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Past Events
March 26, 2014 - Cyber Vigilantism and Self-Defense: The Legal and Policy Implications of Hacking Back
Georgetown Law's Center on National Security and the Law and National Security Law Society co-hosted Cyber Vigilantism and Self-Defense: The Legal and Policy Implications of Hacking Back. The event can be viewed here.
A growing number of private firms are calling for measures that allow them to actively respond to cyber-attacks. Such "hacking back" raises difficult legal questions. To what extent does the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) authorize such activities? What are the merits of expanding or restricting the private rights to respond to cyber-intrusions?
Keynote Address
John M. (Mike) McConnell
Former Director of National Intelligence
Vice-Chair, Booz Allen & Hamilton
Jason Weinstein, Partner, Steptoe & Johnson
Kimberly Peretti, Partner, Alston & Bird
Shane McGee, General Counsel, FireEye, Inc.
Mary DeRosa, Distinguished Visitor from Practice, Georgetown Law (moderator)
Tuesday February 25, 2014 -- Whistleblowers, Leakers, and Traitors: An Evolving Paradigm
The Center and the Journal of National Security Law & Policy co-hosted the Second Annual Journal Symposium. The event can be viewed here.
Whistleblowers, Leakers, and Traitors: An Evolving Paradigm
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
8:45 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Georgetown University Law Center
Gewirz Student Center, 12th Floor
120 F St. NW
Washington, DC 20001
Dean William Treanor
Georgetown University Law Center
Panel 1: The Current Legal Framework (9:15 am - 10:50 am)
Martin Lederman
Associate Professor of Law, Georgetown Law Center
Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel
Dan Meyer
Executive Director for Intelligence Community Whistleblowing and Source Protection
Office of the Intelligence Community Inspector General
Wyndee Parker
National Security Policy Adviser, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi
Nathan Sales
Assistant Professor of Law, George Mason University School of Law
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Development, Department of Homeland Security
Laura Donohue
Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
Panel 2: The Media and Whistleblowers (10:55 am - 12:35 pm)
Lucy Dalglish
Dean, University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism
Former Executive Director, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Barton Gellman
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist, Washington Post and Time Magazine
Abbe Lowell
Partner, Chadbourne & Parke LLP
Gabriel Schoenfeld
Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
Author of Necessary Secrets: National Security, the Media, and the Rule of Law
Mary-Rose Papandrea,
Professor of Law, Boston College Law School
Keynote Luncheon(12:40 pm - 1:45 pm)
"Managing Secrets"
Admiral William Studeman
Former Director, National Security Agency
Former Deputy Director and Acting Director, CIA
Panel 3: A New Paradigm of Leaking (1:55 pm - 3:35 pm)
Alex Abdo
Staff Attorney, ACLU National Security Project
David Cole
Professor of Law, Georgetown Law Center
Hon. George Ellard
Inspector General, National Security Agency
Kenneth Wainstein
Partner, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Former Homeland Security Advisor
Former Assistant Attorney General for National Security, DOJ
Stephen Vladeck,
Professor of Law, American University Washington College of Law
November 20, 2013 -Torture, Secrecy, and Accountability: How should America respond to abuse of post-9/11 detainees?
On November 20, 2013, the Center partnered with The Constitution Project to host a panel examining accountability and transparency in the treatment of detainees. Professor David Luban, and General Irvine will be panelists, and Professor Rosa Brooks will moderate. The webcast is available here.
November 19, 2013 - Surveillance and Foreign Intelligence Gathering in the United States: The Current State of Play
On Tuesday November 19, the Center and the National Security Law Society co-hosted the second event in our three part series: Surveillance and Foreign Intelligence Gathering in the United States: Past, Present and Future. The webcast is available here.
Introductory Remarks
William Treanor
Dean, Georgetown Law
Keynote Address
Representative Jim Sensenbrenner
Jameel Jaffer - Director, American Civil Liberties Union, Center for Democracy
Robert Litt - General Counsel, Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Matthew Olsen - Former General Counsel, National Security Agency
Marc Rotenberg - President and Executive Director, Electronic Privacy Information Center
Laura K. Donohue - Professor, Georgetown Law (moderator)
November 12, 2013 - Annual Security Clearances Workshop
On Wednesday November 13, 3:30 in McDonough 203, the Center and OPICS will host the annual Security Clearances Workshop, exclusively for Georgetown students. Representatives from the DOJ, CIA, and DoD will describe the security clearance process and answer students' individual questions. Anonymous questions (submitted on index cards) will be answered as well. Professor David Koplow will moderate the workshop. Webcast available to members of the Georgetown Law community here.
October 31 - November 1 - 23rd Annual Review of the Field of National Security Law CLE Conference
Co-Sponsored By The:
American Bar Association
Standing Committee on Law and National Security
Center for National Security Law, University of Virginia School of Law
Center on Law, Ethics and National Security, Duke University School of Law
Center on National Security and the Law, Georgetown Law
Ritz Carlton Hotel -- 1150 22nd St., NW -- Washington, DC
Full Conference program materials and podcasts available here.
September 24, 2013 - Surveillance and Foreign Intelligence Gathering in the United States: Past, Present, and Future
Georgetown Law's Center on National Security and the Law and National Security Law Society proudly present a three-part discussion series this autumn: Surveillance and Foreign Intelligence Gathering in the United States: Past, Present, and Future
This is a crucially important time in the United States' history.A number of foreign intelligence gathering programs using new technologies recently have been unveiled, and the public, the media, and scholars are just beginning to address what these programs mean for the future of the country.
Please join us on September 24, 2013 for the first event in the series, focused on the past.
Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), will be giving the keynote address, followed by a panel discussion by former members and key staff of the 1975-76 Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities ("Church Committee").
The Church Committee exposed government surveillance abuses and played a key role in the creation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which, as subsequently amended, provides the framework for current foreign intelligence gathering programs.
Introductory Remarks
Dean William Treanor, Georgetown Law
Keynote Address
Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
Former Vice President Walter Mondale, Church Committee Member
Senator Gary Hart, Church Committee Member
Mr. Frederick Schwarz, Church Committee Chief Counsel
Ambassador William Miller, Church Committee Staff Director
Dr. Loch Johnson, Special Assistant to Senator Frank Church
Professor Laura K. Donohue, Georgetown Law (moderator)
A webcast of this event is available. Also, , as well as Former Vice President Mondale's remarks are availableDr. Johnson's Remarks.
February 27, 2013 - Swimming in the Ocean of Big Data: National Security in an Age of Unlimited Information
The Journal of National Security Law & Policy and The Georgetown Center on National Security and the Law proudly hosted "Swimming in the Ocean of Big Data: National Security in an Age of Unlimited Information".
Big Data is transforming national security capabilities. The collection, storage, sharing, and analysis of data enable us to identify patterns and forecast behavior from disparate streams of information. Despite massive data-storage capacity and sophisticated analytical tools for processing data from myriad sensors, the rate of data collection is outstripping our ability to analyze it. Compounding this challenge is an outdated and piecemeal legal and policy framework governing how data is collected, stored, shared, and used.
"Swimming in the Ocean of Big Data" will demystify Big Data, address its challenges and potential, and chart a legal and policy framework for an evolving technology.
Twitter hashtag: #bigdata
See the Symposium webcast here.
See the Symposium agenda below, or here.
Registration and Continental Breakfast
Denise Bell, Journal of National Security Law & Policy, Senior Symposium Editor
Dean William Treanor, Georgetown University Law Center
William Banks, Journal of National Security Law & Policy Editor-in-Chief and
Professor of Law, Syracuse University College of Law
Mapping the Ocean: The Fundamentals, Challenges, and Applications of Big Data
The sheer amount and ever-increasing sophistication of information have overwhelmed systems to store, share, and analyze data. How can the ocean of data be turned into actionable intelligence? How can we harness transformational technology for national security while protecting privacy in a society where people both willingly and unknowingly build large individual databases about themselves?
Professor Julie Cohen, Moderator, Georgetown University Law Center
Dr. Matthew P. Gordon, Forward Deployed Engineer for Legal Intelligence, Palantir Technologies
Professor Sean Fahey, Vice Provost for Institutional Research, Johns Hopkins University
Professor Daniel Weitzner, Director, MIT CSAIL Decentralized Information Group and
Policy Director for Technology and Society, World Wide Web Consortium
Building Sturdy Harbors: A Forward-Looking Law and Policy Framework for Big Data
What legal and policy framework should be applied to the privacy, civil liberties, and national security issues raised by Big Data collection, storage, sharing, and analysis? Does current law and policy adequately address these concerns? Moving forward, how will and how should law and policy catch up to govern emerging technologies?
Professor Laura Donohue, Moderator, Georgetown University Law Center
Professor Jennifer Granick, Stanford Law School, Center for Internet and Society
Alex Joel, Civil Liberties Protection Officer, Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Rachel Levinson-Waldman, Counsel, Liberty and National Security Program, Brennan Center for Justice
Paul Ohm, Senior Policy Advisor, Federal Trade Commission and
Professor of Law, University of Colorado Law School
Keynote Luncheon
The Honorable Rajesh De, General Counsel, National Security Agency
Charting the Future: What to Expect from Big Data
A solution-oriented roundtable discussion, this panel will feature a case study of a Big Data application under development, followed by a discussion of the legal and policy protections that should be in place to extract value from that application while mitigating the risks associated with its research, national security, and commercial use.
Professor Stephen Vladeck, Moderator, American University, Washington College of Law
Adam Isles, Case Study Author, Managing Director, Chertoff Group, LLC
Mary Ellen Callahan, Partner, Jenner & Block
Elisebeth Cook, Privacy & Civil Liberties Oversight Board and Counsel at WilmerHale
John Grant,Civil Liberties Engineer, Palantir Technologies
Greg Nojeim, Senior Counsel, Center for Democracy & Technology
Robert O'Harrow,I nvestigative Reporter, The Washington Post
Marc Rotenberg, Case Study Author, Executive Director, Electronic Privacy Information Center
Closing and Reception
February 13, 2013 - Georgetown Journal of International Law Symposium - The Evolution of Economic Sanctions: Increasingly Financial, Multilateral, and Robust
In recent years, economic sanctions have evolved significantly to keep pace with new technologies and strengthened global economic links. Formerly, the use of sanctions was often focused on trade in goods; however, as new methods of evading trade sanctions have developed and as capital has become more mobile, governments have increasingly targeted international financial transactions and flows, perhaps best exemplified by recent U.S. sanctions against Iran. In addition, enhanced coordination among the United States, European Union, and United Nations has produced a thorough multilateral network of sanctions, notwithstanding occasional blind spots. Partially as a result of these developments, economic sanctions are a more robust tool for policymakers today than in the past.
To explore these issues, the Georgetown Journal of International Law (GJIL), Center for Transnational Business and the Law, and Center for National Security and the Law proudly present the 2013 GJIL Symposium, entitled "The Evolution of Economic Sanctions: Increasingly Financial, Multilateral, and Robust." This day-long event will take place in the spring of 2013 at the Georgetown University Law Center. The Symposium will feature a keynote speaker and four panels on: the legal basis and technical operation of financial sanctions; the significant legal and economic impacts of these sanctions on targeted activities; coordination as well as incongruity among U.S., EU, and UN sanctions programs; and a survey of other legal, political, and humanitarian issues raised by sanctions, especially in light of recent programs targeting Iran, Syria, North Korea, and other countries.
November 29 - 30, 2012 - ABA Annual Review of the Field of National Security Law
The ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security; the Center for National Security Law at the University of Virginia School of Law; the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security at Duke University School of Law; and the Georgetown Center on National Security and the Law, hosted the "22nd Annual Review of the Field of National Security Law Conference" in Salons I and II, Ballroom Level, of the Ritz Carlton Hotel, 1150 22nd Street, NW in Washington, DC.
In celebration of the ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security's 50th anniversary, this year's conference featured several panels focusing on a range of pertinent and timely national security law issues.
Day 1 - Thursday, November 29, 2012
Conference Overview and Welcome
Harvey Rishikof
Laurel Bellows
Panel I – Role of the Courts in National Security Law: Past, Present and Future
Moderator: William C. Banks
Discussants: Robert Chesney, Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, Deborah Pearlstein and Judge James Robertson (Ret.)
Panel II – Intelligence Law Developments
Moderator: George Jameson
Discussants: Eliana Davidson, Chris Donesa, Christine Healey, Robert Litt and Stephen Preston
Luncheon Keynote Address – "How Today's Cybersecurity Problems are Reshaping National Security Law"
Steven R. Chabinsky
Panel III – Emerging Technologies
Moderator: Viet Dinh
Discussants: David Cole, Robert O'Harrow and Wyndee Parker
Dinner Keynote Address
The Honorable William H. Webster
Day 2 - Friday, November 30, 2012
Panel IV – National Security and International Law
Moderator: Robert F. Turner
Discussants: Jeremy Rabkin, Nicholas Rostow and Ruth Wedgwood
Panel V – The Law of Armed Conflict: Past, Present and Future
Moderator: The Honorable Scott L. Silliman
Discussants: Laurie Blank, David E. Graham, Hays Parks and Sean Watts
Luncheon Keynote Address – "Newfangled Checks on Executive Power"
Neal K. Katyal
Panel VI – Human Rights and National Security Law Issues
Moderator: Stephen I. Vladeck
Discussants: Col. Richard B. Jackson (Ret.), Martin S. Lederman, Neomi Rao and Hina Shamsi
Panel VII – Ethical Dilemmas Facing Lawyers Practicing National Security Law (Government and Private Practice)
Moderator: Maj. Gen. Charles J. Dunlap, Jr., USAF (Ret.)
Discussants: Judge James E. Baker and Kathleen Clark
Full Conference Program.
October 25, 2012 - Key National Security Issues of 2013
The Georgetown Center on National Security and the Law and the Georgetown Law National Security Law Society invite you to join us for a conference focusing on two of the most pressing national security issues for the next presidential term, and exploring the role of the national security lawyer in the midst of challenging legal and policy issues.
9:00 am - Registration and Continental breakfast
9:30 am - Welcome Remarks
9:35 am - 10:50 am - Panel I: Iran, Israel, and the Nuclear Issue
- Corey Hinderstein, Vice President, International Program, Nuclear Threat Initiative; former deputy director and senior analyst at the Institute for Science and International Security.
- Suzanne Maloney, Senior Fellow, Brookings; former member of State Department's Policy Planning Staff; former Middle East Advisor at ExxonMobil Corp.
- Aaron David Miller, Distinguished Scholar, Wilson Center; former senior analyst, negotiator and advisor at the U.S. State Department; former president, Seeds of Peace.
- Cari Stinebower, Counsel, Crowell & Moring; former counsel and program officer, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), U.S. Treasury.
- Professor Barry Carter (Moderator), Director, Center on Transnational Business and the Law; chair, Sanctions Committee, State Department Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy.
11:00 am - 12:15 am - Panel II: Cybersecurity, the Way Forward
- Steven Chabinsky, Senior Vice President of Legal Affairs and Chief Risk Officer, CrowdStrike, Inc.; former Deputy Assistant Director, Cyber Division, FBI; former senior attorney, Office of General Counsel, FBI.
- Eliana Davidson, Deputy General Counsel for Intelligence, DoD; former Deputy Legal Advisor, National Security Council; former Special Counsel to the General Counsel, DoD.
- Leonard Bailey, Associate Deputy Attorney General, DOJ; former Senior Counselor to the Assistant Attorney General for National Security; former Senior Counsel in the Criminal Division's Computer Crime Section, DOJ.
- Paul Rosenzweig Founder, Red Branch Consulting and Professional Lecturer in Law, George Washington University; former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, DHS; former Acting Assistant Secretary for International Affairs, DHS.
- Professor Laura Donohue (Moderator), Acting Faculty Director, Georgetown Center on National Security and the Law, Associate Professor of Law, Georgetown Law.
12:30 pm to 1:30 pm - Keynote Luncheon Panel: The Role of the National Security Lawyer
- Robert Litt, General Counsel, ODNI; former Partner, Arnold and Porter, LLP; former Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General, Criminal Division, DOJ.
- Benjamin Powell, Partner, WilmerHale; former General Counsel, ODNI; former Associate Counsel and Special Assistant to the President.
