#Cooley Walking Forum

[lakeblutomski]

a story

the general voted for barack obama

basically i was going to have to walk an ied laden path

i was guaranteed going to lose my legs

all the while the general is a big pimp

then this general is my god because in america you can’t get paid

so then i go off post and previously

youth sports so different schematics

the iraqi’s or other labels applied to that demographic 

so telepathically them getting the general with paperwork issues

then back to america

my dad handles general and i am from what i originally said

eg guitar doing it right honorable so good kids overseas

someone’s dad killed themself

the token person doing their ass kissing

different town tokens so the response women fertility 

entertainers

at the end of the day military benefits teeth 

my uncle eric who was incarcerated

the lights where pathologically anything can make sense

so if i had waited and voted for barack instead

smith the nco in richmond and his stuff

so before my teeth hurt and waiting

i think he put semen in fried rice chinese food he bought and gave me leftovers

so him with his issues tucker max as a person a ahole grad 

i studied some internet maddox the most awesome page in the internet

me and smith and him suggesting mccain him getting laid with my friends

dad’s friend don bucci playing drops of jupiter on guitar

sarcastic open mic night mocked

the general so some not possible constraints

ironies

can’t pay etc 

james and his points hedwig and the angry inch

a drag queen gay man him seeing this in dc 

nelly’s the u st gay bar local school gays evan dobbs

so people being territorial

the people with their power and stance and rebuttals

military families and other wealth 

bad people

incoherency

so the cochran and russell women the education explanation

drop out

so the tokens being loyal to their masters

playing the springbank different thoughts that’s the school

virginia ben franklin resident alien 

the general so looking at his picture 

the pictures on the wall 

aryan nation the regime

out of court settlements

the long grey line and punishments harsh punishments

orphans

the general having kids overseas and elsewhere 

so smith his ducati red motorcycle

me not believing him when he told me he went to germany

what most people said the club and the beer and prostitution

james so his gigantic he said self inflicted scar

tried to kill himself

his girlfriend his dog bronx scary

his beard

me finding him on a forum

maybe distantly connected to my dad’s real estate

so the colony and errors the fault finding

taxes and probably wrongs

for example black band shirt in person merch from dc

target stones

then communism

people don’t want to talk to me any more 

however that’s reality it’s not a fantasy

so smith said he would pay for my book 

he introduced me to his captain

he told me about how he still had his formations to attend to

i may have seen him offer me barbeque at the wtb in georgia

that got bad quick

there used to be fights there i heard about and over doses

i was there and jail show on tv

so the counter response 

wait as the tom brady and mahomes story

race i think a term i heard is racial impurity

buccanneers may have came back don’t remember

tear jerker 

winner

not what i was into 

so may have heard my dad say you can’t be an expert in everything

municipal waste gwar 

people wanting my time and attention yet

my sister in laws hearing through the casino

some of that is true and helps

they’re not going to pay for it

though tolkien and reality

apparently i didn’t give quote warnings

america before leaving

parents brokerage me not wanting to i think be

a post op trannie or a homeless person a lot of things seen

then the upgrades

saw andrew last night at brothers house

jono

bobby keyes

a disrespected humiliated clown 

a guitarist

riffs

so i can and have watched some awful porn

adultery power exchange bullying anal oral etc

so smith

next door to james

did i have my eyes cut with a knife 

unending paranoia 

insurance 

my teeth could have the repairs fall out and end up like the georgians

that’s a better saying the georgians 

blue oyster cult do not fear the reaper 

tests and samples and agreements

my dad knows the nuns

so some lessons

getting put with the foreigners

wanting to graduate

utilities

the surveys 

the lesson was 

you end up doing that to the wrong person

a sighting shakespeare theatre company

the general again ready to retaliate on me

so seeing a charismatic jaw punch in the play

the general auto insurance commercials on cable

chris cooley

doing things different my dad blonde

genetic modification

blade runner harrison ford

watched some more phil dick on youtube movies

actually saw a guy get brought back to georgia immediately

i left and raymond was there i was under duress

