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Falfa Davis
Franklin Angus Davis Jr.
Mary Frances Brown
11/22/1885 - 10/1/1955
About Falfa Davis
(Shown at age 68)
Falfa Davis was born on July 13, 1917 in Blountstown, Calhoun Co., Florida and died on April 19, 2008 in Blountstown, Florida. She lived to be 90 years old.
In 1936, she married Selmon Edgar Clark (11/3/1903 to 11/29/1970).
They had two children:
Glenda Clark
Charles Edward "Sonny" Clark
Falfa was a member of Christian Home Freewill Baptist Church. She served as Clerk of the church for 40 years. She sponsored young people classes and taught pre-shool Sunday school classes. She worked at the old Cristo's Dime Store as a clerk and worked as a lunchroom cook for the County school system for 17 years. She also enjoyed the true southern gospel music.
Census 4/13/1930 Blountstown FL (Calhoun County) 12 yrs old
Starting on line 93: Frank A. Davis (head of household, age 49), Mary (wife, age 44), Lucile (daughter, age 15), Falfa (daughter, age 12), Ellis (son, age 8). They indicated they lived on a farm and that all had been born in Florida. Frank was 24 when first married and Mary was 19 years old. All indicated they could read and write. Class of worker is listed as "O".
Marriage 1/1/1936 FL (Calhoun County) 18 yrs old
Selmon Clark married Falfa Davis - Florida Department of Health -Vol. 344 Cert.# 12339
Newspaper 4/19/2008 Blountstown FL (Calhoun County) 90 yrs old
Falfa Davis Clark BLOUNTSTOWN - Mrs. Falfa Davis Clark, 90, a homemaker and a lunchroom cook, died Saturday, April 19, 2008, in Blountstown, Fla. The service was at 2 p.m. CDT Tuesday, April 22, at Christian Home Freewill Baptist Church, with burial at Nettle Ridge Cemetery. Mrs. Clark was born July 13, 1917, in Blountstown and had lived in Calhoun County all her life. She was preceded in death by her husband, Selmon Clark, and a son, Sonny Clark. At the age of 7, Mrs. Clark became a Christian and a member of Christian Home Freewill Baptist Church. Survivors include one daughter, Glenda Clark of Blountstown and Tallahassee, Fla.; one sister-in-law, Margie Davis of Altha, Fla.; a host of cousins, nieces and nephews; and a host of friends.
Published in Tallahassee Democrat Apr. 23, 2008
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11 1928 The Tamiami Trail opens. It opens the southernmost 275 miles of U.S. Highway 41 from State Road 60 in Tampa to U.S. Route 1 (SR 5) in Miami, Florida to tourist. It also destroys many of the Seminole Indian waterways and hinders their economy.
40 1957 The Miccosukee Tribe of Florida is organized under the 1934 US Indian Reorganization Act and recognized by the federal government.
45 1962 The Seminole Tribe of Florida is organized under the 1934 US Indian Reorganization Act and recognized by the federal government.
62 1979 The sovereign status of the Seminole Indian Tribe allows it to establish the first gambling establishment in FL. It is a bingo hall located on their Hollywood, FL reservation.
6 1923 Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id"
6 1923 Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes
7 1924 Insecticides are used for the first time on crops
9 1926 Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket
10 1927 The first television transmission was announced in England
11 1928 Big bang theory was introduced
19 1936 The first regular television broadcast happens in England
21 1938 Hahn, Strassmann, Meitner and Frisch discover nuclear fission
29 1946 The university of Pennsylvania develops the ENIAC computer, containing 18,000 vacuum tubes
30 1947 Researches at Bell Labs invent the first transistor
34 1951 The first color television is introduced in the U.S.
35 1952 The first sex-change surgery was performed to change George Jorgensen into Christine Jorgensen.
40 1957 Sputnik is launched by the Soviets and becomes the first artificial satellite to orbit the earth. It marks the beginning of the great "space race" between the Soviet Union and the U.S.
43 1960 The ruby laser was created by Maiman
45 1962 U.S. astronaut, John Glenn, orbits the earth
48 1965 The first "space walk" was completed by the Soviet Union
54 1971 The first unmanned spacecraft hit Mars and was launched by the Soviet Union
57 1974 Discovery of "Lucy" in Africa, an almost complete hominid skeleton over 3 million years old, only 3 and a half feet tall but having adult teeth, a small brain, walked upright
58 1975 Invention of the CAT scanner (computerized axial tomography)
62 1979 First "test tube baby" from artificial insemination
64 1981 AIDS is identified by scientist; The first reusable space shuttle, Columbia, is sent into space.
69 1986 Moments after liftoff the space shuttle Challenger explodes, killing size astronauts and a New Hampshire teacher.
72 1989 An asteroid comes relatively close to colliding with the earth
73 1990 Hubble Space Telescope launched; optical defect discovered and repaired later in 1993.
77 1994 The world watches comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 (S-L 9) colliding with Jupiter
80 1997 First Pathfinder vehicle lands on Mars and begin sending first photographs of Martin landscape. These are made available on the internet.
81 1998 Construction begins on the International Space Station.
83 2000 Successful cloning of animals begins in the early 2000s.
87 2004 March 2, 2004 - Mars rover MER-B (Opportunity) confirms to NASA that the area of their landing was once covered in water.
2 1919 NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty.
21 1938 NEWS HEADLINES: Orson Wells' radio production of H.G. Well's War of the Worlds causes a national panic.
22 1939 NEWS HEADLINES: The first regular television broadcast happens in the United States
24 1941 NEWS HEADLINES: December 7, 1941 -- Japan launches a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and the US officially declares war on Japan the following day. World War II begins for American soldiers.
33 1950 NEWS HEADLINES: On June 25, the Korean War begins and the United Nations officially declaring war on North Korea two days later.
38 1955 NEWS HEADLINES: Rosa Parks refuses to give her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, AL.
43 1960 NEWS HEADLINES: The first birth control pill was approved and made available to the public
46 1963 NEWS HEADLINES: On November 22, President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald.
52 1969 NEWS HEADLINES: In July, the U.S. becomes the first nation to land astronauts on the moon. Neil Armstrong becomes the first man to step on the lunar surface.
53 1970 NEWS HEADLINES: U.S. forces invade Cambodia and the Vietnam War continues to escalate. Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix die of drug overdoses. Four Kent State University students are killed during a Vietnam War protest.
60 1977 NEWS HEADLINES: Star Wars is released and becomes the biggest ticket selling movie of all time.
67 1984 NEWS HEADLINES: The first Macintosh computer with a mouse is launched and begins the computer age as it is shortly followed by the first PC and Microsoft.
75 1992 NEWS HEADLINES: The "World Wide Web" (Internet) became available for home use through college and university sponsored "freenets".
83 2000 December 28, 2000 - Montgomery Ward, the retail giant since its founding one hundred and twenty-eight years before, announces its intention to cease business. Competition from newer, low-cost retail behemoths such as Wal-Mart lead to its demise. Over the next 10 years Wal-Mart pushes most other 'dime store' businesses to closure.
83 2000 November 7, 2000 - George W. Bush, son of the former President, and Vice President Al Gore hold a virtual dead-heat for the presidency, with a disputed vote in Florida holding off the naming of the winner of the President Election until the Supreme Court of the United States voted in favor of Bush on December 12. This ruling gave Florida to the Bush camp by a 527 vote majority, and a victory in the Electoral College, 271-266, despite gaining less popular votes than Gore.
83 2000 June 1, 2000 - For the first time since 1851, the United States of America does not participate in a major World's Fair, the Hannover 2000 World Expo, despite a record number, 187, of international participants. President Bill Clinton had withdrawn U.S. participation late in 1999 after agreement to participate in 1997. Congressional apathy toward participation in world events continues a decline in U.S. involvement after the fall of the Soviet Union and victory in the Cold War. A consequence of this policy has led to a rise, among some experts, of anti-American sentiment, and a decline of U.S. influence in diplomatic affairs. Less than half, 18.1 million, of the original attendance estimate, 40 million, visit Hannover's event.
83 2000 The 2000 census enumerates a population of 281,421,906, increasing 13.2% since 1990. As regions, the South and West continued to pick up the majority of the increase in population, moving the geographic center of U.S. population to Phelps County, Missouri.
83 2000 April 3, 2000 - The ruling in the case of the United States versus Microsoft states that the company did violate anti-trust laws by diminishing the capability of its rivals to compete.
84 2001 NEWS HEADLINES: September 11 -- (9 11) -- The World Trade Towers are hit by terrorist flying commercial planes full of passengers.
84 2001 April 8, 2001 - Tiger Woods becomes the first golfer to hold all four major golf titles simulteneously by winning the Master's tournament in Augusta, Georgia. This followed a remarkable run in 2000 when Woods claimed victory at the final three majors of that season; the U.S. Open, the British Open, and the PGA Championship.
85 2002 February 8, 2002 - Amid tight security due to terrorism concerns, the Winter Olympic Games are opened by President George W. Bush in Salt Lake City, Utah. They would continue without major incident until the closing ceremony on February 24.
86 2003 April 9, 2003 - The U.S. coalition siezes control of Baghdad in the Iraq conflict.
86 2003 February 1, 2003 - A tragedy at NASA occurs when the Space Shuttle Columbia explodes upon reentry over Texas. All seven astronauts inside are killed.
86 2003 December 13, 2003 - Saddam Hussein, former leader of Iraq, is captured in a small bunker in Tikrit by the U.S. 4th Infantry Division. General fear of terrorism begins to subside.
87 2004 February 3, 2004 - The Central Intelligence Agency admits that the imminent threat from weapons of mass destruction (which justified the war on Iraq) was not present before the 2003 Iraq war began.
88 2005 United States labor is squeezed by global forces and the United States economy continues to decline.
88 2005 July 26, 2005 - In the first Space Shuttle flight since the tragedy of 2003, Discovery goes into orbit on a mission that returns to earth safely on August 9.
88 2005 August 29, 2005 - Hurricane Katrina strikes the Gulf Coast, inundating the city of New Orleans with water from Lake Pontchetrain when the levees that maintain the below sea level city break. Over one thousand three hundred people perish from Alabama to Louisiana in one of the worst natural disasters to strike the United States. (Picture Below: Damage across the Gulf Coast of the United States after Hurricane Katrina.)
10 1927 Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs.
12 1929 Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October
13 1930 Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states.
15 1932 Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered.
16 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected president under his "New Deal" campaign. Frances Perkins becomes the first woman to hold a cabinet post when FDR appoints her secretary of labor. On December 5, the 21st Amendment is added to the Constitution, repealing Prohibition. Drinks for everyone!
17 1934 Farm families must leave the dust bowl-stricken Great Plains areas. The dust bowl includes areas in Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Nevada and Arkansas. Radio picks up the "Okie" songs. In all, 400,000 people leave the Great Plains.
17 1934 Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act which allows remaining Indian tribes to reorganize.
18 1935 Congress passes the Social Security Act, giving elder Americans Social Security money for the first time.
22 1939 Hollywood releases The Wizard of Oz, one of the first films to be made in color.
26 1943 Japanese Americans are relocated to internment camps; Almost 400,000 coal miners go on strike; Race riots break out in Los Angeles and Detroit.
27 1944 On June 6, Allied forces invade Normandy (referred to as "D-Day")
28 1945 President Roosevelt dies; The United Nations is established; the first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima.
37 1954 The nationally televised McCarthy hearings lead to Senator Joseph McCarthy's downfall; Segregation by race in schools is declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court; Congress adds the words "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance and requires "In God We Trust" to appear on all American currency.
45 1962 The Cuban missile crisis escalates and Americans prepare for a Nuclear War with Fidel Castro in Cuba.
49 1966 The Black Panther party is founded.
50 1967 Martin Luther King leads an anti Vietnam protest in New York; The American Indian Movement is founded; Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King are assassinated; Three Apollo astronauts are killed in a fire on the launch pad.
54 1971 Charles Manson is found guilt of murder.
55 1972 Break-in at the Democratic headquarters sets of the Watergate Scandal.
56 1973 The Vietnam War peace pacts were signed in Paris and the last of the American forces finally leave Vietnam.
60 1977 Jimmy Carter, a Democrat from GA, is elected president.
64 1981 Ronald Reagan is elected president. He will serve two terms. (Republican)
70 1987 President Reagan and Soviet leader Gorbachev meet in Washington and sign an agreement calling for the dismantling of all Soviet and US missiles.
70 1987 January 24 - approximately 20,000 protesters march through Cummings, Georgia in all White Forsyth County.
72 1989 George Bush is elected president. (Republican)
76 1993 Bill Clinton is elected president. He will serve two terms. (Democrat)
77 1994 O.J. Simpson is chased down by police and later his trial is telecast for the world to watch.
80 1997 A robust economy creates the longest prosperity in U.S. history.
82 1999 United States budget goes into surplus.
84 2001 George W. Bush is elected president. He is the son of George Bush who served as president from 1989-1993. He will serve two terms. (Republican)
87 2004 November 2, 2004 - President George W. Bush wins reelection over Democratic Senator John Kerry from Massachusetts. He wins 50.7% of the popular vote and 286 votes in the Electoral College.
87 2004 National Museum of the American Indian is established on the mall in Washington DC.
87 2004 National Museum of the American Indian is established in Washington DC.
89 2006 December 1, 2006 - United States manufacturing capacity and esteem wanes, signalled by the sale of the last shares of his General Motors stock by U.S. billionaire Kirk Kerkorian.
91 2008 October 3, 2008 - The United States Congress passes legislation, signed by President Bush, for a $700 billion bailout, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, giving the Treasury Department authority to assist distressed Wall Street and banking businesses of the United States due to the housing, banking, and subprime mortgage crises caused by excessive greed and speculation among Wall Street firms. This economic distress, coupled with oil prices above $140 per barrel during the summer, deepened the world economic crises that had been brewing all year. The bailout was supported by current President George W. Bush and both presidential candidates, Barack Obama and John McCain.
91 2008 A major financial crisis and recession begins in earnest.
2 1919 The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I.
3 1920 Adolph Hitler begins to organize the Nazi party in Germany; The Ku Klux Klan launches a recruitment campaign using mass marketing techniques to gain 85,000 new recruits; the first commercial broadcast is made.
21 1938 Hitler annexes Anschluss into Germany. At the Munich Conference, Germany is given a portion of Czechoslovakia.
22 1939 Hitler takes over all of Czechoslovakia. On Sept. 1st, Germany invades Poland. On Sept. 3rd, Great Britain and France declare war on Germany. World War II has begun.
28 1945 World War II ends with a Japanese delegation signing instrument of surrender aboard battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay.
72 1989 The Berlin Wall falls uniting communist East Germany and capitalistic West Germany
73 1990 Iraq (Sadam Hussein) invades Kuwait causing the U.N. to impose sanctions. This leads to the Gulf War.
75 1992 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is formed.
76 1993 South Africa accepts racial equality.
