Talad Rom Hoop Market
“Market Umbrella Pulldown”
This is what the Gatecrasher lanes in District 08 look like everyday. As the siren’s whoop and blare, the street market peels back just in the nick of time as sleds fly past, then fall back into place. I found this video link here at Amusing Planet. Follow the link to see some awesome pictures.
Military Alphabet
Just in case you needed a reminder. (I did)
Official NATO Military Alphabet
Alpha
Bravo
Charlie
Delta
Echo
Foxtrot
Golf
Hotel
India
Juliet
Kilo
Lima
Mike
November
Oscar
Pappa
Quebec
Romeo
Sierra
Tango
Uniform
Victor
Whiskey
X-ray
Yankee
Zulu
Sequestro
I came across this word via the title of the documentary Sequestro
In that usage it means Kidnapping.
Noun
sequestro m (plural sequestros)
- kidnapping (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)
Mosque Crawlers
Glossary:
Mosque Crawler: Undercover operatives who hang out in Mosques trying to gather intelligence about the community and the members. This is an extremely low level intelligence gathering method, which proved very ineffective for the CIA post 9/11, but the NYPD adopted it for their own secret spying program.
Heard this in an interview with Matt Apuzzo on Fresh Air. Apuzzo along with 4 other AP reporters won a Pulitzer for a series of investigative articles about the NYPD’s secret spying program that monitored daily life in Muslim communities.
Rakers
Glossary:
Raker: Undercover policemen who go into the general community to gather intelligence by ‘raking the coals’ talking to people, listening in coffee shops, restaurants and more.
Heard this in an interview with Matt Apuzzo on Fresh Air. Apuzzo along with 4 other AP reporters won a Pulitzer for a series of investigative articles about the NYPD’s secret spying program that monitored daily life in Muslim communities.