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From the kitchen of world-renowned chef Alain Ducasse comes this pretty, Provençal-inspired gratin of summer veggies. Those familiar with the cooking of the south of France will notice that his take on tradition leans more toward fancy-pants Ducasse-ian than the rustic, laissez-faire tactic taken by many gratins. Still, you'll hear no complaints from us. None at all.–Renee Schettler Rossi
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Fancy and low-fat French cooking? Believe it. Ducasse suggests that rather than sautéing the sliced eggplant, zucchini, and summer squash, you grill or broil it. "The dish then becomes low in fat without any loss of nutritional value," he explains. He forgot to say there's no loss of the fancy-pants presentation that's elegant enough for company, but that's okay. That's why we're here.
Special Equipment: Mandolin
Summer Vegetable Gratin
- Quick Glance
- Serves 4
- 4 tomatoes, preferably actual summer tomatoes from the garden or greenmarket
- 1 small red bell pepper
- 1 small yellow bell pepper
- 1 small green bell pepper
- 1 white onion
- 1 garlic clove
- 4 sprigs basil
- 1 small eggplant
- 1 zucchini
- 1 summer squash
- Olive oil
- 1. Wash the tomatoes and bell peppers. Cut each tomato crosswise into 6 slices [Editor's Note: If you'd prefer to save yourself a little fuss, roughly chop the tomatoes rather than slice them.] Peel the bell peppers with a vegetable peeler, remove the stems and all the seeds and the white membranes, and then cut the peppers lengthwise into strips. Peel the onion and cut it into strips. Peel and crush the garlic clove. Place the tomatoes on a plate. Place the bell pepper strips and onion strips and garlic clove together in a bowl.
- 2. Strip the leaves from the basil sprigs and toss the sprigs in the compost or trash. Select the smallest leaves and set them aside in the refrigerator. Cut the large leaves with kitchen scissors and set them aside on a small plate.
- 3. Wash the eggplant, zucchini, and summer squash. Using a mandolin, cut each vegetable lengthwise into long, elegant slices approximately 1/3-inch thick.
- 4. Heat a splash of olive oil in a sauté pan over medium heat. Add the contents of the bowl (the peppers, onion, and garlic) to the pan and toss to coat with oil. Cover and cook, stirring only occasionally, for 10 minutes.
- 5. Uncover the pan, lift the vegetables up with a spatula, and slip the sliced [or diced] tomatoes underneath. Cover and continue to cook for 5 minutes. Then scrape it all back into the bowl, add the chopped basil, and gently toss.
- 6. Wipe out the pan and heat another splash of olive oil in it over medium heat. Sauté the eggplant for 1 to 2 minutes per side. Add salt and freshly ground black pepper and transfer to a plate. Do the same with the zucchini and then the squash.
- 7. Preheat the oven to 350°F (176°C).
- 8. Arrange 1/3 of the eggplant, zucchini, and squash slices side by side and overlapping slightly in a 9-by-13-inch baking dish, alternating the colors. Using a slotted spoon, spread half of the tomato mixture on top, leaving any liquid in the bowl. Add half of the remaining eggplant, zucchini, and squash, arranging the slices neatly. Spread the rest of the tomato mixture on top, again leaving any liquid in the bowl. Finish with a final layer of the remaining eggplant, zucchini, and squash.
- 9. Bake the gratin for 15 minutes. Allow the dish to cool slightly, then sprinkle with the reserved small basil leaves and a generous twist of freshly ground black pepper. The gratin is best served warm. (You can make the gratin hours in advance, let it cool, and then hold it at room temperature. Cover it tightly and reheat it gently in an oven preheated to 325°F.)
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Brown, general manager and executive vice president of Planters Cotton Oil Mill Inc., Pine Bluff, Ark., succeeds Sammy Wright of Memphis, Tenn., and at age 36, becomes the youngest person to serve as NCPA president.
David Johnson, commodity merchandising manager at J.G. Boswell Co., was elected vice president of the NCPA. Johnson succeeds Brown as vice president.
Brown began his career with Planters in 1990, when he joined the mill as assistant manager and chief financial officer. Before joining Planters, he was a CPA with the accounting firm of Ernst & Young in Tulsa, Okla. He was named to his present position in 1997.
He is active in the cotton industry and his community, currently serving on the board of directors of the National Cotton Council and the NCPA, the Pine Bluff Chamber of Commerce and as a crusher delegate to the NCC. He has also served on a variety of committees for the NCPA.
Johnson began his industry work as a grain and whole cottonseed buyer with Cargill, Inc., in Goshen, Calif., in 1990. In 1997, he moved to the Corcoran, Calif., Processing Division of Boswell where his duties included cereal grains, oil mill by-products and planting seed sales.
Johnson is a former board member of the Los Angeles Grain Exchange, which he served as board president in 2000. He also has served as a member of the board of directors of the California Grain and Feed Association since 2001 and has been on the NCPA board since 1999.
He and his wife, Sharon, and their two daughters live in Hanford, Calif.
The NCPA was established in 1897 and is the national trade association for the cottonseed processing industry.
Planters Cotton Oil Mill is a cooperative cottonseed oil mill owned and operated by member gins with headquarters in Pine Bluff.

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adrianus wrote:Without the Medieval latinists there would be no so-called classical latin because they preserved and shaped the tradition by transmission of texts. The latin language spoken in Rome and beyond was much more varied than the very limited "classical latin tradition" that we have inherited via academic scholasticism.
Sine latinistis medii aevi lingua quam classicam vocamus iam pridem lapsa esset. Illi homines scripta custodientes corpus classicum texerunt adfeceruntque. Multùm plùs variana lingua urbis aeternae et regionum ultrá quàm illa brevior nobis legatam à scholasticis academicis.
adrianus wrote:You used the word "hodgepodge" which can disparage, and as if the language of any period isn't similarly non-homogeneous.
Farraginis vocabulum scripsisti quod deroget, sicut sermonis omnis aevi similiter quidem eiusdem generis non est.
adrianus wrote:... A little better than Harrington's Medieval Latin which is just readings and brief notes...
lauragibbs wrote:There is such a variety of medieval styles ... some book of the Vulgate, ...
dlb wrote:Just for my information, you are saying that the Vulgate is classified as medieval Latin?
lauragibbs wrote:For a really fun and entertaining way to start reading medieval Latin and to get acquainted with some of the characteristic features you will find in much medieval Latin narrative prose, the Gesta Romanorum is GREAT.
I would rate the Gesta as the easiest-to-read medieval Latin prose text, and it is also something truly worthwhile because of the way it presents many of the well-known anecdotes and legends that circulated widely in Europe throughout the Middle Ages.
There is such a variety of medieval styles that I find all the anthologies, including Harrington, to be more confusing than helpful. They just don't give you enough to work with for any given author. Based on my own experience, I think it's more worthwhile to find an important, easy text to start with - the Gesta, some book of the Vulgate, a play by Hrosvitha like the Dulcitius, the Navigatio Brendani, the Exempla of Jacques de Vitry, the Carmina Burana, something that really grabs you for some reason - and then STICK to that for a good chunk of time, working on the same text until you start to really get used to it, and THEN move on to another text. Just my opinion.
lauragibbs wrote: For a really fun and entertaining way to start reading medieval Latin and to get acquainted with some of the characteristic features you will find in much medieval Latin narrative prose, the Gesta Romanorum is GREAT. There is a convenient online edition at Claude Pavur's site:
http://www.slu.edu/colleges/AS/language ... r/gr1.html
TonyLoco23 wrote:that site has it laid out in easy to read, large font
cantator wrote:More FUN than GREAT, I'd opine.
The only problem I have with the Gesta is that it's relatively uninteresting, e.g. compared to the letters of Heloise to Abelard. However, I readily agree that the grammar is simple enough for beginners in the idiom.
lauragibbs wrote:My personal favorite is the story of Jovinianus! It is chapter 148


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The agreement authorizes SEMI, the global industry association leader for microelectronics, MEMS, display and emerging technologies, to offer preferential ATDF services to SEMI members. In return, SEMI will help communicate ATDF's capabilities throughout the global supplier community.
"Part of our charter is to provide a broad range of services to help industry suppliers meet the mounting costs of manufacturing R&D," said Dave Anderson, ATDF general manager. "By working with SEMI, we can reach the broadest possible audience of suppliers with rates and timetables that will work for them."
Anderson added, "This agreement is an example of two leading organizations working together for the common good of the industry. "As a wholly owned SEMATECH subsidiary we are part of a cooperative tradition, and we realize that the success of our industry in sharing the burden of escalating R&D costs depends more and more on these kinds of creative collaborations."
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Aggressive New Strain Of HIV Found By Scientists
One step forward, two steps back, it seems in the race against HIV/AIDS.
On the heels of incredible news for World AIDS Day and a promising cancer-related treatment for HIV comes word from Swedish scientists that an aggressive new recombinant form of the virus is being transmitted.
The new strain, known as A3/02, is a recombinant, meaning it is a cross between two previously identified HIV strains. Writing in the Journal of Infectious Diseases, Lund University researchers said that the infection moves from HIV to full-blown AIDS in about five years, nearly two- to two-and-a-half years faster than most previously known strains.
So far the new infection seems confined to West Africa. But experts fear that recombinants are becoming more common and could start to spread globally, especially to highly mobile regions such as Europe and the United States. The researchers said recombinants develop faster than the "parental" strains they spring from, though fortunately, this latest strain seems treatable with existing drugs.
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Apparently even this strain can be effectively treated with current drugs. The danger is that new strains will develop that cannot be effectively treated with existing drugs. The (not stated) point is that AIDS and HIV are not "old news," and their danger is real. It is important to protect yourself and your partner(s) and to know and disclose your status so that everybody knows the risk they are taking. I hope this is helpful.
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Malin Akerman and fellow bedazzled actress Vanessa Hudgens put on their 3-D glasses to experience the epic LG Cinema 3D HDTV lounge backstage at California's Santa Monica Beach.
Vanessa, who wore a cute Free People dress, was seen swiping a Altoids mint tin and sticking it into her purse. She literally danced her way through the lounge and mingled with 90210's Trevor Donovan. Before hitting the ceremony, Vanessa stopped by the Elle lounge and chatted with creative director Joe Zee.
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VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran has postponed until 2014 the planned start-up of a research reactor which Western experts say could potentially offer the Islamic Republic a second route to produce material for a nuclear bomb, a U.N. report showed.
Tehran has continued to install cooling and moderator circuit piping in the heavy water plant near the town of Arak. Nuclear analysts say this type of reactor could yield plutonium for nuclear arms if the spent fuel is reprocessed, something Iran has said it has no intention of doing.
But the country has now delayed the planned timetable for bringing Arak on line by about half a year from the third quarter of 2013, according to the latest U.N. information in a confidential report submitted to member states late on Friday.
"Iran stated that the operation of the IR-40 reactor was now expected to commence in the first quarter of 2014," the U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report said.
It gave no reason for the postponement, but Western experts have said a launch already next year always seemed unrealistic.
The Arms Control Association, a Washington-based research and advocacy group, said it was questionable whether Iran would be able to meet the new target date as well, in view of "significant delays and impeded access to necessary materials" because of international sanctions imposed on Iran.
The West's worries about Iran are focused largely on underground uranium enrichment plants at Natanz and Fordow, but experts say Arak is also a possible proliferation concern.
Iran rejects Western allegations it seeks to develop a capability to assemble atomic arms, saying its nuclear program is entirely peaceful and that the Arak reactor will produce isotopes for medical and agricultural use.
But former chief U.N. nuclear inspector Olli Heinonen, now at Harvard University, said Arak was "ill-suited" for isotope production. Plutonium from Arak would be available at the earliest in 2016-17 if a reprocessing plant was built, he said.
Israel, believed to be the Middle East's only nuclear-armed state, sees Iran's nuclear program as a serious danger and has threatened to attack its atomic sites if diplomacy fails to resolve the decade-old dispute.
If it does, the nuclear sites at Natanz, Fordow and Arak in central Iran are likely to be among the targets.
Friday's quarterly IAEA report showed Iran pressing ahead with expanding its uranium enrichment program at Fordow and Natanz in defiance of tightening Western sanctions.
The report, issued 10 days after U.S. President Barack Obama's re-election raised hope of a revival of diplomacy following months of speculation that Israel might soon attack Iran's nuclear sites, underlined the tough task facing Western powers seeking to pressure Tehran to curb its atomic activities.
"Iran is carefully calibrating development of its nuclear program to gain leverage at coming talks and avoid probable redlines, while also slowly but steadily increasing the threat facing the West," Cliff Kupchan, Middle East director at the Eurasia consultancy, said.
A U.S.-based think-tank, the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS), said Iran's total output of low-enriched uranium since 2007 could in theory be used for six or seven nuclear weapons if refined much further.
Enriched uranium can fuel nuclear power plants, Iran's stated aim, but also provide the explosive core of a nuclear weapon if refined much further. Making plutonium from spent fuel is a second way of obtaining potential bomb material.
The IAEA report also said nuclear fuel had been unloaded from Iran's first nuclear energy plant, Bushehr, and transferred to a spent fuel pond. No reason was given for the unexpected move. In theory, such material can yield plutonium, but a Western diplomat played down any such proliferation concern.
In August, German prosecutors said police had arrested four men suspected of delivering valves for the Arak reactor, breaking an embargo on such exports to Iran.
