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Brain Break: 1. A late-night snack in the dining halls of Houses and in Loker (see Loker Commons). 2. Where to rediscover the brownies you didn’t eat at dinner. 3. Where Adams House sometimes stations its security guard at 10:00 p.m., lest a Quincyite try to grab a bite (see Adams House...
...former Lockheed Martin contractor, De Kort became frustrated when he couldn't get attention for his complaints about alleged security flaws in the Coast Guard patrol boats - he insisted that they created blind spots for the boat's security cameras. So he took his case to YouTube. And even though his testimony has only netted thus far a modest 8,000-plus viewers, he did generate media coverage and - finally - a response from the government: The Coast Guard says it will investigate De Kort's claims, while Lockheed insists they are baseless. "Anybody with a webcam and something...
Michael De Kort has a face made for YouTube. He's not especially handsome, his on-camera demeanor is not especially polished, and his choice of subject matter - refitted Coast Guard ships - is not especially compelling. But De Kort has become the online video-sharing site's latest media peg, thanks to his hijacking of the technology for use as a whistle-blower megaphone...
...Blowing the Whistle on YouTube The latest hot homemade video claims that Coast Guard patrol boat security cameras have blind spots. But in the YouTube age, viewers should be wary of their...
...Library had been a failure, it would have been a serious problem," says Deborah Sexton, president of the Professional Convention Management Association. The gathering went off without a hitch, as long as you don't make much of the fact that it coincided with the arrival of 300 National Guard troops, an event that received widespread news coverage. Many associations, at the urging of nervous board members, have opted to move their conventions elsewhere. But tourism officials have lined up some big events for the fall and spring, including a meeting of the National Association of Realtors that could draw...