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Photo: Above, Helena Bonham Carter demonstrates her "hyperactive" eyebrows. Below, Anne Hathaway shows how she thinks Botox can "freeze" eyebrows. (Photos courtesy of Hollywood.com)
Some actresses shun Botox for fear that it would make their faces less expressive, but Helena Bonham Carter says she ought to use Botox for that very reason.
In a promotional video for the new movie of "Alice in Wonderland," she and co-star Anne Hathaway discussed whether to Botox or not to Botox.
"Don't do the Botox," Hathaway advised her. "It's frightening."
Here's an excerpt from their discussion with Hollywood.com reporter Thomas Leupp, starting with a reference to the film's director, Tim Burton, who is Bonham Carter's partner and father of her children:
Bonham Carter: He obviously has a thing for eyebrows. He's always hated my eyebrows. He always calls them the dancing caterpillars, or the hyperactive caterpillars. Like "Keep them still!" They have a life of their own.
I know I should actually Botox …
Hathaway: What?
Bonham Carter: I should, because I know they go all over the place, and I have no idea when they are moving or not. And I do agree with him. I go, "Oh, you're right." So, anyway.
Hathaway: Don't do the Botox. No.
Leupp: How would Botox help your eyebrows?
Bonham Carter: It would make them quieter.
Hathaway: It would freeze them.
Bonham Carter: They wouldn't dance. They would just lie down and be minimal.
Hathaway: You would just talk like that [holding down her eyebrows with her fingers].
Bonham Carter: Just like tape.
Hathaway: Exactly. It's frightening.
Leupp: It wouldn't be as compelling on the screen.
Bonham Carter: No.
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For more than 6 decades we have be offering guests the best steaks in town, providing impeccable service with an unmatched wine list. Our happy hour has a loyal late-night following.
With more than 65 years of continuous family ownership, RingSide Steakhouse Downtown is a legend in the world of steakhouses.
Start with RingSide's world famous onion rings...a recipe that is a closely held family secret. Select a steak from a menu offering USDA Prime & Certified Angus Beef NW Natural steaks dry-aged on-premise.
Choose a wine from more than 700 labels. WINE SPECTATOR has recognized RingSide Steakhouse yearly with its BEST OF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE SINCE 2001.
RingSide is a prime example of a award winning steakhouse; AMERICA'S TOP TEN STEAKHOUSE HALL OF FAME; GREAT STEAK HOUSES OF NORTH AMERICA; WINE SPECTATOR'S BEST OF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE AND THE DiRoNA AWARD
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My son's friend, a Buddhist Priest from Japan wanted to have authentic American cuisine, so this steakhouse came to mind. We had a fabulous dinner, with great food and the best service I can ever recall. Our server kept me from ordering too many appetizers and I appreciate that. All the servers were patient with our friend since his English is limited. The noise level is a little lower than the popular trendier places which is a huge plus for me. We could actually talk around the table without shouting. Highly recommended.
Can't beat the Ringside. The food, ambience, service, wine and drinks are the best there is in town. Been going there for over 40 years for fine dining and NEVER been disappointed. Onion rings a must! Don't waste your money going to other steak houses - they can't compare!
We began coming to The Ringside right after it opened, before we were married. They served the same, though smaller, crisp green salad in a faux pressed wooden bowl with the same fabulous dressing. As always, the onion rings were fabulous but I remember them being a bit more "oniony". Those we had the other night were a little bland....but still wonderful. The prime rib was so tasty and the creme bruele excellent. I love the $35 Monday Prime Rib so that we can bring the whole family.
My husband and I celebrated our annivesary and his birthday every year on Nov. 12 there. I still remember the maitre 'de who was there forever. I also watched him perform the Heimlich on a choking patron. Many happy memories for me. My husband has been gone for 5 years but the memories linger still. thank you !!!
We had the Porterhouse on this evening and I would rate it as just okay. It was a little tough and of our 24 ounce steak there was probably only about 10 ounces of actual meat. Of that the New York half had a lot of gristle. Overall it wasn't one of the better steaks I've had.
The restaurant is broken up into a bunch of smaller sections. Our table was very quiet and private.
There are better places for people watching, but if you need a nice place to take a date that's quiet and you can talk while getting a pretty good meal this is a good choice.
Visiting Portland for a friend's bachelor party and went to Ringside on a recommendation. Steaks were fantastic, highly recommend getting one of the dry aged options. Friend had an excellent martini and I had a decent old fashioned. A great, traditional steakhouse experience.
