Justice for All

Another Taser Freak

2007-11-22T19:33:00.000-08:00

I hope this SOB cop goes to jail.

Taser gets litigious over suggestions the device causes deaths
VANCOUVER - Anyone who launches a lawsuit against Taser International Inc. or suggests a Taser electronic device was involved in a death are liable to get another shock when the company brings down the full force of its legal team.

Taser International is currently named as a defendant in at least 39 wrongful death or personal injury lawsuits where a Taser was used.

The company is aggressive in defending itself in such lawsuits and has entered into agreements to prevent its own insurance provider from settling out of court,

It has even filed a lawsuit demanding an Ohio coroner change her conclusion that a Taser was a contributing factor in the deaths of two men.

Taser also sent out legal demand letters to 60 organizations after its latest public relations black eye where a Polish man was jolted with a Taser by RCMP at the Vancouver International Airport and died minutes later.

"We are taken aback by the number of media outlets that have irresponsibly published conclusive headlines blaming the Taser device...as the cause of death before completion of the investigation," Taser Chairman Tom Smith said in a news release.

The amateur video showed RCMP officers zapping Robert Dziekanski with a Taser while he screamed and writhed on the floor at the arrivals area in the international terminal.

The footage was seen around the world on TV and Internet and provoked an outcry against the use of the stun guns by police.

Oh, for Heaven's Sake

2007-11-20T09:06:00.001-08:00

Can anyone say "security theater"?

Holiday airline travelers urged to chuck carry-on clutter

WASHINGTON — Airline passengers, who already are required at airport checkpoints to remove their shoes, take off their coats and carry only small bottles of liquids, now have a new task: Pack neatly.
In anticipation of the most popular holiday for travel in the USA, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today launches a campaign urging travelers to eliminate clutter in carry-on bags. Pack in layers. Keep items neat.

Messy travelers could spend more time in line if their carry-ons are cluttered because such bags are more likely to be pulled aside and searched by hand, TSA spokeswoman Ellen Howe says.

Brian Williams

Good. This Was a Terrible Idea

2007-11-15T12:29:00.000-08:00

Muslim Mapping Plan Shelved

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A police plan to map out Muslim communities, a proposal that civil rights groups sharply criticized as racial and religious profiling, has been shelved, a police spokeswoman said Wednesday.

The LAPD planned to have its counterterrorism bureau identify Muslim enclaves to determine which might be likely to become isolated and susceptible to "violent, ideologically based extremism."

Several Muslim groups and the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California criticized the plan and sent a letter to Deputy Chief Michael P. Downing expressing their concerns.

"There was a clear message from the Muslim community that they were not comfortable with it. So we listened," said Mary Grady, spokeswoman for the Los Angeles Police Department. She couldn't immediately say when the plan might resume.

Grady said the remaining part of the initiative, which includes outreach efforts to strengthen ties with Muslim communities, would continue, and police planned to meet with Muslim leaders Thursday

Crack Dealers' Bad Deal

2007-11-15T06:28:00.000-08:00

From TED (Technology,Entertainment,Design), Steven Levitt of Freakonomics talks about drug dealing.

Long Mouth of the Law

2007-11-14T09:44:00.000-08:00

Killed by Alligator
SWEETWATER, Fla. — A man was killed by an alligator on the Miccosukee Indian Reservation in Miami-Dade County, Local10.com reported.

The man, who has not been identified, was running from Miccosukee police when he dove into a retention pond, Local10.com reported. There, he was reportedly attacked by the gator and bitten several times.

The man was suspected of breaking into cars with another suspect on the Miccosukee Indian Reservation, Local6.com reported. One was quickly captured.

The man's body was found at the bottom of the pond Friday. The man was bitten on the head several times, Local10.com reported. The gator was later trapped.

Line of Duty

2007-11-14T09:35:00.000-08:00

I am sorry to hear about the increase in police deaths around the country this year. It doesn't do us any good and is a terribly tragedy for the families.

So far this year across the country, 63 officers have died from gunshots, according to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, a total up 40 percent over the same time last year.

I do wonder whether police are being more aggressive--ever see how rough those guys are on the MSNBC Predator series, even after the guys have surrendered? Are we encouraging cops to be too aggressive? I don't know but am curious to hear more from real experts.

