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1 month, 4 weeks ago

'Not normal times': Ex-intel officials brace for retribution following J.D. Vance vow

Vance has vowed to strip security clearances from dozens of former intelligence officials who signed a letter less than a month before the 2020 election warning that the Hunter Biden laptop bore the “earmarks of a Russian information operation.” The targeted individuals include some of the top intelligence officials from the administrations of at least two former presidents. Vance pledged …

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1 year, 2 months ago

The U.S. Government Is Still in Its Tumblr Era

Slate

A few months ago, as a debate was heating up over whether to renew an FBI surveillance authority known as Section 702, I was looking for an unsealed court document from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. “Just check their Tumblr.” Sure enough, I found the document on the Tumblr in question: “IC on the Record,” a website “created at the …

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55 years ago

A Scalia Clerk Dismantles the Medication Abortion Decision

Slate

This article is an excerpt from Adam’s Legal Newsletter. Under a 2013 Supreme Court case called Clapper v. Amnesty International USA, the plaintiffs bear the burden of proving a “certainly impending” injury from the FDA’s approval of mifepristone. For example, the court quotes the plaintiffs’ assertions that “chemical abortion drugs can overwhelm the medical system” and “consume crucial limited resources” …

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1 year, 9 months ago

DOJ opens investigation into leaks of apparent classified US military documents

CNN

CNN — The Department of Justice has opened an investigation into the leaks of a trove of apparent US intelligence documents that were posted on social media in recent weeks. An agency spokesperson told CNN on Friday, “We are aware of the social media posts and are looking into the claims.” ‘No one noticed’ Images of some of the documents …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Reviving rustic rhythm

China Daily

Liu performs clapper talk with youngsters onstage. However, the identity Liu cherishes the most is being the "representative inheritor" of Wang clapper talk, one of the three major schools of the art form. To attract more children to the folk art, Liu Yawei, an inheritor of the Wang school of clapper talk, designs and improves clapper boards. Liu met Wang …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Reviving rustic rhythm

China Daily

Liu and his master Wang Wenxi keep the clapper-talk tradition alive. Liu has successively compiled clapper talk textbooks for Zhangzhuang primary school and Quanxin primary school. "Besides polishing one's language skills, clapper talk can boost cognitive abilities and motor skills. It obtained a national design patent, and was mass-produced and sold at Shandong culture and art center grand theater and …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Reviving rustic rhythm

China Daily

Liu performs clapper talk with youngsters onstage. A Shandong music teacher is mixing traditional compositions with modern techniques to popularize the folk art of clapper talk among youngsters, Zhang Lei reports. Meet Liu Yawei, a clapper talk performer who is doing his bit to keep the traditional Chinese percussion instrument made of bamboo from sinking into oblivion. Clapper talk is …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Anupam Kher reveals Sooraj Barjatya was a clapper boy on his first film Saaransh

Hindustan Times

Actor Anupam Kher shared a video of himself from the sets of Sooraj Barjatya's upcoming film Uunchai on Tuesday. Sharing the video, he recalled that when he did his first film Saaransh, at that time Sooraj was an assistant and clapper boy on the sets. Sharing the video, Anupam wrote, “During the shooting of #Saaransh, my first film #SoorajBarjatya was …

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2 years, 9 months ago

Anti-abortion group opposes giving adopted people access to birth certificates

Raw Story

A committee of Louisiana lawmakers will take another week to decide whether to advance a bill that would allow adopted people to obtain copies of their original birth certificates once they reach age 24. In a closed adoption under Louisiana law, nearly all records, including the original birth certificate that often contains the identities of the biological parents, are sealed …

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2 years, 10 months ago

A few must know facts about Tianjin

China Daily

Let's first look at a few must know facts about Tianjin. Bohai's being innermost gulf of the Yellow Sea makes Tianjin Port one of the busiest ports in the world. The traditional Chinese houses represented by the Shi's Family Compound with twisted corridor and vivid brick carving show residences in the Qing Dynasty.Tian Hou Gong Temple is the third largest …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Senators: CIA has secret program that collects American data

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The CIA has a secret, undisclosed data repository that includes information collected about Americans, two Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee said. Wyden and Heinrich said the program operated “outside the statutory framework that Congress and the public believe govern this collection.” There have long been concerns about what information the intelligence community collects domestically, driven in part …

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3 years, 1 month ago

US struggles with intelligence blind spot as Russia builds up forces near Ukraine

CNN

CNN — After publicly sounding the alarm about Russia’s irregular military movements near Ukraine’s border, the Biden administration’s efforts to understand Russia’s intentions are being hampered by a key blind spot – the intelligence community’s limited visibility into Russian President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle. “The intelligence community’s job in Russia has gotten progressively difficult,” said one congressional source regularly briefed …

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3 years, 3 months ago

Fed up with TikTok, Black creators are moving on

LA Times

Cosmetologist Sharly Parker has struggled with her TikTok videos getting flagged and taken down. “However,” she added, “the perception that TikTok’s algorithms are biased has been persistent.” Other flashpoints have erupted around culture and community issues, with white commenters harassing Black creators, racist videos going viral, digital filters changing users’ skin tone, and non-Black users adopting Black affects. “We’re committed …

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4 years, 7 months ago

Hospital staff return favour to 'Colin the Clapper' after 40-day vigil

The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Hundreds of NHS staff gathered to applaud a man who …

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4 years, 7 months ago

GOP senators release list of Obama officials in latest effort to undermine Russia probe

CNN

CNN — Senate Republicans on Wednesday released a list of Obama administration officials who sought to “unmask” names of Americans in intelligence reports in the weeks before President Donald Trump took office, the latest salvo to discredit the FBI’s Russia investigation and accuse the previous administration of wrongdoing over the prosecution of Trump’s first national security adviser, Michael Flynn. Senate …

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4 years, 8 months ago

Shandong Bangzi (Wooden Clapper Opera)[1]- Shandong Culture

China Daily

Shandong Bangzi is popular in the southwestern cities and rural areas of Shandong province. This particular style of opera, also known as "Gaodiao Bangzi", is commonplace in many Shandong cities, including Heze and Jining, and rural areas throughout Liaocheng and Linyi. In May 2006, Shandong Bangzi opera was listed as a national intangible cultural heritage for revealing regional culture and …

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4 years, 9 months ago

Shandong Bangzi (Wooden Clapper Opera)

China Daily

Shandong Bangzi is popular in the southwestern cities and rural areas of Shandong province. This particular style of opera, also known as "Gaodiao Bangzi", is commonplace in many Shandong cities, including Heze and Jining, and rural areas throughout Liaocheng and Linyi. In May 2006, Shandong Bangzi opera was listed as a national intangible cultural heritage for revealing regional culture and …

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4 years, 9 months ago

US intelligence agencies started tracking coronavirus outbreak in China as early as November

CNN

CNN — US spy agencies were tracking the rise of the novel coronavirus as early as November, weeks before that information was included in President Donald Trump’s daily intelligence briefing, a former US military official told CNN. ‘I don’t know exactly’ ABC News reported earlier Wednesday that the National Center for Medical Intelligence, a branch of the Defense Intelligence Agency, …

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4 years, 9 months ago

How US spies are tracking the coronavirus pandemic

CNN

Washington CNN — The US intelligence community is using its unique abilities to monitor foreign countries to keep track of the spread of the coronavirus pandemic and establish whether nations are being truthful about the extent of the outbreak. “I trust that the IC was looking very hard at China in the early days when the Chinese were less than …

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5 years, 2 months ago

How The Relationship Between Trump And His Spy Chiefs Soured

NPR

How The Relationship Between Trump And His Spy Chiefs Soured Enlarge this image toggle caption Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images Even when he's praising his spy chiefs, President Trump can't resist taking a swipe. Sponsor Message Even while proclaiming an undisputed intelligence and military success, Trump took a moment to needle and to complain about "poor leadership" and time …

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55 years ago

Dan Coats Lost His Job for Telling Trump the Truth

Slate

It was only a matter of time before President Donald Trump started going after the intelligence agencies. Trump’s first director, Coats, had no such experience, aside from a brief stint on the Senate Intelligence Committee, but he had developed expertise on military issues. Among other things, the DNI gives the president his daily intelligence briefing, and in those reports, as …

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5 years, 5 months ago

Japanese clapper talk performer makes China his home

China Daily

The Beijing-based artist plays the drums as a hobby in his spare time. BEIJING - It's Sunday, and Komatsu Yota, a 28-year-old from Japan is on a bus, heading toward a Beijing-based theater for a clapper talk performance. Clapper talk is a traditional Chinese form of narrative singing accompanied by a pair of bamboo clappers to mark the beats. Attracted …

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5 years, 5 months ago

Japanese clapper talk performer makes China his home

China Daily

The Beijing-based artist plays the drums as a hobby in his spare time. BEIJING - It's Sunday, and Komatsu Yota, a 28-year-old from Japan is on a bus, heading toward a Beijing-based theater for a clapper talk performance. Clapper talk is a traditional Chinese form of narrative singing accompanied by a pair of bamboo clappers to mark the beats. Attracted …

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5 years, 6 months ago

Trump claim Obama begged for Kim Jong Un meeting dismissed by former US intelligence chief: 'I don't know where he's getting that'

The Independent

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The former director of national intelligence for Barack Obama has …

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'Not normal times': Ex-intel officials brace for retribution following J.D. Vance vow

The U.S. Government Is Still in Its Tumblr Era

A Scalia Clerk Dismantles the Medication Abortion Decision

DOJ opens investigation into leaks of apparent classified US military documents

Reviving rustic rhythm

Reviving rustic rhythm

Reviving rustic rhythm

Anupam Kher reveals Sooraj Barjatya was a clapper boy on his first film Saaransh

Anti-abortion group opposes giving adopted people access to birth certificates

A few must know facts about Tianjin

Senators: CIA has secret program that collects American data

US struggles with intelligence blind spot as Russia builds up forces near Ukraine

Fed up with TikTok, Black creators are moving on

Hospital staff return favour to 'Colin the Clapper' after 40-day vigil

GOP senators release list of Obama officials in latest effort to undermine Russia probe

Shandong Bangzi (Wooden Clapper Opera)[1]- Shandong Culture

Shandong Bangzi (Wooden Clapper Opera)

US intelligence agencies started tracking coronavirus outbreak in China as early as November

How US spies are tracking the coronavirus pandemic

How The Relationship Between Trump And His Spy Chiefs Soured

Dan Coats Lost His Job for Telling Trump the Truth

Japanese clapper talk performer makes China his home

Japanese clapper talk performer makes China his home

Trump claim Obama begged for Kim Jong Un meeting dismissed by former US intelligence chief: 'I don't know where he's getting that'