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Updated with a clarification from Google below.
It may be easier than you think for government entities to demand the private data you've stored on Google's servers. Most of the time, it doesn't even require a judge's signature.
On Wednesday Google released its semi-annual Transparency Report, its voluntary admission of how many times it removed data from its services or quietly handed users' information to government agencies in the last six months. Between July and December of 2012, Google says it received 8,438 U.S. government requests for its users' data and complied to some degree in 88% of those cases. That's up a remarkable 33% from the 6,321 data requests Google received in the same period the year before, and marks a 70% increase since Google first started issuing its Transparency Reports in 2009.
But the new wrinkle in Google's data is a breakdown of how many of those requests approached Google with a search warrant: Just 22%, according to the company. By contrast, 68% of requests were issued only with a subpoena, which unlike warrants don't require showing a judge "probable cause"–solid evidence that the data was relevant to a crime. (The other 10% of the requests involved some sort of court order or other miscellaneous process.)
That's not a surprise, but it is a dangerous sign for the privacy of data stored in the cloud, says Chris Soghoian, principal technologist for the ACLU. "It isn't surprising that the government so heavily relies on subpoenas," says Soghoian. "They are easier to get."
He points to the responses from wireless carriers to a letter from Congressman Ed Markey last year, which revealed that the companies handed data over to the U.S. at least 1.3 million times in the previous 12 months. Of those, 500,000 were warrantless subpoenas for user information from Sprint alone. "The lesson from Google's data and the data from the wireless carriers is that the vast majority of government electronic surveillance is not subject to judicial supervision," says Soghoian. "That, by itself, should alarm all Americans."
Google has never spelled out precisely how it determines which government data requests to comply with, although it has implied that it only does so when it is legally required. I asked Google policy director Dorothy Chou last year about the standard the company applies, and she responded that the company requires that the requests be made in a written form, are sent from an appropriate agency, cite a criminal case and are sufficiently narrow in their demands, both in terms of which users are affected and what time frame of data is requested. "We want to show that we're advocating on your behalf. But we also want to do right by the spirit and letter of the law," Chou said.
Update: In a statement to Wired, Google clarified that it demands a warrant for all content data from its email, storage and other services, despite the fact that a warrant isn't legally required under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. (ECPA) But that warrant requirement leaves out so-called "non-content" data such as users' IP addresses, locations and the names of contacts.
Google has called for the reform of the ECPA that makes easy warrantless legal requests possible in the United States, along with other members of a group of tech firms and non-profits known as Digital Due Process that includes Apple, the ACLU, Facebook, Microsoft, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and many others.
The company, it's worth noting, has also been ever-so-slowly reducing its compliance with the governments' ballooning data demands. Its 88% fulfillment of the requests is down from 90% last year and 94% in 2010. And Google's willingness to reveal this data in the first place should be seen as a credit to the company's respect for privacy. Others like Facebook and Microsoft–as well as the wireless carriers that hemorrhage hundreds of thousands of users' information–offer no such transparency.
Other companies like Twitter and the regional Internet service provider Sonic.net have adopted Google's practice of reporting the government data requests they receive. But the search giant's new move to expose how few of those requests come with a warrant sets a new standard for openness about the issue of porous data borders between companies and law enforcement.
"We'll keep looking for more ways to inform you about government requests and how we handle them," writes Google legal director Richard Salgado in a blog post. "We hope more companies and governments themselves join us in this effort by releasing similar kinds of data."
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Hopefully, this will encourage people to put pressure on their representatives to drive reform on what's required to force a company to turn over data
Leftists dont worry as much when a lefty is in power
Andy, you cited statistics on data that Google hands over and in your third to last paragraph, you stated that Microsoft (amongst others) "hemorrhage hundreds of thousands of users' information…"
Do you have the statistics, like your Google analysis, to back up this claim?
Thank you for that clarification, Andy. Overall a very insightful article. I do think that we need to also qualify the type of Cloud Services. For example, Microsoft has lots of clouds – advertising (similar to Google), Hosting for Business Users (Office 365), etc. I cannot speak for all their Cloud services but the latter is pretty well defined and transparent. In fact, they have an entire site dedicated to trust and transparency, known as the trust center – http://trustoffice365.com/.
And for some reason its FB that gets all the attention about privacy issues
great article
Why shouldn't FB get all the attention? FB won't even say how much data they're turning over to the government. FB won't say if they require warrants.
If you think that Google publishing this information somehow makes them the bad guys, you're totally missing the point.
I know folks who use google for everything. From Email to documents, Personal photos to voice. They have all of their lives under one FREE account managed via a simple agreement that entitles Google more power and access than the user.
I pay for my own hosting and my own storage. I store online whats deemed public but encrypt what's Private. But I never store online personal or data that might be incriminating. I have nothing to hide but I have nothing to gain in showing it all…
My friend was nearly hired at a large company after he passed all interviews, only to be told during the orientation that a reversed decision was made to his employment offer as some undesired information was discovered -on the internet- that is in conflict with the company policies.
Be careful on what you post and what others post on your behalf, that is your best defense until a day when the old farts in congress are replaced with younger and more WEB savvy… only then, congress can act.
