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Last week, though, I said yes after getting a book from a local woman in her 80s who wrote about growing up on a farm in Holmes County.
Ironically, she doesn't want her name used and doesn't want the publicity, which begs the question of why she brought me the book. I can't answer that, but I can tell you I wouldn't have survived her upbringing and neither would my children.
The fifth of 10 children, the author says she was raised in a house with no screens, running water or outhouse. The only furniture they had was two beds, a table, chairs and a rocking chair with one leg shorter than the other.
When one of the kids misbehaved, her mother whipped all of them with a branch from a peach tree in the yard. That tree was missing so many "switches" it never produced more than a few tiny, ugly peaches.
Between the ages of about 5 and 10, the author was entrusted with the care of her five younger brothers while her mother worked in the fields. She writes about holding a pillow over her baby brothers' faces so she could try to get them to nap. Only a child herself, she didn't realize that could have killed them.
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When she left home at 17, she'd never seen her reflection in a mirror, taking her mother's word that she was pretty. She'd never been anywhere other than her home, church or school. She was afraid.
Still, she turned out OK, as did every one of her siblings, she writes. And that's more than we can say for a lot of kids raised in more permissive times.
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(from Mashable.com) Internet addictions — especially to social media — have been well documented. But what's the psychology behind it?
As it turns out, receiving and answering a notification results in a hit of dopamine, a chemical neurotransmitter associated with the motivation and reward response in the human brain. Social media notifications can have the same addictive effect.
Is this addiction real, though? In China, Taiwan and South Korea "Internet Addiction Disorder" is already accepted as a psychological diagnosis. Next year it's slated for inclusion in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM-V).
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CHIPLEY — Superintendent Sandra Cook and school board attorney Thomas Gerald Holley both bid farewell to the Washington County School District at the School Board meeting on Monday.
Holley is retiring from serving as the district's attorney after 42 years. "I'm retiring from this, but I still plan to practice a little law on the side," he said, joking with the board members.
Later in the meeting, the board approved advertising a request for proposal for a school board attorney, which would begin the process of seeking a replacement for Holley.
Cook was defeated in the Primary Election by Republican candidate Joe Taylor, who was elected Superintendent during the Nov. 6 General Election, where he defeated Democratic opponent Pat Aukema Dickson for the position.
"I want to thank everyone who works in the school district for what they do every day," Cook said. "Everybody in the district puts forth effort to do their best for our children, and you never know when what you do will make a difference in the life of a child."
Cook said she is looking forward to moving on "to bigger and better things," but she said she appreciated getting to serve as superintendent for four years.
"Thank you for everything, it's been a great opportunity."
The board also recognized the Washington County Sheriff's Office and Sheriff Bobby Haddock as a platinum Washington County Business Partner Sponsor, and Tyndall Credit Union as a silver sponsor.
"Over the past three years, Sheriff Haddock has donated $2,500 to the schools," Cook said. Tyndall Credit Union has donated $750 over the past two years, she added. "This type of support is wonderful, and we really appreciate all our sponsors do for our schools."
Chipley High School Principal Steve Griffin gave a school update, including telling the board about the high school's new website where clubs, sports and organizations have links. "It is not complete, but we are excited about what it will offer to the CHS nation," he said.
Griffin also noted that the "Spirit of the Tiger" Marching Band recently earned straight "superior" ratings at the Florida Bandmasters Association District 2 Assessment, making this the 20th consecutive year the band has earned a superior at District Marching Assessment.
CHS will be represented by two band students selected for the Tri-State Honor Band held in Tallahassee in December, and has two other band students named to the Florida All-State Band that will be performing in January in Tampa.
Also, Chipley Band parents have accrued 970 volunteer hours so far this school year, Griffin said. Of all the students at CHS, 33 percent of them participate in a CHS performing fine arts group — band, chorus or theater.
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· 115 CHS students are enrolled in a wide array of courses that include core courses, AP courses, and elective courses such as Creative Photography, Journalism, Spanish and Latin?
· Some students are engaged in rigorous activities such as translating myths into Latin, teaching Spanish to their parents, and creating problem/solution service projects for the City of Chipley?
· These on-line students are very "tech savvy" and are continually increasing their technology skills by scanning documents, participating in DBA's (Discussion-Based Assessments), incorporating Word Art into their documents, and engaging in various other technological activities.
· CHS Science Club has a website:chsscienceclub.weekly.com that will be a link to the new CHS website
· The club has 40+ members
· Biology students are using technology such as IPads and probe ware to perform high complexity labs and assignments. (Includes "low level" performing students_\) STEM class
· On Friday, Oct. 26, 2012 Chipley High Schools Science Club hosted their first open laboratory. The members of the Science Club invited the 4th graders from Kate Smith Elementary and the 8th graders from Roulhac Middle School to participate in scientific experiments and investigations. During the chemistry laboratory the 4th graders preformed and experiment called Operation Slime, while the 8th graders Observed Chemical Changes, both of these experiments were to increase understanding of how to identify that a chemical change has taken place. Concerning the Biology laboratory the 8th grade students used microscopes and IPads to identify various organisms found in pond water. The 4th graders performed fingerprint analyses on themselves and were able to compare and contrast their fingerprints with each other. The students also used the IPads to explore earth and space applications, as well as, test for color-blindness. The Science Club members worked weeks in advance to prepare the lessons that were taught. Mrs. Henderson and Mrs. Kelly were facilitators while the Science Club members performed and/or guided the students through the experiments.
· The guidance department is sponsoring a Financial Workshop on Nov. 29 for our Junior and Senior students and parents. Food will be provided in the cafeteria at 5 p.m. and at 6 p.m. the workshop will begin in the auditorium. A representative from the Florida Department of Education's financial aid department will be present. The parents will learn what types of financial aid is available and how to apply for it
Computer Technology
· We have 55 beginning students, 24-second year business students and 4 third year business students enrolled in our Microsoft IT Academy? They have been enrolled and have started working on lessons online to prepare them for Microsoft Certification.
· The second and third year students took the Microsoft Word Specialist Certification test the end of October on Certiport.
· All business students took a practice test in Microsoft Word Specialist in October on Certiport – our new testing program for certification.
· FBLA has gown to 30 students this year and we are in hopes of contacting businesses in the community to be business partners. This is not only for support financially but to serve as an advisory board and provide speakers for classes and meetings.
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· CHS has a new website http://chipleyhigh.fl.wsh.schoolinsites.com/. Clubs, sports, and organizations will have a link. It is not complete, but we are excited about what it will offer to the CHS nation!
Project Lead The Way
· We have 75 students participating in our Pre-Engineering program.
Key Club
· Key Club president, Mary Helen Wilson, publicized both the purpose of Key Club, and upcoming Key Club events during an interview with Paul Goulding of the Goulding Agency. The interview is posted at http://m.facebook.com/?refsrc=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2F&rdr#!/pgoulding1?user=10000128527354 for those who would like to watch it.
· The Chipley High School Key Club is supported Breast Cancer awareness by selling Pink 'Tuff Enuff' T-shirts, which were worn by the spectators during the last home football game on October 26. The Key Club raised a $300 profit that was then donated to the Women's Imaging Center of Northwest Florida Community Hospital to provide indigent women diagnostic mammography or ultrasounds to aid in early detection of breast cancer.
· The Chipley High School Key Club raised funds in the amount of $408.90 for UNICEF by working in conjunction with the RMS Builder's Club (the little brother to Key Club). All RMS Homerooms participated, and the Key Club members treated the homeroom raising the highest donation per grade to a 'cupcakes' party.
