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WikiLeaks publishes 'secret draft' of world trade agreement2014-06-19, CBC News (Canada's Public Broadcasting Network)http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/wikileaks-publishes-secret-draft-of-world-trade-...
WikiLeaks has published what it calls "the secret draft text for the Trade in Services Agreement (TISA) Financial Services Annex," apparently covering 50 countries and most of the world's trade in services. "The draft Financial Services Annex sets rules which would assist the expansion of financial multinationals — mainly headquartered in New York, London, Paris and Frankfurt — into other nations by preventing regulatory barriers," the website says in a statement. The draft deal is seen as a way to prevent more regulation of financial services, despite calls for tighter regulatory measures that followed the 2007-08 world financial crisis. That market meltdown set the world's biggest banks up against critics who said governments needed to rein them in. The last round of TISA talks took place April 28 to May 2 in Geneva. WikiLeaks also [stated] that the U.S. is "particularly keen on boosting cross-border data flow" and that this would include personal and financial data. During his teleconference, [Assange] urged U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to end a four-year-long grand jury investigation of Assange and WikiLeaks. "National security reporters are required by their profession to have intimate interactions in order to assess and verify and investigate the nature of the material that they are dealing with," he said. "So I call on Eric Holder today to immediately drop the ongoing national security investigation against WikiLeaks or resign."
Note: Why is this important release getting so little news coverage? For more on this, see concise summaries of deeply revealing government corruption news articles from reliable major media sources.
An expanding Koch network aims to spend $300 million to shape Senate fight and 20162014-06-18, Washington Posthttp://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/an-expanding-koch-network-aims-to-spen...
The political network backed by the Koch brothers, already spending tens of millions of dollars this year to boost Republicans' chances of retaking the Senate, is expanding its national playbook as part of a long-term strategy designed to strengthen conservatives heading into the 2016 presidential campaign. The effort, part of an overall budget that organizers expect to total nearly $300 million this year, includes broadening outreach to veterans, viewed as an energized constituency in the wake of the recent Veterans Affairs scandal, and messages tailored for Latinos and young people, long considered core Democratic constituencies. The strategy for 2014 includes a new super PAC that can pour all its money into overt election activity. The plan underscores the huge reach of the Koch-backed operation, a singular force in American politics that has functioned outside the traditional campaign finance system. The Koch-backed network, a coalition of nonprofit organizations not required to disclose their donors, raised $407 million in the 2012 cycle, a presidential election year in which outside spending increased greatly on both sides of the aisle. This year, the network is likely to outstrip other organizations on both the left and the right with spending on television ads and on-the-ground organizing. Its main political organ, the free-market advocacy group Americans for Prosperity, has 240 full-time employees in 32 states, more than double the size of its 2012 staff.
Note: For more on this, see concise summaries of deeply revealing elections news articles from reliable major media sources.
Lift Assange out of legal limbo2014-06-17, USA Todayhttp://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2014/06/17/assange-wikileaks-espionage-...
A whistle-blower living in exile in Russia. A publisher seeking the asylum he has already been granted while his sources are imprisoned. This isn't the cast of a summer blockbuster. It's a perfect storm of real-life cases that make it clear that constitutional guarantees of a free press and government accountability are rhetorical devices, not political realities. The whistle-blower is Edward Snowden. This month marks the first anniversary of his disclosures of massive National Security Agency surveillance. The publisher is Julian Assange. Thursday marks two years since he sought refuge in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. Meanwhile, two of Assange's sources, Chelsea Manning (formerly known as Bradley Manning) and Jeremy Hammond, remain in prison for providing WikiLeaks with confidential documents. Harassment, targeting and prosecution of whistle-blowers, journalists and publishers have become a dangerous new normal — one we should refuse to accept, especially in a time when governments are becoming more powerful and less accountable. It's time to end this assault, starting with granting Snowden amnesty and withdrawing the threat of U.S. criminal prosecution of Assange. Similar harsh treatment and excessive punishments haven't applied to the people in government who perpetrated the crimes exposed by these whistle-blowers and published by WikiLeaks. In fact, people such as national intelligence director James Clapper, who lied under oath to Congress, have avoided consequences altogether.
Note: For more on this, see concise summaries of deeply revealing civil liberties news articles from reliable major media sources.
Inside the Koch Brothers' Secret Billionaire Summit2014-06-17, The Nationhttp://www.thenation.com/article/180267/exclusive-behind-koch-brothers-secret...
Charles and David Koch wrapped up their annual summer seminar on June 16. [Their] combined net worth is more than $100 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The highly secretive mega-donor conference, called "American Courage: Our Commitment to a Free Society," featured a who's who of Republican political elites. 300 individuals—worth at least a billion each—were present. The explicit goal was to raise $500 million to take the Senate in the 2014 midterms and another $500 million "to make sure Hillary Clinton is never president." The Koch network raised an estimated $407 million in the 2012 presidential election, according to an analysis by The Washington Post and the Center for Responsive Politics. Intriguing in its ambiguity was the "Energy: Changing the Narrative" session, presumably meant to change the narrative of climate change to one of energy independence. The Kochs are investing large sums in "a new energy initiative with what looks like a deregulatory, pro-consumer spin" to combat President Obama's new regulations on carbon dioxide emissions and liberal billionaire Tom Steyer's $100 million commitment to fight climate change. It is not hard to see why the Kochs, as the owners of a large carbon-based energy conglomerate with interests in oil, natural gas and coal, are some of the most vocal climate deniers. In 2013, Forbes listed Koch Industries as the second largest privately held company in the country. This conclave of billionaires is determined to roll back Obamacare and carbon restrictions. In an America where money equals speech, Koch is king.
Study asserts startling numbers of insider trading rogues2014-06-17, CNBChttp://www.cnbc.com/id/101764568
There is often a tip. Before many big mergers and acquisitions, word leaks out to select investors who seek to covertly trade on the information. Stocks and options move in unusual ways that aren't immediately clear. Then news of the deals crosses the ticker, surprising everyone except for those already in the know. Sometimes the investor is found out and is prosecuted, sometimes not. That's what everyone suspects, though until now the evidence has been largely anecdotal. Now, a groundbreaking new study finally puts what we've instinctively thought into hard numbers — and the truth is worse than we imagined. A quarter of all public company deals may involve some kind of insider trading, according to the study by two professors at the Stern School of Business at New York University and one professor from McGill University. The study, perhaps the most detailed and exhaustive of its kind, examined hundreds of transactions from 1996 through the end of 2012. The professors examined stock option movements — when an investor buys an option to acquire a stock in the future at a set price — as a way of determining whether unusual activity took place in the 30 days before a deal's announcement. The professors are so confident in their findings of pervasive insider trading that they determined statistically that the odds of the trading "arising out of chance" were "about three in a trillion." But, the professors conclude, the Securities and Exchange Commission litigated only "about 4.7 percent of the 1,859 ... deals included in our sample."
