Established on 2nd May 1959 under the administrative control of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), Birla Industrial & Technological Museum in Kolkata is widely regarded as the mother of science museum movement in India. The idea behind this pioneering initiative came from Dr. B C Roy, the then Chief Minister of West Bengal who after visiting the Deutsches Museum in Munich was inspired to create a similar institution in India for public engagement with science & technology. His vision and efforts in this regard found instant support and patronage from the likes of PanditJawharlal Nehru, the then Prime Minister of India, and industrialist Shri G D Birla.The latter donated the Birla Park, his sprawling bungalow and the adjoining plot of land in the upscale Ballygunge area of Calcutta, to CSIR for setting up an Industrial and Technological Museum. Pandit Nehru received this magnanimous gift from Shri G D Birla in 1956.
Starting with the taking over of the Birla Park in 1956 by the Govt. of India to the Museum's inauguration in 1959, the journey was quite eventful and challenging. Careful planning and painstaking efforts by the museum's planning committee that was headed by Dr. B C Roy himself and included a host of renowned scientists, educationists and industrialists ultimately resulted in the formation of India's first science museum under the ambit of the central government.
The Birla Industrial & Technological Museum, popular by its acronym BITM, was opened to the public on 2nd May, 1959 by Prof.HumayunKabir, the then union minister for scientific research and cultural affairs in the presence of Dr. B C Roy, Prof. M S Thacker, the then Director General of CSIR, and Shri. A Bose, Planning Officer of BITM.
To start with, BITM had galleries on Electricity, Petroleum, Nuclear Physics, Metallurgy of Iron, Steel & Copper, Optics, Electronics and Television. Subsequently, many new galleries came up one by one, namely, Motive Power (1962), Communication (1963), Mining (1964), Popular Science (1965), Transport (1973), Underground Mock-up Coal Mine (1983), Atom (1984). But with the passing of time, many of these old galleries have either been thoroughly renovated or replaced with new galleries in keeping with the changing public expectation from BITM.
From the very beginning BITM started conducting in-museum educational activities like Popular Lectures and Film Shows. Science Demonstration Lectures (SDL) for students became a feature of BITM from 1965. The same year also saw the launching of the first ever Mobile Science Exhibition (MSE) on wheels by BITM on the theme 'Our Familiar Electricity'. BITM started organizing 'Science Fair' for students from 1968 and the same year, the first Teachers' Training Programme (TTP) was launched.
Over the years, a host of other in-museum and outreach educational programmes and activities were added that included Creative Ability Centres (CAC), Computer Awareness Programmes, Engineering Fair, Pet Library, Inflatable Dome Planetarium Show, Public Science Shows, Students' Science Seminar, Science Drama, Vacation Hobby Camps, and many more.
Presently, BITM has 12 educative as well as interactive galleries including a special gallery for the sightless people entitled 'World in Darkness'. Now BITM organizes a plethora of educational programmes throughout the year and regularly conducts highly exciting science shows and demonstrations on daily basis.
The establishment of BITM in 1959 and its growing popularity with the public in general and the student community in particular gradually snowballed into what is now a nationwide network of science museums and science centres under the National Council of Science Museums (NCSM).
In 1964, the BITM team was given the responsibility of setting up the Visvesvaraya Industrial & Technological Museum (VITM) at Bangalore which opened to the public in 1965 and became the second in the chain under CSIR. When the work for the next venture at Bombay (later to be named Nehru Science Centre) got underway,the Planning Commission of India constituted a Task Force in 1973 to assess the activities of the science museums under CSIR and recommend future course of their growth. The Task Force saw an immense potential for science museums in universalizing non-formal science education and creation of scientific temper in the country.
It recommended that science museums be set up all over the country in a three-tier network-national, regional and district- and accordingly suggested that a nodal agency be formed to spearhead this massive growth plan and to coordinate the activities of the science museums. Consequently, on 4th April 1978, the National Council of Science Museums (NCSM) was formed and the two existing museums, namely, BITM (Calcutta) and VITM (Bangalore) was delinked from CSIR and put under NCSM's control.
Today the NCSM network has 25 science museums and science centres spread all over the country of which eight operates under the administrative control of BITM.
The premise of Birla Industrial & Technological Museum, now 19A, Gurusaday Road, was known as 18, Ballygunge Store Road before 1919. Record shows that the Tagores purchased it from Mirza Abdul Karim in 1898. Meera Devi, the fourth of Rabindranath Tagore's five children, spent a large part of her childhood in this house. From Surendranath Tagore, G.D. Birla bought the property in 1919 and thereafter came to be known as Birla Park.
After the Birlas took over the property, there were major changes. The house used by the Tagores was pulled down and architects N. Guin& Co. were called upon to design the main building structure as we see today. It is a colonial adaptation of a mixture of various styles of European Architecture.
During the time of the Tagores, many important luminaries from the field of arts visited the place including overseas guests like the famous Japanese artists KakuzoOkakura, Yokoyama, Tikan, Hishida and Katusta. The guest list of the Tagores also included nationalist leaders of the time like C R Das, Aurobindo Ghosh, Surendranath Banerjee, Rasbehari Ghosh and Anandamohan Sen.
With the Birlas as the new owners, 19A, Gurusaday Road (Birla Park) continued to be a very special address for the nationalist movement of India. G D Birla's close association with the nationalist leaders brought to Birla Park leaders like Mahatma Gandhi, Motilal Nehru, LalaLajpatRai, and Pundit Madan Mohan Malaviya. It was here in Birla Park that Chiang Kai-Shek met Mahatma Gandhi.


'The manner of death was certified as a suicide,' reads an official report from Los Angeles County coroner's office in regards to the passing of the 'Austin Powers' star.
AceShowbiz - "Austin Powers" star Verne Troyer's death has been ruled a suicide.
The 49-year-old star died from alcohol intoxication in April, weeks after he was found unconscious in his North Hollywood home, and now coroners in Los Angeles have determined he took his own life.
"On April 22, an autopsy was performed on Troyer and a cause of death was deferred pending further investigation," an official report from the Los Angeles County coroner's office reads. "It was later determined Troyer died from sequelae of alcohol intoxication. The manner of death was certified as a suicide."
Verne struggled with alcohol abuse for years before his death and made no secret of his addiction, and publicly addressed his issues, while seeking help during multiple rehab stints.
According to the coroner's report, Troyer registered a blood alcohol count almost four times the legal limit at the time of his death. He suffered respiratory distress before being placed on a ventilator and later succumbed to his injuries.
Law enforcement sources tell The Blast Troyer called emergency services on April 2 and told dispatchers he wanted to die.


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Home » NEWS » HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR MAKES HISTORY AS FIRST BLACK VALEDICTORIAN WITH HIGHEST GPA EVER
HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR MAKES HISTORY AS FIRST BLACK VALEDICTORIAN WITH HIGHEST GPA EVER
Timi Adelakun is not letting the global crisis stop him from making history as he has become the first black valedictorian of South Broward High School in Hollywood, FL with the highest GPA on record ever at his school.
"Coming from a low-income community, it means a lot in general because of the way I was brought up," Adelakun told ABC News.
Eighteen-year-old Adelakun has a 5.604 GPA, jokingly admitting to ABC News that when he graduates, it will more than likely be a little bit higher.
Adelakun, whose parents hail from Nigeria, is the youngest of three children. Neither one of his parents went to college, so he told the news outlet that this is a major accomplishment for him, even though it is a bit bittersweet as his father was deported over a decade ago.
"He's missed out and it's not his fault. It's not any of our fault," Adelakun said. "He left when I was in the first grade. …I miss his physical presence and involvement."
Adelakun has helped fund some of his educational experiences himself through graphic design and photography jobs.
Adelakun will deliver his speech during South Broward High School's June virtual ceremony, but he hasn't as of yet decided on what he wants to cover in his address other than providing "some positive reinforcement" for the class of 2020 in wake of the global pandemic.
Where is this amazing young man headed after graduation? Well, Adelakun is headed to Pomona College, a private liberal arts college in Claremont, California. The school not only offered him a full scholarship, but also checked all the boxes that he was looking for in regards to an overall college experience. Adelakun was accepted to almost a dozen universities, including Columbia University, the Juilliard School and the University of Southern California.
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Imad is a 21 year old artist and visionary based between Beirut, Lebanon and London, UK. Oscillating through Melodic Techno and Deep House, Imad amalgamates his Middle Eastern and African heritage with the ever-changing layers and shades of House to produce a unique sonic soundscape.
With a growing catalogue reaching 50 million streams and receiving support from the likes of Martin Garrix, Jonas Blue, Lost Frequencies, and more, his music has been taking the electronic scene by storm, aired on Triple J, Sirius XM, and On Air with Ryan.
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Farm & Fun Time Celebrates Album "Big Bend Killing"
"Big Bend Killing: The Appalachian Ballad Tradition"
Bristol, Tenn./Va. (January 4, 2018) – Radio Bristol's popular Farm and Fun Time live variety show pays tribute to Big Bend Killing: The Appalachian Ballad Tradition, a 32-song album released in 2017 to support the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The program will feature performances by some of the artists who recorded on the album, including Amythyst Kiah, Elizabeth LaPrelle, John Lilly, and Farm and Fun Time house band Bill and the Belles. The ETSU Old Time Ramblers will also perform.