79 1996 Pope John Paul II affirmed evolution by natural selection
82 1999 Yugoslavia breaks up and Serbia is contained.
83 2000 Internet, cellphones, and social networking (using websites such as Twitter and Facebook) begin to grow in popularity and become standards for most house holds by 2010.
83 2000 China begins to emerge as an economic giant.
84 2001 April 1, 2001 - China-U.S. incident. An American spyplane collides with a fighter plane of China and makes an emergency landing in Hainan, China. The U.S. crew is detained for ten days
84 2001 October 7, 2001 - In response to the tragedy of September 11, the United States military, with participation from its ally the United Kingdom, commence the first attack in the War on Terrorism on the Taliban and Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan. By November 12, the Taliban government leaves the capital, Kabul.
84 2001 September 18, 2001 - Anthrax attacks by mail from Princeton, New Jersey against news and government targets begin. Federal officials announce the first case on October 4. World wide concern about terrorism continues to escalate.
84 2001 September 11, 2001 - 911 - Islamic fundamentalist terrorists hijack four U.S. airliners and crash them into the Pentagon and the World Trade Center in New York City. The attack of two planes levels the World Trade Center and the crash of one plane inflicts serious damage to the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, causing nearly 3,000 deaths. The fourth plane is heroically crashed by passengers into a Shanksville, Pennsylvania cornfield when they learn of the plot, preventing destruction of another structure in Washington, D.C., supposed to be the White House or the Capitol building. The plot is attributed to the Al-Qaeda organization led by Osama Bin Laden.
85 2002 November 21, 2002 - NATO invites additional members of the former Soviet bloc to join its membership. Seven nations are included in the invitation; Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia.
85 2002 May 21, 2002 - The United States State Department issues its report in the War on Terror. It states that there are seven nations that a State-Sponsors: Iran, Iraq, Cuba, Libya, North Korea, Sudan, and Syria.
85 2002 November 8, 2002 - The United Nations passes Resolution 1441 in a unanimous Security Council vote. It forces Saddam Hussein and Iraq to disarm or face serious consequences.
86 2003 March 19, 2003 - The War in Iraq begins with the bombing of Baghdad after additional measures and mandates from the United Nations and the United States coalition fail to gain concessions or the removal of Saddam Hussein from power. The U.S. coalition, upon failure to extract authority from the U.N. for action due to the veto power of France, begin land operations one day later with participation from U.S., British, Australian, and Polish troops.
89 2006 February 22, 2006 - In a continuing shift of the retail industry to new platforms, the one billionth song is downloaded from the internet music store, Apple iTunes. This shift comes at the expense of many brick and mortar chains, including Tower Records. The trend of purchasing items via the internet, instead of local stores, continues to grow.
90 2007 The world climate and ocean temperatures continue to rise. Both polar caps are shrinking at a record breaking rate.
90 2007 January 10, 2007 - President George W. Bush announces a troop surge of 21,500 for the war in Iraq to stem the violence at the request of new commander General Petreus. This controversial policy begins to show positive signs once fully implemented during the summer months, with a reduction in violent attacks against coalition forces and Iraqi civilians. Progress on the political front within the Iraqi national government, however, does not keep pace with positive developments on the military front.
91 2008 November 4, 2008 - Barack Obama, Democratic Senator from Illinois, the land of Abraham Lincoln, wins a landslide margin in the Electoral College, 365 to 173 in the election for the 44th President of the USA over John McCain, making him the first African-American president in the history of the United States of America.
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Falfa Clark
Selmon Clark
Born on November 3, 1903 and died on November 29, 1970.
They were married 1/1/1936.
The Children of Falfa Davis
Charles 'Sonny' Edward Clark
Born somewhere in Florida on April 2, 1946 and died in Republic of Vietnam, South Vietnam on July 9, 1966. He was 20 years old.
He died while defending our country in the Vietnam War. ...
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Ten fascinating self-guided tours in the Victorian Goldfields
Posted 06/07/2020 in Things to do
Forest Creek Historic Gold Diggings, Castlemaine VIC
Self-guided tours are a fantastic way to explore the history and features of Victoria's significant Goldfields region!
Explore the discovery site of the world-famous Welcome Stranger, the largest alluvial gold nugget ever found. Wander through abandoned mine sites and learn about the features and operations of their prosperous past. Take a signposted stroll among the region's beautiful buildings, gardens and bushland reserves.
Have a look through this great collection of local self-guided tours and start planning your next adventure in the Victorian Goldfields.
1. Jubilee Mine, Staffordshire Reef VIC
Jubilee Mine, Staffordshire Reef, VIC
The extensive ruins of the Jubilee Company Quartz Gold Mine are a fascinating place to explore! This significant site is nestled away within the beautiful forest of the Jubilee Historic Area, just half an hour from Ballarat.
A fantastic self-guided walk takes you around the site of the Jubilee Company Quartz Gold Mine. Features you will discover along the walk include battery foundations, engine beds, a water race, old mine shafts, surface workings, cyanide plant, tailings, old house sites and more. Illustrated signposts provide lots of information along the way.
2. Victoria Hill Mining Reserve, Bendigo VIC
Victoria Hill Mining Reserve, Bendigo VIC
Take a walk through the Victoria Hill Mining Reserve and explore the site of Victoria's deepest gold mine. In the year 1908, the Victoria Quartz Co Mine had the world's deepest shaft at 1,365 metres. By 1910 the shaft had reached a depth of 1,406 metres! Many successful mines operated at Victoria Hill, one of the richest areas in the Bendigo goldfield.
Walking tracks take you on a journey through the area, taking you past fascinating ruins and relics. Lots of detailed information signs provide the site's history along the way.
3. Malmsbury Botanic Gardens, Malmsbury VIC
Historic viaduct at the Malmsbury Botanic Gardens, Malmsbury VIC
Featuring a beautiful lake, walking tracks, informative signs, a fenced playground, and excellent picnic facilities, the Malmsbury Botanic Gardens is an outstanding attraction of the historical town. Take a stroll around the lake among the native and exotic plants, pausing to read the many informative signs throughout the gardens. The Coliban River runs along the western side of the gardens, and the impressive Malmsbury Viaduct stands to the south. The viaduct was constructed in 1859 and is one of the largest 19th century engineering structures erected in Victoria.
4. Dunolly Heritage Precinct, Dunolly VIC
Historic Court House, Dunolly VIC
The Dunolly Court House is a beautiful feature of this historic mining town, standing alongside a fascinating collection of restored police buildings. Information signs provide details about the court house along with the 1958 police station and the older 1863 lock up and police stables. A sign out the front of the Dunolly Court House displays a map of the town with a series of numbered stops, providing a self-guided tour of Dunolly's beautiful buildings, parks and gardens.
5. Welcome Stranger Discovery Site, Moliagul VIC
Welcome Stranger discovery site, Moliagul VIC
The Welcome Stranger monument and picnic area is a peaceful, fascinating and educational place to go for a barbecue or a picnic lunch. There is an intriguing bushwalk through the area where the famous Welcome Stranger gold nugget was discovered in 1869.
The Welcome Stranger Discovery Walk is 850 metres long, a half hour circuit track. The walking track travels around the surrounding bushland and takes you past many interesting examples of former alluvial and reef mining efforts. You will walk by the house sites of John Deason and Richard Oates (the two miners who discovered the Welcome Stranger nugget), puddlers, a Chinese grave and the site of a Chinese camp.
6. North British Mine and Quartz Kilns, Maldon VIC
Quartz Kilns at the North British Mine, Maldon VIC
Spend some time in this gorgeous historic mining town exploring the extensive ruins of the North British Mine. There are two walking tracks from the picnic area, one is the Parkins Reef Circuit Walk (2.3km return), and the other is a short walk which takes you through the ruins of the North British Mine ending at the impressive Quartz Kilns.
7. Forest Creek Historic Gold Diggings, Castlemaine VIC
Bring a picnic lunch and take an easy stroll through the Forest Creek Historic Gold Diggings in Castlemaine for a fun and educational afternoon. A 400 metre walking track travels in a circuit around the site past many points of interest and detailed information signs. An ancient river bed, mine shafts, the engine shed, water pipes and machinery are among the many fascinating features of this short walk.
8. Rise and Shine Nature Conservation Reserve, Strangways VIC
Rise and Shine Nature Conservation Reserve, Strangways VIC
The Rise and Shine Nature Conservation Reserve, between Newstead and Daylesford, is a beautiful patch of bushland with an educational self-guided tour. A walking track follows the path of an ancient river, and 21 numbered information points allow you to refer to your park notes (available in a container at the beginning of the walk) and learn about each feature. Discover native plants and animals, fascinating geological features, and the impact both animals and humans have had on the land.
9. Eureka Reef, Chewton VIC
Eureka Reef, Chewton VIC
Take a walk around the Eureka Reef Gold Mining Precinct and discover the fascinating ruins and features which remain from a century of gold mining operations! Once a busy mining village, today Eureka contains some of the oldest quartz mining relics in Victoria, as well as remnants of houses, batteries, alluvial mining, cyanide treatment, and more.
10. Garfield Water Wheel, Chewton VIC
Garfield Water Wheel, Chewton VIC
Visit the Garfield Water Wheel historical site in Chewton, Victoria and explore the ruins and remnants of the Garfield Company Mine. The massive stone supports which still remain at the site once supported an enormous water wheel with a diameter of 22 metres. Upon its construction the Garfield Water Wheel was hailed as the largest in the southern hemisphere! The water wheel was used between 1887 and 1903 to power the stamp battery for the mine.
Today visitors can explore many fascinating features of the Garfield Mine site by taking a short self-guided walk which travels around the area. An information sign alongside the parking area provides a map and numbered features of the walking track.
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The social commerce shift
Jessica Rapp, 28 June 2018
In China, luxury brands are embracing WeChat as it opens up multiple easily accessible entry points for connecting with shoppers.
Shopping online has never been more easy or intuitive in China than it is now. The country's digital retail industry used to revolve around its major e-commerce giants, Alibaba's Tmall and JD.com, but a leading social media platform in China is increasingly shaping consumer's purchasing habits and global brands are jumping on board.
On June 19, European beauty retailer FeelUnique set up an e-commerce service within the WeChat app. More than one-third of Chinese consumers spend over four hours a day using the app, according to the World Economic Forum and Bloomberg Businessweek, using it for everything from paying their bills to messaging friends. FeelUnique's new online store is entirely operated through a WeChat Mini Program, a lightweight sub-app that allows users to seamlessly browse and buy all of their cosmetics without ever having to leave WeChat.
FeelUnique WeChat Mini Program
"Our Mini Program represents an additional channel to drive consumer acquisition in China," says Feelunique CEO Joël Palix. "It will leverage our existing WeChat presence—which includes an official account with over 100,000 followers and a WeChat store—by enabling customers to complete a purchase within the WeChat ecosystem."
Since WeChat's parent company Tencent first launched Mini Programs at the beginning of 2017, more than half a million have been developed, and more than one-third of users spend between $80 and $150 a month on them, according to Jisu App, completing transactions using Tencent's own mobile payment system WeChat Pay. While companies create Mini Programs for all kinds of services, of those dedicated to e-commerce, Jisu App analysis finds that about one-third feature fashion and footwear brands. FeelUnique is one of the first pure-play cross-border retailers in China to develop a Mini Program.
WeChat's social commerce model is not entirely unique to China; over the past two years, Instagram has been gradually rolling out a similar social commerce concept through shoppable posts that take users from a photo to a purchasing page with just one click. However, only five products can be listed at once. Facebook is also experimenting with commerce, but when it comes to the big brands, the social media platform is more about driving users to retailers than about becoming a retailer itself.
What makes WeChat's efforts especially significant is that the app is more driven by key opinion leaders or influencers than its Western counterparts, says Thomas Graziani, cofounder of WeChat marketing consultancy Walk the Chat. "Influencers have a much higher price tag and generate tremendous sales," he tells JWT Intelligence. "We all have in mind the Becky Li campaign, which sold 100 Mini Coopers in five minutes."
Mr. Bags BaoShop Mini Program. Courtesy of Mr. Bags
In another sales "miracle," when China's leading WeChat fashion blogger Mr. Bags launched his own BaoShop Mini Program to sell his capsule collections with luxury brands on June 26, he sold out of his 300 limited-edition Tod's mini backpacks in just six minutes. Each bag was priced at the equivalent of around $1,600.
Tencent first jumped into the online shopping arena by buying a stake in e-commerce platform JD.com in 2014, which allowed brands with official WeChat accounts to embed their online shops and later to create entire stores within their profile. Luxury brands were at first reluctant to step on board—globally, the digital arena has been a tough area for high-end brands to navigate because it means negotiating on luxury's crucial aspects of exclusivity and tradition. However, the fact that nearly 95% of millennials, an important luxury market, are on WeChat, eventually made social commerce a no-brainer.
Givenchy WeChat boutique
Cartier was among the first luxury brands to fully take advantage of being able to build an HTML5 store within its official profile page on WeChat in 2016, following a slew of brands doing pop-up sales or linking to their official online store. Since then, brands like Gucci and Louis Vuitton have followed suit, and Givenchy is the latest to launch a new WeChat boutique after first working closely with influencers and bloggers to sell exclusive products on the platform.
WeChat consistently develops new ways for brands and shoppers to engage with each other within its ecosystem. In March 2018, Tencent ramped up its efforts to catch up with e-commerce companies' livestreaming pursuits, investing more than $1 billion in two Chinese livestreaming platforms. Soon after, L'Oréal harnessed a WeChat Mini Program to create a shoppable livestream event at the Cannes Film Festival. And in the household goods arena, Pinduoduo, a similar platform to Groupon, shot up to the number two e-commerce app in China in December 2017, gaining popularity by allowing users to gather WeChat friends to buy the same product, to get major discounts. And the social commerce craze shows no signs of slowing down.
"WeChat will keep rising as a main source for brands who want to trigger impulse buys," Graziani says. "It is also a key component for new brands who want to tell their story via influencers. For more commoditized goods and brands, Tmall and JD will remain the main platforms. They are driven by search keywords, while WeChat sales are driven by social connections, impulse, and excitement."
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Post-truth fashion, perfect skin and more
Experiential retail, avant-garde pastries, anti-Instagrammable interiors.
Dexter and Byron Peart, cofounders, Goodee
Good design and purpose will become the arithmetic to luxury.


