Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Homeland Security Keeping Tabs on Occupy

Occupy John C. Osborn — Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 11:07 AM

Brace yourselves! This news may be shocking. The Department of Homeland Security has its eye on Occupy.

As part of the recent Wikileaks email dump, a rather benign-sounding newsletter from October 2011 from the department, entitled “SPECIAL COVERAGE: Occupy Wall Street,” explores the movement that has proliferated across the country at an astonishing rate. It recognizes that the “leaderless resistance movement” had managed to create an elaborate communications infrastructure, mainly thanks to social media and online communities, that have allowed the original Occupy Wall Street camp to spread its message, organize events, and sustain its operations.

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Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Former Cal Quarterback Joe Ayoob Sets New Guinness Record for Paper Airplane Flight

Sports Rachel Swan — Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 2:34 PM

Here's some good news for the Bears: Former quarterback Joe Ayoob, who grew up in San Rafael and played for City College of San Francisco before transferring to Cal in 2005, just set a new Guinness Record for the world's longest paper airplane flight — a whopping 226 feet, 10 inches. The plane, designed by John Collins, was made of "100gsm, A4 paper and a very small piece of sticky tape," The Telegraph reports. Apparently, Ayoob has a lot of training in the field, since he grew up flying paper airplanes. It's certainly conceivable that the hobby taught him precision and aim, skills which he ultimately parlayed to football. Here's footage of his new career milestone: