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Winslow "Winn" Schott is described as a twentysomething tech whiz/Comic-Con stalwart who toils for CatCo as a programmer, unaware of his own (toying?) potential. Unware of her secret, he carries a torch for Kara, whom he lives next door to.
The cast now consists of: Melissa Benoist as Kara/Supergirl, Chyler Leigh as Alexandra "Alex" Danvers, Mehcad Brooks as James Olsen, Laura Benanti as Alura Zor-El, Calista Flockhart as Cat Grant, David Harewood as Hank Henshaw, and Jeremy Jordan as Winslow Schott.
Andrew Kreisberg (The Flash and Arrow) recently joined Greg Berlanti and Ali Adler as a writer on the series. Glen Winter is directing the pilot episode from a script penned by Ali Adler (No Ordinary Family) and Greg Berlanti (Arrow), both of whom will be executive producers alongside Sarah Schechter and Andrew Kreisberg.
The Supergirl TV series is expected to debut on CBS this September.
As Superman and Supergirl fans know, Helen Slater played Supergirl in the 1984 film of the same name. She (along with Dean Cain) have been cast in top secret, guest-starring roles for the CBS TV show.
Mehcad Brooks (who has been cast to play Jimmy Olsen) posted his own selfie on Instagram also indicating the production on the pilot episode is underway with the statement "Excited to start #supergirl."
The cast consists of: Melissa Benoist as Kara/Supergirl, Chyler Leigh as Alexandra "Alex" Danvers, Mehcad Brooks as James Olsen, Laura Benanti as Alura Zor-El, Calista Flockhart as Cat Grant, and David Harewood as Hank Henshaw.
Andrew Kreisberg (The Flash and Arrow) recently joined Greg Berlanti and Ali Adler as a writer on the series. Glen Winter is directing the pilot episode from a script penned by Ali Adler (No Ordinary Family) and Greg Berlanti (Arrow), both of whom will be executive producers alongside Sarah Schechter and Andrew Kreisberg.
The Supergirl TV series is expected to debut on CBS this September.
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Episodes of "Smallville" air on TNT in the U.S. on Thursday mornings. This week's episodes are: Thursday, March 5 - 2.00am "Reaper", 3.00am "Drone".
The animated movie "Superman/Batman: Public Enemies" will air in the U.S. on ACTION MAX on Saturday, March 7 at 5.30am.
The movie "Man of Steel" will air in the U.S. on HBO 2 on Saturday, March 7 at 2.30pm.
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Thursday, March 5 - "The Face and The Voice" at 4.00pm and "The Man in the Lead Mask" at 4.30pm.
Friday, March 6 - "Panic in the Sky" at 4.00pm and "The Machine That Could Plot Crimes" at 4.30pm.
Saturday, March 7 - "Jungle Devil" at 6.00pm and "My Friend Superman" at 6.30pm.
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In Australia, the animated movie "Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox" airs on Foxtel's Family Movie Channel on Wednesday, March 4 at 12.05am.
Superman picks the wrong pet sitter in the episode of "Robot Chicken" titled "Tubba-Bubba's Now Hubba-Hubba" scheduled to air in Australia on The Comedy Channel on Satursday, March 7 at 8.00am.
The documentary "Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle" will air in Australia on the BBC Knowledge channel on Saturday, March 7 at 8.30pm; again again the next morning at 12.25am.
In Australia, episodes of the "Young Justice: Invasion" animated series air on the following weekdays on Cartoon Network. This week's episodes are:
Tuesday, March 3 - "The Hunt" at 3.30pm
Wednesday, March 4 - "Intervention" at 3.30pm
Thursday, March 5 - "Summit" at 3.30pm
Friday, March 6 - "Endgame" at 3.30pm.
In Australia, the animated movie "Superman/Batman: Apocalypse" airs on GO! (99) on Saturday, March 7 at 11.30pm.
In Australia, the movie "Man of Steel" airs on Foxtel's Premiere Movie Channel on Sunday, March 8 at 12.15am.
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No, we havent done too much on the action yet. You know, Justice League is still quite a ways away. But Im looking forward to it. Henrys a sweetheart, Ben is a badass, so Im really looking forward to when we all shoot Justice League.
How much can we expect to see you in the Batman v. Superman movie?
Well, its Batman and Superman, its not my movie. Its the first time in history to have them both on the screen together, and Im just excited to see those two up there.
There was actually some speculation that Aquaman was meant to pop up in "Man of Steel", in the underwater scenes after Henry Cavill is blasted off the oil rig. Were you ever involved in those discussions?
Well, you know, I think thats left for the genius of Snyder to kind of reveal that. Theres definitely a plan in this whole universe that hes designing, and its amazing to be a part of it. I think everything that you see that is building, theres a purpose behind the whole plan. So I wouldnt want to take anything away from Zack, because he loves revealing all those things. And you never know, man.


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February 11th, 2013 at 11:29 am by Chad Evans under Chad's WLFI Weather BlogWinter storm from Oklahoma to Missouri with snow as far north as Kentucky and perhaps southern Indiana currently looks to stay just south of here mid week just prior to valentines day. Storm looks to re develop and may bring significant snowfall to new York city and Boston.
Howeverright of to day after valentines day features a clipper/Colorado low hybrid which may bring accumulating snow. Arctic air will roar in behind it causing this system to bring flurries to as far south as the glf coast. We will watch both centered around valentines day

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Or, Everything You Wanted to Know About Team Sweat
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LAUREN RESKIN, owner – or Lolo, was born in Miami and loved the city and the weather so much she never left. Music is in Lauren's blood: her late grandmother, Joan Field, was a concert violinist who released records on Deutsch Gramophone and her late grandfather, Alan Reskin, originally opened Allegro Music House in 1961 making Lolo the second Reskin to open a music store in South Florida. Her father Charles is a Julliard graduate, professional trumpet player and composer. It's also worth mentioning that Lolo is the great-niece of Alan Freed, the (in)famous 1950's radio DJ and music promoter who coined the phrase "rock and roll."
