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WASHINGTON - What's wrong with the National Security Agency's phone surveillance program? The answer, according to civil libertarians, is its scope. Edward Snowden, the ex-NSA contractor who exposed the program, calls it "omniscient, automatic, mass surveillance." Glenn Greenwald, the Guardian reporter who broke the story, accuses the U.S. government of "collecting the phone records of all Americans, regardless of any suspicion of wrongdoing . . . monitoring them, keeping dossiers on them." Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., says the feds are "trolling through billions of phone records."
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The first document published by the Guardian, an order from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, instructs Verizon to "produce" to the NSA electronic copies of "all call detail records" related to phone calls within, to, or from the United States. Although the order pertains only to the date, length, and phone numbers involved in each call - not to what was said - it's still a colossal demand. But what happens to the data once the NSA gets it? James Clapper, the director of national intelligence, gives this account:
"The collection is broad in scope because more narrow collection would limit our ability to screen for and identify terrorism-related communications. Acquiring this information allows us to make connections related to terrorist activities over time. . . . By order of the FISC, the Government is prohibited from indiscriminately sifting through the telephony metadata acquired under the program. . . . The court only allows the data to be queried when there is a reasonable suspicion, based on specific facts, that the particular basis for the query is associated with a foreign terrorist organization. . . . Only a very small fraction of the records are ever reviewed because the vast majority of the data is not responsive to any terrorism-related query."
In other words, the rules that most of us would apply at the collection stage - reasonable suspicion, specific facts, court approval - are applied instead at the query stage. Michael Hayden, the former head of the NSC, CIA, and national intelligence office under President Bush, describes how the program operates. "The government acquires records . . . from the telecom providers, but then doesn't go into that database without an arguable reason connected to terrorism to ask that database a question," Hayden explained on Fox News Sunday. For instance, "You roll up something in Waziristan. You get a cell phone. It's the first time you've ever had that cell phone number. You know it's related to terrorism because of the pocket litter you've gotten in that operation. Here's how it works: You simply ask that database, 'Hey, any of you phone numbers in there ever talked to this phone number in Waziristan?' "
Note the indefinite past tense. The analyst asks whether any of the numbers in the database has ever talked to the number in Waziristan. That's why the database is colossal: Its aspiration is to capture and preserve records of every call so that no potential lead is missed. Big Brother isn't watching you. But he does want your records in the database so that if any number you called later surfaces in a plot, he can look back through history, spot the connection, and check you out.
The magnitude of this project - a permanent, comprehensive library of which phones called which other phones, when, and for how long - means that no record is deleted. Chris Wallace asked Hayden, "What do you do with all the records, the billions of records that you have on all of us law-abiding citizens?" Hayden replied: "Nothing. . . . You get the cell phone with that [Waziristan] number six months from now. You want to know the history of that number. . . . So you do retain the information so that you can ask questions of it in the future."
In some ways, this process resembles traditional law-enforcement analysis of phone calls to and from a suspect. But there's a big difference. "On Face the Nation," Rep. Mike McCaul, R-Texas, the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, observed:
"When I was a counterterrorism federal prosecutor, we could take the number and run them through the phone companies, through a national security letter or subpoena. Now what has happened is they have literally taken all these phone records and maintained them, taken them out of the private sector and maintained them in the public sector within the NSA. . . . It's the warehousing of all the phone records from all the major carriers within the federal government . . ."
Why would the NSA do this? Why not wait till we snag that phone in Waziristan and then order Verizon to turn over records of the calls going in and out? On "This Week," Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, offered this explanation:
"After 9/11, we realized there was a big hole in our ability to fully identify all of the players in that terrorist plot. And [part] of it was by the fact that these business records, the phone billing information, is destroyed by these companies. They can't - expense-wise, it's really difficult for them to hold them. So this is what happened: The [FISA] court said, 'Put all of that information in a box, and hold that information. And when you want to access that information, you have to use this very specific court-ordered approval process.'"
That's the concept: Collect the companies' records so they're never lost. Later, when we have a suspicious phone number, we can scan the universe of records to find every number connected to that number. Your records are never purged from the database, because being in the database doesn't mean you're under suspicion. It's simply the default.
The catch is that your records are now in the government's hands. Civil libertarians are right to worry about that. The reason this is still a free country, 237 years later, isn't that our public servants are such wonderful people. The reason is that we constantly improvise systems to block or catch them when they try to abuse power.
Clapper, President Barack Obama, and the heads of the Congressional Intelligence Committees swear that the NSA has safeguards to prevent abuse of the phone data. They point to congressional oversight and judicial veto power through the FISC. I'm sympathetic to that defense. But they can't just assert that these safeguards exist. They have to tell us more about them. Why should we trust a secret court that rarely turns down the government's demands? Why should we rely on senators who don't even attend briefings on surveillance programs?
If we don't get satisfactory answers to these questions, we don't have to reject the NSA's database. We just have to build in sensible, visible restrictions. One strategy is to divide the information - which numbers you've called, on what dates, and through which cell towers - so that no individual analyst can know everything about your calls. That's how we protect your privacy in naked airport scanning: The officer who sees your body can't see your face or your name. The NSA query system could be set up so that numbers don't even appear on the analyst's screen unless they're triggered, through a connection in the database, by the manual input of a number from a court-approved list. The FISC could be monitored by a public advocate or inspector general whose reports go immediately to the intelligence committees and are later declassified so the public can evaluate the oversight.
For all we know, the NSA is already doing some of these things. What's absurd is that we don't know, because the government won't tell us. That's bad for civil liberties and for security. It breeds suspicion and overreaction. If we can't trust the government to manage surveillance data through publicly understood procedures that inhibit abuse, we won't let it have the data to begin with.
William Saletan (@saletan) covers science, technology and politics for Slate.


