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I'm not one to mention myself in this blog, but today's going to be an exception. You see,
I've had September 10 circled on the calendar since the spring, when tickets were first distributed to Washington Nationals season ticket holders.
I was traveling that week, and my email lit up with messages from friends. The common sentiment was along the lines of "Dude! You're on the ticket!" The ticket in question was the September 10th game vs. the Philadelphia Phillies.
This year's season tickets featured 81 different scenes from the inaugural season inside Nationals Park. Tonight's ticket features a photo of me at the stadium's inaugural game, that memorable opening night victory vs. the Braves.
When I saw it, the first thing I did was read the back of the ticket. For those who've never bothered with the fine print, it's an eye-opener. My favorite highlights:
By use of this ticket, the ticket holder agrees that… the Club issuing the ticket is the exclusive owner of all copyrights and… shall have the perpetual and unrestricted right and license to use his or her name, image, likeness, and/or voice in any broadcast, telecast, photograph, video and/or sound recording taken in connection with the game for all purposes and in all media known and unknown throughout the universe.
Yes, I think that covers all the bases. If I ever need a lawyer, I'm calling those guys.
See you tonight in Section 128. Save me your ticket stub!

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If you think the private messages you send over Skype are protected by end-to-end encryption, think again. The Microsoft-owned service regularly scans message contents for signs of fraud, and company managers may log the results indefinitely, Ars has confirmed. And this can only happen if Microsoft can convert the messages into human-readable form at will.
With the help of independent privacy and security researcher Ashkan Soltani, Ars used Skype to send four Web links that were created solely for purposes of this article. Two of them were never clicked on, but the other two—one beginning in HTTP link and the other HTTPS—were accessed by a machine at 184.108.40.206, an IP address belonging to Microsoft. For those interested in the technical details, the log line looked like this:
'22.214.171.124 - - [16/May/2013 11:30:10] "HEAD /index.html?test_never_clicked HTTP/1.1" 200 -'
The results—which were similar but not identical to those reported last week by The H Security—prove conclusively that Microsoft not only has ability to peer at the plaintext sent from one Skype user to another, but that the company regularly flexes that monitoring muscle.
In one sense, this shouldn't come as news. Skype's privacy policy clearly states that it may (emphasis added) use automated scanning within Instant Messages and SMS to identify spam and links to sites engaged in phishing and other forms of fraud. And as Ars reported last year, since Skype was acquired by Microsoft, the network running the service has been drastically overhauled from its design of the preceding decade. Gone are the peer-to-peer "supernodes" made up of users with sufficient amounts of bandwidth and processing power; in their place are some 10,000 Linux machines hosted by Microsoft. In short, the decentralization that had been one of Skype's hallmarks was replaced with a much more centralized network. It stands to reason that messages traveling over centralized networks may be easier to monitor.
Perception, meet reality
Still, there's a widely held belief—even among security professionals, journalists, and human rights activists—that Skype somehow offers end-to-end encryption, meaning communications are encrypted by one user, transmitted over the wire, and then decrypted only when they reach the other party and are fully under that party's control. This is clearly not the case if Microsoft has the ability to read URLs transmitted back and forth.
"The problem right now is that there's a mismatch between the privacy people expect and what Microsoft is actually delivering," Matt Green, a professor specializing in encryption at Johns Hopkins University, told Ars. "Even if Microsoft is only scanning links for 'good' purposes, say detecting malicious URLs, this indicates that they can intercept some of your text messages. And that means they could potentially intercept a lot more of them."
Specifics of the Microsoft scanning remain unclear; one possibility is that the scanning and spam-checking happen on Microsoft servers as communications pass through supernodes. Another possibility is that the Skype client on each end-user machine uses "regular expression" programming techniques built into the software and sends only the links to Microsoft servers.
"Either way, the finding does confirm that somewhere along the stream, Microsoft/Skype has the ability to intercept/extract content from your communications though we can't conclusively say where," Soltani wrote in an e-mail to Ars. "For example, even if the scanning was happening client side, it's plausible that MS could be compelled to push a ruleset to the Skype client that just logs/transmits all our activity (similar to what CarrierIQ was doing on the HTC phones)."
Helping to feed this confusion about exactly what measures are taken to protect Skype messages is Microsoft's management, which remains vague about the precise type of encryption its service uses. Asked for comment on this story, a spokeswoman offered a statement that was identical to a single sentence in the privacy policy. The statement didn't address my other question that's equally important: does Microsoft record the links and other content sent over Skype? Eventually I found the answer, and unfortunately it gives Microsoft all the wiggle room it needs. It states: "Skype will retain your information for as long as is necessary to: (1) fulfill any of the Purposes (as defined in article 2 of this Privacy Policy) or (2) comply with applicable legislation, regulatory requests and relevant orders from competent courts."
To be fair, Microsoft's scanning of Skype messages isn't too different from techniques Facebook reportedly employs, and what any number of other online services do, too. As Green notes, these companies have a duty to make sure their services aren't abused to circulate malware.
What's different in the case of Skype is the misunderstanding among many users that links and other content sent over the service are private. This misunderstanding is all the more unfortunate given the possibility that this information plucked out of private messages could be logged and retained for as long as some nameless, faceless Microsoft manager deems appropriate. Add to that the fact that a server bearing a Microsoft IP address very well may click on any link you send over Skype and it may not be such a good option for dissidents trying to lay low.
So the next time you use Skype, enjoy the clarity of the voice communications, its generally slick user interface, and its many other benefits. Just don't think the service can't peer into your messages and store indefinitely what Microsoft managers want. It can, and until officials specifically disclose their practices, users should assume it does.


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ST. IGNACE — The Pickford-Cedarville Pirates notched a pair of Straits Area Conference softball wins over St. Ignace Monday.
Kelsey Rambo, Alyssa McCord, Monica Krackowski and Sierra Johnson had two hits each as the Pirates won 16-3 in the opener.
Tessa Babinsky, Harmony Bailey, Hannah May, Chisholm and Jordan Stebleton also had hits for the Pirates.
Chisholm collected the opening mound win, giving up just three hits, while striking out six and walking three.
The Pirates wrapped up the sweep with a 13-4 win in Game 2.
Bailey chalked up the mound win, giving up three hits while striking out six and walking five over six innings.
Bailey helped her own cause with a 4-for-4 effort from the plate, which included two doubles. Babinsky, Rambo, Krackowski and Stebleton had two hits each, while McCord had one hit.
The Pirates (10-4 overall, 2-4 SAC) play host to Rogers City in a SAC doubleheader Wednesday.