Had the dry aged bone in rib eye, very good but a little on the pricey side. Had the Ahi appetizer to start and ordered the lobster mac as a side. Barely touched the mac as I was already full but was very good also and the ahi was great. House wine by the glass the waitress recommended was so-so.
It was good but somewhat too traditional. Steaks have come a long way and what I missed was the crispy seared outside of my steak. The Wedge salad is wonderful as were the sautéed mushrooms. It is a good meal if you are looking for a very solid traditional steakhouse.
The best of an old-school restaurant. Took my mom and family for her 90th birthday. Ringside Uptown provided the perfect old-school vibe. Outstanding service, top quality cuts of aged meats, delicious steak house experience, and sincere careful attention to detail. I've eaten at many steakhouses throughout the world and Ringside Uptown can stand up to the best. What differentiated this experience however was the extraordinary level of service, and maybe that's just something you find in Portland. Nicely done. Note, I gave the food 4 stars instead of 5 because of my personal take on steakhouses, but compared to other steakhouses, it deserves 5 stars.
Every single thing that we had was delicious! Started off with the onion rings and some oysters. For the main course had the 34oz rib steak for two with lobster mashed potatoes. Quite honestly the best steak that we've ever had, even compared to high-end steak houses. I'm recommending this place to everyone I know and we will definitely be back for more!
Service was also excellent!
We were excited to celebrate my husband's birthday @ the RS but were disappointed
when we were seated in the wine cellar section where larger groups were thus it was very noisy. Our waiter was very good as was my dinner.
My husband was disappointed with his prime rib as it was grisly.
Over all, given the cost, our dinner was a disappointment from prior visits to the Ringside. Thank you for asking.
The quality of the Ringside continues to slide. They are still trying to survive on their original reputation as a quality steakhouse; it is not. What it once was.
Of three dinners we ordered, the prime rib was returned for toughness and lack of taste. The ribeye should have been returned because it was tough and didn't taste good.
We won't be back.
I have been a customer on and off since about 1955. In the past I have the filet but in the few visits it didn't ever seem to be cooked to my liking . I took my wife and son, he had filet this time and I sampled his and thought it was quite good. I had a NY (bone in) but there was no bone. I had it medium rare as I thought might be better than the medium that I usually have. It was tough (hard to cut) and not the flavor that I would expect from a NY strip stake. We visit Ruth's Chris from time to time and I feel they are a much better value and I have never failed to be pleased. It is painful to be so disappointed in the Ringside after all these years The ambience is still great but I am beginning to feel that is not enough. Fortunately our waiter "Dave" saved the evening as he was a lot of fun. My son's name is Dave the two Dave's carried the evening.
Sorry I could not provide a more pleasant review.
John Haleston
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from the Tumor Paint experience. Peptides are short chains of about 30 to 40 amino acids in length, that can bind with specific targets in cells. Many researchers are interested in peptides as drugs, because they are lean enough to get inside cells where large-molecule antibodies can't go, and they can reach difficult 3-D targets known as protein-protein interactions that are generally inaccessible to conventional small-molecule drugs. Cambridge, MA-based Aileron Therapeutics is one such venture-backed company built on the idea of coming up with new ways to engineer peptides to hit "undruggable" molecular targets. Another example is Ensemble Therapeutics, also in Cambridge, which has a different technology for pursuing undruggable targets.
Although a few peptide drugs are already on the market, such as exenatide (Byetta) for diabetes, most peptides have no real chance as drugs. For some, it's because once they get absorbed, they get chewed up by enzymes in the body that render them useless within minutes. Or, maybe the peptide can only be derived from natural sources like scorpion venom or sunflowers—not exactly fountains for commercial-size quantities needed for drugmaking. The peptide used in Tumor Paint, for example, traces its origin to scorpion venom.
The team at the Hutch identified a series of technical hurdles standing in the way of drug discovery in a family of peptides known as knottins. Over the past year, Chris Mehlin and Colin Correnti in the Olson lab took the lead on work that knocked down most of the hurdles, Olson said. Suddenly, with a new scalable process, the team's capabilities went from making about 10 new knottins per year to 10,000 in three weeks. The now eight-person team, plus students and postdocs, can do the work with equipment on campus, rather than turn to a more expensive contract manufacturer.
The new fast and cheap process, which produces knottins through recombinant (genetic engineering) techniques, means that Project Violet can create lots of different variations of molecules that could be made to hit a particular hard-to-reach molecular target of medical interest.
