Debbie Wasserman Schultz Downplays Discord Over Democratic Platform Amendments (VIDEO)

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Huff Post - Nick Wing, 9/5/12

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Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz attempted on Wednesday to beat back the controversy arising from a late and seemingly divisive change to the party platform.

Chicago teachers, school officials resuming talks to avert strike

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Reuters - By Mary Wisniewski, CHICAGO | 9/9/12

Thousands of Chicago Public School teachers rally before marching to the Board of Education's headquarters in Chicago, May 23, 2012. REUTERS/John Gress

Thousands of Chicago Public School teachers rally before marching to the Board of Education's headquarters in Chicago, May 23, 2012. Credit: Reuters/John Gress

(Reuters) - Negotiations between the Chicago Teachers Union and the nation's third-largest school district were going down to the wire on Sunday, as teachers threaten to strike on Monday over Mayor Rahm Emanuel's demand for sweeping school reforms.

FBI begins installation of $1 billion face recognition system across America

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RT.com - 9/8/12

Birthmarks, be damned: the FBI has officially started rolling out a state-of-the-art face recognition project that will assist in their effort to accumulate and archive information about each and every American at a cost of a billion dollars.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has reached a milestone in the development of their Next Generation Identification (NGI) program and is now implementing the intelligence database in unidentified locales across the country, New Scientist reports in an article this week. The FBI first outlined the project back in 2005, explaining to the Justice Department in an August 2006 document (.pdf) that their new system will eventually serve as an upgrade to the current Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS) that keeps track of citizens with criminal records across America .

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Photographers in Los Angeles considered terrorists under official LAPD policy

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RT - 9/7/12

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The next time a tourist snaps a picture of the famous Hollywood sign, their photo won’t be the only item added to the annals. The LAPD considers photography a suspicious activity, and trying to take certain shots may add a page to your personal file.

A memo released last month by Police Chief Charlie Bucks re-categorizes certain behaviors — including photo shoots in public spots — to constitute suspicious activity, which is enough to have cops file a report, open an investigation and forward any further information about a suspect to the federal authorities — all over just an itchy shutter finger.

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Pentagon Says Ex-SEAL Book Contains Secrets

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NPR - AP, 9/4/12

WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Navy SEAL's insider account of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden contains classified information, the Pentagon said Tuesday, and the admiral who heads the Naval Special Warfare Command said details in the book may provide enemies with dangerous insight into secretive U.S. operations.

Rear Adm. Sean Pybus told his force Tuesday that "hawking details about a mission" and selling other information about SEAL training and operations puts the force and their families at risk.

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Greeks stage mock hangings in protest at austerity measures as European Central Bank riles Germans with euro debt plan

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Mail Online - Hugo Duncan, 9/6/12

  • Nearly 2,000 members of the Greek security forces attended rally in protest at austerity measures and proposed pay cuts
  • Took place on same day as ECB launched new plan to save the euro by buying the debt of troubled eurozone countries
  • Bold plan triggered a row with Germany which views it as central bank funding of 'profligate' governments

Protest: Uniformed members of the Greek security forces staged a mock hanging outside the country's parliament in Athens

Protest: Uniformed members of the Greek security forces staged a mock hanging outside the country's parliament in Athens

Members of the Greek security forces staged a symbolic hanging in front of the nation's parliament in Athens in protest at austerity measures in place in the debt-stricken country.

The manuscript of survival – part 193

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The manuscript of survival – part 193

 •September 9, 2012 • 

Todays missive will delve further into a topic that is on many people’s mind at the moment, namely the fact that time seems to be standing still in some aspects, while it seems to be speeding ahead on others. This is something we have delved into many times before, and aptly so, as this is mayhaps the most compelling sign that things are changing. And yes, it is important that you start to notice these irregularities if you will, as you all need to be more aware that things ARE in fact undergoing a massive change, even if it feels like the same old, same old in so many ways.

 

Larry Larson – Twelve – Twelve Spirit Journal – Staying Centered

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Larry Larson – Twelve – Twelve Spirit Journal – Staying Centered – 9 September 2012

When you allow your intentions to overcome your resistances, that is, when you allow your desired state to be stronger than your state of resistance, that’s when you will see results and shifting in your field of direct experience. You are responsible for both of these states and you control the amount of energy that flows to each of them.

Your external states do not demand that you flow any energy to them at all, you see. You could just sit there and choose not to respond at all. Sometimes you do. It’s when you begin crafting your responses, rather than just having them reactively, that you get some control over what comes next.

Haven’t you discovered that when someone else jerks your chain that they have controlled you?  They got you angry, or sad, or upset or disgusted…somehow eliciting from you thoughts that will not serve you well.

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