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All four Ducatis lagged behind Honda and Yamaha at the opening test, prompting Dovizioso and Nicky Hayden to call for major changes.
On a rain-hit opening to the second test however Dovizioso said he could already feel the impact of improvements. He finished just over 1.2 seconds down on pacesetter Dani Pedrosa.
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"We tried something with the fuel tank and also the weight distribution, [and] the bike improved.
"This is important: to feel something different in a good way, to improve the feeling.
"The lap time is not too bad for the first time; not fast like everybody else but the gap is smaller than the last test.
"I used just one set of tyres, so all things considered, the gap to the top is acceptable."
Nicky Hayden, who finished three tenths of a second down the road from Dovizioso, was also convinced that Ducati had made progress.
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Fossil Fuel •Coal •Gas •Oil Conversion •Power Plant •Boiler •Vehicle End-Use •Electricity •Heat •Transport Smart Energy Systems Holistic and Integrated Energy Systems for the era of 100% Renewable Energy Context Energy systems are currently undergoing a transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy. This is occurring for a variety of reasons, which in an EU context includes: • To reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) • To reduce imported fossil fuels • To utilise local resources and create local jobs • To reduce the costs of energy towards 2050 This transition faces many challenges from a variety of different perspectives, including: • Technology: The development of new technologies and infrastructures, which will enable us to utilise renewable energy resources. • Business: The design of new markets, products, services, and industries so that these new technologies can be implemented. • Policy: The creation of new policy and institutions which will promote the most beneficial technologies for society, so that they are also the most profitable investments for these new businesses. This brochure focuses on the Technology phase of this transition, by outlining how it will be possible to provide society using 100% renewable energy before 2050, at a lower cost than fossil fuels. The Energy System of Today: Fossil Fuels Today, the design of the energy system is based on fossil fuels. This makes the energy system very flexible and reliable since large amounts of energy can be stored in liquid, gas, and solid form via fossil fuels. This means that energy can be provided 'on demand', as long as there is a suitable fossil fuel storage nearby, such as a diesel tank in a car, a gas tank for a boiler, or a coal storage for a power plant. Hence, fossil fuels have provided society with a lot of flexibility: fossil fuels store large amounts of energy so it is available on demand whenever it is required. However, in the fut


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After upgrading to 5.2.72747, I can not connect to community from within my dashboard. I reset my proxy settings, tested successfully when saved, restarted the spice works service, and double checked the firewall rule all to no eval.
Packet caputures show everything flowing as it should. What I get is a login to the Spiceworks Community saying that my password may be different then the one I use to login to my Dashboard. After entering creds it drops me back at my login to my dashboard.
What the duce? It seems like I am missing something simple. Thoughts? Feelings? Favorite song?
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Oct 14, 2011 at 10:55 UTC
First, clear your browser cache. Then if that doesn't change anything, can you log in by opening a web browser and typing in, http:/
Oct 14, 2011 at 10:55 UTC
See this post might be it could help you. It is similar
Oct 14, 2011 at 11:18 UTC
@Jay6111, I did clear the cach and tried from a fresh install of Firefox, say issues and I can login to Spiceworks Community just fine by going directly to it.
@M.Bilal I only have one adaptor on the server, and the gateway is set correctly on it.
Wonderful ideas, still no love. It almost seems like a token miss match type error. It's like the Spicework's server is kicking me out.
Oct 14, 2011 at 11:25 UTC
What if you try directly from a browser on the machine that SpiceWorks is installed on?
Just trying to narrow down some things. If that doesn't work and you cleared your cache, tried different browser, confirmed your settings in your proxy, then I would contact SW directly at email@example.com.
Include a link to this thread.
Let me know how it turns out either way.
Oct 14, 2011 at 11:39 UTC
Hey, thanks Jay!
Just fired off my logs w/ a link to support. Will update you here when I hear back.
I'm stumped on this one.
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Because tall guys are very often pretty confident and also exude power.
Shorter people automatically respect taller opponents and treat them differently than other people around their height or even shorter respectively. When I was 16, I was only 5'6, I had almost no confidence at all and sometimes taller people treated me disrespectfully or didn't take me seriously. Girls used to perceive me as, well, a "loser" and had zero interest in me. I bet, that if they'd known I was going to be 6'3 at 19 , they certainly wouldn't have behaved so condescendingly toward me. Now, they're almost submissive and actually try to make me like them or act like total ass-kissers ( excuse the vulgar expression, but it describes the situation the best) . Or , as another example as to the respect, when I walk on a sidewalk and a shorter person comes walking from my opposite direction, this person gives way to me in 99% of all cases.
