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(2nd photo is a revision: per TallTchr's suggestion. I think it works. See comments.)
One thing I can say for June Gloom: it makes colors vivid. The only adjustment I made to this photo was to crop out some driveway.
PETREA BURCHARD and Boz Books are now at petreaburchard.com
Fabulous colors!
I wish flowers in Manila were as vivid, but between the heat and humidity, and the pollution, our flowers tend to look so washed out.
I just set up my cute Mac Mini (to match my itsy bitsy camera) yesterday too. Yesterday's photo and blog post made on it already. Don't you just love Macs? :D
I may be a slow convert, Hilda. I like the Mac for a lot of reasons, though, and I'll never buy another Microsoft product if I don't have to.
Petrea, I think you should crop it some more. Get rid of the car and the third house, and the lowest part of the stone wall. Lower the sky a touch, too. Right now, the sidewalk is a bland barrier between the viewer and the subject. But if you trim it from the bottom, it becomes an inviting walkway into the yard and home. IMHO. (Richard Lavin...remember me?)
You may want to check out Picasa, a free photo editing and organizational software. Here is a link to a video about it.
Try this out and see if this works better for you.
Gloriously colourful and happy. Those are magnificent bushes! Good on you for taking on a big change like that, Petrea. I'm sure it will start falling into place any time now. {And what a wonderful hubby you have, too!}
Isn't that the truth! During June gloom, all of Pasadena is a giant soft box. I love your work, Petrea. I may not always comment but I always view and appreciate ;-)
For some unknown reason I don't like roses much, and those pink ones don't do anything for me, but that champaign colored one in the middle is fetching.
My favorite image sorting software is Adobe Bridge, but I'm afraid, like all Adobe products, it's pricey.
Yes Petrea, once you go Mac you never go back!
I've had mine for 1.5 years now and love not having to worry about viruses, or slow start up because of virus programs and updates to same!
P- did you get a chance to smell those peach roses? they are very fragrant - i use to have some. i love the color of the house....yellow is such a happy color. bon weekend!
I've never figured out iPhoto either, and this thing called Bridge pops up whenever I load my photos off my camera (it came with the camera, I think). My pictures go straight to my "Photos" list in the Finder directory, and they sort themselves into files by date. I just go there and edit them with Photoshop Elements (also came with my camera).
I meant to note that Bridge seems like an unnecessary intermediate step, and I wish I could skip it.
Funny isn't it. We can travel across the entire US only to find the exact photograph was just taken in Pasedena. The older neighborhoods of Tampa, FL were built in the 1920s. There are so many bungalows just like this one in the Historic Districts of Hyde Park and Seminole Heights you would swear you were in your town.
Got a new MAC? OMG you will love it when you get the hang. GO RIGHT NOW TO THE APPLE STORE AND PAY THEM $99 FOR A YEAR OF ONE TO ONE LESSONS> Best money you will ever spend. email me and we'll talk! HA I love IPHOTO too. If I can do it so can you.
Sorry I"m not as frequent . I'm in the countryside now so should have time for more blogging and less shopping and walking!
Hi Richard! I remember you. I have no idea when or where we last met, but I know we did. How goes it? Thanks for the suggestion. I updated the photo. I think it works.
Thanks, Ibarionex, I'll take a look. I have a Picasa account I haven't used, because the (I hate to say it) simple filing system I was using on the PC was fine. I used a free download called Irfanview for editing. There's no Irfanview for the Mac, but I can still file the same way.
Mac's Preview isn't as smooth as the Microsoft viewer. I'll bet Picasa will do the job.
Shell, you're right, and I must stop complaining! I knew it would be a huge deal. I didn't realize how much I rely on the computer to keep me feeling organized. Right now I feel discombobulated, but I bobulate a little at a time.
JT, did you know I do the same? Your comment means so much to me. Thank you.
Vanda, I have a system for finding things, cross-referenced for the blog. Can you say OCD? Just borderline. I want to sort it my way. Dammit and everything.
That's all true, Medium.
Maria, I didn't smell the roses. That explains what's wrong with me these days.
Elaine, I'm so glad I'm not the only one who hasn't figured out iPhoto.
Three blogs, Frank? Are you insane, or just insanely talented?
The Craftsman craze was all over the country and in England, I gather. There are bungalows in Chicago.
Virginia, I'll go to the Apple store and pay the 99 bucks if you get off the computer and enjoy the French countryside! For heaven's sake, woman! Get out and have too much vin et fromage! Joue les boules avec a bunch of handsome hommes! Have you lost your senses? No? Then what's stopping you?
I love how saturated the dark purple ones look. The colors on the house are incredible! Good luck in figuring out the Mac. I've been a PC user for years, but used a Mac for work. I can't say I've ever had to do anything with sorting photos on one, though. :/
Those stacked photos gave me the vertygoo, 'til I was distracted by a sudden memory of the day, forty years ago now, when I figured something out, but never told nobody. I was standing in the hallway of our old house in Illinois, staring at a mirror and wondering why the glass reversed the image L-to-R. Why does it do that? Because (I realized, with a tingle of preadolescent insight) our eyes are aligned horizontally. If one eye were above the other, like your photos, we'd see our image reversed up-&-down instead. I was thrilled! I would've told my mom, or my sisters, but everybody was at the store. And then I guess I forgot … so I've saved it up for now.
That'll be $25, please.
The roses are beautiful, even if the skies are gloomy.
I'm sure you'll get the hang of the Mac quickly. They can be a lot of fun, especially with graphics. If I wasn't stuck to MS PC (because of my job), I'd use a Mac.
this is lovely!
Have started a new meme Pet Pride where you can display your or your friends' pets every week beginning every Sunday! Do join in and share your pet pride with the world!
The gloom really does make the colours sing! I liked the re-cropped crop (if you know what I mean!)
Toast, the dark purple ones are bougainvillea. They're all over the place here.
J, your story gives me the vertygoo. Come to my office and I'll give you your $25.
Ms M, each day gets a little better. When J. comes in for his $25, I'll make him teach me something else. If he won't, I'll keep the $25 and put it toward classes at the Apple store.
I'll check it out, magiceye, thanks.
I agree, Marley. You know we're so nice to each other on these blogs, we never critique. But Richard's suggestion improved the picture. I'm happy to learn from my fellows, especially when they're nice about it. Selim at Izmir gave me some useful lessons when I was starting, and I've always been grateful.
I love the roses! Sorry that I pulled all your sunny skies north where our end of May and beginning of June have been more like July for us. :-)
I just went back to a Mac after 12 years on a Dell. I too am looking for my little lost sheep photos from time to time. Fear not, BoPeep. They shall come home.
And, Ibarionex Perello is commenting on your blog!!!!????? I'm going to a photo summit and photowalk with him next month here in Seattle, and I'm really stoked. He's right about Picasa, which, since I don't use Photoshop yet, I used for 3 years. Then it went ditzy in it's filing on me on my external hard drives where I store my photos. then Flickr (where I upload a lot of photos, some of which make it to the blog) added this nifty free editor called Picnic. It was more sophisticated than Picasa, yet just as intuitive to use. I purchased a subscription to their full features, and it has served it's purpose well. So, I recommend both to you. I think I will be purchasing Photoshop for myself (my husband's laptop has CS2 installed) or maybe Lightroom. Maybe I'll ask Ibarionex what he suggests.
Kim, you're going to love Ibarionex. I met him at a blogger's picnic in Altadena where he lives, and he's such a great guy! Amazing photographer. I take it you've seen his blog. I know he gets tons of hits, and he does a podcast.
That's soooo beautiful!!!Perfect combination...


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Urban Family Ministries will host a 2nd Annual "Christmas Shoppe" with a very intentional mission. We want to "Give the Gift of Dignity". Many of the families served through Urban Family Ministries have become accustomed to the "Adopt a family" world. While the intentions are noble, for our families, it enhances dependency and entitlement. The receiving families receive gifts at Christmas time from complete strangers. In this case, the families offer no initiative, no effort or sacrifice to purchase the gifts for their own children. Usually, they don't even have to wrap the gifts because the generous people who purchased the gifts take the time to wrap and tag the gifts even.
|Last year store items
The pricing of items range from 10-15% of the ORIGINAL/STICKER price on each item (i.e – a $10 Candyland board game would be marked at $1.00 for our families to purchase.) Our families will come to the store at selected times, shop and even be rung up on a real cash register. Once items have been purchased with their own money, they have an opportunity to wrap and tag the gifts in the office before taking them home. Comments we heard last year sounded like this….
"Are you doing the store next year again? Now that I know what you have, I'm going to save more money for next year's store!" - single mom of 5
"I did not have enough money to shop at the stores. I was able to shop with a small amount of money in the Christmas Shoppe. It made me feel good to shop, buy things for my kids, wrap them and then have gifts under the tree for them on Christmas." - a single mom of 3
"The store was a tremendous blessing to my family. I wasn't going to be able to buy gifts this year for my kids but you helped make it possible!" - single mom of 3
|Last year's store items
|Our teens helped with pricing and set up.
- Bring about restoration of dignity to our families by their purchasing their own gifts.
- Begin to destroy the cycle of dependency and entitlement.
- Allow all proceeds to be reinvested in UFM programs that equip and strengthen these and other families in our community.
- Purchase new items from the list below.
- Return them to the Urban Family Ministries office by December 4th.
- Sign up to help families shop at the store between December 16-20th. Help them shop, wrap and be in community with our families.
Any questions, please call Peggy at the Urban Family Ministries office (616-365-9009) or email her at firstname.lastname@example.com.
* Winter hats (adults)
* Gloves (adults)
* Coats (kids and teens winter coats, adult fleece zip jackets)
* Boots (kids and teens)
* Snow pants (kids and teens)
* Packs of Underwear (kids and adults)
* Socks (kids and adults)
|Customers to our first store.
* PJ's (kids and teens)
Toys & Hobbies
* Art sets
* Craft kits
* Tech Deck toys
* Remote Control vehicles
* Baby Dolls (please consider purchasing multi-cultural dolls to closer resemble our families)
* Handheld electronic games
* DVD movies (family and animated)
* Skateboards and Rip sticks
* Scooters
* Board games-family based (Connect 4, Chutes and Ladders, Don't Break the Ice, Monopoly, Life, Checkers)
* Pans
* Dishes (settings of 4)
* Glass sets
* Mixing Bowls
|What a bargain!
* Paper Towels
* Toilet Paper
* Laundry Supplies (detergent, baskets, fabric softener)
* Tools (basic household sets)
* Nail Polish and Make up
* Bath towels
* Cleaning Supplies
* Pillows
* Twin Sheet sets
* Backpacks
* 10 Ride Bus Passes
* Candles
* Hair accessories
* Jewelry

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Frankly, Hanford is prima facie evidence of the total uselessness of nuclear energy and/or weaponry. The risk of self-harm to humanity vastly outweighs any potential energy or military deterrence factors. It is also evidence, in my opinion, of the stupidity, short sightedness, greed, and downright evil of some so-called human beings.
If the United States wanted to do anything useful with its wealth and technology, very high up on the increasingly lengthy "to do" list would be an intensive and permanent clean up of the Hanford Nuclear site.
Here is a news report from a Washington State TV station that gives some idea of the laisse faire attitude of the so called "authorities" about the risks posed to humans by this toxic blight on the planet:
In the greencrow's darkest hours...I believe Hanford and other nuclear plants like it have been strategically placed around the planet by the evil Satanists who currently run planet earth. The plants are there to be used for future blackmail of humanity...or even worse doomsday scenarios.


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Author Scott Nicholson is back to talk about his latest release, and the research behind Liquid Fear.
Liquid Fear: Bioethics and the healing/killing urge
Liquid Fear: Bioethics and the healing/killing urge
By Scott Nicholson
I tend to get my ideas from strange places and lucky accidents, usually when a couple of interests collide. Several years ago when I first got the idea for the mystery thriller that became Liquid Fear (launching at the sale price of 99 cents at Amazon, BN.com, and Smashwords), I was researching the use of new pharmaceutical drugs designed to help people "forget" their trauma.
The theory was that people suffering post-traumatic stress disorder could be cured if the event that caused the stress was erased from their memories. I ordered a government book from the President's Council on Bioethics where they'd debated the moral implications of the "pursuit of happiness" using artificial methods.
Of course, anyone who has fired up a doobie, knocked back a few Long Island Iced Teas, or guzzled a few shots of espresso knows all about the artificial pursuit of happiness by changing one's mood or mind. But those are personal choices. What happens when it's a policy choice, a common protocol of treatment decided upon by psychiatrists or family doctors? What if it became a government policy?
