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The Battle of Manila through monuments, markers
The memory of the Liberation of Manila in 1945 lives on, as a reminder of the fight for the freedom we enjoy and cherish today
Michael Bueza
@mikebueza
MANILA, Philippines – Seventy years ago, on March 3, 1945, the battle for the liberation of Manila from Japanese forces ended. It was a month-long battle near the end of World War II that came at a steep price.
Several buildings, churches, and historical structures lay in ruins, destroyed by heavy artillery. The city was so heavily destroyed that it was considered the second most devastated capital of any allied country during the war, next only to Warsaw and Poland in Europe. Many innocent civilians, caught in the crossfire or massacred by the Japanese, also perished.
The memory of this battle lives on through these monuments and historical markers, as reminders of the fight for the freedom we enjoy and cherish today.
MEMORARE MANILA 1945. Photo from Wikimedia Commons.
'Memorare-Manila 1945' Monument
The memorial, featuring a sculpture by Peter de Guzman, serves as a "gravestone" for over 100,000 civilians who died during the Battle of Manila. They were mainly victims of heinous acts at the hands of Japanese forces, as well as casualties due to the barrage of heavy artillery by American forces.
It was erected at the Plaza de Santa Isabel in Intramuros in 1995.
Liberation of Manila monument, Freedom Park (Plaza Aviles)
Outside the Malacañang Palace compound, at the center of Freedom Park or Plaza Aviles, is a monument dedicated to the Liberation of Manila.
Its accompanying marker also commemorates the restoration of the seat of the Commonwealth government in Malacañang on February 27, 1945.
The last part of the inscription on the marker reads, "To all these innocent victims of World War II, the most important legacy they bequeathed to us is the real meaning of peace and freedom."
Santo Tomas Internment Camp marker
Among the major objectives of the American troops sent to Manila by General Douglas MacArthur, was freeing around 4,000 civilian internees (prisoners of war) at the University of Santo Tomas (UST) internment camp.
With Captain Manuel Colayco serving as guide, the American forces reached the camp on February 3, 1945. It was successfully liberated. A bronze plaque at the UST main building commemorates that event.
Unfortunately, Colayco was mortally wounded in an enemy grenade blast, and died a week later. A marker in honor of Colayco can be found at one of the gates of UST.
'In Memory of the Victims in Fort Santiago'
Inside Fort Santiago, near Baluarte de Santa Barbara, stands a white cross. It marks the final resting place of around 600 Filipinos and Americans whose bodies were found in a nearby dungeon. They were victims of atrocities by Japanese imperial forces during the last days of February 1945.
Manila City Hall markers
Three markers related to the Liberation of Manila can also be found in front of Manila City Hall. One marker is titled Sa Mga Bayani ng Lungsod ng Maynila (To The Heroes of the City of Manila), thanking the city's heroes who have "left a great legacy with dignity for helping the innocent, defending the oppressed, defending the city's patrimony/heritage, and fearlessly sacrificing their lives in a holy and respectable manner."
The second marker recounts the participation of Filipino in the war. The third and final marker summarizes the Battle of Manila.
'Ang Pagpapalaya ng Maynila' (The Liberation of Manila)
The marker with Filipino inscription can be found at the annex building of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Postigo Street, Intramuros. – Rappler.com
Sources: gov.ph, nhcphistoricsites.blogspot.com, theurbanroamer.com, buhaymanilenyo.blogspot.com, various news articles, Wikipedia
Filed under:Fort Santiago•Manila•Manila City Hall•Memorare Manila 1945•UST•University of Santo Tomas•World War II•liberation of Manila•Battle of Manila

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History - Written by Babette Gautier.
The official opening was on 15th January 1922. It was a wonderful moment for all those involved and for future generations.
The club only had nine holes. The fairways were 25 metres wide and were surrounded by a paddock where sheep grazed. The grass was thick and many balls were lost.
In December 1920, Georges Durand was made president of Saint Germain Golf & Tennis Society and, with Louis Touvet, brought in Harry Colt to oversee the design and construction of the course.
This took place on 15 January 1922. Harry Colt's original design was shorter and quite different from the course that is played today.
This was opened on 10th October 1931 and is still in the same location today.


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Family Name: Solanaceae
Currently Accepted Name: Physalis cordata Mill.
Locality: USA. Florida. Polk Co.: Colt Creek State Park. Ca. 2 km SE of FL 471 bridge over the Withlacoochee River, ca. 6 km NE of junction FL 471 and US 98. 28º 18' 0" N 82º 2' 25" W
Description: Robust herb ca. 1.5 m tall.
Habitat: Overgrown pasture.
Reproductive State: Flower, Fruit
Collector: J. M. Kunzer 2509
with A. Bard, J. Stout, A.R. Franck
Accession No: 246572
Image: 246572.jpg
Currently Accepted Name: Physalis cordata Mill. - Determined By: M. Whitson, 1996
Determination History: Physalis cordata Mill. - Determined By: J. R. Sullivan, 1983
Physalis angulata L. - Determined By: R. P. Wunderlin, 1980
Physalis pubescens L.
Locality: USA. Florida. Miami-Dade Co.: Ponce de Leon and Kendall Drive. T54S, R41E, Sec. 31. 25º 40' 0" N -80º -19' 0" W
Description: Sprawling, nearly prostrate; flower 8 mm long, corolla with purple spots at base, 1 cm wide; calyx lobes acuminate; fruiting calyx green; anthers bluish, 1.7–2.0 mm long.
Habitat: Piles of rubble.
Collector: G. N. Avery 891
Currently Accepted Name: Physalis cordata Mill. - Determined By: D. Hilbert
Locality: USA. Florida. Pinellas Co.: Eckerd College Palm Hammock; NW section. 27º 42' 54" N 82º 41' 30" W
Description: Herb 20 cm tall; leaves lanceolate, 5 cm long; flowers yellow, 1.5 cm across, 1 cm long, with 5 anthers; fruit 2 cm long, on a purple pedicel 2.5 cm long.
Habitat: Small sand hill in area recently cleared of Schinus terebinthifolia; with grasses, Cyperus spp., Physalis cordata, Solanum chenopodioides.
Reproductive State: Flower, Immature Fruit
Collector: D. Hilbert 25
Locality: USA. Florida. Pinellas Co.: Eckerd College Palm Hammock; N section of hammock close to construction lot. 7º 42' 59" N 82º 41' 25" W
Description: Erect herb 75 cm tall; stem and leaves light green, the stem hollow in the middle; flowers bell-shaped, 1.5 cm across, yellow with a brownish red ring in the center.
Habitat: Disturbed site, with Poinsettia cyathophora, Sabal palmetto, Phyla nodiflora, Parthenocissus quinquefolia, Chenopodium ambrosioides, and Cyperus spp.
Reproductive State: Flower
Collector: D. Hilbert 124
Locality: USA. Florida. Hillsborough Co.: Fish Hawk Nature Preserve, Lithia; Phase 3 sandhill restoration area. 27º 49' 56" N 82º 14' 28" W
Collector: S. Dickman s.n.
Currently Accepted Name: Physalis cordata Mill. - Determined By: G. G. Robinson
Locality: Mexico. Oaxaca. San Cristóbal Amatlán. 16º 19' 36" N 96º 22' W
Reproductive State: Fruit
Collector: J. Santiago Martínez 291
Physalis pubescens (Michx.) Waterf. var. glabra
Locality: USA. North Carolina. Hyde Co.: Stonestreet's farm; ca. 2 mi. E of New Holland on US 264.
Habitat: Cornfield.
Collector: S. W. Leonard 2218
Accession No: 86388
Image: 86388.jpg
Locality: USA. Florida. Hillsborough Co.: Apollo Beach Preserve, Apollo Beach. 27º 47' 30" N 82º 25' 9" W
Habitat: Disturbed area near construction site.
Collector: S. Dickman 562
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Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. 2023. Atlas of Florida Plants (http://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/). [S. M. Landry and K. N. Campbell (application development), USF Water Institute.] Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.
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A voucher specimen is a pressed and thoroughly dried plant sample deposited in a herbarium, and is intended to be a permanent record supporting research purposes. A voucher may be a record of a plant's occurrence in a particular area, or a specific example of a plant used in a scientific investigation.
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I've made a card using the Gothic Border square die set from Tonic Studios with the Peruvian Lily, Evening Primrose, Corncockle Punch and Stamp set.. the instructions are below.
Where do you get your inspiration for crafty projects from?
I was wearing this dress and sandals a couple of days ago and finally realised that crafting had got a hold when I kept looking at it and thinking ....mmm, lovely colours for a card....I could use my self adhesive cork....and gems... Oh dear. It might just be the heat!!..
1. Place the patterned Verso die centrally on the front of the card ...on top of the Multi purpose platform and one cutting plate.
2. Place the other cutting plate on top of the die making sure that the edge of the plate is level with the fold of the card - NB..this is VERY important, otherwise you will have a deep crease line on the card.
3. You may need to use a shim (extra layer of card). Place this directly on top of the top cutting plate. Pass through the Big Shot once or twice.
4. The result is a pattern cut into the card front. I have placed it on top of a piece of black card so you can see the finished effect.
6. You can then do the same with the smaller die to create a pattern in the centre.
Remember to place the top cutting plate just up to the fold :).


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Q: Java i.o FilterInputStream Can FilterInputStream class be classed as an instantiated class or not?
I am struggling to understand this, this is not an abstract class but it has a protected constructor which means only subclasses can instantiate this.
Now do I say FilterInputStream class can be instantiated or not?
Because If I try something like this:
FilterInputStream fis = new FilterInputStream(null);

It will complain, but of course if say
FilterInputStream fis = new DataInputStream(null);

than this works fine.
Sorry for such a novice question, I tend to think this probably has nothing to do with java i.o. but its a question of more to do with access control and possibly wider OOP concepts.
Anyway i'd be happy to get an opinion on this. Thanks.

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Can FilterInputStream class be classed as an instantiated class or not?

Yes, it can.  It can be directly instantiated, in two ways:

*

*Since the constructor is protected, it is accessible to other classes in the java.io package, whether or not they are subclasses of FilterInputStream.  Any class in the java.io package should therefore be able to create FilterInputStream instances1.

*You should be able to use reflection to find the protected constructor, override its access, and invoke it to create a FilterInputStream instance.
Both of these would create an object that is an instance of FilterInputStream and not any subtypes.
By contrast:

*

*If FilterInputStream was declared as abstract, the first approach would give a compilation error, and the second one would result in an exception.

*In your second example, the true type of the object being created is DataInputStream.  This "is-a" FilterInputStream and instanceof will say that too.  But calling getClass() on it will tell you what its true type is.  (The DataInputStream will only behave like a FilterInputStream to the extent that it does not override behaviour in ways that do not conform to the API contract.)

1 - There is a practical issue here though.  The java.io package is effectively "closed" by convention, and by JVM security.  This means that an "ordinary" application cannot add classes to the java.io package.  This effectively closes off this approach ... unless you are prepared to "tinker" with the JVM.

A: The second example instantiates a derived class, not FilterInputStream itself, and then stores the result in a reference of type FilterInputStream. The two examples are not equivalent.

A: FilterInputStream does not have a public constructor (it is protected - see the javadoc), so you can't instantiate it directly. DataInputStream is derived from FilterInputStream (and DataInputStream does have a public constructor), so it can be instantiated.

A: Using the logic found here, while you cannot (outside of a subclass) instantiate FilterInputStream, you can still (as you do in your second example) acquire an instance of FilterInputStream.
It is more semantics than anything else.
EDIT: According to the terminology "Instantiating a Class" explained here, in your second example you are, in fact, instantiating FilterInputStream, since DataInputStream is a subclass of FilterInputStream, and therefore considered a FilterInputStream.

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| Meet the Penn alumnus who saved Uber in New York and is now trying to change how we vote
Meet the Penn alumnus who saved Uber in New York and is now trying to change how we vote
By Grant Bianco 08/13/19 12:34am
Bradley Tusk (left) aims to add a technological revelation to voting. (Photo contributed by Steve Jennings CC BY 2.0)
The idea of securely voting on phones may seem like a fantasy, but for 1994 College graduate and entrepreneur Bradley Tusk, it could soon be a reality.
The New York businessman, philanthropist, and former political staffer believes phones are critical to improving the relatively low voter turnout in the United States.
"If people can vote in every election on their phone over blockchain, turnout will be exponentially higher," Tusk said. "The same people who never vote in primaries were willing to advocate politically if they could do it from their phones."
Blockchain, a decentralized form of recording financial transactions, has made headlines in recent years for enabling the creation of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, and for being difficult to hack or sabotage.
Through his charity Tusk Philanthropies, Tusk has funded mobile voting initiatives in states such as West Virginia and Colorado. The initiatives, so far, have largely been focused on helping overseas military personnel vote via their phones.
Tusk said this increase in voter turnout would reduce polarization, especially in primary elections.
"The reason we have so much dysfunction and polarization right now is so few people actually vote," Tusk said. "Politicians respond rationally to whoever the political inputs are."
Tusk explained how a Republican politician who might support certain gun restrictions could be deterred by low primary turnout.
"Turnout in your primary is 12 percent. You may know an assault weapons ban is a good idea, but if that 12 percent is National Rifle Association members, you're never going to vote for it" Tusk said. "Go to a world where turnout is 60 percent in your primary, the polling flips completely and you'd be crazy not to be for it."
While his current focus is on promoting mobile voting, Tusk got his start in politics as an undergraduate, working in former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell's administration to entice non-profit organizations such as Penn to pay the city.
"We came up with a whole program on how do that, how to get people to voluntarily work with the city," Tusk said.
Under an agreement between Philadelphia and Penn, the University paid the city almost $2 million annually from 1995 to 2000 under Rendell's administration.
After serving as the communications director for New York Senator Chuck Schumer' and the campaign manager for former Mayor Michael Bloomberg in 2009, Tusk accepted an offer from Uber to help lobby against New York City regulations.
"The taxis have lots of lobbyists and campaign contributions and all the usual stuff political insiders have," Tusk said. "The thing that we did that was unique and successful is that we mobilized our customers to fight on our behalf."
Tusk discussed his involvement in politics and pitched his idea of mobile voting at an event hosted by Penn Dems on April 30.
Penn Dems secretary and College sophomore Francois Barrilleaux said he was initially skeptical of mobile voting before Tusk's talk.
"[Tusk's] charisma and explanation did convince me that mobile voting is an area that could use more research and testing."
Despite Tusk's pitch, some students remained skeptical of mobile voting. Barrilleaux said the complexity of running an election could result in potential problems when implementing mobile voting.
"While voting might seem simple, the process for inputting, recording, and tabulating votes is very complex and has numerous vulnerabilities," Barrilleaux said. "We have to be careful that we aren't taking away people's voice through faulty systems that can be hacked or tampered with."
Guest Column by Naveen Albert | Penn must not remove call box telephones


How do I load a serialized applet?
This allows you to preinitialize your applet to some saved state, instead of having to reinitialize your applet each time it is loaded.
Support for this in browsers is severly limited. Don't rely on it.


Is your Christmas decorating done? I thought I had finished a while ago but you know, I am never really done. Always tweaking something or other!
I am always looking to use up whatever I have at home instead of getting rid of them. Case in point clothing that is no longer usable but can be repurposed into something else.
I had a lovely red sweater that was choking me at the neck. But no worries I wasn't about to get rid of it. I simply used it for my Christmas decor. Today I am going to show you how to make easy Christmas stockings from sweaters.
It is that time of the month again when I join my friends and we bring to you our unique projects from all over the world. Yes I am talking about the International Bloggers Club. Last month we started a new theme that involves using the Anniversary years as our guideline. We featured projects with paper last month and this month we are going to show you ideas with cotton.
I had gone shopping at a Marshall's and seen this gnome. And I was going to buy it too since it was so cute. But then I thought "what sort of self-respecting DIYer am I to buy one when I can make it." And since I knew this month we should be working on cotton with the IBC I decided that should be my project.
But did I succeed? You will have to decide. And so I share with you how to fail miserably at gnome making.


Published Aug. 5, 2012 @ 6 a.m.
In the upcoming 2012-2013 school year, fans of the Post High school athletics will hear live coverage of their Antelopes and Lady Lopes thanks to an agreement with Post Sports Radio (PSR) and the Post ISD Athletic Department.
PSR will carry certain athletic events through a streaming online radio feed available at PostSportsRadio.com. "It's a great opportunity for fans who can't attend the games to stay involved," said Jim Plummer, owner/operator of Post Sports Enterprises.
For the fourth consecutive year, Plummer and Allen Grisham will handle the play-by-play and color commentary duties during the football season. James Fannon comes back for his second season as the statistician.
The football webcast season kicks off on August 31 from Morton. The pregame show is scheduled for 7:10 p.m. with the game to begin at 7:30 p.m.
Plummer noted that the web address for this year's games has changed to www.PostSportsRadio.com.
Plummer brings more than 20 years of broadcast and audio production experience to the operation. For the past five years, he's also served as the public address announcer at the PHS home basketball games. Plummer graduated in 1987 from Texas Tech University's Mass Communications Department.
Grisham's knowledge of and enthusiasm for high school sports adds greatly to the quality of the webcasts. Two of his sons are products of Post High School athletics. One of them went on to complete a four year college football career at Hardin-Simmons University and was an acadmeic All-American. Also, Allen served as the Antelope Booster Club president for four years.
Fannon brings his knowledge of the game to handle the stats so they can be shared with the listeners through out the game. James has two kids in Post High School: a daughter in the marching band and a son who plays football.
Interested webcast sponsors should contact Jim Plummer at (806) 781-1911 or go to PostSportsRadio.com for more information.