Note: For more on this, see concise summaries of deeply revealing financial corruption news articles from reliable major media sources.
Prosecutors Rarely Bring Charges In College Rape Cases2014-06-17, Huffington Posthttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/17/college-rape-prosecutors-press-charg...
Although roughly 1 in 6 women nationwide are victims of sexual assault -- with the rate being higher for women in college, according to the National Crime Victimization Survey -- rapists often escape jail time. Only between 8 percent and 37 percent of rapes ever lead to prosecution, according to research funded by the Department of Justice, and just 3 percent to 18 percent of sexual assaults lead to a conviction. The likelihood of conviction inevitably factors into the decision of whether or not to pursue a case, explained Michelle J. Anderson, dean and professor of law at the City University of New York. The reasoning is based in how to spend limited time and resources. "What you don't want is the police and prosecutor's office to be more concerned with the win-loss record rather than justice," Anderson said. Recent legislation proposed in California and New York would require colleges to submit all reports of sexual assault to local police. The bill in California was developed at the urging of LAPD officers after it was revealed that USC and Occidental had underreported the number of assaults on campus. [But] the reality is [that] the criminal justice system often decides against prosecuting cases of acquaintance rape and date rape. An analysis of the National Violence Against Women Survey by the group End Violence Against Women International concluded that roughly 5 percent of rapes are ever prosecuted. Conviction rates present a "perverse incentive" for prosecutors to pursue only the strongest cases that offer the highest probability that a DA can win the case.
Note: For more on this, see concise summaries of deeply revealing sexual abuse scandals news articles from reliable major media sources.
Chelsea Manning breaks silence, accuses U.S. of lying about Iraq2014-06-15, CNNhttp://www.cnn.com/2014/06/15/us/nyt-chelsea-manning
A U.S. soldier imprisoned for leaking documents to WikiLeaks broke her silence in a fiery editorial accusing the United States of lying about Iraq. Chelsea [formerly Bradley] Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison in 2013 for leaking 750,000 pages of classified documents to the anti-secrecy group. Manning has stayed out of the limelight since the conviction. But she was back Saturday, with an opinion piece titled "The Fog Machine of War" in The New York Times. In it, she accuses the U.S. media of looking the other way when chaos and corruption reigned in Iraq and Afghanistan. "I believe that the current limits on press freedom and excessive government secrecy make it impossible for Americans to grasp fully what is happening in the wars we finance." She said that during the 2010 elections in Iraq, the media duped the world into thinking that all was well. "You might remember that the American press was flooded with stories declaring the elections a success, complete with upbeat anecdotes and photographs of Iraqi women proudly displaying their ink-stained fingers," she wrote. "The subtext was that United States military operations had succeeded in creating a stable and democratic Iraq. Those of us stationed there were acutely aware of a more complicated reality." She said at the time, she got regular reports detailing security forces' crackdown against dissidents "on behalf" of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. "I was shocked by our military's complicity in the corruption of that election," she said. "Yet these deeply troubling details flew under the American media's radar."
Note: For more on this, see concise summaries of deeply revealing war crimes news articles from reliable major media sources.
The Koch Cycle of Endless Cash2014-06-14, New York Timeshttp://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/14/opinion/the-koch-cycle-of-endless-cash.html
It's not enough, apparently, that some of the wealthiest Americans spend millions to elect their candidates to Congress. Now they are using their fortunes to lobby Congress against any limits on their ability to buy elections. Koch Companies Public Sector, part of the industrial group owned by a well-known pair of conservative brothers, has hired a big-name firm to lobby Congress on campaign-finance issues, according to a registration form filed a few weeks ago. The form doesn't say what those issues are, but there are several bills in the House that would reduce the role of anonymous big money in campaigns, and restrict the kinds of super PACs and nonprofit groups that the Koch brothers and others have inflated with cash. Clearly, it's vital to the Kochs and others like them to prevent such limits from being enacted; their network raised $400 million in 2012, and it has been extremely active again this year. To that end, they have done something ordinary citizens cannot do: They hired the lobbying firm of a well-known former senator, Don Nickles, Republican of Oklahoma, to press their interests. Mr. Nickles started his firm a few months after leaving the Senate in 2005, and he takes in up to $8 million a year from big firms like Exxon Mobil, General Motors and Walmart. This is a perfect illustration of the cumulative power of cash in today's Washington. Members of Congress get elected with substantial help from check writers like the Kochs and others. Once there, they do the bidding of former members paid by the Kochs to preserve their business interests and fight off campaign-finance reforms.
CDC's Vaccine Safety Research is Exposed as Flawed and Falsified in Peer-Reviewed Scientific Journal2014-06-13, Yahoo! Finance/PR Newswirehttp://finance.yahoo.com/news/cdcs-vaccine-safety-research-exposed-115600020....
Just months after U.S. Congressman Bill Posey compared the Center for Disease Control (CDC)'s vaccine safety studies to the SEC's Bernie Madoff scandal, malfeasance in the CDC's studies of thimerosal-containing vaccines has, for the first time, been documented in peer-reviewed scientific literature. The journal BioMed Research International now provides direct evidence that the CDC's safety assurances about the mercury-containing preservative are not fact-based, according to the article's lead author, Brian Hooker. The paper [cites] over 165 studies that have found thimerosal to be harmful, including 16 studies that had reported [serious detrimental] outcomes in human infants and children. "Substantial scientific evidence exists and has existed for many years that the vaccine ingredient thimerosal is a developmental neurotoxin" says George Lucier, former Associate Director of the National Toxicology Program. Studies showing harm from thimerosal sharply contradict published outcomes of six CDC coauthored and sponsored papers – the very studies that CDC relies upon to declare that thimerosal is "safe" for use in infant and maternal vaccines. Dr. Hooker ... said of the six CDC studies, "Each of these papers is fatally flawed from a statistics standpoint and several of the papers represent issues of scientific malfeasance. For example, important data showing a relationship between thimerosal exposure and autism are withheld from three of the publications. This type of cherry-picking of data by the CDC in order to change the results of important research studies to support flawed and dangerous vaccination policies should not be tolerated."
Note: For more on this, see concise summaries of deeply revealing vaccines news articles from reliable major media sources.
US Pushing Local Cops to Stay Mum on Surveillance2014-06-12, ABC News/Associated Presshttp://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/us-pushing-local-cops-stay-mum-surve...
