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Moron Labe! BTW.. 3% refers to their remaining functional brain cells. Yes, they are real "tough guys" who want to pull guns on and shoot children fleeing from violence and danger in Central America.
Hey, if they want to star a revolution, then give them what they want and kill them all for being seditious traitors. A few Apache helicopters, and a unit of Stryker ICV with attending infantry ought to do the trick just fine. It would be great to see them sh*t their pants before they get blown away.
Militia plans to guard border by aiming guns at immigrants, start revolution if cops show up
By Travis Gettys
Monday, July 7, 2014 8:41 EDT
A militia group is calling on supporters to patrol the Texas-Mexico border to guard against drug gangs and illegal immigrants.
The citizen militia operation, called Secure Our Border Laredo, is urging members to voluntarily guard private property near the border town along the Rio Grande, where some residents have felt threatened by drug cartels and other gangs.
Conservative publications have warned that a recent surge in undocumented children and other immigrants has carried infectious disease across the border and poses an existential threat to the U.S.
A spokeswoman for the militia group told theBrownsville Herald that members would not engage in violence, and the groups leader who calls himself Commander Chris Threepercenter Davis has cautioned against violent actions or racist comments.
This is not a go-in-guns-blazing kind of thing, said spokeswoman Denice Freeman. This will be handled with the utmost professionalism and security and safety for everyone involved.
But a 21-minute video that was apparently posted June 14 by Davis encourages militia members to threaten suspected illegal immigrants to secure the border.
You see an illegal, Davis says in the video. You point your gun dead at him, right between his eyes, and you say, Get back across the border or you will be shot.
He also urged militia members to start the next 1776 right there on the border if they were confronted by law enforcement authorities.
It is time that we start taking back our national sovereignty, Davis says.
The YouTube account for Davis was apparently deactivated since the Brownsville Heraldreported his comments.
Davis describes his beliefs and interests in a brief biography on his Twitter account.
I believe in the King James Bible, The Constitution, and Bill of Rights! he says. I am a Future Veteran of the Refounding. Molon Labe! III%! Spirit of 1776!
Hidalgo County sheriff Eddie Guerra said the militia was not needed in the Rio Grande Valley.
We dont need their services on our border, Guerra said. If we ever did, Im sure we have enough good people in Hidalgo County that I can call up.


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This model solves the Poisson equation on a unit disk with a point source in the origin. The easiest way to describe a point source in COMSOL Multiphysics is by using an extra weak term.
To obtain the weak formulation of the general Poisson equation, we multiply it with a test function u_test and integrate over the domain. The mesh density is dense, close to the origin, so as to resolve the singularity. The solution is compared to the analytical solution.

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was moving through it at a snails pace over the past couple of months and then finally, pissed off with my self, finished the remaining 3/4s in a day. feels good man. also made a goodreads account. hope this reading spree lasts.
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was moving through it at a snails pace over the past couple of months and then finally, pissed off with my self, finished the remaining 3/4s in a day. feels good man. also made a goodreads account. hope this reading spree lasts.
for the past month and a half i've been reading at a halfway decent pace. finished a mid-sized collection of 2 short dostoevsky novels, a 600 page biography of Napoleon, tender is the night and now am about 150 pages into the savage detectives (bolano).
the napoleon biography is awesome by the way, if anyone has any sort of interest in that period of history they should definitely read it. by steven englund. the writing style is beautiful, it's very comprehensive, and the way the chapters are set up with titles, opening quotations, etc is impressive in and of itself. plus its published by harvard press so you know it has some academic validity. also i was able to fill up an index card i used as a bookmark with words i didnt know used in the book.
anyway i'd recommend all those books i mentioned actually. the dostoevsky collection was the gambler and the double. the gambler wasnt too great but the double was awesome, maybe the most purely 'funny' book i've ever read, i actually laughed out loud a couple times. and in general if you ever want to read dostoevsky, get the peaver and volokhonsky translations.
oh wow look at mr intellectual here
ill try to start reading only 2 books a year so you can catch up
finish the PD bio
make me
finish the damn bio
finished another one today. i guess im done with my quota for another year.
I'm in an awkward position where I don't know whether to like fiction or non-fiction now. I like both, but I can't find the motivation to actually read.
I'm really disheartened because it seems like all fiction these days is complete shit, and a lot of historical non-fiction is interesting, but wordy.
i finished Return of The King this year does that count?
dude i really want to sit down one weekend and power through the lotr trilogy, like taking a large gulp of cough syrup. just get it over with. that way at least ill have enough ground to criticize it.
the fact that its pages and pages of no substance whatsoever will only make it easier to get through it quickly
i have no desire to ever read the books or watch the movies
as a creative enterprise lotr is fascinating. its just dull fiction. youre being obnoxious. at least watch the movies.
also ive decided to buy atlas shrugged and finish it during my flight
i read your first post wrong and thought you said i should sit down and watch them so my post is weird now
at first i didnt read it actually i seen 'dude' 'sit throught and power watch the movies' and then i made my reply
but seriously watch the appendices its really cool shit
ive read em. the appendices are more interesting than the stories.
yeah, fantasy universes are usually interesting. i'll probably never read the song of fire and ice series but when game of thrones came out i did read an extensive fan wiki on the series and it was pretty cool.
so did you finish atlas shrugged


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Such is the media's often (though not always) legitimate interest in the activities of Muslims living in the West that had a few Muslims, let alone a few thousand Muslims, gathered in the centre of London for anything remotely untoward we would have been duly informed. However, the media is not really interested in earnest efforts made by loyal citizens.
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The big celebrity gossip of the past 24 hours is that Lindsay Lohan has accepted an offer to do a spread in Playboy. Reports have her making anywhere from three quarters of a million, to one million for posing. Kinda late, no? I mean, I certainly would be more intrigued if this news coincided with the release of the August 2004 issue. Think of how much blow she can score with that kind of money! "She's disgusting!" will be said by every female who you bring this up to, and they're right. I, on the other hand, always try to think of LiLo in a more positive light and try to remember the days where she was a smoke show. Now, all we can hope is that the pictorial isn't scratch n' sniff.
The good ol' days...
This is the part where I become a teenage girl
Oh mah gaw...I kinda lost it yesterday when Rockstar Games set a release date for the first Grand Theft Auto V trailer. You read that right. I got excited about a video game. Not even the release of the game! God knows when that will be! I got excited about the pre-hype to the hype! Here's the thing. I'm a 36 year old guy with a wife and 2 daughters. I don't go out much and I certainly don't get to run over hookers in my SUV and wrap up my evening with a lap dance. Carmen Electra's not walking through that door. I grew up playing video games and will always enjoy playing them. I enjoy the escape and they actually relax me (while making me sleep deprived). Ok, justification over. As a fan of this franchise, I've gotta say I'm pretty curious to see in what direction they decide to go. Give me the ability to base jump from a helicopter after pushing Perez Hilton out and I'll be pleased...
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I am getting about once or twice per half hour a prompt for my @mail account password. Then an error saying the server rejected my password. Then...it works...then it doesn't.
I am using the most current Zimbra, just started yesterday, as a matter of fact.
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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) -
BOSTON COLLEGE: The Eagles let one get away from them this past weekend, as
Army scored on a 29-yard touchdown run with 45 seconds remaining to earn a
34-31 victory over Boston College in West Point. The Eagles are now just 1-4
on the season and remain winless against FBS competition. Tailback Andre
Williams did what he could in the loss, rushing for 191 yards and two
touchdowns. Wideout Alex Amidon also scored twice, once on the ground and once
through the air. The Eagles managed 420 yards of total offense, but were no
match for Army's option attack, which amassed a whopping 516 yards on 79
rushes (6.5 ypc). BC quarterback Chase Rettig was 16-of-29 passing, for 234
yards and a TD, but was sacked five times in the game. Things won't get any
easier for the Eagles this week as they head to Tallahassee to take on ACC
favorite Florida State.
CLEMSON: It was once again quarterback Tahj Boyd who proved to be the
difference for Clemson, as he threw for a career-high 397 yards and two
touchdowns in a 47-31 victory over Georgia Tech this past weekend. The Tigers
(5-1, 2-1 ACC) have now won two straight since suffering their only loss of
the season at Florida State. Boyd completed 26-of-41 passes and added 63 yards
and another touchdown on the ground in the win. With his second-quarter TD
pass, Boyd became the school's all-time leader in TD passes with 50. He added
his 51st TD-strike in the fourth quarter. Wideout DeAndre Hopkins continued
his dominant play in 2012, racking up 173 yards and two TDs on seven
receptions. In all, Clemson finished with 601 yards of total offense, ranking
eighth most in school-history. The Tigers are now an impressive 61-0-1 when
they eclipse the 500-yard mark in a game. The Tigers are idle this week and
will have two weeks to prepare for an Oct. 20 showdown with Virginia Tech in
Death Valley.