You can see where that is headed: a government deciding what should be forgotten, or which people should be forgetting things.
That research was combined with my on-going fascination with the mechanisms that lead a people, country, or race to genocide. That sort of tribalism is so easily exploited, whether you use patriotism, religion, or "fear of the other" tactics to further a bloody agenda. This is most crystallized to me in the Nazi death camps, where doctors were the ones in charge of slaughtering millions. In Liquid Fear, I had to reduce it to one "mad doctor," because I didn't want to go to the sale of widespread conspiracy, but ideology is also a danger to our collective goodwill and individuality.
Maybe that's all too much for what is essentially an entertaining joy ride, but I hope you take the trip into my novel and face your worst fears for yourself. Don't worry, I'll be right there with you!
Scott Nicholson is author of 20 books, including Disintegration, The Skull Ring, The Red Church, and Speed Dating with the Dead. Visit him at Haunted Computer.
Thank you so much for being here today, Scott. Love that post!
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The signed book is available to those in the US only, however the giveaway is open INTERNATIONALLY. If the winner is overseas they will win an E-copy of the book!
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Lewy body disease is a common cause of dementia that may occur alone, or with Parkinson's or Alzheimer's disease. Due to the similarity between the symptoms of these disorders, it can sometimes be difficult for a patient to receive an accurate diagnosis. This disease typically occurs in patients 50 years of age or older, and one should keep in mind that the severity of symptoms will increase over time. If your aging parent or loved one has been diagnosed with dementia, click here to learn about in-home dementia care in Milwaukee, and read on for more information about Lewy Body disease.
The symptoms associated with Lewy body disease occur due to abnormal protein deposits, called Lewy bodies, which begin to build up in the patient's brain. Symptoms may include the following behavioral changes:
- Hallucinations
- Confusion
- Changes in mental alertness
- Inability to pay attention or focus
- Memory loss
- Altered movement or posture
- Sleep disruptions
Although there is not currently a cure for Lewy body disease, patients who receive an early diagnosis have the best chances for a better quality of life. For most patients, medications can be prescribed that will help to reduce symptoms such as hallucinations, muscle rigidity and sleep disruptions that can pose a threat to a senior's physical and mental well-being. Therapy can also provide benefits for a patient's speech and emotional health. Additionally, it is recommended that Lewy body disease patients establish a daily routine that includes exercise, a nutritious diet, and mentally-stimulating activities.
After a diagnosis of Lewy body disease, most patients will eventually need assistance with their daily activities. Senior adults and their families should learn as much as they can about specific symptoms and develop a network of support including a medical team, professional home caregivers, and others who have had their lives affected by this condition. While it may not be possible to reverse the effects of this common disease, it is possible to find strategies for coping that will protect a senior's health and safety while strengthening family bonds.
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Special Legislative Issue Newsletter
Volume: XXII, Issue Number: 4
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Civil Liberties Advance in 2016 Legislative Session
When the General Assembly finally concluded its business at 6 a.m. on Saturday, June 18th, the ACLU exited the State House with some reasons to celebrate. This year saw the passage of a number of measures the ACLU has been advocating for years, including some left on the table when the legislature unceremoniously and abruptly ended their 2015 session over chicken coops. The General Assembly set a positive tone just a few days after the session started in January by re-adopting the life-saving Good Samaritan Act, and they ended by passing legislation limiting law enforcement's ability to use your cell phone's location information absent a warrant.
Civil liberties also survived a number of close calls this year, none closer than passage – and subsequent veto – of Attorney General-backed legislation aimed at combatting "revenge porn," but that threatened the rights of the media and others who post or share information online. Other troubling bills that didn't make it to the Governor's desk, but were in play until the very end of the session, included one giving police warrantless access to the prescription records of virtually every Rhode Islander, and legislation that would have sent shelter social workers to jail if they did not report nightly on the whereabouts of some clients.
Of course, the session ended with its share of civil liberties losses as well. The Assembly passed dubious legislation restricting the ability of businesses to engage in certain foreign boycotts to promote social change if they want state contracts. The state's new truck toll program authorizes the widespread surveillance of virtually every vehicle on Rhode Island's highways with few privacy protections in place. The General Assembly also approved a dangerous resolution calling for a nationwide constitutional convention, jeopardizing the rights of women, people of color and other vulnerable groups. And the House leadership refused to act on a number of important consensus-driven measures improving the criminal justice system.
Inside you can read about these and some of the hundreds of other bills the ACLU lobbied on this year. You can learn more about the legislative session – and read some of our testimony – by visiting our legislative page at www.riaclu.org. You can also keep up-to-date with our work throughout the year by liking us on Facebook, or by following @RIACLU on Twitter.
A number of the bills we've highlighted moved – or didn't – because of the push from constituents. We offer a special thanks to all of our members who made their voices heard, and helped protect some of our civil liberties for another year.
Special Insert: 2015-2016 Civil Liberties Voting Record
See how your legislators voted on key civil liberties-related bills.
From the Desk of the Executive Director
As happens every summer, this month's newsletter summarizes the highs and the lows of the year's General Assembly session.
It includes our bi-annual legislative voting record, which documents an interesting trend – the unanimity or near-unanimity of floor votes, regardless of whether it involves a pro- or anti-civil liberties measure. On the House side, only 3 of the 15 votes we tallied had more than 5 dissenters, and on the Senate side, only 9 nay votes were cast altogether on a total of 13 bills we scored.
Whether one praises this trend as a remarkable example of con- sensus building or criticizes it as an indication of "groupthink" and a pall over raising dissent on the legislative floors, it is something that is hard to ignore.
In any event, as I mentioned in my last column, there are a lot of positive things to report. You – our members – deserve credit for that. I am deeply grateful to those of you who took the time to pick up the phone or email your legislator on one or more of these critical bills. Those calls and messages really can make a difference.
Thanks again to all of you for your support.
