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I'd like to imagine that the conversation between East Neck Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, in West Babylon, N.Y., and its in-house legal team went something like this:
Legal: "So, what are you being sued for?"
East Neck: "Well, you see, we may have hired a male stripper for an 86-year-old patient, and that stripper may have been photographed dancing in front of the patient by a nursing home employee, and the patient's son may have found said picture, and… hello? Are you still there?"
But according to a recently filed lawsuit, it's all true. Franklin Youngblood, the son of 86-year-old Bernice Youngblood, claims that his mother was "photographed by nursing home staff as a muscular, almost nude male dancer gyrated in front of her" against her will. Franklin claims via CBS New York that when he found photographic evidence of the event, one nurse tried to take the photo away, while another dismissed it as an "entertainment event" at the nursing home.
The lawsuit argues that Youngblood and other patients do not possess "the physical or mental capacity to consent to such vile acts or to defend themselves against such vile acts," while attorneys for the plaintiff said the employees put on the show "for their own sick amusement."
Lawsuit Rescue
Spike TV's Bar Rescue features host Jon Taffer helping out bars in financially dire straits attract customers. However, the show and Taffer have inadvertently attracted something else: a lawsuit from one of the bars featured on the show.
Dr. Paul Wilkes, owner of the Las Vegas bar once known as the Sand Dollar, claims that the show goaded him into flirting with Taffer's wife on camera while her husband was outside. The flirting allegedly included comments such as, "Probably my most impressive trick is just from looking at the bend of your arm, I can tell you what your vagina looks like." Then, Wilkes claims, Taffer came into the bar and promptly assaulted him for the comments.
According to Deadline, Wilkes claims he "has suffered and continues to suffer severe emotional distress which results in physical manifestations including but not limited to migraine headaches, nausea, vomiting, night terrors, crying spells, severe depression and anxiety attacks," as a result of the attack. He is seeking general, actual and punitive damages as well as medical and legal expenses, pain and suffering and "other and further relief as the Court many deem just and proper."
The Court's Bedtime
Some beds simply offer a bad night's sleep, but others are out for blood. Don't believe me? Then take a look at a lawsuit brought by the family of Joseph Annunziato, which claims that a Murphy bed he was attempting to install in his Staten Island apartment broke, immediately killing him. According to the New York Daily News, the bed connects to the wall and can be folded up and hidden away when needed. However, while Annunziato was attempting to install it while in the down position, it "snapped with such force that it crushed his skull and severed his spine."
Annunziato's family claims that Murphy Bed Express in Manhattan sold him the bed "without instructions, warnings and all pieces necessary to properly and safely assemble the bed." In addition, the suit says, the pieces the store did give him were "unsafe, unmerchantable and unfit for use." The NYDN says that this isn't the first death caused by a Murphy bed; two British sisters were trapped by one while on vacation in Spain in 2005, and a Los Angeles man suffocated after drunkenly passing out in a folded-up bed in 1982.
Tapping In
I like a good beer every once in a while, but if that beer is going to injure me, then I think I'll just have a glass of pop. And now, after reading the story of Benjamin Harris, I know that isn't as farfetched as it sounds. On April 24, 2012, Harris was attempting to clean a plastic keg where he worked at the Redhook Ale Brewery in Portsmouth, N.H., by pressurizing the keg with air. However, the keg exploded, causing fatal injuries.
But now, M. Christina Kettering, Harris's sister and administrator of his estate, is looking to make those involved with the defective keg pay in court, says the Portsmouth Herald. Among the defendants are manufacturer Plastic Kegs of America Inc. — who Kettering claims "knew or should have known of previous plastic keg failures and knew or should have known that the kegs they manufactured are defective and unreasonably dangerous as designed and manufactured" — and delivery agency Satellite Logistics Group — who Kettering claims should have known "the inherent differences between metal and plastic kegs with respect to their internal pressure tolerances."
Ice and Pain
Frozen is the heartwarming Disney tale of a magical princess Elsa who possesses the ability to create ice and snow. This is not that story.
