A great day at the Getty Museum. We took the architecture tour. Parts of the museum remind me of a guitar shape. The current exhibits are very interesting: Engaged Observers: Documentary - Photography since the Sixties - June 29--November 14, 2010 The Spectacular Art of Jean-Léon Gérôme - June 15--September 12, 2010 Printing the Grand Manner: Charles Le Brun and Monumental - Prints in the Age of Louis XIV - May 18--October 17, 2010
This week hosts Lisa Johnson Mandell and Sam Osborn are joined in studio by Bill Phillips who has transformed the life of many people all over the world with his health and fitness books. Bill explains that we should not build our life around fitness but rather build our lives upon it. In an age of over eating and hours spent huddled in front of computers, Bill Phillips aims to help you transform yourself with a few easy steps. Hosts Lisa and Sam share what they are reading and discuss the big screen adaptation of a prequel to the Wizard of Oz starring Johnny Depp or Robert Downey Jnr, the only two stars that seem to be able to green-light a film these days. For more information, show notes, and schedules visit www.thisweekin.com.
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Sudharak Olwe, a photojournalist from India, inspires and engages with high school students at the Getty Center.
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On Wednesday(30 May) Military observers representing United Nations visited AlhaJar Alasoud suburbs in Rif Damascus . Business seemed usual in the streets and residents engaged with observers during the early morning Patrols. This is one of the short range daily patrols observers make to monitor situation around Damascus. The observers also carry other similar patrols in other cities across the country. The observers mission is to monitor cease-fire brokered by international envoy Kofi Annan, who Just concluded his two days visit to the capital.
The PI Reed School of Journalism developed the DMC program, digital.wvu.edu, because we know that media habits are changing - from static to dynamic, from local to global and from fixed to mobile. No longer passive observers, modern users are now actively engaged in determining their relationship with a brand, organization or community. Engage with us as we explore and redefine the future of communications.
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After a decade of studying the issue of digital anonymity and its effects on society, I couldn't resist the temptation to check out Chatroulette. One you hit play on Chatroulette, a video comes up with a stranger from someplace else in the world. You can video chat with that person in voice and in text. Much of Chatroulette can be characterized as porn. No such material appears in this video. Parents need to be very concerned, as many of the participants on Chatroulette are obviously underage. The clearly underage people I saw were observers, not engaged in any clearly inappropriate acts, and many of them had a stunned, deer-in-the-headlights look. I left in some of the more creative expressions, conversations and exchanges. After a while, every time I saw one or two males on screen, I instantly forwarded to the next chat to avoid witnessing a pre-existing act. In this way I didn't realize until after the fact that I had captured the Jonas brothers. While the footage is fleeting, they're there, in the last frame--but there's no going back in Chatroulette... My verdict is that Chatroulette would be fabulous if participants weren't anonymous, but the anonymity, and the lack of control over who shows up on the screen, creates an inexcusably despicable opportunity for malcontents to be disruptive and for minors to witness completely inappropriate material.
This video was taken from a session in the Informatics 121 Software Design class at UC Irvine taught by André van der Hoek. The tablet pc's, coupled with our software tool Calico, have enabled students in our Software Design class to become active participants in engaged, studio-like settings rather than passive observers. This video gives an inside look into the change in group dynamics that tablet technology has brought to our classroom. For more information, you can visit our website: calico.ics.uci.edu
The Imperial Japanese Army Air Service (often called the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force (大日本帝國陸軍航空隊, Dainippon Teikoku Rikugun Kōkūtai?) (IJAAF), was the land-based aviation force of the Imperial Japanese Army. As with the IJA itself, the IJAAF was developed along the lines of Imperial German Army Aviation so its primary mission was to provide tactical close air support, for ground troops while maintaining a limited air interdiction capability. The JAAF also provided important reconnaissance support for the Army. However, the Army Air Service usually did not control the light aircraft or balloons deployed and operated by the Imperial Japanese Army artillery battalions as spotters or observers. Although the Army Air Service engaged in limited strategic bombing of major Chinese cities such as Shanghai and Chongqing in the early stages of the Second Sino-Japanese War, this was not its primary mission, and it lacked the heavy strategic bombers as were later deployed by the United States Army Air Force. The Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service was responsible for long-range strikes and strategic air defense and it was not until the later stages of the Pacific War that both services attempted anything like integrated air defense. The Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (Japanese: 大日本帝國海軍航空隊, Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun Koukuu-tai) was the air arm of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, the organization was responsible for the operation of naval <b>...</b>