-- Steven Brown
Free Speech
"Revenge Porn" -- Victory
One of the largest victories for civil liberties this year came after the General Assembly concluded their work, with the veto by Governor Gina Raimondo of the Attorney General's "revenge porn" bill. Part of a larger package of computer crimes legislation, the bill would have made the sharing online of certain images – neither vengeful nor pornographic – a crime. The ACLU and other advocates argued, as we have for several years, that the broadly worded legislation criminalized the sharing of newsworthy images, such as those disseminated from Abu Ghraib. In addition, the legislation did not require that distribution of the images actually cause harm to anybody, or even be intended to cause any harm. Fortunately for the First Amendment, and following requests from the ACLU, the RI Press Association and others, Governor Raimondo wielded her first-ever veto pen against this dangerous legislation, citing the bill's potential chilling impact on free speech rights. The ACLU considered the veto especially courageous since only one legislator – civil liberties stalwart Rep. Edith Ajello – had voted against the bill on the floor. (H 7537, S 2540)
State Contract Restrictions on Boycotts -- Loss
The First Amendment took a hit, however, when the legislature approved a bill barring the state from entering into contracts with any businesses engaged in a boycott against various "foreign states." Boycotts by businesses are clearly protected by the First Amendment when they are used to bring about social change; this legislation restricts the ability of state contractors – or those hoping for a state contract – to engage in such boycotts. Discouraging business from engaging in political speech out of fear that it will cost them a state contract, creates an improper – and, the ACLU argued in testimony, unconstitutional – chilling effect. The ACLU unsuccessfully asked Governor Raimondo to veto this legislation. (H 7736)
Due Process
Overdue Court Fee Notification -- Loss
Individuals owing overdue court fees will soon find their names on a public website shaming scofflaws – even if the fees are minor, decades-old, or inaccurate – without prior notification. Until this year, the law required advance notice before a person's name was placed on the public list of those owing fees; the ACLU raised concerns about changing this requirement, particularly following news reports that individuals were receiving notices when they were unaware these fines even existed. Unfortunately, the legislature approved the bill, now leaving many individuals likely to find out that their names are on these lists only when they are Googled by a family member or potential employer. (H 7830, S 2505)
The "War on Drugs"
Good Samaritan Overdose Prevention -- Victory
The General Assembly acted quickly in January to restore and expand the life-saving Good Samaritan Overdose Prevention Act, which expired in 2015 when the legislature failed to reauthorize the law. The new law ensures that individuals on probation or parole cannot be considered to have violated the conditions of their release if they call for help in the case of an overdose. (H 7003, S 2002)
Medical Marijuana "Sick Tax" -- Victory
An Article in the Governor's budget threatened the state's medical marijuana program and the ability of patients to afford necessary medication. Among other provisions, the Article originally imposed a tax of between $150 and $350 per plant, reduced the number of plants each patient could grow, and eliminated the ability of patients or caregivers to provide their excess marijuana to other patients. Following outcry by patients and advocates, the Article ultimately included in the FY 2017 budget removed the plant restrictions, set the tax at $25 per plant, and authorized fee waivers for low-income patients. (H 7454 – Article 14)
Juvenile Marijuana Use -- Loss
When Rhode Island decriminalized marijuana just a few years ago, it did so in part to keep youth possessing small amounts of marijuana away from the lifetime of consequences a drug conviction can bring. Enacted legislation introduced by the Attorney General will undermine those efforts by taking jurisdiction over minors possessing marijuana away from the Traffic Tribunal and putting these youngsters back in front of a Family Court judge. Once a youth is placed there, it can be difficult for them to disentangle themselves from the Family Court system: there are few limits as to the conditions a judge can impose and, contrary to the goals of decriminalization, a Family Court judge has the ability to incarcerate youth if they do not follow through on those conditions. (H 7362, S 2544)
Medical Marijuana for PTSD -- Victory
Individuals, particularly veterans, suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have reported marijuana use eases their symptoms. Enacted legislation sponsored by Rep. Scott Slater and Sen. Stephen Archambault adds PTSD to the list of conditions for which medical marijuana is approved, hopefully giving relief to individuals currently resorting to the black market for help. (H 7142, S 2115)
Rights of Ex-Offenders
Background Checks -- Victory
The ACLU helped stem legislative efforts to undermine 2013's "Ban the Box" legislation, which limits employer consideration of applicants' past criminal history. These limits help ex-offenders find gainful employment – often the most significant factor in whether a person will return to jail.
Among the bills considered this year that would have undercut that law was H 7007A, requiring criminal background checks for "body works" employees. This legislation originally gave municipalities virtually unrestricted power to grant employers access to a person's entire criminal record, but was amended before final passage by both chambers to address the ACLU's concerns.
The Senate was also responsive to ACLU concerns by failing to act on a House-passed measure, H 7636A, requiring volunteers of any agency serving children to receive a criminal background check. The bill included few specifics on what offenses might disqualify volunteers or how such determinations could be contested. Finally, the House took no action on a troubling Senate bill (S 2830A) that would have allowed DCYF to obtain information about the expunged criminal records of job applicants and volunteers.
Cell Phone Location Tracking -- Victory
Rhode Island's technological privacy laws have finally stepped into the 21st century with enactment of legislation, sponsored by Representative Edith Ajello and Senator Donna Nesselbush, generally requiring law enforcement to get a warrant before accessing cell phone location information. Approximately every seven seconds, the cell phone you carry pings the nearest tower to give you the best cellular service. These pings are recorded by your telecommunications provider and allow your location to be pinpointed within fifty meters, even if your GPS is not on. This information paints a complete picture of your life, owned by the telecommunications companies and, until passage of this privacy-protective law, available to law enforcement at their mere request. Rhode Island now joins a number of other states that in recent years have reined in police access to this private information. (H 7167, S 2403)
Automated Toll Collection -- Loss
Drivers on Rhode Island's highways will soon have their movements tracked under the state's RhodeWorks truck toll legislation, signed into law in February. While the legislation itself mentions nothing about the technology authorized by law, testimony by DOT Director Peter Alviti before the General Assembly revealed that the DOT intends to used automated license plate readers (ALPRs) to track the movements of large trucks – and, though not for toll purposes, every other vehicle on Rhode Island's highways. ALPRs are high-powered cameras that capture the license plate, date, time, and GPS location of every vehicle that passes by, even across several lanes of traffic and at speeds up to 100 miles per hour. As a result, ALPRs memorialize a comprehensive map of every car's movements throughout the day. Despite this incredible intrusion of privacy, the law is silent as to the storage or use of the data; the state can store the data indefinitely, allow police access to it without a warrant, and even sell it to a third party if desired. A last-minute amendment by Representative Blake Filippi to impose some protections was defeated on the floor. Despite assurances by House leadership that privacy protections would be put in place if necessary, no such laws were passed before the legislature concluded its business. The ACLU plans to be back next year promoting the passage of amendments to the law that would address some of these key privacy issues that were not dealt with. (H 7409, S 2246)
Numerous Anti-Abortion Measures -- Victory
Each year the General Assembly considers a spate of abortion-related legislation, both supporting and restricting reproductive freedom, and this year was no exception. At least nine separate abortion-related proposals were considered, most of them designed to restrict women's rights. Pro-choice groups were especially wary after last year's passage by the legislature of strong anti-choice provisions in the adoption of a bill codifying the state's Obamacare-related Health Benefit Exchange.
