When the US becomes a target...and the clock is ticking...it's down to one man to save the lives of millions. The United States Military has troops stationed in over 150 countries worldwide. For a group of rogue states, this is unacceptable and a terrifying ultimatum is issued called THE BLACKLIST:. A deadly countdown of terror attacks against key US interests. With no end in sight, and no plan of action, the US government must call on one of its most potent weapons - Sam Fisher. As the leader of the newly formed 4th Echelon unit, a clandestine unit that answers solely to the President of the United States, Sam and his team must hunt down these terrorists by any means necessary, and stop the Blacklist countdown before it reaches zero.


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This Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023, booking photo provided by the Volusia County, Fla., Division of Corrections shows Ellen Gilland. Gilland, a woman who police say had planned a suicide pact with her husband for weeks, fatally shot her terminally ill husband in a hospital, but then was taken into custody by police before she could shoot herself and is now charged with murder. (Volusia County Division of Corrections via AP)(AP)
Published: Jan. 24, 2023 at 3:29 PM EST|Updated: Jan. 24, 2023 at 4:54 PM EST
Police say the incident was supposed to be part of a murder-suicide pact. (WESH via CNN)

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import AiAction from "./aiAction.js";
import Game from "./game.js"

class AI {

    constructor(level='blind') {
        this.game = null;

        this.levelOfIntelligence = level;

    }

    makeRandomMove() {
        var available = this.game.currentState.emptyCells();
        var randomCell = available[Math.floor(Math.random() * available.length)];
        var action = new AiAction(randomCell);

        return action.movePosition;
    }

    minimaxValue(state) {
        if(state.isTerminal()) {
            //a terminal game state is the base case
            return Game.score(state);
        }
        else {
            var stateScore; // this stores the minimax value we'll compute

            if(state.turn === "X")
            // X wants to maximize --> initialize to a value smaller than any possible score
                stateScore = -1000;
            else
            // O wants to minimize --> initialize to a value larger than any possible score
                stateScore = 1000;

            let availablePositions = state.emptyCells();

            //enumerate next available states using the info form available positions
            var availableNextStates = availablePositions.map(function(pos) {
                let action = new AiAction(pos);

                return action.applyTo(state);
            });

            /* calculate the minimax value for all available next states
             * and evaluate the current state's value */
            availableNextStates.forEach(nextState => {
                var nextScore = this.minimaxValue(nextState);
                if(state.turn === "X") {
                    // X wants to maximize --> update stateScore iff nextScore is larger
                    if(nextScore > stateScore)
                        stateScore = nextScore;
                }
                else {
                    // O wants to minimize --> update stateScore iff nextScore is smaller
                    if(nextScore < stateScore)
                        stateScore = nextScore;
                }
            });

            return stateScore;
        }
    }

    plays(game){
        this.game = game;
    };

    notify(turn, callback) {
        let indx = this.makeRandomMove(turn);
        switch(this.levelOfIntelligence) {
            case "blind":
                indx = this.makeRandomMove(turn);
                break;
            case "master":
                indx = this.takeAMasterMove(turn);
                break;
        }
        callback(indx);
    };

    takeAMasterMove(turn) {
        let available = this.game.currentState.emptyCells();

        let availableActions = available.map(pos => {
            let action =  new AiAction(pos);
            let next = action.applyTo(this.game.currentState);

            action.minimaxVal = this.minimaxValue(next);

            return action;
        });

        if(turn === "X")
        //X maximizes --> sort the actions in a descending manner to have the action with maximum minimax at first
            availableActions.sort(AiAction.DESCENDING);
        else
        //O minimizes --> sort the actions in an ascending manner to have the action with minimum minimax at first
            availableActions.sort(AiAction.ASCENDING);

        //take the first action as it's the optimal
        let chosenAction = availableActions[0];
        return chosenAction.movePosition;
    }
}

export default AI;

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Thu, 30 Jun 2011 | Published in Film and DVD
Film Review/Interview: Actor David Hyde Pierce on his new film The Perfect Host
By: Cynthia Parsons McDaniel
David Hyde Pierce plays the consummate host. His character, Warwick Wilson can whip up a dinner party for a small gathering of friends effortlessly. Table presentation is key, in addition to great food and wine. He prepares duck timed for serving at 8:30. Then a knock at the door changes everything. A criminal (Clayne Crawford) needs a place to hide as he's just robbed a bank. He pretends to be Warwick's niece's friend whose been mugged and lost his luggage and needs to borrow the phone. What the does not know is that Warwick himself is dangerous. Warwick is a prominent detective.
As the movie unfolds you see how these two characters lives unfold and we get a glimpse as to how deceiving appearances can be. Directed by Australian director and co- writer Nick Tommy, it's a slippery psychological thriller that exposes true human nature and reveals the lengths people will go to satisfy their needs.
Do you cook?
Do you have dinner parties like your character Warwick in the movie?
No. You would think so but no.
The film was shot in 17 days how did you prepare?
I made sure I knew the script and called a friend who explained to me how indie films work and he said be sure you know the script really. well. Unlike a big budget film where you shoot a scene a day with an independent film you shoot 5 scenes a day. So you have to know the material ahead of time.
Your character is a detective and psychotic. Without giving the plot twists away, How did you also make him slightly charming and almost likeable?
Because I found reasons as to why he did the things he did and there was real need there. He just expresses himself differently. But his needs are not that much different than ours. For example the need to have friends. and not just sitting home alone with your things.
Helen Reddy (I am Woman) plays one of your friends that you imagine is attending one of your dinner parties at your fabulous LA home in the movie?
The director and she share the same manager. I recall Helen Reddy when she was actively performing in her career as this sexpot now she is a bit of an earth mother. She had a cameo and she was great. She has a nurturing with a really warm personality.
Why did you take a chance with a first time director?
I had been drinking. No it was that I really liked the script and obviously this is a character and incredible role for any actor to play.
The script provided you with what to get you signed up to play the lead?
If there is humour in the script I am always interested, especially if it is not heavy handed to the audience.
This started out as a short first then became a feature and grabbed you straight away?
Yes The script was really funny twisted, twisty and kept me interested.
Did you study a lot about multiple personality disorders?
Yes in his voice (then no in another voice). No actually I read a bit on hallucinating and delusions. But as an actor in general I could make an analogy that we are always playing different roles. Most of us have different elements of various people in our personalities. Every day we read about people in power of positions doing things that seem odd.
So you did no real preparation other than rehearsal before you started shooting?
No it was all on the page. Because it was so well written and of the course being so complex I had to keeping reading and re reading the script to find the motivation to his dark side. It was a great group we all trusted each other. There were no arguments we just did the work.
What is your next project?
I am going to direct my first independent film.
It a musical comedy called It Should Have Been You.
Do you think you will do some theater again soon?
Yes a play called Close Up Space. It's a new play and will be at the Manhattan Theater Club
The Perfect Host opens in theaters July 1.
About Cynthia Parsons McDaniel
Cynthia Parsons McDaniel works as an artist in the mediums of video installation, collage and illustration and diorama. She recently attended the National Academy Museum & School in New York City for Drawing and Visual Story Telling and Monotype Printmaking. Her collages were shown in a group exhibition at the NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN. Other exhibitions Include CHESTERFIELD GALLERY, ART TAKES SOHO, TRIBECA ART + CULTURE NIGHT, SEEME + SCOPE ART FAIR + MIAMI ART BASEL + CHASHAMA GALA + ARMORY SHOW + GUILD HALL MEMBERS EXHIBITION EASTHAMPTON LI She is represented by the New York Museum of Contemporary Art in Manhattan. At the American Museum of Natural History she studied with the curator in charge of building and maintaining their DIORAMAS. She has written about design, film and theater for METROPOLIS, ELLE DECOR, IN STYLE, ELLE, DAILY NEWS, FASHION JOURNAL and NEWSWEEK. She has contributed to five books on design and film related subjects. She was nominated for an EMMY while a producer at NBC. She was head of pr and marketing at Cannon Films, New Line Cinema and VP Grammercy Pictures, then special projects editor at IN STYLE and Features Editor New York Daily News. McDaniel then went back to working with actors on MAD MEN, WEEDS AND 30 ROCK and doing personal publicity and creating Tony, Emmy, Grammy and Academy Award Campaigns. She has produced events and handled press including European Film Awards in Berlin, Cannes Film Festival Party at Hotel Du Cap, Sundance and Toronto Film Festival and Elton John's Oscar party, re-opening of the Hall of Mirrors and the Royal Opera House at Versailles and the Bob Hope Memorial Library Ellis Island. The short she produced was shown at both the Tribeca Film Festival and the London Film festival. She recently did props for Boardwalk Empire (HBO) including window displays using antiques She has wrote a one act play about early broadway called ZIGGY and created the props by hand using various antiques and paper techniques. She has worked on over 200 movies as studio executive and worked as unit publicist in ROME BERLIN LONDON BUDAPEST LOS ANGELES PARIS working with some renowned directors including Fellini, Wertmuller, Godard and The Coen Brothers just to name a few. She was the personal publicist for Daniel Day-Lewis, Carrie Fisher, Lauren Bacall, Matthew Modine, Jane Krakowski, Paul Bettany and many other gifted actors. She is a member of National Women Film Critics Circle. She contributes to the national Arts Express Syndicate Radio WBAI RADIO. She is currently writing a memoir. http://cynthiapmcdaniel.wix.com/home/ http://vimeo.com/user51648799/videos http://www.boxdioramas.com/cynthia-parsons-mcdaniel/
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Rhode Islanders For Safe Technology Screen "Generation Zapped"
Patricia Burke, Natural Blaze,
National Grid is engaged in a regulatory process to replace gas and electric meters in RI, MA, and NY with next generation two-way wireless meters.
Critics of National Grid are calling for regulatory scrutiny regarding fraudulent results reporting for the smart meter pilot program that was conducted in Worcester, MA. National Grid submitted the results to utility regulators in all three states.
Written testimony submitted in February of 2019 to the RI Power Sector Transformation Advisory Group indicates that the Worcester pilot results misrepresented customer acceptance, participation, cost savings, and energy savings. The 2-year National Grid pilot was budgeted for $45M, with recorded costs reaching $60M before it was completed.
Public testimony provided on April 9 before the RI Public Utility Commission further raised concerns regarding claims about the lifespan and replacement cycle for the meters, the threat from an EMP (electromagnetic pulse) and hacking, fire risk, billing issues, green-washing, and health concerns. The impact on property values for abutters of Worcester's Cook's Pond substation, which was improperly engineered and in violation of sound ordinances, was also highlighted.
Massachusetts residents were appalled when National Grid overrode citizen health complaints by promoting the testimony of a career mercenary scientist Peter Valberg. Valberg represents Phillip Morris cigarettes, and is also on retainer for the fossil fuel company We Energy for coal ash liability. Valberg is an expert health spokesperson for the smart meter industry. He was featured in a series by the Center for Public Integrity in 2016 entitled "Science for Sale," for denying the significance of the largest ever reported cluster of occupational brain tumor deaths at a chemical plant in Texas, and for his attempt to blame mesothelioma associated with asbestos exposure on smoking.
Certain populations may be more susceptible to developing a crippling intolerance to wireless emissions, including those with multiple chemical sensitivity, cardiac conditions, and Lyme. Symptoms have decreased for MS and autism patients by reducing the burden of electrosmog. Smart meters prevent residents from being able to protect themselves in their own homes due to the 24/7/365 pulse- modulated microbursts of radio frequency transmissions, and the introduction of high-frequency voltage transients on the electrical wiring.
In addition to smart meter concerns, Rhode Island has expedited the rollout of 5G fifth-generation wireless infrastructure. As reported by Broadband Now, "Wireless carriers are eager to deploy the technology across their footprints as fast as possible. Unfortunately, that means steamrolling over concerns voiced by local governments, residents, and businesses that want more say in how and where small cell structures are deployed within their communities. As you might expect, the FCC has sided with corporate interests and ruled against community control."
Learn more about smart meters, 5G and wireless risks. Rhode Islanders for Safe Technology and Toxics Information Project (TIP) hosts the documentary film "Generation Zapped" on Wednesday May 22, 7-9 pm, at the Saylesville Friends Meeting House, 374 Great Rd., Lincoln, RI. For more information see https://www.facebook.com/RhodeIslandersforSafeTechnology/ or http://www.toxicsinfo.org/.
Patricia Burke is a writer and environmental activist advocating for biologically-based radio frequency exposure limits. She can be reached at stopsmartmetersMASS@gmail.com.
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Thousands of Haitians demonstrated on Thu., Feb. 7, in the streets of Port-au-Prince and several provincial cities to demand the departure of President Jovenel Moise and the arrest of the officials responsible for the plundering of the Venezuela-provided PetroCaribe fund over the last 10 years.
At least two dead, three vehicles burned, one police station attacked, 36 arrests, and many wounded, including 14 police officers – that is what Haitian authorities gave as the official figures on the evening of Feb. 7 after a day of nationwide protests.
Demonstrations took place in Port-au-Prince, Gonaïves, Mirebalais, St-Marc, Jacmel, Gonaïves, Cap-Haitien, Mirebalais, Jérémie, and on the island of La Gonâve. They paralyzed the majority of the country's big cities where schools, public offices, and private businesses were closed.
During the protests, demonstrators erected burning tire barricades, broke many businesses' windows, and tried to set fire to the pumps at gas stations.
Carrying pots, plates, and leafy tree branches, the protestors were accompanied by drum-pounding rara bands, as they chanted slogans and called for the resignation of President Jovenel Moïse and Prime Minister Jean-Henry Céant's government, while singing anti-government Carnival and traditional protest songs. Carnival falls on Mar. 3-5 this year.
The demonstrators denounced Pres. Jovenel Moïse for not fulfilling his promises. Feb. 7 marked the start of his third year in power, but, in the face of growing protests, it is unclear if he will be able to complete his five-year mandate.
"Jovenel does not do anything serious in the country," said one of the protestors, who were mostly young women and men. "He must leave."
This first major nationwide demonstration of 2019 marks the 33rd anniversary of dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier's departure to France in 1986 after 15 years of iron fist rule. His father, François "Papa Doc" Duvalier, had come to power in 1957 and five years later established the Tonton Macoute-enforced "Presidency for Life," which Baby Doc inherited.
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Domestic trade shows attract companies from around the world. Here's how you can expand your networks and get in touch with more international customers.
A Utah-based manufacturer is expanding in North Africa thanks to a connection it made more than two years ago at a trade show in the United States. Their success underscores the fact that U.S. companies interested in new markets overseas can find potential partners without ever leaving home.
Verti-Crete LLC, a Salt Lake City-based manufacturer of precast concrete wall systems, has license partners around the world. The company connected with buyers from Modelco, an Algerian company at the 2016 World of Concrete show, a trade show for their industry. The result was a long-term deal for Modelco to represent the American company in Algeria.
"This wasn't just somebody that saw us in a trade magazine," says Mike Sharp, president of Verti-Crete. "A representative from the U.S. Deptartment of Commerce introduced us to one of the principals of Modelco at our booth in 2016. That really helped give us some context on who this company was, and how we could work together."
Sharp said it ultimately took more than a year to sign a contract. But, he expects the deal to lead to more than a million dollars in exports. "The value of the deal goes far beyond the purchase order," Sharp adds. "We know we have a partner in Algeria that we are really comfortable with for the long-term."
Perhaps the most significant advantage of participating in any trade show is that it brings qualified buyers together in one place. The 2018 World of Concrete Show attracted 58,222 attendees, including 7,385 international buyers, says Jackie James, group director for the World of Concrete.
"International attendees interested in your product may not have been able to see your actual product, other than online," says James. "So this is the perfect opportunity for them to meet in person with you and your team."
Seeking out and selling to international buyers at a trade show will require good face-to-face communication skills.
Companies serious about connecting with buyers need to invest in a booth at the shows they attend. "It is much easier from a home base, such as your own booth, if connecting with the audience of the show is your goal," says James. "It is always frowned upon for non-exhibitors to solicit at a trade show, so best to make the investment like other exhibitors, and greet attendees and potential buyers from your own exhibit to make your connections."
Finally, suggests James, make sure to follow up on leads. "It is all too easy to get back home and get busy," she says. "It is beneficial to follow up and thank international visitors for stopping by the booth, and that also allows you to provide them with any additional information you might want them to receive."
Locating the right trade show for your business is often as easy as contacting the leading trade association serving your industry. The World of Concrete is one of about 9,400 B2B trade shows held every year in the United States, according to Center for Exhibition Industry research. An industry trade show run by Informa Exhibitions, the World of Concrete is also a long-time participant in the Commerce Department's International Buyer Program.
Domestic trade shows provide a perfect opportunity to meet international buyers in the United States. Exporters at International Buyer Program shows can connect with international buyers at the show's International Business Pavilion, a special booth that caters to non-U.S. attendees. Exhibitors also can participate in a matchmaking program at select shows. The program, called "Showtime," includes one-on-one meetings with U.S. government trade specialists.
For newbies to trade shows, it's often advisable to attend a show before exhibiting at it. "It's not a bad idea to visit as an attendee before deciding to be an exhibitor," says Larry Kulchawik, author of Trade Shows from One Country to the Next. "This gives you a good feel for the lay of the land."
Kulchawik also encourages exporters to do their homework about overseas markets they are interested in. "Seeking out and selling to international buyers at a trade show will require good face-to-face communication skills," he says. "Adapting to their way of thinking can be a tricky matter, but take the time to research."
Trade shows create an opportunity to meet potential buyers and cultivate relationships with potential business partners. Connecting in person, says Kulchawik, is an essential component of relationship selling. "People buy from people they know and trust," he says.
Because trade shows can be time-consuming and expensive, exporters need to generate enough business to make them worthwhile. But, remember, it can take time for a trade show connection to evolve into a deal.
Often, a conversation at a trade show is just the beginning of the sales process. "International buyers will have layers of people internally they need to process the information before making a decision to buy," says Kulchawik. "Many meetings may need to happen before a final decision can be made. Patience is needed to achieve success internationally."