Mayor as Bad Landlord

2007-11-13T08:03:00.000-08:00

This is the same character who appointed a 21-year-old intern as safety/service director just before he lost the election.

Our View: Lorain's interim mayor must get his houses in order before making law

It's not surprising that John Romoser, Lorain's interim mayor, is pushing for a ''slum tenant'' ordinance to crack down on renters who leave their landlords with damaged properties and unpaid utility bills.

After all, Romoser is a landlord in Lorain, and said he was cleaning up after one such bad tenant last week.

But before Romoser goes after tenants with a new law, he needs to get in full compliance with Lorain's ordinance requiring landlords to have their rental properties inspected by the building department.

Records show the building department tried to contact Romoser in April to have inspections done, but Romoser said he never received the message.

In July, this newspaper carried a front-page story noting that eight of Romoser's rental units had not been inspected. He said he didn't know the inspections were needed, but added that he would take care of it. Now, it's the middle of November and, so far, only two of the eight units have been inspected. Once again, Romoser said he would take care of the problem. Excuses, promises and half-way measures are not good enough for a person who carries the title of mayor in Lorain.

Romoser said he planned to speak this week with the Lake Erie Landlords Association to work out details on his proposed ''slum tenant'' ordinance. He should postpone that meeting and use the time to get his own houses in order.

WTH?

2007-11-09T12:12:00.001-08:00

L.A. officials defend mapping of Muslim areas

Mayor Villaraigosa says the LAPD has 'good intentions' in gathering intelligence. Chief Bratton says the effort should be seen as 'community engagement.'
Los Angeles Times
City officials this morning defended the LAPD's decision to identify Muslim enclaves across the city, saying that instead of "mapping," Angelenos should see the program as "community engagement."

Civil rights groups have harshly criticized the new initiative as racial profiling that unfairly targets Muslims. The American Civil Liberties Union along with other community groups sent a letter to the LAPD this week saying the prospect of such a measure raised "grave concerns."

At a press conference about police recruitment in Elysian Park, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Police Chief William Bratton and Councilman Jack Weiss said they stood behind Deputy Chief Michael P. Downing's decision to gather extensive intelligence about local Muslim communities.

"Chief Downing has good intentions here," said Villaraigosa, who added that he had only learned of the new program through newspaper articles and at a short briefing.

The Police Department respects "the civil and human rights of Muslims in Los Angeles," Villaraigosa said.

The mapping program would be headed by Downing, who is in charge of the LAPD's anti-terrorism bureau.

"We want to map the locations of these closed, vulnerable communities, and in partnership with these communities . . . help [weave] these enclaves into the fabric of the larger society," Downing said in testimony about the program before Congress on Oct. 30.

At the hearing, Downing said his intentions were to "mitigate radicalization," and that law enforcement agencies everywhere faced "a vicious, amorphous and unfamiliar adversary on our land."

Jury Nails Another One

2007-11-05T13:51:00.000-08:00

Reports The San Diego Union-Tribune's News Blog:

A U.S. District Court jury has convicted Brent Wilkes on all 13 counts in his corruption trial. The Poway defense contractor had been accused by prosecutors of leveraging more than $600,000 in cash bribes and thousands more in gifts to ousted Rep. Randy Duke Cunningham in exchange for Cunningham's influence in securing more than $80 million in government contracts.

Update: Wilkes faces up to 20 years for his conviction here, but keep in mind that this is just the first of two trials that Wilkes will face. The second deals with Wilkes' alleged bribes of former CIA executive director Dusty Foggo.

SCOTUS and Guantanamo

2007-11-04T14:10:00.001-08:00

Carlin on Airport Security

2007-11-03T23:18:00.000-07:00

Yes, I'd say so.

Kerik and Co.

2007-11-03T22:46:00.000-07:00

I find myself unable to get angry at Bernie Kerik. Everything about him tells me he tried to play way above his class and didn't know how. That doesn't excuse his behavior; it certainly does rap those who reached out and moved him several steps above his abilities. Reminds me a little of "heckuva job, Brownie."

