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Some say that the closures were payback from Christie because Fort Lee mayor Mark Sokolich, a Democrat, refused to endorse him for re-election. The conspiracy is as follows: Christie, who was looking for bipartisan support, had his pal, ex-blogger and"patronage hire" to the Port Authority, David Wildstein, demand the shutdown. (The Port Authority is a NY-NJ agency, where governors of both state appoint officials to positions.) The traffic gridlock lasted from Monday, September 9 (the first day of school) until Thursday, September 12, when Port Authority Executive Director Patrick Foye, appointed by NY Governor Cuomo, called it off. Oh, and Foye only found out about the land closures because a reporter called him about it.
While the Port Authority claimed it was conducting a traffic study, the Wall Street Journal reported that Foye was pissed off about the closure, saying "the abrupt shift in traffic patterns caused a threat to public safety and should have been advertised to the public ahead of time." According to the WSJ, Foye's internal email also "listed the divisions within the authority that weren't consulted before the traffic pattern was changed, including the police department, and the Traffic and Engineering division."
Christie's campaign has said that the idea of retribution was "crazy," but at any rate, Wildstein resigned last Friday. Still, NJ lawmakers held a hearing about the incident yesterday, and the Democrats were out for blood. Maybe because there was some damning evidence that a traffic study would be a problem—from the Record:
Internal documents obtained by The Record show that planning for the study began a week-and-a-half before the Sept. 9 lane shift was ordered by Wildstein. They also show that Port Authority traffic engineers predicted that narrowing Fort Lee's dedicated access lanes from three to one would result in 600-vehicle backups on local streets that would not clear until noon each weekday. Wildstein ordered the study anyway, agency officials testified Monday, saying he wanted to see if it would speed up non-local traffic approaching the bridge on Interstate 95. The Port Authority officials, compelled to testify under oath on Monday, alternately described Wildstein's order as "unprecedented," "odd," and "unacceptable." And an independent traffic engineer told lawmakers that the lane shift was not even necessary; the study could have been performed using computer models, without causing reported delays of up to four hours.
The Port Authority officials, compelled to testify under oath on Monday, alternately described Wildstein's order as "unprecedented," "odd," and "unacceptable." And an independent traffic engineer told lawmakers that the lane shift was not even necessary; the study could have been performed using computer models, without causing reported delays of up to four hours.
Foye also testified, "This was an operation directed by David Wildstein," and described the mess as "frankly a low point in Port Authority history." Christie himself has joked about the lane closures, claiming he was "worked the cones."
Sounds crazy, right? Why would the governor do something so stupid during an election campaign where everyone expected him to win.
Well, Democrats wasted no time to try and sow doubts about Christie. As U.S. News and World reports: The DNC spokesman questioned Christie's temperament and called his response condescending. "Governor Christie's condescension and swagger might be amusing to the late night talk show crowd, but now that he's looking to play on the national stage, he needs to realize that the rest of us don't find it as charming," the DNC spokesman said.
And now a Democratic group is out with an attack, according to CNN:Correct the Record, formed in part to defend Hillary Clinton, is an arm of American Bridge, an pro-Democratic group that specializes in opposition research. The group launched a graphic Tuesday showing the Republican Garden State leader in front of the George Washington Bridge with a traffic sign that says "political retribution" and "Lane closed. Expect Christie?"
The issue began in September, on the first day of school, when two of the three access lanes from Fort Lee to the bridge were shut down. The closures sparked speculation by Democrats that the action amounted to political retaliation against the mayor of Fort Lee who did not endorse Christie's re-election.
The Christie administration has brushed off the controversy saying Democrats were the ones playing politics with the matter.
Asked about the closures at a press conference on Monday, Christie responded sarcastically: "I moved the cones, actually unbeknownst to everybody."
What this shows, once again, is how seriously Democrats are taking Christie as a potential 2016 threat. It means that national Democrats will be looking for any opportunity to exploit what they see as Christie's weaknesses, and illustrates that Christie is going to have to be more adept than usual at tamping down controversies before they erupt.
Of course, what makes all this doubly tricky for Christie is that his enemies on the right will be looking to pile on along with the Democrats. How Christie handles it will go a long way toward telling just how effective effective Christie will be as a national candidate going forward.
It then shows Christie in a radio interview last week where he said he would not support the bill, known as the New Jersey DREAM Act. The video also includes a scathing editorial from the New Jersey Star-Ledger on Sunday that said Christie did a "flip flop" because his eyes are now set on 2016. The video ends with footage of Christie campaigning for Steve King in Iowa in 2012 with Christie saying to the audience: "Steve King, that's a guy I choose to stand with."
Now American Bridge, the Democrtic superPAC that created this ad, hasn't put any money behind it. But it signals that Democrats are looking for ways to tarnish Christie, not only with potential voters, but with Republicans as well.
Christie, after all, enjoyed majority Latino support in his re-election bid -- a fact that both Republicans and Democrats took note of. If Christie were the Republican presidential nominee, and could count on a lsignificant Latino support, then Democrats lose one of their building blocks to victory against him. So putting out an ad looking to drive a wedge between Christie and Latinos is laying down an early defense against a potential Christie candidacy.
This ad also looks to drive a wedge between Christie and Republican primary voters, who generally don't support the DREAM Act, by raising questions about where Christie stands. What better way to reduce Christie's effectiveness as a potential 2016 opponent than to help knock him out in the primaries?
One thing's certain: After years of enjoying a close relationship with New Jersey Democrats, Christie is about to enter a new phase, one where national Democrats will focus on his every word in an effort to tarnish his allure in advance of 2016.
And there are indications that state Democrats are about to get feistier too. As Politico notes: Christie has been adamant that he can focus on his national work and New Jersey obligations at the same time. He has given himself basically a year to enact several pet policy initiatives, such as school vouchers and a tax cut that he touted this week. But assuming Christie runs for president, a year is probably all he'd have to effect major changes in his state before he starts campaigning.
That's a window during which Democrats, who control the state Legislature, may not have a problem blocking the moves of a man who's billing himself as a can-do, work-across-the-aisle type of leader. Democrats have been under fire for allowing Christie to skate to a lopsided win and want to restore their credibility.
When John McCain was running for president in 2008, he used to refer to the journalists who covered him as his base. And they were, until Barack Obama was his opponent, and his base left him in a swoon to become Obama's unofficial campaign team.
Fast forward a few years, and there is arguably no Republican who has developed such good relations with the media since as our governor, Chris Christie.
In an entertaining piece for Politico, reporter Matt Katz, formerly of the Inquirer and now of NPR, details exactly how Christie schmoozes the New Jersey press corps:
Since then, I've spent the last three years following Christie around the state and across the country, watching him try out strategies for his inevitable 2016 presidential run. CNN's Jake Tapper may have gotten to ride the bus with Christie on his gubernatorial re-election day, but the local reporters who follow Christie around know him better, from his ability to cultivate a conservative agenda without turning off Democrats to his canny use of celebrity endorsers for cross-cultural appeal.