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State Superior Court Judge Howard Manning, Jr. spent better than two hours in a Raleigh courtroom this morning listening attentively and asking numerous questions as lawyers for the City of Asheville and the Attorney General's office debated the constitutionality of legislation passed this spring by the General Assembly to seize the City of Asheville's municipally-owned and managed water system and turn it over to a newly-formed regional entity.
Though the hearing featured a great deal of give and take between the judge and the lawyers, the argument was clearly dominated by Asheville's lawyer, Mecklenburg County Senator Dan Clodfelter. Clodfelter, an attorney at the firm of Moore and Van Allen (which is, ironically enough, Governor McCrory's old employer) offered a lengthy and detailed presentation in which he explained the history of the Asheville system and the almost comically ham-fisted efforts of conservative legislators to remove the system from city control as part of a longstanding partisan battle.
Manning, one of the state's most experienced and respected jurists, clearly grasped the legal (and political) realities of the case from the outset of the hearing.
At another, Manning also brought up (and analogized to) the General Assembly's equally controversial efforts to seize Charlotte Douglas International Airport from the city of Charlotte.
Manning did not indicate how or when he would rule on the state's motion to dismiss the complaint or the city's request to have the temporary restraining order previously issued in the case converted into a preliminary injunction while the matter proceeds to trial.
For more detailed information on the long saga of the Asheville water system, check out the stories of reporter Mark Barrett in the Asheville Citizen-Times (his most recent one can be found here), David Forbes' stories at the Mountain Xpress and the website Save Our Water WNC.
Hi — I understand that the judge made reference to this horrid water theft attempt as a "WMD" in the courtroom. Could you go into that? Thanks.
Rob, thanks so much for covering this. I hope the rest of the state is paying attention.
I was at the hearing. Judge Manning started using the term "WMDs" in place of the term "MWSD", which stands for Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Diistrict, the new entity that would be put in charge of Asheville's water should the City lose this lawsuit. Sen. Dan Clodfelter, representing the City, was stumbling over those letters, and so the Judge just suggested he call it a "WMD". That was the term that was used by all of them for the rest of the hearing.
That was just one instance where the Judge recognized and commented on what a radical and questionable thing this attempted seizure represents. Whether he rules in favor of the City or the State is still very much up in the air.


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Q: How does Angular compiler process multiple template reference variables with the same name I want to start contributing to angular, I have an idea for a feature, I want the template compiler to issue a warning if a template contains two template variables of the same name. I think I managed to get close to the source files responsible: https://github.com/angular/angular/blob/master/packages/compiler/src/view_compiler/view_compiler.ts but couldn't quite find the spot, understandably. Is there anyone here who can guide me ?

A: You need to look into the _assertNoReferenceDuplicationOnTemplate method:
  _assertNoReferenceDuplicationOnTemplate(result: TemplateAst[], errors): void {
    const existingReferences: string[] = [];

    result.filter(element => !!(<any>element).references)
       .forEach(element => (<any>element).references.forEach((reference: ReferenceAst) => {
          const name = reference.name;
          if (existingReferences.indexOf(name) < 0) {
            existingReferences.push(name);
          } else {
            const error = new TemplateParseError(
                `Reference "#${name}" is defined several times`, reference.sourceSpan,
                ParseErrorLevel.ERROR);
            errors.push(error);
          }
        }));
  }

Angular compiler creates AST with one node type being ElementAST which has references property:
export class ElementAst implements TemplateAst {
  constructor(
      public name: string,
      public references: ReferenceAst[],
      ...

And this is the property that is checked in the _assertNoReferenceDuplicationOnTemplate function and if found the error is generated.

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Wieters Invited to USA Baseball National Team Trials
DURHAM, N.C. – Georgia Tech freshman catcher/pitcher Matt Wieters is one of 13 players invited to participate in the 2005 USA Baseball National Team Trials – to be held June 27-30 in Raleigh, North Carolina.
The USA Baseball National Team will be selected from a pool of 36 players, of which an additional 23 have yet to be determined. The official 20-man team roster will be announced on July 1.
"The National Team is defined by athlete performance in the college game," said USA Baseball General Manager of National Teams Eric Campbell. "This short list of invitees to the trials represents non-draft eligible players who's 2005 performance on the field has warranted an invite to the trials. This is a great group of players." USA Baseball will announce a second list of invitees to the trials in late May, and a final list of invitees in June.
Wieters is batting .404 with seven home runs and 49 RBI this season for the Yellow Jackets. On the mound, the freshman from Goose Creek, S.C., leads the team with a 3.26 ERA and five saves in 19 appearances.
The 2005 USA Baseball National Team will participate in the 34th Annual USA vs. Japan Collegiate Championship Series in Japan, July 8-12 and a Friendship Series vs. Taiwan in Chinese Taipei, July 15-19 prior to returning home to play six exhibition games at Durham Bulls Athletic Park this summer, July 22-24 & July 29-31. USA Baseball will announce a full National Team game schedule at a later date.
The 13 players that have accepted invitations to the 2005 USA Baseball National Team Trials:
Player             Pos     Yr   School         HometownArencibia, J.P.    C/UT    Fr   Tennessee      Miami, FLBuck, Dallas       RHP     So   Oregon State   Newberg, ORErickson, Blair    RHP     So   UC Irvine      Fair Oaks, CAHamblin, Danny     IF      So   Arkansas       Rowlett, TXJay, Jon           OF      So   Miami (Fla)    Miami, FLJeroloman, Brian   C       So   Florida        Wellington, FLPrice, David       LHP/OF  Fr   Vanderbilt     Mufreesboro, TNRobinson, Shane    OF      So   Florida State  Tampa, FLSavery, Joe        LHP/IF  Fr   Rice           Bellaire, TXScherzer, Max      RHP     So   Missouri       Chesterfield, MOStubbs, Drew       OF      So   Texas          Atlanta, TXWeiser, Keith      LHP     So   Miami (Ohio)   Hamilton, OHWieters, Matt      C/UT    Fr   Georgia Tech   Goose Creek, SC
Baylor's Steve Smith will serve as the Field Manager for Team USA. He will be assisted by John Cohen of Kentucky, Dave Van Horn of Arkansas, and Rob Walton of Oral Roberts.


