[Mcclatchy] WASHINGTON. A Connecticut company, which backed up Hillary Clinton's emails at the request of a Colorado firm, apparently surprised her aides by storing the emails on a "cloud" storage system designed to optimize data recovery.
The firm, Datto Inc., said Wednesday that it turned over the contents of its storage to the FBI on Tuesday.
A Republican Senate committee chairman, Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson, also has asked the firm to provide the committee copies of any data from Clinton's account still in its possession.
There were conflicting accounts as to whether the developments could lead to retrieval of any of Clinton's more than 31,000 personal emails, which she said she deleted from her private server upon turning over her work-related emails to the State Department, at its request, in December 2014. Nelson Mandela spent 20 years in prison and was still elected president. She should not give up hope. That just might be the coldest-yet moderator comment I've seen in my 14 years visiting the Burg. Heh...
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Technically yes SteveS. The Senate can impeach a president for "High Crimes and Misdemeanors" but if the Senate never impeaches the president then yes, they could serve their term from behind prison walls.
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And you notice Hillary (not) saying "Good, I am pleased that now ALL of my e-mail messages as SoS will be available for impartial review - and that will completely exonerate me from any hint of wrongdoing".
You can bet that dog's not barking - I wonder what that is????
It will continue to be most entertaining, watching the Hildebeast twist in the wind.
[KSTP] A Minneapolis man has been charged after police say he raped a 10-year-old girl in the hallway of an apartment complex in the Cedar-Riverside Neighborhood.
The assault happened Sunday, Oct. 4, on the 1600 block of South Fourth Street in Minneapolis, which is Riverside Plaza.
The child said a man followed her onto the elevator and that they got off on the third floor. The man extended his hand, and when the girl shook it he refused to let go, according to the complaint. He then raped the girl in the hallway, police say.
Witnesses said they heard screaming in the hall and saw a young girl crying, so they flagged down an off-duty police officer.
The girl was sent to Hennepin County Medical Center for treatment.
Based on the girl's description and surveillance video from Riverside Plaza, the suspect was identified as 34-year-old Ahmed Hersi Abdi
Oh?
of Minneapolis. He was later locked away Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! in St. Paul.
The Minneapolis Police Department's John Elder said community policing was a key in identifying the suspect. He said the officers knew who the suspect was after seeing the video.
"That is because of the amount of time that these officers have spent in that community both on and working off-duty, and a lot of community policing efforts," Elder said.
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Ahmed Abdi. A good Scandinavian name if ever I heard one. Probably came over with Leif.
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They should drop the charges. It's part of his culture, dontcha know.
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The authorities will probably be forced to drop the charges as this is a part of Ahmed Hersi Abdi's culture; he will then be apologized to for the dissing of his culture. Then he will bring lawsuits.
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"That is because of the amount of time that these officers have spent in that community both on and working off-duty, and a lot of community policing efforts," Elder said.
This is because nobody who witnessed the assault was willing and able to be Colonel Mustard in the Hallway with the Candlestick.
Did we sit closer to the TV, turn the volume up, and pretend it away until it became obvious the little girl wasn't going to pretend it away either?
[THEADVOCATE] An Ascension Parish man hunting squirrels on his property Monday shot down a neighbor’s drone that had been flying over his home for several months, making his wife feel as though she was being watched. Question #1: Was she nekkid or a reasonable facsimile thereof?
Aaron Hernandez, the owner of the drone, which was outfitted with a camera, said Tuesday he was flying his $1,200 remote-controlled quadcopter, which he got as a Christmas present last year, at his father’s home in a rural area off La. 936 early Monday evening when his neighbor shot it, disabling it at first, leaving it hovering in the sky. [BANG!]" Take a picture of that, neighbor!"
Hernandez said he ran over to his neighbor’s property, saying he wouldn’t fly the drone again, but the neighbor, Derek Vidrine, blasted it out of the sky. [KERBLAM!] "Heh! They charge you money to shoot skeet!"
Hernandez said he had his 7-year-old niece with him at the time and the incident frightened her. "Oh, Unkie! I'm ever so frightened!"