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Jeff Lampe: Are dogs ready for new hunting season?
Clint, Hawkeye and Cinnamon needed work.
So did I.
With upland season rapidly approaching, there was no better place for a tune-up than Gobbler's Knob Hunting Preserve.
Actually, Hawk was the only one for whom a tune-up sufficed. Cinnamon, an English pointer, was a complete unknown. Clint, an 11-month-old golden retriever belonging to Phil Cline of Peoria, was there for his hunting introduction.
But in all three canine cases, spending time at a preserve was a good idea. Say what you will about pen-raised birds, they serve a valuable purpose for dog training. In one morning we learned Hawk is ready for another fall afield, Cinnamon is not interested in hunting for anyone but herself, and Clint shows potential.
Sadly, there's another reason to visit hunting preserves: wild bird numbers show no sign of rebounding in Illinois. Declining fortunes of quail, pheasants and rabbits also factor in declining participation.
Last season saw all-time lows in the number of Prairie State hunters pursuing pheasants, rabbits and quail.
For those who still enjoy working grassy fields and hedgerows – people like Cline, Mace Reardon of Peoria and Gobbler's Knob owner Don Deuel - Saturday's upland opener is something to savor. So was our gathering last week.
Partway into the first field, Hawk pointed a pheasant that we flushed, shot and watched Clint retrieve. It was a text-book situation - one of the few encountered during a day that highlighted my lack of shooting practice.
Then again, that's another reason for a preserve visit. Missing a pen-raised pheasant is embarrassing. Missing a wild bird is unforgivable.
For all those reasons, Deuel has steadily built his business. He offers hunting seven days per week on 320 acres and also trains pointing dogs. Visit www.gobblersknobhuntingpreserve.com or call (309) 647-3641.
Now through March is prime season for hunt preserves, and weekends are busy. With that in mind, Deuel said weekdays work to the advantage of hunters.
"After a busy weekend there's always leftover birds out there," Deuel said.
During our romp through dense foxtail, prairie grass and milo, we flushed one rooster pheasant that had not been released that morning. As the bird cackled away untouched, Reardon paused.
"They've got great cover here," he said. "You won't find this cover at every game preserve."
No argument here. We hunted thick stuff best suited for flushing dogs and thin stuff best suited for pointers. For most pointing dogs, that is. My experiment with Cinnamon, a pretty 1-year-old pup with no formal training, did not pan out.
In comparison, the future looks more promising for Clint. This is Cline's seventh golden, and the others have served him well as hunting companions. A retired hospital executive, the 68-year-old Cline was lured to central Illinois by his wife, Noel, a Peoria native.
Unfortunately, Cline won't find pheasant hunting around here like he remembers from his boyhood in Iowa City, Iowa. The "good-old days" of upland hunting are gone in Illinois, except for in scattered locations where habitat proves "if you plant it they will come." In those isolated grassy places, you can find birds.
And if you have access to a few of those spots, count your blessings this season. Otherwise, your best option is probably a preserve.
Jeff Lampe is the Peoria Journal Star outdoors columnist. Write to him at 1 News Plaza, Peoria, IL 61643, call (309) 686-3212 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
Preserving a chance to hunt
In addition to Gobbler's Knob, there are other hunting preserves within an hour of Peoria. Most offer hunting for quail and pheasants, and some provide hunting for chukar. Prices, regulations and layout of fields vary.
- Autumn Flight Game Fields, Toluca, (815) 452-2004
- Big Oak Hunting Paradise, Lincoln, open seven days a week, www.big-oak.com, (217) 732-2176 or (217) 732-4238
- Dewey's Hunt Club, Heyworth, www.deweyshuntclub.com, (309) 473-3114
- Hickory Grove Hunt Club, Wyanet, (815) 699-2603
- Lick Creek Game Preserve, Pekin, www.lickcreek.com, (309) 347-7191
- Lick Skillet Hunt Club, Hopedale, www.lickskillethuntclub.com, (309) 275-3668
- Oak Ridge Sportsman's Club, Mackinaw, sporting clays also, (309) 359-8588
- Panola Prairie Sportsmans Club, Minonk, sporting clays also, (309) 432-2448
- Rogers' Hunting Club, Ohio, (815) 379-2427
- Sand Prairie Farms, Ohio, (815) 376-6641


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When Washington was really grim
"When I first met Richard Nixon," Robert Bork says in the book he completed a few weeks before his death in December, "I could see in his expression the conviction that someone had blundered badly." With the dry wit that, together with his mastery of the dry martini, made him delightful company, Bork says the president, who "almost visibly recoiled," evidently considered his red beard emblematic of Ivy League left-wingery. Nixon probably thought the barbarians were within the gates.
They were. On Nixon's staff.
"Saving Justice: Watergate, the Saturday Night Massacre, and Other Adventures of a Solicitor General," Bork's recounting of events of 40 years ago, is an antidote to today's tendency to think that things in Washington have never been worse. Bork became Nixon's solicitor general in June 1973, 12 months after the Watergate burglary. Then Bork, fresh from Yale Law School's faculty, met Nixon: "Apparently unsure if he he was really dealing with a conservative Ivy League professor, he assured me his conservatism was something of a pose to keep others from moving too far left." Conservatives knew this.
In the summer of 1973, Vice President Spiro Agnew asked to see Bork, but "really had nothing of substance to say." Bork would soon learn why Agnew wanted to establish a relationship. A few weeks later, Nixon's chief of staff, Al Haig, asked Bork to become Nixon's chief defense counsel concerning Watergate matters, and told Bork that Agnew was under criminal investigation for accepting bribes while governor of Maryland, payments that continued while he was vice president.
While pondering Haig's offer, Bork sought the advice of a Yale colleague, with whom he spoke on a "dark, semi-rural road" in suburban Virginia: "It's an indication of the paranoia of the time that I really wanted to be someplace where it was impossible to be overheard." By September, Bork and a few others knew the nation faced a novel possibility — a double impeachment, which could elevate to the presidency the speaker of the House, Oklahoma's Carl Albert, who the year before may have been intoxicated when he drove his car into some other cars outside Washington's Zebra Room saloon.
Agnew, says Bork, was "never one to miss out on making a little extra cash," so he said that if he was forced out of the vice presidency "he hoped to remain in the administration a few more months to ensure his pension would vest." When Bork and Attorney General Elliot Richardson were being taken into the Oval Office to explain to Nixon why Agnew should be indicted, Richardson got Bork into a White House restroom to talk. He turned on the faucets "in the expectation that the noise of running water would make our conversation inaudible if anybody was eavesdropping electronically."