so i smoked marijuanna with eric lafgren due to threats etc

then sergeant wilson starts calling me again 

i fortunately am released early from my closing date

andrew said he was quitting drugs and his dad was there

looking down on me and his racism or other insinuations

homosexuality his girlfriend and shamus 

the guy who got sent back 

he gets pain killers thought at one point was doing sexual favors for more drugs

i drove him because he asked me and threat coded me 

pharmacies off post a like ultra deluxe one 

the van the nco’s in fact did sell me great things

the german tv that didn’t work

the dodge caravan like the usps with high mileage 

i flipped in that in a weird storye

was i asleep was a rocket shot at me the wheel spiraled the vehicle

so a guy came and showed me i could close out and go back to the unit

blow job

he shows me his clip of someone popping up that quick with

a rocket launcher real scary and he had the footage on a 

illegal technology ungoverned so another guy

got a toughbook outdoor laptop free 

tried shooting himself in the face and it didn’t kill himself

barreiro taking me off post him date raping me with muscle relaxers

the hotel hanging out outside base

the nco’s covering for him he went to africa

a video of him drunk jumping like a frog

the ranks getting diesel strong and doing unbelievable

he filmed me having sex with what he said was a prostitute he paid

at one point i thought it was my mom 

the escalation 

so someone crying by the wait to drive back

the war zone over here

islamaphobia is what the nightclub said 

the conversation points 

so people coming up with their ideas 

that’s some of this 

[negahc]

March 2021

It is with great regret and sadness that we announce History Center Board Member, supporter, and dear friend Jackie Cooley passed away On February 9.  She had been a Board member since 2016, but she and her husband Counte had been involved with the History Center for much longer, especially in relation to the White Path Cabin. Along with Counte she had operated Electronic Sales Company for 23 years. She was incredibly active in the community, including as co-founder of For Her Glory, an organization that helps cancer patients in need in medical assistance.  Jackie always had a smile, an encouraging word, and a sharp insight, and she will be truly missed.

We have lots of exciting livestream programs for the month of March! Every Wednesday at 2 PM EST we host free livestream programming to the general public. Every Friday at 2 PM EST we host special Members Only programs.

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Homeschool Connection is going great. It is hard to believe we are approaching the midterm point of our 2nd semester already! We have just entered the 20th century in our American History Course. Last week we learned about WWI and we time traveled to meet a German Imperial Soldier who had been fighting in the trenches in France.

Is the pirate life for you? Come to the Northeast Georgia's virtual family day made possible by the Ada Mae Ivester Education Center on March 14th from 1PM to 5PM EST and find out. We will have lessons on the history of piracy, the weapons and tactics used by pirates, and you'll get to meet some of the most famous pirates to ever sail the seven seas! We will also talk about pirate legends and why are pirates are so popular today. And to end the family day be sure to join us live at 5pm to play our Pirate Trivia Game. If you win you may just get some treasure!

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our February Family Day: Voices for the Vote! It was held on February 14th which we learned is the League of Women's Voters Day. We had a wonderful time learning about the women's suffrage movement through the virtual tour of our special exhibit, crafts, fashion, and dance. We even had famous suffragists Sojourner Truth, Lucy Stone, and Frederick Douglas come and speak about their views. This program was made possible through the Ada Mae Ivester Education Center and viewers like you!

March Forum: Plagues in History

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CJ Payne: Digital Studio Intern

My name is CJ Payne, I’m a recent graduate of the University of North Georgia. I got my bachelors’ degree in Film & Digital Media with a minor in Graphic Design. I’m passionate about bringing stories to life through editing videos. I love working on documentaries because true stories have much more of a lasting impact with their message, in my opinion. I am interning at the Northeast Georgia History Center because I want to gain more experience working as a video editor. I enjoy learning about the lifestyles of people in past time periods especially those from cultures other than my own like the Cherokee nation. There’s much to learn from people living in a different era than mine.

