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Once upon a time, Maki Goto was a huge mainstream popstar in Japan. She was also a huge gamer and even appeared in Monster Hunter commercials in 2011. Now, supposedly, she's just a huge gamer.
Goto's private life had been rocky in recent years with its share of tragedies and at the end of 2011, she took a break from the entertainment industry.
Now the rumor is that Goto spends all of her time playing video games. "She's always gaming," a long time friend allegedly told Tokyo Sports. "During her long sessions, she's playing up to 30 hours straight." Goto's games of choice, it seems, are Dragon Quest, Monster Hunter, and Animal Crossing.
And when Goto talks, her friend tells Tokyo Sports, that she only talks about video games. "I wonder when she sleeps," the friend added. "As far as I can tell, it doesn't seem like she's going to return to work in show business."
Goto's gaming room, which she previously showed off on a Japanese variety show (above), supposedly has all her consoles, games, and walkthrough guides as well as a sofa bed, which she can crash on when she finishes playing. There's even a small refrigerator that she can get drinks from if needed.
If true, this might be just the break that Goto wanted. Though, thirty hours? That sounds like work.
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I don't wear nearly enough separates. For me it is usually a reach for the most appealing (often meaning newest) dress and then coordinating around that. Separates take a little more thought. However, I wore a version of this outfit in my most recent remix and decided that I wanted to wear this white lace blouse again. The blouse also seemed like a perfect match with my lace sock garters from SWANclothing.
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Yes the garters are absolutely cool. Cool like a female version of one of the gangsters in Guys n Dolls. And just so you know, you look cool lots of other times too.ReplyDelete
I know what you mean about hardly ever wearing seperates; I really need to start working on that! I love those garters, they are such a fun accessory!ReplyDelete
Definitely cool, those garters. I've seen them before, and I was thinking of purchasing a pair for fall so I can wear thigh highs without the worry that those big cotton things will fall down, as they've been apt to do. However, with us potentially moving to Hawaii next year, it seems kind of wasteful for such a wonderfully novel accessory.ReplyDelete
I like that skirt. It's nice a full, but still short enough that it gives you that youthful kicky-ness.
I'm in search of a good petticoat for my flowy high waisted skirt... and a good lacy shirt. I think I found one at Madewell.
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Such a cute outfit. I'm so with you on the dress rather than separates idea.ReplyDelete
Love the little garters on you too.
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love love love those sock garters so much! i have a pair that i'm still too self-conscious to wear. i don't know why, really. but anyway they looks great on you, and i love how you style them with a fairly unassuming outfit. ~joelleReplyDelete
i love the shoes!ReplyDelete
Those sock garters are just brilliant. Love your outfit as usual.SarahDReplyDelete
The sock garters is amazing! Love the volume of the skirt too!ReplyDelete
Wow! aha, that is so sweet what you did with socks!ReplyDelete
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i get what you mean, separates are slightly more tedious to put together.ReplyDelete
I face the same problem too. On lazy days, I will just pick any dress I see and a blazer/jacket to match.
I like your entire outfit, even the garters which is strange cause I nv did like the idea of garters being worn as part of an outfit.
I love sock garters soooo much. I love this top on you, too. You do look pretty cool. :DReplyDelete
ADORABLE look.. lovelovelove the sock garters and lace top. :)ReplyDelete
Isn't it awesome how an accessory can take an outfit from "fun" to cool?! I love the sock garters addition; they definitely add an edge to a sweet outfit. ;)ReplyDelete
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Ha ha, I like subversive accessories. I agree that skirt/shirt combos are sometimes a little harder to pull off but you do it well here. Lace is always classic.ReplyDelete
I have a skirt that looks exactly like yours!!ReplyDelete
I personally love separates! Its hard for me to find a dress that is flattering on all parts of my body so separates all the way for me! :)ReplyDelete
Lovely outfit!
Cool garters!ReplyDelete
You certainly look cool! I think this outfit is awesome. And the scenery . . . !!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 7, 2010 at 1:38 PM
I used to wear so many skirts and tops but these past few years have got me obsessed with wearing dresses. They're so easy and so appealing and sometimes I can't justify buying a top that costs the same as a dress or a skirt that costs the same as a dress, even though if I really thought about it, a top or a skirt would probably get tons more wear and would probably be way more versatile in the end.ReplyDelete
I blame it on the plethora of cute vintage dresses and amazing dressed by independent designers tempting me to forgo separates and put on a dress!
I think your sock garters are gorgeous and totally cool. I've never even considered for a moment that I could pull them off but seeing you in them makes me want to try.
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i love these photos so much! i love the close up with that background. so much! and thanks very much for the sock garter love all :)ReplyDelete
I really need a pair of those garters! And I find separates far more easy to dress than a... dress :p I guess it's just personal preference (:ReplyDelete
The garters and the boots! to die for!ReplyDelete
yay for separates. I've been in a onesie or dress mode the past few weeks but I'm gonna branch out again!ReplyDelete
You are too adorable...it was such a fun surprise to scroll down and see lace garter socks! And you know I just heart those shoes.....ReplyDelete
that lace suspenders are wild and very very cool.ReplyDelete
love the contrast of the white lace and the black skirt!ReplyDelete
like always, you look flawless :)
I really love that lace top, it's quite beautiful and I will agree it goes well with the lace garters.ReplyDelete
love the sock garters.. they add a quirky touch to the outfit! :DReplyDelete
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YES those garters are super cool!! Mental note: must find garters stat!ReplyDelete
Love these! And I always thought you were cool :)ReplyDelete
I am so glad to see these garters on you (and Rumi and Jennine etc). I totally dig them!ReplyDelete
The garters with those shoes just work so, so well.ReplyDelete
Oh my God! I'm in love with the shoes but especially the garters! I've been wanting some like this for years, so thanks oodles for posting the link to etsy. I will def have to order some! I just hope I can pull it off as good as you.ReplyDelete
I am sooo coveting a pair of sock garters this summer!ReplyDelete


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The DHS plans to digitize all benefit eligibility form types and phase out paper file storage.
To most efficiently realize cost savings with an IT transformation, the Illinois Department of Human Services (DHS) decided against digitizing paper benefit eligibility forms the agency has been accumulating for years. Instead, starting early last year, the department started digitizing all new eligibility forms.
DHS secretary Michelle R.B. Saddler said the agency, which is responsible for providing integrated services through 100 Family and Community Resource Centers, generates 7 million paper forms a year. Given recent leadership changes at the state level, Saddler said the agency began looking for a new way to reduce paper and improve file management while maintaining cost efficiency.
"Part of the initiative led to discussion of needing to digitize file cabinets, but digitizing and imaging for the thousands of file cabinets that we have was really cost prohibitive," Saddler said.
DHS CIO Doug Kasamis then spearheaded efforts to digitize and store three types of benefit eligibility determination forms, which collectively make up nearly 70 percent of the agency's total form volume. These forms are currently created on the department's mainframe technology.
But instead of sending the forms to a print queue for printing, they are now turned into PDFs with their corresponding metadata – like case number and recipient ID – and then stored securely in an IBM content management system. Within four weeks' time, the content management system was deployed statewide for the DHS' 200 offices and 2,000 case workers.
Kasamis said that the department determined it was more cost effective for the agency not to scan and digitize forms the department already has stored in file cabinets, and to only digitize forms from present day forward. The department's records retention policy requires that forms be stored for five years, so as the DHS continues to digitize forms, forms that are currently stored in hard copy will be phased out.
"Rather than trying to figure out a way to scan all that legacy paper, we're basically getting rid of 20 percent of our problem every year over the next five years," Kasamis said.
The IBM technology cost the department $325,000 and Kasamis said the DHS saw return on investment within three months of deployment. In the future, the DHS plans to integrate its other 15 form types into the system to be digitized and stored electronically. Currently the electronic data is housed in Illinois' statewide data center, but there are no immediate plans to migrate the data into a cloud computing environment.
Ken Bisconti, vice president of products and strategy for IBM's enterprise content management software, said because the content management system is designed to hold large amounts of data, there isn't a pressing need to delete files from the system after the forms have been stored electronically for their required five years.
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According to Kasamis, the DHS has seen a reduction of 650,000 paper forms each month since the IBM technology was deployed in early 2012. The department has already reduced its paper load by 7.5 million forms.
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So, the GOP will pander to their Tea Party brethren next month by reading the US Constitution out loud and declaring that any bill proposed by a member of Congress contain a personal guarantee that the bill corresponds with the US Constitution.
I have two things to say about this.
First, good. Reading is something Tea Party folk should do a lot more of. I am sure few if any of them have actually read the US Constitution and, of those who have, I serious doubt they were able to decode the antique English.
Instead, I strongly suspect, they read and "understood" the constitution in the same way they claim to have read and understood the Bible; they began reading it knowing what they knew and what they wanted it to say, so that must be what it says.
But on a more serious note, there is something quite real going on with all this. The far-right has decided to do to the text of the US Constitution what al Qaeda has done to the text of the Koran - twist it to fit their political/social agenda then use it as a bludgeon to get their way.
It doesn't seem to occur to them that, if sussing out the precise meaning of each and every article of the US Constitution were as easy as reading the damn thing out loud, why did those who wrote it insist on three branches of government, not just two -- the legislative and executive branches.
But they didn't, they included a third branch, the judiciary, with the US Supreme Court at it's head. Why? Because they knew, better than anyone, that the devils of democracy lived in the details, and always would.
But the right hates details, which they dismiss as mere "nuance." Because, after all, everyone knows the founders were a group of notoriously un-nuanced fellas, right? And why would anyone want to dissect constitutional details, because it only leads to trouble.
Take the "to provide for the general welfare," in the Preamble. Everyone knows what that means -- except for those who dispute it has anything to do with providing for the nation's poor. No way, they say. It simply means government should maintain a tidy and orderly country where anyone can prosper and, therefore, don't need government assistance. What of those who fail to prosper? Well, that would either be their own fault or because those people are socialists. In either case, the Right finds no succor for them in the US Constitution.
Think I'm kidding about that? Here, this is from the site usconstitution.net which provides definitions of words like, public welfare:
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
When you click on the word "Welfare," you get this definition:
Welfare - noun: health, happiness, or prosperity; well-being. Welfare in today's context also means organized efforts on the part of public or private organizations to benefit the poor, or simply public assistance. This is not the meaning of the word as used in the Constitution.
Get it? See where all this is headed? That little "detail"-- providing for the general Welfare, is in the very first sentence of a very long document.
So, in the weeks ahead, get ready to witness the Talibanization of the US Constitution. Because that grand old document is just chuck full of words this new breed of elected semi-literates will have to wrestle with.Their introduction to antique English, proper syntax and complete lack of pictures, will be interesting to witness. After they read the constitution out loud in January, they'll surely proceed to flash it around the same way pimps show off their bling.
The far right wing Heritage Foundation is handing out free copies of the constitution to the faithful, who will surely put them next to their Bibles, both of which they are certain support whatever it is they believe at any point in time.
But don't press these Tea Partiers too hard for granular details on constitutional matters. They will use it the same way parents retreat to "because I said so," when raising kids. When they can't win the argument with facts they will hold up the constitution and shout, "because it says so." So don't expect explanations, at least not explanations that make any real sense.Instead you're more likely to get the kind of "logic" practiced by baseball legends, Casey Stengel and Yogi Berra from back in the day.
Here -- consider what follows as exercises to get your gray matter ready for the age of Tea Party Constitutional governance:
Yogi when asked to explain a batter's prowess: "He hits from both sides of the plate. He's amphibious."
Yogi, when asked about something he said: "I never said most of the things I said."
Yogi, when asked about his plans for the team: "If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else."
Yogi, when asked why his plans for season had not panned out: "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is."
And there was Casey Stengel, who told his team one day: "All right everyone, line up alphabetically according to your height."
And warned one should, "never make predictions, especially about the future."
But even Yogi Berra knew when to keep his mouth shut, something the Tea Party folk seem to have forgotten: "If you ask me anything I don't know, I'm not going to answer."


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- 2 garlic cloves, chopped
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
- 1/4 teaspoon paprika
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- 1/2 cup dry Sherry wine
- 1 bay leaf
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
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The mathematical study of social choice began in earnest in the late 1940s; see Riker [Rik61] for an early survey or the compilation [BGR09] for some modern results.
