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Three Rules for Being Mindful Online.
Taking it "Off the Mat and Onto the Computer."
Encouraging yoga practitioners to take the awareness and insights gained in yoga class—such as having a calmer mind, or feeling the relaxing effects of the breath—off the mat, and applying them in the "real world", Off the Mat and Into the World has become a household name. For many of us, the "real world" now consists of a flat screen in which we interact all day.
We form relationships and connections, communicate, engage and learn, and also have the power to spread positive or negative vibes online. So, keeping in mind that we should be applying the yogic principals in all aspects of our lives, taking it off the mat and onto the computer has become a near vital form of practice as well. Here are three general rules for maintaining our mindful integrity online.
1. You Are What You Post.
What we think we become, right? Social Media is a perfect mirror, and in it's reflection we can clearly see how we are showing up in the world every day.
I will never forget the day Facebook started showing what you posted as your status the year before on that particular day (and in some cases, for social media junkies like me, the year before that as well). While both posts were relatively light and positive, seeing them made me think about the message I was sending, and made me consider the kind of message I wanted to share.
Energy follows thought and it also follows your Facebook status. What we choose to share has a ripple effect, and you never know the depth of your reach.
2. No Comment Rage.
When was the last time you lost your temper behind the safe, enclosed glass window of your SUV, yelling profanities at someone you will never have to see again? Social media can provide an even denser form of disguise for leaving negative comments and spouting hateful remarks. Behind screen names and profiles there are real people with real feelings and we must remember this at all times.
This new way of communicating is an opportunity to engage in mindful discussion, learning to appreciate differences of thought and opinion. Being a pretty realistic person, I realize this can be hard enough in real life. The internet is far from a utopian society, but using the time you spend online, be it for personal matters or business, as an opportunity to cultivate peace, compassion, and awareness, is as important for yourself as it is for the virtual community you are creating.
3. Be The Change.
With every thought, with every interaction, with every post, comment or tweet, we have the potential to share something positive with those around us. The internet is a powerful tool that is revolutionizing how the world connects, and that power is in our hands. Be the change, be the change in the world that you want to see, both online and off.
What is the message you want to share? Really think about that, and be sure to infuse everything you do with that message. People learn by doing, and this is no different. If you want something to change, you have the power to change it, be that change.
Editor: Jennifer Cusano
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Because Snake Serum is Good For Your Facial Expressions
Although a form of Chinese medicine you probably think Snake Oil as a bit of a gimmick, automatically thinking of that age old expression about the Snake Oil Salesman aka a seller of questionable products that don't really work.
In this case Rodial takes the place of that age old snake oil salesman and tries to sell us…snake venom.
Rodial Glamoxy Snake Serum Pen and Rodial Glamoxy Snake Mask are two brand products from the brand that are heralded as "Botox in a Bottle". The viper inspired serum mimics the effects of a Temple Viper's (aka really scary ass snake) potent venom to instantly lift your face, freeze muscles (aka Madonna's frozen evil smirk), and plump fine lines and wrinkles.
The Glamoxy Snake Mask is an innovative black peel-off formula that visibly improves skin radiance and texture while the pen instantly plumps and smooths the appearances of deep set lines and wrinkles.
Does it work? For $159 you can see for yourself!
They had me scared when they said "freeze" muscles…do not want the scary permanent arched brow smile look.
What do you think?
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4/19/11 23:21 Melissa:
Why do I find a lot of things by this brand to just sound creepy? I think PTR has a similar product but a lot less creepy sounding LOL
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You know…I'm slightly intrigued. I wasn't before, but as the years creep up and my fine lines grow a little more….noticeable….I'm willing to start trying some things that I wouldn't have normally. Must.stop.time.in.tracks. :p
I've seen temple vipers up close (in personal collections) and they're sooo pretty. Almost comic book-like in their colors and look. I won't use anything made out of animals (to the best of my abilities, sometimes companies sneak them in. like emu oil under a different name), but "inspired-by" is ok.


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Scriptures for Prayer— March 31, 2010
Here is a list of Bible Verses that can be used for praying. We have compiled a list of scriptures…
Do you need someone to pray with you over the phone? There are times when we are going through a very difficultsituation and we need someone who is available to pray with us even if it is 2:00AM in the morning.
Here is a list of great prayer ministries that will be available to pray with you. Remember, Jesus loves you. You can also set up your own free Prayer Line on this site or find a list of Prayers to meet your need.
Trinity Broadcasting Network (714) 731-1000
Christian Television Network (727) 535-7729
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Feb. 11, 2013 – Having material delivered to and from Newman and the Blacksburg branch libraries (Art + Architecture and Veterinary Medicine) and reporting missing material just got easier as new functionality is added to Addison's request button.
If you need books (and more) located in Newman Library to be delivered to one of the branches, or branch library material be delivered to Newman or a participating department office, you no longer need to manually fill in a separate form. Use Addison's request button, login, specify where you want the material delivered, and note which copy you need, and library staff will pull the item for you and send it via the library's Courier Service to its intended location. Branches pull material twice each weekday. The Courier delivers once each weekday.
If you need a book that is not in the stacks where you expect to find it, and a quick check of the reshelving area also doesn't turn it up, you can now use the request button to start the process of searching for that item. We will search for the item multiple times. If it is found, it will be held for you at the circulation desk; if not, it will be marked as missing in the catalog and that makes you eligible to use interlibrary loan to get it from another library. You will be emailed in either circumstance.
These new uses are in addition to the existing functions of the request button:
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September 10, 2013
Jointly sponsored by the Harvard Museum of Natural History, Harvard Undergraduate Beekeepers, the Harvard Farmers' Market, the Food Literacy Project, and the Cambridge Entomological Club.
Beginning at 7:00 PM, there will be a film screening of More Than Honey, followed by a discussion with Dr. Alex Lu, Associate Professor of Environmental Exposure Biology, Harvard School of Public Health, about current research on the link between colony collapse disorder and the use of agricultural pesticides.
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"One of the NIH reviewers asked a young aspiring medical scientist, 'Why are you, a medical graduate, interested in dental science?' Without blinking, the PhD candidate replied, 'Dental science is part of medical science.' And he's absolutely right."
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Apologies for cross-postings. Just a quick reminder that New England neighbors Chris Koliba and Erica Campbell will be in Ithaca tomorrow to talk about some of the innovative work they are doing to support vibrant and participatory food systems in Vermont. Erica is an instructor for the Breakthrough Leaders Program for Sustainable Food Systems being held as part of this summers University of Vermont Food Systems Summit.
You can find more info here: http://bit.ly/collab-food. Hope to see you there!
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- B.Sc., Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Baghdad. Magna Cum Laude (first in a class of 172 graduates)
- Over 25 years of academic experience teaching mechanical engineering, instrumentation, Energy and applied science at JMU, University of Turabo in Puerto Rico and the City College of the City University of New York.
- U.S. Department of State, Office of Near Eastern Affairs-Iraq (NEA/I), Washington DC: Franklin Fellow. Foreign Affairs Officer-Expert. Capacity building in Iraq with the focus on Higher Education and building partnerships between U.S. and Iraqi Universities.
- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico: Visiting Faculty. Computational Fluid Dynamics simulations of a hybrid system solar concentrator and the development of a light-weight, wind-turbine-rotor-based data acquisition system.
- NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia: Visiting Faculty. Flow quality improvement in the 8 ft High Temperature Hypersonic Tunnel.
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Utah judge: Car vs pedestrian accident not Google's fault
A Utah district court judge dismissed Google from a personal injury lawsuit involving a woman who claims she was hit by a car because Google Maps directed her to walk along a Park City street without sidewalks.