He called the Sheriff’s Office. "Operator, gimme the police!"
Vidrine said Hernandez has been flying the drone over his property for months. "Now, what's the trouble here?"
"He shot down my drone, sheriff!"
"He been flyin' that thing over my property for months!"
Last week, he said, when his wife saw the drone flying above her, she rode her horse to the property line and told Hernandez to stop flying the machine over her property. "B'better knock it off, Hernandez! I'm tired of hearin' that thing fire up every time I splash into the pool!"
“He said, ‘Call the cops.’ We called the cops,” Vidrine said. "Aw, call the cops! By the way, nice boobs!"
The sheriff’s deputy that answered the call asked Hernandez to stop flying it over the neighbor’s land, Vidrine said. "Knock it off, Hernandez, or I'll run you in!"
"Yes, officer! Of course! It was entirely inadvertent, really!"
“Yesterday, he did it again,” Vidrine said Tuesday. [Bzzzzzzz!]
"Derek! He's doin' it again!"
Vidrine was out hunting when he first saw the drone. "I see it, honey!" [KERBLAMMO!]
“It’s squirrel season. It was right there. I shot it,” Vidrine said. Squirrel season? You got a season to shoot pests in Louisiana? Who knew?
“That’s where we’re at,” he added. $1200 worth of slow-moving skeet.
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[Daily Press] The SS United States is in financial trouble again, and its owners have made a "gut-wrenching decision" to consider the scrap heap as a final destination for the fabled Newport News-built ocean liner.
A statement released Wednesday from the SS United States Conservancy says additional donors or investors must step forward soon to sustain the dream of transforming the 1950s-era icon into a modern waterfront attraction.
"After much deliberation and consultation, the SS United States Conservancy's board of directors has decided to retain a broker to explore the potential sale of America's flagship, the SS United States, to a responsible, U.S.-based metals recycler," the statement begins.
Absent an infusion of funds or a new sales option by Oct. 31, the preservationist group says "we will have no choice but to negotiate the sale of the ship" to a recycler.
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D *** NG, don't recall off-hand which one but IIRC from last month ditto awaits either the Queen Liz OR Queen Mary liners = waterfront tourist attractions.
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...I would give anything to see her as a museum/attraction, but the math is brutally clear: ocean liners were only built for a thirty year lifespan, and United States is coming up on her 65th birthday. At best she would be hideously expensive to renovate and operate, and she has had almost no maintenance at all done in thirty years.
We gotta let her go. Save parts - get them to the Mariner's Museum at Newport News (a hidden treasure if there ever was one) and say goodbye.
Mike
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My grandfather was on her maiden voyage - he and a number of other shipyard employees were sent, partly as awards for their work building her, but also to 'be there' if some glitch came up needing attention. That trip set the (civilian) trans-Atlantic speed record (I believe it still stands.)(I suspect the USS Enterprise, which my grandfathers also helped build, would hold the overall surface speed record, but it's still classified.) Gibbs' masterpiece was something special, but jet travel made her obsolete anyway.
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I was supposed to travel on her in 1965 but as usual her workers were on strike. Cunard came to our aid and traded our ticket on the SS United States for a QE1 one. The sickness has run deep.
A long-expected buyout program will soon be underway throughout Tribune Publishing, according to a memo to employees from company CEO Jack Griffin.
Employees will have until Oct. 23 to consider the terms of the buyout, which is open to non-union employees with more than one year of service, according to the announcement.
“At least 50″ editorial positions will be culled from the Los Angeles Times before the cuts conclude, according to CNN’s Dylan Byers.
The announcement heralds cuts at Tribune Publishing that have been forecasted for several weeks by numerous reports in Poynter, The New York Times and elsewhere. According to those reports, Tribune Publishing is looking to cut expenses by $10 million and trim about 80 positions.
The buyout package offers employees compensation based on tiers that correspond to time spent at the company. Employees who’ve been at Tribune Publishing between 1 and 10 years get one week of base pay for every year at the company; beyond that, employees get additional weeks of severance for each decade spent at Tribune Publishing.