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Updated: May 21, 2013 at 07:51 p.m.
The Josh Portis experiment in Seattle is over.
Eric Williams of The News Tribune reported Tuesday that the reserve quarterback was waived by the Seattle Seahawks on Tuesday following his arrest earlier this month on suspicion of DUI. The team later confirmed that Portis had been released.
Portis was pulled over May 5 for allegedly speeding when a Washington State Patrol officer reported noticing "a strong odor of intoxicants coming from the vehicle." Portis reportedly sported "watery, bloodshot eyes" and admitted to downing tequila before taking the wheel.
This week, Pete Carroll's Seahawks came under fire after defensive end Bruce Irvin's suspension for performance-enhancing substance use. Irvin's suspension marked the seventh Seattle player to test positive for a banned substance since 2011.
Portis wasn't among that group, but the Seahawks have made an example out of him.
Portis, 26, gave the Seahawks an athletic backup behind quarterbacks Russell Wilson and Brady Quinn, but he was no lock to make the roster even before his Cinco de Mayo mishap. Jerrod Johnson will step into the third QB spot for now, but don't be surprised if the Seahawks go on the hunt for a more reliable third option.


For all the years we've been asked if we have violet rugs, here's the answer. And yes, it's plant dyed! The color is a burnished amethyst, and though a "solid" it bears the striations and depth of all Gabbehs, due to the color variations in the wool itself (from cream to dark brown). If you love simplicity and purple, here is finally the Gabbeh you've been waiting for.


