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The guideline is published in the September 19, 2012, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is a rare, always fatal brain disorder that involves quickly progressing dementia. New cases appear in about one person per million each year worldwide and confirming the diagnosis is challenging. People with the disease can have a wide range of symptoms. Many other conditions can cause similar symptoms, and with some of these conditions the dementia can be treated.
The guideline focused only on the diagnosis of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
While several tests are available to help diagnose sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a brain biopsy is the most accurate test that can be performed on a person living with the disease. Brain biopsy is potentially dangerous.
The guideline examined the diagnostic accuracy of testing for a protein called 14-3-3 in the spinal fluid. The guideline authors reviewed all of the available evidence on the test, which included samples of 1,849 people with suspected sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease from nine studies.
They found that in cases where doctors strongly suspect Creutzfeldt-Jakob to be the cause of the dementia, the test can be helpful in reducing the uncertainty of the diagnosis. However, the test is not accurate enough to diagnose the disease with certainty or to rule it out completely. The test has a sensitivity of about 92 percent and a specificity of about 80 percent. Sensitivity is the percentage of patients with the disease who have a positive test result, and specificity is the percentage of patients who do not have the disease and who are correctly identified as having a negative test result.
The guideline determined that the 14-3-3 protein test can be useful when the probability of the person having Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is between 20 percent and 90 percent.
"This means that if the physician considers the likelihood of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease to be extremely low or extremely high, then testing for 14-3-3 protein would not be useful regardless of the result," said guideline author Taim Muayqil, MBBS, FRCPC, of King Saud University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and a member of the American Academy of Neurology.
Muayqil noted that only doctors experienced in diagnosing dementia should determine whether the 14-3-3 protein test is needed and how results should be interpreted.
Learn more about the guideline at http://www.aan.com/guidelines or Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease at http://www.aan.com/patients.
The American Academy of Neurology, an association of more than 25,000 neurologists and neuroscience professionals, is dedicated to promoting the highest quality patient-centered neurologic care. A neurologist is a doctor with specialized training in diagnosing, treating and managing disorders of the brain and nervous system such as Alzheimer's disease, stroke, migraine, multiple sclerosis, brain injury, Parkinson's disease and epilepsy. For more information about the American Academy of Neurology, visit http://www.aan.com


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Kelly Ripa showed off some new ink on "Live With Regis and Kelly" on Wednesday.
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This recipe is part of the recipe for Cheddar Pepper Bread
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- Heat milk and butter in small saucepan over medium heat just until butter is melted. Remove from heat; cool to about 120° to 130°F. Grease two 9X5-inch loaf pans; set aside.
- Combine 4 cups flour, yeast, salt and sugar in large bowl. Add milk mixture and eggs. Beat vigorously 2 minutes. Add remaining flour, 1/4 cup at a time, until dough begins to pull away from sides of bowl.
- Turn out dough onto lightly floured work surface; flatten slightly. Knead 10 minutes or until smooth and elastic, adding flour if necessary to prevent sticking.
- Shape dough into a ball. Place in large lightly oiled bowl; turn dough over once to oil surface. Cover with towel; let rise in warm place about 1 hour or until doubled in bulk.
- Turn out dough onto lightly oiled work surface; divide in half. Shape each half of dough into loaf; place in prepared pans. Cover with towel; let rise in warm place 45 minutes.
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Photo Catch-Up
Two important things have happened this week so far.
1. Camden got to pitch his first inning! Oh, he was so excited, and I could hardly contain my nerves. We Facetimed with my parents so they could watch. He struck out 2 players and several more strikes. He certainly did a fabulous job, especially since it was his first pitching experience ever. And, of course, I did not have my camera with me so this teeny little picture from my phone is all I have.
2. We got home from the game Tuesday night, and our AC was not working and it was already 82 degrees downstairs. Full on panic mode from this very spoiled girl right here. Brian was able to reset the fuse box, and the AC started working again. Thank heavens.
Here are a few catch-up pictures from the last week.
Playing ring-around-the-rosie.
Addison finally learned how to give out hugs.
The love was flowing freely Saturday. (And, Liz, pretty sure this was when Rory passed on her cold to Addison. Sorry!)
Facetiming with grandparents Saturday night before bed.
Property where our church is building.
At the property during a dedication prayer.
Camden before his first baseball game last week. My mom says he's looking so tall and slim. That's cause he is!
I snapped a picture of their school pics (because I only ordered a class picture). Notice Camden's spiky hair for which he apparently received alot of grief and the fact that Rory has her hair swept over her shoulder. She tries to do this every day because our friend Kinsley does it.
And Rory at Chick-Fil-A after her doctor's appointment Monday. She doesn't look sick to me!


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You say Drum; I say�
Red Drum, Redfish, Channel Bass, Spot Tail Bass, Puppy Drum, Bull Red, Rat Red and Old Drum are all names for the same fish � Sciaenops Ocellatus. In North Carolina, the most common name is Red Drum while two other names denote different sizes of the same fish. If you hear someone refer to the Red Drum as a �Puppy Drum� it usually means weighing less than eight pounds. If you hear someone say �Old Drum� it refers to fish generally more than 40 inches long. Whatever you call them, they are a good fight and pretty decent eating as well. They can be caught from water so fresh that you might catch a largemouth bass on one cast and a puppy drum on the next. You might also catch them 15 miles offshore while bottom fishing for grouper. The Red Drum is North Carolina�s state fish, and with good reason. They were very abundant here and the world record was caught in off of Hatteras Island weighing in at a whopping 94 pounds, two ounces. The Red Drum population started crashing in the 1980s for various reasons, but with tighter management they are starting to make a comeback. As of today, you, as a recreational angler, are allowed one red drum per person per day, no less than 18-inches and no more than 27-inches long.
For this article we will focus on surf fishing for Red Drum. The southern end of Topsail and the north end of Lee Island are probably your best bet to encounter these fish on a consistent basis. The north end of Topsail and all along the beach will produce a few, but the two areas mentioned prior are your best bet. The closer you get to New Topsail Inlet the better. Look for rough water; Red Drum like turbulent and confused seas. I think it is because they know it disorients the baitfish and makes them easier prey.
Red Drum will eat a lot of things. I have caught them mostly on cut or whole-finger mullet in the surf. I have also had good luck with Menhaden and cut crab. Fresh is usually the name of the game. The fish in the surf are usually feeding by smell and they know fresh when they smell it. That is not to say they won�t bite frozen bait, but fresh bait usually produces more fish. Tide is usually a big factor, but fish have been caught at the inlet on both tides so far.
As for tackle, I like to use a very simple rig and make my own. The leader material I use is 50-pound fluorocarbon. I then snell a 5/0-9/0 hook to the end and then crimp or tie on a 100-pound swivel. I like my leaders short, 4- to 9-inches long because it makes casting easier. I will then slip a sinker slide on my line and then tie to the swivel. I use just enough weight to hold bottom. As for rods and reels, I usually use a 10-foot surf rod and a reel spooled with 20-pound braided line. You do not usually have to cast as far as a lot of people think. Most of the fish will be close to shore but there are times you will need to get it on out there.
