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Though launched last year, it is the beginning of a new year today. And also new beginnings. I think the reason New Year's Resolutions can be hard to maintain, is because most people say them out loud. And then forget. The next day.
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NEW YORK Quantum encryption pioneers promise to put the world's first uncrackably secure networks online by early 2003. Based on the quantum properties of photons, quantum encryption guarantees absolutely secure optical communications.
Three independent experiments recently have demonstrated such systems. Geneva-based id Quantique SA encoded a secure transmission on a 70-kilometer fiber-optic link in Europe; MajiQ Technologies Inc., here, used a 30-km link; and researchers at Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.) demonstrated a 250-Mbit/second quantum encrypted transmission over a short link.
"Our quantum random-number generator and our single-photon detector module are available now and are in use by several customers around the world," said Gregoire Ribordy, a manager at id Quantique. A beta version of a third product, a quantum-key distribution system, "has been fully tested, and we are in advanced discussions with several potential launch customers," he added.
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For its part, MagiQ says that its Navajo system is currently at the alpha stage and promises real beta sites on selected campuses in the United States in the first quarter. Both companies are also talking about secure through-the-air communications with satellites.
Northwestern, meanwhile, vows to have a 2.5-Gbit/s quantum-encryption technology capable of securing the Internet backbone in five years. It says that commercial partners are working with the technology.
There is strong interest in quantum encryption because of its ability to completely eliminate the possibility of eavesdropping. Today encryption/decryption methods are only as good as the length of the key a 56- to 256-bit value used to scramble the data to be transmitted with a one-way function that's used to encrypt a message. A common way to create such a one-way function is to multiply two large prime numbers, a simple operation for a computer to perform. However, going backward that is, taking a large number and finding its prime factors is very difficult for computers to execute.
Other methods use some hard mathematical problem to create one-way functions, but any scheme of that kind is vulnerable both to advances in computational power and new breakthroughs in mathematics.
Brute force can work
The theory is that secret keys for one-time functions let only the receiver decrypt the scrambled bits, but in practice even the most secret key can be found by trial and error. For instance, multiplying two prime numbers together is a difficult code to crack, since there is no known efficient algorithm to find prime factors. But a brute-force approach, in which a hacker tries a large number of multiplications in the hope of hitting the result, might pay off. The standard 56-bit DES encryption code can be cracked on a supercomputer in a few hours; its next-generation successor, AES, ups the ante to a 256-bit key, but code-cracking computers are also speeding up, so the security is only temporary.
By contrast, "quantum cryptography offers the ultimate in secure communications it's no longer a matter of how fast a computer an eavesdropper has," said Andy Hammond, vice president of marketing at MajiQ.
Instead of depending on the computational difficulty of cracking one-way functions, quantum encryption creates uncrackable codes that employ the laws of physics to guarantee security. Different quantum states, such as photon polarization, can be used to represent 1s and 0s in a manner that cannot be observed without the receiver's discovering it. For instance, if hackers observe a polarized photon, then 50 percent of the time they will scramble the result, making it impossible to hide the eavesdropping attempt from the receiver.
The first quantum technology out of the gate will supplement current public-key systems. Security will be guaranteed only for the keys by means of a technique to change the keys so quickly (up to four times a second) that eavesdropping hackers will have to crack multiple AES codes used during a data transmission. Called quantum-key distribution (QKD), the scheme uses a new type of emitter/receiver for fiber-optic networks based on a single photon. The emitter/receivers are slow (about 1 kbit/s) and limited to less than 100 km, but they offer unerring security that would only be possible for AES by making a new key for each transmission that is the same length as the data to be transmitted.
Earlier this year, id Quantique demonstrated its version of QKD over standard optical fibers installed between Geneva and Lausanne, Switzerland a 67-km distance. At 1 kbit/s, its 256-bit keys were updated four times a second, greatly complicating the code-cracking task for eavesdroppers. Id Quantique says it is collaborating with European communications giants to add quantum security to satellite communications.
In the United States, MagiQ Technologies recently demonstrated its Navajo QKD system over a 30-km fiber link. Navajo's secure communications link consists of two "black boxes" connected by optical fiber. Like id Quantique's QKD, Navaho implements the uncrackable BB84 quantum-encryption code proposed by Gilles Brassard and Charles Bennett in a 1984 paper titled "Quantum Cryptography: Public Key Distribution."
With BB84, each bit fed into a black box is encoded as a mixture of two equally likely nonorthogonal (separated by an angle not at 90°) quantum states, in this case photon polarization. According to Heisenberg's uncertainly principle, it is impossible to distinguish with certainty between two nonorthogonal quantum states without making a measurement that will change the photon state detected by the receiver. Id Quantique plans to announce real customer installations soon.
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Instead of QKD, Northwestern's approach proposes uncrackable quantum codes for the data itself, not just for the key. Northwestern University professors Prem Kumar and Horace Yuen have reported successful testing of a prototype that runs at 250 Mbits/s. They promise a second-generation model within five years that will attain the 2.5 Gbits/s typical of Internet backbones. "No one else is doing quantum encryption at these speeds," said Kumar.
In QKD, an uncrackably secure key is transmitted first, after which a normal encryption/decryption method is used over insecure lines to send the real data. The algorithm of Kumar and Yuen, in contrast, sidesteps the secure-key route and instead secures the high-speed data streams themselves with quantum physics. Kumar and Yuen use quantum mechanics to encode the actual data being transmitted, not just the key to a one-way function. So even if hackers intercept the data transmission down the optical fiber, quantum physics denies them the ability to decode it because of quantum "noise," Kumar said.