Here's where the public engagement comes in. The idea is to try to engage the crowd of donors in the drug discovery process, by allowing them to "adopt" a specific peptide in discovery for $100. The donors will get a picture of roughly what their molecule looks like, and they'll get to follow periodic blog updates from the scientists who can walk them through the key early steps of discovery. Without getting so specific that they'd lose their intellectual property, the scientists will share some of the ups and downs they go through in the lab when a molecule shows an ability to bind tightly with a target, when they pick their favorite (the "hit-to-lead" process) and when they use chemical tools to further tweak the ideal compound (lead optimization).
Veterans of drug discovery know that most drugs fail in this winnowing process, and even the very best compounds are still years away from entering their first clinical trial. So it's reasonable to ask what will happen to Project Violet donors when they find out the hope for their adopted molecule has been dashed? Will they stay interested through such a long, winding, technically arcane process?
Members of the team say they are concerned about holding onto people's attention, and have thought a lot about how to keep the interest up over time. Whenever a drug fails, the donor can simply get switched to a new one.
"We're building in backup options so people will always have a horse in the race," said Mehlin, a member of the project team and a former scientist at Amgen.
Since the Hutch is a nonprofit research center, collecting donations (not equity investments) for Project Violet, it can only go so far down the R&D continuum before it needs to be handed off to a commercial partner for further development, where drug candidates start to accumulate financial value. The plan is to take the best candidates from Project Violet as far as the studies necessary to begin clinical trials, also known as IND-enabling studies, Olson says.
The Hutch recently amended its collaboration with Blaze Bioscience so that the company will get the exclusive option to license optimized peptides from Project Violet. In return, the project team will get some development guidance from the Blaze team, the Hutchinson Center is getting an increased equity stake in the company, and the Hutch will collect payments from Blaze if the company in-licenses any of the drug candidates. The Hutch is also free to out-license any drug candidates that Blaze doesn't take.
It's clearly a heady time over at the Olson lab, as the team is seeking the kind of national media attention that could drive a lot of donors to Project Violet. Olson, rather than seeking the spotlight for himself, introduced me to the entire Project Violet team when I stopped by the office. There's talk of Project Violet getting hooked into a national science competition, and trying to entice corporate sponsors to foot the bill so that 9,000 kids will each get to "adopt" their own drug, so they can learn about how a drug becomes a drug.
"This is an opportunity to get engaged with the community," said Correnti, a member of the team with a PhD in biochemistry from the University of Washington. "Essentially what we're doing is drug discovery at the most basic level. People see pharma as a scary large entity that doesn't share a lot of information. We want to connect the community and get them involved from the beginning."
For more information, see Olson's TEDx Seattle talk on Project Violet.
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The royals are on a mission to raise awareness of mental health care.
Kate Middleton and Prince William met with Jonny Benjamin, a man who almost attempted suicide in 2004 before being stopped by a Good Samaritan, in 2008. Benjamin was diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder when he was 20 years old and felt his life had hit "rock bottom." He was planning to jump off the Waterloo Bridge before Neil Laybourn stopped him.
Benjamin launched the now-famous #FindMike campaign in 2014 to find the man who ultimately saved his life. The search went viral and ended with a meet-and-greet between Benjamin and Laybourn. Then mere acquaintances, the two have become good friends. As part of the royals' plan to shine a light on mental health care, Prince William and his wife met both men today and heard their story.
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"It was a real snap decision, all the time I was walking up to Jonny I was thinking, 'Why was he there, should I talk to him or not?'" he told the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
He also explained how he came to find himself on the bridge that day. He was a personal trainer walking to work when he stumbled upon a man only wearing a T-shirt and pants on a freezing winter day.
"I just felt he needed help," Laybourn added.
Kate, who stunned in an emerald green over coat, and Will, looking dapper in khakis, jacket and tie, also screened the documentary based on Benjamin's #FindMike search for 20 young people. Benjamin and Laybourn led the discussion. Following the film, the Duke and Duchess met with a group of people affected by suicide to discuss their experiences and the support they have received.
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Baroness Blackstone: Can we discuss this issue when we deal with the next amendment, where it is somewhat more relevant than in connection with this amendment? I shall answer all the questions that the noble Baroness has put. It would be more appropriate, for the sake of orderly procedure, that we discuss these matters with the next amendment.
Baroness Blatch: I find it deeply regrettable that the noble Baroness has listened to three speeches so far, but has only just come in to say that she is not prepared to take these matters at this time. I do not intend to repeat what I have said. This is a matter for recommittal.
Baroness Blackstone: The noble Lord, Lord Tope, was not discussing the issues now raised by the noble Baroness, Lady Blatch. The noble Earl, Lord Russell, discussed quite different issues. He briefly touched on this matter, but I assumed that he was going to speak at greater length on Amendment No. 139 in connection with the matters that the noble Baroness is now raising. I am trying to be helpful so that we deal with each amendment as it arises and in a way which makes it clear to everyone on all sides of the Chamber what is being discussed.