FLORIDA STATE: Carter-Finley Stadium has been Florida State's Achilles' heel
for some time now and this season was no different, as the Seminoles suffered
a second-half collapse that turned a 16-0 halftime lead into an inexplicable
17-16 loss to NC State. The FSU offense has been a bit of a juggernaut this
season, but was held in check by the Wolfpack, earning just 343 total yards in
the loss. Tailback Chris Thompson's 141 yards rushing was a bright spot on an
otherwise bland stats page for the Seminoles. Quarterback E.J. Manuel
completed 17-of-29 passes, for just 218 yards and one TD in the setback. The
Seminoles continued their steady play on defense, limiting NC State to just
325 total yards, but the offense couldn't help the cause. After amassing 221
yards in the first half, FSU could muster a mere 122 after intermission. An
area of strength for much of the season became a weakness in the game, as
Florida State was a miserable 3-of-15 on third-down attempts. The Seminoles
will seek a quick turnaround this weekend, as they play host to Boston
MARYLAND: The Terrapins got a tremendous defensive effort at home this past
weekend, limiting Wake Forest to a meager 241 total yards and topping the
Demon Deacons in College Park, 19-14. Maryland has now won three consecutive
games against Wake Forest at home and 10 of the last 14 meetings in the
series. It marks the fifth straight season that Maryland (3-2, 1-0 ACC) has
won its conference-opener. There wasn't a whole lot of offense to speak of for
either team. Maryland quarterback Perry Hills was just 14-of-25 passing, for
191 yards with one touchdown and one interception. A lot of that production
went the way of fellow freshman Stefon Diggs, who caught five balls for 105
yards. It was Diggs' second straight game of 100+ yards receiving. Maryland
will hit the road this week, as the team invades Charlottesville to take on
the struggling Virginia Cavaliers.
NC STATE: The Wolfpack went down early, falling behind 16-0 at the half
against ACC favorite Florida State, but thanks to a Mike Glennon 2-yard
touchdown pass on fourth down to Bryan Underwood with 16 seconds left in the
game, NC State came all the way back to earn an improbable 17-16 victory at
Carter-Finley Stadium this past weekend. Glennon was 30-of-55 passing, for 259
yards and two touchdowns in the win. Much of the credit has to go to an
offensive line that kept Florida State's pass rush at bay, as Glennon was
sacked just once. Knocking off the third-ranked Seminoles represented the
highest ranked opponent to fall to the Wolfpack since 1998 (No. 2 Florida
State). While FSU came into the game averaging over 400 yards of total
offense, NC State limited the 'Noles to a season-low 343 yards. Underwood's
TD-reception at the end of the game set a school-record as he has now caught a
TD pass in six consecutive games. He will have to wait a week to go for number
seven, as NC State is idle this weekend and won't get back to work until Oct.
20 at Maryland.
WAKE FOREST: The Demon Deacons managed a mere 241 yards of total offense and
continued their recent struggles, falling at Maryland this past weekend,
19-14. Wake Forest (3-3, 1-3 ACC) collected just 11 first downs in the loss
and was ineffective both on the ground and through the air. Quarterback Tanner
Price completed a mere 13-of-38 passes, for 170 yards, with two TDs, but was
sacked three times. Terence Davis had the biggest game statistically speaking
for Wake, catching seven balls, for 130 yards and one touchdown, with most of
that coming on an early 73-yard TD pass from Price. The team played without
star wideout Michael Campanaro, who broke his hand in last week's loss to
Duke. The offense certainly suffered as a result. The Demon Deacons will be
idle this weekend before traveling to Charlottesville to take on Virginia on
Oct. 20.
DUKE: Sophomore Anthony Boone got his first career start in place of the
injured Sean Renfree and made the most of it, completing 18-of-31 passes, for
212 yards and four touchdowns, leading Duke to a 42-17 romp over Virginia this
past weekend. With the win, Duke improved to 5-1 on the season and 2-0 in ACC
play. Both starts are the best for the program since 1994. It is also the
team's first four-game win streak under David Cutcliffe. It was a special game
for wide receiver Connor Vernon as well, as the veteran wideout finished with
seven catches, for 93 yards and two touchdowns and in the process became the
ACC's all-time leading receiver in terms of receptions, currently standing at
239. He is just 88 yards shy of the school-record for receiving yards and 287
yards from the all-time ACC mark, held by Florida State's Peter Warrick.
Vernon will attempt to move closer to both records this week, as Duke travels
to Blacksburg to take on Virginia Tech.
GEORGIA TECH: The Yellow Jackets went toe-to-toe with the high octane Clemson
Tigers for three quarters, but could not keep pace late in a 47-31 loss in
Death Valley this past weekend. Georgia Tech managed to gain 483 yards against
the Tigers, but relinquished 601 yards to fall to 2-4 overall and a mere 1-3
in ACC play. The team's spread offense generated 339 rushing yards, as both
tailback Orwin Smith (117 yards, one TD) and quarterback Tevin Washington (104
yards, two TDs) eclipsed the century mark in the loss. However, the one-
dimensional Yellow Jackets once again failed to move the ball effectively
through the air. Washington was efficient however, completing just 9-of-14
passes, for 144 yards and a score. Each team had just one punt in the game, as
the offenses were both clicking on all cylinders. The Yellow Jackets are idle
this week and won't get back to work until an Oct. 20 matchup with Boston
College in Atlanta.
MIAMI-FLORIDA: The Hurricanes had their opportunities, but failed to make
plays when it counted most and ended up falling hard to Notre Dame, 41-3 at
Soldier Field in Chicago this past weekend. Miami had amassed 1,260 yards and
86 points in its two previous games, but the Irish stifled the Hurricanes, who
finished with a mere 285 total yards, and fell to 4-2 on the year. Quarterback
Stephen Morris was held in check, finishing 18-of-35 passing, for 201 yards.
Wide Receiver Phillip Dorsett could have helped Morris' numbers, but dropped a
pair of what looked to be easy TD grabs to stifle Miami drives. Meanwhile,
Miami was torched for 587 yards by Notre Dame, which grinded out 376 yards
rushing on a whopping 7.4 yards per carry. With the loss, Miami fell to 7-17-1
all-time against Notre Dame. The Hurricanes get back to ACC work this weekend,
when the team plays host to North Carolina.
NORTH CAROLINA: It was only a matter of time before All-American tailback
Giovani Bernard returned to form and it finally happened, as the sophomore
rushed for a career-high 262 yards and a touchdown, leading the Tar Heels to a
48-34 win over Virginia Tech in Chapel Hill this past weekend. UNC as a team
racked up 533 yards of total offense, earning its first home win against the
Hokies since 1938. A.J. Blue and Sean Tapley added two touchdowns each in the
win, while quarterback Bryn Renner completed 17-of-30 passes, for 194 yards
and one TD. North Carolina amassed 339 rushing yards, the first time it has
gone over 300 yards since 2004. The team's 48 points gives North Carolina
back-to-back games with 45 or more points for the first time since 1993. The
Tar Heels are 4-2 overall and have evened up their ACC record at 1-1. They
will put a three-game win streak on the line this weekend on the road at
VIRGINIA: The Cavaliers led 17-14 at the half against Duke this past weekend
in Charlottesville, but could not sustain the momentum and fell flat in the
second half, dropping a 42-17 decision to the Blue Devils and falling to 2-4
overall and 0-2 in-conference. After rumbling for an impressive 321 yards in
the first half, Virginia could only amass 5 first downs after the break.
Phillip Sims made his first career start under center in this one, but
completed just 50 percent of his passes (21-of-42), for 268 yards and two
interceptions. Perry Jones had a solid game in the backfield, finishing with
an even 100 yards on 19 carries, with one touchdown for the Cavs, who have now
lost four straight games after opening 2012 with consecutive wins. Virginia
will attempt to end the skein this weekend on the road when the Cavaliers take
on the Maryland Terrapins at home.
VIRGINIA TECH: Logan Thomas finally had a game worthy of his hype entering the
season, completing 26-of-49 passes, for a career-high 354 yards and two
touchdowns, but it wasn't enough, as Virginia Tech fell 48-34 to North
Carolina in Chapel Hill, marking the team's first loss at North Carolina since
1938. The setback also dropped Virginia Tech to just 3-3 on the season and 1-1
in ACC play. Corey Fuller certainly benefited from Thomas' strong outing,
catching a career-high five passes for a career-high 143 yards, including a
66-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter. A defense that has struggled at times
this season, was torched for 533 total yards by North Carolina, including 339
yards on the ground. The Hokies have lost two straight games and hope to end
the skid this weekend when they play host to the surprising Duke Blue Devils.
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2011 Game Changer: Ryan O'Leary
Manager, human capital consulting, PDRI, Arlington, Virginia
Ryan O'Leary is changing the way people find government jobs.
As manager of human capital consulting at federal contractor PDRI Inc., O'Leary leads a team creating the job-discovery portion of a portal for what President Barack Obama has called the "9/11 generation" of veterans and another team that is changing how the nation's largest employer selects workers.
"Ryan is always pushing the envelope," says Elaine Pulakos, president of PDRI, which creates talent-management systems. "He's always thinking about new, better and innovative ways of doing things that will produce better returns for his customers."
The veterans' portal will offer a battery of assessments that identify interests, mechanical and verbal reasoning, and work experience.
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Seniors Say Goodbye This Weekend Against Kansas
AMES, Iowa – Cyclone fans will have one more chance to watch seniors Erica Miller and Tori Torrescano in action this weekend when Iowa State (21-31, 4-11 Big 12) finishes its 2013 season at home against the Kansas Jayhawks (31-16, 6-8 Big 12). The seniors, who hold more Iowa State single-season and career records than any other pair of players in Iowa State history, will be honored before Sunday's game.
The most dynamic duo Iowa State has ever seen, Miller and Torrescano hold a combined six school records entering the final weekend of their careers and are ranked among the top-10 in Cyclone history in 11 categories.
This season, Miller leads Iowa State with .366 hitting, 12 doubles and a record 51 RBI. Torrescano is one home run away from tying her 2012 record of 14 long balls in a season and has walked a record 29 times, the record-breaking walk coming at Drake on Tuesday. Torrescano also leads the club with a .650 slugging mark.
The California natives will look to close out their careers in style with a sweep of Kansas, which would put the Cyclones in position for a fourth-place finish in the Big 12 if No. 1 Oklahoma wins two of their three weekend games against Oklahoma State.
Beating the Jayhawks will not be easy as Kansas is coming off a 2-0 shutout over the top-ranked Sooners in Lawrence last weekend. Freshman Alex Hugo is hitting .349 for the Jayhawks in league play and Maddie Stein is tops on the club with 11 RBI. Kelsey Kessler (4-3) threw all seven innings in the win over OU, allowing seven hits and walking two while not allowing a run against her.
The Cyclones are planning plenty of fun for the whole family throughout the weekend. On Friday, there will be free face painting from 3:30-4:40 p.m. CDT. Saturday is Fan Appreciation Day, and the first 100 fans into the park will receive foam fingers; prizes will also be awarded throughout the day's contest. On Sunday, the Cyclones will celebrate Mother's Day with flowers given to the first 50 moms through the gates. After the game on Sunday, kids can run the bases and the Cyclones will sign autographs for the final time.
Friday's series opener between the Cyclones and Jayhawks is set for a 4 p.m. CDT first pitch at the Cyclone Sports Complex. MC22 will air each of the weekend's games on tape-delay, May 14-16, with each day's broadcast beginning at 11 a.m.
Cyclone Notebook
• Iowa State will host its final games of 2013 this weekend, hosting Kansas, May 10-12.
• The Cyclones will honor seniors Erica Miller and Tori Torrescano with a pregame ceremony on Sunday.
• Iowa State's loss at Drake on Tuesday was just the fourth this season when the Cyclones allowed five or fewer runs or when they led after four innings.
• Tori Torrescano did not have a hit against the Bulldogs but walked for the 29th time this season, setting a school record.
• Erica Miller had two hits against Drake, including her 12th double of the season, which leads the squad.
• Miller's two-bagger is the 68th double for the Cyclones this season, the most since the 1988 squad posted a record 72 doubles.
• Torrescano (11), Jorden Spendlove (11) and Maddie Reese (10) each have double-digit doubles numbers on the year.
• With one single each on Tuesday, Brittany Gomez and Aly Cappaert extended their hitting streaks to four games. Cappaert's four game streak ties her career-high.
• Of Iowa State's 244 RBI, 94 (39%) of them have come with two outs, led by Torrescano who has driven in 22 runs this season with an out remaining.
• Miller (14), Spendlove (12) and Lexi Slater (11) all have more than 10 two-out RBI this season.
• Sarah Hawryluk, Gomez and Reese each have more than 10 stolen bases this season, making 2013 the first season since 2010 that three Cyclones have reached 10 steals in the same season. Gomez owns the Iowa State record with 28 steals on the year and Hawryluk has 26 and Reese is a perfect 11-for-11 in stolen base attempts.
• In her freshman season, Gomez already ranks in the top-10 all-time at Iowa State in stolen bases.
• Gomez has also broken the program record for runs scored, crossing home 49 times this year.
• Iowa State has hit 36 home runs this season, two shy of the program record.
• As a team, the Cyclones are hitting .289 this season, the highest batting average in program history.
• Over the last two seasons, Iowa State has struggled in pinch hitting situations, hitting .200 in 2012 and .038 in 2011. No player with multiple pinch hit at-bats has hit above .167 in either of those seasons. This season, Iowa State is hitting .314 in pinch hit at-bats and Liana Henry is 6-for-11 (.545) in pinch hitting appearances this season.
• The Cyclones are 17-3 this season when tallying at least as many hits as their opponents.
• The team is 17-4 when its foes score five or fewer runs and 19-4 when a game is tied or when the Cyclones lead after four innings.
Big 12 Notes and Rankings - May 6
On the season:
• Brittany Gomez is eighth with 59 hits, third with 28 stolen bases and tied for third with 48 runs scored.
• Tori Torrescano is tied for fifth in home runs (13), tied for ninth in RBI (42) and ninth in slugging (.660).
• Sarah Hawryluk is tied for fourth with 26 stolen bases.
• Erica Miller is tied for fourth with 50 RBI and is seventh with an OBP of .483.
• Torrescano is among the top-10 pitchers in the league in wins (11, 9th), saves (2, T3rd), innings pitched (146.0, 7th), appearances (32, 7th), starts (24, T6th) and complete games (10, 7th).
• Taylor Smith is also tied for third in the league with two saves this season, is 10th with 108.0 innings of work and is tied for eighth with 31 appearances.
• Iowa State's .964 fielding percentage is fifth in the league.
In conference play:
• Iowa State is fourth in hitting with a .247 average.
• Miller is fifth with a .400 batting average, third in doubles with four, eighth with 12 RBI, fifth in on-base percentage (.533) and seventh in slugging (.600)
• Hawryluk is seventh with five stolen bases.
• Torrescano is first in doubles (5) and sixth with a slugging percentage of .615.
• Maddie Reese is tied with Miller for third in doubles with four.
• Eight Big 12 players have at least four doubles this season, three are from Iowa State (Torrescano, Reese and Miller).
• Torrescano ranks in the top-10 in saves (1, T2nd) and starts (6, T9th)
• Smith also has one save, is ninth with 34.2 innings of work and is tied for sixth with 11 appearances.
• Freshman Riley Fisher is tied for sixth in the league with 11 appearances and is tied for seventh with seven starts.
Scouting Kansas
• Iowa State is 34-47 all-time against the Jayhawks and was 1-2 against them in 2012.
• The Cyclones 10-9 comeback win in Lawrence last season was the best come-from-behind Big 12 win in program history.
• The 2012 club erased a six-run lead by Kansas, on the backs of Tori Torrescano and Erica Miller, who drove in three runs apiece.
• This season, Kansas is 31-16 overall and 6-8 in the Big 12, including a 2-0 shutout of No. 1 Oklahoma last Sunday.
• The Jayhawks have a losing record of 4-6 at home but are 9-7 on the road this season.
• Kansas also has a win over then-No. 14 Baylor this season. Both ranked wins for the Jayhawks came in Lawrence.
• Maggie Hull leads the Jayhawks hitting .443 on the year but is hitting .282 in conference play.
• Alex Hugo is the only Jayhawk hitting above .300 against Big 12 pitchers this season with a .349 average.
• Maddie Stein has a team-high 11 RBI in conference play, and Kansas boasts three players (Stein, Hugo, Hull) with more than 40 RBI on the year.
• Not a serious threat on the basepaths, Kansas has swiped just 36 bases this season.
• Alicia Pille (13-8) has spent 146.2 innings in the circle for Kansas, compiling 168 strikeouts and a 2.48 ERA.
• Kelsey Kessler (9-6) will also likely make a start this weekend. Kessler has an ERA of 2.12 and is averaging just under one strikeout per inning, fanning 102 in 102.1 innings of work.
MC22 To Air Kansas Series On Tape-Delay, May 14-16
• Mediacom 22 will air Iowa State's series with the Jayhawks on May 14-16. Times for each rebroadcast are below, all times central:
Game 1: Tuesday, May 14, 11 a.m.
Game 2: Wednesday, May 15, 11 a.m.
Game 3 (Senior Day): Thursday, May 16, 11 a.m.
Cyclones Celebrate Senior Day May 12
• Iowa State will recognize seniors Erica Miller and Tori Torrescano with an on-field ceremony on May 12 during the Cyclones' final home game of the season. Miller and Torrescano are the most prolific players in Cyclone history, holding numerous program records.
Team Sets Offensive Records
• The 2013 Cyclone offense has raised the bar, setting single-season records in four statistical categories and is in line to break a fifth record with eight games left in the regular season. Below are the records.
Runs Scored: 275
Walks: 161
Stolen Bases: 86
Batting Average: Current - .289, Record - .275


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by nycgo.com staff, 10/09/2012 [Updated 11/11/2015]
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New York City wouldn't be the same without its subways—and not just because the City relies on the system in order to function. The 24 lines run 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, underpinning the City both literally and figuratively. On an average weekday last year, NYC's subways transported well over 5 million people, making it the most trafficked public transit system in the Western world. The system is also one of the oldest and most complex on the planet, and the stories behind its construction and day-to-day operations are fascinating. In many ways, the subway is as iconic an NYC attraction as the Statue of Liberty or the Empire State Building, and just as famous. What other city's public works project can lay claim to inspiring a Jennifer Lopez album title, appearing in films as diverse as Midnight Cowboy and Crocodile Dundee and even having a fictional stop on Sesame Street?