Instead, this is the story of a gruesome lawsuit, in which the family of an 80-year-old woman claims that the woman was "frozen alive," "eventually woke up," and injured herself upon trying to escape after the White Memorial Medical Center in Boyle Heights, Calif., erroneously ruled her dead following a heart attack. So, think less family comedy and more Lars von Trier.
According to the suit, when morticians came to examine the body days later, they found bruises, broken bones, and cuts so severe they could not be covered by makeup. The L.A. Times reports that a pathologist later examined the body and determined that the woman had actually been frozen alive, not dead from a heart attack as originally presumed. The first case brought against the hospital was disallowed, with the judge siding with hospital attorneys that the claim's statute of limitations had expired. However, on April 2, the 2nd Circuit overturned that claim, saying that the family had no way of knowing about the potential for a claim until the pathologist's examination in December 2011.
Keeping Kosher
Looking for a kosher hot dog to improve your spirits? For many, the instant choice is Hebrew National-brand hot dogs, produced by ConAgra Foods Inc. However, following an 8th Circuit ruling on April 4, the company may be fighting in court once again to prove that its "kosher" moniker is actually true.
11 consumers brought a suit in Dakota County, Minn. in May 2012, claiming that Hebrew National hot dogs were not actually 100 percent kosher as ConAgra claimed. According to the suit, meat processor and kosher supervisor Triangle K failed to follow proper protocol to ensure that the hot dogs were kosher. The suit also alleges that ConAgra's claims of products that "meet a higher standard" made with "premium cuts of 100 percent kosher beef" were misleading customers that paid a higher price for the product.
ConAgra moved the burgeoning class action suit to federal court, where it was dismissed by U.S. District Judge Donovan Frank. Frank claimed that the First Amendment barred him from addressing the religious questions of the case, namely that any decision "would necessarily intrude upon rabbinical religious autonomy." However, the 8th Circuit reversed the ruling… but not in favor of the plaintiffs, necessarily. According to the Chicago Tribune, Chief Judge William Jay Riley wrote that the consumers lacked standing, calling their suit "pure speculation." As a result, he said, ConAgra did not have standing to move the case to federal court, and he ordered the case back to the Dakota County court where it originated.

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2013 has brought so many new and exciting things for us. One of the biggest was moving into our new house! So when the holiday season rolled around this year, we couldn't wait to decorate and start deckin' them halls... say whaaat.
K, moving on...haha
It's so funny how our Christmas decor changes every year. I just go with what I feel like doing. Strangely enough, I didn't have to buy anything new, other than the big tree and about three little "critter" ornaments for our big tree. I'll explain...
Here is our main, crazy huge tree in our family room.
For this one, I did sort of a "rustic woodland critters" theme. That's totally a thing, btw.
I used all of the same ornaments I've used on our main tree in the past (lots of silver, white, and gold), but added a few more ornaments of cute little woodland critters. Totally goes with what has become the decor theme in that room anyway. I'd describe the room as "rustic glam". :)
And here's the room with my favorite critter...
Here's the other side of the room. Nothing crazy going on there, but I love the reflection of the tree in the mirrors.
The birch candles are from Pottery Barn years ago and they have really beautiful sparkle beading on them. They don't have the exact ones this year, but you can settle for a similar option I included in the source list as well.
The only thing I'd like to add to the tree is some sort of ribbon or burlap garland. Maybe even something more natural like woven twigs? That will be an addition for next year.
As for the actual tree itself, we found it at Costco for a great price (compared to other 12-ft LED pre-lit trees). The lights are a nice warm white (non LED looking at all) and with the flip of a button, they change to multicolored, flashing, alternating...it's pretty awesome.
Here's the living room/my office.
I also have a bit of an obsession with my snowflake pillows. I've had these for years and years. It's no surprise that Pier 1 comes out with these again year after year because they're so darn pretty. If we lived somewhere snowy, I'd leave them out year-round.
Next is our fun food/candy/gingie man tree in the dining room.
I've done this tree for the past several years and it's just so fun.