The local reporters get our own unique treatment—revealing, off-the-record, end-of-summer beers at Jersey Shore bars and profanity-infused Christmas party conversations at the governor's mansion. But we also get our own unique abuse: We know what it's like to be put in the "penalty box," as Christie calls it, briefly shut out from the inner circle for writing something Team Christie hates. And we've all been dressed down in State House hallways by Christie's chief spokesman, Michael Drewniak, an expert at channeling his boss's fury.
Christie's press conferences are meaty affairs, providing enough fodder for tweets, blog posts and weekend stories as he lingers long after his press secretary calls out "two more questions!" And his town hall meetings are masterful spectacles in political communication. New Jerseyans literally laugh and cry at these things. It all makes for great copy.
Now, it doesn't take much to imagine Christie using the same technqiues to woo the national press. Heck, he may be already. But while politics in New Jersey ain't beanbag, it's not Washington either. Already, you have Republican opponents of Christie questioning whether there is any pork in that Sandy aid money, and you can bet that even if the press didn't look into it, his potential primary opponents will. And then there are those questions raised in "Double Down" about Christie's past that reportedly claimed that Christie's baggage caused Mitt Romney to pass on him for vice president. You know that will be looked at too.
But none of that may be as damaging as this report today in the New York Post, which says that Christie promised New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo that he wouldn't help his Republican opponent next year:
Gov. Chris Christie's "bizarre behavior'' in refusing to say he'll support a possible GOP challenger to Gov. Cuomo next year could derail his chances to become president, state and national GOP insiders have told The Post.
"Christie already has a problem with many Republicans refusing to forgive him because of his embrace of [President] Obama and his socially liberal policies,'' said a nationally prominent GOP operative. "But this bizarre behavior in suggesting he won't help a Republican defeat a Democratic governor, and a Cuomo no less, could finish off his chances of becoming his party's nominee for president in 2016,'' the operative continued.
Cuomo claimed last week that Christie, the new head of the Republican Governors Association — an organization whose purpose is to elect GOP governors — had quickly called him to say The Post was wrong in reporting the New Jersey governor was ready to back Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, should he become the Republican nominee for governor next year.
"I spoke to Gov. Christie this morning, who told me the exact opposite,'' Cuomo contended in reference to last week's "Inside Albany" column.
But Christie spokesman Colin Reed refused to confirm Cuomo's claim, referring questions to Christie political consultant and longtime GOP operative Mike DuHaime, who likewise refused to comment.
Some close to Astorino said they would be dumbfounded by Cuomo's claim, since not only is Christie responsible for trying to elect GOP governors, he's also had longstanding friendly relations with Astorino.
Other Republicans, meanwhile, said they were surprised that Cuomo would disclose what presumably was a private personal phone call from Christie.
"Cuomo has put Christie in a really difficult position,'' said a prominent GOP operative.
The Post's report on Christie's plan to back Astorino was based on sources close to Astorino who were familiar with an hourlong private meeting between Astorino and Christie held last month at the RGA's annual meeting in Arizona.
After it was published, the report was described as accurate by state GOP Chairman Ed Cox, who attended the RGA gathering.
Democratic insiders say Cuomo and his political aides are engaged in an all-out effort to pressure Astorino not to run for governor next year.
"They're trying to head off contributors to Astorino, spreading the word that he's not going to run, trying to convince Republican money people that he doesn't have a chance, and letting it be known that the governor won't be happy with those who go with him,'' said a source close to the state Democratic Committee.
Insiders say Cuomo, who polls show would easily defeat Astorino at this time, fears the popular county executive — who won a landslide re-election last month despite being a conservative in a county where Democrats outnumber Republicans 2-1 — would be a strong enough vote-getter who, even in defeat, could damage Cuomo's chances to run for president.
Now, at first glance, one could ask, why would Christie do this? Has he gotten so used to talking to and cutting deal with New Jersey Democrats that he didn't think Cuomo would say anything? Or could Cuomo simply be fibbing, looking to undermine the GOP frontrunner in case he decides he too, wants to run for president in 2016?
Either way, Christie can't let this stand. His Republican opponents already question his Republican loyalty, a story like this could be lethal to him. Especially not when there are already stories like this, questioning whether Christie cut a deal with South Jersey Democrats, already out there. Plus, he can't let this story sit out there just as he begins his term as chairman of the Republican Governor's Association. Republican donors -- not to mention primary voters -- are looking for loyalty, not nuance. You can be pragmatic, you can be bipartisan, but you can't work against your own team.
Christie, not his aides, needs to swat this down now -- and call Cuomo out if necessary. Because if he doesn't, he's not going to have to worry much about 2016. He won't make it out of the first two primaries.
Robert Grady, a venture capitalist who chairs the State Investment Council, said Christie had moved mountains to rein in property-tax growth, spending and borrowing in his first term.
To keep up the momentum, the Republican governor needs to drive down tax rates in order to attract new businesses and reduce the state unemployment rate of 8.5 percent, Grady said.
"The overarching goal is private-sector job growth and reducing that unemployment rate," Grady said at an economic forum today in Trenton organized by the state Treasury Department.
Whether it's a 10 percent income tax cut or a 10 percent property tax credit remains to be decided, Grady said.
Now incoming Assembly Speaker Vincent Pieto and Senate President Stephen Sweeney have both downplayed the likelihood of any tax cut.
But with Bill de Blasio promising higher taxes in New York, it doesn't take much to picture Christie using New York's high taxes as his next political punching bag. And what better contrast for Christie than to pass a tax cut in New Jersey, while New York is raising taxes. And if that results in a running border war, with New York companies deciding to leave New York's higher tax climes for those of New Jersey, well, what aspiring presidential aspirant wouldn't want that?
In an interview with The Record, Kean said he was "very disappointed" with Christie's attempt last week to unseat Thomas H. Kean Jr. as Senate minority leader.
"It certainly doesn't make me any fonder of him,'' Kean said.
Until recently, Kean touted Christie as a leader with the appeal and pragmatism to recapture the White House. In Kean's estimation, no other Republican had a better chance at defeating Democrat Hillary Clinton.
"They can nominate somebody who touches all the conservative bases, and you'll get 40-something percent of the vote and the Democrats will win, or they can pick somebody who is like Christie who spans the spectrum and brings a whole lot of folks that aren't Republicans into the party — much like Ronald Reagan did — and win," Kean said in an interview with Politickernj.com in August.
But that enthusiasm has since vanished.
"He'll have a microscope on him and we'll find out … if he's qualified," he told The Record.
Kean Jr. survived the coup attempt, dealing Christie a rare rebuke from his own party since sweeping into office four years ago. But whether Christie's relationship with the elder Kean survives remains an open question. The episode raises another question about whether Christie's ambition trumps loyalty — an issue that dogged the governor when his post-Sandy embrace of President Obama was seen by some supporters of Republican Mitt Romney as an act of betrayal.
The elder Kean, New Jersey's popular two-term governor from 1982 to 1990, suggested that his disappointment isn't permanent and that Christie can learn from his "bad" mistake. Yet Kean was still upset over the move, which could have destroyed his son's political future.
"I don't know what the motivation was, what the giveback was,'' Kean said, echoing suspicions that Christie may have cut a deal with the Democratic Senate president, Stephen Sweeney, to remove his son from power.
Christie has produced a television commercial for Peter Inverso, running against incumbent Linda Greenstein in the 14th District. He has also poured resources into David Stahl in the 18th District and Fernando Alonso in District 38.
The GOP needs 5 seats to take control of the state Senate. And while Republicans have been outspent, make no mistake, they are hoping that a large Christie victory will help bring Republicans into office. Or, as Assembly Minority Leader Jon Bramnick, R-Union, told the Ledger: "I don't think there's any doubt there, because every model that has been used in the last 20 years of polling, I don't think works. I don't think we've ever had a Republican up 20 or 30 points in districts that are either swing or Democratic."
How likely is it that a large Christie victory could flip some seats. The Ledger took a look at gubernatorial blowouts:
In 2001, Democrat Jim McGreevey beat Republican Bret Schundler by 15 points. At the same time, Democrats flipped nine Assembly seats to take control of the lower house, and five Senate seats to tie the upper house 20-20. But observers say that was due much more to the change in legislative district maps that year from one that favored Republicans to one that favored Democrats.
However, in the most lopsided election in New Jersey history, when former Republican Gov. Tom Kean beat Democrat Peter Shapiro by 40 points in 1985, Republicans flipped 14 Assembly seats to take a big majority in the chamber. The Senate was not up that year.
No one is expecting Christie to win by 40. But if it's a blowout, all eyes will be on the impact the Christie vote is having on the Legislature.
And if Christie wins big enough to flip some seats, then two things will happen: Democrats may regret the way they abandoned Buono and highlighted their work with Christie, and Christie will have one more plank in his electability argument.
Because let's face it: Pollster Maurice Carroll of Quinnipiac is right. The race for 2016 begins when the polls close at 8:01 p.m.
Mr. Romney included the blunt-talking governor on his vice-presidential shortlist, crossed him off, reconsidered choosing him and then ultimately decided that he could not pick Mr. Christie. Mr. Romney made the decision not only because of the fund-raising restrictions Mr. Christie would face as the governor of New Jersey, but also because Mr. Christie did not offer the same amount of information to Mr. Romney's team of vetters as the other potential vice-presidential picks.
According to a memo on Mr. Christie from the vetting team, it had unanswered questions on a defamation lawsuit against the governor from earlier in his political career, on a Securities and Exchange Commission settlement involving Mr. Christie's brother, on names and documentation of his household help, on information from his time as a securities industry lobbyist, and on his medical history. "The dossier on the Garden State governor's background was littered with potential land mines," the authors write.
Asked to respond, an aide to Mr. Christie arranged for Beth Myers, who oversaw the vice-presidential search for Mr. Romney, to issue a statement on Thursday that read: "Governor Christie complied fully with the Romney campaign's request for documents in a timely manner, including a complete medical report from his internist and cardiologist."
So, will those same issues haunt Christie if he runs for president in 2016?
Given that one of Christie's chief selling points to Republicans has been will be that he can win, he'll have to have answers to those questions that the Romney team raised for Republican donors to come on board.
As Newark's mayor, Cory Booker became known for a hands-on approach to governing. He invited residents without power after superstorm Sandy to stay at his home. He responded to a neighbor's house fire and delivered diapers to a snowed-in resident.
Booker says New Jersey voters who sent him to the U.S. Senate in a special election two weeks ago can expect more of the same. He will be sworn in to office today by Vice President Joe Biden at the U.S. Capitol.
"I'm going to run around the state like I did running around the city as mayor,'' Booker said. "People were surprised to see me roaming around in police cruisers my first year in office until midnight or 1 or 2 o'clock. I think I'll be running around to all four corners of our state looking to serve people in very practical ways to show them I'm hard-working, very involved, and will work above and beyond the call of duty.''
So, if we are to read that literally, does that mean we should xpedt to see Booker roaming around the sate in a state police cruiser, looking for people to rescue from burning buildings? In snowstorms, will he be hopping from county to county, looking for residents to help shovel snow from their car?
Of course, Booker will be spending most of his time in Washington, so we would think that his acts of derring-do in New Jersey would be limited.
Unless, of course, he plans on sweeping into New Jersey in the middle of the night, rescuing cats from trees at night and then jetting back to D.C. in the morning.
Actually, we're hoping that Booker is just speaking in hyperbole, and knows that his focus has to be on policy, and righting America's ship, not being an action hero.
Although, actually, if he goes to Washington and helps improve the tone, if he goes to Washington and helps to get things done, if he works across the aisle, if he puts people ahead of party, well the, he might be an action hero after all.
One year ago today, New Jersey changed forever.
It's sounds like such a cliché, except this time, it's not just hyperbole, it's truth.
The Jersey Shore after Sandy is a caricature of what it once was.
Sure the boardwalks are back. Many of the businesses are back.
But the people, the neighborhoods, the communities that once called the shore home are still missing in far too many towns.
Empty lots stand where houses once stood. Trailer parks line streets in front of demolished homes. Vacant houses stay waiting for their owner to decide whether to rebuild, or walk away. Stilts are replacing front stoops.
This is the Jersey Shore of today.
This is the Jersey Shore beyond the boardwalk, beyond the headlines.
There are thousands of people displaced, still living with family or friends, or rental housing, just waiting to get home. Just waiting for a check from FEMA, from insurance, from somewhere that will help them rebuild.
There are thousands of others adrift, still not knowing where to go, unsure of what to do next.
A year ago, the state was on edge, waiting for the storm to hit.
A year later, the state is moving on, even while thousands of its residents are held back, by memories, by fear, still unable to shake what happened one year ago.
Gov. Chris Christie hasn't been held back; if anything, the storm propelled him forward. The images of him after the storm, emotional yet determined, cemented his image as a leader.
(Ironic, isn't it, that in Christie's first year, he was criticized for staying away during a blizzard and abandoning the state? By the time Sandy hit, he'd learned his lesson. And then some.)
We're not the first to note that the storm, and Christie's response to it, turned his re-election prospects from a competitive race to a shore bet. His sky-high approval ratings scared more than one potential Democrat away.
And now, a year later, he stands poised to rack up a victory of 20 points or more.
Whether he can carry that through nationally remains to be seen. Sandy, of course, cuts both way for the governor. It not only gave him a national profile as a leader, but his infamous embrace of Obama also helped propel his image – and message – that he was a bipartisan leader who put people before party.
Of course, that embrace also enraged some Republican conservatives, only deepening their distrust of Christie.
But all that will play itself out in 2015 and 2016, should Christie decide to jump into the race.
But we know more about Christie now than we did before Sandy, just like we know more about ourselves. As a state, we all mourned what was lost, staring in disbelief at so much that was familiar that was now just gone.
But we didn't wait for help, we just did, determined to move forward. Volunteers banded together to help dig out, towns started rebuilding boardwalks and businesses. Everywhere the message was the same: Let's restore what we can, the best we can.
What could have been a sense of overwhelming loss instead became a sense of determination, of not giving in, of not giving up, of not letting the storm beat us.
A year later, we still have a along way to go.
But we're on the path, and that says something.
"This just adds more concern to those cautionary flags," says Bob Vander Plaats, an Iowa social conservative. "Because not only is he backing away from a very principled stance of one-man-one-woman marriage, he's also backing away from the Constitution and the separation of powers."