Farm and Fun Time takes place on Thursday, January 10 at 7:00 p.m. EST at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum; doors open at 6:30 p.m. and guests are asked to be seated by 6:50 p.m. There are only a handful of tickets available if you wish to be part of the live studio audience; tickets to this special program are $35 plus tax and fees.
The Appalachian ballad tradition is alive and thriving among a new generation of artists, many of whom learned the songs directly from an oral tradition, either from older singers, from recordings, or both. Big Bend Killing brings these powerful songs to people who may never have had the opportunity to hear them. A wide range of artists were assembled to record the album, including Rosanne Cash, Carter Family descendant Dale Jett ft. Hello Stranger, seventh-generation ballad singer, storyteller, and claw-hammer banjo player Sheila Kay Adams, renowned old-time and bluegrass artist Alice Gerrard, and many more.
Farm and Fun Time features a variety of segments including jingles written and performed by Bill and the Belles, a farm report, an heirloom recipe segment, and nationally touring artists. A revival of the former WCYB radio program that aired from downtown Bristol in the 1940s and 1950s, Radio Bristol's Farm and Fun Time is original programming the entire family will enjoy.
Radio Bristol can be accessed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week on 100.1 FM in the Bristol area, online at ListenRadioBristol.org, and through the station's free mobile app. You may also viewFarm and Fun Time on Radio Bristol's Facebook Live at Facebook.com/WBCMRadioBristol. To purchase tickets and for more information on concerts and programming, visit our Events page.
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SGM ball mill is a key equipment to grind the crushed materials, and is widely used in powder-making production line including cement, silicate, new-type building material, refractory material, fertilizer, ore dressing of ferrous metal and non-ferrous metal, glass ceramics, etc, and the ball mill can grind various ores and other materials with dry type and wet type. There are two kinds of ball mill, grate type and overfall type due to different ways of discharging material.
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Soumik Sen
Director, Writer, Music director, Dialogue writer
Soumik Sen is an Indian screenwriter and film director. He has written the screenplay for films such as Anthony Kaun Hai? (2006), Ru-Ba-Ru and Meerabai Not Out (2008) and Hum Tum Aur Ghost (2010). In 2014 he directed and wrote the screenplay and composed the songs of the crime film Gulaab Gang. Sens debut picture was described by Indiatimes as full of self deprecating humour and quiet confidence that stems from his script and leading lady, Madhuri Dixit-Nene.In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Indian cinema, Sen was one of the top figures selected by CNN-IBN to draw up The 100 greatest Indian films of all time.
Ru-Ba-Ru
Hum Tum Aur Ghost
Prem Bandhan
Anthony Kaun Hai?
Gulaab Gang
Mahalaya
Cheat India
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Various - Bloodstains Across Northern Ireland Vol. 2
UK LP 1998 (Bloodstains - no cat no)
A1 Protex - All I Wanna Do (Is Rock 'n' Roll)
A2 Zipps - Don't Tell The Detectives
A3 Tinopeners - Set Me Free
A4 Rudi - The Pressure's On (live on TV)
A5 Shock Treatment - Big Check Shirts
A6 Control Zone - Bloody Bouncers
A7 Stage B - Numbers (demo)
A8 Electro - Motive Forces - Mental Cases
A9 The Doubt - Contrast Disorder
B1 Detonators - Light At Your Window
B2 Tearjerkers - I'm So Sorry (demo)
B3 Dogmatic Element - Just Friends
B4 Control Zone - Johnny Johnny
B5 Family Of Noise - Young Rebel
B6 Victim - I Need You
B7 P45 - Teenage Love Song
B8 Peasants - I Can Help
A1: (1979) A track from the American only release by Polydor Records of the 'Made In Britain' album from 1979.
A2: (1979) The flipside of their only release, a 7" on Rip-Off records.
A3: (1979) The Tinopeners only released one 7" as well, it was recorded by Rip-Off records but licensed to Logo.
A4: (1979) This rare track is taken from the Belfast edition of the TV programme 'Something Else' which screened on January 18 1980.
A5: (1981) Shock Treatment self-released this record on their D.A.B. records label
A6. B4: (1983) Both Control Zone tracks appeared on the 1983 [sic] skin compilation album "United Skins".
A7: (1978) Recorded June 4th 1979 at Outlet Studios
A8: (1982) From a four track EP on their own Surge records.
A9: (1980) They self-released this 7" ep on Solo Records.
B1: (1978) One of two Detonators tracks from the 1978 Rip-Off records compilation album "Belfast Rocks".
B2: (1980?) Recorded at the Radio Luxembourg studio for a 3-song ep on Mercury (unreleased).
B3: (1982) The B-side to the Dogmatic Element's debut single, released on their own Cattle Company label.
B5: (1982) This track comes from an unreleased 7" for Good Vibrations.
B6: (1979) B-side of Why Are Fire Engines Red" 7"
B7: (1982) P45's only vinyl release appeared on the "now in session" compilation album
B8: (1981) From a 4 track ep on Mud Wallace's Homestead label
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Yay! The cover of Gena Showalter's THE QUEEN OF ZOMBIE HEARTS is here! We're so excited to be able to share this with you as it joins an already stunning set! Ready to see it? Not quite yet lets take a look a the first two covers in the series!
Gena Showalter is the New York Times and USA Today best-selling author of the wildly popular White Rabbit Chronicles, the Angels of the Dark, the Lords of the Underworld, and the Otherworld Assassins series.
In addition to being a National Reader's Choice and RITA nominee, her romance novels have appeared in Cosmopolitan and Seventeen magazine, and have been translated in multiple languages. She lives in Oklahoma with her family and menagerie of dogs, and truly believes love conquers all.
Wow, the cover is kind of creepy! What do you think?
Gorgeous - and creepy! So excited, I love this series!
I love all the covers but the Queen of Zombie Hearts is stunning.
You know I really need to get on this series, I've been seeing a lot of good things about the books for ages now!
All 3 covers are absolutely GORGEOUS! Definitely some of my all time favorite covers!!


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Archive | November, 2013
The MPAA is at it again, this time with "The Wolf of Wall Street" and "Charlie Countryman"
Continuing its trend of limiting the vision of various directors and producers, the MPAA is at it again, forcing several films–The Wolf of Wall Street and Charlie Countryman–to cut scenes of people doing things that everyone does at some point: having sex. Oh, the horror! Won't you think about the kids?! I mean, sure, we can show a bunch of people getting their heads blown off, but show a nipple? Burn it all down!
This has been a persistent problem over the years, and sadly, we're a culture that shies away from the apparent stigma that comes with being an adult; you know, I'd say most adults don't encounter a triple-ax wielding monster in dark alleys at night, but DO have sex. Right now, we're worried about shielding our kids' eyes from naked bodies, and then we're slapping a flimsy "I'm protecting them!" excuse on our blatant transgressions. Look, I'm not adopting a "They're going to see it eventually" attitude; that's the last thing I want. I just implore us to be realistic about these things.
Anyway, in the case of Scorsese's new epic The Wolf of Wall Street, some of the film's "abundant, explicit sex" had to be cut to receive an R rating, bringing the film's running length down to 179 minutes from its original length of 654 minutes. At least 200 of those minutes featured Jonah Hill dancing naked on top of Leonardo DiCaprio's facial hair while Kyle Chandler smirked off to the side.
In Charlie Countryman's case, Evan Rachel Wood took to Twitter to rant about the MPAA's deletion of a scene in which Shia Labeouf performed oral sex on her; no word yet on Michael Bay's interpretation of that scene, which probably involves big robots and explosions. As for Wood's Twitter rant, even given the site's 140-character limit, her epic diatribe against the MPAA spanned nearly ten tweets and didn't lose its impact. Sincere kudos to her; head to https://twitter.com/evanrachelwood to see the whole thing.
Of course, sadly, our films will continue to acquiesce to the demands of the MPAA, and eventually, we'll see NC-17 ratings on kids movies for depicting two cartoon dogs licking each other. Or something like that.
Credit to Red Granite Pictures and The Wolf of Wall Street for all pictures. I own nothing.
Tags: Charlie Countryman oral sex scene, Evan Rachel Wood cunnilingus rant, Evan Rachel Wood Shia Labeouf, Evan Rachel Wood Twitter, film, Jonah Hill Kyle Chandler Matthew McConaughey, Leonardo DiCaprio Martin Scorsese, Margot Robbie Wolf of Wall Street, Scorsese Wolf of Wall Street MPAA, The Wolf of Wall Street, Wolf of Wall Street 179 minute runtime, Wolf of Wall Street NC-17
Categories Entertainment News, Film, Other
Nikita "Dead or Alive" Live Blog/Review (4×02)
After last week's thrilling premiere, I'm really excited for the follow up. Check back in at 9/8 Central for a live blog. All times central.
8:02-It's nice to see the gang back together again.
8:04-Well, that whole doubles plot is a bit too easy, isn't it? While I do love Melinda Clarke and the work she's doing as Amanda, I can't help but lament the fact that Roan was killed off way back when; his vendetta would feel more human (kind of ironic, isn't it?) than Amanda's. I just don't feel very invested in the whole Nikita connection, as great as their dynamic is.
8:12-So it looks like we're drawing the Owen/Sam-Alex parallels now: two people with trust issues, both with another identity that's slowly fusing into what they want it to be as their confidence increases. I like the idea; hopefully it'll help integrate Owen/Sam into the proceedings, much like Alex was last week.
8:13-Nice focus on the evil mouth there.
8:16-I get that this is the type of person Nikita is, but I can't help but feel a bit annoyed at her whole "Who else is going to get hurt because of me?" attitude. This is something she should've come to terms with a while ago and put forth all of her being into saving them, not worrying about them. They've proved they can handle themselves.
8:19-HUGE gun there. Love it.
8:24-Nice to see Sonya out here in the field, too.
8:27-I hope this whole "It's bigger than Nikita" plot doesn't become too convoluted; the last thing a short season needs is some huge conspiracy. What this should be about is a deeply personal story about Nikita, NOT about the Shop.
8:32-And here lies Nikita's flaw: she's all talk when it comes to her friends; she's an inherently individual person. She realizes that leaving will hurt her friends, so she puts up a facade, trying to make herself believe that doing everything herself IS better. That's why her excuse to Michael is "You didn't get hurt!"
8:40-Nice, some Amanda-Alex and Amanda-Nikita phone calls.
8:49-So it seems like they're sending Nikita down some type of redemption storyline, which isn't a bad idea. She's had to sacrifice her morals myriad times over the years, and she's now even more conflicted. It's great that Michael understands the shit Nikita's gone through and still does what needs to be done.
8:54-"I forgot how much I need you guys." I think she's still trying to convince herself that going off by herself was NOT a good idea, now that she's back.
8:57-"I'm done fighting for us." This is a very sensible decision by Michael, yet it's heartbreaking to watch Nikita's own personality and sense of righteousness bring about the downfall of the relationship. She just shouldn't be going through all this, even though at the same time you could say she kind of deserves it. That's the essential conflict of this whole series; it's the whole duality motif of spy vs. person, much like the doppelgangers tonight.
9:00-Yeah, not too ecstatic about this Birkoff reveal. I hope the writers surprise me somehow, because this isn't needed if it'll lead to a bit of wheel-spinning.
FINAL THOUGHTS: As expected, this is a step down from the premiere and its explosiveness. Still, there's lots of stuff to like here: the Owen/Sam-Alex dynamic, the Nikita-Michael dynamic, and the Nikita-Amanda dynamic. The show's really strengthened the characters here, and hopefully the next episodes deliver; it looks like Alex is being set up, which is an interesting storyline to take. As for Birkoff, time will tell. Four more.
Credit to The CW and Nikita for all pictures. I own nothing.
Tags: Amanda Melinda Clarke, Birkoff bad guy working for other side mole, Birkoff Sonya Nikita, Graham double Nikita, Lyndsy Fonseca Alex Nikita, Maggie Q Nikita Mears, Nikita, Nikita 402 season 4 episode 2, Nikita Dead or Alive, Nikita final season, Nikita Recap, Nikita Review, Owen Sam Devon Sawa Nikita, Shane West Michael, The Shop Nikita
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Person of Interest "The Devil's Share" Review (3×10)
The fallout of a character's death isn't something easy to handle, but Person of Interest deals with Carter's in a creative, moving, and flat out brilliant way that serves as a thrilling capper to a wonderful half season.
It would be fairly simple to descend into the overly melodramatic, but the show instead opts to use its stylistic flair and its intimate knowledge of each character to evoke an even stronger sense of loss. For example, the opening credits are missing here, instead having the fantastic, mood setting montage of Johnny Cash's "Hurt" (fantastic song choice, by the way) cut to a black screen for a few seconds. Much like the lack of a "Stay tuned for scenes from our next episode" last week, the show is paying homage to its fallen character.
As for the intimate knowledge, the episode is structured around a series of flashbacks that delineate how exactly various characters used to deal with loss compared to how they do it now. They each strove for something greater, but they couldn't shake the doubts burrowed in their minds. The flashbacks provide insight into the pasts of each person while drawing myriad parallels between them, unifying them under the presence of Carter. In fact, usually the person sitting across from them would be a Carter-type figure, helping set them straight and attempting to connect on a deeper level; the difference here is that Carter would actually succeed, and this is a very clever way of conveying that sense of loss.
That sense of loss permeates the present day as well; instead of focusing on Carter's funeral, we get to see how each character is affected by it, none more so than Reese. It's a striking change to see him so unhinged and raw, and he's a very different man than he was in that flashback. Yet, it's completely realistic; sometimes we forget that Reese is a human being with real feelings, and Caviezel does a marvelous job of portraying a man essentially killing himself over his partner's death, willing to do anything it takes to serve cold, hard justice. I like that he slips up and ends up trying to shoot Quinn; although the gun doesn't go off, it reminds us just how far Reese is willing to go, and it's, quite frankly, an inherently human decision.
Of course, it isn't just Reese that's affected. Every other character wears some type of metaphorical mask, attempting to cover up the grief, guilt, and frustration that each is feeling. However, they're still able to make sensible decisions; Shaw and Finch realize how useful Root is and the necessity to put aside their differences, so they do so. They're not going to lose someone else.
Oh, and how awesome is Root in this episode? Really. Freaking. Awesome. Kinda hot, too, according to Shaw.
At the end, Fusco gets his moral victory by electing to arrest Simmons instead of killing him. It's a thrilling moment because even now, he's paying his respects to Carter by honoring her wishes. In fact, that fight scene draws parallels to Reese's fistfight with Simmons, and both men had similar attitudes toward killing: some people deserve it. It's a very interesting aspect to explore, and that's only strengthened by Elias's final lines. He respects Carter and he values civilized actions, and Simmons deserves what's coming to him; Elias won't get his hands dirty, but sometimes, justice needs to be swift and permanent. People are going to die, but that doesn't mean it's the end all be all for a person's legacy; Carter's character was all about how she affected others, and we continue to see her live on today. She's not going away anytime soon.
-Fusco's face when Root's telling him everything she knows about him. Hilarious.
-"Tall, dark, and deranged."
-"He lost a lot of blood. I'm gonna steal some more from Manhattan General."
-Powerful acting from everyone tonight. They conveyed so much through just their facial expressions.
-I have to say, I was at first inclined to write a review that went like this: HOLY SHIT THIS WAS AWESOME. I MEAN, YOU HAD REESE JUST ACTING BADASS AND DISPATCHING A BUNCH OF BAD GUYS, AND THEN ROOT WITH HER TWO GUNS JUST BLASTING IT UP, AND AN AWESOME FISTFIGHT, AND THEN OH MAN ELIAS THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT.
Credit to CBS and Person of Interest for all pictures. I own nothing.
Tags: Alonzo Quinn Person of Interest, Amy Acker Root, Detective Carter Person of Interest, Elias Person of Interest, Harold Finch, John Reese Jim Caviezel, Johnny Cash Hurt Person of Interest, person of interest, Person of interest flashbacks doctor shaw, Person of Interest Recap, Person of Interest season 3 episode 10 review, Person of Interest The Devil's Share, Sarah Shahi Shaw, Simmons Fusco Person of Interest, The Machine Nathan Ingram Person of Interest
Categories Person of Interest, Television
New Girl "Thanksgiving III" Review (3×10)
Holiday episodes are outlets for full ensemble antics; they're easy ways to get the whole gang together, celebrating a day and modeling around it. As for this particular episode, it's a sweet, funny way to close out the 2013 year for New Girl (I have no idea why there isn't a Christmas episode this year).
Several of the criticisms of this season have been valid; for example, the Nick-Jess relationship can become a bit too saccharine at times, and the Winston character is usually relegated to the C-plots. However, this episode strikes a nice balance between character and funny. I think the show's certainly self-aware about the Winston stuff; there are a few more lines about him not getting a say in anything and the loss of the opportunity to make the craziest mugs, man. It's good that the show is finally starting to remedy that; last week, Winston related with a stranger, and this week, he relates with someone he knows. He normally isn't able to find much validation from others, and we're hopefully moving in the right direction.
As for Nick and Jess, I've seen growth. There's a part of Nick that is still surprised that he even has a relationship, so understandably, he overcompensates–catching a dead fish and having a "real" Thanksgiving–because he never wants it to end. The other part of him is more grounded–he tells Jess he doesn't want her to patronize him, for example. This relationship hasn't just turned him into a carbon copy of Jess; if it had, it wouldn't have worked out.
However, I do feel like Coach is taking on a bit too many of Schmidt's characteristics, one of them being his confidence. It's nice to see Schmidt start to move on, but I don't want a similar wooing plot in the future from Coach; still, I'm happy Cece's getting more screen time.
All in all, it's an entertaining episode that, while its plot is very meandering, is an effective way to celebrate Thanksgiving with the New Girl folk.
-Delirious Jess is a delight. "I'm out of the office 'til Friday, for immediate assistance, please call Deb at extension A.C. Slater."
-"Head first? Why?!"
-"My tolerance for alcohol has gotten really low. I drank 3 beers and I got all giggly and tired, and I didn't want a fourth. I think I'm losing it; last night I had a dream I was brushing a horse." So many gems from Jake Johnson tonight.
-"We walked all the way to Oregon?" "That explains the cramp…"
-Real men are on the bottom. Nothing purple grows in nature. George Washington hunted and milked his cats.
Credit to New Girl and FOX for all pictures. I own nothing.
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How I Met Your Mother "Bedtime Stories" Review (9×11)
Listen-I like creativity as much as the next guy, but when it's nothing more than a gimmick, it really won't fly. We're halfway through the final season, and for the life of me I can't find a reason, why do we need this episode, when it's nothing more than bold?
I get that sometimes they need to just let loose and have fun, but the stories themselves do nothing to stun. They should sometimes break free from the confines of serialization, but not when all we get is broad characterization. We don't need to see Barney or Robin or Ted acting like they used to act; especially after eight damn seasons, that's a cold, hard fact.
Kudos to the writers, though, it wasn't an easy task; on the surface, it was entertaining, and I guess that's all you can really ask. I do like the fact that they poke fun at the theme itself; it helps it feel less gimmicky and not like dust on a shelf. Although really, Marshall? What the hell are you doing? The season may or may not be in decline, but when you decide to walk to Farhampton, it's quite frankly, asinine. I hate the distance between Marshall and the gang; he needs to be there for the show to go out with a bang. Anyway, this episode is really hard to grade; I'll just give it a question mark and finish the rhymes I made.
GRADE: ? (GRADE AS A CREATIVE PIECE OF WORK: B, GRADE FOR EFFORT: A, GRADE AS A PIECE OF TELEVISION: C)
-James Van Der Beek guest stars.
-The actors' rhyming techniques seem to be out of sync quite a bit, which both adds and detracts from the episode's improv-esque feel and cohesiveness.
Credit to CBS and How I Met Your Mother for all pictures. I own nothing.
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Homeland "One Last Time" Review (3×09)
Let's get this out of the way first; much of what goes on in this episode plot-wise is absolutely ludicrous; Saul's Iran master plan, for one, as well as everything involving Brody's ridiculously quick recovery, Alain Bernard, and the like. Of course, like I mentioned before, sometimes you just have to put that aside for a bit.
Character-wise, this is a fantastic episode. The acting, as always, is impeccable, and Danes and Lewis convey the tension and desperation of two people clinging to each other out of necessity. Lewis in particular goes through a wide range of emotions in a short amount of time, but we're still allowed to see the detrimental effects the heroin has caused. In addition, his first scene with Carrie is a highlight.
Although I'm still frustrated with Carrie's continual playing of the victim card and her penchant for not giving a damn about orders, it still paves the way for a great Dana-Brody scene that is miles better than any other Dana offerings in a while. It reminds me of those fantastic season 1 scenes in which her character isn't bogged down with extraneous storylines and idiotic boyfriends. Here, when she asks Brody to write down what he wants her to say, you can see the conflict in his eyes; he obviously knows she's not serious about it, but she's one of two people that he sees as truly understanding, and he wishes everything were as easy as writing a script. It explains in part why he doesn't ask to see Jess and Chris–although seriously, Brody? Not even one mention?
Elsewhere, we're at least seeing Saul's plan come fully into focus, as implausible as it is. Patinkin's always greatest when bouncing off of Danes, and this week does a nice job of tying Saul, Brody, and Carrie together while propelling the endgame even farther forward. Saul has a similar control over Brody as he does Carrie; he can always get them to do something "one last time", and we'll see how Brody's turns out. Here's hoping the last fourth of the season ends the season on a good note.
-Not much Quinn this week. Hopefully he doesn't get pushed aside in favor of Brody's increased presence; in fact, the show should play off that dynamic a bit more.
-I like to think Dana's friend just abandoned her there.
-I'm just grateful the show gave some scenes a chance to breathe here. So far this season, it's either been mind-numbingly slow or way too quick, and I'm happy for the change of pace amidst the forward momentum; an example of this is Carrie and Brody's first scene.
-Will Brody survive this? Knowing the Showtime executives, they'll probably have him accidentally kill Javadi, go through a foot chase through the streets of Iran, then blow up an embassy or something before jumping into a river and seeing Chris at the bottom of the water.
-I said last week I wouldn't get this up until much later, but it turns out that's not the case! Still, next week looks to be crowded yet again, what with The Walking Dead's midseason finale, Homeland, Masters of Sex, and Treme's premiere.
Credit to Showtime and Homeland for all pictures. I own nothing.
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Boardwalk Empire "Farewell Daddy Blues" Review (4×12)
Boardwalk Empire is a show about corruption and crime. When corruption and crime are present, there's only one way out: death. And so it goes for Richard Harrow.
Still, let's start with Nucky. He's the kind of guy that will, at one point, manipulate Valentin Narcisse with feigned, over the top racism, identifying and latching onto that weakness and twisting the master manipulator to benefit himself. At another point, he'll attempt to use that same type of manipulation on his family; the thing is, it won't work. He keeps insisting that he's doing the right thing, but for him, like for all businessmen, doing the right thing requires something in exchange. Of course, Eli can see through the bullshit; he knows he's the one that truly cares about the family, and Nucky's trying to manipulate that weakness. Nucky's like the parent that buys his kid a bunch of presents to make up for a bunch of bad decisions and help him feel better about himself. He doesn't like getting his hands dirty, and, unlike in previous seasons, he isn't as successful at the end as he wants to be.
In fact, not really anyone ends up better off after this episode, save for maybe Al Capone. Chalky and Narcisse are the two criminal masterminds clashing over a pot of revenge, lust, and anger, and they both wind up worse off; you'd expect one of them to come out on top, but at the end of it all, they're both beaten into the ground in their respective ways. Narcisse is forced to submit to the "white man", the epitome of all his hatred and the very weakness Nucky exploited, and Chalky loses his daughter, forcing him to hide out and live his life in constant fear.
It's not a very happy ending, and it's made all the worse by Richard Harrow's death–kudos to Jack Huston for portraying such a brilliant character over the course of the series. He'll be missed. Harrow's a guy that came back from the war and had nothing waiting for him; all he had was the skills he learned, and all he wanted was to somehow fit in with and function in society. He was actually able to come to terms with who he was without becoming someone like Nucky, and that just make his death hurt all the more. The worst thing is that he died having accidentally killed an innocent woman; it's something I'm sure some of these other characters wouldn't give a second thought to, but for Richard, he has to die with that guilt. On the surface, he may not seem much better than the rest, but he is. The problem is that it doesn't matter in this world.
Nevertheless, that ending is in line with the themes of the show, and my, what a fantastic ending it is. In a sequence similar to the one in "Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge", Harrow dreams about the life he never had and the face he never had, but when reality kicks in, we realize he's now waiting for the waves to roll in.
SEASON GRADE: B
-Kudos to Jeffrey Wright and Michael Kenneth Williams for creating one of the most riveting television dynamics I've seen.
-Eli killing Knox is extremely satisfying; in fact, the similar "gun to the head" scenes draw parallels between Knox and Nucky; they're both seemingly powerful people getting caught in this web of crime, and you realize how little they actually possess.
-Torrio got shot like, 50 times, and still lived.
-I know it wouldn't really fall in line with his character at that point in his arc, but part of me really wanted to see him going on another shooting rampage…and then Van Alden pulling up in the getaway car with Richard's family in the back, and then a tearful reunion while Van Alden glowered in the background, and then all of them driving off into the sunset while everyone else cried.
-I'm looking forward to the Van Alden-Eli dynamic, as well as more Margaret-Rothstein.
-Thanks for reading, guys. See you next year for Season 5.
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Veronica Mars Season 2, Episodes 17-19 Review


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Subject: Liaison with other standards groups
To: "'xacml@lists.oasis-open.org'" <xacml@lists.oasis-open.org>
Following the teleconference on 21 May, I have submitted a summary of
XACML status to the W3C interest group on DRM <www-drm@w3.org> and the
MPEG-21 <mpeg-21@starlab.net> discussion lists.  I have also held
separate telephone conversations with Scott Edwards, chair of the Open
eBook Forum (OeBF) Rights and Rules Working Group (R&R WG), and Brad
Gandee, XrML Evangelist for ContentGuard, and am awaiting responses
from the Rigo Wenig (W3C Co-Chair of the W3C DRM Workshop held in
January) and Rob Koenen (Chair of the MPEG Requirements Group).  The
purpose of the above activities was to initiate dialogue between the
XACML TC and related standards organisations.  Short summaries of the
various standards groups are included below.  Note that the summaries
are the work of the author of this email who apologies for any
inaccuracies (corrections welcome).
On the subject of XrML, I raised two important issues with Brad
Gandee:
1/ The IPR held by ContentGuard with respect to the use of XrML (and
rights expression languages generally)
2/ The use of XrML as a (partial) basis for the work of XACML.
Brad is keen to progress the conversation and (like me) is concerned
at the proliferation of potentially competing standards efforts.
ContentGuard is keen to promote the re-use of its work on XrML where
possible and is in the process of setting up an independent forum to
take ownership of the XrML and its future developments.  Hopefully,
this will address the fears pertaining to IPR.  I have suggested to
Brad that he takes membership of OASIS in order to participate in
XACML discussions where appropriate.
On the subject of liaison with the Open eBook Forum, Scott Edwards has
raised the possibility of XACML representatives attending the
forthcoming general meeting of OeBF to be held in San Francisco on
18-21 June 2001.  A one hour session was suggested (1/2 hour
presentation on activities, followed by a 1/2 hour discussion, with
overflow time possible).  The presentation would be to members of
OeBF's Rights and Rules Working Group and in the presence of the
OeBF's Strategic Relations Committee.  The most likely date is 21 June
with second favourite 20 June.  A similar invitation is being extended
to MPEG-21, so the session may be very useful for getting several
standards groups in the same room at the same time.  I plan to be in
attendance on both days.
I would welcome feedback on the above and suggestions for next steps.
I will report further progress and I receive responses from the
various contacts.
Summaries follow:
The W3C DRM Interest Group
The W3C's interest group on DRM met for the first (and only) time in
January 2001 (see http://www.w3.org/2000/12/drm-ws/).  The meeting was
initiated by IPRSystems (http://www.iprsystems.com), also responsible
for the Open Digital Rights Language (ODRL, see http://odrl.net) with
the aim of prompting the W3C to act towards creating a global DRM
markup standard (a full workshop report is available at
http://www.w3.org/2000/12/drm-ws/workshop-report.html).  The overall
feeling of the workshop was that W3C is in a strong position to act as
a coordinator in the creation of a "Rights Management Framework", in
cooperation with other standards bodies.  At this time, no decision
has been taken by the W3C as to whether (and if so how) this might
happen.  (Reuters presented a position paper at the workshop.)
Open eBook Forum (Rights and Rules Working Group)
The OeBF (http://www.openebook.org/) was formed in January 2000 with
the remit to create and maintain standards and promote the successful
adoption of electronic books.  The OeBF followed on from the earlier
Open eBook Initiative, formed in late 1998.  Essentially, the OeBF is
looking standardising the data formats and metadata associated with
the publication of books and periodicals.  From that initial goal,
however, it is likely that the group will extend its horizon to
encompass more general electronic publishing.  The OeBF Rights and
Rules Working Group (R&R W/G) was formally created this month
(following initial work laid down by an interest group of the same
name).  The R&R W/G has set out to create an XML-based markup language
describing rights of access and obligations pertaining to electronic
publications.  The group is in communication with W3C and MPEG-21.
(Reuters is a member of the OeBF R&R W/G.)
EBX Working Group formally combined its operations with the OeBF
during a brief ceremony at the General Meeting of members held this
year in Paris, France, on March 19, 2001.
MPEG-21
The MPEG-21 Multimedia Framework extends the remit of the Motion
Picture Experts Group (an ISO organisation) to include "any multimedia
data").  The MPEG-21 introduction document (see
http://www.cselt.it/mpeg/standards/mpeg-21/mpeg-21.htm) lists the
seven key elements of MPEG-21 as:
1/ Digital Item Declaration
2/ Digital Item Identification and Description
3/ Content Handling and Usage
4/ Intellectual Property Management and Protection
5/ Terminals and Networks
6/ Content Representation
7/ Event Reporting
Of the above, numbers 1, 2, and 4 are probably the most relevant to
the XACML work.


Today is Anti-Corruption Day. I've been following the #breakthechain hashtag on twitter which has a plethora of tweets from different corners of the world talking about corruption, the damage it does to society and what communities are doing to combat it. As the world's largest open database of companies in the world, we are pleased that an important issue like corruption is getting a day to itself. According to the Trillion Dollar Report by ONE, many developing countries lose out on a trillion dollars every year because of corruption. We're part of Publish What You Pay and Follow the Money Group, both which aim to bring transparency to the world of companies, contracts, and government tenders. OpenCorporates is frequently used by corporate fraud investigators and forensic accounts to detect fraud and corruption. In a transnational corporate world, commercial relationships and corporate structures are becoming complex. Combining open company data with other powerful datasets such as government contracts and licenses can highlight many of the issues the following video discusses.
This following 164 seconds are going to show you Colin Farrell talking about corporate fraud, zombies, a washing machine, Michael Jackson, and how global corruption is depriving many developing countries of a trillion dollars every year. I really like it. Do you?


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Why Condé Nast Felt It Had To Stop Using Interns
Susan Adams Forbes Staff
I'm a senior editor in charge of Forbes' education coverage.
Anna Wintour: She'll have to do without interns.
Yesterday Condé Nast announced it was shutting down its internship program. A spokeswoman for the company, Patti Rockenwagner, confirmed the news this morning, but declined to elaborate on the reasons behind the decision or even say how many of the company's magazines have been relying on interns. Condé Nast owns 25 publications, including Vogue, The New Yorker and Vanity Fair. In most instances its interns earn academic credit but get little compensation.
Lauren Ballinger and Matthew Leib, former interns at W magazine and The New Yorker, filed suits in June in Federal District Court in Manhattan claiming that the magazines had run afoul of federal and state labor laws. Leib charges that The New Yorker paid him far below the minimum wage in stipends of just $300-$500 for each of the two summers he worked there. His job was to read, proofread and review articles. Ballinger said in the complaint that she was paid just $12 a day for shifts that ran 12 hours or more at the fashion magazine.
Justin Swartz, a partner at Outten & Golden, the New York law firm representing the Condé Nast interns, says the company's decision to cancel the internship program will have no bearing on the pending suit. "Their decision seems rather childish," he says. "If they can't play by their own rules they take their ball and go home." Swartz also represents former interns at movie studio Fox Searchlight Pictures who prevailed in the initial phase of a suit claiming that Fox Searchlight violated federal and New York minimum wage laws by failing to pay them. About Condé Nast, Swartz adds, "It seems to demonstrate the flimsy commitment that Condé Nast had to students and education."
But Daniel O'Meara, chairman of the employment law division of Philadelphia-based Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, says that while Condé Nast's decision to scotch its internship program won't reduce the company's potential damages in the suit that's pending, it could protect them going forward "because there won't be new people signing up." He says he has gotten a series of calls from both for-profit and non-profit clients asking what they should do about their unpaid internship programs. "When I talk them through the risks, including the higher visibility of the unpaid internship issue, they are saying they aren't going to use unpaid internships anymore," he says. "No good deed goes unpunished."
The Fox Searchlight and Condé Nast cases are just two in a rash of more than a half dozen recent suits brought by plaintiffs in creative fields like publishing, fashion and film, who point to a six-part test laid out by the Labor Department following a Supreme court case in the 1940s. Under the test, an unpaid internship is legitimate if the employer "derives no immediate advantage from the activities of the intern; and on occasion its operations may actually be impeded." It also says, "The internship experience is for the benefit of the intern." In other words, the internship's goal should be to train and teach the intern, rather than to provide free labor for the employer. If the employer doesn't meet the six criteria, it is supposed to pay minimum wage or better.
Though those rules are decades old, as are unpaid internships, only now are lawyers and plaintiffs testing them in court. So far two cases have made their way to the federal appeals court for the Second Circuit, which includes New York, where the Fox case and a suit by interns at a Hearst magazine, Harper's Bazaar, will be heard.
Plaintiff lawyers like Swartz say the test is clear. "When the company receives a direct benefit from the intern's work, they have to pay the intern," he says. "Taking a step back, there's no straight-faced argument that Condé Nast or any company can make that they can't afford to pay minimum wage."
Swartz adds that nonprofits are not exempt. Though in some cases, like docents in a museum, it's possible to volunteer, if the interns are doing substantive work like research that the institution would otherwise be paying someone to do, the law says the employer has to pay minimum wage. The only institution that's exempt from the law: the government.
Outten & Golden is also representing a group of people who volunteered at a Major League Baseball fan festival who he says deserved minimum wage. "There was no element of educational experience," he contends, "Major League Baseball made a lot of money from the festivities and it can't accept free labor."
But Lyle Zuckerman, a partner at Vedder Price, a New York labor lawyer who is representing Warner Music Group and Viacom in suits brought by unpaid interns, says the law isn't nearly as clear-cut as Swartz contends. Though Zuckerman represented the Charlie Rose show, which settled with interns who alleged violation of the labor laws, he says the amount his client paid out, $50,000, came out to jut $110 a week for the interns. "It would have cost ten times that amount to get through class certification and summary judgment," he says. "It was a business decision and a relatively easy one to settle." Zuckerman maintains that Rose did nothing wrong. Though the interns did research on the guests, "the research was of absolutely no value to the company because the producers were doing their own research."
According to Zuckerman, the courts should look at "the totality of the circumstances" of the internship and it's ridiculous to make the test dependent on whether the employer got any benefit at all from the interns' presence. "The interns are going to come in, they're going to turn the lights on—there is always going to be some benefit to the company." Though the judge in the Fox Searchlight case ruled that the question should turn on a strict reading of the DOL's six-part test, the judge in the Hearst case said the courts should take the total circumstances into account.
One argument against unpaid internships is that only privileged young people whose parents have the means to pay their way will be able to afford to take them. As The New York Times reports today, a daughter of CBS CEO Les Moonves and a daughter of Arianna Huffington both did Condé Nast internships as did reality TV characters Lauren Conrad and Whitney Port, who were interns at Teen Vogue in the show The Hills. On the other hand, in a city like New York it's tough to see how interns could survive on $7.25 an hour.
Like Condé Nast, the Charlie Rose show cancelled its internship program after being sued, according to Zuckerman, to protect itself from potential further litigation. Zuckerman says Condé Nast is doing the same thing: "As long as Outten & Golden is going to be filing these lawsuits and taking these extreme views, they have a fiduciary responsibility to their shareholders."
Susan Adams
In February 2018, I took on a new job managing and writing Forbes' education coverage. I'd spent the previous two years on the Entrepreneurs team, following six years


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Fossil Energy Know-How Helps Heart Patients
Researchers from the National Energy Technology Laboratory have received national recognition for developing a new metal alloy that has dramatically improved coronary stents used in patients with heart problems. Coronary stents made from the award-winning platinum-chromium (PtCr) alloy are more flexible and conformable than traditional stents. The improved stents are manufactured by Boston Scientific. | Photo courtesy of Boston Scientific Corporation.
For their work developing a new metal alloy that has dramatically improved coronary stents used in patients with heart problems, three scientists at the Energy Department's National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) are set to receive the Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer.
The Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer award goes to NETL's Paul Turner, Paul Jablonski, and Edward Argetsinger for their success in moving their technology beyond the labs into the vast medical device market.
Though the path to wide-scale commercialization is fraught with technology and market challenges, the stent developed by the honored NETL team has seen great commercial success. Since hitting the market, global sales of the innovative device have exceeded $1 billion -- representing a 45 percent share of the coronary stent market.
A decade ago, scientists at Boston Scientific requested the laboratory's help with research to improve the 316L stainless steel traditionally used in coronary stents. With their knowledge of metallurgy and materials in fossil energy systems, the NETL team helped develop an innovative type of stainless steel, one that contains a significant amount of platinum.
The platinum-chromium alloy has some unique properties that makes it perfect for a coronary stent. The platinum makes it easier for doctors to see the stent on an x-ray and when inserting the stents in patients. This reduces the risk of damage to the patient's arteries during placement, especially when multiple stents are required. It also helps doctors to diagnose conditions more accurately and determine the best medical treatment during routine or emergency examinations.
In addition, the platinum also makes the stent more resistant to corrosion, which helps the stent last longer. The new alloy's strength also reduces recoil, which means the stent is less likely to constrict once it's placed in a patient. Finally, the new stent's relative thinness makes it easier to thread through or safely place in areas where an artery bends, which are usually more difficult to navigate during the insertion process.
Sales are expected to continue to increase as cardiovascular surgeons learn more how to further leverage these unique metallurgical properties. Boston Scientific has also announced that all future coronary stents are to be made of the new alloy.
NETL's materials sciences research team has conducted a wide variety of work in high-temperature alloy development and processing. NETL's materials research includes making more effective armor for the Army, new turbine alloys to help the nation's power systems operate more efficiently, and now a medical alloy that helps save lives.
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Home Headlines BodyGuard Releases 'Patriot' To Help Detect Origin Apps
BodyGuard Releases 'Patriot' To Help Detect Origin Apps
While it protects the user's phone from any possible cyber-attack, features such as Patriot, Airtight & Tracker offer users customised needs as per their requirements
Along with Patriot, Bodyguard has also introduced an app lock feature 'Airtight' by which users can add an extra layer of security to any of the applications on their smartphones
The company has also claimed to be the first to market with this feature and it is already live for Android phones
The latest version comes with AI based security capabilities, uses a higher level of encryption and hence bolsters the privacy
One of the biggest challenges of app users is to find out the country of origin of the app. As mentioned in a report by the Economic Times, BodyGuard, a one click mobile security app from SafeHouse has introduced a feature called 'Patriot'. This feature would enable smartphones users to have a clear visibility on the flow of their data from all the apps on their phone (seeing which country their traffic is going to). Additionally users can also see the origin of the developer along with the incorporation country of the company for all the apps on their phone, according to a release.
Cyber security enterprise
SafeHouse Technologies is a mobile-first cyber security enterprise which has offices in Israel and India. With this, the users would be able to identify, delete and block specific apps from their mobile phones.
This capability is commonly described as geo-restriction and is a method that content providers use to restrict acmes to their services and platforms on a geographical basis.
Blocking 118 apps in the third wave
The central government has also made a decision to block 118 apps in the third wave after receiving several complaints from various sources about misuse of some mobile apps. These apps available on Android and iOS platforms were used for stealing and secretly transmitting users' data in an unauthorised manner to servers located outside India.
The new feature, Patriot, clearly identifies the country of origin for all the apps on the phone, classifies whether apps are suspicious or not, and enables users to block and delete these apps at their will. Along with Patriot, Bodyguard has also introduced an app lock feature 'Airtight'.
With the help of 'Airtight', users can add an extra layer of security to any of the applications on their smartphones. The feature would ask for the fingerprint or passcode from the user to open any specific app, such as Gallery or Notes.
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On incorporating the new feature in the app, Aditya Narang, co-founder and managing director, SafeHouse Technologies shared that their team has been tracking the developments of how customers, corporations, and governments are reassessing the role of private companies handling cyber risk, security, and data.
Narang also added that protecting users in the digital space and securing their privacy remains of utmost importance. The company has also claimed to be the first to market with this feature and it is already live for Android phones. BodyGuard is a one solution app for all your mobile security needs.
While it protects the user's phone from any possible cyber-attack, features such as Patriot, Airtight & Tracker offer users customised needs as per their requirements.
Earlier, the centre has also decided to block Chinese phone applications in India. While this decision rose questions on data privacy, many of these apps began to look for options to overcome the government restrictions.
As mentioned earlier, Bodyguard uses proprietary technology for the protection of smartphones from a range of cyber threats like phishing, malware and malicious links all while enhancing the device performance and internet speed and using less than 1% of battery life.
Bodyguard 5.0 is the result of a breakthrough in SafeHouse's R&D Lab in Israel. The latest version comes with AI based security capabilities, uses a higher level of encryption and hence bolsters the privacy.
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Once a crook, always a crook? The gangster who joined the Witness Protection Program but never left his life of crime
Posted by Gangsters Inc. on April 24, 2017 at 4:42am
By Gary Jenkins
Did you ever wonder what happens to folks when they enter the Witness Protection Program? In this article, I will tell you what happened to a Milwaukee man who testified against some mob associates. He found it hard to leave his old life behind.
Retired FBI agent Gary Magnesen, in his book, Straw Men: A Former Agent Recounts how the FBI Crushed the Mob in Las Vegas, tells a story about one of his first cases in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Sally Papia, a girlfriend of Chicago Outfit guy Frank Buccieri (photo right), moved up from Chicago and opened a nice restaurant called Sally's Steak House. She was described as a raven-haired firecracker who thought she was the queen bee of Milwaukee organized crime because of her Chicago relationship. She hired three local mob associates and professional criminals to help run the place.
Chicago outfit guys would come into town and eat here and never pay any respect to the Milwaukee mob boss, Frank Balistreri. He hated her for that and openly called her an "Outfit wannabe in a fucking skirt." Sally hired a chef after she paid for his tuition at a good culinary school. He left shortly after to open his own restaurant, the Northridge Inn. She became enraged and hired a local arsonist to burn it down.
On December 29, 1974, a Papia associate named Joseph Basile called a minor criminal named Jacob Schlechter and instructed him to set the Northbrook Inn on fire that night. Schlechter did so in the company of his wife, who later contacted the police and began supplying information concerning the ongoing conspiracy. Following the fire, Schlechter went to Basile's home to collect money for his work. Basile gave Schlechter $100.00 and told him that another $900 would be forthcoming from out of town. Schlechter asked what the fire was all about, and Basile told him that it was ordered because the chef had "screwed over" Sally Papia and because of a "personal grievance" Basile had against this chef.
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On New Year's Eve, two days after the fire, Papia ran into the chef at a local restaurant. Dropping a lighted match into an ash tray, Papia said, "I told you this was going to happen."
In early January, Schlechter asked Basile for the balance of the money due him for setting the fire. Basile deflected the request by advising Schlechter that they were getting pressure from Milwaukee mob boss Frank Balistrieri, who had lost some juke boxes in the Northbrook Inn fire, and that Schlechter should not tell anyone of his involvement in the fire.
On January 7, a criminal associate of Sally Papia's named Russell Enea approached Schlechter in Papia's restaurant and asked him if he knew anything about the Northbrook Inn fire. Schlechter, complying with Basile's order to keep mum, said that he did not. Three days later, apparently satisfied that Schlechter could be trusted, Enea again approached Schlechter and directed him to break the chef's wrists "so he never cooks again." Enea said that "Max" would get in touch with Schlechter to talk about the job.
Shortly thereafter, another criminal associate and maître d' at Sally's Steak House named Max Adonnis contacted Schlechter and told him to kidnap the chef and take him to a garage so that Adonnis and Enea could break his wrists personally. Schlechter and Adonnis then discussed the plan with Herbert Holland, who was to assist in the endeavor. Adonnis explained to Schlechter and Holland that this chef owed Sally Papia $5,000, and he had "screwed over Sally." Adonnis said he wasn't going to let this guy get away with this affront. Adonnis gave Schlechter a slip of paper listing the chef's address, the make and model of his car and its license plate number. A week later, Adonnis passed along a photo of the chef taken in Papia's restaurant, on which Papia's handwriting appeared.
During the next couple of weeks, Holland, Schlechter and Adonnis attempted to locate the chef without success. On January 18, Enea, disturbed by the lack of progress, approached Schlechter and, gesturing with his wrists, inquired what Schlechter was going to do about the chef. Schlechter and Holland renewed their efforts to locate the chef, but failed to do so, much to the expressed disappointment of Enea and Adonnis. Finally, Adonnis saw the chef working at another Milwaukee restaurant and obtained a new address, place of employment and license plate number. He gave this information to Schlechter with instructions to do the job right away.
After purchasing a baseball bat and two ski masks for use in the assault and kidnapping, Schlechter and Holland went to the chef's place of employment in the early morning hours of February 9, 1975. While waiting for him to leave work, the two were confronted by police because the auto in which they were riding matched a description of a stolen car. The Milwaukee cops noted the bat and ski masks. Shortly after this, two other Milwaukee detectives were going to the chef's apartment. As the officers arrived at the apartment, they saw two suspicious men parked the area. They got a uniformed patrol officer to pull them over and a search found two baseball bats, two ski masks, the chef's photo and his address inside the car. They arrested them for CCW and Schlechter and Holland spent the night in jail. Gary Magnesen and his partner went to the jail the next morning after being notified that one of the suspects wanted to talk to the FBI and only to the FBI. This was Jacob Schlecter, the guy described as 6'6 250 lbs. with a leg breaker's mentality. He was not as tough as he looked. Schlecter agreed to work with the Bureau and set up Sally and her underlings. Soon, he was out of jail and wearing a wire. He was able to record Sally and her co-conspirators talking about this plot to kill or injure the former chef.
During this time, Frank Balistrieri (photo right) directed underlings to bring Joseph Basile, the guy who originally ordered the arson, to him. He was livid and told Basile that Sally Papia did not have the clout to approve this arson or the assault on her ex-employee and he should not have done it without checking with someone in his crime family.
Jacob Schlecter testified against Sally Papia and her co-conspirators and they would go to jail for their participation in the arson and attempted murder. By 1977, Schlecter was relocated in the Witness Protection Program to Kansas City Missouri. He will soon draw some law enforcement attention.
In 2011, I met retired FBI. Agent Gary Magnesen in a Las Vegas hotel room. The Gangland Wire production team was interviewing persons connected with the 1970s Strawman investigation into the influence of the Milwaukee, Chicago, Cleveland and Kansas City crime families over Las Vegas casinos and skimming. When agent Magnesen was first out of the FBI. academy, he was assigned to the Milwaukee organized crime squad. Retired agent Magnesun would start his career in Milwaukee and end it at the Las Vegas office. By the 1980s, the Organized Crime Strike Force in Kansas City proved that Milwaukee mob boss Frank Balistrieri, along with mob bosses in Cleveland, Chicago and Kansas City, was involved in a criminal conspiracy to secretly control Las Vegas casinos and skim money from casino receipts. The popular book, Casino, by Nicholas Pillegi and the film by Martin Scorsese recounts this story.
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After interviewing retired agent Gary Magnesun for my soon to be released documentary, Gangland Wire, I obtained his book, Straw Men: A Former Agent Recounts how the FBI Crushed the Mob in Las Vegas. In it, he tells about his career in Milwaukee as well as in Las Vegas. I noted a name, Jacob Schlecter, and his description of 6'6' 250s lbs. with a leg-breaker mentality. I remembered a 1970s Kansas City narcotics investigation and surveillance and believed this was the same guy we investigated. This investigation did not turn out as we planned.
In 1978, a Kansas City DEA informant claimed he could buy weed from a mob guy named Joe Sharpino, who had a tow truck and worked out of a body shop located in a predominately Italian section of Kansas City. The DEA could find no criminal record on this guy. We checked with the FBI and the Kansas City Police Intelligence Unit records and found this guy to be a mystery. The DEA informant was making a few small "controlled buys" from Sharpino (this means he was wearing a microphone and was being monitored). The DEA case agent related his agency had the resources to keep offering more money and buying larger quantities in order to "make him a dope dealer." The informant keeps reporting that this Joe Sharpino claims the body shop owner had connections with the Kansas City La Cosa Nostra crime family. The body shop is owned by a Kansas City man of Italian heritage who had some distant relatives that were possibly connected to the mob. We check every law enforcement source possible and we cannot locate any prior mention of Mr. Sharpino. We cannot find any street courses who ever heard of this Joe Sharpino.
Our investigation revealed that Sharpino was actually an independent tow truck driver who mainly hung around this body shop. The informant was buying more and more weed and laying the groundwork to introduce an attractive female DEA agent as a big buyer with lots of suburban customers.
We rented a nearby apartment, watched the body shop and recorded every license number that came and went. No mob guys were showing up. If this was a mob location, the owner was not associated directly with any local mob folks. The informant was seen going into the body shop and he was wearing a wire for the marijuana buys. We got suspicious when we heard no mob type conversations while he had the recorder on his body. However, the informant kept telling his DEA control agent stories about how this Joe Sharpino was going to break somebody's legs that owed the body shop money. We even sent another independent informant to the body show with the cover that he needed a car repossessed. In reality, our informant was a "buy here, pay here" car dealer, so he legitimately had several cars he needed repossessed. Sharpino was suspicious and turned down the offer of work.
After a couple of weeks into this, the informant reported that Sharpino had a heart attack and was admitted into St. Luke's hospital for heart surgery. While Sharpino was recuperating, the informant relates that he wanted the informant to perform a wedding ceremony. The informant had a Universal Life Church minister's certificate and the supposed mob guy wants the informant to marry him and his girlfriend while he is still in the hospital. After several jokes about how to "wire up" the informant and record the ceremony. In the end, the informant conducted the ceremony without a tape rolling.
Shortly after the wedding, this supposed mob associate, Sharpino, got back to working with his tow truck. The informant makes the introduction to the female agent and she makes her pitch. Sharpino agrees and claims he can supply 50 pounds of weed. By this time, the DEA has to get the guy identified in order to continue the investigation and to put in larger resources. I asked our Fingerprint Unit supervisor to make personal calls to the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) at the FBI headquarters. We had the guy's driver's license record and it showed no arrests. The fingerprint guy noted something we had failed to note, when the license was issued to Sharpino, he used a home address of 811 Grand, Kansas City Missouri. Shortly after, he changed it to his current address. The fingerprint unit supervisor checked his FBI. contact with the name Joe Sharpino and his date of birth at NCIC. The NCIC contact could not say exactly, but indirectly, we learned our friend was in the Witness Protection Program. We understood why his first address with the Missouri Department of Revenue was 811 Grand. This was the address of the Federal Courthouse where the FBI, ATF and the US Marshall's office kept offices. The DEA took this to the US Attorney's office who contacted the Witnesses Protection folks. After a consultation and looking at our skimpy case, the US Attorney ordered the DEA to stand down and drop this investigation. The guy soon disappeared from Kansas City. We never heard from him again.
Gary Jenkins is a Gangsters Inc. contributor who has worked in the Kansas City Police Department Organized Crime Unit for 8 years from 1976 to 1984. He retired from the KCPD in 1996, entered the UMKC School of law and was admitted to the Missouri Bar in 2000. During the past 10 years, He produced 3 documentary films and launched an iPhone app titled Kansas City Mob Tour. His most recent documentary film, Gangland Wire, was released in 2013. In this documentary, Gary used retired F.B.I. agents, Nevada Gaming Agents, Stardust employees and experts to tell the story of how the Midwest mob families gained and lost control of several Las Vegas casinos during the 1970s. He may be reached his blog page www.ganglandwire.com, his Facebook page Gangland Wire, his twitter feed is @jenkslaw. The below story may have heard on Gary's true crime podcast, Gangland Wire Crime Stories.
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Did the Committee Get it Right?
February 5, 2018 David Greenberg	Leave a comment
The picks are in: Clemson, Oklahoma, Georgia and Alabama are your top four teams in college football. The committee debated and made an absolute statement by putting Alabama in over Ohio State and here's why:
When you take the two teams and compare their schedule, Ohio State has the wins. They have a statement win over Penn State, Michigan State and won their conference beating Wisconsin. Alabama has wins over LSU, Mississippi State, and (I will put it in there) Florida State. I know that FSU sucks this year and is in absolute disarray right now with Jimbo Fisher leaving but I still count that win because 1. Francois got hurt in the fourth quarter and the game had already been decided, and 2. If you watched that game Alabama absolutely beat up on Florida State especially while Francois was in. That game was a statement of itself and hurting Francois meant nothing in the outcome. With a healthy Francois I think FSU has the talent to be a top 10 team so hypothetically I'm throwing them in there, if you don't want to that is understandable.
In the past the committee has stressed to get in you have to win your conference. I know Alabama didn't win theirs. They didn't even make it, I know that, but the committee knew what they were doing the whole time. If they wanted to give OSU a chance to make the playoff they would have moved them up further after the Michigan week. They were sitting at #9 that week, and if the committee felt they should be in they would've moved them up to #6 or #7, essentially making the Big Ten Championship a play-in game. They knew all along that OSU didn't deserve to be in there because they had the Iowa game playing over and over in the back of their mind. Snubbed?? I would not say that. Unfortunate?? Definitely.
Here's another reason they chose Alabama. MONEYYYY. Money makes the college football playoff go round. With all the controversy this year as to what teams should be in, I am positive that all of the games will break records in viewership.
Here's an interesting little thought about the SEC championship game that a lot of people didn't think about. Georgia lost to Auburn at Auburn, Georgia avenged that loss in Atlanta. So if you think about it, each team won on their home turf. So what then, round 3???? See who gets in? In a way, they did just that.
Alabama and Clemson will meet for the third time in a row and I can't wait for the showdown. Personally I think Alabama is the best team in the country behind Clemson. I know I'm a little bias but I think they have too much talent and too good of a coach to not be. If you think Nick Saban is going to let Clemson walk all over them you're just wrong. I expect an absolute bloodbath that game. There's one reason Bama blew it late last year and that man is currently (well not exactly) playing on Sundays and his name is Deshaun Watson. Experience won in that case. Watson had been there before as a Sophomore against Bama and he lost. The next year against a true freshman Jalen Hurts he was not going to let the same thing happen. Now the roles are reversed. Hurts, a sophomore, played in the National Championship game last year and I can bet you he'll use that experience to help him this time around. On the other hand, Kelly Bryant has never played in that big of a game before. However, he had sat behind Watson for quite some time and obviously didn't miss a beat when they lost him to the draft. I think that was too good of a game to pass up and the committee knew that.
I can't wait for next year though to watch Georgia-Auburn part III because that'll be a game for ages. An experienced Jake Fromm who already as a true freshman has taken the reigns from someone everyone thought was going to be a god, Jacob Eason, and took them to the CFP. Kirby Smart is the PERFECT fit for that school. Plus another year with Jarrett Stidham at Auburn and Gus Malzahn staying is going to be fun to watch so mark your calendars.
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MY CFB PLAYOFF TOP 4
November 19, 2017 David Greenberg	Leave a comment
Let me just say that I am not a big fan of the way the college football playoff teams are selected. I don't even know how I would fix it but I just don't like it at all. I would love to make it an 8 team playoff and just stretch out the games an extra week, it would be an easy fix. There are more than 4 teams each year deserving to fight for the natty. Look at Penn State last year or USC, both teams coming into the postseason red hot but neither of them could make it due to losses in September. Just pick the 4 best teams and don't look so much into all of the other politics of it. Here's my top 4 after this weekend's games
1. Alabama
I don't even see an argument here. Even when Georgia was at 1 it didn't make any sense. Bama is so obviously the best team in the country. They have the experience, the best coach in history, and the most amount of talent in the country. Bama faces a tough test next week against Auburn but even with a loss, they probably get in. That won't be an issue though. Alabama will wipe the floor next week at the Iron Bowl and get ready for another top 10 face off with Georgia in the SEC Championship. All that Bama really has to do over the next 2 weeks is win 1 game and they'll be in.
2. Oklahoma
I think there is something to say in the rankings for a team with the best player in the country (excluding Saquan Barkley). They have 1 loss to a very solid Iowa State team who has actually been surprisingly decent especially after they beat Oklahoma. The Sooners might not have the best defense but Baker Mayfield is literally never out of a game. They get West Virginia next weekend at home possibly without an injured Will Grier which won't be a problem then the Big 12 title game against TCU most likely. Oklahoma should win out and get into the playoff and get the respect they and Baker deserve.
3. Clemson/Miami
These teams are completely interchangeable for me because they play in the ACC Championship in two weekends. Miami gets Pitt on Friday after Thanksgiving and Clemson gets a solid South Carolina team. Assuming neither of these teams trip up next weekend the winner of the ACC Championship game will get into the playoff. Even if Miami loses the ACC Championship and that is their only loss they're not getting in as a 1 loss team most likely. Clemson will get in even with a horrible loss at Syracuse. That's the Dabo effect and some recency bias. I love Miami but something tells me they can't be counted on. I could totally see them losing to Pitt but if not Clemson should take care of them. Clemson will be in.
4. Ohio State/Wisconsin
Yeah, I can't believe it either but I think Ohio State will sneak into the top 4. Lets see how: Ohio State will handle Michigan next weekend and Wisconsin will finish at 12-0 after wasting their time next Saturday against Minnesota. Wisconsin doesn't seem legit to me; they have played absolutely no one and you can say they beat Michigan but that's the only ranked team they've played, they played them at home, and Michigan was only ranked because of Jim Harbaugh's presence. I can see Ohio State as a double digit favorite against Wisconsin in Indy and when Ohio State beats Wisconsin, the Badgers will be out of the playoff with that terrible strength of schedule. I think everyone can agree that a 2 loss Ohio State team is still better than a 1 loss Badger squad. Ohio State needs Bama to beat Auburn which will knock them out, Bama to beat Georgia in the SEC title game which would knock them out, and hope the committee sees them as better than either a 2 loss Clemson team (which they will) or a 1 loss Miami team (still to be seen).
First 2 out with no chance
Above I have the teams that still have a possible chance. You can say Auburn does and Georgia does but I'm just assuming they lose to Bama because it's Bama. I really only see a path for those 6 teams so here are the top 2 teams that don't have a path to the playoff.
This Nittany Lion team is absolutely legit. They lost 2 games on the road to ranked teams by a combined 4 points. Just tough luck for James Franklin. They have the best running back that I've seen since Reggie Bush in Saquan Barkley and a very capable quarterback in Trace McSorley. They will not be playing in the Big 10 championship game like last year and will probably finish at 10-2. A 2 loss team that doesn't win their conference title just doesn't have a path and that's the tough part about a 4 team playoff because this team is legit.
2. USC
The Trojans are in a very similar position to Penn State except they'll have a chance to play in their conference title game. They have a top 5 NFL pick also in Sam Darnold and are an exciting team to watch. USC obviously wont get into the playoff but I'd love to see a USC and Penn State bowl game rematch, wouldn't you?
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John Fogerty pulls out of troubled Woodstock 50 festival
Friday, July 26, 2019 10:29 AM EDT
Friday, July 26, 2019 12:15 PM EDT
By MESFIN FEKADU
AP Music Writer
NEW YORK (AP) - John Fogerty has pulled out of Woodstock 50 just weeks before the troubled anniversary event is supposed to take place.
A representative for the singer tells The Associated Press that Fogerty, who performed at the original 1969 festival with Creedence Clearwater Revival, will now only perform at a smaller anniversary event at Woodstock's original site in Bethel.
Fogerty appeared alongside the original festival's co-founder, Michael Lang, in March to announce that Jay-Z, Dead & Company and the Killers would perform at Woodstock 50, set for Aug. 16-18. The anniversary event has faced a series of setbacks, including the loss of a financial partner and permit denials.
Fogerty will instead perform at the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, which is holding its event during the same three-day weekend.
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I would like to know more about the formation of Odesza! Not the formal "sound good" interviews & explanations. I want the informal real talk & sharing of experience/situations! How did the two ideals form a music bond or first encounters w/ each other in college or recognize an interest for their unique flow of music & became one sound? How did the music take off after graduating?
Formation of Odesza - We know both Clay and Harrison were introduced by Sean. After meeting for the first time, getting to know each other and knowing they both share the same love for music. There must have been an impulse in between them of starting a new music project. This impulse is only a strong desire, it's a means by which they are going to achieve their purpose! Later this impulse gets over ridden by actions - sharing of good experiences, determination, love and good interaction and finally Odesza is formed.
Here love is the vital power because getting to know each other well, frustration when certain musical ideas didn't go well and etc were the vicissitudes that they had to overcome and the "love" for music which they both had helped them to do that.
Role of experiences and situation in the formation of Odesza - We know experiences are good and bad. There is a need for discriminating experiences. The more good experiences we have the more we grow in life. If an experience gives curiosity, we get the desire to learn new things. Experiences can never be formed without situations and situations are incomplete without interaction and thoughts! Good thoughts will give good interaction and good interaction will give good experiences!
I am sure this is how the role of experiences and situations played in the formation of Odesza.
Sean Kusanagi was a mutual friend of both of them in college. He introduced them to each other.