When baiting the hook with your choice of bait, make sure the hook point is exposed so the fish can get hooked. After casting, reel up all the slack and then pull off a couple strips of line to make the bait float away from the sinker. Set your rod in the rod holder and make sure your drag is kind of loose to allow the fish to swim away from you and eat the bait. Once your rod is bent over from the fish, adjust your drag and start reeling. No need to set the hook because you are using circle hooks which is better for the fish (not many gut hooked ones) and you because circle hooks actually hook fish more often when used correctly.
Fishing report
Lots of Red Drum (Puppies and Old Drum) are around right now in the inlets. The Black drum fishing is doing well off the surf along with Blues and Sea Mullet. The Spanish are chewing on the end of the piers and the Spots have started to run a little bit. The Wahoo are on the feed in the stream when you can get out there. And some decent King Mackerel fishing has been had inside of 20 miles.
Tight Lines and Fair Winds,
Capt. Chris Medlin


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Cook the Book: World Peace Cookies
Can cookies bring world peace? I'm willing to try the enticingly titled recipe from Dorie Greenspan's Baking: From My Home to Yours to find out. Unsurprisingly, the cookie is the brainchild of French pastry mastermind Pierre Hermé; if anyone could mellow out the war-bent with a magically delicious cookie, it would be him. Get the recipe to make your own after the jump.
World Peace Cookies
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- Yield:Makes 2 dozen
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 stick plus 3 tablespoons (11 tablespoons) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 2/3 cup (packed) light brown sugar
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon fleur de sel or 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 5 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped into chips, or a generous 1/3 cup storebought mini chocolate chips
Sift the flour, cocoa and baking soda together.
Working with a stand mixer, preferably fitted with a paddle attachment, or with a hand mixer in a large bowl, beat the butter on medium speed until soft and creamy. Add both sugars, the salt and vanilla extract and beat for 2 minutes more.
Turn off' the mixer. Pour in the dry ingredients, drape a kitchen towel over the stand mixer to protect yourself and your kitchen from flying flour and pulse the mixer at low speed about 5 times, a second or two each time. Take a peek-if there is still a lot of flour on the surface of the dough, pulse a couple of times more; if not, remove the towel. Continuing at low speed, mix for about 30 seconds more, just until the flour disappears into the dough-for the best texture, work the dough as little as possible once the flour is added, and don't be concerned if the dough looks a little crumbly. Toss in the chocolate pieces and mix only to incorporate.
Turn the dough out onto a work surface, gather it together and divide it in half. Working with one half at a time, shape the dough into logs that are 1 1/2 inches in diameter. Wrap the logs in plastic wrap and refrigerate them for at least 3 hours. (The dough can be refrigerated for up to 3 days or frozen for up to 2 months. If you've frozen the dough, you needn't defrost it before baking—just slice the logs into cookies and bake the cookies 1 minute longer.)
GETTING READY TO BAKE: Center a rack in the oven and preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Line two baking sheets with parchment or silicone mats.
Using a sharp thin knife, slice the logs into rounds that are 1/2 inch thick. (The rounds are likely to crack as you're cutting them—don't be concerned, just squeeze the bits back onto each cookie.) Arrange the rounds on the baking sheets, leaving about 1 inch between them.
Bake the cookies one sheet at a time for 12 minutes—they won't look done, nor will they be firm, but that's just the way they should be. Transfer the baking sheet to a cooling rack and let the cookies rest until they are only just warm, at which point you can serve them or let them reach room temperature.
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12 hours and counting until the 2 children who live in this house are back at school! Hannah is so stinkin' excited she can barely contain herself. Jon, not so much. He is dreading it and will probably fight going to bed tonight like we have never seen before. Like he can postpone school by not going to bed. I really don't know what he is trying to accomplish by acting out at bedtime. I mean, come on, he is 12 and knows the program. What, are we all of a sudden going to say "Fine, stay up and skip school!"?
So, being the nice mother that I am, I am going to make sure that my kids start the day off right with a nice, warm breakfast. I made a huge batch of gluten-free pancakes on Monday from Pamela's Baking & Pancake Mix. I used milk instead of the water it called for. I let them cool and then froze them in individual serving packets (Jon eats 3 at a sitting). He can then heat them up in the microwave all by himself. Hannah likes these pancakes too, but isn't a huge breakfast eater. I see her eating a few bites of cereal, drinking some milk and going on her merry way.
Now, I will probably have some of my newfound love, Lara's GF Oatmeal. I wasn't a huge oatmeal fan before going gluten-free. In fact, I don't recall ever eating oatmeal, except for my Mom telling me I ate it as a baby. Well, in my quest to eat healthy, I thought I would give it a try. At the very least I could make granola out of the oats or use them in cookies if I hated the oatmeal in hot cereal form. So, I tried them the other day…WOW…I was impressed. I used 1/4 cup of oats, 1/3 cup of water, 1/3 cup low-fat milk, 1 tsp brown sugar, dash of vanilla and topped with 1/3 cup blueberries and a sprinkle of walnuts. YUM!! Here is a nice picture to show you what I will be doing again for breakfast tomorrow!
Lara's GF Oatmeal:
All dressed up with my goodies:
I do need to add that not all people with Celiac disease can tolerate oats. So far I don't seem to have any issues with it, surprisingly since my stomach is very sensitive. Jon won't try them, so I don't know how he would react, as he is the super sensitive one.
So as I drift off to sleep tonight, I will be dreaming of my nice hot breakfast together with my kids on their first day of 1st grade and 7th grade. Sniff, sniff.
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Errani, Scheepers reach quarters at Gastein Ladies
BAD GASTEIN, Austria (AP) — Sara Errani reached her eighth quarterfinal of the season and first since the French Open by defeating Paula Ormaechea of Argentina 6-3, 6-0 in the second round of the Gastein Ladies on Thursday.
The second-seeded Italian, who won the doubles at Wimbledon last week, was broken twice in the opening set but conceded only four points on serve in the second.
Errani next plays Chanelle Scheepers of South Africa, who rallied to beat defending champion Yvonne Meusburger 4-6, 6-1, 6-2.
Scheepers lost the opening set from 4-2 up before taking control against the sixth-seeded Austrian. Rain interrupted play for an hour at 2-2 in the final set before Scheepers reeled off four straight games to close out the victory.
Earlier, Shelby Rogers of the United States routed the 16th-ranked Carla Suarez Navarro 6-4, 6-0 to reach her first career WTA quarterfinal.
Rogers, ranked 147th, had not beaten a top-50 player before. She hit 11 aces and dropped serve only once while holding off 10 break points for the Spaniard, who was seeded third.
Rogers, who won three matches to qualify for the main draw, next plays No. 7 Camila Giorgi of Italy, who defeated Austrian wild card Lisa-Maria Moser 6-0, 6-2.


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Subject: Re: Appeal to Reason - To Tel Aviv University Governors
Date: Sun, 9 May 2010 23:42:38 +0100
From: Michael Sherbourne
To: email@example.com
To Dana Barnett
Dear Dana,
I applaud your sending of this letter and now it needs a similar letter to all the other universities and schools of higher education.
Can I assume that you send all your e-mails on this subject to donors of funds to the Universities.
Kol ha-kavod for your magnificent efforts.
I don't know if there is anything I can do from here in London, with my limited ability,(I am 93 and partially house bound),
but if there is, please suggest it to me.
