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Engineers at INRS Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications Research Centre in Canada have developed the world’s fastest camera, which can shoot at an astonishing 156.3 trillion frames per second (fps). The best slow-mo cameras in phones are usually working with a few hundred fps. Professional cinematic cameras might use a few thousand, to achieve a smoother effect. But if you want to see what’s going on at the nanoscale, you’ll need to slow things way down, to the billions or even trillions of frames per second. The new camera can reportedly capture events that occur in the realm of femtoseconds – quadrillionths...

BREAKING: Two Federal Protective Service officers suffered gunshot wounds during protests Friday night in Oakland, California, police say. One of the officers died from his injury - CNN

SILVER SPRING, Md. -- A federal security officer suspected in three fatal shootings outside a high school, a mall and a supermarket in the Washington, D.C., area was arrested Friday, police said. Three people were also wounded in the shootings. Eulalio Tordil, an employee of the Federal Protective Service, which provides security at federal properties, was taken into custody without incident near the supermarket, the scene of the last shooting, authorities said. The brief manhunt and seemingly indiscriminate shootings rekindled fears of the D.C. sniper in 2002, which paralyzed the nation's capital and its suburbs.

The Division (which hits March 8 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC) is from Sweden-based developer Ubisoft Massive. The open-world shooter takes place in a wintry New York City during the middle of a catastrophic societal collapse. The city is reeling from an outbreak of a mysterious but fatal disease. As the body count rises and food and water become increasingly scarce, the remaining survivors grow uneasy and resort to violence. Some of them form merciless gangs to take advantage of the anarchy. In this near-future wild west, you play as a member of the Division, a special task...

A report by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for the Department of Homeland Security has found that the Department’s Federal Protective Service (FPS) division wasted about $2.5 million of taxpayer money in 2014 on an extravagant fleet vehicle program. It is not surprising that images show that the vehicles in question appear to be manufactured by crony company , General Motors. A House of Representatives Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency, headed by Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA), requested the audit on the FPS’ fleet operation. The report unveils a fleet of 1,169 vehicles which were leased at...

Was passed on the highway today by what I thought was a state trooper but it said "Police" on the side and back. Upon closer inspection I saw another inscription for "Federal Protective Service" which I now know is Homrleland Security. I know other people have probably seen them but it was a first for me. I got a sick feeling in my gut the second I saw it. He was speeding of course. Everything about him said "I am above the law." Dollars to doughnuts these thugs will be everywhere by the end of the summer. The police state...

In an effort to outfit law enforcement officers who work for the Federal Protective Service (FPS0, DHS has issued a small business set-aside solicitation for a wide variety of personnel protective equipment, including upper body and shoulder protection, thigh-groin protectors, hard shell shin guards, riot helmets, tactical gloves and much more. The items, quantities and characteristics of the required gear were outlined in a solicitation issued on June 10 by the office of the chief procurement officer at DHS. Included in that equipment roster, which had to be “Brand Name or Equal,” were: 111 Centurion CPX2500 Soft Shell Riot Control...

On Friday, January 4, the owner of Noveske Rifleworks, 36-year-old John Noveske, was killed in a single-vehicle accident on Highway 260 in Oregon. ... Only a day earlier, the lifeless body of 32-year-old Keith Ratliff was found at FPS Industries in Franklin County, Ga., just outside of Carnesville. He had been shot once in the head, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Ratliff was well known for a series of videos he produced

It may have looked like they were ready for war or some deranged person looking for his late Social Security benefits. But it was only Federal Protective Service officers with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security who were conducting a random training operation early Tuesday morning when they surprisingly showed up at the Social Security Administration office in downtown Leesburg. With their blue and white SUVs circled around the Main Street office, at least one official was posted on the door with a semiautomatic rifle, randomly checking identifications. And other officers, some with K-9s, sifted through the building. "I thought...

Note: The following text is a quote: Secretary Napolitano Announces Transfer of Federal Protective Service to National Protection and Programs Directorate Release Date: October 29, 2009 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today announced the transfer of the Federal Protective Service (FPS) from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to the National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD)—streamlining decision-making and aligning the protection of federal buildings with DHS’ broader critical infrastructure protection mission. “Securing government facilities is a vital aspect of DHS’ critical infrastructure protection mission,” said Secretary Napolitano. “Transferring FPS to NPPD will enhance oversight and efficiency while...

