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Traumatic DissociationNeurobiology and Treatment
Edited by Eric Vermetten, M.D., Ph.D., Martin J. Dorahy, Ph.D., and David Spiegel, M.D.2007398 pages
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Bringing together for the first time theoretical, cognitive, and neurobiological perspectives on traumatic dissociation, this volume is designed to provide both empirical and therapeutic insights by drawing on the work of many of the main contributors to the field. Opening chapters examine historical, conceptual, and theoretical issues and how other fields, such as cognitive psychology, have been applied to the study of traumatic dissociation. The following section focuses specifically on how neurobiological investigations have deepened our understanding of dissociation and concluding chapters explore issues pertinent to the assessment and treatment of traumatic dissociation. The interacting effects of traumatic experience, developmental history, neurobiological function, and specific vulnerabilities to dissociative processes that underlie the occurrence of traumatic dissociation are among some of the key issues covered. The book's significant contributions include
Useful as a clinical reference or as ancillary textbook, Traumatic Dissociation reorganizes phenomenological observations that have been overlooked, misunderstood, or neglected in traditional training. The research and clinical experience described here will provide the basis for further clinical and theoretical formulations of traumatic dissociation and will advance empirical examination and treatment of the phenomenon.
"This book is an excellent collection of chapters that provide a good review of the existing literature in the field. It is also provides fertile ground for new research ideas. I am very familiar with the literature in this area, yet many of the chapters had me jotting down new references and new ideas to consider. The three well-known editors have collected a stellar lineup of the most important researchers in the field of traumatic dissociation. Chapters are mostly well written and are always intriguing. This book makes a voluble overall contribution to the literature in this area."—PsycCRITIQUES, 1/2/2008
"In all, this book succeeds in drawing together different historical, research, and clinical strands into a largely cohesive text. It acknowledges the considerable controversy regarding dissociation in psychiatry and takes a realistic attitude toward limitation in the current body of knowledge. Traumatic Dissociation: Neurobiology and Treatment will be of interest to practitioners likely to encounter patients with a history of traumatic exposure and to researchers in the filed of dissociation, since it offers insights from a multitude of perspective."—AMJ Psychiatry, 1/2/2008
Martin J. Dorahy, Ph.D., is Clinical and Research Psychologist at the Trauma Resource Centre, North & West Belfast Health and Social Services Trust, and Research Tutor in the School of Psychology at The Queen's University of Belfast in Northern Ireland.
David Spiegel, M.D., is Jack, Lulu, and Sam Wilson Professor at the School of Medicine, Associate Chair of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Medical Director at the Center for Integrative Medicine at Stanford University in Stanford, California.
Handbook for the Assessment of Dissociation
Marlene Steinberg, M.D.
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Large quantities of grape fruit juice (>1 quart daily) also will increase blood levels of lovastatin and should be avoided.
Amiodarone (Cordarone), verapamil (Calan, Verelan, Isoptin), diltiazem (Cardizem), danazol (Danocrine), niacin (Niacor, Niaspan, Slo-Niacin), colchicine, ranolazine (Ranexa), gemfibrozil (Lopid), and fenofibrate (Tricor) also may increase the risk of muscle toxicity when combined with lovastatin. Cyclosporine or gemfibrozil should not be combined with lovastatin. Patients taking amiodarone (Cordarone) should not exceed 40 mg daily of lovastatin. Patients taking verapamil, diltiazem, or danazol should start with 10 mg and should not exceed 20 mg of lovastatin daily. Patients taking niacin (greater than or equal to 1 g/day), fenofibrate (Tricor) or cyclosporine (Gengraf, Neoral) should not take more than 20 mg of lovastatin.
Lovastatin may increase the effect of warfarin (Coumadin), a blood thinner. Patients taking lovastatin and warfarin (Coumadin) should be monitored carefully for toxic effects of warfarin.
Niacin may increase blood glucose levels in individuals with diabetes. Therefore, medications for controlling blood glucose may need to be adjusted when niacin is taken by those with diabetes.
Bile acid sequestrants (for example, cholestyramine [Questran]) bind and prevent absorption of niacin. Administration of bile acid sequestrants and niacin should be separated by 4-6 hours. Alcohol or hot drinks may increase flushing and itching caused by niacin and should not be used when Advicor is ingested. Vitamins and nutritional supplements containing niacin or related compounds (for example, nicotinamide) will increase adverse effects of niacin and should not be combined with Advicor.
PREGNANCY: Advicor should not be administered to pregnant women because lovastatin can be harmful to the fetus. Niacin has not been evaluated in pregnant women at doses used for treating levels of cholesterol and triglycerides.
NURSING MOTHERS: Niacin in Advicor is excreted in breast milk and may cause side effects if ingested by the infant.
SIDE EFFECTS: The most common side effects are flushing, redness, warm sensation, rash, itching, headache, stomach upset, nausea, vomiting, muscle pain, and tingling in extremities. Flushing may be reduced by taking 325 mg of aspirin 30 minutes before the niacin and by increasing the dose of niacin slowly.
Drinking hot liquids or alcohol shortly before or after niacin is taken may increase the occurrence of flushing.
Lovastatin shares side effects, such as liver and muscle damage associated with all statins. Serious liver damage caused by statins is rare. More often, statins cause abnormalities of liver tests. Abnormal tests usually return to normal even if a statin is continued, but if the abnormal test value is greater than three times the upper limit of normal, the statin usually is stopped. Liver function tests should be performed at the beginning of treatment then as needed thereafter.
Inflammation of the muscles caused by statins can lead to a serious breakdown of muscle cells called rhabdomyolysis. Rhabdomyolysis causes the release of muscle protein (myoglobin) into the blood. Myoglobin can cause kidney failure and even death. When used alone, statins cause rhabdomyolysis in less than one percent of patients. To prevent the development of rhabdomyolysis, patients taking lovastatin should contact their health care professional immediately if they develop unexplained muscle pain, weakness, or muscle tenderness.
Statins have been associated with increases in HbA1c and fasting serum glucose levels as are seen in diabetes.
There are also post-marketing reports of memory loss, forgetfulness, amnesia, confusion, and memory impairment. Symptoms may start 1 day to years after starting treatment and resolve within a median of 3 weeks after stopping the statin.
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Do You Wear Too Much Makeup to Work?
Written on November 28, 2011 at 9:49 am , by April Franzino
Wearing makeup makes you appear more competent, trustworthy and likable, a recent study showed, but you may want to tone it down at the office: More than a third of bosses think their female employees and colleagues wear too much makeup, an officebroker.com poll of 500 managers found. The main culprits: bright lips, overdone eyes and heavy blush. As women who work in beauty media, we believe that wearing makeup— and yes, even exploring trends and bolder looks— is part of our job, but every industry has different standards.