Northwestern's patented technology applies a quantum polarization angle to each transmitted bit. If eavesdroppers try to decode the message they must transgress Heisenberg's uncertainly principle that is, their observation of the data introduces so much quantum noise as to render the result indecipherable, according to Kumar and Yuen. However, the intended receiver can use the secret key to remove enough noise to decode the encrypted data. Northwestern's secret-key encryption (SKE) secures the data stream using the same basic encoding method MajiQ and id Quantique apply to secure keys. But the SKE system uses 4,096 different polarization angles, vs. four for the QKD technique. So instead of a 50 percent chance a hacker will choose the wrong filter, as in QKD, the chances are only 1/4,096, or .02 percent, with SKE.
Kumar and Yuen predict products within five years from Northwestern's industrial partners: Telcordia Technologies (Red Bank, N.J.) and BBN Technologies (Cambridge, Mass.).


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Tuskarr magic is similar to what your people call shamanism. While we serve the elements differently than you, the power that we are able to call forth is formidable.
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With this tuskarr torch I want you to return to the mist and strike at the Kvaldir vessels. You will find three of their vessels docked behind the mist at Garrosh's Landing, north of here, and one docked off the shores of Pal'ea, to the south. Burn their ships in effigy! For all to see!
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This (event) is so much help for us. The money's really helpful, but the recognition and visibility are so important. —Carol Walker
PROVO — Three days, a piece of pavement and a lot of chalk is what 284 artists are using this weekend to create 161 masterpieces.
The second annual "Chalk the Block" festival features local artists and four professionals who fill The Shops at Riverwoods parking spaces with big and vibrant chalk art.
All proceeds from the artist fees, booth fees and sponsorships will go to Clear Horizons Academy, a local school for children with moderate to severe autism.
Carol Walker, assistant development director at Clear Horizons Academy, is passionate about the event and said she appreciates the help for the 60 students at the academy.
"The autism rates nationally are 1 in 88, and in Utah they're 1 in 47, so there's a great need for the services that we offer," Walker said. "This (event) is so much help for us. The money's really helpful, but the recognition and visibility are so important."
Parents of students at the school are volunteering at the event to raise awareness of autism and to support the school. Emily Bowen has a 6-year-old boy with moderate autism at the academy.
"This school has changed our lives," Bowen said. "Being able to drop him off in the mornings and know that he's safe and know that he's in the best hands, second to mine, I'd do anything for this school."
Arlene Colman's 8-year-old son, Fawkes, has been at Clear Horizons Academy for six years now. She said having a child with autism is an adventure and a roller coaster. Some days are hard days and it's difficult to do typical family things.
"But then he's a really great kid," Colman said. "When he smiles at you, the light that comes out of his eyes is just pure joy."
Colman said she is happy to do something for the school because it has done so much for her and her son.
This year's theme is "Remember When," and one of eight prizes goes to whoever best represents the theme in a chalk painting. Artists must finish by 3 p.m. on Saturday for judging, and then students from Clear Horizons Academy will help hand out prizes at 6 p.m.
Chalk artists may find themselves in a bit of a time crunch, as the weather hasn't been cooperating. Intermittent rain has sent artists scrambling to cover their work before it washes away. McKell Law, marketing director and events coordinator for The Shops at Riverwoods, said everyone has been helping each other, and the artists are still having fun.
"Rain or shine we're here and the artists are here chalking, and we're having a great time," Law said.
Regardless of the weather, the festival features a high caliber of chalk art from the professionals and from locals.
"Part of the excitement is that these are one-of-a-kind pieces," said Sheri Duffy, manager of Zions Mercantile and event volunteer. "Our artists like it washed off on Monday, so it exists and then it's gone, and they like that."
Julie Kirk-Purcell got hooked on chalk art 21 years ago when she tried out a festival for fun. She has since chalked hundreds of pieces all over the world in places like Hong Kong, Oman, Thailand and Israel. This weekend she is creating a scene of Madagascar with baob trees, dog-sized bats and lemurs — the favorite animal that sparked the idea.
"I think I've always been drawn to large work that's really impacting," Kirk-Purcell said. "I also like the fact that it's temporary and that you can try out new things and learn different processes."
Dawn Wagner, of Thousand Oaks, Calif., has been chalking for 26 years. For Chalk the Block she is working on a trio of striking female faces by Rolf Armstrong. Wagner said she loves the interaction of chalk festivals, working with pastels and using an art form of her Italian heritage.
While she may not carb load before the festival like Rebecca Pletsch (a fellow artist) did this year, Wagner plans ahead. She thinks about the size and complexity of the piece, as well as what she calls the "chat factor," so she can finish on time.
"It's wonderful that it's become such a loved art form, where originally it was just for begging for money on the streets," Wagner said. "Now it's just a beloved art form really celebrated in the United States, and I'm just excited to be a part of it."
Aimee Bohnam, an abstract artist in St. George, and Rebecca Pletsch, a BYU graduate and Provo resident, are the other two professionals participating this year.
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A group from Timpview High's art club checked on their piece during their lunch break Friday. They chalked a big, colorful lion as a team. Nathan McQuarrie, 17, and Rachel Sybwosky, 18, said it was the first time any of them had used chalk like that, but they were successful and learned a lot about teamwork. Sybwosky said the festival inspired them and they are planning a chalk festival at the school in the spring.
The festival has something for everyone: a farmer's market, face painting, hair chalking, balloons, live entertainment and food vendors. There is free shuttle parking from outlying lots at Vivint and Imagine Learning. The free, three-day event ends Saturday at 10 p.m.
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I will never give Larian a single penny since they released Divinity2 in a buggy state where doors disappear then refused to patch the PC version (the Xbox version was instantly patched) until the expansion pack came out. They stole my fifty bucks. I want my fifty bucks back.