Arrow's Theorem was the field's first major result; Arrow proved it in 1950 [Arr50] under the extra assumption of monotonicity (and with a minor error [Bla57]), with the refined version appearing in 1963 [Arr63]. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for this work in 1972. May's Theorem is from 1952 [May52]. Guilbaud's Formula is also from 1952 [Gui52], though Guilbaud only stated it in a footnote and wrote that it is computed "by the usual means in combinatorial analysis". The first published proof appears to be due to Garman and Kamien [GK68]; they also introduced the impartial culture assumption. The term "junta" appears to have been introduced by [PRS01].
The notion of influence $\mathbf{Inf}_i[f]$ was originally introduced by the geneticist Penrose [Pen46], who observed that $\mathbf{Inf}_i[\mathrm{Maj}_n] \sim \frac{\sqrt{2/\pi}}{\sqrt{n}}$. It was rediscovered by the lawyer Banzhaf in 1965 [Ban65]; he sued the Nassau County (NY) Board after proving that the voting system it used (the one in Exercise 2.8) gave some towns zero influence. Influence is sometimes referred to as the Banzhaf, Penrose–Banzhaf, or Banzhaf–Coleman index (Coleman being another rediscoverer [Col71]). Influences were first studied in the computer science literature by Ben-Or and Linial [BL85]; they introduced also introduced "tribes" as an example of a function with constant variance yet small influences. The Fourier formulas for influence may have first appeared in [CGG87].
Total influence of boolean functions has long been studied in combinatorics, since it is equivalent to edge-boundary size for subsets of the Hamming cube. For example, the edge-isoperimetric inequality was first proved by Harper in 1964 [Har64]. In the context of boolean functions, Karpovsky [Kar76] proposed $\mathbf{I}[f]$ as a measure of the computational complexity of $f$ and Hurst, Miller, and Muzio [HMM82] gave the Fourier formula $\sum_S |S|\widehat{f}(S)^2$. The terminology "Poincaré Inequality" comes from the theory of functional inequalities and Markov chains; the inequality is equivalent to the spectral gap for the discrete cube graph.
The noise stability of boolean functions was first studied explicitly by Benjamini, Kalai, and Schramm in 1999 [BKS99], though it plays an important role in the earlier work of Håstad [Has97]. See [O'D03] for a survey. The noise operator was introduced by Bonami [Bon70] and independently by Beckner [Bec75], who used the notation $\mathrm{T}_\rho$ which was standardized by [KKL88]. For nonnegative noise rates it's often natural to use the alternate parameterization $\mathrm{T}_{e^{-t}}$ for $t \in [0,\infty]$.
The Fourier approach to Arrow's Theorem is due to Kalai [Kal02]; he also proved Theorem 56 and Corollary 59. The FKN Theorem is from [FKN02]; the observation from Exercise 2.42 is due to Kindler.
The polarizations from Exercise 2.45 originate in [Kle66]. Exercise 2.46 is a theorem of Enflo from 1970 [Enf70]. Exercise 2.48 is a theorem of Latala and Oleszkiewicz [LO94]. In Exercise 2.49, part (b) is from [MO05]; part (c) was conjectured by Yang [Yan04] and proved in [OW11]. Exercise 2.50 is a polishing of the 1987 work by Chor and Geréb-Graus [CGG87,CGG88], a precursor of the KKL Theorem. The weaker Exercise 2.25 is also due to them and Alon independently.


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Doctors, engineers develop new wireless system to detect esophageal reflux
(29 May 2007: VIDYYA MEDICAL NEWS SERVICE) -- UT Southwestern Medical Center doctors and UT Arlington engineers have developed a wireless monitoring system that uses electrical impulses to track esophageal reflux.
The wireless technology, called radio frequency identification (RFID), has been used in thousands of stores for tracking inventory and in identification chips implanted in some pets. Researchers combined that technology with another emerging applied science called impedance monitoring, which tracks reflux through electrical impulses.
"We always want to come up with something that improves what we do on a daily basis," said Dr. Shou Jiang Tang, assistant professor of internal medicine at UT Southwestern who specializes in therapeutic endoscopic and endoscopic innovations.
According to the American College of Gastroenterology, approximately 19 million people have gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), which is caused by stomach content moving upward from the stomach into the esophagus.
The new system involves pinning a small, flexible RFID chip to the esophagus, where it remains until removed by a physician. The chip, about two square centimeters, or a little bigger than a dime, tests for electrical impulses that signal acidic or nonacidic liquids moving through the esophagus. It then transmits data to a wireless sensor worn around the neck.
The device, presented May 23 at the Digestive Disease Week conference in Washington D.C., is still in the test phase. But researchers believe it will be a welcome replacement for current standard procedures, which require placing a flexible catheter tube through the nose and down into the esophagus.
"The procedure is very uncomfortable and because of the catheter, you can't eat or drink the way you normally would. The test results can be biased because you change the way you eat," explained Dr. Tang.
No catheter is required with the RFID system, so doctors are hopeful that the system makes it easier to follow normal eating, drinking and activity patterns that may play a part in the acid reflux. Researchers say patients shouldn't feel anything in their throat when the device is inserted thanks to a special plastic material used.
The RFID system is the next step in a growing effort to develop less invasive wireless technologies for gastrointestinal diseases. Those include the PillCam, a small pill-sized wireless camera that takes photos as it goes through the digestive tract, and Bravo capsule, another wireless system that detects esophageal acids. Both technologies are currently used by UT Southwestern gastroenterologists.
Researchers have already successfully tested the new RFID device to see that it properly identifies simulated stomach acids in a test tube and that the transmitter can send the results through human tissue. The sensor is designed to detect stomach acid, gas and water so doctors can determine whether the presence of those substances coincides with feelings of heartburn, the start of eating or other activities. The next step will involve testing in animal models before the system eventually is tested in humans.
UT Southwestern's Dr. Tang and Dr. Fred Tibbals, director of the Bioinstrumentation Resources Center, have been working with Dr. Jung-chih Chiao, associate professor of electrical engineering at UTA, for two years to develop the wireless system. Engineers had to develop the specialized radio frequency implant, which detects and sends the data, as well as the receiver. The receiver will include a button the patient can push when they begin eating. Eventually, engineers hope to design a devise similar to a personal digital assistant to store the results. That PDA-like device could then be taken into a doctor's office and downloaded into a computer to analyze the results.