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Grandma: There's nothing wrong with being scared Norman, so long as you don't let it change who you are.
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I love the way LAIKA are giving the world of computer 3D animation a run for their money. ParaNorman is a great little film. The detail is as good as the story, both are of a high quality. It's a bit scary for kids though but as an adult (and if I was a kid still) this would defi... read more
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'ParaNorman'. Hilariously clever visual gags, a lovable central character, and beautiful stop motion. Deserves the best animated feature.
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probation volunteers wanted
The city of Blaine's juvenile diversion program is looking for adult volunteers to serve on their community accountability board (CAB) to meet one night a month as well as with youth offenders and their parents. Experience is not necessary and training will be provided beginning in March. Individuals should contact Cathy at Northwest Youth Services at 360/734-9862, extension 130 by February 28.
Rick Larsen to speak in Bellingham Wednesday
U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (D-WA) will offer his perspective on the 110th Congress when he speaks to the Bellingham City Club at noon on Wednesday, February 21 at Northwood Hall, 3840 Northwest Avenue.
The monthly luncheon
program is scheduled one week earlier than normal to accommodate
Larsen continues to serve on the House Armed Services and Transportation Committees, and last month also was appointed to the Small Business Committee. He is a co-chair of the Congressional "Meth" Caucus, and a member of the U.S.-China Working Group.
Larsen is expected to also outline his views on Iraq to the City Club audience. Larsen recently called for a partial withdrawal of American forces.
Lunch is $10 for
members; $15 for non-members. Members of the general public are welcome.
Workshop to discuss voting
The Whatcom Fair Voting non-partisan organization will be sponsoring a free educational forum on state and local voter registration rolls, issues and policies from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, February 24 at the Bellingham city library in the downstairs lecture room.
Speakers will include Whatcom County auditor Shirley Forslof, who will discuss the management of Whatcom County voter rolls and Paul Miller, the Washington State Elections Information Manager, who will discuss the policies, progress and problems of creating an integrated Washington voter registration database.
The Bellingham City
Library is located at 210 Central Avenue in Bellingham. For more information,
call 360/733-6542.
Award-winning filmmaker featured at WWU
Award-winning documentary
filmmaker Eugene Jarecki will discuss his recent film Why We Fight,
an exploration of the American military-industrial complex, at 7 p.m.
Wednesday, February 21, in Western Washington University's
performing arts center (PAC).
The Jarecki film "Why We Fight" won the 2005 Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.
In 1992, after training at Princeton University as a stage director, Jarecki turned to film. His previous film, "The Trials of Henry Kissinger," was released theatrically to critical acclaim in 130 cities around the United States. Winner of the 2002 Amnesty International Award, the film was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award and has been broadcast in more than 30 countries.
Free screenings of "Why We Fight" will also be shown at 4 p.m. in WWU's Fairhaven Auditorium and at 4:30 p.m. in the PAC on Wednesday, February 21.
Admission is free
and tickets are not required for the film showings, the World Issues
Forum or the public lecture at 7 p.m.
For more information, contact Harriet Wender at 360/650-7766 or Ann Carlson, at 360/650-2345.
Semiahmoo earns 4-star rating
American Automobile Association (AAA) recently awarded Semiahmoo Resort-Golf-Spa with its prestigious Four-Diamond Award for the 11th consecutive year.
The award was given based on established standards, including its upscale accommodations and amenities, coupled with a high degree of hospitality, service and attention to detail.
AAA tourism editors determine a property's "diamond rating" based on established criteria with input from trained professionals, AAA members and various lodging industry professionals.
Since it opened in 1987, Semiahmoo Resort has gained a national reputation for its dramatic oceanfront setting, two top-rated public golf courses, including #1-rated Loomis Trail Golf Club and #3-rated Semiahmoo Golf & Country Club (Golf Digest, 2005), luxurious 198-room hotel, a full-service European spa, health club and heated pool, five restaurants and more than 35,000 square feet of conference and meeting space.


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Sleepy Millcreek Hollow Ghost Investigation 2013 will be conducted by the Oquirrh Mountain Paranormal Investigation team and they are welcoming a limited number of the public to participate! See how a real paranormal research session is conducted on a 161 year old farm! Tickets are only $10, all proceeds will go to Pack and Pounce Pet Rescue, located at 333 2nd St, Ste. 8, Ogden, to purchase feed for their rescue horses. For tickets or additional information, visit Pack and Pounce Pet Rescue and Thrift Store or contact us by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com
The Oquirrh Mountain Paranormal Investigation team will conduct four sessions only, all ticket purchasers must be at least 18, in good health, and willing to follow directives to avoid impairing the research. Site research locations are not being publicized to maintain the integrity of the investigations. Participants will meet at Marriott-Slaterville City offices, just 1/2 mile east of exit 346 of I 15, only 30 minutes north of Salt Lake City, and will then be directed to the research session sites.


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Going Wild: Experiencing the Outdoors with Your Child
Camping and young children can be a daunting combination for many parents. Having the right information for camping with little ones can help families embark on a wonderful exploration of the great outdoors.
What to Expect
Enjoying the outdoors with a child of any age can be a tricky endeavor. Toddlers are as unpredictable as the weather, and babies require an excess of daily supplies. Adding camping to the routine can be complicated and overwhelming. Yet with a few simple preparations, your family can enjoy a day—or a week—in the woods with your young one.
If you haven't already introduced your child to Mother Nature, now is the time to visit your local library and pick up picture books and videos on bugs, plants, and animals.
Discuss the particulars of your adventure with your toddler. Will there be a long car ride? Where will she sleep? What will you do if it rains? Sometimes the outdoors can be scary for a child; explaining all the things she may see and experience now, before embarking on your trip, will help her deal with any situation that may occur.
Before departing, familiarize your child with items you are taking on your trip. If you will be tenting (car camping with a tent is a great way to start), set up camp in the backyard and practice with your family. Pretending you are already out in the woods is a fun way to introduce your child to the idea of camping while simultaneously giving you a chance to test your gear.
Many first-time family campers fall into the trap of setting their expectations too high. Remember that you are mixing Mother Nature and children: an equation that invariably yields unpredictable results. Be ready for anything and try to keep your expectations realistic.
There is a wealth of educational resources to help you get ready for that first trip. Visit Powell's Books for a list of outdoor reading material for your young one. A variety of learning tools for children of all ages are also available at
PBS, Discovery, and National Geographic.
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Establish an easy-to-understand set of ground rules for outdoor safety. You'll need to be meticulous in looking after your child in the wilderness. One turned head can result in an emergency drive to the nearest hospital after your precious one samples berries off an unrecognized bush. Teaching your toddler to be safe now may prevent the unthinkable from happening later. And if the unthinkable does happen, be prepared to meet the emergency head-on. Before taking a wilderness trip, learn basic first aid. Many community colleges teach first aid courses at reasonable rates. Your local American Red Cross office also offers a variety of first aid classes.