The staff cuts come amid tensions between Chicago-based Tribune Publishing and the Los Angeles Times, the company’s largest newsroom. Last month, Tribune Publishing ousted Austin Beutner from his position as publisher of the Los Angeles Times amid reports that he was organizing a coalition for local ownership of the paper. Beutner was followed out the door by multiple members of the Los Angeles Times’ leadership team.
Here’s the memo:
Dear Tribune Publishing Employees:
Today we are announcing a Voluntary Separation Program for our employees. We are doing so now to allow employees to make decisions about their own personal and professional situations at a time when the company must continue to execute on its strategic plan, which includes reducing costs.
The senior management team and I recognize that each employee makes important contributions to our company. At the same time, in the challenging revenue environment that all publishing companies face, it is critical that we make hard decisions and take the necessary steps that continue to position Tribune Publishing Company for success over the long term.
Tribune Publishing is built on and committed to quality journalism and premium content. In our short history as an independent public company, our newspaper brands have been recognized for journalistic excellence and commitment to their local communities, including two Pulitzer Prizes at the Los Angeles Times and honorable mentions for the Chicago Tribune and TheBaltimore Sun. And as you may have read last week, The Sun recently received recognition from the Online News Association for its outstanding digital coverage of recent events in Baltimore.
Concurrently, we are investing in digital products, technology and talent to move the company forward. To accomplish and continue this, we must adapt our current cost structure and business model to meet changing times. This is the rationale behind the Employee Voluntary Separation Program. We recognize and appreciate that the decision whether to participate in the plan is a difficult one. Our Human Resources team stands ready to support you in the decision-making process.
Any non-union employee with more than one year of service will be eligible to participate in the program. Eligible employees will receive a personalized and detailed packet within the next five business days, and will have until October 23rd to decide whether to apply for the plan. Cindy Ballard, our head of Human Resources, will send a separate note today with further information.
As the company enters the important fourth quarter, we appreciate the continued focus and dedication our teams are already demonstrating to deliver results for all our stakeholders. Thank you for your hard work during this time and for your ongoing commitment to the success of our company.
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also includes their newly-purchased San Diego Union Tribune, which has gotta down to large pamphlet-size
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Being a fifth column must no longer be a valid business plan.
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Being a fifth column must no longer be a valid business plan.
Note that the positions are "editorial." One can assume that there will be a greater reliance on using "shared" news stories and articles; likely with one or more centralized editorial offices.
So, still fifth column, with even tighter control.
[NJ] A nurse who administered flu vaccines to employees of a West Windsor company has been reported to health officials because she re-used a single syringe for the shots.
At an employer-sponsored flu clinic at Otsuka Pharmaceuticals last week, the unnamed nurse committed an "infection control breach," according to a spokeswoman for the New Jersey Department of Health.
"Full infection control practices that prevent transmission of blood-borne diseases were not used by a contracted health care agency, Total Wellness," said Donna Leusner, the spokeswoman.
Most of the employees impacted by the clinic breach have been notified. Although the state says the risk of infection is low, state and local health officials, along with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, are recommending those employees be tested for hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and the HIV virus.
The name of the nurse has been referred to the state Board of Nursing, which regulates nursing, according to Leusner.
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[Netwerk24] Only 700,000 Zimbabweans work - nearly half of them in the public service.
That's the least of working since 1968, when Robert Mugabe as vryheidstryder was thrown in jail by the prime minister of Rhodesia, Ian Smith.
Zimbabwe has a population of approximately 13.8 million (it is not known how many people of working age are not).
"People survive because they have to. Money relatives abroad sending off is a major element of survival, "said John Robertson, an independent economist in Harare.
Thousands of Zimbabweans working informally and sidewalks are full of stalls offering everything from tomatoes to pirate DVDs sold. According to a 2011 survey of the country's statistical office, known as Zimstat, working almost 84% of Zimbabweans in the informal sector and 11% in the formal sector.
More than 3 million Zimbabweans are estimated since 2010 left the country, most of them for South Africa, according to the United Nations Development Programme.