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Differential impact of polysialyltransferase ST8SiaII and ST8iaIV knockout on social interaction and aggression
Previous studies using neuronal cell adhesion molecule (NCAM) -/- knockout (KO) mice provided evidence for a role of NCAMs in social behaviors. However, polysialic acid (PSA), the most important post-translational modification of NCAM, was also absent in these mice, which makes it difficult to distinguish between the specific involvement of either PSA or NCAM in social interactions. To address this issue, we assessed two lines of mice deficient for one of the two sialyltransferase enzymes required for the polysialylation of NCAM, sialyltransferase-X (St8SiaII or STX) and polysialyltransferase (ST8SiaIV or PST), in a series of tests for social behaviors. Results showed that PST KO mice display a decreased motivation in social interaction. This deficit can be partly explained by olfactory deficits and was associated with a clear decrease in PSA-NCAM expression in all brain regions analyzed (amygdala, septum, bed nucleus of the stria terminalis and frontal cortices). STX KO mice displayed both a decreased social motivation and an increased aggressive behavior that cannot be explained by olfactory deficits. This finding might be related to the reduced anxiety-like behavior, increased locomotion and stress-induced corticosterone secretion observed in these mice. Moreover, STX KO mice showed mild increase of PSA-NCAM expression in the lateral septum and the orbitofrontal cortex. Altogether, these findings support a role for PSA-NCAM in the regulation of social behaviors ranging from a lack of social motivation to aggression. They also underscore STX KO mice as an interesting animal model that combines a behavioral profile of violence and hyperactivity with reduced anxiety-like behavior.
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A different pie for every week of the year is a concept that I can get behind. That's the idea that drives Allison Kave's First Prize Pies, and the book is a perfectly balanced year of pie possibility. Pie is known for its finicky nature, but Kave sets readers up for success with a thorough rundown of everything you need to make an exceptional pie, from equipment to ingredients. There are step-by-step photo guides for skills that require a little more explanation, like how to peel stone fruit for the Sugar Plum Pie and how to ace your marshmallow topping for the S'mores Pie. Kave tells you everything you need to know about assembling her pies, making this the perfect book for a home cook who hasn't ventured too far into the land of pies from scratch.
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10 to 15 sugar ice cream cones
5 to 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
1 cup chocolate ice cream, slightly softened
4 medium-ripe bananas, sliced lengthwise
1 cup vanilla ice cream, slightly softened
1/2 cup chopped, toasted walnuts
1 cup heavy cream
2 tablespoons powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup hot fudge sauce (store-bought or see recipe that follows), warmed
1/4 cup chopped, toasted walnuts
Maraschino cherries (optional)
Make the crust: Grind the ice cream cones in a food processor (or put them in a plastic bag and bash 'em with a rolling pin) until finely crumbled. Drizzle in the butter and mix until the texture is that of wet sand. Press the crust into a 9-inch pie plate and freeze it for about 5 minutes.
Make the filling: Spread half of the chocolate ice cream over the bottom of the cone crust. Lay half of the banana slices over the ice cream and top with half of the vanilla ice cream. Sprinkle on the walnuts, and repeat the layers as above.
Make the topping: In a stand mixer, with a hand mixer or by hand with a whisk, whip the cream, sugar and vanilla until stiff peaks form. Spread the whipped cream over the pie and drizzle it with the hot fudge and nuts. Don't forget the cherries on top! This pie can be frozen, without the topping, for up to 2 weeks, covered tightly in plastic wrap. Allow it to warm up for 5 to 10 minutes before topping, slicing and serving.
Homemade Hot Fudge Sauce
Makes approximately 1 1/2 cups sauce
1/2 cup heavy cream
4 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped or chips
1/2 cup sugar
1 tablespoon butter
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
In a heavy-bottomed saucepan, heat the cream over medium heat until it is hot but not boiling. Stir in the chocolate, sugar, butter and salt until they are fully dissolved. Continue to cook the sauce over medium heat until it is smooth and heated through. Remove it from the heat and stir in the vanilla. Use it immediately or refrigerate it for up to 2 weeks.
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This week the ladies of Atlanta prove that Self Respect is just a river in Egypt … or however the saying goes, right, Porsha Stewart? Do these women (and men) not realize that they're on television? It seems like everyone on the series has lost all self-respect and forgotten that their choices will live on forever in YouTube clips.
Kenya Moore begins the episode by showing up to lunch with her friend Lawrence Washington in a pair of high heels with graduation tassels. Then she proceeds to say with no sense of irony, "I'd like something light," then orders a po' boy. What comes next is the saddest of revelations. She gives the recap of the last episode … like some sad extra. She's this season's Least Valuable Player. She can't rely on an impromptu divorce to save her either. If Fashion Queens didn't directly proceed the show Kenya might not have appeared at all. Keep Lawrence close, Kenya … real close.
Speaking of brand synergy, fellow fashion queen Derek J is doing Momma Joyce's hair. Kandi Burruss shows up and they discuss her misguided musical idea and ignore the fact her mother has wigtastic bangs. Joyce brings up their fight yet again … then honestly, the rest is a blur because it's so boring you just fall asleep.
Chuck Smith invites NeNe Leakes and Phaedra Parks to lunch. They start to reminisce about high school in Athens, Georgia. You're expecting Chuck to go off on Phaedra about the revelation that Chuck dated Phaedra and Kandi multiple times. However, he politely asks them both to speak at the Boys and Girls Club. Then NeNe makes a huge revelation: she was in 4H club. She knows how to milk a cow, y'all. They have a fun road trip. The ladies share their early jobs. NeNe worked at Sizzler and, like now, Phaedra had 15 jobs. The group arrives at the club and has a wonderful afternoon. NeNe twerks and plays foosball with children. Phaedra channels Animal from The Muppets and bangs on the drums. Plus, both Phaedra and NeNe score baskets on the court. If this whole reality TV thing doesn't work, they have a future with the WNBA.