In this feature we uncover some of what makes the New York City subway system so intriguing, looking at its history, secrets, peculiarities and lore. Ever wonder about the secret Beaux Arts station near City Hall? Curious about the connection between train fares and pizza prices? Interested in hearing how a night-train conductor sees NYC? Read on for more—and stand clear of the closing doors, please.


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Over the past seven years, Nicole Guiet, talent acquisition director for engineering firm CH2M Hill has learned a number of recruiting techniques that work in different countries.
Old school in Argentina: Print ads still work in Argentina, and professional associations are a great way to tap into highly skilled talent pools, Guiet says. CH2M Hill runs banner ads linked to their career page on the websites of engineering associations with ties to local universities. "We've had a lot of success in Argentina doing this," she says.
Job boards in the Middle East. Industry-specific job boards in the Middle East are the best source of passive talent. Instead of posting job ads, which generate hundreds of underqualified leads, her team searches for candidates in the rèsumè databases. "We find a lot of good people that way."
Not all Spanish is alike: The Spanish translation of a job ad in Mexico won't necessarily work in Argentina or Peru. "It's like the difference between the Queen's English and American English," she says. She relies on local recruiters to hone the style and verbiage of postings to customize ads for local market.
There's a fine line between eager and offensive: In every market, local recruiters review global messaging to make sure it's engaging—not insulting. In the European Union for example, the company's "Now let's get to work!" tagline was considered offensive because it suggested that they hadn't been working before, she says. "It's about making the global brand localized for that audience."
The right and wrong way to use LinkedIn: Latin America has the highest growth rate of LinkedIn users in the world, but recruiters have to be more subtle in how they use the site. Recruiters want to avoid offending potential hires by being too forward or aggressive, Guiet says. Her recruiters engage potential candidates on LinkedIn by asking if they know someone who's looking rather than recruiting them outright. "It's a more gentle approach."
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I've been digging through the wiki looking for methods to move my server to a new installation with an updated OS. I've read the articles here and here detailing the methods of moving to a new server (64 bit at that). My biggest question is why can't i use my zcs network edition backups as described in method1. Why all the ldap exporting and importing? My backup files should have all my user accounts etc. I'm not copying any files except the actual backup files from my old server. The new install will have 64bit binaries etc. I just want the user accounts and email stored in the backup file. All that information is text. No binaries involved.
Is there a reason I can't simply use my last full backup and import it into my new 64it server running the same zimbra version as my 32bit server?


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Help your plants stay put when it's windy, reducing damage and labor
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Tickets were only available to those with a billing address in the Rocky Mountain region, including Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska, Montana, South Dakota and western Kansas.
Ticket prices ranged from $60 to $200 for reserved seats and $175 to $425 for club seats. There was a limit of four tickets per household.
Tickets for the game, which will be held Jan. 12 at 2:30 p.m., were available at all Ticketmaster locations or on www.ticketmaster.com.
However, many Broncos fans were crying foul after they tried unsuccessfully to buy tickets for themselves.
"First 5 minutes, I was told the event doesn't exist anymore, then told no tickets available. Ticketmaster fails at ticket sales again," Peter Soeth said on Twitter.
Another Broncos fan named Casey Johnson said "they were already showing sold out on the website at 12:01 .... Seems a bit odd."
Broncos fan Amanda tweeted that "I was on right at noon and it showed sold out for me. I was even doing best available."
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$65,000 EMERALD DOWNS DERBYSUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 201477th RUNNING, 3-YEAR OLDS, 1 1/8 MILESTrack & Stakes Record: 1:45 2/5, Flying Notes (3), September 2, 2002Most Wins(including Longacres Derby)Trainer: 3-tie,Jim Penney, Frank Brewster, Glen Williams, Bob Meeking, Bill McMeans & Bud KlokstadJockey: 3-tieLennie Knowles, Joe Baze, Pedro Alvarado & Ricky FrazierOwner: 2tie, Dorothy Brewster & Dino LozziStatistics (1996-2013 @ EmD)Track Condition: fast17, wet-fast 1 Favorites: 2-for-18; Odds-on: 0-for-3 Largest $2 Win: $55, My Constant Star, 1998 Smallest $2 Win: $4.20, Gallon, 2008Average Field Size: 8.4 (largest 12, 2005, 2006; smallest 6, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2012)Gate-to-wire winners: You've Got Action, 1997; Flying Notes, 2002; Saratoga Boot, 2010; Makors Finale, 2012Largest Win Margin: 11¼ lengths, Flying Notes, 2002Smallest Win Margin: head, Winning Machine, 2009Winner bred: Kentucky 7, Washington 5, British Columbia 2, Arkansas 1, Florida 1, Maryland 1, Texas 1
OWNERS HOMETOWNS1-Oldtimers Vision (10) Dr. William Lien, Redmond, WA; Neil Knapp, Vancouver, WA2-Zoomzoomania (8) Mike Pattison, Bothell, WA; John Charlton, Granite Falls, WA;Jed & Urdene Rickard, Federal Way, WA3-Hillside Select (12) Grasshopper Racing Stable Inc. (Paul & Lori Heist, Auburn, WA)4-Mebossman (5) R.E.V. Racing LLC (Roy Schaefer, Port Orchard, WA)5-Noosito (8-5) Last Rose Stable (Jeff Harwood, Auburn, WA)6-Del Rio Harbor (9-5) Desert Rose Racing LLC (D.H. Walker, Kennewick, WA); Bar C Racing Stables Inc. (Neal & Pam Christopherson, Hermiston, ORE)7-The Tom Squad (12) J. C. Racing Stable (John & Christine Sanguinetti, Los Altos, CA)
EMERALD DOWNS DERBY SERIESJune 1: $50,000 Auburn Handicap, 6 ½ Furlongs, Noosito ($6.40), 1:14.71June 22: $50,000 Coca-Cola Handicap, One Mile, Del Rio Harbor ($11.20), 1:34.73July 13: $50,000 Seattle Slew Handicap, 1 1/16 Mile, Noosito ($5.80), 1:40.76Aug. 10: $65,000 Emerald Downs Derby, 1 1/8 MileSept. 7: $50,000 Jim Beam Stakes (WA-bred), One Mile
FAB 5 HANDICAPPERSJoe Withee (EmD1): Noosito, Del Rio Harbor, Mebossman (6-14; $114.40)Robert Geller (EmD2): Del Rio Harbor, Mebossman, Noosito (10-14; $165.30)Jacob Pollowitz (EmD3): Noosito, Mebossman, Del Rio Harbor (10-14; $131.30)Vic Cozzetti (Predictorsays.com): Del Rio Harbor, Noosito, Mebossman (4-14; $117.10)Nick Rousso (Daily Racing Form): Del Rio Harbor, Noosito, Mebossman (6-14; $114.10)Consensus: Del Rio Harbor (18), Noosito (15), Mebossman (7) (9-14; $127.00)
NOTES: The last nine winners of this race earned honors as the track's Top 3-Year-old Male, and that could be the case again this year. Stablemates Noosito and Del Rio Harbor have combined to win the first three events in the 3-year-old colt & gelding division this season, Noosito winning the Auburn Handicap and Seattle Handicap, and Del Rio Harbor prevailing in the Coca-Cola Handicap. A victory by either would likely clinch the championship. . .Favorites are a lowly 2-for-18 in the Emerald Downs Derby, and winless since Gallon was promoted to first on the disqualification of Thiscatsgotcharm in 2008. . .In fact, Alexandersrun in 2005 is the lone favorite to cross the finish line first in the Emerald Downs Derby. . .In this year's 3-year-old series, the betting favorite is 0-for-3 with Noosito winning both times when Del Rio Harbor was favored, and Del Rio Harbor winning when Noosito was favored in the Coca-Cola Handicap. . . Doris Harwood (Noosito and Del Rio Harbor) is No. 1 all-time with 67 stakes wins at Emerald Downs, but she's 0-for-3 in the Derby since Winning Machine's victory in 2009. . . Harwood also began Saturday in a 1-for-25 slump, the lone win by Noosito in the Seattle Slew Handicap. . .Since 2003, Emerald Downs Derby winners include one Arkansas-bred, one Florida-bred, one Maryland–bred, one British Columbia-bred, one Texas-bred, three Kentucky-breds and three Washington-breds. . .Flying Notes in 2002 turned in the most impressive victory in an Emerald Downs Derby—setting a track and stakes record of 1:45 2/5 while winning by a stakes record 11 ¼ lengths. He also earned a 106 Beyer, largest in Emerald Downs Derby history. -##-


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Dell Powervault MD1000 SAS/SATA Storage Array - 15 Bays - Refurbished
We have excellent bundled prices for systems loaded with drives. Call for details!
These items work with the Dell PowerVault MD1000.