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"Sugar" Ray Leonard (Ray Charles Leonard) Record 36-3-1 (25 KO) Leonard was an extremely talented boxer who had ring "savvy" along with boxing skills and fast hands - loaded with a good punch; He engaged in a limited number of fights - but they were enough to convince observers that he was one of the best ever; "Sugar" Ray met many of the best of his time and won most of the battles During his career, Ray defeated such men as Thomas Hearns, Roberto Duran, Donnie Lalonde, Wilfred Benitez, Floyd Mayweather, Ayub Kalule, Dave Green, Armando Muniz, Tony Chiaverini and Pete Ranzany Herb Goldman ranked Leonard as the #2 All-Time Welterweight; Ray was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1997
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Stephen C. Webster Raw Story Sunday March 8, 2009 rawstory.com An ex-UN prosecutor has said that following the issuance of an arrest warrant for the president of Sudan, former US President George W. Bush could — and should — be next on the International Criminal Courts list. The former prosecutors assessment was echoed in some respect by United Nations General Assembly chief Miguel dEscoto Brockmann of Nicaragua, who said Americas military occupation of Iraq has caused over a million deaths and should be probed by the United Nations. David Crane, an international law professor at Syracuse University, said the principle of law used to issue an arrest warrant for [Sudanese President] Omar al-Bashir could extend to former US President Bush over claims officials from his Administration may have engaged in torture by using coercive interrogation techniques on terror suspects, reported the New Zealand Herald.said Turkish Weekly. The indictment of Bashir was a landmark, said Crane, because it paved a route for the court at The Hague to pursue heads of states engaged in criminality. Crane also said that the [Bashir] indictment may even be extended to the former president George W. Bush, on the grounds that some officials in terms of his administration engaged in harsh interrogation techniques on terror suspects which mostly amounted to torture, All pretended justifications notwithstanding, the aggressions against Iraq and Afghanistan and their occupations constitute atrocities <b>...</b>
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For 19-year-old Aaron Bullock, the slow walk to the front of the school auditorium is deliberate and steady. Children are already engaged, captured by the reality of the Moore, Oklahoma high school senior's focused attempt at a task that, for his curious observers, comes without thought, or little effort. For Aaron, it is pure accomplishment...a culmination of grit, hard work and persistence. But it's his message, the essence of who Aaron has become, that will command real attention. It will capture the core of even the feistiest first grader. Aaron turns to face them, smiles, and in one sentence catapults their imaginations backward to a sunny day five years ago that changed his life forever. He hopes it will make an impact on his audience forever, too. "Good morning," Aaron said. "Do you mind if I tell my story?" For Aaron, whose measured speech still bears the obvious effects of a traumatic brain injury, the moment is one more triumph in a continuing process of physical rehabilitation following an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) accident. It is monumental considering that at one point, he had to learn how to swallow before he could even utter a spoken word again. Aaron then begins an account of his courageous story that is profiled in the latest feature on HopeTV.tv, the internet video channel of The Children's Center, a nonprofit hospital serving children with complex medical and physical disabilities in Bethany, Oklahoma. "Aaron is the definition of achievement," said <b>...</b>