· English students are using the Nook purchased with last year's title 1 funds
· The "Spirit of the Tiger" Marching Band recently earned straight "Superior" ratings at the Florida Bandmasters Association District 2 Assessment, making this the 20th consecutive year the band has earned a Superior at District Marching Assessment.
· CHS will be represent by two band students selected for the Tri-state Honor Band held in Tallahassee in December, and has two other band students named to the Florida All-State Band that will perform in January in Tampa.
· Chipley Band Parents have accrued 970 volunteer hours so far this school year. 33% of the students at CHS participate in a CHS performing fine arts group (band, chorus, theater).
· Did you know that creating out CHS yearbook is a $40,000 endeavor that is supported by over 30 business in our community as well as many parents?
Choral music
· Concert Choir attended District Music Performance Assessment in Panama City this past spring for the first time in over 20 years and received a Superior and two Excellent reviews with an Excellent in Sight-reading.
· Jazz Choir competed at Festival Disney three years in a row, receiving Superior Ratings and placing second in the specialty choirs division.
· CHS will compete for the first time ever as a District One Theatre Troupe in the Florida Theater Festival. The club has 55 members.
· We officially moved over to the new land lab early in September. We currently have a cow with a two-month-old calf, four heifers and 10 young pigs. All of the animal will be shown by FFA members at the Washington County Youth Fair in March.
· This past weekend we had students exhibit animals at the North Florida Fair in Tallahassee: Carol Boswell earned Reserve Champion Heifer; Alena Blevins earned 3rd place with her heifer; and Taylor Birge first place with two of her heifers.
· This year's volleyball team had a great season ending with 20 wins and 7 losses. On Saturday the girls fell one game shy of advancing to the final four.
· Did you know on October 11, 2012 approximately 300 students from Chipley High School toured the United States Army Special Operations Simulation Trailer. Based out of Fort Knox, Ky., this trailer is 1 of only 5 in the united states that travens around the country providing studentsthe opportunity to experience vehicle, helicopter, weapon and parachute simulators.
· Chipley HS JROTC will be competing in the Air Force Association "Cyber Patriot competition". We are the only High School JROTC program in the Panhandle to compete.
· Chipley HS JROTC has already completed over 600 Community Service hours this year.
Law Enforcement
· The Sheriff's Department recently sponsored a Texting and Drinking Simulator on campus for the students to tour. Approximately 250 of our students were able to participate in this safety awareness event.


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Here's a zoom-in of that image on the back of the NXT box. The original photo's resolution wasn't high enough to keep the detail, but I'm fairly certain that this is a robot that hasn't been seen yet (other than on the box). Anyone have any ideas?
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Unidentified NXT Robot - closeup image
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I'm guessing it falls in the machine categoy. But I haven't figured out just what it's supposed to do.
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Could it maybe be something like a music machine.. Because every sensor is used to push or pull or come near.. Also 2 motors are used with handles to it.. I think those are only used for there sensors in this rig..
Just thinking about something like a drum computer..
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Foreclosure Fiasco
"Let's kill all the lawyers," Shakespeare demanded over 400 years ago. These days, lawyers have taken a back seat to Wall Street as the main target of public ire. But when a bank sues a homeowner for foreclosure or engages in any other legal action related to delinquent mortgages, they hire a law firm to represent them. Nicknamed "foreclosure mills" because of the relentless churn of cases they take on, these firms are complicit in much of the misconduct we attribute to banks throughout the foreclosure process. There's a long list of documented abuse by foreclosure mills, which are often specialist law firms built to handle thousands of foreclosures at once. Because of their financial incentives, firms are rewarded for each action they take and frequently cut corners on legally mandated steps of the process. And like everyone else along the foreclosure chain, foreclosure mills have faced virtually no accountability for their misconduct. "It's the crookedest thing I've ever seen in 38 years of law practice," said Blair Drazic, a defense attorney in Grand Junction, Colorado.
But Colorado is the place where justice might finally get served, thanks to an investigation by state Attorney General John Suthers into the billing practices of leading foreclosure mills. The case, which has not yet led to charges, has so far featured allegations of bill-padding, collusion, destruction of evidence, and lobbying for personal gain. If Colorado is successful in reining in the worst conduct of the foreclosure mills, it could spark more scrutiny of their practices across the country.
In most states, one or two law firms conduct almost all legal operations tied to foreclosures. One firm carries out all the foreclosures in Michigan, for example, and another does every one in Washington state. Geoff Walsh of the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) says this has to do with the technology particular to servicing mortgages. "There are computerized records and servicing platforms, and these law firms get tied into them," says Walsh. "For most firms, this becomes all they do." When the foreclosure crisis intensified in 2007, firms could squeeze out massive profits from kicking people out of their homes.
Having mini-monopolies means that firms can set their own standard practices, leading to multiple ethical lapses. Foreclosure mills actively participated in presenting robo-signed and false documents to state courts, in many cases mocking up the documents themselves. A Mother Jones investigation in 2010 exposed the David J. Stern Law Firm in Florida for backdating notarized documents and engaging in other falsifications. Subsequent investigations have revealed this is a routine practice at other foreclosure mills. Every time a state forces lawyers to personally attest to the validity of documents, such as in Nevada, New York, or Florida, foreclosure cases plummet.
Foreclosure mills are hired by mortgage servicers, companies that handle the day-to-day operations on mortgages but do not own the underlying loans. This is a major problem because mortgage servicers (frequently arms of big banks like Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase) want different things out of a foreclosure than the loan owners (who could be any investor, from a public pension fund to mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac) do. Investors in the loans frequently benefit from modifying a loan instead of foreclosing. But the mortgage servicer financially benefits from foreclosure because their compensation is structured in such a way that a modification hurts their bottom line.
In a case like the one filed by Colorado attorney Blair Drazic, it would have made more sense for the owner of the loan to modify: The home has an appraised value of $100,000, but the client could pay up to $1,200 a month to stay, which works out to about $432,000 on a 30-year payment schedule. But the foreclosure mill, acting at the behest of the servicer, pursued foreclosure instead. "This is a property only my clients could love," Drazic says. "It's a conflict of interest. The foreclosure mill purports to represent the [investors], but they're throwing them on the street." In another Drazic case, his client has a Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loan, and FHA guidelines clearly show that the servicer must pursue a modification before pursuing foreclosure. But the foreclosure mill ignored this practice. "The law firm is interfering with my client's right to a modification," Drazic says. "There's so much money involved, it's like the three monkeys—see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil."
In some states, the denial of modifications by foreclosure mills has become systematic. In New York, the Steven J. Baum Law Firm went out of business in 2011 over leaked pictures of a Halloween party featuring their employees dressed as homeless people. But before that, they flouted a state law requiring all foreclosure cases to go to a settlement conference where the borrower and the bank could work out a modification. Law firms have to file a "request for relief" to trigger the settlement conference. But the firm simply stopped filing the requests, creating a "shadow docket" of tens of thousands of foreclosure cases. MFY Legal Services, Inc. actually sued the law firm to speed up the foreclosure process and give their borrowers a shot at relief. Baum paid $4 million to the state for other violations before closing, but efforts to relieve the shadow docket in New York have stalled.
The investigation in Colorado involves something more akin to petty theft. Colorado is a nonjudicial foreclosure state, so foreclosure mills don't have to take homeowners to court, but they must carry out various legal actions related to foreclosure, like posting a legal notice on the door of homes in foreclosure, informing the owners of their rights. Attorney General Suthers, a Republican, requested documents from county public trustees offices in May, which showed billing statements from foreclosure mills. While the cost to a foreclosure mill of attaching the notices to the door costs at most $25, firms were charging as much as $300, a twelve-fold markup. "The scope of the investigation is very simple," said Assistant Attorney General Erik Neusch in one court proceeding. "Why [attorneys] charge more than their actual costs."