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Appeal to Reason
By Dr. Mordechai Kedar, IAM chairman
Dear Tel Aviv University Governors,
Whilst undoubtedly you are aware of the political and economic pressure currently being exerted upon Israel by the International Community, you may not be fully conscious of the fact that this is largely the result of internal hostile pressure in which some of our academics play a leading role.
Under the cover of human rights, the radical leftists go to all lengths to endeavour to destroy our institutes of higher learning and the Jewish State. Under the guise of free speech and academic freedom, some of them are openly calling for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) by the international community against Israel and her universities. These activities have seriously and negatively impacted our students in Israel many who are frightened to stand up to their radical leftist teachers for fear of receiving bad examination marks. Outside of Israel Jewish students are being harassed and intimidated by pro-Palestinian groups supported by these very same Israeli academics.
Please find only 5 examples out of numerous such egregious behaviors during the month of April, 2010. Sadly, Tel Aviv University is part of this effort. Whilst numerous academics participated, the names of TAU's Rachel Giora and Anat Matar are most prominent. The 5 examples are:
· Academics denounce Boston Science Museum's sponsorship of Israeli exhibit, calling it propaganda campaign. 'This is an attempt to distract from Israel's war crimes and human rights violations'
· The academics calling for an Irish company to boycott Israel
· Our "Intellectuals" calling upon the Germans to be more involved in putting pressure on Israel
· An appeal to Berkeley to divest - which succeeded partially but finally failed due to a veto of the university senate
· An appeal to reject Israel from joining the European economic community
Dear friends, the enemy from without is contained. At this Board meeting it is up to you to act and control the enemy within. We owe it to the university, Israel and the Jewish People.
I call upon you to join in a resolution condemning such action, calling upon the university officials to prevent any further financial support to those academics and departments who condone such activities. They are undermining the very fabric of Israeli society. The university authorities must take all necessary steps to contain and eliminate such activity.
[Tel Aviv University, Linguistics] Prof. Rachel Giora: To CRH plc management, Dublin Ireland, Divest Now from Apartheid Israel!
We, at BOYCOTT!, a group of Israeli citizens, strive to stop our government's human rights and international law violations, which have been facilitated by the cooperation of international companies. Your company has gone a great length in getting involved with the Israeli land and resources annexation, segregation and continued colonization of Palestine. As you were told by your country's Irish Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC), by investing in the Israeli group Mashav Initiating and Development Ltd., you are profiting from the Israeli colonization of Palestinian territory and facilitating illegal settlement expansion and population segregation.
Israelis support UC Berkeley boycott
[TAU] Prof. Rachel Giora, Dr. Anat Matar:
We witness the extent to which Israeli society becomes increasingly radicalized and indifferent to the systematic brutality it employs against Palestinians. As it does, the prospects for an internal change in Israeli society are almost nil. The efforts of friends like you stand the best chance to exert the necessary pressure to secure the full rights of Palestinians.
There is enough evidence today which allows one to safely state that the only pressure Israelis are sensitive to these days is that put forth by BDS activities. Boycott, sanctions and divestment from Israel and from companies invested in Israel are perceived by Israelis as questioning the legitimacy of Israeli policies and Israeli society. This indeed seems to be a cost Israelis are not willing to pay.
Open Letter to German Left Party: Israel doesn't deserve prizes for occupation, racist separation and war crimes
[TAU] Gadi Algazi, Michal Givoni, Orly Lubin, Anat Matar, Yehuda Shenhav, Roy Wagner, Moshe Zuckermann:
The ongoing occupation and dispossession are not an internal Israeli matter. The anti-democratic control of Israel over more than three million Palestinians, women and men, who lack the right to vote, and Israel's war crimes committed in the occupied Palestinian territory are concerns of everyone for whom human rights are dear – and particularly for citizens of Europe, who bear special historical responsibility for the conflict in light of Europe's colonial intervention in the Middle East. This intervention continues in the present, such that there is no foundation for the policy of non-intervention in the "internal affairs" of Israel. The economic and political support enjoyed by Israel from the European Union, and from Germany in particular, through the preferred trade agreements, for example, and through financial investments and arms trade not only do not encourage the peace process, but further entrench the military occupation and oppression and result in a deepening of militarism and education for racism and intolerance in our society.
Beyond this, the weakness of the Palestinians requires strong pressure from the international community. The strong side never relinquishes its position without substantial pressure and indeed, Israel has proven time and time again that it is not ready to act for peace and an end to the occupation without intensive pressure from civil society or various governments abroad.
Israeli Citizens Say: Do Not Approve Israel's OECD Membership Until It Abides by International Law
[TAU] Dr. Gadi Algazi, Eli Fabrikant, Prof' Rachel Giora, Dr. Ishay Rosen-Zvi, Dr. Anat Matar, Dr. Yossef Schwartz:
Israeli Citizens Say: Do Not Approve Israel's OECD Membership Until It Abides by International Law. In May 2010 the OECD ministerial committee will vote on the admission of Israel as a member of the organization.
As Israeli citizens, we are concerned by the policies of the Israeli governments, policies which violate international law, violate the basic human rights of Palestinians under occupation and serve to instigate instability, violence and suffering in the Middle East. We are also concerned by the double standards applied by some countries in the international community, especially the developed countries, towards Israel's violations. Such double standards imbue violent and blatantly illegal Israeli policies of land theft, torture and physical abuse of civilians with an aura of legitimacy.
We believe that only when the international community makes Israel accountable for its actions, can we hope to see a change in Israeli policies.
TAU Anat Matar & Rachel Giora: "Open Letter to the Boston Museum of Science objecting to Sponsorship of Israeli Propaganda"
Senior academics from Tel Aviv University and other top institutions around world denounce Boston Science Museum's sponsorship of Israeli exhibit, calling it propaganda campaign. 'This is an attempt to distract from Israel's war crimes and human rights violations.' It continued "IIW is far from an innocent educational endeavor. It is part of a propaganda campaign by the State of Israel to present itself as a beacon of progress in a desert of backwardness and deflect attention from its atrocious human rights record and fundamentally discriminatory policies," the letter claimed.
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Lindsay Lohan has described her relationship with Samantha Ronson as ''toxic''. The couple split up three years ago and although Lindsay says they are now friends again, she doesn't think they were ever really right for each other even though she deeply loved the DJ.
Lindsay said: "I need to love myself first before I could be with anyone else, and I was going through a lot. Two toxic people cannot be together. End of story. We're friends now. That's how it started so I think that's how it was meant to be."
While the pair are now on good terms, Lindsay admits the separation left her heartbroken.
She told Us Weekly magazine: "I was bold enough to say, 'Yeah, I like a girl. And?' That put her in a situation where she was being attacked every day. That's not fair. And what am I left with? Heartbreak. That was three years ago. It was my last serious relationship."
The 'Liz & Dick' star also says she blames ''sycophants and bad influences for her troubles''.
The 26-year-old actress has been arrested six times, checked in to rehab five times, been jailed and completed 536 hours of community service but Lindsay doesn't believe any of it was her fault.