However, none of the many bills introduced were acted upon. Among them were bills prohibiting women who get an insurance plan tax credit from buying a plan that includes any abortion coverage except when necessary to preserve the woman's life, or in cases of rape or incest; legislation imposing irrelevant and oppressive so-called "informed consent" requirements on women seeking abortions; a ban on abortion "as a means of sex selection"; and a so-called "fetal protection act" that would have significantly eroded the principles underlying Roe v. Wade.
Medical Privacy
Health Information Exchange -- Loss
When Rhode Island created its Health Information Exchange (HIE) in 2008, it did so with explicit promises that it would strictly limit how patients' medical information in the exchange could be shared. In 2016, the General Assembly partly reneged on those promises by greatly expanding the entities that have access to the HIE. This includes granting access to broadly defined health plans for purposes totally unrelated to direct medical care, the original goal of the HIE. The ACLU argued that such disclosure carries serious implications for the medical privacy of all Rhode Islanders whose information remains within the HIE. Unfortunately, interests in medical "efficiency" won the day. (H 7866, S 2898)
Police Access to Prescription Records -- Victory
Protection of our right to privacy had a close call when House and Senate committees both approved legislation granting law enforcement access to the prescription information of all Rhode Islanders without a warrant. Presently, access to the state's Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PMP) is strictly limited, and law enforcement must obtain a warrant before viewing prescription information. That's because the PMP contains personally-identifiable information for every scheduled medication doled out in the state, including pain-killers, anti-seizure medication, mood stabilizers, diet pills, and sleep aids. The PMP's purpose is to facilitate patient care, not serve as a law enforcement database. The ACLU and members of the medical community, including the RI Medical Society, argued that this Attorney General-sponsored legislation undermined efforts to view the opioid overdose crisis as a medical, rather than law enforcement, issue, and would leave doctors and chronic pain sufferers particularly subject to investigation solely because of out-of-context prescription records. Fortunately, the bills never received a floor vote in either the House or the Senate, preserving prescription privacy for another year. (H 7518, S 2713)
Civil Rights
Gender Rating in Insurance
Nationwide, women have historically been charged more for the same health insurance as men, solely because of their gender. This practice is illegal for certain health care plans under the Affordable Care Act, but gaps in Rhode Island law allow the practice to continue. Legislation sponsored by Representative Katherine Kazarian and Senator Susan Sosnowski sought to close those gaps. The Senate approved the legislation, as they have for the last several years, but the House failed to take any action. On the positive side, the House also refused to take action on a comprehensive executive branch rewrite of the health insurance laws that would have further codified current gender disparities into law. (H 7513, S 2692, S 2774)
Constitutional Convention -- Loss
Learning little from the state's Constitutional Convention debate of 2014, the legislature approved a dangerous resolution calling for a national constitutional convention. While proponents of the convention claim it would be limited to addressing issues raised by the controversial Citizens United decision, legal experts generally agree that once a convention is called, there is no limit to the amendments that could be proposed. The last time Rhode Island called for a nationwide convention was to overturn Roe v. Wade. If ever convened, a nationwide convention stands to put up for debate the rights of women and minority groups, in particular, with dangerously high stakes. (H 7670, S 2589)
Criminal Justice
Homeless Sex Offenders -- Victory
Following passage last year of legislation to prohibit some sex offenders from living within 1,000 feet of a school, which left many sex offenders facing homelessness until enforcement of the law was stayed due to an ACLU lawsuit, the Senate approved legislation this session further targeting sex offenders and the shelters that house them. The legislation required homeless sex offenders – who are already required to register their location with local police – to inform shelter staff of their sex offender status. The staff would then have been required to contact law enforcement and disclose the name and information of every sex offender in the shelter every time they checked in for the night. Failure to do so would have been a felony. Social workers testified that such an obligation flew in the face of their professional obligations. Fortunately, the bill died in the House. (S 2319)
Justice Reinvestment -- Loss
Among the most disheartening losses this year was the demise of a package of legislation aimed at improving the criminal justice system. The product of the Governor's Justice Reinvestment Working Group – representing nearly a year's worth of work between government officials and community advocates – the bills reduced some criminal penalties, addressed the overuse of lengthy parole and probation sentences, and established a Superior Court diversion program, among other reforms. The package of bills passed the Senate overwhelmingly, but the House failed to act on any of the bills before the end of the session. Similar programs have produced criminal justice reform elsewhere across the country; for at least another year, Rhode Island will remain an outlier. The death of the legislative package was apparently in retaliation for the Senate's refusal to pass some unrelated House bills.