Further filings by Suthers show that Castle Law Group and Aronowitz & Mecklenberg, Colorado's two biggest foreclosure mills, bought specific process-server companies which did the actual work of posting the legal notices, and then colluded with one another to fix the price for posting notices at levels well above the actual cost ("I just wanted our offices to try and get on the same page on what we are charging for all of this," wrote Stacey Aronowitz to Caren Castle in one 2009 e-mail). The firms then lobbied the state to mandate a second notice, which increased their profits two-fold. The firms earned $20 million over the past four years just on posting notices.
The homeowner must pay all legal fees to "cure" the default and stop foreclosure, or else they lose their homes. In one recent revelation, Colorado foreclosure mills charged homeowners thousands of dollars for nonexistent cases that they never filed. In the event of a foreclosure sale, the investors in the loan get reduced value relative to a modification, and the legal fees are thrown on top of that. This amounts to law firms "stealing from their own clients," says Drazic.
Foreclosure mills tried and failed to keep the investigation sealed from the public. Castle Law Group and Aronowitz & Mecklenberg, the state's two largest foreclosure mills, counter-sued the attorney general directly to prevent subpoenas for internal documents, arguing that they would violate attorney-client privilege. Then, in July, Susan Hendricks, a former associate at Aronowitz & Mecklenberg, came forward to allege additional misconduct at the firm, including padding fees, keeping refunds due to its clients, and destroying evidence essential to the investigation. Aronowitz & Mecklenberg sued unsuccessfully to prevent Hendricks' testimony from going public, claiming that she was a "special counsel" to the firm, and that her information would also violate attorney-client privilege.
The Colorado investigation could prove a first crack in a system of profit-gouging and unethical conduct that stretches back years. In states where banks don't have to go to court to foreclose on a homeowner, legal fees are harder to uncover, and it takes sustained oversight, like what we're seeing in Colorado, to get results. Previous investigations have led to minimal fines, and sanctions through judicial conduct reviews have been nonexistent. One foreclosure mill in Florida, Marshall C. Watson, closed down their office after a State Bar disciplinary action, only to open it again with a different name and the same clients.
Lawyers who deal with foreclosure mills are struck by the ethical lapses of the attorneys at those firms, and how they could work on such criminal financial industry activities without speaking up. Says Drazic, "I used to represent murderers, and I wouldn't represent these people."
Thu, 2013-08-22 10:10
I've had several cases with Blair Drazic. He may say that he would not represent "foreclosure mills", but I can tell you they would never think about hiring him in the first place. His views expressed in this article demonstrate a severe misunderstanding of loan servicing, investor guidelines, foreclosure laws, and ethical rules. There is a clear reason that someone who has practiced for 38 years is doing foreclosure defense in the twilight of their career. You know what they say--it may be slimy to represent a lender in foreclosure, but it's even more crooked to take a homeowner's last few pennies by giving them false hope based upon legally unfounded theories.
Thu, 2013-08-22 12:26
Theoption30spiral clearly hasn't followed this subject. The article is exactly correct. There have been numerous lawsuits recently settled, with more to come, regarding how the investors of loan trusts were defrauded by originators and servicers. If you follow the Rescap bankrtupcy filings you can see that the Federal Housing Finance Agency has 18 lawsuits currently and was recently granted the ability to sue additional parties. The New Jersey Carpenters Fund, as investors in a RALI trust, were recently settled with for $100 million on their fraud claims. UBS just settled for $800 regarding fraud claims associated with Securitized Trusts and Nationstar recently was sued by investment group KIRP due to Nationstars fire saling of homes in auction, that they were supposed to be servicing and seeking loss mitigation options for. However, like the article says, it is more profitable to liquidate for a servicer. Additionally, the DocX/Lender Processing Services suit for the filing of false documents resulted in 1.9 billion in penalties and Lorraine Brown doing a minimum of 40 months in federal prison just two months ago. The National Settlement of 25 billion was largely based on the false filings of servicers and their third party attorneys.
Fri, 2013-08-23 01:08
Mark2020, you are the one not following the story. Lawsuits between investors and originators or servicers has nothing to do with homeowners/borrowers being supposedly wronged. The problem with this country is that you have a bunch of whiny people that refuse to accept responsibility for their own actions. These people came to these lenders requesting hundreds of thousands of dollars to purchase properties. The lender agreed to provide the funding pursuant to a written contract. The homeowner/borrowers refused to read/ignored the terms of the contract, and now want to jump up and down about how they were wronged. Until people start to act like adults and accept responsibility for their own faulta, this country will continue to trail the rest of the world. Contrary to popular belief, you are NOT entitled to a loan or to own real property in this country.
Thu, 2013-08-22 16:22
Here in Wisconsin, we have caught attorneys red-handed creating and filing forged documents, switching plaintiffs by changing captions, assigning mortgages after the homeowner filed BK, there is no limit to what these guys will do to win. There are no ethical attorneys practicing within the foreclosure mill industry. The criminality rivals the best racketeering operations ever launched by the banks and their law firms. Keep up the good work David! We're counting on you out here!!!!
Fri, 2013-08-23 01:21
Really??? Give a specific case number where someone tried to "switch" plaintiffs by changing a case caption. That's procedurally impossible, so it's a little hard to believe your representation. Also--news flash--assigning a mortgage while a debtor is in bankruptcy is perfectly legal as an assignment is not the act of perfecting a lien. That is well-established law in every state. Once again, simply people that haven't/can't make their contractual payments trying to find some technicality to thwart/delay/prevent a lawful foreclosure.
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Fri, 2013-08-23 13:05
Who pays the worst of the worst foreclosure mills? In many cases, HUD, Fannie & Freddie.
These same deep pockets pay the document mills to create phony mortgage assignments and mortgage note endorsements. Sure, in tens of thousands of cases the trusts (investors) pay, but then the servicers submit these foreclosure costs to the primary mortgage insurers for reimbursement. Then we ask why there are no significant prosecutions.
Fri, 2013-08-23 19:00
Wow, the extent of bias in this piece is staggering, though not shocking. The larger problem is that there are considerable factual inaccuracies, and these serve to make it very challenging to take the writer seriously in the first place...
BTW, Theo30 is spot-on with his comments/opinions, and while others try to refute him, he is just offering a voice of reason...Are there bad apples in the industry - yes, absolutely. Should their actions then be used to broad-brush this entire space - nope, not unless you have a strong, one-track agenda, as seems to be the case here..
Sun, 2013-08-25 08:51
It is obvious that "theoption30spiral" and supporter "modcon" are most likely shills for the banks or government. Comments such as "Mark2020, you are the one not following the story. Lawsuits between investors and originators or servicers has nothing to do with homeowners/borrowers being supposedly wronged," is fatally flawed as both the investors and homeowners were both required to complete the ponzi scheme. http://4closurefraud.org/2012/01/25/kaboom-jpmorgan-failed-to-ensure-that-title-to-the-underlying-mortgage-loans-was-effectively-transferred/... The homeowners were defrauded at time of underwriting and appraisal and stand to lose their down payments, subsequent monthly payments, credit devastation leading to paying high interest rates for 7 more years, possible job loss due to poor credit. http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2011/12/fbi-estimates-80-of-mortgage-fraud-involved-industry-insiders/...