The Obama administration has been quietly advising local police not to disclose details about surveillance technology they are using to sweep up basic cellphone data from entire neighborhoods. Citing security reasons, the U.S. has intervened in routine state public records cases and criminal trials regarding use of the technology. This has resulted in police departments withholding materials or heavily censoring documents in rare instances when they disclose any [information] about the purchase and use of such powerful surveillance equipment. One well-known type of this surveillance equipment is known as a Stingray. The equipment tricks cellphones into identifying some of their owners' account information, like a unique subscriber number, and transmitting data to police as if it were a phone company's tower. That allows police to obtain cellphone information without having to ask for help from service providers ... and can locate a phone without the user even making a call or sending a text message. The Obama administration is asking agencies to withhold common information about the equipment, such as how the technology is used and how to turn it on. "These extreme secrecy efforts are in relation to very controversial, local government surveillance practices using highly invasive technology," said Nathan Freed Wessler, a staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union, which has fought for the release of these types of records. "People should have the facts about what the government is doing to them."
Note: For more on this, see concise summaries of deeply revealing government surveillance news articles from reliable major media sources.
Guys, Your Smartphone Is Hurting Your Sperm2014-06-10, Time Magazinehttp://time.com/2850594/guys-your-smartphone-is-hurting-your-sperm/
Even while the debate over whether cell phones cause cancer rages on, researchers are starting to explore other potentially harmful effects that the ubiquitous devices may have on our health. Because they emit low-level electromagnetic radiation (EMR), it's possible that they can disturb normal cell functions and even sleep. And with male infertility on the rise, Fiona Mathews at the University of Exeter, in England, and her colleagues decided to investigate what role cell phones might play in that trend. In their new research, they analyzed 10 previous studies, seven of which involved the study of sperm motility, concentration and viability in the lab, and three that included male patients at fertility clinics. Overall, among the 1,492 samples, exposure-to-cell-phone EMR lowered sperm motility by 8%, and viability by 9%. Exactly how much the cell phones are contributing to lower-quality sperm isn't clear yet — the researchers note that how long the phones are kept in pockets, as well as how much EMR the phones emit (most are legally required to stay below 2.0 W/kg) are also important things to consider when figuring out an individual's risk. But the lab-dish studies do show that sperm are affected by the exposure, and that provides enough reason to investigate the possibility that cell phones may be contributing to lower-quality sperm and potentially some cases of infertility.
Note: Remember how for decades the tobacco industry claimed cigarettes caused no harm even while they were hiding studies which proved the opposite. For more on this, see concise summaries of deeply revealing health news articles from reliable major media sources.
War Gear Flows to Police Departments2014-06-09, New York Timeshttp://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/09/us/war-gear-flows-to-police-departments.html
As President Obama ushers in the end of what he called America's "long season of war," the former tools of combat — M-16 rifles, grenade launchers, silencers and more — are ending up in local police departments, often with little public notice. During the Obama administration, according to Pentagon data, police departments have received tens of thousands of machine guns; nearly 200,000 ammunition magazines; thousands of pieces of camouflage and night-vision equipment; and hundreds of silencers, armored cars and aircraft. The equipment has been added to the armories of police departments that already look and act like military units. Police SWAT teams are now deployed tens of thousands of times each year, increasingly for routine jobs. Police departments ... are adding more firepower and military gear than ever. Some, especially in larger cities, have used federal grant money to buy armored cars and other tactical gear. And the free surplus program remains a favorite of many police chiefs who say they could otherwise not afford such equipment. The number of SWAT teams has skyrocketed since the 1980s, according to studies by Peter B. Kraska, an Eastern Kentucky University professor who has been researching the issue for decades. Recruiting videos feature clips of officers storming into homes with smoke grenades and firing automatic weapons. In Springdale, Ark., a police recruiting video is dominated by SWAT clips, including officers throwing a flash grenade into a house and creeping through a field in camouflage.
Note: For more on this, see concise summaries of deeply revealing government corruption news articles from reliable major media sources.
FDA May Destroy American Artisan Cheese Industry2014-06-09, Forbeshttp://www.forbes.com/sites/gregorymcneal/2014/06/09/fda-may-destroy-american...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an executive decree banning the centuries old practice of aging cheese on wooden boards. Consumers who eat any kind of aged cheese should prepare for a potentially catastrophic disruption in the market for artisan, non-processed cheese. The FDA's decision will not only harm American cheese makers, but may also bring a halt to the importation of artisan cheeses from abroad, as Canadian and European Union regulators have not imposed such draconian measures and still allow for the use of wood boards to age cheese. Corporate cheese makers like Leprino and Kraft will be able to weather this regulatory storm — they don't make cheese, they manufacture cheese, and as such they do not follow the centuries-old [artisanal] techniques. But for small businesses and artisan cheese makers, wood boards are in fact essential to the making of cheese. As cheese expert Gordon Edgar writes, "wood creates a beneficial environment for cheese. After all, what is cheese but a great achievement of the microbe community?" Edgar notes that wood is essential to the flavor of artisanal cheeses: "Over the last 30-40 years cheesemakers here in the States have been trying to use the best practices of traditional cheesemakers to give smaller-scale production a taste/quality advantage over the larger (now almost completely automated) factories that dominate the market. [They] rely — in part — on wood aging. It could be devastating."
Note: The FDA appears to be backing down on this, yet the fact that they would even consider a move which effectively bans traditional cheese while promoting processed cheese shows the true colors of the FDA.
Internet Giants Erect Barriers to Spy Agencies2014-06-07, New York Timeshttp://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/07/technology/internet-giants-erect-barriers-t...
[Google engineers] are making it far more difficult — and far more expensive — for the National Security Agency and the intelligence arms of other governments around the world to pierce their systems. As fast as it can, Google is sealing up cracks in its systems that Edward J. Snowden revealed the N.S.A. had brilliantly exploited. It is encrypting more data as it moves among its servers and helping customers encode their own emails. Facebook, Microsoft and Yahoo are taking similar steps. After years of cooperating with the government, the immediate goal now is to thwart Washington — as well as Beijing and Moscow. The strategy is also intended to preserve business overseas in places like Brazil and Germany that have threatened to entrust data only to local providers. A year after Mr. Snowden's revelations, the era of quiet cooperation is over. Telecommunications companies say they are denying requests to volunteer data not covered by existing law. A.T.&T., Verizon and others say that compared with a year ago, they are far more reluctant to cooperate with the United States government in "gray areas" where there is no explicit requirement for a legal warrant. But governments are fighting back, harder than ever. The cellphone giant Vodafone reported ... that a "small number" of governments around the world have demanded the ability to tap directly into its communication networks [and] noted that some countries did not issue warrants to obtain phone, email or web-searching traffic, because "the relevant agencies and authorities already have permanent access to customer communications via their own direct link."