During high school, Lolo convinced the local Virgin Megastore to hire her 16-year-old punk ass and it was all downhill from there. She spent the next nearly six years selling CDs, DJing at and promoting club nights (Revolver, Plastik Fantastik, VICE, Poplife, Roll Out, Circa Saturdays…), working in college radio and booking shows in preparation to give her hometown the thing it needed most – a real live, community-oriented, indie record store.
Since opening in March 2005, Sweat Records has become an institution in its own right, and Lolo continues to be passionately involved in the local cultural landscape. She DJs, books shows, serves on the Florida Chapter Board of the Recording Academy, and is a member of Class VII of the Miami Foundation's Miami Fellows young leaders program.
JASON JIMENEZ, partner/event manager is a Chicago native, a former Marine, a massage therapist, and half-Swedish-half-Mexican all at once. Jason is Sweat's resident event-planner and party-starter. He's also Miami's dubstep impresario, running MiamiDubstep.com and the renowned GET LOW parties. He is very frequently mistaken for some people's lord and savior, Jesus Christ.
EMILE MILGRIM, manager/music buyer is a Miami native with an insane, deep and varied knowledge of music, but especially blues/soul/r&b and "sad bastard music". She is also the founder and owner of the awesome Other Electricities record label which puts out interesting albums from around the world. Emile collects cats, vinyl, and tattoos, and is basically a human version of Beer-chan. (Don't worry, she only puts the promos in her pants.)
FARRAH FLEITMAN keeps it real! She probably should've been born a little earlier, but she keeps the '90s alive forever in her heart. Don't put her in a tiny backpack though, her taste in music runs wild and deep.
You can find ALE CAMPOS at Sweat when she's not playing drums in lady thrashers Testökra!
BOOTSIE MENG is Sweat's vintage vinyl expert. She mines for gems so you don't have to.
About the Co-Founder-At-Large:
SARA YOUSUF's parents came to America from Pakistan with hopes of having a daughter who would overlook medicine to pursue a career in independent music retail. Sara moved to Miami from Detroit in 1998. In that time, Miami has enchanted her with its shady charm. She spent 5 years (1999-2004) as a disc jockey for the University of Miami's college radio station, WVUM 90.5 FM. For the last 3 years of her tenure at WVUM, Sara hosted the popular drive-time "All Request Show," which inspired her to provide Miami with a local music source worthy of its inhabitants. Sara graduated from UM Law in May of 2005, passed the frickin' bar exam, and now works at the Miami Public Defender's Office keeping our city's residents out of jail and off the pipe. Sara is also a member of Emerge Miami, an organization that works to create a social network for activists (they meet Tuesdays at 7pm at Sweat), and pops back into the shop from time to time to teach origami and craft workshops.


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I am research the Russell family from Van Buren County, Tennessee (D.L., Victor Authur, Richard, Thomas, William). Would like to know more about William Russells ancestry. He was born in 1770 and married Mira England in 1815. I am also interested in learning more about the McCumseay family and the Shaffner family, both settling into Texas. My Grandmother was Myrle Ozella McCumsey and her father was Ben Franklin McCumsey, born in 1842. My wifes parents were Caesars and William Caesar was born May 11, 1864. Any information would be appreciated. I am also willing to share information and pictures that I have. |
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Winner of REcentre's drinKraantjeswater sustainable design competition, the Aquaraf is a sustainable water carafe made of porcelain with "the looks of a water tower".
The top portion is the lid for the container and can be used as a cup. The extra wide mouth makes it easy to pour.
Says Jane Withers, one of the judges of the design competition, "it was good to see that most of the designers had really thought about the pouring, storing and drinking of water and materials and forms that suit these actions. ... 'Water Tower' by Hegge ID [is] based on the water towers that loom over the fields of Flanders."
"There are three pieces that can be used in various combinations: you could keep the larger one in the fridge or use it at meals, while the smaller carafe and cup make sense at your desk or by the bed. The bulbous-waisted forms are friendly and satisfying to hold and drink from, and ceramic is of course traditional for drinking water."
Profits from the sale of Aquaraf will be donated to NGO Protos GIREDIN to help provide access to potable water for 40,000 people in Mali.


text: Golf Experience Award-Winning Golf at the Duke University Golf Club Enjoy a fun and challenging day with friends, family or colleagues on one Durham's most celebrated golf courses. The beautiful 18-hole championship Duke University Golf Club opened in 1957 and is the only Robert Trent Jones-designed course in the region. Redesigned by Jones' son Rees in 1994, the Duke University Golf Club was the site of the 2001 NCAA Men's Golf Championship, and is considered one of the top ten golf courses in North Carolina. The course has also received top rankings from Golf Digest, GolfWeek, Golf Magazine and the Zagat Survey, and was recently voted as the best public course in the Triangle by the Triangle Business Journal. However, more than its famous fairways that garners acclaim. The golf club's state-of-art practice area boasts a driving range, six putting and chipping greens, seven sand bunkers and eight target greens – all surrounded by a grove of tall pines and stately hardwoods. Our Golf Shop has also been recognized by the PGA as one of the best in the Carolinas, and includes breathtaking views of the course as well as easy access to lockers and the Inn's Fitness Center. For guests looking to perfect their swing, six PGA Professionals and one Master PGA Professional are on staff and available for group or private lessons. Tee times available 14 days in advance for the general public and up to 30 days in advance for hotel guests. Visit the Duke Golf Club website for additional information. *Current rates shown are for the off season and are effective beginning December 15, 2014. To book tee times, please call the Golf Shop at 919.681.2288. Monday-Tuesday Wednesday-Thursday Friday-Sunday Guest Daily Fee $30 Walking $35 Walking $75 Includes Free Golf Cart Guest Late Play (Starts After 2:00 PM) $20 Walking $25 Walking $40 Walking Duke Faculty/Staff $25 Walking $30 Walking $65 Includes Free Golf Cart Duke Faculty/Staff Late Play (Starts After 2:00 PM) $20 Walking $25 Walking $35 Walking Duke Student $25 Walking $30 Walking $65 Includes Free Golf Cart Duke Student Late Play (Starts After 2:00) $20 Walking $25 Walking $30 Walking Golf Cart w/ GPS $25 Per Person Per 18 Holes / Late Play: $15 Pull Cart $10 Per 18 Holes / $8 Per 9 Holes Replay Fee $25 Per Person, Includes Free Golf Cart Senior Rate (62 years and up) $45 Includes Free Golf Cart Callaway Rental Clubs $50 Per Set w/ 3 Callaway Golf Balls Driving Range Package (Includes Full Set of Clubs) $20 w/ Large Bucket of Range Balls NO METAL SPIKES - GREEN FEES ARE GOOD ALL DAY Golf Cars - $25.00 per person per 18 holes After 4:30pm - $15.00 per person Senior (62 years and up) w/golf car - $60.00 (Mon. - Thurs. Only) After 1:30pm - $50.00 (Mon. - Thurs. Only) Practice Range Buckets - Small $5, Medium $7, Large $10 Callaway Rental Clubs - $50.00 per set w/tees and three Callaway balls Specials Three-Night Special Visiting Duke or in town for business? Book Early Special Planning ahead for a visit to the area? Classic Package Perfect for a quick overnight getaway. Weekender Package Experience the ultimate weekend. Romance Package Treat someone special to a romantic getaway. Duke University Golf Club Play at the Duke University Golf Club.


