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Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Where's The Obama Bounce?
With that in mind, I can't help but notice that the RCP tracking average today, now has the race the closest it has been since the beginning of June. Also, the two daily outfits, Gallup and Rasmussen, both show an Obama uptick during the tour, which quickly faded, the race tightening. I find that strange, given the little negative feedback for Obama, plus the fact McCain can't seem to get any traction.
What the numbers do suggest, Obama's foreign tour amounted to little in the end, which wasn't quite the plan. Now, I'm not getting excited, and I fully realize the state polls (although they get OUTDATED very quickly, with the infrequent findings), but a noteworthy development, that suggests this race is still wide open, a Democrat never a sure thing, no matter the circumstances.
30 comments:
- Anonymous said...
The real Obama bounce will emerge shortly after the Denver convention. Given McCain's ability to shoot himself in the foot many times, it will probably be irreversible.
- 4:45 PM, July 30, 2008
- Steve V said...
The conventions tend to cancel each other out historically.
- 4:55 PM, July 30, 2008
- Anonymous said...
I agree with your overall analysis, but I personally never expected a bump. I think the purpose of the trip was genuinely two-fold:
1) To see Afghanistan and Iraq first-hand and to meet some leaders there and in Europe to get a sense of the current situation and current relationships. I'm not saying there was not a political aspect - clearly there is a campaign underway - but I do think it was genuinely a productive effort.
2) Just to show Obama's reception and effectiveness on the world stage. With the trip, his campaign has eliminated in one swoop the argument that would have been lingering out there about whether he could "handle himself" on the world stage. Even now a week later it seems ludicrous to see that as an effective argument against him. But, without the trip and without the images of that trip in the mind of the public, the question would be there and would certainly have been raised. Now it won't be or, if it is, they'll have the images and the sound-bites ready to respond.
That is not to say that there cannot be differences in policies. There will be, but Obama's campaign has eliminated the starter question in many voter's minds, which is could he hit the ground running.
Getting that done now frees up energies for tackling the domestic situation as the election moves into the autumn, which is where the election will be won or lost.
I do not think Obama has it in the bag, nor have I ever. And I think McCain is smart to get out his paintbrushes to try to make this election about Obama and his "presumptive arrogance." It may be a bit shallow and without a lot of substance - and ultimately not important since results not image are what actually make change in a nation - but I think it is a smart tactic for McCain to employ.
Of one more important note, the USA Today / Gallup numbers are a bit of an outlier. Did you know that during those very same dates (polling call dates), Gallup conducted a larger stand-alone poll that showed Obama up 9. Now I think that is an outlier as well. But in the RCP averages, they drop an old poll as soon as a new one from the same organization is completed. So now the Gallup poll just shows up 6.
The point being that without the one McCain +5 poll you would be seeing Obama averaging about +4 which is pretty consistent with where things have been for the past two months.
It is summer in the US as well. The September polls are what will matter in getting a real sense of the trajectory this race is taking.
Everything now is just pre-positioning and testing arguments . . . and creating the images they want to carry them into the fall.
- 4:57 PM, July 30, 2008
- JimBobby said...
Whooee! I reckon that for a lot o' Merkans, bein' popular among Yerpeans is a negative. Red necks, white socks, Blue Ribbon beer and freedom fries.
- 5:02 PM, July 30, 2008
- Steve V said...
"The point being that without the one McCain +5 poll you would be seeing Obama averaging about +4 which is pretty consistent with where things have been for the past two months."
I agree, but it still leaves no bounce. I suppose you could argue the trip shored up Obama's internals on international experience and leadership, which might bear fruit later, but I honestly expected a bit more of a sustained uptick, because really, this was a candidate's wet dream, the coverage embarrassing, the equivalent of 100 million in free advertising.
- 5:04 PM, July 30, 2008
- Northern PoV said...
We all perceive this from our Canadian context which is ..we can't quite believe the gov't our neighbors have given themselves lately. Obama SHOULD be at like 75%.
McCain will be very hard to beat.
Not because he is a good or strong candidate. GW Bush was also weak but they both have a right wing machine behind them that operates successfully on so many levels: economic, media, voting manipulation, legal etc.
McCain gaffes don't register with the media or the public - they expect them so they ignore them.
Like Reagan, he gets "a pass".
Amerika does not normally elect Democrats ...Without Ross Perot, Bill Clinton would never have been President.
- 5:06 PM, July 30, 2008
- Anonymous said...
Steve, I hear you and actually agree.
The main difference we have is you expected to see a bump. I didn't.
I lived in the US for big chunk of my life, part of it in DC.
I just didn't expect images of Obama in Europe would move any polling numbers in the US.
They might eliminate basic questions or lessen attacks on ability to be on the world stage, but they weren't going to gain any converts. There is a good 45% of the US (with swings either way depending on the mood) who have visible animosity to "what the world thinks."
If he had fallen on his face, that might have moved numbers against him. But otherwise, it is pretty much status quo - particularly given the domestic situation which is front and center.
- 5:13 PM, July 30, 2008
- Steve V said...
Agreed. We do tend to look at this from the Canadian perspective, and sometimes we fail to realize that Democrats are always an underdog, no matter the seemingly favorable circumstances. McCain is tough, independents do like him, his approvals are right there with Obama, it would take little for this thing to sway his way.
Anyways, I keep telling myself not to read anything into the race until Labor Day, but I did think Obama would sustain something here in the lead up to the real race.
- 5:16 PM, July 30, 2008
- Steve V said...
Yes, and I see why you wouldn't expect one. The only reason I did here, I think it represented Obama's biggest opportunity to have the stage alone, all the anchors salivating in tow, his image plastered, thinking something should stick.
- 5:17 PM, July 30, 2008
- Anonymous said...
Steve Obama's immense ego has made this election a referendum on Obama. This election should be about how the Republicans have governmed for hte last 8 years, but Obama has made this all about him. He has high positives but he also has high very strong negatives. Hubris has been the tragic flaw since the beginning of Western intellectual thought.