Hopefully the semi-transparent report will encourage representatives to organize themselves for a 60 year war against internet freedom. All aspects of the US Bill of Rights are under assault. If America had been satisfied with Russia's freedom policy in 1948 we'd be living with that policy today. Privacy is part of a larger Security issues. Few in Congress understand even one of the many technical aspects of the worldwide web. Neither do the regulatory agencies that were created and overseen by Congress. The first cold war was won only because a sustained bipartisan majority in Congress favored doing what it took to remain free. That required thinking about defending freedom with out destroying freedom.
Given the current political environment I see small hope for the return of the 'Nationalism' of Senators Nunn and Lugar. They could be briefed on complex issues and find a way to consensus.
Andy great article, just wondering do you have any idea what is the most common type of data that Google and others hand over to the government? Also do you think that if a website were to start to get extremely used, such as Google, or FB, then the govt. wanted information from them, but they did not want to comply what do you think would happen?


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Don't Forget the "Ruby" in "Rails"
When you start to learn how to craft websites with Rails, one of the common pieces of advice you get is: "Learn Ruby first. Then learn Rails." It's great advice, but everyone ignores it. Don't feel bad if you did; I did too.
To understand why it's great advice, you need to translate the statement a little bit. To my naive mind, "Learn Ruby first" was equivalent to "Learn how to write a program in Ruby first", which was equivalent to "Learn Ruby syntax first". As a Ruby n00b (via PHP), this made sense, what with Ruby's crazy symbols and blocks and use of pipes. And then, I sort of thought, "Well, if I'm writing a Rails app, that is a Ruby program, so I'll just learn all this as I go." Hey, it worked for PHP, right?
But the unstated assumption in this piece of advice is "Learn to program an object-oriented application properly." Then learn how to do that with Ruby. Then learn Rails.
The thing about Rails is that it is an opinionated piece of software. That's awesome. You know, the whole "convention over configuration" thing which makes using Rails so great. But, if you are teaching yourself how to write object-oriented programs based on the Rails conventions, you will force yourself into some awkward corners and will make bad design decisions. Sure, your code works, but you can tell things aren't quite right when you try and maintain it.
Luckily, because everyone ignores that advice, there are plenty of people out there trying to help us out. Here are some great resources I am constantly consuming and re-consuming:
"The Secret to Rails OO Design" by Steve Klabnik
A much better version of this very blog post. I can't believe I read this a half a year ago and basically ignored it.
"Design Patterns In Ruby" by Russ Olsen (currently ~$47 on amazon.ca or ~$33 on amazon.com, even though the Canadian Dollar is currently worth more than the American one...)
So, you're starting to buy into this OO thing? Read this book to quickly improve your Ruby code.
"Objects on Rails" by Avdi Grimm - $5
Now that we know all that stuff, let's watch a master apply this to an entire Rails app.
"Destroy All Software" by Gary Bernhardt - $9/month
There is more to learning to program properly than just writing awesome code. You should also be able to manage your meta-coding like a master. Version control, testing, using your text editor, all this stuff is important. And OMFG is Gary Bernhardt the master of this stuff. Trust me: $9 a month is totally worth it to watch this guy do his stuff.
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On May 4 2012 at 12:05AM Joe Peric said:
This is more rails than ruby, but I'd like to make mention Michael Hartl's work:
I've yet to do any major work with rails, but I've had fun with this tutorial. There are some best practices in there needed to secure a rails app that can't be glossed over! (see github's problem a few months ago)
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NORMAN — Americans born within the states become used to hearing about the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Immigrants learn of these as they embrace liberty.
Soldiers are among those remembering that nearly all immigrants came to America to escape threats to their lives.
Early settlers escaped those who would cheat them of religious liberty.
"My great-grandparents came through Ellis Island," an admirer of the Statue of Liberty tells his grandchildren. "A French artist made that statue for America many years ago. See the lamp? It means we still welcome people like your great-great-grandparents."
"What did your family bring with them?" his curious granddaughter says. "Did they bring jewels and axes to trade with the Natives, like the early explorers?"
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"OK. Right after ice cream, Grandpa?" the youngest says.
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"Want to see me make a clown?" the granddaughter says, working her cookie dough many times over.
Her grandmother praised her work. She knew her friends would eat her cookies anyway.
Lately, many artists and engineers came to America to get better jobs. Some never thought to become citizens.
"Why not, Daddy?" a daughter of a digital engineer says.
"I'll explain sometime," he says. "It's not that easy."
"But my third-grade class is making certificates for families who came here and took the oath of loyalty. You're loyal, aren't you?"
He coughs. "I try to be."
"Well, then, I don't understand."
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"I doubt you'd have to give that up. We've been studying that. You just don't want to study for the test, that's all. And you always tell me to study."
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I just got my Pioneer SX-1250 back from a full recap, cleaning and going-over. I pulled my A-team of speakers together for a quick demo. My first impression is very positive. There is plenty of power to spare. What's interesting is that I can push this receiver up to 11 o'clock on the volume dial and still have enjoyable levels of music, something that the lesser-powered receivers I've had inherent couldn't do - amazing to me how clipping and distortion sets in earlier than you think it does, even with efficient speakers.
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G. Paul Shaw Jr., the Republican challenger in the Walker County sole commissioner race, invited GOP incumbent Bebe Heiskell to debate at 7 p.m. today.