Third District Judge Deno Himonas ruled late last month that Google and its Google Maps, an online service that calculates the shortest or fastest routes for travelers, are protected by the First Amendment and therefore should not be a defendant in the case, according to Provo-based attorney Allen K. Young, who represents Lauren Rosenberg, the plaintiff in the case.
Young said Wednesday that attorneys are still deciding if Rosenberg, who is from Los Angeles, will appeal Google's dismissal. The driver of the vehicle that struck Rosenberg, Patrick Harwood, is still named as a defendant in the case.
Rosenberg claims that in January 2009 she had used Google Maps to figure out a walking route from 96 Daly Ave. to 1710 Prospector Ave. in Park City. Early in the morning, she was walking northeast on Deer Valley Road, which does not have sidewalks, when she was struck, according to Young. She suffered multiple fractures and concussions from the accident.
A suit was originally filed in U.S. District Court last summer but was later dismissed when it was determined to be in the wrong jurisdiction. The state civil suit was filed last September.
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Critici sacri was a compilation of Latin biblical commentaries published in London from 1660, edited by John Pearson. The publisher was Cornelius Bee. The work appeared in nine volumes, and collected numerous authors, both Protestant and Catholic, of early modern critical work on the Bible.[1] It was intended to complement Brian Walton's Polyglot Bible, and set off a series of subsequent related publications.[2]
The original work, while influential (particularly in making the notes of Grotius widely available),[3] was not a connected Bible commentary, and was found to be long-winded, as well as scanty in other parts. Later publications attempted to address these shortcomings.[4]
Critici sacri (1660)
The original full title was Critici Sacri, sive Doctissimorum Virorum in SS. Biblia Annotationes et Tractatus, and it appeared in nine volumes starting in 1660. The commentary project was launched by Cornelius Bee, with the main editor being John Pearson, supported by Anthony Scattergood and Francis Gouldman, as well as Pearson's brother Richard.[5] Bee was a bookseller in Little Britain, London. He suffered major losses in the 1666 Great Fire.[6]
Synopsis criticorum (from 1669)
The Synopsis criticorum was a work by Matthew Poole, in five volumes, condensing the Critici sacri, and adding further authors. There was a 1684 edition by Johann Leusden;[7] also editions by J. H. Maius (1679), and J. G. Pritz (Pritius) (1712).[8]
There had already been a pioneer complete Bible commentary in English, the Annotations upon all the Books of the Old and New Testament sponsored by the Westminster Assembly.[9] Prompted by William Lloyd, Poole began his compilation in 1666. The prospectus of Poole's work bore the names of eight bishops (headed by Morley and Hacket) and five continental scholars, besides other divines. Simon Patrick, John Tillotson, and Edward Stillingfleet, with four laymen, acted as trustees of the subscription money. A patent for the work was obtained on 14 October 1667.[10]
Poole had assistance from John Lightfoot and Matthew Robinson.[11][12]
The first volume was ready for the press, when difficulties were raised by Cornelius Bee, who accused Poole of invading his own patent. After pamphlets had been written and legal opinions taken, the matter was referred to Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester, and Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, who decided in Poole's favour; Bee's name appears (1669) among the publishers of the Synopsis. The style was crisp notes, including rabbinical sources and Roman Catholic commentators.[10]
- Author listing from Poole, Synopsis criticorum: [13]
Critici sacri (from 1698)
An expanded edition was produced in Amsterdam from 1698 by a Dutch editorial group, credited as: Hendrick Boom, the widow of Dirk Boom, Johannes Janssonius van Waesberge, Gillis Janssonius van Waesberge, Gerardus Borstius,[14] Abraham van Someren, Joannes Wolters, and Willem van de Water.[15]
The authors included in this collection are selectively listed by Adam Clarke:[16][17]
- Old Testament commentary (main authors): Sebastian Munster, Paul Fagius, Francis Vatablus, Claudius Badwellus (Claude Badwell), Sebastian Castalio, Isidore Clarius, Lucas Brugensis, Andrew Masius, John Drusius, Sextinus Amama (Sixtinus), Simeon de Muis, Philip Codurcus (Philippe Codurc or Codur), Rodolph Baynus, Francis Forrerius (Francisco Foreiro), Edward Lively, David Hœschelius, Hugo Grotius, Christopher Cartwright, and John Price (Pricaeus).
- Old Testament dissertations: Joseph Scaliger, Lewis Capellus, Martin Helvicus, Alberic Gentilis, Moses bar Cepha, Christopher Helvicus, John Buteo (Johannes Buteo), Matthew Hostus, Francis Moncæus, Peter Pithœus, George Rittershusius, Michael Rothardus, Leo Allatius, Gasper Verrerius, William Schickardus, Augustin Justinianus, Benedict Arias Montanus, Bonaventura Cornelius Bertramus, Peter Cunæus, Caspar Waser, and Edward Brerewood.
- New Testament commentary: Munster, Laurentius Valla, James Revius, Erasmus, Vatablus, Castalio, Clarius, Masius, Nicolas Zegerus (Nikolaas Zegers),[18] Brugensis, Henry Stephens, Drusius, Scaliger, Isaac Casaubon, John Camera, James Capellus, Lewis Capellus, Otho Gualtperius, Abraham Schultetus, Grotius, and Pricaeus.
- New Testament dissertations: Lewis Capellus, Nicolas Faber, William Klebilius, Marquard Freherus, James Ussher, Hostus, I. A. Vander-Linden, Claudius Salmasius under the name of Johannes Simplicius, James Gothofridus (Jacques Godefroy), Codurcus, Schultetus, William Ader (Guillaume Ader), Drusius, Jac. Lopez Stunica (Diego López de Zúñiga), Erasmus, Angelus Caninius, Pithœus, Nicephorus, Patriarch of Constantinople, Adriani Isagoge with notes by Hœschelius, Bertramus, Antonius Nebrissensis, Nicholas Fuller, Samuel Petit, John Gregory, Cartwright, John Cloppenburg, and Peter Daniel Huet.
Thesaurus theologico-philologicus
Under the full title Thesaurus theologico-philologicus sive sylloge dissertationum elegantiorum ad selectiora et illustriora Veteris et Novi Testamenti two further supplementary volumes were published in Amsterdam in 1701. These were followed up in 1732 by two further volumes of the Thesaurus novus theologico-philologicus;[19] these were edited by Theodor Hase and Conrad Iken.[20]
- ^ Keene, Nicholas. "Poole, Matthew". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/22518. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, Vol. III: Chamier – Draendorf | Christian Classics Ethereal Library. Ccel.org. Retrieved on 2011-06-15.
- ^ Magne Saebo (2008). Hebrew Bible / Old Testament: The History of Its Interpretation: from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. pp. 876–. ISBN 978-3-525-53982-8. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
- ^ Samuel Thomas Bloomfield (1837). Hē kainē diathēkē: the Greek Testament with English notes, critical, philological, and exegetical, partly selected and arranged from the best commentators, ancient and modern, but chiefly original ; The whole being especially adapted to the use of academical students, candidates for the sacred office, and ministers. Perkins and Marvin. pp. 9–. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
- ^ "Scattergood, Antony". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland. Archive.org. Retrieved on 2011-06-15.