Obama can't contain his hubris and it doesn't even come with a reume to back it up. There's nothing mysterious about this at all. The arrogance label and some questions about his war record sunk Kerry. So last week Obama goes out and has a tour where he pretends he's already President and ignores injured troops. No mystery.
It's like the debates. The press always says Obama won and then the polls and people say otherwise. The US political press have lost all credibiity on this race.
- 5:20 PM, July 30, 2008
- Steve V said...
I don't think his negatives are really that strong, relative to others in the past. I do agree, this arrogant sense is taking hold, and people would be wise to notice the Reps are starting to use the theme. The last thing a Dem needs is the perception of assumption, so expect some humble moments for Obama, if they're smart.
- 5:40 PM, July 30, 2008
- Blues Clair said...
Steve V, maybe there was no bounce but it might of stopped Obama's month long slide.
Also I think this might be important;
"We believe every day we talk about national security is a good day for John McCain,"
- McCain strategist.
- 5:40 PM, July 30, 2008
- Blues Clair said...
Also I would say if McGaffe gains a lead in the polls and becomes front runner, the press will be scrutinizing the Maverick Senator much closer, which might not be a such a good thing.
- 5:53 PM, July 30, 2008
- Anonymous said...
"Without Ross Perot, Bill Clinton would never have been President."
That is actually a myth. Before Perot re-entered the race in 1992, Clinton was leading by Bush by a huge margin in all the polls. If anything Perot took anti-Bush votes away from Clinton and made the 1992 election closer than it would otherwise have been.
- 6:18 PM, July 30, 2008
- Steve V said...
Thanks for the link, fair point for sure.
I buy that myth wholeheartedly, and you omit the fact that Perot was attacking Bush, which weakened him, another factor that helped Clinton.
- 6:43 PM, July 30, 2008
- Anonymous said...
Bush didn't need anymore attacking, he was already one of the most unpopular incumbent presidents in history. With Perot in the race it just meant that Bush-haters had two choices instead of one. The exit polls all showed that Perot voters would have split down the middle had he not been on the ballot and Clinton would have still won easily.
- 6:59 PM, July 30, 2008
- Steve V said...
I remember that campaign well, and Perot was primarily focused on Bush, which any fair observer would have to admit helped Clinton. And, if you look where Perot took votes away from Bush, you see that his presence was anything but meaningless.
- 7:09 PM, July 30, 2008
- Anonymous said...
"Perot was primarily focused on Bush, which any fair observer would have to admit helped Clinton."
Call me an unfair observer, but it seems to me that when you have two people both attacking Bush - you give anti-Bush people two people to split their vote between.
Similarly, if in the next federal election, Dion, Layton, Duceppe and May all just attack the Conservatives - seems to me that the beneficiary is Harper because the people who hate him are presented with four options in terms of how to register their distaste for him.
- 7:20 PM, July 30, 2008
- Steve V said...
"Call me an unfair observer, but it seems to me that when you have two people both attacking Bush - you give anti-Bush people two people to split their vote between."
Actually, you give those disaffected with Bush, primarily fiscal conservatives, somewhere to land, that wouldn't otherwise exist.
Anyways, back to this century...
- 7:24 PM, July 30, 2008
- Steve V said...
A new poll (here I go), although this caveat is accurate:
""You should treat polls at this stage of the game as you would a scoreboard in the third inning of a baseball game -- both show you who is ahead at the moment, not who will win the game," Holland said"
What was interesting, no movement for Obama on the internals after the trip:
"The new survey also suggests the trip -- carefully designed to burnish Obama's foreign policy credentials -- did little to alter voters' perceptions of how the Illinois senator would handle national security issues. Watch more on summer polls »
"Did Obama's trip help his standing with the public on foreign policy issues? Not really," CNN Polling Director Keating Holland said. "Obama has not picked up any ground against McCain on foreign issues and some 52 percent think McCain would do a better job than Obama on the war in Iraq -- virtually the same number who felt that way in April."
- 7:37 PM, July 30, 2008
- bigcitylib said...
Jimbobby's got a point. The Germans and French have exactly zero votes in this election. Obama should be touring Missouri eating pork rinds.
Who was the English atheist wrote a letter to the folks in a particular state telling them that they had to vote Kerry (Dawkins?)? They say he carried that state for Bush.
- 7:39 PM, July 30, 2008
- Blues Clair said...
Maybe so BigCityLib, but i'm sure many Americans welcomed the sight of one their political leaders being warmly (to put it mildly) recieved on foreign shores. Which builds on Obama message of hope (no matter dopey and cringe inducing that word may be to some, it worked for Mr. Clinton).
- 8:04 PM, July 30, 2008
- Antonio said...
the foriegn trip wasnt good at all steve
all it did was get him compared to paris hilton...
john kerry was also the favorite of european voters...
alot of good that did
- 9:48 PM, July 30, 2008
- the election man said...
Before the fall, the Dems always have a lead in the polls.
Kerry was way up.
Dukakis was too.
Carter when he lost.
What should concern Obama supporters (aside from the fact that he has literally NO qualifications, no real accomplishments and has perhaps the greatest gap between his hubris and his resume in living memory),
is how slim Obama's lead is given the fawing press and the historical slide in the polls for the Dems.
McCain is perhaps one of the most accomplished politicians in living memory. His courage (and no not just the life and death kind, but his political courage in crossing the isle and pissing off his own party to do what's right) is unparalleled.
Obama's nice speaking style will take him to mid-August, then substance kicks in and it will be a free fall from there.
McCain landslide in November.
- 9:55 PM, July 30, 2008
- Anonymous said...
Actually that is not true. In 1968, Nixon seemed headed for a landslide and then Humphrey closed the gap at the last minute.
More recently Bush was leading Gore by a wide margin in virtually all the polls over the late Spring and Summer of 2000 - two days before the 2000 election Bush was ahead of Gore by an average of 5% and a lot of pundits were predicting a Bush blow-out - it was actually a big surprise that Gore actually got more votes than Bush in the end.
- 10:00 PM, July 30, 2008
- Steve V said...