- Mary DeRosa, Distinguished Visitor from Practice, Georgetown Law; former Alternate Representative of the United States to the 66th Session of the UN General Assembly; former Deputy Assistant and Deputy Counsel to the President and National Security Legal Advisor.
- Professor David Koplow (Moderator), Former Special Counsel for Arms Control to the General Counsel, DoD, Professor of Law, Georgetown Law.
9:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Hosted luncheon begins at 12:15 p.m.
Gewirz, 12th Floor
Georgetown University Law Center
120 F Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001October 10, 2012 - Fourth Annual Federal Security Clearances Workshop.
There is a webcast is available.
The conference program and the panelist bios are available.
The Center and OPICS co-sponsored the annual Federal Security Clearances Workshop.
Interested in working for the government? Many government agencies require security clearances. Learn about the application process and the legal framework underlying security clearances. Government representatives from three major agencies will tell you what you need to know.
- Rena Cervoni, Assistant Director, Office of Attorney Recruitment and Management, Department of Justice
- Mark Spaulding, Personnel Security Specialist, Department of State
- Peregrine D. Russell-Hunter, Deputy Director, Office of Hearings & Appeals, Department of Defense
- Prof. James Zirkle, Associate General Counsel, Central Intelligence Agency
- Professor Laura Donohue (moderator)
The panel webcast is available here.
This workshop was available to members of the Georgetown community only; the webcast requires a Georgetown log in.
September 20, 2012 - Constitution Day
The Center partnered with The Constitution Project and Center for the Constitution at James Madison's Montpelier to celebrate Constitution Day. TCP presented Washington Post reporters Dana Priest and William Arkin with the Constitutional Commentary Award. The program is available via webcast.
- Lucy Dalglish, Dean of the Philip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland, former Executive Director, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press; former media lawyer, trial department, Dorsey & Whitney LLP; former Reporter and Editor at the St. Paul Pioneer Press
- Dana Priest, Investigative Reporter, The Washington Post; Co-Author, Top Secret America; Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner
- Harvey Rishikof, Chair, Advisory Committee of the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Law and National Security; former Senior Policy Advisor, Director of Counterintelligence Executive, Office of the Director of National Intelligence
- Kenneth L. Wainstein, Partner, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP; Homeland Security Advisor to President George W. Bush; Assistant Attorney General for National Security; General Counsel and Chief of Staff to the Director of the FBI
- Laura K. Donohue, (moderator), Associate Professor of Law, Georgetown Law School; Faculty Affiliate Georgetown Center on National Security and the Law.
September 13, 2012 - Congressman Adam Smith (D-WA) Discussing National Security, the Constitution, and the Executive Branch
The Center was pleased to partner with the Georgetown National Security Law Society to hear Congressman Smith's remarks on national security. The remarks are available via webcast and were covered by CQ Today.
July 19, 2012 - Military Commissions and Guantanamo
The Center co-sponsored a panel on Military Commissions and Guantanamo together with the D.C. Bar International Law Section and with the ABA Standing Committee on National Security Law, and the Bar Association of D.C. National Security Law and Policy Section.
- Jennifer Daskal, Georgetown Center on National Security and the Law
- Adam Thurschwell, Office of Military Commissions - Defense
- Professor Stephen L. Vladeck, American University, Washington College of Law
- Captain Ed White, Office of Military Commissions - Prosecution
- Mary Ann McGrail, (Moderator)
Issues Addressed
(1) the status of the Guantanamo detainees, and whether there is still an expectation that the detention center will be closed;
(2) the impact of Supreme Court jurisprudence on the detentions and trials of detainees; and
(3) consideration of a proposal that a separate court, similar to the FISA Court, be established for trial within the US of those accused of terrorist acts against the US or its citizens.
This program was off the record.
April 19, 2012 - Shadow Wars
The Center and the Journal of National Security Law and Policy hosted an event discussing the implications of the Journal's newest issue, "Shadow Wars."
Opening Remarks
- William C. Banks, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of National Security Law & Policy; Board of Advisers, Distinguished Professor, Syracuse University college of Law; Professor of Public Administration and International Affairs, Maxwell School of Syracuse University; author of the Journal Article Shadow Wars
Featured Authors and Panelists
- Laura Dickinson, Professor of Law, The George Washington University Law School; author of the Journal article Outsourcing Covert Activities
- Louis Fisher, Scholar in Residence, The Constitution Project; former Specialist in Constitutional Law, Library of Congress; author of the Journal article Basic Principals of the War Power
- John Prados, Senior Fellow and Co-Director of the Iraq Documentation Project; Director of the Vietnam Project at the National Security Archive at The George Washington University; author of the Journal article The Continuing Quandary of Covert Operations
- Scott Shane, National Security Reporter, Washington Bureau, The New York Times
- Laura Donohue, Associate Professor, Georgetown University Law Center
February 2, 2012 - Book discussion: "The Law of Counterterrorism"
We hosted a lively discussion of the ABA Administrative Law Section's "The Law of Counterterrorism" and were pleased to have a number of distinguished panelists.
- John Altenburg, Jr., former Fellow, International Assessment and Security Center; author of article "Military Commissions as the Forum to Prosecute Acts of Terrorism and Other Violations of the Law of War"
- Jeffrey Breinholt, National Security Division, Department of Justice; author of "The Revolution of Substantive Criminal Counterterrorism Law: 'Material Support' and its Philosophical Underpinnings"
- W. George Jameson, former Director, Office of Policy & Coordination, CIA; author of "Intelligence and the Law: Introduction to the Legal and Policy Framework Governing Intelligence Community Counterterrorism Efforts"
- Jennifer Daskal, Fellow, Georgetown Center on National Security and the Law
- Stephen Vladeck, Professor, American University Washington College of Law
- Marty Lederman, Associate Professor, Georgetown University Law Center
December 1 & 2, 2011 - 21st Annual Review of the Field of National Security Law
The ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security; the Center for National Security Law at the University of Virginia School of Law; the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security at Duke University School of Law; and the Center on National Security at Georgetown Law, proudly co-sponsored the "21st Annual Review of the Field of National Security Law." The conference, which drew hundreds of national security lawyers from around the country took place on Thursday and Friday, December 1 and 2, 2011 in Washington, D.C.
Keynote Addresses
- The Honorable Harold Koh - International Lawyering for the U.S. Government in an Age of Smart Power.
- Brigadier General Mark S. Martins - Legitimacy and Constraint in Reformed Military Commissions. (Written Transcript)
- Jane Holl Lute - Luncheon keynote address.
Panel Discussions
- Panel I - Executive Update on Developments in National Security Law
- Moderator: Harvey Rishikof
- Discussants: Robert S. Litt, Stephen W. Preston, Lisa Monaco, Jeh C. Johnson, and Ivan K. Fong
- Panel I Conference Materials
- Panel II - Congressional Update on Developments in National Security Law
- Moderator: Peter Raven-Hansen
- Discussants: Michael Allen, Paul M. Lewis, Nick Rossi, and Andrew Keller
- Panel II Conference Materials
- Moderator: Peter Raven-Hansen
- Panel III - Kosovo, Libya and Presidential War Powers for Multilateral Humanitarian Interventions
- Moderator: William M. Treanor
- Discussants:Oona A. Hathaway, Martin S. Lederman, David M. Golove, and Robert F. Turner
- Panel III Conference Materials
- Panel IV - Use of Force Decisions of the International Court of Justice: Triumph or Tragedy?
- Moderator: The Honorable Edwin D. Williamson
- Discussants: Michael J. Matheson, Sean D. Murphy, John Norton Moore and Paul Reichler
- Panel IV Conference Materials
- Panel V - The Uniform Code of Military Justice: Does it Work in War as Well as in Peace?
- Moderator: Scott L. Silliman
- Discussants: Maj. Gen. Charles J. Dunlap, Jr., Lt. Col. Katherine E. Oler, Lt. Col.Daniel M. Froehlich, and Maj. E. John Gregory
- Panel V Conference Materials
- Moderator: Scott L. Silliman
- Panel VI - Public but Classified: "A System Awash in Open Secrets"?
- Moderator: Viet D. Dinh
- Discussants: Mary B. DeRosa, Eliana Davidson, Mark Mazzetti, and Steven Aftergood
- Panel VI Conference Materials
- Panel VII - Ethical Dilemmas Facing Lawyers Practicing National Security Law (Government and Private Practice)
- Moderator: James E. McPherson
- Discussants: William M. Treanor and Thomas D. Morgan
- Panel VII Conference Materials
September 17, 2011 - The Lawyer Jurga: A One Day Seminar on the Pedagogy of Teaching National Security Law
The ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security and Georgetown University Law Center cosponsored a one day seminar on the pedagogy of teaching national security law -- approaches and issues, a "Lawyer Jurga".
The Seminar was held in the Gewirz Student Center, with an opening dinner September 16 at the Army and Navy Club. Our goal is to bring together the academic, practitioner, educational, and instructional communities from our nation's law schools, educational legal centers, and federal legal training institutions including Judge Advocate General and military academies, to discuss the methods, tools, and processes of teaching national security law and training future practitioners in the field of national security law.
The seminar built upon the dedicated work done by many of the pioneers in the field by bringing together the community of national security law teachers.
April 12, 2011 - Moving Targets: Issues at the Intersection of National Security and American Criminal Law
The Georgetown Center on National Security and the Law and The American Criminal Law Review co-hosted an event entitled "Moving Targets: Issues at the Intersection of National Security and American Criminal Law."
Panel 1Where One Ends and the Other Begins: Finding the Boundaries of Criminal Law and National Security on the issue of Military Commission
Panel 2The Role of Domestic Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Border Surveillance
A webcast of the event is available here.
March 23, 2011 - Extend, Amend, or Repeal? The USA PATRIOT Act at Ten
The Center, the American Constitution Society, and the Federalist Society co-sponsored a panel debate on the Patriot Act.
A webcast of the event is available.
March 15, 2011 - Annual Samuel Dash Conference on Human Rights: The Role of Accountability in Protecting Human Rights & National Security
Georgetown Law's Human Rights Institute, Georgetown Law's Center on National Security and the Law, and Human Rights First sponsored the sixth annual Samuel Dash Conference on Human Rights entitled: The Role of Accountability in Protecting Human Rights & National Security
Panel 1 - Addressing the State Secrets Privilege
- Louis Fisher, Scholar in Residence, The Constitution Project
- Daryl Joseffer, Partner, King & Spaulding LLP; former Principal Deputy U.S. Solicitor General
- Eric Lichtblau, National Security Reporter, The New York Times
- Laura Donohue (Moderator), Associate Professor and Acting Director, Center for National Security and the Law, Georgetown Law
Panel 2 - Pursuing Accountability for Human Rights Violations in the National Security Context: Domestic, Regional, and International Strategies
- Katherine Gallagher, Staff Attorney, Center for Constitutional Rights
- James A. Goldston, Executive Director, Open Society Justice Initiative
- Ben Wizner, Litigation Director, National Security Project, American Civil Liberties Union
- Melina Milazzo (Moderator), Pennoyer Fellow, Human Rights First
Remarks byRobert F. Muse, Partner, Stein, Mitchell & Muse LLP Accountability for Private Security Contractors
Panel 3 - Accountability for Private Security Contractors
- Ilona Cohen, Majority Counsel, Senate Committee on Armed Services
- Mark Dewitt, Deputy General Counsel and Vice President of Legal and Government Affairs, Triple Canopy
- Richard Fontaine, Senior Fellow, Center for a New American Security
- Jason Pielemeier, Special Advisor, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, U.S. Department of State
- Moshe Schwartz, Specialist in Defense Acquisition Policy, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division, Congressional Research Service
- Devon Chaffee (Moderator), Advocacy Counsel, Human Rights First
A webcast of this event is available.
March 1, 2011 - Next Step After New START: A Treaty on Tactical Nuclear Weapons?
The Center and the Federal Legislation and Administrative Clinic are please to present Next Step After New START: A Treaty on Tactical Nuclear Weapons? TheU.S. Senate's resolution approving the New START treaty calls for negotiations with Russia regarding tactical nuclear arms, and President Obama has renewed his promise to pursue discussions. However, due to the special challenges associated with extending nuclear arms control to tactical warheads and a host of complicated contextual factors - from missile defense, to NATO nuclear policy, to politics in Moscow and Washington - negotiating a treaty or other agreement will require careful thought and analysis starting now.
Opening Remarks
- Laura Donohue, Incoming Acting Director, Center on National Security and the Law
Keynote Address
- Dr. Edward L. Warner III, Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy; Former Secretary of Defense Representative to the New START Negotiations, and Deputy Head of the U.S. Delegation
Panel Discussion
- Hans Kristensen, Director, Nuclear Information Project, Federation of American Scientists
- Dr. Michael M. May, Professor of Management Science and Engineering, Emeritus, Stanford University; Director Emeritus of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- Paul Dean, Attorney Advisor, Office of the Legal Advisor, U.S. Department of State, New START Delegation Legal Advisor
- Madelyn Creedon, Counsel, Senate Armed Services Committee
- Tim Morrison, National Security Legislative Assistant, Office of U.S. Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ)
- Dakota S. Rudesill, Visiting Associate Professor, Interim Director, Federal Legislation and Administrative Clinic (Moderator)


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tickling the earPosted by Lawrence Dillon in Uncategorized
Like many composers (but by no means all, or even a majority), I am essentially a rationalist. I love putting musical elements together in patterns that tickle the brain with their layered recurrences, subtleties, clarity, elusiveness, forthrightness, etc.
I've learned over the years that my rationalist predilections are strong enough that I'm best off ignoring them. When I focus on other thought processes – emotional, intuitive – my music ends up having a good deal more warmth, while not sacrificing any of the structural rigor that seems to come naturally from my rational side. In other words, if I pretty much put the craft on autopilot while I focus on describing the view and passing out the fruit juice, we'll all end up landing safely – and enjoy the ride that much more.
These thoughts come to mind as I wade through the thicket of finding the right notes and rhythms for my latest work. I'm constantly reminding myself to write exactly what I want to hear, patterns and formulas be damned.
Which leads to another thought: conventional wisdom says that many composers in the mid 20th-century were overly focused on finding a Holy Grail for pitch organization at the expense of other artistic elements.
By the end of the century, I think these Crusaders had largely shifted their attention to rhythmic and metric patterns, without sacrificing the desire to tame the unpredictable through formula.
Some fine music has come from these excursions, and I've written some myself, but it's not where I am now. Now I just want to make sure I'm writing what I want to hear. Seems to me if everyone did that we'd have a much clearer understanding of who we are, collectively speaking.
But, of course, if everyone did that, I'd probably want to do something else.

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Jeff in WA
Like other Neutron/RMC products the price is excellent for what you get. Pros: 1. The seat is very grippy compared to stock (maybe a little too grippy for some). 2. Material was thicker than OEM but easy to install without wrinkles. Just the right amount of material for my KTM's seat. 4. Seems to be holding up so far. I only have one 60 mile mountain ride on it. Cons: 1. The front pocket wasn't sewn the best. Part of the material was sewn incorrectly causing a little extra lump on the leading edge of the pocket.Read All Reviews


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Air Methods consolidates Rescue Air bases
Air Methods purchased Omniflight's Rescue Air operations in Atlanta and North Georgia and plans to consolidate the current operating bases of Air Methods and Rescue Air 1 into six locations in Covington, Gainesville, Griffin, Kennesaw, Newnan and a sixth yet-undetermined base serving the I-75 and I-575 corridors. Three of the bases will operate under Air Methods' Emory Flight banner, although the pilots and mechanics will work for Air Methods. The other three bases will be Rescue Air facilities, with services contracted to Omniflight. Medical personnel at all six bases work for Air Methods. The six bases will operate Eurocopter AS 350s.
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Alaska's Nenana Ice Classic is over.
A spokeswoman for the annual ice breakup betting game says the tripod set up on the Tanana River ice tipped over and stopped the official clock at 7:39 p.m. Monday, Alaska Standard Time.
Ice Classic manager Cherrie Forness says her organization is still in the process of entering all of the guesses into a database.
Ice Classic officials will contact the winners when all of the tickets have been entered. She says that could take another week or so.