Matthew Murray was kicked out of a missionary training program five years ago for strange behavior...Murray performed a pair of dark rock songs at a concert at the mission that made fellow workers "pretty scared,"...which included a song by rock band Linkin Park...Werner, of Balneario Camborius, Brazil, said he had a bunk near Murray's and that Murray would roll around in bed and make noises. "He would say, 'Don't worry, I'm just talking to the voices,' " Werner said. "He'd say, 'Don't worry, Richard. You're a nice guy. The voices like you.' "

Police: Pa. Boy Stabs Brother Over Game Jul 17 01:16 PM US/Eastern LANSDOWNE, Pa. (AP) - A 13-year-old boy fatally stabbed his brother with a steak knife after the 16-year-old refused to turn over a video game controller, authorities said. Jahmir Ricks was charged with first-degree murder in the death of Antwan Ricks at their home outside Philadelphia. The older boy died of a single stab wound to the chest, police said, and a bent and bloody knife was recovered from the home. Lansdowne police said the younger boy told them, "I just stabbed my brother," when they arrived at...

Fiend on gun runs in Queens Man busted after fires at cars, hurts 7 - cops BY VERONIKA BELENKAYA, ALISON GENDAR and LEO STANDORA DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS "...Investigators said the drive-by maniac shot away from behind the wheel of a green, four-door Cadillac with a navigational device on the dashboard. "It's early, but it looks like some nut in a green car shooting at guys in red cars," a police source said. "It makes absolutely no sense."... "A 9-mm. shell casing was found at one scene but it was not clear if that was the only gun used."... Chronology...

If World War Two had been an online Real Time Strategy game, the chat room traffic would have gone something like this. *Hitler[AoE] has joined the game.* *Eisenhower has joined the game.* *paTTon has joined the game.* *Churchill has joined the game.* *benny-tow has joined the game.* *T0J0 has joined the game.* *Roosevelt has joined the game.* *Stalin has joined the game.* *deGaulle has joined the game.* Roosevelt: hey sup T0J0: y0 Stalin: hi Churchill: hi Hitler[AoE]: cool, i start with panzer tanks! paTTon: lol more like panzy tanks T0JO: lol Roosevelt: o this fockin sucks i got a depression! benny-tow:...

I got this in an email. Mods, if this is too long I apologizeWW2 as fought by online gamers *Hitler[AoE] has joined the game.* *Eisenhower has joined the game.* *paTTon has joined the game.* *Churchill has joined the game.* *benny-tow has joined the game.* *T0J0 has joined the game.* *Roosevelt has joined the game.* *Stalin has joined the game.* *deGaulle has joined the game.* Roosevelt: hey supT0J0: y0Stalin: hiChurchill: hiHitler[AoE]: cool, i start with panzer tanks! paTTon: lol more like panzy tanksT0JO: lolRoosevelt: o this fockin sucks i got a depression! benny-tow: haha america suxStalin: hey hitler you dont fight...

"Illegal Heroes is a net.art project which consists of a reformulation of MAME videogames. It deals with the subject of the rising tide of illegal immigration into developed countries."

Inspectors from Federal Protective Services — a branch of the Homeland Security Department — arrested a Bettendorf chiropractor Friday accused of making harassing phone calls to the Department of Veterans Affairs office in Des Moines. Kenneth C. Tennant, 45, 3447 Magnolia Court, remained in the Polk County, Iowa, jail late Friday afternoon, charged with third-degree harassment. Although it is a state charge — and a misdemeanor — Federal Protective Service, or FPS, personnel were involved because the VA office is a federal facility, said special agent Wil Calvey. The FPS provides law enforcement and security services to more than 1...

BAGHDAD, Sept. 30 — In an airless room at the back of a Baghdad ministry on Tuesday, 29 Iraqis became the first female state security guards in the postwar country, handed official badges and licences to carry weapons. A variety of ages, most wearing headscarves and long skirts, the women are the first to join the Facilities Protection Service (FPS) -- a force which guards anything from ministries to dams -- as fully fledged and armed officials. ''This day is something that has never happened before,'' FPS chief Faisel Muhsen Ali told the women at a short and no-frills ceremony....