Earl Russell: I am in the Minister's hands here. I had been considering not moving Amendment No. 139, but since this matter has arisen and it clearly needs clarification, I will follow the Minister's preference as to whether we deal with it now or I move Amendment No. 139 to see whether we can get any further. What does the Minister prefer?
Baroness Blackstone: I believe I have made it clear. It would be more helpful and sensible if the noble Earl were to move Amendment No. 139 so that we can clarify the position then.
Lord Tope: I was going to give the Minister a few more minutes to contemplate the prospect of having my noble friend in her hands, to use his words. One of the reasons that we were contemplating not moving Amendment No. 139 corresponds with what I said at the beginning of the Committee stage today. I said that I intended to write to the Minister to set out the legal advice that we have had in order to give her the opportunity to consider it and seek further advice. We shall put down a Motion for recommittal. We shall consider what to do about that in the light of her response and those of the usual channels.
Of course we have no objection to pursuing the matter today, but I felt that we would make more progress when we have all had an opportunity to consider the legal advice that we are receiving, possibly even as I speak, but certainly the advice that we received over the weekend and earlier today. That is why my noble friend was considering not moving Amendment No. 139 today. It was not because we were going to drop the issue, but exactly the opposite.
Lord Whitty: Perhaps I may concentrate on the amendments which have been moved quite
The regulations arise as regards the GTC--that is to say, the references in these amendments to Clause 1(3) and Clause 5(1). During the debates last Tuesday the Committee indicated its concern about the regulations. We sought to reassure Members of the Committee by indicating that we agreed to consider the amendment about whether regulations on the GTC clauses should be subject to the affirmative resolution procedure. We shall return to that.
At the same time, I recall seeking to reassure Members of the Committee that the regulations could set a framework within which the GTC would be empowered to make its own more detailed rules.
In particular, Members of your Lordships' House indicated their concern about Clause 1(3) which will enable the Secretary of State to make regulations about the composition of the GTC. Again, here, the regulations could be used to set out the framework for the composition of the GTC, but also allow the GTC scope to set out some of the detail of the future arrangements. This is the case with many other professional bodies.
We indicated clearly that one of the reasons for the timing is that before we finally propose precise regulations on issues such as the composition of the GTC, we want to engage in wide consultation to ensure that all interested parties have had an opportunity to comment on the arrangements.
The GTC will be a major public body. It is right, however, that regulations should set out the framework within which it will operate. The GTC will be an independent body, working with us to raise standards, and the power to make regulations does not give the Secretary of State powers to interfere in its day-to-day business, even if he wished to do so. I do not envisage that there will be any areas where we will not be able to achieve a broad consensus, so I expect the regulations will, following consultation, carry the support of the profession, the public, the council, and, indeed, this House. Nevertheless, we are considering the question of the affirmative resolution, as against the negative resolution, and shall return to that at a later stage.
On the point raised about Amendment No. 136 and the GTC making its own statutory instruments, we do not see a need for such a power. It would be odd if the GTC could make its own statutory instruments and we do not intend to provide for it to do so.
On the second batch of regulations which will be provided under the Bill--I refer to those relating to the induction of newly qualified teachers--we did not give a commitment. We do not think that it would be a good use of parliamentary time to make any regulations made under Clause 13(1) of the Bill subject to the affirmative resolution procedure. The note we have placed in the
Our intention is to consult next month on the detail of the induction arrangements as a basis for preparing regulations. I hope your Lordships will agree that this is the right way of ensuring that those regulations reflect the views of teacher trainers, employees and all with an interest in securing the highest standards of professional competence in our new teachers; and also that the new arrangements are manageable and unbureaucratic; and have strong support across the system.
In relation to the regulations on fees, we had a pretty full debate last Thursday on the amendment tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Blatch, which sought directly to implement the recommendations of the Delegated Powers Scrutiny Committee. I do not want to detain the Committee for any longer than is necessary, but I should like to repeat the commitments that we made then. First, we made the commitment to come forward with an amendment at Report stage which would make the regulations under Clauses 16 and 21 for the 1999-2000 academic year subject to affirmative resolution. Those regulations will bring about the effective change of system. We remain of the view that those are the key regulations, rather than those which deal with the transitional period and which will be made later this year.