So you've decided to move forward with a few home improvement projects; You've put in the hours of research, thought up a game plan and obtained the funding, but still need to hire a professional who can get the job done right. Home improvements can add to the value of you home, but only when done correctly. As such, it is crucial when planning out your home improvement projects that you are able to find someone with a fair amount of experience and knowledge in the area you are about in invest in. In this article, we will offer up a few tips to help you find your perfect home improvement specialist.
Step 1 - You have friends, right? Well now's the time to use them! Call up friends and family members in your area in hopes of obtaining recommendations. It's a wonderful way to begin your search, and will help you hone in on quality options, while steering you clear of individuals who are inexperienced and unqualified. This will also afford you the ability to view prior work that has been completed by the individual in question.
Step 2 - Take a trip down to your local home improvement store. Most mom and pop shops will have a list of contractors that they recommend to their customers. Most will be happy to offer up information that will help you spend money in their store.
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b. All faculty standing teams initiate proposals and actions concerning their areas of responsibility and institutional effectiveness whenever they feel that such proposals and actions are needed and appropriate. No standing team may assume responsibilities beyond those designated in the Faculty Governance Document without prior approval from the Faculty Senate.
c. The faculty of the academic units elects members to all standing teams except the Leadership Team. It is the option of any academic unit to forgo participation on any faculty team.
d. Representatives to standing teams are elected at the same time as Senate members.
e. Teams may establish task forces and ad hoc teams, which will be chaired by a member of the standing team. Establishment of any sub-teams with duties expected to require more than one semester to complete requires approval of the Senate.
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g. In order to assure direct, effective communication among the Senate and the standing teams, each faculty team shall have a liaison, who is a member of the Senate. Liaisons may be elected team members, provided they are also in the Senate; the Senate officers shall select the liaisons for each team, subject to approval by majority vote of the Senate. Liaisons are non-voting members of their respective teams if they are not elected members.
h. Each standing team elects a facilitator to lead the work of the team by calling team meetings, developing agendas, and assisting the team's work in other appropriate areas. Facilitators are expected to attend Senate meetings where items originating from their teams are on the agenda; or, if that is not possible, to arrange for some other team member to attend as a representative of the team. The facilitator must hold at least one face-to-face meeting with a quorum of the team each semester. The facilitator serves as a member of the Leadership Team. No faculty member may concurrently serve as the facilitator of more than one standing team.
i. The terms of service for standing team members shall be three (3) years, with elections for seats to be held according to the schedule published and approved by the IAT and Senate Executive Team.
j. If the need arises for replacement of a standing team member, the team facilitator of that team is responsible for contacting the faculty leadership of the respective unit for possible replacement of that team member until the end of the original term.


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«Нарече́ний напрока́т» () — узбецький художній фільм 2009 року в жанрах кінокомедія і мелодрама. Режисер — Бахром Якубов.

Етимологія назви «ichkuyov» (вимовляється «ічкюев»): ich — внутрішність; kuyov — зять, наречений. Зять, який проживає з дружиною в будинку її батьків (по ).

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Через зухвалого й неприступного характеру своєї дочки Гюзаль, Анвар-ака ніяк не може підібрати їй відповідного жениха. І тут йому випадково попадається Ельєр — не менш зухвалий і сміливий хлопець у якого з'явилися фінансові проблеми і він не може заплатити за своє навчання в університеті . Анвар-ака домовляється з Ельєр, щоб той зіграв роль майбутнього нареченого і пожив деякий час в його будинку, додатково виконуючи деяку роботу прислуги, з метою вплинути і змінити поганий характер Гюзаль. Анвар-ака готовий заплатити за таку послугу вартість річного навчання Ельєра за однієї умови, що він не буде по-справжньому «задивлятися» на Гюзаль.

За весь час проживання Ельєра в чужому домі, Гюльза підлаштовує йому всякі капості і після чергової її витівки, коли Ельєра вдарило струмом під час ремонтування електричної розетки, він раптом розуміє, що закохався в неї. Гюзаль теж починає хвилювати почуття небайдужості до Ельєр.

Почуття прокидаються несподівано — як удар струмом.

Врешті-решт, батько Гюзаль проганяє Ельєра з дому через підозри, що у його доньки почався роман з ним. Під час цієї сцени Гюзаль дізнається про угоду, що це була лише гра в нареченого. Гюзаль і Ельєр просять вибачення один у одного. Мета досягнута — Гюзаль стала вже не такою бездушною і цинічною особою, якою була раніше.

Творці
Виконавиця пісні до фільму: Зіеда — «Negadir».

У ролях
 Адіз Раджабов — Ельєр (роль нареченого)
 Діана Ягофарова — Гюзаль (норовлива дівчина)
 Мурад Раджабов — Анвар-ака (тато Гюзаль)
 Рано Ярашева — Саодат-опа (мама Гюзаль)
 Тохір Саїдов — Батько Ельєра
 Зухра Ашурова — Мама Ельєра
 Ріхсітілла Абдуллаєв — Ровшан (жених для Гюзаль)
 Ділмурад ламбарен — Маруф (однокурсник Ельєра)
 Убайдулла Омон — Шохрух-ака (тато Ровшана)

Національні особливості
У фільмі показана традиційна узбецька ліжко, розташована прямо на підлозі, на якій спали батьки Ельєра.

Цікаві факти
Батьківський дім Ельєра знаходиться в місті Тойтепа — звідти ж родом і режисер цього фільму Бахром Якубов .

У сценах цього фільму зустрічаються показ деяких товарних знаків — так званий продакт-плейсмент.

Збіги з фільмом «Суперневістка»
Творці: режисер, продюсер (Наргиза Салом), кінокомпанія, автори сценарію, оператор, композитор, художник-постановник, директор фільму. Також збігаються жанри.

Актори: Діана Ягофарова і Адіз Раджабов також відіграли головну роль закоханої пари (на іл.), А Мурад Раджабов виконує роль свекра головної героїні.

Протилежні збіги
 «Сцени з обливанням один одного водою з відра»
 Якщо у фільмі «Суперневістка» Діана Ягофарова проживала в будинку Адіза Раджабова, то у фільмі «Наречений напрокат» навпаки — Адіз жив в будинку Діани.

