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Saturday, June 30, 2012
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Securities regulator FINRA lost $84 million in 2011
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Friday, June 29, 2012
Politician Plays "Pick Out the Immigrant" with Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez
Are you ready, THG readers, to play everyone's favorite new game: Pick Out the Immigrant... starring Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez!
With most of the political world reacting today to the Supreme Court upholding Barack Obama's healthcare plan, it's worth also noting that Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez (D-IL) took the floor of the House of Representatives yesterday and expressed his disdain for the Arizona immigration policy that, essentially, allows police offers to ask for the identification of any resident, merely based on his/her appearance.
"In Arizona today, all that stands between you and a legal nightmare is whether a police officer feels there is a reasonable suspicion to inquire about your country of origin. Yet, Arizona politicians will tell you with a straight face no less, that they can apply this law without using racial profiling."
Gutierrez then aimed to prove these folks wrong by posting several images of celebrities and asking Congressmen to determine which is the immigrant. Watch for yourself:
"The point is simple," Gutierrez concludes. "The idea that any government official can determine who belongs in America and who doesn't simply by looking at them is completely ridiculous, unfair and un-American ... and yet this absurdity is the law of Arizona."
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7 Florida deaths blamed on Debby
Florida officials said Thursday that Tropical Storm Debby was responsible for seven deaths in the state.
State emergency operations spokeswoman Jessica Sims said that two people died in Pinellas County, including a 41-year-old woman caught in a riptide Wednesday at St. Pete Beach.
Storm-related deaths were also reported in Highlands -- where a woman was killed by a tornado on Sunday while clutching her baby girl, who survived -- as well as in Pasco, Polk, Lake and Madison counties. Last weekend, a South Carolina man also disappeared in the rough surf off the Gulf coast of Alabama.
Debby hovered in the Gulf of Mexico for days before slowly blowing across northern Florida this week and dumping more than two feet of water in some parts.
On Thursday, Gov. Rick Scott traveled to some of the hardest-hit areas in Florida to survey flood damages along with disaster chief Bryan Koon and Florida National Guard Adjutant General Emmett Titshaw.
Suwannee County Sheriff Tony Cameron remembered well the last time he saw so much flooding in Live Oak and surrounding areas. He was an 11-year-old boy in Live Oak when Hurricane Dora flooded the small, north-central Florida county seat in 1964. He helped his grandfather then; this time, he doubled up as the county's emergency operations chief.
"The problem we have right now is sink holes, that's our number one problem at this time," Cameron said Thursday afternoon as he waited for a visit from Scott. "We've got a lot of roads that are still under water. There are probably 300 cars scattered around the county sitting under water."
Cameron's deputies and emergency workers had help from members of the Florida National Guard. He said about 85 people were still in shelters Thursday at the Suwannee County Agriculture Coliseum.
"My grandfather and I pumped water out of the city of Live Oak for six weeks," Cameron recalled. "We had brought all of our irrigation motors from our farm and pumped water."
Scott, whose scheduled arrival in Live Oak was delayed by a couple of hours by a lengthy Clemency Board meeting at the Capitol, told officials and some victims that he empathized with them.
"I grew up in the Midwest and the Missouri River used to flood," said Scott, who was raised in Kansas City. "You think about it as you go down and see the families who are devastated when their houses are under water. "
Scott noted that the Suwannee River has yet to crest.
"There's more to come," he said.
Scott and Koon spent more than an hour at the county's emergency operations center getting briefed on Live Oak's worst flooding since Dora before heading south to survey storm damage in Pasco County, just north of Tampa.
About 1,000 people In Pasco County remained without power Thursday. Seventy-three people and 15 pets were housed in two shelters in that county. One mobile home park that houses retirees in New Port Richey is still inundated with water; most year-round residents have evacuated.
In Hernando County, Fla., which received more than 15 inches of record-setting rain, dozens of sinkholes have opened up because of the enormous amount of water seeping into the ground.
Thursday morning, lifeguards on Clearwater Beach helped three people from the water who got caught in a rip current. On Wednesday, eight people were pulled from rip currents on St. Pete Beach, including the woman who died.
Authorities on Wednesday confirmed that a 71-year-old man was found dead in flood waters outside of his Indian Rocks Beach home after suffering a heart attack.
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Effective Use of Rechargeable Flashlights Can Simplify Any Project ...
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Trying to rewire a home theater system in the pitch black, two-inch space behind the television can be quite the troublesome task. Devices that will make every job in the dark significantly less difficult are rechargeable flashlights. This instrument is composed of a cylindrical frame usually made of metal or plastic, a switch to turn it on and off, a battery of some sort, an incandescent or LED (light emitting diode) bulb, a cone shaped reflector that the bulb is mounted in, and a lens to protect the bulb. This tool first became available around 1899. Its uses are not limited to any one or few industries. Rechargeable flashlights can assist users in home inspection, home improvement, electrical work, plumbing, etc.