She said: "Kids go through ups and downs, try cigarettes, drugs and drinking. It's human nature. It took a while but it's like, What was I thinking? Why did I allow so many sycophants and bad influences to be around me? I was lonely and I didn't realise it. That's why I came back home to New York. I never feel lonely there. I can see my family and I have really good people in my life."
Asked what advice she would give her 16-year-old self, Lindsay said: "Don't drink and drive! And be careful who you surround yourself with."
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DHS HITS US with NSTIC! HIDE, HIDE!!
DHS HITS US with NSTIC. HIDE, HIDE!
D.H.S. (Department of Homeland Security)
H.I.T.S. (High Impact Technological Solution)
U.S. (United States)
N.S.T.I.C. (National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace)
H.I.D.E. (Homeland Identification & Detection Ethics)
H.I.D.E. (Hostile Intent Detection Enforcement)
Biometric Administration Detector Registration Ethics Project
New facial recognition app available on certain mobile phones.
The service, called FaceR CredentialME, is available on devices using the Android, Windows Mobile and RIM operating systems on the Sprint 3G or 4G networks and was launched in conjunction with Troy Security Solutions, a mobile products and solutions provider.
The biometric service allows a user to authenticate their identity via unique characteristics in their face recorded from the phone's embedded camera for anything such as basic online services or corporate specific services. The biometric authentication can be used to entirely replace standard login methods or layered on top of them as a second factor of authentication for NSTIC and Trustmark security measures of the Smart Web Identity Ecosystem.
In addition to the service, there is also a released software development kit for application developers to include face recognition biometrics into their applications of private integrated CCTV and municipal surveillance systems. Applications meet Federal Threat Fusion Standards and Infraguard Civilian National Security Force integration ready.
Civilian Integration Programs – Crowd Sourcing National Security Surveillance
Unlike Active Snapcouts and Passive scanning Integration, the release of an application for the Apple App Store can target voluntary entertainment based enrollment. The app, called FaceR Celebrity, is the first of a series of applications under the FaceR moniker planned for release by the company. In addition to the FaceR series, Animetrics has also been developing higher-end systems for use by government and law enforcement.
While majority of the product developments to come out of Animetrics have had a primary purpose of biometric security and authentication, the new FaceR Celebrity application, while capable of security functions, has a separate purpose of entertainment. The app is able to utilize its biometric face recognition to take a picture of a user and figure out the person's similarity to celebrities and other famous people.
For Real?
The Federal Government Says Yes.
Human Factors Behavioral Sciences Projects
These projects advance national security by developing and applying the social, behavioral, and physical sciences to improve identification and analysis of threats, to enhance societal resilience, and to integrate human capabilities into the development of technology
- Commercial Data Sources Project
- Community Perceptions of Technology Panel Project
- Community Resilience Project
- Counter-IED Actionable Indicators and Countermeasures Project
- Credentialing Project
- Enhanced Screener-Technology Interface Project
- Enhancing Public Response and Community Resilience Project
- High Impact Technological Solution – Biometric Detector Project
- Homeland Innovation Prototypical Solutions – Future Attribute Screening Technology (FAST) Project
- Hostile Intent Detection – Automated Prototype Project
- Hostile Intent Detection – Training & Simulation Project
- Hostile Intent Detection – Validation Project
- Human Systems Engineering Project
- Human Systems Engineering Research Project
- Insider Threat Detection Program
- Mobile Biometrics System Project
- Multi-modal Biometrics Project
- Muslim Community Integration Project
- Predictive Screening Project
- Risk Prediction Project
- Social Network Analysis for Community Resilence Project
- Violent Intent Modeling and Simulation Project
Mobile Biometrics System Project
Project Overview: The Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate Human Factors/Behavior Sciences Division (HFD) Mobile Biometrics Project develops prototype technologies for mobile biometrics screening at remote sites along U.S. borders, during disasters and terrorist incidents, at sea, and in other places where communications access is limited. The goal is to demonstrate mobile biometrics screening capabilities and technologies that meet the future needs of Department operational users, but currently are not available with conventional biometrics systems. This project is part of the Personal Identification Systems Thrust Area and Biometrics Program within HFD.
Multi-modal Biometrics Project
Project Overview: The Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate Human Factors/Behavior Sciences Division (HFD) Multi-modal Biometrics Project develops biometric technologies that accurately and rapidly identify individuals. The operational goal is to provide the capability to non-intrusively collect two or more biometrics (fingerprint, face image, and iris recognition) in less than ten seconds at a ninety-five percent acquisition rate without impeding the movement of individuals. The multi-modal technology will allow the Department to compare and match biometric samples from different sources, collected with different sensor technologies, under varying environmental conditions — a capability that eludes existing technology. This project is part of the Personal Identification Systems Thrust Area and Biometrics Program within HFD.
Science & Technology Directorate Human Factors/Behavioral Sciences Division
We will advance national security by developing and applying the social, behavioral, and physical sciences to improve identification and analysis of threats, to enhance societal resilience, and to integrate human capabilities into the development of technology. Learn more about Human Factors/Behavioral Sciences Projects.
- Enhance the analytical capability of the Department to understand terrorist motivation, intent, and behavior
- Improve screening by providing a science-based capability to identify unknown threats indicated by deceptive and suspicious behavior.
- Improve screening by providing a science-based capability to identify known threats through accurate, timely, and easy-to-use biometric identification and credentialing tools.
- Enhance safety, effectiveness, and usability of technology by systematically incorporating user and public input.
- Enhance preparedness and mitigate impacts of catastrophic events by delivering capabilities that incorporate social, psychological and economic aspects of societal resilience.
Dr. Rausch is the Director for the Human Factors/Behavioral Sciences Division (HFD) within the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate.
The division strives to identify and generate the best technologies for assisting our operational customers in the areas of Personal Identification Systems, Human Technology Integration, and Social and Behavioral Threat Analysis. The primary federal customers for the division include Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Office of Intelligence and Analysis (OIA) and U.S. Secret Service (USSS). End users also include federal, state, and local emergency management officials, first reponders, and private sector infrastructure owners and operators.
The Human Factors/Behavioral Sciences Division is comprised of three Thrust areas:
- Personal Identification Systems
- Human Technology Integration
- Social and Behavioral Threat Analysis (SBTA) Thrust Area
Personal Identification Systems Thrust Area
This thrust area focuses on biometrics-based Research and Development to develop an accurate, contactless, near real-time capability to identify known threats at U.S. checkpoints while speeding the unconstrained movement of legitimate travelers. The Biometrics program develops biometrics-based technologies to identify known terrorists and criminals and prevent their movement into and out of the U.S. through effective, interoperable multi-biometrics capabilities in diverse areas, such as border crossings, ports-of-entry, and visa application sites. The Credentialing program develops and demonstrates tamper-proof credentialing systems incorporating multi-modal biometric information that can be used across the entire Department customer base.
Human Technology Integration Thrust Area
This thrust area integrates human factors into the development and use of homeland security technologies with the goal of achieving high levels of system effectiveness, safety, and acceptance. HFD conducts fundamental research designed to maximize human performance and feed the development of technologies for enhanced human performance. HFD also works with other divisions in S&T to ensure that human factors are appropriately integrated into the development and use of technologies. The Human Factors/Behavioral Sciences Division directly manages programs or, in some cases, the relevant portions of programs that are funded by other divisions by providing guidance and tools related to human systems integration.