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Q: How to use CFDictionaryCreate in Swift 3? I want to draw an attributed string with clipping rect, and I found a function written in Objective-C,
CFDictionaryRef PINCHFrameAttributesCreateWithClippingRect(CGRect clippingRect, CGAffineTransform transform)
{
    CGPathRef clipPath = CGPathCreateWithRect(clippingRect, &transform);

    CFDictionaryRef options;

    CFStringRef keys[] = {kCTFramePathClippingPathAttributeName};
    CFTypeRef values[] = {clipPath};
    CFDictionaryRef clippingPathDict = CFDictionaryCreate(NULL,
                                                          (const void **)&keys, (const void **)&values,
                                                          sizeof(keys) / sizeof(keys[0]),
                                                          &kCFTypeDictionaryKeyCallBacks,
                                                          &kCFTypeDictionaryValueCallBacks);

    CFTypeRef clippingArrayValues[] = { clippingPathDict };
    CFArrayRef clippingPaths = CFArrayCreate(NULL, (const void **)clippingArrayValues, sizeof(clippingArrayValues) / sizeof(clippingArrayValues[0]), &kCFTypeArrayCallBacks);

    CFStringRef optionsKeys[] = {kCTFrameClippingPathsAttributeName};
    CFTypeRef optionsValues[] = {clippingPaths};
    options = CFDictionaryCreate(NULL, (const void **)&optionsKeys, (const void **)&optionsValues,
                                 sizeof(optionsKeys) / sizeof(optionsKeys[0]),
                                 &kCFTypeDictionaryKeyCallBacks,
                                 &kCFTypeDictionaryValueCallBacks);

    CFRelease(clippingPathDict);
    CFRelease(clippingPaths);
    CGPathRelease(clipPath);

    return options;
}

But I failed to translate it in Swift 3, anybody can help me?
//
I tried belowing codes, it compiles and run, but text doesn't do clip:
    let keys: [CFString] = [kCTFrameClippingPathsAttributeName]
    let values: [CFTypeRef] = [clipPath]

    let keysPointer = UnsafeMutablePointer<UnsafeRawPointer?>.allocate(capacity: keys.count)
    keysPointer.initialize(to: keys)

    let valuesPointer = UnsafeMutablePointer<UnsafeRawPointer?>.allocate(capacity: values.count)
    valuesPointer.initialize(to: values)

    let options = CFDictionaryCreate(kCFAllocatorDefault, keysPointer, valuesPointer, 1, nil, nil)

    let framesetter = CTFramesetterCreateWithAttributedString(attributedSring)
    let frame = CTFramesetterCreateFrame(framesetter, CFRangeMake(0, attributedSring.length), rectPath.cgPath, options)
    CTFrameDraw(frame, context)

A: Construct a Swift dictionary and then cast it to CFDictionary. Example:
let d = [
        kCGImageSourceShouldAllowFloat as String : true as NSNumber,
        kCGImageSourceCreateThumbnailWithTransform as String : true as NSNumber,
        kCGImageSourceCreateThumbnailFromImageAlways as String : true as NSNumber,
        kCGImageSourceThumbnailMaxPixelSize as String : w as NSNumber
    ] as CFDictionary

More details here: https://bugs.swift.org/browse/SR-2388


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Pyongyang Criticizes U.S. Nuclear Proposal
North Korea Says Plan
To End Weapons Asks
Too Much, Offers Too Little
By Gordon FaircloughStaff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
BEIJING -- North Korea criticized a new U.S. proposal aimed at ending Pyongyang's nuclear programs, contending that it requires North Korea to give up too much, too soon and offers too little in return, an American official said.
In a bilateral meeting between diplomats of the two nations on the sidelines of multilateral talks here yesterday, the North Koreans indicated they think the U.S. plan moves too quickly from a freeze to total dismantlement of the country's atomic-weapons programs, the official said. Pyongyang also said it wants Washington to offer more direct incentives, the official said.
North Korea hasn't yet made any public response to the U.S. proposals.
During Thursday's meeting, which lasted nearly two hours, the North Koreans also repeated their assertion that they don't have a program to produce highly enriched uranium, a crucial material for the making of some nuclear weapons, the official said. The U.S. has said it is convinced North Korea has such a program, and that ending it must be part of any deal.
On the first day of six-nation talks Wednesday, the U.S. laid out its most detailed proposal yet to resolve the nuclear standoff with Pyongyang, calling for what amounts to a three-month freeze of all North Korea's nuclear activities followed by their complete, verifiable and irreversible end. In return, the U.S. and others would provide security assurances and aid.


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Q: How do I create a jagged 2d array in Java? Our homework assignment asks us to use a jagged array to store the values of a two dimensional boolean matrix. Is there a built in java class for the jagged array or am I going to have to manually create it with an Array of ArrayLists?

A: In Java, a 2D array is an array of 1D array objects. Each 1D array can have different length, which means that you get jagged arrays out of the box.
For example, the following is perfectly valid Java, and prints out 3 5 3 4:
    int x[][] = {{0,1,2,3,4},{0,1,2},{0,1,2,3}};
    System.out.println(x.length);
    System.out.println(x[0].length);
    System.out.println(x[1].length);
    System.out.println(x[2].length);

A: It actually sounds like you might want a sparse matrix implementation.  You can get much better performance out of it if you are having to modify the matrix.  Array copy operations are pretty expensive. Sparse matrices / arrays in Java