Voting Rights
Electronic Voter Registration -- Victory
In March, Governor Raimondo signed into law a new electronic voter registration program. While an increasing amount of business is conducted online, becoming a registered voter or changing your registration in Rhode Island still had to be done in person or through the mail until now. This new law, sponsored on behalf of Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea, will allow voters to easily register and keep their registration up to date, and includes a number of critical protections for the privacy of personal voter information. In addition, thanks to ACLU advocacy, the new law includes the nation's first language specifically ensuring that online registration will be accessible to voters with disabilities, something that the National ACLU has hailed as a "voting precedent every state should follow." (H 7024, S 2513)
Computer Crimes
"Unauthorized" Computer Access -- Victory
As part of a package of computer crimes legislation put forward by the Attorney General's office, whistleblowers or spouses who guessed a computer password could have faced up to five years in prison. The ACLU successfully lobbied against this broadly worded legislation that treated whistleblowers and others the same as malicious hackers, subjecting them to felony penalties for gaining "unauthorized access" to a computer. The ACLU noted that similarly broad wording in federal legislation has been severely criticized precisely because of its vagueness and misuse. National privacy organizations, including Demand Progress and the Electronic Frontier Foundation, joined the ACLU in opposing the legislation. In May, the House Judiciary committee approved an amended version of the legislation that failed to address the ACLU's concerns, but the bill was never brought before the full House for a vote. The bill failed to move in the Senate at all. (H 7406, S 2584)
Students' Rights
The School-to-Prison Pipeline -- Victory
Rhode Island's children may soon spend more time in the classroom and less time suspended for minor behavioral issues such as "disorderly conduct" or "insubordination," thanks to legislation spearheaded by the ACLU, sponsored by Representative Grace Diaz and Senator Juan Pichardo, and signed into law. Experts agree that out-of-school suspensions carry a lifetime of ill effects and should only be used for the most serious offenses. Yet years of research by the ACLU demonstrate that Rhode Island's children have been suspended predominately for minor offenses that could be controlled by other means – and that suspensions are disproportionately levied against students with disabilities and students of color. As a result, they are disproportionately subjected to the serious consequences that follow from even one suspension, including an increased likelihood of dropping out and, later, incarceration, a phenomenon known as the "school-to-prison pipeline." The new law prohibits out-of-school suspensions unless a student is a physical risk to others around them or is seriously disruptive, and requires schools to evaluate their discipline data annually and come up with a plan to reduce any racial, ethnic, or disability disparities they identify. (H 7056, S 2168)
Internet Filtering of School Computers -- Victory
Students may soon find it easier to complete their assignments at school, instead of finding their studies stymied by overzealous filtering software thanks to a new ACLU-promoted law. Statewide, Internet filters used by school districts block considerably more information than is required by federal law, often without prior warning, derailing classroom lessons and hindering the ability of students to complete their work. Enacted legislation sponsored by Representative Art Handy and Senator Adam Satchell will lessen these barriers by requiring school districts to maintain a public written policy regarding the use of their filters, including guarantees that teachers can have websites unblocked in an expeditious fashion. (H 7583, S 2172)
Miscellaneous Bills That Died This Year
* No action was taken on a dangerous Attorney General bill that would have vastly expanded the definition of criminal "cyberharassment" to punish individuals who posted items that third parties then used to "harass" others.
* Important legislation to restrict the use of solitary confinement at the ACI had a lengthy and informative committee hearing. Although no action was taken on the bill, the House did pass an alternative measure, sponsored by Rep. Aaron Regunberg, creating a study commission to examine the issue in depth and offer recommendations.
* Despite the efforts of sponsor Rep. Shelby Maldonado, no action was taken on a bill supported by the ACLU and RI NOW to prohibit the shackling of women prisoners to or from court proceedings during their third trimester of pregnancy. Rhode Island currently has a strong law protecting pregnant inmates from being shackled during transport to a medical facility, labor, delivery or post-partum recovery, but it does not address court travel.
* The House took no action on a Senate-passed bill opposed by the ACLU that would have turned soliciting prostitution from a misdemeanor into a felony, imposing extremely harsh penalties on individuals engaged in consensual sexual activity.
* It will be at least another year before undocumented immigrants have a chance to see the passage of legislation, pushed by Sen. Frank Ciccone, granting them the ability to obtain drivers' licenses.
2016 Annual Meeting
Thursday, October 13th in downtown Providence
Save the date for our Annual Meeting Celebration at the historic Providence Biltmore Hotel. More details will be coming next month, but mark the date on your calendar now!
Contact Megan at the ACLU office at 831-7171 if you would like to place an ad in this year's program book.
We're Moving!
The ACLU of Rhode Island is getting a brand new home, but we're not moving very far. Beginning later this month, we will be in the same building, but two floors up, at 128 Dorrance St, Suite 400.
Poll Monitors Needed
The ACLU of Rhode Island is looking for poll monitors for the September and November elections. Shifts and locations are flexible. First-time poll monitors welcome; training will be provided.
Email us at firstname.lastname@example.com to learn how you can help protect civil liberties at the polls on Election Day!
Tune in to "Rights of a Free People," our monthly cable show
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The PIP-USP3CN module includes all of the features of the PIP-USP3 as well as integrating CobraNet transport in the same single 100-MB Ethernet connection. Signal routing is easily controlled via FREE IQWic software. The PIP-USP3CN also provides two analog audio inputs that can be configured as a redundant signal or for page-over applications. Saves audio bandwidth within the CobraNet network by providing local signal processing of the signal at the amplifier. Also features amplifier output listen bus that allows you to route the amplifier output signal back through Ethernet to a central listening position.
- 100Mb Ethernet single-plug solution for both CobraNet audio and TCP/IQ control and monitoring
- Analog audio inputs allow CobraNet network audio input, CobraNet audio backup, or a hardwire emergency override of CobraNet audio
- "Listen Bus" amplifier output monitor via CobraNet
- 24 bit digital to analog conversion with 32 bit, floating point DSP processing
- 64 assignable filters with 9 different filter types including all-pass filters
- Over 2 seconds of delay available per" channel
- Input compressors and output limiters for each channel
- Dual, uncorrelated noise generators for noise masking
- Sine generator
- Load supervision
- Full error reporting
- Firmware upgrades via the network
- 10 user selectable presets
- Reliable FLASH memory backup of all parameters
- Three Year, No-Fault, Fully Transferable Warranty completely protects your investment and guarantees its specifications (Effective May 1, 2011 when installed into a CTs Series amplifier the warranty is extended to five years.)
- Cut Sheet [309 KB]
- Owner's Manual [8.66 MB]
- PIP-USP3 family Declaration of Conformity [125 KB]
- HiQnet Audio Architect™ (Windows)
- PIP / I-Tech Firmware v2.01.12 (Windows) [862 KB]
- PIP / I-Tech Firmware v184.108.40.206 (Windows) [2.02 MB]
- PIP / I-Tech Firmware v18.104.22.168 (Windows) [1.99 MB]
- IQwic v8.23 (Windows) [10.1 MB]
- IQwic v8.22 (Windows) [9.94 MB]
- IQwic v8.10a (Windows) [9.25 MB]
- IQwic v8.10 (Windows) [9.22 MB]
- IQwic v8.01 (Windows) [8.89 MB]
- PIP / I-Tech / CTs Multi-Channel Firmware v22.214.171.124 (Windows) [2.5 MB]
- PIP / I-Tech / CTs Multi-Channel Firmware v184.108.40.206 (Windows) [2.11 MB]
- Firmware for PIP-Lite, USP3, USP3/CN, I-Tech, CTs4200 & CTs8200 USPCN v220.127.116.11 (Windows) [2.44 MB]
- PIP / I-Tech Firmware v2.03.1 (Windows) [1.43 MB]
|Internal Controls
|A Reset/Preset switch, accessible with a straightended paper clip through the PIP panel, selects the next user preset if pressed for less than 2 seconds, resets the PIP to preset "0" if pressed for more than 2 seconds.