Social and Behavioral Threat Analysis (SBTA) Thrust Area
This thrust area applies the social and behavioral sciences to improve the detection, analysis, and understanding of threats posed by individuals, groups, and radical movements. It also addresses the psychological, social, and economic impacts of catastrophic events to enhance risk analyses, risk communications, preparedness, response, resiliency, and recovery efforts. Programs within SBTA include motivation and intent; suspicious behavior detection; and community preparedness and resilience.
HIDE – Homeland Security, Biometric Identification & Personal Detection Ethics
Vision statement
We work to make the world a safer and freer place by promoting an open international dialogue on liberty, security and democracy and by building confidence and improving understanding among the main international and transnational actors. We also strives to advance a new and comprehensive, win-win, concept of surveillance technologies by building a new global second-track architecture based on search for common values and shared goals in the global community.
Mission statement
HIDE's mission is to set up a platform devoted to ethical and privacy issues of biometrics and personal detection technologies which addresses transnational (European) and international problems. HIDE aims to become the preeminent catalyst for innovative policy solutions to emerging ethical problems in the area of surveillance technologies, especially where collaboration among national and international agencies, communities, businesses, and NGOs is crucial. HIDE promotes creative problem solving and provides for concrete tools for a successful dialogue
HIDE – Homeland Security, Biometric Identification & Personal Detection Ethics
HIDE is a project promoted by the European Commission (EC) and coordinated by the Centre for Science, Society and Citizenship, an independent research centre based in Rome (IT).
HIDE aims to establish a platform devoted to monitoring the ethical and privacy implications of biometrics and personal detection technologies. Detection technologies are technologies used to detect something or someone within a security or safety context. Personal Detection Technologies focus specifically on individuals, they include for example CCTV, infrared detectors and thermal imaging, GPS and other Geographical Information Systems (GISs), RFID, MEMS, smart ID cards, transponders, body scanners, etc. Biometrics is the application of technologies that make use of a measurable, physical characteristic or personal behavioural trait in recognizing the identity, or verifying the claimed identity of a previously registered individual.
Personal detection technologies and biometrics are increasingly interwoven within a variety of applications. Most of these applications seek to create sensor network infrastructures for continuous detection, authentication and identification of individuals within diverse settings ranging from, amongst others, commercial, transport, public locales and border control. Moreover, by developing multimodal signal analyses, these technologies may allow activity recognition, indoor movement monitoring and non-verbal communication cues (body language, facial expressions, speech intonation, etc) which may assist in the prediction of behaviour. In its recent Green Paper on Detection Technologies, the EC argues that personal detection technologies and biometrics are "inherently intrusive" and "their use needs to be carefully analyzed, in order to establish limitations to their intrusiveness where necessary". HIDE meets this call and promotes open conversation between technology, security, ethics and policy experts as well as encouraging public discussions and dialogue. HIDE is based on the values of dialogue, responsibility, and integrity.
Free the System, Justify the System, Liberate the System, Republic the System.
What is the System? The System is Everything, It is The Tides, The Shores, The Land, The Art, The Laughter, The Life, The Light, The Galaxy.
The most Unique and Complex, Self Determining, Individually Regulated, Capable of Personal Capacity, The Private Pangaea of Potential is the Soul Sovereign Embodied Human Being.
The absolute property right is this self personified. The individual is in soul sovereign possession of their mind, spirit and body.
This is the Sacred Treasure that America has sworn to Protect, Defend and Uphold.
From Molestation, Regulation, Policy, Enforcement, Infringement, Liens, Burden, Derailment, Entropy, Tyranny or Slavery.
We are a protectorate of the infinite indivisible individual, of all that can be personally created for private enrichment, happiness and joy, for their children's benefit and growth, for the trade and benefit of others, for the progress of society, for the increase of the community trust and justice of the republic domain.
Obama Signs NDAA 2011-12 into Law, ending 222 years of the Bill of Rights?
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What would that look like, the NDAA Police State, Kill-Switch, of all justice and civil liberties?
(see this)
What is this new army of secret police we now face?
(see this)
How would that happen? What could justify a roll out of full government control?
The NDAA Kill Switch Police State and the i-9/11 event.
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Political Witch Hunt Begins Are You a TrustMarked NSTIC Registed Citizen or an Enemy Belligerent
If You See Something, Say Something…Well I see Criminal Propaganda Asking Fellow Holiday Shoppers to SPY on Each Other
Stop, Think, Connect the Dots; The Patriot Act, FIMA, DHS, Infra-Guard, TSA, NSTIC and TrustMark Citizenship
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Bhagavad Gita
I thought to apply technology so everyone read Bhagavad Gita in a month. The first thing, I could think is a dedicated blog, with 30 articles, that contains Bhagavad Gita and its translation in Hindi and English. I found online version from Gita Press.
Before I start a new blog, I just Googled about it, and found, many blogs, and other resources about Bhagavad Gita. So I dropped idea to add one more "me too" kind of blog. This article is about various resources, I found on Bhagavad Gita.
Instant Bhagavad Gita
- Simple Translation from Gita Press, which was suggested by Guruji. Hindi and English
- Bhagavad Gita for busy people by Swami Sivananda (A Divine Life Society Publication)
- Summary of the Bhagavad Gita
- Introduction to Bhagavad Gita
- Shrimad Bhagavad Gita, Hindi Transaltion by Kabir Panthi, Sant Rampal Das Maharaj
- Simple translation at WebDunia
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Link 2
Link 3
These are beautiful collections of Bhagavad Gita related pictures.
Gita with Commentary
- Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Bhagavad-gītā As It Is
- Bhavad Gita Full commentary by swami Nirmalananda Giri
- Bhagavad Gita As It Is and As it is
- Holy Geeta : Download here simple version and download here with search
- Art of Living: DVDs on a series of talk by Sri Sri Ravishankar Click here
- "Yatharth Gita" in Gujarati
- I found few blogs on Bhagavad Gita. Few of them are not active, at present.
- Bhagavad Gita
- Gyeya : LSM's Bhagavad Gita Blog
- Bhagavad Gita Blog, by Vic DiCara
- Bhagwat Gita; Our Life - Philosophy
- This is a good site. It has audio as well. The text is all in English. Click Here
- Greatest Verses from Bhagavad Gita
- The New Bhagavad Gita : Timeless wisdom in the language of our time.
- Even I found resolution to read daily Bhagavd Gita and write a blog about it at blog Jnanagni
- Yatharth Gita (Bhagavad Gita) : Detailed explanation of Bhagavad Gita in English by Swami Adgadanand Ji Maharaj
- Yatharth Gita (Bhagavad Gita) : Detailed explanation of Bhagavad Gita by Swami Adgadanand Ji Maharaj
- Sanskrit , Hindi 1 , Hindi 2 , Gujarati , English , Spanish , French
- Chapter-wise Audio of Mool Slokas (Original Verses) of Bhagavad Gita sung by Anuradha Paudwal. Click here too.
- Gita Paath : Ramsukhdasji Maharaj
- Sanskrit, Hindi, English, Gujarati, Spanish, Arabic and French.
- Music India Online
- English Bhagavad Gita on YouTube. Click here too.