Dell F9541 / NF467 / H9122 / G9146 / MF666 / D981C / 0D981C SAS / SATA Hard Drive Trays / Caddies
Seagate ST3600057SS SAS Hard Drives
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Seagate Barracuda 750GB SAS Hard Disk Drive ST3750630SS
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The modular design of the PowerVault MD1000 is engineered for easy expansion - giving you more room to store data from your server. Up to three PowerVault MD1000 15 mixed-drive expansion enclosures can be daisy-chained together giving you 15, 30, and 45 mixed disk drives options. To keep management simple the PowerVault MD1000 connects to and can be controlled by a single PERC 5/E RAID equipped PowerEdge server. Configure the specific combination of storage resources you need now, and add more storage volume later, quickly and easily.
The PowerVault MD1000 is the first in a series of new disk storage units from Dell, and is designed to incorporate subsequent releases. Future models will use the same modular chassis, allowing for complete configuration with existing models, ensuring life-cycle and usability of your hardware for the long-term.
Drives and CapacityHard Drives
Up to fifteen (15) 1-inch-by-3.5-inch SAS hot-pluggable 3.0 Gbps hard drives, at speeds of 10,000 or 15,000 RPM
Up to fifteen (15) 1-inch-by-3.5-inch SATA II hot-pluggable 3.0 Gbps hard drives, at speeds of 7,200 RPM
Minimum Capacity (per enclosure)
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11,250GB using fifteen 750GB 7,200 RPM SATA II disk drives in one enclosure
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33,750GB using forty-five 750GB 7,200 RPM SATA II disk drives in three enclosures
ConnectivitySupport for either of the following configurations:
Unified mode for direct connectivity to 15 hard drives and beyond supports daisy chaining of up to 3 enclosures
Split mode with dual Enclosure Management Modules providing direct connectivity to drives 0 though 6 and a separate connectivity to drives 7 through 14
Enclosure Management Modules (EMM)EMMs
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I'll be doing an Exchange '03 to Zimbra migration very soon, and I've got a last-minute question from a couple of users. What they like about the Outlook Web Access is they have their address book/contacts available in both OWA and in Outlook on their desktop.
Is there any way to duplicate this functionality in Zimbra? For example, sync either a Tbird or Outlook address book with the Zimbra Web Client, or use Zimbra to sync address books between home and work desktops?
Will the coming Zimbra Desktop sync addresses between it and the Zimbra Web Client?


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Rethinking parcel-intensive inbound supply chains to improve visibility
November 10, 2011
As companies look to streamline operations, improve efficiency and wring costs out of their supply chains, one of the most exciting opportunities for improvement is the inbound shipment of small parcels.
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Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
It all began with a television producer's phone call asking KraftMaid to help a deserving family in need of a fresh start. Seasons later, we are proud to remain the exclusive cabinetry provider of ABC's award-winning program, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.
Episode 21The Jordan Family
Faced with the devastating losses of their daughter in 1995 to domestic violence and then losing their son eight years later to a drunk driver, Monica and Brady Jordan responded not with bitterness or self-pity but with dedicated, passionate service to their community. They are now raising their three grandchildren, are strong advocates of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, and open their home to more than 100 youngsters each week who need a safe haven to eat, sleep, socialize and be mentored. But their house has gone without repair in years. Their bathroom leaks into their kitchen and some of the house siding has blown off. Thousands of meals have been cooked in a kitchen that's falling apart, has no overhead lighting, rotting counters and a stove that barely works.
Ty Pennington and his Extreme Makeover designers step in and help the Jordan family with a new, safe home where they can continue to devote themselves to protecting and guiding countless others in need.
The Jordan's new home was built with custom cabinetry by KraftMaid. In the kitchen and laundry rooms, maple wood was chosen and stained in KraftMaid's Biscotti with Coconut Glaze. Pewter Ring and Bail pulls were the hardware of choice, while the cabinet door were accented with Bistro glass inserts.
In the recreation room, cabinets were selected from KraftMaid's Venicia line. The Capri door style was chosen and finished in Tygris Gloss, a deep brown sleek finish. Stainless Steel Bar pulls were attached to complete the look of the European style cabinetry.
KraftMaid Cabinetry Product Information
Door style: Square Recessed Panel - Solid Maple
Wood species: Maple
Finish color: Biscotti with Coconut Glaze
Hardware: #701.702 Pewter Ring pull & #7003 Pewter Bail pull
Glass doors: Palladia mullion frame w/Bistro glass inserts
Recreation Room
Door style: Lustra-Capri
Finish color:Tygris Gloss
Hardware: #7086 & #7087 Stainless Steel Bar pull
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Door style: Square Recessed Panel - Solid Maple
Wood species: Maple
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Terminal 7 (British Airways Terminal),
(Check-in hours: 3.5 hours to scheduled departure time
Flights close out at 40 minutes prior to departure.)
Other New York Airports
|Terminal 7 Airside, turn left at the top of the escalator after departures security
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|Open 3.5 hours before scheduled departure time, until departure time
For further information, click on the website of John F Kennedy International Airport.
Arriving international passengers must clear customs and immigration.
To Manhattan:
NY Airport Service: http://www.nycairporter.com
AirTrain JFK : check fare at http://www.mta.info/mta/airtrain.htm
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Tobacco Products: 200 cigarettes
Alcoholic Beverages: 1 litre of wine or spirits
Others: Goods up to the value of US$100 for nonresidents (US$800 for residents).


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Undergraduate Studies
Academic Success Center
207 Schwartz Center
Tel: 303-672-3190
Fax: 330-672-2073
Dual Enrollment Programs
217 Schwartz Center
Tel: 330-672-3743
Fax: 330-672-5339
Exploratory Major and
Exploratory Advising Center
Lake Hall
Tel: 330-672-3676
Fax: 330-672-3674
EXCEL Residential College
Lake Hall
Tel: 330-672-3676
Fax: 330-672-3674
National Student Exchange
Olson Hall
Tel: 330-672-9292
Fax: 330-672-9296
The goal of Undergraduate Studies is to help students achieve academic success at Kent State University. It fosters student academic success by advising undecided students on degree and career planning; assessing the basic skills of all first-year students; providing tutoring services that promote student learning; and supporting low-income, first-generation and pre-college students.
The Academic Success Center consists of programs designed to foster the academic success of college students. Program areas include the Academic Skills courses, Student Support Services project, University Tutoring programs and Supplemental Instruction services.
Academic Skills courses include: US 10003 Reading Strategies for College Success and US 10006 Study Strategies for College Success. The focus of both courses is the development and application of reading, learning and study strategies that will enable students to maximize their learning potential and achieve their learning goals, thereby promoting student retention. Placement in one or both courses is contingent upon basic skills assessment.
The Student Services project is a TRIO program funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education to provide academic support to first-generation college students, low-income students and students with disabilities. Services include tutoring in mathematics, writing and selected courses; study groups; individual peer mentor; and a laptop computer-lending program.
University Tutoring supports the educational development of student through tutoring in selected courses; writing and mathematics tutoring in certain residence halls and in the Library Information Commons; and test review sessions and workshops.
Supplemental Instruction services are available to students enrolled in specific large lecture classes. Small-group supplementation instruction study sessions are designed to help student improve their academic performance.
Kent State University's Dual Enrollment Programs are designed to provide qualified high school students with the opportunity to enhance their high school education by earning college credits while they are still completing their high school degree. The most common forms of dual enrollment are the Post-Secondary Enrollment Options Program (PSEOP) and college courses taught at the high school by qualified high school faculty members who have been approved by Kent State University.
Kent State's Post-Secondary Enrollment Options Program (PSEOP) provides qualified high school students with access to college-level coursework on the college campus. College courses taken under PSEOP may also fulfill high school graduation requirements if approved by the students' local school districts. Participation in PSEOP at any Kent State campus is not intended to replace coursework available at high school, but rather to enhance the educational opportunities available to students while in high school. In recognition of the fact that high school-level college preparatory coursework forms the foundation for success at the college level, the Ohio Department of Education and the admission offices of the state universities in Ohio have endorsed a minimum core of 16 units of high school college preparatory courses.
To participate in PSEOP at any Kent State campus, high school students must have completed at least 9 units of this minimum core to be considered for admission as a first-semester high school junior or at least 13 units to be considered for admission as a first-semester high school senior. In general, those students seeking admission to college courses should rank in the top 15 percent of their class, have a cumulative minimum 3.50 high school GPA and minimum ACT 26 composite score. Students who do not meet these criteria are eligible to apply for admission and will be evaluated for acceptance to the program based on their high school curriculum, cumulative high school GPA, ACT or SAT scores and letters of recommendation. Students also may be asked to complete a basic skills assessment in reading, composition and mathematics. A personal interview may be required.
Senate Bill 140 provides for tuition payment of PSEOP students enrolling under Option B. High school students wishing to take advantage of this financial opportunity must contact their local school district for specific details. Applications for participation in PSEOP must be completed in sufficient time for them to be evaluated before the appropriate registration period. Students should contact the campus to which they are applying for specific program details and deadlines. PSEOP students are eligible for admission into Kent State University degree programs when they submit and meet all admission criteria (e.g., proof of high school graduation, admission test scores, high school rank, grade point average, etc.). Kent State University degrees earned by PSEOP students are not posted to the Kent State University academic transcript until the term subsequent to high school graduation.