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''Songs for Japan'' charity album raises $5 million
L'album de charité "Songs for Japan" rapporte 5 millions $.
Wed May 4, 6:04 am ET
Reporting by Mike Collett-White, editing by Paul Casciato.
LONDON (Reuters) – A charity album featuring hits from the likes of Lady Gaga, Bob Dylan and Madonna has raised $5 million for the victims of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami, the record labels involved said on Wednesday.
The album "Songs For Japan," a collaboration between the world's biggest record companies, was released a month ago and has been on sale in digital format and as a two-disc CD set. It was available from March 25 on iTunes and from April 4 as a CD.
Organizers said the Japanese Red Cross Society last month received $2 million on behalf of featured artists, songwriters, labels, publishers and iTunes, who waived their royalties and proceeds. A further payment of $3 million was made on Monday. More than 500,000 copies of the album have been sold so far in all formats. Songs For Japan featured 38 hits and classic songs, including "Imagine" by John Lennon, "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me" by Elton John and "Pray" by Justin Bieber.
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Foursquare will be invading the Inq Cloud Touch, an Android phone that so far has been mostly known for its extensive Facebook integration.
On stage at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference in New York City today, Foursquare co-founder Dennis Crowley announced that Foursquare will be the default location view for the phone, allowing users to take advantage of the service without ever installing an app.
Using the Foursquare API, the Cloud Touch phone will have most of the capabilities of the company's app. You'll be able to check-in as well as view nearby places, to-dos and tips.
It's a smooth move for Foursquare, since the Cloud Touch has often been referred to as the "Facebook phone" thanks to its deep Facebook integration. Many had figured Facebook Places — the social network's Foursquare competitor — would power Inq's location data. But it looks like Inq is doing the smart thing and choosing the best service for its phone's features instead of trying to shoehorn Facebook into every aspect of its devices. Update: Inq tells me that Facebook Places will continue to be a feature embedded in its phones. Users will be able to swipe between Facebook and Foursquare's location data.
The Cloud Touch doesn't yet have a US release date, but it could be popular here as an inexpensive Android device. An update that will enable the Foursquare integration will be made available to European and Asian Cloud Touch users in six weeks.


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Michael Beschloss has been called "the nation's leading Presidential historian" by Newsweek. He is the author of nine books, including, most recently, THE CONQUERORS and PRESIDENTIAL COURAGE and two volumes on Lyndon Johnson's presidential tapes. He is a graduate of Williams College and the Harvard Business School and holds five honorary degrees, as well as an Emmy award. He is a regular commentator on the PBS NewsHour. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and two sons.
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If you do not have a meat pounder or a suitable heavy pan, you can use a rolling pin to pound the chicken with equally good results.
- 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts halves, about 1 1/2 lb. total
- Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
- 2 Tbs. fresh sage, chopped
- 4 Tbs. (1/2 stick) unsalted butter
- 8 thin slices fontina cheese, about 3 oz. total
- 4 large thin slices prosciutto or boiled ham, cut in half, about 2 oz. total
- 2 shallots, minced
- 1/2 cup Marsala or chicken broth
- 1/2 lemon
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Preheat a broiler.
Using a sharp knife, cut each chicken breast in half lengthwise to make 8 pieces total. Place 1 piece between 2 sheets of waxed paper. Using a meat pounder or the flat bottom of a heavy pan, lightly pound the chicken until it is about 1/4 inch thick. Repeat with the remaining pieces. Season the chicken generously with salt and pepper, then sprinkle with the sage, patting firmly so it adheres to the meat.
Cook the chicken
In a large fry pan (or 2 medium pans) over medium-high heat, melt 3 Tbs. of the butter. Add the chicken and cook until golden underneath, 2 to 3 minutes. Turn the chicken over and cook until just opaque throughout, about 3 minutes more. Top each piece with 1 cheese slice and 1 prosciutto slice. Transfer the chicken to a baking sheet and place under the broiler to melt the cheese and crisp the prosciutto, about 1 minute.
Make the sauce
While the chicken is in the oven, add the remaining 1 Tbs. butter to the pan(s). Add the shallots and sauté until softened, about 1 minute. Add the Marsala and cook, stirring to scrape up the browned bits from the pan bottom, until the sauce is slightly reduced, 1 to 2 minutes. Squeeze in about 1 tsp. lemon juice and stir. Divide the chicken among individual plates, spoon the sauce and shallots over the chicken, and serve immediately. Serves 4 to 6.
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SANTA CLARA — 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh enthusiastically accepted the challenge and had a bucket of ice water dumped on him before Friday's practice to help raise funds in the fight against ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
"I'm not taking Pete Carroll's challenge though," Harbaugh said beforehand, alluding to the Seattle Seahawks coach's recent challenge to his three NFC West counterparts.
Arizona's Bruce Arians and St. Louis' Jeff Fisher already had answered Carroll's challenge, leaving Harbaugh to do the same.
"I've got another challenge with him," Harbaugh said. "I think you know what one that is: the Big One."
Carroll's Seahawks upended the 49ers in last season's NFC Championship before winning the Super Bowl.
Harbaugh accepted the ice-bucket challenge of his brother, Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh, and in return, the 49ers coach dared the team's beat writers to join him in the prepractice dousing at Levi's Stadium.
Standing on the field with about 10 reporters, Harbaugh made the "V" sign with his fingers in support of victory over ALS, as players dumped ice water over his and reporters' heads. Harbaugh had requested more ice in the buckets before the dousing.
Harbaugh also issued an ice-bucket challenge to President Barack Obama, and when told he's already been challenged (and refused, opting to donate to an ALS charity), Harbaugh challenged Obama's predecessor, George W. Bush.