In addition to your at-home family first aid kit, prepare an outdoor first aid kit. Go over the kit with your toddler and explain what each item does. Your child's knowledge of what is in the family medicine bag may help her feel more comfortable should you need any of the contents to treat her in an emergency. Family Camping Gear suggests a list of items to include in your kit. There are several online resources for outdoor first aid and children's wilderness safety; About.com has several pages of information, and for pre-packaged outdoor family first aid kits, visit Altrec.
Car camping is a wonderful way to spend your first outdoor adventure. You can pack for any situation without the hassle of lugging items in and out of your campsite.
Have your toddler pick out several favorite toys and snacks for the car, and a separate smaller group of toys for your tent (in case you're faced with inclement weather). When packing clothes, err on the side of excess. Pack items you can layer, with lots of onesies for your youngest camper and undershirts for your toddler. You should only need a couple of heavier items for outer layers and for sleeping—change the clothes closest to your little one's skin and reuse the outer layers. Don't forget to include sunscreen and an insect repellent that's gentle on your child's skin.
Camping and diapers are a daunting combination for many parents. Here are a few easy solutions to the dreaded diaper dilemma.
- If you are using cloth diapers, boil them with a little soap over a fire; hang them to dry, and use them again.
- If you use disposable diapers, dig a pit (just as you would for an outdoor latrine), clean off the diapers, bury the waste, and let the diapers dry before stowing them in a garbage bag.
- If you are camping with a potty-trained child or toddler-in-training, bring along your training potty. You can set it up just outside your tent for late night use.
Sleeping in the woods can be difficult for children. Create a comfortable environment by replicating your family's at-home sleeping conditions. Bring along bedding that smells like home and a favorite stuffed animal or pillow. And if you are camping with a baby, bring along a play yard, port-a-crib or baby bed. You can also cut down a camping mat to the same size as your baby's crib mattress and fit it with an old crib sheet, positioning your baby's bed between you and your partner so your child won't roll out in her sleep.
Baby backpacks and hiking strollers are two essentials for family camping. If you are traveling with a child under the age of two, you'll need to look for a front-facing carrier (young babies don't have the head control to safely ride in backpacks). For toddlers, look for a backpack that fits you well across the shoulders and hips (with padded straps and belt for you and a comfortable carrying seat for your child). When shopping for an off-road stroller, look for a three-point harness, a strong lap belt, bike tires (or other sturdy material), brakes, and a reclining backrest. If you plan to do a lot of camping, consider one of the new convertible baby backpack/stroller combinations; they are purportedly lightweight and durable. Be sure to visit REI, Kelty, InStep, BABYBJÖRN, and Graco Baby for products that can help make camping easier, more enjoyable, and safer for your family.
Ready, Set, Camp!
When it comes to any new experience, remember that your excitement is infectious—if you love camping and the outdoors, chances are your child will too. But there are those youngsters with whom camping may not immediately agree. Simple star maps; bug, bird, and plant identification booklets; supplies for nature projects; and so on, are all great items to bring along to engage a reluctant camper.
A fun project for exciting a reticent camper is creating a camping scrapbook. Pack tracing paper, disposable cameras, and crayons. Collect fallen leaves and flowers for plant rubbings (be careful not to disturb native or protected species). Let your toddler experiment with taking pictures and add the developed photos to your special book. Gather small items from your trip, such as pine needles, shells, and campground brochures, and keep a daily camping log. After you return home, your child will enjoy reminiscing with you about her experiences.
Location can be everything for that first-time outing. When looking for a good spot to car camp, hunt out parks where campsites are spaced widely apart with some privacy from main roads. Traffic can become problematic for inquisitive toddlers and babies trying to nap. Many larger parks have a special area just for tenting, which makes for a quieter camping experience.
A good resource for outdoor recreation is The Great Outdoor Recreation Pages. Be sure to also check your local bookstore for regional camping books and information.
Exploring the great outdoors with even the youngest child instills a respect for the world around him, and provides a valuable foundation on which to build not just love for the natural world, but respect for all other living things. Starting early will put you and your family on track for a long and fun-filled outdoor relationship together. And remember that children are inherently intuitive—your excitement and love of the natural world are contagious. Going wild with your child can open a completely new world for you both. Happy Camping!


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The measurement of "miles per gallon equivalent" (MPGe) is a solution federal agencies decided upon a few years ago to help shoppers compare energy costs for plug-in vehicles to fuel costs for conventional vehicles. In brief, MPGe represents the number of miles a vehicle can travel using a quantity of "fuel" – actually electricity – […]+ Read More
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TrueCar announced that fuel economy numbers from June light vehicle auto sales indicate the TrueMPG index remained steady at 23.7 mpg compared to May, remaining at record levels for industry fuel economy. Year-over-year, average fuel economy saw a 0.7 mpg increase, led by Nissan and Chrysler, which both enjoyed better than 1.1 MPG gains in […]+ Read More
The new 2014 Ford Fiesta SE with the Super Fuel Economy package has achieved 41 mpg in EPA testing. According to Ford, the Fiesta is the only subcompact car to surpass 40 mpg. The fuel economy claim is for the Fiesta SE with the Super Fuel Economy package; that package includes Ford's 1.6-liter engine and […]+ Read More
The 2014 Chevrolet Spark EV's efficiency ratings are out. This new EV from General Motors is rated at an EPA-estimated combined city/highway 119 MPGe fuel economy equivalent and a combined city/highway EPA estimated range of 82 miles when fully charged. This means that when compared to the average new vehicle, the Spark EV can potentially […]+ Read More
The repercussions of inaccurate fuel economy labeling on some models of Hyundai and Kia vehicles have become a bit more tangible to the Korean automakers. Between them, the companies have designated more than $412 million as compensation to those customers with one of the dozens of models involved in the reimbursement program set up by […]+ Read More
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Mojang details Scrolls release plans
Minecraft creator Mojang is getting ready to start rolling out its next game Scrolls in a Minecraftian manner. Following a closed alpha test, the deck-building boardgame will enter open beta and everyone will be able to buy at a discount and play while Mojang finishes making it.
Those lucky enough to get picked for the "rapidly approaching" closed alpha will get to play multiplayer matches, single-player AI matches, and mess around with the deck builder, Mojang co-founder Jakob Porser explained. As it moves into open beta, Mojang plans to add the single-player world where players can explore and get new scrolls.
As with Minecraft, new features will be added throughout the open beta. An auction house, character customisation, items, quests, and more are planned.