"It's a huge issue," Vander Plaats concludes.
And Brian Brown, president of National Organization for Marriage, concurs. "I wouldn't want to be going into Iowa and be a potential presidential candidate and be the one who refused to stand up to defend marriage in New Jersey," he says.
"You can give lip service to traditional marriage all you want," Brown continues, "but when it counted, he did not do what was necessary. Do we have any illusions, given the nature of the decisoin, that there was a high likelihood that his appeal would succeed? No. But that's irrelevant. You do what's right regardless of the cost."
And Peter Sprigg of the Family Research Council said the following in a statement:
We are glad that Gov. Christie vetoed the legislature's attempt to redefine marriage, and that he was initially willing to defend the state's marriage law in court. However, conservatives are looking for leaders who will sustain their commitment to unchanging principles. Combined with his signing of a radical bill to outlaw even voluntary sexual orientation change efforts with minors, today's action has given conservatives serious pause about Gov. Christie's reliability.
Even in Iowa the issue has lost some of its resonance in just the last few years. In 2010, Iowa voters ousted three judges who had voted to legalize same-sex marriage in the state the year before. But when another one of those judges was up for reelection in 2012, voters chose to retain him.
It's a fast-moving issue across the country. In July, Gallup found that 52 percent of people surveyed said they would vote in favor of a law to legalize same-sex marriage in all 50 states, and 54 percent think same-sex marriages should be recognized as valid with the same rights as an opposite-sex marriage. As recently as 2009, that latter number was just 40 percent. In a few years, Christie's decision could be viewed favorably by the public, or he could even be hurt in a national election if he still opposes same-sex marriage.
To the extent that Republican primary voters care, GOP strategist Ron Bonjean said it's likely to reinforce whatever they already think about Christie. "Those that like him know he's opposed to same sex marriage and those that are against him will say that he should have done everything possible to prevent it," Bonjean said.
Lonegan's most controversial comment came while advocating for a rollback of government environmental regulations.
"You may not be able to swim in that river, but it's probably, I think, because of all the bodies floating around from shooting victims in your city" he said to Booker.
"Oh, my God. Oh, my God," a stunned Booker replied.
(Of course, no one expected that the most outrageous things would be said by Lonegan's campaign manager, Rick Shaftan, or that Lonegan would fire him.)
Now the other interesting thing about this race is that the polls say that most New Jerseyans think Lonegan is out of step with their views. So then what explains the poll?
What appears to be happening in this race is something that politicians forget at their peril: Voters don't like to taken for granted. They don't appreciate candidates who act as though they don't have to ask for support.
The latest Monmouth Poll found that 48 percent of New Jerseyans thought Booker was running to be on the national stage or to serve New Jersey. Forty-eight percent said the national stage, just 37 percent said New Jersey.
And why would New Jerseyans think anything else? Booker spent much of this campaign out in California, hobnobbing with celebrities. His campaign schedule had numerous empty days. He didn't seem to understand that you actually have to ask voters for their support until a few weeks ago, when the polls started to tighten.
You never got the sense that Booker understood that this was an election, not a coronation.
Lonegan, on the other hand, has been running a grassroots campaign across the state, meeting with as many voters as he can in settings both large and small. He brought in some high-powered coservative support: Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, and on Sunday, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin stopped by and rallied some 2,000 New Jerseyans to go out and vote for Lonegan.
"Something big is happening here; it's called momentum," Palin said to an enthusiastic crowd. "The country knows it, the media knows it."
The big unknown in this race is turnout: A special election on Wednesday is unusual; many voters may not realize the race is this week, and the general consensus is that only the most committed will show up.
Democrats will point to the outstanding GOTV effort that Booker had in the primary as proof that his voters will show up on Wednesday. And that may well be.
But Lonegan's voters are also committed, and looking to send a message to Washington. With the gubernatorial election seemingly not in doubt, the energy appears centered -- for now at least -- on the Senate contest.
The other variable in this contest is that Booker's support, while wide, does not appear deep. Lonegan, on the other hand, does not appear to have as widespread support, but his followers seem to view this race as more of a calling, than just an election.
There's just two days to go in a race that has been anything but typical. But here's what appears to be certain: This race is going to be a referendum, not so much on Lonegan, but on Booker -- and the fact that no one likes being taken for granted.
Especially not New Jersey voters.
Buono was sharper. "Well, he's good on late-night TV, he's not just so good in New Jersey," she said. "If he didn't denigrate my public service tonight, I sure don't want to see when he does," Buono said.
When the Republican governor was asked directly whether he was going to run for president, Christie did not rule it out, at first joking that he "didn't anticipate" the question at all.
"Listen my mother told me a long time ago … do the job you have at the moment the best you possibly can and the future will take care of itself," Christie said at the debate this evening at William Paterson University in Wayne, N.J. "The fact is there have been people talking about me running for president since 2010 and they all said I would do it in 2012 and I said I wouldn't and I didn't. And the fact is after 2017 I'm going to be looking for another job anyway.
"I'm going to continue to do my job the best way I possibly can and I am not going to declare tonight … that I am or I am not running for president and you know what? People don't expect me to, they expect me to do my job," he said.
Christie was then pressed by the moderator for WCBS-TV in New York City as to why people should vote for him if he can't make a commitment for four years. Christie responded that he will continue to "work as hard" for New Jersey residents.
"I don't think anybody in America or in the state of New Jersey expects anybody three years away to tell them what they are going to do. Life's too long," Christie said. "I won't make those decisions until I have to."
Buono responded to Christie saying it "doesn't bother me that you are running for president, it bothers me how you are running for president," accusing Christie's veto of gun control laws in the state as "cater(ing) to the NRA" and "vetoing funding for Planned Parenthood … because the national conservative base of the Republican Party has declared this war on Planned Parenthood."
She added that Christie is "compromising and sacrificing the dignity of our gay brothers and sisters by vetoing marriage equality because you know that would kill you" with Republican presidential primary voters.
Christie hit back saying, "the only person obsessed with 2016 on this stage is Sen. Buono."
Mr. Booker's bumpy campaign and shrinking lead in the polls are all the more unsettling to Democratic Party officials because Mr. Lonegan is a political anomaly in the blue-hued state: a Tea Partyconservative who describes himself as a "radical," opposes abortion even in cases of rape and incest, cheers the current shutdown of the federal government and has relied on polarizing right-wing figures like Sarah Palin and Rick Perry as campaign surrogates.
Mr. Lonegan, despite his ideological alignment, appears to have tapped into lingering doubts about whether Mr. Booker can translate his outsize, self-promotional persona, so popular with the Democratic base, into the rigors of a highly disciplined campaign.
Mr. Booker, first elected mayor in 2006, has stumbled into several distracting sideshows this year. He has said he welcomed online speculation that he might be gay (but has said he is not), he playfully told a stripper that he loved her during a private chat on Twitter and he has battled reports, which he denies, that he exaggerated stories about down-and-out residents he had met in Newark.
In a series of searing ads and memorable zingers, Mr. Lonegan has mocked Mr. Booker as a celebrity-obsessed dilettante who can rarely be found in the city he governs, once pointing out that while he himself enjoys "a good Scotch and a cigar," Mr. Booker acknowledges he indulges in manicures and pedicures.