For $2.50 a guess, ticket buyers try to predict when the ice will go out.
The jackpot is traditionally about $300,000.
This has been a tradition since 1917, and records show the ice goes out anywhere between April 20 and May 20.


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NEWPORT-North Country was looking for their second win against the Lyndon Institute Vikings on Saturday afternoon, and they got it, winning by the score of 41-29. For the full story, see the Express on 1-6-13.
NEWPORT-With temperatures hovering near minus 15 degrees, the North Country boys basketball team ran into a hot shooting Colchester Laker squad, and came out on the tough end of a 79-46 score.
The game featured the return of Marquel Taylor-Webster to the area.
Marquel was a member of the UCA squad last season, but transferred to Colchester this school year.
He would put up 6 points in his return.
The Falcons were led by Rejean Roberge, who scored 9 points in the loss.
1-4 North Country will travel to face South Burlington on Monday. Tip-off is at 6:30.
ORLEANS-It was a night of firsts for the Lake Region basketball program on Thursday.
First, the Lake Region girls won their first game of the season, defeating Lyndon 47-38.
Emily Lawson led the way for the 1-4 Lady Rangers with 14 pts.
Said LR coach Joe Houston on getting the all important first win, "It feels really good. We talk about how we're patient, and that the losses are ok because we are building, but it does definitely feels good to get one in the win column."
NEWPORT-The North Country boys basketball team took on the BFA Bobwhites in a Metro Division basketball game on Monday night.
These two teams were closely matched skill-wise, but the Falcons were able to hang on and defeat the Bobwhites 50-45 to earn their first win of the season.
For the full story, see the Express on 1-2-14.
JAY-IT was not the prettiest of wins, but the North Country girls will take it, as they beat Hartford 4-2 on Monday evening.
All six goals were scored in the third period, with Hartford's Meghan Boardman getting the Hurricanes on the board first.
Savannah Alberghini-Giroux immediately tied the game on the very next shift, followed by two goals by Jenna Moss to make it 3-1 North Country.
Whitney Bernier upped the lead to 4-1 when her attempt at an empty net goal was blocked by a thrown stick, which automatically gave her the goal.
JAY-Despite being heavily outshot for most of the game the game, the North Country boys hockey team was skating neck and neck with the number two ranked Colchester Lakers before eventually falling by the score of 2-1.
Jared Antoniak had a goal in the first and one in the third to make it 2-0 Colchester before Nate Marsh brought the Falcons to within one at 2-1, and that is how the game ended.
North Country now stands at 4-2-1, and will get back at it on Saturday when they face top ranked CVU at the Cairns Arena. Puck drops at 8:15.
Ross DeLaBruere scored points number 99, 100, 101, 102 and 103 as the Falcon Hockey boys' win over MMU headlined a great Saturday of local high school sports.
Sticking with the NCU boys hockey team, the Falcons defeated Mount Mansfield 7-3, with Ross netting a hat trick and adding two assists.
"It's fantastic, it feels great and all of the credit goes to my teammates," Ross said on the phone while riding home on the NCU bus.
Staying on the ice, despite out-shooting Colchester 20-17, the North Country girls were defeated by the score of 1-0 at home by the Lakers.
ORLEANS-The Lake Region girls made a significant amount of progress in their 68-61 loss to Oxbow on Friday.
To find out what Coach Joe Houston thinks, see The Express on Monday, 12-30-13.
In other news, North Country's boy's basketball team fell to Lyndon at home 57-40 while the Lake Region Boys Went Big over MVU, 64-47, and earned a spot in the Title Game of the Lamoille Holiday Tourney.
The full stories, this Monday in the Newport Daily Express.
ORLEANS–The Lake Region Lady Rangers started their game against the Lamoille Lady Lancers by hanging close to their opposition, but as the game wore on Lamoille was able to gain separation and come away with the 62-49 win.
"We had a couple of nice spots tonight where a player did a good job of boxing a kid out, plus Tyrah really came on late for us, but we are young and we still have some work to do," said LRU coach Joe Houston.
Here are the following cancellations and make up dates for the games scheduled for Friday the 21st and Saturday the 22nd.
12/21: NCU @ MMU girls basketball: canceled, no make up
12/22: NCU vs Lyndon boys basketball moved to 12/27, time is the same.
12/22: NCU vs Rice boys hockey moved to 1/6/14 at 4:00
12/22: NCU @ Harwood girls hockey moved to 1/27/14 at 3:30
12/22: LRU @ Lyndon girls basketball moved to 2/15/14 4:30 JV, 6:00 varsity
12/30: NCU vs Colchester boys hockey now starting at 4:00 instead of 8:00


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DUNBAR, W.Va. (AP) — The 63rd cadet class is reporting to the West Virginia State Police Academy.
Twenty-one cadets are scheduled to report to the academy in Dunbar on Monday to begin 25 weeks of training. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin is scheduled to administer the oath of office to the cadets.
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URSS Awards 2013
The 6th Annual Undergraduate Research & Scholarship Symposium
Each year, various university departments generously sponsor cash awards for outstanding research and scholarship. The following will be awarded at the 2014 URSS:
ACES: Academic Community-Engaged Scholarship
Outstanding Community-engaged Scholarship Project: $250
The aim of this award is to recognize research or scholarly work that engages Duquesne's communities (at the local or global level) as partners in the research or scholarship enterprise.
Bayer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences
2 for Excellence in Research in the Basic Sciences: $300
Center for the Catholic Intellectual Tradition and Center for Spiritan Studies
Catholic Intellectual Tradition and Spiritan Studies Award for Undergraduate Research: $250
The aim of this award is to celebrate and encourage undergraduate research that engages resources in Catholic intellectual traditions in general or Spiritan sources more particularly.
Gumberg Library
Gumberg Library Award for Undergraduate Research: $250
The Gumberg Library Award judges posters based on their intellectual merits and demonstration that the research presented meets the standard of its field.
Honors College
Outstanding Poster: $250
Symposia posters are at their best when they optimally combine intellectual sophistication with legibility to the non-specialist. Therefore, criteria for this award include: scholarly rigor; visual appeal; organization; professional polish.
Mary Pappert School of Music
Mary Pappert School of Music Undergraduate Award: $250
Mylan School of Pharmacy
Award for Undergraduate Research: $250
Office of the Provost
Outstanding Scholarship Award: $250
2 for Honorable Mention: $125
Phi Kappa Phi, National Honors Society
Outstanding Research: $500
2 for Honorable Mention: $250
School of Nursing
School of Nursing Undergraduate Research Award: $250
University Academic Sustainability Committee
Excellence in Sustainability & the Environment: $250


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Career Center
Credential Files
A Credential File contains written information about you which supports your application for teaching, school or community counseling, school administrative employment opportunities or graduate school applications.
The Career Center will help you maintain your file by updating it with new materials as they are submitted. At your written, signed request, we will mail your file to potential employers and/or schools you choose.
Establishing a Credential File
Contents of a Credential File
What items are not considered part of my file?
Do I need a special form for my recommendation letters?
What is a Confidential Letter?
The Buckley Amendment
Ensuring the Accuracy of My Credential File
Establishing a Credential File
To establish a Credential File, complete the Registration and Release Form and send it to the Career Center, OM-013, along with the appropriate credentials which are listed below. Registration forms can also be obtained from the Career Center office.
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Contents of a Credential File
The following items only can be placed in a Teacher's Credential File:
- Copy of NYS Certification
- Copy of NYS Certification test scores (Praxis, LSAT's, ASTW's, Praxis, etc.)
- 3-5 letters of recommendation
- Unofficial student copy of transcripts (request from the Office of Student Records)
- One copy of your current resume (for office use only)
The following items only can be placed in a School or Community Counselor's Credential File or an Administrative Credential File:
- Copy of NYS Certification
- 3-5 letters of recommendation
- Unofficial student copy of transcripts (request from the Office of Student Records)
- One copy of your current resume (for office use only)
For more information on establishing a Credential File, refer to our handouts, "Job Search Guide for Teachers" or "Job Search Guide for Counselors and Administrators."
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What items are not considered part of my file?