Chuck introduces the ladies and does not mind exaggerating. He introduces Phaedra as one of the "top lawyers in America." Isn't she the woman who accepted a cash payment for getting a ticket for tinted windows dismissed? Did she not allow said client to drive out of the parking lot with said tinted windows? However, Phaedra did have a very sweet and inspirational message to the give to the children. Chuck continued exaggerating by introducing NeNe as "one of the top actresses in America" ignoring the entire A and B-list. Nene did not deliver an inspirational message. Instead, she gave what sounded like an infomercial for dreams.
Cynthia Bailey takes her sister Malorie Bailey-Massie to a bead store
as revenge for Mal almost ruining her wedding and starting a fight at her anniversary party. Mal reveals that she's staying with Cynthia and Peter Thomas for two months. Despite rudely inviting herself over, Mal seems to be on her best behavior. Cynthia confesses things are tense and she and Peter are having carnal issues (that means sexy time problems). Mal recommends that Cynthia deal with her emotional issues with Peter first.
Porsha Stewart is living in a fool's paradise. For those of you wondering, Fool's Paradise is 10 miles away from Gangsta's Paradise and down the road from Paradise City where the grass is green and the girls are pretty. She is living with her mother and lets her mother buy her overpriced and superfluous dog clothes. Meanwhile, she has just moved into a huge house she can't afford! Her divorce settlement is still in discussion, her income is questionable, and her judgment is impaired. Rather than based in logic, her choice is based in her believing in herself. She doesn't want a man to control her. If she's going to get thrown out on her ass she wants it to be by a creditor.
After a great afternoon together, Chuck brings up Phaedra's discussion with Mynique. He alleges (that's legal talk) that the he and Phaedra never dated that instead they were friends with benefits. When Phaedra argues she wasn't a hoochie-mama, Chuck tells her she was "part of the team." He tells Phaedra, NeNe, and all of America that he's a douche and is full of himself. He confesses to lying to Kandi about their relationship and "taking advantage of a young girl." She was also part of this "team." He declares himself the "big homie." If memory serves, is "homie" Hopi Indian for rectum?
Back in the Lifetime movie of the week, Mal and Cynthia check out the
ratchet new Bailey modeling agency. Cynthia shows Mal Peter's new car. Mal throws shade compliments the car and confesses she's staying over. Peter gets into a huff and storms out. Back at home, Cynthia approaches Peter to discuss their recent fighting. He voices his dissatisfaction with their lack of lovemaking and her sister staying over. He doesn't like houseguests because if they have an argument it can't be a "full on blow out." That sounds violent! Cynthia makes a valid point if she didn't have to work to support the family and if Peter didn't spend money without asking she's be in a more lovey dovey place. He counters that he'd like to have a mancave and then proceeds to get precariously close to physically abusive without ever crossing the line. Looks like Divorcewatch has officially begun. Meanwhile, Cynthia may we recommend Sleeping with the Enemy, Enough, and What's Love Got To Do With It.


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Received word last night that one of the targets we had been tracking was J-PEGED two nights ago:))
I am glad whenever someone receives the recognition they deserve. The story about the SEAL was worth reading. I thought the "conflicts with the Pentagon's report" aspect was a bit funny as well.
RE:Treating a 10 year old as a high value target.
I don't know were to start. I don't know much about ground warfare but I have a hard time believing that the Taliban didn't just decide to kill what amounted to a mascot because his uncle and father switched sides. That actually doesn't do anything to diminish my opinion of them. I held them in such low esteem that I really don't think any less of them.
I feel sorry for the child. I am not sure if I buy the "don't put a gun in his hand" statements. That seems to largely sound like something scripted to appeal to western sensibilities vs the "guns are the jewelry of men" kind of mantra I am familiar with. Is that area of Afghanistan "gentrified", for lack of a better term? In any event, I don't see any benefit in the Taliban continuing to take in nutrients.
I am unfamiliar with J-PEGED as a term. Does it have to do with being the recipient of a JDAM?
Robert A
J-peged==slang for a missile strike from a drone. The drone is loaded with facial recognition software and provided a picture of the bad guy. Just like a JDAM with smarter software.
Only been in that area one time for a short stay, but, what I was saw was like most of AFG, extremely rural. Actually, medieval is a better description. Outside of Kabul Providence, most of AFG is still in the 15th century, especially the Badakhshan Providence on the border with China. However, not matter where you go, you can usually find two things: Goats and cell phones:))
Defending the the Just Kill Them Answer
Let's start with the admission that we are both more than OK with "kill them" as a specific answer. How many dashcam or bodycam videos have had you trying to psychically force an officer to do just that? We are very, VERY comfortable with the notion that at a certain point it is time to go loud and get bloody. Objections to the "Just Kill Them" doctrine that hinge on killing always being a "wrong" or less preferable option are hereby dismissed.