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Heavily padded, this coat will keep you well insulated on cold, breezy days. It also gives this piece its shape and carefully placed seams allow for natural free movement. Channeling the season's love for faux fur, the trim to the removable hood is stylish and will keep your face shielded from the wind.
Zip-up side pockets are great hand warmers and the zip through fastening secures the fit. Two press-stud fastenings to the collar keep your neck protected for an extra snug fit.
Wear over the Hilfiger Denim sweater (3HRF7) and skinny jeans (3HRF4) for a cosy, laid back look. Add a pair of ankle boots for a smart finish.
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Crank Brothers Candy 2 Pedals
The Candy gets a new wrapper but keeps the same delicious flavor that you know and love. The resin body has been replaced anodized CNC machined aluminum for increased durability and a higher bling factor. Performance remains the same. You get 6 degrees of float and depending on how you orient the cleats there's either a 15 or 20 degree release angle. The Candy 2 pedals roll on a steel spindle with a bushing and cartridge bearing system. Should they ever need to be serviced, Crank Brothers has designed them to be very easy to be maintained. The included cleats are the same as always and will fit any 2 bolt, SPD style shoe.
Awesome set of crankbrothers pedals... never clog and the simplicity of them means little pieces never break
Don't get me wrong, these pedals are worth it, but I got one that was a bit tougher to get out of than the other. Without an adjustment, you can't fix it. The nice thing about these is the platform gives you plenty of ability to pedal without being clipped in on a steep start or if you are planning on needing to get out in a hurry, you can unclip and still have plenty of pedal to stand on. I would buy again for sure. The extra "bling" looks good, but maybe more colors!
the pedals hold really well, but also nearly "eject" the clip with about 15-20 degrees of twist. easy in, easy out. and good power transfer. and they look good.
the pedals hold really well, but also nearly "eject" the clip with about 15-20 degrees of twist. easy in, easy out. and good power transfer. and they look good.
These are the best pedals you can get for the price. Very easy to rebuild is anything goes wrong. But most of all they just seem to always due what I want. Whenever I have a nasty fall I always manage to get my feet out and whenever im in a rough technical section and need my feet in they never release to early. Rode with spd's before and these are a thousand times better, and better looking in my opinion.


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Data Loss Prevention
Email Policy Management and Data Leakage Protection
Preventing Email Data Leakage and Abuse
With the increasing amounts of information transferred by email every day, data theft and leakage have become a growing threat for every corporation. The Forrester Research group indicates that corporate secrets comprise two-thirds of the value of firms' information portfolio. Yet, most companies are still under protected or focus their security budgets on compliance and protection of custodial data (customer personal information) rather than internal information (corporate and product strategy, financial reports). Organizations tend to react to and manage scandals after the fact. They should instead be proactive and protect from data leakage before it happens and before they lose the secrets that generate their revenue. It's very much like buckling on your seat belt a microsecond after impact: unreliable and ineffective.
Protect Corporate Secrets
A corporate lawyer at Meraas Capital in Dubai has been accused of industrial espionage after allegedly revealing inside information about the company to a competitor through email. Another data theft scandal involves Ferrari mechanic who had several hundred technical data email exchanges with McLaren chief designer. Recently, a businessman and Republican gubernatorial hopeful came under fire after sending out racist and trashy emails to friends and colleagues. All these cases have one thing in common: email abuse and data leakage.
Comprehensive Inbound and Outbound Policy Management
Vircom's Policy Management is an add-on module to modusGate™ email security gateway and modusMail™ integrated anti spam mail server. Designed to help protect against data leakage of personal, financial or proprietary information through email, it will:- Allow organizations to protect their valuable information against theft and accidents
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- Policy Management scans both inbound and outbound directions
- Rules examine subject, body and attachments of emails
- Rules use standard dictionaries which can be commercially-available lists of terms specific to a an industry (tax and accounting terms, ICD medical codes and terms) or custom created to fit organisations' precise requirements (project codes, corporate credit card numbers, customer lists)
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Because most data in motion is time sensitive, all emails, including suspect or flagged messages, need to be delivered or moderated quickly. In addition, the variety of content types and confidentiality of information means a single moderator cannot appropriately identify and classify proprietary data, or decide who is allowed to send or receive such material.Policy Management protects your corporate secrets
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In order to expedite message handling, maximize confidentiality and ensure sensitive information is kept secure, each policy can be assigned to a specific moderator that will regulate the flow of intercepted emails. These Policy Managers can administer and moderate a group of policies that apply to specific departments, or policies that apply to a specific topic or type of information. Any message triggering one of the rules making up a policy is handled by any of these actions:
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This group is about sharing iOS (iPhone OS) design and development experiences. Talks include tips, methods, resources, demos, direct community feedback, testers, and mobile sanity checks for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
We get together monthly to share projects, opportunities, and how-tos related to developing for the iPhone. Experienced developers, newcomers, and people with ideas are all welcome. We will be arranging presentations from top iPhone app developers, investors, designers and entrepreneurs. Meetups are relaxed and often adjourn to a nearby gastropub for Got an iPhone project? Come join us! Founded by Alex Cone, CEO of CodeFab LLC, long time iPhone developer and trainer.
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text: Let's face it. We're most of us poor. And frankly, we could use all the help we can get choosing what to spend our hard-earned dough on. That's where Jim Sleeveless, Bargain Bin Hunter comes in. You know how people are always saying "That movie is way better than the book" or "If you've read the book you'll hate the film"? How are we supposed to know the good adaptations from the bad? Why not ask Jim Sleeveless. Equipped with the finest plastic accessories, Jim Sleeveless analyzes all manner of BS Adaptations, struggling to bring forth the diamonds from the sewage.


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On every third Thursday from May through September, Jazz in the Courtyard presents first-class musicians in a wide range of jazz styles. This year's jazz series is dedicated to the memory of long-time Crocker supporter and jazz devotee, Miles Treaster.
With its surprising and highly combustible line-up of two saxophonists and one drummer, this Bay Area-based group has thrilled audiences with inventive, high-energy original compositions and playful on-stage interaction, pushing the limits of their instrumentation to create a huge sound that belies the band's compact size.
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Date: 09-2013 Languages: Eng Platform: PS3 PSN Genre: Adventure Release Info: Share in the epic journey of two brothers, as they set out to find a cure for their dying father. Travel across beautiful vistas, through dark and foreboding forests, down perilous rivers, up hazardous mountain sides and experience the wonders of Nordic mythology along the way. Use the unique control system to control each brother with a stick, for concurrent gameplay throughout the adventure. Use both brothers cooperatively to solve puzzles, explore the environments and in boss encounters. This is one journey you will never forget! Notes: CFW 4.30+ needed > Install game, then install crack and play
Date: 09-2013 Languages: Eng Platform: PS3 PSN Genre: Platformer Release Info: Mickey Mouse returns to star in Castle of Illusion, a fantastical reimagining of the Sega Genesis classic. With all-new HD graphics and gameplay, Castle of Illusion brings Mickey and his world to life in this magical Disney adventure! When the evil witch Mizrabel kidnaps Minnie, it's up to Mickey to brave the dangers of the Castle of Illusion to rescue Minnie. Gather your courage and traverse enchanted forests, take on hordes of rebellious toys and navigate mazes of living books. Play as Mickey and save Minnie from Mizrabel's evil clutches! Notes: CFW 4.30+ needed Install game, then install crack and play
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See What I'm Saying: The Extraordinary Powers of Our Five Senses
by Lawrence D. Rosenblum. W. W. Norton, 2010
Here's some advice for your next job interview: mimic your interviewer's gestures and mannerisms. It may sound odd, but research suggests that people think highly of individuals who mimic them, even though they do not consciously notice the copycatting. Actually, you know what? Forget that I mentioned it—you're probably going to do it anyway. As it turns out, we typically mimic people when we really want them to like us.