The following items should not be placed in your file. Instead, compile a portfolio which can be taken to interviews and used as a marketing tool to showcase your experience, training, skills, and abilities. If any of these items are requested by an employer, it is your responsibility to provide them a copy.
- CORSA, Violence Prevention or Fingerprinting forms or certificates
- Pre-student teaching assessment forms
- Sample lesson plans, syllabi, etc. or lesson appraisal forms
- Interim and final student teaching evaluations
- Newspaper articles, pictures, etc.
- Letters from parents or students
- Red Cross, CPR certificates, etc.
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Do I need a special form for my recommendation letters?
Not necessarily. Letters can be printed on the recommender's letterhead stationary or on a Career Center Letter of Recommendation form. By using the form provided by this office, the candidate can choose to either have access to the letter or to have a confidential recommendation. In either case, a good photocopy of the recommendation is required, with the exception being confidential letters.
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What Is A Confidential Letter?
A Confidential Letter is one in which you have waived your right of access under the terms of the Buckley Amendment to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. A confidential letter must either be printed on or attached to a signed and dated Letter of Recommendation form.
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The Buckley Amendment
The Career Center's policy with regard to references complies with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974.
Students may waive any or all of their rights to review confidential letters of recommendation under the Act.
- This includes confidential letters of recommendation placed in the file prior to January 1, 1975, "provided these letters were collected under established policies of confidentiality and were used only for the purposes for which they were specifically collected."
- Confidential letters of recommendation placed in a file after January 1, 1975 "to which the student has waived his or her right to inspect and review and that are related to the student's application for employment or job placement."
- Candidates, under this law, have the right to access (to view or have copies) of all non-confidential letters of recommendation filed after January 1, 1975.
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Ensuring the Accuracy of My Credential's File
It is your responsibility to review your file and verify its completeness and accuracy, not only at the time the file is established, but throughout your job search. If your job search takes place over an extensive period of time, if there is a significant lapse of time between requests, or if you request any changes to the contents of the file, you should again review it for completeness and accuracy. The Career Center is not responsible for the contents and accuracy of your file.


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If you found this page, welcome to Section 220. This is where I'll be writing about the Twins from a fan's point of view … and about anything else that comes to mind, most of it relating to baseball. We're still building the Star Tribune's collection of baseball blogs. One thing's for sure: Between writers Joe Christensen and Lavelle E. Neal III and myself, there will no shortage of baseball chatter around here. More soon.


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Narrow your search
Apple's 11-inch Air gets a CPU speed bump and a decent price cut over the already excellent 2013 version. If you have a recent model there's no need to upgrade, but for anyone else, it's now a better deal than ever.
If you own a MacBook Air from the past couple of years there's really no need to upgrade, but a small spec bump and minor price cut make the most-current Air even more attractive.
Samsung joins the Chromebook makeover party with two new models -- an 11.6-incher that will retail for $319 and a 13.3-inch model that will hit for $399.
French manufacturer Wiko is set to release one of the first Tegra 4i devices. An Android phone called the Wax.
Pricing not available
The $99 Mio Link uses its optical sensor to track your heart rate.
Pricing not available
The new Yoga Tablet 10 HD+ is a step up from previous entries in the line, at least in terms of specs.
Pricing not available
To snag Microsoft's June patches and later ones, Windows 8.1 users better make sure they've installed the April update.
Following Microsoft's announcement of a cheaper, Kinect-less Xbox One, NPD Group reports that Sony's PlayStation 4 yet again claimed the hardware crown.
Looking for a new game to play on your mobile device? Here's our pick of the best released in March 2014.


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White House Office of the Staff Secretary
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The Staff Secretary is a position in the White House Office, responsible for managing communications to the president and circulating documents among senior staff for comment. Sometimes described as "the nerve center of the White House," the position was created under President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Under Eisenhower, the first staff secretaries focused particularly on screening national security communications; in this role, Colonel Andrew J. Goodpaster was thought to overshadow the President's special assistant for national security.[1] Prior to 1989, the staff secretary was designated as a Deputy Assistant to the President. Douglas Kramer, an attorney, is currently staff secretary to President Barack Obama.
Holders of the office (incomplete list)[edit]
(2014-Present) Joani Walsh
- (2012-2013) Douglas Kramer
- (2011–2012) Rajesh De
- (2009–2011) Lisa Brown
- (2006–2009) Raul F. Yanes
- (2003–2006) Brett M. Kavanaugh
- (2001–2003) Harriet Miers
- (2000–2001) Lisel Loy
- (1999–2000) Sean Patrick Maloney
- (1998–1999) Phillip M. Caplan
- (1995–1998) Todd Stern
- (1993–1995) John D. Podesta
- (1991–1993) Phillip D. Brady
- (1989–1991) James W. Cicconi
- (1985–1988) David L. Chew
- (1977–1981) Richard G. Hutcheson III
- (1976–1977) James E. Connor
- (1974–1976) Jerry H. Jones
- (1961–1962) William J. Hartigan
- (1954–1961) Andrew J. Goodpaster
- (1953–1954) Paul Thomas Carroll
External links[edit]
- AmericanPresident.org description of position
- Description of creation of staff secretary position
- List of officeholders
- Records of the White House Office of the Staff Secretary, Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library
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THINK TANK: Artist Talk with John Edmonds
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Monday, January 27, 2014 - 6 p.m.
John Edmonds is a fine art photographer with something to say. Living and working in Washington D.C., Edmonds creates art that colorfully "explores themes of masculine identity, beauty, race and sexuality. Fascinated by the veiling and unveiling of these identities, his work is as personal as it is universal, social and political."
Join us to listen to the artist speak about his telling work. Food and drinks will be served. This program is free and open to the public.
THINK TANK is a new monthly forum to explore and discuss art and contemporary topics at the Dorothy I. Height/Benning Neighborhood Library.


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"What you see and hear depends a good deal on where you are standing; it also depends on what kind of a person you are" -C.S. Lewis
This is who I am..
Im on the right. Diva's we are!
I am a daughter, sister, aunt, cousin, niece and a friend. I am content, happy and laid back. Nature girl. I am a snowboarder, hiker, cyclist and kayaker. Fresh air is the best, no matter what the season. No, I am not a doctor. But, experience is the best teacher. I have a love for cars. I am my fathers daughter! Every car. Imports, Hot Rods, and Classics. I am passionate about music. "A life without music is a life without love" .. one of my favorite quotes. I sing all the time. Feeling beautiful is a must. Beautiful hair, skin, mind and heart. You wear your hair everyday, so it should cost more then your favorite pair of shoes, for you don't wear them everyday. You wear your hair every.day. I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me. Photography is the best form of art. I love cooking, baking, chocolate and people who make me laugh. Aside from God, My dad is the most important man in my life. I am convinced he knows everything. Really, he does. Vintage is a favorite of mine. The clothes, jewelry and decor. I am an exercise queen. I love cities. Traveling is a must. I love cities. Denver and Seattle are my favorite. Healthy, active, gorgeous, and clean. What more could you ask for. I am a youth leader. I am from a small town and wouldn't have it any other way. Family means the world. My mom is a health goddess, an organic gardener, baker and cook. I pray, everyday. I am addicted to health, fall, church, tea, stevia, peanut butter, love, music and sleep. I am a hopeless romantic. Some say I have an old soul. "Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens." Health, Faith & Love are all you really need.
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Derelict London - The Book
London's Lost Rivers - The Book & Website
Author's Guided Tours of London
Derelict London
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Derelict London - the book (published by Random House)
Available in all bookshops inc Waterstones, Foyles, WH Smith plus on the web via The Guardian, Tesco, Asda, Amazon, etc though if you buy it via the Amazon link further down this page I get a better %. Cheers!
"The book is a belter. What we call in my house a Velvet Underground - a great Loo Read"
From the decaying houses on the North Circular, to the faded glory of the Tidal Basin Tavern in Royal Victoria Dock,
via Battersea Power Station and the Hoxton Theatre, this is an extraordinary record of often wonderful London landmarks that are now prey to neglect, vandalism and the developer's demolition crew.