I would include a big photo of the kitchen, but things are changing in there and it's undergoing a little makeover. I started painting it yesterday and it. looks. awesome. I'll share it next week!
Just a simple switch to my Williams-Sonoma Christmas cookbook (I've collected this particular series for the past 10 years!). That particular series has since been discontinued, but I love changing them out to different things throughout the year. The little trees are from Target years ago.
This photo is definitely not the best. I wanted you guys to see how pretty the garland is at night. You can see it much better in the video.
And some more garland in the basement. While we haven't really decorated the basement much thus-far, this is what we've got. I show a lot more of the basement in the video if you're curious.
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A character who, although acting for primarily "evil" or selfish goals, is either not in full control of their actions or emotions and the reader or viewer can sympathize for due to them not being evil by choice, but rather by them being a victim of circumstance.
These villains can face a crisis of conscience in which they submit to doing evil, as well as having tragic pasts, which sometimes cause them to do their evil deeds. These villains often have confused morals believing that they are doing moral when in fact they are doing evil.
Even the protagonists can feel sympathy for tragic villains Often the hero will try to reason with the villain and implore him/her to stop their acts of evil. If the villain does do, he/she is usually redeemed. If not and is arrested or killed, the hero sometimes mourns him/her.
Here are the following characters that fit the bill in the Narutoverse:
Obito Uchiha (his significant other was killed by his best friend)
Sasuke Uchiha (his entire clan was slaughtered and he holds the Hidden Leaf's top brass responsible)
Nagato (sucky childhood where his native land the Hidden Rain Village was always the battleground for wars)
Orochimaru (technically...he didn't give a reason as to why he does messed up stuff, but both his parents did die.)
The only dynamic villains who I can think of who aren't tragic villains are Danzo, Hanzo, and Madara. However, they aren't the main antagonists of the series.
Naruto Shippuden lacks a villain who is just pure evil and rotten to the very core like Frieza or Kid Majin Buu from DBZ. There past wasn't tragic at all, and you didn't feel remorseful for him when it came time for there demise.
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What's with all the love for Lucas? He is a 3rd stringer for garbage minutes or injury coverage ... maybe a situational 3 pointer.
Imo: Lowry, Demar, Fields, Bargnani, Jonas
Bench mob: Jose, Ed, Ross, Kleiza ... Amir & Gray? Having them makes it tough to stick to a 9-man rotation. I'd say 10, by adding Amir.
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I'm surprised that Casey would go with the shorter rotation, but if it is 9 guys, then there are my picks. I think Amir starts over JV in the beginning but JV will probably take over after 25 games or so. The bench will likely have 2 bigs, so I think you have to have Davis there. I wouldn't be surprised to see some interesting lineups used, Bargs & Davis & Amir at the same time while playing a zone D might work.
I think to be successful without the elite talent, you have to play the match-ups. Kleiza would get minutes on nights where he play small ball PF. Gray gets minutes against true bigs to hack them. Anderson plays when they want to shoot the heck from the 3-line (Lowry, Ross, Anderson, Bargs & JV - 4 shooters, 1 guy on boards).
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This team is 10 or 11 deep. Casey says he is going to use a 9 man-rotation--likely meaning he will use, on average, 9 guys in one game. Who the 9th, or even 8th guy, is will be determined by match ups. But since we are cutting 3 players apparently, I guess I'll play along:
I think Casey's gonna have to move to a 10 man rotation. If you go with only 9, and you want a 4 man big rotation (I can't imagine Casey would go with a 3-big rotation with Amir and Jonas fouling at the rate they are likely to), that leaves 3 wings to split 96 minutes. That's a lot. Especially when no one wing is substantially better than the others.
So I imagine either Lucas or Anderson will squeeze in as the 10th man in many circumstances.
Here's my breakdown:
T. Ross
[10th man] Lucas/Anderson
Matchup specialists
Gray (for the BIG big men)
Maguire (for the Durant/Kobe/Lebron's)
Will hopefully get amnestied
JV-AJ-LF-DD-KL. AB-ED-JL3-LK. That's my 9. I play them unless they screw up then the guy behind them gets his shot.If they keep winning they keep playing. Can't see Lucas ahead of Jose but that's what I would do.