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College of Business, University of Louisville, basement, Louisville, Kentucky, August 4, 2009 flood.
Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Floods; Flood damage; Interiors; Basements; University of Louisville--Buildings; Men; Furniture; Stairways; University of Louisville--Employees
Plumbing crew stands in the doorway of the University of Louisville College of Business basement. Left to right: Danny Carter, Plumbing Foreman Physical Plant; Troy Thompson, H.V.A.C. mechanic Belknap Campus; Leo Lear, plumber Belknap Campus; Tom...
College of Business, University of Louisville, north side, Louisville, Kentucky, August 4, 2009 flood.
Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Equipment; University of Louisville--Buildings; Men; University of Louisville--Employees
Plumbing crew primes the mine pump with water to start the water flow through the pump in the north basement stairwell of the University of Louisville College of Business. Pictured from left to right are: Mike Aldi, Plumber; Troy Thompson,...
Ellerbe W. Carter of Louisville, Kentucky, 1929.
Portraits; Men; Lawyers; Business people; Government officials
Brigadier General Ellerbe W. Carter of Louisville, Kentucky, attorney and President of Carter Guaranty Company, sitting at a desk, holding papers. Stamped on back of image: September 4, 1929. Handwritten on back: President of Carter Guaranty...
Ellerbe W. Carter, Jr. of Louisville, Kentucky, 1929.
Portraits; Men; Horses; Horseback riding
Ellerbe W. Carter, Jr., of Louisville, Kentucky, son of Ellerbe W. Carter, attorney and President of Carter Guaranty Company, sitting on a horse and wearing traditional riding clothes. Stamped on back of image: Herald-Post, Page No. 6, Photo No. 9,...
Mrs. Leslie Carter.
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Actresses; Women; Costumes; Posing
Three-quarter length character portrait of left profile of actress Mrs. Leslie Carter resting her hand on a fur, wearing a long white dress with puffy sleeves and black sash. Born Caroline Louise Dudley in Lexington, Kentucky on June 10, 1862, Mrs....
Portraits; Men; Lawyers; Business people
Brigadier General Ellerbe W. Carter of Louisville, Kentucky, attorney and President of Carter Guaranty Company, wearing a mustache and suit and tie. Stamped on back: September 16, 1929.
Nancy Carter of Louisville, Kentucky, 1929.
Portraits; Women; Horses; Horseback riding
Nancy Carter of Louisville, Kentucky, daughter of Mr. Ellerbe and Mrs. Nancy Carter, sitting on a horse and wearing riding clothes. Stamped on back of image: June 3, 1929; Herald-Post, Page No. 6, Photo No. 7, Issue of June 2nd.
Carter Jenkins.
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Men; Business people
Portrait of Carter Jenkins wearing a striped tie and hard collar. Crop marks outline his image, and the photograph has some spots of discoloration. Stamped on back of image: Credit, Griswold Studio (Louisville). Handwritten on back: Carter Jenkins,...
American Folk Song Festival, Carter Caves State Park, Olive Hill, Kentucky, June 7-9, 1968.
Women; Men; Spectators; Costumes--United States; Music festivals; Folk festivals; Musicians; Log cabins; Violins; Guitars; Mouth organs; Stringed instruments; Contact sheets; American Folk Song Festival
Jean Thomas wearing her "Narrator" costume (a long black dress with white collar and sleeves), is joined by various musicians, including fiddler J.P. Fraley and his wife Annadeene (who also works as Thomas' assistant) onstage at the thirty-eighth...
Women; Men; Children; Costumes--United States; Costumes--Great Britain; Music festivals; Folk festivals; Musicians; Log cabins; Guitars; Zithers; Violins; Banjos; Mouth organs; Stringed instruments; Contact sheets; American Folk Song Festival
Various musicians, including children playing hammered dulcimer; men playing guitar and harmonica; a young woman playing guitar; and a string band featuring J.P. Fraley on fiddle join Jean Thomas, wearing a long black dress with white collar and...
J.P. Fraley, Annadeene Fraley, and string band perform at American Folk Song Festival, Carter Caves State Park, Olive Hill, Kentucky, June 7-9, 1968.
Musicians; Log cabins; Music festivals; Folk festivals; Women; Men; Children; Spectators; Costumes--United States; Costumes--Great Britain; Stringed instruments; Violins; Guitars; Banjos; American Folk Song Festival
J.P. Fraley (on fiddle) and his wife, Annadeene (on guitar) perform on stage with another guitar player and a young man on banjo at the thirty-eighth annual American Folk Song Festival, held at Carter Caves State Park in Olive Hill, Kentucky. A...
Women; Men; Spectators; Costumes--United States; Costumes--Great Britain; Music festivals; Folk festivals; Musicians; Log cabins; Contact sheets; American Folk Song Festival
Jean Thomas, wearing a long black dress with white collar and sleeves, is joined by various musicians, including some in Elizabethan costume, children doing play-party games, and an audience at the thirty-eighth annual American Folk Song Festival,...
Women; Men; Children; Spectators; Costumes--United States; Costumes--Great Britain; Music festivals; Folk festivals; Musicians; Log cabins; Guitars; Zithers; Stringed instruments; Contact sheets; American Folk Song Festival
Various musicians, including some in Elizabethan costume; a hammered dulcimer player; a guitar player; a group of children; and an audience at the thirty-eighth annual American Folk Song Festival, now held at Carter Caves State Park in Olive Hill,...
Women; Men; Children; Spectators; Costumes--United States; Costumes--Great Britain; Music festivals; Folk festivals; Musicians; Log cabins; Contact sheets; American Folk Song Festival
Primarily photographs of the audience at the thirty-eighth annual American Folk Song Festival, held at Carter Caves State Park in Olive Hill, Kentucky with a replica of Jean Thomas' "Traipsin' Woman Cabin" serving as the stage, this series of...
Guitar player at American Folk Song Festival, Carter Caves State Park, Olive Hill, Kentucky, June 7-9, 1968.
Musicians; Log cabins; Music festivals; Folk festivals; Women; Men; Children; Spectators; Costumes--United States; Costumes--Great Britain; Stringed instruments; Guitars; American Folk Song Festival
A young man performs with guitar at the thirty-eighth annual American Folk Song Festival, held at Carter Caves State Park in Olive Hill, Kentucky. A replica of Jean Thomas' "Traipsin' Woman Cabin" serves as the stage. Other performers, including...
American Folk Song Festival, Carter Caves State Park, Olive Hill, Kentucky, June 1969.
Music festivals; Folk festivals; Spectators; Log cabins; Musicians; Costumes--United States; Costumes--Great Britain
Performers both backstage (behind the replica of Jean Thomas' "Traipsin' Woman Cabin") and onstage, and spectators on the grass, at the American Folk Song Festival at Carter Caves State Park in Olive Hill, Kentucky, June 1969. Title supplied by...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Actresses; Women
Portrait of actress Mrs. Leslie Carter wearing her hair piled atop her head, an extravagant pearl necklace, a shawl, and a sleeveless black gown with spaghetti straps made of gems. Born Caroline Louise Dudley in Lexington, Kentucky on June 10,...
Carter Dry Goods and National Grocer, Louisville, Kentucky, 1922.
Cities & towns; Streets; Trucks; Horses; Carts & wagons; Buildings; Transportation
Address: 727-734 W. Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky. This view of W. Main Street shows a number of businesses including Carter Dry Goods Co., The National Grocer Co., and McCord Company. Carter Dry Goods Co.'s store was built in 1878. The...
College of Business, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, August 4, 2009 flood.
Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Vehicles; Equipment; Stairways; University of Louisville--Buildings; Men; University of Louisville--Employees
Cleanup crew (Leo Lear, Plumber, Belknap Campus at right; Tom Sensabaugh, Plumber, Belknap Campus at left) lowers suction device into the basement on the north side of the University of Louisville College of Business on the afternoon of the flood....