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Lt. Col. David Fahrenkrug, chief strategist for the 8th Air Force and the person responsible for the Air Force's cyberspace concepts and strategies, is to try to explain cyberwar in the real world. "There is a lot of misunderstanding about what cyberspace is, and a lot of what we are engaged in now is educating people," he said."My job is trying to communicate it in ways that people can grasp." Fahrenkrug has an urgent job because the Air Force formed a provisional Cyber Command in September and plans to establish a fully operational one in 2008. The Navy and Army also have their own cyberwar programs, but some observers say the Air Force's decision to create the first command devoted to cyberwar operations makes it the service leader in developing military expertise for cyberwar. The Strategic Command, which also has a cyberwar program, revealed earlier this year that it was teaming with the National Security Agency to develop the ability to attack foreign adversaries' networks. Understanding cyberspace The military has been challenged to convince people that cyberspace is about more than computers and networks, said Daniel Kuehl, professor of information operations and assurance at the National Defense University's Information Resources Management College. Cyberspace is also about how TV can be used to influence people and how electronics and the electromagnetic spectrum can interact. "Just like in the real world, you have the airspace and aircraft that inhabit it and <b>...</b>
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Army elites spearhead the final assault; Sri Lanka awaits total liberation from terror Sri Lanka Army elites have entered into the final foothold of the LTTE terrorists that has been shrunk to a 350m x 250m area on the northeastern coast, reveal latest battlefield reports. Troops are now engaged in mop operations in a heavily mined and trapped stretch of a land where the remaining terrorists are hiding in, the reports add. Sri Lankan soldiers on Sunday (May 17) completed their hostage rescue mission successfully with the freeing of all civilians held at hostage by the terrorists. Despite the speculations of a "bloodbath" and a "humanitarian catastrophe" at the final military push, Sri Lankan soldiers were able rescue about 70000 people with in the last 72 hours without causing any harm to the innocent. Defence observers articulate the achievement of the Sri Lankan soldiers as another display of true professionalism. A senior defence observer speaking to defence.lk said that the soldiers have once again given lie to the weird predictions and commentaries of certain ignorant officials of various humanitarian organizations. "Our soldiers have once again shown how professional they are. They have separated the hostages from the terrorists with meticulous manoeuvres and rescued the civilians from terror clutches", he said. "Those who awaited for a bloodbath now have to admit that they were just dancing to the tune of the terror propaganda", he added. Meanwhile, soldiers have <b>...</b>
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With its slumping economy, mountains of debt, ungodly deficits and overseas entanglements, many observers believe the end of the American era is at hand. Not so, according to George Friedman, founder of STRATFOR, a global intelligence company. Friedman spent almost twenty years in academia, teaching political science at Dickinson College. During this time he also regularly briefed senior commanders in the armed services as well as the Office of Net Assessments, SHAPE Technical Center, the US Army War College, National Defense University and the RAND Corporation on security and national defense matters. In 1994 he founded the Center for Geopolitical Studies at Louisiana State University, which engaged in integrated economic, political and military modeling and forecasting. The Center was the only non-governmental organization that was at that time granted access to Joint Theater Level Simulation by the Joint Warfighting Center. Friedman was also an early designer of computerized war games. The current crisis is painful and America's deficits are shocking on an absolute basis, but are "trivial" relative to the country's net worth, which George Friedman estimates is about $340 trillion.
From: Russia Today War on Iran: Cloak and dagger to bunker busters? Published: 17 January, 2012, 10:09 Iran says it won't resort to terrorism to avenge the murder of another of its nuclear scientists. The speaker of the Iranian parliament accused Tel Aviv of carrying out the killing in a desperate US-backed bid to stop Tehran's atomic program. Several people have been arrested for alleged involvement in the assassination of Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, who was killed by a bomb attached to his car by two motorcyclists. Speaker Ali Larijani didn't elaborate on the investigation, but made it clear that Tehran believes that Israel was behind the assassination. At least four Iranian nuclear scientists have been killed in bomb attacks since 2010. On Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for sanctions to be stepped up, saying the latest US-backed trade barriers against Iranian oil exports and financial institutions are not enough. Meanwhile, Washington is engaged in a bid to persuade the largest buyers of Iranian crude, including China, Japan, South Korea and EU to join its sanctions. So far, only Beijing has declined to sign up. RT's Paula Slier reports that many in Israel believe their country is already engaged in a covert war against Iran and are concerned that it may soon turn into an open military conflict. Tensions are mounting over Tehran's civilian nuclear program, which some observers say is being used to develop nuclear weapons. And there is a growing <b>...</b>