This tendency to mimic—and to like being mimicked—stems from the fact that our senses and emotions are intimately and inextricably linked, argues Lawrence D. Rosenblum, a psychologist at the University of California, Riverside. In his new book Rosenblum provides hundreds of fascinating examples of the ways in which our sensory entanglements influence our daily lives and make us, well, us. Not only do our senses influence our emotions and perceptions—they also influence one another and can't really be thought of as separate entities at all.
Ever walked through the office reading a memo? You avoided colliding with the wall in part because you could hear where you were going. What happens if you eat with your eyes shut? Your meal will seem bland, because what we taste is so closely tied to what we see. And when you converse in a noisy crowd, you are really reading your friends' lips rather than hearing what they are saying. "The long-held concept of the perceptual brain being composed of separate sense regions is being overturned," Rosenblum writes. "Your brain seems designed around multisensory input, and much of it doesn't care through which sense information comes."
See What I'm Saying will help you discover abilities you never knew you had, such as perceiving personalities from faces, assessing fertility in potential partners, and locating objects by sensing their vibrations, the way a spider does on its web. When you finally put the book down—which could take a while—you might start experiencing the world in a richer way.


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Personal Statement, Letters of Recommendation
Personal Statement- Applicants submit a personal statement as part of the application process for almost all law schools. The purpose of the personal statement is to give you an opportunity to tell the school important things about yourself that are not addressed or apparent in the application. Admissions committees look for a concise, detailed, well-written statement revealing the applicant's individuality.
Letters of Recommendation- Letters of recommendation are used to demonstrate to an admissions committee that someone else, besides you, thinks you are a qualified candidate for law school. Most law schools require applicants to submit 2-3 letters of recommendation from professors or employers that are familiar with your intellectual abilities and leadership potential.
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"Ballo" is a very classical ballet at high speed. Virtuosic steps at full throttle; it's a very joyful happy, uplifting ballet. The music is so full of energy, it gives you oxygen. It's a wonderful example of Balanchine being more neoclassical and expanding his dance vocabulary." - Merrill Ashley
By Juliana Araújo
As part of the May/June`s double bill, Ballo della Regina was performed this season, along with La Sylphide by the Royal Ballet of London.
On 12 June last, the dancers did a flawless show. This ballet is a masterpiece, and showed us Balanchine`s technique translated into fast steps, focus on the upper body and arabesques performed with dancers facing the public. With breathtaking extensions, the dancers did their steps with an impressive speed, as if their feet were blades striking the floor. Read more here


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my research team has recently bought a 1meter wide carbon fiber frame that can hold 24lbs. since the frame can hold that much we want to be able the carry that much. mulitple gps units, better INS, airborn Lidar, ...ect. So i was seeing if you guys had any suggestions on mottors. i ve been looking at the e-flights and hackers but there on the expessive side. Not that money is an issue its more so is it over kill to have those type of mottors or not?
thanks in advance
I beleive in the power and the opensource community so plase dont take this the wrong way bloggers....
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Does your research team have experience with building large RC aircraft? Have they at least built and master smaller drones before attempting this?Am I getting this right?-You want to carry 24 lbs of very expensive eqp such as lidar yet you want to save a few bucks on some crappy chinese motors. And why would you want to carry the same amount that the ariframe is capable of - thats just not good engineering - you will have weight of motors, ESC's, batteries, power distributions system (plus redundancy) etc that you need to factor in before you can even add the scientifc stuff. Not to mention you want to have some overhead to deal with the gforces associated with moving all of that wight around. Besides you havent described the requirements of the sytsem (what is the desired power to weight ratio?) Id suggest you go with name brands if you want to have any confidence whatsoever.Good practice is starting small and simple and slowly moving to a more complex system and then larger syste, What do you mean by better INS?.
Inertial Navigation System... which is basically a large mechanical precursor to the MEMS IMU.
A 24lb multirotor (*IS* that what you're looking for? You don't specify what type of drone.) is a complex, incredibly expensive undertaking which is probably not necessary, legal, accessible, or wise for the average student research team.
I'm actually in a very similar situation to yours.
My advice: Go make some friends in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Invite them to intern for your lab. Learn as much as you can from them, and continue to read DIYdrones until you've got a bit better grasp of things like 'crashing', 'payload', 'safety', 'funding', and 'complete sentences'.
Obviously INS=ienertial navigation system, but what is meant by better?
Smaller? Cheaper? more precise? lower drift?Complete inegration? And better compared to what exactly?The ARDUIMU, ARDUMEGA IMU +compass + GPS?
thank you for all of your replies.
We are mostly trying to see what it would take to lift that much. We do not plan on lifting 24 lbs. right away nor pushing the frame to its limits. The purpose of this post is to ask the rc community what your suggestions are for motors, batteries, and motor controllers. We want to use the system to do on the fly survey grade photogrammatry.
@Scifly we are currently mastering and smaller version of the quad copter with four 200 series turnigy motors. Better INS meaning in the four figure range, and yes less drift, more precise.
@Ersin Acar we will not have the frame until next week. i will post pictures when we have it. We purchased it from www.rchhobbyhelicopoter.com it is made with 12k German carbon fiber.
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I've been reading Liberty and Tyranny, but I'm only on chapter 4. However, I did take issue with some of Mark's thoughts in chapter 3 regarding faith, etc.
I'm paraphrasing from memory, so please correct me if I'm inaccurate here. Mark seems to think that being an atheist or secularist is at odds with being a conservative as well as being at odds with the Declaration.
I wonder if this is just a problem with using the term "conservative" too broadly. I tend to dislike labeling people as liberal or conservative as those labels tend to overshadow the complex mixture of beliefs and views each unique person has. When people self-describe as one or the other, I wonder if they mean based on fiscal views, social or something else.
Although I'm registered as Independent, I identify mostly as a Libertarian. (i.e. fiscally conservative, but socially liberal) As you can probably guess, I'm also an atheist.


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Triple Layer Brownie Cake Recipe
- 1-1/2 cups butter
- 6 ounces unsweetened chocolate, chopped
- 3 cups sugar
- 5 eggs
- 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1-1/2 cups King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 16 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
- 3 cups heavy whipping cream
- 1/2 cup sugar, optional
- 2 milk chocolate candy bars (1.55 ounces each), shaved
- In a large microwave-safe bowl, melt butter and chocolate; stir until smooth. Stir in sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in vanilla, flour and salt.