I can see the reasoning for the trip, it was a strategy to mute McCain's only real advantage. I'm not saying it was a failure by any stretch, only that for all the hoopla, little movement.
- 11:28 PM, July 30, 2008
- Red Tory said...
Maybe it was just me, but it seemed that the "unprecedented coverage" became the story. Watching a lot of cable TV throughout the day, this was non-stop. Is the media biased? How biased is the media? Is the "liberal media" in the tank for Obama? And so on. Then of course there was McCain whining and complaining at every opportunity, with the networks bending over backwards trying to look "fair and balanced" and so covering his asinine stops at the Sausage Haus or going with him as he pretended to load up a grocery cart, etc., then giving him tit-for-tat interviews and analyzing each of his churlish attack ads. Even the speech in Berlin that should have been a pretty amazing event by any measure after years of supposed "anti-Americanism" just seemed to arouse the suspicions of a lot of American voters, it seems (something I'd predicted, sadly). If those socialist wussies over there in Europe like him… well, then that just makes him seem more "foreign" and "risky". Urgh. I could go on, but it's too depressing. The stupidity of the American electorate is matched only by that of the puerile, completely useless press corps that covers these marathons of idiocy.
- 12:26 AM, July 31, 2008
- Anonymous said...
Obama has a 7 point lead in the CNN poll out today and he has a 12 point lead in a Research 2000 poll released over the weekend. He did just fine. Oh, and he had a great town hall in Missouri today. He's back on the campaign trail in full force.
- 1:07 AM, July 31, 2008
- Anonymous said...
you may want to check out the Gallup and rasmusson's daily tracking,
both of which are showing Obama's gap narrowing.
- 8:24 AM, July 31, 2008
- Anonymous said...
we can argue polls all we want,
but you can't argue with the fact that Obama's paper thin.
In the end substance will win out, especially now that the creepy "Obama makes me FEEEEL so good, so I'll scream out for him" emotive, cult like following is being exposed.
He's a fad.
McCain landslide.
- 8:26 AM, July 31, 2008


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – After a week that saw the Harvard men's hockey team pick up two wins and three valuable league points, senior forward Marshall Everson was named ECAC Hockey Player of Week, the league announced Tuesday. The award is Harvard's fifth weekly league award this season and first Player of the Week nod.
Everson scored five goals in three games last week. He netted a pair of goals in a 7-4 upset of No. 11/13 Boston University in the Beanpot consolation game and then made it two straight games with two goals, scoring a pair in a 4-1 win over Colgate, including the game-winning tally. He struck for third straight game in a 2-2 tie with Cornell. Everson finished the week rated +3 and is now tied for the team lead in goals on the season with 10. He enters the penultimate weekend of ECAC regular season action riding a four-game point streak, one shy of his career best stretch.
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Rendon's four RBIs lead Nationals' rout of Phils
WASHINGTON -- The Nationals have spent the last several games searching for some kind of power and offense, which they've been missing since Ryan Zimmerman went down with a hamstring injury on July 22. Anthony Rendon gave them plenty of both on Saturday night.
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WASHINGTON -- The Nationals have spent the last several games searching for some kind of power and offense, which they've been missing since Ryan Zimmerman went down with a hamstring injury on July 22. Anthony Rendon gave them plenty of both on Saturday night.
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Everything started early for both Rendon and the Nationals (59-49), leaders in the National League East. He got an RBI single in the first, added the game-breaking three-run homer in the second plus drilled a double in the fourth as Washington jumped to an 11-0 lead over the Phillies (49-62) after four innings.
Rendon led an offense that saw everyone in the starting lineup get at least one hit. The Nationals also went 7-for-15 with runners in scoring position, coming up with a number of key hits during their early surge, which they hadn't done well lately.
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Newly acquired infielder Asdrubal Cabrera and catcher Wilson Ramos each also finished with two hits. The only Nationals player in the starting lineup who didn't knock in a run was Zimmermann. But he certainly helped out with a 1-for-2 game with two walks and a run scored. It could have been better if Phillies center fielder Marlon Byrd hadn't robbed Zimmermann by making a running catch of his two-out liner with two on in the third.
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"I felt good; these guys gave me some runs early," Zimmermann said. "I was able to settle in, just throw strikes and let the defense work."
Phillies starter A.J. Burnett (6-11) had a tougher time, lasting just 1 2/3 innings, allowing five runs on three hits before home-plate umpire Chris Guccione threw him out one pitch after Rendon's three-run homer. The right-hander appeared to make some kind of wave toward Guccione after throwing a pitch to Jayson Werth, and the umpire quickly tossed the pitcher.
Manager Ryne Sandberg also got thrown out as the arguing became heated for a few minutes.
"It was one of those things where he felt I showed [him] up in front of 40,000 people," Burnett said. "I try not to make [arguing] too obvious, but he felt that way and that was it."
The offense started quickly for Washington when Span singled and stole second in the first, followed by Rendon's RBI single for a 1-0 lead. Span added a sacrifice fly in the second before Rendon belted his three-run homer to make it 5-0.
Washington added another run in the third before scoring five runs on seven hits in the fourth. Five hitters each drove in a run in that inning, all off Phillippe Aumont, who came in for Burnett in the second.
Aumont was scheduled to lead off in the fifth, and the Phillies appeared to be trying to get him to finish the fourth so they wouldn't have to waste a pitcher or an at-bat in that inning, but they pulled him after Wilson Ramos made it 11-0 on an RBI single with two outs.
The Nationals now have to face tough left-hander Cole Hamels in the series finale on Sunday, but they want to keep the offensive punch from this game going.
"Hopefully, it can carry over," Span said.
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Airshows have endured many setbacks in their long U.S. history—but no single season has brought as much adversity as 2013.
First, the federal budget sequester grounded the Blue Angels and Thunderbirds as well as military demonstration aircraft for the entire season, and their pullout led organizers to cancel 63 shows, roughly 20 percent of the U.S. total. Since the scrubbed shows were among the season's larger events, total airshow attendance and revenue fell disproportionately—by some estimates more than 50 percent.