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The City of Plantation has yet again insulted her citizens. The two exceptions notwithstanding, our magnanimous city council members ignored the wisdom of the people who opposed the rise in millage and went ahead and increased the property tax. So really what are we talking about here? The council's challenge was to cut around $650K out of the budget without tapping into the reserve, which they "had to" to avoid emergency services cuts, to the tune of about… oh wait who cares we'll just raise taxes if it doesn't work out.
I digress.
Most that approached the council did not favor the tax increase. One officer defended against a suggestion about instituting a furlough 2 times the next fiscal year. I cannot say I blame him; however there are modifications that could make this work. I would say that if they extended the hours on the four days that the city's employee's work in order to ensure that they get 40 hours then there should not be much of a problem. However, let's not be silly here and allow the logic to get twisted. We do not want any negative repercussions befalling our emergency services. This is the distortion of reality that liberal minded councilmen like to pass as sound logic, especially when the elitist Councilman Levy "educates" us on the economic "law" of rise in costs of goods and services. At least he agreed with the citizen who suggested the furlough option.
However, the biggest slap to the face was a promise breaker's excuse as to why he voted for the millage rate increase. This promise breaker is Councilman Ron Jacobs. Yes folks the very man who ran his campaign on the notion that he wouldn't raise taxes if elected. I won't waste much time with it but spineless certainly come to mind.
Councilwoman Uria casted a no vote, and along with Councilwoman Stoner, we have some hope up there on the dais! Her reasoning is one that affects us all, including city employees as they face rises in utilities (FPL) and things like home insurance increases. Unfortunately, certain council members are just blind to the obvious.
The point is, City Council of Plantation, we have our eye on you, and the outlook is not pleasant. As stated a few times, the budget is just a guideline. Make sure you find a way to cut the $650K without costing the tax payer, your employer, any more money.


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I lift with IPF so I gotta wear a poly single ply for benching. Anyway, for a long time I have known that ideally would should do shirt work full rom. I know Vince has said this, Scott Yard said this, Sebastian Burns said this. So- I should do this right? My problem is with a reasonably tight f6 or katana I can't touch less than 530. In fact, in the katana I'm using at the moment touching 550 is a task- my comp PR is 556! For this reason- and because the dudes I train do shirt board work- I have been touching rarely and doing shirted boards- doing most of my work off a 2-board. I just picked up a bigger shirt and I'm hoping if I can touch less I can do what I think I should be (doing my shirt stuff to the chest). My feeling is that, while I a getting better at touching, there is just so much difference between a 2board and full rom that I know I should be working more on touching. But will training in a loose shirt help me bench in a tight one?? Anyway, thoughts- suggestions?????
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im not a big time bencher but heres how i would play it. use the loose shirt for your opener (475-+). when the meet comes by, 3-5 weeks out, train with the tight shirt for your 2nd and/or 3rd attempt using boards whether you need 4/3/2/1.
decide on a 3rd attempt number and add accordingly.
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No boards with shirt. You answered your own question. You can touch 500 in that shirt. You have to LEARN how to do it. Vincent touched 635 in the same shirt he benched 800 in. You gotta nut up and be patient. It'll touch. If not, you gotta make it touch.
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Devin Golden
For a decade, Southeast Whitfield High School was Dalton's best competition when it came to boys soccer.
But Northwest Whitfield officially made it a three-team party with one eyebrow-raising win this year.
While the levels of historical success in the state tournament for Northwest and Southeast are different, the two sides couldn't be more even this year with their match in Wednesday's Class 4A state semifinals looming. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. at Bruin Stadium in Tunnel Hill, and Dalton hosts Griffin's Spalding in the other semifinal at 6:30 p.m.
The title match is set for 7:30 p.m. Friday at Kennesaw State University.
Starting with 2002, Southeast has made the state tournament every season, and in 2008 the Raiders were the Class 3A runners-up. Dalton is in the state tournament for the 13th year in a row; the Catamounts shared the 2003 Class 4A title and were runners-up in 2004.
But after Northwest's run to the Class 4A quarterfinals last season — which coach Ryan Scoggins said was just the second state berth in program history — the Bruins entered this season with high expectations for themselves despite being in the same sub-region as Dalton and Southeast.
Not until March 22 did those expectations become a reality.
The Bruins won 2-0 on the Raiders' field in a Sub-region 7B-4A match with significant consequences.
First, it gave Northwest the edge in the sub-region standings. Second, it proved the program at least needed to be in the same discussion as its intracounty rival to the south.
"I feel from our standpoint, going and winning that sub-region match this season at Southeast showed us we had a good team," Scoggins said. "We have tons of respect for Southeast. And in the decade I've been here, Dalton has been the benchmark."
The third consequence of the Bruins' win was that it bruised Southeast's reputation.
"That loss, it hurt," Raiders coach Kevin Kettenring said. "I made it very clear when I said we were embarrassed."
The Raiders got their revenge less than three weeks later in a 4-1 thrashing of the Bruins in Tunnel Hill that didn't count in the sub-region standings. It was one of Northwest's three losses in four matches that started with a 3-1 sub-region loss to Dalton on March 28.
The Bruins have won six of seven matches since then.
"Looking back at that stretch when we did lose three of four, the season could've spiraled out of control at that point," Scoggins said. " ... We could've lost in the region playoffs and not done anything."