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The Dragnet Donald Trump Will Wield Is Not Just the Section 215 One
January 2, 2017 /4 Comments/in 2016 Presidential Election, EO 12333, FISA /by emptywheel
I've been eagerly anticipating the moment Rick Perlstein uses his historical work on Nixon to analyze Trump. Today, he doesn't disappoint, calling Trump more paranoid than Nixon, warning of what Trump will do with the powerful surveillance machine laying ready for his use.
Revenge is a narcotic, and Trump of all people will be in need of a regular, ongoing fix. Ordering his people to abuse the surveillance state to harass and destroy his enemies will offer the quickest and most satisfying kick he can get. The tragedy, as James Madison could have told us, is that the good stuff is now lying around everywhere, just waiting for the next aspiring dictator to cop.
But along the way, Perlstein presents a bizarre picture of what happened to the Section 215 phone dragnet under Barack Obama.
That's not to say that Obama hasn't abused his powers: Just ask the journalists at the Associated Press whose phone records were subpoenaed by the Justice Department. But had he wanted to go further in spying on his enemies, there are few checks in place to stop him. In the very first ruling on the National Security Administration's sweeping collection of "bulk metadata," federal judge Richard Leon blasted the surveillance as downright Orwellian. "I cannot imagine a more 'indiscriminate' and 'arbitrary' invasion than this collection and retention of personal data," he ruled. "Surely, such a program infringes on 'that degree of privacy' that the founders enshrined in the Fourth Amendment."
But the judge's outrage did nothing to stop the surveillance: In 2015, an appeals court remanded the case back to district court, and the NSA's massive surveillance apparatus—soon to be under the command of President Trump—remains fully operational. The potential of the system, as former NSA official William Binney has described it, is nothing short of "turnkey totalitarianism."
There are several things wrong with this.
First, neither Richard Leon nor any other judge has reviewed the NSA's "sweeping collection of 'bulk metadata.'" What Leon reviewed — in Larry Klayman's lawsuit challenging the collection of phone metadata authorized by Section 215 revealed by Edward Snowden — was just a small fraction of NSA's dragnet. In 2013, the collection of phone metadata authorized by Section 215 collected domestic and international phone records from domestic producers, but even there, Verizon had found a way to exclude collection of its cell records.
But NSA collected phone records — indeed, many of the very same phone records, as they collected a great deal of international records — overseas as well. In addition, NSA collected a great deal of Internet metadata records, as well as financial and anything else records. Basically, anything the NSA can collect "overseas" (which is interpreted liberally) it does, and because of the way modern communications works, those records include a significant portion of the metadata of Americans' everyday communications.
It is important for people to understand that the focus on Section 215 was an artificial creation, a limited hangout, an absolutely brilliant strategy (well done, Bob Litt, who has now moved off to retirement) to get activists to focus on one small part of the dragnet that had limitations anyway and NSA had already considered amending. It succeeded in pre-empting a discussion of just what the full dragnet entailed.
Assessments of whether Edward Snowden is a traitor or a saint always miss this, when they say they'd be happy if Snowden had just exposed the Section 215 program. Snowden didn't want the focus to be on just that little corner of the dragnet. He wanted to expose the full dragnet, but Litt and others succeeded in pretending the Section 215 dragnet was the dragnet, and also pretending that Snowden's other disclosures weren't just as intrusive on Americans.
Anyway, another place where Perlstein is wrong is in suggesting there was just one Appeals Court decision. The far more important one is the authorized by Gerard Lynch in the Second Circuit, which ruled that Section 215 was not lawfully authorized. It was a far more modest decision, as it did not reach constitutional questions. But Lynch better understood that the principle involved more than phone records; what really scared him was the mixing of financial records with phone records, which is actually what the dragnet really is.
That ruling, on top of better understanding the import of dragnets, is important because it is one of the things that led to the passage of USA Freedom Act, a law that, contrary to Perlstein's claim, did change the phone dragnet, both for good and ill.
The USA Freedom Act, by imposing limitations on how broadly dragnet orders (for communications but not for financial and other dragnets) can be targeted, adds a check at the beginning of the process. It means only people 2 degrees away from a terrorism suspect will be collected under this program (even while the NSA continues to collect in bulk under EO 12333). So the government will have in its possession far fewer phone records collected under Section 215 (but it will still suck in massive amounts of phone records via EO 12333, including massive amounts of Americans' records).
All that said, Section 215 now draws from a larger collection of records. It now includes the Verizon cell records not included under the old Section 215 dragnet, as well as some universe of metadata records deemed to be fair game under a loose definition of "phone company." At a minimum, it probably includes iMessage, WhatsApp, and Skype metadata, but I would bet the government is trying to get Signal and other messaging metadata (note, Signal metadata cannot be collected retroactively; it's unclear whether it can be collected with standing daily prospective orders). This means the Section 215 collection will be more effective in finding all the people who are 2 degrees from a target (because it will include any communications that exist solely in Verizon cell or iMessage networks, as well as whatever other metadata they're collecting). But it also means far more innocent people will be impacted.
To understand why that's important, it's important to understand what purpose all this metadata collection serves.
It was never the case that the collection of metadata, however intrusive, was the end goal of the process. Sure, identifying someone's communications shows when you've been to an abortion clinic or when you're conducting an affair.
But the dragnet (the one that includes limited Section 215 collection and EO 12333 collection limited only by technology, not law) actually serves two other primary purposes.
The first is to enable the creation of dossiers with the click of a few keys. Because the NSA is sitting on so much metadata — not just phone records, but Internet, financial, travel, location, and other data — it can put together a snapshot of your life as soon as they begin to correlate all the identifiers that make up your identity. One advantage of the new kind of collection under USAF, I suspect, is it will draw from the more certain correlations you give to your communications providers, rather than relying more heavily on algorithmic analysis of bulk data. Facebook knows with certainty what email address and phone number tie to your Facebook account, whereas the NSA's algorithms only guess that with (this is an educated guess) ~95+% accuracy.
This creation of dossiers is the same kind of analysis Facebook does, but instead of selling you plane tickets the goal is government scrutiny of your life.
The Section 215 orders long included explicit permission to subject identifiers found via 2-degree collection to all the analytical tools of the NSA. That means, for any person — complicit or innocent — identified via Section 215, the NSA can start to glue together the pieces of dossier it already has in its possession. While not an exact analogue, you might think of collection under Section 215 as a nomination to be on the equivalent of J Edgar Hoover's old subversives list. Only, poor J Edgar mostly kept his list on index cards. Now, the list of those the government wants to have a network analysis and dossier on is kept in massive server farms and compiled using supercomputers.
Note, the Section 215 collection is still limited to terrorism suspects — that was an important win in the USA Freedom fight — but the EO 12333 collection, with whatever limits on nominating US persons, is not. Plus, it will be trivial for Trump to expand the definition of terrorist; the groundwork is already being laid to do so with Black Lives Matter.
The other purpose of the dragnet is to identify which content the NSA will invest the time and energy into reading. Most content collected is not read in real time. But Americans' communications with a terrorism suspect will probably be, because of the concern that those Americans might be plotting a domestic plot. The same is almost certainly true of, say, Chinese-Americans conversing with scientists in China, because of a concern they might be trading US secrets. Likewise it is almost certainly true of Iranian-Americans talking with government officials, because of a concern they might be dealing in nuclear dual use items. The choice to prioritize Americans makes sense from a national security perspective, but it also means certain kinds of people — Muslim immigrants, Chinese-Americans, Iranian-Americans — will be far more likely to have their communications read without a warrant than whitebread America, even if those whitebread Americans have ties to (say) NeoNazi groups.
Of course, none of this undermines Perlstein's ultimate categorization, as voiced by Bill Binney, who created this system only to see the privacy protections he believed necessary get wiped away: the dragnet — both that authorized by USAF and that governed by EO 12333 — creates the structure for turnkey totalitarianism, especially as more and more data becomes available to NSA under EO 12333 collection rules.
But it is important to understand Obama's history with this dragnet. Because while Obama did tweak the dragnet, two facts about it remain. First, while there are more protections built in on the domestic collection authorized by Section 215, that came with an expansion of the universe of people that will be affected by it, which must have the effect of "nominating" more people to be on this late day "Subversives" list.
Obama also, in PPD-28, "limited" bulk collection to a series of purposes. That sounds nice, but the purposes are so broad, they would permit bulk collection in any area of the world, and once you've collected in bulk, it is trivial to then call up that data under a more broad foreign intelligence purpose. In any case, Trump will almost certainly disavow PPD-28.
Which makes Perlstein's larger point all the more sobering. J Edgar and Richard Nixon were out of control. But the dragnet Trump will inherit is far more powerful.
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If Trump's Protestors Didn't Exist He Would Have to Invent Them
March 15, 2016 /15 Comments/in 2016 Presidential Election /by emptywheel
Since last Friday's canceled Trump rally in Chicago, there has been quite a bit of discussion about protestors at Trump rallies — both the propriety of disrupting his events and some scolding about what a bad tactical move it was for protestors to shut down the Chicago event, as well as some sudden realization among the chattering classes that Trump really does espouse violence.
I'd like to take a different approach and look at how Trump uses protestors.
For months, Trump has made protestors an integral part of his schtick at rallies. A person of color, a woman in hijab, a woman with a walker shows up and either silently protests, perhaps holding or wearing an anti-Trump slogan, or does boo and call out. Purportedly in response to earlier disruptions, Trump instructs attendees before any disruption not to hurt the protestors, but instead to surround them, holding up Trump signs and chanting his name, until security comes to throw the protestor out. "Get him out of here!" Trump yells after his attendees have disinfected the herd. This is all part of the rhythm now of Trump's rallies, a way to reinforce the mob mentality in a participatory way. Supporters become more than mere voters: they get deputized into reinforcing the purity of the herd, like drone bees cleaning out a hive.
I'm agnostic about the efficacy of protestors thus treated — they serve a useful function for Trump, sure, but given that every rally he does is covered on TV, they also serve as witness to the violence and assumed nativism of the rallies (not that the chattering classes seemed to take all that much notice before last weekend). But any individual's decision to protest is their own choice, and I fiercely admire the courage it takes to walk into one of those rallies and serve as witness.
Of course, the neat formula Trump has long relied on depends on having — or rather, maintaining the illusion of — a majority. The "Silent Majority" has really become something closer to the "Silent 30%" or even "Silent 25%," but at Trump rallies it appears as if those no-longer silent angry people are a majority.
On Friday, Trump lost control of that illusion.
I agree with William Daley, among others, who suggests that Trump chose to create a confrontation by scheduling an event at UIC. But I also think protestors got a sufficient mass of organized protestors to the event to thwart the managed confrontation Trump was hoping for, because they deprived him of the illusion of a majority. So he canceled the event before even showing up, falsely citing Chicago Police Department warnings.
I'm agnostic here, too, about the efficacy of this protest. One thing that has been largely — though not entirely — ignored (which itself testifies to something about the efficacy of speech rights in this country) is that the protest was part of a larger effort, including the effort to oust Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez in today's election; there were even "Bye Anita" signs at the protest. That is, the protest of Trump's speech was part of a larger effort to fight systematic abuse of minorities, and as such had an affirmative message as well, though I admit the message reinforced afterwards — by both the protestors and press — is that they shut him down. I believe Alvarez has been leading in the polls, so we'll see this evening whether the larger movement against her police cover-ups has achieved its goals.
But in questions of efficacy, I think it worth remembering how the Black Lives Matter protest of the Netroots Nation debate between Martin O'Malley and Bernie Sanders last July (which seems to have been entirely forgotten as people feel sorry for Trump). O'Malley basically gave up his microphone willingly; Bernie was more perturbed. A lot of attendees in the audience (the equivalent of all the Trump supporters who were deprived of their opportunity to hear him speak on Friday) were really angry; but many of those same people also wrote pieces in the weeks later talking about how important a learning opportunity being discomforted in such a way was. And that protest was undoubtedly effective, as it made the criminal and social justice issues a key focus of the Democratic primary. That's not to say Trump protestors are as likely as Netroots Nation attendees to reflect on the privilege that attends uninterrupted speeches by white men, but sometimes protests do lead observers to rethink their own role (as, for example, mosque protestors in AZ who were invited inside only to learn about Islam in an unmediated way).
Let's look, however, at what has happened in the days since Friday. On Saturday, Trump canceled and then uncanceled an event in Cincinnati, citing Secret Service concerns. Also on Saturday, protestor Thomas DiMassimo rushed Trump on stage (something I don't defend, as it created real concerns about Trump's safety; DiMassimo is lucky he wasn't shot). Finally, in Kansas City, protestors achieved the result that Chicago protestors might have imagined: the sustained silencing of Trump, which he used to 1) claim Sanders supporters were the problem and 2) reinforce his love for the police.
Since then there have been reports of Trump finally doing what he chose not to do before (I argue, because protestors play a key function in his rallies): screening attendees of likely protestors, including profiling on race, which carries with it its own visual messaging that may even influence attendees. Yesterday, Trump retreated to his less visceral means of reinforcing the bully structure of his campaign, again referring to Rubio as "Lil Marco" and publicly humiliating Chris Christie.
Here's the underlying point, though. Amid all the discussions of both the law and norms surrounding interrupting speech, few have accounted for the way that well-managed spectacle is a key (arguably the key) to Trump's attraction. That spectacle relies partly on Trump's mock frankness — his ability and willingness to say anything he wants, including repeated promises he will address presumed grievances of his supporters. But it relies, at least as much, on his ability to mobilize a mob in a certain way, including to create the illusion for that mob that they are part of a coherent pure majority. That mob gives them the illusion of power they believe they have been illegitimately stripped of. It's an illusion, of course, but Trump is a master at managing that spectacle to prevent cracks from forming in that illusion.
And this is why the response to Trump has largely been so ineffectual. Polls in FL showed that voters were more likely to support Trump given Friday's shutdown (so on that level, at least, the protest may have backfired). But DC pundits scolding Trump has largely the same effect, reinforcing the sense of grievance. So if the DC press want to do something about Trump's frightening power, they might do more reflection about how they have been a willing partner in it.
The way to weaken Trump is not to continue to magnify his spectacle, as the press has done non-stop for a year. This is tough for cable news to manage, because they are in the business of spectacle.
One way to weaken him is to reveal how Trump has exacerbated the grievances motivating his supporters, never addressed them. As a reminder, one of the only times Trump has really backed down over the course of this campaign was when Bernie attacked him for wanting to lower wages, because that's a truth that, reinforced, might sow doubt.
The other way to is to disrupt Trump's manufactured spectacle of strength, because his supporters are only going to support him so long as they believe his bluster about always winning (which relies, in part, on the bullying he performs at his rallies). I'm not sure whether disruption of rallies does that or not. Magnifying the degree to which Trump is a fearful man would. Reporting on his many failures would. Certain kinds of reminders of his past weaknesses might (though some would reinforce the sense of grievance).
Side note, one spectacle that did not get shown by the press were the protests in Detroit in advance of the GOP debate there. So as people complain about protestors not simply standing powerfully outside, know that the press has chosen in the past to ignore that spectacle.
I suspect Marco Rubio's advisors had it right, even though they delivered it through the absolutely wrong messenger. Trump's reliance on guest workers (he likes to conflate skilled H1B workers, which have been a central part of GOP debates, with unskilled H2B workers he employed at Mar Lago) and his use of Chinese manufacturers for his campaign swag are both real vulnerabilities. And if someone wants to suggest Trump is operating out of some sense of inferiority because he has a small flaccid penis and small hands to match, that may well undercut the spectacle of virility that Trump has affirmatively cultivated.
I think Megyn Kelly (because she's a woman who has succeeded in making Trump look dumb, once Fox stopped letting Trump dictate her role in coverage), and — before Trump equated protestors with Bernie Sanders (maybe still, though I don't know) — Bernie, are two of the few people who have the ability to undercut Trump's power on mobilizing grievances. Probably some centrist union leaders have the same ability, as well as a select few faith leaders. There are vanishingly few people who have the power position to call attention to the degree to which Trump has contributed to his followers' grievances, rather than done anything to alleviate them, but that evidence is out there.
I'm not sure what happens from here. Demographically, there should be no way Trump wins the general election; as I noted, the Silent Majority, to the extent it existed in Nixon's era, is a minority now. Assuming it will be a Trump – Clinton race, I don't know that we know, because Clinton will have a harder time addressing those grievances, and because the high negatives of both candidates will make turnout really unpredictable (though I also suspect Hillary will be an acceptable crossover vote for many Republican Neocons).