This is actually a quickie, 2 hours.
But i liked it so much.
I made it because i had some feelings in me that sucked and i needed to express myself.
Perhaps that's why i like it.
ps.. i know that the pill is very very small..
actually, a stilnoct IS that small... tja foppa!
Reminds me a bit of the movie Frightners. Only that movie really sucked. I really dig the graphic bro. Out of curiosity what pill is he taking?
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Problem czterech hetmanów – problem polegający na znalezieniu takiego ustawienia czterech hetmanów na szachownicy, by zaszachować możliwie jak największą liczbę pól.

Rozwiązanie problemu czterech hetmanów
Jest 8 ustawień (nie licząc wariantów, które można otrzymać za pomocą obrotów i odbić), przy których tylko dwa pola są wolne od szachu.

Na przykład na diagramie obok jedyne pola nieszachowane to b4 i f8.

W niektórych dwa hetmany (tutaj He3 i Hg5) znajdują się na jednej przekątnej, atakując się nawzajem.

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Plate & Section rolling is all done in-house within a dedicated Rolling Shop.
We have a number of Machines and Formers which cater for the differing sizes of UB, UC, PFC, CHS, RHS, and SHS members.
Plate is commonly rolled for the fabrication of Pile casings, Tanks, Debarker drums and Ducting. We also have a 300 tonne Brake Press for pressing Channels, trough sections, and Stair treads etc.


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Home / Local News / PM shows sympathy for Ghana's loss
PM shows sympathy for Ghana's loss
Prime Minister Freundel Stuart with the late leader of Ghana, John Atta Mills.
Prime Minister Freundel Stuart has extended condolences to the people of Ghana on the passing of their President John Atta Mills, who died on Tuesday — five months ahead of the country's election.
The Prime Minister, who met the late Ghanaian leader when they both addressed an Ocean's conference in Washington DC, three months ago, described him as charming and thoughtful.
Stuart added: "I want on behalf of the Government, and the people of Barbados, to extend heartfelt condolences to the Government and people of Ghana on the unfortunate and untimely passing of President Mills."
His comments were offered during a courtesy call today with Ghana's High Commissioner to Barbados, David Sarpong Boateng, at Ilaro Court.
The Prime Minister said the late Ghanaian president had left a distinguished and solid reputation for the people of Ghana to build on.
"I am sure that the people of Ghana will recover from this," he added.
Mills was 68. (BGIS)
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Q: How to migrate local user from system to system I have to migrate SP 2007, which have user locals and domain users as users, to SP 2013. After migration, I am getting stuck with migrating user locals to new system. I do not know there is any way to take all users from old system to new system. I did manually add the similar username on the new system and try to login the system, access denied throws then.
Also, I go to database,edit tp_login column ( OldDomain\account1 -> newDomain\account1) and create a new account with account1 login name, result is so.
Please advice.

A: From your question and comments we conclude that you are stuck from migrating SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013 using Database Attach Upgrade Process. And you migrating your SharePoint to a new domain, since you mentioned this
"(OldDomain\account1 -> newDomain\account1)".
Now I would like you to check and go through these articles and perform the steps.
Migration from SP 2010 to 2013 user permissions not working
SharePoint 2010/2013: How to Move SharePoint to a New Domain
And always have a checklist and plan before you migrate your SharePoint to new domain. Here you go SharePoint : Migrating SharePoint Server from one domain to another
If you are looking to migrate local windows users then as per my knowledge there isn't available a supported method to migrate local windows users without involving Active Directory (AD). The only way to handle this is to connect your comp1 server to Domain Controller (DC), which will promote all the local accounts to domain accounts. After this change you could join the new server to your domain as a DC and decommission the old server. That would do exactly what you want, but you'll have to use AD.
Hope this helps.

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The Australian Automobile Association (AAA) is the peak organisation representing Australia's motoring clubs and their eight million members. The AAA advances the interests of all road users to ensure transport systems are safe, affordable and transparent.
AAA research shows that road safety is a top concern for Australian motorists. More than 100 Australians are killed in car crashes every month and equal numbers are seriously injured daily. The social cost of road deaths is immeasurable, however, the economic impact of Australia's road safety crisis is not. There is an urgent need to reduce vehicle crashes and the AAA and its member clubs have a number of strategies and proposals to make our roads safer.
Transport is a major cost for Australian households. Unlike energy or gas bills, there are many costs associated with transport meaning the true impact on a family budget is not always well understood. The AAA is focused on ensuring Australians get the best possible deal on transport, that they get value for money and have fair access to a range of transport options, including public transport.
Australians deserve a fair go when it comes to transport. We believe motorists should have real information about how much fuel their car will use on the road and its emissions. We are campaigning to ensure Australians have access to car data and continue to have the choice of independent repairer for their vehicle. We are also calling on the government to invest more of our road taxes into infrastructure to improve safety and reduce congestion.
or visit the Reports page.


After a short summer holiday, the Apt: London collective return to East London alongside friends, old and new. Join us on Saturday 21st July at Rolling Stock in #Shoreditch as we present a very special day & night party.
With its perfect outdoor terrace and all-day BBQ alongside its very intimate interior backed by a powerful sound system, it's an ideal spot to showcase a collective of local heroes.
Doors open at 12, with FREE ENTRY until 9pm and we're going until late..


The so called Bush era tax cuts (enacted through the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001) substantially increased the credit exemption amount available to estates over time and reduced the top marginal rate applied to taxable estates pushing toward eventual repeal of the federal estate tax.
In 2010, we saw the unthinkable: estate tax repeal. Throughout the year, planners believed there may be retroactive legislation that would reenact the estate tax. People feared it could be taken away at any time. Some planners even suggested that it might be advisable to have clients make taxable gifts to take advantage of the 35% gift tax rate.
In response to the chaos created by the one year of estate tax repeal and then the return to the tax laws that existed before the Bush era tax cuts, Congress enacted and on December 17, 2010, President Obama signed the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 ("2010 Tax Act"). The 2010 Tax Act made significant changes to the estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer ("GST") tax laws. These changes will remain in place for two years, 2011 and 2012, but can have an impact that lasts forever.