Mojang has also relaunched the Scrolls website, so hit it for more information.
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Richardson, TEXAS – Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) announced plans today to immunize approximately 27,000 children by the end of 2012. This renewed pledge during National Immunization Month further strengthens BCBSTX's commitment to the Healthy Kids, Healthy Families program – a three-year initiative that pulls together local, state and national resources in an effort to make a significant impact on childhood health and wellness. Through the Caring for Children Foundation, BCBSTX has already immunized 20,000 kids across the state this year. And by the end of 2012, BCBSTX will have provided its one millionth immunization to Texas children.
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The Care Vans are mobile health vans that provide preventive care to uninsured and medically underserved children. Available immunizations include all 14 nationally recommended childhood vaccines including chickenpox, pertussis, HPV, meningitis and more. The 10 Care Vans also receive support from the Texas Medical Association, Texas Medical Association Alliance and other organizations across the state. Beginning in June of 1997 through December 2011, the program has given 943,027 immunizations to 573,988 children.
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My name is Hunter. I am a senior in High School and my english class recently watched this video.
This question was asked to me by a teacher to me back in 9th grade. His take on this was that there should not be an A - F grading scale because all kids do is shoot for an A. That's all. Nothing past that. All they need is an A to make everyone happy. I agree with this statement 100%. The problem is, how do we fix this? What scale can we use in order to make schooling more beneficial to future students? How do we get students to reach their full potential?
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Avi DeyApr 12 2013: I can't speak for the public school stem at Fairfax County Public School System (FCPS.EDU). But as a teen parent in the country, I must say that we still have among the best public schools in the State of Virginia.
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Well one reason is that Fairfax County Supervisors (our elected local government) have published for all to see the 7 priority goals where county resources in order of priorty are being made . This list I found at the Fairfax County Government website about a year or so ago and have been following up on the 3 top goals listed , currently as follows:
(01) Education (Preps for Knowledge Economy Future)
(02) Community Safety (includes safety in schools and community facilities)
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More Conversation: If you like the idea of Converstion Fairfax Community to Community topics where I am focusing. A good way to link for more specific prototype and demo projects that are easy to do with community and citizen support , I suggest you link via my new group I just set up at LinkedIn.Com called "Potomac Knowledgeway" (just such groups at LinkedIn.Com) and we can get connected your community and mine at Hometown USA. Thank you.
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Making this dark stuff seems to be the only way to get signed on to underground labels these days save making happy hardcore for Dutch trance labels.
I'm more of an oldskool jungle artist but I made this last night almost to prove that I can do 'dark'. Still, this will sound cheesy and out of date come five years time. There was a time when trance and techno were considered to be about as dark as it got. DnB back then was just as light and plinky-plonky. This Russian neuro-tek-funk-step-darkc ore stuff is just the next level up. There'll be another.
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He pled guilty and was given life without parole plus 1,000 years. I am so glad that his victims will be spared having to testify against him.
They do get to face him in court and get to make a statement if they want to.
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A group of students from Germany learn the true meaning behind "the city of brotherly love" after Philadelphia tourism officials turn a potential disaster into a shining example of local hospitality.
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Fifteen-year-old high school student Jack Andraka likes to kayak and watch the US television show Glee.
And when time permits, he also likes to do advanced research in one of the most respected cancer laboratories in the world.
Jack Andraka has created a pancreatic cancer test that is 168 times faster and considerably cheaper than the gold standard in the field. He has applied for a patent for his test and is now carrying out further research at Johns Hopkins University in the US city of Baltimore.
And he did it by using Google.
The Maryland native, who won $75,000 at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in May for his creation, cites search engines and free online science papers as the tools that allowed him to create the test.
The BBC's Matt Danzico sat down with the teenager, who said the idea came to him when he was "chilling out in biology class".
CNET's excellent technology reporter, Declan McCullagh, reports on ongoing efforts by the Obama administration to force the Internet industry to provide the U.S. Government with "backdoor" access to all forms of Internet communication:
The FBI is asking Internet companies not to oppose a controversial proposal that would require firms, including Microsoft, Facebook, Yahoo, and Google, to build in backdoors for government surveillance… . That included a scheduled trip this month to the West Coast — which was subsequently postponed — to meet with Internet companies' CEOs and top lawyers… .
The FBI general counsel's office has drafted a proposed law that the bureau claims is the best solution: requiring that social-networking Web sites and providers of VoIP, instant messaging, and Web e-mail alter their code to ensure their products are wiretap-friendly.
"If you create a service, product, or app that allows a user to communicate, you get the privilege of adding that extra coding," an industry representative who has reviewed the FBI's draft legislation told CNET.
As for the substance of this policy, I wrote about this back in September, 2010, when it first revealed that the Obama administration was preparing legislation to mandate that "all services that enable communications — including encrypted e-mail transmitters like BlackBerry, social networking Web sites like Facebook and software that allows direct 'peer to peer' messaging like Skype" — be designed to ensure government surveillance access. This isn't about expanding the scope of the government's legal surveillance powers — numerous legislative changes since 2001 have already accomplished that quite nicely — but is about ensuring the government's physical ability to intrude into all forms of Internet communication.
What was most amazing to me back when I first wrote about these Obama administration efforts was that a mere six weeks earlier, a major controversy had erupted when Saudi Arabia and the UAE bothannounced a ban on BlackBerries on the ground that they were physically unable to monitor the communications conducted on those devices. Since Blackberry communication data are sent directly to servers in Canada and the company which operates Blackberry — Research in Motion — refused to turn the data over to those governments, "authorities [in those two tyrannies] decided to ban Blackberry services rather than continue to allow an uncontrolled and unmonitored flow of electronic information within their borders." As I wrote at the time: "that's the core mindset of the Omnipotent Surveillance State: above all else, what is strictly prohibited is the ability of citizens to communicate in private; we can't have any 'uncontrolled and unmonitored flow of electronic information'."
In response to that controversy, the Obama administration actuallycondemned the Saudi and UAE ban, calling it "a dangerous precedent" and a threat to "democracy, human rights and freedom of information." Yet six weeks later, the very same Obama administration embraced exactly the same rationale — that it is intolerable for any human interaction to take place beyond the prying eyes and ears of the government — when it proposed its mandatory "backdoor access" for all forms of Internet communication. Indeed, the UAE pointed out that the U.S. — as usual — was condemning exactly that which it itself was doing:
Yousef Al Otaiba, the UAE Ambassador to the United States, said [the Obama administration's] comments were disappointing and contradict the U.S. government's own approach to telecommunication regulation.
"In fact, the UAE is exercising its sovereign right and is asking for exactly the same regulatory compliance — and with the same principles of judicial and regulatory oversight — that Blackberry grants the U.S. and other governments and nothing more," Otaiba said.
