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The United Arab Emirates' Telecommunications Regulation Authority (TRA) announced on Sunday that it would be suspending BlackBerry "messenger, e-mail and Web-browsing services" in the country from October 11, until these "applications were in full compliance with UAE regulations." Given the popularity of the BlackBerry platform in the country (an estimated 500,000 users from a population of 4.5 million) one can only assume that we are seeing a form of brinkmanship--with the privacy of e-mails, IMs, and website visits at stake.
But what is it, exactly, that the UAE wants from Research in Motion (RIM), the maker of the BlackBerry? If it gets what it wants, how would it affect journalists and readers who use RIM products? And what will it mean for the UAE if RIM refuses to back down?
UAE says that the problem lies in "legal accountability," and the location of RIM's servers abroad, but it's not as though RIM is unique in this matter. Both the Apple iPhone and Google's Android mobile phones both offer features with servers located outside the UAE (the iPhone's notification system is operated by Apple, and the Android offers GMail and GTalk, a US-based e-mail and IM system). And it's not just the UAE that has pondered making RIM a smartphone non grata. India, China, and Bahrain have all challenged RIM to make its networks accessible to the authorities. Why have they all targeted RIM, while ignoring others?
RIM's vulnerability to government pressure is largely down to an accident of its history--one that paradoxically makes RIM both seem the perfect potential spying partner for governments, as well as make it commercial suicide for them ever to adopt such a role.
The BlackBerry was first introduced in 1999, when the idea of e-mail and browsing over mobile networks was relatively new, and building an affordable mobile device that could provide those services was a novel technical challenge. To keep the BlackBerry cheap, and work around deficiencies in the existing mobile data networks, RIM did much of the heavy lifting itself. It built its own network and servers to keep track of the location of individual BlackBerrys. RIM's own network also took up the burden of translating the complexities of the Internet into a form the relatively dumb and slow BlackBerry units could understand, and compressing the data to be faster and less burdensome on slow wireless networks.
Networks have grown better and smartphones smarter since then, but RIM's original network design has remained largely unchanged. E-mail and other data arriving from the Internet still comes to RIM's network first, and then is repackaged and dispatched to the correct BlackBerry over the wireless networks.
RIM's unusual position as the constant middleman in every BlackBerry exchange has proved to be catnip to state security services. If RIM is the go-between of every communication, surely it would also be the perfect stop for tapping BlackBerry e-mail and communications? That seems to be the opinion of India, Bahrain, and now the UAE, all of whom have been putting pressure on the company to give them access to its servers. The UAE, in particular, seems to think that this is already a given in other countries, which may have prompted its particularly hard line. According to the English-language Bahrain Tribune, the TRA noted that "BlackBerry appears to be compliant in similar regulatory environments of other countries, which makes non-compliance in the UAE both disappointing and of great concern."
There's no direct evidence that RIM has provided such access, but RIM's vulnerable role has also provoked suspicion from its own corporate and government customers. When Obama fought to keep his BlackBerry after becoming president, the opposition was fueled by the government's security professionals' discomfort the idea that all the president's mail would pass through a third party server (and a Canadian third-party at that). France's Nicholas Sarkozy went through a similar battle.
But strong-arming RIM isn't the only solution to spying on its domestic BlackBerry users, just the most blatant one. In the consumer edition of the BlackBerry (as opposed to better protected corporate versions), traffic to RIM's servers still passes largely unprotected over UAE's local wireless networks, Etisalat and Du, both of which resell BlackBerry services within the UAE. With the cooperation of these companies, the UAE's government could build pervasive Internet surveillance of almost all BlackBerry (and other) Internet traffic, though at far greater cost than just arm-bending RIM to hand over the goods.
The traffic that it wouldn't be able to decode would be end-to-end encrypted communications, as is most often enabled by corporate BlackBerry users. But then, as RIM explained to the Indian authorities, RIM itself could not decipher this traffic, even if it did provide government access to its own network.
When asked for comment, RIM confirmed that the corporate BlackBerry Enterprise Servers (their corporate email/Net system) traffic is encrypted in a way that they or other third parties could not access, but would not comment on the unencrypted nature of non-corporate traffic. The security details of the Blackberry Internet Service (their consumer/mobile company service) are documented on their website, which states: "E-mail messages that are sent between the BlackBerry Internet Service and your BlackBerry device are not encrypted."
And that's the important lesson for BlackBerry users, both among journalists and their audience. If you've got end-to-end encryption activated, neither RIM nor state governments can read your traffic. Most corporate BlackBerry Enterprise Servers have the option to turn on encryption. Most non-corporate BlackBerry Internet Service systems do not.
The UAE battle with RIM is a distraction to both the UAE's would-be spies, and those who might fear their power. With suitable technical investment in domestic Internet monitoring, the UAE can decode a great deal of BlackBerry traffic without RIM's help. When it comes to secure, encrypted communications, neither RIM nor any other telecommunication provider will be able to help them beat the encryption and spy on their own journalists or readers. The power lies far less in the hands of RIM, and far more in the hands of savvy Net users' choice of the right tools.


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Greetings, mail mates! Today we're looking at how Bryan Singer's legal woes might affect his future with the X-Men, why you should give The Leftovers a chance, and of course a discussion about The Game of Thrones Character Who Must Not Be Named. Let's do this thing.
Oh, many of you wrote in asking questions about Transformers 4. You asked these questions pretty frequently, as I recall... anyways, if you somehow missed it, the FAQ of Extinction is here. Moving on!
Third Time's a Charm
Hi Postman,
Do you think that there will ever be a universally accepted 'great' comic book movie trilogy? It seems like fandom will always have a problem with one of the entries in a trilogy that has a shot at attaining 'great' status.