- Hindi Bhagavad Gita on YouTube
- Bhagavad Gita Recitation – Chapters 1 To 18
- Bhagavad Gita Recitation (Slow Speed) includes: Gita Dhyaan + Chapters 1 To 18 + Gita Mahatmya + Gita Nyas. Courtesy : Yoga USA Alternative link: Click here
Episode 72
Episode 73
Episode 74
I found three Amazon books listing here
- God Talks with Arjuna: The Bhagavad Gita by Paramahansa Yogananda (Self-Realization Fellowship)
- Bhagavad Gita: A New Translation by Stephen Mitchell (Three Rivers Press).
- The Bhagavad Gita : A Walkthrough for Westerners by Jack Hawley (New World Library).
- Bhagavad-Geeta(Holy Geeta) by Chinmaya Publications and same book at Amazon
Famous Reflections on the Bhagavad Gita. Click Here
At the end let me summarize the content of Bhagavad Gita from Yahoo Answers!
Bhagavad Gita is a concise guide to Hindu theology and also as a practical, self-contained guide to life. It represents a summary of the Vedantic and Upanishadic teachings, it is also called "Veda of the Vedas" and "the Upanishad of the Upanishads".
The main philosophical subject matter of the Bhagavad Gita is the explanation of five basic concepts or "truths":
Ishvara (The Supreme Controller)
Jiva (Living beings/the individualized soul)
Prakrti (Nature/Matter)
Dharma (Duty in accordance with Divine law)
Kaala (Time)
Krishna counsels Arjuna on the greater idea of dharma, or universal harmony and duty. Krishna expounds the various Yoga processes and understanding of the true nature of the universe. Krishna describes the yogic paths of devotional service, action as a selfless service to mankind, meditation and knowledge.
Fundamentally, the Bhagavad Gita proposes that true enlightenment comes from growing beyond identification with the temporal ego, the 'False Self', the ephemeral world, so that one identifies with the truth of the immortal self, the absolute soul or Atman. Through detachment from the material sense of ego, the Yogi, or follower of a particular path of Yoga, is able to transcend his/her illusory mortality and attachment to the material world and enter the realm of the Supreme.
The Gita addresses the discord between the senses and the intuition of cosmic order. It speaks of the Yoga of equanimity, a detached outlook. The term Yoga covers a wide range of meanings, but in the context of the Bhagavad Gita, describes a unified outlook, serenity of mind, skill in action and the ability to stay attuned to the glory of the Self (Atman) and the Supreme Being (Bhagavan).
According to Krishna, the root of all suffering and discord is the agitation of the mind caused by selfish desire. The only way to douse the flame of desire is by simultaneously stilling the mind through self-discipline and engaging oneself in a higher form of activity.
Krishna summarizes the Yogas through eighteen chapters. Three yogas in particular have been emphasized by commentators:
Bhakti Yoga or Devotion,
Karma Yoga or Selfless Action
Jnana Yoga or Self Transcending Knowledge.
I hope, you will find this collection of URLs (website links) useful. I am sure, you will start reading and implementing this philosophy of Srimad Bhagavad Gita.
Jai Shri Krishna !!
4 comments:
- Vijay Kumar Jain said...
The gist of Bhagavad Gita could never be understood literally! The moment mankind succeeded in assimilating pearls of wisdom contained in 700 shlokas verses of Bhagavad Gita... one finally reached stage of enlightenment (kaivalya)... and finally salvation (moksha)!
The original teachings of Bhagavad Gita with English transliteration is available for mere $.60 (rupees 30/=) at most railway stations of India or directly from Gita press, Gorakhpur, India... still, people wondered what Bhagavad Gita of Hinduism was all about!
- March 23, 2011 at 6:52 PM
- Srikanth Temkar said...
thanks manish..
this is very useful
- March 28, 2011 at 1:33 PM
- Anonymous said...
Great work Manish. Jai Gurudeva....Sandeep Mahajan
- August 9, 2011 at 3:34 PM
- Unknown said...
Thanks it was much needed.. Agree with Vijay Kumar Jain... Today we have reached where we call our selves hindu but nobody knows what it is in actual.
.whats the meaning of being human....
- June 28, 2015 at 2:34 AM


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I love Twitter. There are countless interesting people to follow for any movie geek and one of my absolute favorites is Duncan Jones (follow him here), director of the instant sci-fi classic Moon, one of my favorite movies from the last couple years and the upcoming (and great looking) Source Code. Jones is one of the most down to earth, genuine people on Twitter and he regularly responds to tweets directed at him, so today I took a chance and asked him when we will hear about his next picture and if would be the previously announced Escape From The Deep or his intriguing original script Mute, a future noir in the style of Blade Runner. Jones was kind enough to reply:
"not on the sub movie anymore, but trying hard to get one of two things made next. Mute is one of those 2".
Continue reading for a refresher on Mute. Make sure to follow myself and Mr. Jones, he's truly a fun guy to follow.
Mute: From what we know, the film is inspired by Blade Runner and set in future Berlin. A mute bartender must go against the city's gangsters to find his missing girlfriend. The film is said to be set in 2046 and would require a budget larger than that of the $5 million miracle Moon, which allegedly caused development to stall before Jones decided to make Source Code next.
Not only does he make great films, but Jones comes off as incredibly down to earth and, dare I say, geeky on Twitter. He regularly talks about his love for video games and is constantly geeking out about games and movies. He regularly responds to tweets at him and he seems like a movie geek like us. I for one can't wait for Source Code and anything Mr. Jones decides to do after that.


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Inspired by the question Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier Order, I thought I'd ask what order people would recommend learning to play Bach's Inventions and Sinfonie.
I once asked this of my piano teacher. The response I got first suggested obtaining a good edition with all the ornamentation properly explained (and printed above the relevant parts rather than right in it so that you may learn it first without). She personally recommended the Alfred edition edited by Willard Palmer.
Next, you will likely do best to begin with the two part inventions rather than sinfonias, as the sinfonias are more difficult on the whole, although you might find No. 6 easier than several of the two part inventions.
As to the inventions, the best ones to start with are ones with less complex rythyms and fewer ornaments. No. 4 and No. 6 are good ones to start with, but you might be fine starting with others such as No. 1 or No. 8, if you play partially by ear and are assisted by familiarity.


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Man Breaks Through Sea-Tac Airport Security, Runs Onto Tarmac
SEATAC, Wash. — SEATAC, Wash. (AP) — A man in his 20s who bolted through a Seattle-Tacoma International Airport security checkpoint, ran down a concourse and out onto the tarmac was arrested Friday night after police caught up with him in an empty airplane, an airport spokesman said.
"It appears to be a drug-induced situation," spokesman Perry Cooper said, adding the man was not armed. He was arrested inside an American Airlines plane after a short struggle. Police said he would be booked for investigation of trespass and assault of an officer.
The plane was being checked for anything suspicious before returning to service, Cooper said.
No other airport operations were affected.
Transportation Security Administration officers chased the man initially and Port of Seattle police quickly responded.
Once the man was on the tarmac, he raced up a stairway and punched through a window in a door at the end of a jetway connecting the empty plane with the terminal, Cooper said. He crawled through the broken window glass and entered the unoccupied plane.