We saw a little bit of everything tonight and I think that is likely throughout the year. Might only be 9 guys a night, but it could be a different 9 guys every night. Casey is like the guy in Ali Baba's cave who has to decide "Do I play with the rubies, the diamonds, sapphires or pearls" whenever he wants to do a jewellery dive.
Kyle looked great. He's going to be a star in Toronto. Landry looked good, and JV is ahead of where I thought he'd be. It is preseason of course, but there is a whole lot more talent on this team. A team that looks like it can play some d and get out and run. I think most nights, our ability to defend and run against the opposition will govern rotation. Our bigs are nice and mobile. If Amir can concentrate on defence, he should be ahead of ed. Ed still has something to prove but he's making strides.
It will be interesting to see some real games to assess if Lucas can play backup, if we have lots of depth at the 4, if Ross can back up the 2/3. If we show strength in those areas, I'd be open to trading Jose, ed and dd for a sf, if a trade for a quality sf was out there.
I really see that this team can be extremely successful on both ends WITHOUT Bargnani, and honestly, it's kind of proving it's point watching these pre-season games. Bargnani has been invisible on both ends of the floor.
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Depending on matchups and foul trouble, I expect Davis and Gray to get some significant playing time as well, but I can see Casey only going 9-10 deep during any given game.
I don't expect Lucas, Anderson, Acy or the 15th man to get much burn most games.
Last edited by CalgaryRapsFan; Thu Oct 18th, 2012 at 11:13 AM.
The other thing is that NBA coaches generally open up the bench in the first 10 games or so to 11 or 12 guys before they narrow it down. A guy like Davis could earn himself a spot in the rotation if he's lights out in that stretch.
On a personal note, I'm really hoping to see as little of Kleiza as possible. I just don't like how he plays. If Ross can handle minutes, I'd much prefer to see Kleiza waving towels.
I disagree with you on Kleiza though. If JV can prove capable of handling big minutes, then I think either Amir/Davis needs to go (more than I have since last offseason). With JV & Bargnani starting and Gray & Amir/Davis as the primary backups, I think there's a good opportunity for Kleiza to get lots of playing time in the 2nd unit, at both the SF and PF positions. He is a streaky-good shooter and can post-up as well, potentially providing all sorts of mismatches to take advantage of on the offensive end. I worry that having Amir & Davis on the 2nd unit together (again, assuming JV can log heavy minutes with the starting lineup) is going to get clunky, since their games are too similar.
Lucas has definitely been making a case for himself to be seriously considered when the team needs an offensive boost. I can see him and Lowry playing together in late game/close game situations. He gives up a few inches but his defence is good. Maguire will obvioulsy be used against specific players to give them a totally different look and throw them off their game.
Alan Anderson is also showing solid D and effective offence. The Raps are injury ready. There won't be a huge drop off if even any two starters were hurt at the same time. And more to the point, the coach won't have to ride any horse so hard it is put in danger of injury. I don't think overuse is going to be an excuse any player will be able to use.
Be interesting to see what the average minutes played looks like for the starters. On the Raptors it could turn out to be the lowest in the league. And they really can afford to play flat out. Other teams could wind up hating to play against this team, simply because of the pace, and how hard they are hounded by the defence.
So what do we expect this "8-9 man rotation," that has been alluded to, to be? I think the first 8 players are pretty obvious: DeRozan, Bargnani, Valanciunas, Lowry, Fields, Davis, Johnson and Calderon. But who will be the 9th?
I really hope it's Ross because over the years I have become very confirmed in my belief that young players need floor time to get better and it's that simple.
I'm concerned that Casey will choose to compromise Ross's development in order to win more, ie., I'm concerned we'll see a lot more Alan Anderson than Ross.
So anyways my question is, again, who will be the 9th man?
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Harty said it is clear that losses from Sandy will exhaust available NFIP reserves, requiring the program to exercise its already–authorized borrowing authority.
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Tony Bullock, lobbyist for the NFS in Washington, added that it might be premature to project what the borrowing limit should be increased because it is still too early to tell what flood insurance losses from Sandy might be. He said the current estimate is between $6 billion and $8 billion.
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Edward L. Connor, deputy associate administration of the Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration, a unit of the Department of Homeland Security, explained the issue to industry officials Wednesday at a meeting of the Federal Advisory Committee on Insurance convened by Michael McRaith, director of the Federal Insurance Office.
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Cheney said his concerns are based on informal talks with various congressional delegations by insurance commissioners dealing with the Sandy issue.
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war over net neutrality. As Google explored wireless
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traffic. Likewise, as Verizon expanded its wireless traffic
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"overuse".Now the pair has worked out their
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reach an agreement on broadband policy. We are currently
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FCC."According to The
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senior executive vice president, wrote, "AT&T is not a party
to the purported agreement between Google and Verizon. We
remain committed to trying to reach a consensus on this issue through
the FCC process."Google and Verizon may have been
at-time enemies on the issue of net neutrality, but in the grand
scheme of things they enjoy a close relationship. Verizon is
among the largest carriers of handsets employing Google's wildly
successful operating system Android, which recently passed the
iPhone's version of OS X to become the most used smart phone
operating system in the U.S.Andrew Jay Schwartzman, senior
vice president of the Washington-based Media Access Project, a
watchdog legal firm, remained skeptical of the deal, commenting,
"What is good for Google and Verizon is not necessarily good for
innovation and competition on the Internet."


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Conservative Supreme Court Justices Scuttle Challenge to Warrantless Wiretaps
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"I am your judge, executioner, jury, executioner, jailer, and if necessary, your executioner." -Judge Dredd
While President Barack Obama (D) and the "conservative" majority of the Supreme Court of the United States -- Justices Antonin Scalia, John Roberts, Clarence Thomas, Anthony Kennedy, and Samuel Alito -- have at times disagreed, they hummed a happy tune of harmony on Tuesday, silencing the voices of the President's "liberal" court colleagues. The conservative majority held ranks, voting 5-4 to
strike down
[PDF] a challenge to warrantless wiretaps.
I. Due Process? Not Always, Argues Supreme Court
Both President Obama and his Republican predecessor, President George W. Bush, argue that warrantless wiretaps are a critical tool to fighting the ever-present, nebulous threat of terrorism. They argue that in the
modern era due process is a defunct relic
that needs to be tossed aside to counter the grim face of modern reality.
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U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation
National Security Agency
(NSA) both use warrantless wiretaps and
other warrantless information requests
to spy on Americans. The agencies have not published clear rules regarding when and how warrantless wiretaps are approved.
Normally the government needs a warrant to snoop on citizens, but now federal agents -- sometimes a single agent -- can arbitrarily file to monitors citizens' communications.
II. Yet Another Lawsuit Fails to Halt Warrantless Police State
There have been numerous lawsuits against warrantless wiretaps by civil liberties groups, which argue that the Constitution should not be tossed aside in the name of fighting "terrorism". However, these lawsuits have virtually all failed. The government has additionally granted immunity from lawsuits to telecoms who cooperate with its shadowy, Orwellian tactics.
In the latest lawsuit, brought by
Amnesty International USA
, Judge Alito dealt critics a harsh blow, writing in the majority opinion "[The plaintiffs] cannot demonstrate that the future injury they purportedly fear is certainly impending."
The conservative majority tossed an anti-wiretapping case. [Image Source: Flickr]
Justice Stephen Breyer blasted Judge Alito and President Obama's rhetoric, commenting, "[The harm] is not speculative. Indeed it is as likely to take place as are most future events that commonsense inference and ordinary knowledge of human nature tell us will happen."