Ignoring the easy targets like Spider-Man 3 and X-Men: The Last Stand, even the series that come the closest, like the Dark Knight Trilogy and the Iron Man Trilogy, will always have a divisive entry (Dark Knight Rises, Iron Man 2, etc.) that will keep them from attaining 'perfect/great trilogy' status.
Are us geeks just bitching/building up expectations so much in our own heads and hearts that we refuse to ever allow or acknowledge a perfect trilogy? Is it because the filmmakers legitimately can't maintain quality across three films? Or is there just no such thing as the 'perfect trilogy?'
It's tough to make a good movie, and it's even tougher to make three good movies. You have to have the right actors, the right crew, a good script, multiple good directors on occasion, a lack of studio interference (or productive studio interference), and then a bit of luck — it's not that making "the perfect trilogy" is impossible, it's just really, really hard for everything to go that right three times in a row.
There will always be people who will hunt through a movie looking for flaws (cough) but generally, nerds desperately want to love all these movies. We wanted Iron Man 2 and Spider-Man 3 to be awesome, but they weren't; when we complain about them we aren't doing so just because we're too bitter to enjoy them, we're bitter because they were kind of crappy. It's not like there's already a "perfect" trilogy out there that nerds simply refuse to acknowledge as being awesome.
The good news is that the more nerdy films get made, the more chances we have to get this "perfect trilogy." Eventually, someone will hit three jackpots in a row. Hell, maybe it'll be the Avengers movies. Maybe it'll be the new Planet of the Apes movies; I'm sure a third one is planned. Heck, maybe it'll be Batman V. SuperhahahahahHAHAHAHAHA sorry, I couldn't even finish that sentence.
Melissa G.:
Is it true that Lady Stoneheart won't be in the Game of Thrones TV show at all? Why would the show not show her? She's not been in the books much but she's obviously a major character! Tell me it's not true!!!
You're not the only person to write in about this, and I'd like to tell you all that you probably don't need to worry. I find it really unlikely that showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss will decide to exclude the character of resurrected Catelyn/Lady Stoneheart for several reasons:
1) First and foremost. I'm guessing she has a major part to play in the books' final acts, because I severely doubt that George R.R. Martin would resurrect Catelyn Stark as a vengeance-crazed zombie and not have her be majorly involved in the plot moving forward. Lady Stoneheart isn't super-significant at the moment, but she almost certainly will be later on. I think the show will have to have her.
2) Despite actress Michelle Fairley's recent comments on the matter, which point to Lady Stoneheart never making an appearance on the show, a careful examination of her interview doesn't really deny it. Fairley says Catelyn is dead — which is true, both literally and figuratively — but furthermore, the show doesn't actually need Fairley back for the role. I figured most of the time the character could be a stand-in, seeing as she's veiled and all, and the very few times she reveals her face it would be better to be a CG Michelle Fairley in order to look properly gruesome and zombified.
3) Lady Stoneheart is, at least until the next book comes out, the last big "HOLY FUCK" moment the Game of Thrones series has left (because we all know Jon Snow is going to be okay one way or another). I just can't imagine the show refusing to give us this moment, even if it's expedient, storytelling-wise. It's Red Wedding-level bonkers, and I think it has to be included. And I think it's far more likely D&D are playing coy in hopes of eventually surprising hardcore books fans later than that they've really decided to drop the character.
Admittedly, at the moment, Stoneheart is such a minor character in the books that her character can be omitted right now without much of a fuss, and I guess D&D could be envisioning a show without her…. but I don't think so. I'm guessing they're just waiting to use her until a point where the character has more material than a simple guest appearance or two.
X Marks the Spot
Jim O.:
Hey Mr. Postman,
Hope they have SPF 5,000 to keep you nice and safe from the irradiated earth you now inhabit. I have a question that's been on my mind since I saw X-Men DOFP a few weeks ago..
With the rejuvenated success of the X-Men brand (no thanks to two Wolverines) it seems like a verified fact that Bryan Singer has the ability to respect the source material of the comics better than other X-Directors and produce a quality film that will please the fanboys and more importantly please the stockholders ($700M and counting). That being said, up until the recent allegations against Singer how close do you think Fox was to offering him a Whedon-like role as the studio's Major Domo of X-films where maybe he doesn't direct every single movie like Zak Snyder but major decisions and storyboards are guided by his vision? And as a follow up, do you think there's still a chance that they would still make the offer if his name is eventually cleared?
I won't jump on a soapbox here because it's blatant to anyone that these are serious allegations, but I was just curious if box office returns might actually trump legal proceedings and convince Fox to go ahead. Cheers!
Oh, god, money TOTALLY trumps everything for the studio. Whether convicted or not the only reason Fox would drop Singer is because not doing so would cost them money — whether his legal proceedings would take up too much of his time, delaying the film, and thus costing them money, or because of public disapproval of Singer, which would make people refuse to see his X-Men movies, which also costs the studio money. That's the only issue for the studio. Bryan Singer could murder a hobo in the Fox offices and if there were no legal or financial consequences, Fox wouldn't give a shit. At all.
As for the majordomo business… that's a little dodgy. Fox isn't worried about nerds or the critical reception of its X-Men movies, just that they make money. Obviously, Days of Future Past did well, and The Wolverine only did okay, so I can see Fox wanting Singer to have a bigger hand in all X-movies going forward, but to be honest, unless he goes to jail, Singer's legal problems probably won't affect this at all. Fox may not be able to give a convicted Singer a title like "Head of X-Men Entertainment" or something, but they could still keep him on as producer, let him guide the franchise, and make the big decisions without making a public spectacle of his involvement. Again, Fox isn't worried about anything other than the bottom line. If they think Singer can make them more money than he might cost them in bad press, they'll use him any way they can.