I love spending time on set with friends, watching movies, and hiking. I dabble with outdoor photography and take way too many pictures of my dog. I also love to read and take my dog for long walks.

Andrews Gless: Digital Studio Intern

Raised in North Georgia, I fell in love with music and movies at a young age. From  action movies to historical biopics and classic hip-hop to opera, music and movies are something that I have always loved. History is very special to me. Apart from being one of my favorite subjects in school, I love learning about different figures and events through time. There is always a lesson about life that can be learned through the study of history.

I have a Bachelor's Degree in Film and Digital Media with a Production Concentration from the University of North Georgia, where I was able to work on several different award winning films throughout Georgia and the South, (A Devil in God's Country, Dead Winter,  Halfway). I wanted to continue to hone my editing and production skills. The History Center offers the unique opportunity of being able to help produce different types of content for all ages with a  variety of professionals. I hope that I will be able to assist in bringing more stories of North Georgia and the United States to life. I love good stories, great food and movies of all types. I'm an amateur vinyl collector, avid gamer and I can always be found sharing a laugh with my close friends and family.

From Cheryl and Jerry Vandiver in memory of Dinah Wayne, Jack Frost and Frank Norton Sr.

From Cathy and Tony Herdener in memory of Frank Norton Sr., Dinah Wayne, Jack Frost, Jackie Cooley, Jim Walters and Jo Ann Adams.

From Sandra Williams in memory of Jackie Cooley and Jack Frost.

[immedtech]

Touring Target's Open House for smart home tech - CNET

Target's feeling smart

Welcome to Target's new Open House. Designed to showcase how smart home tech works together, the retail giant's newly opened space in San Francisco lets you learn about both new and up-and-coming connected gadgets.

Photo by: Josh Miller/CNET

Dream, try and buy

The "Open House" is split into three main spaces:

-The Forum offers a space to peruse and buy more than 50 retail ready products.

-The Dream Home showcases the tech in a futuristic setting so you can see how devices will apply to your life.

-The Garage is a space for start ups to show off their up and coming products.

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The Forum

Here's the Forum -- where tried and tested products live.

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Time to shop

In the Forum, you can browse various products, and buy any that appeal to you. If you're not ready to buy, you can "like" a product so that Target knows you're interested.

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Smart ducky

Each product is linked to a monitor that walks you through it's features. This rubber ducky sits in the bathtub and lets you know how hot the water is.

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Get info

For the bigger products on the walls, tap the small circles (like the one on the right) to pull up the large circle of info.

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Familiar gear

We saw lots of familiar gadgets in the Forum, including the Anova sous vide cooker.

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Cinder

Here's Cinder -- a cooker that promises the same precision of sous vide without the water.

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Why not take a selfie?

On your way out of the Forum, you can snap a quick selfie. Your picture then pulls up on the screen. So the phrase "It's all about..." ends up meaning you.

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The Dream Home

A more conceptual space than the Forum, the Dream Home showcases connected tech working together in a futuristic setup.

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Explore an interconnected future

The Dream Home has three sections: The living room, the bedroom, and the kitchen.

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The living room

Here's the living room. The Dream Home is made of acrylic and I must say, it's beautiful.

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Themed living

The big screen in the living room changes to fit different themes.

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Exploring connectivity

You can also see products like the Roomba robotic vacuum at work.

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The bedroom

Here's the Dream Home bedroom.

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The Garage

Finally, the Garage lets start ups show their tech and get feedback directly from customers. You can head here to see gadgets still being developed -- a glimpse into the future.

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Where startups shine

Right now, the Garage features 16 products.

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Products in development

The Garage products aren't for sale yet. You can still "Like" the products with interactive displays and give feedback to Target's reps.

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Brilliant Control

One of the products on display in the Garage, the Brilliant Control replaces a standard light switch. You can then use the touchscreen to control your smart home gear. It even works with Amazon's digital assistant Alexa.