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Continuing on with my series on the seven notes, I would call them tests, which Venerable John Henry Cardinal Newman developed for determining whether some aspect of Church teaching is a development of doctrine or a corruption of doctrine. We began with Note Six-Conservative Action Upon Its Past, and I would highly recommend that any one who has not read the first post in the series read it here before proceeding with this post. We will now take the remaining notes in numerical order. This post will deal with the First Note-Preservation of Type.
In regard to Preservation of Type, Cardinal Newman takes pains to point out that the idea underlying the doctrine remains of the same type while the external manifestations of the idea may change greatly. His illustration from Roman history conveys his point well:
On the other hand, real perversions and corruptions are often not so unlike externally to the doctrine from which they come, as are changes which are consistent with it and true developments. When Rome changed from a Republic to an Empire, it was a real alteration of polity, or what may be called a corruption; yet in appearance the change was small. The old offices or functions of government remained: it was only that the Imperator, or Commander in Chief, concentrated them in his own person. Augustus was Consul and Tribune, Supreme Pontiff and Censor, and the Imperial rule was, in the words of Gibbon, "an absolute monarchy disguised by the forms of a commonwealth." On the other hand, when the dissimulation of Augustus was exchanged for the ostentation of Dioclesian, the real alteration of constitution was trivial, but the appearance of change was great. Instead of plain Consul, Censor, and Tribune, Dioclesian became Dominus or King, assumed the diadem, and threw around him the forms of a court.
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Hobbies: "I love working out and dancing. I do a lot of fitness videos and next week I am shooting a cardio strip tease video for the Crunch, so look out for that."
Current Car/Dream Car: "I drive a 2008 black Porsche Carrera, but my dream cars are a black Maserati, a red Ferrari Testarossa, and a silver Jaguar XJ220… there are only 16 made. The Sultan of Bernai has one and I also think Elton John has one, I am going to have one."
Dream Vacation Spot: "I like being active on vacations and I am learning how to ski, so I would love to go to the Alps to go skiing. I have heard they have the best snow there but other than that I would love to go to Turks or St. Barts. I would lay out and get really tan and have Sex on the Beach, the drink of course – Not!"
Favorite Food: "My favorite food would be M&Ms, just plain chocolate M&Ms in the brown bag. Do not add the peanut butter or the nuts just plain ol' M&Ms. I also love spicy tuna sushi with brown rice and low sodium soy sauce."
Typical Weekend: "Well I own a motorcycle rental company and we rent out Ducatis, so I would really like to say I relax on the weekends but I really don't do any of that. The weekends consists of going to the Rockstone, which is in Malibu Canyon. Additionally I will be either promoting and/or renting out the bikes. It's fun though, I really do love it and love making money, it's an aphrodisiac."
Something you can't live without: "One thing I could not live without would be medication, just kidding. Probably just being around family and friends would be the proper answer, but honestly, the gym. I love boxing and doing boot camp, it's an adrenaline rush that helps me get through my day and my week. It helps me achieve my other goals because it puts me in a good mind set."
Three words that describe you: "Anne McDaniels in three words would be ambitious, outgoing, and dangerous."
Biggest Secret: "My favorite genre of films are horror films. I love Hostel and Jason and all of those scary movies. My secret is, when I get home from a scary movie, I have to have every light on. Then I run to the bathroom and literally pop out with a gun just because I am scared. I have a wild imagination and I feel this human or entity is going to be hiding. So that is my secret, I love horror movies but I am a complete chicken."
Kevin's Vortech Supercharged Dodge Magnum R/T
Something you may not know about Kevin's Magnum: "Although this Magnum looks like a family car, it is actually far from that. While it does have room for my big family, it also has about 463hp."
Why he went with a Mopar: "I have always had an interest in late model Hemi's. I liked the fact that it was an up-and-coming muscle car platform with historic roots."
Future Plans "The goal when I got the car was to achieve 500 horsepower. With a Vortech supercharger, SLP headers, Diablosport/RDP custom tune, and SRT components, I reached that goal, so there are no future modifications related to horsepower.
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Jarrett Medlin
For 35 years, Exotic Animal Paradise
has offered up- close and personal experiences with rare, beautiful
animals to visitors of southwest Missouri — all from the safety
of their own cars.
It's not unusual to see zebras, camels and even bison stick their
heads in car windows along the four-mile journey that winds through
hilly Ozark terrain. Visitors might also catch a glimpse of an African
lion, a white tiger or any number of the park's 1,500 animals.
Animal Paradise was first established in 1971 by John "Pat" Jones,
father of Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones. He set aside 400 acres of his Buena
Vista Ranch near Strafford for the sole purpose of providing a place for visitors
to interact with rare creatures from around the world. Jones sold it in 1995
to Ron and Brenda Armitage, who have continued his legacy.
Today, more than 8 million people have passed through the park's gates,
and Rural Missouri readers consistently rank it among the state's top "roadside
attractions" in our annual "Best of Rural Missouri" feature.
This summer, however, may mark the end of an era. Armitage recently announced
he sold the land because the park is no longer financially feasible. The park
is scheduled to close Oct. 1. The animals will be sold at auction and the land's
new owner, Lake of the Ozarks area developer Tony Oddo, plans to build a housing
development. That means visitors have just two months to see a Missouri institution
one last time.
For information about Exotic Animal Paradise, call 1-888-570-9898 or visit www.exoticanimalparadise.com.
UPDATE: Exotic Animal Paradise is now Wild Animal Safari. For more information, visit www.goanimalparadise.com/index.php or call 417-859-5300.


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HP Accelerates Momentum of HP Indigo Digital Press Portfolio
PALO ALTO, CA—March 18, 2013—HP announced today the strong momentum of the current HP Indigo digital press portfolio, with significant hardware unit growth since drupa 2012.
HP also announced the worldwide commercial availability of the HP Indigo 10000 digital press, with 16 units already installed to date.
The first offset-quality digital press in a B2 size format, the HP Indigo 10000 digital press is helping print service providers (PSPs) grow their businesses through increased efficiency and a wider range of digital print applications.
"PSPs constantly look to improve productivity, expand capabilities and diversify applications to deliver more value as well as higher quality products to clients," said Alon Bar-Shany, vice president and general manager, Indigo Division, HP. "The HP Indigo 10000 is delivering on its promise to change the economics for our customers by helping them produce a broader range of applications that allows them to increase their profitability."
Wider possibilities with the B2-format HP Indigo 10000 Digital Press
The HP Indigo 10000 digital press maintains all the capabilities distinct to the HP Indigo portfolio in a wider format that expands the digital printing capabilities, while crossing over into traditionally offset markets.
The HP Indigo 10000 digital press debuted at drupa 2012 and underwent beta testing by 10 PSPs across the globe beginning in September 2012. Many of the beta customers, including Courier, Pureprint Group and Sandy Alexander, are considering adding a second unit. Installation of production units are expected to start this month.
Precision Printing is using the press to create personalized, localized and on-demand photo books, in addition to packaging and marketing pieces that it could not produce on its B2-format offset presses. The company also optimized the positioning of smaller formats on B2-sized sheets to multiply the amount of prints the press can produce in one run.
"As print organizations, we need to be much better at not only aggregating, but also producing, thousands of small orders on a daily basis as items become localized and printed on demand," noted Gary Peeling, managing director, Precision Printing. "The HP Indigo 10000 digital press allows us to streamline bulk printing and brings great efficiencies to our production. It also allows us to provide small quantities of personalized products in formats that we weren't able to support on narrower digital presses such as landscape books, six-page roll-outs and pocket folders."
The HP Indigo 10000 digital press also is allowing beta customer Zazzle, a manufacturer of customized goods, to increase profitability by adding new applications.
"The HP Indigo 10000 allows us to apply the same digital workflows that drive our business to a new, larger form factor," relayed Charles Ohiaeri, vice president, Operations Technology, Zazzle. "Alongside a few SmartStream portfolio products, we were able to integrate the press in virtually no time and kick off the process of bringing several new products to market."
Cober Evolving Solutions, one of Canada's leading marketing and communications providers, signed a purchase agreement for the HP Indigo 10000 digital press. The company will be the first in Canada to gain a competitive advantage by using the B2 press' capabilities to provide shortened lead times and wider formats on versioned and personalized marketing materials.
"We are continuously under pressure to produce the most effective printed materials with the shortest turnaround time for our customers," stressed Peter Cober, president, Cober Evolving Solutions. "With the HP Indigo 10000 digital press, we will be equipped to deliver unique pages that add value in a timelier manner. This press will also make us more responsive and able to take on projects we would not have otherwise been able to do."
Increasing production and profitability with HP Indigo series four presses
Customers across the globe are taking advantage of the HP Indigo 5600 and 7600 digital presses to create high-value applications with special effects such as digital watermarks and raised print. Customers also are gaining a competitive edge with Enhanced Productivity Mode (EPM), a new feature available on the latest HP Indigo digital presses that significantly reduces turnaround times and production costs by printing up to 33 percent faster.(1)
Integrated marketing services provider International Business Solutions of Mexico recently installed an HP Indigo W7250 digital press to produce personalized campaign materials. Using EPM helps the company print offset quality pieces while shortening turnaround times, cutting costs and reducing press downtime and maintenance.
"We wanted to differentiate our business from the competition by being able to offer a broader range of high-value products that leverage electronic data and HP Indigo's digital printing technology," said Salvador Anaya, senior manager, International Business Solutions of Mexico. "Enhanced Productivity Mode significantly boosts our production capacity while reducing running costs. This gives us greater confidence to meet customer deadlines and eliminates any need to back up production with traditional offset production."
Another customer, Bridgeport National Bindery, installed an HP Indigo W7250 digital press. The company's fourth HP Indigo digital press is being used to create book covers and small books in black and white as well as color. The addition of the new web-fed press is opening up more business opportunities and the company is running the press a second shift to accommodate for the growth.
"We produce a lot of high-end photo books and art replications that demand offset-quality prints with perfect color consistency," noted Bruce Jacobsen, executive vice president, Bridgeport National Bindery. "HP Indigo digital presses deliver the results we look for, and many of our customers request HP Indigo by name."
HP Indigo Print Care 2.0
With continued focus on press productivity and fast service and support, HP developed HP Indigo Print Care 2.0 as a complete toolset for the HP Indigo 7600 and 10000(2) digital presses comprised of diagnostics, troubleshooting and maintenance tools, remote support and automatic calibrations and alerts. This toolset aids PSPs in maximizing print quality and press uptime.
Additional information about HP Indigo digital printing solutions is available on the HP Graphic Arts YouTube channel and on the HP Graphic Arts Twitter Feed.
About HP
HP creates new possibilities for technology to have a meaningful impact on people, businesses, governments and society. The world's largest technology company, HP brings together a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure to solve customer problems. More information about HP (NYSE: HPQ) is available at www.hp.com.
(1) Compared to the HP Indigo press 5500 and HP Indigo 7500, WS6000 and W7200 digital presses.
(2) Full toolset on the HP Indigo 10000 digital press will be available October 2013