text: On 10/13/2013 11:02 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Drew Ames wrote: >> On 10/13/2013 06:48 PM, Dan McGhee wrote: >>> I got to chroot and the copied su from shadow in Ch 5 didn't work. I >>> can find no reason that it didn't. What I want to do now is compile it >>> in chroot environment and install only it there. Just in case I missed >>> some kind of linking. That seems unlikely, but.... ldd /tools/bin/su >>> (on the copied version) provided: >>>> linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007ffff9b38000) >>>> libcrypt.so.1 => /tools/lib/libcrypt.so.1 (0x00007f20fb668000) >>>> libc.so.6 => /tools/lib/libc.so.6 (0x00007f20fb2b8000) >>>> /tools/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007f20fb8a0000) >>> as did ldd on my DESTDIR install, so it looks like everything is there. >>> >>> <did some snipping> >> Dan, Bruce, and Ken, >> >> I've been following this thread with interest. I'm into my fourth LFS >> build, using LFS 7.4. >> >> For my previous three builds, I successfully use the package user hint >> without any problems. Now I'm facing the same issues as Dan. >> <more snipping> >> I tried building su from an old source at this link, starting at line 802: >> >> http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/browser/trunk/PREVIOUS_FORMAT/more_control_and_pkg_man.txt?rev=904 >> >> I built it with GCC at the end of chapter 5 (I typed 'gcc -o su su.c'), >> then copied it to /tools/bin. >> When I got to chapter 6, as the root user in the chroot environment, >> that copy of su would not switch users to the linux-libc-headers user I >> created for the first package. I got the error: >> >> bash: /tools/bin/su: No such file or directory >> >> I then copied su from the host system and got the same results. >> >> Dan, when you say that su didn't work for you. Did you get an error message? > I don't know, but I wonder if the problem is the lack of passwd, group, > shadow, etc files. You need to track the source to find out. Just add > printf statements at strategic places. Bruce, I think your on to something. Thank goodness for this list. Many times I can get into a "thinking rut" when I'm troubleshooting. Fresh minds really help. I'm thinking that the previous version of su supplied with coreutils was a "stand alone" binary. The versions supplied now by shadow and util-linux depend on "auxiliary stuff" as you mentioned; i.e., we don't install su from util-linux because it depends on pam, which we don't use. Shadow, I think, integrally supplies the monitoring that pam does. When I examined shadow's "configure --help" this AM, I found this: > --enable-shadowgrp enable shadow group support [default=yes] > ... > --enable-account-tools-setuid > Install the user and group management tools setuid > and authenticate the callers. This requires > --with-pam. Additionally, shadow tracks the number of logins, failed logins and all that other stuff. But I don't know how few of these additional files are needed to run it. If someone were familiar with printf, Bruce, I think you're right. :) I've been trying to learn about it this morning and know that I can change decimal numbers to octal or hex or any combination of that. I found that I can make pretty tables and center text, but I could find no examples of how to use it in the way you described. What kind of "strategic places" were you thinking and in what context? Until I understand more than what I do now about printf, I need to use brute force. :) My first thought is to try to use shadow's su from my DESTIR install without configuring shadow. If this works, I could then start removing stuff from DESTDIR/bin until su fails. Absent success there, I could do the same thing in chroot environment. I don't like to "erase the slate" but I could always "nuke" my build thus far, bring in my backed up /tools, and do the shadow stuff as lfs. For the "package users" who are monitoring this thread, Rob Taylor installed and configured shadow at the beginng Ch. 6. He then overwrote it in its regular sequence. There were a few "hiccups" as he noted in his build notes, but package users know how to get past those. :) Here's a link to his notes: https://www.javacrypt.com/lfs/my_lfs_7_4_notes.txt I'm always interested in learning more about this stuff. I would appreciate it, Bruce, if you could share some of your ideas about the printf strategy, if you can spare the time. Thanks, Dan


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Prince Albert opens Da Vinci Exposition and Chairs the Electric Car Summit
The Association Dante Alighieri Monaco joined with the Association Monaco-Italie under the grand canopy of the Grimaldi Forum for a historic exposition of Leonardo da Vinci's Atlantic Code. The exposition of 1200 drawings from Milan's Biblioteca Ambrosiana, has been held at the Grimaldi Forum from 2-24 September 2010. Of course, we have to thank Prince Albert II for his patronage of this exposition. But there is also a Casiraghi connection.