Our second commitment, which I am happy to repeat, was that we would further consider the recommendation of the Delegated Powers Scrutiny Committee that the choice of either affirmative or negative resolution should be left open for further regulations. It was probably in that context that the noble Lord, Lord Tope, thought that he heard me use the word "cumbersome", which may indeed have been the case. We see some difficulties with that recommendation, but will come back with a clear view on it at a later stage.
As drafted, these amendments would, if passed, make all future regulations under the relevant clauses subject to the affirmative resolution procedure. In relation to Clause 16, new regulations will be made every year. The changes from the previous year will in many cases be very minor indeed--for example, they might simply uprate the levels of grant and loan in line with inflation. I do not believe that affirmative resolution is a good use of your Lordships' time in those circumstances; nor, I should add, did the Delegated Powers Scrutiny Committee insist on it.
Given the undertakings that I made last Tuesday, last Thursday and today, I hope that the noble Lord will feel able to withdraw his amendment in anticipation of the Government returning to this at a later stage.
Lord Tope: I am grateful to the noble Lord for that response. The Government are clearly right to be carrying out extensive consultation and we would all support that. However, whether it is right to present the Bill to us before that consultation has even started is more questionable. Nevertheless, this is the Bill that we have before us and that is the legislative process in which we are engaged. As I have said, we are going
I was also pleased to hear the noble Lord's undertaking to return to this at a later stage. I hope that that later stage will be the next stage because I am certain that we shall continue to pursue this matter vigorously on Report. We would all be saved a lot of time, trouble and upset if the Government could give such an indication at an early stage. Although many of us find it unsatisfactory to be in this position, such an early undertaking would at least reassure us that we shall have a further opportunity to consider the matter when the consultation has taken place and when we have the much-talked-about "flesh" on the "skeleton" that is now before us. For the time being, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.
[Amendments Nos. 134 and 135 not moved.]
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I wrote sql query. When I run it in SQL Developer or SLQ/Plus it runns fast. When I runn it in Crystal it takes two minutes!. I even created a materialized view and added indexes. I realdy to pull my hair out and ideas?
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that over the past year and a half I have forgotten MANY moments. Its like one minute I'm laying in the hospital -the doctors discussing if I can wait a few hours or if this is going to be now- and the next minute she's running around laughing and talking/babbling back, giving mean face and hugs and kisses. The cliché rings true: where has the time gone? She's in the room with the teen girls, on her toy cell phone, dancing to hip-hop and giggling. She's learning letters and numbers, shapes and fruits…she's amazing. Where has the time gone… I feel like I have forgotten so many moments. But I will never forget what it felt like having the doctor's hands inside my open belly, my body shifting as she removed this tiny person from me. I will never forget hearing my baby's cry for the first time and me saying "that's the sweetest sound ever". I will never forget that little face next to mine.
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Suicide bomber attacks NATO convoy in Afghanistan
Wednesday, 13 September 2017
Counter-IED Report A suicide bomber in an explosives-packed vehicle attacked a NATO convoy in Afghanistan on Monday, wounding "a small number" of foreign troops and at least three civilians, officials said. The soldiers were taken to the nearby Bagram Air Field and none of their injuries appeared life-threatening, NATO's headquarters in Kabul said. At least three civilians were hurt, District Governor Abdul Shukor Qodossi said, without giving details on the extent of their injuries. A statement from the Taliban militants said 13 Americans had been killed and 11 wounded and three armored vehicles destroyed. Read more: http://counteriedreport.com/suicide-bomber-attacks-nato-convoy-in-afghanistan-some-wounded/...
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How has the face of Islamic terrorism changed since 9/11?
Tuesday, 12 September 2017
Jerusalem Post By CHARLES and BYBELEZER/THE MEDIA LINEWhen the dust settled and the smoke cleared, 2,997 people were dead, another 6,000 were injured and the course of history was changed forever.8 minute read.'Where were you on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001?' is to Millennials what 'Where were you when Kennedy was shot?' is to Baby Boomers; namely, questions representing moments that became etched into the nation's collective consciousness and subsequently shaped the views and experiences of a generation.On 9/11, as it would come simply to be known, Americans awoke to scenes of previously unwitnessed carnage on their home soil, as two commercial jets hijacked by al-Qaida terrorists slammed into the north and south towers of the World Trade Center complex in New York City. Less than two hours later, the massive buildings, a symbol of US ingenuity, economic might and perhaps, until then, perceived invincibility, came crashing down...
