Lake Powell is part of the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in the western United States. Lake Powell was created by the construction of a hydroelectric dam and is protected by the federal government. Once occupied by Native Americans, the area is now a popular tourist attraction.
Glen Canyon, now flooded by Lake Powell, has been inhabited for about 11,500 years, according to the National Park Service. The archaic period, from about 8,050 until 400 B.C., is particularly well-represented in the canyon. The formative period, from about 500 to 1300 A.D., is the best-represented because of the presence of multiple Native American groups, the Fremont and Anasazi, living in the area during this time. The first Europeans to visit the area were Spanish friars and later the Latter Day Saints created mining settlements. The Glen Canyon Dam was constructed in 1963; in 1972, the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area was established by Congress.
Lake Powell is the second largest reservoir in the United States and comprises 13 percent of the Glen Canyon National Recreational Area. The Glen Canyon Dam is over 700 feet high and 300 feet thick at its base. Lake Powell stretches for more than 180 miles and has a surface area of more than 160,000 acres. The total capacity of the lake is 27 million acre-feet, with about 20 million acre-feet being used on a regular basis. Because of the size of the lake, the diversity of wildlife, particular birds, has dramatically increased since the construction of the dam. According to the National Park Service, the variety of birds and fish make Lake Powell an ideal spot for sport fishing and bird watching.
Lake Powell is located on the border between Utah and Arizona, with most of the park in Utah. If you are traveling to Lake Powell, the closest airport is in the city of Page, but you can take chartered flights from Page or Salt Lake City to landing strips within the park if you would prefer not to rent a car. No public transportation is available to take to the park. Once you are in the park, the only way to get to the backcountry across Lake Powell is by boat.
Lake Powell's most popular activity is boating, which boasts 2 million participants a year. However, there are a number of other activities you can participate in during a trip to the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. Hiking and mountain biking on the surrounding shores and cliffs are popular, and the park service encourages visitors to explore the surrounding areas along the shores and in the backcountry.
In order to use your boat at Lake Powell, you must have the boat certified as being zebra mussel-free each time you enter. The certification is available from trained park employees at the launch ramps during specified hours. As of 2010, the ramps open early in the morning and remain open until early evening. Lake Powell does not employ any lifeguards, so swimming is at your own risk.
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area is open year-round, but some services, such as the marinas and the Glen Canyon visitor centers, have limited winter hours. During the summer, the Carl Hayden Visitor Center is open later. The Bullfrog Visitor Center has varying hours, starting in May.
Kennan, Mark. "Lake Powell National Park." Travel Tips - USA Today, https://traveltips.usatoday.com/lake-powell-national-park-12649.html. Accessed 24 April 2019.
Lake Powell. At the bottom of Hole in the Rock, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah.


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Q: How in angular 2+, dynamically manage the addition of animations (:enter and :leave) under certain conditions? I'm working on an animation for :enter and :leave from the pages.

import { animate, AnimationEntryMetadata, state, style, transition, trigger } from '@angular/core';

export const slideInDownAnimation: AnimationEntryMetadata = trigger('routeAnimation', [
    state('*',
        style({
            transform: 'translateY(0)'
        })
    ),
    transition(':enter', [
        style({
            transform: 'translateY(100%)'
        }),
        animate('.5s linear')
    ]),
    transition(':leave', [
        animate('.5s linear', style({
            transform: 'translateY(-100%)'
        }))
    ])
]);

In components:

import { slideInDownAnimation } from './../route-animation/animations';
import { Component, OnInit, HostBinding } from '@angular/core';

@Component({
  selector: 'app-building',
  templateUrl: './building.component.html',
  styleUrls: ['./building.component.scss'],
  animations: [
    slideInDownAnimation
  ]
})
export class BuildingComponent implements OnInit {

  @HostBinding('@routeAnimation') routeAnimation = true;
  @HostBinding('style.display') display = 'block';
  @HostBinding('style.position') position = 'absolute';

  constructor() { }

  ngOnInit() {
  }
}

And this animation is reused in several components.
In each of these components there is a button to go to the next page with the same animation.
I need to create common conditions for these components with animation, so that the animation works only when these buttons are pressed. Can with the help of some kind of common service.
This animation works every time you go to animation pages, and I just need the animation to work only when these buttons are clicked.

