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Comic killers, skaters gone wild, maudlin drama, a world-class terrorist, a real-life hero... this week's new movies have it all.
Bruce Willis is an ex-CIA assassin who's been classified Retired, Extremely Dangerous and targeted for termination by his old employer. In theaters everywhere, read our review and watch the trailer
"Jackass 3-D"
Johnny Knoxville and his and of merry morons return for a whole new slew of shenanigans—in 3D!!! In theaters everywhere, watch the trailer
From director Clint Eastwood and screenwriter Peter Morgan comes a film that tells three interwoven stories about a man who can talk with the dead, played by Mat Damon, a woman who has a near-death experience and a young boy who loses his twin brother. In limited release, read our review and watch the trailer
"Down Terrace"
A British crime-family drama about a father and son whose loyalties to their associates and each other are tested when it becomes clear there's a rat in their midst. In limited release, watch the trailer
Edgar Ramirez stars as revolutionary, Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, aka "Carlos the Jackal," in director Olivier Assayas's epic about the man who terrorized the world in the '70s and '80s. In limited release, watch the trailer
Hilary Swank plays Betty Ann Walters, the real-life woman who put hrself through law school in an effort to get the murder conviction of her brother, played by Sam Rockwell, overturned. In limited release, read our review watch the trailer
"Carmo, Hit the Road"
A young woman desperate to leave her crap hometown in Brazil jumps at the chance to get out by helping a wheelchair-bound smuggler deliver a shipment of goods. In limited release, watch the trailer
"I Want Your Money"
Documentarian Ray Griggs compares Barack Obama's belief that "The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works," to Ronald Reagn's assertion that "government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem." In limited release, watch the trailer
Ex-Cosby Kid Tempestt Bledose stars in the story of one man's downfall, one that leads him from a world of riches to a life of bad relationships and a tangle of troubles including murder and betrayal. In limited release, watch the trailer
"Vision" (on Wed.)
The story of famed 12th-century Benedictine nun/feminist Hildegard von Bingen to extraordinary life, a woman who has emerged from the shadows of history as a forward-thinking and iconoclastic pioneer of faith, change and enlightenment. In limited release, watch the trailer


text: A next-generation 2010 Toyota Prius was snapped in full camo regalia filling up at a gas station. So what can we tell? Mainly that the Prius' has totally ripped off the styling of the new Honda Hybrid, differentiating their design with the addition of a small spoiler on the rear. Reports state, and these pictures seem to confirm, that the main visual changes to the 2010 Prius will be on the interior, with a much more integrated cockpit design taking the place of the tacked-on bins-'n-pods look of the current car. You can get your helping of hybrid smug — made-in-America by 2011, no less — midway through 2009, the tentative date for the Toyota vs. Honda hybrid battle royale! [Drive.com.au]

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Hartshorne remarks that is is something of a mystery as to why the algebraic condition of flatness on the structure sheaves gives a good definition of a family (see below). Are there any known enlightening explanations that help serve to unravel this mystery? Below is Hartshorne's introductory motivation to flat families containing said remark:
For many reasons it is important to have a good notion of an algebraic family of varieties or schemes. The most naive definition would be just to take the fibres of a morphism. To get a good notion, however, we should require that certain numerical invariants remain constant in a family, such as the dimension of the fibres. It turns out that if we are dealing with non- singular (or even normal) varieties over a field, then the naive definition is already a good one. Evidence for this is the theorem (9.13) that in such a family, the arithmetic genus is constant.
On the other hand, if we deal with nonnormal varieties, or more general schemes, the naive definition will not do. So we consider a flat family of schemes, which means the fibres of a flat morphism, and this is a very good notion. Why the algebraic condition of flatness on the structure sheaves should give a good definition of a family is something of a mystery. But at least we will justify this choice by showing that flat families have many good properties, and by giving necessary and sufficient conditions for flatness in some special cases. In particular, we will show that a family of closed subschemes of projective space (over an integral scheme) is flat if and only if the Hilbert polynomials of the fibres are the same. -- Hartshorne, Algebraic Geometry, 1977, III.9.5, p. 256


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All this week on MORNING EDITION and ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, we're meeting the people who put the shirt together. Yesterday, we went to Mississippi, where the cotton was grown.
BOWEN FLOWERS: We're standing on one of my farms; we call Omega.
GREENE: And tomorrow on this program, we'll hear from Bangladesh, where the T-shirt was cut and sewn.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN: Planet Money. Wow.
ZOE CHACE, BYLINE: These are our T-shirts.
MONTAGNE: But in between the U.S. and Bangladesh, the Planet Money cotton makes a detour, thousands of miles out of the way to Indonesia. Robert Smith reports on how Indonesia grabbed the most secret and obscure part of the T-shirt process.
ROBERT SMITH, BYLINE: We chased our bales of Mississippi cotton through the streets of Jakarta, through gridlocked traffic, and out into the Indonesian countryside. Now, this is a place where rice fields have been turned into Honda plants and satellite farms. This is a busy, crowded place, until we walk into the doors of the Indorama factory. This building is as big as a football field, and there is seemingly nobody working here. It's just row after row of shiny, metal robots.
These are beautiful machines. They are, like, immaculate.
ANIL TEBREWAL: And very expensive.
SMITH: Very expensive. Anil Tebrewal is the chief salesman here, and he says these machines are his greatest sales tool, because this step in the T-shirt process requires perfection.
TEBREWAL: You should have perfect machines, and a perfect culture to produce perfect things.
SMITH: And let it be very clear: the perfect thing that Anneal is talking about is yarn. Indorama spins raw cotton into yarn. Now, whatever image you have in your head of yarn - your grandma knitting a sweater - no, no, forget it. Yarn, in the textile business, is the stuff you and I might casually call thread. Those tiny little lines, if you look at your T-shirt, that's yarn, and it's very complicated stuff. Jockey International guided us on the technical side of this project, and Randy Schelling from the company told us that they spent years developing the yarn that goes into the Planet Money T-shirt. It had to have just the right qualities.