Robot Taser

2007-11-02T07:48:00.000-07:00

GPS Dope

2007-11-01T08:03:00.000-07:00

Stolen Satellite Navigation System Directs Police To Hideout
It might be the easiest arrest that police in Mt. Ommaney, Australia, have ever made.

One man has been charged with robbery after he was tracked by a GPS that he had stolen which inadvertently took police to his exact whereabouts. The bust led police to recover a humongous amount of stolen equipment taken in what appeared to be sophisticated heists.

The breakthrough is thanks to Sumner Park company Fleetlink GPS.

When thieves broke into the company’s office early last month, they stole more than $13,000 worth of equipment including a demonstration pack, a laptop computer, and six in-car navigators.

The cutting edge equipment is used by transport companies to monitor their fleets.

But five days later, a thief plugged in the software which alerted Fleetlink to the exact location of its hot equipment.

“We were fairly confident he was going to be silly enough to plug it in because it looks like something to plug in,” said business development manager Murray Griffith.

“The curiosity would have killed the cat, without a doubt.

“It was quite funny, we had a bit of a laugh and then contacted police.

“But I don’t think it took much to outsmart him though.

“If he was that smart he wouldn’t be a criminal.”

The thief’s location was traced to a residence in the nearby suburb of Camira — exactly eight kilometers or 13 minutes and 41 seconds away.

Using this evidence, police were able to obtain a search warrant and search the property which uncovered a virtual Aladdin’s Cave of stolen equipment.

Griffith said that the thief had disposed of the demonstration pack worth $3,000, but the remaining equipment, adding up to more than $10,000, was able to be recovered.

The suspected thief, an unidentified 54-year-old man, has been hit with a notice to appear in court and will do so next month.

Badges on eBay

2007-10-30T10:32:00.000-07:00

One Messy Department

2007-10-30T06:07:00.000-07:00

If even a third of this is true, the Lorain (Ohio) Police Department is seriously screwed up.

Courage!

2007-10-28T14:39:00.000-07:00

Do the police who do crap like this realize how cowardly they appear?

Or this? I plan to tell my teenager, when she starts driving, to NOT pull over if she's in an isolated area but drive to a populated, well-lit spot. There have been way too many incidents of cops, real or imagined, molesting young women.

Criminalizing Kids

2007-10-27T19:05:00.000-07:00

Bill Johnson of the Rocky Mountain News has a wonderful column about kids being treated as if they were criminals when they're just being kids.

Newark's Corruption

2007-10-27T19:00:00.000-07:00

I'd say the jury is still out on Cory Booker but he sure is a fascinating fellow, taking on Newark's infamous history of political corruption.

DA Backs Off

2007-10-22T06:38:00.001-07:00

Once again, authorities out of control but they've finally come to their senses. That sheriff needs investigating.

Amid uproar, county attorney drops charges against 'New Times'
Robert Anglen
The Arizona Republic
Oct. 20, 2007 12:00 AM

A criminal case against Phoenix New Times fell apart Friday amid a crush of public outrage and admissions that a special county prosecutor made serious mistakes.

Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas dismissed all charges against the free weekly newspaper less than 24 hours after two New Times owners were arrested for publishing details of a grand-jury subpoena that demanded the Internet records of any person who had visited the newspaper's Web site since 2004.

Thomas' announcement came just hours after the State Bar Association confirmed that it had received multiple complaints and had launched an internal investigation into Thomas and special prosecutor Dennis Wilenchik for their actions in the New Times case and an unrelated one.

Thomas, who looked contrite and atypically uncomfortable as he faced cameras in a news conference, said he had no prior knowledge of the arrests or the demands set forth in the subpoena that his office sought.

"It has become clear to me that this investigation has gone in a direction that I would not have authorized," Thomas said, adding that he holds the First Amendment in great esteem and that it needs to be upheld.

"There have been serious missteps in this matter," he said. "I am announcing that Mr. Wilenchik will no longer serve as special prosecutor."

The mea culpa was a gigantic victory for New Times, which for three years has battled the County Attorney's Office over charges that reporters and editors broke the law when they published online the home address of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio.

"This really is a win for the Constitution," said Michael Lacey, executive editor of Village Voice Media, which owns Phoenix New Times and several other papers across the country. He also said it was a victory for readers, who won "the right to read whatever they want without government interference."