Southeast's woes came early in the season and resulted in bigger consequences. The Raiders' 3-1 sub-region loss to the Cats on March 8 came in just their second match of the year. Two weeks later, they lost to the Bruins. Since then, Southeast has lost just two games — both to Dalton — and pulled an impressive tie against Class 6A semifinalist East Coweta, which doesn't have any other blemishes on its 19-0-1 record.
"I guess I'd make it even," Kettenring said of his team's status measured against the Bruins this season. "It's weird. They beat us at our place and we beat them at their place. Now we're going back to their place."
The Raiders' two sub-region losses put them third in the standings and led to them playing the sub-region title-winning Cats a third time in the region tournament semifinals. Southeast bounced back from its 3-0 loss to Dalton in that game by winning the third-place match, but has been — and will be — on the road for the entire state tournament because of its lower seed.
However, the Raiders have won by multiple goals in each round — 4-1 against Chamblee, 6-1 versus Chestatee and 2-0 over Dutchtown — to set up a rubber match against the Bruins.
The winner very well could play Dalton for the title.
Scoggins said the undefeated Cats, who have won 20 games, wear the crown until someone takes it.
"Anytime someone has stepped up to challenge them, they've responded," he said. "Until someone knocks them off, they're on top."
To even have that chance, either Southeast or Northwest must knock off the other.


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Americans have an obsession with telling people they're busy, and as a New York Times columnist recently pointed out, this is often more of a boast than anything.
Felicia Mello never struck me as one of those kind of people. A reporter and editor who prefers tea to coffee and likes longform journalism, Felicia seems to prefer that things are done correctly, but also works as hard as any manager I've worked with.
Now she's headed somewhere else to do that. Felicia is leaving Patch to take a job overseeing the online presence of several publications in Las Vegas.
She has worked with Patch for two years as of Thursday, and she'll be missed.
She was the founding editor of Elk Grove Patch when it launched in December of 2010 and went on to become the Associate Regional Editor of the six sites in the Sacramento area.
In Elk Grove, she definitely wrote about some topics I wouldn't even know how to begin to approach, but she set a solid foundation for the site. As our manager, Felicia provided sound guidance and wasn't too much of a slave driver (wink wink).
The news comes a few months after another of our colleagues in the region left for another desert state, and as longtime freelancer Karen Wilkinson leaves for a job in Sacramento.
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PASADENA - In the city's annual fall ritual, hundreds of young women from the Pasadena area lined up at Tournament House on Saturday to vie for a place on the seven-member Royal Court and the chance to become next year's Rose Queen or Princess.
The court will reign over the 123rd Tournament of Roses Parade and 98th Rose Bowl Game on Jan. 2, 2012. This year's parade, themed "Just Imagine," and football game will be held Jan. 2 since New Year's Day falls on a Sunday.
Tournament officials expected about 1,000 hopefuls to show up for the two days of tryouts, which will continue on Monday.
In the next step of the month-long selection process, about 30 first round survivors will later appear to be photographed on the Tournament House steps. Next, as friends and family cheer then on, the final seven will be introduced - and immediately whisked away for a Rose Court makeover. Then, about a week later, the Rose Queen will be named before a coronation ceremony later in October.


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Today, July 11, is National Collector Car Appreciation Day across the U.S. That means...
Postcard from Europe: Spotting the Yeti
Covering Formula One, the World Rally Championship and various other automotive escapades by driving to the events is a polarizing experience. You experience cars that are fast, spacious, sexy, ugly, slow, reliable or just plain odd. Most of them are rentals, some are provided by manufacturers, and others you drive because you lost a bet or were particularly evil in a previous life.
Out of this car cornucopia, you rarely find something that does everything well; the experience tends to be all about extremes. The Porsche 911 GT3, for example, is a fantastic car but it's not very good for hauling luggage. The Proton Waja (a truly awful family sedan that is a best seller in Malaysia) does maroon interior plastic extremely well, but not much else.
These details don't matter most of the time, because your mind is on the job and getting from A to B as efficiently as possible.
But things are different when you're on vacation. You absorb the drive, the car and the scenery. Any such vehicle is subject to the sort of scrutiny that you just don't have time for when you're only intent on not missing your flight.
So the Skoda Yeti that I took to France from England for a bit of rest and relaxation had a tough test ahead of it. The Yeti is the Czech manufacturer's first foray into the SUV world with a cutesy but purposeful look to it, powered by a 1.4-liter turbocharged engine. That doesn't sound like a lot of cubic capacity to move a car that appears to have the pleasingly functional solidity of a brick.
But move it does, thanks to a progressive 122-hp engine. The best way to describe the power is "sufficient." More would be better, and is provided by the 2.0-liter diesels at the top of the range, which come with all of the toys. Four-wheel drive is available as an option, and this brings with it benefits such as the off-road button, which at a single touch engages features such as uphill start assist, downhill assist and electronic traction control.
These gadgets might very well do a great job but like 90 percent of Yeti owners, I didn't go anywhere near any mud. I just filled it with wine and people and drove it on trips all over France. The high-up driving position means you gain an advantage over rivals in French urban traffic (the modern-day equivalent of chariot racing). The turbo allows you to pick your way past spluttering 2CVs (with a bit of advance planning), while the infinite configurations of seats and cubbyholes mean that you can pack it with enough liquor to keep a dipsomaniac happy for months.