Paul Talling has been recording ramshackle London for several years, and here he looks at the cream of the down-at-heel, blending photographs with accounts of how particular buildings and sights fell into disrepair and what is likely to happen to them. The Victorian Concrete House in East Dulwich, for example – a once magnificent example of an early concrete-built house but now a shell. Palmers in Camden Town, formerly the most famous pet shop in London, where Ken Livingstone bought his newts. Strand Tube Station, which featured in films as diverse as Battle of Britain, Superman IV and An American Werewolf in Paris. To mention only a few of the myriad houses, pubs, cinemas, bomb shelters, cemeteries and shops meticulously recorded and celebrated here.
If you've ever peeped curiously through a gap in a boarded-up window or wondered why the building you pass every day is looking distinctly the worse for wear, this is very definitely the book for you.
Thats me with Paul Ross and Jo Good on The BBC LONDON Breakfast Show
"Author, Paul Talling, prowled the metropolis for five years photographing the wretched,
the ramshackle, the tumbledown and the downright sinister. From the forlorn suburban
terraces on the North Circular Road to the creepily prison-like, rat-infested Ferrier estate
in Kidbrooke, from the closed-down rock pubs of Soho to the vast disused granary (as
featured in Ashes to Ashes) of the Millennium Mills in Royal Dock, it offers a moving
chronicle of living spaces that died and, for the moment, are not being revivified."
"a wonderful catalogue of the capital's social history. Shots of the old Crystal Palace, the ill-fated
Tobacco Docks development and Victorian pubs giving way to Starbucks are richly evocative."
"There's nothing shabby about Derelict London, a thoughtful compendium of unloved and
forgotten buildings, the necrotic ulcers in London's hidden underbelly. Photos from the
author, some taken in locations where we wouldn't want to risk an expensive SLR, are
backed up with illuminating research and tip-offs from fans of his web site."
"When you're done with the London Eye and Buckingham Palace, turn to Paul Talling's detail-packed blog on obscure pockets of the British capital. He'll take you on a fascinating journey of derelict pubs, World War II bunkers, abandoned buildings, and more. Chances are you won't find any of this information in the guidebooks. "
Paul Talling's Derelict London - all photographs are copyright © 2014
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Fresh sardines with green harissa
Roy says this dish of fresh sardines with green harissa and lemon illustrates how "simple and fresh flavour combinations can work magically".
Photo: Roger Cummins
- 12 fresh sardines, filleted (ask your fishmonger to do this)
- olive oil
- vegetable oil
- 2 lemons
- For the harissa
- 5 green tomatoes
- 3 green capsicums
- 2 cloves garlic, peeled
- 5 long green chillies, deseeded
- 3/4 tsp caraway
- 3/4 tsp cumin
- 1/2 bunch continental parsley, chopped finely
- 1/2 tsp sea salt, or to taste
- extra virgin olive oil
· For the harissa: Eye tomatoes and quarter. Place on tray lined with baking paper and slow roast at 150C for about an hour until tender and beginning to shrink. Alternatively, leave tray in the oven on 50C overnight so they are ready to go.
· Roast capsicums in a hot oven until skins are charred and burst. Put in bowl covered with cling wrap and let cool before peeling and removing seeds from the soft flesh.
· Toast spices over medium heat in a dry pan until aromatic. Once cooled, grind them in a mortar and pestle or a spice grinder.
· Place chillies in a food processor and blitz until a paste forms. Occasionally scrape the sides down and add a little extra virgin olive oil to help it along. Once smooth, add the garlic until minced. Then add the ground spices, capsicums, tomatoes, parsley and salt. Process until thick and chunky. Taste for seasoning.
· Scrape into a container and cover generously with extra virgin olive oil. This will be more than you need for this dish, but it lasts for at least a fortnight in the fridge.
· For the sardines: Pat sardines dry with paper towel. Heat a heavy-based frying pan and add a splash of olive oil blended with a little vegetable oil. Place sardines skin side down in the pan. Gently jiggle pan to ensure the skin doesn't catch. Cook over medium-high heat for 1-2 minutes until skin is turning golden. (You'll also notice the flesh around edges is beginning to cook and change colour.)
· Gently flip sardines using a palette knife. Remove pan from heat and allow to finish cooking in the pan for 1 minute.
· Meanwhile place a generous dollop of green harissa on each plate. Use palette knife to transfer sardines to the plates.
· Finish with half a lemon on each plate, and a drizzle of a fruity extra virgin olive oil.
· Serve with a crisp salad of shaved green apples, dill and raddichio dressed with lemon-infused extra virgin olive oil.
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Ritchie Guillaume faced a two-strike count with one opportunity left.
The sixth-grader wasn't in the batter's box, but rather facing the implications of skipping classes and tempting trouble.
Guillaume tiptoed a dangerous line that could have led to him being taken away from his mother, Sheila, had it not been for Kyrell Pierre, who challenged him to visit wrestling practice at John F. Kennedy Middle School.
Pierre's uncle, James, and James' cousin, John Severe, had recently created the program, hoping to reach at-risk kids, teach them the sport and consequently put them on a different path.
Now a senior at North Miami Beach High School and one of its nine state qualifiers set to compete this weekend in Lakeland, Guillaume found wrestling to be an outlet for his anger problem.
"They took me off the streets," Guillaume said. "They put me in the program that got me to become something in life. I'm very proud because I came from a poor community and now I'm somewhere great. I'm on top right now."
For four years, Pierre and Severe taught a new generation of predominately Haitian kids about a sport they thought resembled World Wrestling Entertainment. They have steered kids like Guillaume away from the wrong direction.
In their inaugural group, six kids came out. Two — Guillaume and senior Courtney Stubbs (170) — remain on the high school team. They practice in the school's gymnasium, one block away on 167th Street from their JFK beginnings.
"It's been a blessing every day," said Pierre, who spent seven years as Severe's assistant at NMB before the latter moved on to North Miami High this season. "Each kid I bring into the program is a kid I take away from the streets. That's how I see it. Things like this just keep me in the sport."
Stubbs, who had moved from Jamaica, actually stopped wrestling during his freshman year. He decided not to show up on Day 2 of the GMAC tournament, overwhelmed by the senior-laden team and high school experience.
"I loved the sport too much that I couldn't be giving it up," said Stubbs, who holds a 36-0 record this year as a two-time state qualifier at 170. "I had to come back. I had nothing to do after school, just wasting my time with no goals. Seeing how good Ritchie was doing, I had to catch up with him. That was a goal — to be as good as him."
Affectionately nicknamed "Shark Boy" by his teammates because of his chipped front tooth and Mohawk, Guillaume will make his fourth trip to state, this time as a 145-pounder. As a freshman, he dropped an 8-5 decision in the final at 103 to two-time champion Shiquan Hall.
"That's my son and I support him," said Sheila, who hopes to get Friday off as a Miami-Dade County public schools bus driver to watch him this weekend. "It's what's most important to him now. He's been focused and wants to succeed in that. He loves what he's doing."
Last Saturday, the Chargers captured the program's first regional championship, upsetting South Dade and Columbus. The lone state team title came in 1994.
Those results presented proof of the team's potential at full strength. North Miami Beach competed without three wrestlers — juniors Luc Poliard (120), Matthew Rodriguez-Kirk (152) and Steven Decius (220) — for half the season.
In early December, Decius was riding his bike to school when a car hit him. He woke up in the ambulance, taken to a hospital for X-rays. Decius, who was wearing a helmet, sustained an orbital fracture that forces him to wear a protective mask while wrestling.
Doctors initially told Decius, who stared at the burns, stitches and bruises all over his body, that he wouldn't be able to wrestle for the remainder of the season. He already had missed the first half because of football. He was cleared in time for the district meet.
"Don't take life for granted," said Decius, who competed as a 182-pounder before the accident and now wrestles guys almost 30 pounds heavier than himself. "I didn't expect to get hit by a car — it's not like you go out expecting that. I'm so happy I'm here today. When I had found out I wasn't cleared, I started crying."
Like Guillaume, Stubbs and Decius, six others trace their wrestling roots to Pierre and Severe's middle school program. Before the start of his sophomore season, Guillaume remembers both coaches assuring him the seven fresh faces joining the team would develop into something special, beginning a run of three consecutive district titles.
Pierre even designed a jacket that reads, "We gon get this work." His greatest lesson transcends the sport of wrestling and carries over into life: Hard work pays off.