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Cyber security experts warn of a new type of terrorist attacks
Tuesday, 12 September 2017
By Scott Cook GRAND FORKS, ND (WDAZ-TV) -- As Americans commemorate the September 11th attacks and remember the thousands who were killed, and thousands more injured, many are concerned about a new type of terror attack.WDAZ'S Scott cook is live with what cyber security experts have their eyes on.These days everything is connected and a local computer scientist says that means everything is vulnerable.We're talking plants that supply power to our homes and computer systems that help keep our economy running.We're seeing more and more attacks like this.And cybersecurity experts say it will only get worse.Dr. Ronald Marsh, Head of UND Computer Science, says, "It is a serious threat. These attacks go on all the time."And Doctor Ronald Marsh has a real-time map of cyber attacks to prove it.So, he's training the next generation of fighters.Not to wage war on the battlefield, but on a new type of front-line, online,...
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The public must help "join the dots" to prevent terrorist attacks, says the UK's top counter-terrorism policeman
Tuesday, 12 September 2017
by Verity Ryan - The TelegraphBritain's most senior counter-terrorism policeman has called on "every strand of our society" to unite in defeating the threat of extremism.Mark Rowley, Assistant Commissioner and Head of National Counter Terrorism Policing for the Metropolitan Police, said universities, retailers, councils, hospitals and the public at large could all help "join the dots" to prevent future terrorist attacks.Invoking the words of Sir Robert Peel, the founder of British policing, he said: "the police are the public, and the public are the police." Since March, 36 people have been killed and more than 200 injured in four separate terrorist attacks on British soil. A further six attacks were foiled by the police over the same period. Speaking in Israel at the 17th Annual Conference of the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism, Mr Rowley appealed to society at large to "come on board and be part of our collective efforts...
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9/11 Commission chairmen: We aren't beating the terrorists yet
Monday, 11 September 2017
USA Today by Thomas Kean and Lee Hamilton, Opinion contributors Despite our successes, each time we have made apparent progress our adversary only moves, morphs and grows. We aren't close to winning. Since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks 16 years ago, herculean exertions by U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies have prevented another mass casualty attack on our soil, and U.S. military and intelligence operations have killed Osama bin Laden and thousands of hardened terrorists overseas. Despite these successes, each time we have made apparent progress our adversary only moves, morphs and grows, and we cannot claim to be close to winning against this persistent threat.The answer for long-term defeat lies in understanding and winning the struggle of ideas. Defeating an ideology is hard, but not impossible: By the end of the Cold War, communism was utterly discredited as a governing philosophy. The U.S. and its allies must wage a...
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Monday, 11 September 2017
by Daveed Gartenstein-Ross - Fortune Sixteen years after the 9/11 attacks and the onset of the "war on terror," the jihadist movement has grown stronger in almost every measurable way. Jihadists enjoy more safe havens throughout the globe, control more territory, are at the forefront of more insurgencies, and have achieved more popular support than they did 16 years ago. The pace and lethality of terrorist attacks in Europe represents something of a nightmare scenario, with hundreds of Europeans dying in the past three years. ISIS's mobilization of foreign fighters creates a looming security issue across dozens of countries that will have to deal with returning fighters.While the factors leading us to this alarming state of affairs are many—including ill-conceived foreign adventures and critical misreadings by analysts at key junctures, including the lead-up to the Iraq war and early on the Arab uprisings—we cannot overlook how technological advances have provided...
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Monday, 11 September 2017
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Paris Terror Suspects Built Bombs In Plot To Blow Up Banks
Thursday, 07 September 2017
The Daily Caller by Jacob BojessonThree people have been arrested near Paris in relation to an alleged plot to bomb a number of banks, Interior Minister Gérard Collomb said Thursday.Police were called to an apartment Wednesday and discovered TATP explosives and other material commonly used by jihadis. Two men of North African origin, including the tenant of the apartment, were arrested close to the scene. A third suspect was detained hours later.French Interior Minister Gérard Collomb said the suspects deny any terror plans despite regular phone contacts with people in Syria. The explosives were instead meant to be used during bank robberies. None of them were known to authorities and they all held French passports."They wanted to blow up banks with the TATP, but what we're seeing is that they were linked to terrorists, so it's more in that direction that we have to look," Collomb told FranceInfo TV.A counter-terrorism...
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How Hong Kong's counter terror patrols have increased threefold
Thursday, 07 September 2017
South China Morning Post by Clifford Lo and Christy Leung The number of sensitive locations that Hong Kong's elite counter terrorism officers inspect and patrol has increased threefold to 600 over the past eight years, in response to global terror attacks, the Post has learned.The revelation comes after officers from the Counter Terrorism Response Unit (CTRU) were deployed to patrol outside the Hong Kong Stadium where the Premier League Asia Trophy took place in July. Four English soccer teams – Liverpool, Crystal Palace, Leicester City and West Bromwich Albion – played in the tournament.That event was the first time the anti-terrorism squad had carried out patrol duties at an international event in the city, the Post understands.Elite Hong Kong police units simulate London, Berlin and Nice attacks in anti-terror drill ahead of China leaders visitSimilar deployments will take place when US singer Ariana Grande performs in Hong Kong on September...