Claiming "vice presidential immunity," Agnew said he could not be indicted until he had been impeached and removed from office. Bork and others rejected this because the vice presidency is not sufficiently central to governance. Yet in those fevered days, a Justice Department memo suggested that even a president could be indicted before impeachment because with the aid of modern technology he could run the executive branch from jail. But, the memo said measuredly, this "might be beneath the dignity of the office."
On an October Saturday, when Nixon ordered Richardson to fire Archibald Cox, the Watergate special prosecutor, Richardson and his deputy resigned, urging Bork to execute Nixon's lawful order, which he did. By the two resignations, he became acting attorney general, in which capacity he protected the ongoing investigation of Nixon.
At work the Sunday morning after the "Saturday Night Massacre," his first official act as attorney general was to sign lease renewal forms for an oil field in Natrona County, Wyo., that became famous during President Warren Harding's unsavory administration. The field's name — Teapot Dome — was shorthand for political corruption, until displaced by Watergate.
Watergate now seems as distant as the Punic Wars. Nixon, born 100 years ago in January, is remembered for large diplomatic as well as criminal deeds. Agnew is deservedly forgotten. Bork deserves to be remembered by a grateful nation for the services he rendered in preventing disarray in the Justice Department at a moment of unprecedented assault on the rule of law, and for facilitating the removal of a president during Washington days that were darker than most people today can imagine. His book confirms the axiom that our ignorance of history makes us libel our own times.
George Will writes this column for The Washington Post. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Using data from our closest living relatives, the great apes, the Department of Primatology contributes to the general question "What makes us humans?" Our conviction is that a detailed and complete understanding of the great apes will lead to a better understanding of the similarities and differences with humans. We have concentrated on natural populations of African great apes, and use them as models to increase our understanding of the evolutionary processes leading to the social, genetic, ecological, cultural and cognitive complexity specific to each of them.
Linking Environment, Physiology and Behavior across Species
We use multidisciplinary approaches incorporating ecological, physiological and behavioral data and emphasize integration of comparisons among field sites, populations, or species when appropriate. Three research projects exemplify this broad-scale comparative approach:
- Ecology of Culture and Cognition in Chimpanzees: Using a continent-wide multi-site and multidisciplinary approach, we want to determine how ecological factors influence the evolution of tool use, meat eating, social structure and culture in chimpanzee across their natural distribution in Africa (we will include over 35 different chimpanzee populations). This project will also integrate the latest developments in technologies to understand population history, local adaptations and responses to environmental stress.
- Evolution of technological and spatial knowledge in chimpanzees and humans: Based on natural observations in their natural environment, we are developing an in-depth comparison of the strategies used by the Taï chimpanzees and some human forest hunter-gatherers (including the Aka from Central African Republic and Mbendjele from the Republic of Congo) when cracking nuts in the forest with tools and when searching for food. This study is planned so that the methods used by both species will be as similar and comparable as possible, thereby removing the confounds of arbitrariness and artificiality too often found in cross-species comparisons.
- Sociality and adaptation in closely related ape species: Using our long-term data on wild bonobos and chimpanzees from the forests of LuiKotal and Taï National Park, we intensified our comparison of the social grouping patterns and cognition of two species. To complement the behavioral data, we will also conduct experiments using the same stimuli in their natural environment.
Core research areas
Since its creation the department has concentrated on long-term field projects encompassing all of the African Great Apes. We have maintained field research stations in Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon and the DRC or collaborated with existing projects such as Kokolopori in the DRC and in the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda. The long-term approach is the only one that allows investigation of essential evolutionary questions pertaining to demography, population structures, life-history responses, food and climatic annual variations, physiological responses and life-time reproductive success.
At present, the department includes several core research groups focusing on wild great ape populations, such as the chimpanzee group working in Taï National Park in the Côte d'Ivoire, as well as in Loango National Park, in southern Gabon, and also collaborating with the Ngogo and Budongo chimpanzee projects, in Uganda. Thebonobo group works now in Kokolopori in the Democratic Republic of Congo but we continue to collaborate with the Lui Kotal project in the Salonga National Park. The gorilla group concentrates its fieldwork on the mountain gorillas in Uganda and Rwanda, as well as western gorillas in Loango and in addition conducts collaborative projects on western gorilla populations in Central African Republic, Republic of Congo and Nigeria.
Our three core research laboratories use genetic, hormonal and stable isotope analyses, respectively, in collaborative projects with these field groups as well as others. Similarly, the GIS laboratory and the long-term collaboration with the Robert Koch Institute allow us a complete consideration of ecological factors, including pathogens, affecting great apes.
Conservation Biology
The survival of all great apes is badly threatened because their habitat is being destroyed, human pressure on their habitat is increasing, they fall victim to the soaring bushmeat trade and diseases are killing them. This has forced many of us to become active in different conservation activities.
One important scientific contribution to conservation is in the domain of biomonitoring and we are presently working in collaboration with different conservation organizations to develop a reliable survey method for both chimpanzees and gorillas. Another important aspect is that the department has developed and is hosting the IUCN/A.P.E.S. Database (http://apesportal.eva.mpg.de/) which collates all survey data available on all great apes, and, therefore allows assessment of the success of conservation projects and projections about future development of ape populations.
In addition, the Wild Chimpanzee Foundation (www.wildchimps.org) and the student-led Conservation Group have been working to develop in situ conservation projects to contribute to improve the prospect of survival for the African Apes.


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About Breast Cancer in Men
Statistics regarding men and breast cancer
Breast cancer occurs not only in women but also in men, because men have breast tissue as well. Breast cancer in men is rare — less than one percent of all breast carcinomas occur in men. Consider the latest statistics available from the American Cancer Society:
The American Cancer Society estimates that in 2013 about 2,200 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed among men in the U.S.
Breast cancer is about 100 times more common among women.
Estimates for 2013 also indicate that about 410 men in the U.S. will die from breast cancer.
The average age at diagnosis is about 68, although men of all ages can develop breast cancer.
What are risk factors for breast cancer in men?
Risk factors may include:
Radiation exposure
Estrogen treatment
Diseases associated with hyperestrogenism, such as cirrhosis or Klinefelter syndrome
Heavy alcohol intake
Also, there are definite familial tendencies for developing breast cancer:
An increased incidence is seen in men who have a number of female relatives with breast cancer.
An increased risk of male breast cancer has been reported in families in which a BRCA2 (Breast Cancer 2) gene mutation has been identified.
What is the most common type of breast cancer in men?