Див. також
 Суперневістка

Примітки

Посилання
 Сторінка фільму на сайті студії «Futurist». animation.uz
 Опис. kino-teatr.ru

Фільми-мелодрами Узбекистану
Кінокомедії Узбекистану
Кінокомедії 2009

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Again, PT Dynaplast proudly received The Award from Coca-Cola Amatil Indonesia as The Best Supply Continuity in "Partner For Growth" Event that held on Monday, 9 April 2018, at Hotel Mulia Jakarta. This event was attended by all Board of Directors of Coca-Cola Amatil Indonesia, suppliers, business partners and other guests. Partner For Growth is an Annual Event held by Coca-Cola Amatil Indonesia to reward their Suppliers who have proven themselves with outstanding achievements in the four criterias: limited alternatives, uniqueness, criticality, and competitive advantage.
PT Dynaplast has won the Best Supply Continuity Award for 2 consecutive years, 2017 and 2018. "We are glad and it surely a pride for DP08 team that we can maintain to win this award once again this year. It is because of God's grace and the hard work of DP08 team who always have the spirit of Respectful, Trust, Care, and Focus", said Mr. Johannes Sugiarto Dermawan as Plant Manager of DP08, the Plant where we produce Coca-Cola Amatil Indonesia's products. DP08 implements 3 key points to gain its customer's trust to keep choosing DP08 as their continuous supplier, i.e. Quality First and Service, Fast Response & Problem Solver, in which DP08 team always provides its best service to all Coca-Cola Plants and always helps to settle every problem faced during filling process. Moving forward, DP08 has a target to provide more value added to its Customers through Service and Support by providing the right solutions. The strategy to reach this target is by developing the skills of DP08 team, Focus on Customer, First Think First, and Do the Best.
Besides being the winner of The Best Supply Continuity at Partner For Growth Event, PT Dynaplast also successfully became Nominators for other awards, i.e. Nominator for The Best Competitive Advantage Award, Nominator for Corporate Social Responsibility Award and Nominator for The Best Partner Award. Although just only being the Nominators, it is definitely a pride for PT Dynaplast. Hopefully in the future, PT Dynaplast will win awards for various categories. Once again, Congratulations for PT Dynaplast!


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1 May 1899: Entered the Army as a Fahnenjunker in the Infanterie-Regiment Prinz Friedrich der Niederlande (2. Westfälisches) Nr.15.
10 March 1914: Transferred to the Magdeburgisches Jäger-Bataillon Nr.4.
1 August 1914: Company Leader in Jäger Battalion 4.
15 August 1916: Commander of the Hannoversches Jäger-Bataillon Nr.10.
2 August 1919: Detached to the Prussian War Ministry and then to the Reich Defense Ministry.
1 January 1921: Company Chief in the 17th Infantry Regiment upon the formation of the new Reichsheer from the Übergangsheer or Transitional Army.
1 May 1923: On the staff of the 1st Cavalry Division, Frankfurt/Oder.
15 May 1926: Commander of the I. Battalion of an infantry regiment – possibly the 7th (Prussian) Infantry Regiment.
1 February 1930: Commandant of Glatz.
31 March 1932: Retired from the Army.
15 November 1934: Delegated with the post of head of the Köln Military Area Command.
7 March 1936: Commander of the Köln Military Area Command.
1 June 1938: Commander of the Wien I Military Area Command.
1 October 1939: Commander of Infantry Regiment 276 of the 94th Infantry Division.
15 June 1941: Leader of Special Staff Tropics in the Army High Command.
15 March 1943: Leader of Special Staff C under the Chief of Army Armaments and Commander of the Replacement Army/Army High Command.
15 October 1944-31 March 1945: Berlin Military Recruitment Inspector.
1 April 1945: Army High Command Leader Reserve.
12 April 1945-6 October 1947: Prisoner of war.
4 May 1945 transferred to Trent Park Camp 11 sorting camp.
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross: 14 May 1941, Generalmajor, Leader of Special Staff Libya and Leader of elements of the Italian 27th Brescia Infantry Division.
Bender, Roger James & Law, Richard D. Uniforms, Organization and History of the Afrika Korps. R. James Bender Publishing, San Jose, California, 1973 (1st Edition).
Bradley, Dermot. Die Generale des Heeres, 1921-1945, Band 6 (Hochbaum-Klutmann). Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, Germany, 2002.
Bradley, Dermot & Schulze-Kossens, Richard (editors). Tätigkeitsbericht des Chefs des Heerespersonalamtes General der Infanterie Rudolf Schmundt, 1.10.1942-29.10.1944. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, Germany, 1984.
Greene, Jack & Massignani, Alessandro. Rommel's North Africa Campaign: September 1940-November 1942. Da Capo Press, Inc., U.S.A., 1994 (1999 edition).
Hamelman, William E. The History of the Prussian Pour le Mérite Order, Volume III: 1888-1918. Matthäus Publishers, Dallas, Texas, 1986.
Irving, David. The Trail of the Fox. Avon Books, New York, New York, 1978 printing of 1977 edition.
Mitcham, Samuel W. Jr. Triumphant Fox: Erwin Rommel and the Rise of the Afrika Korps. Stein and Day Publishers, New York, New York, 1984.
 Battle Group "Kirchheim" consisted of Panzer Regiment 5 (Oberst Dr. Ing. Herbert Olbrich), Machinegun Battalions 2 and 8, two pioneer companies and anti-tank, artillery and anti-aircraft elements.
 General der Infanterie Walter Schroth died in an automobile accident on 6 October 1944.
 Generalleutnant Dr. phil. Speidel served as Chief of the General Staff of Army Group B commanded by Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel. Severely wounded on 17 July 1944 by an air attack on his staff car in France, Rommel was convalescing at home in Heerlingen when Speidel's case was heard by the Army Court of Honor. Convinced of the Field Marshal's complicity in the assassination plot, Hitler instructed Generalleutnant Wilhelm Burgdorf, Chief of the Army Personnel Office, to meet Rommel in Heerlingen and offer him a choice: suicide and a hero's state funeral or trial before the People's Court. On 14 October 1944, Rommel opted for the former fate and took the cyanide provided by Burgdorf.


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Kenneth Elpus
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Director, UMD Treble Choir
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Music Education Policy
Kenneth Elpus is associate professor and division coordinator of music education at the University of Maryland, where he prepares pre-service music educators to teach choral music in the secondary schools, teaches graduate research methods, and conducts the UMD Treble Choir. Elpus earned his Ph.D. and Master of Music degrees in music education from Northwestern University in Evanston, IL, where he held a fellowship in the Center for the Study of Education and the Musical Experience, studied voice with Karen Brunssen, and was a choral conducting student of Robert A. Harris. He earned his Bachelor of Music degree and K-12 teaching credential from The College of New Jersey in Ewing, NJ. Prior to his career in higher education, Elpus was for seven years the director of choral music at Hopewell Valley Central High School in Pennington, NJ.
Elpus is a sought-after guest conductor for all-county, all-region, and all-state honor choirs and has presented professional development and interest sessions for K-12 choral teachers at conferences of the American Choral Directors Association, the National Association for Music Education, and several state music educators' associations. He appeared with the UMD Treble Choir (then known as the Women's Chorus) at the 2016 Eastern Region Conference of the American Choral Directors Association and has prepared the UMD Concert Choir for appearances with the NSO Pops at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.
In addition to his work as a choral conductor and choral music teacher educator, Elpus pursues an active research agenda at the university funded in part by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences, and the International Baccalaureate Organization. A recognized expert in quantitative music education research methods, he coauthored the Oxford University Press book Design and Analysis for Quantitative Research in Music Education with Peter Miksza of Indiana University. His research analyzes issues related to music education and public policy, the demographics of music students and music teachers, equity of access to music and arts education in the United States, and music education as a context for adolescent development. This work has been published in the Journal of Research in Music Education, the Music Educators Journal, Arts Education Policy Review, and the international journals Psychology of Music and Music Education Research, among other venues. Elpus's policy research was cited by the National Association for Music Education in their successful efforts to ensure that music and the arts were enumerated as part of a "well-rounded education" in the Every Student Succeeds Act federal education law, and he has been a featured speaker at the association's congressional briefings on Capitol Hill. Elpus has also appeared at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts discussing his research findings with director of the National Institutes of Health Francis Collins and opera singer Renée Fleming as part of their Kennedy Center Sound Health initiative.