If operated optimally, the heavy-water plant could produce about 9 kilograms (20 pounds) of plutonium a year, or enough for about two nuclear bombs annually, ISIS said in a note on Arak.
"Before it could use any of the plutonium in a nuclear weapon, however, it would first have to separate the plutonium from the irradiated fuel," it added on its website.
Iran has announced it has no plans to reprocess the spent fuel, the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) think-tank said in a report last year.
But Mark Fitzpatrick, director of its non-proliferation and disarmament program, has said that "similarly sized reactors ostensibly built for research" have been used by India, Israel, North Korea and Pakistan to make plutonium for weapons.
(Editing by Mark Heinrich)


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Ayotte holds her ground : Rookie tosses Rice at ObamaEDITORIAL
December 16. 2012 12:05AM
Credit U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte with holding her ground on the deplorable and ill-considered Obama administration plan to name Susan Rice our Secretary of State. Coming from the state whose native son, Daniel Webster, once served with distinction in that post, Ayotte may have a particular appreciation for the importance of the post.
Ayotte, along with fellow Republicans John McCain and Lindsey Graham, took the lead in challenging the now-scuttled Rice plan, hatched by President Obama as a payoff for one of his Chicago political cronies.
McCain and Graham are longtime Senate and political pros, who have built up the tough skins and political street credibility needed when mounting such a challenge. Ayotte, by contrast, is a rookie in the ways of Washington.
Those who don't know her would not have been surprised had she wilted and wavered under the political and liberal media fire that was directed her way for opposing a newly reelected President.
But Sen. Ayotte is guided by facts and common sense. Ambassador Rice was clearly dissembling on the subject of what she knew and when she knew it on the Benghazi attack that left an American ambassador dead. To ignore that fact and put Rice in such an important post would have been exactly the wrong thing to do.
Ayotte is a rookie, but she has the markings of being a Rookie of the Year for Republicans, which is no doubt why her political foes here are already trying to gin up bad reviews for her every move.


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The Ospreys have released the following information on Sam Lewis, reported to have signed with Newport Gwent Dragons.
"Despite reports elsewhere announcing a move to Newport Gwent Dragons, Sam Lewis has committed his future to the Ospreys.
"Lewis, who has played 42 games for the region, has signed a two-year deal that runs until the end of the 2015/16 season.
"He commented: "I am 100 per cent committed to the Ospreys and I'd like to apologise for any confusion caused by recent statements which coincided with a brief period of uncertainty on my part.
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Brazil's Death Metal outfit SCOURGE has announced the May 27 North American release of its second album entitled "Hate Metal" via Greyhaze Records. The album is a straight stab to the stomach that represents a full-on attack on all False Metal that still abounds in extreme music worldwide. Hate Metal is a sadistic alert to what's truly real in Metal in a straight-up Death Metal delivery that should please those into Bathory, Sarcofago, Blasphemy, and Black Witchery. The album also features a very special participation by Wagner Antichrist on vocals on the track The Bread that God Crushed. This is the first time Antichrist participates in a musical recording since Sarcofago's last output "Crust."
Scourge's Hate Metal will be released in North America on May 27 and is available for preorder at this location
Scourge is a Death Metal band formed in the city of Uberlandia, in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Despite being part of the new generation of Brazilian Extreme Metal groups, which includes bands such as Grave Desecrator and Bode Preto, the essence of Scourge stems deep in the early beginnings of Extreme Metal in Brazil.
Drinking deeply from the altar of Sarcofago, Scourge is a vehicle to denounce humankind's deepest perversions as depicted in the band's debut album On the Sin, Death, Lust, and Hate, which was produced by Gerald Incubus (Sarcofago). Now, the band is releasing its sophomore effort Hate Metal worldwide via the partnership between the USA's Greyhaze Records and Brazil's Cogumelo Records.
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William Santos – Drums
Pretho – Guitars
Mauricio Gonçalvez – Guitars
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The Kevin Kolb rumor mill continues ...
ESPN's Adam Schefter said earlier this week on a Seattle radio station that Kevin Kolb could be heading to the NFC West, and that "all signs point" to the Arizona Cardinals.
During a mailbag posted today, Schefter expanded on that notion and reported that the Eagles and Cardinals spoke on Day 1 of the NFL Draft before Arizona selected cornerback Patrick Peterson with the fifth overall pick. The league, however, said such conversations were not allowed during the draft.
Writes Schefter: The market for Kolb will be similar to what it was before, minus the San Francisco 49ersand Cincinnati Bengals. I still think the Seattle Seahawks will have some interest. And still think the Arizona Cardinals are the overwhelming favorites to land his services.
The Cardinals and Eagles were allowed to discuss a deal at various points this offseason, including the first day of the draft. Arizona had the chance to draft Missouri quarterback Blaine Gabbert in Round 1 -- and passed. That tells me that the Cardinals believe they can find a way to land Kolb once trades are allowed. And Philadelphia knows it has to trade Kolb for this reason: After this season, Kolb's contract is set to expire. The Eagles can't afford to pay both Michael Vick, whom they intend to re-sign to a long-term deal, and Kolb. So if Philadelphia wants to get back compensation for Kolb, this will be the time to do it. And if Arizona wants to compete in the NFC West, Kolb is the quarterback to lead the way. It's an ideal match. And I think eventually, ultimately, it will happen.
Meanwhile, the possibility suggesting that Kolb could end up in Cleveland seems unlikely, according to Tony Grossi, of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. While there is some logic given that Browns GM Tom Heckert was the general manager with the Eagles when Kolb was selected and that Browns head coach Pat Shurmur was with the Eagles, the Browns have tried to surround Colt McCoy with more weapons.
"I think the odds of that are zero," he said. "I think this team has committed to Colt McCoy at least for 2011 ... I think they are hoping they will develop McCoy into an elite quarterback over time. I don't think Kolb is the answer here."


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Computer science is the study of information and computation and their application in computer systems. Computer science majors start by learning the fundamentals of programming and mathematics, while upper-level courses focus on specializations such as software engineering, artificial intelligence, programming languages, theory, algorithms, operating systems, networking, and databases. The ubiquitous application of computer science necessitates that majors be broadly educated and have excellent analytical and communication skills.The department also offers two minors:
Several certificate options are also available.
See Interdepartmental Programs for the minor in foundations of computer systems.
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104 Introduction to Computers. (3) Introduction to the microcomputer as a word processing, spreadsheet, database, and communications tool. Intended for those in other disciplines. Hardware and software trends, opportunities, and responsibilities in computing are discussed. Lecture and laboratory. Not open to students who have credit in ISOM 125.
110 Introduction to Computer Science. (3) A broad survey of computer science including its history, local and Internet applications, programming languages, and computer architecture. Internet examples will be used through out. Includes use and writing of programs. A first exploration of the study of computing. Prerequisite: MATHS 108 or 125 or 201 or equivalent. Not open to students who have credit in CS 120 or equivalent.