There is an opinion put forth by others that the decision to take a human life, and the actual killing must always be matters for angst, and regret. We, not the royal we here, literally you and I cannot be of that school. Seriously, the notion that a course of action can be correct, but that it still must be embarked on with trepidation and sorrow is fucking laughable. Regret the circumstances? Sure. Wish it could be different? Absolutely. Have to feel bad about doing what is either needed, or the best option? What manner of fuckery is that? If it is the right thing. Than it is the RIGHT thing. This basically a tautology.
So, the only way the "Just Kill Them" response should feel bad is if you feel like applying it to a living thing or things that don't warrant it. Some do. And if they do, then we can't very well jerk each other off about how sensitive and loving we are for wanting to not do the correct thing.
So, are you applying it correctly?
Violence is never the answer. It is the question. The answer is yes.
Daesh/ISIL/ISIS/Boko HaramThese are some very special assholes. They really are like something out of science fiction and are massively different than most any other groups currently operating.
I am going to be running through a few points I believe to be salient about ISIL and Boko Haram. Please don't take this as a lecture. The notion of my civilian, open source educated ass trying to lecture you on this stuff is beyond laughable. I am just going to bring some things up as I understand them. If I am wrong feel free to correct me. If you cannot explain why because of clearance issues you are in the category of people I will believe and immediately cede the point to anyway.
These assholes are both a "State" and a "Religious Congregation". That is the entire point of ISIL, to be a religious state. Cannot separate the two. This is immediately interesting because states can be destroyed or absorbed, but religions are essentially ideas. You could even make a pedantic argument that at some point you would be infringing on religious freedom acting against ISIS.Why that matters: The policies of these assholes originate from and support a specific religious doctrine. This isn't patriotism or real politic All of their atrocities come from an intellectually consistent belief system. This means the actions are not only informed by a theological sense of right and wrong, but because it is God directing the atrocities the Godly action is automatically a goodly one.
These assholes BELIEVE. Yeah, sure that may read as dedicated, or high esprit de corps. There is that as well, but I don't mean it like that. I mean that they have a self reinforcing value system and they are into it.Why this matters: Belief is not a conscious choice. It takes effort and intellectual rigor to consider arguments counter to our beliefs, but there is no conscious decision to be swayed by them. This means "education" is far from a magic bullet. The Daesh policy IS the religion. So getting them to stand down would amount to a full conversion to a drastically different religion. That is really difficult to do in a time frame not measured in generations. It may not even be moral to do so. Until then everything is evidence of God's will. Which is further evidence they need to continue on.
Anyone not with them is against them. And they are the ones applying the rules. ISIL is pretty unique even among jihadist assholes for being willing to condemn other radical Muslims for not being ISIL enough. It is entirely possible they are against the Taliban filth who killed the 10 year old. This is a group that makes the Wahabists(hello house of Saude) look reformed/secular in their willingness to modernize.Why this matters: They can't have a state without their religion. Part of that religion is that anyone not of their religion is ENEMY.
They have to kill, rape, and generally be bad neighbors. It is part of this specific group's dogma. They have to always be at war with at least one of their neighbors and fight a war of expansion. I can't remember exactly how long they are allowed to be at "piece" with a non caliphate neighbor, I think 7 years before they have to go hot again, but any and all treaties and lack of murder has to be considered temporary/a lull.Why this matters: So coexistence is only possible if you aren't a neighbor. Unfortunately it is a small world after all.
Their strategic goals involve kicking ass, and then losing. No really, that is their fucking goal. I hope I am not screwing up the order here but it was build caliphate. Grow caliphate via military conquest. Piss off anyone who isn't them, until the anti-Christ (born somewhere specific but I can't remember) shows up and starts leading an army against them. Then they true slaves of Allah start losing ground and getting stomped on until there are only a few thousand (Do I have that right? It is a specific number.) left holed up in a specific city (fucked if I can remember which one). Then Jesus shows up like Gandolph at Helm's Deep and spears the Anti-Christ. After that Daesh rolls through the entirety of entirety and all is perfect subservience.Why this matters: Their actual operational objectives hinge on not only supernatural agency, but suffering mass casualties. Any plan that is supposed to "break the back of ISIS" should be the target of derision and contempt. Big picture, if they don't LOSE enough soldiers they aren't meeting their goals. This isn't Chesty Puller, oorah, oorah target rich environment dedication. This is a plan where the big goal is to lose every objective gained save one and suffer 90 plus percent casualties. You can't exactly force a surrender there.
So basically we are dealing with folks who would have to undergo a religious conversion to simply not try to murder and force conquest on everything they are around. They consider anyone not of the same ideology to be blood enemies that need to be wiped out. Because of the religion angle they are drawing from the true believer pool. Because of the violence angle they are drawing from the sociopath pool. They are very up front about the "We are coming to kill you." thing.
I would say there is enough information available to make an assessment here. Am I wrong?
This post was brought to you by bourbon and gummy bears. For the best of times.
Train hard. Stay safe.
Thanks. That makes sense. JPEG/JDAM or Hellfire goodness. Well done. I don't feel any moral ambiguity saying that either.