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People living in other countries have the option to bugger off and go live in a cheaper city or town when the cost of living in the capital rises. Unfortunately, Singaporeans don't have that option, assuming they actually want to remain in the country.
Still, that doesn't mean we should automatically pay top dollar by buying all our necessities here! With much cheaper neighbouring countries just a bus, ferry or short plane ride away and the ubiquity of online shopping, it's easier than ever to avoid buying stuff in Singapore.
Here are six things that are cheaper elsewhere and relatively easy to procure.
Many people think it's too "leceh" to drive across the Causeway to buy groceries. But it's probably because they don't know exactly how much money you can save by buying your food and toiletries in Johor Bahru.
A few years ago, you could save about 30% on your groceries by buying in JB. Now that the Malaysian Ringgit is lower than ever vis a vis the Singapore dollar, you can save much more, in many cases up to 50%.
Assuming your household expenditure on groceries and toiletries is about $500, you can save a pretty respectable $250 just by scooting across the Causeway. If you've got a car, you can hop over using the Second Link, which tends to be less crowded than Woodlands. Otherwise, take a bus across the Causeway and then cab back.
If you're serious about grocery shopping in JB, try to arrange to go regularly with friends, so you can carpool there or share a cab back. You can't be the only Singaporean who's keen on saving money on groceries.
Most Singaporeans head to the hypermarts like Tesco at KSL City, AEON at Tebrau City and Sutera Mall and Giant. The biggest savings tend to be on things like baby milk powder and breakfast cereal, as well as products that are made in Malaysia.
While virtually everything is cheaper, you get better savings on some items than others, so it's a good idea to start tracking prices at your local supermarket so you can compare them with the prices in JB.
I'm a big fan of borrowing books from the library, but there are some books it's just not practical to borrow, especially if you need to hold on to them for a long time or they're for reference purposes.
Unless you're talking about those awful assessment books for kids at Popular Bookstore, most books in Singapore have to be imported. And they're not cheap—you can usually expect to pay about $15 to $20 for a paperback novel.
If you are ordering a fairly large shipment and don't mind second hand items, consider buying your books from Amazon's second hand section and then shipping them back using a service likeBorderlinx or vPost.
Even hard-to-find books often have second hand editions, and I've gotten some for as little as $3 or $4 including the price to ship them to my vPost address.
For some reason, vitamins and dietary supplements are super expensive in Singapore. If you've ever walked into GNC, the prices are enough to give you a stroke.
Most people who regularly buy vitamin supplements already know they're cheaper on iHerb. We're talking about less than half the price here, including the cost of shipping.
If you don't use off-the-shelf skincare or haircare products, you might want to consider getting them online too. For instance, brands like Dermalogica are way cheaper on Amazon and Strawberrynetthan in Singapore.
It's not just owning a car that's expensive in Singapore. It's also darned difficult to get your car serviced without being ripped off—many mechanics here are more concerned about getting you to replace parts than actually fixing your vehicle's problems.
If you know where to go, car and bike servicing in Malaysia can cost almost half the price. Although there are hundreds of popular recommendations, it's best to go with a friend who's familiar with a workshop in JB to be safe.
Getting your vehicle washed in Malaysia is also much cheaper, and some Singaporeans only ever wash theirs when they're across the border.
If you're happy go buy all your furniture from Ikea, more power to you (hey, I do it too). But if you're the house-proud type who's willing to spend thousands of dollars on a sofa, consider buying your furniture and homeware in Bali or Thailand.
Bali is home to so many artisans it's even the place where all the Pinocchio souvenirs in Italy are actually made. If you're looking for high quality Wooden furniture, you can't beat prices here. In fact, you'll pay more for shipping than you will for the actual furniture items.
Thailand, particularly Bangkok and Chiang Mai, are great places to buy homeware including lighting, rugs and those very charming triangular floor cushions you see in the rasta-looking bars.
Many Singaporean retailers source for their own products in Thailand and Indonesia and then sell them at much higher prices.
If you're buying several items, your cheapest option is to ship by crate, for which you pay a flat fee. Ask the vendor if they arrange for shipping and insurance to Singapore. Many are used to Singaporean customers and can arrange for everything.
If you work in the sort of place where you actually have to show up looking decent, adding a few crisp tailored shirts or a slick suit to your wardrobe can make you look a bit more presentable. But tailors in Singapore are expensive—you can usually expect to pay at least $1,000 for decent tailored suit.
Unless your boss is paying you a ton of money to look good at work, head to Bangkok for tailored businesswear. You can get great tailored attire at 1/3 the price—a decent work shirt should cost around 850 baht (34 SGD) to 1,000 baht (40 SGD). If you already have existing tailored shirts that fit well, you can just bring them in and have them replicate the design.
Some people prefer Hoi An in Vietnam or even Shanghai, but Bangkok is the cheapest and easiest place to fly to and the destination Singaporeans are the most familiar with.
Ask your friends and many of them will have favourite tailors to recommend. There are zillions of tailors all over the city, but if you have no idea where to go, shop around at MBK.
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Th report touts small improvements but bigger problems are revealed.
privacy safeguards for airport body scanners.
program, and cited the documents obtained by EPIC.
a suit brought by EPIC.
diminish privacy in the US.
Many U.S. police departments are tracking the location of cell phones without a warrant or court supervision, according to an investigation by the American Civil Liberties Union.
Starting last summer, ACLU affiliates around the country began filing hundreds of Freedom of Information Act requests with law enforcement agencies to find out about their policies and procedures governing cell-phone location tracking.
Of all of the recent technological developments that have expanded the surveillance capabilities of law enforcement agencies at the expense of individual privacy, perhaps the most powerful is cell phone location tracking. And now, after an unprecedented records request by ACLU affiliates around the country, we know that this method is widespread and often used without adequate regard for constitutional protections, judicial oversight, or accountability.
Cell phones register their location with the network several times a minute and this function cannot be turned off while the phone is getting a wireless signal. The technology's threat to personal privacy is breathtaking.
The government should have to obtain a warrant based upon probable cause before tracking cell phones. That is what is necessary to protect Americans' privacy, and it is also what is required under the Constitution. In United States v. Jones, a majority of the Supreme Court recently concluded that the government conducts a search under the Fourth Amendment when it attaches a GPS device to a car and tracks its movements. The conclusion should be no different when the government tracks people through their cell phones, and in both cases a warrant and probable cause should be required.
Until now, how law enforcement agents use cell phone tracking has been largely shrouded in secrecy. What little was known suggested that law enforcement agents frequently tracked cell phones without obtaining a warrant based on probable cause.
In August 2011, 35 ACLU affiliates filed over 380 public records requests with state and local law enforcement agencies to ask about their policies, procedures and practices for tracking cell phones.
What we have learned is disturbing. While virtually all of the over 200 police departments that responded to our request said they track cell phones, only a tiny minority reported consistently obtaining a warrant and demonstrating probable cause to do so. While that result is of great concern, it also shows that a warrant requirement is a completely reasonable and workable policy.
The government's location tracking policies should be clear, uniform, and protective of privacy, but instead are in a state of chaos, with agencies in different towns following different rules — or in some cases, having no rules at all. It is time for Americans to take back their privacy. Courts should require a warrant based upon probable cause when law enforcement agencies wish to track cell phones. State legislatures and Congress should update obsolete electronic privacy laws to make clear that law enforcement agents should track cell phones only with a warrant.
Below is an overview of our findings and recommendations.
Is Your Local Law Enforcement Tracking Your Cell Phone's Location?
In a massive coordinated information-seeking campaign, 35 ACLU affiliates filed over 380 requests in 31 states with local law enforcement agencies large and small to uncover when, why and how they are using cell phone location data to track Americans. Click on a state in the map below to see what requests we filed in that state, and what documents we received. Click here to learn more about the requests.
As the result of EPIC v. DHS, a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, EPIC has obtained nearly 300 pages of documents detailing a Department of Homeland Security social media surveillance program. The documents include contracts and statements of work with General Dynamics for 24/7/365 media and social network monitoring and periodic reports to DHS. As part of this contract, General Dynamics was tasked with monitoring media and social networking sites and providing immediate, daily, and weekly summaries to Homeland Security.