Being fundamentally German, the Yeti has an Audi-like build quality that looks as if it will withstand most things the urban jungle throws at it: kids, shoes, shopping, etc.
Best of all, like the real Yeti, it's quite rare and engagingly different. Throughout our time in France, we didn't spot a single other one, while in the U.K. at the moment, you have to wait six months to get your hands on a Yeti. As for Nepal and the Himalayas . . . well, there are apparently people who have lived there for years and not seen one yet, either.
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A driver who died in a fiery pursuit crash of a Corvette early Sept. 12 at the 210 Freeway interchange with SR 330 in Highland has been identified as a Yucaipa woman.
She was Robin Frances Ellis, 56, of Yucaipa, Supervising Deputy Coroner Gabriel Morales said Thursday in a phone interview.
Coroner's investigators had tentative identification of Ellis within 48 hours of the crash. Records were obtained to help confirm her identity.
According to California Highway Patrol and coroner's statements, at 4:07 a.m. Wednesday Sept. 12 a CHP officer in Arcadia tried to stop a blue 2001 Chevrolet Corvette that went through a posted Caltrans closure on the 210 Freeway.
The Corvette driver kept going at high speed and a pursuit began at Baldwin Avenue, according to the CHP.
"The vehicle continued eastbound on the State Route 210 from Baldwin Ave. at a high rate of speed," a coroner's statement said. "At the State Route 330 interchange in Highland, the Corvette struck an interchange pillar and exploded upon impact."
The Corvette became fully engulfed in flames, the CHP reported. The driver, who was the only occupant of the vehicle, was pronounced dead at 4:29 a.m., according to the coroner.
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The boy was arrested Wednesday afternoon at Our Redeemer Lutheran School. A teacher found the gun in the student's book bag.
North Platte officer John Stadler says it was a scary moment, "but, fortunately, no one was in any danger."
The school was locked down after the arrest, but the administration let parents pick up their children.
The boy's name has not been released. He faces charges of carrying a concealed weapon, uncontrollable juvenile, terroristic threats and use of a firearm to commit a felony.
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WINGATE — Two men were arrested overnight in connection with shootings Wednesday evening that killed two men, injured a third, and put the Wingate University campus on lockdown.
No students or staff from the university were involved, authorities say.
Wingate police Chief Donnie Gay said two Marshville men, Daniel Steven Sheerer, 20, and Tony Antwone Knotts, 26, were arrested shortly before midnight in Monroe. Robbery is the suspected motive, police say.
Sheerer and Knotts were arrested as they walked out the back of a residence at the Willow Oaks Apartments on Walkup Avenue in Monroe, Gay said. They were taken into custody without incident. Police say the apartment is the residence of one suspect's girlfriend.
Police have not identified the victims.
While police tried to develop leads in the case Wednesday evening, Wingate University officials scrambled to protect students and staff. They declared a lockdown, then moved some students to the LaVerne Dining Hall, which has restricted access.
Parents and friends kept in touch with the situation via a series of Twitter and Facebook posts by university officials.
The series of events began about 5:45 p.m., when a Union County sheriff's deputy who was headed out of Wingate on East Wilson Street was flagged down by a motorist. The man said he saw a car stopped in the middle of the road near Burris Street. That is a short distance east of the edge of the campus, near Wingate's softball and baseball fields.
The deputy found a man collapsed in the road near the car and discovered the man had been shot. Minutes later, another motorist reported seeing a man lying on Zeb Goodman Road, near the entrance to Wingate University Lake nearby. When deputies arrived there, they found two shooting victims.
The man found on East Wilson Street and one of the victims on Zeb Goodman Road were dead, police said.
"One of the men was still alive, and he was airlifted to Carolinas Medical Center," Gay said. There was no word on his condition Thursday morning.
While all this was taking place, Wingate University officials were in action. They issued a lockdown shortly before 6:15 p.m., with law enforcement officers providing extra security.
As word of the shootings spread, some parents worried from afar. One mother issued a Facebook post, saying she wished her son would answer his phone.
"Most of the students were moved into the dining hall, because it's a secure place," one university employee, not wishing to be identified, said Thursday morning. "People were concerned, but there was no panic. It was very smooth."
Some students and staff remained in classrooms, finishing their end-of-semester exams.
At 8:30 p.m., the lockdown was lifted. "Thank God," one student posted on the university's Facebook page.
It was the second lockdown on Wingate's campus in a month. On Nov. 15, a student reported seeing an argument outside her dormitory and saw what she thought was a gun. The campus went on lockdown, but officials said they believe no gun was on campus.
"I've been at Wingate for 22 years, and we've had two lockdowns in that time," university President Jerry McGee said Thursday. "Unfortunately, they have both occurred in the last three weeks. In both instances, the lockdown orders were given as a precautionary measure."
Gay said Wingate police got help from the Sheriff's Office, Monroe police and the SBI. Evidence led them to the Willow Oaks Apartments in Monroe, where the arrests were made about six hours after the shooting.
"Through good communication and teamwork, we were able to quickly get two dangerous criminals off the streets," Gay said.