Daniele Casiraghi, brother of the late Stefano Casiraghi, who fathered three children of Princess Caroline, is the President of IMACO, the distributor and manufacturer of the ultraviolet systems that made the exposition possible. Daniele Casiraghi's daughter, young Fernanda Casiraghi, has been working, jointly for the library as well as IMACO, to market the exposition for a full year now. The 1200 pages of drawings, dating back to 1637, in the codex were viewed by Prince Albert, sovereign of Monaco, on the opening day of the exposition.
Meanwhile, Prince Albert was announced on Monday, 20 September 2010 as the chairman of the EV20 Alliance for electric vehicles. The EV20 Alliance, convened by the Climate Group, is pushing for the mobilization of one million electric vehicles in five years than the auto industry originally projected.
"The rapid growth of an e-car market will cut city pollution and global greenhouse gas emissions helping to conserve our climate and our energy resources," said Prince Albert. "The development of EV fleets could also help to shift the way we use and store energy."
This week marks Climate Week NYºC 2010.
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Crow, etc. | |
American crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Corvidae |
Genus: | Corvus Linnaeus, 1758 |
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many, see Main article: List of Corvus species | |
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c. 40 species |
Crow, etc. | |
American crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Corvidae |
Genus: | Corvus Linnaeus, 1758 |
Species | |
many, see Main article: List of Corvus species | |
Diversity | |
c. 40 species |
Corvus is a widely distributed genus of birds in the family Corvidae. Ranging in size from the relatively small pigeon-size jackdaws (Eurasian and Daurian) to the common raven of the Holarctic region and thick-billed raven of the highlands of Ethiopia, the 40 or so members of this genus occur on all temperate continents except South America, and several islands. In Europe, the word "crow" is used to refer to the carrion crow or the hooded crow, while in North America it is used for the American crow or the northwestern crow.
The crow genus makes up a third of the species in the Corvidae family. The members appear to have evolved in Asia from the corvid stock, which had evolved in Australia. The collective name for a group of crows is a flock or a murder.[1]
Recent research has found some crow species capable of not only tool use but also tool construction.[2] Crows are now considered to be among the world's most intelligent animals[3] with an encephalization quotient approaching that of some apes.[4]
In medieval times, the crow was thought to live an abnormally long life. They were also thought to be monogamous throughout their long lives. It was thought that the crow could predict the future, in that it was thought to predict rain and reveal ambushes. Crows were also thought to lead flocks of storks while they crossed the sea to Asia.[5]
Corvus species are all black or black with little white or grey plumage. They are stout with strong bills and legs. There is limited sexual dimorphism.
The members of the Corvus genus are believed to have evolved in central Asia and radiated out into North America, Africa, Europe, and Australia.
The latest evidence[6] regarding the evolution indicates descent within the Australasian family Corvidae. However, the branch that would produce the modern groups such as jays, magpies and large predominantly black Corvus had left Australasia and were concentrated in Asia by the time the Corvus evolved. Corvus has since re-entered Australia (relatively recently) and produced five species with one recognized sub-species.[citation needed]
The genus was originally described by Linnaeus in his 18th-century work Systema Naturae.[7] The name is derived from the Latin corvus meaning "raven".[8]
The type species is the common raven (Corvus corax); others named in the same work include the carrion crow (C. corone), the hooded crow (C. cornix), the rook (C. frugilegus), and the jackdaw (C. monedula). The genus was originally broader, as the magpie was designated C. pica before being moved later into a genus of its own. There are now considered to be at least 42 extant species in this genus, and at least 14 extinct species have been described.
There is not a good systematic approach to the genus at present. In general, it is assumed that the species from a geographical area are more closely related to each other than to other lineages, but this is not necessarily correct. For example, while members of the Carrion/Collared/house crow complex are certainly closely related, the situation is not at all clear regarding the Australian/Melanesian species. Furthermore, as many species are similar in appearance, determining actual range and characteristics can be very difficult, such as in Australia where the five (possibly six) species are almost identical in appearance.[citation needed]
The fossil record of crows is rather dense in Europe, but the relationships among most prehistoric species are not clear.
Crows are found in major cities across the world, and there has been a major increase in the number of crows in urban settings since the 1900s. Historical records suggest that the population of American crows found in North America has been growing steadily since the introduction of European colonization, and spread east to west with the opening of the frontier. Crows were uncommon in the Pacific Northwest in the 1900s, except in riparian habitats. Populations in the west increased substantially from the late 1800s to mid 1900s. Crows spread along with agriculture and urbanization into the western part of North America. [9]
Crows gather in large communal roosts between 200 and tens of thousands of individuals during non-breeding months, particularly in the winter. These gatherings tend to happen near large food sources such as garbage dumps and shopping centers. [10]
There are countless recorded incidents of crows at play. Many behaviourists see play as an essential quality in intelligent animals.[11]
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Crows and the other members of the genus make a wide variety of calls or vocalizations. Crows have also been observed to respond to calls of other species; presumably, this behavior is learned because it varies regionally. Crows' vocalizations are complex and poorly understood. Some of the many vocalizations that crows make are a "Koww", usually echoed back and forth between birds; a series of "Kowws" in discrete units; a long caw followed by a series of short caws (usually made when a bird takes off from a perch); an echo-like "eh-aw" sound; and more. These vocalizations vary by species, and within each species they vary regionally. In many species, the pattern and number of the numerous vocalizations have been observed to change in response to events in the surroundings (e.g. arrival or departure of crows).
