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Unlawfully crossing the United States border has traditionally been a civil offense where a person committing the act was deported, but more than half of all criminal prosecutions last year were for crossing the border and for-profit prison corporations operating federal facilities have directly benefited.
The corporations make money incarcerating over 25,000 immigrants. Thousands are subjected to solitary confinement and denied medical care. The squalid conditions have spurred protests, hunger strikes and uprisings against abusive treatment, according to a multi-year investigation by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
The ACLU of Texas and the National Prison Project investigated [PDF] five of the nation's thirteen "Criminal Alien Requirement" (CAR) prisons in Texas. They are some of the only federal facilities run by for-profit companies, like the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the GEO Group or the Management & Training Corporation (MTC), instead of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP).
It is exceedingly difficult to uncover what is happening inside the prisons because "by statute" most of the corporation's records are "exempt from the open records laws that apply to prisons." However, through interviews with individuals incarcerated, the ACLU was able to uncover some of the stark dehumanizing aspects of detention at the five CAR prisons—Reeves Detention Center Complex, Big Spring Correctional Center, Eden Detention Center, Giles W. Dalby Correctional Facility and Willacy County Correctional Facility.
All of the BOP contracts that ACLU reviewed encouraged private prison corporations to "place excessive numbers of prisoners in isolation. "CCA's contract for Eden, MTC's contract for Dalby, and GEO Group's contracts for Reeves and Big Spring each require at least 10% of the 'contract beds' to be SHU isolation cells—in effect, setting an arbitrary 10% quota for putting prisoners in extreme isolation whenever the prison is filled to capacity." Not only that, BOP insisted during the solicitation for one CAR contract that the 10% SHU quota not be reduced even though a "potential bidder" requested it be 5%.
To put this in perspective, this percentage is "nearly double the percentage of prisoners kept in isolated confinement in BOP-managed facilities, most of which house higher-security prisoners than the low-custody prisoners" at CAR prisons. While states like Colorado are moving to reduce the number of prisoners in isolation, BOP is helping for-profit corporations keep the percentage high because apparently it's preferred business policy.
CAR prisons use the Special Housing Unit (SHU) or isolation to punish prisoners for "just about anything." Complaining about conditions will get you put in isolation. Helping other prisoners file grievances will get you placed in isolation. Demanding immediate medical care can get you thrown in isolation. Gripe about the food and you might end up in isolation. Fail to speak English and you may end up in isolation too.
Like one prisoner said, "Anything you do or say can get you into the SHU."
Conditions of "extreme isolation" in these facilities include toilets overflowing in cells, which causes the "smell of feces to permeate in the SHU for days." Prisoners are expected to know when they arrive that they are supposed to fill out a form if they want "recreation" outside. One prisoner at Dalby told the ACLU he "spent his first three months in isolation" because he was unaware of this procedure. Big Spring and Reeves also cram prisoners into isolation cells only designed for two people, which inevitably means one prisoner is sleeping on the floor.
These facilities have "occupancy quotas." The ACLU found that "contracts stipulate that the facilities must remain at or
above 90% capacity. The contracts further provide 'Incremental Unit Price' payments for each additional prisoner above the 90% occupancy quota, up to 115% capacity. By the terms of the contract, the companies actually make more money by admitting more prisoners from BOP than their facilities were designed to hold."
"Rated capacity" is the term BOP uses to describe the "number of prisoners a facility is designed to house safely and securely, with adequate access to services, necessities for daily living and programs." All the CAR prisons in Texas, according to the ACLU, are "filled beyond their rated capacities."
"At Reeves, some prisoners are housed in what they call the 'chicken coops,'" the report indicates. These are "converted recreation rooms that have been transformed into open dormitories with bunk beds and three toilets. The men cannot move freely around the packed facility because their movement to and from various rooms is restricted until the top of each hour."
In the Eden facility, "hallways between cubicles have been repurposed into additional dormitory space, with beds lining the walls. Prisoners refer to this space as the 'freeway' and report that there is no privacy and little space to move around."
Anywhere from 200 to 250 men can be housed in a single large room, and the over-crowding means that toilets and showers constantly give off foul odors and there is little to no space in recreation areas for the hundreds of prisoners.
The corporations pay the costs of medical care. There is no financial incentive to provide care to prisoners. Urgent treatment, as well as preventative care, is regularly denied. One single doctor, the ACLU found, can be responsible for providing health services to 2,000 prisoners. And, in one case, a prisoner told the ACLU a man died "after security staff failed to send medical staff into the unit for hours, despite the pleas of fellow prisoners who watched him slowly deteriorate."