If the banks' shills and moles (who get paid to confuse the ignorant "on the fence" type Americans,) can't even use their real names and proclaim their true identities while posting their deceptive and misleading assertions, then obviously they are hiding something. "HOW TO SPOT AND EXPOSE DISINFORMATIONALISTS, MOLES, TROLLS, AND SHILLS " , https://www.facebook.com/groups/510045569045648/doc/510150512368487/ -ROB HARRINGTON (my real name)
Sun, 2013-08-25 08:54
More on spotting Internet moles and shills: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/mar/17/us-spy-operation-social-networks
Twenty-Five Ways To Suppress Truth: The Rules of Disinformation (Includes The 8 Traits of A Disiniformationalist) http://whale.to/m/disin.html
Disinformation: How It Works http://www.zerohedge.com/news/disinformation-how-it-works
I Was a Paid Internet Shill: How Shadowy Groups Manipulate Internet Opinion and Debate http://consciouslifenews.com/paid-internet-shill-shadowy-groups-manipulate-internet-opinion-debate/1147073/
Sun, 2013-08-25 15:29
Perfectly logical. A person refuses to read the contract documents for a loan of significant money. Then when they realize several years down the road that they can't make their payments because of some term contained in the docs, they blame it on the lender and suggest they were involved in a Ponzi scheme. Makes perfect sense. Again people, take responsibility for the contract you signed and didn't read. I get that maybe some of the terms were risky, but blaming the lender is like blaming a drug dealer for offering you drugs--you don't have to take it. And, btw, I am not a paid "shill" or "troll". Not everything that turns bad in your life is an episode of X-Files. Come back to reality, Mulder.
Sun, 2013-08-25 18:24
Theo, as a former banker who was rewarded for uncovering fraud with dismissal, blacklisting and ultimately foreclosure when I was never late, much less in default, (using two different, fraudulent case captions in the attempt) I can understand your reluctance to believe bankers would do the horrific things they have been caught red handed doing. I get it. It sucks to know you have given your life to a criminal enterprise. But to claim the homeowners must adhere to a contract while the exempting the banks from adhering to the same contract is intellectually dishonest. And FYI - just in case you were absent that day --- an instrument acquired after default is unsecured.
Mon, 2013-08-26 09:22
I AM reluctant to believe you, because, when you pay, you don't get foreclosed upon. It's a mind-blowing concept.
List the case numbers and court location of the cases where you were "unlawfully" foreclosed upon. Better yet, post the docs. I'm sure, however, I bet you will say you can't post the docs or you can't find the exact case numbers.
Mon, 2013-08-26 12:34
Nope, I am not a shill for the industry, just someone with some insight and experience in this space...
For the record, when it comes to this topic, I believe that there is plenty of blame to go around. The list includes the banks (top brass, comp schemes, loan officers, etc.), the government (let's make sure that everyone owns a house, let's prop up this space by forcing banks to make loans to otherwise unqualified borrowers), the public (let's become a homeowner - look at these great terms - I will figure out how to pay the mortgage later, and, hey, I have all this equity in my house, let's cash it out and go play), SOME players (a small minority) in the FC industry (let's game the system - screw the regulators and folks in FC 'cause the opportunity is just too good), and others.
However, the (bad) actions of a few don't make the rest of the industry complicit in some master scheme. I have several friends/acquaintances who have had to sell/walk away from their homes. It sucks, no doubt, but they were in over their heads, ultimately. And, they will be OK, with a really tough lesson learned...
Tue, 2013-09-03 22:58
Look at Mcculley V US BANK http://www.thelegaldescription.com/TLD/ArticlesTLD/Buyer-receives-wrong-mortgage-sues-bank-title-co-58077.aspx Talk about Fraud ! And what's worse is the foreclosure attorney mill of Mackoff Kellogg, who is representing the bank, WITHHELD her 30 year loan TIL from discovery and instead filed a credit memo claiming it was a "letter to her outlining the terms of her loan." After summary judgment and before the Supreme Court appeal, Mcculley was able to acquire the original 30 year TIL and GFE, at great expense, which US BANK swore didn't exist. Don't tell me these foreclosure attorneys aren't scum bags ! Fraud perpetuating fraud. Thank God the Supreme Court of Montana saw through their BS, and sent it back to district for trial.
Sun, 2014-05-25 13:17
I am visiting Mackoff later this week to view the original deed and note that they were able to produce in two weeks time while no one else has been able to in over three years! AND, the note that has been provided is a forgery (hence my request to see the original).
I just am tickled to see the craftsmanship of this wet ink note they scanned and emailed. And, to the moles and trolls, don't bend the truth. You are placing blame on the borrowers, but truth is my "lender" was a NON-EXISTENT corporation and IN FACT did not loan me a dime. And, I do have actual proof of that. I was deceived into a financial scheme. I got the wire information, and it wasn't from the lender of record!
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County attorney expands ban on gangs in northeast Houston
By Brian Rogers | June 16, 2014 | Updated: June 16, 2014 5:01pm
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This photo of a self-proclaimed member of the 59 Bounty Hunters – a subset of the Bloods gang – illustrates the type gang tattoos used.
Photo By Harris County Attorney's OfficeThis photo of a self-proclaimed member of the 59 Bounty Hunters – a subset of the Bloods gang – illustrates the type gang tattoos used. Keep clicking to learn more about Texas' biggest gang threats.
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These are Texas' biggest gang threatsThese are the state's most worrisome gang threats according to the Department of Public Safety's Texas Gang Threat Assessment.Above: These weapons were seized from members of the Texas Syndicate during an 18-month investigation. The probe led to 18 people being indicted.
Photo By .Tango Blast and Tango CliquesTier 1 ThreatDPS: Tango Blast and Tango cliques are located in many major cities across Texas. Tango Blast first developed as a self-protection group against more established prison gangs, such as Texas Mexican Mafia and Texas Syndicate. The gang has grown rapidly and boasts the highest membership numbers among prison gangs in Texas. Due to the rapid growth of Tango Blast and Tango cliques, as well as its high level of criminal activity, propensity for violence and relationships with Mexican cartels, the gang poses a significant threat to Texas.
Above: A Tango Blast tattoo.
Texas SyndicateTier 1 ThreatDPS: Texas Syndicate (TS) is a violent prison gang that originated in the California penal system over 40 years ago. Texas Syndicate moved into Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) prisons and onto the streets, often working with Mexican cartels such as Los Zetas. Recent law enforcement investigations targeting the gang have resulted in the arrest of high-ranking members, dismantling top leadership positions within each of TS's regional hierarchies. Texas Syndicate remains a resilient criminal threat to Texas.
Above: This undated picture, introduced as evidence at the trial of former Texas Syndicate Laredo sillon, or chairman, Tomas "Tom Cat" Barrera, 41, shows Jorge "La Mona" Gomez, who was identified during the 2009 trial as a Zeta cartel operative who police believe has since died, and Texas Syndicate member Juan Manuel "Pugs" Marquez Rodriguez, 31. Marquez pleaded guilty to two murders he'd been hired to take part in by the Zetas and is serving a 20-year prison sentence.
Photo By Courtesy Texas Department of Public SafetyTexas Mexican MafiaTier 1 ThreatDPS: Despite having its threat level downgraded in 2012 because of significant law enforcement targeting, Texas Mexican Mafia (TMM) has upheld its membership size, commitment to prosper from the sale and distribution of firearms and illicit drugs, and involvement in violent crimes. TMM will likely continue to remain organizationally effective and engage in criminal activity.Above: Above: Alleged Mafia member Anthony Gonzales is wanted by authorities for murder, aggravated assault, engaging in organized criminal activity, and parole violation.