Vodafone: governments use secret cables to tap phones2014-06-06, The Telegraph (One of the UK's leading newspapers)http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/internet-security/10880208/Vodafone-gov...
Government agencies are able to listen to phone conversations live and even track the location of citizens without warrants using secret cables connected directly to network equipment, admits Vodafone today. The company said that secret wires have been connected to its network and those belonging to competitors, giving government agencies the ability to tap in to phone and broadband traffic. In many countries this is mandatory for all telecoms companies, it said. Vodafone is today publishing its first Law Enforcement Disclosure Report which will describe exactly how the governments it deals with are eavesdropping on citizens. It is calling for an end to the use of "direct access" eavesdropping and transparency on the number of warrants issued giving access to private data. Gus Hosein, executive director of Privacy International, said: "Vodafone is taking a commendable step by taking this issue on at an international scale. And they are trying to identify the legal basis for governments' claimed powers. Governments around the world are unashamedly abusing privacy by demanding access to communications and data, and alarmingly, sometimes granting themselves direct access to the networks. Now that Vodafone has been more open, the entire industry has cover to take the necessary next step of pushing back. Pushing back against bad requests is a start, pushing back against bad laws is the next step. The usefulness of transparency reports hinges on governments abiding by the rule of law. We now know that these reports only provide a limited picture of what is going on."
Note: For more on government surveillance of the world's population, see the deeply revealing reports from reliable major media sources available here.
Encouraging Words of Regret From Dean Baquet2014-06-06, The Intercepthttps://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/06/06/encouraging-words-dean-baquet-w...
NPR's David Folkenflik has a revealing new look at ... one of the most important journalistic stories of the last decade: The New York Times' 2004 decision ... to suppress for 15 months (through Bush's re-election) its reporters' discovery that the NSA was illegally eavesdropping on Americans without warrants. This episode was one significant reason Edward Snowden purposely excluded the Times from his massive trove of documents. In an interview with Folkenflik, the paper's new executive editor, Dean Baquet, describes the paper's exclusion from the Snowden story as "really painful." But ... Baquet has his own checkered history in suppressing plainly newsworthy stories at the government's request, including a particularly inexcusable 2007 decision, when he was the managing editor of The Los Angeles Times, to kill a story based on AT&T whistleblower Mark Klein's revelations that the NSA had built secret rooms at AT&T to siphon massive amounts of domestic telephone traffic. In his NPR interview, Baquet insists that he has had a serious change of heart on such questions as a result of the last year of NSA revelations: "[Baquet] says the experience has proved that news executives are often unduly deferential to seemingly authoritative warnings unaccompanied by hard evidence." Dean Baquet's epiphany about the U.S. government and the American media ... is long overdue, but better late than never. Let us hope that it signals an actual change in behavior.
Note: For more on this, see concise summaries of deeply revealing media corruption news articles from reliable major media sources.
Ex-deputy details culture of abuse in L.A. County jail2014-06-04, Los Angeles Timeshttp://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-deputy-trial-20140604-story.html
The deputy described beating inmates unprovoked, slapping them, shooting them with a Taser gun and aggressively searching them to pick a fight — something he learned "on the job." He would huddle with other jail guards to get their stories straight and write up reports with bogus scenarios justifying the brutality. If the inmate had no visible injuries, he wouldn't report the use of force, period. He did all this with impunity, former Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy Gilbert Michel testified ..., knowing that even if inmates reported the abuse it "wouldn't go anywhere." If they were to put it in writing and drop it in a complaint box, it was his fellow deputies who opened that box too. Michel, 40, took the stand at the obstruction of justice trial of six sheriff's officials accused of impeding a federal civil rights investigation into allegations of excessive force at L.A. County jails. Michel, the first sheriff's deputy to be charged in the wide-reaching, ongoing investigation, faces a maximum of 10 years in prison after pleading guilty in 2012 to a count of bribery and agreeing to cooperate with federal prosecutors. Michel ... described a culture among deputies guarding the high-security floors of the jails that led to excessive force and frequent coverups. He matter-of-factly recounted incidents in which he said he and at least five other sheriff's employees brutalized inmates on the third, or "3000," floor of Men's Central Jail, then falsified reports to legitimize their actions.
Note: For more on this, see concise summaries of deeply revealing prison corruption news articles from reliable major media sources.
N.S.A. Collecting Millions of Faces From Web Images2014-06-01, New York Timeshttp://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/01/us/nsa-collecting-millions-of-faces-from-we...
The National Security Agency is harvesting huge numbers of images of people from communications that it intercepts through its global surveillance operations for use in sophisticated facial recognition programs, according to top-secret documents. The spy agency's reliance on facial recognition technology has grown significantly over the last four years as the agency has turned to new software to exploit the flood of images included in emails, text messages, social media, videoconferences and other communications. Agency officials believe that technological advances could revolutionize the way that the N.S.A. finds intelligence targets around the world. The agency's ambitions for this highly sensitive ability and the scale of its effort have not previously been disclosed. The agency intercepts "millions of images per day" — including about 55,000 "facial recognition quality images" — which translate into "tremendous untapped potential," according to 2011 documents obtained from the former agency contractor Edward J. Snowden. It is not clear how many people around the world, and how many Americans, might have been caught up in the effort. Neither federal privacy laws nor the nation's surveillance laws provide specific protections for facial images. Civil-liberties advocates and other critics are concerned that the power of the improving technology, used by government and industry, could erode privacy. "Facial recognition can be very invasive," said Alessandro Acquisti, a researcher on facial recognition technology at Carnegie Mellon University.
Note: For another New York Times article showing how the NSA is using mobile phone apps to "snatch data revealing the player's location, age, sex and other personal information," see this article.
Was the Iranian threat fabricated by Israel and the U.S.?2014-05-31, Haaretz (One of Israel's leading newspapers)http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.596104
A new book by Gareth Porter, an American historian and researcher specializing in U.S. national security, shows how the actual state of the Iranian nuclear program does not match the Iranian threat narrative. Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Nuclear Scare ... is a highly detailed and well-documented book for all interested in understanding how we arrived at the Iranian nuclear crisis, and the "attack scenarios" and invented facts and intelligence reports. The story begins with U.S. support for the Iraqis during the 1980s Iraq-Iran war. The critical point [came] with the collapse of the Soviet empire. According to Porter, that event and the end of the Cold War pulled out the rug from under the CIA's raison d'être. The solution the Americans found to continue providing the [CIA] with a tremendous budget was the invention of a new threat – the merging of weapons of mass destruction (an ambiguous term in itself) and terror. Iran ... provided the threat that "saved" the CIA. Running through Porter's book is the well-substantiated claim that U.S. and Israeli policies on Iran derived from their political and organizational interests, and not necessarily from careful factual analysis of the Iranian nuclear program, which was subject to IAEA monitoring, or of the intentions of the Iranian leadership. According to Porter, no systematic analysis was made of the goals of the Iranian nuclear program, and neither U.S. nor Israeli policy makers devoted any thought to why all of Iran's official declarations on the subject were in line with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.
Note: For more on the realities of intelligence agency operations, see the deeply revealing reports from reliable major media sources available here.
Daniel Ellsberg: Snowden would not get a fair trial – and Kerry is wrong2014-05-30, The Guardian (One of the UK's leading newspapers)http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/may/30/daniel-ellsberg-snowden-...
On the Today show and CBS, [Sec. of State John Kerry] said [Edward] Snowden "should man up and come back to the United States" to face charges. But John Kerry is wrong. As Snowden told Brian Williams on NBC later that night, ... he would have no chance whatsoever to come home and make his case – in public or in court. Snowden would come back home to a jail cell – and not just an ordinary cell-block but isolation in solitary confinement, ... probably [for] the rest of his life. The current state of whistleblowing prosecutions under the Espionage Act makes a truly fair trial wholly unavailable to an American who has exposed classified wrongdoing. The other NSA whistleblower prosecuted, Thomas Drake, was barred from uttering the words "whistleblowing" and "overclassification" in his trial. In the recent case of the State Department contractor Stephen Kim, the presiding judge ruled the prosecution "need not show that the information he allegedly leaked could damage US national security or benefit a foreign power, even potentially." Without reform to the Espionage Act that lets a court hear a public interest defense – or a challenge to the appropriateness of government secrecy in each particular case – Snowden and future Snowdens can and will only be able to "make their case" from outside the United States. Snowden acted in full knowledge of the constitutionally questionable efforts of the Obama administration, in particular, to use the Espionage Act in a way it was never intended by Congress: as the equivalent of a British-type Official Secrets Act criminalizing any and all unauthorized release of classified information.
Note: or more on the Snowden case, see the deeply revealing reports from reliable major media sources available here.
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I am so proud of the young people in our community showing how improtant Michael was to each and every one of us. I thank them for speaking up for those of use who could not be there...
Michael was an amazing man and still is in so many of our hearts.
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Translation of predisponer in English:
verbo transitivo/transitive verb
- 1 [Medicina/Medicine] to predispose factores hereditarios que lo predisponen a ciertas enfermedades hereditary factors which predispose him o/or make him predisposed to certain illnessesIn Other Dictionaries
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Bonoloto is a Spanish state lottery established in 1988. The others are the Lotería Nacional and the Lotería Primitiva. As with the Lotería Primitiva six numbers are marked on a ticket showing forty-nine numbers and win the main prize if all the numbers come up in the draw.


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A month later, no arrests in Rumney chiropractor's death
Landseadel, who is described by friends as being kind and devoted to helping others, died in what investigators ruled a homicide. Senior Assistant Attorney General Janice Rundles said a gun was fired after an altercation between the two men.
"We have received some phone calls and letters, to the point where we feel like we're getting a more complete picture of (Landseadel) and the relationship between the two men," Rundles said.
She would not identify the second man, but said investigators are getting a good idea of his history and relationship with Landseadel.
"That's not a concern for us," she said, declining to elaborate.
Landseadel's body was discovered near some shared docks on Stinson Lake in Rumney by local rescue crews who were alerted by a passerby.
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Pat Buchanan: What to make of Ferguson?
- Whom do you think bears the brunt of the blame for the mayhem this weekend in Keene?
- KSC students
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- KSC administration
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|2013-06-21 00:21:19
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|Daniel Harrington
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|2012-09-28 07:12:44
|Shaun Whelden
|My Top 10% of FollowersI just reached 5000 followers today! Every time I hit a thousand marker, I celebrate by sharing a circle of my top 1% of followers. Since 5000 is such a significant marker, I've decided to share not just one.... but three circles! I will be sharing my top 10% of followers, my top 1% of followers and my top 0.1% of followers.To minimize butthurtedness, and maximize time efficiency, I am letting Google+ choose these circles for me. My procedure is this:On a computer (because you can't manage circles on a mobile device), I go to Circles. Then I click the "Have you in circles" button towards the top. I sort the results by relevance. Then I go through and remove a handful of people that are personal friends of mine who joined G+ a long time ago and never bothered to log in again.Something weird that I noticed: the people towards the top of the list after I sorted it by relevance did not change from one sort to the next. But people lower down on the list changed dramatically from one second to the next. Very strange. Also, for some weird reason, a brand page +Famous Footwear that I just added yesterday, and which just added me back today, is in my top 500. One of my best friends, +Leonard Harris, did not make the top 500 list even though we regularly interact on each others' posts. So the algorithm that Google uses to determine relevance is somewhat perplexing. I mean, a lot of the people on this list clearly belong here..... but some are a total mystery. And some people who should have made the list did not.Lastly, please note that my Top 500 Followers is a different list from my To 500 People I'm Following. Think about it. The lists are similar, but not identical. This list is my Top 500 Followers as of today (8/14/2012) #sharedcircles #circleshare #circles #circle
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|Best Shared Circle
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|2012-06-12 21:45:08
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|2012-06-11 18:21:59
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|Adam Simmons
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|2012-04-19 05:52:38