Dual Enrollment Programs also includes The Ohio College Access Network (OCAN). OCAN offers a pre-college partnership with local school districts and community agencies in planning and implementing early college awareness activities and events. The focus of this partnership is to increase the recruitment and retention of first generation students at Kent State University.
The EXploratory Community Engaged in Learning (EXCEL) Residential College is a living/learning experience offered to new freshman exploratory students who have chosen to explore the numerous majors at Kent State University prior to declaring a major. EXCEL focuses on academic and personal success and offers students special resources in choosing a degree-granting college major. EXCEL students reside on the fourth floor of Lake Hall in the central part of campus. This hall is connected to the Exploratory Advising Center, which houses the professional academic advisors for all exploratory students. The students enroll in common courses resulting in the formation of an interdependent community where students share responsibility for living and learning together.
The National Student Exchange program offers a one-year or one-semester study-away educational opportunity to Kent State students while they earn course credit toward graduation. There are more than 170 colleges and universities in the United States, U.S. Territories and Canada from which to choose. Students pay Kent State University tuition or use their tuition waiver; financial aid applies and scholarships also can apply; there are no out-of-state fees. Students experience personal growth, explore graduate school programs and investigate employment opportunities while being exposed to a new culture.


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Religion | As churches around the world prepare for Persecution Sunday this month, Afghan Christian Sayed Musa tells how he survived government-led imprisonment and abuse
"Holding fast" Continued...
It's 67 stone steps up a hill beneath shade trees and across a busy intersection to the gate of the three-story building where Sayed Musa lives in a two-room apartment with his family of eight. I ring the bell and someone buzzes me in.
In the hallway I'm greeted by smiling children and ushered into a bright kitchen where the white tiles shine and the counter is clean and cleared like you see only in glossy magazines. At a flat-screen television two children are watching an episode of Alias. Then from the bedroom emerges Musa himself, wearing a pressed shirt over creased khakis, looking thin but nothing like the man many of us came to know a year ago. Then Musa's home was a prison in downtown Kabul. Our meeting marks the first time the Christian convert, 46, has met with a reporter to tell his story since gaining freedom and finding himself in a new, undisclosed location outside Afghanistan.
Musa's story made headlines and stirred officials worldwide last year after agents from Afghanistan's National Security Directorate (akin to the CIA) jailed him for converting from Islam to Christianity. His is a penetrating study of the persecution of converts from Islam-often labeled apostates under Islamic law who can be put to death-as churches and faith-based organizations highlight the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church on Nov. 13.
Musa was one of several Christians arrested in May 2010, following the nationwide broadcast of a videotape showing an Afghan-American and others baptizing Afghans. The videotape turned out to be two years old, but a parliamentary election campaign was on, and Nasto Nadiri, host of a Noorin TV show that first aired the clips, was running for a seat. Taking a stand against Christians and the West was a way to stake a position against the Karzai government and its supporting parties.
The television station announced it would take evidence of Christian evangelism to parliament, and Karzai's allies took the bait: Abdul Sattar Khawasi, deputy secretary of the lower house, said all Afghan nationals who converted to Christianity should be publicly executed. Karzai spokesman Waheed Omar ordered authorities to draw up a list of foreign organizations working in Afghanistan to investigate possible Christian activity.
Throughout June and July, 13 mostly faith-based organizations-many with longstanding humanitarian work in Afghanistan-had their offices and in some cases homes of workers visited and records searched by security officers. The government ultimately cleared them.
Up to 25 Christians were jailed then released, locals said, but no one knew what had become of Musa. For two months authorities handed out no notice of his arrest or charges against him. His wife didn't learn of his whereabouts until an inmate released from the same jail visited her with news of her husband. She saw him for the first time following his arrest on July 27.
The crackdown jolted religious freedom advocates. The Karzai government is a signatory to the UN Declaration on Human Rights, which calls for freedom of religion and equal access to "a fair and public hearing." It also forbids "cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment."
Afghanistan's constitution, drafted with U.S. oversight in 2004, states in Article 2: "Followers of other religions are free to exercise their faith and perform their religious rites within the limits of the provisions of law."
The jailing of religious minorities after nearly a decade of fighting marked a bipartisan setback for the United States-as both Presidents Bush and Obama were on record promoting broad-based, representative government in Afghanistan with equal rights for all as an essential way to tamp down al-Qaeda and affiliated insurgents. The imprisonment of Musa-an amputee with six children (including one who is handicapped and cannot speak), a medical worker who had done nothing more violent than change his religion-spelled reversal of U.S. aims.
Sayed Musa was born in a village in central Afghanistan, the son of hardworking Hazaras, an oppressed ethnic minority: "I was Muslim and I went to the mosques, I prayed and was strict." The name "Sayed" means direct descendent of the prophet Muhammad. (The name "Musa" often has been transliterated Mosa or Mossa, including by WORLD.)
As a first officer in the army under the Soviet-backed government in 1989, Musa stepped on a landmine on patrol in Kandahar. The explosion forced partial amputation of his left leg, and Musa spent the next month in a hospital and most of the next year in rehab. But the trauma led him to a career working with the disabled. He became an orthopedic therapist for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Kabul-a position he would hold through the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the U.S. invasion in 2001, and until his arrest last year.
During pre-Taliban fighting, a bomb shattered a house in the Kabul neighborhood where Musa lived. Inside eight family members died. The destruction and grief was overwhelming, said Musa. While he worked with others to find survivors amid the rubble, two Western women showed up to help also.
Who are these women? Musa asked a neighbor. "They are Christians, followers of Jesus Christ," was the reply. "That was the first time I heard the name of Jesus Christ," said Musa. "I saw that they were really good people, and I thought I should find who Jesus Christ is." Musa met other Christians while working for the ICRC. "I could not dare to ask but finally I did: 'What is a Christian? Do you have a book?'" he said to one, eventually receiving a Bible and an offer to answer his questions.
Reading it on his own, he said, "I realized this is the word of God. I did not find any difficulty in the Bible, but the Quran for me is difficult. It's in Arabic and I don't speak Arabic. Two thousand years ago Jesus spoke, but for me everything became new." Several weeks later, Musa and his wife were baptized.
Did you tell friends you had become a Christian? I asked. "As I studied the Bible, in my heart it was like a flame. I was never afraid. I spoke of the word of God, and some appreciated it, but some were against me."
Musa discovered enough interest in his newfound faith that the convert opened his home Friday evenings for what became a Bible study and worship time. "Sometimes there were 15 or 20, sometimes 10 or 12," he said. Friends described him as "full of boldness" and one recalled Musa reciting from memory the gospel of Matthew. At an Easter celebration he gave his testimony before an Afghan audience of about 100. Not everyone in the audience was a Christian.
Relatives opposed Musa's conversion, as did some ICRC colleagues. As the 2010 crackdown against Christians erupted, one colleague reported him to authorities. Musa said another alerted him that he would be arrested, so he left his work at ICRC "to go to NATO headquarters because I thought someone there could help me." But on the way a plainclothes policeman arrested him and jailed him in the security directorate prison only blocks from NATO. He had a small pocket Bible, he said, which prison authorities confiscated and never returned to him.
"After that they beat me. They asked me many questions: 'How many Christians are there? How many foreigners are working with you? If you say any foreigners' name I will release you,'" recalls Musa. The beating by security officers continued off and on for two months. He admits, "I lied about some things-because I didn't want others to be treated this way."
Musa was not the only Christian convert to be arrested. In Herat two Afghans along with two Western workers-one South African and another Korean-American-were jailed in August. One of the Afghans, held for 29 days, described for me his Aug. 10 arrest at gunpoint, and said he was beaten and imprisoned with "murderers, the worst people ... they threatened to kill me." The others arrested along with him also were released within a month.
Authorities arrested Shoib Assadullah, 25, in Mazar-e-Sharif in October for allegedly giving someone a New Testament. He remained in jail until April 2011 and, like Musa, reported beatings and mistreatment while imprisoned.
Surprisingly, the 2010 edition of Operation World, an encyclopedic global prayer guide, lists Afghanistan number 2 in a ranking of "Countries with the Fastest Growing Evangelical Population." Number 1 is Iran at 19.6 percent growth over the five-year period 2005-2010, with Afghanistan's growth rate at 16.7 percent and all other countries at less than 10 percent (estimated growth rate in the United States is 0.8 percent).
A major factor in that statistic, according to Operation World editor Jason Mandryk, is that the five-year Taliban regime eradicated indigenous churches and church groups, and Mandryk estimates Afghan Christians to now number in the hundreds. "The increase of Afghan believers is impossible to document, yet undeniable," he said. (The State Department estimates the number of Christians in Afghanistan between 500 and 8,000.)
The growth rate includes the influx of Western aid workers who are Christians, although expatriate workers and Afghan believers rarely worship or congregate together for fear of endangering or drawing attention to one another.