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An arms trade campaigning group has criticised the sale of 10000 military missiles by Slovakia to Sri Lanka. The three-metre missiles are designed to be dispatched from multiple rocket launchers. Symon Hill, from the Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT), said the sale was "exactly what Sri Lanka doesn't need at the moment". Sri Lanka has been engaged in civil war for 25 years, and the CAAT fears the weapons may be used against civilians. Mr Hill says "there are many examples of the Sri Lankan army being accused of the killing of civilians, as often happens in civil wars". Analysts say that because the Sri Lankan government bans most independent observers from travelling to the war affected areas, it is impossible to know the full truth. The European Union, of which Slovakia is a member, has a Code of Conduct on Arms Exports, designed "to prevent the export of equipment which might be used for internal repression or international aggression, or contribute to regional instability". The Sri Lankan administration of President Mahinda Rajapaksa unilaterally abandoned a ceasefire with the Tamil Tiger rebels in January this year, and has been cited in recent US, UN and EU human rights reports for allegedly killing and kidnapping civilians in the country's 25-year civil conflict (see related article, page 9). In March, the US-based rights group Human Rights Watch labeled the Rajapaksa government as one of the "world's worst perpetrators of enforced disappearances", mainly of young <b>...</b>
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Selling Genocide By Preventible Rockets -Gaza Strip Five years ago, the Bush administration lied about weapons of mass destruction We were dupe to supporting an illegal, immoral invasion of Iraq. Now Israel uses a less credible excuse -- the Hamas rockets-- to justifiy its own murderous shock and awe in Gaza, This is a long-planned campaign aimed at ousting a people from The Gaza. The are rockets little more than slingshots against Israels incredible military power. Israeli has used this rockets as propaganda to launched a relentless oppression and repression. Indeed a unjustifiable Genocide. Two years ago, in Southern Lebanon, Israel engaged in similar bombings in civilian areas. Then, too, it maintained that only terrorist targets were being hit. As impartial observers finally reviled the truth, clear evidence of enormous civilian carnage was found so we found Israeli lied then, and shes lying now. The Warsaw ghetto and Guernica both concern cases of attacks on a civilian population, the same as Israel/Palestine. . Can you understand? Can you Think beyond Israeli fed sound bites? Genocide must be condemned in the strongest possible terms . . . and halted at once!
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Groupon CFO Jason Child has been the focus of attention following the Internet coupon company's revised results and disclosures concerning material weaknesses in its internal controls. And while some accounting observers say the company's frenetic pace of growth made problems likely, others say Groupon's first-ever CFO is to blame for releasing unaudited numbers after a series previous accounting issues. The company said late Friday that the revenue it reported in early February was overstated, because it failed to adequately set aside money for customer refunds. It also said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it found material weaknesses in its internal controls. The company engaged KPMG to help make it Sarbanes-Oxley compliant by the end of the year, according to The Wall Street Journal.
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Промоцијата на DVD 'Blindness Uncovered' има за цел да прикаже како социјално ангажираниот театар, поточно пантомимата умее преку уметничкиот израз на само да ја објасни 'Тргвијата со луѓе' како социјален проблем, туку и да послужи како алатка за истражување нови и алтернативни начини преку кои општеството ќе одговори на модерното ропство кое завзема различни форми почнувајќи од детското питачење па се до трудовата и сексуална експлоатација. 'Blindness Uncovered' е социјално ангажиран проект кој во процесот ја вклучува публиката притоа одбегнувајќи го вообичаеното сведување на нејзината улога на консумент и пасивен набљудувач, туку и нуди можност и самата да се вклучи во изнаоѓање на можните решенија и нивно критичко согледување. The aim of the promotion of the DVD 'Blindness Uncovered' is to demonstrate how socially engaged theater, in particular pantomime by using artistic expression, not only explains Human Trafficking as a social problem but also serves as a tool for researching new and alternative ways for the society to respond to modern slavery which takes various forms ranging from child begging to labour and sexual exploitation. 'Blindness Uncovered' is a clear example of socially engaged art which involves the audience in the process thereby avoiding their usual role as consumers and passive observers, but offering an opportunity to engage themselves in discovering the possible solutions through critical examination.
On December 2, 2010 a large high pressure system across the Great Australian Bight collided with an intense low pressure trough above the State of NSW resulting in an unprecedented supercell over the 168000 square km Murrumbidgee and Central West catchment areas. In the 4 days from December 2 over 1200000 megalitres of rain fell across the catchments, roughly twice the capacity of Sydney Harbour. With flood waters rising to nearly 10 metres in the regional townships of Wagga Wagga and Warren a State of Emergency was called, but the State Emergency Service (SES) was already operational. Volunteer SES operations and rescue units in the effected regions had been pre-emptively activated, 8 specialised rescue helicopters were sent to high impact locations with 6 SES volunteer Swiftwater Technicians and 65 additional volunteer SES storm and flood-boat qualified personnel were deployed from other regions around NSW. In Wagga Wagga, 300 km South-East of Sydney, SES volunteers evacuated 720 residents from their homes and a town communication plan was established to keep the community informed. At the SES Regional Headquarters in Wagga Wagga the operations team was rapidly expanded with personnel from other regions and worked around the clock to action 1390 requests for emergency assistance. Rotating in 6 hour shifts 26 volunteer SES storm damage teams worked tirelessly to protect or clear property and vehicles struck by falling trees or damaged by wind, rain or flood inundation <b>...</b>
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This was a response made to an old friend who found the video compelling but thought the statements made about Pres. Obama were harsh. I freely admit that there is an element of propaganda about this piece, that is my intention. The economic reality in the global economy is seldom ever really addressed, mostly because it requires a level of knowledge that eludes even some of the most thoughtful observers. The banks listed in the film were only a few of the worst offenders in terms of fiscal recklessness. The problem is one that runs so deep through out the global community that it will be remarkably hard to fix. To suggest that Dennis and Mary aren't victims of this ponzi scheme is to see to little of the picture. They like everyone else are personally responsible for poor choices. But in a world where average folk have fifty thousand dollars of personal debt or more, Dennis and Mary are more like the canary in the coal mine. A letter to a friend Thanks my friend for the kind words. My intention isn't to bash any one party or politician, instead it's to state the facts. The government under both parties has engaged in crony capitalism, by this I do not mean capitalism or free markets of which I am an advocate. But a combination of private interests and government colluding to rig the game to favor special interests at the expense of the taxpayer. All of the banks mentioned in the video were among the most reckless in terms of investment and risk primarily because they <b>...</b>
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rt.com atimes.com Scandal over US-supported Sunni insurgents in Iran 26 February, 2010, 12:06 Iran insists the US was backing the leader of an armed Sunni group, heading an insurgency in Iran, who was captured earlier this week. Tehran says Abdol-Malek Rigi had been at an American military base hours before his arrest, and was carrying a passport supplied by Washington. The US denies the claims. The Jundallah group confirmed the arrest of Abdul-Malik Rigi and now is accusing the US and other foreign intelligence services of helping the Iranian government capture its leader. The Jundallah group or The Rigi Brothers organization it is a family firm, you might say which operates as a terrorist organization and is widely thought to be based in Pakistan, but it operates in Iran on the other side of that border, explained investigative journalist Webster Tarpley, who is sure there is an extra twist to the story involving Pakistan, which possibly gave the militant leader away. The Jundallah group is believed to be engaged in drug smuggling and organizing terror acts. They are accused of blowing up top Iranian Revolutionary Guard officers last year. This Abdul-Malik Rigi was the number one most wanted terrorist on the Iranian most wanted list, he said. Despite the fact that the details of Abdul-Malik Rigis arrest remain unclear, either way it is a tremendous victory for the Iranians because they essentially decapitated this very threatening terror group, estimated Tarpley. CIAs <b>...</b>
Nigeria's Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) engaged in massive fraud during the April 2011 general elections. However, the party, local observers and their international counterparts claimed that the election were "free and fair". The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) got humungous amounts of money to prepare for the elections, apparently the people of Nigeria were duped again by the ruling party and its handpicked electoral officials.
www.stylelist.com Critics are screaming "off with their heads" at Britain's Royal Mint for renderings of Kate Middleton and Prince William on a commemorative wedding coin. Some observers charge that it makes the queen-to-be look "plump," and has her royal fiancé sporting "Elvis" hair. That's not all: UK newspapers are suggesting Middleton's visage looks like she had her lips inflated and one royal watcher compared Prince William's minted resemblance to former Vice President Al Gore. The Daily Mail notes that while the couples official Mario Testino engagement photos were tastefully airbrushed, the coins have rendered the couple unrecognizable. Middleton looks "masculine" while her upper lip has been "plumped beyond" recognition. The tabloid gives the mint kudos for discreetly disguising the prince's thinning hair, but complains his "Adam's apple matches the size of his nose." Ouch! The Mirror complained that Middleton looks "chunkier and older" on the coin and said while Prince William came out handsomer than his future bride, "he has been engraved with what seems to be an Elvis Presley quiff." Meanwhile, Majesty magazine editor, Ingrid Seward, was the most incensed. "The coin is of historical importance, to get it so wrong seems ridiculous," she told Britain's Sky News. The special design has received approval from both Prince William and Queen Elizabeth II, the AP reports. The coins, which range in price from $16 to $2450 depending on the metals, underwent an "rigorous <b>...</b>
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Part 5 of "Thief" from 1981. In this episode, we finally learn what makes Frank tick, and why he really feels that Jessie is the person for him...and that he's going to take one final job to make that last step into the legit-life where they can (hopefully) live happily ever after. Then Frank begins his research on the bank job. And it's a tough one, with several layers of security, and a bitch of a vault that's going to be too thick for his usual drill-n-tap tricks. So Frank pays a visit with an old friend that specializes in industrial welding. More liner notes: "James Caan received some of the best reviews of his career for his work in "Thief." "My strength as an actor in this role is to allow my imagination to take over with the structure of the physicalization of the character," said Caan. "I think I do my portrayal of Frank, the thief. I've tried to penetrate this film as something that's really taking place at that moment and to do that I've trusted my instincts." "To give his film its acclaimed realism, Mann engaged the services of retired criminal John Santucci to serve as "Thief's" technical advisor. The ex-pro not only assembled Caan's tools of the trade -- more than 100 pieces of sophisticated equipment -- but also played the part of corrupt cop Urizzi. "In addition to Santucci, Mann recruited several former thieves to appear in the film in small roles. Said Mann: "Working with the real people of a story gives great actors like Jimmy Caan, who are trained <b>...</b>
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In 1950, when the US was engaged in the cold war, President Harry Truman established the Nevada Proving Grounds. The site is located 65 miles north of Las Vegas. This area later became the Nevada Test Site. The Nevada Test Site covers 1350 square miles, and is larger than the state of Rhode Island. Testing for nuclear weapons began at the Nevada Test Site in 1951. Between the years 1951 and 1962, 100 above ground nuclear tests were conducted. The nuclear devices were dropped from planes, detonated at or near ground level, shot from a 280-mm cannon, placed on towers, and suspended from balloons. The nuclear tests were capable of immense destructive power. They were also controversial because some of the tests released dangerous levels of radioactivity into the atmosphere, and endangered the health of military personnel as well as people downwind of the atomic blasts. Beginning in 1962, all nuclear weapons tests at the Nevada Test Site were underground, and the last nuclear test was conducted there in September 1992. The Sedan Crater was formed when a 100 kiloton nuclear device, buried 635 feet below the surface of the Nevada landscape, was fired in July, 1962. The explosion displaced 12 million tons of earth. The crater it left in the desert is 320 feet deep and 1280 feet in diameter. In 1951, during the Cold War, the Army carried out the Desert Rock Exercises. This was an experiment attempting to "dispel much of the fear and uncertainty surrounding atomic radiation and <b>...</b>
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This is a great app for teachers integrating the Common Core State Standards into their classroom! App Link: itunes.apple.com CCL4s is available on both iPhone and iPad as a single download. NEW: COLLECT VIDEO ARTIFACTS ON BOTH iPhone and iPad! Crowd-Sourced Resources You can access the resources that other educators have shared, evaluated, and tagged to the Common Core Content Standards for Mathematics. This crowd-sourcing feature is an essential part of the iPhone version and a very valuable feature in the iPad version. iPad The iPad version of the app provides an interface for entering observation data as well as access to all the Content Standards for Mathematics K-12. The collected observation data can be shared via email or with our unique built-in instant meeting. The graphs are very interactive and allow observers to merge different observations to compare and contrast different teachers or the same teacher over time. iPhone The iPad version of the app provides an interface for entering observation data as well as access to all the Content Standards for Mathematics K-12. The collected observation data can be shared via email or with our unique built-in instant meeting. The graphs are very interactive and allow observers to merge different observations to compare and contrast different teachers or the same teacher over time. Its primary function is to help teachers track their progress through the Common Core State Standards - Mathematics. Endorsements Here are <b>...</b>
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rt.com atimes.com Scandal over US-supported Sunni insurgents in Iran 26 February, 2010, 12:06 Iran insists the US was backing the leader of an armed Sunni group, heading an insurgency in Iran, who was captured earlier this week. Tehran says Abdol-Malek Rigi had been at an American military base hours before his arrest, and was carrying a passport supplied by Washington. The US denies the claims. The Jundallah group confirmed the arrest of Abdul-Malik Rigi and now is accusing the US and other foreign intelligence services of helping the Iranian government capture its leader. The Jundallah group or The Rigi Brothers organization it is a family firm, you might say which operates as a terrorist organization and is widely thought to be based in Pakistan, but it operates in Iran on the other side of that border, explained investigative journalist Webster Tarpley, who is sure there is an extra twist to the story involving Pakistan, which possibly gave the militant leader away. The Jundallah group is believed to be engaged in drug smuggling and organizing terror acts. They are accused of blowing up top Iranian Revolutionary Guard officers last year. This Abdul-Malik Rigi was the number one most wanted terrorist on the Iranian most wanted list, he said. Despite the fact that the details of Abdul-Malik Rigis arrest remain unclear, either way it is a tremendous victory for the Iranians because they essentially decapitated this very threatening terror group, estimated Tarpley. CIAs <b>...</b>
Early this morning, our forces again engaged the enemy and succeeded in capturing another enemy combatant. The bad news is that Godzilla Skunk, leader of the enemy skunk forces, remains at large. In addition, as you'll see in surveillance footage taken during this morning's capture, the enemy has employed a new tactic, having enlisted the aid of foreign mercenaries, apparently to act as forward observers. Despite the initial success of Plan C on 19-August, the battlefield sustained heavy damage due to the enemy tearing the shit out of the lawn through the small openings in the bottom of the trap. Our 2nd Battallion countered this tactic the next night by securing the trap to a 32" board to protect the lawn on the underbelly of the trap. However, the enemy captured early this morning reached through the small openings on the sides of the trap and, again, tore the shit out of the lawn. Tonight's operations are focused on 1) securing the trap to a wider board to prevent further damage to the battlefield, and 2) the capture of Godzilla Skunk.
How To Go To Heaven: www.jesus-is-savior.com www.globalresearch.ca Obama's Bay of Pigs in Libya: Imperialist Aggression Shreds UN Charter by Dr. Webster G. Tarpley March 22, 2011 On March 19, US and British cruise missiles joined with French and other NATO combat aircraft in Operation Odyssey Dawn/Operation Ellamy, a neo-imperialist bombing attack under fake humanitarian cover against the sovereign state of Libya. Acting under UN Security Council resolution 1973, US naval forces in the Mediterranean on Saturday night local time fired 112 cruise missiles at targets which the Pentagon claimed were related to Libya's air defense system. But Mohammed al-Zawi, the Secretary General of the Libyan Parliament, told a Tripoli press conference that the "barbaric armed attack" and "savage aggression" had hit residential areas and office buildings as well as military targets, filling the hospitals of Tripoli and Misurata with civilian victims. Zawi accused the foreign powers of acting to protect a rebel leadership which contains notorious terrorist elements. The Libyan government repeated its request for the UN to send international observers to report objectively on events in Libya. The attacking forces are expected to deploy more cruise missiles, Predator drones, and bombers, seeking to destroy the Libyan air defense system as a prelude to the systematic decimation of Libyan ground units. International observers have noted that US intelligence about Libya may be substandard, and <b>...</b>
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short film-poem: "An Arresting Feeling" This short short is based on my poem "An Arresting Feeling"; it is the very basic pilot of the full version which is more script- driven. this version is filmed entirely on a mobile cam; the footages went through lots of colour correcting (stroke distorting) and motion effects in Final Cut Pro. (please note that, for some reason, the encoding process in youtube may affect the quality of colours in the video. for better viewing please , click on watch in high quality below the viewing counter ) my voice was also recorded using the mobile; I later used some sound altering effects, added music loops and sound fxs from the copyrights free Apple Loops and mixed-down the whole thing in Soundtrack.... (main Sound effects and tracks used: Electronic club dance beat and Orchestral string section 75) I had helping hands from fellow filmmakers Mahmoud Mushatat and Ed Kerr who filmed the shots I appear in; I could have done this with an actor other than myself if it wasn't for the "no-budget budget" I managed to raise (mainly a London Bus-Pass)... It was fun... Here is the written poem: "An Arresting feeling" I might be waiting for the bus Heading towards camden town, being and looking rather quiet yet anxious and edgy, calm and furious, yet sad and saintly-crazed and dubious all at once, as I usually be when I dream of movies I could've featured in... (Yes I'm an actor! I'm a mask contractor My whole take in life is rather queer) I might be <b>...</b>
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Probe involving City Harvest puts spotlight back on charity sector By Hetty Musfirah | Posted: 01 June 2010 2151 hrs City Harvest Church founder Pastor Kong Hee SINGAPORE : The probe into individuals and companies linked to City Harvest Church has again raised eyebrows about the charity sector. City Harvest Church founder Pastor Kong Hee was among 17 people called in for questioning. His Facebook, which has 30000 names, was filled with words of support, along with a few unkind comments. Online forums were also abuzz, with many hungry for details. All those involved in the interviews with police on Monday are said to have left the Commercial Affairs Department. Nothing more has been revealed except that investigations arose from complaints made to the Commissioner of Charities (COC) on the misuse of church funds. In response to queries, the police said it was not appropriate to comment further as investigations are still on-going. But the probe does ring a bell - of similar high-profile investigations into cases such as the National Kidney Foundation and Ren Ci Hospital. So will latest probe hurt public confidence in the charity sector again? "More or less, it will have some impact. Probably on the image side, probably they have to do something about it," a member of the public said. "The verdict is not out yet. If you give with a charitable heart, I think this should not be affecting us," another said. "I think people should donate wisely, and they should see who is <b>...</b>
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Hes in demand for roles in the theater, in films and on TV: KINO meets the successful young actor DEVID STRIESOW. Also, we visit the International Short Film Festival in Oberhausen and discover that rumors of the death of music video have been greatly exaggerated the format has become a popular playground for artists.We also present the documentary film TO FIGHT FOR THE YEAR OF DECISION, which depicts juvenile offenders faced with the choice of winding up in jail or struggling to find self-confidence and a different way of living. In addition, well tell you all about the winners of the 2010 German Film Awards, and give you a sneak peek at the Cannes Film Festival. Direct Hits Juvenile Offenders Fight for a New LifeWhat should society do with violent young offenders who target innocent victims yet lack the strength to really deal with their own problems? One unique project could be an alternative to calls for stricter laws and tougher jail sentences: Work and Boxcompany.It presents teenagers with the choice between taking up boxing or going to prison. The gripping documentary TO FIGHT FOR THE YEAR OF DECISION shows how five young men learn to channel their aggression and self-hatred and turn them into self-confidence and a sense of responsibility for their own lives. The Many Faces of Devid Striesow A PortraitDEVID STRIESOW has had years in which he made as many as thirteen films as well as acting in plays. A passionate actor and restless workaholic, Striesow is one of the <b>...</b>
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See the newest Getting Started Video here: www.youtube.com This is an observation tool for the Standards for Mathematical Practice and Standards of Mathematical Content of the Common Core State Standards (CCSSO, 2010). CCL4s is available on both iPhone and iPad as a single download. itunes.apple.com iPad The iPad version of the app provides an interface for entering observation data as well as access to all the Content Standards for Mathematics K-12. The collected observation data can be shared via email or with our unique built-in instant meeting. The graphs are very interactive and allow observers to merge different observations to compare and contrast different teachers or the same teacher over time. iPhone The iPhone version of the app is able to receive completed observations and view them. Its primary function is to help teachers track their progress through the Common Core State Standards - Mathematics . Endorsements Here are two statements from notable experts in the field mathematics education and in the transition to and implementation of the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics. "This app extends our work with mathematics leaders by providing a tool that tracks the growth of a teacher's transition to implementation of the Common Core State Standards. This is a tool for coaches and coaching. It provides for informal peer-observation, is a source for data analysis related to teaching and should be the cornerstone for reflective practice." Dr. Francis <b>...</b>
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Scene from Patlabor 2: the movie, 1993, directed by Mamoru Oshii From wikipedia: Theme background Most of the prevailing theme in the movie has been cast on the Japanese Self-Defense Forces and on their legality as Japan's military force since Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution, created on May 3, 1947 by the Allied Forces, meant that the JSDF is only allowed to defend Japanese territory from hostile invasion and not to be deployed in any manner on foreign soil. On June 15, 1992, Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa had pledged to contribute JSDF personnel to head to Cambodia and participate in UNTAC, which called for 2000 Japanese personnel to be deployed including various JSDF personnel from the JGSDF, JMSDF and JASDF, police officers and election observers with the condition that most of them would not see any combat operations due to Article 9 regulations, though this deployment was seen as a testing ground for potential future peacekeeping operations in foreign soil in order to obtain a seat in the UN Security Council. There was some opposition from this after the Diet of Japan had passed the UN Peacekeeping Cooperation Law, allowing the JSDF to be in UN peacekeeping operations. with a low approval rating of 20% when it became law. In a public poll taken, 70% percent of the public had been against sending JSDF personnel to Cambodia due to memories of World War II with an SDF public relations group polling the first 600 troops deployed to Cambodia with a poll of 19 <b>...</b>