"Importantly, the UAE requires the same compliance as the U.S. for the very same reasons: to protect national security and to assist in law enforcement."
A week after the announced ban by the Saudis and UAE, The New York Times published an Op-Ed by Richard Falkenrath — a top-level Homeland Security official in the Bush administration and current principal in the private firm of former Bush DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff — expressing support for the UAE's Blackberry ban. Falkenrath explained that "[a]mong law enforcement investigators and intelligence officers [in the U.S.], the Emirates' decision met with approval, admiration and perhaps even a touch of envy." The Obama administration — by essentially seeking to ban any Internet technology that allows communication to take place beyond its reach — is working hard to ensure that its own Surveillance State apparatus keeps up with those of the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
The FBI claims this requirement is merely an extension of current law that mandates that all telecommunications carriers provide government surveillance access to telephone conversations when a search warrant is obtained, and that failure to extend this requirement to Interent communications will risk "Going Dark" with important investigations. There are many reasons why this claim is false.
For one, as surveillance expert Julian Sanchez explained to me in October, the U.S. Government does not need "backdoor" access to all Interent communications in order to surveil even individuals using encrypted communications; instead they can simply obtain end-user surveillance to do so: "if the FBI has an individual target and fear he'll use encryption, they can do a covert entry under a traditional search warrant and install a keylogger on his computer." Moreover, the problem cited by the FBI to justify this new power is a total pretext: "investigators encountered encrypted communications only one time during 2009′s wiretaps" and, even then, "the state investigators told the court that the encryption did not prevent them from getting the plain text of the messages." As usual, fear-mongering over national security and other threats is the instrument to justify massive new surveillance powers that will extend far beyond their claimed function.
Sanchez explains that the true value of requiring back-door access for all Internet communications is full-scale access to all communications: "If you want to sift through communications in bulk, it's only going to be feasible with a systemic backdoor." McCullagh notes that Joe Biden has been unsuccessfully attempting to ban encrypted communications, or at least require full-scale government access, since well before 9/11. As for why this proposed bill is far more intrusive and dangerous than current law requiring all telephone communications to be subject to government surveillance, see Sanchez's analysis here. The ACLU makes similar points here about why this proposal is so dangerous, and describes the numerous ways it extends far beyond current authorities concerning government access to telephone communications.
Moreover, for anyone who defends the Obama administration here and insists that the U.S. Government simply must have access to all forms of human communication: does that also apply to in-person communication? Should home and apartment builders be required to install monitors in every room they build to ensure that the Government can surveil all human communications in order to prevent threats to national security and public safety? I believe someone oncewrote a book about where this mindset inevitably leads. The very idea that no human communication should ever be allowed to take place beyond the reach of the Government is definitive authoritarianism, which is why Saudi Arabia and the UAE — and their American patron-ally — have so vigorously embraced it.
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A private company doing the government's work does not face the same privacy restrictions.
The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to pass a reprehensible cyber-security bill that seeks to protect online companies—giant social media firms to data-sharing networks controlling utilities—from cyber attack. It is reprehensible because, as Democratic San Jose Rep. Zoe Lofgren said this week, it gives the federal government too much access to the private lives of every Internet user. Or as Libertarian Rep. Ron Paul also bluntly put it, it turns Facebook and Google into "government spies."
But that's not the biggest problem with the Congress's urge to address a real problem—protecting the Internet from cyber attacks. While House passage launches a process that continues in the Senate, the bigger problem with the best known of the cyber bills before the House, CISPA, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, is not what is in it — which is troubling enough — but what is not on Congress's desk: a comprehensive approach to stop basic constitutional rights from eroding in the Internet Age.
"I don't think the current cyber-security debate is adequately protecting civil liberties," said Anjali Dalal, a resident fellow with the Information Society Project at Yale Law School (and a blogger). "CISPA seems to place constitutionally suspect behavior outside of judicial review. The bill immunizes all participating entities 'acting in good faith.' So what happens when an ISP hands over mountains of data under the encouragement and appreciation of the federal government? We can't sue the government, because they didn't do anything. And we can't sue the ISP because the bill forbids it."
What happens is anybody's guess. But what does not happen is clear. The government, as with the recently adopted National Defense Authorization Act of 2012, does not have to go through the courts when fighting state "enemies" on U.S. soil. Instead, CISPA, like NDAA, expands extra-judicial procedures as if America's biggest threats must always be addressed on a kind of wartime footing. Constitutional protections, starting with privacy rights, are mostly an afterthought.
The CISPA bill takes an information-sharing approach to fight cyber attacks. Nobody has said there's a problem with the government giving classified information to private firms to stop attacks. It is the opposite of that—Internet companies sharing information about users and their online activities—that raises civil liberties red flags. In general, the courts distinguish between public and private aspects of online activity, holding, for example, that e-mail addresses, subject lines and traffic patterns are like snail-mail addresses on the outside of a paper envelope—they are public. But just as a letter's contents are private, courts have said that is true with online activity—although in a recent Supreme Court case involving wireless surveillance, Justice Sonia Sotomayor raised the question of how much privacy people should expect in their online activities.
Google "39 Ways to Serve and Participate in Jihad" and you'll get over 590,000 hits. You'll find full-text English language translations of this Arabic document on the Internet Archive, an Internet library; on 4Shared Desktop, a file-sharing site; and on numerous Islamic sites. You will find it cited and discussed in a US Senate Committee staff report and Congressional testimony. Feel free to read it. Just don't try to make your own translation from the original, which was written in Arabic in Saudi Arabia in 2003. Because if you look a little further on Google you will find multiple news accounts reporting that on April 12, a 29-year old citizen from Sudbury, Massachusetts named Tarek Mehanna was sentenced to seventeen and a half years in prison for translating "39 Ways" and helping to distribute it online.
As Anthony Lewis was wont to ask in his New York Times columns, "Is this America?" Seventeen and a half years for translating a document? Granted, it's an extremist text. Among the "39 ways" it advocates include "Truthfully Ask Allah for Martyrdom," "Go for Jihad Yourself," "Giving Shelter to the Mujahedin," and "Have Enmity Towards the Disbelievers." (Other "ways to serve," however, include, "Learn to Swim and Ride Horses," "Get Physically Fit," "Stand in Opposition to the Disbelievers," and "Expose the Hypocrites and Traitors.") But surely we have not come to the point where we lock people up for nearly two decades for translating a widely available document? After all, news organizations and scholars routinely translate and publicize jihadist texts; think, for example, of the many reports about messages from Osama bin Laden.