116 Visual Programming. (3) Introduction to programming for non-computer science majors. Programming in a Microsoft Windows environment with emphasis on the creation of graphical user interfaces. Students should have sufficient facility with high-school mathematics to use algebraic notation for formulas. Prerequisite: 2 years of high school algebra or a college math course.
120 Computer Science 1. (4) Introduction to programming using a high-level language and an established programming paradigm. Emphasis on developing problem-solving skills and programming techniques. Topics include control structures, built-in data structures, simple sorting and searching, procedural abstraction, and paradigm-specific concepts and constructs. Required open-lab and closed-lab assignments bring theory to practice. Prerequisite: no programming or computer science experience is required. Students should have sufficient facility with high-school mathematics to solve simple linear equations and to appreciate the use of mathematical notation and formalism.
121 Computer Science 2. (4) Continuation of Computer Science 1. Strong emphasis on object-oriented paradigm and related problem-solving skills and programming techniques. Topics include recursion, dynamic data structures and related algorithms, sorting and searching, file processing, and using standard libraries in chosen object-oriented environment. Open-lab and closed-lab assignments are required. Prerequisite: CS 120 with a C- or better grade.
124 Discrete Structures. (3) Introduction to topics in discrete structures for computer science majors. Topics include propositional and predicate logic, sets, induction, recursion, relations, functions, combinatorial enumeration, Boolean algebra, and finite state machines. Applications of these topics to computer science are discussed.
200 Computers and Society. (3) Introduction to relationship between computers, the Internet, and the laws regulating them, including the U.S. Constitution, intellectual property law, fair use, and privacy rights. Encryption technologies and its application to privacy, authentication, and digital rights management are central to these issues. Includes significant reading and writing assignments.
203 Introduction to Computer Security. (3) Introduction to network infrastructure, security threats, organization of file systems, encryption and decryption algorithms, authentication algorithms, programming and deployment of firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and virtual private networks, forensics, malicious software, and system administration. Prerequisite: CS 110 or 116 or 120.
204 Personal Computing. (1) Topics include home networking, hardware and software trends, digital media, storage formats such as MP3 and MPEG4, ubiquitous computing, ethics, digital rights management, and personal entertainment devices. Includes laboratory use of common tools and devices.
205 Multimedia Programming. (1) Introduction to end-user multimedia programming for Internet deployment. Includes laboratory use of common software tools, such as Flash and ActionScript, for creation, manipulation, and network transfer of multimedia content.
206 Digital Imaging for the Web. (1) Understanding multimedia compression algorithms and storage formats, such as JPEG, PNG, TIFF, and BMP, and their applications to the Web. Includes laboratory use of common software tools such as Photoshop and Dreamweaver for creation, manipulation, and network transfer of graphics and Web pages.
222 Advanced Programming. (3) Project-intensive study of advanced topics and best practices in software development, including advanced language features, modular decomposition, and development tools. Prerequisite: CS 121, 124 with C- or better grades.
230 Computer Organization and Architecture. (3) Performance measurement and benchmarking, assembly language, machine language, integer and floating-point arithmetic, processor architectures, register sets, and microprogramming. Prerequisite: CS 121, 124 with C- or better grades.
233 Microcomputer System Architecture. (3) Elements of microcomputer systems architecture and organization. Topics to be discussed include data representation, digital logic, instruction sets, assemblers, processors, memory, and input/output. Prerequisite: CS 110 or 116 or 120 or equivalent.
236 Computer Database Techniques. (3) Introduction to use of relational database systems; design and development of database applications. Construction of user interfaces for data entry. Graphical and textual SQL database queries. Generating reports in various formats. Includes hands-on labs. Prerequisite: CS 104 or equivalent. Not open to students who have credit in CS 436.
239 Social and Professional Issues. (1) Discussion of social and professional issues in computer science. Prerequisite: CS 222.
249 Forensics. (2) Introduction to digital forensics as applied to gathering evidence of inappropriate behavior on a computer. Includes an examination of prominent file system architectures and search algorithm techniques, physical characteristics of magnetic media, secure deletion methodologies, and cryptology. Prerequisite: CS 203.
269 Service Learning. (1-3) Professional or volunteer work experience in computing. Students must submit a project plan and obtain supervisor approval before registering. Requires verification of project completion. Offered credit/no credit only. Prerequisite: one of CS 110, 116 or 120; permission of the department chairperson. A total of 3 hours of credit may be earned.
276 Survey of Computer Operating Systems. (3) An introduction to computer operating systems with hands-on labs. Topics related to concurrency, process and resource management, input/output control, and design problems are discussed. Comparisons of current operating systems will be studied. Prerequisite: CS 233. Not open to students who have credit in CS 376.
299X Experimental/Developmental Topics. (3-6) Topics relevant to the discipline. Course titles will be announced before each semester. A total of 6 hours of credit may be earned.
300 Local and Wide Area Networks. (3) An introductory networking course with hands-on labs. LAN usage: file servers, print servers, and database servers. LAN design: writing systems, protocols, interconnection devices, and operating systems. WAN usage: file transfer protocols and remote information systems. WAN design: leased phone lines, protocols, and routers. Parallel: CS 120 or 203 or 233.
310 Web Programming. (3) Advanced HTML, including XHTML, Cascading Style Sheets, Java Script and Dynamic HTML. XML including DTDs and XSL. Server side programming, security issues, and encryption-based security mechanisms. Prerequisite: CS 110 or 120.
315 Game Programming. (3) Serves as an introduction to game programming, and topics include active and passive rendering, sprite animation, collision detection, audio playback, input devices, deployment, and applications of artificial intelligence. Prerequisite: CS 222.
324 Design and Analysis of Algorithms. (3) Topics include: analysis of algorithms; dynamic programming; probabilistic algorithms, examples of geometric, combinatorial, and graph algorithms, pattern matching; introduction to NP-completeness. Prerequisite: CS 121, 124; and either MATHS 161 or 165, with C- or better grades.
327 Distributed Processing and Networks. (3) The hardware and software of computer networks and distributed processing. Develops the important design parameters and a general design methodology. Prerequisite: CS 222.
335 Programming Languages. (3) Study of principles of programming languages. Emphasizes language paradigms and important features, structures, characteristics, and formal syntax of modern high-level programming languages. Examples of languages in each paradigm will be studied. Prerequisite: CS 222, 230.
339 Advanced Topics Seminar. (3-6) In-depth study of a topic taught in a seminar format. Topics will be posted in the department before registration. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor or department chairperson. A total of 6 hours of credit may be earned. Open only to juniors and seniors.