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One ring to rule your health

Motiv's titanium rings check your heartrate and monitor your sleep. They say that "steps" are a thing of the past.

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An app for a ring

Here's the Motiv app.

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Round 2 looks good

This is actually Target's second Open House. The first was similarly themed, but both the Garage and the Dream Home are brand new. Above this Open House is a Target retail branch, and surely Target would love nothing more than for a product to get positive feedback in the Garage, move to the Dream Home and the Forum, and finally earn its way onto the shelves of its stores.

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CNET ON CARS

Want to see the future of car technology?

Brian Cooley found it for you at CES 2017 in Las Vegas and the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.

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Rise in Unruly Behavior on Planes Is Tied to Stress of Flying

According to the International Air Transport Association there was one disruptive incident for every 1,053 flights in 2017, the last year, up from every 1,424 flights in 2016. One cause are people drunk going on airplanes. If you were an airport executive would you eliminate shots from airport bars and restaurants: (1) Yes, (2) No? Why? What are the ethics underlying your decision?

Flying has increasingly become a world of the haves and have-nots, starting with purchasing a ticket and continuing as passengers are sorted by status to board.

Once on the plane, passengers can see where they fit in the hierarchy, with the seats getting smaller and thinner and legroom tighter with each passing row. Then, there’s the scramble to secure space in the overhead bins.

“By the time you walk down the jet bridge, you are a bundle of nerves,” said Henry Harteveldt, founder of Atmosphere Research Group, a travel analysis firm in San Francisco.

Now, some researchers are arguing that the stresses of flying — and they say income inequality is among them — contribute to an increase in unruly behavior on planes.

Add to that mix the fact that there are fewer flight attendants on duty than there once were. Most domestic flights, said Taylor Garland, a spokeswoman for the Association of Flight Attendants, are run with the minimum number of attendants allowed, which means crews may not be aware of problems.

Airlines fully comply with all federal safety rules and regulations, including those pertaining to crew staffing aboard the aircraft, a spokesman for Airlines for America, the group’s trade association, said.

The International Air Transport Association, an industry trade group with about 290 member airlines, found that there was one disruptive incident for every 1,053 flights in 2017, the last year for which data was available. In 2016, there was one incident for every 1,424 flights.

And every incident can affect passenger and flight safety. In some cases, pilots turn planes around, creating major delays.

“Airplanes are the physical embodiment of a status hierarchy,” said Keith Payne, a professor of psychology and neuroscience at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the author of “The Broken Ladder: How Inequality Affects the Way We Think, Live and Die.” “They are a social ladder made of aluminum and upholstery in which the rungs are represented by rows of boarding groups and seating classes.”

“Crowding,” Mr. Payne added, “is a risk factor for aggression, and more people in a small space make that more likely to happen.”

One general option when an interaction starts to escalate, he noted, is to walk away and cool off. But, he said, on a plane there are few escape routes.

A study, published in 2016, found that multiple classes on an aircraft increased the likelihood of misbehavior. The study, “Physical and Situational Inequality on Airplanes Predicts Air Rage,” by Katherine A. DeCelles, now at the University of Toronto, and Michael I. Norton, at Harvard Business School, was published in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences.

The authors found that the presence of a first-class cabin, in addition to an economy-class cabin, was associated with more frequent air rage incidents. And boarding through the first-class cabin rather than the midsection of a plane increased those incidents.

The air transport association found that disruptive incidents fell into several categories, with ignoring safety regulations, excessive drinking before a flight and smoking the most common. The association also had reports of more severe disruptions, including physical aggression and damage to equipment.

It’s far too easy for unruly events to occur, Mr. Harteveldt said.

Now, British and European Union organizations are starting programs to minimize disruptions. “No one wants to be next to that passenger who has consumed too much alcohol or is aggressive or rude due to other reasons,” said Henk Van Klaveren, head of public affairs at the Airport Operators Association in London.