Goats and cell phones huh? My kinda place. 15th century sensibilities. 20th century cellphones. That has to be awesome.
Robert, Excellent analysis, far better than most of the PC crap I have heard from the intelligence weenies. Should be required reading for anyone wanting to understand the basics of this war. I think, I understand the true believers( what westerner really does?). I have trained, fought, and lived with them. Since they popped out of the womb, they have been heavily indoctrinated in the glory of Allah. IMHO, it is the greatest mind control , I have ever seen. They know nothing else, except which team they will be killing for, the Sunnis or Shiites. But, ISIS and BH are just organizations with a huge following of nothing but the worst human trash possible, "movements" that attract nothing but the sociopaths you mentioned. Murders, rapists, sadists, child molesters, etc. are given an opportunity to have free rein over hapless victims, to commit any crime with minimum chance of retribution. Some reports I have been briefed on are far worse than anything in the general media (ex. large groups of girls been lined up and systematically raped by large groups of filth, men being tied up in "piles" and burned alive). That is evil and they need to die, but, it goes on and will continue to go on, while governments wring their hands, and civilians post on Facebook and Twitter about their latest love . Thanks again, great insight.
Thanks for the compliment, but that is kind of scary. I would write it off to the fact the intel guys might not have access to bourbon in your A.O.
I am always a bit puzzled by the folks who feel like they have to mitigate ISIS or BH with the "not all Muslims" and "no broad brush" narrative. Those two groups have made it expressly clear that they are at war with the entire not them world, including the USA, our allies, the countries we are indifferent to, and our other enemies to boot. In order to judge it any other way one has to disregard the entirety of the propaganda, press releases, religious statements(that give guidance for how prisoners should be raped among other things), and military actions of those groups. Everything, including the execution videos that have decent production values it must be admitted, makes that very clear. Anyone can chose not to be at war with them, but they are most assuredly going to have the war regardless.
Really, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and Abubakar Shekau could win an award for most honest political leaders. They are right up front with the evil shit they do and want done. They spend money to make sure everyone knows it. They are unrepentantly and honestly going about the business of waging war on everyone else on the whole damn planet. Hitler didn't do that. Stalin didn't do that. Pol Pot, Mao, none of those guys were this fucking transparent. We should pass a coffee can around and get a kitty going to buy them a couple of statues of a sexy goat and some Olive Garden gift cards as an award for being up front. I am still firmly in the "just kill them camp", but if we are going to claim to value and reward honesty in negotiations maybe we should let them fill up on unlimited salad and bread sticks before atomizing them via precision guided high explosives on the trip home.
Just thinking out loud here.
More seriously, let the people you work with know that the P.C. narrative isn't the only one and that many of us value what they do.
Really Bad: A salute for their service and compassion for their families.
I had not seen that. Truly terrible. One of the deputies had 30 years in according to the article.
Even worse:
Got this Email last night. If the video loads (its Afghan) you can clearly see the blue on green shooting. With these shitheads, you just never know:
"Yesterday, Wednesday 11 FEB at approximately 1250hrs, an Afghan Police Officer opened fire on a RS official and security detail at near point blank range as they exited the Ministry of Commerce. No RS personnel were injured in the attack"
Video of the Attack:http://1tvnews.af/en/news/afghanistan/20798-police-officer-killed-after-clash-with-coalition-troops-in-kabul
"Keep your head on a swivel and stay safe out there"
The way I keep sane when I read things like the CNN article is to keep reminding myself how statistics, averages, and probability works. We should expect apparent "clumping" of events. That means in any year we should have "terrible" weeks and "ok" weeks. I would really like to see articles like the above also mention the numbers of violent felons arrested. I have a suspicion that perceptions about how "violent" modern police are would falter a bit when compared with how many legitimately bad individuals were taken into custody. That is why I keep stating that "modern" policing is at the high point historically for law enforcement.
RE: blue on green shootingThat is really, truly ridiculous. Is the lack of vetting a cultural issue or is it a concession to "real politik"? Incidents like this cast massive doubts about the utility of training/aid(which is of course the goal).
Stay safe.
Robert, There are so many problems here, it would take a thesis of massive proportions to even list them. There really is no vetting here, especially by what passes for a central Afghan government. Corruption is systemic to the whole culture and endemic within ever facet of an Afghan's bloodstream. I thought Iraq was bad, but, this "country" is on a whole different level. I don't know the details yet concerning the Afghan cop who opened fire, but, I would bet this month's pay, that he "bought" his job from the local commander. There is no such thing as a vetting system from the government, what vetting is done, we attempt to do. With no national data base, this "country" operates on religious, familial, tribal, and "who you paid off today". Corruption is a way of life here, beyond anything I ever ever seen, even worse than Somalia.
The US has paid massive amounts blood and over 117 billion dollars into this "country" with no change. Did you know the American Taxpayer PAYS the salary and RETIREMENT of every Afghan police officer, every Afghan solider, every Afghan Border Patrol officer (probably the most corrupt organization I have ever dealt with) in this "country"?, good deal if you can get it. Not to mention there are suspected 10,000 "ghost soldiers and police" on the payroll, whose monthly salaries go into the various corrupt politicians pockets while the USG stands by and does nothing. So, get back to the original point, no , vetting does not take place and corruption rules the day. At least the Taliban try to kill you in a straight up fight, instead of bleeding our country dry and fucking us over every day.