"He had to be tackled to the ground," the spokesman said, adding the arrested man suffered minor injuries. Cooper said officers were unhurt.
Link to article: www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/09/sea-tax-airport-arrest_n_4246015.html?utm_hp_ref=travel&ir=Travel


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- Better than the IWB original Review by DAVID
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PLUS you had to buy pants a size larger.
Purchased the Cloak Belt. It's OWB, but a million times better. Love that the holster goes above the grip, and the shell actually fits my pistol.
Keep up the great work. (Posted on 3/12/2020)
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I contacted support and got basically a shrug and a blank stare. They didn't seem to think there was a problem, and offered nothing to resolve the problem. Needless to say, I won't be buying another alien gear holster. I much prefer my holster from a competitor. (Posted on 1/20/2020)
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After some research and talking with my father in law. I decided on the LH OWB cloak slide holster. When it arrived the first I recognized the quality and craftsmanship of the Alien Gear products. So the the next day I took it for a test run, I wore it all day with no discomfort and best of all complete concealment. These holsters are great and I look forward to future Alien Gear purchases!
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Sweet potato, chickpea & chorizo hash
Nutrition and extra info
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal783
- fat52g
- saturates19g
- carbs49g
- sugars14g
- fibre8g
- protein34g
- salt4.97g
- 600g sweet potatoes, diced
Sweet potatosweet po-tate-toe
Sweet potatoes have a creamy texture and a sweet-spicy flavour that makes them ideal for savoury…
- 1 tbsp sunflower oil
Sunflower oil
Sunflower oil is made from pressing sunflower seeds and extracting the oil. It's usually…
- 1 large red onion, thinly sliced
- 400g cooking chorizo sausages, skinned and crumbled
- 400g can chickpeas, rinsed and drained
- 4 large eggs
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- 1 green chilli, thinly sliced into rings
Part of the capsicum family, chillies come in scores of varieties and colours (from green…
Boil the sweet potatoes for 8 mins until tender, then drain. Meanwhile, heat the oil in a large ovenproof pan and cook the onion and chorizo for 5 mins until softened. Add the sweet potatoes and chickpeas and cook for 5 mins more. Roughly break the mixture up with a fork, then flatten it down lightly to form a cake. Cook for a further 8 mins, without stirring, until cooked through, crispy and golden on the bottom.
Heat grill to high. Break the eggs onto the hash, season, then place the pan under the grill and cook for 2-3 mins until the whites are set. Sprinkle with chilli to serve.
Recipe Tip
Chorizo with sweet potato & chickpea puréeBoil the sweet potatoes for 10 mins, add the chickpeas and cook for 5 mins more until both are very tender. Drain well, add a splash of oil and whizz to a purée in a food processor or with a hand blender. Fry the whole chorizo sausages and sliced onion together and serve on top of the purée.


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The big question behind the sale of San Francisco-based Current TV is "Why would owners Al Gore and Joel Hyatt sell to Al Jazeera?" OK, besides the estimated $500 miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiillion sale price — $100 mill to be pocketed by Gore. But besides the Benjamins, why Al Jazeera?
Fox News is preparing to feast on this development for years. Doesn't get much better for them that liberal former VP Gore — long one of their punching bags — sells to the network that once broadcast Al Qaeda videos in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. No matter that A-J has won all sorts of journalistic awards; Bill O'Reilly just got his programming set for the next month.
Here is a note that Hyatt sent to Current employees Wednesday afternoon explaining their reasoning. Interesting to note how Hyatt points out the journalistic strengths of A-J as well as the underlying values it shares with Current. (Somewhere around the seventh paragraph of this note, we're guessing that O'Reilly has rolled onto his back, giggling in delight.) And you gotta love Hyatt's "Colin Powell" name check.
Al and I are thrilled and proud to announce that a few moments ago Current was acquired by Al Jazeera, the award winning international news organization.
When considering the several suitors who were interested in acquiring
Current, it became clear to us that Al Jazeera was founded with the same goals we had for Current: To give voice to those whose voices are not typically heard; to speak truth to power; to provide independent and diverse points of view; and to tell the important stories that no one else is telling. Al Jazeera, like Current, believes that facts and truth lead to a better understanding of the world around us.
Al and I did significant due diligence as part of our evaluation process.
We were impressed with all that we learned about Al Jazeera and its
journalistic integrity, global reach, award-winning programming, and
growing influence around the world. That influence has recently been
demonstrated by Al Jazeera's important and impactful coverage of the Arab Spring, which was widely credited as being the most thorough and
informative coverage from any media company. Colin Powell told Al that Al Jazeera is the only cable news network he watches (which he is able to do because Comcast carries it in the Washington, DC market).
As you may know, Al Jazeera is funded by the government of Qatar, which is the United States' closest ally in the Gulf Region, and is where the United States bases its Middle East Air Force operations. I have had first-hand knowledge of Qatar's policies as a result of my tenure on the Board of The Brookings Institution. The Saban Center for Middle East Policy is a joint venture of The Brookings Institution and Qatar, and it has offices in Washington, DC and Doha, Qatar. Its purpose is to propose practical public policies that can contribute to peace in the Middle East,and its founding Director is my friend, Martin Indyk, the former U.S.Ambassador to Israel.
While considering this decision, I spent a week in Doha, Qatar, where Al
Jazeera is headquartered, and I am pleased to tell you that I could not
have been more impressed with their operation. First of all, they are
bringing large-scale resources to journalism – something which we have not been able to do. Al Jazeera has more than 80 bureaus around the world,and is seen in more than 260 million homes in 130 countries. Al Jazeera has a staff of over 4000 people, including 400 journalists. Its
journalists hail from more than 50 countries, with every conceivable
nationality and religion represented on its professional team. Al Jazeera
is a major global media player.
The rest of the world thinks so too. Al Jazeera English has won many, many awards including an Alfred I DuPont Award for Best Documentary, the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Four Freedoms Awards for freedom of speech and expression, an Amnesty International Award for International TV and Radio, the prestigious Peabody Award, and the Huffington Post Ultimate Media Gamechanger award.
All of this is compelling, but what really convinced Al and me that Al
Jazeera would be a great home for the people of Current was their publicly stated Values and Core Capabilities. Their mission includes the
following: Diversity ("bringing stories from the underreported communities, societies and cultures from across the globe), Journalistic
Integrity ("committed to the uncompromising pursuit of truth and the
ideals of journalism"), and A Voice for the Voiceless ("promoting the
basic human right of the freedom of expression for people everywhere").
Al Jazeera is planning to invest significantly in building "Al Jazeera America," a network focused on international news for the American
audience. Al and I will both serve on the Advisory Board of Al Jazeera
America, and we look forward to helping build an important news network.
Obviously there will be a lot of transition work in the coming weeks. Al Jazeera does not have a management team in place in the U.S to run this new venture. They are extremely impressed with our people and our accomplishments. I will be holding staff meetings in the next few days and will introduce the senior folks from Al Jazeera who have led the planning for this entry into the United States. (I will separately communicate as to the day and time for those staff meetings.) We will communicate more of the details of this acquisition during those meetings.