RANDY SCHELLING: You have the twist, the amount of twist, the direction of the twist.
SMITH: They specify fiber content, something called tenacity.
SCHELLING: Newtons per text on the yarn. That's a relationship to the size of the yarn and amount of strength.
SMITH: So, that's if you tug on it, if it's going to break.
SCHELLING: Right.
SMITH: Randy says there are basically an infinite number of different yarns you can create. So I asked him about the Planet Money yarn. Can we have a copy of the spec sheet? Because we want to show our listeners exactly the kind of that's in their T-shirt.
SCHELLING: No, I don't believe so.
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SMITH: That was Randy's boss, Marion Smith, at the end there. And that's how big a deal yarn is: It is a trade secret. It's like the recipe for Coke, except so much softer against the skin. The reason for all this obsession and secrecy about yarn is that yarn has to be flawless. There's six miles of it in a T-shirt. And if they get the recipe wrong - they pick the wrong cotton or the incorrect twist, if it's not uniform - your T-shirt could be itchy. It could fit funny. It could fall apart - which is why at the Indorama factory, they use robots, lots and lots of expensive robots.
I watched a machine suck up the cotton and pull it into a long, thick ponytail - an infinite ponytail sailing above my head, in and out. And, suddenly, these machines make it very thin, spinning at 22,000 rotations per minute.
So, I'm actually touching the yarn coming - oh, it vibrates. It's like a violin string.
Yeah. It turns out, this is a huge no-no at the factory. Nobody touches the yarn. My producer, Jess Jiang, and I got a little lecture.
TEBREWAL: No. There is no touching here. Why should you touch the product by hand? You are destroying the product.
JESS JIANG, BYLINE: But what's destroying it? My hands are clean. I washed them.
TEBREWAL: No, your hands are not clean. Dirty hands are bound to touch it, and then - look at this - the yarn is destroyed.
SMITH: They've got to be careful. Indorama puts out enough yarn to make a T-shirt every second. That's enough yarn in a day to circle the globe 24 times. It took a lot to do that math. It is an efficient plant, but it still does not explain the basic question about the Planet Money T-shirt, which is: Why does all of this happen in Indonesia? Why not in Bangladesh, where they actually use the yarn? Or why not in the United States, where the cotton is grown? Because, I learned, Indonesia is in a sort of sweet spot right now in the middle of the global T-shirt trade.
ANUPAM AHGRAHWALL: I think Indonesia is lucky to be in the middle of the process, but...
SMITH: Wait - luck? You think it's really luck?
AHGRAHWALL: Partly, partly.
SMITH: This is Anupam Ahgrahwall. He is the boss of all the spinning here at Indorama. And he explains Indonesia carved out a cozy little space between those advanced industrial countries and the developing ones. Places like the United States and Europe, they simply have to pay their workers more. Indorama can do it cheaper. Now, developing countries, like Bangladesh and Myanmar, they do have even lower wages than Indonesia, but those countries aren't ready to build a $35 million plant like this one. And they don't have a good supply of what robots need to survive.
AHGRAHWALL: Infrastructure, electricity.
SMITH: But staying in the sweet spot in a changing global economy is almost impossible. You know the drill: some poor country scrapes together the money to build one of these plants. Maybe they figure out how to keep the power on 24 hours a day. They have cheaper workers. Maybe they're closer to the cotton, or to the clothing factories. And all of a sudden, Indorama is undercut. Anyone who could produce this kind of high-quality yarn for a few pennies cheaper will win. And so that's why the folks at Indorama are so obsessed about that strand of cotton. That's how they stay in the T-shirt chain, even if no consumer will ever notice the time and effort they put into the Planet Money T-shirt.
AHGRAHWALL: When I see people picking up a T-shirt, and then just putting it back on the shelf in a store, I'm like, hey, man, we work very hard to make that yarn, which has made that T-shirt. Like, come on, give it some respect.
SMITH: Robert Smith, NPR News.
MONTAGNE: And later today on ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, Planet Money's Zoe Chace takes us into the home of a Bangladeshi woman who sewed the Planet Money shirt. You can follow the T-shirt's journey on video at NPR.org/Shirt.
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December 13, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – Sudanese security authorities arrested the chairman of the opposition coalition National Consensus Forces (NCF), Farouq Abu Issa, following his participation on Thursday in a forum held to protest the alleged murder of four students from the country's western region of Darfur.
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In his address to the event that was held at the headquarters of the National Umma Party (NUP) in Omdurman, Abu Issa strongly criticized the government over the death of the students on 7 December, and demanded an immediate and urgent investigation into the incident that occurred at Al-Gazira University in Madani town, where the victims' bodies were found in a canal after they were attacked by security forces and loyalists of the ruling National Congress Party (NCP).
Activists say the students were killed against the background of their participation in protests against the refusal of the university's administration to waive the tuition fees of Darfuri students as arguably agreed under the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur (DDPD).
The incident sparked a wave of demonstrations across Sudanese universities and a heavy crackdown by the authorities which arrested dozens of protesters.
The opposition figure said that the "dawn of change" is nearing and that the regime is increasingly losing control of the situation. He also said that the NCF intends to hold a big event to discuss the issue of the conflict- plagued Darfur "so we don't hit the secession wall again" in reference to South Sudan. He further accused the NCP of seeking to divide and fragment the country.
A spokesperson for Darfur Students Association announced during the symposium that thousands of students are ready to take to the streets and remove the regime of the NCP which "exacerbates ethnic tendencies"
Earlier on Tuesday, Abu Issa participated in a sit-in at the headquarters of the Sudanese Congress Party (SCP) to protest the death of the citizens. He also held a press conference in which he called for another sit-in to be held at Khartoum University the following day but the protest did not take place due to the heavy presence of security authorities around the university.
The leader of the NCF, a coalition comprising mainstream opposition parties including the NUP and the Islamist Popular Congress Party (PCP), was briefly detained in October by the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) which accused him of seeking foreign assistance to fund opposition activities, a charge he denies.
Al-Mahdi angers protesters
Hundreds of students attended the symposium held at the NUP headquarters and performed prayers for the souls of the victims. They shouted slogans calling for retribution and mass protests all over the city to topple the regime.
But they were angered by the fact that NUP leader Al-Sadiq al-Mahdi exited the event shortly after he led the prayer and without addressing the crowd despite the presence of other opposition figures like Abu Issa and PCP's political secretary Kamal Omar.
Speaking to Sudan Tribune, many attendants of the symposium expressed disapproval at the refusal of Al-Mahdi to address the angry protesters saying that his behavior gives negative indications especially in light of what they described as his unclear positions on opposition calls for regime change.
A well placed source told Sudan Tribune that sectarian parties like the NUP tend to deescalate anti-regime rhetoric at times of genuine mobilization in order to advance their own agendas with the NCP.


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The Office of the General Assembly has released the 2008 statistics of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). The statistical material released includes a comparative summary of the membership, a 2005–2008 summary of receipts and expenditures, and additional miscellaneous information.
The newest statistics report the total membership of the PC(USA) at 2,140,165 members.
It is the responsibility of the Stated Clerk of the General Assembly to report the annual statistics for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). In releasing the figures Gradye Parsons, Stated Clerk of the General Assembly, made the following statement:
The total membership of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in 2008 was 2,140,165 members. The statistics contain the good news that 103,528 people joined the PC(USA) in 2008. The sad news is that 34,340 joined other denominations. An almost equal number of our sisters and brothers in Christ joined the church triumphant.
The very sad news is that more than 100,000 people were removed from the membership rolls by their sessions. This number includes some of our family who became members of another Reformed body as a result of their congregation being dismissed to that body.
We are all diminished by the loss of these congregations. The PC(USA) needs to include people and congregations of every theological voice so that we can be faithful to where God is leading us in this world.
The largest part of the 100,000, however, is the number of those who were removed from the membership rolls after they gradually drifted away from our congregations. It is a trend supported by a recent survey on religious affiliation by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. The survey reports that 7 in 10 former Protestants gradually drifted away from their childhood religion. Initially, they are in worship every Sunday, then every other Sunday, and then gone.
These are sisters and brothers with whom we break bread and sing the doxology. We should not let them drift.
Chapter 3 of the Book of Order contains a powerful section on being Christ's faithful evangelist (G–3.0300c.) In it are three main aspects. The first is to go into the world, making disciples of all nations. The second is to demonstrate the new reality in Christ by the love we have for one another in the church. The third is to participate in God's activity of bringing justice and mercy to God's world.
Presbyterians can be evangelists! But we often stumble over the words. Can we not challenge one another to be able to answer these basic questions — Why do I believe in God? Why do I go to church? Why do I go to that particular church?


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text: "The Dutch government argued its case extremely strongly. The Netherlands is taking a strong stance in support of the rule of law and the right to peacefully protest. Greenpeace International applauds the Dutch decision as flag state of the Arctic Sunrise in taking the necessary legal steps to gain the release of the ship and the Arctic 30."Greenpeace International is confident that the Tribunal will take appropriate account of the fundamental rights of the Arctic 30, and the impact of their detention on those rights, in reaching its eventual decision."The Russian Federation did not attend today's hearing and the sitting was closed following the presentation of the Dutch government's oral argumentation. The Netherlands will now lodge written answers to the Tribunal's questions by the end of Thursday November 7. The presiding judge set a tentative date of Friday November 22 for the Tribunal's provisional order.In response to Russia's non-appearance at the Tribunal, Joris Thijssen, Campaign Director at Greenpeace Netherlands, said:"The decision of the Russian Federation not to attend the hearing is a departure from its previous respectful engagement with the Tribunal. Russia is not formally obliged to participate in the hearing. However it is under an obligation to comply with any ruling which the Tribunal may make."Greenpeace International hopes that Russia will respect UNCLOS and the rulings of the court. Greenpeace International also thinks that from everyone's perspective ITLOS is the correct place to resolve the issue."ITLOS is an independent judicial body located in Hamburg, Germany, established to resolve disputes about the interpretation and application of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).Attending the hearing, Greenpeace International Executive Director Kumi Naidoo said:"As things stand the Russian authorities propose to jail 30 men and women for two decades because a couple of peaceful protesters tried to hang a small yellow banner from the side of a five hundred thousand tonne oil platform. In our view, there's every prospect the tribunal will order the release of the Arctic 30, pending the arbitration case that the Netherlands has filed against Russia."Contacts:Greenpeace International press desk: +31 20 718 24 70 / @greenpeacepressGreenpeace International picture desk: +31 207 18 24 71Greenpeace International video desk: +31 207 18 24 72


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Testimony of James X. Dempsey
Senior Staff Counsel
Center for Democracy and Technology
before the
Subcommittee on the Constitution of the House Judiciary Committee
April 6, 2000
Mr. Chairman and Subcommittee Members, thank you for calling this hearing and affording CDT the opportunity to testify about Fourth Amendment protections in cyberspace. Our nation is at a point where revolutionary changes in communications and computer technology have outpaced the privacy protections in our laws. Far more information than ever before is available to the government under minimal or inadequate legal standards. It is time for Congress to strengthen the privacy laws to restore a balance between government surveillance and personal privacy, to build user trust and confidence in these economically vital new media, and to afford both law enforcement agencies and online service providers the clear guidance they deserve.