But there is one other unpredictable player here: the cops. For some time, both Ted Cruz and Trump have been feeding the perceived feeling of grievances of cops that they have been unfairly targeted by activists complaining about police violence. As noted, Trump hails the cops even as he dehumanizes protestors. Both Cruz and Trump have been buttering up the cops that may one day have the ability to turn the violence that has been simmering for some time in one direction or another (with the consequent spectacle). Though there were a few reports of heavy-handedness from Chicago cops, in general they did a good job of managing the tensions on Friday. I really, really worry that Cleveland's cops (who are getting some new war toys in advance of the GOP convention) won't exercise the same restraint.
Trump's power rests on spectacle. He will not be defeated, primarily, with a rational argument or some tut-tutting about norms about violence (that, in fact, the US neither culturally nor internationally really abide by in any case), in part because there are few credible messengers of the rational argument about how Trump has contributed to grievances. If his spectacle starts to crack, however, the investment in Trump as a savior will dissolve. It won't go away — it'll get invested somewhere else, potentially even someone more violent (though that person is unlikely to have the soapbox Trump has). But his power depends on illusion.
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Who Was Actually Doing "FBI's" Aerial Surveillance of Black Lives Matter in Baltimore?
October 30, 2015 /13 Comments/in Intelligence /by emptywheel
BPD said they would call in FBI's Critical Incident Response Group, which does aerial surveillance, but CIRG does not appear in unredacted parts of the documents.
The ACLU just released a series of documents about the FBI's aerial surveillance of Black Lives Matter protests after Baltimore cops killed Freddie Gray. As they note, the documents show two different parts of FBI, the Washington Field Office and Special Flight Operations Unit, conducting electronic surveillance of protestors, using night vision and other technology. At least two of the flights were claimed to be "consensual," which ACLU's Nate Wessler thinks might just reflect public monitoring. Both of those consensual flights appear to have been "collected from" a third party.
Because I'm interested in what happened to one set of video cards, I'm going to do a timeline based on the flight logs and the evidence log.
The timeline shows several things:
FBI did surveillance before Baltimore asked for it
The FBI conducted at least 5 surveillance flights, including several by the Washington Field Office, before a May 1 memo reflecting Baltimore Police Department (BPD) requesting help, prospectively, from Washington Field Office, though a BPD passenger had been on two Special Flights Operations Unit (SFOU) flights before then.
Of signifiant note, the memo said it would ask for help from FBI's Critical Incident Response Group.
The potential for large scale violence and riots throughout the week presents a significant challenge for the Baltimore Police Department for airborne surveillance and observation. Baltimore will request the assistance of CIRG and WFO in the matter of airborne surveillance to assist the Baltimore Police Department.
CIRG is an elite group within FBI, and includes a Surveillance and Aviation Section, which would (presumably) have far more sophisticated aerial surveillance technology than your typical field office. Correction: It is that, but SAS also manages FBI's airplanes generally.
CIRG's Surveillance and Aviation Section (SAS) provides modern jets and other aircraft that respond to crisis situations domestically and around the world. SAS can deploy aviation assets worldwide, including assignments in combat theaters.
CIRG does not appear, unredacted, in any of the flight or evidence logs turned over to ACLU, but if they were involved with this surveillance it might explain some of the other odd details in these documents. As noted below, there are some other interesting redactions that might indicate CIRG involvement.
One more detail about the memo. It used looting to justify the request for help. But it also invoked online discussions among people alleged to be sovereign citizens. So they used a number of different claimed threats to justify the request for help.
FBI changed its case number after conducting the first flights
In many cases, the flight logs show changes made in the notes associated with each flight; in such cases, the log will show both the old set of notes and the new one. For the SFOU flights logged before that memo showing BPD asking for FBI help, someone updated the flight logs with the case number that FBI has left unredacted for this release (the original case number is redacted) after that memo got written. For example, this shows SFOU updating the log from their 4/30 flight on 5/2, replacing a redacted case number with case number "343A-BA-6337966" which is the case file that all these documents are associated with.
This means SFOU originally conducted the earlier flights under a different FBI case number. This could either be another specific case, or a general number they use for standing investigations, as the FBI does both.
The Washington Field Office flights didn't get logged until after that memo got written (they appear to all have been logged in one sitting on 5/4), so they always used the same case number.
You have to wonder how often the FBI delays doing flight logs until they have a case number to do the flight under–that likely violates protocols tying surveillance to a specific investigation.
ACLU didn't get the flight logs for at least one flight
ACLU received flight logs for flights occurring between 4/29 and 5/3. But this document shows a flight occurring (or at least starting) on 4/28.
This might just reflect an overnight flight the night of 4/28-29 (most of these flights occurred at night), except that there are two other evidence log files for flights on 4/29 that would correlate with the two flight logs from that date. I think it's possible this is a BPD or a different federal agency's flight — either Secret Service or Homeland Security, which the memo says BPD was working with — though the evidence appears to have come through FBI.
One flight reflects an FBI passenger
There are, in general, one flight a day for the days logged from each part of FBI, the SFOU and WF. The exception is 4/30, when what appears to be the Baltimore office flew an FBI passenger (whose identity was redacted under a 7E, law enforcement technique, FOIA exemption). Curiously, this flight wasn't logged until well after the actual flight, on 5/21. Note, since this is a Baltimore flight, it's unlikely it's someone flying in from DC to see events.
Two consensual flights appear to have come from a third party
As ACLU itself noted, some (two) of these evidence logs claim the surveillance was consensual. The two have something else in common. The entry for "collected from" (which elsewhere has unredacted descriptions where it is used, often "Aerial Surveillance Washington" or "…Baltimore") is redacted, but it clearly shows the file is collected from a third party via an interim one.
This would seem to suggest the entity that did the surveillance is being hidden. Note, it is being hidden with a 7E law enforcement technique.
Much of this evidence didn't get logged until a delayed evidence turnover
As I said, the reason I decided to map out this timeline is because there was a delay in some of the SD cards arriving, presumably in Baltimore, to be logged. Even the description, written on 6/1, offered to justify the delay raises questions.
The purpose of this communication is to explain the late submission of Bureau aircraft[redacted] video to the Baltimore ELSUR unit. For background, Washington Field Office (WFO) and Special Flight Operations provided airborne support for the Baltimore Division during the week of April 27, 2015. Missions were flown from April 29 through May 2. The [redacted] SD cards were shipped to the Baltimore Division via FEDEX and arrived on May 5. The FEDEX package arrived at [redacted] approximately May 8. Due to operational missions on May 9 and May 10, the [redacted] SD cards were submitted to the ELSUR unit on May 11.
For example, where were the cards that they needed to be FedExed to (presumably) Baltimore, given that WFO was supposed to be involved in this? Why is FBI redacting the receiving office? Did these SD cards need to be reviewed for sources and methods? And what explains the uncertainty — we're talking chain of evidence, after all — about when precisely they were received?
As the timeline notes, 4 of the evidence disks were not logged until after this justification got written. This includes the 3 instances where the file was collected via a third party, as well as a Washington Surveillance video attributed to 5/2 but actually taken on 5/1. Two of these are the "consensual" videos.
4/28: Aerial surveillance Serial 4 collected, collected from Washington, WF holding, logged 5/5
4/29: Aerial surveillance Serial 5 collected, collected from "Aerial Surveillance Video, Baltimore," logged 5/6
4/29: Aerial surveillance Serial 9 collected, collected from indicates third party, holding office Baltimore, logged 6/2
4/29: 2.6 hour night SFOU flight with 3 crew members, 1 BPD passenger, originally logged at 7:52PM on 4/30, then updated with new case number on 5/2 at 2:01AM, Risk = 0
4/29: 4.5 hour WF flight (1.5 of which were at night), 2 crew members, no passengers, originally logged at 5/4 at 2:28 PM, then updated with virtually same information (without decimals) 5/4 at 2:35PM, Risk = 18
4/30: 4.9 hour SFOU night flight with 3 crew members, 1 BPD passenger, first logged at 4/30 at 7:46 PM, then updated with new case number at 5/02 at 2:02 AM, Risk = 0
4/30: Aerial surveillance Serial 2 collected, "collected from" redacted name [a category not always used elsewhere], Washington holding, logged 5/4
4/30: 3.4 hour WF night flight with 2 crew members, first logged at 5/4 at 1:38PM, then updated with virtually same information (without decimals) 5/4 at 1:38 PM, Risk = 20
4/30: 2 hour Baltimore night flight with 1 crew member, 1 FBI passenger (hidden, in part, for b7E), first logged 5/21 at 3:23PM, Risk = 18
5/1: Aerial surveillance Serial 11 collected (surveillance start 4/30, but end 5/1), collected from redacted but via third party, Baltimore holding, logged 6/2, surveillance listed as consensual
5/1: Memo, titled to include 4/27 date but reflecting events back to 4/25, stating, "Baltimore will request the assistance of CIRG and WFO in the matter of airborne surveillance to assist the Baltimore Police Department."
5/1: 1.4 hour SFOU night flight, with 3 crew members, 1 BPD passenger, first logged 5/1 at 1:15 AM, updated without decimals 5/1 at 1:32 AM, then updated with new case number at 5/2 at 2:02 AM Risk =0
5/2: Aerial surveillance Serial 10 collected (though surveillance start and end listed as 5/1), collected from redacted, but via third party, Baltimore holding, logged 6/2, surveillance described as consensual
5/1: 5 hour WF flight (spanning night and day), with 2 crew members, first logged 5/4 at 1:58 PM then updated without decimals 5/4 at 2:00 PM Risk = 24
5/1: Aerial surveillance Serial 3 collected, collected from WF, holding Washington, logged 5/4
5/2: 3.9 hour SFOU night flight, with 3 crew members, 1 BPD passenger, first logged 5/2 at 2:03AM then updated 5/2 at , 2:04AM and 2:05AM, adding decimals, possibly changed flight ID? without Risk = 0
5/2: 4.3 hour WF flight — including training — spanning night and day, first logged 5/4 at 2:08 PM then logged 5/4 at 2:09 PM Risk = 20
5/2: Aerial surveillance Serial 8 collected, collected from Aerial Surveillance, Washington, logged 6/1
5/3: 4.2 hour SFOU flight, with 3 crew members, 1 BPD passenger, first logged 5/4 2:44 PM, then 2:45PM, then updated 5/4 4:42PM, Risk = 0
5/3: Aerial surveillance Serial 6 collected, no details on receipt from (but Baltimore, not WF, is holding office), logged 5/12
5/4: Serials 2, 3 logged
5/4?: SD cards shipped, unknown date
5/5: Serial 4 logged
5/5: SD cards shipped by FedEx arrive in Baltimore
5/8, approximate: SD cards arrive at [location redacted]
5/9, 5/10: Operational missions disrupt logging
5/12: Serial 6 logged
6/1: Explanation for late turnover of one video, claiming missions were flown from 4/29 to 5/2
6/2: Serial 9, 10, 11 logged
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The Future Belongs To You – Goodluck Jonathan Tells Nigerian Youths
Oladipo Abiola
Former President of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has encouraged Nigerian youths not to give up on the country, noting that the development of the nation rests on their shoulders.
Specifically, the former president also warned Niger-Delta youths against acts of violence that can disrupt oil production and transmission, noting that the nation's economy depends on the oil resources.
Jonathan made the call on Tuesday when he hosted the executive members of Movement for Survival of Izon Ethnic Nationality in the Niger Delta (MOSIEND), in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital.
He charged the youths to channel their energy and resourcefulness towards the development of the nation.
"The future belongs to the youths who are at the centre of most developmental endeavours and policies of government; so, the diversion of youthful energy towards violence is not desirable at all.
"The future of this country belongs to the young ones not for those of us who have given our youthful years and are at the verge of exiting the scene. The youths should resist every attempt to take to violence.
"Peace in the Niger Delta is very essential as any disturbance in the Niger Delta affects the country because the region supports the economy of the nation,'' NAN quoted Jonathan to have said.
Meanwhile, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has dismissed the directive by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government to resume on Monday, 12th, 2020.
ASUU National President, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, on Monday, noted that the Federal Government is not plain in its dealings and discussion with the union.
He further stated that the lecturers under the union would not resume back to office on an empty stomach.
Ogunyemi added that Nigerians should be ready for a longer strike due to the technique employed by the Federal Government in negotiation.
The Non-Academic Staff Union, NASU, on Monday also stated that the Federal Government's Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System is not transparent
The Union accused the government of cheating some of its members.
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Business case approval process – Capital Investment, Property, Equipment and Digital Technology
Project Appraisal Unit (PAU) document library
Business case approval process - Capital Investment, Property, Equipment and Digital Technology
The Project Appraisal Unit (PAU)
The NHS England Project Appraisal Unit is a small specialist central team within NHS England Strategic Finance comprising of experienced capital investment and estates professionals who will be available to provide support to officers of NHS England at local Director of Commissioning Operations (DCO) offices, Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships, Regional Team, Commissioning Support Units, Commissioning Support Unit Transition Team (CSUTT) and National Team levels, and to CCGs, as they:
develop 'right first time' Business Case submissions;
pilot these through a 'once only' assurance process to an approval decision.
The NHS England Project Appraisal Unit will accordingly focus its efforts, primarily on providing pin-point advice to project sponsors and their delivery partners as they develop commitment propositions and the associated Business Cases, so that finalised Business Cases at the point of submission will already have pre-empted all material assurance/approval critical issues.
Project Appraisal Unit (PAU) documents, templates and forms
An index to the guidance, forms and templates.
The purpose for this guidance and related documents
More detail can be found in the guidance document itself: NHS England Business Case Approvals Process Guidance.
This guidance takes as its foundation the NHS England Standing Financial Instructions (SFIs) and Scheme of Delegation, and provides a guide to navigate staff through the guiding principles, rules of delegation and underpinning processes upon which all officers of NHS England and Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) should base their approach to the development, assurance and approvals process for propositions to commit NHS England or CCGs to:
the expenditure of capital, or investment in property, infrastructure or information and communications technology; or
the revenue expenditure or consequences for commissioners directly where a third party makes any such investment at their request or discretion;
For convenience these propositions are collectively referred to as 'Business Cases'.
Important note on the difference between Capital and Corestream Business Cases
It should be noted that the term 'Business Case' as used in this paper is distinct from the 'Corestream' business cases required by NHS England Commercial for the purposes of securing procurement and spend approval for NHS England investments. In some cases, where approval is confirmed in accordance with the guidance in relation to a capital investment business case which proposes procurement of the relevant goods and/or services by NHS England, there will be a requirement for a 'Corestream' business case to seek subsequent procurement and spend approval.
Advice should be sought from the Project Appraisal Unit if there is any doubt as to whether any particular proposal is a capital commitment requiring formal approval as such under the relevant provisions of the NHS England Standing Financial Instructions and Scheme of Delegation.
Background to this Capital guidance
This most recent version of the guidance (2018) is published following an extensive period of revision informed by consultation with stakeholders, most importantly those who work most closely with the development, assurance and delivery of NHS capital investment projects and programmes. The changes in this refresh of the guidance respond to requests from our stakeholders to provide it in the easiest to access format possible.
The NHS England business case development, assurance and approval process has been developed to enable local commissioners, Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships and regional teams to develop and assure business cases, which are properly constructed and have strong local ownership, with greater confidence that investment propositions will be "right first time" and can sustain timely and efficient approval decision making.
Proposals for service change and reconfiguration
As regards, the extent to which these drive requirements for capital investment, and the approach to be taken to associated business case development, assurance and approval, please refer to Planning, Assuring and Delivering Service Change for Patients (NHS England, March 2018).
Examples of commissioner commitments
These include support to an investment of NHS Property Services Ltd customer capital, a PPP, e.g. LIFT, or PFI scheme, or a public funded development whether or not driven by wider service change and/or reconfiguration
The following are examples of the types of Business Case commitment that this guidance covers. This is not an exhaustive list, and is provided for illustrative purposes only:
new and replacement healthcare facilities, e.g. health centres, urgent treatment centres, urgent & emergency care centres, diagnostic and treatment facilities, hospitals, and refurbishment of existing healthcare facilities;
new and replacement clinical equipment (where capitalisable), e.g. imaging equipment, for example radiology and ultrasound;
new and replacement administrative facilities, e.g. offices and headquarters;
new and replacement non-clinical equipment, e.g. office furniture and equipment (where capitalisable), telephony;
new and replacement clinical information systems and managed services arrangements, e.g. Electronic Patient Record, Picture Archiving and Communications systems, Radiology Information Systems, Community and Child Health systems, Electronic Prescribing systems, systems which are part of the Digital Transformation Programme portfolio;
new and replacement non-clinical information systems and managed services arrangements, e.g. Finance systems, Performance Management reporting systems, Office Administration systems.
At an early stage of project development, sponsors and project management teams should ascertain with clarity whether or not a proposed commitment in respect of NHS England revenue might be counted as 'capital' for approval purposes, for example where revenue is being deployed for service development, but includes procurement of a managed information system that has to be considered for approval as a capital investment transaction under the rules set out by the DHSC, and which may well also be subject to Cabinet Office spending controls.