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Would you like to experience the Heart of Europe from the inside-out? If so, The Prague Walks are for you. Various tours, with unique perspectives, through the insiders eyes. Join our guides and you will discover a true Prague. Don't expect the lectures that you may have come across elsewhere. Enjoy a personable atmosphere and exchange of information with our guides. Each a Prague native with their own speciality for their tour, a delightful experience will surely ensue.
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Tallahassee Community College Sports Information
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (December 15, 2012) – FCSAA No. 10 Tallahassee Community College (10-4) won its tenth game of the season on Saturday afternoon, defeating Daytona State College (1-15), 87-69, in NJCAA men's basketball action at the Bill Hebrock Eagledome.
Tallahassee wanted no part of a repeat scenario from 2011 as it took the floor against the Falcons.
Last December, Eddie Barnes' Eagles hosted St. Petersburg College and Daytona State on consecutive days to close the first half of the season. Tallahassee beat St. Petersburg but was flat the next day in a nine-point loss to the Falcons.
Fast forward 12 months and the Eagles' schedule brought the same two opponents to town to close the season's first half. After defeating St. Petersburg, 91-59, last night, Tallahassee hung on to the momentum to complete the weekend sweep and remove a little bit of the sting from last weekend's pair of losses at the Florida College's Men's Basketball Shootout.
"We thought we embarrassed ourselves a little bit (at the Shootout)," said Barnes, referencing losses to State College of Florida (104-94) and Brevard Community College (87-82), "but we picked up two good home wins this weekend."
Tallahassee blistered the nets in the first half, hitting 14-of-24 (58.3 percent) shots from the floor but could manage only a nine-point lead at the intermission. Daytona State hit half of its 26 first-half field goal attempts and trailed 43-34 at the half.
Barnes said his team was noticeably "sluggish" playing its second game in as many days, both coming at the end of exam week.
"We were (sluggish) tonight after playing as hard as we did (on Friday) but we had a lot of energy in the second half, and I was real proud of them."
On Friday, the Eagles blitzed St. Petersburg with a 30-1 run midway through the second half to put the game away. Today, Tallahassee wasted no time coming out of the locker room to seal the victory.
The Eagles needed less than four minutes to double its lead. Jon Hood's three-pointer put Tallahassee in front, 56-38, at the 16:23 mark. That shot was part of a 17-0 run that ended on a basket by Marlon Johnson, which extended the lead to 64-38 with 13:46 left in the game.
Daytona State needed a 13-3 run in the closing minutes to pull within 17 (82-65) but that was as close as the Falcons got.
Tallahassee cooled off slightly in the second half, shooting "only" 54.8 percent (17-of-31) and finished 31-of-55 for the game, including 11-of-24 from the three-point line.
"When we shoot the ball well, I think we can play with anyone," added Barnes.
Tallahassee not only shot the ball well against Daytona State's zone defense but did so with patience, which also netted 19 assists on 31 made baskets.
C.J. Washington finished with 20 points and eight rebounds, both team-highs for Tallahassee. Curtis Diamond hit 5-of-7 from long distance and finished with 17 points and six assists.
Trevor McDade was the only other Eagle in double figures with 14 points, although four other players scored at least eight points.
Johnson flirted with a triple-double before finishing with eight points, six rebounds and a team-high seven assists.
Following a two-week break, Tallahassee will return to action on Friday, December 28 when its hosts the Comfort Inn Holiday Classic.


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Giving Back to Sudan, from San Diego – An Interview with Wai John Wai
March 4, 2014 2 Comments
We learned how to jump into bunkers by about age five. We were taught to distinguish the sound of a normal airplane coming to land and the sound of the bombers.
– Wai John Wai
April 2014 Genocide Awareness and Prevention Month:
Remembering the Past toward Healing our Future
A six event commemorative film series featuring the stories of survivors and their children
Living Ubuntu, in collaboration with Amnesty International – Irvine and six local academic institutions, presents a six-event commemorative film series featuring the stories of survivors and their children. April is Genocide Awareness and Prevention Month, and each film commemorates a genocide that started during April. Living Ubuntu provides education about global traumas as part of its mission to heal trauma in order to promote peace. All films are free and open to the public. On Thursday, April 17, the film series will include an event about the Sudan genocide.
Below is an interview with Wai John Wai, a first generation survivor from South Sudan.
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An Interview with Wai John WaiBorn: Bor, South Sudan (Jonglei State) Age: 29 Occupation: Elementary School Teacher's Aide, Director and Founding Member, Sudanese-American Youth Center (San Diego, CA). Graduate of Concordia University-BA in History Major: Acquiring Masters degree in Health Informatics
Q: What year did you come to the U.S. and how?
A: 1995. My older brother Simon came here first by himself a year before. Later I came with my aunt and cousins.
Q: Do you have any other relatives still in South Sudan?
A: Yes, my mother is still there, my sisters and about 12 nieces and nephews. My father died of natural causes way before I was born.
Q: Are any other siblings besides your brother in the U.S.?
A: I have five siblings. Just Simon and I are in the U.S. I am the youngest.
Q: What kind of memories do you have of your childhood in South Sudan (both good and bad)?
A: We left around 1990. I was very young. I remember the journey we took. I can't remember exactly how long it was, but it was a looong journey… many months. We left by cars and were told we couldn't drive with lights at night because we could easily be spotted. We had to zigzag around the rebel held towns and government held towns all the way to the Kenyan border. We went to meet up with my brother there. At first we were just in the border area for a number of years, not in a camp (refugee). Then later we went to a refugee camp in Kakuma, Kenya. We didn't stay long after that. I moved to Nairobi with my aunt and cousins for maybe a year then came to the U.S.
Q: How did your brother manage to get everywhere first, by himself?
A: He was working with the non-governmental organizations (NGOs). I believe it was World Vision; they were delivering aid to the refugees.
Q: Do you have any special happy memories that stand out in your head?
A: Hmmm I'm trying to think. My friends and I used to love swimming in the Nile, during the rainy season. We used to just play in the water a lot. And eating mangos.. I used to love eating mangos in South Sudan.
Q: Why did you end up coming the U.S. to join your brother and not your other siblings or mother?
A: We ended up being separated in a border town. Some people went toward Kenya, some went toward Uganda. Also my mother just didn't want to come here. She actually declined three times. She didn't want to come start all over since she doesn't speak English.
Q: What was the political climate like in South Sudan when you left?
A: That was when the civil war really intensified, during that time. The current Sudan president (Omar al-Bashir) had just come into power. He came with a new ideology to win the war (Second Sudanese Civil War), and that was to encourage the mujahideen (Muslim guerilla fighters) to fight, so the war was intensifying. A lot of people were displaced during that time.
Q: Did you leave before soldiers in your area were attacking people in their own homes?
A: Yes we left early on, maybe a couple of years before. But the town that we lived in by the border was bombed almost every day. It was called Kapoeta. We were living there, and the capital city of the South, which is called Juba now, was the only stronghold left under government control. They would protect it with the air force and all their arsenals. So sometimes they would send the air force to go bomb all the cities in the south from Juba. Kapoeta was one of the cities that was getting bombed almost every day. We learned how to jump into bunkers by about age five. We were taught to distinguish the sound of a normal airplane coming to land and the sound of the bombers. The high and low altitudes have distinct sounds. We used to say "That's a higher altitude. That's a bomber. Let's go to the bunkers."