As this device became more popular in the consumer and commercial world, specialized versions became available for varying uses. A headlight is a light attached to a hardhat and used when mining or in construction. A penlight is a smaller, more portable version of the instrument, which is often manufactured without a reflector. This lack of a reflector is compensated for with a lens that focuses the light. A tactical light is a smaller light that can be attached to a weapon for use in dark spaces. This allows a user to bypass more expensive equipment such as night vision. There is even a hand-crank that is good to have on hand in case of a loss of electricity in one?s home or workplace. The cranking of the attached component generates the power for the light. Commercial users tend to purchase the heavy-duty metal lights whereas the consumer is more apt to purchase the more economic plastic version.
When looking to buy the right device, it is important to examine these factors: quality, durability, reliability, and technology. Typically, the LED bulb is more desirable because it last longer and is brighter in most instances. That feature also comes at a higher price though. In terms of quality, the higher-end lights offer a rotating lens that allows the user to focus the light better for each situation. Metal rechargeable flashlights will offer better durability as it is less likely to break and less vulnerable to normal wear and tear. Another major aspect in determining the right light to buy is whether it needs to be waterproof. This is not a very common feature so it is important to find one specifically designed for this purpose if needed. Effective use of this tool can simplify any project that requires work in the dark.
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Thursday, June 28, 2012
Burnett, Pirates top Phillies
By ROB MAADDI
AP Sports Writer
Associated Press Sports
updated 4:10 p.m. ET June 28, 2012
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A new catcher didn't affect A.J. Burnett's groove.
Burnett threw 6 2-3 sharp innings to win his eighth straight start, Casey McGehee hit a three-run homer and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-4 Thursday.
Pedro Alvarez also went deep for Pittsburgh, which split the four-game set in Philadelphia by winning the last two. The surprising Pirates, seeking their first winning season since 1992, are 40-35 and second in the NL central.
Burnett (9-2) allowed three runs and six hits, striking out seven. The winning streak is his longest, and it's the first time a Pirates pitcher has won eight in a row since Dock Ellis in 1974.
Michael McKenry caught Burnett for the first time because starter Rod Barajas is injured.
"I was really impressed with McKenry," Burnett said. "He was outstanding. I can't say enough about him. It was a pleasure to work with him. He picked up where Rod left off."
Joel Hanrahan tossed a scoreless ninth for his 20th save in 22 tries. He retired Hunter Pence on a shallow fly with the tying run on third to end it.
Eric Kratz and Pence hit homers for the Phillies.
The Pirates jumped on Kyle Kendrick (2-8) for five runs before he recorded a second out in the first.
"Gave us a chance to win, pitched deep into the game, which they needed me to," Kendrick said. "We came up short."
Drew Sutton led off with an infield single and Neil Walker walked. One out later, Garrett Jones hit an RBI single. McGehee followed with a three-run shot to left. Alvarez then lined one out to right to make it 5-0.
McGehee has five homers and 15 RBIs in June after driving in just six runs with no homers in the first two months.
"I think at one point I was trying to do too much," McGehee said. "I was with a new team trying to make a good impression. Then I went back to just trying to hit the ball up the middle of the field."
Kratz connected off Burnett in the second to cut it to 5-2.
Burnett retired nine straight before consecutive singles by Shane Victorino and Pence put runners on first and third with one out in the sixth. Placido Polanco's fielder's choice grounder scored Victorino to cut it to 5-3.
Pence led off the bottom of the eighth with a shot off Jason Grilli for his first homer since June 2 and 14th of the year. Pence snapped a 98 at-bat homerless drought.
Grilli pitched out of a jam with two runners on to preserve the lead. He struck out pinch-hitter Jim Thome and retired pinch-hitter Carlos Ruiz on a foul pop. First baseman McGehee made a nice running catch and held onto the ball after stumbling into the first row down the right-field line.
"We got some tough outs from Grilli and Joel," Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said.
Kendrick settled down nicely after the awful start. He gave up five runs and six hits in seven innings.
This was Burnett's first appearance in Philadelphia since losing to Cliff Lee and the Phillies in Game 5 of the 2009 World Series. Burnett beat Pedro Martinez in Game 2 that year and the New York Yankees prevented the Phillies from repeating as world champions by taking the Series in six games.
The Phillies finished 5-5 on their longest homestand of the season. The five-time defending NL East champions fell to last place and are 36-42, including 17-24 at home.
NOTES: Phillies designated RHP Chad Qualls for assignment and called up RHP Brian Sanches and LHP Jeremy Horst. ... 1B Ryan Howard is set to start a rehab stint at Class A Lakewood on Thursday night. The 2006 NL MVP hasn't played for the Phillies this season after tearing his left Achilles' tendon last October. ... Burnett is 6-0 on the road. ... The Pirates went back-to-back for the third time this season. ... The Phillies had their 261st straight sellout, including postseason games. ... Lee (0-4, 3.72) tries again for his first win when the Phillies open a three-game series in Miami on Friday night. ... Kevin Correia (3-6, 4.03) starts for the Pirates in St. Louis on Friday.
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A.J. Burnett threw 6 2-3 sharp innings to win his eighth straight start, Casey McGehee hit a three-run homer and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-4 Thursday.
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Why Having a Travel Insurance Before a Long Vacation is Important ...
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Travel Insurance Before a Long Vacation is Important
Insurance, as we all know, is a form of risk management basically used to hedge an uncertain loss.?We all are very much familiar about life insurance, car insurance, and medical insurance?but raise our eyebrows while selecting travel insurance when booking air tickets and vacation packages.
In today?s time, when travel has become an auxiliary sector for business and leisure industry, travel insurance has come into scene to help the policy holders travel without worrying about adversities that can occur while travelling within their own country or in a foreign land.
Why Should We Buy Travel Insurance?
Life is very uncertain and future can never be predicted. Therefore, we should hope for the best and be prepared for the worst.
Even the well-planned travel trips can be impacted by unforeseen circumstances such as medical emergency, natural calamity, flight delay?or cancellation, baggage lost, and so on.?Troubles can occur anytime, anywhere while traveling?or before starting your trip and may force?you to cancel, postpone or pre-pone your trip and incur?unplanned expenses.?Any such mishap can turn a relaxing vacation into a backbreaking as well as bank-breaking experience. But?by?opting for a?travel insurance policy, you can safeguard your journey?and save your money even in adverse conditions.
There are number of travel insurance?choices?as per the types of travelers and trips.
Types of Travel Insurance per Travelers
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- Group Travel?Insurance
- Senior Citizen?Travel Insurance
- Student Travel?Insurance
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- Backpacking Trip Insurance
- Adventure Trip Insurance
- Last-minute Travel Insurance
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- Lost Baggage Insurance
Best Travel Insurance Plan: Package Travel Insurance /All-inclusive Travel Insurance Plan
As?compared?to a travel medical or?lost baggage?travel insurance?plan, which covers only a certain set of travel risks,?an all-inclusive travel insurance package plan is far better.? It is indeed the famous travel insurance and is commonly purchased because of the comprehensive travel protections it offers.
Benefits for Purchasing an All-Inclusive Travel Insurance Plan:
Easy-to-understand and combines?much coverage?into a single plan:?Travel insurance companies?offer acomprehensive set of coverages for each?all-inclusive travel?plan?for targeted traveler type. For example, an all-inclusive air travel insurance plan would include flight cancellation, delay, lost baggage, terrorism attacks etc.
Travel Insurance Package Plan usually includes coverage for:
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Where Does Campaign Finance Go From Here?
The U.S. Supreme Court?s decision to uphold the Citizens Union campaign-finance ruling?on Monday could lead to a bolstering of laws here in New York, hopeful advocates say.
Conversely, the decision, which essentially struck down Montana?s strict campaign-finance laws of barring corporate and union campaign contributions ? is unlikely to have the impact of deregulating New York?s campaign-finance laws, said NYPIRG?s Russ Haven, the group?s legislative director.
Haven said the to-do list for advocates ? a taxpayer-funded system, stronger enforcement and better disclosure ? should not be impacted by Citizens United.
?None of those things would be affected by what the Supreme Court did,? he said.
But the effort could have a broader impact of galvanizing advocates to push state lawmakers to seek an overhaul of the laws.
?The Supreme Court is in fact extending the Citizens United decision to state level efforts and campaigns,??he said.??I think the public and certain advocates believe the Supreme Court has undermined any help from the courts it?s up to the courts and so it?s up to state Legislatures to address the problems.?
State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman was not so sanguine.
In statement, Schneiderman blasted the decision as a way of infringing on a state?s ability to draft its own laws.
?The decision gives short shrift to States? vital interests in protecting their democratic processes and institutions from the threats posed by unlimited corporate spending in campaigns,? Schneiderman said. ?It also ignores the national experience since the Court decided Citizens United v. FEC two years ago, which has allowed corporations and billionaires to flood millions of dollars to candidates through Super PACs whose independence is a legal fiction. The application of Citizens United to state and local elections will be disastrous for the integrity of our democracy.?
Despite a post-budget push from Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, a measure that would institute a publicly financing system for campaigns went nowhere. In opposing the measure, Senate Republicans said the proposal was an unfair and unwise use of taxpayer money for political activity.
It was a philosophical gap that Gov. Andrew Cuomo, already contending with a Legislature divided on teacher evaluation disclosure and a minimum wage hike, didn?t think he could resolve this year.
But now Cuomo and a coalition of the wealthy, along with former Cuomo aide Steve Cohen, are making a renewed effort to overhaul the laws, similar to the same-sex marriage push of 2011.
A lot of it, as Cohen told Liz on the show last night, depends on the political landscape of 2013 ? i.e. who controls the Senate and whether the political and public pressure is there to get anything done.
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US-UK security experts unite for London Olympics
FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012 file photo security forces take part during in a combined British police and British Royal Marines security exercise for the London 2012 Olympic Games on the River Thames in London. Fighter jets thunder above the English countryside. Missiles stand ready. And Big Brother is watching like never before. The London Olympics are no ordinary games _and Britain is no ordinary host. Not since World War II have Britain and the United States teamed up for such a massive security operation on British soil, and not without reason. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)
FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012 file photo security forces take part during in a combined British police and British Royal Marines security exercise for the London 2012 Olympic Games on the River Thames in London. Fighter jets thunder above the English countryside. Missiles stand ready. And Big Brother is watching like never before. The London Olympics are no ordinary games _and Britain is no ordinary host. Not since World War II have Britain and the United States teamed up for such a massive security operation on British soil, and not without reason. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)
FILE - This is a Aug. 18, 2011 file photo released by Britain's Ministry of Defence shows Royal Air Force Puma helicopter is pictured flying over the 2012 Olympic Stadium during a training flight over London . Fighter jets thunder above the English countryside. Missiles stand ready. And Big Brother is watching like never before. The London Olympics are no ordinary games _ and Britain is no ordinary host. Not since World War II have Britain and the United States teamed up for such a massive security operation on British soil, and not without reason. (AP Photo/SAC Phil Major RAF, MOD)
Director of Traffilog Howard Young talks to Associated Press as he shows the Traffilog remote vehicle logging system at the Transport Research Laboratory in Wokingham, England, Wednesday, June 20, 2012. Traffilog is installed on thousands of vehicles (buses and VIP buses) that allows them to look at whether a driver is acting erratically and also allows them to stop the vehicle remotely in a security situation. Fighter jets thunder above the English countryside. Missiles stand ready. And Big Brother is watching like never before. The London Olympics are no ordinary games _and Britain is no ordinary host. Not since World War II have Britain and the United States teamed up for such a massive security operation on British soil, and not without reason. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
Traffilog Technical Manager Bob Reid talks to Associated Press about the Traffilog remote vehicle logging system at the Transport Research Laboratory in Wokingham, England, Wednesday, June 20, 2012. Traffilog is installed on thousands of vehicles (buses and vip buses) that allows them to look at whether a driver is acting erratically and also allows them to stop the vehicle remotely in a security situation. Fighter jets thunder above the English countryside. Missiles stand ready. And Big Brother is watching like never before. The London Olympics are no ordinary games _and Britain is no ordinary host. Not since World War II have Britain and the United States teamed up for such a massive security operation on British soil, and not without reason. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
The entrance gate of the Interpol headquarters in Lyon, central France, Friday, June 22, 2012. International police agency Interpol is involved in the security of the London 2012 Olympic Games. Fighter jets thunder above the English countryside. Missiles stand ready. And Big Brother is watching like never before. The London Olympics are no ordinary games and Britain is no ordinary host. Not since World War II have Britain and the United States teamed up for such a massive security operation on British soil, and not without reason.(AP Photo/Francois Mori)
LONDON (AP) ? Fighter jets thunder above the English countryside. Missiles stand ready. And Big Brother is watching like never before.
The London Olympics are no ordinary games. Not since World War II have Britain and the United States teamed up for such a massive security operation on British soil.
Hundreds of American intelligence, security and law enforcement officials are flying across the Atlantic for the games that begin July 27. Some will even be embedded with their British counterparts, sharing critical intelligence and troubleshooting potential risks. Dozens of Interpol officers will also be deployed.
The unique collaboration is rooted in common threats the partners have faced since the Sept. 11 terror attacks on the U.S. and Britain's own deadly suicide bombings in 2005.
Britain was America's closest ally in Afghanistan and Iraq, making it a prime target of Islamic terror groups. And dozens of recent terror plots, including the 2006 plot to blow up nearly a dozen trans-Atlantic airliners, have been hatched within Britain's sizeable Muslim population, more than 1 million of whom have ties to Pakistan.
Although other Olympics have taken place since 9/11 ? Salt Lake City, Athens, Turin, Beijing and Vancouver ? London poses a different breed of security challenge.
"I'm confident that there is more than adequate security here for these games," Louis Susman, the U.S. Ambassador to the U.K., told The Associated Press. "That said, we live in a tumultuous world, whether that be in New York or London."
Intelligence officials say there has been an expected increase in chatter among extremist groups but there are still no specific or credible threats to the London games. The terror level is labeled substantial, a notch below severe and what it has been for much of the past decade. A substantial threat level indicates that an attack is a strong possibility.
"There is a perception in some quarters that the terrorist threat to this country has evaporated," said Jonathan Evans, head of Britain's domestic spy agency of MI5. "Bin Laden is dead, al-Qaida's senior leadership in Pakistan is under serious pressure and there hasn't been a major terror attack here for seven years. (But) in back rooms and in cars and on the streets of this country, there is no shortage of individuals talking about wanting to mount terrorist attacks here."
The potential threats to the London games are broad and diverse ? a lone wolf attacker such as Norway's Anders Behring Breivik who confessed to killing 77 people; a possible non-Asian Muslim convert who could slip by security with a European passport; a coordinated strike like the Sept. 11 terror attacks or a debilitating cyber-attack.
Although al-Qaida has been weakened by targeted U.S. strikes, its affiliates in places like Somalia and Yemen have stepped up their activity and increased their capabilities. They've even been working on bombs that can go undetected in airport scans.
British security officials fear that dozens of nationals who went to train in Somalia and elsewhere could eventually return.
"Terrorist problems have a long tail," said Evans. "They very rarely just stop."
Up to 1 million visitors are expected for the games, putting added strain on border security agents at airports like London's Heathrow, which has been criticized for its long lines and lack of staff to screen those arriving from other countries.
On site, some 300,000 people are expected to flow into Olympic Park in east London each day during peak times.
One of the key functions for Interpol, the international police organization, will be to speed intelligence data sharing between countries so threats can be deterred. U.K. officials scan Interpol data 130 million times per year, Interpol Secretary General Ronald K. Noble told the AP during an exclusive interview at the agency's Lyon headquarters.
"The truth is, and we know this from Norway, that you can't identify one ethnic group and say that's the ethnic group that should only concern us," Noble said. "But this Olympics ? from all that I know and based on all the information that Interpol has ? should be a safe Olympics."
Shared intelligence, better technology and boosted resources have allowed security officials to crack organized plots before they happen but the possibility of a self-starter extremist who operates below the radar remains one of the biggest fears.
In the case of Breivik, there were few warning signals that the self-styled anti-Muslim fanatic was about to kill 77 people last summer. The same essentially was true for Mohamed Merah, a Frenchman of Algerian descent who in March killed three paratroopers, a rabbi and three Jewish school children in southwest France.
Security officials say unless people are already known to authorities, they can go virtually undetected as they plan atrocities.
The overall security numbers are staggering. The games will be protected by some 12,000 police officers during peak times and 23,700 security staff ? a number that includes some 13,500 troops on standby, which is more than the 9,500 British troops currently in Afghanistan. A no-fly zone will also be established over Olympic venues from July 14 to August 15.
More than 100,000 people have applied for jobs at Olympics venues, being vetted for employment history and possible criminal backgrounds. The more rigorous checks are done by the government for accreditation to get into the games, according to Ian Horseman Sewell with G4S, a global company providing most of the training and security staff for the Olympics.
Still, Sewell admits London is different than past games.
"London is a proven terrorist target and it is the first time the summer Olympics have been operated in a post 7/7 environment in a place that isn't a totalitarian state," Sewell said, referring to the 2005 suicide bombings in London and the 2008 Beijing games. "From a security perspective, London is breaking new ground."
G4S will also help secure venues outside of the park and protect athletes.
Some specific teams from places like Belarus, Belgium, New Zealand and Vietnam will be training in northern France to keep costs down ? a move that prompted a joint Franco-British security exercise earlier this year.
Protecting athletes has been a concern since a terror attack at the 1972 Olympics in Munich killed 11 Israeli athletes and coaches.
"Israeli athletes will be staying away from the others in a more secluded area and with more security," a senior Israeli intelligence official told the AP, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of his job. "But a repetition of what happened in Munich is considered unlikely because Israel is ready and also because it isn't the kind of attack Palestinians would want now."
Technology has also advanced from past games.
Special Israeli surveillance technology has been rolled out for the Olympics across Britain, a country already known for its 4 million closed-circuit television cameras. Even more cameras have been installed at the Olympic Park.
Advanced facial and image recognition software will be used to identify suspects and connect multiple crime scenes. Cameras will be used to capture suspicious behavior. And special drones will be used for crowd surveillance, according to a salesman at an Israeli company who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press.
And remember the movie "Speed" where a bomb would allegedly go off if a bus went slower than 50 mph (80 kph)? Hundreds of public transport vehicles and VIP buses being used in the London games have already been equipped so authorities can tell if a driver is acting erratically ? something that might happen in a hijacking.
Authorities will also be able to stop a vehicle remotely or keep it going at a certain speed ? technology that could be useful if a terrorist were carrying explosives and threatening to crash a bus full of athletes into a crowded venue.
The British military has already made headlines with the weapons it will have available ? surface-to-air missiles, RAF Typhoon combat aircraft and an aircraft carrier docked on the Thames, the river that cuts across London close to several Olympic sites.
Security officials had worried that Irish dissidents could target the games, but those fears have dissipated.
Despite the U.S.-U.K. collaboration, there will still be differences in how the London Olympics is policed. Most of the security personnel will be unarmed ? a striking difference to operations in the United States.
Adding to security issues, leaders from around the world will want to visit during the Olympics. The American delegation will be led by first lady Michelle Obama while President Barack Obama focuses on his re-election campaign.
"I've not heard any American who has said they were concerned about security here," said Susman, the ambassador. "London has made an effort to showcase London for the world and I think it's going to be terrific."
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Ian Deitch contributed to this story from Jerusalem and Nicholas McAnally from Paris.
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Wednesday, June 27, 2012
German court: Circumcision on boys an assault
BERLIN (AP) ? A German court has ruled that circumcising young boys on religious grounds amounts to bodily harm even if parents consent to the procedure.
Cologne state court said the child's right to physical integrity trumps freedom of religion and parents' rights, German news agency dapd reported Tuesday.
The case involved a doctor accused of carrying out a circumcision on a 4-year-old that led to medical complications. The doctor was acquitted, however, and prosecutors said they won't appeal.
The president of Germany's Central Council of Jews, Dieter Graumann, called the ruling "unprecedented and insensitive," urging the country's parliament to clarify the legal situation "to protect religious freedom against attacks."
Graumann said the circumcision of newborn Jews has been practiced for thousands of years and "every country in the world respects this religious right."
Muslims also circumcise young boys, while many parents request it on health grounds.
The state court's ruling creates a tricky legal situation for doctors who perform the procedure on parents' orders.
Unlike female circumcision, there is no law prohibiting it and the ruling isn't binding for other courts. However, it sets a precedent that would be taken into account by other German courts when ruling on similar cases.
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Tropical Storm Debby drenches Florida's Gulf Coast (+video)
Tropical Storm Debby, its accompanying winds and rains brought flooding to parts of Florida. Rick Scott, the state's governor, declared a state of emergency. The storm is expected to travel further inland as the week progresses.?
Convenience store employee Lindsey Bennight watches floodwaters surround the store where she works in Crawfordville, Fla. Tropical storm Debby hit land with wind and rain.
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EnlargeTropical Storm Debby lashed parts of Florida with driving rains and high winds on Monday, threatening to trigger more flooding and tornadoes as it hovered off the state's northern Gulf of Mexico coast.
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With tropical storm-force winds extending outward up to 230 miles (370 km) from its center off the northwest coastal town of Apalachicola late Monday afternoon, forecasters said Debby menaced a broad swath of inland territory with flash flooding from torrential downpours.
Florida Governor Rick Scott declared a state of emergency and a tropical storm warning was in effect along much of the Gulf coastline, from the Florida Panhandle down through the central west coast.
"Because of the broad impact of Tropical Storm Debby, virtually every county in Florida could be affected," Scott said in a statement announcing the statewide emergency.
"Some communities are already grappling with flooding, wind damage and electrical outages," said Scott, who ordered all state agencies, including the
Florida National Guard, to provide any necessary assistance requested by local governments.
The Miami-based National Hurricane Center said Debby, the first named storm of 2012 to move into the Gulf of Mexico, was packing top sustained winds of about 45 miles per hour (72 kph) and forecasters predicted little change in strength over the next couple of days.
Over the weekend, the storm idled about a quarter of U.S. offshore oil and natural gas production in the Gulf of Mexico, based on figures issued by U.S. offshore regulators.
But on Monday, big offshore Gulf of Mexico drillers like BP Plc and Royal Dutch Shell began returning staff to offshore platforms.
Torrential Rainfall?
Forecast models show Debby making landfall along the northern Florida Gulf Coast by Thursday. It could dump more than a foot (30 cm) of rain in some areas of the state, with isolated amounts of more than two feet (64 cm) in north Florida, the hurricane center said.
Flash flood warnings were in effect for many areas and the Florida Division of Emergency Management has cautioned that inland flooding is associated with more than half the deaths from tropical cyclones in the United States over the last 30 years.
Steady rainfall spurred by Debby is expected to extend to southern areas of Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina.
Florida officials said the storm has left an estimated 35,000 people without power and forced the closure of a four-mile (six-km) bridge spanning Tampa Bay that connects the city of St. Petersburg with the Bradenton area.
The hurricane center also warned that more tornadoes were possible in parts of Florida and southern Georgia.
On Sunday, Debby spawned twisters that killed a woman, badly injured a child and wrecked homes in central Florida in rural Highlands County, according to an emergency management official.
Florida's Pinellas Country was also hit hard, with flash flooding in some areas and at least 20 houses with roofs that were partially or fully blown off during a tornado-like storm on Sunday.
In Alabama, rescuers continued a search on Monday for a swimmer who is presumed dead after he went missing off the Gulf Coast near Orange Beach on Sunday.
Debby is expected to continue veering away from the U.S. Gulf waters that are home to about 20 percent of U.S. oil and 6 percent of natural gas output. And the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port, which unloads about 1 million barrels per day of U.S. crude oil imports from giant tankers, said it was set to resume operations on Monday, after shutting Sunday due to rough seas.
But U.S. regulators said on Monday that Gulf of Mexico oil and gas operators had shut in 44.1 percent of daily oil and 34.8 percent of daily natural gas production because of Tropical Storm Debby, a near doubling of the oil total from Sunday.
Though Debby's track was still uncertain, the hurricane center said it could re-emerge and gain strength over the western Atlantic Ocean by next weekend.
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USC School Of Cinematic Arts Partners With Crystal Cruises To Teach Movie-Making
LOS ANGELES, June 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In an industry first, Crystal Cruises has teamed up with the esteemed University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts - alma mater of Ron Howard, Robert Zemeckis, and George Lucas, among many other film and media-makers - to present "Digital Filmmaking: The iPad iMovie Video Course" through the line's exclusive Creative Learning Institute. Launching this week aboard Crystal Symphony, the five-hour, complimentary course teaches professional filmmaking tools and techniques to create one's own films, from pre-production to final cut. Led by USC film professors, alumni and other film industry experts specially trained by curriculum creators Kerry Millerick and Dina Sterr, the course utilizes the iMovie app for iPad, but teaches basics that can be applied to any digital format.
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"USC is one of the best film schools in the world," says Bret Bullock, Crystal's vice president of entertainment. "We're thrilled to bring guests a curriculum of this caliber to expand our Creative Learning Institute and teach vacationers even more new skills that they can take home with them."
Using one's own iPad, guests shoot one of five documentary-style genres while on board: Interview, Event, Commercial, Man on the Street or How-to. They then edit the footage and add music, graphics, voiceover and effects. Participants learn the importance of filmmaking theory in production -- considering the video's purpose, intended audience, camera angle and shot composition -- and then how to create a trailer and digitally share their masterpiece with an "audience" of loved ones via social media.
USC School of Cinematic Arts' Dean Elizabeth M. Daley, shares her enthusiasm about the partnership: "We are always delighted to have the opportunity to share some of our creative skills and our love of cinema and media with others. Crystal Cruises provides a special way to reach a very interesting and exciting group, and we are pleased that members of our faculty will be invited on board to provide lectures and workshops to their guests."
The Digital Filmmaking course will expand to Crystal Serenity in January 2013, making the program available on all Crystal's luxury cruises worldwide.
Crystal's award-winning, luxurious offerings always include a diverse selection of thought-provoking, scholarly, and sophisticated enrichment activities that provide extensive on-board choices for cultured world travelers.
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Monday, June 25, 2012
Tropical Storm Debby expected to become hurricane (+video)
Tropical Storm Debby, now off the cost of Louisiana, is forecast to strengthen, turn west, and head toward Texas.
This NOAA satellite image taken June 23 shows shower and thunderstorm activity developing around an area of low pressure spinning in the Gulf of Mexico. Tropical Storm Debby has formed in the Gulf of Mexico and forecasters say it will bring rain to the Gulf coast from southern Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle.
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EnlargeTropical Storm Debby churned slowly toward the U.S. Gulf Coast on Sunday with 50 mph (30 kph) winds and was expected to strengthen into a hurricane as it skirted the Louisiana coast and took aim at Texas, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
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Debby was centered about 165 miles (265 km) southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River and was moving slowly northward at around 3 mph (5 kph). The storm was expected to strengthen into a hurricane by Tuesday night.
Debby was forecast to turn west, grazing the Louisiana coast through Tuesday and slamming into Texas late in the week.
Oil and gas producers evacuated workers from platforms and shut in production on Saturday as the weather worsened in the Gulf of Mexico, which is home to 20 percent of U.S. oil production and 6 percent of natural gas output.
The U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, which oversees oil and gas activity in the Gulf, said earlier on Saturday that 7.8 percent of daily oil output and 8.16 percent of daily natural gas output were shut down.
The agency's next update was expected at midday on Sunday.
A tropical storm warning was issued for the Louisiana coast from the Pearl River west to Morgan City, excluding the city of New Orleans and Lake Pontchartrain. Residents were warned to expect storm conditions within 36 hours.
"Tropical storm conditions are expected to first reach the coast within the warning area by tonight, making outside preparations difficult or dangerous," the forecasters warned.
The combination of storm surge and high tide could cause flooding in normally dry areas near the Louisiana coast, they said.
Debby could bring 3 to 6 inches (8 to 15 cm) of rain to the Gulf Coast from southern Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, with up to 10 inches (25 cm) of rain in isolated areas.
The heaviest squalls were hitting Florida's Gulf Coast, where there were unconfirmed reports that a tornado had touched down on Saturday. Several Alabama beaches were closed due to rough surf.
Forecasting models still diverged on the storm's potential path. Most swung it west toward Texas or Louisiana, but a few still took it east toward Florida.
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5 Ariz. police agencies lose immigration powers
Rosa Maria Soto, right, and Maria Durand, both from Arizona, cheer as they react to the United States Supreme Court decision regarding Arizona's controversial immigration law, SB1070, comes down at the Arizona Capitol Monday, June 25, 2012, in Phoenix. The Supreme Court struck down key provisions of Arizona?s crackdown on immigrants Monday but said a much-debated portion on checking suspects? status could go forward. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Rosa Maria Soto, right, and Maria Durand, both from Arizona, cheer as they react to the United States Supreme Court decision regarding Arizona's controversial immigration law, SB1070, comes down at the Arizona Capitol Monday, June 25, 2012, in Phoenix. The Supreme Court struck down key provisions of Arizona?s crackdown on immigrants Monday but said a much-debated portion on checking suspects? status could go forward. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Members of Promise Arizona, Leonila Martinez, left, Patricia Rosas, and Gustavo Cruz, right, react to the United States Supreme Court decision regarding Arizona's controversial immigration law, SB1070, as the ruling comes down at the Arizona Capitol Monday, June 25, 2012, in Phoenix. The Supreme Court struck down key provisions of Arizona?s crackdown on immigrants Monday but said a much-debated portion on checking suspects? status could go forward.Monday, June 25, 2012, in Phoenix.(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
PHOENIX (AP) ? The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has stripped at least five Arizona police agencies of their special powers to make federal immigration arrests.
The decision came Monday as the U.S. Supreme Court struck down key parts of Arizona's immigration law but upheld a requirement that officers, while enforcing other laws, question people's immigration status if they're believed to be in the country illegally.
Agreements that gave local police the power to make federal immigration arrests were rescinded for the Arizona Department of Public Safety, Mesa and Phoenix police departments and the Yavapai and Pima county sheriff's offices.
It was unclear whether two other Arizona police agencies with similar agreements had their federal powers stripped away.
The federal government says the agreements are no longer productive.
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Associated Press writer Mark Sherman in Washington; Terry Tang and Felicia Fonseca in Phoenix; and John Hanna in Topeka, Kan., contributed to this report.
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Clint Bowyer picks up 1st win of season at Sonoma
Clint Bowyer celebrates on top of his car after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race, Sunday, June 24, 2012, in Sonoma, Calif. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
Clint Bowyer celebrates on top of his car after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race, Sunday, June 24, 2012, in Sonoma, Calif. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
Clint Bowyer goes on two wheels as he rounds a corner during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race, Sunday, June 24, 2012, in Sonoma, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
Clint Bowyer, left, and Martin Truex Jr., right, make their way up Turn 2 during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race, Sunday, June 24, 2012, in Sonoma, Calif. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
Clint Bowyer (15) leads the pack during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race, Sunday, June 24, 2012, in Sonoma, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
Clint Bowyer raises the checkered flag after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race, Sunday, June 24, 2012, in Sonoma, Calif. Bowyer ran out of gas and parked his car on the finish line. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
SONOMA, Calif. (AP) ? Clint Bowyer raced to his first victory on a road course, and first with Michael Waltrip Racing, by holding off Kurt Busch at Sonoma.
Bowyer dominated Sunday's race by leading 70 of the 112 laps. Defending race winner Busch, in an unsponsored car, was all over the bumper of Bowyer's Toyota late and got a final shot at taking the win away when caution flew with four laps remaining.
Only Busch damaged his car with roughly eight laps to go, and he worried the entire caution period whether his Chevrolet was ruined and had no chance of catching Bowyer through the two-lap overtime sprint to the finish.
Bowyer raced side-by-side with Busch at the green flag, then cleared Busch and pulled away for the win.
"Kurt raced me clean, he bumped me and roughed me up, but never did anything to jeopardize either one of us," Bowyer said.
Bowyer, who left Richard Childress Racing at the end of last season to join MWR, had to walk to Victory Lane to celebrate with his new crew after his car ran out of gas.
"I'm super excited for everybody involved," Bowyer said. "To switch teams like I did was a huge risk and a chance for me, and it was a chance to showcase my talents."
It was a strong day all-around for MWR, which got a fourth-place finish from Brian Vickers, who was back to NASCAR after racing last weekend at Le Mans. Martin Truex Jr. led 15 laps, and was running in the top 10 until a late-race incident dropped him to 22nd.
"Everybody is just working together," Bowyer said. "That's something we are very proud of."
Tony Stewart passed Busch on the final lap to claim second, but said it was because Busch's car was struggling.
"Every time he would go in the corner, the rear end would shift, and it was running him to the outside of the track on entry and it was screwing his corner up," Stewart said. "Kind of got it by default there to a certain degree. Once we got by there, we just were not close enough in that last lap to get to Clint."
Busch wound up third. He was emotional after ? Busch missed Pocono earlier this month because he was suspended by NASCAR for verbally abusing a media member ? and said he was thrilled to compete for the win in an underfunded, unsponsored Phoenix Racing car.
"It's an amazing day, when you can do what we did," Busch said. "I'm a little choked up because A: We were in position. B: I was very considerate to Bowyer, who was going for his first win with the new team. And then C: which is most important, I made a mistake, I got into those tires in turn 11."
Busch, who has struggled with his temper on and off the track, saw a silver lining in his strong finish.
"If I can get my head on straight here, and after the race, then I could be able to race every weekend and go for victories," Busch said.
Vickers was fourth for MWR, followed by Hendrick Motorsports teammates Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon.
Greg Biffle was seventh, followed by pole-sitter Marcos Ambrose, AJ Allmendinger and Joey Logano.
Most everyone believed the race would be a runaway win for either Ambrose or Gordon, but neither really contended.
Ambrose led the first 11 laps before plummeting through the field, and said the setup on his Richard Petty Motorsports Ford was just off.
"We really missed it," he said. "We missed it bad, and we did good to recover and get a top-10 out of it. We will take it and move on. We got the pole and had a lot of speed; we just missed it for the race.
"We were slow. It was just terrible. We had no speed in the car and we paid the price."
Gordon led one time for 13 laps before running out of gas as he was headed in for a scheduled pit stop.
There were only two cautions ? the fewest in track history for the Sprint Cup Series ? and so the race never shaped into the demolition derby most expected. Recent races on the 1.99-mile course had brought out road rage from drivers impatient to gain track position at a place with few passing zones.
It was never an issue on Sunday, though.
"I was happy about it," Stewart said. "Not having all of those cautions made it fun because you could actually race guys one-on-one a lot today versus, you know, having to worry about getting those big packs and big groups and having to worry about whether you're going to get run over or not."
Dale Earnhardt Jr., who ended his four-year losing streak last week at Michigan, failed to meet his goal of grabbing his first career top-10 at Sonoma. He was 15th on the final restart, but was stacked in traffic and spun, dropping him to 23rd.
"We had a good car, we've had better cars here, and we struggled all weekend," he said. "We hung around and were going to finish in the top-15, and on green-white-checkered, there are going to be some victims."
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