Infiltrating ductal cancer is the most common tumor type, but intraductal cancer, inflammatory carcinoma, and Paget disease of the nipple have been described as well.
Lobular carcinoma in situ is rare in men.
What are the symptoms of breast cancer in men?
The following are the most common symptoms of breast cancer in men. However, each individual may experience symptoms differently. Symptoms may include:
Breast lumps
Nipple inversion
Nipple discharge (sometimes bloody)
A pain or pulling sensation in the breast
Skin or nipple changes such as dimpling, puckering, redness, or scaling
The symptoms of breast cancer may look a lot like other medical conditions or problems. Always consult your doctor for a diagnosis.
What are the similarities to breast cancer in women?
Lymph node involvement and the pattern of spread are similar to those found in female breast cancer. The staging system for male breast cancer is identical to the staging system for female breast cancer.
Prognostic factors that have been evaluated include the size of the lesion and the presence or absence of lymph node involvement, both of which correlate well with prognosis.
Overall survival is similar to that of women with breast cancer. The impression that male breast cancer has a poorer prognosis may be due to the fact that it's often diagnosed at a later stage.
Treatment for men with breast cancer
Specific treatment for male breast cancer will be determined by your doctor based on:
Your age, overall health, and medical history
Extent of the disease
Your tolerance for specific medications, procedures, or therapies
Expectations for the course of the disease
Your opinion or preference
The primary standard treatment is a modified radical mastectomy, just as it is with female breast cancer.
Other treatment may include:
Radiation therapy. Radiation therapy is a process that precisely sends high levels of radiation directly to the cancer cells. Radiation done after surgery can kill cancer cells that may not be seen during surgery. Radiation may also be done:
Before surgery to shrink the tumor
In combination with chemotherapy
As a palliative treatment (therapy that relieves symptoms, such as pain, but does not alter the course of the disease)
Radiation therapy is usually delivered by external beam radiation (also called external beam therapy). The machine is controlled by the radiation therapist. Since radiation is used to kill cancer cells and to shrink tumors, special shields may be used to protect the tissue surrounding the treatment area. Radiation treatments are painless and usually last a few minutes.
Chemotherapy. Chemotherapy is the use of anticancer drugs to kill cancerous cells. In most cases, chemotherapy works by interfering with the cancer cell's ability to grow or reproduce. Different groups of drugs work in different ways to fight cancer cells. The oncologist will recommend a treatment plan for each individual.
Hormone therapy. In some cases, hormones can kill cancer cells, slow the growth of cancer cells, or stop cancer cells from growing. Hormone therapy as a cancer treatment involves taking substances to interfere with the activity of hormones or to stop the production of hormones.
Before you begin hormone therapy, your doctor will do a hormone receptor test. This lab test is performed on the cancerous tissue to see if estrogen and progesterone receptors are present. A hormone receptor test can help to predict whether cancer cells are sensitive to hormones.
This test measures the amount of certain proteins (called hormone receptors) in cancer tissue. Hormones (such as estrogen and progesterone that occur naturally in the body) can attach to these proteins. If the test is positive, it means that the hormone is probably helping the cancer cells to grow. In this case, hormone therapy may be given to help keep the hormone away from the cancer cells. If the test is negative, the hormone does not affect the growth of the cancer cells and other cancer treatments are given. Always discuss the results of the hormone receptor test with your doctor.
The hormone estrogen is present in men, as well as in women. Estrogen can increase the growth of breast cancer cells in some men. Hormone therapy may be recommended for men whose breast cancers test positive for estrogen receptors. Antiestrogens, such as tamoxifen, are often used in hormone therapy for breast cancer in both men and women.
Adjuvant therapy. This is radiation therapy, chemotherapy, or hormone therapy given after surgery for the removal of cancer. It is used to kill any cancer cells that cannot be seen. Adjuvant therapy may be considered on the same basis as it is for a woman with breast cancer because there is no evidence that the prognosis is different for men or women.


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Representative for HKBP congregation in West Java tells court sealing was illegal.
JAKARTA, Indonesia, June 18 (CDN) — In a hearing in its lawsuit against a local government, a representative for a church that Bekasi, West Java officials summarily closed earlier this year told an administrative court that the action was unconstitutional.
The Huria Kristen Batak Protestan (HKBP) Filadelfia church had filed a lawsuit on March 30 against the local government for its Jan. 12 sealing of the building under construction. Regent H. Sa'adudin on April 12 issued a decree to cease worship and other activities.
At a court hearing on June 2, the coordinator of the litigation team, Thomas Tampubolon, explained that the regent's decree of Dec. 31, 2009 to seal the building conflicted with Indonesia's 1945 constitution. He said the decree violated Article 28 of the constitution, which guarantees freedom of religion.
"It also violates Article 29, which guarantees freedom of worship, and Law No. 39 (1999) concerning human rights," Tampubolon said as he read the suit to an administrative court.
Tampubolon said that the decree also violated 2006 Joint Ministerial Decree No. 9 regarding the role of regional administrators in maintaining harmony between religious groups and in the construction of houses of worship.
Lastly, he said that the regent's decree violated the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which Indonesia ratified in 2005. The legal team requested that the Bandung Administrative Court issue an injunction staying the decree of the Bekasi regent.
Additionally, the team requested that the regent's order be rescinded and that he be ordered to process the building permit request and to grant permission to construct a house of worship in accordance with current regulations.
Deddy Rohendi, a member of the regency defense team, replied that Tampubolon's claims were false, and he requested that the court dismiss the suit.
"The regent's decree was legal," Rohendi said.
As the judges are considering the HKBP Filadelfia's case, they are expected to travel to the village to interview citizens about the church building.
A member of the legal team who is also a member of the church, Parasian Hutasoit, said that the Filadelfia congregation was very upset with the Department of Religion and the Interfaith Harmony Forum because neither had acted upon the request for permission to build which was submitted on April 2, 2008.
"Our application has not been acted upon, and suddenly our church is sealed without clear reason," he said.
Hutasoit said he regretted that the church had been forced to resort to court action. He added that he hopes the suit will force the government to show more care regarding the problem of places of worship and ensure the rights of groups such as HKBP Filadelfia that have obtained the required signatures of local people.
Prior to the hearing, Muslim opponents harassed the church's Sunday worship, demonstrating against it on May 30, as they have on past occasions.
The group of women and children said they were from the Islamic Communications Forum of Jejalan Raya village. They gathered at 8 a.m. in order to hinder church members from worshipping in the area in front of the sealed building.