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Review: 'The Bridge' on FX weaves a mesmerizing crime thriller
"The Bridge," an excellent new murder mystery from FX, instantly lends itself to comparisons with AMC's "The Killing."
Both drama series are adapted from popular Scandinavian shows. Both are initially tied to the discovery of a female corpse. And both explore their cases, with novelistic leisure, through the eyes of two detectives who take strikingly different approaches to their jobs.
On the other hand, brace yourself for a major climate change. Unlike "The Killing," which wallows in the cold and soggy environs of Seattle, "The Bridge" whisks us to the border territory between El Paso, Texas, and Juarez, Mexico, where it's so hot and arid and dusty that viewers might suffer from parched throats. Our advice? Stay hydrated.
Another significant difference: Based on the first three episodes made available for preview, "The Bridge" has a sturdier narrative construction, contains a few more intriguing wrinkles and appears to be much better suited for the long haul. At least that's our hope.
We begin on the bustling span that connects the U.S. and Mexican cities. It's night time, and suddenly, all the lights and surveillance monitors go down. Very creepy.
When power is restored, the body of an American judge known for her anti-immigration views is splayed on the pavement. Sonya Cross (Diane Kruger), a relentlessly driven member of the El Paso Police Department, arrives on the scene. So does Marco Ruiz (Demian Bichir), a veteran of the Chihuahua State Police. But who has jurisdiction? How will their responsibilities be divided?
We soon learn that things are not as they originally seemed and that the corpse has been altered in a gruesome manner. Eventually, more bodies pile up, and it becomes apparent that a savvy serial killer with political motives is at work.
Our lead detectives make for an interesting study in contrast. Cross, who has Asperger's syndrome, goes about her duties with laserlike focus. She's uptight, fearlessly blunt and pretty much devoid of empathy or tact. A colleague calls her a "bona fide whack job."
Ruiz, meanwhile, has the laid-back approach of a veteran who has seen it all. Charming, but also cunning, he's smart enough to know that Cross' by-the-book approach doesn't always go over well in Mexico's world of ruthless drug cartels and shady politics.
It's a pleasure to watch them play off one another, and it's fascinating to see how "The Bridge" ambitiously moves beyond a simplistic serial-killer saga to become a gritty, complex exploration of cultural differences, class issues and border tensions.
The whole enterprise is bolstered by interlocking -- and timely -- storylines that delve into illegal immigration, drug trafficking and prostitution. Moreover, it's blessed with plenty of impressive support performances. Among the standouts: Matthew Lillard as a boozy journalist covering the story and Annabeth Gish as an American socialite who is beginning to learn that her late husband had some shady business dealings in Mexico.
FX may have struck dramatic gold again. This series is mesmerizing. It sucks you in like a good book and has you yearning for more.
But a word of caution: We've seen serialized crime thrillers start off well, then fail to live up to their promise. We can only hope that "The Bridge" is able to hold our attention throughout the summer and avoid a collapse.
If you can't make it out to Independence Day festivities, don't worry: TV has you covered.
On "Macy's Fourth of July Spectacular" (8 p.m., NBC), there will be plenty of pyrotechnics igniting the sky over the Hudson River, along with performances by Mariah Carey, Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift and others. Nick Cannon of "America's Got Talent" is hosting the show, which will encore at 10 p.m.
And then there's "A Capitol Fourth" (8 p.m., PBS), which has Tom Bergeron ("Dancing With the Stars") presiding over a fireworks extravaganza from the West Lawn in Washington, D.C.
The guest list includes Barry Manilow, Megan Hilty ("Smash"), Darren Criss ("Glee") and Candice Glover ("American Idol"). In addition, Oscar-winning composer John Williams will conduct a selection from his "Lincoln" score.
Contact Chuck Barney at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him at Twitter.com/chuckbarney and Facebook.com/bayareanewsgroup.chuckbarney.
'The Bridge'
When: 10 p.m., July 10
Where: FX