- ^ Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) (1839). Penny cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. C. Knight. pp. 452–. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
- ^ George Watson; Ian Roy Willison (1971). The new Cambridge bibliography of English literature. Cambridge University Press. pp. 5–. ISBN 978-0-521-20004-2. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
- ^ Thomas Hartwell Horne (1836). An introduction to the critical study and knowledge of the Holy Scriptures. Desilver, Thomas. pp. 1–. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
- ^ a b "Poole, Matthew". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ Key, Newton E. "Lightfoot, John". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/16648. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Hopper, Andrew J. "Robinson, Matthew". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/23859. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ HathiTrust Digital Library – Synopsis criticorum aliorumque Sacrae Scripturae ... v.2. Babel.hathitrust.org. Retrieved on 2011-06-15.
- ^ Peter van Rooden The Amsterdam Translation of the Mishnah (William Horbury (ed.), Hebrew Study from Ezra to Ben-Yehuda,T&T Clark 1999, pp. 257–267) p. 2.. (PDF) . Retrieved on 2011-06-15.
- ^ Trove – Critici sacri, sive, Annotata doctissimorum virorum in Vetus ac Novum Testamentum : quibus accedunt tractatus varii theologico-philologici. Trove.nla.gov.au. Retrieved on 2011-06-15.
- ^ At. Archive.org. Retrieved on 2011-06-15.
- ^ Adam Clarke (1825). The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments: the text printed from the most correct copies of the present authorized translation including the marginal readings and parallel texts with a commentary and critical notes designed as a help to a better understanding of the sacred writings. N. Bangs and J. Emory. pp. 13–. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
- ^ Franaut-U. Users.bart.nl. Retrieved on 2011-06-15.
- ^ Thomas Hartwell Horne (1836). An introduction to the critical study and knowledge of the Holy Scriptures. Desilver, Thomas. pp. 1–. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
- ^ Iken, Conrad. Thesaurus.cerl.org (2011-01-19). Retrieved on 2011-06-15.
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Established in 2012, the Robert V. Carney Performing Arts Center is a community-based presenting organization located on the campus of Pius XI High School. The mission of the Carney Center is to present outstanding performing arts, visual arts and arts education programs reflective of Milwaukee's diverse communities and the mission of Pius XI High School. A central part of the mission is to introduce young people to the performing arts and visual arts, enhance their creativity and expose them to new experiences and ideas.
Inside the Carney Center, both the Carron Family Gallery and the Joseph and Harriet Kern Gallery display work by outstanding Pius XI students and alumni. The 500 seat Wendy Joy Lindsey Theater features concerts and plays by students in the Pius XI Performing Arts Program and performances by exceptional artists from the Milwaukee community and beyond.
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WCS and the Museo delle Scienze of Trento, Italy discover a spectacularly colored new snake. Named Matilda's horned viper, the snake is restricted to remote forest in southwest Tanzania.
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Hi all. Just want somewhere to put a record of my food diary. My weight losses aren't consistent, so hopefully if I'm doing something wrong, someone can notice.
Breakfast - Honeydew melon and strawberries.
Lunch - 2 slices of wholemeal bread (HExB) 2x scrambled eggs, 50ml skimmed milk (HExA)
Dinner - Toad in the hole. Will use the rest of HExA milk for Yorkshire mix, and weigh the flour to determine syns (expecting between 4-6 for my serving + 2 for quorn sausages). Served with boiled potatoes, broccoli and carrots!
Total syns for the day - 6-8 (will update later).
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Robert Wenig
Chief Technology Officer
Robert Wenig is Chief Technology Officer at AGT International, where he oversees all scientific and technology issues affecting the company's IP, including its proprietary IoT analytics and applications.
Before joining AGT, Mr. Wenig spent more than a decade as Founder, CTO and a member of the Board at Tealeaf, a customer experience management software company spun-off from SAP (where Mr. Wenig was a technical fellow) and sold to IBM in 2012.
Winner of two Smithsonian Awards for Innovation and holder of more than a dozen patents, Mr. Wenig was "doing big data" well before it was popular.
As a technical fellow at SAP in the 1990s, Mr. Wenig created the company's self-service offerings (generating over 10 million users) and launched its annual TechEd Conference (now SAP d-code), which regularly attracts as many as 4,000 attendees from SAP's ecosystem of consultants and software development partners.
Earlier in his career, Mr. Wenig was Director of Engineering and a technical fellow at Autodesk, and a senior engineer at Wang.
Mr. Wenig holds a BS in Computer Engineering from Case Western Reserve University and an Executive MBA from the University of San Francisco's Masagung Graduate School of Management.
Amir Pushinsky
Chief Portfolio Officer
Amir Pushinsky is Chief Portfolio Officer at AGT International. Mr. Pushinsky has over 20 years' management and leadership experience across multiple industries, including technology and banking. His previous roles include Vice President of Marketing at Comverse, a publicly traded technology company. Mr. Pushinsky is also a Board member at several corporate and non-profit organizations.
Tony Plesner
Chief Finance Officer
Tony Plesner is Chief Finance Officer (CFO) at AGT International, overseeing all finance and strategic business operations related to AGT's global expansion. He served as EVP, Finance since joining the company in 2012. Mr. Plesner was previously CFO at IntraLinks, a global provider of content management and collaboration solutions, where he led the company through several transformative capital-raising events, including an LBO and subsequent IPO. He also oversaw upgrades to staff, systems, processes, controls and policies that facilitated fourfold revenue growth (to $200MM) and significantly stronger profits during his seven years with the company. Mr. Plesner's experience includes COO and CFO positions at several global software and media companies, including key operating entities at Reuters (now Thomson Reuters), 24/7 Real Media, Medscape (now WebMD), thenewsmarket.com and Confer Software. Mr. Plesner received his MBA from the University of Pittsburgh and a BA in Economics from Manchester University (UK).
Yehuda Herbst
General Counsel
Yehuda Herbst is General Counsel at AGT International. An international lawyer with strong cross-border transactional and corporate experience, Mr. Herbst's expertise includes private equity-related transactions and complex investments as well as the negotiation of agreements across all aspects of commercial activity. He also has experience establishing domestic and foreign investment funds and other alternative investment structures. Mr. Herbst holds a Master of Laws (LL.M) from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, an LL.B and an MBA.
Samer Ghanem
Chief Information Officer
Samer Ghanem is CIO of AGT International. Formerly the company's Global VP of IT Systems, Mr. Ghanem is a seasoned technology executive with more than 15 years' experience enhancing business operations through smart, efficient use of technology. His areas of expertise include global IT strategy and operations management, enterprise system architecture, design and integration, IT infrastructure and IT risk management. Before joining AGT, Mr. Ghanem was an entrepreneur and IT consultant at BMW Group, The New York Times, the United Nations and Applied Technologies International. He holds a Master's In Technology Management from Columbia University and a Bachelor's in Management from the University of Alexandria in Egypt.
Gadi Lenz, PhD
Chief Scientist
Gadi Lenz is Chief Scientist at AGT International. Leveraging more than 20 years' experience in the high-tech sector and expertise in the IoT, including sensors, data analytics, machine learning, video and C2 systems, Gadi oversees AGT's largest and most complex IoT projects for its government and corporate customers.
Prior to his current role, Gadi spent 8 years at AGT helping to define the company's technical strategy, and placing it on course to be a leader in the IoT space. Previously, Gadi spent several years working for Bell Labs, where he was a Member of Technical Staff (MTS) and conducted optics and other research in Bell's Physical Sciences Labs.
Gadi holds 17 patents, has published nearly 100 scientific peer-reviewed papers and co-founded an optical communications company that was sold to a large publicly traded optical communications equipment firm. He holds a BSc, MSc and PhD (the latter from MIT) in Electrical Engineering.