Then, on June 22, veteran wing-walker Jane Wicker and pilot, Charlie Schwenker, were killed in a nightmarish accident in Dayton, Ohio. Video of the fiery crash was broadcast repeatedly on national newscasts and replayed hundreds of thousands of times on the Web. Wicker's loss was felt keenly by fellow airshow performers, among whom she was a popular, respected, and encouraging personality.
Finally, near the end of the season, the FAA announced its intention to impose major fees for ATC services at aviation events large and small. The Experimental Aircraft Association was billed $450,000 for services at EAA AirVenture that used to be free, and EAA paid the bill while it challenges the FAA policy in federal court. Smaller events such as local airshows and aerobatic contests also face new FAA charges.
Any one of these developments would have been a major blow—but taken together they put into question the viability of future airshows and whether they can continue in their current form.
"Before 2012 the formula for airshow success was pretty straightforward," said John Cudahy, president of the International Council of Air Shows in Leesburg, Va. "Get a jet team, and fill in with a diverse group of performers. If you've got the Rolling Stones, the warm-up band isn't all that critical. But that formula doesn't work without the main attraction."
Lacking the draw of a military jet team, corporate sponsors pull out, and an airshow's economic foundation collapses.
"If the military isn't coming, you don't get the sponsors, the revenue, or the concessions," Cudahy said.
Major regional events such as the Navy's "fleet week" celebrations in San Francisco and New York City, which traditionally draw more than 300,000 visitors each, weren't held at all in 2013.
Looking ahead, it's unclear when the Blue Angels and Thunderbirds, or popular single-aircraft demonstrations such as F-16s or A-10s will return. The deadlock surrounding the sequester appears more entrenched than ever, and military flight demonstration teams are a relatively small pawns in a far larger philosophical, economic, and political standoff.
"We make our case as forcefully as we can," Cudahy said. "But the politics of the sequester are being played out at such a high level in government that it's easy for airshows to get overlooked."
But while the big U.S. airshows that depend on mass market appeal have suffered from the loss of military support, small shows—the ones that never had a chance of attracting a jet team—did relatively well in 2013.
Events like "Thunder Over Michigan," "Wings Over Houston," and the Commemorative Air Force's annual "Airsho" in Midland, Texas, draw significant numbers of aviation enthusiasts who know and appreciate the largely historical aircraft featured at these events.
Also, civilian formation teams like the Black Diamond Jet Team, which use L-39 jets, Team AeroDynamix, which flies the RV series of kit airplanes, and the AeroShell Aerobatic Team, which consists of four T-6s, take on a new significance in the absence of military teams.
The high-profile deaths of Wicker and Schwenker created a public perception that airshow accidents were on the rise, so it may seem surprising that there were fewer fatal crashes in 2013 than any year a decade ago. There were 3.4 fatal accidents per year in the mid-2000s and fewer than two accidents a year in the last six years.
"People who come to airshows don't expect to see accidents and they don't want to see accidents," Cudahy said. "They're terrible for spectators, organizers, and performers alike."
In response to new economic realities, airshow performers are altering their marketing, and their routines to appeal to a broader audience.
Greg Koontz, an aerobatic pilot, brings his "Alabama Boys" comedy routine to about 20 airshows annually. He's also focusing on smaller airshows and has begun sharing the financial risk with some of them.
"If a two-day event gets rained out for one day, I won't charge for the day we don't fly," he said. "The small shows are taking a risk, and I'm willing to share the risks along with the rewards."
Koontz also teaches aerobatic flying to fly-in guests at his private airfield in northern Alabama, and he sells airplanes for American Champion. If airshow bookings decline, he devotes more time and effort to his other related business ventures.
"I'm a scrapper," Koontz says. "I teach, run a bed and breakfast, do airshows, and sell airplanes. They're all complementary."
John Klatt, also a veteran aerobatic performer, regards the 2013 season as an anomaly and says airshows are too deeply ingrained in the American psyche to ever go away. Klatt is building a new aircraft that he plans to unveil at the International Council of Airshows convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, in December.
"Airshows are deeply embedded in our culture—and they're very important for inspiring people and bringing them into aviation," Klatt said. "I'm making a big investment in the future of airshows with my new airplane, and that's the kind of thing it's going to take to capture people's imaginations."
"Airshows have been part of the fabric of this country since the barnstorming days," he said. "Airshows will evolve, but they're not going away."
Cudahy said he's convinced that the airshow industry will adapt with a series of new offerings. They may be different venues, new aircraft, or altered economic models—but airshows will be forced to reinvent themselves, sequester or not.
"I'm optimistic that we can create quality entertainment that attracts large numbers of people with or without the jet teams. The capacity is there. I trust the creativity and the entrepreneurial spirit of the airshow industry."


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Steubenville School Superintendent, 3 Others Indicted in Rape Case - ABC News
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A Steubenville, Ohio, school superintendent and three other adults were indicted today by a grand jury investigating whether other laws were broken in the case of a 16-year-old girl who was raped last year by two high school football players.
The crime rocked the eastern Ohio mining community, which was plagued with allegations of a cover-up by school officials and coaches. The crime also garnered national attention partly because the events were documented by those present and widely shared on social media.
"People made bad choices and the grand jury said there are repercussions," Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine said at a news conference today to announce the four latest indictments, which he said were expected to be the last in the case.
Among those charged today was Michael McVey, Steubenville City Schools superintendent, who faces charges of tampering with evidence, obstruction of justice and falsification.
Matthew Belerdine, a volunteer football coach, was charged with allowing underage drinking, obstructing official business, falsification and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
Also indicted were Lynnett Gorman, principal of Pugliese Elementary School, and Seth Fluharty, a wrestling coach at Steubenville High School. Both were charged with failure to report child abuse.
"It took a long time to get all the information the grand jury needed so they could make their decisions. Barring any newly discovered evidence, I believe the grand jury's work is done," DeWine said.
The four adults are expected to appear in Jefferson County Common Pleas Court on Dec. 6. They have not yet entered a plea.
The first indictment issued by the grand jury was handed up in October against William Rhinaman, 53, the director of technology for Steubenville City Schools. He faces charged of tampering with evidence, obstructing justice, obstructing official business and perjury, according to the indictment.
Rhinaman's daughter was also indicted on theft and charges of receiving stolen property, which are unrelated to the rape case, according to The Associated Press. Both have entered not guilty pleas.
In March, Steubenville High School football players Trent Mays, 17, and Ma'lik Richmond, 16, were both found delinquent -- the juvenile court equivalent of guilty -- of the digital penetration of an intoxicated 16-year-old girl. Digital penetration is legally defined as rape in Ohio.
Mays and Richmond were both sentenced to at least one year in juvenile jail and could be held until they are 21 years old. Mays was sentenced to an additional year for a charge related to distributing nude images of a minor.
"Teenagers and alcohol-fueled parties, absent adults, bad decisions, acts of violence ... they're not unique to this community," DeWine said. "How do you hold kids accountable if you don't hold the adults accountable?"


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Star Trek is just a few short months away, and this film has its fair share of hunks! Eric Bana as Romulan Nero, Simon Pegg as Scotty, Anton Yelchin as Chekov, John Cho as Sulu, Chris Pine as James T. Kirk, and Zachary Quinto as Spock. Other hotties have speckled the film and are newer to the screen. (As the previews hint, we will at least get to see a steamy scene with Chris Pine in his underwear. Something I am sure most of us will be waiting for.)
Trekkie, or normal citizen, the new Star Trek has us waiting in excitement. The action, makeup, and CGI appear to be breath-taking. Take a peek for yourself!


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Photographer Christian Vizl has shared "Finding Yourself", a video of a photo shoot with freediver Maca Benitez in a Mexican cenote. Directed by Alex Luke, the film explains Christian's vision for the images, and then shows him creating them. It forms part of his project to create a collection of images from the cenotes, with a view of eventually producing a book.


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I don't see a picture, but the timing mark on 1968 and earlier balancers is in line with the crankshaft keyway. In 1969, the timing mark was rotated about 10 to 12 degrees toward the Advance (A) mark.Ed
Thanks Ed, the keyway to TDC relationships you describe are consistent wtih the '67 and '69 balancers I have. The '67 is pictured on the left wtih the '69 on the right. The '69 has the 7708 stamping, while the '67 has a '1' and a '7', although the numbers appear to be inverted to one another? What is the coding on a '67 supposed to be? Both balancers appear to have similar cast in 'codes' on the rear inside...
John, I'm sure Chevrolet had some reason for changing the keyway / TDC index marking between '68 and '69, but it's not obviuos why they did so?? Can you shed some light on that?


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It looks like there really may be no turning back now. RadarOnline is reporting that Teen Mom star Jenelle Evans and Courtland Rogers are married after two months of dating. Two months. If it's true, can't say that I'm surprised. Actually, I kind of expected it.
With that said though, I really just think that this girl has gone off the deep end. Something tells me that Courtland is not a good influence. The man's got the world's most messed up tattoo, for Pete's sake. Something else tells me that if the rumored "shotgun wedding" at the Brunswick County courthouse did take place, then Jenelle really MAY be pregnant, even if she denies it.
Man do I pray for that hypothetical child.
Jenelle is "so in love" that she has to tell everyone on Facebook intimate details about her relationship. She's going with Courtland to get new tattoos. She's surrounded by controversy about whether or not she's stopped abusing drugs. She's tweeting about heading to the doctor early in the morning just looking to stir a reaction from her fans and followers. Plain and simple: Jenelle's ridiculousness is at an all-time high, and well, her actions have been even more out of control since Courtland came into the picture.
Can you even imagine bringing a new baby into this sort of toxic environment? I won't completely write off Courtland's ability to take care of a child because, well, we haven't seen him in action yet. But in my eyes, Jenelle just needs time to figure out what it is she wants for herself. I pray for her and her rumored new husband, and hope that together they can figure out what the best path is for them both.
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Alberta Re-Birth
Alberta has some surprising shred history. Many consider it to be the birthplace of snowboarding in Canada. With Andrew Hardingham as our guide, we uncovered some old shred roots with the Billabong team. Eero Niemela, Romain De Marchi, Tadashi Fuse, Scot Brown and Chris Carr, along with Helen Schettini and Jamie Anderson ripped through Sunshine Village, Lake Louise and the defunct Fortress Mountain alongside KaPow catboarding.
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Phil Jackson now has more NBA titles than any coach in NBA history—so he's the best coach in NBA history, right? Or could a diaper-wearing monkey win six titles with Michael Jordan on his team? Fight!
Ok, no one believes he's completely devoid of talent, but did he maybe get a boost from having three of the greatest players ever come under his wing? NBA coaches in this era seem to be praised mostly for their ability to not get in the way of their players—and he does seem to be the best at not being the way. But do his ten titles over two decades compare to the absolutely dominance of Red Auerbach and his Celtics. (He did have Bill Russell for Pete's sake.) Let's ask someone who would really know ... Red Auerbach's son!
"Not to take away from Phil, but it's a different record," said Randy Auerbach, who lives in Los Angeles. "You're talking about a record with one team in which he won the first one and then won in eight consecutive years. Phil did it with two different teams and it wasn't consistently. It's about quantity. If that's his case, good for him.
"But it has to be broken down. It's a different record. How do you compare eight in a row, nine in 10 years?"
Good point, Randy! Now, let's ask some people who aren't completely in the tank for their old man.
Mark Woods, The Guardian
This championship may be Jackson's finest hour. Pau Gasol is no Scottie Pippen or O'Neal. Even the late Auerbach could not dispute the role Jackson has had in reshaping the Lakers from the 34-win crew that stumbled through his gap year. Twelve months ago, the Boston Celtics demolished and demoralised their old rivals in the finals. Someone had to pick up the vanquished and dust them off. Two hip replacements mean that Jackson is no longer jumping up and down on the sidelines as he once did in Chicago. Yet quietly, in his own understated manner, he has done what he always did: prodding and cajoling when required, but otherwise letting his players utilise the talents within.