At the GEO Group-operated Reeves County Detention Center, prisoners sought "better medical care, more food and less crowded living conditions." They mounted a protest in the summer of 2013 and organized a petition against conditions. GEO Group prison staff responded by targeting organizers, tear-gassing dormitories and shooting rubber bullets at them. The organizers and "bystanders who objected to being tear-gassed" were then locked in isolation cells.
Samuel, a Jamaican immigrant, recounted how over 100 prisoners, along with him, were "forced to spend two days in isolation cells. They were subject to a "mass lockup in the SHU," as retribution. Samuel had not planned any of the protest, but after organizers "refused to go with the guards, the guards tear-gassed the entire dorm," where he was being held.
…"Once everyone was lying down [after the tear-gassing], they cuffed us and took us out and put water on us. I started speaking up, not talking of resistance, but I was saying it's not fair to punish all," Samuel told the ACLU. Samuel and the others were taken to SHU where they were locked up four to a cell—even though the cells were designed to hold no more than two people at a time—and forced to sleep on the ground with no pillows or blankets. Though there were showers in the cells, the prisoners were denied soap for two days.276 Samuel reported that his skin burned the whole time….
The Migration Policy Institute has reported that the US Customs and Border Protection now "refers more cases for federal criminal prosecution than the FBI. Nationwide, more than half of all federal criminal prosecutions initiated in fiscal year 2013 were for illegal entry or reentry into the United States."
What is responsible for this development? Operation Streamline.
Started in 2005, the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice have a "zero-tolerance" policy in southwestern border states (except California) that calls for the apprehension of immigrants being processed for deportation. They are to be federally prosecuted instead of sent back to the countries from which they came.
The ACLU report indicates, "The vast majority of these prosecutions take place in the four Operation Streamline jurisdictions, where they dominate federal criminal dockets: in fiscal year 2013, illegal entry and reentry prosecutions accounted for 80% of all federal prosecutions in Arizona and New Mexico, 83% of all federal prosecutions in the Western District of Texas, and a whopping 88% of all federal prosecutions in the Southern District of Texas." And, "According to news reports, the increasing focus on immigration prosecutions has siphoned resources away from prosecution of other crimes, eroded morale among federal prosecutors near the border, and overloaded the federal court system."
While this all may overload federal courts and encourage abusive and cruel treatment of human beings sent to facilities, the corporations with contracts could not be more pleased with the outlook for business in America.
At a 2009 investors meeting, one CCA executive declared:
Let me just make a brief comment on Operation Streamline…. Before this initiative was put in place, only a small percentage of [il]legal persons crossing the U.S.-Mexico border were prosecuted….We are now experiencing significant numbers to further be in place in custody as a result of Operation Streamline.
We believe that the Federal Bureau of Prisons continues to see value in using the private sector to meet their capacity needs and will continue to provide a meaningful opportunity for the industry for the foreseeable future.
CCA's annual report to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in 2012 outlined:
Our growth is generally dependent upon our ability to obtain new contracts to develop and manage new correctional and detention facilities. The demand for our facilities and services could be adversely affected by the relaxation of enforcement efforts, leniency in conviction or parole standards and sentencing practices or through the decriminalization of certain activities that are currently proscribed by criminal laws. For instance, any changes with respect to drugs and controlled substances or illegal immigration could affect the number of persons arrested, convicted, and sentenced, thereby potentially reducing demand for correctional facilities to house them.
The BOP has been largely willing to help this "growth" and allow capitalism to flourish by facilitating the incarceration of tens of thousands of immigrants, who are warehoused by these corporations. And, as the report shows, it has brought about all-too-predictable consequences as life is dehumanized and devalued while money influences just about everything.


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Why Google Instant is a Scam, and What You Can Do
Google Instant (and the flurry of other updates surrounding it) has finally put me on the outs with Google. Im putting down the Kool Aid. I can believe its not butter.
Heres the thing: Ive never had a problem with Google making money. A lot of businesses I talk to are leery of PPC, because thats how Google makes money, you know. My answer to this is usually: yep. Google is a business. Businesses need to make money. Its unreasonable to expect them not to want to make a profit.