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An absorbing and accessible account of the effects of disease and pandemics on human history, from the ancient to the modern world.
Trade Information: JPOD
Published as: Paperback
The influence that disease has had on history has often been hidden behind the more 'glorious' exploits of individuals and monarchs. In Armies of Pestilence R.S. Bray offers a fresh contribution to the impact that illnesses have had on world history.
The periods discussed span from the Biblical accounts of epidemics, through the Justinian plague (what was that deadly disease that has kept scientists in contention right through to the present day?), to the miscalculated 1976 influenza epidemic from which the American government took a long time to recover. Dr. Bray covers the Plague (the scourge of medieval Europe), malaria, yellow fever, smallpox, typhus and cholera.
The author offers a comprehensive evaluation of many other works, both scientific and historical, which provide a vast basis for research on this subject. His vigorous style and timely injections of humour make this an absorbing and accessible book.
List of Maps
1. Early Civilisations
2. Rome
3. Plague – Justinian's Plague (part 1)
4. Plague – Justinian's Plague (part 2)
5. Plague – Justinian's Plague (part 3)
6. Plague – The Black Death (part 1)
7. Plague – The Black Death (part 2)
8. Plague – The Black Death (part 3)
9. Plague – The Bombay Plague
10. Malaria (part 1)
11. Malaria (part 2)
12. Malaria (part 3)
13. Yellow Fever
14. Smallpox (part 1)
15. Smallpox (part 2)
16. Smallpox (part 3)
17. Typhus (part 1)
18. Typhus (part 2)
19. Cholera (part 1)
20. Cholera (part 2)
21. Cholera (part 3)
22. Cholera (part 4)
23. Influenza (part 1)
24. Influenza (part 2)
R.S. Bray took his BSc at the University of Adelaide and went on to gain two doctorates from the University of London. He has lectured around the world and published many scientific articles. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Biology, an Honorary Fellow of the Society of Protozoologists and the British Society of Parasitology, and former Vice-President of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. His work with the Liberian Institute of the American Foundation for Tropical Medicine gained him the Award of Knight Great Band of the Order of African Redemption.
A very pleasant surprise. Bray is both judicious and modest in his approach ... and displays a genuine historical sense ... What distinguishes it from many other offerings is the author's willingness to acknowledge how difficult it is to diagnose diseases in the past ... The discussion of plague is particularly interesting in the latter respect and could be read to advantage by anyone interested in the question of its dramatic appearance and equally mysterious disappearance ... The question of what impact disease had on politics and society in the past is notoriously beset with traps for the unwary, and here too Bray displays a commendable caution ... Can be recommended to the interested layman and – with its useful bibliography – to first year undergraduates. Medical History
... this demonstration of Bray's eclectic scholarship is particularly opportune ... while the intention is to alert historians to the effect of disease on history, the account is equally relevant to planners of the future ... in language which should not inhibit the most science-blind reader. The work of each of the historians or other commentators is critically dissected and analysed ... An astonishing variety of authors has been covered; indeed, the bibliography makes almost as interesting reading as the text itself. Innumerable little snippets ... add a touch of levity here and there. This fascinating, though at times gruesome account ... provides innumerable topics for ... debate, and is essential reading for budding historians of whatever branch or period. In addition, it is a readable, thorough account of the history of pestilence appropriate for those with more general interests. Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology


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Nationals renew working agreement with Angela Gordon
The Washington Nationals have renewed their working agreement with Angela T. Gordon, PT, DSc, MPT, COMT, ATC, retaining her as the team's physical therapist. Additionally, the Nationals have added Kwang Han, PT, MPT, to assist with the club's physical therapy efforts. Nationals Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo made the announcement.
Gordon provides comprehensive outpatient physical therapy services for the Washington Nationals' players, covering the team's pre-season evaluations in Florida and 40 home games during the regular baseball season. Among the job requirements, Gordon identifies players at risk for chronic injury and develops programs for at-risk players, making program modifications needed to maintain a level of physical excellence for the Nationals' players. With more than 11 years of clinical experience, Gordon earned her Master's of Physical Therapy from Andrews University in Dayton, Ohio, in 2002, and obtained her Doctorate of Science degree from Andrews University in Michigan in 2012. Gordon is a certified orthopedic manual therapist through the NAIOMT and is certified at dry needling. In April of 2013, Gordon became a published author in the IJSPT: Relationships between core strength, hip external rotator muscle strength, and star excursion balance test performance in female lacrosse players. She is the clinic director and outpatient orthopedist rehabilitation specialist at Patriot Sportsmedicine, a Physiotherapy Associates Company in Alexandria, Virginia.
Gordon has worked extensively with numerous Major League Baseball, Canadian Football League and European basketball players. Additionally, she works with many high school and collegiate athletes and has extensive experience in ACL prevention and the female athlete triad. She has had additional specialty training in treating the spine and TMJ joint.
As the owner and creator of F.A.S.T.™ (Female Athlete Sports Training program), Gordon oversees a cadre of clinicians throughout the East Coast. She is an active educator with the George Mason University athletic training department, and has taught multiple continuing education courses for physical therapists and other health care providers on various topics, including: the sacroiliac joint, ACL prevention and rehabilitation, rotator cuff rehabilitation, prevention of injuries in judo, and the overhead throwing athlete.
Han is an orthopedic physical therapist with 11 years of experience and is the co-clinic director for Patriot Sportsmedicine.
Han graduated from Old Dominion University in 2002 with his Master's of Physical Therapy. He specializes in sports medicine and has extensive experience working with athletes, ranging from high school through the professional level. Han has specialty training in vestibular rehabilitation, orthotic fitting and functional capacity examinations. He is currently pursuing his Maitland orthopedic certification and has recently obtained his dry needling certification.
Physiotherapy Associates is the nation's foremost provider of outpatient rehabilitation services. Physiotherapy Associates employs an industry-leading team of physical therapists and healthcare practitioners who are dedicated to high-quality patient care. With over 650 locations in 35 states, the company provides physical therapy, sports medicine, health and wellness to millions of patients each year. For more information, visit www.physiocorp.com.