Joachim Schaper, PhD
Vice President & Head, Research Organization
Joachim Schaper is Vice President & Head, Research Organization at AGT International. Having created the company's global research organization in Darmstadt, Mr. Schaper leads collaboration between internal-external researchers and business organizations to find innovative solutions for the global safety and security marketplace. Mr. Schaper's research interests include information management and extraction, user interface technologies and IT security. Before joining AGT International, Mr. Schaper was Vice President, Research, EMEA at SAP AG. He holds a Doctorate (PhD) in Computer Science from Universität Karlsruhe (TH).
Mati Kochavi
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Mati Kochavi is Founder and CEO of AGT International, a global provider of advanced public safety and security solutions. Our world today is being rapidly shaped by globalization, mobile technology and the Internet. Although these developments are seeds for progress, they must be fully understood and appreciated in order to secure and manage in today's uncertain and evolving environment. AGT International understands this reality, and our knowledge is embedded in our products and solutions. Established in 2007, with 2,500 employees, representing nearly 50 nations, AGT operates in 5 continents and manages work with $1 billion in annual revenue. AGT is widely considered one of the world's fastest growing security and public safety companies. We partner with organizations, helping them predict, prepare for, prevent and manage their unique challenges and threats, allowing them to pursue the myriad possibilities and opportunities offered by a safe and secure future.
Marty Edelman
Martin Edelman is AGT International's Chairman. With more than 30 years' experience in international real estate, corporate transactions and the hospitality industry, Mr. Edelman is currently of counsel to Paul Hastings LLP, where his focus has been large, complex transactions, including cross-border transactions. He has been involved in all stages of legal development of pioneering financial structures, including participating debt instruments, institutional joint ventures in real estate and joint ventures between U.S. financial sources and European real estate companies. He has also done extensive work in Europe, Canada, Mexico, Japan, the Middle East and Latin America. He is a frequent speaker at international conferences. Mr. Edelman is on the Board of Directors of Capital Trust, Avis Budget Group, Inc. and Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. He is on the advisory board at Columbia University's Business School. Mr. Edelman is an advisor to Grove Real Estate Partners, The Related Companies and Fisher Brothers. He is on the boards of the Jackie Robinson Foundation, The Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund and the Fisher House Foundation. Mr. Edelman graduated from Princeton University and Columbia Law School.


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Maryland Angler's Log - Share Your Catch!
To post a report please email your name, hometown, photos, location information, and the content for your report to firstname.lastname@example.com. All information is optional, but encouraged.
Important Note: If anyone in your picture is under 18 years of age, we must have a photo release signed by a parent/guardian before we can post your picture. By sending any photos or art to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources you are giving DNR permission to use the image(s) online and in print. You are also giving DNR permission to distribute the photo for non-commercial purposes to other media, print, digital and television for their use. You are not giving up your copyright, but are allowing the photo(s) to be used for educational and news purposes. All Photos will be made available on Fisheries Service Flickr Page.
There will be random drawings throughout the year from angler's participating in any of the Volunteer Angler Surveys. We encourage anglers to continue to report snakehead catches through the Inland Freshwater survey in addition to their Angler's Log submission. The information helps our biologists better understand the various species and water systems they utilize.
A new component of the Maryland Fishing Challenge includes invasive species reports submitted to the Angler's Log. Beginning during the 2013/2014 tournament, Angler's Log entries which include Blue Catfish, Northern Snakehead or Flathead Catfish, at any length in size, will be eligible for up to two prizes via a random drawing at the annual Maryland Fishing Challenge Finale. Fish must be kept and a photo showing the kept fish is mandatory. Multiple entries are allowed, but each fish can only be entered once. Remember, all invasive species must be dead to be entered and there is no catch and release category. Visit the Maryland fishing Challenge web site to read the complete set of rules.
Michael Hammond, Recreational Angler
- Total Reports: 1
- View all reports by Michael Hammond →
Posted on April 7, 2015 | Permalink
Oyster Missing, Fish Found
Type: Tidal
We had gotten a bunch of oysters for Easter and when opening them nothing was out of the ordinary until I tried to open this one and it popped open very easily only to find two little fish inside and no oyster...it appears that the fish must have eaten the oyster and it also appears that both fish are not the same species as well..... any information on this would be greatly appreciated.
DNR Response: The smaller fish is a naked goby and the larger fish is a blenny, most likely a striped blenny. The naked goby is a very common little fish in the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal tributaries and is very secretive; often hiding in oyster shell bars and various bottom debris and sea grass. Their pelvic fins are shaped into suction like disc that helps them hold on to oyster shells. They often lay their eggs in a dead gaped oyster on the inside of the upper shell and males guard the nest aggressively. Naked gobies can also be found in company of two other small common inhabitants of oyster reefs; the striped blenny and skilletfish. These fish most likely did not eat the oyster, they were just inhabiting the oyster shell after it died.
Alexander C. Roland, Recreational Angler
- Total Reports: 1
- View all reports by Alexander C. Roland →
Posted on September 26, 2014 | Permalink
Spesutie Island Fishing
Type: Chesapeake
Region: Upper Bay
Location: Spesutie Island
Caught this nice bass near Spesutie Island. It was hanging under a local dock pouncing on this year's juvenile Striped Bass. I noticed several other LM bass doing the same thing.
Please note that I spotted a snakehead floating dead near the docks at 39.480462 North, 76.106205 West. It was out of reach. I have been fishing over 30 years and can ID species, so I am quite certain what it was. It had distinctive black and white markings, the long (Blenny-like) soft dorsal and anal fins, as well as the characteristic head and black eyes. Disappointed to see one this far north, even dead.
DNR Response: Without a photograph we cannot confirm it was a snakehead. In April 2011 there was a report of a snakehead caught in the Northeast River.
Patricia Hinman, Recreational Angler
- Total Reports: 1
- View all reports by Patricia Hinman →
James Jett, Recreational Angler
- Total Reports: 1
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Posted on July 24, 2013 | Permalink
Not a Snakehead
Type: Chesapeake
Region: Upper Bay
Location: North Locust Point
The fish in the attached photo was caught in a bait trap in the Baltimore Harbor (North Locust Point). It looked very similar to a snakehead so I wanted to report it.
DNR Response: It is most likely a Striped Blenny. It is hard to tell by the photo, but it could be a Feather Blenny. Its definitely a blenny though. Here is a link to 2 previous posts that show pictures of other fish that are commonly mistaken for snakeheads.
Karin Dodge, Fisheries Service
- Annapolis, MD
- Total Reports: 1
- View all reports by Karin Dodge →
Posted on October 10, 2012 | Permalink
Harbor Day in Ocean City
Type: Coast
Region: Eastern
Location: Ocean City
On Saturday, October 6th I had the opportunity to head down to Ocean City to be part of Harbor Day at the Docks. Ocean City hosts this festival each year at the commercial fishing harbor. The event focuses on maritime traditions such as: commercial and sport fishing, safety at sea, seafood cooking demos and much more. I helped to staff the DNRs Coastal Fisheries Program table. We had two touch tanks with fish from the coastal bays. Some of the fish we brought were: the oyster toadfish, black sea bass, feather blenny, starfish, horseshoe crab and two seahorses to name a few. Many people dont realize that seahorses can be found in the bay as well as starfish, shrimp and the colorful spotfin butterflyfish, which was also swimming in our tank. The event was packed full of people as could be expected from such a beautiful warm day. I look forward to attending again next year. What a great day to be at the Ocean.
Sydney Spells, Recreational Angler
- Total Reports: 1
- View all reports by Sydney Spells →
Posted on September 21, 2012 | Permalink
What kind of fish is this?