Barrio AztecaThreat Tier 1DPS: Barrio Azteca (BA) has lost much of its support in the last year due to the deteriorating influence of the Juarez Cartel. In addition, law enforcement efforts have been successful in targeting the gang. Although predominantly located in El Paso and Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, arrests of BA members have been active in Wichita Falls and Houston.
Above: Jesus Ernesto Chavez Castillo aka "El Camello", who is suspected of ordering the assassination of a U.S. Consulate worker in Ciudad Ju?rez and at least one other deadly attack in Mexico's bloody drug war, appeared in the courtroom of U.S. Magistrate Judge John Primomo for a closed-door hearing that took about 40 minutes. A member of "Los Aztecas," or the Barrio Azteca gang of El Paso, he told authorities he was ordered to arrange the killing by gang members. The gang operates in both border cities.
Photo By www.bexar.org/da/Latin KingsTier Threat 2DPS: The Latin Kings is a violent street gang that originated in Chicago, Illinois in the early 1960s. Originally created to overcome racial prejudice, the gang soon became a criminal force. The gang migrated into Texas shortly after its creation, and began to open local chapters. Due to its interstate structure and criminal growth, Latin Kings has increased its threat to the state of Texas.Above: A common Latin Kings tattoo.
Photo By Michael JohnsonMara Salvatrucha (MS-13)Tier 1 ThreatDPS: Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) is the best known transnational street gang in the world, with ongoing command, control and coordination between gang leaders and cliques in different countries. MS-13 remains a constant threat to the state of Texas through its use of violence and disregard of law enforcement.
Above: A common tattoo among members of MS-13.
Photo By Brant WardSurenosTier 2 ThreatDPS: The Sureños originated as a gang confederation closely aligned under the umbrella of the California Mexican Mafia. As such, they often utilize the number 13 as a sign of respect to the California Mexican Mafia (the letter M being the 13th letter in the alphabet). Although many gangs in Texas may use the Sureños name, not all of them are affiliated with the California-based confederation. We assess that Sureños will strive to establish a stronger presence in Texas in the near future.
Above: A young member of Surenos is handcuffed for defacing a public building with graffiti.
Photo By Bexar County Sheriff's OfficeBloodsTier 2 ThreatDPS: The Bloods are a violent street gang that originated in Los Angeles, California in the the early 1970s, with ties to People-Nation-affiliated gangs. The gang originally developed as an offshoot clique of the Crips gang. The Bloods' presence in Texas has been documented sing the 1980s. Multiple cities in Texas have instituted gang injunctions against the Bloods and their rivals, the Crips. The Bloods' overall presence, the level of their criminal activity, and the violence perpetrated by its members qualify them as a serious threat in Texas.Above: Alleged Bloods gang member Terrance Clemons was arrested for alleged burglary of a habitation.
Photo By U.S. Department of JusticeAryan Brotherhood of TexasTier 2 ThreatDPS: The Aryan Brotherhood of Texas (ABT) was formed as a white supremacist prison gang, but places its racist ideology secondary to its everyday criminal activities. Aryan Brotherhood of Texas is not considered a threat to the border areas of Texas, but threatens Texas internally because of its involvement in violent crimes, the methamphetamine business, and frequent property crimes. Multi-agency investigations have seriously affected ABT's leadership structure and effectiveness.
Above: Steven Walter Cooke, a general in the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas. The undated photos are courtesy of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and have never before been published. They were found on a phone that was captured by law-enforcement authorities and used to prosecute Cooke, a Tomball resident.
Photo By LUCY NICHOLSONCripsTier 2 ThreatDPS: The Crips is a criminal street gang founded in Los Angeles, California in the late 1960s with ties to Folk-Nation-affiliated gangs. The name "Crips" does not define a single gang, but rather an identity with which many gang cliques associate themselves. Crips gangs have maintained a documented presence in Texas since the mid- 1980s. Crips' criminal activities continue to threaten the larger metropolitan areas of Texas. Multiple cities in Texas have instituted gang injunctions against the Crips and their rivals, the Bloods.Above: A mourner wears a Crips gang shirt as he sits in a pew at Bethel A.M.E. church during the funeral of Stanley Tookie Williams in Los Angeles December 20, 2005.
Photo By JOERGEN JESSEN/.Bandidos Outlaw Motorcycle GangTier 2 ThreatDPS: Formed in the 1960s, the Bandidos Outlaw Motorcycle Gang (Bandidos OMG) conducts its illegal activities as covertly as possible and avoids high-profile activities such as drive-by shootings that many street gangs tend to commit. However, members are not covert about making their presence known by wearing the gang colors, insignia, and riding in large groups. They seek to turn public sentiment in their favor by organizing frequent charity runs. Bandidos are likely to focus on recruiting new members with no criminal history.
Above: European, Australian and U.S. members of the Houston, Texas-led Bandidos gang on way Wednesday, March 20,1996, to the funeral of their Danish comrade Uffe Larsen at the church in the village Stenloese 35 kilometers northwest of Copenhagen.
Photo By Texas Department of Public SafetyPartido Revolucionario MexicanoTier 2 ThreatDPS: Partido Revolucionario Mexicano (PRM) is an organized and secretive prison gang that operates in Mexico and Texas. Partido Revolucionario Mexicano is composed mainly of Mexican nationals, many of whom are illegal aliens and who are subsequently deported once they are released from prison; this allows the PRM to establish cells on both sides of the border. Partido Revolucionario Mexicano members who are deported often re-enter the United States and establish themselves as members in Texas. Partido Revolucionario Mexicano allows U.S. citizens to become members of the gang in order to maintain their presence in Texas and eliminate the possibility of deportation.Above: Alleged gang member Daniel Carillo was wanted by officials for failure to register as a sex offender and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
Photo By DPS Texas Ganag Assessment 2014/DPSTexas Chicano Brotherhood (no photo available)Tier 2 ThreatDPS: The Texas Chicano Brotherhood (TxCB) emerged in Hidalgo, Texas after its two founding members defected from the Tri-City Bombers. The prison gang follows the traditional philosophy of "blood in, blood out" membership, common with other prison gangs. Historically, TxCB recruited its members in prison; however, the gang has been forced to recruit members from the street after established prison gangs prohibited them from recruiting in the prison system.
Photo By DPS Texas Gang Assessment 2014/DPSThe largest concentration of Texas gang activity is predictably in the urban areas, but pockets of the sparsely-populated West Texas also show high concentrations.
A Houston judge on Monday permanently banned 47 suspected gang members from a perennially troubled area of northeast Harris County.
The gang injunction, signed by state District Judge Alexandra Smoots-Hogan, expands the area affected by the area's first gang injunction, which was signed in 2010 to clean up what was then the city's most dangerous apartment complex, Haverstock Hills.
The 2010 injunction banned 28 suspected gang members from entering the 700-unit complex, an elementary school and the surrounding stores and businesses, in the northwest corner of Aldine Bender and the Eastex Freeway.
Monday's order expands the area to include three other apartment complexes and two other schools. It also increases the number of alleged members who are prohibited in the area to 47.
"We're trying to take the good things that are happening at Haverstock and expand to other areas of what we now call the 'East Aldine Safety Zone,'" said First Assistant County Attorney Robert Soard.
To ban alleged gang members, lawyers with the Harris County Attorney's office have to identify each one and show a continuing pattern of illegal behavior. The named suspects are alleged members of two notorious gangs, the Bloods and the Crips.
Harris County Attorney Vince Ryan won a similar injunction last year against other members of the Crips and Bloods that banned them from the Brays Oaks Safety Zone in southwest Houston.
The injunction asserts that the defendants have been regularly engaging in gang activities, including weapons offenses, criminal trespass and drug possession. The injunction bans them from being physically present in the 'Safety Zone.'