The unemployment crisis can be traced to 2000, when the government began to annex commercial white-owned farms to. It has the country's import revenue for products such as tobacco and paprika make a drastic fall and thousands of workers jobless.
[Hurriyet Daily News] Council of Europe has withdrawn from a joint group on human rights When they're defined by the state or an NGO they don't mean much... issues in Azerbaijan, according to a written statement released Sept. 7, by the spokesperson of the organization's secretary general.
Thorbjørn Jagland, the secretary general of the Council of Europe, informed the Committee of Ministers of his decision to withdraw the Council's participation in the joint working group on human rights issues in Azerbaijan, read the statement.
Since October 2014, a Council of Europe representative had been attending meetings in Baku intended to revive the dialogue between civil society and Azerbaijani authorities.
"Despite this initiative, the overall situation of human rights defenders in the country has tanked dramatically. An increasing number of human right defenders have recently been imprisoned and the Council of Europe has received worrying reports about unacceptable detention conditions," said the statement. Prior to his intervention at the Committee of Ministers, the secretary general had informed Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev of his decision.
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Central banks around the world are selling U.S. government bonds at the fastest pace on record, the most dramatic shift in the $12.8 trillion Treasury market since the financial crisis.
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At a low enough price (i.e., high enough yield), there will be buyers. Finally we get a glimpse of higher interest rates! The Chinese banks--doing the job the US Fed won't do.
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The Chinese banks--doing the job the US Fed won't do. Posted by Tom
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The whole reason they've kept the debt bond, and subsequently interest rates, so low this long is because of the massive amounts of debt bonds held by overseas 'entities'.
If the Fed raised the rates, the bonds gain immediate value and 'some' folks will try to cash in, therefor costing us a LOT more than the original bond tender $$.
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China's been dumping Treasuries through a Belgian company for months now.
[DAWN] SWABI: A woman, who had allegedly left house of her husband and married one of her cousins, was rubbed out along with her second husband here on Tuesday, said police.
The woman of Maneri village had married with a man two months ago but their relations remained strained from the very first day of marriage.
During the period the woman allegedly developed relations with her cousin and left the house of her husband. She went to the house of her second husband's maternal uncle at Kotha village.
However, women are made to be loved, not understood... her first husband managed to get information about their presence in the Kotha village and traced them.
A brother of the dear departed man told Topi city police the two were allegedly killed by woman's first husband and his two accomplices inside their maternal uncle's house.
Police registered FIR and began investigations.
Meanwhile, ...back at the shouting match, Bart was wondering if fisticuffs would be appropriate at this point... Hidayat Khan of Mirali was killed and two others were maimed over a children's row.
Police said the rivals opened fire after exchanging heated arguments, adding Hidayat was killed on the spot while Rahat Ali and Mir Wali of the rival group were maimed. Both groups registered FIR against each other.
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[DAWN] ISLAMABAD: A man was found chained in a factory during a raid conducted by a magistrate and police on Tuesday.
Five factory workers were also incarcerated Into the paddy wagon wit' yez! and shifted to Industrial Area cop shoppe for detaining the man for two weeks and a case has been registered.
Earlier, the Islamabad deputy commissioner received a complaint that a labourer had been kept in illegal confinement in a steel mill. He asked magistrate Saddar to look into the issue and try to get the labourer released.
The magistrate, accompanied by Industrial Area police, raided the factory and found the man chained to a charpoy within the factory premises. The magistrate questioned other labourers who said the man was chained by the factory owner for alleged theft.
"He was in terrible condition. His hair had been cut strangely to insult him," they said, and added that the man's leg was also injured.
Further questioning revealed that the man were tossed into the calaboose since September 23, after he allegedly stole braze weighing 5kg, worth Rs1,500, from the factory.
During the inquiry, the victim confessed to the theft.
Police said a man approached the raiding team and identified himself as the owner, but later denied ownership and said the factory was owned by his uncle.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[Netwerk24] Only 700,000 Zimbabweans work - nearly half of them in the public service.
[DAWN] SWABI: A woman, who had allegedly left house of her husband and married one of her cousins, was 