Getting this transaction done was very difficult. One of Current's
distributors, Time Warner Cable, did not consent to the sale to Al
Jazeera. Consequently, Current will no longer be carried on TWC. This is
unfortunate, but I am confident that Al Jazeera America will earn
significant additional carriage in the months and years ahead. In the
United Kingdom, it has become the number three news network (behind the BBC and Sky News). It did that by investing in great programming – as it intends to do in the United States.
Al and I are incredibly proud of what all of us have been able to
accomplish together. Throughout our short history, Current has been a
thought leader for the media industry, innovating many exciting features that became standard after we introduced them. (Tweets on television anyone?!) Just this past year, we've been able to provide our viewers with fantastic interactive and social TV 2.0 coverage of the Presidential Election, including a peek inside the Obama Campaign headquarters, in depth analysis of the Libor Scandal, the breaking and relentless coverage of the Trayvon Martin scandal, and the list goes on and on. We have won most of the important awards in the journalism profession. We have stayed true to our independence and courage. And in our choice of new corporate parent, we are continuing to strive to make a difference – to provide the American people with information and analysis they need to live better, more secure, happier lives. I am confident this will continue into the future.
As I reflected deeply about this decision – both to sell the company and to whom – I kept coming back to one basic notion: The purpose of journalism is to provide those who don't know with information and knowledge so that they can become those who do know. Bias and hatred are fueled by ignorance. Information and knowledge are the only antidotes to that ignorance. That is the role journalism must play – to provide the knowledge that sweeps away the bias and hatred caused by ignorance. It is a noble pursuit. I am proud of each and every one of you for your dedication to pursuing that noble goal. And it is a privilege to have worked with all of you these past few years.
Please accept my best wishes for a happy, healthy, exciting and fulfilling New Year!
All the best,


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Jason Reed / Reuters
President Barack Obama campaigns at McArthur High School in Hollywood, Fla. on Nov. 4, 2012.
With just two days until Election Day, President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney are running neck and neck nationally, according to the final national NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll before the election.
Obama gets support from 48 percent of likely voters, while Romney gets 47 percent.
Read the full poll here (.pdf)
A new NBC poll should give both presidential campaigns reason to hope. Obama comes in at 48 percent; Romney at 47 percent. Taking Sandy into account, 80 percent in the Northeast said they approved of the president's handling of Superstorm Sandy. NBC's Chuck Todd reports.
In the NBC/WSJ poll released two weeks ago, the two candidates were deadlocked at 47 percent each.
"This poll is reflecting a very, very close campaign nationally," says Republican pollster Bill McInturff, who conducted this survey with Democratic pollster Peter D. Hart.
"It's a dead heat," Hart adds. "This election is going to be decided by turnout, turnout, turnout."
While both Obama and Romney are running virtually even in this national poll, a majority of surveys from the battleground states – especially in the crucial battlegrounds of Iowa, Ohio and Wisconsin – show the president with a slight advantage.
A new NBC poll indicates the presidential race is in a dead heat. Meanwhile, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie may have given Obama a boost when he praised his leadership. NBC's Andrea Mitchell and David Gregory have more.
Good news for Obama: Two-thirds approve of hurricane handling
The NBC/WSJ poll – conducted Nov. 1-3 – contains good news for both Obama and Romney in the final days of the campaign.
For Obama, 41 percent of likely voters say that what they have read, heard, and seen over the past couple of weeks have given them a more favorable impression of president, compared to 40 percent who said it had given them a less favorable impression – which is up from his 38-to-43 percent score on this question two weeks ago.
Read our memo on our 'likely voter' methodology (.pdf)
Both presidential candidates have spent months fighting over nine battleground states, but as the race draws to a close the Romney campaign is trying to expand the battlefield to states that have been reliably blue in recent years. Is this opportunity or desperation? DNC Executive Director Patrick Gaspard discusses.
Part of that more favorable impression is due to his handling of Hurricane Sandy, of which 67 percent of likely voters approve.
By comparison, 45 percent of voters say they have say they have a less favorable impression of Romney from what they have read, heard and seen over the past couple of weeks, versus 40 percent who have a more favorable view.
Yet two weeks ago – fresh off his debate performances – Romney's score here was tied, 44 percent more favorable, and 44 percent less favorable.
In the latest NBC News/ WSJ poll President Barack Obama has an eight point lead among women, however Mitt Romney has an seven point lead among men. Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., joins NBC's Andrea Mitchell to talk about the gender gap.
Comparing 2012 to 2004
In addition, Obama's numbers in this poll look almost identical to George W. Bush's in the final NBC/WSJ before the 2004 presidential election, which Bush ended up winning 51 percent to 48 percent.
Obama's approval rating among likely voters stands at 49 percent – exactly matching Bush's 49 percent approval in the final 2004 NBC/WSJ poll.
Forty-two percent say the country is headed in the right direction, versus 41 percent who said the same thing in late Oct. 2004.
And the head-to-head score between Obama and Romney – 48 percent to 47 percent – is identical to what it was in the final NBC/WSJ poll before the 2004 election: Bush 48 percent, Democrat John Kerry 47 percent.
"The comparisons between 2004 and 2012 are haunting," McInturff says.
Good news for Romney: Comfort level, the economy
The good news for Romney in this national poll is that 53 percent of likely voters are comfortable with the idea of him as president, which ties Obama's percentage on this question (although 39 percent are "very comfortable" with Obama versus 26 percent who are "very comfortable" with Romney).
Also, Romney is ahead of Obama among independents, 47 percent to 40 percent.
And the former Massachusetts governor leads Obama by five points on which candidate is better prepared to create jobs and grow the economy, 47 percent to 42 percent.
However, a majority of voters in the survey – 52 percent – say the economy is recovering.
The NBC/WSJ poll was conducted Nov. 1-3 of 1,475 likely voters (including 443 cell phone-only respondents), and it has a margin of error of plus-minus 2.55 percentage points.


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Saturday, April 23, 2016
An early bird Starday Saturday special! This collection of early Buck tracks plus some covers by Starday standbys popped up through the years with a few different covers and issue numbers. This edition is from 1965, and supposedly Buck worked a deal with Don Pierce to sell it at live shows at a time when Owens wasn't getting along so well with Capitol. All great stuff, enjoy!
1. Buck Owens-Down On The Corner Of Love
2. Buck Owens-There Goes My Love
3. Tommy Hill-Above And Beyond
4. Buck Owens-The House Down The Block
5. Cowboy Copas-Under The Influence Of Love
6. Cowboy Copas & Dottie West-Mental Cruelty
7. Buck Owens-Sweethearts In Heaven
8. Buck Owens-It Don't Show On Me
9. Eddie Wilson-Foolin' Around
10. Buck Owens-Right After The Dance
11. Darrell McCall-Excuse Me (I Think I've Got A Heartache)
12. Cowboy Copas & Dottie West-Loose Talk
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She's not your ordinary nude subject, but we've never seen anything more beautiful, strange and fierce than this warrior elf — whether she's dressed in armor or not at all. Warning: NSFW.
We just absolutely love these photographs from the Tumblr for BareMaidens.com — they're erotic and intense, just like our favorite supernatural romances. And things get a little kinky, when you realize this model has been shot in one series to look like a hot version of Gollum.
To see more (a LOT more) visit BareMaidens. And yeah, it's seriously NSFW.
(Thanks Joel Johnson, for the tip!)