What Ive always appreciated about Google is that in addition to trying to make a profit, theyve historically spent a lot of time trying to provide a great product " one that helps people find what theyre looking for, full stop. When Tom Critchlow reported at the SEOMoz training seminar earlier this year that 20-25% of the queries Google sees today are queries theyve never seen before, I wanted to clap my hands. This is what the search experience should move toward: tell the search engine exactly what youre looking for, and it will return exactly what you want " including some ads for products youd totally like to buy.
Apparently, Google felt differently.
Why Google Instant is a Scam
With the introduction of Google Instant, the search behemoth is attempting to predict your ultimate search term as you type and show you results for that term, instead of waiting for you to type the whole thing on your own. Around the same time, Google introduced drastic changes to its Keyword Tool for AdWords advertisers, cutting the number of available suggestions to a pool of most popular terms instead of the more comprehensive data available before. Coinciding with the launch of Instant Google also discontinued the Wonder Wheel.
Why did Google do these things? Money.
Google Instant is a simple numbers game of supply and demand. By showing results as users type, Google is trying to shrink the total pool of keyword phrases people search on " because the ads you see as you type are based on Googles hypothesis of the ultimate search term, not on what the user has typed in so far. Combine this with limiting the Keyword Tool, in an effort to shrink the total pool of keyword phrases people bid on. All of these changes are designed to drive up competition on a core set of phrases, thereby driving up advertisers costs per click. Who benefits? Not searchers. Not advertisers. Just Google.
What You Can Do
The good news is that so far Googles efforts seem not to be working. However, Googles aggressive moves toward limiting the keyword set are unlikely to stop at Google Instant " not when theres money to be made. Search marketers need to be ready for the next wave.
Heres what you can do:
Stop Using Googles Keyword Tool. Like toolbar PageRank, this data is now meaningless and often misleading. Smart search engine marketing companies should start adapting their "don't worry about toolbar PageRank" speeches for clients to include "don't worry about the Keyword Tool."
Paid Search: Get Ready for Higher CPCs. This is one area where PPC marketers are going to have to make a concession " CPCs are going up for your more competitive terms. This is the time to be tracking keyword performance not just to the conversion level, but through to the lifetime value of a customer; you better know exactly how much youre willing to pay for a high-competition term.
Organic Search: Tap in to Fresh, Trending and Seasonal Topics. Its more important than ever for organic search marketers to be adding new content taking advantage of the latest trends and seasonal topics to capture new search traffic. Googles Query Deserves Freshness algorithm favors new, fresh content (rather than the older, more link-rich content usually topping the charts) when it notices a query has rapidly growing search volume. Make sure youre continually creating new, topical content to take advantage of interest spikes in your industry " including the natural seasonal fluctuations in your market. Not only will this allow you to drive traffic outside of the Google-limited keyword set (should Googles nefarious scheme succeed), it will also make you look like a smarty-pants thought leader with your finger on the pulse of your industry.
Which you totally are.
13 Responses to "Why Google Instant is a Scam, and What You Can Do"
If I find Google Instant incredibly useful, how is it a scam? You said searchers didn't benefit – I think thats just plain wrong. I've benefited and from all the ux tests I've seen, i'm not the only one
Google days are long gone. In era where Facebook and Twitter exist, who will give that much attention to Google, when there are various means of getting traffic?
Google instant is overrated and people I know dislike it, hence this is not a major game changer.
Google Keyword Tool always gave false data. I believe anyone experienced in SEO knew this for quite a while and used various other methods.
Seen Google's "Watch this space" campaign for display ads? If not, see it. This is where it is going. User will enter their query, instant & preview will be showing Google Pages to the user and we will only be able to advertise on CPM basis on Google Pages. We will only be choosing keywords in ad groups to tell Google what attitude should our audience have so they can target it better.
Yes, there are no Google Pages yet, but as Place Pages are already here there will be more with content scraped from webmasters. Why share with Adsense publishers?
Great post Ruth. I can't agree with you more. Every time Google does something significant, it always has their bottom line in mind. I wrote a post when it launched highlighting some of these issues: http://www.austin-williams.com/blog/post.cfm/google-instant-how-will-it-affect-your-search-campaigns
So far, I believe the results are proving this was a money making move since Google has potentially tripled their ad display with instant. Not to mention the move with Places – more opportunity to display ads. Such a love/hate relationship we're forced to have.
[…] Why Google Instant is a Scam, and What You Can Do, Search Engine People […]
Your post should titled "Google instant will make webmasters life much harder"
And takeout the part where you say searchers are not benefited. How? bigger option thats how. When you search for something you dont always have the perfect sentence in mind. Google instant gives you result everytime you type. More often than not, one of those links will catch your eyes.
So far I've seen the argument for against are based on people prespective as webmaster.
Did you guys forget that Google search engine was meant for users and not webmasters? you know, those people that actually click ads and buy stuff?
Dude thank you so much for this post. I felt there was something behind the scenes going on with Google Instant, but I didn't really understand whey they are introducing this. Now I know.
Thanks so much for this insightful post on Google Instant. I had been wondering why in the world they wanted to create something like that. I had a hunch that it was a way for their pockets to fill up but couldn't quite pinpoint the "why". Now I understand "why". I've found that Google Instant is very annoying and other people that I've talked to also think the same way. I just hope that searchers that are going for the long tail don't get too distracted by this feature.
All the best,
.-= Eren Mckay recently posted: Yellow Duck Baby Shower =-.
Google is in business to make money, whatever that takes. Did you ever really believe the whole "do no evil" thing?
No it isn't evil to make money. As a business, they are supposed to try and improve their bottom line.
However, it is my belief that some of these changes are going to cost them users rather than help them continue to dominate the number of searches done on the web.
"did you know" helps spammers get more traffic. See http://seo.pn/google/did-you-mean-did-you-mean-did-you-mean-googles-tired-question/12/22/2010/admin and http://seo.pn/google/did-you-mean-did-you-mean-did-you-mean-part-2/12/23/2010/admin
The author of this post has it right about google instant as well. None of these are designed to really help users. They are to help google and the adsense spammers, which both help google make more money
.-= chris mcelroy recently posted: Did You Mean Did You Mean Did You Mean Part 2 =-.
Even though this is an older post, it still underscores the financial goals at the big G. With ever changing tools, Google is trying to make it "easier" to "do it yourself" with PPC / Adwords, but really they are channeling people into more expensive ads, and in doing so, drive up the ad costs by putting more bidders in the tool. I miss the good old days of "finding" true "long tail" keywords, and not being spoon fed by G…

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Reuters is reporting that problems with the rumored retina display for the iPad Mini 2 mean that it will be available only in limited quantities when it launches this year, with full-scale production pushed into 2014.
Apple Inc will be unable to widely roll out a new version of the iPad Mini with a high-resolution "retina" display this month, people who work in the company's supply chain said […]
Given the time required to ramp up screen production, a retina display-equipped iPad Mini would not be available in large volumes until early next year, the sources said.
The delays are said to be due to the display suppliers – believed to be Samsung, LG and Sharp – having difficulties meeting the strict power-saving specifications laid down by Apple …
A less-likely claim is that Apple is considering a cheaper iPad Mini with just 8GB of storage. While there have been indications that Apple is at least considering on a lower-cost, non-retina version of the iPad Mini 2, 8GB seems a step too far given the small savings that would generate.
Apple is believed to be planning to announce both the full-sized iPad 5 and an iPad Mini 2 with retina display at an event to be held on or around the 15th of October.
Both could be available in the same colors as the iPhone 5s, with claimed leaked photos showing casings in both Space Gray and Champagne – the latter appearing to show that the new tablets will have Touch ID fingerprint sensors (something on which we've heard conflicting whispers). Videos purporting to show both cases have also been posted.
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5 Responses to "Reuters: Retina iPad mini supplies will be constrained, full production now pushed into 2014"
After a few years of Apple rumors hunting, I am seriously starting to think Apple is the source of some of these "rumors". This is a typical buildup before an ipad event in October, where the positive surprise will be that they are starting to sell this product come end of October.
They use rumors as a way of building excitement and disappointment prior to an event.
I´m guessing we´ll see even more parts leaking in the coming days, and more negative news.
I agree with you 100%. I think because they can't control parts leaks getting into the hands of people like Sonny Dickson, they do exactly what you said and create false rumors to mess people up. It also serves to inflate their stock when they say "No iPad mini 2 w/ retina" and the analysts are all "Awww!" and then the even comes and they say, "Retina iPad minis for everyone! This Friday!" and the stock shoots up for being "above expectations".
Or, I'm in denial because I want a mini 2 and I might not get one. There's also that…
This is code for "we know sweet FA and have no proof either way so we'll just run with this BS to bring in some easy hits to boost our ad revenue".


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I don't have any objection who really need donation for his work. but I have to say goodbye because I don't want to any relation to money.
in the past, I saw some trouble. some guy, who used my CM for some(non-rockchip) tablet, started his own project for "make it perfect" with donation. it was failed. people blamed him. it was sad story.
I believe devs in here can achieve your goal. but I'm chicken. I don't want any possibility of trouble. I'm doing my work for my fun. I also want to make it perfect. but I can't promise anything.
really sorry.
I'm still working for CM7 for RK2918 myself. anyone can use my repo freely if I can make something. (probably progress will be slow)
and it seems there are some other forks,
I guess you can make "team" with them. it seems they also could understand my output very quickly.
I wish, in near future, I can use perfect CM7 for RK2918 without my effort!
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Tuesday, September 21, 2010
AkzoNobel, Turner Construction and other industry leaders are expressing surprise and disappointment at the Environmental Protection Agency's abrupt decision to end its Climate Leaders program, a voluntary government-industry partnership to develop climate change strategies.
The program, established in 2002, is being canceled, Gina McCarthy, Assistant Administrator of EPA's Office of Air and Radiation, informed corporate partners in an email Wednesday (Sept. 15).
"Recognizing the need to promote and advance climate leadership amid growth and change, EPA has decided to transition the program over the coming year in order to take advantage of the full range of information, expertise, and approaches available to Partners eager to go above and beyond in reducing their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions," McCarthy wrote.
The Climate Leaders Program's 275 voluntary partners included some of the world's biggest and most forward-looking corporate and organization names.
Partners included Bank of America; Alcoa; Anheuser-Busch; Pepsi; the World Bank; and Tyson Foods. Coatings and coatings-related partners include 3M, AkzoNobel, The Sherwin-Williams Company, Air Products and Chemicals, and PPG Industries.
Corporate Commitments
Under the program, Climate Leaders companies committed to reducing their impact on the global environment by completing a corporate-wide inventory of their GHG emissions, sharing hundreds of best-practices case studies, setting long-term reduction goals, and annually reporting their progress to EPA. They also received technical assistance from EPA.
For example according to the program's site:
• 3M set and achieved its initial goal of reducing total U.S. GHG emissions by 60 percent from 2002 to 2007.
• Air Products and Chemicals Inc. is developing a greenhouse gas reduction goal.
• AkzoNobel is developing a greenhouse gas reduction goal.
• DuPont Company has pledged to reduce total global GHG emissions by 15 percent from 2004 to 2015.
• PPG Industries Inc. has pledged to reduce total global GHG emissions by 10 percent from 2006 to 2011.
• The Dow Chemical Company is developing a greenhouse gas reduction goal.
• The Sherwin-Williams Co. has pledged to reduce total U.S. GHG emissions by 4 percent from 2007 to 2012.
• Turner Construction Company has pledged to reduce total U.S. GHG emissions by 5 percent from 2006 to 2011.
• 3M set and achieved its initial goal of reducing total U.S. GHG emissions by 60 percent from 2002 to 2007.
• Air Products and Chemicals Inc. is developing a greenhouse gas reduction goal.
• AkzoNobel is developing a greenhouse gas reduction goal.
• DuPont Company has pledged to reduce total global GHG emissions by 15 percent from 2004 to 2015.
• PPG Industries Inc. has pledged to reduce total global GHG emissions by 10 percent from 2006 to 2011.
• The Dow Chemical Company is developing a greenhouse gas reduction goal.
• The Sherwin-Williams Co. has pledged to reduce total U.S. GHG emissions by 4 percent from 2007 to 2012.
• Turner Construction Company has pledged to reduce total U.S. GHG emissions by 5 percent from 2006 to 2011.
'Changing the Way We Do Business'
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson praised the Climate Leaders program at last fall's Partners program, calling it "an excellent example of what industry and government can do together to tackle the shared problem of climate change."
"This partnership is an important one, because it represents our country's largest greenhouse gas goal-setting program," said Jackson, noting that the Partners had reduced greenhouse gases "by 18 million metric tons of CO2 each and every year" of the program.
"That alone is reason to celebrate this program," Jackson said. "But there is another excellent benefit as well… . This program sends a message about changing the way we do business in this country and, consequently, around the world."
'Left Hanging'
Partners expressed surprise at EPA's decision to end the program. The agency has been very active in this administration and, in fact, McCarthy noted that it is implementing Mandatory Reporting Rules that may serve some of the Climate Leaders goals. Still, the program has no immediate successor.
"I was a little bit shocked," Michael Deane, vice president and chief sustainability officer for Turner Construction, said in an interview Monday (Sept. 20). Turner took advantage of the program's technical assistance in developing its sustainability program, Deane said.
"We liked the guidance," he said. "We liked the notion that a federal government agency charged with protecting the environment was encouraging us, validating our work, and setting goals for us.
"As much as we like to think we're all self-motivated to do the right thing, there's also the incentive of being recognized by a government agency for doing the work. …. We will miss the support they provided."
Deane said the program's demise would not change Turner's sustainability or reporting practices, or its GHG reduction goals. On the other hand, he added, "Whether anyone will be there to recognize our goal when we reach it is left hanging."
'Surprised and Disappointed'
A spokesman for AkzoNobel said "the industry is surprised and disappointed" by the program's end. AkzoNobel was just named Supersector Leader for the chemicals industry by the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index.
"As the world's largest paints and coatings company, we were disappointed to learn of the news concerning the elimination of the EPA's Climate Leaders Program," said Eric Stasiowski, director of communications.
"However, this will in no way alter our focus to remain one of our industry's leading sustainable companies, as evidenced by our recently announced ranking atop the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes within the Chemicals sector."
'Less than Thrilled'
The EPA will be discussing the program's demise at an abbreviated Partners meeting Oct. 5-6 in New Orleans.
Still, that may do little to mollify some of the Partners. As Bruce S. Klafter, head of Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability Office at Applied Materials, told treehugger.com:
"I am less than thrilled that there was no prior notice or an opportunity to convey input to the agency. I respect their right to manage their budgets and so on, but CL is a collaboration, and the Partners deserved an opportunity to weigh in on the decision."
Comment from L Kushner, (9/22/2010, 8:35 AM)
I don't see how companies can feel they were left hanging. If they have not been able to set a GHG emmisions goal in 8 years, what makes them think more time would have enabled them to come up with something.
Comment from Gary Hall, (9/22/2010, 8:58 AM)
This is another example of the lack of understanding on the part of the Obama administration of corporate culture and operating procedures in industry. The CL companies have committed, and spent, millions of dollars worldwide in expectation of the EPA's support and assistance. Now that is gone. That sort of decision making is like the Indianapolis Colts getting rid of Peyton Manning because he has been too successful. Another dumb decision by EPA and this current administration.
Comment from Fred Jounson, (9/22/2010, 12:19 PM)
Good, Its about time they pulled the plug on insiders attempting to uneven the playing field by using agencies to create unfair legislation to gain a leg up on competitors
Comment from Tim LaBorde, (9/26/2010, 9:01 AM)
Beware. The current administration might soon surprise everyone with unreasonable and unobtainable regulations tied to fines. Why have business involvement and partnerships when you can simply institute demands and penalties? This is the way things are done today.
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WASHINGTON — The global economic crisis is the largest near-term security threat to the United States, President Obama's national intelligence director told Congress on Thursday, signaling that the new administration is broadening its definition of national security beyond traditional military and homeland security concerns.
Retired Navy Adm. Dennis Blair said the worldwide economic downturn could spawn political instability across the globe, hamper U.S. allies and drain support for the American-led international free-trading system.
"Time is probably our greatest threat," Blair said in prepared remarks before the Senate Intelligence Committee. "The longer it takes for the recovery to begin, the greater the likelihood of serious damage to U.S. strategic interests."
In other testimony, the intelligence chief painted a sobering picture of deteriorating conditions in Afghanistan — where Obama will soon decide whether to send additional U.S. troops — and in neighboring Pakistan.
The government of Afghan President Hamid Karzai hasn't tackled endemic corruption, which is undermining his government's legitimacy, Blair said. Nor has it gotten a handle on the pervasive opium trade or built effective provincial-level institutions, he said.
Despite efforts by U.S. and allied military forces, "Afghanistan's Taliban-dominated insurgency has increased the geographic scope and frequency of attacks" during the past year, he said.
And while no improvement in Afghanistan is possible unless Pakistan controls its border, the civilian-led Pakistani government faces enormous challenges and is losing authority in parts of the country, he said.
Blair took his post two weeks ago. His decision to open his first congressional testimony with a focus on economic security marks a break with the Bush administration, which defined security largely in terms of threats from terrorism and weapons proliferation.
Obama and his national security adviser, retired Gen. James Jones, are reorganizing the national security apparatus to deal with a broader range of threats, such as cyber-attacks, economic disruption and climate change.
Blair did cite one potential benefit of the global economic slowdown: declining oil prices could "put the squeeze" on foreign policy "adventurism" by oil producers Iran and Venezuela. Crude oil prices, which peaked at more than $147 a barrel last year, closed below $34 a barrel Thursday in New York.
On other topics, Blair said:
- Al Qaida's central organization "is less capable and effective than it was a year ago." He cited blows against the terrorist group's Pakistan-based command structure, setbacks to al Qaida in Iraq, and waning Muslim public support for the group.
Al Qaida still aspires to attacks on U.S. territory, but "we lack insight into specific details, timing and intended targets," he said.
- Yemen and East Africa, particularly Somalia, are emerging as potential new bases of operations for Islamic extremists.
- Some U.S. intelligence officials are increasingly concerned that North Korea has an "ongoing" covert uranium enrichment program in addition to its known program to make plutonium for nuclear weapons.
- U.S. information systems are increasingly under attack from groups and countries, with many electronic forays originating in China and Russia.
"Over the past year, cyber exploitation activity has grown more sophisticated, more targeted and more serious," he said.
- Iran is expanding its regional power and ambitions, threatening U.S.-allied Arab states.
- The recent Gaza conflict between Israel and the radical Islamist group Hamas has hardened attitudes and complicated peace efforts.
Taliban show their strength with attack in Afghan capital
No crisis yet, but Obama finding world won't wait for him
McClatchy Newspapers 2009


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By Drew Stambaugh
July 8, 2014
The 2014 Crosley Automobile Club Nationals will be held Thursday through Saturday in Wauseon.
The Crosley was an automobile manufactured by the Crosley Corporation and Crosley Motors Incorporated intermittently from 1939-1955. The name comes from Powel Crosley Jr. of Cincinnati, who with the assistance of his brother Lewis, developed two assembly plants to build the subcompact car.
Crosley Jr. was owner of Crosley Broadcasting Corporation and the Cincinnati Reds.
Good gas mileage made the Crosley attractive during World War II and sales peaked in 1948. But by 1952 sales had dropped so far that production ceased.
The Crosley station wagon was the best selling body style for the brand and in 1948 Crosley sold more station wagons than any other car maker. The sedan was the second most popular style.
The events at this year's meet include the Keystone Region Road Rally. At 5 p.m. Friday, Crosley's will line up at the fairgrounds and cruise to downtown Wauseon.


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US Plan for Arms Upgrading
| Pyongyang, February 18 (KCNA) -- The United States plans to develop a conventional weapons system for making a pinpoint strike at any place of the world within an hour, according to a booklet issued by the U.S. Defense Department recently.
The Defense Department requires more than a billion dollars for the arms modernization. Proposals for upgrading military equipment, including long-range strike weapons, are now under consideration and its results will be reportedly reflected in the Defense Department's budget bill for the 2012 fiscal year.
Last year the U.S. pushed ahead with the development of a conventional inter-continental ballistic missile and a new-type cruise missile capable of delivering nuclear warheads, as a new deterrent following the "reduction of nuclear weapons". It also carried out a supersonic drone test and a sub-critical nuclear test.
The U.S. arms modernization is aimed to wreck the world's strategic balance, contain other powers and put the world under its control.
Copyright (C) KOREA NEWS SERVICE(KNS) All Rights Reserved.


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Paul Ehrlich Speaks in St. Petersburg
Jamie Kidder
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Paul Ehrlich is the Bing Professor of Population Studies at Stanford University. He spoke in last night about how population growth impacts our world.
Ehrlich was at the Mahaffey Theatre in St. Petersburg last night to talk about his new book, The Dominant Animal. In it, he describes the rise of human beings to the most dominant species on the planet, and discusses what we can do to reverse the negative impact humanity has had on the planet.
According to Ehrlich, the rise to dominance of the human animal is due to a series of evolutionary traits that range from the days when human ancestors lived in trees to the agricultural revolution, when the first cities were established.
Ehrlich described a way to model the impact of a population on the environment and addressed several of the problems that are caused by the negative impact of populations on the environment.
Ehrlich's lecture concluded a series of Energy and the Environment lectures hosted by USF St. Petersburg and Progress Energy.comments powered by Disqus