The Center for Democracy and Technology is a non-profit, public interest organization dedicated to promoting civil liberties and democratic values on the Internet. Our core goals include ensuring that the Constitution's protections extend to the Internet and other digital information technologies. CDT also coordinates the Digital Privacy and Security Working Group (DPSWG), a forum for more than 50 computer, communications, and public interest organizations, companies and associations working on information privacy and security issues.
The Internet is a wonderfully transformative medium. Consequently, it has become a necessity in most workplaces and a fixture in most schools and libraries. According to a December 1999 Harris poll, 56% of American adults are online, 6 times higher than 4 years ago. But as more and more of our lives are conducted online and more and more personal information is transmitted and stored electronically, the result has been a massive increase in the amount of sensitive data available to government investigators.
While the Justice Department frequently emphasizes the ways in which digital technologies pose new challenges to law enforcement, the fact is that, on balance, the digital revolution has been a boon to government surveillance and collection of information. The FBI estimates that over the next decade, given planned improvements in the digital collection and analysis of communications, the number of wiretaps will increase 300 per cent. Computer files are a rich source of evidence: in a single case last year, the FBI seized enough computer evidence to nearly fill the Library of Congress twice. As most people sense with growing unease, everywhere we go on the Internet we leave digital fingerprints, which can be tracked by marketers and government agencies alike. The FBI in its budget request for FY 2001 seeks additional funds to "data mine" these public and private sources of digital information for their intelligence value. Yet the computer and communications privacy laws were last updated in 1986.
Recently, following a series of hacker attacks on e-commerce web sites, the Justice Department has proposed changes to the electronic surveillance laws to enhance law enforcement authorities. (In fact, the changes are not directly responsive to the recent attacks, but have been on the Justice Department's agenda for some time.) But surely, before enacting any enhancements to government power, we should ensure that current laws adequately protect privacy. As I will explain, the standards for government access to information are not high enough to protect the privacy of ordinary citizens. We must tighten the standards for government surveillance and access to information. CDT is prepared to work with the Congress and the Justice Department to flesh out the needed privacy enhancements, and to convene DPSWG as a forum for building consensus.
Background: Fourth Amendment Privacy Principles
To understand how far current privacy protections diverge from the principles of the Constitution, we should start with the protections accorded by the Fourth Amendment. If the government wants access to your papers or effects in your home or office, it has to meet a high standard:
The Supreme Court held in 1967 that wiretapping is a search and seizure and that telephone conversations are entitled to protection under the Fourth Amendment. Katz v. United States, 389 U.S. 347 (1967), Berger v. New York, 388 U.S. 41 (1967). Congress responded by adopting Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, requiring a court order based on a finding of probable cause to intercept wire or oral (i.e., face-to-face) communications. 18 U.S.C. §2510 et seq. However, Congress did not require the contemporaneous notice normally accorded at the time of a search and seizure. This was a fateful decision, but, the government argued, to give contemporaneous notice would defeat the effectiveness of the surveillance technique. In part to make up for the absence of notice, and recognizing the other uniquely intrusive aspects of wiretapping, Congress added to Title III requirements that go beyond the protections of the Fourth Amendment. These additional protections included: permitting the use wiretaps only for investigations of a short list of very serious crimes; requiring high level Justice Department approval before court authorization can be sought; requiring law enforcement agencies to exhaust other, less intrusive techniques before turning to eavesdropping; directing them to minimize the interception of innocent conversations; providing for periodic judicial oversight of the progress of a wiretap; establishing a statutory suppression rule; and requiring detailed annual reports to be published on the number and nature of wiretaps.
Over time, though, many of these additional protections have been substantially watered down. The list of crimes has been expanded, from the initial 26 to nearly 100 today and more are added every Congress. Minimization is rarely enforced by the courts. The exhaustion requirement has been weakened. Evidence is rarely excluded for violations of the statute. Almost every year, the number of wiretaps goes up - 12% in 1998 alone. Judicial denials are rare - only 3 in the last 10 years. The average duration of wiretaps has doubled since 1988. So even in the world of plain old telephone service we have seen an erosion of privacy protections. The fragility of these standards is even more disconcerting when paired with the FBI's "Digital Storm" plans for digital collection, voice recognition and key word searching, which will reduce if not eliminate the practical constraints that have up to now limited the volume of information that the government can intercept.
After it ruled that there was an expectation of privacy in communications, the Supreme Court took a step that had serious adverse consequences for privacy: It held that personal information given to a third party loses its Fourth Amendment protection. This rule was stated first in a case involving bank records, United States v. Miller, 425 U.S. 435 (1976), but it is wide-ranging and now serves as the basis for government access to all of the records that together constitute a profile of our lives, both online and offline: credit, medical, purchasing, travel, car rental, etc. In the absence of a specific statute, these records are available to law enforcement for the asking and can be compelled with a mere subpoena issued without meaningful judicial control. The implications of this "third party record" rule are seen most recently in the Administration's proposed Cyberspace Electronic Security Act (CESA), which would allow the government to obtain encryption "keys" or other decryption information from third parties under a court order procedure that would provide neither the probable cause nor the notice protections of the Fourth Amendment.
In 1979, a third piece of the privacy scheme was put in place when the Supreme Court held that there is no constitutionally-protected privacy interest in the numbers one dials to initiate a telephone call, data collected under a device known as a pen register. Smith v. Maryland, 442 U.S. 735, 742 (1979). While the Court was careful to limit the scope of its decision, and emphasized subsequently that pen registers collect only a very narrow range of information, the view has grown up that transactional data concerning communications is not constitutionally protected. Yet, in an increasingly connected world, a recording of every telephone number dialed and the source of every call received can provide a very complete picture Ł a profile Ł of a person's associations, habits, contacts, interests and activities. (Extending this to email and other electronic communications can, as I explain below, be even more revealing.)