- Pour into three greased and floured 9-in. round baking pans. Bake at 350° for 23-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes; remove from pan to a wire rack to cool completely.
- For frosting, melt chocolate in a heavy saucepan over medium heat. Gradually stir in cream and sugar if desired, until well blended. Heat to a gentle boil; boil and stir for 1 minute. Remove from the heat; transfer to a large bowl. Refrigerate for 2-3 hours or until mixture reaches a pudding-like consistency, stirring a few times.
- Beat until soft peaks form. Immediately spread between layers and over top and sides of cake. Sprinkle with shaved chocolate. Store in the refrigerator. Yield: 16-20 servings.
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I haven't tried this Recipe yet but it sounds delicious, and I need a brownie Cake for a very important Client, I have a small home based business myself. Thought I'd share a tip I use all the time. It works Great! The recipe for a small batch is 1/2 cup softened butter, 1/2 cup Crisco, 1/2 cup all purpose flour. Mix till totally blended!!! and WA-LA No stick Easy cake release. I use a paper towel to spread it all around in my cake pans then I suggest using parchment paper on the inside bottom of your cake pans. The cake comes out easily and perfect every time! Good luck & I hope you like the tip :)
Pretty good... Frosting consistency was tough to manage
I'm planning to make this in 2 days for my son's 1st birthday so I can't rate it just yet.. But I have a question, it says keep refrigerated and our parties going to be at a park w no fridge for approx. 2 hrs before we cut the cake and the weather in our area will be in the 70's so will the frosting hold up for that long if not in the sun or will it melt?? If anyone can answer my question who's actually made this cake that would be very helpfull. Thanks.
The secret to getting brownies and any other cake out of the pan is to butter it, wax paper it, then spray it. I run a bakery from my home and found this the best way to get them out easily with very few crumbs every time.
In detail you coat the whole pan with butter or shortening (I like butter), put wax paper on the bottom, then you spray a nice solid coat of Bakers Joy on it. Bakers Joy is like Pam with flour in the mix. Once your brownies are done, grab a cake board, a plate, or a cutting board with a piece of wax paper on it. set it on top of the pan and quickly flip it upside down. If it doesn't fall out on its own then give it a "good downward jerk" as Julia Child would say.
Bakers Joy also works wonders on cupcakes and muffins. Put just butter or shortening on the bottom of each cup in the pan. This holds your paper cups in place. Next spray the inside of the paper cups. This gets rid of the problem where your paper peels off half of your muffin.
I thought there was WAY too much frosting... next time I will cut it in half. Very good though!!!
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The man who an Alberta senior says claimed her rental property as a sovereign "embassy" had a warrant issued for his arrest in Quebec when he stopped showing up in the middle of his assault trial.
Andreas Pirelli, 48, who sources have confirmed also goes by Mario Antonacci, was on trial in Montreal in May 2010 when media reports say he failed to show up and a warrant was issued.
The charges stemmed from a Sept. 20, 2007, incident in which a landlady was allegedly thrown down a flight of stairs and broke several bones.
The man in that case also claimed the landlady's residence was an embassy as part of a sovereign movement, according to reports from the trial.
He and a co-accused faced a number of charges, including aggravated assault, according to the reports.
Alberta senior Rebekah Caverhill has been locked in a two-year battle with Pirelli, who she says identified himself as a follower of the Freemen-on-the-Land movement, changed the locks on the house and has refused to leave.
Caverhill says she has been billed for renovations the man did inside the home and that he had a lien placed on the property.
Pirelli did not respond to an e-mail request from The Canadian Press for a comment on the Quebec warrant. When The Canadian Press asked him about Caverhill's initial allegations, he responded with a warning that he has trademark claims on the name "Andreas Pirelli" and "The First Nations Sovran Embassy of Earth."
A Calgary police official declined to comment on the Quebec warrant. A police spokesman said earlier this week it was consulting with the Alberta Crown prosecutors office about whether criminal charges could be laid in the case.
Meanwhile, in Calgary court Tuesday, Pirelli was ordered to vacate Caverhill's rental property by 12:01 a.m. Saturday.
A representative for Pirelli appeared before Court of Queen's Bench Master Judith Hanebury. A master is a judicial official that handles matters in civil court that would otherwise fall to a judge.
The man initially refused to give his name in court.
"He (Andreas Pirelli) is in lockdown," the man said. "This has been turned into an international incident. There have been several thousand death threats."
"What is your birth name?" Hanebury asked. "I want the name on your birth certificate."
The man replied: "I'm not that name."
Hanebury ruled he was not eligible to appear on behalf of Pirelli.
"I can't hear from you if you won't give your name," she said and approved an eviction order.
Nobody answered when the Herald twice knocked on the door of the Parkdale home late Tuesday afternoon, even though a man had earlier walked up to the entrance and had been welcomed inside by somebody else.
Occasionally, somebody inside the home poked their head out of drawn curtains and pointed a camera at a reporter and photographer standing outside.
The front door of the duplex unit is covered with literature. One document states that it is the schedule of fees that "mi'kmaq tribal people" will charge on behalf of Pirelli and many other people whose names are listed as registered trademarks.
The fees for "services/costs incurred" include $1 million for unauthorized use of the allegedly trademarked names and $500,000 each for kidnapping and rape.
Greg Habstritt, a real estate investor who lives in the neighbourhood, said he has become familiar with movements similar to Freemen-on-the-Land after researching monetary policy and the banking system as part of his job. He said people behind these movements tout outlandish theories, including that the U.S. Federal Reserve is a conspiracy.
"When you start digging into the banking system and the financial systems and currency, you don't go very far before you start to hear the theories around the money system is controlled by the elite; those kinds of things," he said.
Habstritt, who has taught thousands of people around the world about finance and investment strategies, said these movements tend to be borne out of economic unrest. People become frustrated and unhappy with their government, he said, and they are drawn to underground movements.
The Law Society of British Columbia and B.C. Notaries have both issued warnings about Freemen. In a bulletin last year, the society said the group may number as many as 30,000 in Canada.
RCMP and the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police are developing awareness materials for front-line officers and the movement is the subject of upcoming policing seminars in Vancouver and Toronto.
The FBI considers the movement a domestic terror threat in the U.S. but a Freemen-on-the-Land spokesman told The Canadian Press earlier this month that violence is not advocated and has no place in the movement.
Mauro Martina, who lives near the occupied Parkdale apartment, expressed disbelief at the idea that a landlord could be made to feel helpless in the face of a tenant who has flouted rental rules — ignoring an evacuation order, refusing to pay rent in full — after contacting authorities.
Martina, whose family owns income properties in Calgary, wondered what he would do if presented with similar circumstances. He said the Pirelli case has exposed a need for greater protections for landlords. But he was relieved to hear that a court had issued an evacuation order.
Habstritt, a longtime real estate investor, said landlords who draft strong lease agreements that explicitly state the tenant's expectations can make a good case before the courts when those terms are violated.
Though he was unaware of the details surrounding Caverhill's protracted battle with Pirelli, he said too many landlords do not take enough steps to protect themselves and their properties.