In July, the Airport Operators Association, the U.K. Travel Retail Forum and the air transport association (and, later, Airlines U.K.) introduced a media campaign to curb excessive drinking. Called One Too Many, the program is expected to return this summer.

The campaign began at 10 airports (14 now participate, including Heathrow) with airport screens and posters and a leaflet distributed by the police. It also appeared on Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat.

Bars and restaurants eliminated shots and two-pints from their menus. (A pint in Britain is 20 fluid ounces.) World Duty Free shops, a subsidiary of Dufry, voluntarily introduced sealed bags to carry alcoholic purchases at 24 airports in Britain.

The One Too Many campaign “reminds passengers of their responsibilities and the severe consequences of drinking to excess,” said Karen Dee, chief executive of the Airport Operators Association. “These consequences range from being denied boarding to unlimited fines, flight bans and prison sentences for the most serious offenses.”

The campaign is showing decreases in alcohol-related offenders at Glasgow Airport, Manchester Airport and Birmingham Airport, according to the operators association.

Beginning in April, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency and the airline transport association started a separate campaign on social media and YouTube. That campaign, #NotOnMyFlight, is intended to draw attention to rowdy behavior.

The 28 European Union member states and four associate states — Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein and Switzerland — participate voluntarily. A video, created for dramatic effect, shows a passenger dancing in an aisle, another tossing an inflatable toy and luggage from the overhead bin and a third smoking in a lavatory. Each vignette intersperses a mug shot of the passenger with a designated punishable offense.

“The campaign is to remind passengers that each has the responsibility to behave in the correct manner when they fly,” a spokesman for the aviation safety agency said.

One of the more extreme incidents occurred on a Ryanair flight from Dublin to Malta at the end of April. Fights broke out, and inebriated passengers danced on seats and abused the flight crew. The crew requested police assistance while in flight and, when the plane landed, the police removed and detained some of the passengers.

“We will not tolerate unruly or disruptive behavior at any time, and the safety and comfort of our customers, crew and aircraft is our No. 1 priority,” the airline said in a statement. “This is now a matter for the local police.”

The police in Malta said two 23-year-old male passengers had been arraigned before a magistrate. They were accused of boarding an aircraft when drunk, acting in a manner likely to endanger an aircraft or any person and interfering with the aircraft crew’s ability to perform its duties. Each was fined 1,500 euros, or about $1,674.

In March, two hours into a Hawaiian Airlines flight from Honolulu to Los Angeles, two passengers started quarreling in the aisle. Flight attendants tried to move one to another seat.

The pilot enforced security procedures and returned to Oahu. When the plane landed, the flight attendants were treated for injuries, and the passengers who had been fighting were taken into custody. The aircraft finally arrived in Los Angeles five hours late.

What an airline considers acceptable behavior is outlined in its contract of carriage. This document is available online, at airline ticketing facilities or by request from customer service. Contracts may be different for domestic and international flights.

An international effort is underway to adopt broader regulations to handle passenger disruptiveness, called the Montreal Protocol 2014.

Currently, a serious offense is tried according to the law of the aircraft’s country of registration. The new regulation would consider whether a serious offense had been committed regardless of national registration. Jurisdiction over disruptive passengers would extend beyond the country where the aircraft is registered, to include the destination country. The treaty requires 22 countries for ratification. Currently, 19 have ratified it.

The agreement adds provisions to recover costs from unruly passengers, said William V. O’Connor, a partner at the law firm Cooley in San Diego whose practice includes aviation matters.

“There are issues of proof,” he said, “and airlines are reluctant to involve customers as witnesses.”

There is no timetable for the international treaty to go into effect. “You can’t force signatories or put them on the clock,” Mr. O’Connor said.

Yet “airlines keep crowding people in the same amount of space and keep adding gradations in the space,” Mr. Payne of the University of North Carolina said, even as they create social norms about appropriate flight behavior.

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