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Oracle CEO's Latest Ego-Stroke Is Absolutely Incredible
Software billionaire Larry Ellison is rich. Jet-owning, fleet-cruising, bought an entire Hawaiian island rich. But there's been something missing in his aggrandizing oeuvre. Maybe an invite from Larry Ellison to the premiere of a movie about Larry Ellison called The Wind Gods will do the trick.
This email might not be as generous as AirBnb's offer to send reporters to East Hampton, but it still tempts eligible journos with a "VIP reception" on the water in SF. You'll also have the chance to watch this astoundingly self-promoting film, which, Jesus, is actually called The Wind Gods: "the story of the 33rd America's Cup yacht race, in which Oracle Corporation owner Larry Ellison's American yacht USA-17, representing the Golden Gate Yacht Club, defeated the Swiss-owned Alinghi 5 yacht of Italian entrepreneur Ernesto Bertarelli." Eat shit, Switzerland!
Small side note that the film is produced by Ellison's rich son. When your father is the third richest man in the entire country, you can't just give him a tie rack.


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Written by Nkwoh, Marius, this book addresses bribery and corruption in the Nigerian society.it is important to note that as far back as 1965,corruption was a bane to the Nigerian society as much as it is presently.
Written by Nkwoh, Marius, this book addresses bribery and corruption in the Nigerian society.it is important to note that as far back as 1965,corruption was a bane to the Nigerian society as much as it is presently.
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The Kansas City Chiefs surprisingly decided to play their Sunday game against the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday – the day after the horrendous murders. Though a respectful moment of silence was observed during the game, a not-so-respectful opinion of the gun-laden murders came blurting out of sports commentator Bob Costas' mouth.
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LAUREL, MD. 10-06-12---Jockey Nick Petro and his mount Not Abroad saw an inviting opening along the rail as they circled the far turn. They galloped through the gaping hole, came out the clear leader and drew off to win the $150,000 Jim McKay Maryland Million Classic at Laurel Park.
The Maryland Million is the most important racing day at Laurel Park with 11 races for runners sired by Maryland-based stallions for combined purses totaling $1.05 million. The 27th annual event drew a crowd of 18,420 on Saturday afternoon.
Trained by Petro's brother Michael, Not Abroad is owned by Tim Cunningham and is a son of the Maryland stallion Not For Love. Regal Warrior, who led from the start, held for second while Tujoes rallied to finish third. The also-rans were Cactus Charlie (4th), defending champion Eighttofasttocatch (5th) and In the Juice (6th).
"I was happy with his performance," said jockey Petro. "Real early we got stuck on the inside and I wasn't happy with my spot. But we got closer and closer and everything worked out. We figured there would be a few horses outside of us with speed so we went in thinking, 'sit'. We did and it worked out great when it was time to go. He was good. Real good."
Not Abroad finished second in the Classic two years ago and was third last year.
"We had been in this race the last several years," said trainer Petro. "We felt coming in today that we had a very good chance to win. He has been doing very well lately and we looked forward to this race. We had a great race and at the 3/8th's pole everything opened up for us. My brother ran a very good race."
This was his second stakes win of the year for Not Abroad after capturing the Jim French Memorial at Delaware in May. Not Abroad is an eight time winner from thirty-two starts and a winner of over $600,000.
Not Abroad paid $9.40. The exacta returned $63.80 and the triple paid $444.10.
Julian Pimentel (jockey, Regal Warrior-2nd) said, "He broke good. No problems. He tried hard we just ran into a better horse, I guess. Just couldn't keep up down the lane with the winner."
Angel Arroyo (jockey, Tujoes-3rd) said, "Good trip. Everything was fine. The horse finished up well."
Shannon Uske (jockey, Cactus Charlie- 4th) said, "We were in a nice spot. He just didn't fire down the lane. We had the trip we wanted. He just didn't have the kick like we thought he would."
Sheldon Russell (jockey, Eighttofasttocatch-5th) said, "I was happy with the trip but disappointed when I asked him to pick it up at the half-mile pole. We were struggling and he never got comfortable today. It was not our day."
Tim Keefe (trainer, (jockey, Eighttofasttocatch-5th) said, "I am disappointed, obviously. I thought I had everything going in the right direction with him and said earlier in the week if he gets beat it would be by a better horse. Unfortunately he got beat by four better horses. I thought he would run a great race today. This was uncharacteristic of him."
Wesley Ho (jockey, In The Juice-6th) said, "He tried hard but he got tired at the end."
Introduced in 1986, the Maryland Million has been duplicated by more than 20 other states. Hall of Fame TV Broadcaster Jim McKay originally proposed the Maryland Million concept and remained the Chairman of the Board until his death on June 7, 2008.
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Being John Malkovich director Spike Jonze — who recently directed that action-figure extravaganza for The Beastie Boys — has now collaborated with designer Olympia Le-Tan's and director Simon Cahn to animate 3,000 pieces of felt.
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Newtown search warrants: Lanza was a 'shut-in' with an arsenal
The released search warrants of Adam Lanza's home showed large amounts of ammunition in an open unlocked gun safe in his bedroom, as well as in a closet, a file cabinet, a shoe box and duffle bag, three samurai swords, nine knives and a bayonet in the house, and a smashed computer hard drive.
A witness interviewed by police said that the Sandy Hook Elementary School "was (Lanza's) life," but the warrant does not elaborate.
Police, in an affidavit, described Lanza as a "shut-in," who rarely left his house.
The National Rifle Association said there is no record of a member relationship with Adam Lanza, nor with Nancy Lanza, his mother. However, among the material gathered at Lanza's house was an "NRA certificate," according to the search warrant. A spokesman for the NRA did not immediately explain what that was.
Police also recovered medical records and journals authored by Adam Lanza and his brother, Ryan Lanza, and a holiday card from his mother with a check made out to Adam for the purchase of a C183 firearm. There were also receipts for the purchase and transfer of firearms.
Among the items seized were three photos of images of what appear to be a dead person covered in plastic and blood.