In 1986, as cellular telephones service became available and email and other computer-to-computer communications were developing, Congress recognized that the privacy law was woefully out of date. Title III anachronistically protected only wire and voice communications: it did not clearly cover wireless phone conversations or email. In response, Congress adopted the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 (ECPA). ECPA did several things: it made it clear that wireless voice communications were covered to the same degree as wireline voice communications. It extended some but not all of Title III's privacy protections to electronic communications intercepted in real-time.
ECPA also set standards for access to stored email and other electronic communications and transactional records (subscriber identifying information, logs, toll records). 18 USC § 2701 et seq. And it adopted the pen register and trap and trace statute, 18 USC § 3121 et seq., governing real-time interception of "the numbers dialed or otherwise transmitted on a telephone line." (A pen register collects the "electronic or other impulses" that identify "the numbers dialed" for outgoing calls and a trap and trace device collects "the originating number" for incoming calls.) To obtain such an order, the government need merely certify that "the information likely to be obtained is relevant to an ongoing criminal investigation." 18 USC §§ 3122-23. (There is no constitutional or statutory threshold for opening a criminal investigation.) The law states that the judge "shall" approve any request signed by a prosecutor.
ECPA did not, however, extend full Title III protections to email sitting on the server of an ISP. Instead, it set up a two-tiered rule: email in "electronic storage" with a service provider for 180 days or less may be obtained only pursuant to a search warrant, which requires a finding of probable cause, but the additional protections of Title III -- limited number of crimes, high level approval, judicial supervision -- do not apply. Email in storage for more than 180 days may be obtained with a warrant or a mere subpoena. In no case is the user entitled to contemporaneous notice. The email portions of ECPA also do not include a statutory suppression rule for government violations and do not allow for public or congressional oversight through annual reports.
Mapping the Fourth Amendment Onto Cyberspace
Remarkably, ECPA was the last significant update to the privacy standards of the electronic surveillance laws. Astonishing and unanticipated changes have occurred since then:
It is clear that the surveillance laws' protections are too weak:
The importance of these questions is heightened by the fact that transactional or addressing data for electronic communications like email and Web browsing can be much more revealing than telephone numbers dialed. First, email addresses are more personally revealing than phone numbers because email addresses are unique to individual users. Furthermore, if the pen register authority applies to URLs or the names of files transmitted under a file transfer protocol, then the addressing information can actually convey the substance or purport of a communication.
Outlining the Necessary Privacy Enhancements
To update the privacy laws, Congress could start with the following issues:
We do not need a new Fourth Amendment for cyberspace. The one we have is good enough. But we need to recognize that people are conducting more and more of their lives online. They are storing increasing amounts of sensitive data on networks. They are using technology that can paint a full profile of their personal lives. The pricetag for this technology should not include a loss of privacy. It should not be the end of the privacy debate to say that technological change takes information outside the protection of the Fourth Amendment as interpreted by the courts 25 years ago. Nor is it adequate to say that individuals are voluntarily surrendering their privacy by using new computer and communications technologies. What we need is to translate the Fourth Amendment's vision of limited government power and personal privacy to the global, decentralized, networked environment of the Internet.
House Rule XI, clause 2(g)(4) disclosure: Neither James X. Dempsey nor CDT has received any federal grant, contract, or subcontract in the current or preceding two fiscal years.


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Phil We know three things absolutely: death, taxes and four more years of President Barack Obama.
Ethan: Not sure I would put those three in the same sentence, but I get your point. Go on.
Phil: As a Democratic insider, what do you see in the unleashed Obama second term? True progress on curbing America's spending addiction? Smaller, less intrusive federal government?
Ethan: We ended the irresponsible spending addiction when George W. Bush left office, and thankfully Obama has turned back the most intrusive parts of the Patriot Act. So, if you're asking whether I think Obama will go back to the ways of Republicans, no way!
Phil: Wow, we really were politically separated at birth. I'm thinking about the president's first term where he said he was going to cut the deficit (say nothing about the debt) by half. Instead, he doubled it! And your assessment is that he ended the spending addiction? What goes through your mind when you make these statements?
Ethan: What goes through my mind is the surplus Bush squandered with his tax cuts, two wars and unfunded prescription drug coverage. Thankfully, Obama reversed two of those three in his first term (I am cool leaving the third in place).
Phil: Ethan, the facts are that Obama just made the Bush tax reductions permanent and is winding down the wars on the schedule Bush set. Really, you must let go of "it's Bush's fault" and accept the last four years as the Obama legacy.
Ethan: I do accept the last four years as part of Obama's legacy, and I am proud of what we saw. Clearly the American people are as well since they re-elected him by 5 million votes. And, if the philosophy he gave voice to in his riveting inaugural is any indication, we are going to see a man committed to a progressive agenda that will turn the Ronald Reagan tide that has been plaguing our middle class for 40 years. A man committed to closing our equality gaps in regard to gender, race, sexual orientation and, most importantly, income.
Phil: Really was stunning, wasn't it? He's the same man who ran against same-sex marriage the first time out who has now seen the light. The same U.S. senator who called raising the debt ceiling "immoral" and "unpatriotic," who now as president says just the opposite. The man who got the same percentage of the vote as Bush in his re-election, declaring now that he has a mandate from the people.
Ethan: The same man, indeed (although he actually got 4 million more votes than Bush, but who's counting…). As I said, Obama has found his footing. Let's just hope his second term is better than Bush's so Secretary of State Hillary Clinton or New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo don't have to spend so much time fixing the past when one of them takes the presidential oath in 2016, as Obama had to do in his first term.
Phil: Whoa, don't get too far ahead of yourself there, pilgrim. The only way America is going to have a future the children can manage is to adopt a plan (perhaps a constitutional amendment) to pay our debts down to a sustainable level. Even states and many municipalities have to face these facts. This is Obama's opportunity to belong to the ages like Lincoln does. Use the power of the office to convince elected officials across America that the children are counting on them to cure our addiction to deficit spending, starting with D.C.
Ethan: If you're talking long term, I am with you. We see some serious structural issues around health care spending that must be addressed in the next decade. But in the short term, Obama must continue to focus like a laser on our economy and the widening wealth gap. And that means he must invest in infrastructure, education and jobs training. These were his themes from the inaugural, and I was proud that he understood the moment.
Phil: Really? Keep deficit spending now in the name of "investments" and pass the responsibility on to the next president? That's how your party is going to transcend Reagan? The difference between Obama and Reagan is that Obama didn't reveal his ultra-liberal agenda until after his final election. Reagan told voters his from day one.
Ethan: Give me a break. Reagan said he wanted smaller government and then proceeded to almost triple the national debt and add more than 200,000 non-military employees to the federal government. Obama has reduced the federal payroll by almost 20,000, after saying he would do just that!
Phil: Of course we both know that Congress decides what to actually spend.
Ethan: So, it was the fault of congressmen and women when Reagan was unable to stop their spending, but Obama gets no credit when he is able to get them to reduce the federal payroll?
Phil: You would be correct but for the fact that Congress hasn't passed a budget since Obama became president! Again, I say, the president has the bully pulpit to lead all levels of government to spend within their means. We must believe in individuals to rise above dependency on government and climb higher for themselves, their families and their country. More government means more money from fewer people. This must stop.
Ethan: Well, it is true that we need more money from fewer people (the wealthy). In fact, that was one of Obama's campaign pledges, and he kept it! Death, taxes and Obama keeping pledges. That much is true.
Phil: More like "pledges to spend more from a diminishing number of people." That, and you rubbing in Obama's re-election for the next four years, is what I know to be true.


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The Gluten Contamination Elimination Diet (Summary Of Dr. Fasano's Recent Paper)
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As many of us already know, there are some celiacs who are "refractory" and continue to have ongoing symptoms after going gluten free. In addition, there are a bunch of us who are "super sensitive" in terms of reactions to gluten cross-contamination. I am one of the super sensitives. Not too long ago I had a reaction from eating one bite of a Trader Joe's "no gluten ingredients" brownie which I had prepared in my own gluten free kitchen for a potluck.
Just last week, Dr. Fasano and colleagues published a research paper on the effects of 3-6 months of a diet of exclusively whole, unprocessed foods on the symptoms of celiac patients who had no improvement while eating strictly gluten free. In this study patients were considered to have non-responsive celiac disease (NRCD) if they failed to respond to the gluten free diet or had a recurrence/relapse of symptoms despite being gluten free. Steroids are currently the standard of care for treating NRCD, which as we know can have serious side effects.
The researchers coined their diet the "Gluten Contamination Elimination Diet." Here is the breakdown of foods with are allowed and prohibited on this diet:
Allowed: brown and white rice; all fresh fruits and vegetables; fresh meats; fish; eggs; dried beans; unseasoned nuts in the shell; butter; plain yogurt; plain milk, and aged cheeses; oils; vinegar (except flavored or malt); honey; salt. Beverages allowed include 100% juices, water, and Gatorade.
Not allowed: millet, sorghum, buckwheat or any other grains, seeds, or flours; frozen, canned, or dried fruits and vegetables; lunch meats; ham; bacon; seasoned or flavored dairy products; processed cheeses; flavored and malt vinegars.
Basically, all processed foods are eliminated. Of note, dairy is not reintroduced until week 4 of the diet.
17 patients with NRCD, all female, were placed on this diet for an average of 3-6 months. 14 of the 17 (82%) significantly improved on the Gluten Contamination Elimination Diet. Of those who did have biopsies performed after the diet, all but one had resolution of their villous atrophy. This is important information as there have been a lot of recent studies showing that persistent villous atrophy is common in celiac disease. Most of the patients in this study were able to eventually resume a "traditional" gluten free diet.
It has taken me over 3 years, and a lot of trial and error, to figure out the foods which my body loves and hates. Interestingly enough, my body's food preferences are almost identical to the foods on the "allowed" list in this diet. Had I known about this diet, and adhered to it when I was first diagnosed, it would have saved me a ton of pain and anguish. I am optimistic that this diet (or a similar version) will become the standard of care for those newly diagnosed with Celiac Disease, and I hope that this happens sooner than later. If we work together, we can get the word out!
Reference: "Trace gluten contamination may play a role in mucosal and clinical recovery in a subgroup of diet-adherent non-responsive celiac disease patients." BMC Gastroenterology. 2013. 13:40 (e-pub).


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The Master of Education in Special Education focuses on the preparation of teachers to work with students with disabilities in PK-12 schools. Teachers may also be prepared to work in early childhood educational settings with infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families.
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A holy refugee family
Christmas time brings a wealth of liturgical feasts, but one feast suffers somewhat from the eminence of Christmas: the Holy Family. This year it comes the day after Christmas—kind of like an afterthought of the great holiday. Preachers will speak about the wonderful example of love among the Holy Family and urge congregations to enhance family ties. But there always seems a sense of exhaustion on the Sunday between Christmas and New Year's.
I have, of late, been reminding congregations of the real world of the Holy Family as we find it in Matthew and Luke. It wasn't pretty and it wasn't comfortable. It was fraught with hardship and terror. Mary, in the late stages of pregnancy, was forced to travel from Nazareth to Bethlehem through rough country for days, only arriving to find no room in the inn. And after days, prominent visitors from the East stirred up the paranoia of Herod, and Joseph had to gather Mary and the child to flee into Egypt of all places. The gospels don't tell us of what hardships they suffered there, but as a refugee family there was no Catholic Charities to help get them settled. The bishops' National Migration Week, from January 2-8, will also focus on migration's effect on the family.
As I celebrate the feast of the Holy Family this year, I am especially taken by the plight of our Christian brothers and sisters that are being force from their homes in the Middle East and South Asia because of Islamic extremism. This concern is also reflected in Pope Benedict's message for the World Day of Peace. Christians of Iraq, Egypt, and Pakistan particularly have been suffering active persecution in recent years.
In Iraq large numbers are migrating, either internally to the north where the Kurdish majority hold sway or leaving the country entirely. The government cannot guarantee their safety in Baghdad (see New York Times). Fifty-eight were slain in an attack of the Our Lady of Salvation Church in October.
But the danger has been there much longer—as far back as 1948, when resentment for the West's support of the new Israeli state turned Islamic extremists against most things considered "Western." Ironically, Christians, especially the Chaldeans and Syrian Catholics, traced their roots back to the first century of Christianity and their saints and scholars rivaled those of Greek and Latin Christianity. They survived the Muslim conquest and even enjoyed relative tolerance and flourished. Now the very existence of a Christian presence in some Muslim countries worries church leaders and government officials.
These Christian refugees are joining brother and sister of their church tradition already established here in the West—many themselves refugees from previous persecutions. (For more on refugees, see Assyrians in Chicago.) They have generally done well, in part because education had always been their ticket to tolerance in Islamic lands and is now their pathway to adaptation to a new culture. But we should have no illusions. Refuge does not erase all the hurt of flight or the pains of resettlement.
This feast of the Holy Family, as we remember their flight into Egypt, we should also be mindful that many suffer the same dangers in our own times.


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New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski is having more trouble with his surgically repaired left arm.
NFL.com's Albert Breer reported Monday night, via a source, that Gronkowski recently underwent a procedure after he developed an infection in his elbow. This is his third surgery on the arm since November.
The hope is that Gronkowski will not miss any significant football time, according to Breer.
ESPN's Adam Schefter first reported the Gronk news.
Gronkowski originally injured the forearm late in a Nov. 18 blowout win over the Indianapolis Colts. He broke it a second time in New England's divisional-round playoff win over the Houston Texans.
Gronkowski had his cast removed earlier this month and spoke to the Patriots' official website about looking forward to resuming workouts. Now that will have to wait.
Gronkowski isn't the only prominent Patriots player to battle infection after surgery. Tom Brady underwent multiple minor procedures after developing an infection of his left knee following reconstructive surgery in 2008.
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Werth's return to power a work in progress
WASHINGTON -- After suffering a broken left wrist last May 6, Nationals outfielder Jayson Werth returned to the lineup a different hitter. With his strength not all the way back, Werth cut down his swing over his final 54 regular-season games, hitting .312 with a .394 on-base percentage, but only two home runs.
That break was the second major injury to strike Werth's left wrist -- he had surgeries on it in 2005 and '06 after being hit by a pitch -- and those setbacks have taken their toll.
"I don't feel like my wrist will ever be the same," Werth said before Thursday's 6-1 win over the Marlins. "I had three surgeries and got a titanium plate and three screws and eight pins. It'll never be how it was in '04 before I hurt it the first time. But I continue to deal with it and work with what I've got, and I feel strong. It feels good. I don't really see it being a problem."
The 33-year-old went 0-for-8 with two strikeouts in the Nationals' first two games, with manager Davey Johnson saying that he was having trouble staying on top of the ball and possibly feeling the effects of Washington's early-season cold weather. But Werth went 2-for-4 on Thursday, including a three-run homer in the seventh inning that flew more than 400 feet, over the left-field bullpen.
That shot, off a 93-mph fastball from lefty Mike Dunn, provided a possible answer to the big question hanging over Werth this season. That concerns his ability to supply power, something that typically suffers when players sustain wrist injuries.
After returning from his first setback in 2007, Werth hit eight home runs in 94 games for the Phillies. He then averaged 27 over the next four years before sliding back to five in 81 games last season.
"I think each year, regardless of injury, you kind of mold into a different form, almost," Werth said. "Some guys are different. Some guys are fortunate enough to play at a really high level every year. But even then, you still go through ups and downs. The game's always adapting to you, and you're always adapting to the game, so it's never a constant."
As Werth pointed out, he did manage to hit a crucial home run in the 2012 postseason, connecting on a walk-off shot in Game 4 of the National League Division Series against the Cardinals. Might that, combined with Thursday's blast, be a sign of things to come in '13?
"It's yet to be seen, but I feel like I have the type of power I've had in the past," he said.


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Since Greg Evans' "Wrinkles, a New Old Musical" was presented last summer at the Welk Resorts Theatre, the San Marcos playwright better known for his syndicated cartoon strip "Luann" has been working to smooth out some of the show's wrinkles.
When it returns to the stage this weekend at Fallbrook's Hilltop Center, Evans (who wrote the book, score and lyrics) promises that the musical about two couples in their golden years will be tighter, funnier and more upbeat.
"The Welk production revealed some rough spots, primarily in the tone of the piece," Evans said. "A couple of scenes and songs felt too sad, so I rewrote lines and lyrics to make them touching rather than heart-wrenching. Generally, I evened out the balance between grim reality and humorous high jinks. It all flows much better now."
"Wrinkles" is being produced by Curtain Call Company, a Fallbrook community troupe run by Mary Fry, who said she first became aware of "Wrinkles" three years ago, when it was first produced at the Broadway Theater in Vista. The original Vista production was directed by Elaine Weidauer, who will also direct Curtain Call's production. Evans said he thinks Weidauer will bring more warmth to the characters and their relationships than the Welk show did.
"Wrinkles" is the story of two senior citizen couples dealing with the ups and downs of aging, such as retirement, "senior moments," health issues, grandchildren, the good old days and keeping the spark alive in a decades-long marriage.
The story takes place on a single day in a modern-day "active living" retirement community. The central characters are June and Hank, who have been married 50-plus years and have settled into a comfortable silence together, and their tacky, intrusive neighbors, Arlene and Guy. Rounding out the cast are Wilbur, the sweet but slow-moving activities director, and Greta, a cranky old lady.
Fry said the musical is a good fit for her company. Her audience is largely seniors, the PG-themed material suits their tastes, and it's a small enough show that it can be performed in the intimate Hilltop Center. She said having Evans nearby is a big plus. He has been available to consult on the show, and he has agreed to do a Q&A with the audience after each performance.
Evans said he's looking forward to seeing how the newly revised book and score work for a live audience and getting their feedback.
"People can ask questions or make comments about 'Wrinkles' or 'Luann' if they want to," he said.
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Governor Dannel P. Malloy today reminded Connecticut consumers about the state's upcoming "Sales Tax-Free Week" for clothing and shoes that starts on Sunday, Aug. 17 and continues through Saturday, Aug. 23
During the week, most items of clothing and footwear selling for less than $300 – including any discounts offered by the retailer – will be exempt from the state sales and use tax.
"Having this week-long sales tax holiday not only makes back-to-school shopping just a little bit easier, but also helps retailers boost their bottom line," Malloy said during an event to promote the week at a clothing retailer in Berlin, according to a press release from his office. "Many stores also plan sales and discounts to coincide with this week, which allows families to stretch their hard-earned money a little further. This is a great opportunity to shop locally and support Connecticut retailers."
"For more than a decade, retailers have known offering consumers money-saving deals during sales tax-free week can draw in customers and grow their bottom line," Department of Revenue Services Commissioner Kevin B. Sullivan said in the press release. "I'm proud that we can continue this tradition, make it a little easier for families to do back-to-school shopping, and offer all taxpayers a break."
Connecticut Retail Merchants Association (CRMA) President Tim Phelan said, according to the press release, that tax-free week is a time that customers can afford items that might normally be out of their price range. This is because retailers specifically plan sales and coupons for the tax holiday that, along with the saving on the sales tax, can mean significant deals for shoppers.
"The CRMA has always advocated for the sales-tax free week because of the benefits it offers both consumers and retailers throughout Connecticut," Phelan said, according to the press release. "On behalf of my members, I want to thank Governor Malloy for his continued support of this tax break and commend him for his unwavering stance on the renewal of the tax exemption for similar purchases under $50, effective year-round in 2015."
Additional information about "Sales Tax-Free Week," including examples of clothing and footwear that meet the exemption criteria, can be found on the Department of Revenue Services website at www.ct.gov/DRS.


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|India is a land of diverse cultures. The
variations in physical, climatic conditions and the extent
of exposure to other cultures have greatly influenced the
traditions and culture of the different regions. There is
an underlying basic factor common to the whole of India,
with variations in the practices based on their local
needs and influences. Further, the greatness of India has
been in accepting the best from all the invaders and
intermingling the new customs and styles with the existing
- this is visible in all aspects - music, dance, painting,
sculptures, architecture.
The article, an excerpt from the introduction to the book "The Art and Architecture of India" by Benjamin Rowland puts it all in a nutshell.
www.indian-heritage.org, is a non-commercial site, wherein I attempt to collect and provide information on topics relating to Indian music, dance, painting, sculpture, Gods, temples, architecture, arts, crafts, traditions, customs in my spare time.
Information has been collected & compiled from books, media, professionals in the related fields.
My thanks to all those who have contributed to the site. I have provided the credit as well as contact details of all the contributors.
I am from Chennai, Tamilnadu, South India. My mother tongue is Tamil, and as such there are several Tamil words used in the site. Wherever possible, I have tried to provide an explanation for the terms.
I am aware that there are several important topics that I have not covered, but this is not out of indifference to the subject. I try to add information on a regular basis.
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The City of Kelowna, together with the Regional District of the Central Okanagan and BC Parks, has recently published a Mountain Bike Community Profile to research key issues relating to mountain biking, identify demand for mountain bike facilities, and outline the role that local governments should play in their creation. The profile is the first step in the preparation of a city-wide mountain bike strategy which will review current and future mountain bike opportunities in the Central Okanagan area. Read more.
Kids Drop Video Players, Take to Trails
This October, IMBA clubs convinced scores of kids to put down their gaming devices and explore the outdoor world on their bikes. The fourth annual Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day celebration drew rave reviews from young riders around the world. Five clubs and five individual riders won bicycles courtesy of Schwinn, including the Durham Mountain Biking Association in Durham, Ontario.
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Canals are interesting places and are an important part of Canada's heritage. Many were monumental tasks of engineering and played an important role in developing cultural corridors. Canadian canals differ from those in Britain since, although many were instigated during the great canal building era in Britain, those built in Canada had to adapt to new conditions, many taking advantage of natural waterways.
Canals continue to play an important role in Canada. Some, such as the Rideau and Trent-Severn are now recreational waterways, supporting a large tourist trade. Others such as the St. Lawrence Seaway and the Welland Canal continue to play a significant commercial economic role. All have fascinating histories.
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If you want to look into the future, go to Japan, where it's impossible to market a new toilet seat without a bidet attachment inside (otherwise known as a washlet) that squirts water all over your delicate nether regions. Now you can do away with toilet paper in colorful style with these limited-edition toilet seats by interior design company Inax, the company that figured out how to add an SD card reader to a toilet.
These colorful seats are available in Japan for around $1400, but if you wanted one badly enough, you could probably import one of these thrones, install an electric outlet near your toilet, hook the water pipes up to the seat, and you're good to go. So to speak. While the whole idea of a telescoping, self-cleaning magic wand spraying your arse clean seems gross, it sure beats the equivalent of a spreading peanut butter around on a shag carpet with a piece of toilet tissue. [Tokyo Mango]