|Sharing is Caring on G+
|#sharingiscaring We are well over the 1200 mark according to +CircleCount statisticsThis is one of the three circles I am gpoing to share publicly tonight.+Sharing is Caring on G+ was designed by me (+pio dal cin ) with the sole intention of sharing posts here on +Google+ . There are a few guidelines for Sharing on this page (please check the "about page") but mainly:Keep the content of your shares clean (This is a G rated page)No anti-anything (racial/ sex/ religious discrimination posts)No prices tags/ sales/spam (ebay will be glad to host you)No political campaigning (we are neutral)No particular requirement to join the page, just circle it and you will be circled back ASAP.Many of the people in this (three) circles are friends but many others I do not know. The team of managers sharing content is not responsible for the content that may be posted here by any of the subscribers of the page itself.Breaking of the guidelines (above) will result in immediate blocking (I do not have the time or the energy to notify you)Once more thanks to +Iván Sánchez de Miguel for creating the beautiful logo.Don't see your name here?Check the other two circles coming out in a few minutes.Special thanks to:+M Monica +Sarah Hill +Rodney Pike +Jack C Crawford +Mark Traphagen +Chris Lang +Margie D Casados +CircleCount +
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|Sheila B. DuBois
|This is my Very first Circle Share. I have included people I LOVE to talk to and others I love to see their work flow through my stream. Hope you can get to know these folks like I have! Add +Ryan Bickmore :)
|2012-04-12 03:24:04
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|2012-04-03 19:56:51
|Sharing is Caring on G+
|+CircleCount thank you for keeping track of all our data with your great statistics. Add +CircleCount to your app and play with the great statistics they provide and update daily.www.CircleCount.comThis is the other 500 +Sharing is Caring on G+ if you do not appear in any of the two let me know with a comment and I will add you+Ghost Town Google plus (this is a cool page too)
|2012-04-02 23:48:14
|Sharing is Caring on G+
|Hello Gplussers: This is +pio dal cin creator of the page. First I want to thank the great Artist behind this logo my superduper friend +Iván Sánchez de Miguel (if you need a logo, he is THE MAN)+CircleCount thank you for keeping track of all our data with your great statistics. Add +CircleCount to your app and play with the great statistics they provide and updatewww.CircleCount.comhere is the first of the two circles of +Sharing is Caring on G+ Some people I know, others I don't. I am having a hard time keeping up with all this adding that I asked a few of my friends to help me managing the page:Please welcome managers:+Yifat Cohen +Eileen McAllister +Robert Redl +M Monica +Jack C Crawford +Rodney Pike If you are not in the circle I am releasing the second one in one minute...please check our new page, it's growing as fast as this one, and we are being copied too (that is a good sign)+Sharing is Caring on G+ (because if you SHARE...you CARE)
|2012-04-02 23:46:34
|Joe Martinez
|Brand Pages to Follow on Google+!Here is my latest circle share of some of the best Brand pages out there on Google+! Feel free to add them or share the circle! Some of the great Brand Pages included here are: +Mashable, +PlusPorts, +IGN, +Breaking News, +msnbc.com, +Food Network, +NASA, +X Games, +BEACH DAY, +YouTube, +TOYOTA, +Coca-Cola, +Pepsi, +United Nations, +gdgt, +Android Enthusiasts, +SpaceX, +SPACE.com, +WIRED, +
|2012-03-30 21:11:32
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|2012-03-27 13:55:47
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|2012-03-22 20:34:58
|Wicker Paradise
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|2012-03-20 14:01:40
|Sharing is Caring on G+
|Hello Everyone this is +pio dal cin I would like to thank one more time +Iván Sánchez de Miguel who created the beautiful logo on the Page that I created.Thanks also to all the members of this circle who are active on SHARING other's G+ers content.+CircleCount just recently joined us to be our 500 subscriber .Welcome +CircleCount (Your statistic are just Great)+Sharing is Caring on G+ Circle was created with the sole intention of SHARING content from other Gplussers (no question asked).Do you like to see your posts Shared? I am sure you do...Like I do..Like everyone in this circle did. Many of these people I know...Others I don't, but I know for sure that they Came, they Saw, they Shared.Want to be part of the Great Sharing Experience?Circle the Page and remember a few guidelines (check About page for full details)1) Posts Pubicly if you want to be shared2) Keep it "clean" and suitable to a General Audience3) No Prices, Sales,Business Promotions (there is Ebay for that)4) Do not over post- Enjoy the +Sharing is Caring on G+ feeling and keep an eye on the RIPPLES
|2012-03-19 05:14:42
|Luciano Cruz
|This is a great circle everybody. If you care, please share...Sharing is Caring on G+
|2012-03-18 18:21:50
|Full Circle
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|2012-03-17 13:29:44
|Fran Padilla Pérez
|2012-03-17 13:07:23
|Full Circle
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2014-11-25 02:48:23 (100 comments, 28 reshares, 81 +1s)
Full statement from the family of Michael Brown after learning that #Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson was not indicted by a grand jury investigating the fatal shooting of their son.
Latest developments: http://nbcbay.com/oVWEOsV
Grand jury decision in photos: http://nbcbay.com/IVCV8du
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2014-11-25 02:48:23 (100 comments, 28 reshares, 81 +1s)
Full statement from the family of Michael Brown after learning that #Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson was not indicted by a grand jury investigating the fatal shooting of their son.
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2014-11-26 13:46:21 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)
Two FBI special agents were shot at a barricaded home just miles from the protest-wracked St. Louis suburb of Ferguson: http://nbcbay.com/ZBphJ7Q
2014-11-26 06:08:43 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)
OAKLAND PROTEST UPDATE: Protesters upset over the Ferguson grand jury decision have broken into several Oakland businesses. Watch live video here: http://nbcbay.com/FCRKVb9
Tune in to our News at 11 for the latest.
2014-11-26 05:14:07 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)
Students at a Florida high school told administrators that two teens tried to recruit them into a "prostitution ring" and that one 15-year-old boy had been "pimping out girls," according to an arrest affidavit. http://nbcbay.com/54HgTO4
2014-11-26 05:04:55 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)
UPDATE: Protesters upset over Ferguson grand jury decision are blocking lanes on I-580 in Oakland. Watch live video here: http://nbcbay.com/3P3Rl7l
2014-11-26 04:26:10 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)
CALORIE COUNTS HEADED FOR MENUS: The Food and Drug Administration announced long-delayed calorie labeling rules Tuesday, requiring establishments that sell prepared foods and have 20 or more locations to post the calorie content of food "clearly and conspicuously" on their menus, menu boards and displays. http://nbcbay.com/alzcy7M
2014-11-26 03:22:50 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)
LIVE VIDEO: Ferguson-related protests continue tonight in Oakland and San Francisco. The NBC helicopter is currently over the San Francisco protest. View it here: http://nbcbay.com/fj1l16A
2014-11-26 02:54:08 (5 comments, 3 reshares, 8 +1s)
FERGUSON PROTESTS: This photo was taken today as cars burned at a dealership in Dellwood, Mo.
Communities continue to brace for new protests after violence and acts of civil disobedience broke out in several U.S. cities overnight following the Ferguson grand jury decision.
Latest: http://nbcbay.com/sEhZUv7
[Photo: AP]
2014-11-26 02:30:29 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)
HOLIDAY SPIRIT: For weeks, the students of San Jose's Presentation High School have been working hard to help those in need in their community. Tuesday they loaded up 1,151 turkeys to benefit Sacred Heart Community Services of San Jose.