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This mum is hiding a heart-wrenching secret from her son
Helen Galsworthy feels sure that everything happens for a reason – including escaping her own death.
Helen Galsworthy feels sure that everything happens for a reason – including escaping her own death.
Aged just 18, in June 2007, Helen Galsworthy lay down in front of a train with the intention of taking her own life.
'It was a really bright, sunny day and it was the one day when I sort of felt OK – and that's because I knew I was going to die. I didn't feel scared at the time, I just felt completely at peace.'
Her next memory is of waking up in hospital, with her mum next to her. 'I said to her, "I've lost my legs, haven't I?"'
Helen explains how her feelings were of sadness and stupidity. 'I felt like, I mess up everything in life and I even messed up my own suicide attempt!'
Having narrowly escaped death and being left as a double amputee, Helen says the adjustment was slow and painful, as she watched friends embrace their futures while she felt stuck.
Reaching for the sky
That all changed though, when five years later she found a new purpose in life, becoming mum to Thomas.
'It suddenly wasn't just about me anymore,' explains Helen. 'It's simple little things like his smile, his laugh, the way he'll look into my eyes… He makes me happy every day.'
Of course being mum to a toddler as a double amputee has its practical challenges – but Helen is more worried about the one thing in the future which she knows she must face. Telling Thomas what happened to his mummy's legs.
'I'll wait until he's old enough to understand, but I really do panic about telling him,' she admits. But she won't be alone, as she now has the love and support of boyfriend Will.
Now studying criminology, Helen also wants to help others who are suffering from depression. 'It's a great passion of mine to help other people with mental health issues,' she says. 'I like to think everything happens for a reason, and that could be why I survived.'


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Now that Congress' spring break is over, Republican lawmakers back in Washington are facing pressure from the White House to tackle some big items on President Trump's agenda, even as many of them would prefer to devote their attention over the coming months to the elections this fall.
This year "was supposed to be a lay-up for Congressional Republicans," writes Chris Krueger of the Cowen Washington Research group. The plan, Krueger explains, was to "just run out the clock and hope the 2017 laundry list of tax cuts, judges, Gorsuch, deregulation, and defense spending was enough to hold the House and Senate. All the sharp objects — debt ceiling, sequester, shutdowns — were removed from the table and the problem children were sequestered."
Trump has upended those plans. The Associated Press' Lisa Mascaro reports that members of Congress are "scrambling to compile a to-do list that will satisfy a president they desperately need to be promoting their achievements, not undermining them, as they prepare to hit the campaign trail."
Trump's dissatisfaction with Congress was made public when the president threatened to veto the $1.3 trillion spending bill last month — and while he ultimately signed the bill, he is reportedly still discussing rescinding some of that money, a move that would require more budget votes in the run-up to the elections.
Mascaro also notes that Trump's personnel changes will add lengthy confirmation hearings for his appointed secretary of state, CIA director and Veteran Affairs chief to the congressional calendar, drawing renewed attention to a number of issues lawmakers seeking re-election might prefer to keep out of the headlines.
And lawmakers hoping for a steady drumbeat of presidential praise about the tax cut package they passed last year might be disappointed. At a West Virginia campaign event last week that was meant to sell the tax reform law, Trump threw his prepared remarks on tax cuts in the air and said, "This is boring, come on," as he himself told the gathered crowd. He instead riffed on immigration and border security, dredging back up his claims about voter fraud and Mexican rapists coming to the U.S.
As lawmakers well know, the elections are 211 days away and counting.


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WSHH Presents Cubana Lust Compilation
Posted by @Qworldstar
Video compilation of World Star Hip Hop's Cubana Lust, featuring clips from her viral videos on World Star Hip Hop. The #1 Internet Vixen!
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Song: "The Morning"
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ESC provides its members with many resources to facilitate performance contracting projects, energy efficiency improvements, and building upgrades.
Informative and interactive meetings at various locations across the country provide a forum to address performance contracting issues and to develop business relationships. These meetings also facilitate state-to-state information exchange on "best practices" in marketing and implementing performance contracting projects.
Workshops on project development, financing, and energy savings performance contracting provide information on new energy-saving technologies and financing options for building and facility owners.
Other benefits available to ESC members include: problem-solving services on performance contracting and financing for building and facility owners, and free educational and technical materials, including standardized documents, such as sample Requests for Proposals and contracts.
Features of the ESC web site include: a listing of individuals representing service providers in each state, and a web-based discussion forum for asking and answering questions about upgrading buildings, performance contracting, and energy efficiency projects.


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Why You Can Watch "NCIS" on Your iPad, but Not "Big Bang Theory"
CBS has a new iPad and iPhone app that will let you watch many of its shows for free. That's not interesting at all.
What is interesting are the decisions the network has made about what you can watch on the apps, and when you can watch them. Because they say a lot about the state of the TV business, and the way it is and isn't adapting to digital reality.
Stuff to pay attention to:
- CBS, which for a long time kept most of its shows off the Web, now offers almost all of them on the Web, and you can see most of those on the apps. The omissions in the mobile lineup are the shows that CBS doesn't own. "Big Bang Theory," for instance, comes from Time Warner's Warner Bros. studio, so it's not on the app.
- You can see most of CBS' daytime and nighttime programming (soaps, "David Letterman") on the apps the day after they air. But its primetime stuff — ("NCIS," "The Good Wife," etc.) won't show up until eight days after it airs on the network.
The state of mobile, or at least the state of TV's thinking about mobile, has a lot to do with both of those decisions.
For starters, while regular human beings recognize that stuff they look at on a tablet or a phone is the same as the stuff they see on TV or a Web browser, that's not how biz dev and legal people think. So CBS, for instance, doesn't have the rights to show "Big Bang Theory" on your iPad, even though it can let you watch it on its website.
And even when CBS does have mobile rights, it can't convince advertisers to give it full credit for the eyeballs that watch its shows on phones and tablets, for technical/measurement reasons. So it's not going to put stuff on mobile until it has wrung out the full value of its TV ad dollars.
When it comes to "Letterman" and "The Young and the Restless," that's the next day. But CBS and other networks are trying to convince advertisers that they should get credit for shows and ads that people watch in the seven days after an episode first airs. That's not happening right now — currently, they get credit for shows watched live or on DVRs in the first three days after air — but CBS is hoping/assuming they'll get what they want in the next couple years.
CBS isn't the only network paying attention to the so-called "C7" window; you can see evidence of that in Fox's decision to keep its shows off the Web except for "authenticated" viewers who are also paying for cable TV. (News Corp., which owns Fox, also owns this website.)
But that thinking isn't universal, either: Right now you can watch the episode of "The Neighbors" that aired last night on ABC, on the network's site or its iPad app, or on Hulu, for free, without any kind of sign-in/registration.
Actually, you can watch it here, too (unless you're reading this on a tablet or mobile, because, see above). Enjoy.