"As usual, I'm late to the Internet party on that," Harbaugh said of the challenges that have helped raise $4 million for the ALS Association since July 29.
For more on the 49ers, see Cam Inman's Hot Read blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/49ers.
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Sometimes Trains Just Don't Run On Time
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One train from Beijing managed to arrive in Hong Kong exactly 24 hours late, which puts being stuck at Clapham Junction for 30 minutes in rush-hour in its proper perspective.
Since those millions are all trying to go home for Chinese New Year, it's a big deal. But how big?
Here is what Susan Shirk, an American academic, former Clinton state department official on China and author recently of "China: The Fragile Superpower" had to say on the subject of police being called in to control the crowds, some 200,000 strong apparently, at Guangzhou station.
"When large numbers of people are upset about the same problem at the same time, there is a risk of large scale collective action that could threaten Communist Party rule. Will the travelers blame the weather or the government?"


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Interview: October 8, 1999
October 8, 1999
TBR Reviewer Jill Zaklow dove into Faye Kellerman's novel JUPITER'S BONES with the relish of an avid fan and eagerly volunteered to do the interview. JUPITER'S BONES is the 11th book in Kellerman's popular Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus series, thrillers that always contain a family element that keeps things sizzling in and out of the Decker-Lazarus household. Find out if Kellerman will ever retire her fictional husband and wife team, the behind the scenes scoop about her own marriage (Faye is married to bestselling author Jonathan Kellerman) and more about her book JUPITER'S BONES in this interview.
TBR: Your new book JUPITER'S BONES is the 11th book you've written featuring Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus. Do you think you'll ever retire Decker, or can we expect to see him in future books? What is it that makes him and his wife Rina so appealing to your readers?
FK: I don't think I'll retire Decker as long as I can think of good stories featuring him as the protagonist. I have to make sure that he is the proper vehicle to tell my story. I think my readers related to Decker and Rina because they are real people to me. Not only do they talk to me --- tell me what to write --- but I consider them my friends as well.
TBR: You and your husband, Jonathan Kellerman, are both well known and well loved authors. What is it like to be married to a fellow writer? Do you give each other feedback on story ideas and/or your writing? Do you both have home offices?
FK: I can't talk about what it's like to be married to an "author," but I can tell you what it's like to be married to a bestseller, Jonathan Kellerman. It's great. He's my best friend and my favorite editor. But remember, he was my best friend for fifteen years before he became my editor. I think that's the key. We didn't get married as "writers." We were lovers way before Alex Delaware or Rina Lazarus was born. We never collaborate on our stories. But we do collaborate on life.
TBR: Your reoccurring main character Decker has married into an Orthodox Jewish family. Much of the plot revolves around the mystery he needs to solve, as well as religious and familial struggles. How does religion factor into your books? Into your own life?
FK: Religion is a major factor in my life. I consider myself a modern Orthodox Jewish woman with attachments to my synagogue, my children's religious school and the community at large. But Jonathan and I are also involved in other community causes, Children's Hospital of LA being a biggie. Jonathan worked there for fifteen years and it's an institution that holds a deep place in our hearts. Also, USC --- Jonathan's alma mater.
TBR: In JUPITER'S BONES, there is a lot of family angst going on --- Decker is having trouble with his teenage children, Jacob and Shayna. Have you ever considered writing straight fiction without a mystery angle?
FK: The family element in JUPITER'S BONES is something I am very proud of. I consider myself a family person with children of all ages. So I write from experience. I don't think of myself as writing mysteries. I consider myself a writer of fiction with a strong plot element. I think good books should have it all --- a riveting story peopled with characters that we care about.
TBR: The mystery in JUPITER'S BONES revolves around a Heaven's Gate-style religious cult. What do you think is the appeal of cults to certain people? What do you think about religions such as Scientology which are not cults per say, but seem to have a cult-like following?
FK: The cult in JUPITER'S BONES was largely fictitious, but it was based on elements of other cults, both small and well-known. I think cults thrive in people who feel devoid of spiritualism. I think religion thrives for that reason as well. My particular cult was nefarious because it was closed, refusing to let the insiders out and the outsiders in. The danger comes when cults are coercive. Religious freedom of the cult cannot impinge on civil rights of the individual.
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TBR: What writers and books have influenced your career and your life?
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Drug cartel alms funding Mexican Catholic Church
Posted Jan 3, 2013, 11:34 am
Gustavo AguirreBorderzine
EL PASO The Mexican Navy killed Heriberto Lazcano, El Lazca,leader of Los Zetas, one of Mexicos most feared and violent drug cartels on October 7. He had been connected to some 30,000 murders.
According to the Mexican authorities, he owned a ranch where he used to get rid of his victims by feeding them to several lions and tigers.
A plaque on a wall of the chapel in the village of Tezontle, Hidalgo, proclaims the building was donated by Heriberto Lazcano. Lord, hear my prayer; listen to my cry for mercy; in your faithfulness and righteousness come to my relief, reads the plaque referring to Psalm 143 in the bible. The bronze-colored marker also states the chapel was built in honor of Pope John Paul II.
According to a CBS news report, Rev. Juan Aguilar, spokesman for the Roman Catholic Archdioceses of Tulancingo, where the chapel is located, said the church was built in 2009 as a community project but the money did not go through the church, which was unaware of who funded it. After the revelation the Archdioceses of Tulancingo, to whom the church belongs, distanced itself from the property while admitting it knows of other donations from drug traffickers.
The Mexican Attorney General is currently investigating the funding of the Tezontle chapel for possible criminal charges, including money laundering or use of illicit funds,according to The Seattle Times.
This incident and others reported recently by news media highlight a growing concern about the possible flow of illicit drug profits in Mexico to religious institutions to pay for construction, new buildings and even charitable programs.