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Drugs: My First && My Last!
"There's a first time for everything" he said to me. It was around the time that my aunt was adding another year to her departure. Like usual, I get sad and seem to push everyone away from me, and I just want to be left alone. My boyfriend, who in my eyes was perfect, convinced me to try "weed." Since I was already depressed and trusted him, I figured, why not?
I had everything planned out. I told my mother I would be going to the movies with a couple of friends. It was Saturday afternoon around 2 or 3 pm. My brother picked me up and dropped me off at the mall. I assured him I would be meeting up with my friends there. My brother didn't want to leave me alone, so I proceeded to head inside so he wouldn't try to wait for my "friends" with me. My mom was going to be attending a party near the mall, and I told her she could pick me up after the party was over. If only I knew what I was getting myself into.
My boyfriend was already waiting for me. We took a walk and he pulled out some cookies which he had put weed in. I was going through painful reminders of losing my aunt - that's not an excuse, I know. I grabbed the cookie and ate some of it. I didn't finish it. I drank some Coke and we went in to watch a movie. I thought I would be fine because I was with him and it wasn't his first time. I put my trust in him since he was my boyfriend, so I thought I was going to be okay since he was there to take care of me.
Well, I was completely wrong. He went to buy popcorn and food because he was already getting hungry. I stayed behind. He came back and said some people were after him. He was panicking, so they kicked him out of the theater. I left. I was so scared and wishing I hadn't done what I did. I grabbed my cell phone and called my mom. She was on her way to the party, so she wasn't far.
As I began to walk to the place where she dropped me off I began to feel dizzy - everything was moving sooo slow. I was afraid of being alone, and everything didn't seem right. My mom got there and I got inside the car. She looked at me, and by that time I was already soo high. My eyes were red and she thought I had been crying. I told her I was ok, and that I wanted to go home. She told me she had to go to the party. It was going to be for a while, then we would be going home.
At the party I didn't know what to do, I sat down to eat and it took me a long time to grab my plate. All of a sudden I was outside - I don't remember when I got up and left. I went inside to call my mom. She asked me what was wrong and I told her what I had done. She stayed quiet. I was expecting a slap or something. But I didn't get any screams from her or anything bad. She told me to go back inside and relax, to go to sleep. I tried to do what she told me.
In my mind I remember being so afraid of forgetting to breathe. I don't know why, but I could hear things. Everything was moving slowly - it wasn't a good experience. I was afraid, so afraid.
When we got home my mom took my shoes off, covered me, and kissed me goodnight. She told me she loved me. I felt like crap, like the worst human being on earth. This woman didn't slap me, scream at me, or anything. She tried to comprehend and gave me love. I fell asleep, and the next day I woke up still high. I was soo hungry and my mom gave me a lot of food. She asked me what I wanted to eat.
Later on I sat down and thought about everything. I was alone on the street high. What if my mom had taken longer? I couldn't control myself because I didn't know what I was doing. I didn't know anything because it was my first time. I was soo lucky that my mom was nearby. The streets aren't safe, especially if you aren't in control of your five senses!! I called that guy up and cursed him out, and never spoke to him again. I saw in my mom's eyes that I had lost her trust, and that hurt more than a slap from her.
This experience has changed me a lot. I don't trust guys and I stay away from drugs. It's something I never want to go through again. I lost my mom's trust over something so stupid and worthless. I could have lost my life over something that took me and got me nowhere.
Girls, please be smart. Drugs are the worst thing on earth. I don't want to sound all lame to say "drugs are for losers" or those logos you read. Take it from someone who was there, who lived it. I'm the one girl who can honestly tell you that life is way more worthwhile than drugs. Do you know how dangerous it is? I think about it every single day of my life, and I'm so grateful that my mom got there on time. I had no control. Just knowing how many girls get kidnaped, raped, and killed every day, and to be alone on the street high? Makes no sense. I'm so blessed and so happy that I'm okay.
If you are with a guy who offers you weed or anything, think about what you are getting yourself into. Do you really think that guy cares about you? Hah! Love is blind, but girls...wake up!! Be smart and analyze everything! Open your eyes and love yourself enough to make little things count!!!
Now I have gained my mom's trust again, and well, to be honest with you, I regret my decision every single day of my life. In a way, I'm thankful that my first time happened like that, because I'm okay, but seriously, you shouldn't have to go through the same situation I was in. I guess "there's always a first time for everything" shouldn't really count - you can stop it!
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Eternity: The Last Unicorn is a throwback RPG to the early days of the PS1, 2 and the Xbox. While searching for a remedy to cure the last of the Unicorns, and preserve the Elven immortality, the High Elf Aurehen from Alheim will cross paths with the warrior Bior from Midgard as the two follow their own adventures through the Norse realms.
From the beginning of this adventure, I want to state how gorgeous everything is. The environments are rich with colors and details making it a wonderful visual presentation. More than this, what impressed me the most was that Aurehen, a beautiful Elven maiden, is actually wearing damned clothes! Now I know how ridiculous that statement could be but in all seriousness, look at Elves in gaming and tell me where the females actually have proper wardrobes. Book of Unwritten Tales, they fixed it in the second, and Hunted: The Demon's Forge are the ones that immediately stick out to me. Aurehen is dressed like she's out on and adventure, her belt hooks on keys, magical devices and her sword. Finally, someone got it right!
From there though… things are bit downhill which is unfortunate because Eternity has all of the elements to make for a great title. Coming from Brazilian developers Void Studios, Eternity is their very first game and they set out to make something that would feel natural to long time gamers like myself that have played older titles especially like either Resident Evil or Onimusha (still on my to-do list). The camera angles are fixed which means you need to carefully examine your surroundings as you move forward because the view that you currently have is the only one that you're going to get. And while it works, where it crumbles is when the fighting starts and your camera angles are what get you killed again and again.
Combat is simply brutal to be brutal. Enemies can basically kill either of your characters the second that they come into being if you're standing too close to where they appear. I've seriously loaded back up from a checkpoint dozens of times over to simply that aspect without even counting the amount of times that I died because the enemy just smacked me as I missed a dodge.
The above is only made worse as often you'll be fighting enemies in two to three camera angles because you simply cannot take a hit from the beings trying to kill you so you keep moving back. In a horror title such as Resident Evil this invoked a sense of fear because you had no idea how far behind they were or what was beyond that corner. In Eternity this invoked frustration as enemies have points of how far they'll go and sometimes they'll cross screens while others they'll simply lay in wait at that crossing point for your camera and kill you all over again.
Eternity is an RPG and as you defeat enemies you get experience points and loot for crafting. The second part allows you to make quest and healing items but the first? I have no idea what the point of leveling up was sometimes as you didn't really seem to get more attack of defense as you still does just as fast and the damage you could deal was utterly dependent on where you hit your enemy.
Making things worse in this avenue is that the second that you leave an area, your enemies respawn. Both big and small as well as all of the waves that came at you before. Every. Single. Time. As this is an adventure and you need to find your way through the various maps in the various locations, you'll be fighting A LOT. And since enemies can simply stomp you seconds within appearing I honestly felt like I was playing Demon's Souls on hard mode which is already bloody hard as I still haven't managed to finish it unlike the rest of that series and it's spinoffs.
So with all the dying, you eventually really start to notice the lengthy enough load times. Once an area isn't bad but as you keep dying and need to reload, it adds up and may even match Bloodborne in its earlier days. Adding to this is that there are still some game crashing bugs in which talking to an NPC or trying to open a chest will simply freeze the game essentially making you lose all the progress that you just completed because the checkpoint didn't kick in and you were far enough from the save point.