Left Behind
John G.:
As someone who was burned by Lost, is there any reason I should give The Leftovers a chance? It looks good but I don't want to waste my time on another show that completely screws up the ending.
I think so. I've said this before, but I'm of the mindset that whatever answers Lost failed to give me, that doesn't negate how much entertainment I derived from watching the show until that point. Would it have been nice if the show had a concrete mythology set-up from the beginning? Sure, but the ending doesn't somehow ruin everything that came before it. So by that logic, if you liked Lost at all, then you should give Damon Lindelof, the guy who made Lost, and his new show a chance.
But more specifically, The Leftovers doesn't seem to be about a mystery, it's about the people living in the aftermath of it. The show is built around people not solving an insane event that has changed the world, and are never going to solve it. If you thought the "answers" that Lost gave us at the end were bad, well, The Leftovers isn't even going to try to give us answers; it's about the characters and their lives and their grief. It avoids Lost's problem entirely.
Honestly, I don't think you have any reason not to give it a chance. Unless you don't like shows that seem like they're going to be super, super depressing.
Funny Pages
Matthew M.:
Hey Postman,
Are rare comic books still seen as valuable in your time?
Comic books in my time are indeed seen as valuable; much like toilet paper is considered valuable in your time. In both cases, they make shitting significantly easier.
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TalkingEconomics: Eurozone Political risk shifts to Iberia
Grexit averted
Overall, we do not expect either Spain or Portugal to go down the Greek route of voting radical, anti-austerity parties into power at the end of the year.
A Greek exit from the eurozone (Grexit) has been averted for now, but at what cost?
With legislative elections approaching across Iberia, has the anti-austerity and anti-establishment movement spread to Spain and Portugal? Is there a risk of another political earthquake later this year?
Spain: Can Rajoy hold on?
In Spain, the anti-austerity Podemos party appears to have split the left-wing vote, giving the ruling centre-right People's Party and Prime Minister Rajoy a good chance of returning for a second term.
Moreover, the long-standing Citizens Party is gaining support from voters who would like to see an alternative to established parties, but would also like conservative policies and continued euro membership.
The rising popularity of Citizens could limit the influence of Podemos after the election. The risk of a disruptive party winning the election is now low compared to earlier this year.
Portugal: A close race
In Portugal, there is even less risk. Investors would probably prefer either a victory for the current coalition, or an outright victory for the opposing Socialists.
The current lead the Socialists hold over the ruling coalition is well within the margin of error, and could easily swing in either direction between now and the election.
A less ideal scenario would be the Socialists relying on either one of the two main left-wing coalitions to form a government, given their euro-scepticism.
For a more in depth review of the global economy in August 2015 try:
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TalkingEconomics: Full August 2015 economic infographic
Conclusions: "It's the economy, stupid!"
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Spain and Portugal implemented structural reforms much earlier than other member states (like Italy and France) and as a result, are now reaping the rewards:
- Spain's GDP is forecast to grow the fastest since 2007 at 2.8%
- Portugal's GDP is forecast to grow at the fastest rate since 2010 at 1.6%.
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High unemployment rates remain a major problem across Iberia, but again, in both countries, interest rates are past their peaks, and are falling faster than the eurozone average.
The hard work to reform the Spanish and Portuguese economies has helped to boost growth and put public finances on a stable path.
Financial markets have already rewarded both with lower market interest rates. Voters may not see the benefits straight away, but the evidence suggests that they are unlikely to go down the Greek route.
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Since I seem to write so much about ancestral lines and their stories, I like to pay homage to the living from time to time. Here are a few photos from Thanksgiving 2007 when my Great Uncle and Aunt Andra came to visit.
Donald is the brother to my maternal grandmother, Colleen Andra (1928 – 1999). I have written of her elsewhere, rather than a link, you can search for it here on the blog.
Donald and Lolane were called to serve a mission in the Washington D.C. Temple for 18 months. We visited them many times in Kensington, Montgomery, Maryland. After Thanksgiving Dinner with them in the Rock Creek Ward building, they were finally able to take some time off, drive down to Richmond, Henrico, Virginia, and spend some time with us. I have written about their visit at the time, but wanted to include a picture. We visited the Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens (the picture above was in one of their buildings). We also visited Monticello, Shirley Plantation, and various sites around Richmond, Virginia. We very much enjoyed their time with us and look forward to when we can spend more time with them in the future.
One of the highlights of the visit for all of us was having lunch with Sister Angela Andra and her companion. It was a unique experience for me to sit at lunch with three full-time missionaries, all cousins with the last name of Andra. Angela is the granddaughter of Don's (and my Grandma's) brother, William (Bill) Fredrick Andra (Jr). Here is a picture of that occasion after lunch in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, Virginia.
I will wrap up with a picture of the breathtakingly beautiful Washington D.C. Temple. I wholeheartedly understand and agree with the reasons why the church has moved to the smaller temples for ease of access and utility. However, something about the size and grandeur of the big temples still strikes more awe of God into my hard heart.


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New York City General Assembly – NYCGA
New York City General Assemblies are an open, participatory and horizontally organized process through which we are building the capacity to constitute ourselves in public as autonomous collective forces within and against the constant crises of our times
— Official Statement of the NYC GA
From the article "Who Will Occupy Wall Street on September 17" – by Nathan Schneider at wagingnonviolence.org:
What one mainly hears at the General Assembly, though, is not a demand so much as an experiment in method. They're trying to figure out how to make their voices heard again in politics, above the noise of money. What's drawing people to Wall Street on Saturday sometimes seems to be an aesthetic more than anything, a longing to see Wall Street full of the people whose concerns its operations have been blind to, and who are ready to get their due. But it's an aesthetic with teeth. After what has been happening in Egypt and Tunisia, in Spain, Greece, Bahrain, and so many other places around the world this year, people are going to Wall Street to make a real difference.
Important info:
* WEBSITES: nycga.net • occupywallst.org • usdayofrage.org • spontaneousautonomouscreativity.wordpress.com
PHOTOS: tinyurl.com/occupywallstphotos
* Call (877) 881-3020 for Help & Directions (more info on Occupywallst.org)
* Occupy Wall Street: Legal Information – Download PDF flyer
* Occupy Wall Street orientation guide (PDF)
* Adbusters orientation guide
* In case of arrest, you can contact the NYC chapter of the National Lawyers Guild at (212)-679-6108 – write this down on your arm or leg!
* Tweet #dispatch917 to communicate to media committee
* @OccupyWallStNYC
* @NYCSep17
* @USDayofRage
* Real time feeds: #sep17 / #occupywallstreet / #generalassembly / #takewallstreet
From the growing body of people at the NYC General Assemblies:
A Modest Call to Action on this September 17th
This statement is ours, and for anyone who will get behind it. Representing ourselves, we bring this call for revolution.
We want freedom for all, without regards for identity, because we are all people, and because no other reason should be needed. However, this freedom has been largely taken from the people, and slowly made to trickle down, whenever we get angry.
Money, it has been said, has taken over politics. In truth, we say, money has always been part of the capitalist political system. A system based on the existence of have and have nots, where inequality is inherent to the system, will inevitably lead to a situation where the haves find a way to rule, whether by the sword or by the dollar.
We agree that we need to see election reform. However, the election reform proposed ignores the causes which allowed such a system to happen. Some will readily blame the federal reserve, but the political system has been beholden to political machinations of the wealthy well before its founding.
We need to address the core facts: these corporations, even if they were unable to compete in the electoral arena, would still remain control of society. They would retain economic control, which would allow them to retain political control. Term limits would, again, not solve this, as many in the political class already leave politics to find themselves as part of the corporate elites.
We need to retake the freedom that has been stolen from the people, altogether.
1. If you agree that freedom is the right to communicate, to live, to be, to go, to love, to do what you will without the impositions of others, then you might be one of us.
2. If you agree that a person is entitled to the sweat of their brows, that being talented at management should not entitle others to act like overseers and overlords, that all workers should have the right to engage in decisions, democratically, then you might be one of us.
3. If you agree that freedom for some is not the same as freedom for all, and that freedom for all is the only true freedom, then you might be one of us.
4. If you agree that power is not right, that life trumps property, then you might be one of us.
5. If you agree that state and corporation are merely two sides of the same oppressive power structure, if you realize how media distorts things to preserve it, how it pits the people against the people to remain in power, then you might be one of us.
And so we call on people to act
1. We call for protests to remain active in the cities. Those already there, to grow, to organize, to raise consciousnesses, for those cities where there are no protests, for protests to organize and disrupt the system.
2. We call for workers to not only strike, but seize their workplaces collectively, and to organize them democratically. We call for students and teachers to act together, to teach democracy, not merely the teachers to the students, but the students to the teachers. To seize the classrooms and free minds together.
3. We call for the unemployed to volunteer, to learn, to teach, to use what skills they have to support themselves as part of the revolting people as a community.
4. We call for the organization of people's assemblies in every city, every public square, every township.
5. We call for the seizure and use of abandoned buildings, of abandoned land, of every property seized and abandoned by speculators, for the people, for every group that will organize them.
We call for a revolution of the mind as well as the body politic.
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Tuesday, August 2,
The Bankers' "Debt-Ceiling Deadline"
Come To A People's General Assembly On Wall Street – Oppose Cutbacks And Austerity Of Any Kind
Gather at 4:30: Meet At The Bull, Just South Of Broadway And Morris Street, At The North End Of Bowling Green Park
As the two U.S. political parties unite to dismantle Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security, it's clear:
The bankers are looting decades-old peoples' programs and the Democrats can't help us. Obama can't help us. Elected officials can't help us.
It's time for the people to meet and take the bull by the horns!
The students, union activists, and others who organized "Bloombergville" — the three-week anti-austerity occupation on Wall Street's doorstep — have called for an August 2 General Assembly/Speakout on Wall Street, at the bull, from 4:30 to 7, to protest the ongoing pro-bank, anti-people cutbacks and gather into working groups to plan for the September 17 occupation of Wall Street.
This is a call for every teacher, home health aid, parent, student, tenant, librarian, city/state employee, childcare provider, nurse, patient, employed or unemployed worker or recipient of Social Security or any type of public assistance: on August 2 come to Wall Street – the scene of the crimes now being perpetrated on the people – and make your voice heard!
The current depression-level crisis is not due to lack of revenue. It's due to theft. The trillions that the banks are sitting on right now? That's our money. Whether through taxes; the looting of pension and social security contributions; or the wealth we created from our labor – all of that belongs to us. Come to Wall Street August 2 and strategize — on how to get that back!
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Ask Americans why they don't watch soccer, and chances are that most of them will argue that soccer is boring and that there's not enough scoring in the game. Dig a little deeper, however, and you may be surprised by what you find.
Reddit user Rolldog did some research after one of his friends got into an argument with him that "there's not enough scoring in soccer." Here's what Rolldog uncovered based on the 2011-12 season:
- 1066 goals
- 380 matches
- 2.81 goals per match
- 1259 TDs
- 256 games
- 4.9 TDs per game
Then he factored in real time per game viewing length:
- NFL: 3 hours, 7 minutes = 187 minutes
- EPL: 1 hr, 51 minutes = 111 minutes
So, scoring in real time:
- NFL: 187/4.9 = 38.16. A touchdown every 38 minutes of real time.
- EPL: 111/2.81 = 39.50. A goal every 39 minutes of real time.
So, when you break it down, the EPL and NFL are practically on a par when you compare how often a goal or touchdown is scored. In his data, Rolldog didn't factor in field goals.
"Go ahead and throw out the 'not enough scoring' argument against soccer," said Rolldog. "Only difference is length of the game and giving 1 for a goal instead of 6 for a touchdown."


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nice build. However it does look naked without a mag inserted.
OK , its done. Here is my FAL I build on a Entreprise receiver. I would like to thank all you guys that gave me the info on building it. I took it out to the range today and I have to tell you I must have done something wrong ! The rifle fired 10 rounds with out any jam's and it kept shooting. This I was not expecting. Anyway here are some pics
nice build. However it does look naked without a mag inserted.
"To show you how radical I am, I want carjackers dead. I want rapists dead. I want burglars dead. I want child molesters dead. I want the bad guys dead. No court case. No parole. No early release. I want 'em dead. Get a gun and when they attack you, shoot 'em."
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Hey Tiger...Looks damn good...
Nice build, and I agree, it does look naked without a mag.
THATS ONE SWEET LOOKING FAL, ive built several of those over the years, those are fun to build.
how do you rate the enterprise receiver?
how long did it take for you to get it?
besides that... good looking rifle, i have one that is just parked and think i want to duracoat it or black it... i love my FAL and have 2 more kits to assemble
Thanks guys, I just found a name for my rifle (Naked) has kind of a nice sound to it.
It took about 120 long days from date of pre payed order to get the receiver. AS far as rateing the receiver so far all I can say is that every thing fit now let see how it holds up, time will tell.
Nice lookin' battle rifle! Did you do the headspacing yourself?
Here is mine, made it 2 years ago on a Vulcan receiver and an IMBEL kit: Transsylvania Phoenix: A brief history of what has been called "The Right Arm Of The Free World"...
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The Lenexa Fire Department began in 1907 as a citizen bucket brigade. The first official piece of firefighting equipment purchased was an 1878 soda acid extinguisher, which is still on display at Fire Station 1. In 1923, the Lenexa Fire Department was officially recognized as a city department with Lewis O. Krumm serving as the first fire chief. The department was all volunteer until 1969, when four full-time employees were added to the existing 32 volunteers.
Fire Station #1 was originally located at 93rd Street and Santa Fe Trail Drive. In 1986, we built a new Fire Station #1 at 9620 Pflumm. This building still serves as our headquarters.
Fire Station #2 was built near 87th Street Parkway and Lackman Road in 1974.
Fire Station #3 was originally annexed from Monticello Township in 1986 and was located just west of K-7 on 83rd Street. We built a replacement Fire Station #3 in 2005 at Prairie Star Parkway and Gleason Road.
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Every five years, we participate in a formal planning process to provide focus and clarity in our pursuit of excellence. In November 2015, we invited external stakeholders to give us feedback about community priorities and expectations, areas of concern, positive feedback, and other thoughts. We used that feedback to guide our internal stakeholder work session and establish initiatives for the next five years.
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The Tragedy of Construction Sites in India
Another construction site mishap and the resulting casualties has again put a spotlight on why bridges, metro lines and houses in India often collapse during the building phase, killing or injuring workers.
On Wednesday night, three workers were killed when a concrete block of an under-construction bridge at Mumbai's international airport collapsed. Six others were injured.
That came after the collapse, in September, of a bridge that was under construction as part of the city's mass-rapid transport system. At least one person was killed and several others injured.
And let's not forget the international embarrassment India faced when a footbridge that was being built for the Commonwealth Games collapsed in 2010. Or the crane that toppled over at Delhi metro construction site in 2009.
All of these examples come from high-profile projects: the first two are being executed by front-line, privately-run infrastructure companies, while the other two were managed and executed by the government.
So, what keeps going wrong?
Simply put, the companies involved fail to ensure the subcontractors they use follow these safety blueprints on the ground, says Vinayak Chatterjee, chairman and managing director at Feedback Infrastructure Services Pvt. Ltd.
"There are enough safety workshops before any project begins," Mr. Chatterjee told India Real Time. "But, still, we see workers climbing up scaffolds without wearing a harness because they feel uncomfortable."
Mr. Chatterjee said this needs to be seen in context of a society where safety standards – such as following traffic rules - are regularly ignored or viewed as an irritant. "It is the kind of discomfort most Indian car drivers have to wearing a seat-belt, or motorcycle riders have to putting on a helmet," he said.
Subcontractors argue they work on such tight margins they can't afford to follow safety standards, the World bank found in a 2008 study on India's road-construction industry.
The lack of skills among Indian construction-site workers adds to the level of danger, said M. Murali, director general at the National Highway Builders Federation. About two-thirds of manual laborers are unskilled, leading to human error in the preparation of concrete and other basic jobs, he said. "It is a bad mix," Mr. Murali added.
He said the government needs to set-up training schools for laborers.
Many projects are carried out by multiple teams of laborers, as many drift back to their rural homes before jobs are completed. This disrupts the smoothness of execution, causes delays and cost overruns, and sometimes compromises the quality of work, say people involved in the construction industry.
An expanding economy like India, whose growth is fed by building roads, towers, airports and bridges, cannot afford such transience.
The World bank study noted that foreign companies hesitate to take up road-construction work in India. Cultural differences in project management style, lack of enforcement of contracts, and overall accountability were major deterrents, the report found.
But the fault does not always lie with companies, subcontractors or laborers, Mr. Murali said. There can be design faults, like in the case of the Delhi Metro bridge collapse, or an error in alignment of pillars or slabs.
Follow India Real Time on Twitter @indiarealtime.


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"The Baptist Catechism" — with Commentary from John Piper
Written in 1677, "The Baptist Catechism" was patterned after the Heidelberg and Westminster catechisms to teach Reformed doctrine from a Baptist perspective.
John Piper added commentary to the catechism during his early years at Bethlehem in hopes of "building a 'stable and firm' generation who hopes in God" [Colossians 1:23]. He explains the purpose is to lay an ordered foundation from which the church may "keep growing in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ" (2 Peter 3:17)
The full catechism, including Pastor John's commentary, has been redesigned in a new PDF available for free. Whether for yourself or your family (or both!), this fresh resource is a tonic of the Bible's wonder.
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Today Karen McCallum is a special ed elementary teacher in Alberta, Canada. She has specialized in special education and behavior support programming. Today she tells a heartwarming but powerful story about how two puppets are helping transform the social emotional learning of elementary special needs kids.
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In today's show, we'll discuss:
- How she decided to use puppets to reach a nonverbal student
- Modeling appropriate and inappropriate behaviors
- How 15 minutes a day with the puppets can transform behavior
- Calming special needs kids using puppets
- Some funny and powerful stories of using Matts and Penny to help kids learn appropriate behaviors
I hope you enjoy this episode with Karen!
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Karen McCallum
I am a elementary vice principal and kindergarten teacher in Okotoks, Alberta. I am in my 33rd year of teaching. My entire career has been in the primary area. I have my Master's degree in Special Education and have spent half of my career working in special education and behavior support programming.


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Man who burned, bit lip off kitten moved to mental facility
Kitten adopted, renamed after ordeal
A Flagler County man who tortured a kitten by burning the animal and biting its lip off, was moved to a mental facility Monday.
Angel Roman, 29, pleaded no contest last month to the animal cruelty charges. When he is released he will be placed on probation.
The kitten named Oreo was taken into custody during the summer. Code enforcement officers from Palm Coast paid for its veterinarian bills.
The kitten's ear was burned along with its whiskers. Even worse, Oreo's lip was bitten off, according to officials.
Investigators said Roman was left alone with a litter of his roommate's kittens.
Oreo survived, but two others went missing and another was choked to death.
The kitten was adopted and renamed Phoenix. The new owner said he rose from the ashes.
Roman faced up to five years in prison.


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Colgate men's hockey ranked No. 19
HAMILTON - The Colgate men's hockey team is riding a five-game winning streak and jumped back into the USCHO.com National Poll at No. 19 with 125 votes.
The Raiders are coming off their second-straight weekend sweep, outscoring Sacred Heart, 15-2, in the pair of games at Starr Rink. This is the second time Colgate has reached the top 20 as the Raiders got to No. 20 after beating UMass before the Holiday break.
Colgate is one of six teams from ECAC Hockey to be in the national poll this week. The Raiders are also receiving votes in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine National Poll. They are getting three votes.
They are on the second-longest winning streak in the country, behind Notre Dame, who has six wins in a row. The blowouts against the Pioneers, catapulted the Raiders to fourth in the nation in scoring at 3.6 goals per game.
The USCHO.com Division I Men's Poll consists of 50 voters, including 28 coaches from the Division I conferences and 22 beat writers and sports professionals from across the country.


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A collection of approximately 22,000 images from our unprinted reference files
Collection Number: M82-5
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Title: General Photographic Collection, 1845-2001
Quantity: 22,000 photographs.
Images on this website represent a selection from the General Collection. The entire collection can be viewed at the State Archives of Florida.
This collection of photographic images forms a comprehensive visual history of Florida. Comprised of photographs provided to the State Archives by hundreds of individual donors, the collection reflects the homes, families, work, pastimes, and social, cultural, and natural environments of Floridians from the mid-1800s to the present. The "General Collection" is comprised of three primary components: a browsable "Reference Collection" of mounted, captioned prints; a "Print Collection" of unmounted prints; and a "Negative Collection" of unprinted negatives.
Historical Note:
The "General Collection" embodies the bulk of the Florida Photographic Collection, which was established in 1952 by Allen Morris, a political columnist and compiler of The Florida Handbook. Realizing that the visual documentation of Florida's history was being lost to neglect and destruction, Morris initiated steps to prevent further loss. With the assistance of Dr. Doak Campbell, President of Florida State University, Morris began to assemble photographs of Florida people and places.
The collection became part of the library on the F.S.U. campus, housed first in Dodd Hall and later in R.M. Strozier Library. In 1982 the collection became part of the Florida State Archives and was moved to the Archives facility in the R.A. Gray Building, where it continues to expand in size and scope.


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In the next few days (22nd/23rd) it will have been 5 years ago that WinMX and its community of users was saved from the junk pile of old p2p apps by many "technical" users and thousands of supporters all working together to make a miracle happen, most of you know the story of the closure and some of the story of the revival and I,m sure many folks who did a lot of the behind the scenes activity didnt receive any thanks, they know who they are and I hope they still feel proud of what took place and how so many folks came together to "brainstorm" a solution in just 3 days.
Five years down the line the WinMX Community has calmed down and united to work together in the main and its still a relaxing place to share files and have a chat with friends, although the network is on a slow decline at this time with a new client project underway and thus scope for updates, the future will I hope improve.
One interesting point to note here is that with this forthcoming anniversary the revived WinMX network (WPN) has been operating for longer than even the original operators where able to do so, perhaps ensuring in the future any threatened client is made open src will ensure that it survives and flourishes, as has been the case for Limewire and Ares, and hopefully in time the new client for the WPN, its been a long hard road some of the time but the WinMX community is still here and the networks still alive , what more could anyone want
Happy anniversary folks and fellow users


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Being able to select/designate individual pins as 5v or 3.3v logic
Are there many mega shields?
QuoteBeing able to select/designate individual pins as 5v or 3.3v logic Needs a lot of hardware, in banks of 4, 6, or 8 not so bad.A crosspoint switch would be one way to go, you'd need a lot for them and last I looked they were not cheap. Also I don't think they level shift but at least they should pass the analog.As for the analog you can get programmable gain chips or just make your own with opamps.Either way you need more IO to control this lot, so add 1 or 2 I2C IO expander chips with jumpers to set the address so they don't clash with any shields.In general I like the basic concept but it could very quickly turn into a cluster f*ck with 30 chips that cost 2x the Due and the shield you want to use.Crossroads (aka derekmjenkins!?), you've obviously made a start, any thoughts on doing something?QuoteAre there many mega shields?I don't think so, I'd drop the extra stuff and just go for a standard shield.EDIT: I just looked at the price for that CD22M3494 crosspoint switch, it's not too bad but still too much for this I think.______Rob
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Mystery Actor Sues Ex-Fiancée – You Jacked My $90k Engagement Ring!!
Mystery Actor Sues Ex-Fiancée You Jacked My $90k Engagement Ring!!
Breaking off an engagement SUCKS ... especially when the breaker-offer REFUSES to return the $90,000 engagement ring ... this according to a big actor who has sued his ex-fiancee.
For some reason, the lawyer repping the actor has filed the lawsuit under the fictitious name, John Doe. The actor is suing Lisa Ragland -- claiming she broke off their engagement in 2003 but REFUSED to return the $90,000 engagement ring.
Sources connected to the case tell us "John Doe" is not Ian Ziering, who was also engaged to Ragland around the same time. Our sources tell us ... it's a "huge actor."
According to the lawsuit, after Ragland called off the engagement, she told the actor she lost the ring ... and he believed her.
That is, until 2010 ... when she fessed up and admitted she had the ring all along. So now Doe is suing her for either return of the ring or its full cash value.
Here's the deal -- under California law, if an engagement is called off, the guy always gets the ring back ... and it doesn't matter who broke it off. The ring is considered a "gift in contemplation of marriage" ... so if the marriage doesn't take place, the ring goes back.
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Welcome from the Director
Welcome to the Kansas State University Center on Aging. It may surprise you that an office devoted to understanding aging could be one of the fastest growing and most vibrant on campus but that is only if you've failed to notice the changing demographics.
Because of a rapidly growing senior population, we are redefining what it means to grow old and what skills are necessary to serve this population. Students are finding that job security is enhanced with a secondary major or graduate degree in gerontology and the research opportunities are endless.
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The Swedish Work Environment Act (Arbetsmiljölagen) Chapter 3 Section 8 stipulates that machines, implements and other technical devices must afford adequate security against ill health and accidents when they are delivered to be used. The regulations also apply to machines that are exhibited for advertising or sale.
If the safety requirements are not met, the technical device may still be shown at trade fairs and exhibitions if it is clearly indicated that the requirements are not satisfied and that the device may not be placed on the market or delivered to be used until it meets the requirements. If the device is set in operation at the fair, adequate safety precautions must be taken to prevent accidents.
Machine demonstrations
The regulations governing use apply as much to machine demonstrations at exhibitions and trade fairs as they do to other use.
It is therefore important that:
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Your point about the two overlapping maps is spot-on. I wholeheartedly (and wholemindedly!) agree with your solution as well.caliban wrote:I think the answer is to reclaim and to foreground compassion maps--whether through pre-existing, traditional compassion maps found in religion, or in (not so) new secular maps. I think the compassion-mappers of all stripes ought to recognize their commonality and to join in rejecting purity maps.


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NEW YORK, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- "I Love Lucy," the classic sitcom starring real-life married couple Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, has been voted the best U.S. television show ever.
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1) Both a
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WidgetController and
GizmoController will have
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CartItem. This really sort of presents the same problems as #1, in that if
CartItem changes, I need to update all the "product" controllers, and in fact mixes in the problems of #2, in that I must remember to always maintain this mapping if something on either side changes. However, it feels more like a job for the controller: it's oriented for dealing with multiple types, whereas it just feels wrong to mix in types at the model level.
4) Three that I can see; #4 would be something I have yet to consider that one of you kind individuals may happen to suggest.
I'm open to any comments here. If I'm missing something completely obvious, feel free to call me a moron and point how just how big a moron I am. I like feeling stupid; that's when I'm learning ;).


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Named after its founder Ahmad Nizam Shah, Ahmednagar in the state of Maharashtra is today the recruitment and training hub of Indian Armed Forces. Mughal-era buildings, military tanks and a number of sugar factories dot the landscape of Ahmednagar. It is in the famous Ahmednagar Fort that the Late Prime Minister of India Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru wrote the famous The Discovery of India. Rail and road are the best travel options to reach Ahmednagar.
Places to Stay
There are good budget hotels in Ahmednagar. Some of them are Sanket Hotel (Tariff – Rs. 900 to Rs. 1700), Swastik Hotel (Tariff – Rs. 700 to Rs. 1200), Panchsheel Hotel (Tariff – Rs. 600 to Rs. 800), and Chaitanya Classic Lodge (Tariff – Rs. 500 to Rs. 700).
The official language of Ahmednagar is Marathi. The other language spoken here is Hindi.
The important events of Ahmednagar are Ganesh Chaturthi and Nag Panchami, both are celebrated in August.
Places of Interest
There are several places of tourist attraction in Ahmednagar. Some of the places include Dargah Daira (3 km), Renuka/ Durga Goddess Temple (3 to 5 km), Meherabad (8.8 km), and Chand Bibi Palace (13 km).
How to Get There
The closest airport to this place is Pune Airport which is approximately 119 km away.
Ahmednagar railway station is the nearest major railway station connecting Ahmednagar.
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I have been so lucky in my life to have such strong women around me to help me along the way. From the beginning, there has always been my mother. If you know my mom, she is in no way the touchy feely, talk-about-your-feelings kind of gal. But the lessons that I have learned from her have been invaluable. I have learned that a lot in life is just about showing up. My mother never missed a swim meet, school presentation or youth group activity. As a teenager, I am pretty sure that I didn't always want her there, but she came anyway. Only years later, do I realize the sacrifice that this was. You better believe that there were things she would rather have done than spend every weekend with my brother and me at swim meets all over the country. She's taught me that being a mother is about sacrificing for your children's happiness- because, after all, their happiness is a mother's ultimate happiness. She worked hard every day and still had dinner on the table every night- from scratch. She's shown me that life is what you want it to be. If you want something, you have to work hard for it. If you don't like something, you have to have the courage and the willingness to change it and see it through. My mom decided to go to college when she was in her 40's. I know that this was really scary for her, but she did it! And she did it well! She's the kind of mom who's okay with being a strong, silent helper. She's the kind of mom who shows up with a humidifier and a thermometer when your child is sick. She's taught me that it's okay to do what you think is right, even if everyone else thinks you're crazy! I love her for all these lessons and the million other things that she's taught me along the way. I hope that I can do this for my daughter.
My grandmothers have also had a major impact on my life. I know that Sadie's life is touched by them too. Sadie is lucky enough to still have a great-great grandmother and has ALL of her great-grandparents around and active in her life. (With our genes we may live to be 120!) My Granny Sadie (my mom's mom) instilled in me a deep faith and a compassion for others. Her house was a revolving door for missionaries and pastors from all over. She's the kind of woman you can just sit down and talk with for hours. And growing up- I did just that. She's not afraid to tell you what she thinks, even if it's going to hurt your feelings. She was so hands on, and is the glue that holds all of our family together. She's the kind of Granny that hosted all the cousin campouts, and took us to the creek, and took us fishing and just let us run and be kids. She let us make messes and get dirty. She taught me that faith and conviction are things that you live- not just things that you have. Her kitchen table was always covered with little postcards that she would send off to senators and CEO's pleading with them to have legislation and company standards that lined up with her beliefs. As a teenager, I thought this was a little crazy, but now I find myself doing the exact same thing. She's generous and has taught me that sometimes if you want to create change, you have to put your money where your mouth is. She has loved us grandchildren when we've done some really stupid things. Okay- my brother and I are the only grandchildren who've done stupid things, but she loved us right through it. I hope that I can pay it forward and make my daughter know that she is loved right through anything she'll ever do that's unloveable.
My grandmother Daisy (my dad's mom) has shown me more about having a beautiful heart than anyone I have ever encountered. We've always called her Mamaw. I can honestly say that to this very day I have never once heard my Mamaw say one single negative thing about another person. Seriously. There is no one else on Earth that I can say this about. She sees the good in people and trusts them. She takes a chance on people and is such a beacon of light. When the world has turned it's back on you, Mamaw will give you another chance. And there is just something about the goodness that radiates out of her that makes you want to up your game when you are around her. I am sure that her heart has at times been troubled, after all we Baxter's have a tendancy to rouse a little trouble every now and then. But she never lets it show. She prays about it and turns it over to God. So many of us say that we do that, but we don't ever relinquish that control or worry. Mamaw has perfected that. I'll admit, when I was younger, I thought that it was kind of naive. But as I look at her now, I can appreciate just how deep her faith and love for people has to be to let go of that worry. My mamaw was diagnosed with breast cancer a few years ago. She never once complained about chemo. Never once said "why me?" She was a pillar of strength. Men twice her size would have crumbled under the weight of it, but she still beamed goodness and hope. My mamaw is the kind of woman who spends all day, every day doing good for others and truly never expects anything in return. She has taught me so much about the kind of heart I want to have.
And lastly, I have to mention my friend Annie G. who taught me something a couple of years ago that has completely changed the way that I am as a mother. She was casually talking one day about how her children were on loan to her from God. I'll never forget how struck I was by this notion. I had always thought of Sadie and Noah, and now Miles, as MY children. At that instant, it hit me that I had it all wrong. They are God's children and HE is letting me borrow them for a while. HE is trusting me with them- to raise them to know him and to be good people. It taught me that there is more to parenting than just getting them to adulthood. It is raising them and loving them as HE would do it- not me, but HIM through me.
Because I have been so blessed with such awesome, strong, loving women in my life; my hope is that I can use all the lessons they've taught me and pass those on to my own children. They have all of these women, plus countless others in their lives, too, to teach them when my own shortcomings as a mom fail me. After all, it truly takes a village, and I am so immensely grateful for the incredible village that they have!
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Deputies: Man hit deputy with head during arrest
Deputies arrested two people Thursday in connection with hitting a deputy's cruiser while fleeing a retail theft.
Officials said a man, identified as 28-year-old James Morris, was caught on surveillance video stealing from a Kissimmee Walmart Tuesday.
Morris fled from the store on Vineland Road in a getaway car, authorities said.
Investigators said when Morris and a woman, identified as 23-year-old Sarah Thomas, saw a deputy coming after them, she hit the front of a deputy's car.
The deputy was not injured, but his car was badly damaged, according to a report.
Officials said they received information from the Polk County Sheriff's Department about Morris and that he might be involved in several other retail thefts.
When deputies tried to apprehend Morris during a traffic stop he fled the area, hitting two deputies cruisers before crashing near East orange Lake Boulevard and West Orange Lake Boulevard, according to a release.
Morris then attempted to run from the area but was taken into custody, but not before striking a deputy using his head, officials said. He had six active warrants and was on probation at the time of his arrest.
Morris is charged with two counts of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, resisting with violence and aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer. He is also charged with grand theft, violation of probation, reckless driving, operating a vehicle without a valid driver's license and fleeing with disregard to safety.
Thomas was taken into custody and charged with fleeing and eluding and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.