Its a suspected practice few government or church officials are willing to admit or discuss publicly.
The penal code does not list church donations as money laundering,said Kathya Martinez, a lawyer in a prestigious Ciudad Juarez law firms.Money laundering is doing legal business with illegal money, so unless the authorities can prove that a priest conducted any type of business and lied to Hacienda (Mexican Treasury) about the origin of the money you have no case.
As the number of casualties in Mexicos drug war continues to climb the New York Times reported 47,515 deaths have been recorded the Mexican Catholic Church faces some serious allegations. Some parishes across the country are being accused of relying on generous donations from dubious sources, or narcolimosnas from drug lords, according to a report by Angela Kocherga on KVUE TV in Austin. Bishop Ramon Godinez of Aguascalientes, in a recent interview with Televisa said priests have no control over who gives money and dont investigate the origin of donations.
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Of course the cartels donate money, said Godinez, in the Televisa interview.
If they have money they have to spend it. We dont investigate where the money comes from; we live from donations. If it is ill-gotten money the church can clean it, Godinez said. I dont know why theyve made such a scandal out of this.
Dr. Howard Campbell, an anthropology professor at the University of Texas at El Paso and author of the book Narco-Propaganda in the Mexican Drug War: An Anthropological Perspective, believes that narcos want to create a positive public image. They want to play into the whole Pablo Escobar image of the benevolent social bandit.
The Mexican Episcopate Conference (CEM), the official leadership body of the Catholic Church in Mexico, reiterated its complete and absolute rejection of these donations from organized crime.
Campbell said he visited a church built with narcolimosnas.
I was in Culiacan, Sinaloa with a group of journalists and visited a church that was built by El JT, Campbell said. The initials stand for Mexican drug lord Javier Torres. It was an official Catholic church. We talked to the priest and he was a little bit evasive but in the end the story holds up the narco built the church.
Another example of illegal drug profits being used to fund religion is the church of San Ignacio of Loyola in Tamazula, Durango, a small town in the marijuana growing region known as the Golden Triangle.According to authorities, this region is controlled by drug kingpin Joaquin El Chapo Guzman.
The pews were donated by local drug lords according to the inscriptions in them, said Rodrigo Vera, a journalist for the Mexican newspaper Proceso.
One of the pews says donated by Ines Calderon Q, refering to Ines Calderon Quintero, wife of Rafael Caro-Quintero, a member of the Sinaloa Cartel.
According to a report from the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), Caro-Quintero was one of the first persons to introduce cocaine and heroin to the United States. He is also accused of collaborating in the assassination of DEA Agent Enrique Camarena in 1984. Caro-Quintero is in a Mexican maximum security prison sentenced to 40 years for the assassination of Camarena.
Another pew says that it was donated by the family of Sandra Avila Beltran, a former beauty queen known as La Reina del Pacífico, who was charged and convicted of laundering billions of dollars worth of drugs smuggled from Colombia to Mexico. In June, she was extradited to Florida and is facing charges for trafficking cocaine into the country, according to BBC News.
In 2010, Bishop Raul Vera of Saltillo told the Los Angeles Times:They make us accomplices after the fact. A steeple built with drug money has blood gushing from its rafters.
According to Vera, the states of Michoacán, Durango, Sinaloa, and Guerrero are the most dangerous places in Mexico for priests. Several priests have already been killed, with seven murders in the Archdioceses of Mexico alone. With this in mind, some bishops argue that before people go on to judge a priest for taking cartel money they should take into consideration the circumstances that surround the situation because many fear for their lives.
Cartel donations to the church are not a new topic in Mexico. In the 1990s, the crime cartel of the Arellano Felix brothers (also known as the Tijuana Cartel) were accused of donating huge amounts of money to the then bishop of Tijuana, Emilio Berlie, who was able to schedule a private meeting with the Mexican Apostolic Nuncio Jerónimo Prigione.
Prigione thanked them for their generosity, laughed Campbell. The cartel of the Arellano Felix may be connected to one of the most famous cold cases in recent history in Mexico.
On May 24, 1993, Juan Jesus Posadas Ocampo, Cardinal of Guadalajara, along with six others, was assassinated outside the Guadalajara International Airport.
He was inside his car when he received 14 gunshots. According to CNN, government investigations concluded that he was caught in a shootout between rival cartels and was mistaken for a drug lord but no one was ever jailed for the murder.
Although the assassination of the Cardinal was allegedly ordered by the Arellano Felix cartel, some members of the hit squad were members of the Logan Heights gang of San Diego. The United States charged nine members of the Logan Heights gang in connection with Posada Ocampos murder and eventually three pleaded guilty.
Soon after Vicente Fox won the presidency of Mexico in 2000 the case was reopened when he promised to solve several high-profile murders. With the reopened investigation new information surfaced. Testimony from a childhood friend of Posadas Ocampo said that the Cardinal had told him he was called to the house of then President Salinas de Gortari and received death threats weeks before his murder. According to one theory, the assassination may have been planned by the Salinas de Gortari government based on allegations that a senior aide to the Mexican President warned the Cardinal to keep quiet about information that linked senior politicians with the drug trade.
They created this evil monster out of Salinas de Gortari, Campbell said. After his sexenio there was an attempt to blame every single problem in Mexico on him. It seems more likely that the Arellano Felix ordered his assassination.
Some wonder why neither the government nor the press have been more proactive in investigating the practice of narcolimosnas.
Lawyer Martinez believes the lack of investigation is politically motivated.
Federal laws protect the church, whereas any individual might be imprisoned for a felony, a member of the clergy will only be fined. The Mexican government does not want to have problems with the church, said Kathya Martinez.