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Something else to fret about: ISIS mounting dirty bombs on drones
Thursday, 07 September 2017
McClatchy DC BureauBy Tim JohnsonHere's a fear that keeps counter-terrorism officials up at night: Extremists might use drones to drop dirty bombs or poison on Western cities.It could just be a matter of time before Islamic State fighters take drone usage from the battlefield in Syria and Iraq to urban areas of the West, security officials say."I understand that an openly available drone, such as a quadcopter, which is able to hold a camera, can drop some dirty explosive device," Friedrich Grommes, Germany's top international terrorism official, told McClatchy on the sidelines of a national security forum."Even if only a few people are affected, it serves completely the idea of terrorism," Grommes added. The payload would be "something which is poisonous. It could be a chemical or whatever is commercially available."Concerns about such tactics grew after Australian federal police said on Aug. 3 that they had disrupted an Islamic State...
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Thursday, 07 September 2017
by Big Island News Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH), a U.S. Marine Corps facility and air station on the Mokapu Peninsula of windward O'ahu, as well as several local, state and federal agencies, are scheduled to participate in an Anti-Terrorism Force Protection (AT/FP) exercise called "Lethal Breeze" on Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 12 and 13, aboard the installation.The purpose of the exercise is prepare for all hazards type incidents through development of comprehensive base safety, security and emergency response plans and routine exercises; prevent manmade threats to MCBH through successful implementation of force protection measures.There will be increase activity aboard the installation to include smoke, waterfront operations, and increased traffic on and off base.The Giant Voice system will also be used during the exercise.Exercises such as Lethal Breeze are essential to respond to manmade and natural threats in accordance with plans and procedures developed through exercise lessons learned and recover...
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War on terror: If we fail, region fails: Gen Bajwa
Thursday, 07 September 2017
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Anti-terrorism operation underway near Paris, 2 arrested
Wednesday, 06 September 2017
RT.com Two men have been arrested after the discovery of explosives and bomb components at an apartment in Villejuif, a suburb of Paris, local media reports.Following a tip-off from a man doing maintenance work, police raided an apartment in the Paris suburb and found explosive materials, including the ingredients for TATP explosive, gas canisters and wire, several local media report. Earlier, the official Twitter account of Villejuif warned people to stay away from the area."The city is asking residents to avoid the neighborhood of 8 May and around the Esselières, where traffic is currently blocked," it said.Counterterrorism police surrounded the building, at Boulevard Chastenet-de-Géry, at around 3pm and began evacuating residents."I am counting on the police for a delicate operation," Villejuif mayor Franck Le Bohellec wrote on Facebook, posting a picture from the scene. TATP, or triacetone triperoxide, is an explosive compound that can be made using readily-available ingredients, including...
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Social Media's Contribution To Virtual Terrorism
Wednesday, 06 September 2017
Huffington Post by Daniel Wagner In the United States social networks are considered to be public spaces and any information shared there is covered under the so-called 'third-party doctrine', which means that users have no reasonable expectation of privacy regarding the data their service providers collect about them. Any data you post online in any format (regardless of privacy settings), or any data collected by the third parties with whom you may have an agreed-upon business relationship, is not considered private, yet many people willingly stream data and images to their 'network' in the mistaken belief that they are the only one who will see or have access to it.In 2010, Eric Schmidt of Google said that the world produced as much information in two days as we did from the dawn of civilization until 2003. In 2014 it was estimated that each day the world creates 2.5 quintillion bytes...
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Police chief Warns: UK 'a breeding ground' for jihadist terrorists
Wednesday, 06 September 2017
Isolated communities, segregation and unregulated schooling create ideal conditions for fostering extremism, says Deputy Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu The Independent by Ryan Wilkinson Isolated communities, segregation and unregulated schooling in the UK are a "breeding ground" for extremism and future jihadists, a counter-terrorism police chief has warned.Metropolitan Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu said there was a "definite problem" of second-generation Britons who became radicalised through the "very toxic combination" of isolation and extremist online content.Police are dealing with nearly 600 active investigations after a "summer like no other" that saw major attacks in Manchester and London that left dozens of people dead and more than 200 injured, he said.The attacks led to a "massive spike" in the number of calls to the national terrorism hotline, trebling the number of leads.Meanwhile the number of new investigations launched since March has surged by 75% to 65, while police have foiled five attacks....