U.S. Department of Justice
Solicitor General Donald Verrilli
argues that citizens have nothing to worry about in losing their privacy if they have nothing to hide. He counters Amnesty International and
American Civil Liberties Union
(ACLU) criticism that the wiretaps could adversely affect journalists and lawyers by making them fearful of prosecution.
He argues, "[If a journalist or lawyer] took precautions, it would be because of a belief that (he or she) had to comply with an ethics rule, and the ethics rule would be the cause of (him or her) taking those precautions."
III. Bush, Obama, Romney, are All United on Warrantless Monitoring
Formally under the latest
FISA Amendments Act Reauthorization Act of 2012
(H.R. 5949) the government must suspect a U.S. citizen is talking with a foreigner in order to wiretap the conversation without warrant. Of course, such a claim could be made about virtually any conversation, as there's really no way of proving an agent didn't
be talking with a foreign citizen.
Marking the increasingly similar appearance of America's two ruling parties, both President Obama and his former presidential elections rival Mitt Romney supported warrantless wiretaps. Most Republicans (and Democrats) in Congress have also voted in favor of nullifying Constitutional protections and allowing the practice. Increasingly both parties are finding they have much more in common than they have to disagree about.
President Obama and his predecessor President Bush agree on many things, including that the federal government should be granted unregulated spying on its citizens.
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Mr. Romney expressed a viewpoint narrowly in line with President Obama's plugging warrantless wiretaps in a recent interview (see below), stating, "If it means we have to go into a mosque to wiretap or a church, then that's exactly where we are gonna go, because we are going to do whatever it takes to protect the American people. And I hear from time to time people say, 'Hey, wait a sec, we have civil liberties to worry about', but don't forget... the most important civil liberty I expect from my government is my right to be kept alive."
In other words whoever won the White House, the outcome on warrantless wiretaps -- like many other issues -- was predetermined. The President would support the push to keep law enforcement activities unaccountable and unregulated. Both parties argue that citizens should just be happy the government is allowing them to live, as Mr. Romney puts it, by fighting "terrorism".
IV. Original FISA Aimed to Stop What Current Bill Does
The FISA mess, like many in the government is an interesting historical lesson in how the government can take what seems like a good idea and twist it to accomplish the exact thing that it was originally intended to prevent --
non-transparent and unaccountable wiretapping
The FISA was designed to eliminate Fourth Amendment violations, and was put in place in the wake of accusations that President Richard Nixon had used wiretaps to spy on political rivals. The act only allowed for warrantless wiretaps if one of the parties was "reasonably believed" to be outside the U.S.
The original FISA aimed to stop wanton warrantless wiretapping used by people like President Nixon to (allegedly) spy on his political enemies. [Image Source: DC Comics]
While well intentioned, perhaps the FISA left open the door to abuse by putting domestic surveillance mechanisms in place. While the bill criminalized abuse, with a penalty of up to five years in jail, it has been difficult to prove abuse allegations against ranking federal officials.
But for its flaws FISA did offer some protections for a while. But those protections were replaced with the precise thing the original measure was designed to block via the
PATRIOT Act of 2001
, which dramatically expanded warrantless wiretaps, and the
"Protect America Act"
of 2007 (
Pub.L. 110-55
And now the best challenge to that ubiquitous surveillance has been struck down before the Supreme Court.
"I modded down, down, down, and the flames went higher." -- Sven Olsen
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Improving regional investigative response to radiological and nuclear terrorism focus of INTERPOL conference in Panama
PANAMA CITY, Panama – Some 60 officers from nine Central and South American countries have attended an INTERPOL meeting in Panama to develop a coordinated regional approach to preventing terrorism that makes use of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosives (CBRNE) materials.
Organized by INTERPOL's CBRNE Terrorism Prevention Programme and the INTERPOL National Central Bureau in Panama, the five-day meeting (29 July to 2 August) was aimed at identifying regional methodology for leading effective intelligence-driven, prevention-orientated investigations into acts of terrorism involving CBRNE weapons, materials and technology.
Topics of discussion included regional operations against trafficking in radioactive materials, radioactive and nuclear materials sources, incident response mechanisms and radiation detection equipment used in CBRNE operations.