The Rev. Palti Panjaitan explained that the demonstration lasted about 15 minutes, ceasing after a community leader from Jejalan Raya village told the demonstrators they were causing a disturbance. Worship for the church is normally from 9 to 11 a.m.
"Only the building committee and the church leaders had come," said Panjaitan.
He recounted that on May 27 the church learned a mob was going to demonstrate the next day and notified police.
"Apparently the demonstrators thought that because Friday was a holiday, we would have services," Panjaitan said. "Actually, we did not have anything."
He wished that the police would be more proactive about demonstrations. "As for the demonstrators, what more do they want? We have been forced to worship under the sky, on newspapers, in front of our sealed church, and they still demonstrate against us," Panjaitan concluded.
On Jan. 3, a mob unrolled mats and sat in front of the church. "They wanted to keep us from worshipping," Panjaitan said.
Seal Order
The Filadelfia Church was founded in April 2000 by Batak families in four village divisions in the North Bekasi area. They held Sunday worship in different homes on a rotating basis.
Citizens from the Islamic Communications Forum of Jejalan Raya village were disturbed by these house services. After the house services were banned, the congregation searched for a piece of land on which to build.
On June 15, 2007, HKBP Filadelfia was able to purchase land from a woman identified only as Sumiati. The Christians told her that they wished to build a church on the property, and Sumiati and her heirs signed affidavits stating that they agreed to this use. The Bekasi government issued the deed on Sept. 26, 2007.
After the purchase, the church began collecting signatures of local citizens in order to satisfy the requirements of 2006 Joint Ministerial Decrees No. 8 and No. 9 requiring at least 90 Christians and at least 60 non-Christians agreeing to construct a church building.
The church quickly obtained the required signatures, and on April 2, 2008 the head of Jejalan Raya village issued a letter recommending that the congregation be given a building permit. The letter was addressed to the Regent of Bekasi with copies to the Department of Religion, the Interfaith Harmony Forum and the District Officer of Tambun Utara (a sub-district of Bekasi).
Since then, nothing has been done. No building permit has been issued. Since Jan. 12 the Bekasi Regency Government has sealed the temporary building the church had been using. As a result, the congregation has been holding services in front of the building fence in the open air.
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On Thursday, the Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus released its annual watchlist report, naming the world's worst offending nations. The usual suspects (China, Russia, Ukraine) top the list, but there are two new additions: Italy and Switzerland. Canada and Spain remained on the list of "countries in transition."
So why is the Helvetican Confederation, a state best known for its robust financial sector and producing watches, müsli, and delicious chocolate, a target for piracy?
In the words of the Caucus, the Alpine nation's copyright law is "inadequate, making it a home for rogue sites whose clear purpose is to facilitate and enable massive unauthorized making available of pirated material."
The Caucus is likely taking issue with a Swiss law that currently permits unauthorized downloading of copyrighted material for personal use; that law was upheld following a government review in 2011.
"[Swiss law] must be updated to provide for meaningful enforcement efforts against digital piracy," the new report states. "Until these changes are made, Switzerland will continue to be a magnet for rogue sites. Switzerland must ensure basic accountability for enterprises that profit from widespread infringement and clarify that copying from illegal sources is illegal. In doing so, Switzerland will fulfill its obligations under the WIPO Internet Treaties and other international copyright norms."
While the Caucus did not mention any particular sites, it is noteworthy that Switzerland is home to RapidShare, a Swiss file-sharing site based in Baar, just south of Zurich. As we've reported in the past, RapidShare has faced scrutiny from German courts, has taken actions to combat piracy, and even took on a Washington, DC-based lobbying firm in 2010.
"RapidShare understands that this action does not pertain to RapidShare," wrote Daniel Raimer, the company's general counsel, in an e-mail to Ars on Thursday evening, after this story initially posted. "We continue to work with the content industry to mitigate copyright abuse and make our services as accountable and transparent as they can possibly be."
Meanwhile, Italy was added to the list, as for years, it has been among the top European nations when it comes to file-sharing. The new report laments that in Italy, "there has not been a sufficient legislative framework for addressing the problem, or clear leadership in developing one."
However both of these European states' record on piracy pales in comparison to China, which the report notes, must "move toward a functioning legitimate marketplace for music, movies, software, video games, and written works."
As we've noted many times before, the case of pirates doing serious damage to the established American recording and film industries, is far more complex than sometimes depicted by those industries.


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Recently I was looking for a really decadent dairy dessert, I found it, made it yesterday and it proved more than good enough to share on these pages. It comes from the 17 and Baking blog, a very nice blog with great recipes and photography:
Maple Pots de Crème
From Closet Cooking
Makes 4 servings
1 1/2 cups heavy cream
1/2 cup maple syrup
1/4 teaspoon salt
4 egg yolks
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F and arrange four ramekins in a rimmed baking dish.
Combine the cream, maple syrup, and salt in a small saucepan. Heat until it comes to a simmer. In a medium bowl, whisk together the egg yolks and vanilla extract. Using a small ladle, add some hot cream to the egg yolks a few tablespoons at a time. Whisk the egg yolks into the cream in the saucepan until combined. Strain the mixture through a fine sieve.
Pour the mixture into the four ramekins. Carefully pour enough hot water into the rimmed baking dish to come halfway up the sides of the ramekins. Bake until the edges are set but the center gently jiggles when shook, about 50-60 minutes. Remove the ramekins from the water bath and cool to room temperature. Eat, or cover each ramekin with plastic wrap and keep in the fridge (I prefer them cold.)
Elissa, the blog's author, is a very good photographer with an obvious love of baking. It was her photography that seduced my senses into imagining the taste and just try it. I was not disappointed. Enjoy, gentle reader, enjoy!


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Farm bill takes aim at state animal welfare laws
WASHINGTON — The future of state laws that regulate everything from the size of a hen's cage to the safe consumption of Gulf oysters may be at stake as farm bill negotiators work to resolve a long-simmering fight between agriculture and animal welfare interests.
The House Agriculture Committee added language to its version of the farm bill earlier this year that says a state cannot impose certain production standards on agricultural products sold in interstate commerce. The provision, authored by Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, is aimed at a California law that will require all eggs sold in the state to come from hens that inhabit cages in which they can spread their wings — a major burden for egg producers in Iowa and other states who don't use large cages and still want to sell eggs to the lucrative California market. The law goes into effect in 2015.
"Bottom line of it is no state should be allowed to regulate production in other states," King said at a meeting of House-Senate negotiators last month.
But opponents say that depending on how the language is interpreted, the provision could lead to challenges of dozens of other state laws — including some aimed at food safety, fire safety and basic consumer protections. Concern over King's language has the potential to threaten the entire farm bill, which congressional leaders are hoping to finish by the end of the year.
Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, said she has "great concern" about King's language, which is not in the Senate version of the farm bill. Led by the Humane Society of the United States, a wide range of groups including the National Association of State Legislatures, the National Fraternal Order of Police and the Consumer Federation of America are all lobbying against the measure.
King's language cites the Commerce Clause of the Constitution, which prohibits discrimination against interstate commerce. He says California's law does just that — imposes its own standards on how producers in Iowa and elsewhere do their business. Concern about other laws that could be affected is just a ploy by animal rights activists — or, as he calls them, the "vegan lobby" — to discredit his provision, King said.
King said he believes the provision is written narrowly enough so that the other laws would not be affected. As written, the provision would allow states to regulate their own businesses but would prevent states from imposing "a standard or condition on the production or manufacture of any agricultural product sold" if the product is manufactured out of state and those standards go beyond federal law and the law of the state in which it is produced.
Still, some groups worry the language is not specific enough and could apply broadly: — Fire safety groups say the language potentially could apply to fire-safe cigarettes that have a reduced propensity to burn when left unattended. Because tobacco is an agricultural product, they worry that state laws requiring sale of these fire-safe cigarettes could be affected if challenged in court. — Food safety groups say they are concerned that King's amendment could threaten laws like California's statute requiring that oysters from the Gulf of Mexico be pasteurized, a measure that has helped reduce foodborne illnesses in that state. — Law enforcement groups say they worry that the language could allow for fewer standards on puppy mills. "Animals will be at greater risk of mistreatment," the National Fraternal Order of Police wrote in a letter to King. — The attorneys general of Arkansas and Mississippi have written letters to Capitol Hill opposing the amendment. "Due to the provision's vagueness and overly broad language, it is unclear exactly what impact the King amendment could have on our state's ability to enforce its own laws and to protect Arkansas businesses and consumers," wrote Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel, a Democrat. — The National Conference of State Legislatures says the language would "pre-empt" state agricultural laws designed to protect the safety and well-being of farmland, waterways, forests and people.
The genesis of the amendment is a longtime fight between agriculture and the Humane Society, which has pushed states to pass animal welfare laws. In addition to egg farmers, other animal producers — particularly hog producers, many of whom use confinement crates for sows — are trying to fend off efforts by the Humane Society and other animal rights groups. King's home state of Iowa is the top pork-producing state, and some farmers worry they could lose their operations if forced to make the expensive crate changes those groups have sought.
The Humane Society is aggressively lobbying against the King amendment. Wayne Pacelle, the group's president, calls the amendment "an enterprise-level threat to the animal welfare movement." When writing legislation, "you need to judge the worst-case scenarios to judge the worthiness of a proposal," Pacelle says of the possible impact on other laws.
Though powerful agriculture groups have lined up in support, as have House Agriculture Committee leaders, the amendment has bipartisan opposition — notably from some Republicans who believe it attacks states' rights.
"Just trying to attack the Humane Society I think is very shortsighted," said Rep. Jeff Denham, R-Calif. "You don't throw out the Constitution because you want to attack one certain group."
King argues he is fighting for the right of states like Iowa to produce eggs and other products as they see fit, and to be able to sell them in a free market. He says the examples of affected laws are overblown, and would not apply because those laws don't dictate specifically how an agricultural product is to be produced.
Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond School of Law, said he's not so sure, adding that the law could be "subject to multiple interpretations." "It says it's based on the Commerce Clause but I don't think that's the end of the story," he said.


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Researchers have uncovered active malware attacks that exploit a critical and previously unknown vulnerability in the latest versions of Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser.
The attacks are being waged by the same malware group that recently exploited a separate, zero-day vulnerability in Oracle's Java software framework. The attacks install the Poison Ivy backdoor trojan when unsuspecting people browse a booby-trapped website using a fully patched version of Windows XP running the latest versions of IE 7 or IE 8, according to a blog post published Monday Morning by Jaime Blasco, a researcher with security firm Alien Vault.
The underlying vulnerability can be exploited on many computers running Windows Vista and Windows 7, and it also affects version 9 of the Microsoft browser, said HD Moore, CSO of security firm Rapid7 (and the chief architect of the open-source Metasploit tool kit used by penetration testers and hackers). He said a Metasploit module researchers already added to the framework works against the later operating systems when Oracle's Java Standard Edition 6 or Microsoft's Visual C runtime library is installed. The software add-ons make otherwise protected systems vulnerable by allowing attackers to bypass a malware defense known as ASLR, or address space layout randomization, that debuted in Windows Vista.
"What may be most worrying is that Windows Vista and 7 don't protect you," Moore told Ars. "This is one of the few times that a vulnerability has been successfully exploited across all the production shipping versions of the browser and OS. The surprising thing about this is the fact they (Metasploit researchers) got to work across every one of these platforms."
The exploits circulating in the wild may be relying on other methods to override the more limited defenses included in the Service Pack 3 version of Windows XP. According to Eric Romang, the researcher who disclosed the IE attacks over the weekend, they require the victim to be running Adobe's Flash Player, possibly to carry out what's known as a "heap spray" (another technique for bypassing ASLR). The attacks are being carried out by the same gang that waged the recent stealth attacks against critical vulnerabilities in Java. The files used in the latest wave of attacks (cataloged here, here, here, and here) had little or no detection by the 34 most widely used antivirus programs, at least at the time Romang published his blog post. It wouldn't be surprising for detection to ramp up quickly in the next few hours.
Yunsun Wee, director, Microsoft Trustworthy Computing, said in a statement that Microsoft is aware of "targeted attacks potentially affecting some versions of Internet Explorer" and are investigating.
"We have confirmed that Internet Explorer 10 is not affected by this issue," she wrote. She went on to recommend customers install EMET 3.0. Short for Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit, the Microsoft utility brings enhanced security protections to Windows, particularly earlier versions of the operating system. Later in the day, Microsoft expanded on those recommendations in an advisory posted to the company's website.
Windows users should avoid using IE until more is known about the vulnerability. As Ars has counseled before Java should be kept up-to-date or uninstalled altogether if users don't rely on it to enable other software to work. For users who are unable or unwilling to uninstall Java, updating to Java Standard Edition 7 appears to be another way to remain protected from this threat, although it immediately opens users up to a separate critical vulnerability in Java that Oracle has yet to publicly acknowledge.