As a group, crows show remarkable examples of intelligence. Natural history books from the 18th century recount an often-repeated, but unproven anecdote of "counting crows" — specifically a crow whose ability to count to five (or four in some versions) is established through a logic trap set by a farmer.[12][13] Crows and ravens often score very highly on intelligence tests. Certain species top the avian IQ scale.[14] Wild hooded crows in Israel have learned to use bread crumbs for bait-fishing.[15] Crows will engage in a kind of mid-air jousting, or air-"chicken" to establish pecking order. Crows have been found to engage in feats such as sports,[16] tool use, the ability to hide and store food across seasons, episodic-like memory, and the ability to use individual experience in predicting the behavior of environmental conspecifics.[17]
One species, the New Caledonian crow, has also been intensively studied recently because of its ability to manufacture and use tools in the day-to-day search for food. On 5 October 2007, researchers from the University of Oxford, England, presented data acquired by mounting tiny video cameras on the tails of New Caledonian crows. They pluck, smooth and bend twigs and grass stems to procure a variety of foodstuffs.[18][19] Crows in Queensland, Australia have learned how to eat the toxic cane toad by flipping the cane toad on its back and violently stabbing the throat where the skin is thinner, allowing the crow to access the non-toxic innards; their long beaks ensure that all of the innards can be removed.[20][21]
The jackdaw and the European magpie have been found to have a nidopallium approximately the same relative size as the functionally equivalent neocortex in chimpanzees and humans, and significantly larger than is found in the gibbon.[22]
Crows have demonstrated the ability to distinguish individual humans by recognizing facial features.[23]
Evidence also suggests that they are one of the few non-human animals capable of displacement (communicating about things that are happening in a different spatial or temporal location to the here and now).[24][25]
Crows are omnivorous, and their diet is very diverse. They will eat almost anything, including other birds, fruits, nuts, mollusks, earthworms, seeds, frogs, eggs, nestlings, mice and carrion. The origin of placing scarecrows in grain fields resulted from the crow's incessant damaging and scavenging, although crows assist farmers by eating insects otherwise attracted to their crops.[26]
Crows reach sexual maturity around the age of 3 years for females and 5 years for males. Clutch size is approximately 3-9 eggs, and the nesting period lasts between 20 and 40 days. Young from previous years often help nesting pairs protect a nest and feed nestlings. [27]
Crow nestlings in urban areas face threats such as nest entanglement from anthropogenic nesting materials and stunted growth due to poor nutrition. [28] [29]
Some crows may live to the age of 20, and the oldest known American crow in the wild was almost 30 years old.[30] The oldest captive crow documented died at age 59.[31]
The American crow is highly susceptible to the recently introduced North American strain of West Nile virus.[32] American crows typically die within one week of acquiring the disease and very few survive exposure.
Two species of crow have been listed as endangered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: the Hawaiian crow and the Mariana crow.[33] The American crow, despite having its population reduced by 45% since 1999 by the West Nile virus, is considered a Species of Least Concern.
Intelligence and social structures makes most crow species, or Corvids, an adaptable and opportunistic species. Crows frequently cause damage to crops and property,[34] strew trash, and transfer disease. In densely populated areas around the world, Corvid species are generally regarded as nuisance animals.[35] Crows are protected in the U.S. under the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918, but because of their perceived destructive nature, control of the species is allowed in certain areas. Because of the Corvids' intelligence, their control is an expensive and perplexing proposition. Methods for control include hunting, chemical immobilization, harassment scare tactics, and trapping, as well as others. Before any measure is used to confine, trap, kill, poison, immobilize, or alter the habits of any wild bird species a person must check local, state, and federal regulations pertaining to such actions.
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In the United States, despite crows being protected under the Federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918, hunting is allowed under state and federal regulation. Crow hunting is considered a sport in rural areas of the U.S. because the birds are not considered a tasty traditional game species. Some cultures do treat various Corvid species as a food source.[36] Liability and possible danger to persons and property limit the use of hunting or shooting as control methods in urban areas. Crows' wariness and cunning make it difficult to harvest crows in sufficient numbers.
Poisoning has been used in the past as a method of controlling crow populations, usually in urban areas or areas of large crow populations. Liability, cost associated with the chemicals, permits and manpower, threat to non-target species such as raptors, and availability of chemicals makes poisoning less than a desirable method for control.
Scare tactics have been the most widely used aversion tactic for crows in areas frequented by humans and domestic animal species. This is a safe method that does not require constant maintenance or manpower to operate or monitor. However, Corvids quickly become habituated to most tactics such as blast cannons, predator decoys, and traditional scarecrows. Greater success has been achieved by adding sound and motion to predator decoys to mimic a distressed crow being caught by a predator such as an owl or hawk.[37] Work is currently being done which uses multiple aversion techniques in one area. The theory is that multiple techniques used together will confuse the crows, thereby lessening the probability of habituation to stimuli.
Trapping is a rarely used technique in the U.S. but is being used with success in parts of Europe and Australia. The ladder-style trap (e.g., Australian Crow Trap or Modified Australian Crow Trap) seems to be the most effective in crow-trapping techniques. Ladder traps are constructed in such a way that unintentional catch of non-target species is avoided. If a non-target species is caught, it can be easily released without harm to the bird. The traps are cost-efficient because they are inexpensive and simple to construct, and require little manpower to monitor. The bait used in the traps can also be specific to Corvids. Carrion, grains, unshelled raw peanuts, and shiny objects in the trap are effective baits. When removing crows from a ladder trap, one living crow is left as an extremely effective decoy for other crows. Trapping is considered the most humane method for crow removal because the crows can be relocated without harm or stress. However, most wild birds in general have a knack for returning to their home ranges.[38]
Other methods have been used with little or limited success. Lasers have been used successfully to remove large flocks of birds from roost structures in urban areas, but success in keeping crows off roosts has been short lived.[39] Homeowners can reduce the presence of crows by keeping trash stored in containers, feeding pets indoors, and hanging tin pie-pans or reflective gazing globes around garden areas.