"The risk of CBRNE materials being used by terrorists is very real and it is critical that we work together to address the threat if we want to keep the Americas, and indeed the whole world, safe for its citizens," said Panama Police Director Julio Molto.
Bringing together representatives from regional law enforcement agencies, customs, border control forces, public health authorities and fire services in addition to specialized CBRNE police officers, the INTERPOL meeting included practical exercises, scenario-based tabletop exercises and familiarization with mobile detection systems.
"Combating the security threat that hazardous materials poses in the region requires a concerted regional approach amongst different public security sectors," commented INTERPOL's CBRNE Programme Manager Anthony Thomas.
"This meeting has served to give countries a regional overview of the radiological and nuclear terrorism threat, and a better idea of how they can work together more effectively in countering it."
Participants will be sent a follow-up survey within the next six months to enable the region to assess the steps they need to put in place in their respective countries as it relates to CBRNE terrorism prevention.


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ACE Inhibitors; ARBs/Lithium Interactions
This information is generalized and not intended as specific medical advice. Consult your healthcare professional before taking or discontinuing any drug or commencing any course of treatment.
Medical warning:
Serious. These medicines may interact and cause very harmful effects. Contact your healthcare professional (e.g. doctor or pharmacist) for more information.
How the interaction occurs:
Your blood pressure/heart medicine may slow the elimination of lithium from your body.
What might happen:
Your blood levels of lithium may increase and cause toxic effects.
What you should do about this interaction:
Make sure your healthcare professionals (e.g. doctor or pharmacist) know that you are taking these medicines together.If you experience new or worsened tremors, fatigue, muscle weakness, confusion, slurred speech, vomiting, diarrhea, loss of appetite, blurred vision, trouble walking, ringing in the ears, seizures, dizziness, or heart palpitations call your doctor or get medical help right away. Your doctor may need to temporarily stop or reduce your dose of lithium, or change you to a different medicine for your high blood pressure/heart/kidney protection. It may be necessary to monitor the lithium levels in your blood more often.Your healthcare professionals (e.g. doctor or pharmacist) may already be aware of this interaction and may be monitoring you for it. Do not start, stop, or change the dosage of any medicine before checking with them first.
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Microsoft officially launched Bing, a new rebuilt search engine that was previously spoken about and tested under the code name of Kumo.
Microsoft designed Bing to replace Live Search, and it will become Microsoft's default search on June 3. Until then, it'll remain closed to the public, though on June 1 some Bing results will be shown when people use Live Search.
Along with being a search portal, Bing makes it easier for users to purchase items, purchase airfare and other travel arrangements, and to help find fast, relevant medical information.
There are a handful of different features users can look forward to while using Bing, with a Wired.com review revealing the pros and cons of the service.
In addition to search for relevant links after a user enters a search query, the engine also retrieves and processes data, before rendering it in a way that's easy to read. Bing monitors search history and displays it when a user is typing something, though this feature is somewhat easy to use -- unlike Google at the moment.
Wired seemed impressed by Bing, but remained wary that a lot of the best features Microsoft put into its latest search engine may be missed by casual users.
Learning from past marketing mistakes, Microsoft will invest up to $100 million to help make sure people browsing the internet know about Bing. Live Search -- though never really able to take off -- wasn't marketed very well, which caused Internet users to forget about the search portal quickly.
"We want to do better," Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said during the All Things Digital Conference. "There are times in our history where we've felt a little bit like Rocky. It takes persistence in this stuff. You don't always get things right."
Even though Microsoft and Yahoo are reportedly talking regarding a possible merger or buyout of Yahoo's search technology, Microsoft will rely on Bing until that deal takes place, if ever.
Google lead's the way with 64 percent of search queries in the U.S., with Yahoo trailing in second place at 20.4 percent, and Microsoft coming in third with just 8.2 percent. Google continues to be able to charge premium amounts to advertisers, while Microsoft and Yahoo have struggled to keep advertisers interested.