I don't know if he's the greatest coach of all time, but Phil Jackson is in the conversation. I mean, you win 10 championships — that's pretty impressive. But I don't think he's coming back. Phil's done. I just think he's had enough. He's definitely gone. That's just my opinion, though.
Brian McCormick, The Crossover Movement
For some reason, we expect our coaches to yell and scream. We want to see them coaching in order to believe that they have an impact on the team. When Phil Jackson sits calmly through a game and trusts his players to make the right play, somehow that diminishes his coaching ability or reputation. This public criticism permeates every level of basketball. New coaches watch the games and listen to a player pop-off about Jackson's non-coaching, and suddenly he adopts the opposite approach with his son's under-10 team, pacing the sidelines, yelling at players, calling plays every time down court, questioning officials, etc.
Larry Brown (no, not that one), Larry Brown Sports
But even if the 10 rings suggest something else, I'd still have a hard time saying that he's the greatest coach in the game when a guy like Gregg Popovich is around
Kevin Ding, Orange Country Register
He is a champion again, but he is an altogether different champion. "He has become a giver rather than just a guy who is a demanding leader. And that's been great for him and great to watch." It pushed Bryant forward even further in prioritizing his teammates' development.
(Sorry, that was written about Kobe Bryant, believe it or not.)
Harvey Araton, New York Times
True, Jackson inherited the ringless Michael Jordan in Chicago and later Shaquille O'Neal in Los Angeles. But as Jim Cleamons, a longtime Jackson assistant, said: "Every situation that Phil has coached in, the team hadn't won before he got there. That, too, is a fact."
I always believed that Jackson, with three titles at the time, certified his greatness that season [1993-94], when his Airness-less team might have gone to the finals had a referee, Hue Hollins, not made one of the worst bailout calls (for the Knicks' Hubert Davis, against Scottie Pippen) in the history of the sport.
T.J. Simers, LA Times
Phil obviously has a knack for working with headstrong, gifted athletes, and have you noticed the softening in Kobe's demeanor the last few games? It has been striking....
No question he's different now from where he was when this series started, history suggesting it's probably the Zen Master at work again — his calmness wearing off on others, and at the same time making it almost appear as if he's doing nothing. And no one does nothing better than Phil.
They're as different as Yoda and Danny DeVito, the Grateful Dead and Weird Al Yankovic, a complete.....
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A.G. Schneiderman And Comptroller Dinapoli Announce Guilty Pleas Of Former Senator Shirley Huntley's Co-Defendants
Defendants Agree To Full Restitution For Nearly $30K In Taxpayer Dollars Stolen
Funds Intended For Community Services Never Performed
NEW YORK – Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman and Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced that the co-defendants in the case of former New York Senator Shirley L. Huntley have pleaded guilty for their roles in an illegal member item theft scheme and a cover up. Patricia Savage, Senator Huntley's aide and president of Parent Workshop, a bogus nonprofit, and Lynn Smith, Senator Huntley's niece and the treasurer of Parent Workshop, pleaded guilty today to the felony of Attempted Grand Larceny in the Third Degree, and agreed to pay $29,950 in restitution to the state of New York, the full amount of taxpayer dollars they had stolen. A third co-defendant, David Gantt, pleaded guilty to the charge of Falsifying Business Records in the Second Degree.
The defendants falsely claimed that Parent Workshop used member item funds secured by Senator Huntley to hold workshops for and conduct outreach to parents on the workings of the New York City public school system. Instead of providing the promised programs, Savage and Smith pocketed approximately $29,950. Gantt falsified records to claim that he was paid in cash for conducting workshops as a consultant, when in fact he never actually conducted any workshops.
Earlier this month, former Senator Huntley pleaded guilty to a felony charge for her role in the cover up of this scheme. The investigation into the theft revealed that, after learning of the probe into her grant to the Parent Workshop, then-Senator Huntley created a handwritten template for a false, backdated letter designed to fool investigators into believing that the Parent Workshop had conducted workshops, when in fact no such workshops were ever conducted. This letter was submitted to the Attorney General Schneiderman's Office in response to a subpoena issued to the Parent Workshop.
"As a result of our investigation, the taxpayers of this state will be fully reimbursed for the money stolen through this scheme. There are no excuses for public officials and their associates who game the system to line their pockets, and then engage in a brazen cover up when their crimes are exposed," Attorney General Schneiderman said. "My office's partnership with the Comptroller is designed to combat such corruption, and we will continue to work tirelessly to protect every penny of taxpayer money during these challenging economic times."
"There is no place in public service for those who enrich themselves at the expense of taxpayers," Comptroller DiNapoli said. "These individuals defrauded the public and through our Joint Task Force have been held accountable for their actions. My office will continue to work with the Attorney General to investigate wrongdoing and safeguard the use of taxpayer funds."
Nassau County Supreme Court Judge Norman St. George is scheduled to sentence Savage and Smith on March 27 and Gantt on March 29.
Since 1999, the New York State Legislature has distributed more than $900 million through legislative member items to more than 20,000 nonprofit entities.
Investigator Gerard Matheson and Investigative Analyst Brian Selfon of the Investigations Bureau assisted in this case, under the supervision of Supervising Investigator Michael Ward and Chief Dominick Zarrella. Prosecuting the case are Public Integrity Bureau Senior Counsel Emily Bradford, Public Integrity Bureau Assistant Attorney General Jerrold Steigman and Criminal Prosecutions Bureau Assistant Attorney General Thomas Schellhammer. The investigation was supervised by Public Integrity Bureau Deputy Chief Stacy Aronowitz and Chief William E. Schaeffer, under the supervision of Executive Deputy Attorney General for Criminal Justice Kelly Donovan.
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Senate panel approves airline security fee hike
A Democratic-controlled Senate panel Tuesday approved a $2.50 increase in airline security fees that would double the per-passenger fee for those taking nonstop flights.
The move by the Senate Appropriations Committee would increase the fee on a nonstop round-trip flight from $5 to $10. Fees on a one-way, nonstop ticket would increase from $2.50 to $5. Passengers who change planes to reach their destinations would continue to pay $5 each way.