|Balanced Audio Input Connectors
|Single 5-pin removable barrier-strip connector for both channels
|AUX Connector
|Configurable for AUX input, AUX output. Listen Bus is available through CobraNet.
|Network Connector
|The dual RJ45 CobraNet connectors allow a Primary & Secondary connection to the 100Mb Ethernet network. Should the Primary connection lose link activity with the network, the USP3/CN will automatically switch to the Secondary connection to ensure uninterr
|Preset Indicator
|Signals the number of the current preset, if active, by flashing a series of flashes equal to the current preset number.
|IQ Data Indicator
|Flashes when the IQ-PIP-USP3/CN receives a valid command that is addressed to the IQ-PIP-USP3/CN.
|Reset/Preset Switch
|Used to change presets, restore settings to factory default or restore all the presets to the factory defaults. During operations of the switch, the Data indicator flashes as an aid to the user.
|Memory Backup
|512 kbyte non-volatile FLASH memory for backup of run-time parameters, presets, and program storage. Capable of greater than 10 year data retention and estimated 20+ year life-cycle.
|100Mb Fast Ethernet conforming to IEEE 802.3.
|Power Requirements
|+24VDC @ 350mA, -24VDC @ 30mA. <8.7 watts.
|DSP Processing
|32 bit, Floating Point, 665 μs latency.
|DAC Conversion
|24 bit, 135 μs latency
|Dynamic Range
|>103 dB typical (A-Weighted, 20Hz - 20kHz, audio sourced from muted CobraNet channel).
|< 0.05% THD+N, 20Hz - 20kHz
|Frequency Response
|+/-0.5 dB, 20Hz - 20kHz
|Input/Output Monitor Accuracy
|Typically +/-1 dB


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Axelle Tessandier
Axelle Tessandier is a content strategist, trend spotter, writer, curator, bold thinker and founder of Axl Agency. After different experiences in French media, TV, press and foremost cinema, she helped green organizations communicate using the digital environment. After being the Marketing Director of the US based startup Scoop.it she launched her own agency. She now works side by side with brands, projects and institutions she believes will inspire their customers and audience to take action to design a better world. No naive statement according to her, she is just a true advocate for the power of the web.
Talk – Generation Y: The Digital Shift
Axelle will tell us about the mindset driven by the new generation. This generation Y – that usually defines itself against their predecessors – is in the center of the psychological revolution.


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Our Software Development Events & Conferences
Solekai participates in a variety of software development conferences and software developer events aimed at bringing together the brightest minds in tech to socialize and exchange ideas. Whether you are a seasoned expert or a rookie to the industry, we welcome all problem-solver minds to our software development trade shows and meetings. Interaction creates innovation. So why not network and foster tangible creation? Exchange theories, ideas, successes, and developments. We host panels in our San Diego offices and attend networking mixers throughout the West Coast. At our software developer conferences, we talk about the newest systems and train on some of the industry's largest trends. At Solekai Systems, we care about the growth of an idea and cultivation of a software vision. If you would like to be added to our software developer events mailing list or request an invitation to an upcoming software developer conference event, please email firstname.lastname@example.com with your contact information.
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So, you want to keep those jeans/pants/shorts up, without using a big ol' clunky belt? So, you want something fun, stylish and subtle?
Of course you do. You know you do!
It's a good thing isABelt is here to help you out, because no girl (or woman!) can really afford to be without one of these little gems. Available in sizes to suit all women, iaABelt is the perfect fashion accessory for your daughter as she goes back to school, or even for yourself!
Have a look-see at the video above, to find out how easy IsABelt is to adjust, and wear. Simply expand or constrict by pulling, test, and slip through!
And, isABelt has a range to suit everyone. Whether it's a unisex isABelt wide for added support, isABelt+ for plus size women or even isAStrips, to keep your isABelt in place when you have no belt loops, these guys have got you covered. Literally.
Now, isABelt are a generous bunch. They know their product is functional, stylish and indispensable (unless you like your jeans hanging off your butt like one of those girls in a 50 Cent music video), and so, they're going to help you out. Or rather, help you help your daughter out.
isABelt is giving away one of all four styles of their isABeltJR, an isABelt just for girls! They fit girls size 6x-14 or womens size 0-8. Check out the image above, to see what the styles look like. There's "Delicious", "Fruity", "Peace" and "Skull" styles!
Check out the 4Square game below. You need to create as many words as you can, of any length, from those letters. But, the letters have to touch each other, either horizontally, diagonally or vertically. So, in the example below, we could put L-A-M-P together because they touch.
When you think you have as many as you can get, post a comment with the number of words you got (yes, we will ask to see your list!) If you later, see that someone else posted a comment with more than you got, you can try again and post a second comment if you come up with more words. You get to post as many attempts as you like!
Winner number one gets their choice of two isABeltJRs! Winner two gets the next choice and winner three the remaining style.
Where there is more than one person with the number of words (ie tied for first or tied for second etc), a random draw will be held.
- Remember, only post the number of words you came up with, don't post your list in the commentst!!
- Open to US and Canadian residents only, please
- Competition closes 27 September, 2009
Have fun!


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Tropikal Beach Resort is a hotel complex in the area of Durres Beach known as Plepa. It covers a territory of 90000 square meters with plenty of green spaces, palm trees and well-kept gardens. It offers a natural private beach on the Adriatic Sea, a huge swimming pool and several bars and restaurants. In the summer the complex offers entertainment programs and summer disco with professional dancers from the well-known "Club Venue" of Tirana. There is something for everyone at Tropikal and the professional and friendly staff completes a qualitative environment.
|Tropikal Resort is honoured Silver Award by Authentic Albania Quality Mark


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- Double posting is allowed AFTER 24 hours passed without any reply.
- All general forum rules apply to this forum as well.