No one is surprised. The information gathered here will be combined with all of the other data points on us that the government has access to in order to flesh out the threat assessment being performed, on some level, of all of us.
If you are saying nasty or unflattering things about government agencies or their policies, DHS wants to know so that they will be able to offer effective pressure or counter-propaganda to ideas that they find at odds with their aims.
One tracking report held up by the DHS as a example of what a report should include – "Residents Voice Opposition Over Possible Plan to Bring Guantanamo Detainees to Local Prison-Standish, MI" – summarizes dissent on blogs and social networking cites, quoting commenters on popular social networking sites and news media comment boards.
Ginger McCall, director of the group's [EPIC] Open Government Program, said it was appropriate for the department to use the Internet to search for emerging threats to public safety. But, she said, monitoring what people are saying about government policies went too far and could chill free speech.
"The Department of Homeland Security's monitoring of political dissent has no legal basis and is contrary to core First Amendment principles," she said.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's command center routinely monitors dozens of popular websites, including Facebook, Twitter, Hulu, WikiLeaks and news and gossip sites including the Huffington Post and Drudge Report, according to a government document.
. . .News and gossip sites on the monitoring list include popular destinations such as the Drudge Report, Huffington Post and "NY Times Lede Blog", as well as more focused techie fare such as the Wired blogs "Threat Level" and "Danger Room." Numerous blogs related to terrorism and security are also on the list.
Some of the sites on the list are potentially controversial. WikiLeaks is listed for monitoring, even though officials in some other government agencies were warned against using their official computers to access WikiLeaks material because much of it is still legally classified under U.S. government rules.
Another blog on the list, Cryptome, also periodically posts leaked documents and was one of the first websites to post information related to the Homeland Security monitoring program.
The Department of Homeland Security was court ordered to gain public comment on the body scanners five months ago but to date, has not complied. EPIC, the Electronic Privacy Foundation filed papers today, for the second time, seeking compliance from the DHS.
The DHS in this matter as well as others, seems to think that the agency is above the laws of this country.
the DC Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the agency violated federal law by installing body scanners as primary screening devices without first soliciting public comment.
The Court also held that travelers had a right to opt-out of the airport body scanners.
Commission's recent decision to limit body scanner use within the EU.
these devices in the United States.
David Moss, in response to my info dump on the FBI and their plan to unleash facial recognition on a national scale, provides us with some absolutely critical information and some invaluable advice as well.
He is the "Great Bane" of government waste and corruption, in my estimation and I have to confess that when I grow up(figuratively speaking, of course) I want to be just like David Moss.
This information was too important to leave parked in the comments section so I am re-posting his comments in their entirety. Take note activists, this is a priceless lesson from a real pro!
Kaye, thank you for the refresher course.
Please find herewith further material for the refresher course.
Once your students have finished Facial Recognition 101, the better ones will have understood that the technology doesn't work.
Let's be clear. Don't let's mix up our biometrics. They're not all the same.
DNA, irisprints, traditional fingerprinting – they're all biometrics worth worrying about from the point of view of privacy. But two-dimensional facial recognition? That's what Aliya Sternstein's article is about. That's the new service being launched nationwide. Forget it. It doesn't work. It's jokesville.
At last the suppliers of 2-D facial recognition technology have been lured into a very public demonstration of the reliability or otherwise of their wares. They've never had to submit to this discipline before. They've never provided any warranties. Now they may find themselves twisting in the wind, hung out to dry, publicly humiliated and exposed as charlatans, mountebanks, snake oil salesmen, astrologers who convince only the simple-minded.
This roll-out is an opportunity. Not a threat. Grab it with both hands, embrace it and enjoy it.
May I suggest a five-point plan to take advantage of the FBI's proposed NGI trial?
The idea is to get the trial results widely published so that everyone can see whether they should share the vendors' confidence in their own products. If not, the FBI can safely drop the technology, without impugning crime-fighting, and public money can be better invested elsewhere (or left with the public, who probably know better how to invest it).
1. Aliya Sternstein's article says: "FBI officials would not disclose the name of the search product or the vendor". Time for a freedom of information (FOI) request. This is public money being spent here. No doubt the FBI and the vendor have a mass of confidentiality agreements protecting intellectual property and future commercial interests. Fine. But the public have rights, too. Step #1. Get the names of the vendor and the product being used. There are a lot of people involved in this trial. The FBI, NIST, law enforcement in Michigan, Washington, Florida and North Carolina, Lockheed Martin and, no doubt, others. If FOI doesn't succeed in getting the names, they'll leak out from one of those sources.
2. Aliya Sternstein's article says: "NGI's incremental construction seems to align with the White House's push to deploy new information technology in phases so features can be scrapped if they don't meet expectations or run over budget". Good. So this roll-out is in the nature of a technology trial. Technology trials can fail. That's the whole point. That's scientific method. And if the trial fails, the "features can be scrapped" – that's what the White House wants. In line with that, step #2, pressure must be brought to bear on the FBI/NGI to run this like a proper trial. The protocol must be published. The trial will be run like this … these are the acceptance criteria … results will be collated like so … and if they don't meet the criteria, the "features" have failed and will be dropped and no more public money will be wasted on them. This is the upright, responsible, businesslike way to assess the technology. You won't be putting the FBI on the spot, they won't have their back to the wall. Having met James A. Loudermilk II of the FBI, I have no doubt that this is exactly the way the FBI would expect to run this trial.
3. Aliya Sternstein's article says the FBI "gained insights on the technique's accuracy by studying research from the National Institute of Standards and Technology". Good. Step #3 – get on to NIST. A long time ago, NIST produced a report on the Face Recognition Vendor Test 2006, NISTIR 7408. They must have more up to date reports, but you could start with this one.
3.1 NISTIR 7408 gets you a list of people to contact – P. Jonathon Phillips, W. Todd Scruggs, Alice J. O'Toole, Patrick J. Flynn, Kevin W.
Bowyer, Cathy L. Schott, Matthew Sharpe. These people are proper academics. They trade on their reputation. They protect their reputation. They speak the truth.
3.2 It gets you a list of vendors – Cognitec, Identix*, Neven Vision, Rafael, Sagem*, SAIT, Toshiba, Tsinghua U(niversity), Viisage* (p.9).
3.3 It gets you a list of the test databases used (p.35). There are five for 2-D facial recognition. Four of them have less than 350 people on them. Those samples are too small to tell anything.
3.4 So we're only interested in the results of the database with 36,000 people on. The low-resolution images there were gathered under controlled conditions. You can do that with prisoners (which is who NIST and others tend to get their large volume data from). You can't with mugshots of non-cooperative suspects. The results are in Figure 20 (p.46). Figure 20 measures reliability at three levels – 1 false accept in 100, 1 in a 1,000 and 1 in 10,000. Given that the word is "this is not something where we want to collect a bunch of surveillance film and enter it in the system … that would be useless to us. It would be useless to our users", presumably the FBI will use 1 in 1,000 or even 1 in 10,000. At those levels, false rejects vary between about 5 in 100 and 18 in 100. Jokers love quoting that bit on p.2 where it says "The FRVT 2006 results from controlled still images and 3D images document an order-of-magnitude improvement in recognition performance over the FRVT 2002″. Some technologies saw an improvement. But not 2-D low resolution facial recognition, that's shown no improvement at all.
4. Back in 2009, NIST advised the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on the biometrics to use for their Aadhaar scheme. As a result, India has adopted flat print fingerprints and irisprints to identify their 1.2 billion people. Not facial recognition. That has been dropped. It isn't good enough. And if it isn't good enough for India, how can it be good enough for the US? Step #4 – get on to NIST again, and maybe the UIDAI.
5. The business schools of the world also tested facial recognition to try to stop "plants" taking exams on behalf of less gifted students. They dropped it. They tested flat print fingerprinting and dropped that. It doesn't work well enough. Now they're testing palm veinprints. If facial recognition isn't good enough for the business schools, how can it be good enough for the FBI? Step #5 – get on to GMAC.
* all now owned by Safran Group under the umbrella of Morpho.
1. The false accept rates mentioned above range from 1 in 100 to 1 in 10,000. What does that mean? It means that the mugshot submitted by Florida law enforcement, or whoever, will falsely match between 1 in 100 and 1 in 10,000 of the 10 million mugshots on the FBI's database. That means the enquiry will return between 1,000 and 100,000 possible matches. The number can be reduced by excluding the dead people still on the FBI database. But Florida's still going to have an awful lot of mugshots to look through. It may not be worth it.
2. The false reject rates mentioned above range between 5 in 100 and 18 in 100. So between 5% and 18% of the Florida mugshots submitted will be falsely rejected – i.e. there is a match on file but the software doesn't find it. Again, it may just not be worth it. Especially as those figures (5%, 18%) were obtained in a lab test, doing just a computer run. In the live, operational environment, the false reject rate is likely to be much higher.
4. Professor John Daugman, an American working at Cambridge University, England, and the man who invented irisprinting reckons that there's no hope for facial recognition, not with big populations, and precious little for flat print fingerprinting. "Irises have about 249 degrees-of-freedom, … whereas faces have only about 20 degrees-of-freedom (independent dimensions of variation), and fingerprints have about 35″. There's just not enough randomness in faces to make facial recognition useful. Don't let the FBI spend too much money on this trial before calling it a day.
5. There will be objections to the points made in these three posts. Mr Moss doesn't know what he's talking about. Mr Moss confuses 1-to-1 matching with 1-to-many. Mr Moss knows perfectly well that the job the FBI hope to do with this trial is quite different to the UIDAI's Aadhaar scheme. These objections sound good. But pursue them before accepting them. The objector may not know what he or she is talking about. Mr Moss, unsurprisingly, thinks he does know what he is talking about.
6. Some traps the FBI may like to avoid.
6.1 Back in 1998, the police in the London Borough of Newham had been testing Visionics face recognition technology, claimed by the vendors to have driven crime off the streets of Newham, yeah right!, and were quoted as follows in New Scientist magazine: "… in June this year, the police admitted to The Guardian newspaper that the Newham system had never even matched the face of a person on the street to a photo in its database of known offenders, let alone led to an arrest". Why that word "admitted"? Because the police had been lured into promoting the success of the technology, they got themselves on the hook, and then – quite properly – they had to get themselves off. The FBI will not want to make the same, embarrassing mistake.
6.2 Here in the UK we use ePassport technology at 10 of our airports to try to get people through security quickly. If your face matches the biometric template in your passport, you're through, otherwise not. Does this facial recognition technology work? Sometimes the UK Border Agency say it does, no qualifications. Other times they say it's still under trial. In the end, we settled on the latter. Lin Homer, the Chief Executive of the UK Border Agency in February 2010 wrote to me saying: "We plan to evaluate all 10 sites. Evaluation of Manchester gave us enough confidence to proceed to expand the trial. We are aware that different environments may impact the use of facial recognition technology, we therefore wished to determine and compare results from more diverse airport environments to ensure the technology is robust and consistent". The Independent Chief Inspector of UKBA inspected Manchester Airport in May 2010, three months after that letter, he described a number of problems with the ePassport technology and then said at para.5.29 "We could find no overall plan to evaluate the success or otherwise of the facial recognition gates at Manchester Airport and would urge the Agency to do so soon as possible". Oops.
First I hear about the" Little Red School Bus" Young Communist Tour around the country and now this. Our Governors are getting cozy with the Red Chinese while the Little Red Communist School Bus tools around the country. Swell.
The fact that our economy in the crapper, so many people are out of work and we seem to be embroilment in endless war presents a fabulous recruiting opportunity according to the Communist Party.
See for yourself. The Little Red School Bus Tour and the Communist Party's promotional video.
Mary Fallin appears to be primed for it.
Here is a press release regarding an recent visit to the Oklahoma State Capitol by dignitaries from the Chinese Consulate. The article was published on the website for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China but I didn't see this in the local news.
According to the article, Lt Gov. Lamb praised China's "time-honored civilization and robust development" and indicated that" Oklahoma is looking forward to expanding its exchanges and cooperation with China to a wider and deeper extent." and that Lt. Gov. Lamb expressed hopes of visiting China soon.
OTTAWA — Canada's front-line border officers back the idea of a perimeter security arrangement with the United States, with a few caveats.
The Customs and Immigration Union wants more intensive screening of travellers, including a biometric face-recognition tool to pinpoint security threats and wanted criminals.
And it's pushing for an end to closures and reduced hours at land-border crossings.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper and U.S. President Barack Obama have signed an agreement that could lead to a formal North American security perimeter.
The union's submission, part of a federal consultation on the initiative, was obtained by The Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act. Union president Ron Moran was unavailable Tuesday.
The perimeter arrangement is aimed at expanding joint operations on security while allowing for smoother flow of goods and people across the Canada-U.S. border. The federal government says an ambitious joint-action plan should be ready this summer.
Critics contend a border deal would endanger Canadian sovereignty and federal control of personal information.
The North American Center for Transborder Studies (NACTS)at Arizona State University will co-host the 2011 "Triumvirate" at the Tempe campus.
The sixth edition of the Triumvirate, the only trinational inter-parliamentary student simulation in North America, will take place from May 29 through June 3. Organized by ASU and the North American Forum on Integration (NAFI) from Montreal, the event will bring together about 50 students from seven American, Canadian and Mexican universities.
"The Triumvirate, is a unique, one-of-a-kind event," NACTS director Rick Van Schoik said.
University student participants from Mexico, the United States and Canada participate in a week-long simulation exercise simulating a congressional meeting between North American legislators. Student delegates are assigned one of the three roles: legislator (representing a country other than their own), journalist, or lobbyist. The legislators will debate themes of a political, economic and environmental nature, while lobbyists will attempt to influence the legislators' decisions and the TrilatHerald journalist team will analyze the evolution of the debates.
Remember Jesse Trentadue? He's the man who has been fighting for 16 years to find out what happened to his brother Kenneth Trentadue who was murdered while in federal custody in Oklahoma City.
He's still fighting and still uncovering secrets.
Salt Lake City attorney Jesse Trentadue has filed new evidence of secret FBI filing practices in his Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the bureau seeking files related to the Oklahoma City bombing.
Trentadue this week filed exhibits pertaining to FBI procedures for filing documents while keeping them out of legal disclosure processes such as FOIA or discovery. The exhibits were provided to INTELWIRE by Trentadue.
. . . On May 11, Trentadue says he was in court demanding information from the I-drive when the Department of Justice lawyer representing the FBI mentioned the existence of the S-drive — the first public mention of such a drive. Judge Clark Waddoups, a George W. Bush appointee who was presiding over the case in Utah, ordered the FBI to provide more information about the drive by the end of June.
Two days later, Waddoups issued his written order on the matter, which demanded the FBI affirm whether it had provided "incomplete or otherwise misleading information" to the court and demanded that the bureau search for anything requested by Trentadue on both the I and S drives in response to his FOIA requests.
Jesse Trentadue's unrelenting struggle for the truth about the death of his brother, Kenneth Trentdue, provides new revelations.
By Jerry Bohnen/NewsRadio 1000 KTOK ~ The federal government attempted in 2005 to reach a deal with bomber Terry Nichols to take the death penalty off the table in his Oklahoma murder trial if he admitted to making a warning phone call to the FBI the day before the 1995 bombing, according to new documents released under the Freedom of Information Act.
The documents were released to Jesse Trentadue, the Salt Lake City attorney who's been in a 15-year fight with the federal government to prove his brother, Kenneth Trentadue, was mistakenly beaten to death during an FBI interrogation because he closely resembled a man who ran with Tim McVeigh in robbing banks.
The FBI Laboratory took 34 months to check for fingerprints on a cache of explosives hidden by Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Terry Nichols, according to new documents released by the FBI under the Freedom of Information Act.
The cache of explosives was discovered in 2005 in connection with a threat that they would be used in an act of domestic terrorism and a claim that the fingerprints might point to an unindicted co-conspirator in the Oklahoma City bombing.


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