The traditional food drive is such a big part of the Presentation culture that a recently retired teacher even returned to help direct traffic!
Details here: http://nbcbay.com/ArfFElx
2014-11-26 00:31:07 (1 comments, 2 reshares, 5 +1s)
COP HELPS DELIVER BABY: A Texas police officer recently helped deliver a baby on the shoulder of a freeway. http://nbcbay.com/0LhBUOP
Fort Worth police said officer Robert Scott was helping control traffic for highway workers when a man ran to his patrol car and said his daughter was in labor.
2014-11-25 23:43:26 (0 comments, 3 reshares, 5 +1s)
LUCAS MUSEUM: A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the city of Chicago not to physically alter the proposed site of the George Lucas Museum until further order of the court during the opening legal battle between the city and opponents of the museum.
Read more: http://nbcbay.com/MJY336I
2014-11-25 22:06:25 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 6 +1s)
ELF RECORD: Over 1,700 people outside a Bangkok mall have set a world record for largest gathering of Santa's elves.
Watch: http://nbcbay.com/JLJbvkS
2014-11-25 21:16:08 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)
3-D printing gives second change to Esther Perez, who was born with a heart defect. See how --> http://nbcbay.com/Uchbccy
2014-11-25 20:50:18 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)
THE VOICE TOP 10: With only 10 contestants remaining, "The Voice" action was red hot Monday night. Which artist is your favorite?
Tune in tonight at 8 p.m. on NBC to see if your favorite is moving on to the next round: http://nbcbay.com/naW4FHC
2014-11-25 20:30:39 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)
ADIOS PANDA: Asked why he opted to go to Boston when the offers between the Red Sox and the @[San Francisco Giants] were nearly identical, Pablo Sandoval responded:
"The Giants fans, one of the best ... But I wanted a new challenge ... I need a new challenge."
Desktop link: http://nbcbay.com/q3o5rPi
Mobile link: http://nbcbay.com/cXQJBQl
2014-11-25 19:32:09 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)
Santa Clara police have arrested three men and two boys on burglary charges after a man reported seeing a suspect stealing a video game console from beneath a decorated Christmas tree --> http://nbcbay.com/2OnKI5S
2014-11-25 19:00:57 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)
Google backs a high-tech Mountain View spoon to help steady Parkinson's tremors: http://nbcbay.com/7C5Uwfi
2014-11-25 18:35:10 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)
A Pakistani man shot dead his teenage niece because she was listening to loud music: police http://nbcbay.com/PA9oeSn
2014-11-25 18:00:23 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)
Someone bought the lion's original "Wizard of Oz" costume at an auction. Guess for how much? You won't believe the pricetag: http://nbcbay.com/zCis94y
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2014-11-25 17:31:13 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)
Read: Grand Jury transcript state of Missouri vs. Darren Wilson http://nbcbay.com/5UeHga7
2014-11-25 16:00:22 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)
Here's what a "die-in" looks like. #Ferguson http://nbcbay.com/qFDN0Cs
2014-11-25 15:42:01 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)
The window washer who fell about 11 stories in San Francisco last week is a "stubborn, strong man," who is "fighting for his life," according to his family. His family is also very grateful: http://nbcbay.com/MU624Im
2014-11-25 13:57:21 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 0 +1s)
An Uber driver was stabbed multiple times and robbed by a passenger in South LA early today. The story is developing: http://nbcbay.com/ymksfIs
2014-11-25 05:56:49 (0 comments, 4 reshares, 11 +1s)
OAKLAND PROTEST UPDATE: Officers report there have been numerous arrests on the freeway. Another protester was arrested on suspicion of vandalizing a police car, officials said. Tune in to our News at 11 for full coverage on the Ferguson grand jury decision.
Watch live video of the protests here: http://nbcbay.com/JZgBz80
2014-11-25 04:33:35 (1 comments, 7 reshares, 13 +1s)
UPDATE: Protesters upset over Ferguson grand jury decision marching on I-580 in Oakland. Watch live: http://nbcbay.com/8lmfpSb
2014-11-25 03:31:49 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)
WATCH LIVE: Hundreds of protesters are marching in downtown Oakland after it was announced a Missouri grand jury decided there will be no indictment for a Ferguson cop who fatally shot Michael Brown. http://nbcbay.com/HIQUmAh
2014-11-25 02:48:23 (100 comments, 28 reshares, 81 +1s)
Full statement from the family of Michael Brown after learning that #Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson was not indicted by a grand jury investigating the fatal shooting of their son.
Latest developments: http://nbcbay.com/oVWEOsV
Grand jury decision in photos: http://nbcbay.com/IVCV8du
2014-11-25 02:32:16 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)
#BREAKING: No indictment for Ferguson officer Darren Wilson in Michael Brown shooting.
Details from NBC News: http://nbcbay.com/vNG6Yuw
Grand Jury Decision in Photos: http://nbcbay.com/4XhYzA0
[Photo: Prosecutor reads grand jury decision]
2014-11-25 02:00:14 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)
WATCH LIVE: Ferguson grand jury announcement expected at 6 p.m. Tune in to NBC Bay Area News or watch live here: http://nbcbay.com/9DAyPpN
2014-11-25 01:44:12 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)
MEDAL OF FREEDOM: Bay Area author Isabel Allende was honored today with the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the White House.
Allende is famous worldwide for her novels, including "House of the Spirits" and "City of the Beasts." She has published 21 books that have sold 65 million copies in 35 languages.
Read more: http://nbcbay.com/ApnRlAc
2014-11-25 01:22:23 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)
GIANTS STATEMENT: The San Francisco Giants issued this statement today on the departure of fan-favorite Pablo Sandoval.
What was your favorite Panda memory?
Panda's multiyear deal with Red Sox: http://nbcbay.com/HNKKJhy
2014-11-25 00:44:44 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)
Some Oakland businesses have posted Michael Brown signs in anticipation of the Ferguson grand jury decision, while others are boarding up.
The announcement is expected at 6 p.m. Watch it live here: http://nbcbay.com/Yp3SZkL
Tune in tonight at 5 & 6 for Jodi Hernandez's live reports.
2014-11-25 00:32:52 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)
SF TAP WATER: San Francisco's pristine tap water from mountain runoff in the Sierra Nevada soon may be a little less pure. City officials plan to mix groundwater into the supply starting in 2015 or 2016 in an effort to diversify and increase water reserves during California's ongoing drought, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Monday.
2014-11-24 23:51:21 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)
SUPER BOWL HALFTIME: Will Katy Perry be a firework at the Super Bowl? Will she show them what she's worth? Will she let her colors burst?