345 Human-Computer Interfaces. (3) Investigation into the principles and practice of user interface design, evaluation, and implementation. Topics include user-centered design, graphical user interface programming, evaluation methods, and software architectures. Prerequisite: CS 222.
347 Network Security. (3) Topics include encryption, decryption, protocols, viruses, network security, authentication, legal and ethical issues, and security in operating systems, databases, e-commerce, Internet, wireless. Algorithms, protocols and applications such as RSA, DES, SSL, Firewalls, Digital Signatures, VPNs and emerging topics will be explored. Prerequisite: CS 121.
369 Professional Experience. (1-3) Professional or volunteer work experience in computing. Students must submit a project plan and obtain supervisor approval before registering. Requires verification of project completion. Offered credit/no credit only. Prerequisite: CS 222; permission of the department chairperson. A total of 3 hours of credit may be earned.
376 Operating Systems. (3) Investigate the functions and structure of computer operating systems, processors, and memory. Topics include process control, concurrency, scheduling, security, and file systems. Introduces topics in systems programming, including I/O programming, signals, and IPC. Prerequisite: CS 222, 230.
397 Multitier Web Architectures. (3) Topics include n-tier architectures, data access and application logic layers, Web services, scalability, advanced XML, service-oriented architectures, object access protocols, and Web site administration and security. Projects will be used to reinforce concepts. Prerequisite: CS 222, 310.
430 Systems Programming. (3) Considers the computer system from the points of view of its architecture, operating system, and applications. Topics include processor organization, peripheral devices, I/O programming, system programs, monitor services, file organization, and real-time applications. Prerequisite: CS 376.
436 Database Design. (3) An introduction to database design, including physical representation, modeling, database systems, and implementation. Prerequisite: CS 222.
438 Computer Graphics. (3) Methods of developing, modifying, and rendering graphics displays. Emphasizes the design and writing of graphics software for both two- and three-dimensional displays. Knowledge of a structured high-level language is required. Prerequisite: CS 222.
446 System Administration. (3) Creating user accounts, local user authentication, network user authentication with encryption, filesystem and fileserver access control, configuration of Web servers, Web server authentication, and traffic encryption. Prerequisite: CS 300 or 327.
455 Data Mining. (3) Introduction to data mining algorithms, implementations, and applications. Topics include data preprocessing, clustering analysis, data classification, mining association rules, complex data mining, Web mining, and new applications in data mining. Prerequisite: CS 222.
456 Image Processing. (3) Project based, dealing with the basic principles of digital image processing and computer vision. Topics: digital image formats, geometric operations on digital images, filtering, histogramming, binarization of grayscale images, labeling binary images, perimeter and area determination, thinning operations, object recognition using global features, edge detection processes, and other topics as time permits. Prerequisite: CS 222.
457 Applied Cryptography. (3) Introduction of basic principles and application of cryptography. Topics include encryption, decryption, private and public key systems, and their mathematical foundation: divisibility and Euclidean algorithm, arithmetic of congruences, and large prime numbers. Projects are implementations of related algorithms. LISP and JAVA are recommended languages. Prerequisite: CS 222.
470 Theory of Computation 1. (3) Mathematical logic; alphabets and languages; finite automata, regular and nonregular languages, Kleene's theorem; regular grammars; pushdown automata and context-free grammars; Turing and Post machines; recursive and recursively enumerable languages; the Chomski Hierarchy. Prerequisite: CS 324.
495 Software Engineering 1. (3) Introduction to software engineering; process, requirements, design, quality assurance, project management, human-computer interaction, software engineering tools. Capstone project for the computer science major. Teams work on year long immersive projects and perform all software development tasks in cooperation with a client partner. Prerequisite: CS 222.
496 Software Engineering 2. (3) Continuation of CS 495. Must be taken in the semester following CS 495. Involves a senior capstone project with a client partner from the Ball State University community. Prerequisite: CS 495.
498 Software Engineering 2 (service). (3) Continuation of CS 495. Must be taken in the semester following CS 495. Involves a senior capstone project with an external client partner. Prerequisite: CS 495.
499 Independent Study. (3) Special advanced studies of computer science topics not taught in other courses. Prerequisite: permission of the department chairperson. Open only to juniors and seniors.


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This winter, the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn., added a chilling attraction to its entertainment offerings. On its north parking lot, visitors will see a series of icy structures. The Ice Castles, as they are named, are slowly "grown" by fusing icicles together with water. They'll rise throughout the season, eventually reaching over 40 feet high and stretching across two acres. The artist behind the project is Brent Christensen, who got his start by building ice structures in his front yard for his family a few years ago. Last year, Christensen brought his ice castles to Silverthorne, Colo. The Ice Castles will remain open until about late February, weather permitting. General admission is $10. For more information, visit http://www.mallofamerica.com/events/feature/ice-castles.
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The No. 5 Nebraska men's gymnastics team head to California to face three top-ten teams at the Stanford Open. The Huskers will face No. 3 Stanford, No.4 Oklahoma and No. 6 Stanford at the Burnham Pavilion Saturday night. The meet is slated to start and 9 p.m. No live stats or video will be available. Fans can follow the team on Twitter (@NebraskaMGym) or on Facebook (facebook.com/NebraskaMGym) for updates from the meet.
The Huskers look forward to facing the Sooners again after a narrow defeat last weekend at the Air Force Academy. NU sits just behind Oklahoma in the national rankings and hopes to maintain a gradual growth throughout the season.
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Head Coach: Mark Williams
2013 Record: 3-0
2013 High Score: 423.500 (Rocky Mountain Open, 1/12/13)
No. 4 Oklahoma started the season with a sweeping victory last weekend in Colorado. The Sooners relied heavily on freshman Josh Yee, who claimed event titles on vault and parallel bars. OU claimed titles on all six events at the meet, as well as the all-around title, which went to sophomore Alec Robin.
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Head Coach: Tim McNeill
2013 Record: 0-1
2013 High Score: 411.150 (against Stanford, 1/12/13)
No. 6 California looks to rebound after their close loss to rival, No. 3 Stanford last weekend. The Golden Bears currently hold the No. 1 position on floor exercise, as well as top-ten positions on all other events. Junior Jeffrey Langenstein sits at the top of the individual floor rankings with a score of 15.65 on the event.
Scouting The Cardinals
A Glance at Stanford
Head Coach: Thom Glielmi
2013 Record: 1-0
2013 High Score: 425.000 (at California, 1/12/13)
No. 3 Stanford looks to continue their winning streak after shutting out No. 6 California on the road. Sophomore Sean Senters recorded a team-high 15.05 on vault and six different gymnasts earned event titles at the meet.
Looking Ahead
The Huskers will hit the road for the west coast next weekend, facing No. 3 Stanford, No. 4 Oklahoma and No. 6 California at the Stanford Open in Palo Alto, Calif. The meet is slated for a 7 p.m. PT (9 p.m. CT) start on Saturday, Jan. 19.