BAD, as always:
I was at Bagram Airfield doing an interview the day they were killed. I did not know the NYPD officer, but, I had meet the OSI agent on a previous assignment. The common theme here is multiple deployments, after 14 years of war, you cannot keep sending the same troops back , time after time, eventually you play your last card. My respect for their service and dying for our beliefs. It a shame the best we have, die in such a filthy, corrupt, excuse for a country.
RE: Herding Cats
That pretty much confirms the worst news/analysis I have read about the situation. It has to be especially frustrating when doing "training" is a large part of the mission profile. I realize professionalism wins out, but I don't envy anyone having to kit up and teach such a force.
I don't really have anything but condolences for the "BAD, as always" post.
Rather than make this the Idaho and Robert A gripe about things thread. Video of a semi-recent OIS involving an attack with a knife.
Video: NSFW if watching a suicide by cop/assault with lethal force being ended with same is not safe for your work. Also an excessive amount of "Oh my gad" comments from those taping. Their comments reminded me of mapwhap's last post.
Using time stamp from video. I will refer to the officer as officer and the man with the knife as the subject. A (presumed)male and female are heard, but not seen as they are the ones doing the vertical video while jamming to vintage Tupac.
0:01: Officer approaches subject. I can't make out if the knife is visible at this point. All that is clear is the subject is prepared for any ugly sweater contest that could pop off.
0:03Officer draws weapon, subject steps back, then forward. Subject does not try to increase distance so if you are inclined to consider "pawing" the ground a pre-assault indicator that count is at one now. We are two "Oh my god's" in from the gallery as the officer breaks leather/kydex so knife may have been obvious in real life.
0:07Subject is walking towards the officer with his left hand up and his right down by his leg. If everyone is using the "Total Picture, hand, other hand, run the waist line, face, repeat" method of scanning for weapon/assessment the officer has the flags of "closing to contact distance, what the fuck is going on with the "other" hand, and waistline/hand reaching. Also, damn that is an ugly sweater.0:08Officer starts backing up. Subjects right hand comes out and forward. I think he is holding the knife there. I cannot make out the blade on the video but his hand position is consistent with a forward grip. We have gone from pre-assault cues and threat indicators to "go time". Officer has his weapon in his right hand and pointed down at his side.0:09Both subject and officer disappear from view. We get "Taze that motherfucker" from the male in the gallery.0:13Officer is bladed, left side forward and hop/sliding back. Firearm is still held single handed, and is now at about a 45/low ready orientation.0:14Officer still backing up, finally hits count 4 of his draw. Subject is moving forward, bladed with his left side forward.0:19Both officer and subject stop. Camera turn ass over tea kettle. We are informed "This is not happening right now."-always the battle cry of the good decision maker0:25Music cuts out. Subject backs up a few steps. Officer closes gap Officer is heard giving commands. They are ignored0:28Subject starts advancing. Officer begins backpedaling and firing.0:33Officer falls while trying to back up. Subject still advancing.0:35Officer is rising. Subject is bent over and appears to move past officer then falls over. Audio indicates one of the two budding film makers in the car is holding the phone/microphone in their mouth.0:41Officer is up and angling on/beginning to secure scene/suspect. Voice over female "Oh my god, what do we do?"0:45"Do we leave? What do we do?"0:47Male answers: "Ugh, pull over." Sweet baby Odin. These two children of knowledge were hanging out in the street filming.
Officer absolutely was justified in using force.
The gates/fences on the officers left and traffic to his right may have contributed to him being stuck "on a rail"/functionally in a hallway and prevented him from applying any sort of sidestep or better foot work.
Dangers of moving backward are well highlighted as the officer fell over and if the subject would have stayed focused on doing injury a few seconds longer this could have been very ugly.
Considering the terrain it was a more difficult problem to solve. I think points could be made about committing to being brutal enough, early enough. The officer seemed far, far too reticent to actually aim at the knife wielding subject than optimal. It looks like he was sort of caught in a passive loop at the beginning, drawing but not aiming, backing up, not taking either a two handed shooting grip or anything that would be described as retention.
The best choice may well have been to move in and deal with things at "fight range" with the bonus of having a gun rather than trying to make space to get into gunfight/marksmanship range. Of course that is much easier to do when not trying to simultaneously process information and jump through your own asshole. The chances to do that would have either been early, 0:07 or so when the officer seemed very much not prepared for doing violence, or at the stop at :19. The officer did seem to adjust and become much more dialed in, but still favored the run backwards tactic.
What am I missing?
"Rather than make this the Idaho and Robert A gripe about things thread. Video of a semi-recent OIS involving an attack with a knife"
## # LOL.........You are right, I have been bitching a lot lately..fed up with the corruption of all governments. will try to be true to the thread.