"When you read Scripture you see that persecution is the inevitable result of church growth and people resolutely and radically following Jesus," said Mandryk. "They might not represent large numbers, but the growth rates tend to be higher where persecution is most prevalent and intense."
Arrested with Musa was Ahmed Shah Reza, whom Musa had met at Christian gatherings but soon discovered to be a spy working, he said, for Grand Ayatollah Mohseni, a hardline Shiite cleric who runs an Islamic school in Tehran. In jail Reza renounced Christianity and was released by order of the attorney general. Musa was accused of apostasy, and the attorney general's office announced he could be hanged pending a trial. But scheduled court appearances came and went, postponed as the government faced mounting embarrassment over the case.
Americans working in Afghanistan who knew Musa wrote to the U.S. embassy in Kabul to protest that he was illegally detained and denied due process. An Aug. 1 letter read: "If it is found that Mossa's life is in jeopardy because he exercised his right to choose his own faith, I entreat that the US Embassy do what it can to ensure his safety. ... The US government has been actively engaged in Afghanistan since 2001, spending billions of dollars, exerting millions of hours of manpower, and losing precious American lives in order to ensure that the Afghan people enjoy these basic human rights. If one cannot enjoy these rights, none can enjoy them."
Members of Congress and European diplomats also began to press their respective embassies to pressure the Karzai government for his release. Five members of the House international religious freedom caucus also wrote to Kabul ICRC head Stocker Reto. Yet throughout Musa's ordeal, and despite over 15 years working for the Red Cross, ICRC representatives never visited him or intervened on his behalf. Reto and ICRC officers in Geneva said the agency had to remain "neutral."
Kabul prisons have come under new scrutiny since the UN released a report in October on prison conditions, documenting beatings and torture under the watch of the National Security Directorate and other branches. Under the Leahy Amendment, the United States is blocked from funding facilities where such abuse takes place. But while the report focused on Taliban detainees, transfers from Guantanamo, and other "armed conflict" prisoners, it said nothing about those jailed over non-violent issues, like Musa-even though the ICRC assisted in the survey for the report.
The staunchest advocates Musa had outside the prison were a European couple, former neighbors in Kabul. They contacted officials, organized prayer meetings, and set up prison visits-sometimes successful, often not. They are not named in this story because they continue to work in Kabul.
But none of the mounting international pressure then made a difference. Colder weather set in and Musa began his sixth month in captivity in an unheated, overcrowded detention room. He didn't have a blanket or change of clothes until late September and slept on a mat on the floor. Meals of rice and soup came twice a day.
Worse, taunts and beatings grew constant. A man he describes as the "prison mullah" called him an infidel and encouraged inmates to abuse him. They beat him with wooden sticks, kicked him to the floor, punched him, and spit in his face. Someone produced a skullcap, forced it on him, and mocked him as Jesus wearing a crown of thorns. Then he was raped.
Seated in his bright kitchen now, Musa struggles to recall that time with words. He was "in despair," he said. His family had been forced to flee to Pakistan, kicked out of their home by the landlord and threatened by neighbors. He had only visits from the European couple to look forward to, and little news from outside. He began to write and smuggle out letters-24 in all-sent with the couple from the prison in a bag containing his dirty laundry.
One, a two-page letter addressed in Musa's cursive to "the international church of the world and to the president brother Barack Obama," caught the attention of political and church leaders. He described the torture in prison, his lack of legal representation (several government-appointed lawyers had refused the case of an "infidel"), and said: "I am alone between 400 holders of terrible values in the jail like a sheep." He signed it, "your destitute brother."
For weeks Musa said he believed he was only awaiting his execution. When officials told him he would be hanged in three days unless he converted back to Islam, he asked them to be sure to hang him publicly.
U.S. officials grew increasingly aware that the case was a black eye on the already bruised record of U.S. engagement in Afghanistan. After the letter was publicized, the U.S. embassy and others successfully pressured Afghan officials to move Musa to the Kabul Detention Center, a facility inside the provincial governor's compound reserved mostly for Taliban fighters, where Musa slept in a corridor to avoid further beatings.
According to NATO sources, Gen. David Petraeus-then commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan-raised the case in an early December meeting with Karzai (spokesmen for both governments would not confirm the discussion). Sima Samar, who chairs the Afghanistan Independent Rights Commission and was one of two female cabinet ministers under Karzai's interim administration in 2001-2002, confirmed in December that Karzai was aware of Musa's case.
But as snow blanketed Kabul and the year ended, Musa's despair deepened. One night he says, "I cried and asked the Lord, 'Why did you do this? I did not do any bad things. Why don't you help me?' During the night I saw a dream and in it Jesus ... saying, 'Musa, I am always with you.' I am lying on the ground and Jesus gave me His hand."
Musa said he woke up in a sweat, but afterward, "When people in prison speak bad to me, I laugh at them because I see that my Lord is alive."
The ordeal wasn't over, and when British Sunday Times reporter Miles Amoore visited Musa in early February, he described the convert as weak and limping, "looking haggard and speaking nervously in Dari, the local language." Guards had forbidden him to speak in English. "I don't care if they crucify me upside down," Musa told Amoore. "My spirit will still be alive. I am only afraid of God. Only he can send my soul to hell."
Not long after that interview, officers sent Musa to the attorney general's office to meet two officials, one an ambassador from the undisclosed country where Musa now lives and then U.S. Ambassador Karl Eikenberry. Both apparently were prepared to offer Musa and his family asylum (the U.S. embassy in Kabul did not confirm that the meeting took place, and several sources close to the case asked that further details not be divulged).
Musa says he told both diplomats, "I love much my country, I do not want to go, I love my community, I love my people, I love my work and my patients. But if you insist then you know better." He said he would not volunteer for asylum, he would have to be forced to leave. The ambassadors departed, and officials from the attorney general's office returned. They made it clear to Musa that the only way he could remain in Afghanistan was to renounce Christianity and return to Islam. He refused.
Someone came to take his picture, and several days later diplomats came to collect him from jail. At night they took him to the airport, where he boarded a jet and was flown from Afghanistan in February. His family joined him three weeks later.
In a new land, Musa and his family have some support from the government and a charity group, but he can't legally hold a job yet, and for eight months his children did not attend school. Now five of his six children, who range in age from 17 to 5 years old, are in school. The family has received important medical care-including overdue treatment for Musa's amputated stump and surgery to remove shrapnel from his other leg. And they have found a supportive church that is providing fellowship along with clothing and other essentials.
Challenges remain. Culture shock runs deep. The family must learn a new language to manage, and Musa says they have been cautious about interacting with other Afghan refugees because most are Muslims who may again put Musa's life in danger. In Norway Afghans at a refugee processing center attacked a Christian convert in September, scalding him with boiling water and acid. And just this month, Afghan refugees in India came under new threats of attack (see "Well-founded fear," July 16, 2011). For now, he is careful not to discuss his whereabouts and is not sure what his family's long-term plan will be.
Musa, who often calls himself "the sinnest person in the world," said he gradually came to see that "if I die or if I am released, it is the same." But now that he is released, he says, "Life is really good. I have my family, they are OK, and it was all the plan of God."


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ROCKVILLE, Md. (WUSA) -- On Wednesday morning at approximately 5:30, a Metro bus traveling on Rockville Pike near Tuckerman Lane crashed into a pole.
A man named Rob Kalb tweeted the following with a photo: "Utility work delaying the J5? Yes, from #Wmata own bus seemingly crossing the median, crashing into the utility pole"
Utility work delaying the J5? Yes, from#Wmata own bus seemingly crossing the median, crashing into the utility pole pic.twitter.com/Nk4umcLf
@FixWMATA brought the tweet to our attention and we called Metro officials. Spokesman Dan Stessel reported that no one was on board the bus at the time of the crash. We later saw a tweet from @wmata about the incident saying "operator not seriously injured, but taken to hospital for observation."
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Transparent .png files are always nice.
I'm in the process of scanning, cleaning and vectorizing rather a lot of map symbols from Olaus Magnus map Carta Marina from 1539. I'm working in gimp and Inkscape.
I now wonder what kind of formats I should use in order to share my work with the world. What do you think? I've been thinking about making a photoshop brush. Any more suggestions?
It would be nice to have a vector format as well, since you're going through the effort of vectorizing them. SVG is an open standard and I think most vector packages open them, and they happen to be native to Inkscape, so that seems perfect.
If you're vectorizing then I agree with Alan that you should go with an SVG library. I personally prefer PNGs with an alpha channel to preserve the transparency, but I know plenty of people who swear by GIF. If you're interested in eventually turning these into brushes, then a GIF is a good one to go with, as it'll save you the trouble of (re)layering any animated brushes at that point.


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Mopar Engine Tuneup - Getting Ready For A Road TripWritten by on October 7, 2011 Summertime tune-up tips
We all know a Mopar owner or two whose car never leaves the garage, sitting stationary like a full-scale die-cast model for the owner and his or her guests to look at, but not drive. These cars occasionally get pushed onto (or into) a trailer and are taken to an occasional car show, but rarely see road duty for fear of a rock chip, mechanical problem, or accident. And while we certainly know how nerve wracking it can be to drive a restored classic automobile on the roads these days, we also believe that the only way to truly enjoy a Mopar is to drive it and drive it regularly. Since the Hot Rod Power Tour began in Florida, this year we decided to crash the party with a few local Mopars-including a vehicle of our own-but needed to choose which Mopar to take, and then make sure it was mechanically sound enough to make the trip.