A similar move last year failed because of opposition by Republicans controlling the House and the current effort faces long odds in an election year.
A move by panel Republicans to kill the higher fee -- which is attached to a homeland security measure funding the Transportation Security Administration -- failed on a 15-15 vote.
The author of the proposal, Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., said that the current fee structure only covers about one-fourth of TSA's airport security costs and that people who fly should bear a greater cost of TSA's $7.6 billion budget -- rather than taxpayers as a whole.
Supporters of the fee point out that airlines are layering fee after fee upon their customers and that baggage fees in particular place a greater strain on TSA resources since people are checking far more luggage that needs to be screened at TSA checkpoints.
"The fee has not been increased in 10 years and of course the expenses for TSA continue to go up and it is a question of whether the general taxpayer should pay this or whether the people that actually use the airlines (should)."
But Republicans led by Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas said the fee would hurt an airline industry already reeling from a weak economy and high fuel prices. She noted that multi-passenger families would bear the greatest burden.
"Aviation is already taxed at the highest rate of any industry in the country," Hutchison said. "The industry's federal tax burden on a typical $300 round-trip ticket has nearly tripled since 1972 from $22 to $61."


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|2006-11-01, 23:59
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Unless I misunderstand, and I don't think I do, that is not what ThisIsDream is saying. The point of that post is that if someone has the power and desire, he has to take those rights for himself or else the world will never change.
|2006-11-02, 00:09
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There is no such thing as "right", as "right" differs from person to person, as well as from time to time. People can only do what they think is "right" in the place and time they are in.
|2006-11-02, 01:09
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|2006-11-02, 02:59
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And I will repeat it again : even if the Note gives you to control the death, death is a sweet punishment, even if the death if horrible. Even if you die by torture, in the end it's still death, so some kind of escape. Staying alive and in an unbearable way is a method to make the criminal suffer and never forget what he has done.
NSW, as you thought, I think that thread won't last long...
|2006-11-02, 03:28
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what do i know
Join Date: Aug 2006
I was rooting for L before he died because i beleve he was right
Light was insane, killing criminals is ok but when do you start to draw the line. Like Ryuuku said if u start killing people who you think have evil hearts you will end up the only one left. Apprently for Light killing innocent poeple that were on his trail was more important then killing the criminals he could have just let ray go believing he was innocent and keep killing criminals in secret but he just had to kill him and then L who was on his trail after that.
ok i won't lie im a christian and i do beleive that only god should decide who lives and who dies.
However i will draw a middle ground here for the people who dont think there is a god and say that even though circumstances cause death. Humans should not be able to control who lives and who dies its just too much of a power rush for some people and they will go trigger (or in this case pen) happy ex.light
You can argue what if it is a rightous human who will only kill criminals, but i dont think such a person exists who cant be corrupted by that much power
|2006-11-02, 10:14
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Waiting for Non-Human Being to change the Human Being world.
|2006-11-02, 10:19
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No. Righto wanted to become a God. That's all there is to it. He's got a God Complex, all that talk about making the World a better place was to flaunt his power and create future 'worshippers'.
But, who knows. Death Notes are actually atrictly for a Shinigami's use, and I find that raher appropriate, seeing that they are like the Grim Reapers of the World. In human hands, under the possession of somebody who does not have any direct benefits from using the note, there are other wilder purposes to be found for the Note's use.
|2006-11-02, 10:50
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|2006-11-02, 12:40
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True that killing cleans the world faster, but it would be endless, and I doubt the Death Note has enough sheets for the coming centuries...
Wait, Ryuk managed to get 2 Death Notes : that punk must have some hidden stock
|2006-11-02, 12:50
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Join Date: Jun 2006
I think Ryuk said it best
"Light : I'll be using the Death Note to rid the world of all the bad people
Ryuk : Then you'll be the only bastard left?"
In this world there are as many ideal societies as there are people.Everyone thinks they have the best morality and that they know exactly how the world should work,and when different ideas collide there's conflict.
Strangely enough,Light's situation is very similar to what Bush is doing in Iraq.He sent the army,assuring them they would be greeted as liberators.But much like Light,Bush didn't stop there and kept fighting more "bad people" wich earned him the contempt or pretty much every other nation on earth.No matter how idealistic your vision is,if you start mass killing people,you are just a murderer.
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|2006-11-02, 16:34
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In this Thread, for people who gonna keep saying Yagami Raito's action is wrong, he doesnt have the right to take other people lives, so he is a murderer, he is evil.
The answer will be this statement -
There are always people who don't accept or recognize an other human being doing things. They will think we are all Human Being, we are all the same. Why would u have the "right" to do this or do that..............
So Conclusion will be - Waiting for Non-Human Being to change the Human Being world.
"Right" problems
We are all human being, and I think no human being has the "right" to kill an other human being, I think no human being has the "right" to put someone in jail, I think no human being has the "right" to execute an other human being, White people think Black people dont have the "right"
As I can see, "right" is something a human being set for an other human being. It might be better if Light is not a human being, may be a shinigami? OH wait, I think shinigami dont have the "right" to kill and I also think God dont have the "right" to send ppl to hell.
Conclusion, at this rate, no one can make the world better (or has the right to), because no one has the right to do .....
"Law" which creating "right"
For people who gonna keep saying the shinigami Ryuuku say " you will be the only bastard left".
It seem like people think Ryuuku is justice, is right. Anyway, Ryuuku doesnt know much or understand about human, and you take what he say seriously
For people who gonna say Yagami Raito cross the line of killing (innocent) people who are after him or (innocent)people who are opposite him.
The answer will be this -
Yagami Raito only kill those (innocent) people who are opposite him and also willing to risk their life to stop//catch//kill "kira" the "ideal world". IN that case deaths are inevitable.
For people who gonna say Yagami Raito use power and become a dictator and forcing people accept him.
The answer will be this -
Yagami Raito didnt FORCE people, he understand that people have 2 faces. Yagami Raito also understand that there are people who are oppiste him, he is not going to kill them, he wants people slowly to accept the "ideal world".