NFL announced late Sunday — after rumors swirled for weeks — that the pop star will headline the Pepsi Super Bowl halftime show on Feb. 1 at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Arizona.
It will air on NBC: http://nbcbay.com/xEckLQj
[Photo: Getty Images]
2014-11-24 23:08:20 (4 comments, 3 reshares, 7 +1s)
#BREAKING SPORTS - BYE-BYE PANDA: It's now official. The free agent third baseman Pablo Sandoval has informed the San Francisco Giants he's leaving. The switch-hitting slugger and the Boston Red Sox have agreed to a multi-year contract.
Details: http://nbcbay.com/uCWoDHP
[Photo: Getty Images]
2014-11-24 22:05:16 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)
Water taxis are on the rise in San Francisco.
Watch Joe Rosato's full report at 6 p.m. to see why passengers are laughing all the way to Tiburon: http://nbcbay.com/Ge3dtb9
2014-11-24 21:46:04 (6 comments, 6 reshares, 6 +1s)
DIE-HARD SHOPPERS: It's not even Thanksgiving yet, and already the San Jose Best Buy in Almaden Valley has a couple of guys camped outside the store in anticipation of Black Friday. The pair hopes for the usual 40 or so shopping die-hards to soon join them by pitching tents alongside the big box store.
Who do they do it? http://nbcbay.com/rcrJQd3
2014-11-24 20:29:26 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)
JUST IN: A grand jury in Missouri has reached a decision on whether police officer Darren Wilson should face charges in the shooting death of unarmed black teen Michael Brown in Ferguson, an attorney for the teen's family said. Follow the developments here: http://nbcbay.com/NSOWAM4
2014-11-24 20:27:11 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)
Ruby Holt spent most of her 100 years on a farm in rural Tennessee, picking cotton and raising four children. She never had the time or money to go to a beach.
That changed this month, just a few weeks shy of Holt's 101st birthday. She got to see the ocean for the first time in her life. Watch the video: http://nbcbay.com/GoydMDJ
2014-11-24 20:01:03 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 2 +1s)
A national survey reveals the average price of regular gasoline has plunged another 10 cents a gallon over the past two weeks, to $2.84, only days before Thanksgiving.
Experts say these prices mark a 4-year low: http://nbcbay.com/a2PHXIY
2014-11-24 19:31:16 (0 comments, 4 reshares, 12 +1s)
Nearly 300 dim sum workers who organized to demand better pay and conditions at San Francisco's award-winning Yank Sing restaurant will receive a record $4 million settlement. The workers will receive back pay checks, including health care, and will see starting pay raised to $11.25 an hour.
Advocates hope the settlement will lead to better conditions and pay for low-wage Asian American workers across the country: http://nbcbay.com/dCLQ3qM
2014-11-24 19:01:20 (15 comments, 1 reshares, 7 +1s)
The family Tamir Rice, who was shot and killed while carrying an "airsoft" toy gun, is questioning why officers used fatal force against the child. "Why not tase him? You shot him twice, not once, and at the end of the day you all don't shoot for the legs, you shoot for the upper body," the boy's father told the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The story is eerily similar to that of Andy Lopez, who was killed last year by a Sonoma County Sheriff's deputy: http://nbcbay.com/XB1jE3H
2014-11-24 18:32:07 (3 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)
A former employee of NBC Entertainment has come forward to claim he regularly brought young women to Bill Cosby's dressing room and was asked to send money to multiple women over the years.
Frank Scotti, who says he worked as a facilities manager for the Brooklyn NBC Studio where "Cosby Show" was filmed, is the latest to go public with stories of Cosby's past. He spoke with the Today Show: http://nbcbay.com/z87Mmb3
2014-11-24 18:00:34 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)
UC Berkeley police are already bracing for a planned walkout today where students continue their protest over tuition hikes. The walkout begins at noon: http://nbcbay.com/VpnZ7jW
2014-11-24 17:45:13 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 0 +1s)
How tall are those Buffallo snow piles? From "Jersey Shore's" Snooki to Sultan Kosen, the world's tallest man, here's how Buffalo's massive 85 inch snowfall last week stacked up against some familiar celebs.
Today's worry is flooding: http://nbcbay.com/WaYqcN2
2014-11-24 16:00:40 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)
San Jose's Joey Chestnut won a turkey-eating contest in Connecticut, setting a record by devouring an entire bird. He already is the country's hote dog champ. More: http://nbcbay.com/g8I3z91
2014-11-24 15:25:44 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 0 +1s)
Santa Clara County Sheriff's deputies are investigating a home invasion this morning in an upscale part of Cupertino.
Our chopper flew overhead to show you this scene: http://nbcbay.com/zkNs0M5
2014-11-24 15:07:14 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)
Christina Lee was honored at Sunday's 49ers game for running from New York to the Bay Area in the hopes of raising $100,000 for the Navy Seal Foundation.
She is running by pushing a jog stroller filled with her extra clothing and supplies. More on her 2,700-mile journey: http://nbcbay.com/UF7UD7d
2014-11-24 14:52:14 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)
Some Buffalo Bills hitch rides aboard snowmobiles to get to tonight's game vs. the Jets.
There's video: http://nbcbay.com/kmLUnaq
2014-11-24 14:33:06 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)
BREAKING: Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel forced to step down amid criticism of the president's national security team on a series of global issues, including the threat posed by the militant group known as ISIS. More: http://nbcbay.com/mY2Wzb6
2014-11-24 13:58:30 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)
UPDATE: San Jose police are investigating a security breach at San Jose airport Sunday - the third since April at this airport - and have arrested a suspect on charges of trespassing and stealing a maintenance worker's vehicle.
More on the arrest of Miguel Zaragoza: http://nbcbay.com/dAvffAH
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A decade has passed since the launch of Singapore's first REIT, Capita Mall trust in July 2002. Despite that, REITs are not as popular as they deserve to be and continue to be plagued with misperceptions. Singapore REITs are one of the few businesses that offer a direct play on the domestic economy and have proven their resilience through market cycles. This book takes a deep and fundamental look at this asset class and explains why every investor should take a serious look at REITs. Building Wealth Through REITs simplifies REIT investing without sacrificing depth of knowledge. It discusses common perceptions about REITs and why many of them don't hold up to scrutiny. The book contains in-depth interviews with CEOs of major S-REITs that will stimulate your thinking and further your knowledge of various REITs. The book targeted at both novice and sophisticated investors will help you master the fundamentals of REITs and deepen your understanding of this asset class. It provides practical guidance on building a strong and high performing REIT portfolio, one that can set you on the path to financial freedom much earlier than you thought possible.
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