Some of you may recognize our vehicle of choice, a custom '78 Dodge Tradesman van straight from California, from previous issues of Mopar Muscle. With cushy captain's chairs up front, a fold-down couch bed in the back, and plenty of room for luggage, tools, spare parts, food, a cooler full of drinks, and anything else we needed, this could be the perfect Mopar road trip vehicle. Having purchased this groovy van several months ago, we hadn't really done much to it other than attempting to tune the Thermoquad carburetor and repairing a bent driveshaft. The van drove OK and had been regularly driven before we got it, which is better for a vehicle than sitting for extended periods. Vehicles that are frequently used are less prone to issues that come from sitting like dry seal leaks, moisture in the fuel tank, and dry-rotted hoses, belts, and tires. But even so, we didn't know the last time any maintenance was performed on the van. What we really needed was the same thing most Mopars can use on an annual basis. We needed to give the van a tune-up and thorough mechanical inspection to ensure its roadworthiness and that it would make the nearly 1,800 miles we were planning to put on it.
With our planned road trip a mere two weeks away, we drove the van up to Inline Performance Specialists to utilize one of their lifts and get a hand repairing whatever was needed to make the Tradesman roadworthy. The technicians at Inline specialize in Mopar vehicles, particularly trucks and Jeeps, so we knew they'd have the tools and expertise needed to get our van running and driving properly. During previous trips in the van, the 360 four-barrel engine seemed tight and ran cool with good oil pressure, but the Thermoquad carburetor definitely had issues. We also discovered that the fuel gauge was intermittent and the speedometer didn't work, and we noticed that the back of the van didn't seem to be level from side to side. We made a list of problems we'd detected with the van, so we already had an idea of certain parts we'd need before we even started. Arriving at Inline Performance, we put the van on one of their lifts and began our inspection of the vehicle, concerning ourselves mainly with items that would affect safety and roadworthiness.
Though we were skeptical about the condition of our van's suspension, brakes, and wheel bearings, we were surprised to find all the major components in great shape, until we got to the steering. From our experience driving the van, we knew the steering had a lot of play and discovered our vehicle would need nearly every steering component as the tie-rod ends and idler arms (yes, there are two on vans) were sloppy to the point of being dangerous. Additionally, one of the rear leaf spring shackle fasteners had broken, explaining our uneven ride (we're not sure if the shackle broke while the van was driving or stationary, and we're not sure we want to know). Making a list of the repairs we needed to make, and also the parts we'd need to perform the routine tune-up and servicing, we called Summit Racing Equipment to order our parts.
Most of you already know that Summit Racing Equipment is a quick, convenient, and economical way to get high-performance automotive parts, but what you may not know is that Summit also carries an extensive line of stock replacement parts for most vehicles. Going to Summit's website, we quickly accessed their OE line of parts and determined what they had listed for our van. The website was easy to navigate, but we had a couple of questions so we called one of the Summit salespeople to complete our order. Any time you're getting a vehicle roadworthy, especially a vehicle like ours with unknown mechanical history, it pays to replace all of the standard wear and maintenance items of the cooling system, ignition system, fuel system, electrical system, and charging system. Additionally, we decided to change all of our van's fluids, replacing them with synthetic AMSOIL lubricants. AMSOIL has a variety of synthetic lubricants designed for high-performance applications, including high-zinc formulas which work well with flat-tappet camshafts like the one in our van's 360. We also used AMSOIL synthetic gear lubricant in our van's differential, giving our ring-and-pinion additional protection from heat and wear.
Although in some ways vans are difficult to work on, once the engine cover is removed it's easy to access the carburetor and ignition components for easy replacement. In addition to the standard plugs, wires, cap, and rotor, we decided that after messing with the Thermoquad it would be easier just to replace it with a Holley we had on the shelf and replace the fuel filter as well. Moving on to the cooling system, we installed a high-volume water pump, 160-degree Stant thermostat, and new belts and hoses. The brakes were in overall good shape, but we did install new pads and shoes just to be sure. With the help of Garret at Inline, we had most of our maintenance, including the repairs to the shackles and steering, completed in a couple of days. All told, it took about 24 man-hours to complete the work, but we had a lot of additional labor involved with our project.
After inspecting, repairing, and maintaining our Mopar van, we feel a lot more comfortable about taking it on an extended road trip. Unfortunately we didn't have time to diagnose and repair the air conditioning, but look for that in a future Mopar Muscle article. Whether your Mopar is a groovy van like ours or a more popular model, it pays to give it an inspection at least once a year to find any issues and perform routine maintenance. It's a lot better to spend a day or so in the shop before a trip than to be stuck on the side of the road, wishing you had the tools and parts back at your shop.
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1 One night several months ago, while on an eBay binge, we placed a bid and won this '78 Dodge Tradesman 200 that was straight from California and had made the trip to Florida, under its own power. We don't know what we were thinking, but we evidently are ahead of a trend making vans cool again (if they ever were).2 We'd already been stranded on the side of the road, while returning with our purchase, thanks to a poor running Thermoquad carburetor and inoperable gas gauge. With over 1,500 miles of the Hot Rod Power Tour coming up, we wanted to ensure this wouldn't happen again.3 With only a couple of weeks to get the van ready, and no lack of other projects and work obligations, we took our Tradesman up to the professionals at Inline Performance Specialists and utilized one of their lifts to give our van a thorough inspection.4a An annual vehicle inspection is a good idea for any Mopar, whether driven regularly or not...4b ...While on the lift we assessed all of our vehicle's systems, and drained the fluids for routine servicing.5 Tod at Inline Performance is a busy guy, but still found time to help with our project by changing the rear leaf spring shackles. We drained the differential and inspected the ring-and-pinion gears while the cover was off.6a It's common for the rear yoke bushing to wear in a Chrysler automatic, causing a driveline vibration...6b ...We pulled the tailhousing from our van's TorqueFlite and pressed in a new bushing and seal.7 Our inspection revealed several issues with the van aside from routine service items. To get the parts we needed, we went to Summit Racing Equipment. Most people realize that Summit has performance automotive parts, but they also carry an extensive line of OE replacement parts for most vehicles.
8 In addition to the maintenance items we performed, we changed all of the filters and gave our 360 a tune-up with new ignition components. We saved a little money by shopping Summit's website, and it was convenient to have the parts delivered right to the shop where we were working. While working on the engine, we ditched the Thermoquad in favor of a working Holley carb.9 We replaced our van's vital fluids with synthetic lubricants from AMSOIL. Modern synthetic lubricants are engineered to provide better protection and keep your engine running cleaner and cooler than conventional oils. We've been impressed with the performance of AMSOIL products and thought this would be a perfect opportunity to upgrade our van's fluids.10 We replaced most of our worn steering components with new items, greatly reducing the play in our van's steering wheel. We also checked our van's front end alignment, making a minor adjustment so the vehicle would track straight and wear the tires evenly during our upcoming trip.11 Without time for a test drive, we loaded the van up Friday night for an early Saturday departure to join the Hot Rod Power Tour in Cocoa, Florida. We planned three legs of the tour, which would be more than 1,500 miles. Thankfully, we could cruise comfortably knowing our Mopar was in top mechanical condition (for a '78 van).12 If you've never experienced the Power Tour, we encourage you to join it for a leg or two, or even as a "long-hauler." We enjoyed the rolling car show with local enthusiasts Paul, Matt, Chris, and Brandon, and the van ran great during our trip.13 How do you drive 1,800 miles in three days? A big cup of Mountain Dew! Even if you're not planning a trip like ours, an annual vehicle inspection gives you a chance to look your Mopar over and perform routine maintenance. Now that our van has proven its roadworthiness, we'll concentrate on fixing the air conditioning for next year's event!


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10 News Investigator Noah Pransky
St. Petersburg, Florida -- Senator Jeff Brandes (R-St. Petersburg) filed SB 846 Wednesday, a bill regarding search and seizure of a portable electronic device, designed to preserve the privacy of Floridians in a continuously evolving world of digital technology.
"The 4th Amendment protects Floridians against unreasonable search of their papers and effects," said Brandes. "In today's increasingly paperless world we are seeking to clarify that cell phones and tablets are the modern version of papers and effects."
"Privacy is a fundamental right that we as legislators need to protect, and with technology changing rapidly I believe that we need to revise our laws to protect our citizens," said Representative Carlos Trujillo, R-Miami, who is sponsoring the companion measure in the House of Representatives. "I look forward to working with Senator Brandes on this important piece of legislation."
The bill prohibits the search or seizure of the contents of a portable electronic device without a search warrant. In addition, the bill will require a search warrant before a portable electronic device can be tracked by government entities. The bill contains exceptions for national security, the search of a missing minor, and established lawful exceptions to existing search warrant statutes.
SOURCE: Office of Jeffrey Brandes
SOURCE: Office of Jeffrey Brandes