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Happy Holidays, Mark
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"As a gadgets junkie, you surely know about those big ugly AC adapters
that power just about all your electronics. You also know that those AC
adapters can be pretty annoying when trying to connect more than two or
three into a single power strip. Outlets get blocked and you end up
needing three or four power strips to connect all your devices. Is this
any way for a geek to live? We think not. The Power Strip Space Saver,
from Philips, is the perfect accessory for power strips that don't have
enough space to fit all your bulky AC adapters. Each flexible 7"
extension cord can easily accommodate the AC adapter and the pass
through outlet will still give you access to the power strip outlet.
Problem solved, gadgets happy."
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The state Elections Enforcement Commission fined Alicia Primer, of
Weston, Mass., who has a home in Groton and had been registered to vote
in both states, officials said.
Primer was fined for causing last year's tie between Elissa Wright and
Rita Schmidt in the Democratic primary for state representative from the
41st District.
Former Democratic Registrar of Voters Allen Palmer filed the complaint
months after the August 2006 election after he discovered the person who
cast the tie vote, Primer, should not have been allowed to vote.
This summer Primer told an elections enforcement official and The Day of
New London that she thought she could vote in Groton because she owned
property there.
"The Commission considers registering to vote and voting in more than
one jurisdiction at a time to be a serious offense, but is utilizing its
civil authority due to what it perceives as the lack of intent on the
part of the Respondent to commit a crime," the commission said in its
decision.
When the votes were counted last August, Rita Schmidt had one vote more
than Wright. But when the mandatory recount was completed, state
officials advised Palmer to count one more absentee ballot, the one from
Primer. The absentee voter in question had presented an acceptable form
of identification when registering to vote in person at Town Hall. But
the state registration system had not recognized the person's Social
Security number, and the absentee ballot did not contain another form of
identification. So the ballot was put aside.
As part of Palmer's investigation into whether to count the ballot, he
had to confirm that the person was indeed a valid voter in the town. He
verified that the voter, Primer, was on the list of registered voters,
and counted the ballot.
The August 2006 Democratic primary was decided by a coin toss, which
favored Wright. Wright went on to win the general election. She
successfully got a new law passed that got rid of the practice of
breaking of a tie in a primary "by lot" and replaced it with a runoff
election.
BTW, the Fig Newton will be interviewed on radio and webcast on http://www.2dorks.com on Tuesday at 10am ET.
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It's a pretty interesting use of technology that may have better chances
than the SETI@home project.
On Monday, September 3, 2007, Steve Fossett
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Fossett> , the first person to fly a
plane around the world without refueling and the first person to fly
around the world in a balloon went missing in Nevada. An airplane he was
flying failed to return. No one has any idea where he is. Through the
generous efforts of individuals at several organizations, detailed
satellite imagery has been made available for his last known
whereabouts.
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