Landlords, he said, often rely on the idea that "people are good. And for the most part, that's true. But, unfortunately, not all are."
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Record of Protected Structures (RPS) Publication
Project Aim
The aim of this project was to provide information on the record of protected structures in Cork City and to produce a guideline to explain and illustrate the reasons and rationale behind designating protected buildings.
Project Details and Results
A desk top study was undertaken to review the existing information on protected structures. This information was collated into a short user friendly publication. Topics covered included:
• Definition of a Protected Structure, curtilage, Record of Protected Structures etc
• Works and Planning – Myths and facts on works that can be done, obligations on owners, planning procedures etc
• Advice and Assistance – Financial assistance, insurance, principles of good conservation and best practice
• Protected Structures in Cork – Examples in Cork City that are protected under categories such as historical, cultural, social and artistic etc
This publication was widely distributed and is also be available on the Cork City Council website.
Bat Box at the Lough Project
Project Aim
This project aims to enhance roosting availability for bats around The Lough and to raise public awareness of the importance of this site for bats in Cork City.
Project Details and Results
The project involved the following elements:
• Siting, erection & monitoring of 15 Schwegler bat boxes on trees around The Lough.
The work for this project was carried out by the voluntary not for profit Cork County Bat Group. They have also undertaken to monitor and manage the bat boxes and to undertake public awareness events at The Lough including bat detector walks for the Lifelong Learning Festival, Biodiversity Week and Heritage Week.
Cork Heritage Open Day 2008
Project Aim
The aim of this project was to raise awareness of Cork City's built heritage and history by allowing members of the public fee access to 36 buildings in the Cork City region. These are buildings that would either charge a fee or else not be open to the public.
Project Details and Results
This project has been run very successfully during Heritage Week over the last 4 years. It started off as an event for Cork City European Capital of Culture but due to its enormous popularity is was decided to continue running the event. Over the last 4 years nearly 15,000 visits have been made to the various buildings participating in the event.
In 2008 the event highlighted Cork's hugh cultural and religious diversity reflected in the number of churches in the city. In addition a feature was made of Cork City's historic plaques, a small but often overlooked part of the Heritage of the city. A number of new buildings agreed to participate this year including the Cork City Circuit Courthouse, Beamish and Crawford Brewery, Maud Cotter house and studio, Skiddy's Almshouse and the old Pavilion Cinema now a nightclub. 2008 also saw the return of buildings such as Elizabeth Fort, Blackrock Castle and the Civic Trust House, Pope's Quay.
A detailed "Cork Heritage Open Day 2008" brochure was designed and produced. This booklet gave information on every building open on the day, a map and suggested walking routes for the visitors to the building. Posters were also produced and hung in local libraries, credit unions and other public places.
The dedicated Cork Heritage Open Day website Cork City
www.corkheritageopenday.ie was updated to advertise the event and this page was linked to the Failte Ireland website and other organisations from the Heritage Forum.
A series of adverts were placed in local publications such as Cork Independent and Whazon. In addition radio adverts appeared in 96 FM in the week leading up to the day. A series of press releases were also issued in relation to Cork Heritage Open Day.
Feedback from the public and the buildings owners alike has been very positive. The numbers attending the event was greatly increased with an estimated increase of 10% on average in all the buildings.
Discover Cork School's History Project – City Edition
Project Aim
The aim of this project was to encourage students at both primary and post primary level to become familiar with local heritage and history and to learn its value in their lives through participating in either an individual or group heritage project.
Project Details and Results
This project has been run in Cork City for many years on a voluntary basis. In more recent times the project was co-funded by the Cork Civic Trust, Cork City Council and the Heritage Council as an action of the Cork City Heritage Plan (2007-2012). In Media sponsorship for this project was obtained through the Evening Echo and some of the prizes are sponsored by Iarnrod Eireann.
The project runs from September to March every year. Every school in the Cork City area is contacted by post and a follow up call to encourage as many schools as possible to participate in the project. A series of articles and photos are run in the Evening Echo to publicise the event. The closing date for submissions of application forms is the end of September with training workshops in mid to late November. School visits take place in mid January and the project must be submitted by the school in late February. A working group from the Heritage Forum and interested and appropriate individuals are part of the judging panel. The prize giving event takes place in March where all the participating schools and pupils are invited to attend the awards in the City Hall.
The 2007/2008 project was very successful with 834 students participating and 305 projects being submitted from all across the city. A series of facilitated workshops for students and teachers were carried out and a number of school visits were made by the project coordinator to assist students and teachers in compiling their projects.
Over 3000 pupils, teachers and parents attended the prizegiving at the Millennium Hall in Cork City which was presided over by the then Lord Mayor Cll Dónal Counihan.
The project was also re-branded to the Cork City Heritage Project in 2008 and it is hoped to extend the scope and breadth of the project to include new topics such as natural heritage and a wider variety of cultural heritage projects.


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Doors 10:00 PM / Show 10:30 PM
This event is 18 and over
Sinful Burlesque's Hellacious Halloween Spook-Tacular!
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Saint Louis's BEST and MOST FUN Burlesque Troupe is back at Cicero's and its going to be one HELL of a show!!!
Taking inspiration from Halloween Classics and throwing a Devilish twist on some movies you wouldn't expect this will be a night FILLED with BURLESQUE, VAUDEVILLE, ZOMBIE Cheerleaders, Chainsaw Wielding Folks from Texas, Skeletons on Parade, Talking Dolls and SO Much More!
Hosted by the "Devil" Himself Boss Kaos and featuring acts from Acydia Rayne, Ivy Lynx, Ginger Lane, Dylan Wolfe, Miss Coochie Capone, Miguel Scott, Phoenyx Rayne, Red Velvet, Sophie De Sade, Songstress Sugar Siren and TONS more!!
There will be both an 8pm and 10pm performance of the show and tickets have ALREADY begun to sell so get yours early before they sell out!!
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36 year old male
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height 5'9"
B.F.%: ? suspect about 18%
Due to flat feet problems, I can't really do jogging or treadmill for cardio, but can do a lot of ellipitcal with resistance without problems.
Currently, do about 65 minutes of elliptical 3x/week. Calorie burn about 800.
AM: 1 Greek Yogurt, 1 omelette (1 whole egg and 2 egg whites) with a little "light" shredded cheese
Lunch: 1/3 pound deli turkey, mustard, 1-2 handfuls of mini carrots, some pop chips, and about 10-15 almonds.
PM: Various chicken, fish, or turkey meatballs meals. Wife cooks with low fat, very easy oil. Suspect each meal is about 400-600 cal max.
A few snacks from time to time. Some M&m's, low butter popcorn, pop chips, a lot of the low-fat string cheese.
I suspect calorie intake right about 1700.
So, I am dropping weight, most weeks. I do lift weights about twice a week. Not doing legs currently since fatigued from all the resistance on the elliptical.
Try to train abs 2-3x/week. A little circuit of abdominal exercises for at least 10 minutes each time.
Question: I am really trying to get the fat off the abs. If I continue the above, continue some weight training, and continue doing some ab workout, will that be good enough?
Any suggestions appreciated.
On workout days I take additional Gold Whey. I use Xtend during workouts/elliptical.