Could you please help me find out what type of fish this is? Possible juvenile snake head?
DNR Response: You caught a striped blenny. They are pretty common to brackish areas of the Bay. Occasionally, you can find them in shell areas. They like structure, so they are also commonly caught in minnow traps.
Susan Naplachowski, Recreational Angler
- Total Reports: 1
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Posted on September 11, 2012 | Permalink
Not a Snakehead - It's a Striped Blenny
Type: Tidal
Region: Eastern
Location: Saint Martins River
Please look at this fish. I think it is a possible snakehead fish found in Saint Martins River in Berlin MD. The fish was caught in a minnow trap off the dock of White Horse Park Community. The fish lived for 10 hours while out of water and in dry plastic ziploc bag. There was air in the bag since I opened it up several times. Is this a snakehead fish??
DNR Response: Hi Susan, thanks for the picture and the question. Its not a snakehead. Its an awesome, striped blenny. They are pretty common to brackish areas of the Bay. Occasionally, you can find them in shell areas. They like structure, so they are also commonly caught in minnow traps. Check out this link: Snakehead? Not! for photos of common fish mistaken as snakeheads
Don Cosden, Fisheries Service
- Total Reports: 1
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Posted on May 3, 2012 | Permalink
Snakehead? Not!
One result of anglers helping us to watch for and remove snakeheads from our state waters is that many other species are being misidentified as snakeheads. There are many species of fish in Maryland which at first glance look similar and also there are many small fish which are common but arent often caught or recognized by anglers. I have posted pictures of some of those other species.
The eastern mudminnow is common in small streams and swampy areas, maximum length is only about 3. This one is quiet colorful, many specimens are just a dark brown. The best way to distinguish it from a snakehead is with the fins. The snakehead has a long dorsal fin that runs along the fishes back from just behind the head and stopping just before the tail. It also has a long anal fin which starts in the middle of its belly and almost reaches the tail. The mudminnow fins are short.
The blenny comes from our tidal creeks and rivers and also the bay. It has fins similar to a snakehead but the body is very flat. The snakeheads body is more cylindrical shape. Maximum size is a couple of inches.
The naked goby also comes from tidal creeks. Its dorsal fin is separated into two and the anal fin is shorter than a snakeheads. It is more round like the mudminnow. Maximum size is about 1 ½ inches.
The bowfin may be the most easily confused. It gets large, has lots of teeth and has the long dorsal fin. Notice that it has a short anal fin and usually a large eye spot near the tail.
As you can see indentifying some of our species can be confusing but hopefully this will help. Thanks to everyone for your reports. Keep them coming.
Erin Gordon, Recreational Angler
- Cobb Island, MD
- Total Reports: 2
- View all reports by Erin Gordon →
Posted on April 18, 2012 | Permalink
Naked Goby - Not a Baby Snakehead
Type: Tidal
Region: Southern
Location: Neale Sound, Cobb Island
My son caught this baby snakehead in his minnow trap on Neale Sound near Cobb Island, MD.
DNR Response: The photo submitted is actually a naked goby; which is a very common little fish in the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal tributaries. They are a tiny fish that reaches a maximum size of about 2-1/2 and is very secretive; often hiding in oyster shell bars and various bottom debris and sea grass. They can be identified by 9 to 11 vertical dark bars on their sides. Their pelvic fins are shaped into suction like disc that helps them hold on to oyster shells. They often lay their eggs in a dead gaped oyster on the inside of the upper shell and males guard the nest aggressively. Naked gobies can also be found in company of two other small common inhabitants of oyster reefs; the striped blenny and skilletfish. There are over 2,000 species of gobies and most are tropical; the naked goby can be found from New York to Texas. There are two other species of gobies found in the Chesapeake Bay, the seaboard and the green goby which are not as common.


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From classic tonkotsu ramen to inspired variations that incorporate ingredients like caramelized fennel and rabbit confit, here are the nation's best places for ramen.—Jasmin Sun
Ramen Underground; San Francisco
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With only three tables and a counter for in-restaurant dining at this small shop in San Francisco's Financial District, there's almost always a line of people waiting to try one of its seven excellent ramen variations. The broths, each of which the restaurant says takes up to 12 hours to make, range from the ubiquitous miso to a soy milk–based version that's traditional in Kyoto. The noodles are pleasantly springy and additional toppings (just $1 each) range from kakuni (braised pork) to spicy tofu and soft-boiled egg. ramenunderground.org


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How to Get and Pay for Assistive Equipment
The best way to access and pay for assistive equipment may be through your state Assistive Technology Program.
Assistive Technology Programs
State Assistive Technology Programs offer a variety of services. Examples are:
- device loan programs
- equipment exchange and recycling programs
- device demonstration, education, and training
- alternative financing programs
- assistive technology specialists to help
They often know of other national or local resources for both finding equipment and paying for it.
Please note that Medicaid is different from state to state. Contact your state Medicaid office or the agency that handles Medicaid to find out what equipment may be covered and what eligibility criteria are in place.
The North Carolina Medicaid Program is handled by the North Carolina Division of Medical Assistance. Medicaid information for North Carolina is available on their website.
If you would like to apply for Medicaid, the NC Division of Medical Assistance website can provide general information and your local Department of Social Services will take your application and discuss your eligibility.
Medicare (Part B) covers assistive technology devices if the device meets the standard for Durable Medical Equipment or a prosthesis and medical necessity. Durable Medical Equipment coverage requires prior approval.
Durable Medical Equipment
Prosthetic or Orthotics Devices
Process for Submitting a Claim
Payment for Assistive Technology Under Medicare
If Your Claim is Denied
If Medicare does not pay, usually you are liable for payment unless the supplier knew or should have known that the claim would be denied and didn't tell you.
The Appeals Process
Please note that the Social Security Administration handles Medicare eligibility and enrollment. You can contact the Social Security Administration at 1-800-772-1213 to enroll in Medicare or to ask questions about whether you are eligible. You can also visit their website.
Want to Enroll for Medicare Benefits?
Want More Information on Medicare?
Personalized Assistance With Medicare
For questions and assistance understanding the many complexities of Medicare, most states offer a Seniors Health Insurance Information Program (the name of the program may vary from state to state). They offer the help of trained volunteers to answer your questions and to offer counseling.
These programs were established in 1990 and are funded by grants from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and/or funding from state government. They are authorized by federal law to provide information, referrals, and counseling to Medicare beneficiaries and their caregivers on a wide range of health access and insurance matters. They are typically administered by either the state aging agency or the state Division of Insurance. Services are provided locally through the trained volunteer network.
Supplemental Social Security and/or Disability Insurance
The Social Security Administration provides financial assistance to eligible people who are blind and/or disabled. Though not specifically designed to help pay for assistive technology, qualifying for financial assistance might allow you to be able to afford technology that you otherwise could not afford.
SSI - Supplemental Security Income
You are considered blind under Social Security rules if your vision cannot be corrected to better than 20/200 in your better eye, or if your visual field is 20 degrees or less, even with corrective lenses. If you do not meet the legal definition of blindness, you still may qualify for benefits if your vision, coupled with other health problems, prevents you from doing substantial work.
SSDI - Disability Insurance
|If you prefer to talk to a Social Security representative, their toll-free number is 1-800-772-1213.
To follow are direct links to helpful resources on the Social Security website.
Social Security Homepage
providing access to a wealth of information about Social Security and the various programs offered.
Social Security Disability Programs
a comprehensive page of the Social Security website that offers descriptions of the disability programs, who is eligible, how to apply, etc.