"I told [John], 'We gon' be good,' " Pierre said. "I told the guys, 'Tomorrow's not promised. If you want it, you've got to get it.' They stuck to it and just made it happen."


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Black tea is the most intensively processed type of tea. The leaves are allowed to fully oxidize, creating their black color before they are dried, giving black tea more complexity, more astringency and fewer vegetal overtones than are typically found in other teas. Astringency is the "dry mouth" sensation left by tannins in tea, familiar to drinkers of a cabernet sauvignon, or other wine. It is this astringency that pairs so nicely with dairy and sweetener. Achieving the right balance of astringency is one of the leading indicators of quality in a black tea.
Green Tea, best known for its grassy vegetal notes and greenish liquor and leaves, is quickly steamed or pan-fired to denature the oxidizing enzymes and preserve the tea's characteristic freshness. While all tea is antioxidant-rich, some speculate that the minimal processing undergone by green tea allows more antioxidants to reach your final cup. Without oxidation, green teas must be steeped more carefully, as they can become bitter if steeped too long or at too hot of a temperature. Never steep green tea with boiling water; near boiling or even cooler will produce much better results.
Our herbals are blended with lavishly delicious flavors, from famously soothing mints to exotic ingredients like cacao, fennel, anise, cardamom and lemongrass to succulent, juicy fruits like raspberry, orange, apple and even tart but deliciously sweet pomegranate.
The oolongs are a first cousin once removed from the black teas. Oolong tea is partially oxidized to lie somewhere between black and green. While the look is more along the lines of black teas, the taste is closer to the green teas but with a touch more oomph and a rounded mouthfeel. Oolongs are commonly produced in the Fujian province of China and on the island of Taiwan, formerly called Formosa, from which one of the more famous oolong teas is named.
While white teas are "less processed" than greens, they are usually somewhat more oxidized. Mild oxidation occurs during the "wilting" stage, when white tea is air-dried after it is first picked. White tea is then baked and dried further, and it may be very lightly rolled, but little is done to change what was picked from the plant. One way to tell that white tea is slightly oxidized is that white teas don't usually need to be steeped as carefully as greens. Steeping white tea with boiling water or for longer time periods can still produce good results.
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I want to thank you for the new Poppy Fields Pugg! I had one of the original Puggs in pistachio (which I cracked carrying it back and forth to work on my bike!), and the upgraded cover is terrific! It now stay open when I'm adding tea and pouring water. *Everyone* who sees it comments on how beautiful it is. Every time I look at it I just smile. Keep up the great work, Tea Forte! I'm so glad I found you!
10/3/13 | Christine, Kenosha, WI
cute little pot
I purchased 2 of these tea pots. I agree with other reviews that the lids could be better made, and the handle could be more ergonomic. However I do not find these characteristics detracting from the overall utility of the pot. I would also add that the spout could be a little more rounder. Having said all that, for the price I think this is a great little tea pot. Cute design that renders at least two cups of tea. I like it a lot and would recommend them to a friend.
9/9/13 | jane, Concord, NH
Needs better lid
Overall I like this teapot - nice size, design and weight. The very first time I used it though the lid broke off from the spring. Very flimsy compared to the rest of the teapot. I think a ceramic lid would be better.
5/26/13 | Dana, Fort Worth, TX
nice teapot
I received this teapot as a gift for dog sitting. I was very excited because I am an avid tea lover. I love the style and the look very much. The 2 person capacity is great for me because I am the only tea drinker in the house. There are a few things that need to be looked into for this product to receive 5 stars for me. 1. The tea basket should be able to stand alone - hence no round bottom. The basket falls over and gets leaves all over the place. 2. It would be nice if the lid to the pot would stay open by itself, making it easier to fill the tea basket. 3. The round handle looks great but it slips in my hand when pouring the tea and I have made a mess a couple of times. Since the pot is ceramic and is a bit heavy it needs more grippability - like a roundish but not completely round handle. 4. The pour spout is too narrow. It tends to leak out the spout and down the pot and onto the counter (outside the cup). I simply love the concept - but the design needs some review. Thanks sir
8/15/11 | S, Cody, WY
great pot, lousy lid
These little pots are adorable and have great function with their simple infusers, but the lids are definitely a weak spot. I love the simplicity of these pots to brew 2+ good cups of fresh tea at a time - the infusers sit neatly in the water until your tea is as strong as you desire, and then you just toss out the used leaves and go enjoy your fresh tea. (I find these infusers much easier and more efficient to clean than some of the other tea infusers sold here, like the Luci.) Still, the lid on the pot is a problem. I have 2 of these pots and they are both the same - the lid is loose, noisy, doesnt close well (if at all), and just feels very cheap compared to the rest of the pot. Still, I use my pot daily and it does make great tea. I just wish they would stabilize the lid and match its quality to the rest of the teapot.
1/28/11 | sarah, near Pittsburgh, PA
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3 trends to watch at CES this week
The show will build on last year's popular technologies, including 3-D printing and hybrid ultrabook tablets.
By Brad Moon
The Consumer Electronics Show -- better known as CES -- is the industry's annual showcase of the gadgets, gear and technology you can expect to see fighting for space on retailer shelves in the coming year.
Last year's edition saw gigantic high-definition 4K TVs, big screen smartphones, phablets, tablets, 3-D printing and the first round of smartwatches take center stage. Samsung (SSNLF) had a big week thanks to its massive and oddly styled S9 UltraHD TV.
Microsoft (MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer had perhaps his last hurrah on the CES stage, commandeering Qualcomm's (QCOM) keynote to pitch Surface RT tablets and Windows Phone 8. (Microsoft owns and publishes Top Stocks, an MSN Money site.)
Meanwhile, Apple (AAPL) -- which chooses not to attend CES -- remained in the background, although the company's presence is always felt as attendees ask: "What would an Apple version of this look like?"
Based on the hype leading up to CES 2014, what are the big developments shaping up in Las Vegas over the course of the week? There are always surprises, but here's an overview of trends to watch for at the Consumer Electronics Show 2014 edition.
4K TV inches closer to mainstream
Last year, 4K TVs were the eye candy at CES. Expect to see more of the same this year, but with a wider range of models.
Yes, there will still Ultra HDTV sets that cost more than a car, but manufacturers like Sony (SNE), Samsung and LG are facing competition from upstart Chinese companies trying to break into the U.S. market with cheap 4K TV offerings. So expect to see more affordable 4K TVs added to the lineup at CES 2014. In addition to 4K TV, expect to see more curves, with OLED TVs that improve on traditional flat screens picking up steam.
The other challenge 4K TV makers faced was a lack of content, and that should also be addressed at CES 2014, with Netflix (NFLX) expected to announce details of its Ultra HD 4K video streaming service. Google's (GOOG) YouTube is also primed to make a 4K streaming announcement.
Tablets and smartphones
The market for mobile devices may be maturing, but that doesn't mean the competition isn't fierce and that there's nothing new to be seen.
Intel (INTC) and Microsoft are expected to be giving Windows 8.1 tablets a push at CES 2014, while more manufacturers jump on the cheap Android tablet bandwagon. Also expect to see more hybrid devices like transforming ultrabook/tablet offerings as PC makers struggle to avoid being eclipsed by tablets.
Look for smartphone displays to get even higher resolution, while Samsung, LG and others are expected to show off their latest smartphone innovation: curved screens. Now that "big" has gone about as far as it can without looking ridiculous, curved screens may be a common sight on the CES 2014 floor and coming soon to your next smartphone.
3-D printing
3-D printers were everywhere at last year's Consumer Electronics Show, and there were some big movements in the industry in 2013 -- notably Stratsys (SSYS) buying MakerBot. Consumer 3-D printers like the Cube from 3D Systems (DDD) finally made their way onto big box retailer shelves, albeit at a rather hefty price point.
3-D printer stocks were on a tear in 2013, but we have yet to see the breakthrough where 3-D printing finally goes mainstream.
At CES 2014 those 3-D printer manufacturers are going to have another go at convincing people that this is the year to buy a 3-D printer.
These are just some of the trends hitting the show. We also explore three other trends to watch at CES 2014 here.
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