Alfredo Corchado, an award-winning journalist from the Dallas Morning News who is writing a book about the Mexican drug wars, said through an e-mail that narcolimosnas are quite common in Mexico.
And its a message to the community via the church on who has the economic power there. What better way to win over a community, their loyalty and their silence through limosnas, he added.
Mexican mainstream media dont cover these stories because they are part of the system; they receive other kinds of 'limosnas.' Journalists who do investigate the issue are killed, so thats another reason. And the government doesnt investigate because this is the least of their problems, concluded Dr. Howard Campbell.
The small luxurious church in Tezontle, Hidalgo was built next to the San Francisco cemetery, with a capacity of about 200. The church was built next to the cemetery with only one thing in Heriberto Lazcanos mind, to be his last resting place. After his death, the body was stolen by a group of armed men who entered and threatened the personnel of the morgue in Coahuila; the body was put in a funeral car and rode off, according to Noticieros Televisa. The location of the body of Heriberto Lazcano is still unknown. El Lazca was aware of the fate that awaited him, but his last wish of being put to rest in the church that was built with his money is yet to come true.
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October 15, 2017 - Sharp cherries and and stawbrrries. Finishes with some acidity.
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July 24, 2017 - Absolutely gorgeous and showing no signs of fading anytime soon. Cherry, raspberry, cola, spices, flowers, forest floor. Still loaded with fruit, the earthy tones are in the background, so I believe this has several years of exhuberance left. Super supple with glossy tannins, crunchy acidity, and slight lingering stems on the finish. Give this another five years. Seriously.1 person found this helpful Comment
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April 8, 2016 - I liked this wine. It was a youthful 10 years old, with lovely raspberry and cherry fruit flavors, a little cranberry, some vanilla, earth and forest floor. We had it with grilled Atlantic salmon and wild rice, and it was a good pairing. We paid $20 on close-out: very good QPR for that. Jen was less fond of it than I was, but I liked its somewhat understated tone. I'd drink now with a great meal.
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February 5, 2016 - Nice but staring to fade. Strawberries and cherries with a hint of chocolate on the finish.
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December 25, 2015 - Lovely and seductive, it's drinking incredibly well with cranberry-orange, plum, and spice and good tannic grip supporting the fruit and letting it shine. It needs a little air to fully open up and come together and doesn't look to be fading any time soon.
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James Lawton: Ernie Els found old belief just as Adam Scott lost nerve
At 32 Adam Scott could not see a way to lose. Ernie Els, 10 years his senior, had essentially forgotten how it was to win. But then, for sweet and savage beauty – if you happened to be the man they still call The Big Easy – this was something guaranteed to take you back to the days when there was every reason to believe anything was possible.
Els won his last major in the wildest of Scottish weather at Muirfield 10 years ago. In the 1990s he twice won the US Open. He had a swing that made aficionados of the game swoon, and he never lost that capacity to delight a purist. What did disappear, though, until the drama of this extraordinary dusk, was belief in his own powers to shape a major tournament – and the most crucial matter of the putting stroke.
Once again it appeared to be a fatal career development as the younger man from Adelaide, in search of his first major, went into the back nine four shots ahead of his nearest rival, playing partner and former US champion Graeme McDowell, and six ahead of Els.
There could only be only one result, it had to be concluded on the ebb tide of this 141st Open which for so long seemed to be refusing to happen as one of golf's most compelling and tumultuous events. Even the forecast wind refused to hint that it might become the tempest Els believed could bring his only chance of ending the barren years.
Yet as Els sighed just a little at his dwindling hopes of translating a last round of mostly impressive application – and some superior putting that gave him a final round of two under par – the convulsion came. It consumed Scott, it left him so hollowed out that on the final hole he simply kneeled and shook his head.
His denouement was one of the most shocking in the history of major tournament golf.
While Els preserved his prospects with a nerveless 15ft birdie on the 18th hole, Scott was in the last throes of what amounted to a piece of sustained and quite appalling self-destruction. He bogeyed the last four holes. It was a disintegration which surely had the more sensitive observers shielding their eyes.
McDowell, who had the close-up view of this living nightmare, said: "This was the return of one of golf's great champions. It was a highlight for a classy, classy golfer. He's had three or four very indifferent years."
It was a statement that wiped away much pain and disillusionment, with not the least of it coming when Phil Mickelson swept away his chances of a GreenJacket at Augusta with a magnificent putt on the last green. At the time Els was munching an apple on the practice green, steeling his nerve for a likely play-off.
Last night he was having another snack when Scott's eight-foot putt at 18 failed to stem the tide of bogeys.
Els is one of golf's largest and most amiable men and it was typical of him that his first victory statement should stress the depth of his feelings for the beaten man. Scott handled himself with much dignity in the face of such wretched disaster, recalled his mortification when his countryman and idol Greg Norman withered under the pressure exerted by Nick Faldo in Augusta in 1996, and reported that he had not yet allowed himself to cry. But it was, he allowed, a distinct possibility at some point of a long and surely deeply reflective night.
If he was to find any kind of comfort it was probably in the sepia records of the 1966 US Open at the Olympic Club in San Francisco. Then, the great Arnold Palmer carried a seven-shot lead into the last nine and retained it at five shots with three holes to play. But Billy Casper kept on his heels, draining the life and the confidence out of the founder of modern golf and finally prevailed in a play-off. That seemed to be the apex of Els' hopes before Scott found a bunker on the last fairway before misfiring his putt.
For Els this last represented more than a stunning and unexpected triumph. It was the time when he could walk away from the dread of believing that whatever he attempted to achieve, he was destined to fail – however sweet the swing, and however well he utilised the now controversial long-handled putters. The trouble was, he has been candid enough to confess, that he reached a point when he no longer assumed that he had the game and the competitive character to face any challenge that came on the golf course.
That slippage of confidence, ironically enough, was most significantly imposed by the man who last night was singularly unable to inflict himself on the unfolding drama. Tiger Woods first did it in the 2002 US Masters, when he swept to his third – and second straight – Green Jacket with an imperious march around Amen Corner.
Els admitted he was one of the prime victims. "You have to believe you can win in any circumstances, you have the ability to inflict yourself on any situation. But I have to be honest. Tiger took a lot of that belief away when he went storming to another US Masters title. It was one I wanted to win very badly – and up until that point I believed I could win it."
That was a returning belief, however, before Mickelson destroyed his play-off chances. Last night it was as though he had emerged from a rather dark stand of Georgian pines. Ironically, this time it was the Tiger who had a need to hug the shadows.
Once again Woods, who had had moments of impressive skill and judgement over the first two days, failed to inflict himself at the decisive stage of a major tournament. The four-year drought was extended, there could be little doubt, in his own mind when on Saturday he failed quite profoundly to match the momentum of Scott, the man with the broom-handled putter and the zealous support of Tiger's former caddie Steve Williams.
While Scott played with freedom – and some refined aggression – the Tiger repeatedly took the cautious option, which meant that when the Australian finally began to falter over the last nine yesterday, Woods was too far behind – too preoccupied with avoiding the breakdown of his game to spread any of the old destructive influence.
For Woods, who shot a last round of three over, it was the harshest evidence that his game remains a long way from the brutal force it was before his fall from grace two and a half years ago. For Scott it was an extremely long and tortuous journey to a place against which he will need some considerable protection over the next few weeks and months.
And for The Big Easy? As his huge smile illuminated the gathering shadows, it was easy to believe he had returned, if not to the best of his days, certainly to the kind on which he could still believe that, indeed, just about anything can happen.
Shot, shank and mover of the day
Shot of the day: Even 14-time major winners have to get down and dirty sometimes. Tiger Woods got on to all fours to escape a bunker at the sixth, en route to his first triple-bogey at a major in nine years.
Shank of the day: Graeme McDowell, still stuck on one major win, fell out on contention on the 11th hole, duck-hooking a fairway wood into gorse from the middle of fairway.
Charge of the day: World No 36 Nicolas Colsaerts shrugged off poor middle rounds to surge into a top-10 finish. The Belgian's final round 65 helped him achieve his best finish at a major.
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A's rack up double plays to keep momentum
OAKLAND -- The trend started in the top of the fourth inning Friday night against Baltimore when the A's turned an inning-ending 5-4-3 double play -- third baseman Josh Donaldson to second baseman Adam Rosales to first baseman Chris Carter. The A's turned another double play in the fifth, this time shortstop Stephen Drew starting it and Rosales making the turn again at second. Then another in the sixth on a ground ball to Donaldson. And yet another in the seventh on a grounder to Drew. The A's turned four double plays and won by a lone run, 3-2.
"Very important double plays last night," Drew said before Saturday night's game against the Orioles. "It was good. It brought a lot of excitement. I think it kept the momentum going for us." It also killed whatever momentum the Orioles built. "When they feel like they're having some kind of momentum, get a couple of guys on, but then you get that ground ball, two quick outs, that's a pitchers dream right there to have that defense behind him," Rosales said. What makes those four double plays more impressive is the fact that Donaldson is a converted catcher and Rosales' natural position is shortstop. "He's got great hands, good footwork and good arm strength," Drew said of Rosales. "When he's in there, he's kind of fun to watch. He brings a lot of energy to the field." Rosales platoons at second base with Cliff Pennington, who has played almost his entire career at shortstop but switched positions when the A's acquired Drew from Arizona and sent starting second baseman Jemile Weeks to Triple-A Sacramento in late August. Both Pennington and Rosales, naturally, have exceptionally strong arms that help them when turning double plays. "That's something we looked at originally when Jemile went down. We felt like Pennington would be able to do it," A's manager Bob Melvin said. "Rosales has done it before at second base. Both of them have great arms and they both turn the double play very well. I'm pleasantly surprised to see how well Pennington has played at second base. When you've been a shortstop as long as he has, those are completely different angles that you're looking at, different hops, all of the above, and he's taken to it.
"He looks like he's a natural second baseman."Donaldson struggled defensively at times in two earlier stints with the A's, but since being recalled on Aug. 14, he has been solid in the field. "I don't think he played poor defense, even his first two times up," Melvin said. "He made a couple errors there toward the end before he got sent down, but when you're not hitting, you're hitting .130 or .140 like he was, that can't help but kind of filter in there a little bit. "Now that he's swinging the bat really well it's just fun for him to play, and he's just letting his athletic ability take over. He's one of the few guys that actually could play anywhere on the field, I believe. He is a very good athlete."


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Revisited: Dos and Don'ts of Online Political Campaign Marketing
While pundits across America searched for the meaning of Election Day 2005, I know what this past Tuesday really meant. It meant that it's now time for politicians to start their 2006 campaigns in earnest. And actually, truth be told, most of those campaigns have already started, at least online. My inbox is full of political communications every day. Campaign managers obviously think the internet is the new, great way to get their message out, but they just as obviously have no idea what they're doing.
I think now is a great time to revisit an old post of mine on the Dos and Don'ts of Online Political Campaign Marketing. Political campaign managers haven't learned much in the year or so since this was last posted. In fact, some of the emails I've received lately have prompted me to add a few things to this last.