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Desperate to change my role in IT, I stumbled upon a 1 month program related to analysis of data. It was a SAS (Statistical Analysis System) program, held by the Analytics Training Institute in Bangalore, India. It seemed perfect. One day to go before the course commenced and there was only 1 seat left. I logged on to the web and did a quick background check of the institute. But, sadly couldn't get much.
This institute seemed to have a clean sheet! Convinced, I pick up the phone to call the Institute. A very kind, polite lady answers all the questions I had, satisfactorily. With one day for the classes to start and the last seat reserved, I couldn't be more excited.
My first day in the field of Analytics.
I researched thoroughly before I made my decision on pursuing SAS programming, and not R Programming (which is open source BTW!). I don't regret my choice, but I do regret the decision of choosing a training institute to empower me with this freely available knowledge. To prove my point I shall put up a short 5 day starter tutorial to SAS, followed by few very handy links.
This is my review cum account of my experience at Analytics Training Institute (ATI) as the course progresses. A first of it's kind on this blog.
With a prayer in my heart, "Lord, give me the strength to pound through this data. : ) ", I left home. I had to travel about 35 km one way, to the Institute. Despite the distance I still felt a spring in my stride, from the excitement of learning new things.
This is an account of my experience on Day 1 at Analytics Training Institute (ATI).
Date – 11th Jan 2015
Instructor – Tina Mary Wilson
The class almost always starts about 30-45 minutes late at ATI. Apparently the teachers are never informed by the management that the class starts at 9:00 a.m.
Well, we all have those administration and management glitches. And for crying out loud, we are in India, IST is known to be 30-45 minutes late! C'mon!
Moving on…
As the class progresses you begin to realize that the instructor really has no real-world experience in SAS programming or data analysis (She mentioned it in class during the introduction round). You also begin to wonder as to why aren't you doing this course online. You don't need to pay a large sum of money for an instructor to tell you to type this code and check the result on the screen. But you would rather know, the purpose behind that code? what are the best practices usually involved? what are the other options? when should you use which option?
With questions piling up in my head, I choose the most relevant and ask, "Is there a universally accepted coding standard followed by professionals using SAS?".
And I get a confused look, followed by a response that is related but yet not so related.
"SAS is not case-sensitive."
Day 2 –
As usual the class began at 9:00 a.m "Indian Standard Time", i.e 9:30a.m, although it was unanimously agreed upon that we should commence our class at 9. The instructor had changed without letting us know in advance.
The new substituted Instructor didn't know where the previous instructor left off. She related every concept of SAS to MS Excel. What sense does that make? We are here to learn SAS.
The class was eventually canceled, as most of the students were dissatisfied with her teaching and had left, post lunch.
Day 3,4 –
Our original instructor Tina, was back, on "popular" demand. Tina Wilson, was patient and helpful, and clarified student's doubts very satisfactoriy. But the fact remains, that the instructors at the institute are inexperienced in the real world, but have a long history of teaching experience. She went on to cover the course syllabus, quickly. Avoiding students cancelling the course and asking for a refund.
Enough said.
If you are lazy to search around the internet for tutorials on SAS. Or if you are just looking to get started with SAS, but not to get deep into it. If you are in a managerial role in SAS, and just want to know what your minions do, when they say they are working on SAS. Or are being sponsored by someone/company to learn SAS. Then, I'd definitely recommend the SAS program at the ATI (Analytics Training Institute).
But, if you hope to give the SAS Base Programmers Certification, soon after the course or hope to get an in-depth knowledge of SAS, save that money, and buy a good book on SAS.
-> Classes don't start on time
-> Too Slow. A lot can be covered during each class
-> Instructors are inexperienced
-> The syllabus covered can be easily learnt online
-> Apparently, once enrolled you are allowed to attend the same program any number of times when it is offered, as long as you register yourself for it. (What is the point? I paid for 1 course, not a life time membership of the same course.)
-> Students say, (Not sure) certain instructors at the insitute are really good. If you get a chance to enroll your self for the SAS course taken by Kamal Vaswani of ATI, Redwood Associates. I'd say go for it.
Stay tuned! Will see you all SAS enthusiasts in my next post, where I shall share some useful SAS code, SAS tutorials, SAS templates, and free SAS vidoes. In the meantime, let me know when was the last time you paid for a course outside of school or college, and actually got what you paid for?
Looking forward to hearing your experience with Training Institutes. : )
Peace. Happy learning! : )
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Objective 1: Escape From Your Cell
Once the mission starts crouch and sneak behind the guard outside your cell and break his neck.
Objective 2: Get Your Map Computer And Lockpicks Back
Head to the place where your map computer and lockpicks are. There is a guard ahead and a camera at the top of the stairs. Wait for the camera to rotate and sneak behind the guard then break his neck. Get your things and head back.
Objective 3: Locate Priboi In Main Prison Building
Open the room just across, and climb up the stairs. There's also a security camera here so peek first before heading to Priboi's room. After you checked Priboi's cell, head to the room near the stairs to pick your SOCOM. Then get down and go back to the place where you got your lockpics/map.
Objective 4: Get To The Security Control Building And Hack The Terminal...
Shoot the camera on top of the stairs, and head outside. Hide behind the crates and you'll see an opening on the fence. Head behind the second crates, sneak past the guard/s and enter the nearby hut. There's a ladder here going down the sewers. There are four guards here which you can kill w/o them noticing you. Find your way on the other end of the tunnel and climb up. If your fast on doing the previous objectives you'll enter this area without guards patrolling outside the hut. Climb the watch tower and kill the guard atop. Get the sniper rifle (YOU'LL NEED THAT SAME RIFLE UNTIL MISSION 11 SO DON'T DROP IT) and slide down the wire. After that move around to the walls and into the security control building. Sneak past the camera outside the building and get inside.
Objective 5: Open Gates To The Inner And Outer Yards And The Main Gates
Head to objective 5 building and kill the guards inside using your SOCOM. Climb up the roof and kill the sniper. Pick up the rifles and from here shoot all guards that you can see. Just avoid any guard running to the alarm button. Once your done showing off your sniping skills, head back down and press the buttons to the inner,outer yard and main gates.
Objective 6: Take Down The 2 Guards Covering The Gates
If you did objective 5 (sniping all guards on the ground) you definitely killed the 2 guards whoever they are. Head back to the top of objective 5 building and just wait for Priboi to come out.
amazing. I was in confusion doing the 4th objective.thanks.
when i do all this priboi just stays inside and dont get out