Reading material in the house included, a paperback version of "Train Your Brain to be Happy" with pages tabbed. Also, the book, "Look Me In the Eye: My Life with Aspergers," and "Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Mind of An Autistic Savant." Adam Lanza had been diagnosed as having Aspergers.
While various state officials expressed shock at the amount of firepower in the Lanza home - an estimated 1,400 rounds, Robert Crook, president of the Coalition of Connecticut Sportsman, said that amount "is nothing. You can shoot most of that up in a day of target practice."
Crook said he was, however, taken aback "by the number of firearms he had access to. If there is a cause and effect here it is the mother not securing these weapons with a mentally ill person in the house."
Stephen J. Sedensky III, state's attorney for the Judicial District of Danbury, said in a statement, as has been previously reported, that Lanza killed his mother, Nancy Lanza, 52, in her bed with a .22 caliber rifle and that there was no indication of a struggle.
The statement also said the Bushmaster Lanza used was loaded with a 30-round capacity magazine, with 14 rounds in the magazine when it was recovered by police, including a round in the chamber.
While Lanza killed himself "with a single shot from a Glock 10 mm handgun," he also had a loaded 9mm Sig Sauer P226 handgun on him, more ammunition for the handguns, three, 30-round magazines for the Bushmaster, each containing 30 rounds, the statement said. "Located in the area of the shootings were six additional 30-round magazines containing 0, 0, 0, 10, 11, and 13 live rounds," respectively and 154 spent .223 casings were recovered from the scene. Police also found a loaded 12-gauge shotgun in the car Lanza drove to the school.
The statement also said: "There is currently no indication that the shooter attempted to purchase the guns and was denied. The gun locker at 36 Yogananda St. was open when the police arrived. It was unlocked and there was no indication that it had been broken into."
Related: Newtown victims' parents react to warrants (WTNH)
"Today those warrants and their returns are being released subject to redactions that I requested of the court yesterday. This is an ongoing and active criminal investigation which is most effectively done confidentially. Indeed the rules of Professional Responsibility as they apply to prosecutors require that I take steps to not make extra judicial statements that I know or reasonably should know will be disseminated by means of public communication and will have a substantial likelihood of materially prejudicing an adjudicative proceeding in the matter. The rule also applies to investigators working under my authority. As this criminal investigation is ongoing, active and no definitive conclusions have been reached by myself, the release of any information could potentially jeopardize a future prosecution if evidence were developed to support one. It is not unusual to develop a viable prosecution late in an investigation when one was not contemplated earlier."
Two former top investigators who are now on the faculty at the University of New Haven offered insight into the statement by a witenss that Sandy Hook School was Adam Lanza's "life." Lanza had attended the school as a child.
"I found that very interesting," said Peter Valentin, a lecturer in the forensic science department at UNH. "Why would a person his age consider an elementary school his life?"
William Tafoya, a retired FBI agent and a professor at UNH known for his accurate profiling in the Unabomber case, said the school probably had some importance in Lanza's life, something he either associated with very happy or very unpleasant memories.
The witness, whose identity is redacted from the documents, also told investigators the day of the shooting that Lanza rarely left his home, was considered a shut-in, and was an avid gamer who played games like Call of Duty.
"The more important issue is the collection of guns, weapons and ammunition," Tafoya said. "His mother may have decided that this was a way to make him happy. He clearly had a preoccupation with guns. What he had lots of is what is of interest, and that is weapons."
Valentin, who is also a former detective with the state police Major Crime Squad, said, "It is astonishing how much ammunition was found in the house."
"There was so much that was firearms-related. It was something they had to have been surrounded by all the time."
The warrants show investigators are focused on finding documentation that might help explain Adam Lanza's motivation and actions, like in his computer, documents, e-mails and browsing histories, according to Valentin. Police seized a damaged hard drive from the Lanza home. According to Valentin, restoring a hard drive is a time-consuming process.
The Sandy Hook Promise organization, in a statement relayed by co-founder Lee Shull, said, "The information revealed today underscores the need to turn this tragedy into transformation. Nothing that is discovered or discussed about the shooter will bring back the children or educators our community lost on Dec. 14th.
"Public attention should focus not on the shooter but on ensuring the safety of our children and preventing future tragedy," the statement said. "While legislation is not the only answer, it's time for Congress to pass sensible measures supported by the vast majority of Americans to reduce gun violence. It's time for our legislature to move forward with the strongest measures possible. The country is united that something must be done; our representatives should act without delay."
What we already knew:
o Adam Lanza murdered 20 first-graders and six educators with a Bushmaster AR-15 semiautomatic rifle after he blasted through a glass window in the front entrance to the Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14.
o His first victims, in the worst school shooting in the nation, were Principal Dawn Hochsprung and school psychologist Mary Scherlach who were running toward him in a hallway before he entered the first-grade classrooms of Lauren Rousseau and then Victoria Soto.
o Both teachers were murdered along with a total of 20 children, but six youngsters were able to escape Soto's room and one got out of Rousseau's room.
o The Bushmaster AR-15 semiautomatic rifle Lanza used to kill his victims belonged to his mother, Nancy Lanza, whom Adam Lanza murdered before he left their home in Newtown by shooting her four times in her head.
o Lanza, 20, later committed suicide at the school with a semiautomatic pistol as police rushed into the building.
o Lanza brought four weapons to the school. Among these was the Bushmaster semi-automatic rifle, 2 pistols and along gun that remained in the Honda he was driving.
o Lanza was described as bright, but socially inept and was said to have been diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome.
o The killing spree took less than five minutes with Lanza firing 152 bullets using multiple 30-round magazines.
o Chief State Medical Examiner Dr. Wayne Carver said all the victims were found with between 3 and 11 bullets in their bodies.
o Col. Danny Stebbins, the deputy commissioner of state police reportedly told colleagues at a professional conference that Lanza had a 7-foot by 4-foot spreadsheet with 500 names of victims of other mass murders and a detailed description on the kind of weapons used. Investigators theorize that he wanted to put himself at the top of this infamous list.
o The murders of children and teachers as they tried to protect them has sparked a national discussion on gun control and the lack of adequate access to mental health treatment, particularly for adolescents and young adults.
o The topic however still continues to divide the country over those who do not see the need for more gun rules and those who want access to assault weapons limited.