On Thursday night, Lacey and New Times owner Jim Larkin were arrested on charges that they broke the law by publishing details of the subpoena in Thursday's paper.

Lacey and Larkin acknowledged in their cover story that they risked prosecution but said the issues were too important to keep from the public.

The two said the subpoena was part of an investigation orchestrated to get back at reporters and the critical stories they wrote about Arpaio, Thomas' political ally.

Public backlash over the arrests and the subpoena was immediate and overwhelming Friday, with conservatives and liberals saying Thomas had made an assault on free speech.

"There is only one place for friends of freedom to stand at this moment: shoulder to shoulder with the New Times," the conservative Goldwater Institute wrote in defense of the alternative newspaper.

The case, which has cost taxpayers undisclosed thousands of dollars, dragged on for years. It started when New Times launched an investigation of Arpaio's real-estate holdings in 2004.

Self-Appointed Authorities

2007-10-20T10:24:00.001-07:00

Jeez, this is annoying. I just sent a complaint to the local police.

Lately, scores of motorcyclists have been going around in town, blocking traffic as they enter or leave major roads. It just happened again on a county road on Long Island --bikers blocked all lanes of traffic in both directions and from entering the road from either direction so their pack of friends could leave the Harley Davidson lot together. Everyone else, be damned. I would have liked to travel in a convoy to a music show Thursday night--good luck to me trying to stop traffic. I'm told that one of the guys blocking traffic is a cop.

Enough already--they don't have rights the rest of us don't have, no matter what they're doing. Why are the rest of us stuck waiting through two red lights so that they can claim ownership of the road?

Baghdad: Crime Never Stops

2007-10-19T05:34:00.000-07:00

Top Story Criminal probe into U.S. Embassy in Iraq construction
By Warren P. Strobel and Jonathan S. Landay | McClatchy Newspapers
U.S. Embassy Complex under construction in Baghdad's Green Zone | View larger image
WASHINGTON — A mortar shell smashed into the hulking new U.S. Embassy that's under construction in Baghdad last May, damaging a wall and causing minor injuries to people inside the building. It also exposed enormous problems in the management of what's become a $592 million government construction project.

The State Department contractor in charge of the project, James L. Golden, attempted to alter the scene of the blast, according to government officials familiar with the incident. The State Department inspector general prevented Department officials from investigating the incident, according to interviews and documents.

A congressional committee is examining whether the walls of the still-unfinished embassy complex, which are supposed to be blast-resistant, performed as they should have during the mortar attack.

U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker banished Golden from Iraq, but he continues to oversee the construction of the embassy in Baghdad; to be the liaison with the contractor, Kuwait-based First Kuwaiti General Trading and Contracting Co.; and to supervise other projects for the State Department's Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO) bureau.

The embassy — actually a 104-acre, Vatican-size compound of 21 buildings meant to house and sleep about 1,000 U.S. officials was originally meant to open in June, then in September. Now, due to problems with the sprinkler system, the latest in a series of deficiencies blamed on First Kuwaiti, it remains unclear whether it will be ready for occupancy this year. Golden didn't return phone calls seeking comment.

McClatchy Newspapers has also learned that:

— Aspects of the embassy's construction are the subject of at least one U.S. government criminal investigation, according to officials in Congress and the administration. They spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the matter and declined to divulge more details for publication.

— In order to rush the project, the long-time head of OBO, retired Army Maj. Gen. Charles Williams, signed a waiver in July 2005 allowing a sole-source contract to be awarded to First Kuwaiti.

Martial Law Practice

2007-10-15T06:00:00.000-07:00

Posted on October 4, 2007 by resistrevolt
By Lee Rogers - Intel Strike Contributing Writer

The United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) is running an anti-terrorism exercise called Vigilant Shield 08, starting today. The exercise will run through Oct.20 and is described as a way to prepare, prevent and respond to any number of national crises. The exercise is simply a test case scenario for the implementation of martial law.

Although the description of the exercise is disturbing, USNORTHCOM also announced that they are more prepared for a natural disaster and a terrorist attack after they used their response to Hurricane Katrina as a test laboratory. During Hurricane Katrina, authorities violated the constitutional rights of citizens by stealing people�s firearms and even relocating people against their will. These announcements are incredibly disturbing on a number of levels as the nature of Vigilant Shield 08 and the admission that Hurricane Katrina was used as a test laboratory shows that the government is actively preparing the military and government institutions for martial law.