Benefit Eligibility Screening Tool
a screening tool designed to help you identify all the benefits you may be eligible for from the different benefit programs offered.
Disability Planner -
explains the benefits available, how you can qualify, and who can receive benefits on your earnings record. It will also explain how to apply for the benefits and what happens when your application is approved.
- Representative
"More than six million people who get monthly Social Security or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits, or both, need someone to help them manage their money. When a person needs this kind of help, the Social Security Administration--after a careful investigation--appoints a relative, friend or another interested party to serve as the beneficiary's "representative payee." The person's Social Security or SSI benefits are then paid in the representative payee's name on the beneficiary's behalf."
*Social Security
Private Foundations/Sources
Some private foundation or grant sources may fund projects that include assistive technology. The projects are for a limited term, usually have defined goals about who is to be served and what outcome is desired, and are usually administered by a local nonprofit agency. Check with your local agencies such as Area Agency on Aging, Council on Aging, Department of Social Services, Department of Health, etc. to see if they know of any current projects for which your need would qualify.
Churches and local civic groups also work to secure private funding for projects. They sometimes are awarded grants but many times the money comes from private donations and/or the efforts of a church or organization to raise dollars through community service efforts. Sometimes, due to the size of the effort, the organization must restrict those they can assist. But, they may not. Be alert to notices in the local newspapers. And, the state agencies that coordinate efforts to help the deaf and hard of hearing, blind and visually impaired, and/or the disabled often know of community resources.
Private Insurance
Check the insurance policy(s) that covers the family member needing the assistive technology. Durable Medical Equipment may be covered. The equipment needed may be covered under the category of "Orthotics and Prosthetics". Be sure to check to see if a medical necessity criteria must be met and if there are any exclusions. Also, check to see if prior approval is needed by the insurer before purchase.
If the person you are caring for is a Veteran and is eligible for VA benefits, check with the Department of Veterans Affairs. Services may include medical related home improvements, prosthetics and durable medical equipment (canes, walkers, etc.), home health including physical and occupational therapy, and more.
Resources for the Visually Impaired
Veterans Administration
Veterans Benefits Administration
Veterans Health Administration
Personalized Assistance
The state where you need assistance may have Assistive Technology Specialists available.


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which bmx
Ok folks, now that i've got the bib tights for my bro the next one on my list is a bmx for my son.
He is 9yrs old and i've been advised to get a 20" bike.
Looked at a few so far and slimmed it down to a Mongoose, a Diamondback or a Haro (never heard of them previously). Each one is around the £150 mark so any pitfalls to avoid on each make can you let me know. Ta.
There's probably not a lot of difference between them at that price range, unless one is a 2012 model and the others are 2013 (as the 2012 model should have a higher RRP before discount).
Haro is the best 'name' out of that bunch. Bob Haro was a BMX rider in the 70's & 80's, and started building his own bikes in the 80's.
You might want to have a look at another make to compare to: Ruption.
You might have to go up to approx £170 for a bottom-end Ruption Force, or the next model up is the Ruption Phase - you might get lucky and find a 2012 model on offer close to budget.
I'm buying a BMX for my 5 year old - so I've been doing a bit of 'research'. Problem is, I want one too
posted by daddyELVIS [661 posts]
23rd November 2012 - 0:01
cheers mate, believe it or not the Haro is the cheapest so far.
There are no stupid questions, just stupid people.
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Hey ladies, I am in the process of revamping Makeup For Life so you will notice changes on the site but I promise the new site will be bigger, better and you guys will *love* it!
Hey ladies, I am in the process of revamping Makeup For Life so you will notice changes on the site but I promise the new site will be bigger, better and you guys will *love* it!
I did an interview with Haute Mimi so go check it out and show some love!!
I just want to give a HUGE thank you to those of you who took the time to e-mail me/leave a comment about Dawn's blog. I really appreciate you ladies trying to protect my interest and look out for me – you guys are the best! I would also like to take this opportunity to point out that I will not tolerate plagiarism. If you would like to use my content, feel free to do so but please remember to cite me.
If you have no idea what I am talking about, here is what happened in a nutshell:-
It all started last week when another blogger in Asia, Dawn Yang, copied and pasted a paragraph from one of my older entries on her blog and paraphrased a sentence without sourcing me. Soon afterwards, people started sending her hate mail and used this to bash her on blogs and forums. I got in touch with Dawn to see what's up and to hear her side of the story. She wrote back, apologized and said she was doing research for her blog and had no idea she took the information from a personal blog. She has now cited me on her blog and everything is cool between us.
Please do not use this incident against her anymore. No one needs the unnecessary drama =)
Last weekend, I attended Total Beauty's very first Blog Summit in Los Angeles. I had a total blast and it was so great to finally meet the awesome Total Beauty team and all my fellow beauty bloggers. The 3 day event was jam-packed with tips from makeup, hair and skincare pros, advice from blogging and pr experts, makeovers and lots more. Read on for more pics and a brief recap!
I am finally back from sunny Cali and I have *so* much good stuff for you guys! I will be posting more tonight so stay tuned =)
As for those of you who have ordered the Skin Food BB creams from me earlier this month, they have just arrived – yay! I will ship them out to you this Saturday and if you are located in the US, you will get an e-mail with a delivery confirmation number. If you have ordered pigment samples from me, they will also go out with with your BB cream.
Unless you have specified the BB creams/pigment samples to be shipped elsewhere, they will be shipped to the address on your Paypal account. If you have changed your mind and would like your BB creams/pigment samples to be shipped to a different address, please e-mail me by this Thursday 05/22/08. Thank you so much!
Hi ladies, I have finally created my own Facebook page so all of you can start discussions, share your thoughts and interact with each other. Click here to check it out!


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Jeffrey Simpson has been the Globe and Mail's national affairs columnist for more than 25 years. An Officer of the Order of Canada, he is an award-winning author of nine books whose work has won all three of Canada's leading literary prizes - the Governor-General's award for non-fiction book writing, the National Magazine Award for political writing, and the National Newspaper Award for column writing (twice) - as well as the Hyman Solomon Award for excellence in public policy journalism. Mr. Simpson's latest book, "Chronic Condition: Why Canada's Health Care System Needs to be Dragged into the 21st Century", examines how Canadian health care is ill-adapted to an aging population, and explores how to tackle this growing crisis. Mr. Simpson regularly contributes to television and radio programs and is a sought-after speaker at major conferences in Canada and abroad.


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Gay Marriage Supporters in Wash. Outraise Opponents
OLYMPIA, Wash. - In the final days heading into the election, gay marriage supporters continue to hold a strong financial advantage over the group looking to overturn Washington state's law allowing same-sex marriage.
According to filings posted late Tuesday with the Public Disclosure Commission, Washington United for marriage raised $1.3 million over the past two weeks, bringing the total amount it's raised during the campaign to $11.9 million. Preserve Marriage Washington, which opposes the gay marriage law, raised more than $481,000 during that same time period and has raised a total of $2.6 million, far short of the $4 million that officials with the campaign said they initially expected to raise.
"We never expected to match the other side dollar for dollar," said Chip White, a spokesman for Preserve Marriage. "We just needed to raise enough money to get our message out."
Referendum 74 asks voters to either approve or reject the law passed earlier this year that allows same-sex marriage in the state. That law is on hold pending next Tuesday's vote.
White pointed to a recent poll by independent pollster Stuart Elway that showed support for R-74 dropping from last month. An Elway poll in September found the measure holding a 51-37 lead for approval among registered voters, with 12 percent undecided. But in a follow-up poll last week, support for the measure dropped to a 49-45 lead with six percent undecided.