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Governor Carney was joined by Senator Tom Carper, Representative Lisa Blunt-Rochester, and other state and local officials today as he announced plans for the new Claymont Regional Transportation Center at First State Crossing, with initial construction scheduled to begin this spring. "Across our state, we are investing $3.2 billion to modernize our transportation system through […]
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Delaware's Congressional delegation, Governor John Carney, former Governor Jack Markell, State Representative Valerie Longhurst, DelDOT Secretary Jennifer Cohan, DNREC Secretary Shawn M. Garvin, and other state and local officials gathered on Wednesday at the DuPont Environmental Education Center at the Russell W. Peterson Urban Wildlife Refuge in Wilmington, to open the new 7.9-mile trail named […]
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HARRINGTON – Today at the Delaware State Fair, Governor John Carney and Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Secretary Shawn M. Garvin honored 31 Delawareans and groups of all ages for their environmental leadership, innovation and dedication. "This afternoon, we recognized a broad cross section of Delawareans who contribute to the conservation of our natural resources and the stewardship of our environment," said Secretary Garvin. "We congratulate these volunteers, organizers, photographers, and anglers – conservationists and environmentalists all – for their work that brought us here today, and look forward to their future contributions."


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Donald Marcus Kelway Marendaz (* 17. Januar 1897 in Neath, Glamorgan, Wales; † 6. November 1988 in Horncastle, Lincolnshire) war ein britischer Kampfflieger im Ersten Weltkrieg, Unternehmer, Automobilrennfahrer sowie Konstrukteur von Automobilen, Komponenten und Flugzeugen.