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Has the "Golden Age" of the Corvette been going on since the changeover from C4 to C5, in your opinion? If so, there's one collector whose garage houses some fine examples of the later-model Corvettes. But these are there for one very important reason: They came out of his plant.
Wil Cooksey was plant manager at General Motors' Bowling Green Assembly Plant in Kentucky from February of 1993 until March of 2008. Before then, as he worked his way up the ladder at GM, he was a Corvette man--one who shared his passion with family and friends via GM's employee-discount program. "I was buying as many as two Corvettes a year when it was not disadvantageous in terms of the tax situation," he recalls from his home near Bowling Green. "That's because I was buying them, and letting my friends buy them from me, when I first started working for GM back in 1972."
If there ever is a reunion of all the Corvettes that Wil Cooksey bought from GM, and then sold over the years, it would take a huge show field to hold them all. That's because by his count he's had nearly five hundred. "There's four hundred and twenty-seven of `em in the U.S., and the other 78 went overseas," he says with a laugh.
But now it's the C4 and later Corvettes that are the focus of Wil's collection, starting with a certain dark-red '93 coupe. "The 40th Anniversary has a special significance to me," Wil recalls. "I had been doing my job as the production manager in the Fairfax (Kansas) Assembly Plant, and I'd already put in my order for that car to be shipped to Kansas. What happened was, I got interviewed for the job in Bowling Green before my car was put on the truck. When I got the notice that I was going to get that `dream job,' (plant manager at Bowling Green Assembly), I immediately got in touch with the Bowling Green Assembly Plant people and told them, `Don't ship my Corvette--put it in my company-car spot because I'm the new plant manager."
The move to Bowling Green was not just a promotion into Wil's dream job, but a reunion of Corvette devotees. "That was like a homecoming because I had worked with the bunch here at Bowling Green back in St. Louis," he says of the Bowling Green Assembly and Corvette Team members he'd met up with during Corvette's transition to BGA from St. Louis Assembly. "I still remembered them, and they knew me--as a matter of fact, whenever I was having a new Corvette built, I'd drop by sometimes, take a look at it and pat `em on the back, saying `Great job, guys!' They were always interested in the fact that I was a Corvette enthusiast, and these guys were still building Corvettes for me even though I'd been transferred to (Fairfax) Kansas. Even when I was in Doraville (Georgia), I kept doing the same thing--I kept giving them orders, and buying Corvettes from them."
The C5s hold a special place for Wil, not only in his garage, but also in this Corvette man's heart. "That was the most innovative, most outstanding year when we launched that product," he says of the time before the all-new '97 Corvette went into production. "I think there's a lot of greatness in the fifth generation, especially coming from the fourth generation." He adds, "I made certain that I was deeply involved in every phase of the C5, from its inception. I had teams traveling back and forth to Michigan, sitting in meetings--I had people working in the shops, telling them, `No, you don't need to do this, because you can't guarantee a quality job.' We were all quite engaged, and so I'm very proud of the fifth-generation Corvette, of what we were able to achieve over the fourth, so I said, I got to have C5s, because I know what went into them."
One of Wil's C5s has "a little something" more than a good selection of factory options--a 2001 that's equipped with nitrous oxide injection. He also has a 2003 50th Anniversary convertible, as well.


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Stories from people who were children during World War II and the objects in this exhibit animate the past and inform us of a time when war took over daily life. "Retrospect is a very interesting thing," says Ruthie Kallnder. "At the time I don't recall any of the information we got as being propaganda," but the government tried to influence children to make "necessary" sacrifices. Propagandists made the war a battle between good and evil, democracy and fascism. They also asked children to share in the war effort. In response, many children took on more responsibilities. Ruthie explains that boys and girls felt "if that's what it was going to take" to win they "were willing to do it." The memories of the people in this exhibit and their wartime actions show the power of propaganda's messages and its lasting affect on their lives. Propaganda posters, children's books, and classroom assignments demonstrate how propagandists reached children and involved them in the national war effort.
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11/8/13 Lamar & Khloe Back Together
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Friday, November 8, 2013
EVA MENDES and RYAN GOSLING have reportedly broken up after about two years together. A source says, quote, "Eva said the relationship had just run its course. "There wasn't a lot to say. He was everything you're supposed to want in a guy . . . great on paper . . . but she felt like something was missing."
Sources say LAMAR ODOM and KHLOE KARDASHIAN have been spending a lot more time together lately, and things are going pretty well. A witness says they were looking, quote, "couple-y" at KRIS JENNER'S birthday party Tuesday night. And Khloe is denying reports that they're selling their house.
DENISE RICHARDS and BROOKE MUELLER met yesterday with a representative of the Department of Children and Family Services . . . to discuss the custody of Brooke's 4-year-old twin sons with CHARLIE SHEEN. Charlie was also invited to the meeting, but declined to attend. Denise has temporary custody of Bob and Max, but she recently wrote a letter to the DFCS saying she couldn't handle them anymore because they're basically IN-FREAKIN'-SANE. And she blamed Brooke for that. At yesterday's meeting, Denise was reportedly still not sure she wanted to keep the boys. But everyone agreed that they've suffered significant psychological damage due to their tumultuous family situation. But there was at least one positive: There was no evidence that Brooke is off the wagon. And the DCFS acknowledged that the goal is to get Brooke back into a position where she can resume custody. Not surprisingly, nobody suggested that Charlie take custody
Tom Cruise has filed a $50 million lawsuit against Bauer Publishing for their 2012 cover stories of both Life & Style and In Touch that claimed he had abandoned Suri after divorcing Katie Holmes. As part of the deposition in the case Cruise said it's not the ideal situation and he didn't see his daughter for 110 days after the divorce.
11/7/13 Will Smith Cheating?
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Thursday, November 7, 2013
A video was posted on YouTube yesterday that supposedly shows a Brazilian prostitute filming JUSTIN BIEBER while he was sleeping. A Twitter account attributed to the woman also shows a hand holding a stack of money, along with the caption, "Thanks @justinbieber for the fresh dolla bills."
JUSTIN BIEBER brought 10 young ladies back to his rented home in the Rio, where they snacked on chicken nuggets, chocolate, Doritos and other chips, peanuts and slices of pineapple. It doesn't sound like any SEX happened, because when Justin wanted everyone to leave he just told them, quote, "I'm tired. I think I need to go to sleep."
Pictures have surfaced of WILL SMITH in a photo booth with a 23-year-old actress named MARGOT ROBBIE. And in one of them, they're even pulling up their shirts. One source claims these pics are the result of hooking up at a party, but another says it happened on a movie set for the last day of shooting.
"OK!" magazine claims that when KIM KARDASHIAN and KANYE WEST make The Big Mistake, Kanye will be accompanied down the aisle by 12 DOGS. A source says he's hired a top dog trainer to, quote, "train 12 Pekingese 'angels' to precede Kanye down the aisle." The magazine also claims the wedding will be a $5 million, "two-week-long celebration" in Italy.
On "Ellen" yesterday, ASHTON KUTCHER said, quote, "There are some kids in the world that grow up today and think, 'I want to be famous,' instead of, 'When I grow up I want to do something, I want to build something, I want to create something . . . [and] all that is kind of crap . . . working hard and being thoughtful and generous and smart . . . it's a path to a better life."
11/6/13 Amanda Bynes Getting Released?
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013
KRISTEN BELL says that when she was pregnant, she didn't feel connected to her daughter . . . and was even worried she wouldn't love the child as much as she loved her DOGS. But she says that within 24 hours of the birth her hormones reset and it was all good.