Even if they dont, it doesnt mean Yagami will kill them
For people who gonna say If Yagami Raito doesnt have the death note he will be a brat, nothing special etc....
The answer will be LOL, "If someone doesn't have this or have that, then he//she will not be the same" can apply to anyone or anything.
For people who gonna say the "Kira world" Yagami Raito gonna create is flaw and the way of his doing will never end.
The answer will be this-
Yagami Raito is not going to create a flawless, perfect world, he is going to create a "better world" with less criminals, Yagami Raito also understand there are crimes which will never end.
Spoiler for After 6 years of Kira world (manga):
For people who gonna compare Countries Vs Countries, Nations Vs Nations etc.. to Yagami Raito, it is a little bit different.
European taking other people lands, colonized areas, destroying other nationals' cultures, Hitler eliminating Jews, White people slaving different skin's colour people, a country invading another country for own benefits, Communist Vs Capitalism, Liberalism VS Conservative etc......... Compare to Yagami Raito eliminating "Criminals"
As you can see the differences
- First are a group of people (I am right) VS a group of people (I am right)
- Second are "Criminals" which are Everyone (or most ppl? Some may think Criminals are good who knows) in the world recognize as "Criminals" - People who are doing Bad, evil things. It is really hard and rare for Everyone to accept on one thing or come up with a same statement.
However, u can say is majority judge minority.
Ok now lets move on to the next step. Since "Criminals" exist, everyone will think what actions should take and it will be the penalty problems.
Some will say this crime should stay in the jail for 3 years, some say 4, some say stay in jail forever, some may even say kill them, torture them etc............What Yagami Raito is doing. Yagami Raito was killing major criminals, and yea he did kill some minor criminals, Yagami Raito is not perfect. May be we should find a "Perfect" human being to do this
(Note) : if u gonna come up with the "right" problems, please read earlier posts.)
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|2006-11-02, 19:37
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Again, think of this as a war between Kira and L. Both are fighting for control over the world. Innocent people are bound to get caught in the cross fire. Think of those people as L's soldiers who are doing their job to hunt and kill Kira. Kira is being attacked by enemy soldiers, even if those soldiers are doing their job, even if they are innocent, they are trying to kill Kira. And think, it was L who brought those innocent people into the battle.
|2006-11-02, 19:54
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Good point Neux - L who brought those innocent people into the battle.
And that is why the chef yagami said this is the situation L was waiting for - people who willing to risk their lives to aganist Kira.
Let me repeat myself again ^^
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|2006-11-02, 23:23
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I've only seen the first episode, but it's already pretty clear where Light stands in regards to morality. Intent is pretty useless for determining whether an individual is performing ethical acts. Therefore morality should be determined by the actions of an individual rather than by his intent.
In episode 1, Light used the Death Note in three different situations:
A) When Light killed the first man, he didn't think that the Death Note would actually work, so there's no question of morality involved.
B) When Light killed the would-be rapist, he suspected that his act would kill, but he was still uncertain. This action can be more accurately described as an experiment. Thus, when he was witness to a rape attempt in progress, instead of trying to intervene or informing somebody, he merely used it as an opportunity to experiment! By the measures of just about all systems of morality, this would qualify as a callous disregard for the welfare of another human being.
C) Light killed hundreds of "criminals". This leads to two interesting observations:
1. Deliberately performing an act that leads to the death of another human, outside of a very few mitigating factors such as war or self-defence, is the very definition of murder. Light's killing of those criminals is morally equivalent to murder. In most systems of morality murder is one of least ethical acts that can be performed.
2. In just about all moral systems, people who commit crimes are supposed to be punished. However, it's also very important that the punishment fits the crime committed. To do otherwise is to subvert the very meaning of morality. It is highly unlikely that all of Light's victims deserved the punishment of murder. In this regards, Light's murders are extremely immoral.
More complex analyses can be done on Light's actions with regards to rights and responsibilities, and the like; but the conclusions won't change: Light acted very immorally in episode 1. Given the rest of his personality faults, it's unlikely that Light will grow any compassion, so I don't think that it's premature to anticipate his getting his just deserts.
|2006-11-02, 23:24
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Join Date: Jun 2006
While I agree on a fundamental level that some criminals can't be reformed and death is the onyl way to deal with them,the problem remains,who can be the judge?No matter who does the judging,there will be injustice.
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I am forever trying to steal Matt's cozy Newcastle Cardigan so I thought I would make up a slightly more feminine boyfriend-style cardigan for myself. The gorgeous green wool is perfectly warm on a cool rainy day and I love that it has all my favorite details – military brass buttons, patch pockets, extra long sleeves and rich brown leather details.
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after the provider and consumer are synced, a client send a modify message to the master, the master updated quickly, but not the consumer until next message received by provider. It seems the provider 'cached' an operation every time. The sequence is like:
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I traced slapd. As an overlay, in function 'syncprov_qresp', the provider insert a task(syncprov_qtask) in the runtime list(slapd_rq), which will run after being scheduled. The schedule position is in function 'slapd_daemon_task' (the main loop of slapd), but the loop will be blocked(for the 'select' function is without a timeout) until next message. I add a timeout value to the 'select', and the provider can refresh the consumer soon. But it seems not a good way, is there solution for this question ? Thanks.
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Paul wrote:TheGZeus wrote:If you go too small in governmental/regulatory power you're back to robber barons, sharecropping, surfdom and boom/bubble and bust economics.
You have that backwards...those things you list are/were caused by government; if you "go too small in governmental/regulatory power", you solve those problems!
Wait, what? That stuff never happened before a territory became a state?
"OIL!" is a work of fiction, but in it it gives an example where an oil man swindles a town out of their fare share of the oil underneath them. The contract is legal. The government has to enforce it, and there's no regulation of the processes involved.
You can do something similar with farmers' land and making them into employees for an up-front investment during a mediocre harvest. Those families no longer truly own their land, or at least can't farm it without paying him 'his' share.
There's more than one means to the same end.
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