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Group Four Digital Load Cell Expansion and Partnership
By Group Four Transducers Inc.
Group Four Transducers Inc. (United States) - Group Four Transducers, Inc. a World leader in load cell technology announces a range of updates to their digital load cell product offering.
Since announcing the SPF5 digital load cell in 2018, Group Four engineering has made tremendous strides by taking advantage of the unique ways to improve load cell performance using embedded digital load cell Technology. 'Group Four has taken digital load cells to a new level of accuracy and stability, not only are they ideal for high-speed filling and check weighing applications, but we also see customers utilizing this technology for force measurement, tank bin and hopper weighing', notes Steve Torres, Group Four Founder and CEO.
Since introducing the SPF5, Group-4 has added many new form factors, which simplifies the mounting and adaption of the Digital load cell into existing systems. A digital load cell, calibrated at the factory greatly simplifies the implementation, optimization and start up of a force or weight measurement system. Improvements in a load cells accuracy and stability, through the digital correction of linearity and temperature effects on Zero and Span, enable users to improve the accuracy of their measurement system.
For customers looking for a comprehensive test machine or control system interface, Group Four has partnered with Admet Technology of Norwood, MA, a leading provider of test and measurement instrumentation. This partnership further simplifies the implementation of digital load cells with an easy to use Admet test interface.
"Whether our customers want to utilize our evaluation software direcly with embeded load cell technology, utilize it as part of an Admet test interface, or connect to many commonly used HMI or PLC's, Group Four Digital Load Cells offer ease of use and adjustment for all of these measurement solutions", concluded the company.
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Group Four Transducers, Inc. is a global provider of weight and force measurement products. The company specializes in dependable, application-engineered products by utilizing its lean business philosophy to consistently meet the needs of its customers worldwide. The company's products are found in a wide variety of applications specializing in packaging solutions but also ranging from physical rehabilitation equipment, medical devices, automated self-checkout scales, aircraft weight and balance apparatus, and thousands of other applications. Group Four Transducers is headquartered in East Longmeadow, Massachusetts with manufacturing in Massachusetts and Dankatua, Sri Lanka.
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De lichte dubbel-twee vrouwen op de Olympische Zomerspelen 2020 vond plaats van 24 tot en met 29 juli 2021. Regerend olympisch kampioen was de Nederlandse lichte dubbel-twee met Ilse Paulis en Maaike Head. De overwinning ging naar de boot van Italië, die Frankrijk (zilver) en Nederland (brons) nipt voor bleef.

De competitie bestond uit meerdere ronden, beginnend met de series en herkansingen om het deelnemersveld van de halve finales te bepalen. Er werden twee halve finales geroeid om te bepalen welke teams doorgingen naar de A-finale.
De series vonden plaats op 24 juli, een dag later gevolgd door de herkansingen. De halve finales werden geroeid op 28 juli, op 29 juli gevolgd door de finales.

Resultaten

Series
De beste twee boten van elke serie plaatsten zich voor de halve finales. De overige boten gingen naar de herkansingen om te proberen zich alsnog te kwalificeren.

Serie 1

Serie 2

Serie 3

Herkansingen
De beste drie boten van elke herkansingenserie plaatsten zich voor de halve finales, de overige boten gingen naar de C-finale.

Herkansing serie 1

Herkansing serie 2

Halve finales

Halve finale A/B 1

Halve finale A/B 2

Finales

Finale C

Finale B

Finale A

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The Florida man news has been very famous recently as he has been very busy, committing heinous crimes and whatnot, enter your birthday below to find out his whereabouts and incredibly stupid actions on that day.
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A Florida Woman has been arrested after stealing some strange items from her neighbor.
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When Is a Dietary Supplement Not a Dietary Supplement?
By On 08/04/2015 1 Comment
A nonsensical guidance issued by the FDA in 2005 continues to cause confusion. Action Alert!
Under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic (FD&C) Act, a supplement is misbranded if it does not announce itself as a supplement. The actual statute says that it is violating the law if "the label or labeling of the dietary supplement fails to identify the product by using the term 'dietary supplement,' which term may be modified with the name of such an ingredient." Most producers place the words "Dietary Supplement" on the front label of their product in order to comply with this requirement.
However, according to a guidance issued by the FDA in 2005, the term "Dietary Supplement" by itself "is not appropriately descriptive to be a statement of identity."
This position not only appears to contradict the language in the FD&C Act, but also the language in the federal code of regulations—which the FDA cites in order to support its position!
This regulation reads:
Dietary supplements shall be identified by the term "dietary supplement" as a part of the statement of identity, except that the word "dietary" may be deleted and replaced by the name of the dietary ingredients in the product (e.g., calcium supplement) or an appropriately descriptive term indicating the type of dietary ingredients that are in the product (e.g., herbal supplement with vitamins).
So where is the FDA coming from with their guidance? This is not an obscure technical matter—it's causing real problems. Class action lawsuits are being filed against supplement companies, with plaintiffs' lawyers citing this erroneous guidance as their basis for the suits! The FDA's nonsensical guidance also complicated a multi-state investigation of a supplement manufacturer over labeling issues, in which the states accused the company of violating federal guidance.
Ten years after its first appearance, the FDA has done nothing to address this glaring error. Are supplements actually supplements? The law says they are. The FDA still says they may or may not be.
Action Alert! Urge the FDA to correct this mistake and comply with federal law. Please send your message immediately.
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Mediterranean, Transatlantic
Bari is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea, in Italy. It is the second most important economic center of mainland Southern Italy after Naples, a port and university city, as well as the city of Saint Nicholas.
Bari is made up of four different urban sections. To the north is the closely built old town on the peninsula between two modern harbors, with the Basilica of Saint Nicholas, the Cathedral of San Sabino (1035–1171) and the Hohenstaufen Castle built for Frederick II, which is now also a major nightlife district. To the south is the Murat quarter (erected by Joachim Murat), the modern heart of the city, which is laid out on a rectangular grid-plan with a promenade on the sea and the major shopping district (the via Sparano and via Argiro).
Modern residential zones surrounding the center of Bari were built during the 1960s and 1970s replacing the old suburbs that had developed along roads splaying outwards from gates in the city walls. In addition, the outer suburbs developed rapidly during the 1990s. The city has a redeveloped airport named after Pope John Paul II, Karol Wojtyła Airport, with connections to several European cities.
Bari is the largest and most important city of Apulia and stands on the Adriatic coast. It's mostly famous for being one of the exit doors of Italy, where travelers leave on ferries for neighboring countries. The city authorities, however, have been trying to raise its tourism profile and awareness of Bari's old town, which has retained its ancient Medieval plan and contains many historic buildings and sites. The old town was the heart of pre-Roman and Roman Bari and it is now possible to find several hip bars and restaurants open "from dusk till dawn" in this once dark and unsafe zone.
Bari has a Mediterranean climate (Köppen: Csa) with mild winters and hot, dry summers.
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Bari, Italy: Port Information
Cruise liners dock at the modern cruise terminal within a 20-minute walk from the Old Town. Shuttles and taxis are available.
Get around Bari, Italy
There are many public buses. Furthermore, taxis are available all around the city.
What to see in Bari, Italy
The ancient part of the city, called Bari Vecchia by locals, literally Old Bari, is a beautiful medieval neighborhood you should not miss. Take a stroll and get lost in the maze of Bari Vecchia and try not to miss the Romanic Basilica of Saint Nicholas with its gold ceiling, its crypt and the magnificent cathedral of Bishop Elias. In the same square, also the Palazzo del Catapano and the Church of Saint Gregory are worth a visit. Even older (but later refurbished in Baroque style) and equally interesting is the Romanic Cathedral of Saint Sabino. Take a walk along the waterfront, on the top of the old city walls and pass by the Fortino of Saint Antony; an old fort recently turned into a modern art gallery and the former Monastery of Saint Scolastica (currently part of the University). The vast majority of the churches in Bari Vecchia are unfortunately closed to tourists. They are open on selected festivities, including Good Friday and the Solemnity of All Saints.