Moore said the attacks are exploiting a use-after-free vulnerability in IE that allows attackers to create an image URL that references uninitialized memory. The in-the-wild attacks appear to be targeting only Windows XP systems. But with release of Metasploit code that works on a much wider array of platforms, it wouldn't be surprising to see attacks target those systems as well.
Even when people don't actively use IE, many utilities and third-party applications make use of IE code. That opens the possibility that people on public WiFi systems and other unsecured networks could inject malicious code into a victim's Web traffic in an attempt to exploit the vulnerability.
"Just keep in mind that even if you don't use IE for day-to-day browsing, a lot of tools you use do embed IE and those are vulnerable," Moore said.
Story updated to add details about separate critical vulnerability in Java. Later updated to add comment from Microsoft's Wee.


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This gal is no beach bum
By beach volleyball standards, Rachel Malmborg's prime playing days are ahead of her.
That doesn't mean the 24-year-old Malmborg, a newbie on the Extreme Volleyball Professionals Tour, isn't trying to outmaneuver her older opponents.
For Malmborg, a second-year EVP player and a 2001 graduate of Lincoln-Way High School, it's a challenging task, considering the knowledge for the game the veterans possess.
"As far as strategy goes, they are a lot smarter," Malmborg said. "They know how to play mind games, basically. All they have to do is be smart with their shots."
In the meantime, Malmborg is concentrating on moving up the EVP points ladder. Through eight events, she's accumulated 84 points, highlighted by three top-five finishes, including a second-place finish with partner Jeanie Valiquet on June 9 in O'Fallon, Mo. With leader Leanne Haarbauer at 159 points, Malmborg believes she "can be up there a little more."
There will be no better time for Malmborg to display her skills than during the three upcoming events at Chicago's North Avenue Beach. The EVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour will make its first stop in Chicago on Saturday. (Additional dates are July 7 and Aug. 11.) The tour season covers 22 national stops.
"I like the feel of North Avenue," Malmborg said. "The sand itself is not too deep and not too shallow. And just being there in my hometown with a lot of familiar faces ... ."
EVP Tour commissioner Ross Balling said spectators can expect to see the top 24 men's and women's teams compete Saturday in the main draw. Balling added that fans who travel to North Avenue Beach will be treated to a great experience.
"Our tour allows athletes to get into close games all the time," Balling said.
After a successful four-year collegiate career at Birmingham Southern, where she holds the all-time career kills record, Malmborg played volleyball on social tours. But when she was introduced to the EVP Tour, she "picked and prodded and asked if I could play, too."
She sought a sponsor and eventually got Sinkorswim.com to cover her travel expenses. Even though Malmborg admits volleyball makes for a good side gig — she works as an account manager in online sales for Career Builder during the week — life on the EVP Tour has its ups and downs.
"You're always on the go, living out of a suitcase," she said. "You see a lot of different places, even though a lot of us are only there on the weekends. Being able to play fresh when you've had to go a whole work week is challenging, so you have to be mentally and physically ready to play all day."
Malmborg plays with a handful of on-court partners in order to see what works best. That, she said, has helped develop her skills on the beach.
"If you're playing with someone shorter, you need to be a better blocker," Malmborg said. "If you're playing with someone taller, you need to pick up your defense."
As Malmborg, who wants to win at least one event this season, tries to obtain some of the wisdom that powers the veterans, Balling offers some advice.
"Young athletes have to train (in beach volleyball) more than they play," Balling said. "If you don't train, you don't have the confidence to win close games."
When fans gather around center court at North Avenue Beach, Malmborg just hopes it's her they will be watching — extra wisdom or not.
What: Corona Light EVP Men's and Women's Pro Tour
Where: North Avenue Beach, 1600 N. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago
When: Start time is 7 a.m. Saturday.
Tickets: General admission is free. An EVP Tour "A Day At The Beach" pass is $29. For more information, call (773) 387-1198.
More volleyball coverage can be found online at www.dailysouthtown.com/sports.


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Margaret, when someone comes at you with a gun, respond with a gun. And when someone comes at you with a bigger gun, don't mess around – trade up to a semi-automatic assault rifle with a hi-capcity clip. Fight violence with more violence. That's cleary the only way to respond to the horror in Connecticut… if you're a dipshit from the NRA.
Are they bullshitting us? Some peckerwood named Wayne LaPierre at the National Rifle Association announced that the NRA would form the National School Shield Emergency Response Program. And by that he means "armed security" at every school. I don't know Margaret, NSSERP doesn't roll off the tongue as easily as NRA. This from the people who came up with "Trigger the Vote" as a voter registration slogan for the last election. I guess I expected better.
According to LaPierre, "the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun." Clearly the idea of not having access to the gun in the first place escapes LaPierre, but with a name like that I imagine he became infatuated with guns at an early age. Of course, asking the NRA for a solution to gun violence is like asking Wal-Mart for a solution to big box stores. Somehow having more of them was going to be a given. I wonder if LaPierre knew that just such a security person was on duty at Columbine High School in 1999? My guess would be that fact was overlooked by Mr. LaPierre considering he spends most of his time with his head up his ass.
But really, what the hell do I know? I am just a stupid old woman whose biggest claim to fame is cooking almost anything in bacon grease. But even I can grasp the concept that guns designed to shoot 30 bullets in 10 seconds or 100 rounds without reloading have no business being sold in the first place. Holding gun owners accountable for storing their guns safely from those not legally allowed to use them doesn't require much deep thought either. Creating a market where bullets are more expensive than a McDonald's hamburger might be worth considering as well. This is not rocket science. However, I am sure if the NRA were totally honest, they would admit to wanting a few rocket launchers on the school lawn as well. I hear that in addition to killing bad guys they can take out a lot of deer with one launch.
If we follow the logic of LaPierre, we need armed security at elementary schools, middle schools, high schools, college campuses, movie theatres, malls, churches, office buildings, grocery stores, parades… I guess the NRA needs to create the National Everywhere Shield Emergency Response Program (NESERP). Now that has a nice ring to it. Sadly, with almost 300 million guns in America, we're already there thanks to the lobbying efforts of the NRA.
Mr. LaPeirre also called on Congress to create "an active national database of the mentally ill". I couldn't agree more. The first name on that list can be his. I mean it. Really.
Helen, dear, did you know you can buy a Smith & Wesson M&P 15-22 designed and built as a true .22 LR semi-auto from the ground up, with all the standard operating features and accessory specifications of a modern-version centerfire M&P15 rifle in various colors including "Pink and Platinum"? It could match my outfit. I hear they'll even throw in a few hi-capacity magazines for free. Honey, you just can't separate a discussion on gun control from one on mental illness. They kind of go hand in hand. LaPierre is just one more asshat to add to our list of many.