Herkunft und Jugend
Marendaz' Familie stammte ursprünglich aus Portugal und kam über die Schweiz um 1750 nach Südwales. Seine Eltern waren der Getreidehändler Richard Emmanuel Marendaz (1859–1937) und Ada Frances Kelway Marendaz (1870–1968). Donald ("D.M.K.") war das älteste von sechs Geschwistern. Er war ein Vetter zweiten Grades des Dichters Edward Thomas. Die Schule besuchte Marendaz in Monmouth (Wales). Hier verfolgte er auch einige Ballonfahrten von Charles Rolls. Auf seine Schulzeit folgte eine Lehre bei Siddeley-Deasy in Coventry, England, einem bedeutenden Hersteller von Automobilen, Flugzeugen und Motoren.

Militärdienst und Heirat

Im November 1916 trat Marendaz in das Royal Flying Corps ein und wurde auf Farman-Flugzeugen zum Piloten ausgebildet. Es folgte 1917 mit nur 20 Flugstunden die Versetzung zur 35. Staffel in Frankreich, wo er mit Armstrong-Whitworth F.K.8 Luftaufklärung flog. Er nahm auch an der Schlacht von Cambrai (November 1917) teil, wo er der einzige Pilot war, dem es gelang, das Kampfgebiet, das unter einer dichten Nebeldecke lag, zu beobachten. Nach einer Verwundung Anfang 1918 wurde er auf eine Basis in der Nähe von Coventry versetzt.

Am 20. Februar 1918 heiratete er Dorothy Robinet Evans. Die Familie hatte drei Töchter. Er schied im April 1919 im Rang eines 2nd Lieutenant (Pilot Officer) aus dem Militärdienst. Dieser Rang entspricht dem eines Leutnants der Landstreitkräfte. Dennoch ließ er sich sogar zu offiziellen Anlässen mit Captain (Hauptmann) anreden.

Alvis und Marseal

Für kurze Zeit arbeitete er erneut für Siddeley-Deasey, folgte dann aber dem Chefingenieur und Werksleiter Thomas George John (1880–1946). Dieser hatte in Coventry ein Unternehmen gekauft welches er als T. G. John & Co. Ltd. reorganisierte. Das Unternehmen stellte Stationärmotoren der Marke Electra her. Daraus entstand später die Alvis Car and Engineering Company Ltd., doch zu diesem Zeitpunkt hatte Marendaz das Unternehmen bereits verlassen. Unklar ist, ob das freiwillig oder unter Druck geschah.

Gemeinsam mit Charles A. Seelhoff (1893–?), der mit ihm zusammen bei Siddeley-Deasy ausgebildet worden war, gründete er in Coventry die Marseal Motors Company Limited zur Herstellung von Automobilgetrieben. Nachdem ein Kunde eine größere Lieferung nicht abnehmen konnte, wurde um dieses Getriebe herum ein Automobil entwickelt, das sich als Marseel und nach dem Ausscheiden Seelhoffs als Marseal einige Jahre lang zufriedenstellend verkaufen ließ. Marendaz war zuständig für den Verkauf und begann in dieser Eigenschaft, Autorennen als Instrument einzusetzen. Ab 1922 tauchte er an Motorsportanlässen in Brooklands auf. Die Produktion des Marseal wurde, je nach Quelle, 1924 oder 1925 aufgegeben. Wie viele Fahrzeuge entstanden sind, ist unklar; es werden Zahlen zwischen 550 und 1200 genannt.