A small town 20 minutes out of Bari named Adelfia is worth a visit on patron's day. The patron saint of one of its quarters, Montrone, is Saint Trifone. Nov 9 is the start of a three-day celebration. In the early evening of Nov 9, a beautiful giant balloon is released which signifies the start of the festival. On the 10th, the statue of San Trifone is brought out of the church and paraded around the town. Bands from all over Italy come and perform on the outdoor stage. Fireworks are displayed throughout the evening to the early morning. The different men's club competes on which club can have the biggest, loudest and spectacular display. Vendors surround the town with goods, food, and gifts.
What to do in Bari, Italy
The Saint of the city is Saint Nicholas and is celebrated by the Catholic Church on December 6. In Bari, several masses gather early in the morning (as early as 4 am) on December 6. A huge crowd and lots of fast food stands fill the old town through the night. However, the city's main celebration of Saint Nicholas takes place from May 6 to May 8 with historical reconstructions, popular music, and a two-day fireworks contest. Pilgrims come from all over the world.
What to eat and drink in Bari, Italy
Vini e Cucina, Via Roberto il Guiscardo, Bari: an old and very informal restaurant in the old town. Traditional, non-posh cuisine.
Due Archi. : cheap and simple. Conceptionally very similar to Vini e Cucina.
Le Travi. : Same as Due Archi.
Steak House, via palo 75 Bitetto, ☎ 0809924502. American Steak house 12 km from the city of Bari.
Most restaurants and bars are located in the eastern part of central Bari, around the intersection of Corso Vittorio Emanuele II and Corso Cavour.
Shopping in Bari, Italy
Pottery, bags, shoes, interesting (and underpriced) red wines, orecchiette hand made pasta (buy from Bari Vecchia), Taralli, FOCACCIA.
Cartoleria Favia, Piazza Umberto I n2, ☏ +39 0805235941. Fashion stationery (Mont Blanc, Parker, Aurora), bags, train/aero/car models.
Via Sparano da Bari. Here you'll find Louis Vuitton, Benetton, Promod, and the like.
Via Argiro
Safety in Bari, Italy
Bari Vecchia is a beautiful neighborhood but because of the narrow, crowded streets and the presence of tourists, it is the preferred place for local pickpocketers.
Language spoken in Bari, Italy
Italian is the official language. English is understood in tourist places.
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Basilica di San Nicola, Bari, Italy
The Basilica di San Nicola (Basilica of Saint Nicholas) is a church in Bari, southern Italy that holds wide religious significance throughout Europe and the Christian world. The basilica is an important pilgrimage destination both for Roman Catholics and Orthodox Christians from Eastern Europe. History The basilica was built between 1087 and 1197...
Bitonto Cathedral, Bari, Italy
Bitonto Cathedral (Italian: Duomo di Bitonto, Cattedrale di San Valentino) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the city of Bitonto in the Province of Bari, Italy. History The cathedral, dedicated to Saint Valentine, was the seat of the small Bishopric of Bitonto from the bishopric's foundation, believed to be in the 8th century, until...
Castellana Caves, Bari, Italy
The Castellana Caves (Italian: Grotte di Castellana) are a remarkable karst cave system located in the municipality of Castellana Grotte, in the province of Bari, Apulia. They are one of the most famous show caves of Italy. Overview The caves, discovered in 1938 by the speleologist Franco Anelli, are situated 1 kilometer (0.62...
Monopoli, Bari, Italy
Monopoli (Italian pronunciation: moˈnɔːpoli; Monòpolis in Greek) is a town and comune in Italy, in the province of Bari and region of Apulia. The town is roughly 156 square kilometres (60 sq mi) in area and lies on the Adriatic Sea about 40 kilometres (25 miles) southeast of Bari. It has about 58.276 inhabitants. The city is important mostly as...
Alberobello, Bari, Italy
Alberobello (Italian: ˌalberoˈbɛllo; literally "beautiful tree") is a small town and comune of the Metropolitan City of Bari, Apulia, southern Italy. It has about 11,000 inhabitants and is famous for its unique trulli buildings. The Trulli of Alberobello have been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1996. History...
Conversano Castle, Bari, Italy
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The Castle of Conversano is located on the highest point of the hill on which the city stands in a position able to dominate the whole surrounding territory to the sea, and borders the old Largo della Corte, a large irregularly shaped square always at the heart of the city life. History The castle was the residence of the Counts of...
Altamura Cathedral, Bari, Italy
Altamura Cathedral (Italian: Duomo di Alamura, Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta), dedicated to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the city of Altamura, in the province of Bari, Apulia, in southern Italy. Since 1986 it has been the seat of the Bishop of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti, formed in that...
Trani, Bari, Italy
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Where Is the Investigation Into Financial Corruption at the NSA?
Suspicious business dealings by several high-ranking officials easily warrant an inquiry. Does anyone in Congress care enough to make it happen?
Conor Friedersdorf
Earlier this year, when Keith Alexander resigned as head of the National Security Agency, he began trying to cash in on expertise he'd gained while in government, pitching himself as a security consultant who could protect Wall Street banks and other large corporations from cyber-attacks by hackers or foreign governments. Early reports focused on the eye-popping price tag for his services: He reportedly asked for $1 million a month, later decreasing his rate to $600,000.
"I question how Mr. Alexander can provide any of the services he is offering unless he discloses or misuses classified information, including extremely sensitive sources and methods," Representative Alan Grayson wrote in a letter to banking trade groups that retained him. "Without the classified information that he acquired in his former position, he literally would have nothing to offer to you."
What, exactly, was he selling?
The explanation Alexander offered in an interview with Foreign Policy only raised more questions. In his telling, the value of his consulting services was explained by "a patented and 'unique' approach to detecting malicious hackers and cyber-intruders that the retired Army general said he has invented, along with his business partners at IronNet Cybersecurity Inc., the company he co-founded after leaving the government and retiring from military service in March." He revealed his company's plans to file at least nine patents "for a system to detect so-called advanced persistent threats, or hackers who clandestinely burrow into a computer network in order to steal secrets or damage the network."
In government, Alexander had publicized and inveighed against just these sorts of threats, claiming that they were already responsible for the greatest transfer of wealth in human history. He oversaw a workforce that studied cyber-attacks and cyber-defenses, often drawing on highly classified or privileged information. So it struck many observers as suspicious that, immediately upon retiring, he suddenly had a dramatically better solution to a pressing national-security problem, one he never introduced while in government but planned to patent and sell. Had he withheld a valuable security solution to profit from it later? Were the novel approaches he intended to patent developed on the public dime? Alexander claimed that his part of the relevant work was done in his spare time, while other cyber-defense solutions were developed by his partner outside government.
No one could prove that those explanations were lies.
But they smelled fishy, especially because even as Alexander created the appearance of multiple improprieties as he entered the private sector, the NSA refused to release the statements of financial conflicts of interest that he'd filed as a federal employee. Indeed, the NSA refused to release the financial-conflict forms of any of its employees, despite the fact that they were required by public-records laws to do so. Their legal position was partly that releasing these records would harm national security. Investigative journalist Jason Leopold sued to challenge those claims. His victory—the NSA backed down before the case even went to court—showed both the legal indefensibility of withholding those public records and the blatant dishonesty of the claim that their release would harm national security: As you can see for yourself, contra the NSA's assurances, nothing in the documents that the NSA has now turned over plausibly threatens national security.
What the documents do reveal, beyond the fact that NSA administrators are willing to mislead the public and the press, is that Alexander had even more potential conflicts of interest than were known publicly (though NSA lawyers declared them kosher). As Leopold reports:
Alexander's interest in surveillance was not limited to his tenure as NSA director. He also invested in firms that are on the cutting edge of surveillance technology. For example, Alexander invested as much as $15,000 in: Pericom Semiconductor, a company that has designed technology for the closed-circuit television and video surveillance markets; RF Micro Devices designs, which manufactures high-performance radio frequency technology that is also used for surveillance; and as much as $50,000 in Synchronoss Technologies, a cloud storage firm that provides a cloud platform to mobile phone carriers (the NSA has been accused of hacking into cloud storage providers).
Alexander also held shares in Datascension, Inc., a data gathering and research company. The Securities and Exchange Commission suspended trading in Datascension last August "due to a lack of current and accurate information" about the company. (Datascension was linked to telemarketing calls that apparently prompted one person in a complaint forum to remark the company is "trying to gain personal information.")
Again, there is no hard evidence of misdeeds. But is it too much to ask that the head of the NSA refrain from investing in surveillance and data-gathering companies? Can someone in that position make unproblematic investments in that sector of the economy? Is there any defense for hiding those investments from the public for years?
The suspicious behavior noted thus far is sufficient, all by itself, to warrant an investigation by Congress in its capacity as the national-security state's overseer. But the appearance of impropriety hardly ends there. Observers of Washington, D.C., have long lamented the "revolving door" between government and industry. Lately, the NSA has dispensed with the pretense of any door at all.
Consider the flagrantly problematic arrangement that was being used by the agency and its former boss until this week. "Under the arrangement, which was confirmed by Alexander and current intelligence officials, NSA's Chief Technical Officer, Patrick Dowd, is allowed to work up to 20 hours a week at IronNet Cybersecurity Inc, the private firm led by Alexander, a retired Army general and his former boss," Reuters reported. "The arrangement was approved by top NSA managers, current and former officials said. It does not appear to break any laws and it could not be determined whether Dowd has actually begun working for Alexander."
Shortly after the arrangement became public, it was abandoned:
Keith Alexander has ended a deal with a senior U.S. intelligence official allowing the official to work part-time for his firm, an arrangement current and former officials said risked a conflict of interest. Reuters reported on Friday that the U.S. National Security Agency had launched an internal review of the arrangement between NSA Chief Technical Officer Patrick Dowd and IronNet Cybersecurity Inc, which is led by Alexander, his former boss. On Tuesday, Alexander said: "While we understand we did everything right, I think there's still enough issues out there that create problems for Dr. Dowd, for NSA, for my company," that it was best for him to terminate the deal.
The setup could not withstand public scrutiny. It caused many, including current U.S. officials, to cry foul. But Alexander still insists that he did "everything right." This is a man with deeply suspect judgment who has been caught in public lies. What still-unknown arrangements went on at the highly secretive agency during his tenure?
Meanwhile, another high-ranking NSA official, Teresa Shea, is making headlines—not because her husband, James Shea, "works for a major SIGINT contracting firm, DRS Signal Solutions Inc., which appears to do business with the NSA," though that too is of interest, but because BuzzFeed discovered that "there's a private SIGINT consulting and contracting business based at Shea's home," and in addition to that business, there's a separate business that ... well, it's a bit unclear:
Yet another company, apparently focused on the office and electronics business, is based at the Shea residence on that well-tended lot. This company is called Oplnet LLC. Teresa Shea, who has been at the NSA since 1984, is the company's resident agent. The company's articles of organization, signed by Teresa Shea, show that the firm was established in 1999 primarily "to buy, sell, rent and lease office and electronic equipment and related goods and services." An attorney who also signed the document, Alan Engel, said he couldn't comment on client matters.
BuzzFeed News found no evidence that the firm has done business with the federal government, and it is unclear what electronics or office business the firm deals in. The firm is listed as active at the Maryland Department of Assessment and Taxation. One document on file at the Federal Aviation Administration lists Teresa Shea as the "sole member" of the LLC. Records show Oplnet does own a six-seat airplane, as well a condominium property with an assessed value of $275,000 in the resort town of Hilton Head, South Carolina.
Once again, there is no hard evidence of impropriety and plenty of questions raised. The NSA is presented to the American people as an agency on the front lines of preventing terrorism at a time when tracking global threats is overwhelming. Yet officials at the very top of the agency purportedly have enough free time, while holding ostensibly high-pressure national-security jobs, to invest in surveillance companies, develop multiple patents, moonlight for a private consulting firm that serves the financial industry, and operate multiple side-businesses. I haven't seen so many red flags since Beijing hosted the Summer Olympics.
All of this comes in the context of an agency that has been accused by former staffers of participating in the corrupt, revolving-door culture of Washington. Here's NSA whistleblower William Binney describing how it works:
Bill: It would work pretty much like this. If they retired or quit NSA they could go to the contractors and work for the contractors at a higher salary, then come back to NSA to all the people they knew and influence them to get contracts.
Rob: Would you say this was a very common occurrence?
Bill: Yes. It was quite common. All you have to do is look at the people who are the higher level people and look at they retire from NSA or CIA or other agencies of government and look at where they go for jobs and who they contract and you can see the influence there.
Rob: So let me just recapitulate this. So, what happens is, a company goes to NSA and says "we have a project we'd like to sell you." Someone from NSA says, "Okay, write up the request for the proposal. I'll put it in and then you can write up the response to the proposal.
Bill: Yeah, and "tell me how much it's going to cost," and that comes from the corporation.
Binney goes on to argue that the NSA is more vulnerable to corruption than many other federal agencies "because they're not audited. They are not audited by the government anywhere. The government accounting office does not not audit them at all. So, they have no threat of being viewed as to how they spend money. The only thing that can happen is the IG, internally, in NSA has to do something, and get involved to do something there. That's the only way they can get exposed. Otherwise the government doesn't even look at how they spend money."
When you've got former employees alleging rampant, ongoing corruption, coupled with suspicious behavior by multiple current and former high-ranking NSA officials, you'd think a congressional investigation would be a no-brainer. Overseers ought to probe whether current and former NSA officials are profiting off of work done on the public dime, monetizing their access to classified information, using the private sector to skirt the scant existing oversight of the NSA—this may be about hiding dubious public business in the private sector—or rewarding former employees with unnecessary or excessively generous contracts.
Unfortunately, Senator Dianne Feinstein, the chairman of the Senate committee that oversees the intelligence agency, is herself vulnerable to conflict-of-interest charges. Her ultra-wealthy husband has earned untold millions through defense contracts secured by a firm in which he's a major shareholder. The firm once dismissed ethics concerns by stating, "Sen. Feinstein has no say or involvement whatsoever in how Defense Department contracts are awarded." Yes, how on earth would a powerful, hawkish Democratic senator influence defense contracts?
Little surprise that Feinstein appears unconcerned about the appearance of impropriety at the NSA. When overseers are participating in the same ethically questionable behavior they're meant to police, benefitting financially in ways that inevitably and understandably undermine public faith in government rectitude, the predictable result are high-ranking bureaucrats who behave as badly, at best. There is no legitimate excuse for ignoring all these warning signs at the NSA, or for pretending that there is nothing suspicious about Alexander's private sector career. At best, Alexander, Dowd, Shea, and Feinstein, along with many others in Washington, D.C., should be ashamed of themselves for the role they've all played undermining trust in institutions that need to exist in some form. At worst, something more nefarious is afoot. Does anyone in Congress care to determine the truth?
Conor Friedersdorf is a California-based staff writer at The Atlantic, where he focuses on politics and national affairs. He is the founding editor of The Best of Journalism, a newsletter devoted to exceptional nonfiction.