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Crimson Romance,
Excerpt,
Falling for You,
Only 2.5 weeks until STUCK ON YOU releases on Feb 11th! Just in time to give it as a gift to your favorite Valentine's maybe?? I'm so excited about this book. It's the second in the Reality TV Romances series but the show is all new. This time it's not about a bunch of girls dating a bachelor. Nope. This time, teams of two race around the New York Hudson Valley area collecting points and prizes as they find hidden caches (treasure boxes) using handheld GPS units. I hope everyone who loved FALLING FOR YOU will give this book a try too! I don't think you'll be disappointed if you do.
So how about a first look at STUCK ON YOU? I know I've given you the blurb before, but I think it's time for an excerpt instead. So let's see what's up with Paige in her book STUCK ON YOU!
"Welcome, everyone, to the first season of Treasure Trekkers, the show that will have you racing for treasures in caches hidden around the New York metropolitan area as well as the lower Hudson Valley." He paused to smile for the camera a moment before continuing on. "You never know what surprise you'll find in the next cache. Perhaps you'll find money, or a fantastic trip for two. Maybe you'll even find the keys to a new car!"
The contestants cheered. Even Paige who was normally pretty quiet and reserved cheered at the idea of being able to win really awesome prizes along the way without having to win the whole show. Even with Cassidy as her teammate, the chances of winning the adventure show were pretty slim for two girls who weren't exactly athletic or outdoorsy. Winning a few prizes could go a long way to making Paige more comfortable in life. Her salary as a freelance graphic artist covered the bills, but little else. But at least she could take time off whenever she wanted.
"Speaking of surprises, we're starting off the show with a big one." Spencer motioned for Cassidy to come and stand beside him instead of off to the side where she had been next to Chip. "I'm sure most of you have already noticed that one of our teams of two is currently a team of one. But not for long."
Paige felt her insecurity creeping up into her cheeks. She hated being the center of attention. Why had she ever agreed to come on this new show? Was a free trip, an interesting experience, and time spent with her good friend really worth all this?
Spencer gestured to her. "Paige has been patiently waiting for her teammate to show up and here she is with me. Cassidy, why don't you tell everyone why you're here with me instead of over there with your teammate."
Cassidy glanced around the small gathering, smiling as she found the spot where Evan stood filming. Then her eyes met Paige's quickly before settling back on Spencer.
"Well, um, there's been a little change of plans."
What change of plans? No one spoke to me about any changes and I've been here all day.
"I was supposed to run the race with Paige." Cassidy caught Paige's gaze again, her expression clearly apologetic for what she was about to say. "But I'm sorry. I can't run the race with you."
Can't run the race? I can't run it alone.
"And why is that?" Spencer asked even though he absolutely had to already know the answer. But America didn't and neither did Paige.
How? Why? What could possibly make it okay for Cassidy to think she could abandon Paige at the last minute like this? Her chest tightened at the thought of having to run it alone. Or drop out before they even started.
Damn. Getting voted out in the third round on The One was bad enough, but now she was about to be kicked off in the first episode of a show where everyone was supposed to compete until the end. This wasn't fair.
Cassidy looked away from Paige and back to Evan, a smile coming to her lips. "Because…"
Oh I am so mean!! You were just about to learn why Cassidy can't compete with Paige and I left you hanging… Why can't Cassy compete? What will happen to Paige? Will Paige have to run the race alone? Will she get kicked out on day one? Or will Paige get a new partner??
Find out the day the book releases by pre-ordering your copy of STUCK ON YOU today!
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Newly single Cassidy Quinn is thrilled to be a contestant on the new reality dating show The One. But her excitement turns to horror when the gorgeous bachelor turns out to be her ex-boyfriend. Seeing Brad again makes Cassidy realize she might not be as "over him" as she thought—and then she meets hunky cameraman Evan Burke.
After watching his brother lose his wife in a tragic accident, Evan vows never to fall in love. But following Cassidy around as her personal cameraman makes him question his decision, and resisting her gets harder with every sunbathing, bikini-wearing day.
Cassidy and Evan begin a forbidden affair while her ex-boyfriend tries to win her heart back one groping, awkward moment at a time. If Cassidy can manage to stop falling off horses (literally), stop falling onto her ex-boyfriend, the bachelor (yes, literally), and stop falling in love with backstage playboy Evan, she might still make it through the show without becoming a tabloid sensation.
But soon Cassidy must choose between the ex who broke her heart and the cameraman who might never love her back. For Cassidy, this reality show just got real.
Tags: contemporary romance, crimson romance, Falling for You, Geocaching, Geocaching novel, reality TV novel, Reality TV Romance, Stuck on You
allysonbb says:
January 25, 2013 at 5:41 pm	(UTC -4 )
Oh…I can't wait!
allysonbrann06@yahoo.com
You'll have a copy soon Allyson! I'll send you the copy you won on release day!!
seawitchreviews says:
January 25, 2013 at 10:50 pm	(UTC -4 )
To bad there really wasn't a show like that. When my dh was stationed out in Seattle he did that caching a lot.
January 26, 2013 at 7:31 am	(UTC -4 )
I would totally sign up for this show! Geocaching for real big prizes would be so much fun!
Krissie says:
February 4, 2013 at 12:54 pm	(UTC -4 )
So excited to hear that your book will soon be available! Geo-caching and romance – how can it get better than that.. Staying tuned..
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St. Mary's Women's Soccer, Southern Virginia End Up in 1-1 Draw
2OT
St. Mary's (Md.) (3-7-4, 2-2-2 CAC) 0 1 0 0 1
Southern Virginia (5-7-2, 2-3-1 CAC) 1 0 0 0 1
Head Coach Peter Krech
1st - 26:52 - Kora Jewell (Southern Virginia)
2nd - 87:02 - TEAM (St. Mary's (Md.))
G: TEAM - 1
Sv: Sydney Larkin - 4
G: Kora Jewell - 1
Sh: Taylor Mercer - 6
Sv: Merideth Ouellette - 4
For Immediate Release · By Nairem Moran · nmoran@smcm.edu
Buena Vista, Va. – The St. Mary's College of Maryland women's soccer team used a late own goal to force overtime and eventually record a 1-1 draw at Southern Virginia University Saturday afternoon in Capital Athletic Conference action.
St. Mary's 1, Southern Virginia 1 (2 OT)
The Knights outshot St. Mary's, 7-3, in the first half and Kora Jewell put Southern Virginia on the board in the 26th minute with an unassisted goal.
SVU seemed poised to come away with three points but an own goal in the 88th minute kept the Seahawks in the fight.
The Seahawks went to work in the two 10-minute extra frames, collecting two shots and a corner kick in each overtime period.
Merideth Ouellette preserved the 1-1 draw with two saves in OT.
For the Seahawks (3-7-4, 2-2-2 CAC)
Scorers: Own Goal
Goalkeeper: Sydney Larkin (4 saves, 1 goal allowed, 110:00)
St. Mary's finished the contest with 11 shots (five on goal) and four corner kicks.
For Southern Virginia (5-7-2, 2-3-1 CAC)
Scorer: Jewell (1 goal)
Goalkeeper: Ouellette (4 saves, 1 goal allowed, 110:00)
The Knights extended their unbeaten streak to three straight with 11 shots (five on goal).
St. Mary's moves to 2-0-3 all-time against the Knights in a series which began in 2013.
Up Next for the Seahawks
Oct. 18 at the University of Mary Washington (6-8-1, 2-3-1 CAC) – Fredericksburg, Va. – CAC match – 3:30 p.m.
Mary Washington owns the series with the Seahawks, boasting a 25-7-8 all-time record. However, St. Mary's is 1-0-1 in the last two meetings.
Facebook: StMarysAthletics
Instagram: @smcseahawks, @smcmwsoccer
Twitter: @smcseahawks, @SMCM_WSOCCER
Hashtags: #SweepTheSheds, #GoHawks
October 4, 2018 St. Mary's Women's Soccer Honored for Academic Excellence
June 21, 2018 156 Seahawk Student-Athletes Land on CAC All-Academic Team
April 20, 2018 St. Mary's College Board of Trustees Approves Budget for Jamie L. Roberts Stadium
March 23, 2018 2018 Special Olympics Field Day Rescheduled for April 8
November 28, 2017 SAAC Collects Nearly 2,000 Pounds of Food
November 9, 2017 Three Seahawk Women's Soccer Players Land on All-CAC Team
November 7, 2017 Annual SAAC Canned Food Drive Begins Saturday
November 1, 2017 Seahawk Women's Soccer Knocked Out of CAC Tournament
October 30, 2017 Jamie L. Roberts Stadium Complex Building to Begin
October 30, 2017 Larkin Picks Up CAC Women's Soccer Weekly Award
October 28, 2017 St. Mary's Women's Soccer Headed to CAC Tournament Semifinals
October 25, 2017 Moody Strikes Twice as Seahawk Women's Soccer Locks Up CAC Playoff Bid
October 21, 2017 St. Mary's Women's Soccer Came Up Big on Senior Day
October 18, 2017 Mary Washington Tops Seahawk Women's Soccer, 2-0, in CAC Action
October 14, 2017 St. Mary's Women's Soccer, Southern Virginia End Up in 1-1 Draw
October 11, 2017 Seahawk Women's Soccer Loses 2-0 to No. 9 Christopher Newport
October 6, 2017 German Lifts St. Mary's Women's Soccer to OT Win
October 4, 2017 Seahawk Women's Soccer Drops CAC Contest to Salisbury
September 30, 2017 St. Mary's Women's Soccer, Frostburg State Plays to Scoreless Draw
September 27, 2017 Seahawk Women's Soccer Wins Second Straight
September 23, 2017 Offensive Explosion Pushes St. Mary's Women's Soccer Past Penn State Harrisburg
September 19, 2017 Seahawk Women's Soccer Battles No. 14 Lynchburg in Heartbreaker
September 16, 2017 Another Tough Loss for St. Mary's Women's Soccer at Haverford
September 13, 2017 Seahawk Women's Soccer Succumbs to Bridgewater (Va.)
September 10, 2017 St. Mary's Women's Soccer Drops Second Straight One-Goal Contest
September 9, 2017 Larkin Has Career Day But Seahawk Women's Soccer Falls in OT
September 3, 2017 St. Mary's Women's Soccer, Averett Battle to Scoreless Draw
September 1, 2017 Seahawk Women's Soccer, Randolph-Macon Play to 2-2 Draw
July 31, 2017 2017 Seahawk Women's Soccer Lineup Released
Wed, 10/31 | Women's Soccer at #2 seed Mary Washington L, 3-2 (Final) RC | BX | V
Sat, 10/27 | Women's Soccer at #3 seed York (Pa.) W, 1-0 (Final) RC | BX | V
Wed, 10/24 | Women's Soccer vs. No. 15 Christopher Newport L, 4-1 (Final) RC | BX | V
Sat, 10/20 | Women's Soccer vs. Penn State Harrisburg L, 2-0 (Final) RC | BX | V
Wed, 10/17 | Women's Soccer at York (Pa.) W, 2-1 (Final) RC | BX | V


