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North Korean football team shamed in six-hour public inquiry over World Cup | 30 Jul 10 |
13:29:39 by SiDz | Views: 3 | Comments: 0
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/7918468/North-Korean-football-team-shamed-in-six-hour-public-inquiry-over-World-Cup.htmlThe entire squad was forced onto a stage at the People's Palace of Culture and subjected to criticism from Pak Myong-chol, the sports minister, as 400 government officials, students and journalists watched. The players were subjected to a "grand debate" on July 2 because they failed in their "ideological struggle" to succeed in South Africa, Radio Free Asia and South Korean media reported. The team's coach, Kim Jong-hun, was reportedly forced to become a builder and has been expelled from the Workers' Party of Korea. The coach was punished for "betraying" Kim Jong-un - one of Supreme Leader Kim Jong-il's sons and heir apparent. The country, in its first World Cup since 1966, lost all three group games – including a 7-0 defeat to Portugal. The broadcast of live games had been banned to avoid national embarrassment, but after the spirited 2-1 defeat to Brazil, state television made the Portugal game its first live sports broadcast ever. Following ideological criticism, the players were then allegedly forced to blame the coach for their defeats. Only two players avoided the inquisition - Japanese-born Jong Tae-se and An Yong-hak, who flew straight to Japan after the tournament. However, media in South Korea said the players got off lightly by North Korean standards. "In the past, North Korean athletes and coaches who performed badly were sent to prison camps," a South Korean intelligence source told the Chosun Ilbo newspaper. |
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Arizona Sheriff Not Relenting After Court Ruling | 30 Jul 10 |
13:23:09 by SiDz | Views: 1 | Comments: 0
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/07/30/arizona-sheriff-relenting-court-ruling/Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has been doing aggressive crackdowns on illegal immigration for years. And despite Wednesday's ruling by a federal judge to temporarily block portions of Arizona's new law, the former federal drug agent will continue to carry out sweeps in the country's busiest human and drug trafficking corridor. Arpaio's tactics have made him the undisputed poster boy for local immigration enforcement, sometimes instructing his deputies to carry out sweeps in Hispanic neighbors to arrest illegal immigrants. His latest sweep was launched Thursday afternoon, when roughly 200 sheriff's deputies and trained volunteers searched metropolitan Phoenix for traffic violators who may be in the country illegally. "It's my job," said Arpaio, standing beside a sheriff's truck that has a number for an immigration hotline written on its side. "I have two state (immigration) laws that I am enforcing. It's not federal, it's state." According to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement statistics, Arpaio's efforts are not misguided, as a total of 55,699 individuals have been deported from the Phoenix field office in fiscal year 2010, easily besting the second-most deportations during that time -- 38,569 -- in the San Antonio area. A total of 268,910 illegal immigrants have been deported as of July 13, 2010, compared to 387,790 for the entire fiscal year 2009. Deputy Bob Dalton and volunteer Heath Kowacz spotted a driver with a cracked windshield in a poor Phoenix neighborhood near a busy freeway during Thursday's sweep. Dalton triggered the red and blue police lights and pulled over 28-year-old Alfredo Salas, who was born in Mexico but has lived in Phoenix with a resident alien card since 1993. Salas, a married father of two who installs granite, told The Associated Press that he was treated well but he wondered whether he was pulled over because his truck is a Ford Lobo. "It's a Mexican truck so I don't know if they saw that and said, 'I wonder if he has papers or not,"' Salas said. "If that's the case, it kind of gets me upset." Sixty percent of the nearly 1,000 people arrested in the sweeps since early 2008 have been illegal immigrants. Thursday's dragnet led to four arrests, but it wasn't clear if any of them were illegal immigrants. A ruling by U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton on Wednesday put on hold parts of S.B. 1070 that would have required officers to dig deeper into the fight against illegal immigration. Arizona says it was forced to act because the federal government isn't doing its job to fight immigration. The issue led to demonstrations across the country Thursday, including one directed at Arpaio in Phoenix in which protesters beat on the metal door of a jail and changed "Sheriff Joe, we are here. We will not live in fear." Meanwhile, Gov. Jan Brewer's lawyers went to court to overturn the judge's ruling so they can fight back against what the Republican calls an "invasion" of illegal immigrants. Ever since the main flow of illegal immigrants into the country shifted to Arizona a decade ago, state politicians and local police have been feeling pressure to confront the state's border woes. In addition to Arpaio's crackdowns, other