He said Sheerer and Knotts each faces charges of two counts of first-degree murder, one count of attempted first-degree murder, and one count of attempted robbery with a dangerous weapon. Gay said the two suspects also confessed to breaking into several homes in Union County.
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I cover demographic, social and economic trends around the world.
What cities are best positioned to grow and prosper in the coming decade?
To determine the next boom towns in the U.S., Forbes, with the help of Mark Schill at the Praxis Strategy Group, took the 52 largest metro areas in the country (those with populations exceeding 1 million) and ranked them based on various data indicating past, present and future vitality.
We started with job growth, not only looking at performance over the past decade but also focusing on growth in the past two years, to account for the possible long-term effects of the Great Recession. That accounted for roughly one-third of the score. The other two-thirds were made up of a a broad range of demographic factors, all weighted equally. These included rates of family formation (percentage growth in children 5-17), growth in educated migration, population growth and, finally, a broad measurement of attractiveness to immigrants — as places to settle, make money and start businesses.
We focused on these demographic factors because college-educated migrants (who also tend to be under 30), new families and immigrants will be critical in shaping the future. Areas that are rapidly losing young families and low rates of migration among educated migrants are the American equivalents of rapidly aging countries like Japan; those with more sprightly demographics are akin to up and coming countries such as Vietnam.
Many of our top performers are not surprising. No. 1 Austin, Texas, and No. 2 Raleigh, N.C., have it all demographically: high rates of immigration and migration of educated workers and healthy increases in population and number of children. They are also economic superstars, with job-creation records among the best in the nation.
Perhaps less expected is the No. 3 ranking for Nashville, Tenn. The country music capital, with its low housing prices and pro-business environment, has experienced rapid growth in educated migrants, where it ranks an impressive fourth in terms of percentage growth. New ethnic groups, such as Latinos and Asians, have doubled in size over the past decade.
I wonder what would happen to many of these cities that don't have public transport infrastructure and rely almost entirely on cars, I wonder what would happen to them and everyone, if oil was no longer traded with US dollars.
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I moved to Costa Rica and it is so sad when I go back home to visit family. The economic climate it so bad and I fear what the next 5 years will bring. I live on $1000 a month here, so I doubt I will be going back home anytime soon, unless you can tell me a place where that income will work.
It isn't going to get any better so just enjoy your life in that beautiful country!! Perhaps that what more of us should do.
I've lived in the Dallas-Fort Worth area for over 30 years and have never been out of a job, even in these tough times. The Dallas job market is relatively decent, especially if you're in the IT industry. Here's a list of Dallas jobs if anyone is looking: http://www.insourcegroup.com/dallas-it-jobs
I think that's an important point. In the long run, cities with some sort of public transportation (other than buses), like Dallas, DC, and even Orlando's upcoming commuter rail, will have much fewer growing pains in the future than those that rely exclusively on roads.
Houston's growth has been polycentric. When the commute(s) got too onerous, the firms simply started building near where their workforce lived…. so there are a variety of downtown-like areas scattered around the city: Downtown, The Galleria, the Westside Corridor, Greenway Plaza, Greenspoint, the Medical Center, etc, etc. You do NOT want to wait for a bus in 95 degree weather and 50 percent humidity! Subways would flood in a city that's flat and 50-100 feet above sea level. And it has become obvious that surface rail simply isn't workable when the population density is very, very low and folks need to drive to the stations anyway (see weather again…).
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As an Austinite, albeit one who, like many before and since, migrated to
Austin from another city several years ago, I was pleased to see Fortune
identify Austin as its' #1 pick for America's next greatest "boomtown"
over the next decade. We here in Austin agree with your assessment,
albeit with a mix of pride and bittersweet regret for the "old" Austin
that was far more relaxed, less noisy and certainly greener, if no less educated and inspiring. I have
always admired Fortune's writing and keen intellect. However, I must
comment on your editor's choice of photograph to depict "Austin." The
stock photo is clearly at least 7 years old, as none of the 10 or more
30+ story buildings that have been built (and are now occupied) in
downtown Austin are evident in your photograph. One would hope and
expect that the photo accompanying "America's #1 boomtown" would at the
very minimum be current and reflect the brick and mortar "evidence" of
said "boomtown." It is, however, a pretty picture and one that I am
sure will remind Austinites, both native and immigrant alike, of the
Austin they knew many years ago.
Fortune? Or Forbes.
Let's clear something up right now. Phoenix and Orlando are not "anti-immigrant". The "agitation" as you call it is focused on ILLEGAL immigration. The poor people coming who do not speak English are not the highly educated "migrants" you say will help the next boom city. I also disagree with your assumption that immigration is a key factor in a boom. We have enough highly educated Americans that are out of work that will relocate for work without a doubt. The cities in Texas are the most tax friendly in the country that is why businesses and people want to move there.


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Inspiration today, reality tomorrow. Creating, inventing, innovating, attacking challenges, solving problems, improving the quality of life—these are the driving forces for engineers.
The engineer's ingenuity is a driving force in our society. From space stations to microsystems, the potential for innovative engineering is endless. If you're wondering what the future might look like, the Kate Gleason College of Engineering can show you the way.