In 2009, Tarek Mehanna, who has no prior criminal record, was arrested and placed in maximum security confinement on "terrorism" charges. The case against him rested on allegations that as a 21-year old he had traveled with friends to Yemen in 2004 in an unsuccessful search for a jihadist training camp in order to fight in Iraq, and that he had translated several jihadist tracts and videos into English for distribution on the Internet, allegedly to spur readers on to jihad. After a two-month trial, he was convicted of conspiring to provide material support to a terrorist organization. The jury did not specify whether it found him guilty for his aborted trip to Yemen—which resulted in no known contacts with jihadists—or for his translations, so under established law, the conviction cannot stand unless it's permissible to penalize him for his speech. Mehanna is appealing.
Under traditional (read "pre-9/11") First Amendment doctrine, Mehanna could not have been convicted even if he had written "39 Ways" himself, unless the government could shoulder the heavy burden of demonstrating that the document was "intended and likely to incite imminent lawless action," a standard virtually impossible to meet for written texts. In 1969, in Brandenburg v. Ohio, the Supreme Court established that standard in ruling that the First Amendment protected a Ku Klux Klansman who made a speech to a Klan gathering advocating "revengeance" against "niggers" and "Jews." It did so only after years of experience with federal and state governments using laws prohibiting advocacy of crime as a tool to target political dissidents (anarchists, anti-war protesters, and Communists, to name a few).
Why Anonymous Is Not a Threat to National Security
Over the past year, the U.S. government has begun to think of Anonymous, the online network phenomenon, as a threat to national security. According to The Wall Street Journal, Keith Alexander, the general in charge of the U.S. Cyber Command and the director of the National Security Agency, warned earlier this year that "the hacking group Anonymous could have the ability within the next year or two to bring about a limited power outage through a cyberattack." His disclosure followed the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's release of several bulletins over the course of 2011 warning about Anonymous. Media coverage has often similarly framed Anonymous as a threat, likening it to a terrorist organization. Articles regularly refer to the Anonymous offshoot LulzSec as a "splinter group," and a recent Fox News report uncritically quoted an FBI source lauding a series of arrests that would "[chop] off the head of LulzSec."
This is the wrong approach. Seeing Anonymous primarily as a cybersecurity threat is like analyzing the breadth of the antiwar movement and 1960s counterculture by focusing only on the Weathermen. Anonymous is not an organization. It is an idea, a zeitgeist, coupled with a set of social and technical practices. Diffuse and leaderless, its driving force is "lulz" — irreverence, playfulness, and spectacle. It is also a protest movement, inspiring action both on and off the Internet, that seeks to contest the abuse of power by governments and corporations and promote transparency in politics and business. Just as the antiwar movement had its bomb-throwing radicals, online hacktivists organizing under the banner of Anonymous sometimes cross the boundaries of legitimate protest. But a fearful overreaction to Anonymous poses a greater threat to freedom of expression, creativity, and innovation than any threat posed by the disruptions themselves.
Increasingly, the U.S. government has shown an intense desire to "friend" you, to "follow" you, to get to know your every online move.
Now they're channeling that desire towards legislation that clears a path for authorities to work with companies like Facebook, Google and AT&T to snoop on Internet-using Americans.
The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act or CISPA, is wending its way through Congress where it could get a favorable vote unless elected representatives hear their constituents' concerns in time.
That's why a coalition of online rights advocates (including the Free Press Action Fund) have joined forces to kill CISPA before more of our online rights are lost to those seeking to turn the Internet into a massive surveillance complex.
Promoted to protect our national interests against a loosely defined horde of cyber-terrorists, CISPA goes far beyond its stated purposes, sacrificing almost all of our online privacy rights without any safeguards against abuse. It's the type of misguided Internet legislation that we have seen in the past, where government and corporations craft restrictive new laws without giving Internet users a seat at the table. Will they never learn?
Groups including EFF, Avaaz.org, Free Press Action Fund, ACLU, Access, CDT and the American Library Association have just launched "Stop Cyber Spying Week" so that Washington understands that the online rights of millions of Americans are not negotiable. In addition tohelping Americans contact Congress, these groups have unleashed the power of Twitter against any legislator weighing a vote for this bad bill.
The folks behind CISPA claim that national security interests make this surveillance necessary, but the bill's language is so vague and overreaching that it opens the door for rampant abuse. Here's what's wrong:
CISPA could lead all too easily to governmental and corporate attacks on our digital freedoms. And while there is a real need to protect vital national interests from cyber attacks, we can't do it at the expense of our rights.
Facebook, which supports CISPA, now counts more than 800 million users worldwide. It's frightening to imagine a world where Mark Zuckerberg and his colleagues could act with impunity to help the U.S. government keep tabs on all of us.
The goal of Stop Cyber Spying Week is simple: Get Congress to back away from this dangerous legislation. The only way to do that is by speaking out.
Two years ago, a piece of faulty computer code infected Iran's nuclear program and destroyed many of the centrifuges used to enrich uranium. Some observers declared this apparent sabotage to be the harbinger of a new form of warfare, and United States Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta has warned Americans of the danger of a "cyber Pearl Harbor" attack on the US. But what do we really know about cyber conflict?
The cyber domain of computers and related electronic activities is a complex man-made environment, and human adversaries are purposeful and intelligent. Mountains and oceans are hard to move, but portions of cyberspace can be turned on and off by throwing a switch. It is far cheaper and quicker to move electrons across the globe than to move large ships long distances.
The costs of developing those vessels – multiple carrier task forces and submarine fleets – create enormous barriers to entry, enabling US naval dominance. But the barriers to entry in the cyber domain are so low that non-state actors and small states can play a significant role at low cost.
In my book The Future of Power, I argue that the diffusion of power away from governments is one of this century's great political shifts. Cyberspace is a perfect example. Large countries like the US, Russia, Britain, France, and China have greater capacity than other states and non-state actors to control the sea, air, or space, but it makes little sense to speak of dominance in cyberspace. If anything, dependence on complex cyber systems for support of military and economic activities creates new vulnerabilities in large states that can be exploited by non-state actors.
Lawmakers in Washington are divided as to how to implement cybersecurity legislation to protect against infiltration from hackers, but one insider says the answer is simple: just establish border patrol for the Internet in America.
Former George W Bush special adviser for cybersecurity, Richard A. Clarke, tackles the topic of America's susceptibility to Internet crimes in an editorial published in The New York Times this week, and the ex-White House "cyber czar" says the issue could easily be resolved. Clarke argues that America loses billions of dollars every year from foreign hackers that steal information from US computers, and while Congress is at odds over which of the handful of cybersecurity bills best fits the country's needs, Clarke — who held related positions in both the Clinton and George W. Bush administrations — offers a solution of his own. In an op-ed published on April 2, Clarke suggests that the US Department of Homeland Security stands to largely stop critical data from being accessed by foreign hackers if they can successfully implement a way to monitor what goes in and out of America's online infrastructure.