o Several states have already passed increased gun control and Congress is poised to take it up in two weeks, but much more limited than Connecticut's agenda.
o The legislative leadership here plans to offer a comprehensive gun violence bill for a vote on April 3 that will propose an expanded assaults weapons ban, a 10-bullet limit on magazines, expanded registration of firearms, safe storage rules, universal background checks and increased penalties for straw purchases and gun trafficking.
o There were four search warrants, for the car he drove, a car left at his home and the home he shared with his mother
o A Connecticut prosecutor said officials were able Wednesday to tell victims' kin general information on what was seized, but not all the details until the court ordered seal expired at midnight.
o Lanza's victims were: Charlotte Bacon, Daniel Barden, Rachel D'Avino, Olivia Engel, Josephine Gay, Dylan Hockley, Madeleine Hsu, Catherine Hubbard, Chase Kowalski, Ana Marquez-Greene, James Mattioli, Grace McDonnell, Anne Marie Murphy, Emilie Parker, Jack Pinto, Noah Pozner, Caroline Previdi, Jessia Rekos, Avielle Richman, Benjamin WHeeler and Allison Wyatt.
The release of documents in Connecticut came as James Holmes, the suspect in another massacre, the killing of 12 people last July during a midnight screening of a Batman film in a Colorado theatre, has offered to plead guilty if prosecutors decide against seeking the death penalty.
If the deal is accepted, Holmes, who is 25, would spend the rest of his life behind bars. Holmes also wounded 58 people in the theater where he had a 100-round magazine. He was heavily armed with a Smith & Wesson M&P assault rifle, a .40 Glock pistol and a Remington 12 guage shotgun.
Register Investigation Editor Michelle Tuccitto Sullo contributed to this story.


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With its attention-grabbing colors, easy navigation, and useful information, there's a lot to love about the new Web site for The Summit.
Scouts and Scouters will find that it's a great place for up-to-the-minute information about the BSA's fourth high-adventure base and the home of the 2013 National Scout Jamboree and 2019 World Jamboree.
The Summit's new Internet home just launched today, but already there's a ton of information Scouters will want to know.
Here are some highlights, organized in convenient bullet form:
- Registration for the 2013 National Scout Jamboree will open in late spring. The event will be held July 15-24, 2013, and it's open to First Class Scouts (or higher) who are at least 12 by the first day of the Jamboree and haven't turned 18 by the last day.
- Do some Scouts in your unit know their way around a computer? Then suggest that they apply for Patrol Z beginning March 1. Patrol Z is a group of Scouts who will share stories, photos, and videos about Scouting.
- The Shape the Summit Survey is your chance to speak directly to the base's planners.
The physical Summit is all about exploration, and the Web site is no different. In fact, I'm off to go look around some more right now.


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As Amy Corderoy reported earlier in the week, a new survey commissioned by the Mental Health Association NSW revealed that 42 per cent of mothers found the experience of parenthood much more stressful than they expected. And the twist in the tale? It's the younger mothers who are most likely to be affected, with nearly a third reporting that they felt like other people were coping better than them, or experienced excessive worry and sadness.
I'm not going to rehash the study. Instead, I'm going to rehash my own experience as a young mum that found parenthood much harder and more stressful than expected – so much so that by the time my first son was 15 months old, I was hospitalized with severe anxiety and depression. Before you switch off, it has a happy ending – perhaps the happiest part being that with baby number two, everything I learned from my experiences with number one made for a more enjoyable and relaxed ride.
The first few months as a new mum were okay. But I remember that when my hubby went to pick up takeaway on our first night back home, I ran away from my son as the thought ran through my mind that I could 'squash him like a bug'. There was another moment, months later, where Max bounced face first off a coffee table in his bouncer, and I was terrified that if I told anyone they would take him away from me. But they were the only standout negative moments.
Then, when Max was about 10 months old, I stopped sleeping. I would have maybe two hours a night on a good night, but often I had none. After a month of this passed, I was a zombie. I was terrified and unhappy, and my mum and mother-in-law had to take it in shifts to take me to my doctor each day to report the same thing: still no change. I went on antidepressants, but I couldn't shake the black dog.
At 2am, four weeks into the no-sleep regime, I called a cab, left a note for my husband, then set off for the emergency room to check myself in. My mum told me later how terrified she was to find out I was in the psych ward, and how brave she thought I was. But I wasn't brave, I was determined – I had a son I'd previously adored who I was now afraid to be near, scared I'd become the star of one of those stories of a mum 'flipping' and hurting her kid.
Nothing is going to make you feel as normal as another mum hooting, 'Oh my god, I thought it was just me!'
With the support I had, I was able to be admitted as an outpatient, so I could go in and be checked out by day, see the counselors, and then go home to my parents' house at night. I started to sleep again and the world slowly took on colour as my mum and I went for walks and talks. My husband bought my son to visit, and it makes me cry to say he barely felt like part of me – this is a kid I now consider a soul mate, we're so in tune and alike.
One of the main things that moved my life forward was when my mum took Max and I to Ngala, a support service for families. I spilled my guts on the anxieties, the worries, the fears … everything that was becoming a new parent. I was the first of my friends to have a baby, so I had no one else to look and to see that what I was going through was all normal, and not at all the way I thought it would be. Without being too glib, the counsellor looked at me, almost puzzled, and said, "Well, all mums feel that way. It's normal and it's going to be okay." And she helped me see how distorted my view of what parenthood 'should' look like really was.
Recalling that session reminds me of the funny photo doing the rounds at the moment. Snap one shows a mum and baby sleeping serenely side by side, captioned 'perception'. Snap two, aptly captioned 'reality', shows a mum asleep with her toddler stretched across the bed, one foot planted over her mum's face. The universal appeal of that meme tells us something – we all identify with having whole heartedly believed the top picture was what we were going to get, only to realize, after biting the apple, that picture two was the real deal.
So this is the happy part of my tale – the stuff that if I'd known then would have helped me enjoy little Max so much more (and why my experience with my second son, Sam, was light-years apart). The funny thing is that it has been almost seven years ago to the day that I first stopped sleeping, and therefore a month off the day I went to hospital. It goes to show that a lot can happen in seven years when you have lots of support!
Here's my cheat sheet:
- Get as much professional advice and support as you can as a new parent, especially if you don't have a huge and happy haven of girlfriends going through the same journey.
- Don't ever feel afraid that what you're going through is too weird, or too 'not-fixable' to share. Nothing is going to make you feel as normal (or as sheepish at your own anxieties/expectations) as another mum whacking you on the arm and hooting, 'Oh my god, I thought it was just me!'
- Accept help. Even if your sister, friend, mum or mother-in-law dish out unsolicited advice, or want to do things differently to you, grab their offers of help with both hands. You should have seen me go with baby number two – he was palmed off all over the place, even with his bachelor uncle. The kid is now confident, happy and sociable. You are not, as your mummy guilt might tell you, letting the team down by accepting a hand.
- If you are feeling like things are getting on top of you, visit your GP. Early intervention makes a difference – talking to them doesn't mean you'll 'have' to take medication, but they may refer you to a psychologist and set you up on the Medicare rebate plan.
- If you don't have peers with pint-sized spit-bubble blowers, make mates that do. If at first your mothers' group does not succeed, do try again with another. If your friend has a friend with a new bub, ignore any shyness or 'can't be bothered'-ness and catch up with her. Sharing war stories, poo jokes and special moments with someone going through the same thing is very reassuring. And if their house seems more pristine and ordered than yours … demand the house cleaner's phone number.
To chat with other parents 24/7, visit the Essential Baby forums. To learn more about postnatal depression and anxiety, visit the PANDA website.


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The Sweet Sixteen turned sour for the autistic Chicago teen who, up until Thursday night, had a perfect NCAA bracket.
Butler's upset over Syracuse derailed 17-year-old Alex Herrmann's perfect run. He did accurately predict Thursday night's other three games -- West Virginia over Washington, Kansas State over Xavier and Kentucky over Cornell.
The Glenbrook South High School student entered his bracket on CBSsports.com's Bracket Manager program and accurately predicted every game through the first two rounds. The odds of somone doing that? One in 13,460,000, according to BookofOdds.com.
Since the story broke, the Internet has been all-a-twitter with doubt as to the authenticity of Herrmann's bracket. CBSsports.com's Bracket Manager does allow users to alter their picks after tournament play began, but the family insists that no changes were made.
A call to the Herrmann family home on Thursday night was not immediately returned.
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There is admittedly nothing new about the discovery of yet another Islamic militant cell in Yemen. The US has long pointed [1] to significant al-Qaeda clandestine presence in that country. Eyebrows are bound to be raised, however, at news of a recent formal accusation by the Yemeni government that Israel offered to assist Islamist militants who had "prepared […] car bombs to attack governmental buildings and embassies"[2]. According to Agence France Presse, among several suspects arrested by Yemeni authorities after last September's attack [3] on the US Embassy in Sana'a are three members of the Islamic Jihad of Yemen, an alleged al-Qaeda affiliate that claimed responsibility for the attack.
Bizarre Allegations
Remarkably, the arrestees in question – Imad al-Rimi, 23, Ali al-Mahfal, 24, and Bassam al-Haidari (a.k.a. Abu al-Ghaith), 26 – are accused by Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh of working for "an Islamist terrorist cell with links to Israeli intelligence, [which] ha[s] been dismantled"[3]. On January 10, a Yemeni court heard that al-Haidari communicated with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert via email, offering to collaborate with the Israeli authorities prior to the US Embassy attack. The intercepted emails allegedly show that al-Haidari wrote to Olmert "[w]e are the Organisation of Islamic Jihad and you are Jews, but you are honest, and we are ready to do anything"[3]. Prosecutors for the Yemeni government claim that Olmert (or, more likely, someone from the Israeli intelligence services who was forwarded al-Haidari's message) actually wrote back, telling al-Haidari "[w]e are ready to support you […] as an agent"[3].
An Intriguing Precedent
The above allegations may seem bizarre, to say the least. However, if true, they will not signify the first time that Israeli intelligence agencies have actively supported militant Islamist groups in the Middle East. Professor Anthony H. Cordesman [4], who currently holds the Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy at the Washington, DC-based Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS), has near-conclusively demonstrated Israel's systematic financial and monetary aid to Hamas, which began in the late 1970s. According to internal documents published several years ago by the Israel-based Institute for Counter Terrorism [5], in 1978 Israeli authorities allowed Hamas co-founder Sheikh Ahmed Ismail Yassin to establish the group under its early name, "Islamic Center", in Israel. A few years later, during the Iran-Contra Affair (1985-1986), Israel acted as Washington's conduit in supplying US-made weapons to Iran and then channeling the profits to the Contras paramilitary mercenaries fighting Nicaragua's Sandinista government. Israel did so in full knowledge of the fact that the Iranian government was at that time Hamas' primary military supplier. As a result, Hamas even today uses numerous US-made weapons in its operations in Israel and the Palestinian territories, channeled to it by Israel, through Iran. ccording to Richard Sale, Terrorism Correspondent for United Press International, who has studied the internal documents, Israel's active support for the militant group actually intensified after Iran's Islamic Revolution caused Hamas' popularity to boom in Palestine [5].
A Rational Policy
The reason for this unorthodox alignment between Israel and Hamas was strategically rational: it reflected a conscious attempt by the Israeli intelligence services to establish a viable opposition to Yasser Arafat's Fatah and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). By the late 1970s, the secular and leftist disposition of Arafat's leadership was gradually attracting support for the Palestinian cause from far beyond the relatively narrow confines of the Arab World. Indeed, in 1988, when the PLO executive committee in Algiers declared the independence of the nation of Palestine, nearly 100 countries recognized it, including the entire Arab World, most of Africa, nearly all of Asia (including India), Cyprus, as well as the entire Socialist Bloc. Brazil, Australia and virtually all Western European nations welcomed official Palestinian Delegations on their territory. By aiding Hamas, Israel hoped that the militant group's Islamist ideology would eventually damage the near-universal appeal of the Palestinian liberation struggle. Moreover, by promoting Hamas' operational ties with the Khomeini regime in Tehran, Israel desired to associate in Washington's eyes the Palestinian struggle with the fundamentalist ideology of the Iranian theocrats.
Which is, in fact, exactly what happened. Israel's exiling of Arafat and the PLO leadership to Lebanon and Tunisia, until 1994, allowed Hamas to roam free in the Palestinian territories, which in turn enabled the militant faction to become the most active political and religious institution inside the Palestinian lands. By 2005, when Arafat died, Hamas was powerful enough to seriously threaten the PLO's traditional supremacy in Palestine. The Palestinian civil war, which followed Hamas' subsequent electoral victory, was the best possible outcome for all those -in Israel and elsewhere- who do not wish to see a unified and viable Palestinian state.
The Lavon Affair
The history of the Israeli intelligence services is also marked by at least one acknowledged case in which covert agents working for Israel bombed US and British targets abroad in order to discredit Arab and Muslim groups. This was in 1954, when Israeli intelligence officials authorized Operation Susannah, which later became known as the Lavon Affair [6]. The plan included the bombing of several US- and British-affiliated targets in Egypt, including a post office, a movie theater, and two libraries belonging to the US Information Agency. The agents who carried out the operations were reportedly recruited in the late 1940s by notorious Israeli intelligence agent Avram Dar, who had traveled to Egypt pretending to be a British tourist.
The primary aim of the operation was to place the blame for the bombings on Arab nationalists (including the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, the ideological parent of today's Hamas), local communists and other pro-independence Arabs. The ultimate goal was two-fold: first, to antagonize British colonial authorities in Egypt, thus delaying Britain's exit from the country; second, to dissuade some in the US State Department from the idea (quite prominent in US governing circles the time) that America's future interests in the Middle East lay with Egypt, not Israel.
Operation Susannah failed when the Israel-employed operatives were arrested by Egyptian and British authorities. A political scandal ensued in Jerusalem, where, after several incriminatory exchanges between the various Israeli political parties, the then Minister of Defense, Pinhas Lavon, was forced to resign -hence the term "Lavon Affair". In 1960, following the discovery of further incriminating evidence in internal Israeli government documents, David Ben-Gurion, who had succeeded Lavon as Minister of Defense, authorized a closed-door investigation under the supervision of a number of Israeli Supreme Court Justices. The investigation concluded that Operation Susannah had not been authorized by the Ministry of Defense, a finding that inevitably pointed to Israel's intelligence services.
Forty-five years later, in 2005, the Israeli state officially admitted responsibility for the bombings, when then Israeli President Moshe Katzav held a ceremony [7] to honor nine of the Egyptian Jewish agents who had carried them out. Even after details of the terrorist operation – which, as stated earlier, involved bombings of civilian targets in Egypt – were disclosed, the surviving operatives who carried them out showed no sign of remorse. One of them, Marcelle Ninio, described the recognition ceremony as "a great day for all of us". Many of the surviving terrorists and their families vowed to campaign "for a full account of their operation to be included in the [Israel's] high-school syllabus".
A History of Deception
The history of Israeli intelligence operations in the Middle East and beyond should prompt observers to think twice before dismissing Yemen's allegations that the Israeli government offered support to al-Qaeda-linked militants. Far from being an "anti-American" or an "anti-Semitic" regime, the Yemeni government has been among the Arab World's most pro-American national administrations, having dramatically increased its collaboration with Washington since 9/11. In December of 2007, the US State Department described [8] Yemen as "an important partner in the global war on terrorism, providing assistance in the military, diplomatic, and financial arenas" and praised President Saleh for spearheading the country's "counter-terrorism cooperation efforts with the United States, achieving significant results and improving overall security in Yemen". Could it be that covert Israeli activities are currently directed at subverting the "improving overall security in Yemen"? As in the case of the Lavon Affair, observers may have to wait for over 50 years to find out.
[1] M.R. Gordon and J. Dao (2002) "US Broadens Terror Fight, Readying Troops for Yemen", The New York Times, 2 March.
[2] Anon. (2009) "Yemen Tries Islamists for Alleged Contact with Israel PM", Agence France Presse 10 January.
[3] Anon. (2008) "Death toll in Yemen US embassy attack rises to 19", The Associated Press, 21 September.
[4] Anthony H. Cordesman's biographical note at CSIS is located here.
[5] R. Sale (2002) "Hamas history tied to Israel", United Press International, 18 June.
[6] For two of the many substantiated accounts of the Lavon Affair in the scholarly literature see Y. Peri (1983) Between Battles and Ballots, Cambridge University Press; and S. Teveth (1996) Ben-Gurion's Spy: The Story of the Political Scandal That Shaped Modern Israel, Columbia University Press.
[7] Anon. (2005) "Israel honors 9 Egyptian spies", Reuters, 30 March.
[8] Anon. (2007) "Background Note: Yemen", Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, US Department of State, December.


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Asian Women Food Bloggers, Represent!
Santos of the Scent of Green Bananas is putting together a list of Asian women who've got food blogs—the number is at 328 and counting!
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Quote from: Mandle on 04 Jun 2018, 02:12I did encounter some glitches in the maze room: […]Hi Mandle,Thanks for the detailed report and for uncovering the bugs.Concerning the maze room: The music can freeze up right at the beginning because the computer has to become VERY BUSY at that point.
As soon as I changed the graphics option to the software thingy I got into the maze room in bare seconds.
Oh, it still says v.0.01...
Commando Raid by ferneweltenHowever, I downloaded later version and Spoiler: ShowHidethe door you came in from would not close
Spoiler: ShowHideclickable boss
As for the reveal of places that were blocked my "solid" walls... was it in corner tiles? (ones that are not blocked my a wall in the diagonal?)
However, the mouse disappearing was game breaking and quite annoying and MUST be sorted as I would have liked to have gotten further than I had.
The Burgomaster (Barely started, so no full review yet)Spoiler: ShowHideOh boy... well, it started bad due to the huge res, it's filling my entire screen and performing very very slow. I would rather something half size... but AGS can't do that! Graphics are top notch as Blondbraid has already gotten us use to. Story seems very interesting... so I'm looking forward to play more... only someone decided that "Save game" was expendable... which means I'm reluctant to play a game I have no idea how long it'll take and plays slugish... so in other to start it, I need to wait for a slot where I might have a chance to finish it in one go. Not sure that'll happen before the voting deadline though.
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