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Best Springsteen Covers Ever (chosen by our readers) Part 2
Leann Pomaville
Thank you to everyone who's been suggesting and sending in their favorite Springsteen covers. I'm looking forward to posting each and every one. Keep 'em coming! In case you missed it, check out part 1 before enjoying today's collection of Springsteen covers as chosen by our readers.
Pete Yorn New York City Serenade
Patti Griffin Stolen Car
Roger Taylor Racing In The Streets
John Wesley Harding Jackson Cage
The Killers' Brandon Flowers The Promised Land
Danielle Groff Radio Nowhere
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Obama: 'Lives have been saved' by NSA programs
BERLIN — Trying to tamp down concerns about government over-reach, President Barack Obama on Wednesday defended U.S. Internet and phone surveillance programs as narrowly targeted efforts that have saved lives and thwarted at least 50 terror threats.
''This is not a situation in which we are rifling through ordinary emails'' of huge numbers of citizens in the United States or elsewhere, the president declared during a news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. He called it as a ''circumscribed, narrow'' surveillance program.
''Lives have been saved,'' Obama said, adding that the program has been closely supervised by the courts to ensure that any encroachment of privacy is strictly limited.
Merkel, for her part, said it was important to continue debate about how to strike ''an equitable balance'' between providing security and protecting personal freedoms.
''There has to be proportionality,'' she said. She added that their discussion on the matter Wednesday was ''an important first step'' over striking a balance.
Merkel appeared to be looking to avoid a public rift with Washington over the surveillance program, particularly since Germans benefit from U.S. intelligence. Much of the German criticism of the program has come from her junior coalition partners, facing the prospect of losses in the September election and looking for an issue.
The two leaders spoke to the media after meeting privately on a range of issues confronting U.S. and European leaders, including the fragile effort to bring peace in Afghanistan, where peace talks with the Taliban are in the offing to find ways to end the nearly 12-year war. Earlier Wednesday, Afghan President Hamid Karzai suspended talks with the United States on a new security deal to protest the way his government was being left out of the initial peace negotiations with the Taliban.
Obama said the U.S. had anticipated ''there were going to be some areas of friction, to put it mildly, in getting this thing off the ground. That's not surprising. They've been fighting there for a long time'' and mistrust is rampant.
Karzai said Wednesday that peace talks cannot begin amid ''fighting and bloodshed.'' But Obama said it was important to pursue a parallel track toward reconciliation even as the fighting continues, and it would up to the Afghan people whether that effort ultimately bears fruit.
On another world trouble spot, the 2-year-old Syrian civil war, the president declined to provide details on the type of military support the U.S. will provide to opposition forces. But he said the administration had been consistent in working toward the over-riding goal of a Syria that is ''peaceful, non-sectarian, democratic, legitimate, tolerant.''
''I cannot and will not comment on specifics around our programs related to the Syrian opposition,'' he said.
The president said while world leaders at the just-completed Group of 8 summit in Northern Ireland could not agree on whether Syrian President Bashar Assad must go, he believes Assad cannot regain legitimacy.
And the president offered reassurances on another issue of particular concern in Germany. In response to a question from a German reporter, Obama said the United States doesn't use Germany as a launching point for unmanned drones to strike terrorist targets. He said he knows there have been some reports in Germany speculating that was the case, but it's not so.
Later Wednesday, Obama planned to draw attention to his plan for a one-third reduction in U.S. and Russian arsenals, rekindling a goal that was a centerpiece of his early first-term national security agenda.
His 26-hour whirlwind visit to the German capital caps three days of international summitry for the president and marks his return to a place where he once summoned a throng of 200,000 to share his ambitious vision for American leadership.
Obama will make the case for his nuclear plan during a speech at Berlin's iconic Brandenburg Gate. His address comes nearly 50 years after John F. Kennedy's famous Cold War speech in this once-divided city, and five years after Obama spoke in the city during his 2008 run for president.
The president has previously called for reductions to the stockpiles and is not expected to outline a timeline for this renewed push. But by addressing the issue in a major foreign policy speech, Obama is signaling a desire to rekindle an issue that was a centerpiece of his early first-term national security agenda.
Five years later, Obama comes to deliver a highly anticipated speech to a country that's a bit more sober about his aspirations and the extent of his successes, yet still eager to receive his attention at a time that many here feel that Europe, and Germany in particular, are no longer U.S. priorities. A Pew Research Center poll of Germans found that while their views of the U.S. have slipped since Obama's first year in office, he has managed to retain his popularity, with 88 percent of those surveyed approving of his foreign policies.
Obama also has an arc of history to fulfill.
Fifty years ago next week, President Kennedy addressed a crowd of 450,000 in that then-divided city to repudiate communism and famously declare ''Ich bin ein Berliner,'' German for ''I am a Berliner.'' Since then, presidents from Ronald Reagan to Bill Clinton have used Berlin speeches to articulate broad themes about freedom and international alliances.
Obama, fresh from a two-day summit of the Group of Eight industrial economies, placed his hand over his heart outside the sunny presidential palace as a German military band played ''The Star-Spangled Banner,'' the American national anthem. He and German President Joachim Gauck inspected a lineup of German military troops before entering the palace, stopping to greet children who waved American and German flags.
The visit was attracting widespread attention in Germany. People waved and snapped photos as Obama sped by after his arrival and a thick cluster awaited the motorcade as it passed the Brandenburg Gate. An evening news show in Berlin devoted itself to the president's visit, highlighting ''Das Biest,'' or ''The Beast,'' as the president's armored limousine is called.
There have been a few small protests, including one directed against the National Security Agency's surveillance of foreign communications, where about 50 people waved placards taunting, ''Yes, we scan.''
Merkel has said she was surprised at the scope of the spying that was revealed and said the U.S. must clarify what information is monitored. But she also said U.S. intelligence was key to foiling a large-scale terror plot and acknowledged her country is ''dependent'' on cooperating with American spy services.
For Merkel, the visit presents an opportunity to bolster her domestic standing ahead of a general election in September.
The U.S. and the Germans have clashed on economic issues, with Obama pressing for Europe to prime the economy with government stimulus measures, while Merkel has insisted on pressing debt-ridden countries to stabilize their fiscal situations first.
But the two sides have found common ground on a trans-Atlantic trade pact between the European Union and the U.S. At the just-completed G-8 summit, the leaders agreed to hold the first talks next month in the U.S.
Associated Press writers Julie Pace, Robert Reid and Frank Jordans contributed to this report.


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