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Bowing 9 - The Folk String Orchestra
In 2005, nine folk musicians started their dream project. For a long time they had longed for a large folk music ensemble to compose for and decided to set up an orchestra of professional string players. Bowing 9 saw the daylight for the first time in a rehearsal venue in Bromma, Stockholm, and there was already music in plenty. As soon as it was suggested that the orchestra should be an experiment laboratory for composition ideas, eight of the band members began to compose feverously. To start with they rehearsed music for some of the composers' graduation concerts from the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, and this music, along with other pieces, was also performed for example at Korrö Folkmusik Festival and at the inauguration of the concert series at Forsby Kvarn.
During 2009 Bowing 9 gained another member and also received a composing grant from the Swedish Arts Council for the composition of a completely new repertoire of folk music for string orchestra. The music was premiered in November 2009 in St Pauls Church in Stockholm, and at Katrineholm concert hall.
The sound is quite unique, and the instrumentation of a string orchestra gives the composers a possibility to create something different than what is "usually" heard on the traditional stage in Sweden. Since Bowing 9 plays the music of eight composers, the orchestra has as many different sounds. The music flows between vivacious melodies and serenely swaying epics.
In May 2011 Bowing 9 recorded their debut record "Force Majeure". It will be released on october 23:rd, and can be ordered from the webshop.
To get in touch with Bowing 9, or for further information, contact Mia Marine.
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Press reviews for the album "Force Majeure"
"An impressive debut, that I'm sure will get a lot of attention even outside the country borders."
Gert-Ove Fridlund, Hallandsposten
"A special album with intriguing Swedish folk strings 2.0. This orchestra can easily become one of the major Swedish music acts in very near future."
Elco Schilder, www.folkworld.de
" ' Over the Ice' opens as a sorrowful procession through a grim forest of strings with a brave and unique sound. Modern voices, deeply rooted in Swedish traditional music, who have chosen a contemporary and widened expression. Too big and bold to be called a traditional band of fiddlers, and too small to be a freelance sinfonietta.
Lars Åbom, Corren
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