Thanks for the video and analysis, excellent as always:
"The officer seemed far, far too reticent to actually aim at the knife wielding subject than optimal. It looks like he was sort of caught in a passive loop at the beginning, drawing but not aiming, backing up, not taking either a two handed shooting grip or anything that would be described as retention". Good point and a direct result of the mass media mentality of every cop is wanting to kill someone. However, we have brought it on ourselves by hiring some who are total fucking morons. The Darwin cell phone camera is slowly weeding them out.
When I am in the states, I am constantly amazed at the general stupidity of the public. Those Spielberg disciples are a perfect example, "My God, do we leave? LOL
By the way, spent some time on the drug problem here, going to attach an article you might be interested in.
Tasked With Combating Opium, Afghan Officials Depend on It - The New York Times
By Azam Ahmed15 February 2016
Garmsir, Afghanistan -- The United States spent more than $7 billion in the past 14 years to fight the runaway poppy production that has made Afghan opium the world's biggest brand. Tens of billions more went to governance programs to stem corruption and train a credible police force. Countless more dollars and thousands of lives were lost on the main thrust of the war: to put the Afghan government in charge of district centers and to instill rule of law.
But here in one of the only corners of Helmand Province that is peaceful and in firm government control, the green stalks and swollen bulbs of opium were growing thick and high within eyeshot of official buildings during the past poppy season — signs of a local narco-state administered directly by government officials.
In the district of Garmsir, not only is poppy cultivation tolerated, the local government depends on it. Officials have imposed a tax on farmers practically identical to the one the Taliban uses in places they control. Some of the revenue is kicked up the chain, all the way to officials in Kabul, the capital, ensuring that the local authorities maintain support from higher-ups and keeping the opium growing. And Garmsir is just one example of official involvement in the drug trade.
Multiple visits to Afghan opium country over the past year, and extensive interviews with opium farmers, local elders, and Afghan and Western officials, laid bare the reality that even if the Western-backed government succeeds, the opium seems here to stay.
More than ever, Afghan government officials have become directly involved in the opium trade, expanding their competition with the Taliban beyond politics and into a struggle for control of the drug traffic and revenue. At the local level, the fight itself can often look like a turf war between drug gangs, even as American troops are being pulled back into the battle on the government's behalf, particularly in Helmand, in southern Afghanistan.
"There are phases of government complicity, starting with accommodation of the farmers and then on to cooperation with them," said David Mansfield, a researcher who conducted more than 15 years of fieldwork on Afghan opium. "The last is predation, where the government essentially takes over the business entirely."
The huge boom in poppy production that began a dozen years ago was strongly identified with the new Taliban insurgency, as the means through which the militants bought their bullets, bombs and vehicles. In recent years, the insurgents have committed more and more working hours to every facet of the opium business. That fact was built into a mantra of Western officials in Afghanistan: When security improves, opium will be easier to take down.
That the Afghan government is now also competing in the opium business, in the absence of other reliable economic successes, has ramifications beyond the nation's borders. Governments across the region are struggling with the health and security problems brought by the increased opium flow. And as the trade becomes more institutionalized in Afghanistan, it has undercut years of anticorruption efforts, perpetuating its status as a source of regional instability, crime and intrigue.
An Entrenched Process
The administration of President Ashraf Ghani has made fighting corruption a central promise. A spokesman for his government, asked about official involvement in opium trafficking, including in Garmsir, insisted that there was "zero tolerance" for such behavior. "The president has been decisive in acting on information that indicates involvement of government officials in illegal acts, including taxation of opium," said the spokesman, Sayed Zafar Hashemi.
But in Garmsir and other places in the Helmand opium belt, the system is firmly in place and remarkably consistent.
It relies on a network of village leaders and people employed by farmers to manage the water supply, men known as mirabs. These men survey the land under cultivation and collect money on behalf of officials, both in district-level government and in Kabul.
The connections run deeply into the national government, officials acknowledge privately. In some cases, the money is passed up to senators or assembly members with regional connections. In others, employees in the Independent Directorate of Local Governance, the agency that oversees provincial and district governments, pocket the payoffs, officials said. Some of the most important regional police and security commanders, including allies of American military and intelligence officials, are closely identified with the opium trade.
But the real money often stays local, with provincial and district officials. In the case of Garmsir, the district governor and police chief reaped the largest share of the rewards, according to local officials and farmers. The local police were also included in the profits.
Farmers said they paid about $40 for each acre of poppy under cultivation. In 2015, that meant nearly $3 million in payments from the district of Garmsir alone, according to officials familiar with the process.
Garmsir is just one of several districts in Helmand Province, the heart of poppy country and the center of the 2010 American troop "surge," where the government has built local opium alliances with farmers. The district of Marja has a similar system to the one in Garmsir, in which locals pay a flat rate based on how much poppy they grow, according to interviews with more than a dozen farmers and officials. In the district of Nad Ali, the same conditions exist to a lesser extent.
That the Taliban have closed in on some of those districts in recent weeks will mean little to the local growers. They paid their tax to the insurgents before the American troop surge and to the government after it. They will adjust again.