Crows were hunted for survival by Curonians, a Baltic tribe,[40] when common food was exhausted and the landscape changed so that farming was not as productive during the 18th and 19th centuries. Fishermen supplemented their diet by gathering coastal bird eggs and preserving crow meat by salting and smoking it. It became a traditional food for poor folk and is documented in a poem, The Seasons by K. Donelaitis. After the non-hunting policy was lifted by the Prussian government in 1721–24 and alternative food supplies increased, the practice was forgotten. The tradition reemerged after World War I; in marketplaces, it was common to find butchered crows which were sought after and bought by townsfolk. The hunted crows were not the local, but the migrating ones; each year during the spring and autumn crows migrated via the Curonian Spit between Finland and the rest of Europe. In 1943, the government even issued a hunting quota for such activities. Crows were usually caught by attracting them with smoked fish or grains soaked in spirits and then collecting them with nets. It was a job for the elderly or young who were unable to go to sea to fish, and it was common to catch 150 to 200 birds during a hunting day.
The common raven and carrion crow have been blamed for killing weak lambs and are often seen eating freshly dead corpses probably killed by other means. The Australian raven has been documented chasing, attacking and seriously injuring lambs.[41] Rooks have been blamed for eating grain in the UK and brown-necked raven for raiding date crops in desert countries.[42]
In Auburn in the U.S. state of New York, 25,000 to 50,000 American crows (C. brachyrhynchos) have taken to roosting in the small city's large trees during winter since around 1993.[43] In 2003, a controversial, organized crow hunt proved ineffective at reducing their numbers and the problem (concerns for public health and the sheer noise of so many crows) continues.[44]
At a Technology Entertainment Design conference in March 2008, Joshua Klein presented the potential use of a vending machine for crows. He suggested the crows could be trained to pick up waste and the vending machine would be designed to give a reward in exchange for the garbage.[45]
Crows have been shown to have the ability to visually recognize individual humans, and to transmit information about "bad" humans by squawking.[46]
In Irish mythology, crows are associated with Morrigan, the goddess of war and death.[47]
The god Bran the Blessed – whose name means "crow" or "raven" — is associated with corvids and death; tradition holds that Bran's severed head is buried under the Tower of London, facing France — a possible genesis for the practice of keeping ravens in the Tower, said to protect the fortunes of Britain. In Cornish folklore, crows — magpies particularly — are associated with death and the "otherworld", and proscribes respectful greeting. The origin of "counting crows" as augury is British; however, the British version rather is to "count magpies" — their black and white pied colouring alluding to the realms of the living and dead.
In Norse mythology, Huginn and Muninn are a pair of common ravens that range the entire world, Midgard, bringing the god Odin information.
In Sweden, ravens are held to be the ghosts of murdered men.[48] In Denmark, the night raven is considered an exorcised spirit. There is a hole in its left wing where the stake used to exorcise it was driven into the earth. Those looking through the hole will become a night raven themselves.[49]
In Australian Aboriginal mythology, Crow is a trickster, culture hero, and ancestral being. Legends relating to Crow have been observed in various Aboriginal language groups and cultures across Australia; these commonly include stories relating to Crow's role in the theft of fire, the origin of death, and the killing of Eagle's son.
The Chaldean myth the Epic of Gilgamesh, Utnapishtim releases a dove and raven to find land; however, the dove merely circles and returns. Only then does Utnapishtim send forth the raven, which does not return, and Utnapishtim concludes the raven has found land.[50]
According to Ovid's Metamorphoses, in Greek mythology, the god Apollo became enraged when the crow exposed his lover Coronis' tryst with a mortal, his ire transmuting the crow's feathers from white to black.[51]
Crows are mentioned often in Buddhism, especially Tibetan disciplines. The Dharmapala (protector of the Dharma) Mahakala is represented by a crow in one of his physical/earthly forms.[citation needed]
In Japanese mythology, a three-legged crow called Yatagarasu (八咫烏?, "eight-hand-crow")[52] is depicted.[53]
In Korean mythology, there is a three-legged crow known as Samjokgo (hangul: 삼족오; hanja: 三足烏).[citation needed]
In Chinese mythology, the world originally had ten suns either spiritually embodied as ten crows and/or carried by ten crows: when all ten decided to rise at once the effect was devastating to crops, so the gods sent their greatest archer Houyi, who shot down nine crows and spared only one. This mythology comes from a text in Shanhaijing, among other sources.[54]
In Hinduism, crows are thought of as carriers of information. They give omens to people regarding their situations. For example, when a crow crows in front of a person's house, he is expected to have special visitors that day. Also, in Hindu literature, crows have great memories which they use to give information.[citation needed]
In the Story of Bhusunda, a chapter of the Yoga Vasistha, a very old sage in the form of a crow, Bhusunda, recalls a succession of epochs in the earth's history, as described in Hindu cosmology. He survived several destructions, living on a wish-fulfilling tree on Mount Meru.[55] Crows are also considered ancestors in Hinduism and during Śrāddha, the practice of offering food or pinda to crows is still in vogue.[56]
In Islam, crow is one of the five animals for which there is no blame on the one who kills them.[57]
Ancient Greek authors tell how a jackdaw, being a social creature, may be caught with a dish of oil that it falls into while looking at its own reflection.[58] The Roman poet Ovid saw them as a harbinger of rain (Amores 2,6, 34).[59] In Greek legend, princess Arne was bribed with gold by King Minos of Crete, and was punished for her avarice by being transformed into an equally avaricious jackdaw, who still seeks shiny things.[60]
In Aesop's Fables, the jackdaw embodies stupidity in one tale, by starving while waiting for figs on a fig tree to ripen, and vanity in another – the jackdaw sought to become king of the birds with borrowed feathers, but was shamed when they fell off.[59] Pliny notes how the Thessalians, Illyrians and Lemnians cherished jackdaws for destroying grasshoppers' eggs. The Veneti are fabled to have bribed the jackdaws to spare their crops.[58] Another ancient Greek and Roman adage runs, "The swans will sing when the jackdaws are silent," meaning that educated or wise people will speak after the foolish become quiet.[61] In reality, corvids are among the most intelligent birds in the world, and this traditional association with ignorance is quite inaccurate. However, there is one other Aesop Fable where the crow is depicted as very cunning. He comes up to a pitcher and knows that his beak is too short to reach the water and if he tips it over, all the water will fall out. The crow then proceeds to pick up pebbles and places them in the pitcher so the water may rise and he can reach it to relieve his thirst.[62]
New research indicates that crows are among the brightest animals in the world.