Als Sekretärin arbeitete Dorothy Summers bei Marseal; sie folgte ihm später zur D. M. K. Marendaz Limited und blieb im Betrieb bis zu dessen Schließung 1936. Summers machte sich einen Namen als Rennfahrerin auf Marendaz Special-Rennsportwagen und wurde 1954 Donald Marendaz' zweite Ehefrau.

Marendaz Special

In der Folge zog Marendaz nach London und arbeitete für kurze Zeit an der Börse. Es folgte der erneute Sprung in die Selbständigkeit mit der Herstellung von Sportwagen. Die Marendaz Special genannten Fahrzeuge entstanden ab 1926 in seiner D. M. K. Marendaz Co. Ltd. im Londoner Bezirk Southwark. Anfangs verwendete Marendaz zugekaufte Vierzylindermotoren von Anzani welche auch mit Kompressor ausgerüstet werden konnten. Wahrscheinlich aus einem bei Anzani aufgegebenen Projekt für einen Reihen-Achtzylinder entwickelte Marendaz eine eigene Version. Diese wurde zwar angeboten, es scheint aber nur ein Prototyp entstanden zu sein. Bis 1932 sind nur etwa 30 Autos gebaut worden. Daneben reparierte und wartete Marendaz Fahrzeuge von Fremdmarken und unterhielt die lokale Niederlassung der US-Marke Graham-Paige. D.M.K. Marendaz pflegte eine Abneigung gegen Journalisten und ging wiederholt gerichtlich vor gegen nach seiner Vorstellung ungünstige Presseberichte über sein Unternehmen und seine Autos.

Am 29. November 1928 verursachte Marendaz einen schweren Verkehrsunfall mit Todesfolge. Es wurde wegen Fahrlässigkeit verurteilt und musste der Witwe des Verunfallten GB £1,850 Schadenersatz bezahlen.

1931 begann die Entwicklung eines neuen, größeren Modells. Marendaz verwendete einen Sechszylindermotor von Continental mit 1,8 Liter Hubraum, den er allerdings überarbeitete. Kurz nach der Vorstellung des 13 /70 zog das Unternehmen um nach Maidenhead, Berkshire, England. Als Marendaz Special Cars Limited wurden bis 1936 Sportwagen in einer verwirrend großen Anzahl von Varianten angeboten aber in minimalen Stückzahlen verkauft. Im Prinzip war das stets das gleiche Grundmodell mit unterschiedlicher Motorisierung. Ab 1935 wurde zusätzlich eine Version mit Coventry Climax Sechszylinder angeboten. Die Produktion endete Anfang 1936, möglicherweise wurden die letzten Marendaz Special Anfang 1937 montiert.

Rennsport
D.M.K. Marendaz nahm aktiv von 1922 bis Mitte der 1930er Jahre am Motorsport teil. Er hielt drei 24-Stunden-Geschwindigkeitsrekorde, davon zwei auf in London gebauten Marendaz Special:

 Klasse G, 1.1 Liter; Durchschnitt ;
 gleichzeitig 500 km (Durchschnitt ) und 3 Stunden (Durchschnitt )
 gefahren auf Marendaz Special 11/55 am 10. November 1927: Brooklands. Das Fahrzeug existiert noch.

 Klasse F, 1.5 Liter; 1425 Meilen (2293 km) mit einem Durchschnitt .
 Team: D.M.K. Marendaz / K. N. Forrest / L. L. Hanks
 gefahren auf Marendaz Special 11/55 am 5./6. November 1928; Montlhéry; das Fahrzeug gehörte Hanks.

 Klasse B; gefahren auf Graham-Paige Achtzylinder (5296 cm³) am 23./24. Dezember 1929; Montlhéry.

Sein größter Erfolg an einem Rennen war ein Klassensieg (1500–2000 cm³) samt Rundenrekord () an der RAC Tourist Trophy ("TT") 1935 in Ards bei Belfast (Nordirland).

Pech hatte Marendaz am Großen Preis von Deutschland 1928. Am als Wettbewerb für Sportwagen ausgeschriebenen Rennen auf dem Nürburgring schied er nach einem Unfall aus, ehe er die erste Runde beendet hatte.

Marendaz Special hatten Potential, waren aber nicht zuverlässig genug für große Wettbewerbe. Dies zeigten zwei Versuche Marendaz', an den 24-Stunden-Rennen von Le Mans teilzunehmen. Beide Male, 1928 und 1933 konnte er nicht starten.

Mit dem 15/90 von der erwähnten Tourist Trophy 1935 nahmen Earl Howe / Tommy Wisdom am ebenfalls als Sportwagenrennen ausgeschriebenen Großen Preis von Frankreich 1936 in Montlhéry teil. Der Wagen fiel in der vierten Runde nach einem technischen Defekt aus.

Nebenbei fuhr Marendaz auch Clubrennen mit einem Graham-Paige.

Mit Marendaz Specials nahmen auch Marendaz' Sekretärin Dorothy Summers und die Eltern von Sir Stirling Moss an Rennen teil.

Flugzeuge
Sein Unternehmen musste Anfang 1936 schließen und wurde liquidiert.

Danach trieb Marendaz die Entwicklung eines Flugzeugs voran. Er gründete die International Aircraft and Engineering, Ltd., die gegenüber von seiner früheren Automanufaktur im Cordwallis Works Industriepark in Maidenhead eingerichtet wurde. Ein erster Prototyp seines offenen, zweisitzigen Tiefdeckers Marendaz Mark III wurde 1937 bei einem Hangarbrand zerstört. Marendaz zog darauf mit seinem Unternehmen nach Barton-in-the-Clay (Bedfordshire), wo ein zweiter Prototyp entstand, der jedoch nie geflogen ist. Eine der beiden Maschinen trug die Kennung G-AFZX.

D.M.K. Marendaz gründete die Bedford School of Flying welche Kurse auf De Havilland DH.60 Moth und Avro Avian anbot und von Barton-in-the-Clay und Eaton Bray aus operierte. In Zusammenarbeit mit der Regierung bildete die Schule an die 500 Piloten aus.

Hauptsächlich arbeitete Marendaz jedoch weiterhin an der Entwicklung eines Flugzeugs. Dazu wurde 1938 die Marendaz Aircraft, Ltd. gegründet, wobei unklar ist, ob dies eine Reorganisation seiner International Aircraft and Engineering, Ltd. oder eine Neugründung war. Großbritannien hatte infolge der unruhigen Zeiten in Europa mit der Wiederaufrüstung begonnen. Marendaz rechnete sich Chancen aus, dass die Royal Air Force (RAF) an einer Maschine für die Pilotenausbildung interessiert sein könnte, und baute einen dritten Prototyp (Kennung G-AFGG). Diesmal entstand ein deutlich modernerer Tiefdecker mit geschlossener Kabine und Einziehfahrwerk. Die RAF lehnte jedoch seinen Marendaz Trainer ab.

Späteres Leben
In der Folge gab er die Flugzeugentwicklung auf und verkaufte 1939 sowohl die Marendaz Aircraft, Ltd. wie auch die Flugschule.

1940, kurz nach Ausbruch des Zweiten Weltkriegs, wurde Marendaz als Anhänger von Oswald Mosley und seiner BUF nach der Defence Regulation 18B für kurze Zeit interniert. Während die BUF kurz darauf verboten wurde, kam Marendaz, wahrscheinlich als Veteran des Ersten Weltkriegs, nach wenigen Tagen wieder frei.

Danach begann er künstlerisch zu arbeiten und Bücher zu schreiben. Sein erstes war eine Abhandlung über die Pilotenausbildung welche 1944 unter dem Titel You Can Fly in der Reihe Bernard's Technical Books (Nr. 32) erschien. Unter seinen weiteren Werken findet sich Revelations of Old Worcester (1950). 1954 folgte die Scheidung von seiner Frau und die Heirat mit Dorothy Summers. Das Paar hatte zwei Kinder und verbrachte viele Jahre in Südafrika.

Marendaz beschäftigte sich mit einem kleinen Dieselmotor für einen Traktor von dem allerdings nur ein Prototyp entstand. 1959 gründete er in Mayerton, Johannesburg (Transvaal, Südafrika) die Marendaz Diesel Tractors, Ltd. Nach deren Scheitern 1965 kam es zu juristischen und möglicherweise politischen Auseinandersetzungen welche in einer Anklage wegen Betrug gipfelte. 1972 kehrte er nach Großbritannien zurück und ließ sich in Lincolnshire nieder, wo er zurückgezogen lebte. Er verstarb 1988.

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