And the money to be made is only increasing. Already, experts say, satellite imagery from the past growing season across southern Helmand showed that opium cultivation was occurring openly within sight of military and police bases.
"Over the years, I have seen the central government, the local government and the foreigners all talk very seriously about poppy," said Hakim Angar, a former two-time police chief of Helmand Province. "In practice, they do nothing, and behind the scenes, the government makes secret deals to enrich themselves."
Lucrative Arrangements
By the most basic metric, the international effort to curb poppy production in Afghanistan has failed. More opium was cultivated in 2014, the last year of the NATO combat mission, than in any other year since the United Nations began keeping records in 2002.
If there was a bright spot in 2015, it was that a poppy fungus or weevil reduced the harvest by as much as half in some places. But the lower production is likely to mean even more desperate attempts to increase cultivation next year, if the past is any guide.
Highlighting the efficiency of the government poppy tax, officials in Marja decided this year to halve it from the year before — precisely the proportion of the harvest that the fungus blighted.
"In the case of the opium trade, they try harder," said one counternarcotics law enforcement official in southern Afghanistan. "There's just too much money to ignore it."
Government complicity in the opium trade is not new. Power brokers, often working for the government, have long operated behind the scenes, producing, refining and smuggling opium or heroin across one of the many porous borders of Afghanistan. That kind of corruption has been seen nationwide.
Taxation on a districtwide level in the main opium-growing centers, however, has been less common. Most who spoke about it did so on the condition of anonymity, fearing reprisals. Those who spoke openly tended to have enough resources to deter official blowback.
"Of course it happens here," said a local police commander in Marja, Baz Gul, who oversees a few dozen men and was one of the residents who first took up arms against the Taliban. "But the police chief, the local police commander, they don't take the money directly. They do it through influential figures."
As it happens, Marja — one of the most violent districts during the 2010 troop surge, and the site of pitched battles recently between the Taliban and Afghan forces backed by American Special Operations troops — is a case study in opium economics.
One elder in Marja, who collects money from villagers who cultivate poppy in his block of 44 acres, said poppy was simply too alluring to ignore. Even with the tax, even with the blight, opium outstripped the next most lucrative crop by a ratio of more than three to one.
In 2015, the elder said, the group's earnings came close to $62,000, less than half as much as the year before. With a tax of $60 per acre, the final profit for all 44 acres was roughly $59,000. By comparison, the average income for an Afghan, according to the World Bank, is $681 a year.
"Most other crops would have earned about $20,000 for 44 acres," said the elder, seated in the home of another tribal elder in Marja. A dozen men arrayed in the room nodded quietly at his accounting.
Blight and Turbulence
The district of Nad Ali, a short drive from the provincial capital, Lashkar Gah, appears less organized than Garmsir or Marja. In April, on a drive through open farmland in government-controlled areas, much of the poppy crop had been plowed through because of an early harvest or because the plants were so disease-ridden that the farmers saw no point in keeping them standing.
Farmers in Nad Ali said tax collection depended on a number of factors, including one's relationship with the local police commander, proximity to the district center and how badly crops were hurt by disease. In some cases, the teams sent by the government to eradicate crops collected the funds. In others, it was the local or national police.
Payments ranged from about $90 to $100 for every acre, according to six farmers.
"All of our poppies were disease-affected," said one farmer in the Loy Bagh area of Nad Ali. "What people paid depended on how much they cultivated and how much was destroyed by the disease."
The system in Garmsir, however, appears to leave little to chance. Located farther from the provincial capital than Marja or Nad Ali, the district enjoys more autonomy than most under government control.
Interviews conducted in mid-March, before the blight appeared, showed a system of accommodation that was settling in comfortably. While farmers were not happy about paying the government, most saw it as inevitable and noted that the profit margin for opium was still considerably better than for wheat or cotton.
"We understand that the officials will charge us money," said Juma Khan, a 35-year-old farmer in Garmsir, shrugging.
The system ran into turbulence in the spring, when two members of Parliament caught wind of the arrangement. After their demand for a cut of the profits was rebuffed, they went public, according to Afghan officials familiar with the case.
Officials in Kabul quickly fired the district governor, police chief and intelligence director, who were accused of dividing the profits. In a small ceremony, the Helmand deputy governor returned wads of cash to cheering farmers outside of the provincial governor's offices and promised to crack down on such exploitation.
Officials said that all of the money had been returned to farmers and that the responsible parties had been removed from power. But neither promise was entirely true.
The governor of Garmsir — who, in an interview, denied that he had created or collected any tax — was quietly moved to Washir, a neighboring district. Months later, he was moved back to Garmsir, where he has returned to his old job. Government officials in Kabul said he had been cleared of wrongdoing after a thorough investigation.
A later visit to Garmsir unearthed a second inconsistency: Farmers said they had received only half of their money back. Still, that was something of a rebate. After all, they had lost nearly half of their crop to blight.
Fazl Muzhary contributed reporting from Marja, Afghanistan; Nad Ali, Afghanistan; and Garmsir; and Taimoor Shah from Garmsir.
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March 20, 2017
Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment management and wealth management services. The Firm's employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments and individuals from more than 1,200 offices in 43 countries.
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