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Driver Services locations in Thayne and Jackson adjusting hours in 2022
JACKSON, Wyo. — At the start of the new year, the Wyoming Department of Transportation's Driver Services office in Thayne will adding additional days of service to better serve the people of northwest Wyoming. Starting January 3, the Thayne location will operate Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with a break for lunch at noon. WYDOT adjusted the operating hours due to "recent growth...
Slide stabilization work completed below Upper Wind River Canyon Campground
Slide stabilization work has been completed adjacent to US20/WY789 between Shoshoni and Thermopolis at the north edge of the Upper Wind River Campground. The work was completed Dec. 16 by slide stabilization subcontractor Condon Johnson and Associates, Inc., of Kent, Wash. "The 179 aggregate shafts are in place and are each six feet in diameter. They were installed 40 feet below the level of the Wind...
FREMONT COUNTY DUI TASK FORCE TO FOCUS ON NEW YEAR'S WEEKEND IMPAIRED DRIVING ENFORCEMENT
This New Year's holiday weekend, the Fremont County DUI Task Force will carry out a countywide impaired driving enforcement operation. In short, don't drink and drive. If you do, you'll be arrested, and you will go to jail. "Fremont County law enforcement will be working overtime this holiday season to detect, stop and arrest drunk and impaired drivers. You can also expect all of our officers, deputies...
Drive Sober This Holiday Season
The Wyoming Highway Patrol (WHP) urges motorists to get to their destinations safely by never driving drunk. This step can help ensure motorists stay safe this holiday season. The holidays are a time for family and friends to create and share special memories. We have experienced 66 alcohol/drug-related fatalities so far this year in Wyoming. The WHP will continue its efforts to remove drunk drivers...
Transportation Commission awards over $33.6 million in contracts in December
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The Wyoming Transportation Commission awarded over $33.6 million in contracts for six Wyoming Department of Transportation construction projects during its December 9 business meeting. The commission awarded a $4.5 million bid to Simon Contractors out of Cheyenne for a project involving grading, paving, wearing course, bridge rehabilitation, guardrail and other work on almost 7 miles...


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Jim Sharples was named Jackson Liberty High School's head football coach Tuesday night by the Jackson Township Board of Education, Jackson Township District Athletic Director Mike Walsh said Wednesday morning.
Sharples succeeds the late Tim Osborn, who died suddenly on April 13. Osborn had been Jackson Liberty's only head football coach since the school opened in 2006. Sharples had been an assistant coach to Osborn all six of Jackson Liberty's varsity seasons, including the last five as defensive coordinator, Walsh said.
Jackson Liberty went 6-4 in 2012 for its first winning season and qualified for the NJSIAA playoffs for the first time. The Lions went 23-37 under Osborn.
Also, Chris Damian, an assistant coach at Monmouth University the last 10 seasons, was named Keansburg High School's head football coach Tuesday night by the Keansburg Board of Education, Keansburg athletic director Tom Stark said Wednesday afternoon.
Damian, a 2003 Monmouth graduate, was the Hawks' running backs/special teams/video coordinator.
Kmak coached Keansburg to a 44-57 record, including a 10-2 season in 2007, when the Titans advanced to the NJSIAA Central Group I championship game.
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import AppKit