Infant Tasered

2007-10-15T05:57:00.001-07:00

Hmm, the mother's actions are one issue. But now we have a bounty hunter entitled to fire a Taser at people inside a car? With an infant inside? What the hell?

Politics: Jerry Lewis Investigation

2007-10-12T06:04:00.000-07:00

Grand jury subpoena issued to Appropriations staffer in Lewis probe

A federal grand jury in Los Angeles has issued a subpoena for a House Appropriations Committee staffer as part of the ongoing probe of Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-Calif.), the ranking member of the powerful panel.

Greg Lankler, a staffer on the House Appropriations Committee's Defense subcommittee, was recently subpoenaed by a federal grand jury looking into Lewis, according to House insiders.

The subpoena is for both documents and testimony, although it is unclear at this point whether Lankler will cooperate. The matter has been forwarded to the House general counsel's office, which is still studying the subpoena.

A number of grand jury subpoenas were issued in the summer of 2006 as the Justice Dept. looked into Lewis' relationship with Bill Lowery, a former California Republican who had left Capitol Hill to become a lobbyist. Lewis steered millions of dollars in earmarks to Lowery's clients, who in turned donated tens of thousands of dollars to Lewis' re-election efforts.

In addition, several Lewis' aides worked for Lowery, before and after joining Lewis' staff.

Lewis has denied any wrongdoing, although he has shelled out more than $900,000 in fees to defense attorneys representing him in the probe.

This Can't Be Good

2007-10-11T09:05:00.000-07:00

US switches resources to fight terror

By Edward Luce and Matthew Garrahan in Los Angeles

Published: October 10

The US government is putting dramatic crime reduction gains over the past 15 years in jeopardy by switching too many resources from mainstream policing to counter-terrorism, according to Bill Bratton, chief of police of the Los Angeles Police Department.

“The federal government is a one-eyed Cyclops – it can only focus on one thing at a time,” said Mr Bratton, in an interview with the Financial Times. “We have to fight a two-front war on terrorism internationally and on crime at home. You cannot fight terrorism at the expense of 16,000 homicides a year.”

Mr Bratton, credited with reducing New York’s alarming homicide rate in the 1990s when he pushed “zero-tolerance” policing as head of the New York Police Department, said Washington had pared down federal police funding to worryingly low levels since the terrorist attacks of September 11 2001.

The result has been a rise in recorded crime, which Mr Bratton described as a “gathering storm”. The impressive gains of the 1990s, when cities such as New York more than halved their homicide rates, were being put at risk by “an ideological bias” in Washington that saw policing and law and order as an issue for states rather than the federal government.

Death in Custody

2007-10-11T06:03:00.000-07:00

Study: Thousands died in police custody

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 2,000 criminal suspects died in police custody over a three-year period, half of them killed by officers as they scuffled or attempted to flee, the government said Thursday.
The study by the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics is the first nationwide compilation of the reasons behind arrest-related deaths in the wake of high-profile police assaults or killings involving Abner Louima and Amadou Diallo in New York in the late 1990s.

The review found 55% of the 2,002 arrest-related deaths from 2003 through 2005 were due to homicide by state and local law enforcement officers. Alcohol and drug intoxication caused 13% of the deaths, followed by suicides at 12%, accidental injury at 7% and illness or natural causes, 6%. The causes for the deaths of the remaining 7% were unknown.

Speeding Cop Kills Driver, Himself

2007-10-11T05:21:00.000-07:00

Officer Killed In Off-Duty Crash Drove 111 MPH
October 3
MESA, Ariz. -- A Phoenix police officer who died in an off-duty crash in August
was driving at more than 110 mph when he lost control of his car and smashed
into an oncoming Jeep, killing that driver too, a report shows.

Officer Jonathan Stuart, 24, of Maricopa, was returning home from his shift when
he crashed north of Maricopa on Aug. 11, according to the Gila River Police
Department report. As he sped south on State Route 347, he lost control and his
Pontiac went airborne before smashing into the Jeep driven by fellow Maricopa
resident Mark J. Ream, 51.

The normal 65 mph speed limit on that stretch of roadway had been lowered to 45
mph at the time of the crash because of roadwork.

Witnesses estimated Stuart's speed at between 90 and 100 mph, but Gila River
officers determined Stuart was driving at 111 mph when he lost control.

The Gila River report also stated Stuart had been pulled over a week prior to
the accident for speeding.

Cop Denies Stalking

2007-10-10T18:06:00.000-07:00

Marrero pleads not guilty to stalking and intimidation
Stephen Szucs
The Chronicle-Telegram
ELYRIA — The Lorain police officer accused of stalking and intimidating female victims, as well as having sex on the job, pleaded not guilty when arraigned Thursday in county Common Pleas Court.

Politix: The Duke Cunningham Case

2007-10-09T21:13:00.001-07:00

Let's not forget this little scandal. Just because an ex-congressman is in prison doesn't mean the case is over.

Defense contractor's bribery trial opens

Prosecutor: Defense Contractor Relied on Former Lawmaker to Bully Pentagon Employees

ALLISON HOFFMAN
AP News
A defense contractor accused of bribing former U.S. Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham relied on the congressman to bully Pentagon employees into paying for unsatisfactory work, a federal prosecutor told a jury Tuesday.

Catching the Money Launderers

2007-10-06T12:37:00.000-07:00

2 events to catch money-laundering:

Anti-Money Laundering & Fraud Prevention Conference – Arlington, VA
November 13-14, 2007 - The Westin Arlington Gateway, Arlington, VA

Daylight Forensic & Advisory will participate as a sponsor at the Anti Money Laundering & Fraud Prevention Conference “Uncovering best strategies for managing risks and safeguarding your institution from money laundering and fraud”Carmina Hughes, Executive Director will be a panel speaker on the topic of “Establishing an Effective and Applicable AML Training Program for a Varied Audience.” on Wednesday, November 14, at 2:15pm.

ABA/ABA Money Laundering Enforcement Conference – Washington DC
October 21-23, 2007 - Wardman Park Marriott Hotel, Washington, DC

Daylight Forensic & Advisory is a proud sponsor of the ABA/ABA Money Laundering Enforcement Conference on October 21-23, 2007. Ellen Zimiles, CEO and Carmina Hughes, Executive Director will host a Breakfast in the Marketplace Session on Tuesday, October 23, 2007 from 7:00am – 8:00am, Delaware Suites A,B on the topic of “The Overlap of Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Risk: The importance of your geographic risk assessment” Also, please stop by our booth # 503.

Private police forces are a bad idea

2007-10-05T06:22:00.000-07:00

Blackwater Faulted In Military Reports From Shooting Scene
By Sudarsan Raghavan, Joshua Partlow and Karen DeYoung
Washington Post Foreign Service
Friday, October 5, 2007; Page A01

BAGHDAD, Oct. 4 -- U.S. military reports from the scene of the Sept. 16 shooting incident involving the security firm Blackwater USA indicate that its guards opened fire without provocation and used excessive force against Iraqi civilians, according to a senior U.S. military official.

Sadism in uniform

2007-10-05T04:40:00.001-07:00

This makes the Rodney King beating by cops look like child's play. Why isn't this cop under arrest?

Out, out of that spot

2007-10-05T04:31:00.000-07:00

I've started a little volunteer job as a traffic enforcer, of sorts. Starting at the end of the month, I'll be one of about two dozen volunteers in my town who will go around photographing cars parked illegally in handicapped spots or in fire zones.

We even get a small bounty on those we catch who ultimately are found guilty. It's supposed to be a small reimbursement for gas usage, but in fact, it's connected to whether the person is convicted and pays the fine. This should be fun. Most of the volunteers I met are motivated by their own experiences, of course. They had or have handicapped tags but routinely find people parking improperly, blocking their access. One fellow seemed especially angry, with armored cars that take handicapped spots really irritating to him.

I'm going out in a couple of weeks, after I get my badge, get sworn in and so on.

Early days of the drug war

2007-10-04T04:28:00.000-07:00

Dated (1960s) advice to cops on how to detect drugs.