Month: January 2013

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Technology

Google Chrome Browser Expands Search Security

Google will beef up security in the next release of its Chrome browser (version 25) by encrypting all search queries sent from the software. Currently, only queries sent by searchers logged into a Google account are encrypted by Chrome.

Starting with the next version of Chrome, now in the development and beta channel, searches by anyone will be encrypted using the Secure Socket Layer (SSL), Google Software Engineer Adam Langley explained in The Chromium Blog.

When a browser is using SSL to encrypt information from a browser to a website, a green padlock appears beside the Web address in the address box. Google calls that box the “omnibox” because it does double duty as both a place to insert URLs and type in search terms.

“Serving content over SSL provides users with a more secure and private search experience,” Langley said in his blog. “It helps ensure that malicious actors who might intercept people’s Internet traffic can’t see their queries.”

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Politics

For The Third Time, Barack Obama Is Sworn In As President Of The United States

And on January 21st, he will take that Oath of Office again for the fourth time, joining Franklin Roosevelt, who also took the Oath four times. The only difference is , Roosevelt was elected all four times.

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Politics

Progress – The Struggles From Slavery To President

A few hundred years ago, slavery began in this country. This simple Time-line shows the progression from the time the first slave ships arrived, to the election of the first black President. Today, January 20th, the Constitution requires Barack Obama to be sworn in for his second term. Now that’s progress.

Time-line:

Originally posted here.

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Barack Obama Democratic Politics

Vice President Joe Biden Officially Sworn In For 2nd Term

January 20, 2013 ( WASHINGTON) — Vice President Joe Biden has been sworn in to a second term.

The 70-year-old Biden took the oath of office from Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotamayor during a private ceremony Sunday at the U.S. Naval Observatory, the vice president’s residence.

Biden and President Barack Obama will take the oath of office again on Monday during a public ceremony at the Capitol.

h/t Inquirer News

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Featured shooting

They Went To A Gun Appreciation Event And Got Shot Instead

They went to a gun show to “appreciate” their guns, and got shot by what was apparently a “bad guy with a gun” if we are to believe Wayne LaPierre‘s bad guy good guy theory. According to local news in North Carolina, a 12-gauge shotgun discharged while its owner, 36-year-old Gary Lynn Wilson, of Wilmington, unzipped its case for a law enforcement officer to check it at a security entrance.

Three people were injured when the gun went off, officials said, including a retired Wake County Sherriff’s deputy working the show.

Fifty-year-old Linwood Hester, of Durham, and 54-year-old Janet Hoover, of Benson, were transported to WakeMed Hospital. Officials said they are both in good condition and will be released Saturday.

Deputy Jake Alderman, 54, of Wake Forest, was treated at WakeMed North Healthplex and has been released.

The gunshot also shattered the window in the main hallway leading into to big room, witnesses said.

The Dixie Gun and Knife Show was shut down after the incident. The event is typically scheduled at the fairgrounds about four times a year.

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Entertainment

COMING SOON: Pepsi SongBooth Contest 2013!

Pepsi Project SongBooth March 2013

 

 

STAYED TUNED AT EZKOOL FOR CONTEST DETAILS & RULES

 

Pepsi Project SongBooth March 2013
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Politics weekly address

President Obama To Congress – Now Is The Time To Act on Gun Violence

The President used his weekly address to double down on some of the measures he spoke about on Tuesday. Proposals that “grew out of meetings Vice President Biden and his task force held over the last month with more than 200 different groups – from parents and teachers; to law enforcement and sportsmen; to religious leaders and mental health professionals.”

He spoke about the limited steps he can do on his own and called on Congress to do their part to help cut down on gun violence.

My administration is taking a series of actions right away – from strengthening our background check system, to helping schools hire more resource officers if they want them, to directing the Centers for Disease Control to study the best ways to reduce gun violence.

But the truth is, making a real and lasting difference also requires Congress to act – and act soon

And he again called on the American people to get involved, making sure that their member of Congress is in favor of sensible laws to curb gun violence.

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Music

The Most Hopeless Gangnam Style You’ll Ever See

They get a “C” for effort, and that’s because they actually had music playing in the background.

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Politics Republican

Republicans Finally Acting Like They’re In The Minority

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – House Republicans appeared to be coming to grips with a stark realization as they returned to Washington from a three-day retreat here — they have a majority in name only.

The party begins the 113th Congress with reduced numbers and confronting a popular president and an increased Democratic majority in the Senate.

Preparing for a cascade of fiscal battles and a presidential push on guns and immigration, the House GOP is adopting a minority posture, hoping to achieve modest goals incrementally while serving as a check on Obama’s ambitious second-term agenda.

Republicans “have to recognize the realities of the divided government that we have,” said Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), the party’s budget chief and 2012 vice presidential nominee.

Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and his aides have taken to referring to the “Democrat majority in Washington” in statements in recent weeks.

The stance is a significant shift from the party’s mantra in the immediate aftermath of the November election, when Boehner and other leaders claimed one half of a dual mandate from voters who had reelected both Obama and the House Republican majority.

It also represents a resetting of expectations for Republican lawmakers and voters alike.

h/t The Hill

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Barack Obama Democratic Politics presidential Republican United States

I WAS HERE

 

I was here
I lived, I loved
I was here
I did, I’ve done, everything that I wanted
And it was more than I thought it would be
I will leave my mark so everyone will know
I was here

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ON THE ROAD TO INAUGURATION 2013!

Stayed tuned to Ezkool.com for exclusive photos, videos and commentary from my road trip to the nation’s capital to witness the swearing in ceremonies of our President, Barack Obama!

…no doubt, with the Official President’s Inauguration Jams in tow!

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Politics

A Totally Hip President Obama Releases The Official Inauguration Playlist

When President Obama won his first term in 2008, millions showed up to witness history in the making. Now, with his second term inauguration on January 20th, the expectation is that the crowds will be a lot less than the 2008 figures.

We are here to help.

President Obama just released the Official Inauguration Playlist on Spotify. So to bring you as close to the events as we possibly can, here is the playlist. And if you have a Spotify account, you can even listen to the Official music below.

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