat; let cool to room temperature.
Pour mixture through a fine sieve into a large glass measuring cup; discard thyme. You should have 2 cups syrup. Cover with plastic; chill.
In a large serving pitcher, stir together lemon juice, vodka, and chilled syrup; garnish with thyme. Divide evenly among eight tumblers filled with ice; serve immediately.


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