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Terrorism and the copycat effect
Wednesday, 06 September 2017
DW.com A new study says the more the media covers terrorism, the more we inspire copycat attacks. What's at work? Is it a conscious plan by terrorists or the psychological phenomenon known as the Werther effect? The conclusion of the study is clear: Through our daily coverage of news events, we journalists have the power to decide over the lives of others. Or to be precise: Our articles and reports can kill.Most often it's with reports about terrorist attacks, with pictures of the victims and the perpetrators, speculation about motives, background analysis, emotive language - and all this, preferably, on the front page.Michael Jetter, an economics specialist at the University of Western Australia in Perth, has been researching the relationship between the media and terrorism. Jetter's recently published study involves 61,000 acts of terrorism in 200 countries, ranging from the years 1970 to 2012, and the coverage of those events...
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Belgium: 119 Islamic Institutions Investigated for Extremism in 2016
Tuesday, 05 September 2017
For The Record - The IPT Blog by IPT News Belgian authorities investigated 58 mosques and 61 Islamic associations in 2016 in an effort to counter the spread of radical Islamist ideology, according to the country's justice minister and reported by the Brussels Times.The data suggests that one in five mosques in Belgium are a cause for concern among domestic intelligence services.Mosques in Belgium attract inspections for various reasons, including imams who may be delivering radical sermons and for particular mosque attendants who catch the eye of security agencies. State authorities focus their efforts on threats related to "extremism, the radicalisation process and terrorism."The country is increasingly targeted for terrorist attacks. On Friday, a man of Somali origin stabbed and wounded two soldiers in Brussels in an attack claimed by ISIS. He reportedly yelled "Allahu Akbar" (God is great) during the attack. One of the soldiers shot the attacker twice,...
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Expert: Here's How Antifa Is 'Terrorism'
Tuesday, 05 September 2017
Anarchist groups satisfy all 3 prongs of the definition' by LIAM CLANCY - WND.com WASHINGTON – An expert on terrorism says there's really no surprise that Antifa's campaigns should be described by the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI as terrorism.Joseph Giacalone, a professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York and a retired NYPD sergeant, explained to WND how multiple dimensions of Antifa actions qualify."The definition of terrorism, like the act itself, continues to evolve causing much confusion in the eyes of the public,' Giacalone said Friday. "Anarchist groups satisfy all three prongs of the definition: operate within the U.S., involved in dangerous acts that violate fed and state law and appear to intimidate or coerce a civilian population."By stifling free speech and [the] freedom to assemble one can make an argument for coercion. Going after people by exposing them, posting addresses, listing family your...
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BRICS leaders condemn terrorism in all forms
Tuesday, 05 September 2017
by Xinhua XIAMEN, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- BRICS leaders deplore all terrorist attacks worldwide and condemn terrorism in all forms and manifestations, according to the Xiamen Declaration released at the ninth BRICS summit Monday. "We reaffirm that those responsible for committing, organizing, or supporting terrorist acts must be held accountable," it said. In the declaration, the leaders also stressed the importance of strengthening cooperation in the fight against terrorism. The leaders call upon all nations to adopt a comprehensive approach in combating terrorism, and are committed to prevent and counter the growing spread of terrorist narratives, and to tackle all sources, techniques and channels of terrorist financing, it said. They called for swift and effective implementation of relevant UN Security Council resolutions and the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) international standards worldwide. "We call upon the international community to establish a genuinely broad international counter-terrorism coalition and support the UN's...
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Hydrogen bomb in NKorea's biggest nuclear test yet
Monday, 04 September 2017
DEBKAfile Special Report North Korea celebrated its sixth and most powerful nuclear test Sunday, boasting it had launched a hydrogen bomb outfitted for intercontinental ballistic missiles. The US Geological Survey recorded a 6.3 magnitude earth tremor, felt and confirmed in Seoul and China, from North Korea's test side in Punggye-ri in the northeast region. It was manmade and attributed to this test, which seismic experts with Norway's Norsar believe had an explosive yield of about 120 kilotons.The Vienna-based Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty said the test is evidence that North Korea's nuclear program is "advancing rapidly."Seismologists also noted a second tremor of a 4.1 magnitude, which occurred at the same location minutes after the first one and they categorized as a "collapse."As tensions around the peninsula ratcheted up further, US National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster addressed the test in an emergency phone call with his South Korean counterpart, Chung Eui-yong, for about...
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