Last Time Out: Huskers Finish Strong at Season Opener
Nebraska battled with No. 3 Oklahoma throughout the Rocky Mountain Open, falling by 4.6 points. The Sooners edged out NU in the last three rotations, finishing with a score of 423.500-418.900 at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Jan. 12.
Junior C.J. Schaaf led the Huskers as their only all-around competitor. Schaaf (80.900) claimed second overall in the all-around, falling behind Oklahoma's Alec Robin (80.950) by 0.05 points.
Sophomore Louis Klein also helped carry the team, competing in every event except pommel horse. Klein's strong performances peaked in a 13.65 on high bar, tying him for third overall on the event with teammate Mark Ringle.
NU saw its strongest performance on horse in an opener, tallying up an event total of 70.400. Freshman Ethan Lottman received the team's second-highest score on the event (14.70) behind junior Wyatt Aycock (14.75).
The Huskers fell behind on parallel bars and high bar, normally two of the team's strongest events. On parallel bars, Nebraska saw difficulties with their dismounts, leaving them with a team score of 69.400 on the event. The Big Red then moved to high bar, where they saw their lowest event total of the night (66.200). High bar specialist Micah Christensen struggled on his routine, finishing with a mark of 12.55.
Nebraska Breaks Top 5 in National Rankings
NU jumped to No. 5 nationally after placing second at their season opener against Oklahoma, Air Force and Arizona State on Saturday. The Huskers started the season ranked No. 9, seventh in the Big Ten. They jumped in the ranks after the first week of the season, along with Penn State, who claimed the top spot with a team score of 447.850. Illinois took the runner-up position (425.450), Stanford moved to No. 3 (425.000) and Oklahoma dropped to fourth (423.500). The Big Red is ranked third in the Big Ten, behind Penn State and Illinois.
Nebraska claimed the third spot on pommel horse and placed in the top five on floor, rings, vault and parallel bars. The Huskers just missed the top five on high bar, finishing sixth with a 66.200.
Individually, NU placed three athletes in event top ten rankings. Sophomore Andrew House claimed the No. 10 spot on floor after earning a 14.60 in Colorado Springs, Colo. Louis Klein and Grant Perdue also finished within the top 20 on floor, placing eleventh and eighteenth respectively.
Junior Wyatt Aycock (14.75) and freshman Ethan Lottman (14.70) led the team on pommel horse, claiming ninth and tenth respectively. The Huskers also saw gymnasts place on rings (Baier; tied 17), vault (Perdue; tied 12, Aycock and House; tied 18), parallel bars (Schryver; tied 15, Aycock; 18, Klein; tied 20) and high bar (Ringle and Klein; tied 16).
C.J. Schaaf topped the individual honors for the Huskers, earning fifth in the national all-around with an 80.900.
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Malcolm Armstead phoned the folks at Wichita State and informed them of his wish.
Years after being recruited to be a Shocker, he wanted to be a Shocker.
He had one year of eligibility left after two seasons playing for the University of Oregon and one year of junior college, and wanted to find the best situation for himself.
So Armstead told the powers-that-be at Wichita State he wanted to be in Kansas. But there was a problem: no scholarships were available for him.
"We told him that," Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall said.
It didn't matter to Armstead, the 6-foot lefty who, two years later, has the Shockers one win away from the Sweet 16 in a matchup against the No. 1 team in the country, the Gonzaga Bulldogs, Saturday evening at EnergySolutions Arena.
He took out loans. His family took a financial hit. He got a part-time job.
"He's probably still in debt to this day," Marshall said.
Malcolm Armstead may be in debt, but at this point in his career, 40 minutes away from reaching the West Regional in sunny Southern California, it was all worth the risk. The Shockers have won 27 games with Armstead he's played all 35 this season and he's averaging 10.7 points per game, four assists, 3.7 boards and nearly two steals.
Asked if the reality of his long and winding road from high school in Alabama to his JC days at Chipola College, to Eugene, into Wichita and now in Salt Lake City has hit him, Armstead responded like any fifth-year senior would.
"No, not really," he said, "but in a way, kinda."
Due to NCAA regulations, he had to sit out the 2011-12 season, a year in which the Shockers won 27 games and earned a No. 5 seed in the tournament. But Armstead wore a shirt and tie and sat. He was the leader of the scout team. Redshirt freshman guard Ron Baker was there with Armstead, whose main jobs were to help the starters be better in practice.
"We're in position, you know, to do what we wanted to do last year," Baker said of the duo.
That's win. That's play basketball. And Armstead's on-court savvy and leadership have helped the Shockers, who had to replace their entire starting five from a year ago.
"Malcolm Armstead is one of the most interesting and neat kids I've ever coached," Marshall said, noting that his guard also never stops talking.
In a game earlier this season, Armstead consoled an opposing point guard who was struggling to keep Armstead from stealing the ball from him during a game. Marshall was trying to get his senior's attention, and when he finally did, Armstead explained that the opposing player was a nice kid and he wanted him to do well, but he was bouncing the ball too high, making it susceptible to being swiped.
"He's very unique," Marshall said.
You wouldn't guess that hearing him talk about basketball.
Armstead's responses throughout the week have been very simple: He said the game is nothing more than another 40 minutes, and while his collegiate career is on borrowed time, the soft-spoken, on-court yapper that is Malcolm Armstead is happy to be in Salt Lake City with a shot to keep playing against the nation's top dogs, no less.
"You got to go out and do what you do," he said. "You can't get caught up in the hype because at the end of the day, it's just basketball."
A game that has pinged Malcolm Armstead around the country, doing what he does best.


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Hey, it could be people believe the BS. It could be me who is being naive.
I think conflating fashion and celebrity was the worse thing that has ever happened to fashion magazines. It roped in more readers, but man, at what cost? Thanks Ms. Wintour for that culteral fuckery!).
I was about to write just that, and you get ahead!N.Y Vogue and the ironwoman psychopatic saga...yeah. What was to expect with her? Nobody stands her but everybody fears her.The prob is that now it's not just inside magz but the celeb culture is deeply anchoered into the fashion world as a way of life and unfortunatly it sweats from all the pores.
Well, I believe what Fred was referencing re: marketing BS is the notion, which I've really only seen officially from Hasselblad and unofficially from kids, that to be a "Pro" you need medium format. This is complete BS and devalues photographers in favor of gear. As to attacking Phase's management or anyone else, I try to avoid reading too many of the "format wars" posts, so I'm not sure what else you are responding to.As to fashion, well, there is lots of fluff on it but in the end its portraiture. So no, its not a bullshit industry. In fact, its more common to find art in fashion editorials and ads than in any other realm of commercial photography, and its often much better art that what purports to be fine art photography. Fashion editorials are conversations between a photographer and whatever s/he is responding to, which generally is a vibe that is on the cutting edge of consciousness, or at least the mood, of the culture, which is moving so fast now, and consuming so much "content", that it is hard to keep up. Sorry I went off on a tangent.