Clarke argues in his op-ed that the current administration is all too hesitant to grab the issue by the horns. Not only has Congress complicated matters by considering several similar laws to establish cybersecurity guidelines with little success, he says, but President Barack Obama himself has failed to exercise his own authority to take on the issue. The commander-in-chief, argues Clarke, could easily let the Department of Homeland Security take a stab at the problem. In turn, all they would have to do is scan trillions upon trillions of bits and bytes being beamed out of the personal computers in each American household.
"Under Customs authority, the Department of Homeland Security could inspect what enters and exits the United States in cyberspace," writes Clarke. "Customs already looks online for child pornography crossing our virtual borders. And under the Intelligence Act, the president could issue a finding that would authorize agencies to scan Internet traffic outside the United States and seize sensitive files stolen from within our borders."
In one of the most sweeping attacks on free speech in America, the Arizona legislature has passed a draconian bill that would criminalize speech on the Internet ("any electronic or digital device") that prosecutors consider "obscene, lewd or profane language or … suggest[ing] a lewd or lascivious act if done with intent to 'annoy,' 'offend,' 'harass' or 'terrify.'" The law is largely undefined and is in my view facially unconstitutional. The law would drive a stake in the heart of free speech. Yet, people like Bill Clinton have been calling for such a crackdown on Internet speech for years.
The inclusion of terms like "profane" (defined as including "Abusive, vulgar, or irreverent language" in standard dictionaries) is perfectly bizarre. I cannot imagine that the law was put through any serious legal review. The state will end up paying for litigation of this unconstitutional law. Indeed, I am reluctant to quote from the law on this blog in fear of being prosecuted or being charged with the inclusion of something so obscene and profane.
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer will now have to decide whether to sign this law.
Former president Bill Clinton proposed a law to create what has been denounced as a type of Ministry of Truth for the Internet where officials would monitor the Internet for rumors or untruths. Clinton heralded such a move as "a legitimate thing to do." He added "it would be like, I don't know, National Public Radio or BBC or something like that, except it would have to be really independent and they would not express opinions, and their mandate would be narrowly confined to identifying relevant factual errors … And also, they would also have to have citations so that they could be checked in case they made a mistake. Somebody needs to be doing it, and maybe it's a worthy expenditure of taxpayer money."
The sponsors of this repellant law are RepresentativesTed Vogt, Vic Williams, and Chad Campbell. Vogt (shown here) just graduated from the University of Arizona law school in 2010 and has already applied his hand to denying free speech and limiting tort recovery for accident victims. Quite the start for a legislative legacy.
We have long recognized that free speech comes with bad speech and good speech. Yet we have refused to allow the government to sort out those two categories. As Justice Brennan stated in New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254 (1964), we must remain faithful to "a profound national commitment to the principle that debate on public issues should be uninhibited, robust, and wide-open, and that it may well include vehement, caustic, and sometimes unpleasantly sharp attacks on government and public officials." The addition of an intent factor is meaningless under this law when the mere intent to "annoy" or "harass" is enough to satisfy scienter. The law would sweep away protected speech and allow arbitrary enforcement of terms that are not only undefined but undefinable in the context of Internet speech.
The solution for bad speech is more speech not more regulation of speech.
Proposals for real-time monitoring of email and social media show the government has caved in to the security services
If the government were to suggest monitoring every building that each person in the UK visits, and making a note of every conversation they had, the policy would be seen as electoral suicide. Assurances that the actual content of conversations wouldn't be recorded would be unlikely to help.
It's a telling sign of how many real-world freedoms have been sacrificed online, then, that a government that just two years ago pledged to"reverse the rise of the surveillance state" feels able to propose real-time monitoring of all email and social media communications.
The information stored would include the sender and recipient of an email, the time it was sent, and details of the computer it was sent from. This would build a profile of who contacts whom, with what frequency, and from where.
The government says such measures are essential to counter organised crime and terrorism, citing that 95% of organised crime investigations and "every" major counter-terrorism investigation use communications data. However, this statistic does not show if such information was essential or even useful to these investigations – merely that investigators chose to get hold of communications records on almost every occasion, usually via warrant or use of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (Ripa).
This kind of surveillance is nothing new: it's been gradually expanding in the UK over the past decade, from measures that make it easier to obtain permission to monitor communications, to requiring internet service providers to store information on email communications to all their users. Under Ripa, state employees as junior as Royal Mail officersare allowed to "ping" mobile phones for location information on the basis of a simple, unrecorded, verbal request.
Information about each email sent – the data that would be covered by the new proposals – already has to be stored by providers for at least a year under UK law. The change would make it accessible to intelligence services in real time, presumably to allow for patterns or unusual activity to be spotted.
The World Economic Forum said Wednesday that the BRICS countries, despite their booming economies, are lagging behind their rivals when it comes to capitalizing on Internet technologies.
The Switzerland-based non-profit group released a report highlighting that the world's most developed countries dominate the top of a "networked readiness" list while the highest ranking BRICS nation was China in 51st place.
The acronym "BRICS" is used to refer to surging economies in Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
Although BRICS are fiercely competitive in the global arena, they are hampered by challenges when it comes to adopting information and communications technology (ICT), according to the "Living in a Hyperconnected World" report.
A lack of skilled workers and shortcomings in institutional environments for businesses were cited as factors stifling entrepreneurship and innovation.
The forum's chief business officer Robert Greenhill said the Internet was causing a shake-up for traditional organizations and "we are beginning to see fundamental transformations in all areas of the economy and society."
Sweden was ranked highest in networked readiness, followed by Singapore, Finland, Denmark, Switzerland, Netherlands, and Norway.
The United States was in eighth place, with Canada and Britain rounding out the top 10 list.
The Networked Readiness Index combined data from publicly available sources with feedback from a survey of more than 15,000 executives.
(Reuters) - Britain is to allow one of its intelligence agencies to monitor all phone calls, texts, emails and online activities in the country to help tackle crime and militant attacks, the Interior Ministry said on Sunday.
"It is vital that police and security services are able to obtain communications data in certain circumstances to investigate serious crime and terrorism and to protect the public," a Home Office spokesman said.
The proposed law already has drawn strong criticism, from within the ruling Conservative Party's own ranks, as an invasion of privacy and personal rights.
"What the government hasn't explained is precisely why they intend to eavesdrop on all of us without even going to a judge for a warrant, which is what always used to happen," Member of Parliament David Davis told BBC News.
"It is an unnecessary extension of the ability of the state to snoop on ordinary people," he said.
New legislation is expected to be announced in the legislative agenda-setting speech given by the queen in May.
Currently, British agencies can monitor calls and e-mails of specific individuals who may be under investigation after obtaining ministerial approval, but expanding that to all citizens is certain to enrage civil liberties campaigners.