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Fjordman: The Eurabia Code, Section 1
decided to write this essay after a comment from a journalist, not a Leftist by my country's standards, who dismissed Eurabia as merely a conspiracy theory, one on a par with The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. I do not disagree with the fact that conspiracy theories exist, nor that they can be dangerous. After all, the Protocols and the Dolchstosslegende, or "stab in the back myth"the idea that Germany didn't lose WW1 but was betrayed by Socialists, intellectuals and Jewshelped pave the way for Adolf Hitler and the Nazis before WW2. However, what puzzles me is that it...Read More


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About Kevin
Kevin has left the office, and he is currently fighting the rat race by working on his own business. He enjoys exploring unvisited places around the world and gaining new experiences. He believes that by properly managing our energy and time, we can learn to invest our lives wisely.


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Millie, the librarian, has been listening to an employee's story about waiting to catch a train to Sheridarp, and has given him a book on the unknowable. It's late on a Saturday night, early on the day following, and the characters have inexplicably diverged from their raisons d'être, or would have if they existed. Part 1 is here.
I riffled through "The Unknowable,"
pausing here and there to admire Rorschach
snack and coffee stains.
After several repetitions, I observed that
every page was blank, apart from butterflies
and their suggestions.
Millie explained.
In the lofty realm of publishing,
timeliness is key.
"The Unknowable" is as yet unwritten,
but the first edition's out in print
and the second's coming out next week.
The over-rated rational, I thought,
and Millie shared an inconvenient fiction.
Once I melted in a dream.
Not like iron in a furnace,
more like candy on a summer pavement.
Bees swarmed all around me
and carried off my essence for their queen.
Was the dream her own or someone else's?
I didn't know, but a reply was
unavoidable, and I chose trains.
locomotive continuation
Countable trains passed by,
until an engine with a single flatcar
pulled into the station.
On the flatcar, another station stood,
and with an air of carefree nonchalance,
I leapt aboard: my journey had finally begun.
Time streamed past, both near and far,
and the station stopped
at motionless carriages
of every shape and size,
some with pot plants in the windows.
But I had no ticket, and did not disembark.
Might these stationary carriages…
be simple buildings?
to continue
Mind stations (part above) from VEE, the visual evolution engine, and TIM, the illustrated mind. The image is evolved from 12 minutes of my EEG, and the detail above shows the transition from sitting quietly (left) to writing bad poetry (right).


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EVGA GeForce GTX 660 Ti SC review -
EVGA in da house doing a Supaah Clocked edition
We have another GeForce GTX 660 Ti review for you today as we'll put the GeForce GTX 660 Ti from EVGA to the test, it's their factory clocked version, the GeForce GTX 660 Ti SuperClocked (SC) version.
One of the most anticipated dedicated graphics card series for a long time now is the GeForce GTX 660 Ti series. There has been so much speculation and gossip about it. Today NVIDIA finally lifts the curtain on that product, and let me already say it loud ... it's a gem !
Pretty much everybody anticipated a new 'mid-rang' GPU, but we've stated it for a long time now, the GK104 Kepler GPU originally was intended to be the mid-range product series. However it came out too good, so NVIDIA decide to use the that GK104 Kepler GPU for the GeForce GTX 680, then the GeForce GTX 670 and now .. it's being used on the GeForce GTX 660 Ti as well. Oh and yes, the Ti extension has been reintroduced once again.
Being based on the GK104 Kepler GPU obviously NVIDIA had to put some breaks on it in order for the 660 series of product not to compete too much with their bigger brothers. As such they trimmed down the number of shader processors a little towards 1344 of them. Now keep in mind that the mighty GeForce GTX 680 has 1536 of them so that's what, 15% less shader processors. More interesting is the fact that it's precisely the same amount of shader processors as the GeForce GTX 670 has, so you can already 'feel' where the performance levels are heading. There are two distinct difference though, the GeForce GTX 670 and 680 uses a 256-bit memory bus, and the GTX 660 Ti series will get a 192-bit memory bus tied towards 2 GB of memory. But with the memory running at 6008 MHz in combo with the memory bandwidth gDDR5 memory these days offers, really the difference will be noticeable but not that big. The second one is the ROP engine, now cut down to 24 units opposed to 32 on it's bigger brothers.
Not one AIC partner from NVIDIA will follow up with this at launch, but the reference product will be clocked at 915 MHz, it's allowed to boost towards 980 MHz (again similar to the GTX 670) and the TDP of the GeForce GTX 660 Ti is going to be set at 150 Watt, while in your average gaming experience the card really uses like 135 Watt.
So it isn't hard to understand that the factory overclocked GeForce 660 Ti SKUs will run fairly close to the GeForce GTX 670 (reference clocked) and maybe. The GeForce GTX 660 Ti series will be launched in the 300 USD range, 259 EUR ex VAT in Europe. And for that money it's going to shock and awe alright. Before we startup the review let me blast a quick myth our of the virtual skies, the rumor of a 256-bit version of this card has been denied by NVIDIA. And truthfully, if such a card existed .. it would be performing way to close to a GeForce GTX 670.
As stated there will be lots of SKU's released by the many board partners, in this review we'll look at EVGA's offering in the form of a SuperClocked edition. As the name suggests the product is factory overclocked much like all board partners are doing. Let's head on over to the next page shall we ?
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