Millenials are confounding. I don't think they are cut out for much. The ones that do sheet rock install are more savvy about life than the college educated kids. I'm in advertising now, at an agency, and a big part of my job is finding messages that resonate with millenials. You know what I've found, after countless focus groups? The higher the socio-economic chain the more niave and sentimental they are. They want to be street smart but are prone sentimental journies. They distrust advertising but are voracious consumers of goods, advertising, and propoganda. You can sell these kids wool scarves to wear in the summer, because they have some Bloomsbury fantasy floating around in their heads and think scarves are signifier of their "life style". I could go on, and on, and on. In fact, I attended a convention on the topic at MoMA last year. The upshot: the kids are not alright.
Millenials are confounding. I don't think they are cut out for much. ... the kids are not alright.
As every generation before them. That includes you and me and our parents and grandparents all the way back to the dawn of time. Each generation looks back and says exactly the same thing about the generation following them. And that younger generation can't understand us either, just like we did not understand our parents. That is called life.
I have no dislike for the market or those that use MFD... however I do have an aversion to the marketing BS put out by some in the MFD industry, dealersand MFD fanboys.
So, you don't like the people running the MFD business and you just want to "get your own back"? So, it is a personal attack. This is interesting in light of want you do--celebrity portraiture and fashion. Talk about BS industries.
Your work is really wonderful. I think many people on this forum, as its landscape based, have misconceptions about fashion. This is understandable, not many people in the general population read the better mags or have an understanding of what the industry is really about at its core, and the photographers who are a part of the artistic side of the industry. Most people in the states think of American Vogue, Cosmo and Alure as fashion mags. They are, but they are very mainstream. Rarely is Grace Codidngton given the room to do what she wants. It happens, but not nearly as much as in the European Vogue titles. (As an aside, I think conflating fashion and celebrity was the worse thing that has ever happened to fashion magazines. It roped in more readers, but man, at what cost? Thanks Ms. Wintour for that culteral fuckery!).
But what we are on about here has nothing to do with generation: it's to do with culture.Rob C
I never said I don't like the people in the MFD industry or their dealers.... i said I have an aversion to bullshit especially when it is used in marketing of very expensive tools to peopleworking hard on a career. As for your accusation of "get your own back" and that what I do professionally is BS... well I find it really quite silly.... Let me tell you a little something. The other day I was at a store here in LA that is an MF dealership for both the big names in MF.Well I had shown the guys behind the MFD counter some of my work and this time around had brought them some prints of celebrities they were big fans of. They were samples from my future book of some 300 unpublished celebrity portraits.I gave them several prints. Iggy Pop, Tommy Chong, Tommy Lee, Sting. Does that sound like a vendetta to you?As for the fashion industry and the celebrity phenomenon. It's entertainment. The presence of Celebrities on the covers and in the spreads has a lot to do with what readers are interested in. It's partly about being fans, but it also has a lot to do with women today that are more interested in famous beautiful successful peoplethat win oscars, produce multi million dollar movies, are talented, are often also mothers, are often over 20 and sometimes 50.
Well, you either have a real problem in separating reality from marketing and so are "shocked" when you see it, or your are simply bashing the MFD market because of some personal reason. You certainly know nothing about the camera manufacturing industry.
But you're the expert aren't you because your name here on the forum is theguywitha645DFunny thing is that a leading pro equipment manufacturer and world wide distributor of pro gear invited me up to his factoriesfor a few days to sit down with his designers and brainstorm. Luxury hotel and fine dining included.
645D,You are pointing ethics and values. We, as humans, are living in both spiritual and physical form. All that is a big game in the world of form. We're just playing, nothing is serious. A camera is a toy, a more sophisticated toy that replaces the toys we where playing with when kids. A gun is also a toy. Those are all toys for adults playing games in the world of forms, creating and destructing, doing and de-do all the time. Nothing all what we do has real value because all what we do is already destined to disappear at some point. Even earth will disappear, even the sun.So fashion is not pretending talking about the Genesis or finding the dynamics of black holes singularity, nor establishing eternal values. It's all about shapes and forms, linked to seduction, desire, attraction, sophistication, etc...all the forms. Fashion is very very rarely spiritual, only in the hands of few, very few masters that were able to transcend the mask, but it should be at least elegant and not vulgar as we see too often. There is no danger in that. The problem is, when people confund everything and put the values of the form above all. That's when fashion can become a total distortion. Same as money. Not a danger in itself, it becomes dangerous when money is all. It's all about the use we make with our tools-toys. Nowdays, apparences are all. That's a distortion. Apparences aren't evil in itself. It's what we project and beleive as values that are.TMARK pointed something important, is that there has been a drifting in the lastest years, where fashion as a great art form, started to be mixed, associated and recuperated with celeb. Celeb is 100% ego, therefore 100% false. Fashion by essence isn't. Fashion has been manipulated, reduced to its heavier and lowest expression by people who are not interested in art in form. A decadence always starts like that.
Fashion lite, I like that. Yes, very very lite, with zero %.The thing is that celeb is easy and fast money, quick to set, zero creativity, except the cases you mentionned. And ironically, photographers feel that they become "someone" when they do celeb because they are part of the pathetic show...well, it's like an interviewer who would think is part of the Rolling Stones because he interviews them. But from a celeb point of view, in 99% of the cases, they are servants. They are some truth colaborations but are numbered.Watch that: http://www.vogue.es/videos/mario-testino-y-vogue-espana/1707With this lite music, lite comments it just kills the fish. And I haven't find some real footage of the celeb party: baroque, gayish, snobish lite lite lite...ridiculously corny; watch specialy the end, MT negligible is telling all; the photos were good, but that's what's arround that stinks.
Fashion is the objectification of women and men. Wear this and be beautiful. And if you are beautiful you will be loved and admired. Isn't that the messaging? Isn't it built on taking little girls and making them women--how perverse is that? Girls that end up staving themselves because of a twisted body image. Now, if you want to work in fashion and make a living from it, that is great. There has been a lot of advertising images I have enjoyed. But it is hardly some benign, innocent industry interesting in beauty and art.
Absolutly. Cyclic.MT was a great photographer, but now, from the top, the game escapes from his control and he is starting to sink into a caricature of itself, and it's even sad to see him ridiculous like in the link I posted.Same happened to KL. From the top, he sunk into decadence and now barely a caricature of what he used to be.The night, the fame, you know all those photocall BS are just eating people. The few who have been enough clever to stay away from parties and didn't want to be part of the celebs festin when they were on the top are still making great stuff.