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Tallahassee Watchdog Files Federal Lawsuit Against Florida Officials
Subpoenas have been issued on officers that targeted journalist and his wife
July 11, 2014
by Timothy Charles Holmseth | WriteIntoAction.com
|Rob and Stephanie Brayshaw have filed a federal lawsuit in The United States Northern District Court against several public officials including Leon County Sheriff Larry Campbell and Okaloosa County Sheriff Larry Ashley, citing a litany of rights violations.The 16-page Complaint was filed in the late evening on July 8, 2014, by Marie A. Mattox, PA., the law firm representing Rob and Stephanie Brayshaw.
Their lawsuit alleges the Brayshaw's were illegally targeted by law enforcement for various constitutional and civil rights violations, in response and retaliation to Rob Brayshaw exercising his First Amendment rights for exposing the local city and police corruption, which is a violation of federal law.
"Subpoenas were issued on Thursday regarding the individual officers being sued in the civil rights lawsuit and this is the fourth federal lawsuit that I've had to file in five years against Tallahassee Police to protect my constitutional and civil rights," Rob Brayshaw said.
Jurisdiction of the Brayshaw's suit falls under 42 U.S.C. 1983 and 1988, the Driver's Privacy Protection Act of 1994 (DPPA), 18 U.S.C., the Fourth Amendment, the Fourteenth Amendment, and other protection granted by the United States Bill of Rights.
The suits sets forth facts and circumstances explaining how resources of the Tallahassee Police Department were illegally used to have various publications, lawfully published by Brayshaw, removed from the Web. The suit also alleges a law enforcement system – Driver and Vehicle Information Database (DAVID) was used repeatedly to run the Brayshaws' name and violate their privacy – in violation of law.
The Brayshaw's are suing for an amount exceeding $75,000.
"My wife and I have serious concerns about the illegal actions being taken by Florida authorities and we will sue at any time that we feel violated to expose these corrupt actions," Brayshaw said.
Prior federal lawsuits filed show that Tallahassee Police Officers Mike Dilmore and Annette Garrett have attempted to falsely arrest Rob Brayshaw and remove his postings of legal criticism. Federal Judge Richard Smoak ruled in April 2010 that Brayshaw's speech was protected with no less protection of a media reporter stating that he was falsely arrested for merely publishing a cop's home address. The Florida Statute of 843.17 from 1972 was found to be unconstitutional in his legal challenge of the nearly 40-year old law that was improperly used and unconstitutional as written. Brayshaw has been a contributor to numerous civil rights groups and publications.
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Only six weeks (well, actually even less) to go until the Java Mobile, Media, and eMbedded Developer Days conference (Jan 21-22, 2009)! Like for the previous conference we'll be sending out weekly countdown newsletters to talk about specific highlights of the conference.
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Caused by oil? Scientists find signs of tainted organisms, species in the Gulf
NAPLES - A year after the worst oil disaster in U.S. history slimed the Gulf of Mexico, scientists say they are finding troubling signs of an ecosystem still reeling.
They say, though, it is too early to draw a definitive connection to the Deepwater Horizon explosion, which killed 11 rig workers last April.
Scientists are studying everything from the lowliest organisms to the Gulf's top predators to try to paint a picture of what is happening below the surface.
So far, they don't like what they see.
Red snapper caught in the northern Gulf are sick. Bottlenose dolphins are washing ashore with oil on them. Brown muck is covering bottom-dwelling creatures, some of which are deformed.
"We're certainly wondering if there is a connection or not," said Ben Flower, associate professor of oceanography at the University of South Florida in St. Petersburg. "It's a circumstantial case, but it's part of a good case."
Flower led three research cruises to the disaster site in November, December and February and plans another next month.
Using a special core sampler purchased with National Science Foundation spill response money, researchers have found "clear evidence" of oil on the muddy bottom up to 12 miles from the well, Flower said.
"You can smell it for one thing," he said.
Lab analysis has matched the oil's chemical fingerprint to the Deepwater Horizon oil, he said.
Microscopic animals living in that mud, at the base of the Gulf of Mexico food chain, are showing signs that something is wrong, he said.
They're called foraminifera, or forams for short, and are about a half-millimeter long. Flower said a "striking proportion" of the forams have deformed shell-like coverings. Instead of growing new chambers uniformly, some of the new growth is either larger or smaller than normal, he said.
Last of a series of reports about this week's first anniversary of the Gulf oil spill.
■ PART FIVE: Year after spill, scientists struggling to get Gulf pollution research money
■ PART FOUR: Year after spill, not much more boom on hand in Collier, Lee for emergencies
■ PART THREE: A year after spill, consumers catching on that Southwest Florida seafood is safe
■ PART TWO: Year after the spill, state lawmakers not passing bills to protect Gulf
■ PART ONE: Tourism rebounds in Collier, Lee after false fears oil came here
Flower said he's noticed something else: On return trips to the same spots on the Gulf floor, crews are seeing a dark brown layer of phytoplankton debris and oil that has "markedly increased" in thickness, he said.
He suspects that oil has been coming up to the surface and sticking to huge blooms of diatoms, a kind of microscopic algae, and then sinking.
"It sent it on an express elevator to the bottom of the sea floor," Flower said.
Scientists are seeing possible oil spill effects further up the food chain than forams and diatoms.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has reported spikes over the past year in dead bottlenose dolphins and sea turtles washing ashore in the northern Gulf.
Investigators can't say that oil exposure is what killed the animals, but 12 of the dolphins have had splotches of oil on them.
"These aren't way back when," said Blair Mase, NOAA's marine mammal stranding coordinator in Miami. "We continue to get oiled dolphins."
The dolphin strandings are part of a die-off that investigators say began in February 2010, before the BP disaster. Since it began, 435 dolphins and whales have stranded themselves, 96 percent of them dead, according to federal figures through April 17, 2011. Since January alone, 74 baby dolphins and fetuses have washed ashore in the northern Gulf through April 17.
Since the early 1990s, NOAA has investigated 11 dolphin die-offs in the Gulf of Mexico and has determined six of them were caused by toxins, like red tide, or by infectious disease.
So far this year, 220 sea turtles have washed ashore in Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi, almost all of them since March, according to federal figures through April 17.
As the die-off has worsened, fishermen have been catching red snapper, a popular reef fish in the northern Gulf of Mexico, showing signs of stress.
The fish have nasty looking lesions, sea lice infestations, hardened ovaries and fin rot, said Will Patterson, an associate professor of biology at the University of West Florida in Pensacola.
Oil exposure can stress fish by overworking their livers, which can suppress immune systems and lead to the symptoms, he said. While similar symptoms have been seen before, maybe caused by a virus, the scale of the damage being seen now is larger, he said.
Patterson has set up 16 sampling sites at reefs in waters south of Mobile, Ala., and east to Panama City.
The tests are looking for, among other things, enzymes that would be produced in fish liver and bile samples as fish try to process hydrocarbons, he said.
Shark researcher Robert Hueter is sending similar tissue samples from sharks, tunas and billfish to various labs around the Gulf to look for oil residue, DNA changes and changes in fertility.
The big fish that survive getting caught have blood taken and then are tagged with tracking devices and released to see whether they enter the spill zone or avoid it.
Hueter, director of the Center for Shark Research at Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota, said he was able to find only one published paper, from the Persian Gulf, on sharks contaminated with chemicals found in oil.
"We're really starting from scratch here," he said.
Hueter said the more time that goes by, the harder it will be to trace health effects back to Deepwater Horizon.
Even if the trail goes cold, the research will be valuable to create a baseline to compare with conditions as restoration moves ahead, Hueter said.
A lack of a pre-disaster baseline is making it difficult for researchers to identify differences between pre-spill and post-spill conditions and natural variations, said Patterson, at the University of West Florida.
"It's a big problem," Patterson said.
Patterson and other Gulf scientists say the Gulf of Mexico has lagged other American waters, like the Great Lakes and Chesapeake Bay, in research dollars.
"For some reason, the Gulf of Mexico has always been kind of the red-headed stepchild of our marine areas," said Hueter, the Mote shark researcher.
Now, with more money coming to the Gulf in the wake of the BP disaster, it could get ugly.
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Chairman Allard, Senator Kerry, Senator Grams, thank you for inviting me here today to discuss the affordable housing problem we face in our country today.
Last month during consideration of the Financial Modernization bill you, Senator Allard, Senator Gramm and I discussed this issue which has rapidly become a serious national problem - one where thousands of low income elderly, disabled, and families with children are increasingly unable to afford privately-owned low income housing units.
Thanks to encouragement and assistance from you, Senator Kerry, Senator Grams, and Senator Bond, today I will be introducing the Affordable Housing Preservation Act of 1999.
I applaud Secretary Cuomo and Commissioner Apgar for their recent initiatives to exercise the authority provided by Congress to use additional vouchers to stem the tide of Section 8 opt outs and prepayments. I believe that this issue demands a more permanent solution.
The Jeffords/Kerry Affordable Housing Preservation Act will provide it by building on local partnerships between non-profits, state and local governments, and private landlords to keep existing projects available for low income tenants. The bill will effectively preserve existing low income projects, as well as increase the units to expand a tight housing marketplace through new acquisition and rehabilitation.
In Vermont rents have increased 11 percent over the past three years, making it increasingly difficult to find affordable shelter. To make matters worse, the lack of low income housing makes it simply impossible to find a place to live in areas like Burlington, where the vacancy rate is less than one percent.
The need to preserve existing housing from opt outs and prepayments is only exceeded by the need to expand the number of housing units for low-income families, elderly and disabled. The affect of more Section 8 vouchers is undermined when there is nowhere to use them. On any given day in Burlington there are just 60 available rental units in a city of more than 40,000 people.
In such circumstances, low income families cannot even find a place to live, much less find one that's affordable. This problem has been a key factor in increasing homelessness, as families seeking help from Burlington's emergency shelter rose over 60 percent between 1997 and 1998.
As Section 8 federal subsidies come up for renewal more often, the risk of opt outs by private landlords increases. Housing projects in Brattleboro and Montpelier currently face opt out situations where landlords will raise rents to levels that Section 8 tenants cannot afford.
The Affordable Housing Preservation Act will build foundations for cooperation where efforts to raise public and private money are enhanced through federal matching grants. Vermont's community based non-profit organizations have achieved much success by encouraging private landlords seeking to exit the affordable housing business to transfer ownership to these groups.
Although "sticky vouchers" provide much needed short term relief, the Affordable Housing Preservation Act offers a long term solution to the opt out and prepayment problem by expanding community-based housing preservation and acquisition initiatives. This bill will give hope by providing help for those elderly, disabled, and families facing eviction or homelessness.
I look forward to working with you, Mr. Chairman, Senator Kerry, Senator Grams and the members of this Committee to fix this problem and provide a new direction for the nation in affordable housing. Thank you again, Senator Allard, for the opportunity to testify this morning.
Purpose: To provide federal matching grants to states to preserve HUD-assisted affordable housing for low-income families, including elderly, disabled, and families with children.
Problem: As real estate values around the country rise, there is increased pressure on owners of federally assisted housing to either prepay their subsidized mortgages or let their section 8 contracts expire without being renewed. HUD estimates that about 30,000 units of affordable housing have been lost due to section 8 opt-outs since 1996, and others estimate the loss through prepayment at nearly 60,000 units of affordable housing through 1998. At a time when studies show that families with worst case housing needs remain at historically high levels (5.3 million households), this loss of affordable housing cannot be sustained.
Solution: The Housing Opportunities Preservation and Promotion Act of 1999 would preserve existing low-income housing stock and increase opportunities for the purchase of housing projects by resident-approved non-profit organizations through a matching grant program. The bill:
How the Program Works
The Secretary of HUD determines each state's pro rata share of the funding based on the extent of the problem each state faces in terms of loss of affordable housing and lack of alternatives for residents.
States then qualify for federal funds, up to their share, based on their ability to raise matching funds. $1 of state funds qualifies for $2 of federal funds. Tax credit and bond funds get $1 of federal Matching money.
States, in turn, will fund projects based on a number of criteria, including length of commitment to affordability, whether the property is transferred to non-profit ownership, whether preservation of the project is consistent with the Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy (CHAS), whether a local government provides funds, and others. These criteria provide guidance to the states. If a state does not apply or qualify for federal funds, HUD would reallocate those funds among the qualifying state, according to need. The legislation authorizes such sums as may be appropriated for fiscal years 2000 through 2004.
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On January 31, a few weeks before the start of the world-renowned event, an RSA Conference 2014 app was published on Google Play. Experts quickly found half a dozen security issues plaguing the application.
The RSA Conference 2014 app allows users to stay up to date with activities, view the event catalogue, manage session schedules, and connect with their colleagues via a social and professional networking tool.
Security researchers from IOActive have decided to take a look at the app to see just how secure it is. In a short amount of time, they identified a total of six flaws.
The most severe of them can be exploited for man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks. An attacker could inject a phishing page into the login sequence to trick users into handing over their credentials.
However, considering what the app is for, it's unlikely that anyone would bother exploiting it.
As IOActive's Gunter Ollmann puts it, "If we were dealing with a banking application, then heads would have been rolling in an engineering department, but this particular app has only been downloaded a few thousand times, and I seriously doubt that some evil hacker is going to take the time out of their day to target this one application (out of tens-of-millions) to try phish credentials to a conference."
However, there's another vulnerability that's not only easy to exploit, but it could also be much more profitable.
The information in the app is retrieved from an SQLite database file that's downloaded to the smartphone. This file contains the information of every user who has signed up for the RSA Conference 2014 app, including full name, company and title.
While there are no passwords or other sensitive information in this file, marketers could probably put the information to good use.
To be fair, the application wasn't actually developed by RSA. Instead, it was created by QuickMobile, a company that has developed similar apps for several major brands, including McDonald's, Adobe, Kaspersky, Red Hat, and many others.
Even if RSA hasn't developed the app, the company should have verified its security and integrity, particularly if we consider the type of business they are.
"If you're going to release your own mobile application, the security and integrity of that application are your responsibility. While you can't outsource that, you can get another organization to assess the application on your behalf," Ollmann noted in a post published on the IOActive blog.


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"I've got it!" I shout. I let the door slam behind me, figuring that if Nick's going to jump, he'll have done it already. I point at him, hazy in a cloud of steam, attacking potatoes with a melon-baller.
I love his little potato curls.
He looks at me expectantly, and I get the syllables into place.
"The man is cooking," I tell him, pointing at him. Then: "The man has a dog." That time I point to the beagle, who looks pretty interested in potato curls, herself. I keep pointing. "The dog is not cooking."
"You're an actual freak of nature," Nick scowls, turning to a bunch of thin strips of lemon peel as if he's one to talk.
"He is not blue," I mutter to Juliette, who ignores me. Nick pretends that he is, too, but he's not; he's scowling more than ever.
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