Internet companies would be required to install hardware which would allow the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), referred to as Britain's electronic 'listening' agency, to gain real-time access to communications data.
The new law would not allow GCHQ to access the content of emails, calls or messages without a warrant, but it would allow it to trace who an individual or group was in contact with, how frequently they communicated and for how long.
The Sunday Times newspaper, which first reported the story, said some details of the proposals were given to members of the Britain's Internet Service Providers' Association last month.
"As set out in the Strategic Defence and Security Review we will legislate as soon as parliamentary time allows to ensure that the use of communications data is compatible with the government's approach to civil liberties," the Home Office spokesman said.
Any proposed legislation changes are likely to face stiff opposition in both houses of the British Parliament.
A similar proposal was considered by the then-ruling Labour party in 2006 but was abandoned in the face of fierce opposition by the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats, who are junior partners in the ruling coalition.
The proposed legislation could reflect the U.S. Patriot Act, controversially introduced six weeks after September 11 in 2001, to expand the government's authority to monitor the communications activity of its citizens.
China has shut down websites, made a string of arrests and punished two popular microblogs after rumours of a coup linked to a major scandal that brought down a top politician.
Authorities closed 16 websites for spreading rumours of "military vehicles entering Beijing and something wrong going on in Beijing", the official Xinhua news agency said, citing the state Internet information office.
Police arrested six people, while the country's two most popular microblogs, run by Sina.com and Tencent, said they would stop users from posting comments to other people's posts until Tuesday.


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Curator and Programs Coordinator, John B. Hurford '60 Center for the Arts and Humanities
Haverford College welcomes applications for the position of Curator and Programs Coordinator for the John B. Hurford '60 Center for the Arts and Humanities. Deadline: January 31, 2012. Starting date: July 1, 2012. Please submit a letter of application, curriculum vitae, writing sample and three letters of recommendation to Kerry Nelson.
Serving on the staff of Haverford College's John B. Hurford '60 Center for the Arts and Humanities and reporting to the HCAH Director, the Curator and Programs Coordinator partners with the Center's Exhibitions Coordinator to realize exhibitions in the College's Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery and other venues across campus. With the mandate of extending the arts and visual studies through the college community and beyond, the Curator and Programs Coordinator brings exhibition practice in close rapport with the curriculum by curating exhibitions, developing faculty curatorial expertise, and working with visiting curators to mount intellectually and aesthetically challenging exhibits. The Curator and Programs Coordinator collaborates with the Exhibitions Coordinator to research potential exhibitions to bring to or commission for Haverford, helping the Center staff and Steering Committee to determine the final exhibitions schedule. In addition to sharing in the conceptualization of each exhibition, the Exhibitions Coordinator is responsible for its final material manifestation in the gallery, while the Curator and Programs Coordinator organizes lectures, workshops, publications, websites, exhibition-related student projects, residencies, and other points of interaction and public engagement. To this end, the Curator and Programs Coordinator will serve as the primary writer for the Exhibitions Program, ultimately responsible for all associated texts and publicity, with the aim of making the gallery as accessible as possible to diverse constituencies within and beyond the campus. SPECIFIC JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Collaborates primarily with Exhibitions Coordinator, as well as with HCAH staff, to research and develop exhibition concepts in concert with faculty, visiting curators, and students, presenting exhibition proposals to the HCAH Steering Committee.
- Meets regularly with faculty to consider curricular links to the Exhibitions Program, either through faculty-curated exhibitions, faculty collaborations with visiting curators, class engagements with the gallery (gallery visits, exhibit-linked assignments, artist-student collaborations/critiques, etc.), or other modes of interaction.
- Oversees or helps generate all writing and publicity linked to the Exhibitions Program, including: catalogues, mailing cards, posters, wall texts, website texts, press releases, and student-generated publications; works with Exhibitions Coordinator, who serves as primary contact for Office of Communications, off-campus graphic designers, and student gallery assistants.
- Works with HCAH Director and Associate Directors to, whenever possible, integrate HCAH initiatives--residencies, symposia, public lectures, reading groups, seminars--with the Exhibitions Program.
- Works with the Center's Tri-College Creative Arts Residencies Coordinator to connect artist residencies to the Exhibitions Program and curriculum.
- Works with the College's Assistant Vice President for Academic Resources and Associate Director of Foundation, Corporate, and Government Relations to identify and apply for appropriate exhibitions-related grants.
- Collaborates with the Library and Special Collections to imagine synergies between College Collections, the curriculum, and contemporary artwork featured in the Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery.
QUALIFICATIONS Minimum of five years of museum or gallery experience coordinating exhibitions with knowledge of public and private collections. Deep engagement with contemporary exhibition and artistic practices. Terminal degree in material culture, history of art, curatorial studies, or other relevant academic disciplines, including literature, history, philosophy, or anthropology. Ph. D. preferred. Proven ability to write and edit exhibition catalogs; sharp, imaginative writing skills necessary. Experience working with innovative approaches to display and developing new forms of curatorial practice. Experience teaching at the undergraduate level preferred. Superb writing and analytical skills. Must be able to work collaboratively with faculty, students, administration, artists, and outside curators.
The application deadline is Tuesday, January 31, 2012. Position starting date: July 1, 2012.
Please submit a letter of application, curriculum vitae, and a writing sample, and three letters of recommendation to be sent to:
Kerry Nelson
John B. Hurford '60 Center for the Arts and Humanities
Haverford College
Haverford PA 19041
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AA/EOE: Haverford is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer, committed to excellence through diversity, and strongly encourages applications and nominations of persons of color, women, and members of other under-represented groups.
Originally posted at: http://www.haverford.edu/news/stories/55471/11


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Blog Post: Disavowed: Secrets of Google's Most Mysterious Tool
Great article Cyrus. It really underlines just how tricky the disavow tool has made things and how little information Google has given us.
We've also seen that it's the effort Google sees you putting in that is really the key to being successfully reconsidered. If you get one bad link removed out of 100 before asking for reconsideration, then you're probably going nowhere. But if you've removed a decent proportion of them ("decent proportion" - that's the million-dollar question!) then we've found a reconsideration is much more likely to be taken seriously.
Keep on truckin'.


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Enjoy this classic quick bread with a tropical, nutty twist!
To Bake Mini-Loaves: Grease bottoms only of 10 miniature loaf pans, 4 1/2x2 3/4x1 1/4 inches. Divide batter among pans (about 1/2 cup each). Bake 30 to 35 minutes. 10 mini-loaves.
Hard to believe, but macadamia nuts were once grown only for decorative purposes. Luckily, someone discovered that these buttery, slightly sweet nuts are good to eat, too!
Ripe bananas make the most flavorful banana bread.