I really find this ridiculous. The fashion business is not built on taking little girlsand turning them into women.let me tell you a story about taking a little girl and "making her a woman". I photographed a pretty young girl that had a debilitating handycap. I was asked to photograph her by one of her doctors.She had brain damage and severe motory problems. She would move in a very shaky and un co-ordinated manner.The photos came out rally well and gave her a massive boost in confidence. Her doctors said the effect was a dramatic improvement.The confidence she gained made it much easier to control her movement and her shaking.The best part of the story is that I showed this image to Vogue Spain and they loved it and ran it as the cover of their beauty section.You can only imagine how this lovely little girl felt when I showed her the magazine in the news stand on the streets of Milan.I still get cards from her and her family 20 years later.The Fashion business like many other is made up of a very diverse group of people. There are all types, there is a lot of good will and heaps of generosity.


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The disclosure of previously secret National Security Agency surveillance programs has left many Americans worried that the privacy of their personal data and communications is in jeopardy.
In an apparent effort to alleviate those concerns, a senior administration official said President Obama's Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board is reviewing U.S. counterterrorism actions to ensure "that the need for such actions is balanced with the need to protect privacy and civil liberties."
For some American companies, the NSA revelations raise separate concerns. Their commercial fortunes could be at risk as a result of disclosures that the companies have been colluding with the U.S. government's sweeping data collection efforts.
"U.S. tech companies have been compelled by the U.S. government, under court order, to do things that really aren't in their shareholders' interest or in their customers' interest," says Jason Healey, director of the Cyber Statecraft Initiative at the Atlantic Council.
People around the world now know that these companies are turning over to the government some of the personal data they have gathered during the course of doing business. Their reputations may suffer as a result.
"The dream is over," says Richard Stiennon, an industry analyst who covers American technology companies. "The era of U.S. tech dominance in everything from servers to routers to the cloud is facing a crisis of confidence," Stiennon wrote in a recent column for Forbes magazine.
In an interview, Stiennon said he fears one reaction to the NSA revelations will be "to start pulling business away from U.S. tech companies."
Much is at stake. The World Economic Forum, in a report published more than two years ago, observed that personal data — information about likes and dislikes, travel and communications, friends and acquaintances — "is generating a new wave of opportunity for economic and value creation. ... As some put it, personal data will be the new 'oil' ... It will emerge as a new asset class."
The earnings of such companies as Google and Facebook make that prospect clear.
All that personal information, however, is also worth a fortune to intelligence and security agencies. The companies that gather personal data, therefore, almost inevitably get pulled into the surveillance business.
The U.S. government may be no more intrusive than other governments or less likely to regulate surveillance activities. A report issued last month by Hogan Lovells, a Washington- and Paris-based law firm specializing in privacy issues, concluded that U.S. law imposes "as much, if not more" oversight on surveillance as do laws in many European countries. But the reputation of U.S. tech companies may nonetheless be damaged.
"It wouldn't surprise me, it would be very rational, for foreign companies or individuals to just decide to try and avoid American cyberspace where they can," says the Atlantic Council's Healey.
Stiennon, the tech industry analyst, echoes that concern. "Russia and China years ago stopped using Microsoft in their governments and military," he points out. "What if that starts to spread around the world?"
In any case, the reactions to the NSA revelations in the United States are certain to reverberate around the world, especially those concerning the monitoring of Internet communications.
"An overwhelming proportion of Internet activity is still conducted through America or with American businesses," notes Malcolm Crompton, a former privacy commissioner in Australia who now heads his own privacy consultancy. "So the impact of an American legal framework and American transparency and accountability practices [around electronic surveillance] is disproportionately large."
The controversy over collusion between the NSA and U.S. tech companies will have additional consequences in the United States. Many U.S. companies work voluntarily as "trusted partners" with the U.S. government in a joint effort to counter cyberattacks. A question now is whether such collaboration will become more awkward.
From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Melissa Block.
And I'm Robert Siegel. At the White House today, President Obama met with a group that will advise him on whether the government is respecting Americans' right to privacy. It's the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, an independent agency. The board was established in 2004, but is just now getting down to work. A central task: considering how to balance the protection of civil liberties with the need to ensure security.
BLOCK: Some private tech companies find themselves caught up in that balancing act. U.S. officials say that in order to fight terrorism, the government needs to be able to gather and analyze some personal data. And as we've learned in the last two weeks, this data collection requires tech companies to collaborate with the government in previously undisclosed ways. NPR's Tom Gjelten has this story about what that means for the companies involved.
TOM GJELTEN, BYLINE: Two years ago, the World Economic Forum said personal data is the new oil, a new resource for wealth creation. Information on who we talk to, when and how, where we go, what we spend money on - all that can help analysts understand and even predict our behavior. That presents huge business opportunities for companies like Google and Facebook, but all those data are also worth a fortune to intelligence and security agencies.
So the companies that gather personal data almost inevitably get pulled into the surveillance business. It's not something they can be especially happy about, as Jason Healey - of the Atlantic Council - points out.
JASON HEALEY: U.S. tech companies have been compelled by the U.S. government, under court order, to do things that really aren't in their shareholders' interests or in their customers' interests.
GJELTEN: As recent revelations have made clear, these companies are forced to turn over to the government some of the personal data they've gathered during the course of doing business. The repercussions are still being played out. Malcolm Crompton(ph), a former privacy commissioner in Australia, says, for example, that when the U.S. establishes rules for Internet communications, they're felt around the world.
MALCOLM CROMPTON: An overwhelming proportion of Internet activity is still conducted through America or with American businesses. So the impact of American transparency and accountability processes is disproportionately large.
GJELTEN: In part because of the recent NSA revelations, the United States is now developing an international reputation for infringing on privacy. And the more concerns are raised about what is happening in the United States, the more other governments and tech companies in other countries are likely to see a downside to doing business here. Jason Healey directs the Cyber Statecraft Initiative at the Atlantic Council.
HEALEY: It wouldn't surprise me - it would be very rational - for foreign companies or individuals to just decide to try and avoid American cyberspace, where they can.
GJELTEN: Passing laws, for example, that their citizens' data can't be stored in the United States. American tech companies would be big losers.
HEALEY: For example, already in China, you see they don't use Twitter. They don't use Facebook and other products. They've got local equivalents.
GJELTEN: Richard Steenan(ph), an industry analyst focusing on tech companies, started a recent blog with these words: "The dream is over." U.S. tech, he said, is facing a crisis of confidence. The controversy over collusion between the NSA and U.S. companies like Google, Facebook and Microsoft could also have consequences here in the United States.
Many of these companies work voluntarily with the government in a joint effort to counter cyberattacks. They're considered, quote, "trusted partners." A question now is whether it becomes more awkward for them to cooperate in that way.
Tom Gjelten, NPR News, Washington. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.