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Glashutte Original: growing out of the shadow of the Cold War
For a long time it has been Glashütte's "other" major watch brand, but in recent years Glashütte Original has really come into its own. QP travelled to Saxony to discover a confident brand - and one steeped in twentieth century history like no other.
Think about German watchmaking right now, and the chances are your mind turns to A. Lange & Söhne or Nomos Glashütte. Nearby neighbour Glashütte Original, meanwhile, has been more in the shadows thus far, at least in this country – but there are signs that is to change, with impressive recent Baselworld showings and a strong growth strategy. From a retail perspective, it is trying to open up hitherto sluggish markets like France, Italy, Spain and the UK. Harrods and Mappin & Webb both now stock Glashütte Original, as well as Bond St's Wempe.
The PanoMatic Lunar, released at Baselworld 2015
All of which means it's high time we revisited the brand's origins. The story of Glashütte watchmaking is a story of accidents of geography, in different ways and over several generations. It was silver mining that put Glashütte, a small town near the German-Czech border, on the map. Deposits discovered here in the fifteenth century brought industry and commerce, but by the early nineteenth century, reserves had dwindled.
The government of Saxony encouraged watchmakers to settle in the town, and slowly a concentration of craftsmanship was cultured, in one small valley. Led to Glashütte by Ferdinand Adolph Lange, men such as Julius Assmann and Moritz Grossmann began to create pocket watches that were the equal of anything produced in Switzerland.
But Glashütte's distance from the rest of the watchmaking world, and from the centres of fashion and influence, led its watchmakers to underestimate the rise of the wristwatch. Ignoring the direction the industry was taking, the town's companies almost went bust in the 1930s before belatedly abandoning pocket watch production.
An early Glashutte pocket watch
By the time war broke out in 1939, Glashütte watchmakers – like their Swiss competitors – were no longer restricted by the basic geography of the valley – the same geography that had forced the cultivation of such a tightly clustered, single-minded town of watchmakers.
The war itself took a predictable toll on Glashütte's workforce, and in a cruel blow, the town was bombarded on the very last day of the war. But the real impact of World War II was yet to come. Germany was divided, and Glashütte found itself in Soviet East Germany: the German Democratic Republic (GDR).
Not only did this at one stroke cut Glashütte's watchmakers off from international trade, it also saw the town's stock of machinery seized by Russian troops as part of a reparations deal.
Thirdly, the private enterprises of the pre-war era were outlawed. In 1951, the watchmakers saw their assets, workforce, intellectual property and premises forcibly combined, to make the state-controlled Glashütte Uhrenbetrieb, or GUB for short.
A selection of Cold War GUB watches
Despite these colossal geographical disadvantages, walled off from the rest of the world, GUB's newly-formed workforce re-built its machinery, and for the next 48 years settled back down to building lower-grade watches for Soviet consumption (as well as anything else that was called for, from timers for washing machines to mechanical tape recorders, and even a clock made for pigeon breeders).
A GUB-era chronograph, from the musuem in Glashutte
When the Berlin wall came down, GUB was passed into the control of the new German Republic; it was the legal heir of all the companies that had formed it in the first place, and before long Glashütte's watchmakers wanted to reestablish what was lost – primarily the Lange family, which returned from exile to buy back its name. Of the 2,500-odd workforce under the employ of GUB in 1990, only 72 were left by the time it changed its name to Glashütte Original a year or two later; many had moved to the resurgent A. Lange & Söhne. It was a chaotic time.
Along came investor Heinz Pfieffer, a man whom we might nowadays refer to as a "turnaround specialist". He put the company back on its feet, recognised that it had to target high-end watchmaking to survive, and within six years sold it to the Swatch Group. Although re-formed, the brand's identity was somewhat shapeless, trying to be all things to all men, until a vigorous bout of "restrategising" left it in the lean shape you find it today.
GUB watches directly inspired current Glashutte Original models
"I was appointed right towards the end of this restructuring," says CEO Yann Gamard, "so I've been able to take all the credit!"
The Glashütte Original of today is something of a revelation; gone are the bright, bold sports watches of the late 2000s. The current range combines extremely traditional styles with subtle cold-war revivalism, at competitive prices. The Senator Perpetual Calendar, for example, costs just €22,000 in steel.
"We are fortunate enough to have developed a few bestsellers", admits Gamard, citing the GUB-derived retro-cool Sixties and Seventies ranges in particular: "I can't make enough of the Seventies Chronograph". The two twentieth-century collections work partly because it's not just about the style – Glashütte Original's movements are made entirely in-house save for the springs, and in terms of finishing are simply superb.
Left: the Seventies chronograph. Right: the Glashütte Original Sixties
Some of the brand's character has always come from a love of idiosyncratic complications; take the Senator Diary, for example, the first and – to our knowledge – only watch that lets you set an alarm for any point in the next thirty days. Or the PanoMatic Counter XL, an eccentric piece that combines a column-wheel flyback chronograph with a large digital display at 9 o'clock whose only function, controlled by three pushers on the left of the case, is to count up or down.
Left: the PanoMatic Counter. Right: the Senator Diary
Recently, however, the brand has really been asserting itself with highly impressive new calibers. Last year saw the introduction of the caliber 37 fully-integrated flyback chronograph movement in both the Senator and Seventies families, and in 2011 Glashütte Original created its first grand complication - the Grand Cosmopolite Tourbillon (GCT).
Limited to 25 pieces, in platinum, it's a 37-time zone worldtimer with perpetual calendar and flying tourbillon. Both the perpetual calendar and the worldtime functions can be adjusted forward or backwards. It also comes with a hunter caseback engraved on the inside with all 37 time zones.
The Glashütte Original Grand Cosmopolite Tourbillon…
…with hunter caseback, engraved inside with the 37 timezones
This year at Baselworld Glashütte Original is adding a worldtimer to its core collection in the form of the Senator Cosmopolite. This takes the 37-time zone world time complication from the GCT, but it's not as straightforward as that sounds. "We had to create a completely new movement, because of the placement of the other elements. But it's kept the spirit of the Grand Cosmopolite – all of it will be adjustable from the crown", explains Gamard.
With the range of watches settled down, growth is the next big item on the agenda for Glashütte Original. And it's a slightly thorny one. It's not a question of demand, either: "When we started restrategising a few years ago, we had 450 points of sale," says Gamard. "We took that down to 275, and doubled sales nonetheless."
The Glashütte Original Senator Cosmopolite
"If you listen to my VP of sales, we can grow by 25 per cent a year – he has the orders. But of course we can't – I don't want to leave customers unhappy. Our ability to grow is actually about 10 per cent per year; we just can't make the pieces any faster."
"Last year I had nine watches left in stock. Nine. Glashütte belongs to a big group, which is eager to be successful, and they are yelling and screaming at us because we aren't delivering enough."
Belonging to the Swatch Group has of course been beneficial to Glashütte Original, a point its CEO readily acknowledges: "We're a tiny cottage industry compared to Switzerland; we need them despite producing nearly everything here. We still use Swiss skills. Lange has Richemont; we have Swatch." The acquisition has also brought material gains – Glashütte Original now owns its own dial factory in Pforzheim, and this year's releases include some lavish blue dials on existing models – see the PanoReserve at the top of the page.
To cater to demand, the brand has already been growing: staff levels have doubled in the last four years to around 600. But output can't follow suit – it takes time to train new watchmakers. Currently production stands at around 8,000 watches a year. Modern techniques are helping – the introduction of spark erosion technology has vastly accelerated the cutting of plates and bridges, for example.
Visit Glashütte and growth is definitely one of the take-home impressions – borne out by Glashütte's spacious new factory (below), as well as that of Moritz Grossmann that faces it – but it's not about sharp-elbowed competition. With its current offering and pricing, Glashütte Original deserves to be much more prominent, but you won't squeeze much out of Mr Gamard or anyone working for him in the way of naked ambition.
The Glashütte Original manufacture
A little of the collective spirit fostered under the GDR remains in Glashütte, a sentiment that goes beyond professional solidarity. If the town does well, everyone does well – an ethos that's easy to understand in a place where it's common for cousins, brothers, aunts and uncles to work for separate brands. No matter what geography might throw at it next, this cottage industry is stronger than the sum of its parts.
Find out more about Glashütte Original here.
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New Technologies And How They Affect Us
How is new tech conceptualized and managed?
ConceptsData LawGovernance
Jason Yeaman
Technology is an interesting subject to comprehend. Take mobile phone technology for example. If you wanted to achieve a basic understanding of how two people can engage in a voice conversation over long distance without wires, you would simply read about basic concepts of a few things.
How a coil converts sound into an electrical signal, the quantization which generates digital samples that a computer can process and prepare for transmission. Then a little about how an amplifier works, how a transmitter broadcasts a representation of your voice from the mobile computer into a modulated signal and placed onto its respective carrier, and a little about electromagnetic propagation (specifically microwave) and the difference between circuit switched and IP switched infrastructure, in case you are using VoIP services like VoLTE.
Then how a cell tower works, what a transceiver is, what a digital SigPro does, how the process gets reversed and how the transduction of the receiver on the other end puts that signal on the circuit board to be processed, converted by another microprocessor and some audio logic and sent to a speaker which is just like a microphone except it takes the electrical signal and produces noise, so you can hear it.
That's the gist of it. You can get into deeper concepts but components and functions in the process are more than adequate to unveil the PFM behind the process. Knowledge of the science behind tech is great. But that is not what makes it cool. The Science is just that. It does what it does.
The effect of technology on people and how it affects their day-to-day lives is far more impressive than say, the physical science behind electron potential, in my opinion. Technology is based on the characteristics of its applied science. It is predictable, and has an expected result. Technology doesn't have personality until end-user operation begins. While testing in a lab is somewhat thorough, they can't be expected to think of everything. And because they can't, the contingency of acceptable use was invented.
Technology has an agenda for any given scenario. When it is created, tech is usually conceptualized by someone who has the best of intentions. We read about an engineer who wanted to fill a gap in someone else's life or in his own. A specific objective based on some challenge or difficulty so compelling, that they dedicated years of research, design, testing and failure just to see if there was a solution to develop. Eventually they would decide that this design was the last design needed. Soon the world could benefit from their idea. Augmenting aspects of life that are difficult, boring, or so time-consuming that most people achieve poor results if any at all. Without a little help from the of creative genius many of us will still try to hack our way through whatever it is we do and not quite meet our own expectations, let alone the expectations of others.
This is why we have such a high esteem for something we ironically define with such nebulosity and with such frequency, that no one appreciates it. 'Tech' has become the over arching, non-specific description for almost anything that does something in a way that, when compared to the previous method, leaves you wondering why someone didn't think of this sooner.
It brings people to accomplishment where before there was only 'failure'. This 'failure' was attributed to an 'impossibility' and later turned 'miracle' when finally overcome. When applied to education, technology helps kids learn when they are challenged. When applied to mobilization, the elderly get to places without help from another person. In communication, it can help 2 people feel closer to one another when they are separated by distance and it can provide an individual with a secure means to express their most personal thoughts...safe from the outside world. When deployed in Defense, It makes the warfighter more effective at distance and operate an engagement with 'less risk' compared to a disadvantaged OpFor. In the medical field, autonomous sensors and monitoring solutions allow surgeons to be more successful in a critical operation by spending more attention on the procedure, relying on audible and visual alerts to prompt shifting priority.
More importantly, It gives everyone a much louder voice with a reach so broad that anyone with aspirations to '...let the world know what i have to say about it' has that tangibility. Being focused on the content of the real message, rather than the logistics of delivery is a bigger gift. The efficacy of a purposeful and transparent message will have more impact over time than one that relies solely on creating a perception for an intended effect.
Todays mobile devices have such a profound effect in the every day lives of almost everyone, and it's impact and permanence as a tool for communication and influence are quickly realized by both those who want to utilize it for their personal interests, and those who want to limit its use by others to conform to their own definition of acceptability. Because of the value of data points, the ease and speed of content creation and delivery, the diversity in modes of communication, proficiency is simply a matter of time. With so many people using so many devices in so many ways, agencies who believe it is their duty to know anything about anyone have a task that involves so much difficulty that the logistics behind information gathering is daunting. So the aspect of security circumvention isn't something they want to deal with, especially when they are incapable of it.
There are other aspects of how tech can reveal intentions of people or organizations. When we have elected representation from amongst ourselves to lead us as a nation, we expect those people to hold themselves accountable to the same laws that we as individuals are also held.
However, politicians are spending a record number of dollars from their freezer fund to poach private citizens from the tech sector. Higher paying government 'advisory' positions are becoming commonplace. Politicians who understand so little of what makes technology great, taking cues from tech sector turncoats put on the main stage of the news, who now validate their opinion on 'science'. This isn't a bad thing in itself but I'll reiterate that while understanding the science can be both interesting and gratifying, it is not what makes technology valuable.
These folks do not care to understand the philosophy that it's use is based on. How can one properly use any tool if they are not cognizant of what it's for and how to use it? Still they somehow seem very interested to legislate it. When they can no longer use the guise of law to veil impropriety, they legislate their actions so they cannot be in the wrong. If that isn't enough, they will attempt to use the courts system as well. When OEM's responded by excluding themselves from the cryptographic process ensuring they don't have the ability (just in case they could no longer 'legally' refuse) to enable a privacy breach of their users and customers, they are met with public vilification. Our own government using children as a tool for manipulation like a parent with poor judgement.
Some lawmakers have made the claim that technology presents a privacy risk because it has the ability to tell where in space it resides within a few meters. Yet others want to ban the sale of devices that cannot locate itself on remote authority, and be secured against unauthorized use from someone who is not its lawful owner. If you are looking for someone or something to be the authority on any given subject, I would plead that you do not look to these people for any sort of guidance, especially when it comes to the personal technology that you use every day. Like the technology you are using to read this memo.
What it all comes down to is this: Have a look at what technology does for your personal sphere of influence. Look at what it does for you and for your children. How it augments your employees productivity. When you are done with your assessment ask yourself these last questions. Does anyone in Washington DC understand what my technology does for me? Do I want them legislating it?
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