DAVID ARQUETTE and his girlfriend Christina McLarty are expecting their first child. They've been dating for about two years, although they split briefly last year.
Last month we heard that OWEN WILSON had impregnated his personal trainer, one Caroline Lindqvist. Well, that appears to be true. People.com says they're expecting a baby boy in January. Owen and Caroline are NOT together, but they're cool. They're even getting together for a baby shower next month.
TMZ says AMANDA BYNES could be back on the streets by Christmas. Amanda has been in custody since July 22nd, when she was arrested for starting a gasoline fire in a random woman's driveway. She was held at the UCLA Medical Center psych ward until September, when she was transferred to a rehab facility in Malibu. A source says Amanda has been responding well to meds and psychological counseling, and she'll be released to her mother's care sometime next month.
DENISE RICHARDS has temporary custody of CHARLIE SHEEN'S 4-year-old twin sons, but she doesn't want them anymore because they violently attack her dogs, her daughters, and even kids and teachers at their school. Denise says it's the fault of the boys' mother BROOKE MUELLER.
ASHTON KUTCHER has joined a website called PopExpert.com . . . where he'll web chat with people and give them career advice. His areas of expertise are career mentoring, marketing, branding, producing, social media and, of course, ACTING. He's only charging $5 for the first session and $10 each for additional sessions.
11/5/13 Miley Caught with Bad Things
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Tuesday, November 5, 2013
DREW BARRYMORE and her husband Will Kopelman are expecting their second child, according to her rep. There's no word how far along she is, but she was photographed with a little bit of a bump on Sunday. Drew and Will have a 13-month-old daughter named Olive. Drew is 38 years old.
Miley Cyrus was caught making out with BENJI MADDEN from GOOD CHARLOTTE last thuusday. And now, some photos emerged yesterday of Miley, Benji and their crew leaving the Halloween party they were at . . . and Miley's holding a bottle of something, and it looks like a bottle of rum. One of Miley's friends has a bottle of Jack Daniels. Miley doesn't turn 21 until the 23rd of this month. Meanwhile, there's another picture from that night going around the web, in which ADAM LAMBERT seems to be handing Miley a funny-looking cigarette. Was it a joint? Adam won't say.
Some British plastic surgeon decided to pick a fight with J-Lo's face on Twitter. He posted supposed "before and after" photos of JENNIFER LOPEZ and said, quote, "These before and after pics of J-Lo show many signs of plastic surgery . . . naturally pretty but now looks amazing." Jennifer did NOT let it stand. She replied, quote, "Sorry Sir, but I have never had plastic surgery of any kind.
Jon Gosselin says his kids are developmentally behind and damaged from growing up on TV. Jon appeared on Oprah Winfrey's "Where Are They Now?" He said that "Jon and Kate Plus 8" destroyed his marriage, his reputation, his career and his children. Gosselin says his eight kids have problems with their peers, and problems talking to other people. He says it's due to growing up on TV.
11/4/13 Justin Bieber in Whorehouse
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Monday, November 4, 2013
JUSTIN BIEBER was spotted leaving a WHOREHOUSE in Rio de Janeiro on Friday. He was trying to hide under a blanket. He and a friend brought some girls with them back to his hotel. The following night he ended a concert early after someone hit him with a water bottle.
As a rights-holder to KURT COBAIN'S estate, COURTNEY LOVE has a certain amount of power. Power that she's apparently NOT using to her best advantage. She says, quote, "I still get hit on by guys because they want to be cast in that Kurt Cobain biopic that's been in production for years. I could give you some [actors'] names that would blow your mind, but I am so not sleeping with someone under 38."
KENDALL JENNER turned 18 yesterday . . . and the PORN OFFERS are already rolling in. According to TMZ, at least SIX companies are offering Kendall BIG MONEY to become famous the way her big sister KIM KARDASHIAN did. One company, Bangyoulater.com, is offering $1.8 MILLION for Kendall and a partner of her choosing to get it on for them.
Several celebrities were at Los Angeles International Airport Friday when a 23-year-old man opened fire, including James Franco, Nick Jonas, Jimmy Johnson, Julie Newmar and two guys from "Mythbusters". A TSA officer was killed and two people were wounded, but none of the celebrities were injured.


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HP Spectre XT TouchSmart Ultrabook pictures and hands-on
The Windows 8 explosion begins, and even laptops are getting in on the touchscreen action. The HP Spectre XT TouchSmart Ultrabook, which comes loaded with Windows 8, led Pocket-lint to go hands-on - quite literally - to see how this new touch-enabled laptop fared.
First thing's first, the look: we think there's more than a little bit of MacBook Pro about the Spectre XT. Not that that's a bad thing. The silver finish, black keys with backlighting and simple, slender and elegant design all tick the boxes for us. HP also talks up the edge-to-edge glass finish, and all-metal design. Hey, good lookin'.
It's 17.9mm thick and weighs just over 2.1kgs. We picked it up and that kind of weight isn't a problem to cart around, though many will prefer using the XT as a desktop-replacement or standalone machine.
Over in China we've already had a play with the 13-inch version of the XT at one of HP's factories. We liked what we'd seen, so this upsized 15.6-inch version will tick boxes for those after more screen real estate.
However, the hands-on approach does seem a little strange to start off with. We get that Windows 8 has touch capabilities, so to use them does make some sense, but in general we prefer to leave laptop screens fingerprint-free. Tablets, fine, but laptops are a different story.
Saying that, you needn't touch the Spectre XT's screen much at all. There is, of course, that compulsory Windows 8 opening "tile screen" so a couple of swipes are unavoidable, but we think most people will fire up desktop mode upon launch.
As with all current HP machines there's Beats Audio on board. More marketing than game changer, the Beats logos do seem to take pride of place over HP's own badges and name.
Connectivity ought to be tip-top too. Sharp-eyed readers may have spotted in our original news story that the Spectre XT sports Intel Thunderbolt technology for the fastest transfer speeds. There's also Gigabit Ethernet, USB 3.0, SD card and HDMI connections.
When it hits the shelves following Windows 8's official roll out at the end of October, the HP Spectre XT TouchSmart Ultrabook could be yours for just under £1,200. It's pricey, but that's the going rate for a premium-finished, well-designed and fast laptop these days. We reckon it looks like a good'un.


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Shown are two of the versions of Skipper® doll's cute jacket dress. The green style with actual heart print was the most often seen; the blue floral was less common. The dress simulated a skirt and blouse look with suspenders. The sleeveless top was a yellow ribbed knit and the skirt was floral. The cardigan jacket and cap were also made from the floral fabric. Accessories were cute plastic granny glasses, yellow ribbed knit socks, yellow shoulder bag, yellow ankle boots, and a black book strap which held two pencils (tan and red), and these books: a green Arithmetic book and a smaller yellow English book.
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One of the really cool things about magazine engines is that we continually get to "revisit" them and monitor their progress. One such project was first seen in our June '01 issue, called "A Stroke of Genius." It involved the buildup of a 391-cid small-block using an effective, yet unconventional, offset-ground crankshaft and rods with the small 327 journal size to yield the extra cubic inches. We followed the buildup over the next two issues and finished with a dyno flogging at Vrbancic Brothers Racing Engines in the August '01 issue.
Then, we revisited the 391 once again in the November '01 issue where we abused it on the dyno in an attempt to see just how much nitrous we could pump into a street motor before it blew up. That test revealed some interesting results. The most important thing we got out of it was that nitrous motors really need some high-octane race gas to live with anything above a 150hp shot. Due to our insistence on running only 91-octane fuel, the engine broke and was summarily shelved for several months until we could figure out a cool approach for its next story. That begins now.