efforts include a steady stream of busts by the state and local police of stash houses where smugglers hide illegal immigrants. The state attorney general has taken a money-wiring company to civil court on allegations that smugglers used their service to move money to Mexico. And a county south of Phoenix has its sheriff's deputies patrol dangerous smuggling corridors. The Arizona Legislature have enacted a series of tough-on-immigration measures in recent years that culminated with the controversial new law signed by Brewer in April, catapulting the Republican to the national political stage. Critics say deputies racially profile Hispanics. Arpaio says deputies approach people only when they have probable cause. "Sheriff Joe Arpaio and some other folks there decided they can make a name for themselves in terms of the intensity of the efforts they're using," said Benjamin Johnson, executive director of the pro-immigrant Immigration Policy Center. "There's no way to deny that. There are a lot of people getting caught up in these efforts." The Justice Department launched an investigation of his office nearly 17 months ago over allegations of discrimination and unconstitutional searches and seizures. Although the department has declined to detail its investigation, Arpaio believes it centers on his sweeps. Arpaio feels no reservations about continuing to push the sweeps, even after the federal government stripped his power to let 100 deputies make federal immigration arrests. Unable to make arrests under a federal statute, the sheriff instead relied on a nearly 5-year-old state law that prohibits immigrant smuggling. He has also raided 37 businesses in enforcing a state law that prohibits employers from knowingly hiring illegal immigrants. "I'm not going to brag," Arpaio said. "Just look at the record. I'm doing what I feel is right for the people of Maricopa County." |
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Newt Gingrich Suggests Attacking Rest Of 'Axis Of Evil' | 30 Jul 10 |
13:17:26 by SiDz | Views: 3 | Comments: 0
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/30/newt-gingrich-suggests-at_n_665063.htmlFormer Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich twice called on the United States to attack North Korea and Iran Thursday because the United States has only attacked "one out of three" of so-called "Axis of Evil" members by invading Iraq. He also claimed that Muslims are trying to install Sharia law on America and said that the "War on Terror" should have been a war on "radical Islamists" instead. Speaking at an American Enterprise Institute event, Gingrich compared not following through on President George W. Bush's "Axis of Evil" agenda with not fully engaging the Axis power in World War II. "If Franklin Roosevelt had done that in '41, either the Japanese or the Germans would have won," Gingrich said, adding that Americans should "over-match the problem." On the reaction to Bush's declaration of an "Axis of Evil," Gingrich blamed Democrats because Americans had not followed through on President Bush's words: I believe he was right but in fact could not operationalize what he said. That is, there was an Axis of Evil, Iran, Iraq, North Korea. Well we're one out of three. And people ought to think about that. If Bush was right in January of 2002 -- and by the way virtually the entire Congress gave him a standing ovation when he said it -- then why is it that the other two parts of the Axis of Evil are still visibly, cheerfully making nuclear weapons? And it's because we've stood at brink, looked over and thought, "Too big a problem." In a separate interview with Newsmax Thursday, Gingrich said that the "secular elites" haven't taken "threats to America" seriously and that newly-appointed Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan has "no real appreciation of the danger of Sharia," because she "welcomed Saudi money" while serving as the Dean of Harvard University Law School. "Radical Islamists are people who want to impose on the rest of us Sharia, which is a form of medieval law which would fundamentally end America as we've known it," he said. "There are disturbing signs that some places ... you see judges succumb to this line of reasoning." He called on "isolating and defeating radicals," while "modernizing" moderates. Gingrich told Newsmax that the planned mosque and community center in Lower Manhattan should be stopped. He suggested that, were he president, he would "declare the area around the World Trade Center a national military battlefield because that was a battle and it part of a real war." |
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rewmind ne | 30 Jul 10 |
04:01:06 by SiDz | Views: 7 | Comments: 1
Remind me to twell you guyus hjow mucxh I hate somaoans tomorrow
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Your horoscope for the month of August. | 29 Jul 10 |
13:53:07 by SiDz | Views: 22 | Comments: 6
Aries – Mar 21 – Apr 19
Luck will be on your side as you’re one lucky mother fucker. You’ll win some money or a fine prize from a sweepstakes drawing or some shit. I kind of envy Aries actually…. Ok, never mind about the luck. You’re going to get crabs from a hooker and find out you have a kid on the way. Take that, bastard.
Taurus – Apr 20 – May 20
Isn’t Taurus a bull? Well, if’ that’s the case, expect to get the horn from the bull as your whole month is completely fucked. You’ll have shitty luck, loose a few friends and your bf / gf will cheat on you. I hope you’ve got some napkins handy because this could be the month you finally give in and shoot yourself.
Gemini – May 21 – Jun 20
SURPRISE!!! You just realized your gay! Have fun trying to explain that one to the parents.
Cancer – Jun 21 – Jul 22
If you don’t shape the fuck up, cancer is exactly what you’re going to get. Then again….maybe cancer is the cure and not the curse. God is going to finally get up off his easy chair and smite your sinful ass for all the bad things you’ve done in your life. Be prepared to get whacked by a 90ton bible made of marble and a one way trip to hell. August is Cancer’s 2012.
Leo – Jul 23 – Aug 23
Leo the Lion? Yeah right. It should be more like Leo the panzi ass who’s afraid to do something with their life. This month will be full of disappointment and regret for you as you’ve been a bitter disappointment to everyone around you. Alcoholism will be a big part of your life from here on out.
Virgo – Aug 24 – Sep 22
Virgin my ass. If you’re a female and you’re a Virgo then you might as well stamp ‘SLUT’ on your forehead so people like me know exactly who to go after when bar hopping. C’mon, all you virgo females know that you’d fuck a rock if you knew a snake was in it. Wear that tramp stamp on your lower back with pride and keep supporting abortion for it’s what you do best! God bless your dirty little heart.
Libra Sep 23 – Oct 22
The cosmic energy flowing from the Sun around Pluto back to your trailer park tells me that you’ve been fucking your cousin… Guess who knows about it? That’s right, it’s mommy! Your whole month is going to be one fun filled incest orgy. Don’t feel bad though, we need more people in this world to make fun of.
Scorpio – Oct 23 – Nov 21
… start running and don’t look back. The flurry of energy flowing from Uranus tells me you stink like shit and nobody loves you. Time to pack it all in because you’re about to go on a journey into the depths of a pill bottle and never return.
P.S. – Enjoy what little time left of being STD free…
Sagittarius – Nov 22 – Jan 19
Wealth, power, hot fucking women…. We’ll have it all this month as we are about to go completely sideways. We’re going to shrug off all responsibilities and party like a complete fucking rock star this month. Put your seatbelt on because it’s going to be on wild ride!
Capricorn – Dec 22 – Jan 19
The stars are lining up to form a giant middle finger with the words “Fuck You” above them. Wow, you must have done something pretty fucked up with bring down the ire of the universe hey? Needless to say, you’re pretty much fucked. Have a fun month, asshole.
Aquarius – Jan 20 – Feb 18
The powers that be which swirl around the universe in a circular clit rubbing motion confirm that you’ll be ok this month. Nothing too exciting and nothing too dramatic will be happening to you…. What a boring bunch of people you must be. Remind me never to hang out with anyone that’s an Aquarius.
Pisces – Feb 19 – Mar 20
You'll find riches beyond belief this month! Be prepared to go on a major spending spree with all the access money you'll be getting. You deserve it!
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Put SC2 on Ebay | 29 Jul 10 |
12:43:36 by SiDz | Views: 14 | Comments: 3
Remember with the Ps3 first came out and what a big deal it was?? People were buying the system then turning around and selling them on ebay for THOUSANDS of dollars! Someone should take their SC2 and put it up on ebay... I'd be willing to bet there would be a hefty profit to be made from it  |
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Sarah Palin Facebook Post Deleted, Thanks to "Social Experiment" | 29 Jul 10 |
12:41:09 by SiDz | Views: 3 | Comments: 0
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/07/23/sarah-palin-facebook-post-deleted-thanks-social-experiment/The mystery behind a vanishing Facebook post by Sarah Palin that railed against a planned Ground Zero mosque has been cleared up. She fell victim to a “social experiment.” Facebook's terms of service prohibit users from posting content that is hateful, threatening, incites violence or contains nudity or graphic violence. But that's not why a blogger called on readers to report a post by Palin, which described a mosque being built on Ground Zero in New York City as "an intolerable mistake." Explaining his actions, Tumblr blogger Moneyries wrote "This is not really about ‘refudiating’ Sarah Palin. It was a social experiment to explore the boundaries of Facebook’s government-like Terms and Conditions and the power of the Tumblr community." "Free speech on the Internet is still a work-in-progress," he added. The blogger had called on readers Thursday to report the Palin post, in which she wrote that "to build a mosque at Ground Zero is a stab in the heart of the families of the innocent victims of those horrific attacks." The blogger asked readers to flag the post as hateful or racist speech -- and enough people did so that it was automatically deleted. Facebook promptly apologized to Palin and reinstated the post, but that didn't stop the blogger from touting his victory. "Tumblr: I’m pretty sure we f--king did it!" wrote Moneyries. "756 likes and reblogs later, Sarah Palin’s Facebook note “has either been deleted, or does not exist.” SHE HAS BEEN REFUDIATED!!!" -- a reference to a much-publicized Tweet from Palin using the non-English word. Initial speculation was that the post was flagged by Facebook's system as inappropriate. But spokesman Andrew Noyes explained that the post itself didn't set off the system. "The note in question did not violate our content standards but was removed by an automated system. We're always working to improve our processes and we apologize for any inconvenience this caused," he said. An addendum to the reinstated post notes that "the original post of this statement (on July 20, 2010) was somehow unintentionally deleted by mistake or technical glitch." The automated filters on Facebook aren't designed to search out and automatically delete such content, explained Noyes. "In order for this particular system to be activated, there has to be a report," explained Noyes to FoxNews.com. And the Tumblr blogger was just such a catalyst. Facebook refused to detail how the system worked, to prevent future attempts to game the system. But it was clear that the automated process does not sort through the tens of millions of comments and entries made on Facebook daily, rather depending upon user reports to find content that violates the terms of use. How many complaints are required to activate the system and eventually have a post removed remains unclear. "These processes are by and large very effective at keeping our system safe," Noyes pointed out. But in a community larger than the United States itself, incidents are bound to arise. "We've got 500 million members, and these things happen from time to time." |
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Scientist Warns Massive Asteroid Could Hit Earth in 2182 | 29 Jul 10 |
12:38:42 by SiDz | Views: 6 | Comments: 0
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/07/28/massive-asteroid-hit-earth-warn-scientists/A large asteroid in space that has a remote chance of slamming into the Earth would be most likely hit in 2182, if it crashed into our planet at all, a new study suggests. The asteroid, called 1999 RQ36, has about a 1-in-1,000 chance of actually hitting the Earth, but half of that risk corresponds to potential impacts in the year 2182, said study co-author María Eugenia Sansaturio of the Universidad de Valladolid in Spain. Sansaturio and her colleagues used mathematical models to determine the risk of asteroid 1999 RQ36 impacting the Earth through the year 2200. They found two potential opportunities for the asteroid to hit Earth in 2182. The research is detailed in the science journal Icarus. The asteroid was discovered in 1999 and is about 1,837 feet (560 meters) across. A space rock this size could cause widespread devastation at an impact site in the remote chance that it hit Earth, according to a recent report by the National Academy of Sciences. Scientists have tracked asteroid 1999 RQ36's orbit through 290 optical observations and 13 radar surveys, but there is still some uncertainty because of the gentle push it receives from the so-called Yarkovsky effect, researchers said. The Yarkovsky effect, named after the Russian engineer I.O. Yarkovsky who proposed it around 1900, describes how an asteroid gains momentum from thermal radiation that it emits from its night side. Over hundreds of years, the effect's influence on an asteroid's orbit could be substantial. Sansaturio and her colleagues found that through 2060, the chances of Earth impacts from 1999 RQ36 are remote, but the odds increase by a magnitude of four by 2080 as the asteroid's orbit brings it closer to the Earth. The odds of impact then dip as the asteroid would move away, and rise in 2162 and 2182, when it swings back near Earth, the researchers found. It's a tricky orbital dance that makes it difficult to pin down the odds of impact, they said. "The consequence of this complex dynamic is not just the likelihood of a comparatively large impact, but also that a realistic deflection procedure (path deviation) could only be made before the impact in 2080, and more easily, before 2060," Sansaturio said in a statement. After 2080, she added, it would be more difficult to deflect the asteroid. "If this object had been discovered after 2080, the deflection would require a technology that is not currently available," Sansaturio said. "Therefore, this example suggests that impact monitoring, which up to date does not cover more than 80 or 100 years, may need to encompass more than one century." By expanding the timeframe for potential impacts, researchers would potentially identify the most threatening space rocks with enough time to mount deflection campaigns that are both technologically and financially feasible, Sansaturio said. |
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Sophisticated Network Helps AWOL Afghans Make Trip to Canada | 29 Jul 10 |
12:33:27 by SiDz | Views: 6 | Comments: 0
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/07/29/exclusive-awol-afghans-enabled-sophisticated-network/For the Afghan soldiers who have gone AWOL from an Air Force base in Texas, there's no place like Canada. Since 2002, 46 Afghans have deserted their armed forces while in the U.S. for language and military training. Of those 46, roughly half--at least 22--have found their way north of the border. They made the trip with the help of a network of people, including Afghans who left Lackland Air Force Base before them; a group of naturalized and undocumented Mexican women in Texas; relatives of current and former Afghan military students living in the West; and at least one Iranian taxi driver who runs a human smuggling business at the Canadian border. The Afghans who have made it to Canada appear to be living comfortably there -- and many have put themselves on Facebook, where they connect with other Afghan dissenters and active U.S. and Afghan military personnel, including members of the Afghan military currently attending the Defense Language Institute at Lackland or receiving training at other military bases in the U.S. Based on interviews with U.S. and Afghan military personnel, civilian and military sources at the Defense Language Institute, interviews with some of the AWOL Afghans and information gleaned from their online profiles, FoxNews.com has exclusively uncovered details of a pipeline that runs from San Antonio to Toronto. The first leg of the pipeline involves a group of women, some of whom are believed to be Mexicans illegally in the U.S., who pick up the men outside Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio and drive them to their next stop. Often, that’s a bus station or airport, but sometimes the women drive them farther. In at least two instances, they accompanied the Afghans all the way to Canada. At least six Afghans flew from Texas to Buffalo, N.Y., multiple sources say, and then traveled the short distance to Niagara Falls, where they posed as bumbling, lost tourists who crossed into Canada and kept on going. At least three of the AWOL men now living in Toronto have profile pictures on Facebook that feature them standing in front of Niagara Falls, including. Mohammad Nasim Fatehzada, whose Facebook profile picture, timestamped June 21, 2008, shows him posing at the Falls. Two others, Sardar Ahmadi and Mohammad Zaher Aetimady, traveled to Canada by way of a long cross-country bus trip, Ahmadi told FoxNews.com. He posted photos online of his DLI graduation and of his sightseeing trip to Washington D.C., where he posed in front of the Capitol. There are also photos on Facebook of Ahmadi at a Quality Inn in Philadelphia. Aetimady, who belongs to the Facebook group “We Love Roadtrips,” posted photos of himself inside the Toronto subway system. When asked if anyone had given him money to travel to Canada, Ahmadi said in a Facebook message: “hi, this is sardar Ahmadi. that is not true nobody give money to any one . it is very cheap . not that much expensive only 120 or something by bus from taxes to bufolo. in D L I every body gets money from school about $1500 USA Daller per month. that school scholarship money or something.” The former Afghan liaison at DLI, Wahab Sultany, told FoxNews.com that students receive a monthly stipend of $650 from NATO. But a NATO spokesman told FoxNews.com in an email: "The Afghan students are in receipt of their ANA pay. They also receive a supplementary travel and living allowances, this is funded through NTM-A. NTM-A/CSTC-A is funded through several ways but it is not appropriate to discuss the detail of this funding and how it is allocated." Many of the men took sightseeing detours through Washington, where they posed for photos wearing cowboy hats in front of the Capitol and the Washington Monument, which more than one referred to as the Washington Tower. Facebook photos show that at least one of the men appeared to have taken a short-time job at a hotel or conference center while in Washington. At least three others spent time in Arizona, where they took photos at the Grand Canyon. At least 26 of the Afghan deserters are linked directly or through friends to one another on Facebook. Many of their online profiles feature group photos featuring other AWOL Afghans who deserted from DLI over the course of five years — men who did not attend DLI at the same time but who appear to have become friends after settling in Canada. Prior to July 23, 2009, Afghan military dissenters could apply for refugee status the minute they set foot in Canada. One of them, Sardar Ahmadi, said in phone interview with FoxNews.com last month that he and Mohammad Zaher Aetimady, his friend and classmate at the Defense Language Institute (DLI), left Lackland together after graduating from the program in January 2009. “I applied for immigration, for study,” he said. “We finished the school, we came to Canada as refugee” At the time, citizens from Afghanistan who arrived at the Canada-U.S. border were eligible to make a refugee claim in Canada, based on an exception to the 2004 Safe Third Country Agreement, which compelled refugee claimants arriving in North America to seek refugee status in the "first" safe country — either the U.S. or Canada — they reached. But a temporary exception was granted to nationals from Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti, Iraq and Zimbabwe. Many of the Afghans who deserted from DLI entered Canada while the exception was in effect. But on July 23, 2009, the exception was revoked, and now any Afghan who tries to claim refugee status in Canada after leaving the U.S. is supposed to be turned back. Since then, sources with knowledge of the process told FoxNews.com, some of the Afghan deserters have relied on the help of a Iranian cabdriver who shuttles across the Canadian border at a specific checkpoint and will sneak someone across the border in his trunk for $400. Sources say the network of former AWOL Afghans and their supporters know how to get in contact with this taxi driver. Those sources also believe he makes round-trips and smuggles people into the U.S. as well. An FBI spokesman, when asked to comment on the Iranian taxi driver, told FoxNews.com, “I don’t have any particular knowledge of this and have nothing further at this time.” Patrizia Giolti, spokeswoman for Canadian Border Services Agency, said in an email statement to FoxNews.com, “The CBSA works closely with domestic and international partners to combat irregular migration to Canada, including smuggling and trafficking in persons.” Citing Canada's Privacy Act, she said she could not answer questions about specific individuals or cases. Twenty-Five Afghan military members remain unaccounted for, NATO officials have told FoxNews.com, citing data provided to them by the Department of Homeland Security. But sources at DLI and Lackland say they don’t know the whereabouts of only five of the AWOL Afghans: Ahmad Sameer Samar; Bahram Mohmand; Abdullahad Ahadi; Javed Aryan; and Mirza Gul Neshat. But at least three of those five have put themselves on Facebook with no apparent concern for law enforcement searching for them. One Afghan’s journey north is well documented through photos posted on his Facebook profile. On Sept. 15, 2008, after graduating from DLI, Matiullah Mahdi began International Captains Career Courses at Arizona’s Fort Huachuca, home of the U.S. Army Intelligence Center and the U.S. Army Network Enterprise Technology Command. U.S. Army spokesman Christopher Garver told FoxNews.com: "Capt. Mahdi failed to return for training after the 2008 Holiday Exodus leave program (18 DEC 08- 4 JAN 09). His leave form stated that he was going to spend his leave in Tucson, Ariz. He was reported as unaccounted for to the battalion commander (Lt. Col. Richard M. Monnard at the time) on 5 JAN 09. He was declared AWOL. AWOL reports were sent through the U.S. Army chain of command, U.S. Army Security Assistance channels, Fort Huachuca Provost Marshall, and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. "All of the training that Capt. Mahdi received while in the U.S. for training was at the UNCLASSIFIED level. At no time did he have any access to any classified or sensitive information. He was assigned to Company A, 304th MI Bn." A photo uploaded to Mahdi's Facebook profile, timestamped March 19, 2009, shows him still in Arizona, visiting the Grand Canyon. A photo timestamped May 31, 2009, shows him in Toronto. He lists his current employer as the Defense Language Institute’s English Language Center. Those who make it to Canada find jobs at establishments that include a supermarket, a Subway sandwich shop, and often in hotels doing housekeeping. But life as a deserter isn’t always easy. One Afghan, Naqibullah Mayar, wrote to a friend: "I am not as good as you man, Just surviving and hardly making living." At least two Afghan deserters spent time in Arizona and may still be living there. In May, one wrote on Facebook that he was going to visit another AWOL Afghan who was living in Arizona. Of the five unaccounted for Afghan military members, at least three are believed to be still living in the U.S, according to diplomatic and Air Force officials. And there could be more. While Sardar Ahmadi said he was in Toronto, his secondary Facebook profile — the one to which he posted photos of his DLI graduation ceremony — lists his current location as “Davenport, Iowa.” When FoxNews.com asked him why, in a Facebook message, Ahmadi abruptly "defriended" the reporter. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement declined to comment. The Department of Defense and U.S. Customs and Border Protection did not return requests for comment. |
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iPhone 4's Facetime Inspires Video Sex Chat Services | 29 Jul 10 |
12:29:19 by SiDz | Views: 3 | Comments: 0
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/29/video-sex-chat-facetime-p_n_663346.htmlNEW YORK — It's a maxim of technology: Invent the newest gadget and the porn industry will find a way to cash in. So when Apple Inc. launched the iPhone 4 and its FaceTime videoconference feature, it didn't take long for adult-entertainment companies to develop video-sex chat services and start hiring workers through Craigslist. With more than 3 million of the phones already sold, the adult industry stands to make big money on this new way to reach out and touch someone – even if it puts Apple, which has always taken pains to keep its iPhone apps squeaky clean, in an awkward spot. In at least five cities, Craigslist ads seek models specifically for video sex chat on FaceTime. Many of the ads even offer to throw in a free iPhone 4 for the new employees. FaceTime lets people call another iPhone 4 user and have live video conversations over a Wi-Fi connection using the front-facing camera on the new model. In one TV ad, a soldier uses it to get a look at his faraway wife's ultrasound pictures. The adult industry wants its customers to share moments of an entirely different kind with its stars. And while the technology may be new, the idea is not. Porn providers have always been early adopters. In the 1970s, the demand for explicit videos at home helped VCRs become widespread, and the industry was the first to embrace DVDs, too. Internet porn peddlers were some of the first to make wide use of streaming video and online credit card payments. "The first time someone created a camera there was someone who said, 'Wouldn't it be good for someone to take off their clothes in front of this camera?'" said Michael Gartenberg, vice president at Interpret LLC, a media research company. And for years, cameras mounted on computers have helped connect people for racy online video sessions. But the portability and privacy of a cell phone makes FaceTime a new frontier for the industry. Story continues below"A phone is such an intimate thing, you usually don't lend it out or have someone else use it," said Quentin Boyer, a spokesman for Pink Visual, an adult production company. Boyer said his company began planning for iPhone 4 video services almost as soon as the device hit stores. They should be ready in a matter of weeks. Boyer said the company will offer FaceTime sessions with some of the same women who appear in its videos – likely charging $5 or $6 a minute, payable by credit card. "It has a very personal feel – your mobile phone to hers," he said. Online exhibitionism is only growing. Take Chatroulette, which randomly connects strangers for video chats. While the service isn't explicitly sexual, it's common for users to stumble upon people looking for more than just conversation. So far, most online video sex chat services have let the customer see the performer, but not the other way around. FaceTime may change that. "We are seeing more and more that customers want to be watched as much as they want to watch," said Dan Hogue, owner of an adult chat company called CamWorld, which is planning FaceTime services. The rise of FaceTime porn puts Apple in an awkward position. Its competitors have products that allow video chat, too – HTC's Evo 4G phone, for one. But Apple has made a big deal about keeping applications sold in its iTunes store clean. Apple has rejected book apps for featuring sexual content and political satires for their potential to offend. While some rejected apps have been approved after revisions, Apple has kept one strict rule: No porn. FaceTime isn't even an outside developer's app. It's a main feature of the phone. An e-mail attributed to CEO Steve Jobs that was posted on technology blogs in April says it is Apple's "moral responsibility" to keep pornography off the iPhone. Apple would not confirm that Jobs wrote it. But just as Apple can't control whom iPhone users call, the company will have a hard time dictating how FaceTime is used. Internet experts say customers will understand that Apple cannot control what goes on in private video chats. "Apple can't be seen as responsible any more than makers of routers or hardware are responsible for the content you are looking at," said Jonathan Zittrain, a co-founder of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. Still, advocacy groups worry that FaceTime could connect children to pornography or predators. Parents can put computers in public areas of the home to supervise Internet usage, but mobile phones go anywhere. "Unfortunately, both children and sexual predators are often ahead of parents when comes to technology," says Donna Rice Hughes, president of Enough Is Enough, a child safety group. Apple, asked to comment on the emerging adult services, noted that people can choose whom they chat with, just like regular calls, and parents can turn off the FaceTime feature. Hughes said it would be better if parents could create a "safe list" of people their children could call. For the adult-entertainment industry, FaceTime could be more than just another medium. It could actually change the business. For independent sex-chat workers, for instance, it could mean handing over less of their earnings to computer-based services. But FaceTime presents its own challenges. It requires that both parties in a chat have each other's phone numbers, which could expose video-chat workers to unwanted calls from their clients. Another obstacle: The iPhone 4 camera was designed specifically for face-to-face chatting. "You can have the phone on your face, or other body parts, but not both at the same time," said Teagan Presley, who acts in adult films and performs in video chats. "Most customers want the full package, and it's going to be difficult holding a phone." |
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Obama on "The View" | 29 Jul 10 |
12:25:34 by SiDz | Views: 4 | Comments: 0
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/29/obama-the-view-interview_n_663678.htmlNEW YORK — President Barack Obama said Thursday that the racial firestorm that led to the ouster of a black Agriculture Department official was a "phony controversy" generated by the media. He said his administration overreacted by forcing her out. In an interview on ABC's daytime talk show "The View," Obama said the forced resignation of Shirley Sherrod shows racial tensions still exist in America. "There are still inequalities out there. There's still discrimination out there," Obama said. "But we've made progress." Sherrod was forced to resign after a conservative website posted an edited video of her speaking about race. Sherrod said the video took her remarks out of context. When her full remarks were discovered, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack apologized and offered Sherrod a new job at the department. Obama pinned much of the blame for the incident on a media culture that he said seeks out conflict and doesn't always get the facts right. But he added, "A lot of people overreacted, including people in my administration." The Sherrod incident added another wrinkle to an administration already burdened by the slow pace of the economic recovery, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the Gulf oil spill. While acknowledging that the country has gone through a tough stretch since he took office, Obama said he remains optimistic about the direction the U.S. is headed. "What has been satisfying is just seeing how resilient the American people are," he said. Obama's interview with "The View" was the first appearance on a daytime talk show by a sitting president. The wide-ranging interview also dipped into Obama's knowledge of pop culture, an area he showed some proficiency, admitting that he knows actress Lindsey Lohan is in jail. But he skirted a question about whether actor Mel Gibson should go to anger management classes, joking that he'd rather answer a question about the war in Afghanistan. And when asked about "Snooki," a character on the MTV reality show "Jersey Shore," Obama pleaded ignorance. Story continues belowBut perhaps the biggest revelation was that the blackberry Obama fought so hard to keep at the start of his presidency hasn't turned out to be that much after all. Because his e-mail traffic could be subject to eventual requests for disclosure, Obama said the 10 people who have his coveted e-mail address are cautious with their messages. "Nobody wants to send me the real juicy stuff," he said. "It's all very official." |
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SC2 launches tomorrow night at midnight (July 27th) 12:01am | 25 Jul 10 |
22:49:32 by ChaoS | Views: 12 | Comments: 1
So who else here is picking up there copy of sc2 tomorrow at midnight? I'll be getting mine for sure at midnight, i'm just hoping the servers are up and can handle the mass influx of people so i can game for a couple hours before goin to bed.
Whoever plans on getting it tomorrow at midnight or in the next few days, post here so we can all try to organize a few games and what not.
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Finally got a job | 25 Jul 10 |
15:15:38 by Inverse | Views: 19 | Comments: 3
i now work at a Ford Dealership as a Service Advisor. it's long hours, but it's worth it. i get car insurance within the company which is cheap, and i got approved for a 2009 Ford Fusion. i should be picking that up next week.
go, me.
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