(As an aside, I keep reading about how some presidential candidates have already hired online campaign directors. I'd like to note that in addition to my MBA and degrees in political science and journalism, I also have over 5 years of experience in online marketing. If any political gurus are reading this, I am not yet taken for 2006 and/or 2008. ;-)
So, without further ado, the new, and improved, Dos and Don'ts of Online Political Campaign Marketing:
1. Don't spam. Ever. This is the cardinal rule. If you spam, be prepared for a huge backlash that will dwarf any positive gains from your unwanted emails. Yes, it's legal for political campaigns to spam (CAN-SPAM states, somewhat ironically, that politicians can, in fact, spam), but that doesn't make it right and it doesn't make it good marketing. When you go online, you play by the online rules. And, in the online world, a spammer is about the lowest form of life.
2. Do, however, consider emailing bloggers individually. A caveat here, by "individually" I really mean individually, not by putting a different name in the "to" field. Target bloggers who share your geography or specific ideology. For example, I wouldn't be offended if someone from the staff of the Republican candidate in my congressional district emailed me individually. I'd be flattered.
3. Don't email bloggers asking for money, even if they're in your district and even if they share your opinion on everything. Ask for their involvement both on their site and on yours as guest writers. Save your online fundraising for those who have already given you their permission to email them.
4. Do realize that content is king. Talk about your goals and policy positions. Save the sound bites for TV. The internet is the place for your candidate to expand, in detail, on their positions. Your web presence should reflect that. Post policy papers. Share statistics. Highlight your candidate's accomplishments in.
5. Don't think that you can put up misleading information on your website and then simply erase it if you get caught. A record of your mischief will still exist and your opponents will have as much proof as if you placed a traditonal ad.
6. Do understand that people who read about politics online are interested in politics, not just issues. If your campaign has a blog, don't just post old press releases, write about some of the inside details of the campaign. If you do, people will come back time and time again and you'll gain an audience for the rest of your candidate's pitch.
7. Don't think putting your website's URL on brochures is effective online marketing. Read and comment on other blogs. Reference interesting articles that other people are writing on your blog. Bloggers always read their referral logs and if you link to them, they will come back to you. And, they'll spread the word to their audience as well.
8. Do constantly update your website. At the very least, keep an up-to-the-minute schedule of campaign stops online. Neither the Kerry or Bush campaigns do a good job of this. If they did, I'd visit their sites all the time to get local coverage from their latest destination.
9. Don't make your online communications a one-way street. Encourage supporters to participate through moderated email lists, forums and the like. Of course, everything the public says won't be positive, but it may be instructive. Think of it this way: if you give the public a voice, campaign staff can be partly released from the nasty job of telling a candidate things they don't want to hear - staff can simply point the candidate to the nearest computer.
10. Do speak online in a slightly different voice. For whatever reason, a little more irreverance is allowed online. Ironically enough, your candidate may be able to best showcase their personality and humanity through a computer.
And now for a couple of new additions to the list:
11. Don't send attachments. Seriously. In last few weeks I've gotten word documents and pdfs sent to me by various campaigns. I'm not going to open them and what's worse, I resent it that you're clogging up my email and possibly sending me a virus. Whenever you feel like sending an attachment, don't do it. Either post a link in your email to an HTML version of the information OR just put the text directly in the email itself.
12. Do create events especially for bloggers. Set up a teleconference for your candidate and invite local bloggers along with members of the traditional media. The bloggers will actually be excited to attend and will undoubtably write about it. I think bloggers still feel special when they're treated like the "regular" media. Take advantage of that feeling while you still can.
13. Don't communicate too often. I don't need to hear from the RNC twice a week. The more email you send me, the more likely I am to ignore it. And don't think you can justify the frequency by saying that you're not seeing an increase in your unsubscribe rates. People don't unsubscribe anymore. They either block your email or just delete it without reading it.
14. Do learn lessons from other online marketers. Online, your candidate's website is just a keystroke away from Amazon and your email can hit an inbox right next to a message from Best Buy. Learn from the people that make those sites and those email programs successful. Online political marketing isn't so different than online marketing in general. There are a lot of very worthwhile conferences and vendors that can help online political marketers as much as online retailers. Use them. I'm always surprised that I don't meet more people from non-profits and political organizations at such events. I'm sure it's just as important for a candidate to know where traffic to their website is coming from or what areas of their website are most popular or who is actually opening their emails. In fact, given the stakes involved, I'd think it's even more important.
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|# November 13th, 2005 10:04 PM james
|the rnc either pulled my email address off of the internet or matt margolis sold the old "blogs for bush" list to them. in the span of 2 weeks, i got 30+ messages from the RNC and one from margolis, which is why i suspect him. ive never asked to be spammed by any of them. i never got spam from them prior to 2 weeks ago.
and the messages are all so f*cking stupid ... "so and so makes press release!!!!!!!!!" "check out our new talking points!!!!!!!!!!!!'" "my exclamation key is stuck!!!!!!!!!!!!"
as a result, any messaage from rnc-anything or gop-anything dot com now goes straight to /dev/null. funny, i havent even added the aclu to my blacklist yet, but the rnc had no problem making it. wtg, guys!
i may never vote for another republican again, solely because of the spamming.
most people probably think im kidding.
this site is named "dummocrats" to call attention to stupid political tricks. it used to be that 90% of the pandering and stunts were done by the dems. the new republicans have shown that they're very competitive in that arena, however.
|# November 14th, 2005 6:06 AM BadgerBlogger
|Your list is dead on! Especially the SPAM part :-)
I don't mind being included on a mass email list for press releases, but I do admit that I take them much more seriously if they come from someone that has taken the time to email me personally first. I get a lot of press releases from people that are running for office, but I have no idea who they really are.
(Note to James) The Democrats SPAM-a-plenty them selves. I like to keep up on the "opposition" and get more SPAM from the DNC and Democratic operatives than from the GOP.