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Within the College of Engineering, you'll find biomedical, chemical, computer, electrical, industrial, mechanical, and microelectronic engineering majors. Most of these incorporate industry-specific options that let you specialize to a greater degree. So many choices will likely help you find the discipline that best suits your skills and interests. But you may discover options that you'd never considered before and want the time to decide which one to follow. In that case, you may want to apply to our engineering exploration program. You'll take first-year courses that give you the foundation for entering the engineering major of your choice as a sophomore.
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With approximately 2,000 undergraduate students, the College of Engineering is small enough to allow for close faculty-student relationships, and we emphasize team-based problem solving. If you'd like to take part in undergraduate research or advanced independent study, you can work directly with faculty members who are investigating areas that interest you.
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RIT has been a national leader in cooperative education since 1912, and we offer students co-op opportunities throughout the nation. Active co-op employers include IBM, Bausch & Lomb Corp., Xerox Corp., Boeing Corp., Pratt & Whitney, McNeil Consumer Products, Harris Corp., Digital Equipment Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Mobil Chemical Co., and hundreds of others.
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By the end of its first year, Late Night was still a cult hit, drawing only a million viewers a night. A-list guests remained elusive. But a few big names had taken notice. At a grocery store on New York's Upper West Side, Elliott ran into Mark Hamill, then at the height of his Star Wars fame. Hamill not only recognized Elliott but admitted that he'd been videotaping Late Night off his TV from the very start. Hamill was so worried the show would get canceled – "It was so far ahead of the curve," he says now – that he wanted to make sure he had his own copies. Later, when Late Night researchers needed a list of every "Viewer Mail" segment, they turned to Hamill, who had maintained meticulously annotated notebooks of the sketches on every show.
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By the time of Late Night's first-anniversary episode in early 1983, the show was still a year or two away from becoming a smash hit. But in a sign of things to come, Talking Heads appeared on the show – and asked to have their photo taken backstage with Letterman. "Oh, yes," Downey thought at the time. "We have arrived."
In the years that followed, Late Night lost much of the core talent that helped create it. By 1984, many of the original writers had left. Markoe departed in 1986 and broke up with Letterman two years later. Bill Wendell – the announcer who ebulliently introduced Letterman each night with lines like "A man about whom has been said, 'Huh'?" – succumbed to cancer in 1999. DeForest died in 2007 at age 85. Bullock, who had battled drug problems on and off over the years, passed away from throat cancer in 2008.
When Letterman left NBC for CBS in 1993, Late Night essentially became The Late Show. By then, his talent bookers could rope in any guest they wanted, and Shaffer's band was finally able to hire a horn section. Letterman is now said to earn about $45 million a year. But none of that would have been possible without the anything-goes innovation of the first year. Even though the original show is no longer on the cultural radar – it was only briefly in syndication, and the tapes are locked up in NBC's vaults – its impact remains profound nearly three decades on. Today, talk shows work off the model that Letterman, not Carson, built. "You see his influence in every talk-show host – Jon Stewart, Conan, Colbert, all those guys," says Kimmel. "We're all 100 percent guilty of stealing from Letterman. That show changed everything, and it changed the humor of the United States more than anything I can think of. We all got a lot cooler all of a sudden." Because of Letterman, celebrity is no longer treated with unquestioned reverence, the audience is in on every mocking joke and pop-culture reference, and self-knowing humor and showbiz sarcasm pervade the work of avowed Letterman fans like Tina Fey and Howard Stern. "As a kid I would watch The Mike Douglas Show, but it felt like a different world," says Apatow. "When Letterman was on, I thought, 'I know these people and this sense of humor – this is a world I have to find a way into.' There were six or seven people or groups who changed comedy in the Seventies and Eighties – Saturday Night Live, Monty Python, National Lampoon, Richard Pryor and Steve Martin – and Letterman is at the top of that list."
In retrospect, Late Night's triumph was both a miracle and a curse. Thanks to its success, the networks finally grasped there was a young, caustic demographic to serve, and in its wake, they greenlighted talk shows hosted by comics from the sharp and innovative (Stewart, Stephen Colbert) to the less so (Arsenio Hall, Dennis Miller). Yet rarely if ever did the powers in charge allow a show to run as amok as NBC did with the original Late Night, or bring in such a cantankerous, against-the-grain host to preside over the madness. Even now, watching any random episode from the show's first year – the wisecracking animatronic doll built to resemble Martin Van Buren, Elliott modeling a suit made completely of city trash, Letterman wandering backstage to see if missing guest Levon Helm was anywhere to be found – offers a glimpse into a revolution that actually was televised, if only briefly. Nearly three decades after the show first aired, those who took part in the birth of Late Night still remember it as a moment when the unthinkable seemed possible on network TV. "We were always willing to try anything," says Morton. "I've never worked on a show like that since. I wish I did."
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officials said in news release Thursday afternoon, snow removal operations will be underway all evening and overnight. This news comes after messy morning roads throughout St. Louis, St. Charles and Jefferson counties.
"We have full crews (204 trucks) throughout the St. Louis region focusing on re-treating every interstate and major route with salt, chemicals and beet juice before rush-hour. Chemicals have to be used with salt to be effective in these low 20's temperatures to break up any icy patches," MoDOT stated in the news release. "MoDOT is re-plowing areas as needed with the wind gusts blowing some snow back on the roads. We will continue to have full crews working until all roads are mostly clear. Overnight, we will have crews monitor the roads for re-freeze and continue treating and plowing areas needed."
