• Archive of Book Reviews by Fred Bortz (p)(f)
  An archive of book reviews, columns, and comments by Fred Bortz
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• Are Your Ready? Preparedness Guide (PDF) (f)
  Are You Ready? An In-depth Guide to Citizen Preparedness Download the Document (PDF 21MB) June 1, 2007
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• Area Developers Draft a Cheering Section (p)(f)
  They are showing up at public hearings wearing T-shirts proclaiming that they are "Citizens for Better Life" But Citizens for Better Life is not an ordinary citizens group. Instead of coming from the community where the projects would be built, Citizens and other groups like it are organized by the builders themselves. Washington Post Dec 7, 2005 A01
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• Area Events January - June 2007 (p)(f)
  we are publishing our annual calendar in two parts. You have Part 1 today, covering now through June. On June 29, we'll publish Part 2, covering July through December. [Jan 19, 2007]
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• Aspirin `may block cancer cases` (p)(f)
  A major trial will test if aspirin and an anti-ulcer drug can prevent cancer of the oesophagus .The aim will be to prevent a condition known as `Barrett`s oesophagus`. BBC News Dec 29, 2003
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• Ass Backwards - The media`s silence about rampant anal sex. (p)(f)
  Across the United States—and beyond it—any newspaper that didn`t focus on lesbianism in the sex survey (released last week by the National Center for Health Statistics) declared a crisis of oral sex among teens. … If you`re going to be frank about the most dangerous widespread activity revealed in the survey, you`re looking at the wrong end of the digestive tract. Slate Sep 30, 2005
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• At the Times, a Scoop Deferred (p)(f)
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• AT&T Allegedly Provided Customer Data To Feds
  | Feb 2, 2006 | Network Computing (p)(f)
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• AT&T Targeted For NSA Program
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• Attorney General Letter Re NSA Spying (f)
  Jan 17, 2007
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• AU accuses Sudanese army of attacking Darfur civilians (p)(f)
  KHARTOUM (Reuters) - The African Union accused the Sudanese government on Saturday of coordinating with Arab militias in attacks on civilians in Darfur, and said all parties to the conflict were violating ceasefire agreements. Reuters Oct 1, 2005
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• Author, Ex-Post Editor To Head D.C. Think Tank (f)
  Steve Coll, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and former managing editor of The Washington Post, will become the new chief of a Washington think tank -New America -, officials said last night. July 23, 2007
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• Avi Rubin’s Blog: My day at the polls - Maryland primary ‘06 (p)(f)
  The biggest change over the 2004 election was the introduction of electronic poll books that we used to check in voters — basically little touchscreen computers that are connected to an Ethernet hub. They each contain a full database of the registered voters in the county, and information about whether or not each voter has already voted. These poll books turned out to be a disaster, but more on that later.
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• Backing Up Important Documents (p)(f)
  Digital technology has evolved in recent years so that almost anything that can go on a computer can be preserved and stored remotely -- whether it`s on the Web or an external hard drive that can be whisked away at a moment`s notice. And with the necessary tools -- a scanner, a Web connection or even a spool of blank CDs -- all coming down in price, it has become more affordable, though still time-consuming, to prepare for a hurricane, flooded basement or even a nasty computer virus. Washington Post, Sep 11, 2005
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• Baker Offers Pr. George`s Crime Plan (p)(f)
  Rushern L. Baker III, a candidate for Prince George`s county executive, unveiled a plan yesterday for fighting crime that includes rehiring retired police officers and offering home-buyer tax credits to officers who live in the county to improve the chronically short-staffed department. Washington Post Feb 22, 2006 Metro
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• Baltimore City attorney put brakes on PSC (p)(f)
  The city became involved in April when low-income Baltimore customers on BGE’s budget-billing program began to see the 72 percent rate increase. June 25, 2006
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• Ban Intelligent Design?. In the Pipeline: (p)(f)
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• Bank Gift Cards Come Wrapped With Limits (p)(f)
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