We pitched the idea of setting up the "Genius" stroker to test some Holley street EFI equipment to its original builder, Hye-Tech Performance in La Puente, California. They agreed that it would be a cool idea and began rebuilding the engine near to its original, pre-nitrous-destruction specs. That means a new set of 10.4:1 JE pistons were hung off the original C.A.T. Power 5.7-inch rods with a new Total Seal gapless ring set replacing the damaged pieces. Clevite supplied some new rod and main bearings, and the bottom end was complete.
Since EFI is currently the hot ticket when it comes to making everyday-reliable street power, we thought we'd add a new Holley Stealth Ram to this stroker to see what it's made of. One thing that had to be changed to work best with the new EFI system was the cam because the solid nitrous grind we had in it before just wouldn't do. So a call was made to Lunati for one of their hydraulic roller EFI grinds, since that'd be a cool way to cruise. With the new cam in the block we tackled installing the Holley Stealth Ram kit. After reading the Holley instruction manual, figuring out where each of the multitude of wires plugged in was fairly simple. Then, to see what this thing could do, we trucked it back over to Vrbancic Brothers Racing and bolted it onto the DTS dyno for its third flogging.
There's another benefit to building magazine test engines. When the people that make the parts we're testing, Holley in this case, want to be sure that we get the best results possible, they'll send a representative out to "supervise" our test sessions. We love that because it means we've got another more-experienced soul in the dyno cell to bounce questions and ideas off of, and if we run into problems, they'll have a much better chance of getting them corrected back at the shop than we would on our own.
For this test, Holley's Doug Flynn came armed with his mighty laptop and was able to tune some impressive figures from our otherwise docile Mouse. The thing to remember with the Stealth Ram kit is that it's not designed to make gobs of power. Rather, its sole purpose is to give its owner smooth cruising, reasonable economy, and easy tunability, all in a package that anyone with a toolbox and a laptop could install and tune. Don't get us wrong; at first this thing was a bit hard to figure out, but once we got all the wires plugged into their correct spots and fired it up, Doug showed us that dialing it in was a piece of cake.


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"Where am I?"
"Interesting," noted a quiet voice. "I never knew anyone that actually said that."
It was all very dark, but it was an unusual kind of dark, which seemed to regard light with contempt: The kind of dark that light would nervously skirt around.
The voice, whoever it had been, had been quite close, and in the thick silence that followed, Irikas began to feel something in close approximation to fear. He shook himself uneasily. His kind didn't fear; they were the ones to be feared; the greatest warriors and the ones chosen to regulate reality itself. Whatever happened, Irikas was not going to show fear, so he did the one thing that could make him appear most at ease: he yawned, obnoxiously and at great length.
The silence which pressed in from all directions recoiled very slightly, but when it resumed its pressure, there was something different about its atmoshere. Irikas frowned, trying to figure out what it might be. Was it... amused?
He ignored this, well aware that something was watching him, and set about trying to figure out what had happened. His memory, however, seemed to have fogged up, like a disturbed fish−pond.
"I'm quite pleased, really," said a voice suddenly, with a conversational edge to it. Irikas jumped, and almost immediately rebuked himself. He was not scared. The voice was deathly quiet, but against the auditory background of total silence, it might as well have been a scream. It continued.
"I mean, you're obviously at ease here, despite what must be a rather disorienting series of events."
It had just been a normal, long−distance delivery, surely? Just a dozen pickaxes flown up to the dwarven stronghold. So how had he ended up here? The voice, oblivious to his worry, kept talking, now entering the state of chatter.
"I like it when people are at ease. They're much more... co−operative."
Irikas was beginning to realize how poorly he was keeping up his side of the conversation - if it could be called that - so he replied, even if it was merely to dispute a mis−wording.
"But I'm not at ease," he murmured. "I'm quite annoyed. And," he added, as an afterthought, "I'm not a person. You knew that."
It felt very strange, talking to someone that wasn't actually visible. He dredged up a memory, dragging it out of the metaphorical pond−muck.
...He was flying, an icy breeze whistling past him as he glided between the mountain peaks and through the valleys. Countless summits passed by, but only one mattered: the destination...
If darkness could smile, Irikas thought, that was what it would look like.
"Of course not, my reptilian friend. Now, I should turn the lights on, perhaps?"
Lights? Something as mundane as lights could dispel this darkness?
...As the sun sunk below the horizon, the icy breeze slowly escalated into a gale, howling mournfully. Before long it was a blizzard, and now it was a battle between him and the wind, as he was buffeted and blown off course. All he could see was the oncoming snow, and the faint outlines of a few mountains...
The dark was, indeed, receding. Points of blurred light appeared in it, spreading tentatively. With a whistling noise, the dark was sucked into several brass jars, like a very thick cloud of smoke, and disappeared. For the first time, Irikas could see the room.
...He was virtually blind, fearing that if he landed he wouldn't be able to take off again. The blizzard screamed heartlessly at him. With a sudden jolt, the package's ropes snapped and it tumbled off his back into the abyss. With a cry, he dived after it, but it was already receding, the snow was rushing up to meet him and...
It wasn't a dungeon, in the strictest sense of the word. Although the windows were high, small and barred, and slime dripped sluggishly from them, the floor was richly carpeted and the walls were wood panelled. A fire crackled in a massive marble grate, above of which a decorated shield hung. The furniture was equally impressive. Nevertheless, the door was thick and capable of being very firmly shut.
However, in the middle of the room, thankfully, there was some sign of life. A man stood comically still, head bowed, wearing a long white robe. With a sudden jerking movement, his head shot up, wearing a smile tailored to reassure people that have reason to be especially worried.
"Hello!" he said, almost absurdly cheerful. "Sorry about the fiendfog, but I felt it was best to ascertain your state of mind first."
"Fiendfog?" Irikas raised an eyelid with a snick.
"Basically darkness absorbed into a gaseous form. Ahem. My name is Jieara'kursin."
"I'll never remember that," Irikas mumbled, still a tad disoriented. Where was he, anyway? He'd asked the question, but so far not received an answer. The man shrugged.
"It hardly matters, as I expect you to refer to me as sir while you are here."
Irikas bristled, slightly annoyed. He'd never encountered a human daring enough to demand subversience from a dragon. Unless...
Another possibility occured to him.
"Hang on," he frowned. "Am I rescued or captured?"
The smile grew into an unruly grin.
"You are conscripted. I require your services for a while, then you are free to leave."
Irikas sighed, a slight rumble entering his throat.
"I, er, still have a delivery to make."
"What? A delivery?"
Irikas unconsciously saluted, something his profession demanded. He couldn't help feeling silly, though, especially when he noticed the large steel manacle attached to his front-left leg.
"I'm the long−range communications dragon, sir," Irikas grimaced. "From Sevenoak, the wizards' tower."
"Aha," the man nodded. "Near the coast. Nice."
Nice, in Irikas's opinion, was one word he could never apply to the tower, or the nearby coast, for that matter.
"Your name?" the man asked, barely a hint of curiosity left in his voice.
"I see. Well, Irikas, a necromancer like me is always rather busy. I'd love to say and chat but there's something I need to attend to right about now," he said, already striding towards the door. A few italicized syllables fought their way into Irikas's befuddled mind.
"Wait a minute," he said, eyes widening. "You said you were a... what?"
But the door was already closing, hinges groaning as its weight swung inwards. Irikas strained at his manacle, calling into the rapidly closing gap.
"Come back here!"
The italics are a bit broken and I don't have the time to go through and fix them all, but I've tried. Sorry.