Emery and Clayton write, "These studies have found that some corvids are not only superior in intelligence to birds of other avian species (perhaps with the exception of some parrots), but also rival many nonhuman primates.""
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Itsy Bitsy--Not!
It wasn't an itsy bitsy spider.
And it didn't climb up the water spout.
It was climbing all over the tower of jewels, ready to stalk and pounce on prey.
We spotted this male jumping spider in the genus Phidippus (as identified by Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology at UC Davis) cruising the interstate of a nine-foot-high tower of jewels (Echium wildpretii).
The tower of jewels is a bee-friendly plant, but it's also spider-friendly.
The eight-eyed jumping spider (four large eyes on its face and four smaller eyes on top of the head) is considered an excellent predator because of its keen eyesight and amazing speed. Although it's only about two centimeters (less than 0.8) long, it can jump about 40 to 50 times its length. It's distinguished, too, by its iridescent green chelicerae or mouthparts.
The kneeling photographer and the jumping spider went eye to eye--well, two eyes versus eight eyes--and then the spider crawled under a stem.
I was hoping it would jump.
Jumping Spider
Green Mouthparts
The Tower of Bees
This spectacular plant attracts bees like a honey-laden hive does hungry bears.
The tower of jewels (Echium wildprettii), native to the Canary Islands, is a biennal; it flowers only in the second year and then dies. So, for the first year, it looks quite insignificant. The second year: it shoots up an amazing nine or 10 feet, ablaze with blossoms the color of rubies.
If you ever see a tower of jewels blooming, you'll remember it. One bloomed last year in the Storer Garden in the UC Davis Arboretum. it drew scores of visitors toting cameras.
The same will hold true when several towers bloom next year in the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, a half-acre bee friendly garden planted last fall next to the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, UC Davis.
Visitors to the haven will see the "tiny" Echiums during the public opening on Sept. 11. They won't see the regal beauty unfold until 2011.
Meanwhile, we're savoring the three towers in our own bee friendly garden. So are the honey bees, hover flies, bumble bees, carpenter bees, butterflies and hummingbirds.
The scouts (bees) arrive as soon as the temperature hits 50 degrees. Then they head back to their hives to alert the foragers. You can almost hear them Waggle-Dancing: "Fine quality, large quantity--hurry, hurry!" By mid-morning, the towers are abuzz with bees. By mid-afternoon, the bees sound like jet engines.
A tower of bees.
HONEY BEE zeroes in on a ruby-red blossom. (Copyrighted Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
LADY IN RED--A honey bee amid the bright red blossoms of the tower of jewels. Note the blue-gray pollen from the plant on her leg. (Copyrighted Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
BLUE SKIES, red blossoms, busy bees. A honey bee heads for a tower of jewels. (Copyrighted Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
What a Show!
Everybody loves a bumble bee.
Especially the yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii.
And especially a queen.
Native pollinator specialist Robbin Thorp, emeritus professor of entomology at the University of California, Davis, and first-year entomology graduate student Emily Bzydk collected a few native bees to show visitors at the Bohart Museum of Entomology during UC Davis Picnic Day last Saturday.
One of the bumble bees: a regal queen.
When Picnic Day ended, they kindly let me take her home to our tower of jewels (Echium wildprettii), a biennial plant that looks somewhat like a red-jeweled Christmas tree. "Tower of jewels" is indeed a fitting name. It towers (nine-feet high) and it sparkles like rubies.
We placed the lethargic queen on a blossom and fed her honey for quick energy. She quickly sipped about an eighth of a teaspoon, buzzed me twice (Hey, I'm your friend!), returned for more honey, and then took flight.
The queen circled the plant twice and was gone.
From the Bohart Museum display to a showy tower of jewels--all in one day.
Picnic Day.
Queen Bumble Bee
Flight of the Bumble Bee


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If your blogs aren't being read by as many people as you'd like, consider starting an email campaign to go along with them.
There are three parts to a compelling email campaign:
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Email campaigns are a great way to get blogs read if your site isn't pulling in large traffic. People check their emails first thing in the morning. If you write compelling enough subject lines you could be what they choose to read over coffee.
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Drug Conspirators Sentenced to Lengthy Prison Terms
NORFOLK, Va. – The last of three convicted drug conspirators, David A. Wheeler, 45, of Houston, Tex., was sentenced today in Norfolk federal court to 262 months in prison for his role in a drug conspiracy involving the large scale distribution of cocaine and marijuana.
Neil H. MacBride, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, made the announcement after Wheeler was sentenced by United States District Judge Mark S. Davis.
Wheeler was previously convicted by a Norfolk federal jury on September 14, 2011.
Co-conspirators Samuel Lloyd, 49, of Stone Mountain, Ga., and Earl R. Fuller, Jr., 49 of Virginia Beach, Va., were also convicted on September 14, 2011. Lloyd was sentenced yesterday to 30 years in prison, and Fuller was sentenced on January 9, 2012 to life in prison.
According to court records and evidence at trial, the three men brought into this and other areas thousands of pounds of marijuana and dozens of kilos of cocaine via tractor trailers and personal vehicles with secret compartments. Millions of dollars connected to the enterprise have been seized by various law enforcement agencies.
This case was investigated by the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Virginia Beach Police Department. Assistant United States Attorney Laura M. Everhart prosecuted the case on behalf of the United States.
A copy of this press release may be found on the website of the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia at http://www.justice.gov/usao/vae. Related court documents and information may be found on the website of the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia at http://www.vaed.uscourts.gov or on https://pcl.uscourts.gov.


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N.H. casino would cannibalize thousands of existing jobs
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Jim Rubens
Once the 18 months of casino construction is done, we'd be left with casino jobs, almost all of which pay well below living wages. Because typical U.S. casino wages are so low, casinos are often forced to import workers from other states, rather than hiring local residents who need living wage jobs. In the region around the Connecticut casinos, casino workers unable to afford apartment rents are often forced into "hot bedding," where day shift casino workers will share the same apartment bed with night shift workers.
Third, Mr. Casey dangerously dismisses the costly impacts of gambling machine addiction on families, communities, and quality of life. Testifying before the legislature this week, Dr. Rachel Volberg, the world's most widely published gambling addiction expert, presented the most current data from her 2012 meta-analysis of all 202 gambling addiction studies worldwide conducted since 1975. These findings are crystal clear. The video slot machines that produce 80 percent of casino revenues are far more addictive that any form of gambling now available here. And people living within ten miles of casino are nearly twice as likely to become addicted as those living farther away. Addicted gamblers and their families suffer rates of bankruptcy, job loss, family violence, and suicide several times higher than non-addicts. Mr. Casey is very wrong to dismiss this suffering and its cost consequences.
Finally, Mr. Casey should get his facts straight as to my personal views on taxes. I oppose a state income tax and have frequently noted this in thousands of public and private conversations. When speaking as chair of the Coalition, I have never once indicated either support or opposition to any tax or revenue source, other than indicating the Coalition's opposition to expanded gambling and associated gambling taxes. |


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Announcement: FlashOtaku Contest Winners
Last week, FlashOtaku and Six Revisions asked you what you thought the best image editing software was. There were over 150 participants, and today, we're glad to announce the winners of the five FlashOtaku Slideshow Flash Deluxe component licenses worth $79.00 each.
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The winners were selected by using the same methodology as in previous contests, via a SQL query.
1. jack (comment #31621) | Website: typesett
2. carlos (comment #31624) | Website: OWN INDUSTRIES
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Zodiac Sign: Aquarius Planet: Jupiter Element: Air Chakra: Forehead Candle Colour: Dark blue or purple
Amethyst is considered to be the stone of "St. Valentine" as he reputedly wore an Amethyst ring engraved with the image of Cupid. Ancient Greeks believed it was the stone of sobriety - protecting against drunkenness. This stone was often used in the creation of goblets to guard against the properties of wine. Legend tells that Amethysta, a beautiful maiden, attracted the unwelcome attention of Bacchus (the God of Wine). Diana, the Virgin Goddess of the hunt, saved Amethysta by turning her into a gleaming gemstone - henceforward all would behave in a restrained manner in her "presence".
In Africa is is considered a "rain making" stone and dropped into water by medicine women and men.
Amethyst is used as a protection stone against technological pollutants (such as nagging telephones and faxes, and eye strain when using the computer). Keep it near you as you work (but not near the sun or it can fade in the rays).
Amethyst is a powerful psychic enhancer and if you keep it under your pillow at night it will help bring peace while you dream. It has a high spiritual vibration that keeps you safe from psychic attacks and turning the negative energy into positive. If you seek higher states of consciousness and meditation, this stone may work wonders with you. During meditations Amethyst helps to turn thoughts away from the mundane into tranquility and deeper understanding. It is a stone of new ideas.
Amethyst also assists in memory and improving motivation - a stone of centering that dispels negative emotions. It can also help to increase your intuition which may increase your personal luck. Amethyst eases headaches and releases tension in the wearer. Amethyst also helps to cleanse the aura.
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Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw Attorneys Help Secure Victory for Morgan, Stanley
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23 March 2007 - A group of Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP lawyers played a significant role in Wednesday's Florida District Court of Appeal ruling, reversing a previous jury award of $1.58 billion, including $850 million in punitive damages, to billionaire Ronald Perelman's company, Coleman (Parent) Holdings ("CPH"). CPH had sued Morgan Stanley over the 1998 sale of Coleman Co., in which it was the majority shareholder, to Sunbeam Corp. Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw was one of the lead firms helping to set the appellate strategy and draft the appellate briefs on behalf of Morgan Stanley. Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw took the lead on punitive damages issues.
A jury had ruled in CPH's favor in May 2005, after having been told, as a sanction for alleged discovery misconduct by Morgan Stanley, to assume that the investment bank had conspired with Sunbeam to defraud Perelman by paying for the merger in part with substantially overvalued Sunbeam stock. In a 2-1 decision, Florida's Fourth District Court of Appeal in West Palm Beach said CPH failed to prove that it was damaged. CPH sought benefit-of-the-bargain damages but presented no evidence of the stock's value absent the fraud-an essential component of benefit-of-the bargain damages. The court thereupon ordered judgment to be entered in Morgan Stanley's favor.
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quote:I don't know who they go after on the FA market that is a max player. :inb4CP3: Maybe they go after Jennings with a big offer.
quote:With this draft class looking weak according the the scouts, would anyone be upset at dell trading the pick to get back a pg or sf?
quote:Let's say 7-10. Maybe some sign in trade deal for Jennings or Evans.
quote:I was going to post a thread asking how many players on this roster will be on next year's? I say 7-8.
quote:Maybe SF is the highest priority we should have.
quote:I think the only safe players are Davis, Rivers and Anderson. Rivers better succeed because I don't think Monty will give up on him until it's too late.
quote: Is Corey brewer or Wilson chandler the answer at sf??
quote:Is Corey brewer or Wilson chandler the answer at sf??
quote:How about Gordon for Granger
quote:People seem to not know that Danny Granger has played in the same amount of games as Gordon this year and also has a history of injuries.
quote:As for trades, I think the Hornets could target a win now team and do something like Lopez and Vasquez for Bledsoe, a late first, and expirings.


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The media are using the government's warnings about a terror attack to boost NSA surveillance. Plus media get mad about Russia's decision to grant whistleblower Edward Snowden temporary asylum. But what's the U.S. record on extradition? Plus ABC covers the Anthony Weiner campaign–and can't much figure out why it's doing so.
Watch it all on this week's FAIR TV: