Seminole went out of state to find a new leader for its football program, announcing Thursday that Scott Earley, 42, of South Carolina has been selected as the head coach after a three-week search.
He replaces Robert Vite, who abruptly resigned on July 2 after two-plus seasons as head coach.
Earley has compiled a 103-45 career record at three South Carolina high schools. He landed his first head-coaching job in 2001 at Myrtle Beach and went 72-29 in eight seasons, winning the 2008 Class 3A state championship in his last year with the school.
He coached at Chapin for one year before leaving for Lexington, where he coached the past three seasons. He resigned at Lexington in March.
"I've always been fond of Florida and the type of football played in Florida," said Earley. "I've had other opportunities [to coach in Florida] and passed but this one I felt the timing and the place was right."
Vite, who resigned after his wife took a job in North Carolina, was 15-12 as Seminole's head coach. The Seminoles were 7-5 last season and lost in a region semifinal.
Earley plans to meet with the Seminole players next week.
[unable to retrieve full-text content]Plant-based diets are healthy. Plants are high in flavonoids. So flavonoids are healthy. At least that's the reasoning of many manufacturers of flavonoid-based nutritional supplements. But a new study shows that may not be the case. Flavonoids tested in the study affected the endocrine system in ways that in one case promoted cancer and in another repressed it.
Financial Times ha arrojado m?s informaci?n sobre el reloj inteligente de Apple, o iWatch, diciendo que la compa??a de Cupertino estar?a contratando ingenieros para seguir adelante con el proyecto. De igual forma, el reporte indica que el iWatch estar?a llegando a finales del 2014 y no este a?o como se hab?a comentado.
?La compa??a ha comenzado un proceso de contrataci?n agresiva para el proyecto en las ?ltimas semanas, [...] esta medida muestra que se ha intensificado el desarrollo, pero que levanta interrogantes sobre la capacidad de sus propios ingenieros para desarrollar este tipo de tecnolog?a.?
Apple estar?a enfrent?ndose a una serie de retos para poder llevar a cabo su ?smart watch?. Aunque no se especific? cu?les ser?an estos problemas un dispositivo como un reloj inteligente enfrenta problemas de autonom?a de la bater?a, dise?o y pantalla, entre varios otros. Hace unos meses atr?s se coment? sobre la asignaci?n de un equipo de 100 personas para trabajar en dicho proyecto. Por otra parte, la contrataci?n de nuevo personal pudiera estar relacionada con las fechas establecidas por Apple para salir al mercado con su iWatch.
Concepto del iWatch por ADR Studios
Los rumores sobre un reloj inteligente de Apple llevan circulando por a?os y en los ?ltimos meses estos se han intensificado. Recientemente se supo sobre la contrataci?n de Paul Deneve, ex CEO de Yves Saint Laurent, quien estar? a cargo de proyectos especiales y quien se dice estar?a trabajando directamente con el rumorado iWatch.
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No cabe la menor duda que Apple trabaja en su propio reloj inteligente, sin embargo, la fecha de finales de 2014 suena algo arriesgado sabiendo que su competencia tambi?n trabaja en ello. Sabemos que en Cupertino no son de arriesgarse y lanzar un producto nuevo como este sin estar completamente seguro de que revolucionar? como lo hizo el iPod, iPhone y el iPad. Ahora, la pregunta que queda es, ?la salida del iWatch, supondr? una revoluci?n como estos?
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Tyson Gay winning the Men's 200 Meter final at the 2013 US Track & Field Championships in Des Moines, Iowa. On Monday, Adidas said it was suspending its endorsement contract with the sprinter after he acknowledged testing positive to a banned substance.
Adidas has suspended its contract with U.S. sprinter Tyson Gay after the former double world champion failed an out-of-competition dope test, the German sportswear company said on Monday.
"We are shocked by these recent allegations, and even if we presume his innocence until proven otherwise, our contract with Tyson is currently suspended," an Adidas spokesman said.
Adidas' agreements with athletes give it the right to terminate the contract "if the athlete is found guilty of the possession or use of drugs or any other prohibited substance by the relevant governing sports body having jurisdiction over the athlete."
Gay, who has been on Adidas' books since 2005, said on Sunday he had tested positive for a substance he could not identify and that he was pulling out of next month's world championships in Moscow.
"I don't have a sabotage story. I don't have lies ... I basically put my trust in someone and I was let down," the American sprinter said, adding that he had never knowingly taken a performance-enhancing drug.
Also on Sunday, former world 100 metres record holder Asafa Powell and Olympic 4x100 metres relay silver medalist Sherone Simpson said they had both tested positive for the stimulant oxilophrine at last month's Jamaican championships.
Powell and Simpson, both from Jamaica, have denied knowingly taking a banned substance.
The doping cases are a blow to the image of track and field a month ahead of the world championships in Moscow. The sport often struggles to maintain a high profile outside Olympic years.
German company Puma, which sponsors Jamaican athletics through a contract with the national association there, declined to comment because it does not have individual contracts with any of the athletes involved.
Puma does sponsor Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt, whose manager said he was not involved in the latest doping scandal.
Chinese sporting goods company Li Ning, which sponsors Powell, was not immediately available for comment.
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Kyle Massey is NOT dying of cancer, despite a FALSE rumor spreading on Twitter.
Over the weekend, the ?That?s So Raven? star become a worldwide trending topic after a fake report claiming the actor was terminally ill?circulated on the social media site.
It?s not known exactly how the rumor started ? but it is 100% NOT TRUE.
A rep for the actor tells Gossip Cop, ?Kyle Massey is not dying from cancer and does not have cancer.?
The ?Dancing with the Stars? alum?s spokesperson says Massey is totally ?fine,? but is ?upset that someone would make light of such a serious subject? because ?he has been affected personally from the disease as he has had family members who have passed away from cancer.?
It?s unfortunate that someone would fabricate such a story, especially in light this weekend?s actual sad news.
There?s another type of ticket that could be coming down the pike for distracted drivers: driving while wearing Google Glass.
As state and local governments ban texting or using handheld cell phones while operating a vehicle, the advent of wearable computers is already on the radar of anxious legislators who think the new technology could lead to more accidents.
Lawmakers in West Virginia and Delaware have introduced bills banning such electronic devices, and safe driving advocates say it makes sense now to take up the issue ? before the use of Google Glass and similar gizmos become commonplace.
A new groundbreaking app released last week even combines the use of Google Glass with driving the Tesla Model S electric car.
?It?s pretty obvious that something that requires the preoccupation of one of your eyes, thus depriving a person of the depth perception of stereoscopic vision, is something that should not be done while driving,? AAA New York spokesman Robert Sinclair said in an email.
Although Google Glass remains in limited release, the futuristic headset could be sold on the mass market next year ? meaning more people could be wearing them on the road.
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The device allows users to make phone calls, send emails, take pictures and record video ? tasks that can be done with simple hand movements and voice-operated commands. A small display sits to the upper right of the headset requiring the wearer to look up.
Already, the idea that someone could be surreptitiously taking pictures and video with Glass has led the device to be?banned in certain settings, including strip clubs, casinos and movie theaters.
But whether the car will be one of those prohibited places remains to be seen.
Evidence suggests that driving with a hands-free device doesn?t equate with safety.
A?AAA study released last month?reported that operating a car while using a cell phone ? regardless of whether it is hands-free or not ? reduces brain activity related to driving by 37%. And drivers who text behind the wheel are eight times more likely to get into a crash or almost crash compared to someone who?s not texting.
?They found that using a hands-free device is just as distracting as handheld phones,? said Robert Rosenberger, assistant professor of philosophy at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
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?With Google Glass, not only is it another way to do hands-free calling, but if you?re throwing these other things up in front of you like text, you can be distracted by a text conversation even if you?re looking at the road,? Rosenberger added.
While he isn?t yet convinced Glass should be banned outright, he does like the idea that people are talking about it now.
?With cell phones, we waited until they got normal and people felt like they could do it while driving,? Rosenberger said. ?Now they?re using it all the time.?
But software engineer Sahas Katta says there are positive features for pairing wearable computers with a car.
Katta, the founder of San Jose, Calif.-based startup Pepperdeck, released a free app that allows Glass wearers who drive the electric Tesla Model S to control the vehicle in certain ways.
The?GlassTesla app?lets the driver start or stop the car?s electric charging, honk the horn and flash its lights, keep track of the mileage and temperature and locate the vehicle?s location on a projected map.
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The features are possible with the Tesla because the car has a built-in 3G connection.
But Katta said that with Google?s continual upgrade of Glass ? and with other carmakers also looking to include Internet connectivity in their vehicles ? he is planning for the app to do more.
?If you?re walking to the car with a bunch of groceries in your hands, you?ll be able to say, ?OK, Glass, open the trunk,?? he said. ?It makes our lives more seamless.?
So far, 62 people are actively using the app since it launched.
Katta added that the features are ones that can be accessed while the car is in park.
?Having no devices in the car would be safest, but it?s not always a reality,? he said. ?With Glass, you don?t need to take your hands off the wheel and you?re not taking your eyes off the road.?
2:00 PM?For the first time since arriving at Moscow's airport, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden appeared publicly with members of Human Rights Watch. Snowden has now applied for temporaryasylum in Russia while he attempts to arrange a permanent safe haven in Latin America?the "world passport" issued in his name is unlikely to help in this regard. Meanwhile, the 30-year-old former intel contractor's revelations keep tricking out.
Microsoft Opened Email and Skype To NSA
6:40 PM, Thursday, July 11, 2103?Microsoft gave the National Security Agency the "keys" to its Outlook, Hotmail and Skype services, according to the newest revelations from whistleblower Edward Snowden. Microsoft officials described the illegal partnership with the NSA as a "team sport." Why isn't the mafia called a "team sport," anyway? As for Snowden, a majority of Americans now identify the former intelligence contractor as a "whistleblower" and not a "traitor," which is important because public perceptions will influence the level of retribution out of Washington. And the man himself remains hidden at the Moscow airport, as Russian intelligence officials move back to typewriters to avoid Washington's worldwide electronic surveillance.
Pentagon Papers Leaker Praises Snowden
Monday, July 8, 2013 1:02 PM?The man who famously leaked the Pentagon Papers four decades ago says NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden was smart to go on the run after exposing America's total surveillance of all Internet and telephone use. But where is the 30-year-old former intelligence contractor, and what's up with the asylum offer from Venezuela? And how can you monitor just what the spies see when they watch your email?
Snowden Seeks Asylum In Another Six Nations
Friday, July 5, 2013 3:55 PM?The whereabouts and destinations of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden are even more mysterious today, as the former U.S. intelligence contractor has reportedly asked another six nations for asylum while Iceland considers (and reconsiders) his request for citizenship there. And why was the Bolivian president's official plane "stopped and frisked" in Austria if Snowden was never anywhere near it? What does the Argentine president have to do with this? Did the CIA bug the Ecuadorean Embassy in London, where Julian Assange is still exiled? Does this have anything to do with Rolling Stone investigative reporter Michael Hastings' death in a fiery car crash?
Tuesday, July 2, 2013 6:41 PM?Doors kept closing for NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden tonight, as the former U.S. government contractor withdrew his request for asylum in Russia and got a new batch of refusals from some of the 19 countries he has reportedly begged for mercy. In his appeal to the Polish government, which was rejected, he said he fears execution or life imprisonment in the United States. Meanwhile, the Bolivian president's jet made an unexpected stop in Vienna after leaving Moscow today, leading to rumors that Snowden was aboard.
Snowden Betrayed, Washington Post Attacks Whistleblower
2:46 PM?Along with The Guardian, a more popular newspaper based in England, the Washington Post first published the surveillance revelations from NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. Now that Snowden's in limbo and the U.S. government is making threats around the world to keep the 30-year-old former intelligence contractor from asylum, the cowardly Washington establishment paper has gone on the offensive?against Snowden, who gave the paper one of its few big stories of this century.
Snowden Breaks Silence ... Or Does He?
Monday, July 1, 2013 7:55 PM?For the first time since he dragged the NSA's surveillance machine into the light, Edward Snowden has released a statement to the public. But did he write the strangely structured missive, or is it a hoax? Snowden remains in Moscow, reportedly still within the transit zone of the international airport there, a month since his revelations to The Guardian and Washington Post brought the extent of Silicon Valley and British cooperation with the NSA and FBI's widespread, wholesale monitoring of all telephone and Internet activity.
Snowden Asks For Asylum In Russia
2:02 PM?Surveillance whistleblower Edward Snowden has applied for political asylum in Russia, U.S. news agencies are now reporting. Russian President Vladimir Putin now says he'll never give Snowden to the Americans, while also warning Snowden against harming Russia's "American partners" with more NSA leaks. But Snowden has officially asked to stay, Putin says.
Did WikiLeaks Get Snowden Stuck In Moscow?
1:14 PM?Surveillance whistleblower Edward Snowden might have left his safe haven in Hong Kong thanks to some bad advice from the WikiLeaks team, the Wall Street Journal is reporting. Russian President And new details of the Prism program revealed by the former NSA contractor now show at least 117,675 individuals are "targets" of a system that can watch users in real time as they send texts and emails. Developing...
Thursday, June 27, 2013 12:09 PM?With NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden still in hiding at the Moscow airport, the writer who broke the story is now being targeted by the tabloids. Glenn Greenwald, the American lawyer and blogger who now works for The Guardian, was once a business partner in a porn company and owes back taxes. Meanwhile, Barack Obama is downplaying the U.S. pursuit of Snowden, telling his press pool that he wouldn't "scramble jets" to catch the 30-year-old former intelligence contractor. Snowden has been on the run since he first revealed details of Verizon's participation in a telecommunications industry program to store information on all telephone calls, and then broke news of the NSA/Silicon Valley PRISM system that watches over the whole Internet.
Snowden Hides In Moscow Airport
Wednesday, June 26, 2013 3:01 PM?The former NSA contractor who turned the world's attention to widespread surveillance of telephone and Internet users is still within the "transit zone" of Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport. Snowden, the 30-year-old American who leaked details of the NSA's massive electronic spying operation to The Guardian and Washington Post, is now the subject of an international struggle between the United States, China and Russia.
11:45 AM?Russian president Vladimir Putin has flatly rejected Washington's demands that Snowden be handed over to the Americans, describing Snowden as a "transit passenger" and "free man" who could travel wherever he liked. But Putin encouraged Snowden to move fast to his destination, whether Ecuador or another nation friendly to Snowden's cause.
Snowden a No-Show On His Flight To Cuba
Monday, June 25, 2013 11:56 AM?Edward Snowden's seat on the Russian airliner to Cuba was empty today, with Wikileaks founder Julian Assange announcing that the NSA whistleblower is safe but giving no other details. Snowden is seeking political asylum in Ecuador after fleeing Hong Kong and reportedly arriving in Moscow on Sunday. Washington has revoked Snowden's U.S. passport and Secretary of State John Kerry is demanding that the Russians hand over the former intelligence contractor.
Monday, June 24, 2013 10:26AM?Was Snowden's purchased seat on the Aeroflot jet to Havana just a trick to fool reporters? Dozens of journalists were on the flight, but he wasn't.
Snowden's final destination may not be Havana, however. The current speculation is that he may go to Caracas after landing in Havana. Other rumors point to Iceland. Wikileaks claims his final destination is Ecuador. Julian Assange and his organization claim they are helping him.
And it's not just data that flows between the California technology giants and the NSA. Facebook's former security chief, Max Kelly, left the social network to take a similar jobwith the National Security Agency.
Tuesday, June 18, 10:45 PM?The surveillance of Americans' phone calls and Internet activity is "transparent," President Barack Obama said on television Monday night. The names of these secret programs revealed by whistleblower Edward Snowden are turning up on job sites all over the Internet.
The NSA and FBI has had access to private accounts on Facebook, Microsoft,Google and Apple during the last six months, and appears to be expanding and extending online surveillance that first began with the controversial Patriot Act programs launched after the 9/11 attacks in 2001.
Monday, June 17, 10:45 PM?Edward Snowden?the NSA contractor employee who revealed the secret US government spy program Prism on June 6?now says that more details are coming.
11:23 AM?Answering The Guardianreaders' questions, Prism whistleblower Edward Snowden claims that more details are coming no matter what happens to him: "All I can say right now is the US Government is not going to be able to cover this up by jailing or murdering me. Truth is coming, and it cannot be stopped."
10:42 AM?Apple has admitted that the government obtained data from 9,000 to 10,000 devices as part of investigations on "robberies and other crimes, searching for missing children, trying to locate a patient with Alzheimer?s disease, or hoping to prevent a suicide." The company also claims it doesn't chat messages or videoconferences and that "it doesn't store Maps, location, or Siri data in any way that could identify you."
Saturday, June 15, 2013 3:00 PM?The Associated Press has numerous sources detailing that Prism's collaboration with tech companies is just the tip of the iceberg?the NSA actually captures every single bit of data that comes in and out the United States, storing it for analysis:
...larger NSA effort that snatches data as it passes through the fiber optic cables that make up the Internet's backbone. That program, which has been known for years, copies Internet traffic as it enters and leaves the United States, then routes it to the NSA for analysis.
Thursday, June 13, 2013 1:55 PM?The Silicon Valley giants are telling a very different story than the NSA, which explained in top secret Power Point presentations exactly how the data comes from the biggest Internet companies to the government's massive spying operations.
Patriot Or Traitor: Edward Snowden and the NSA Prism Surveillance Web
Wednesday, June 12, 2013, 7:25 PM?More Americans see Prism whistleblower Edward Snowden as a patriot than as a traitor, according to a new opinion poll. But the 29-year-old former intelligence contractor who leaked the details of the NSA's massive data mining operation is still unknown to most Americans?46% have no opinion on his motivations.
1:40 PM?Prism whistleblower Edward Snowden has resurfaced in Hong Kong, telling the South China Morning Post that he's "revealing criminality" and has no other motives. He plans to stay in Hong Kong and has more secrets to reveal.
Since the shocking revelations were revealed a week ago, Snowden has been vilified as a defector but also hailed by supporters such as WikiLeaks? Julian Assange.
?I?m neither traitor nor hero. I?m an American,? he said, adding that he was proud to be an American. ?I believe in freedom of expression. I acted in good faith but it is only right that the public form its own opinion.?
Snowden tells the Hong Kong paper, ?I will never feel safe."
Ron Paul Fears Edward Snowden Will Be Assassinated
Tuesday, June 11, 2013 11:39 PM?Congressman Ron Paul, the Texas Republican who first became a hero to young computer technicians in 2007, said today that he fears that the United States government will assassinate Edward Snowden using either a "cruise missile or a drone missile."
Google, Microsoft and Facebook released open letters today asking the U.S. government to get the tech firms off the hook for cooperating with widespread electronic spying on Americans by the biggest tech firms as revealed by whistleblower Edward Snowden.
In Maryland, the father of Snowden's girlfriend described Snowden as a man of "strong convictions of right and wrong." But because Snowden is generally "shy and reserved," Jonathan Mills said he was shocked by the revelations.
Lindsay Mills, the 29-year-old girlfriend of Snowden, reportedly texted her father but did not reveal her whereabouts. Snowden disappeared from his Hong Kong hotel at least a day ago, and has yet to surface.
6:40 PM?While the world's attention turned to Edward Snowden's pole-dancing ballerina girlfriend today, the American Civil Liberties Union launched a legal backlash against the NSA and FBI's widespread domestic spying as Google and Apple sought permission from the U.S. government to disclose at least some of what's going on.
The ACLU lawsuit is the first challenge to the widespread phone company spying revealed by former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, the 29-year-old American who has single-handedly brought the nation's attention back to the long forgotten issue of constant surveillance.
2:31 PM?The Guardian's Glenn Greenwald wrote the shocking stories based on Snowden's leaks, but Greenwald knows firsthand that surveillance dragnets allegedy created to target foreign terrorists are just as easily?and clumsily?turned on U.S. citizens critical of an overreaching government that increasingly seems to exist only to protect itself from the nation it ostensibly serves. The Nation's Lee Fang describes what was revealed just two years ago:
Two years ago, a batch of stolen e-mails revealed a plot by a set of three defense contractors (Palantir Technologies, Berico Technologies, and HBGary Federal) to target activists, reporters, labor unions, and political organizations. The plans ? one concocted in concert with lawyers for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to sabotage left-leaning critics, like the Center for American Progress and the SEIU, and a separate proposal to "combat" WikiLeaks and its supporters, including Glenn Greenwald, on behalf of Bank of America ? fell apart after reports of their existence were published online. But the episode serves as a reminder that the expanding spy industry could use its government-backed cyber tools to harm ordinary Americans and political dissident groups.
The episode also shows that Greenwald, who helped Snowden expose massive spying efforts in the U.S., had been targetted by spy agency contractors in the past for supporting whistleblowers and WikiLeaks.
Majority of Americans Support NSA Spying
Monday, June 10, 2013 5:42 PM?NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has left his Hong Kong hotel as Republican members of Congress call for his extradition and the White House. The 29-year-old contractor for U.S. intelligence services provided details of Washington's decade-long spree of data collection on the phone calls and Internet use of all Americans, and now fears for his life.
Nearly 19,000 people have signed the "Pardon Edward Snowden" petition at WhiteHouse.gov. Daniel Ellsberg, whose life was upended by his decision to leak the Pentagon's bleak assessment of its war in Vietnam, today is praising Snowden's "conscience and patriotism."
Meanwhile, a solid majority of Americans surveyed by Pew Research Center say they're just fine with the constant surveillance of telephone calls and Internet use?56% of Americans support the illegal domestic spying, but only 27% of Americans claim to be closely following the scandal.
3:04 PM?Palantir, the Silicon Valley startup named for an evil all-seeing rock from Lord of the Rings reportedly behind the NSA's Prism program to spy on all Internet activity, takes the hobbit life very seriously. A company director explained in 2010 that a surveillance program called "Save the Shire" saw America's perceived enemies as orcs and dark wizards.
Sunday, June 9, 10:00PM?Edward Snowden: This is the man who told the world about PRISM, the NSA spy network capable of grabbing all your personal data?including private messages, photos and videos?with the help of America's top tech companies.
According to the Guardian, Snowden worked for the last four years at the National Security Agency. "I have no intention of hiding who I am because I know I have done nothing wrong," Snowden told The Guardian. ?I don?t want public attention because I don?t want the story to be about me. I want it to be about what the U.S. government is doing.?
Following the revelation of his identity, Edward Snowden was hiding in a Hong Kong hotel.
Despite Denials, Tech Companies Collaborated With NSA
Saturday, June 8, 3:30 PM?The Guardian has revealed the existence of a second NSA surveillance network. Its name is Boundless Informant and, unlike PRISM, it covers the entire planet. Unlike PRISM, however, this network doesn't capture the data but merely organizes it, indexing countries by the metadata obtained from local phone and computer networks.
3:10 AM?The New York Times says that Facebook, Google and Apple are collaborating with the NSA, rebutting the companies' carefully worded statements. According to their sources, companies like Facebook built specific systems so the government could easily request and access their data.
This information contradicts Zuckerberg's denial, posted on his Facebook page Friday afternoon, which has the vague sound of many, many lawyers parsing their own language:
Facebook is not and has never been part of any program to give the US or any other government direct access [added emphasis] to our servers. We have never received a blanket request or court order from any government agency asking for information or metadata in bulk, like the one Verizon reportedly received. And if we did, we would fight it aggressively. We hadn't even heard of PRISM before yesterday.
First, we have not joined any program that would give the U.S. government?or any other government?direct access [emphasis added] to our servers. Indeed, the U.S. government does not have direct access or a ?back door? to the information stored in our data centers. We had not heard of a program called PRISM until yesterday.
According to the Times, the key words here are direct access. The government didn't have a backdoor to access the data, but these companies built a system for them:
[C]ompanies were essentially asked to erect a locked mailbox and give the government the key, people briefed on the negotiations said. Facebook, for instance, built such a system for requesting and sharing the information, they said.
Obama Says PRISM Exists To "Keep Us Safe"
Friday, June 7, 3:31 PM?A mysterious Facebook-connected startup called Palantir?a Lord of the Rings reference to a magical method of surveillance?appears to be the entity that runs the NSA's PRISM program just revealed to be spying on all Americans at all times, with Barack Obama's approval. Obama was in Silicon Valley this morning shaking down the tech billionaires for campaign money:
1:36 PM?Obama claimed the massive, unprecedented national surveillance system involves only "modest encroachments on privacy." As for any political fallout in Congress, Obama also made it clear that "your duly elected representatives have been consistently informed on exactly what we're doing."
12:41 AM?Barack Obama, speaking live in Silicon Valley right now, said the electronic snooping "helps protect us from terrorism" and insists all the eavesdropping of every mobile call, email, instant message and file attachment is completely legal. Obama is in San Jose raising campaign money from the Internet billionaires who allow the NSA to spy on all Americans.
Newly exposed proof that all the major telecommunication companies in America continue to hand over all phone data to the National Security Agency means that the White House's illegal mass wiretapping of people suspected of no crime has continued for a dozen years.
Along with monitoring of web traffic, email and searches through the major telecom carriers, all phone calls been wiretapped with full cooperation of the communications companies since at least 2001. That the practice is illegal hasn't stopped the White House or NSA from continuing the wholesale surveillance. Congress reliably moves to make illegal spying legal whenever there's a scandal like the current Verizon outrage.
White House Says Spying On Millions of Verizon Calls a "Critical Tool"
Wednesday, June 6, 2013 9:03 AM?America's spy agencies have had full access to US cellphone call data to and from Verizon customers since April, the Guardian reports. The Obama Administration is defending the National Security Agency phone spying as a "critical tool in protecting the nation from terrorist threats to the United States."
The secret order was obtained by the British newspaper and reported Wednesday night.
The Obama administration on Thursday acknowledged that it is collecting a massive amount of telephone records from at least one carrier, reopening the debate over privacy even as it defended the practice as necessary to protect Americans against attack. Read...
The White House on Thursday defended the National Security Agency's need to collect telephone records of U.S. citizens, calling such information "a critical tool in protecting the nation from terrorist threats." Read...
[T]he extent of the NSA?s surveillance shows that it has focused specifically on Americans, to the degree that its data collection has in at least one major spying incident explicitlyexcluded those outside the United States. Read...
A senior Obama administration official [...] stressed that the information acquired by the purported order "does not include the content of any communications or the name of any subscriber. It relates exclusively to metadata, such as a telephone number or the length of a call." Read...
Data from all incoming and outgoing calls is provided to the NSA under the top secret order, which the Washington Post describes as a "routine renewal of a similar order first issued in 2006." The White House did not specifically address the Verizon order this morning, but referred to at least one telecommunications company.
Past revelations of major U.S. telecommunications companies spying on Americans suspected of no crimes has shown that the other carriers have consistently opened their lines and data banks to America's spy agencies since 2001.
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Apple Inc.?s (NASDAQ:AAPL) anticipated second-generation iPad mini has created a lot of buzz in the tech world over the past few months as the device is rumored to incorporate the popular Retina Display. But a new report Friday claimed the very same feature could be the reason behind the iPad mini 2?s delayed launch, pushing back the device?s release date to early 2014.
Although Apple originally planned to launch the 7.9-inch iPad mini 2 with Retina Display toward the end of this year, targeting holiday shoppers, the device may not arrive until the first quarter of 2014 due to shortages of Retina Display panels, MacRumors reported, citing Taiwan?s Economic Daily News.
The latest report also suggested Apple may offer two versions of the iPad mini 2 -- one with the Retina Display and the other without it. However, there were no details about how both the versions would be differentiated in terms of price and other features.
A similar forecast was made by analysts at NPD DisplaySearch in June. They predicted the Cupertino, Calif.-based tech giant would release a thinner, non-Retina Display iPad mini this year, followed by an updated version of the device with Retina Display and an improved processor in the first quarter of 2014.
?Apple is expected to refresh its iPad mini in the second half of the year. The new iPad mini will continue to use a 7.9-inch display with a 1024?768 resolution, but it will use the iOS 7 operating system and an A6 processor, in a slimmer design than the current generation,? Richard Shim of DisplaySearch blogged. ?Another iPad mini is also planned for production but not until early 2014. That device is expected to feature a QXGA (2048?1536) resolution display and the iOS 7 operating system.?
The Friday report came on the heels of one from another Taiwanese publication called DigiTimes, which said this week that Apple would release its fifth-generation iPad, the so-called iPad 5, in September, while the iPad mini 2 could be delayed as Apple is ?still considering whether to adopt a Retina Display for the device.?
If Apple incorporates the Retina Display in the iPad mini 2, the device will likely follow the same double-resolution approach found in the existing devices, such as the iPhone and the full-size iPad, meaning ?the iPad mini?s 7.9-inch display would need to pack in the same 3.1 million pixels into a panel nearly two inches smaller in diameter,? AppleInsider said.
As Mars stalks into your 12th house, you should explore and develop inner strengths, gaining a deeper understanding of childhood conditioning, the subconscious mind, fears, and dreams. The past may return to haunt you. Proceed with caution. Why not boost your involvement with the activities of charitable organizations, hospitals, prisons, and institutions concerned with minorities and the underprivileged?
LONDON (Reuters) - A Boeing 787 Dreamliner operated by Ethiopian Airlines caught fire at Britain's Heathrow airport on Friday, forcing the closure of both runways, in a blow for the U.S. planemaker that sent its New York shares down over 6 percent.
Television footage showed the Dreamliner surrounded by foam used by firefighters. Heathrow briefly closed both its runways to deal with the fire which broke out while the plane was parked at a remote stand.
There were no passengers aboard the plane.
"A Boeing 787 Dreamliner suffered an on board internal fire," a Heathrow spokeswoman said. "The plane is now parked at a remote parking stand several hundred meters away from any passenger terminals."
It was not clear if the fire was related to the battery, which was the cause of the previous fires on Dreamliner.
Boeing said it was aware of the fire and that had people on the ground working to understand the causes of it.
The Dreamliner, which was delivered to Ethiopian Airlines in November last year, arrived at Heathrow from Addis Ababa in the early hours of Friday, according to the Flightradar monitoring web site. The plane was due to make the return journey later on Friday.
Boeing's 787 Dreamliner was grounded by regulators in January after batteries burned on two of the jets within two weeks.
The new high-tech jet came under intense scrutiny and Boeing redesigned the battery system to add more layers of protection against fire. It resumed flying in April, with Ethiopian Airlines being the first to put it back into passenger service.
The innovative 787 uses a powerful 1.5 megawatt electrical system to drive air conditioning and hydraulic functions that are run from compressed air on traditional aircraft designs. The electrical system experienced fire during its development that also prompted changes in its electrical panels.
Asked whether the incident could lead to the renewed grounding of Dreamliner jets, a spokesman for Britain's Civil Aviation Authority said decisions on the airworthiness of particular models of plane were made by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).
Ethiopian Airlines Dreamliners are powered by General Electric GEnx engines.
Aircraft graphic: http://link.reuters.com/rax39t
(Reporting by Rhys Jones, Estelle Shirbon, Michael Holden in London; editing by Guy Faulconbridge Stephen Addison and Kate Holton and David Evans)
All-Star Aces Wrap Up First Half of Regular Season and Highlight
BASEBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA ? Saturday at 7:00 PM ET
McCarver and Buck Preview All-Star Game 7/11 at 12:30 PM ET
CONCACAF Gold Cup: USA vs. Cuba Saturday at 3:00 PM ET on FOX
Gus Johnson and Cobi Jones Call Match from Salt Lake City
MLB ON FOX CLOSES OUT FIRST HALF AND PREPARES FOR ALL-STAR GAME IN NYC ? Before all eyes descend on Citi Field Tuesday night for the 84th MLB All-Star Game, FOX Sports closes out its first-half slate with five games in primetime on Saturday, July 13 (7:00 PM ET).? In Pittsburgh, All-Star Game starting third baseman David Wright leads the Mets against All-Star Andrew McCutchen and the Pirates. Out west, rookie sensation Yasiel Puig leads the Dodgers in a home encounter with All-Star Michael Cuddyer and the Rockies. Meanwhile the Rangers travel to Detroit to take on the Tigers, who are loaded with six All-Stars, including Miguel Cabrera and possible All-Star Game starter Max Scherzer. Longtime rivals meet as the Cubs host the Cardinals. Joe Buck, Tim McCarver and Ken Rosenthal call the action from Wrigley Field. Also, All-Star Bryce Harper and the Nationals are in Miami to meet the Marlins.
Coverage begins with the FOX SATURDAY BASEBALL PREGAME SHOW originating live from MLB Network?s state-of-the-art Studio 3 in Secaucus, NJ. This week, longtime FOX Sports and MLB Network broadcaster Matt Vasgersian is joined by analysts Harold Reynolds and Kevin Millar.
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St. Louis Cardinals at Chicago Cubs??????????????????????????? Joe Buck, Tim McCarver???????????????? ?? ???????????????????????????? ?30%
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Wrigley Field ? Chicago, IL
MARKETS INCLUDE: Atlanta, Birmingham, Chicago, Cincinnati, Columbus, Greenville, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Louisville, Memphis, Milwaukee, Nashville, Orlando, St. Louis, Tampa
Probable Pitchers: Lance Lynn, RHP (11-3, 3.67 ERA) vs. Matt Garza, RHP (5-1, 3.22 ERA)
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Colorado Rockies at Los Angeles Dodgers* ???????????? Daron Sutton & Eric Karros??????????????????????????????????????????? 21%
Dodger Stadium ? Los Angeles, CA
MARKETS INCLUDE: Albuquerque, Denver, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Portland, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle
Probable Pitchers: Tyler Chatwood, RHP (5-2, 2.74 ERA) vs. TBA
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Texas Rangers at Detroit Tigers ? ??????????????????????????????? Justin Kutcher & Mitch Williams??????????????????????????????????? 21%
Comerica Park ? Detroit, MI
MARKETS INCLUDE: Austin, Boston, Cleveland, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Minneapolis, New Orleans, Oklahoma City, Providence, San Antonio, Tulsa
Probable Pitchers: Derek Holland, LHP (7-4, 3.19 ERA) vs. Max Scherzer, RHP (13-0, 3.06 ERA)
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New York Mets at Pittsburgh Pirates?????????????????????????? Kenny Albert & Bill Ripken????????????????????????????? ?????????????? ?16%
PNC Park ? Pittsburgh, PA
MARKETS INCLUDE: Albany, Buffalo, Greensboro, Hartford, Knoxville, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh
Probable Pitchers: Carlos Torres RHP (0-1, 0.51 ERA) vs. A.J. Burnett, RHP (4-6, 3.05 ERA)
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Washington Nationals at Miami Marlins?????????????????????? Dick Stockton & F.P. Santangelo?????????????????? ?? ???????????? ?11%
Marlins Park? Miami, FL
MARKETS INCLUDE: Baltimore, Charlotte, Fort Myers, Jacksonville, Miami, Norfolk, Raleigh ,Richmond, Washington, West Palm Beach
Probable Pitchers: Dan Haren, RHP (4-10, 6.00 ERA) vs. Jose Fernandez, RHP (5-5, 2.83 ERA)
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2013 MLB ALL-STAR GAME ON FOX PREVIEW PRESS CALL ?FOX Sports conducts a media conference call Thursday, July 11 (12:30 PM ET/9:30 AM PT)to preview its exclusive coverage of one of Major League Baseball?s jewel events, the 84th All-Star Game live from Citi Field in Flushing, NY.
Call-In Number:? 719-325-2393
Participants Include:
Eric Shanks, FOX Sports Media Group Co-President
Joe Buck, All-Star Game Play-by-Play Announcer
Tim McCarver, All-Star Game Analyst
John Entz, Executive Vice President, Production, FOX Sports
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ROSENTHAL: CUDDYER IN DEMAND. WILL ROCKS LISTEN? ? With the Rockies currently sitting at five games under .500 but a mere 4.5 games back of first-place Arizona in the NL West, many are unsure whether they will be buyers or sellers as the non-waiver trade deadline approaches. MLB on FOX reporter and FOXSports.com featured columnist Ken Rosenthal says the next couple of weeks may have a big effect on the future of All-Star right fielder Michael Cuddyer. ?The Rockies have not discussed Cuddyer with other teams, sources say. Cuddyer is under contract next season for $10.5 million, and the club intends for him to take over first base from Todd Helton, who is in the final year of his deal,? Rosenthal writes. ?That said, the Rockies are forever in search of pitching. They would want a lot for Cuddyer, but he potentially could bring them a prized young arm, and maybe more. The next three weeks will be pivotal, determining the team?s course.?
To read more from Rosenthal on the Rockies, click here: http://on-msn.com/1aa27FC
MOROSI: PED BANS COULD MAKE 2ND HALF MESSY ? Nearly a month ago, a report surfaced citing that MLB would seek to suspend about 20 players in the Biogenesis performance-enhancing drug scandal, including Ryan Braun and Alex Rodriguez. On Tuesday night, a new report revealed that MLB is expected to suspend those nearly 20 players, including Braun and Rodriguez. FOXSports.com columnist Jon Paul Morosi notes that the more conclusive tone in Tuesday?s story was noteworthy. ?Apparently, MLB has made progress in the Biogenesis investigation with the cooperation of founder Anthony Bosch. And now executives, managers, players and fans across the majors must brace for the possibility of (a) bombshell suspensions, (b) lengthy appeals, or (c) some combination thereof, ? Morosi writes. ?Whatever the outcome, this could be one of the most awkward second halves in baseball history.?
For more from Morosi on what this could mean for MLB, click here: http://on-msn.com/1dgYcqh
CONCACAF GOLD CUP: USA VS. CUBA LIVE SATURDAY AT 3:00 PM ET ON FOX ? The US men?s national team takes on Cuba in its second group-stage match on? Saturday, July 13 (3:00 PM) live on FOX. Gus Johnson calls the action live from Salt Lake City?s Rio Tinto Stadium, alongside US Soccer Hall of Famer Cobi Jones. Rob Stone hosts on-site pregame, halftime and postgame coverage with analysts Eric Wynalda and Warren Barton. The US is coming off a dominating 6-1 win in Tuesday night?s opener against Belize. Midfielder Landon Donovan made an strong comeback to the squad, picking up a goal and an assist to become the first American with 50 goals and 50 assists. During Saturday?s pregame show on FOX, Johnson sits down with US coach Jurgen Klinsmann for an exclusive interview in which he talks about his team?s World Cup chances next summer in Brazil and what Donovan has to do to claim a spot.
SPEED COVERS THIS WEEKEND?S NASCAR TRUCK SERIES AND MODIFIED TOUR ? SPEED offers coverage of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race live from Iowa Speedway Saturday, July 13 (8:00 PM ET) with NCWTS Setup, the network?s popular pre-race show.? Danielle Trotta guest hosts with reporting from Ray Dunlap and Hermie Sadler.? Live race coverage begins with Rick Allen handling play-by-play duties with analysis from Phil Parsons alongside guest and two-time NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion, Todd Bodine.? Dunlap and Sadler cover pit road during and after the race.
Earlier Saturday, SPEED heads to New Hampshire International Speedway for live coverage of the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour (NWMT) at 1:00 PM ET. Ralph Sheheen handles play-by-play duties alongside analyst Bob Dillner.? Matt Yocum patrols pit road during and after the race.
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