The news comes after road crews and police spent the morning dealing with accidents and traffic back-ups. The morning rush hour lasted until around 11 a.m., according to MoDOT. Now police and road crews are preparing for the evening commute.
"People still need to be careful. There is still ice on ramps and we are expecting snow squalls throughout the night," warned Ed Hassinger, MoDOT District Engineer for the St. Louis region. "We'll be out throughtout the day and possibly into the night, until we get the roads back to a dry conditions. Hopefulling things will get better this afternoon, at least that's what we're planning for."
Hassinger, tells Patch a major factor in the morning's issues was the amount of traffic on the roads.
"I know people are not happy with rush hour this morning, but really the issue this morning was the snow and ice came at just the right time. With the treatment process it has to be continual. Crews got the first hour to melt off and then rush hour hit and and crews couldn't get back on the roads quickly enough," Hassinger explained. "Rush hour hits, traffic gets backed up and our trucks are stuck in the same traffic as everyone else."
Hassinger said despite crews coming in at midnight, and over 200 trucks running non-stop, when a few drivers began getting stuck or having accidents, it delayed the entire treatment process and caused more problems.
"With the snow removal process, you put salt down and it melts the snow, but as the snow melts, it dilutes the salt which becomes less effective. It (salt) doesn't melt any more snow, so you have to be continually making rounds," Hassinger tells Patch. "When we can't get that next round down, then everything turns to ice and that is what happened to us this morning on the interstates. Once you get behind you just can't recover and what we're doing now is recovering."
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Natasha Bogdanova had 11 points and 10 rebounds, and Lakisha Freeman added 12 points, nine rebounds and four steals for the Boilermakers (5-6, 1-0 Big Ten).
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Johnston County commissioner Wade Stewart, 68, has died.
Stewart, who has served on the board since 1998, was found dead in his home in Four Oaks this morning.
Stewart was an important figure in the county during a major population boom in the last decade the Census Bureau estimates population there grew from about 122,000 in 2000 to more than 172,000, according to 2011 estimates. He was vice chairman of the board from 2004 to 2008 and chairman from 2008 to 2010.
Under his leadership, the county built new schools in Four Oaks, Clayton, Benson and the Cleveland community. He oversaw the expansion of the county's Emergency Medical Services, which now provides service in the county's largest towns. He sat on the EMS and social services advisory boards.
Stewart, a veteran of the Vietnam War, will also be remembered for his role as an advocate for county veterans. He spearheaded the effort to establish a county veterans services advisory board, which brings together leaders of local veterans associations and supports the county veterans services office.
Commissioner Tony Braswell also a Vietnam veteran said they bonded over their service even though they often disagreed on issues facing the board of commissioners.
"We did sometimes trade some stories about that," Braswell said. " He was always willing to seek help for veterans for any cause...Veterans have lost a great advocate."
Other board members could not be reached for comment. Braswell said he and the rest of the board were "shocked" by Stewart's death.
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CHAPEL HILL — Any coach who prepares his team for a game against Virginia Tech understands the importance of defending Erick Green, the Hokies senior guard who leads the nation in scoring. Yet time after time, defenses have failed to slow Green, let alone stop him.
North Carolina coach Roy Williams, whose Tar Heels are facing the unenviable challenge of playing against Green, offered a simple theory on Friday as to why Green has had his way on offense more often than not.
Because hes really freaking good, Williams said. We had Tyler Hansbrough here for four years and everybody tried to stop him but nobody succeeded. I still say that Brad Daugherty will never be listed as one of the top five players to ever play at North Carolina, but he was one of the top five most efficient players.
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Green will enter the Smith Center on Saturday ranked 12th in the ACC in field-goal percentage. Marylands Dezmine Wells is the only other guard ahead of Green, but he has attempted nearly 150 fewer shots than Green.
Before Fridays practice, the Tar Heels hadnt yet studied Green on film. But James Michael McAdoo did a bit of his own research.
Anybody having that many points, shooting over 50 percent from the field, is doing something right, he said.
Green, who is averaging 25.5 points per game, hasnt scored fewer than 22 points in any of the Hokies seven ACC games. He has scored 21 or more in all of Virginia Techs games except for its 97-71 loss on Dec. 29 against BYU, which held Green to 12 points on 4-for-17 shooting.
Asked to identify the player he will assign to guard Green, Williams cracked a joke.
Everybody on our team, he said. Were thinking about playing a box and one four guys on him and one guy in the middle of the lane. But thats not giving his other guys credit. Erick is the head of the snake, theres no question about that. But if you ignore those other guys, they can get 24 (points) for them also.
Jarell Eddie, a 6-foot-7 forward who averages more than 14 points per game, is the only other Virginia Tech player with a double-figure scoring average. But Green has remained, by far, the Hokies most statistically dominant player. He has accounted for 32.7 percent of the Hokies made shots from the field, 34.4 percent of their points, 37.6 percent of their assists and 31 percent of their steals. Its no secret that Green will attempt to score often. Yet no team, outside of BYU, has limited him.
Im a big guy so I dont really have to worry about him, McAdoo said. But Reggie (Bullock) and them, theyre going to have their hands full.
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