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Samsung looking to push "Premium Suite" update to Samsung GALAXY Note instead of Android 4.0?
0. phoneArena 05 Mar 2012, 18:10 posted on
Earlier this year, Samsung said it was backing off a plan to update the Samsung Galaxy S and Samsung Galaxy Tab with a "Value Pack" instead of Android 4.0; the end of the Angry Birds Space trailer 2 for the Samsung GALAXY Note mentions a "Premium Suite" update coming to the "phablet" on March 22ns...
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1. gallitoking (Posts: 4718; Member since: 17 May 2011)
unless Samsung turned over a new leaf when it comes to upgrades. i dont expect the ICS to the Note anythime soon
2. m.garz (Posts: 61; Member since: 08 Oct 2010)
Beat me by a minute.. lol
might as well go with custom roms..
5. oddmanout (Posts: 442; Member since: 22 May 2009)
Unless you have the international note, your gonna be let down as far as custom roms go. Not many devs working with the US model. Any developer would be smart enough to go with the international note. This US model is a fluke. There two completely different devices. I love the note but i question its future. I just hope i didn't make a mistake on locking in a contract wit at&t.
3. oddmanout (Posts: 442; Member since: 22 May 2009)
Alright I've made up my mind. Im exchanging the note for a HTC One XL. HTC has always been reliable with their flagships. Once I've already gotten used to ICS, its hard to go back to gingerbread (especially seeing that im no fan of touch wiz). Even over on xda there isnt hardly any development going on for the US note. I know it was just released but i just have a feeling that Im going to be let down with my expectations for this device. At least with the One XL, I'll be comfortable knowing that its HTC's main priority. I can't say the same about Samsung.
19. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
Thats why you dont buy "alternate versions" of popular phones. Samsung flagships have exynos, not S3 Crapdragons like the US Note and US SGS2 hercules/skyrocket.
Reason #342 that I wont buy a crapdragon. :)
26. Crave (Posts: 12; Member since: 22 Oct 2011)
Newest snapdragon not good enough?
28. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
Not for me. S4 catches up to the exynos 4210, which is great. Exynos however is going well beyond that this year. The SGS3 should be out within a few months of the first S4 phones. The Exynos 4212 dual core is nearly 50% more powerful, the 5XXX quad core is nearly 100% more powerful. Is it worth waiting 2 more months for a 40-100% increase in power compared to an exynos/S4? I think so.
29. ngo2dd (Posts: 896; Member since: 08 Jul 2011)
The S4 is better then the 4210 so deal with it. Not catch up but better.
42. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
when real world testing is done, not "reference design testing", the S4 is a hair better, yes. But that is "catching up". If it was truely an "A15" competitor, it would compete with this years A15's, not with last year's A9's. The exynos 5xxx A15 dual core is supposed to be 2x as powerful as the current exynos. That obliterates that S4.
32. nyamo (Posts: 274; Member since: 19 Mar 2011)
right there with ya remixfa. and if att keeps axing all the goodies from the phones, i'll just have to go the old ebay iphone route and buy the international versions
47. 0o0blackstar0o0 (Posts: 86; Member since: 26 Oct 2011)
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4. HTCiscool (Posts: 449; Member since: 16 Jul 2011)
They will at least update 1 of the versions, it would be too bad for their reputation if they were to leave the Note on GB
6. oddmanout (Posts: 442; Member since: 22 May 2009)
I really hope they don't. I only bought my at&t Galaxy Note because it was supposed to get ice cream sandwich soon. For a few days now i feel like I've made the wrong decision with this device. The 5.3 inch amoled suckered me in but the lack of software integration is killing my attitude towards this phone.
10. chazking99 (Posts: 12; Member since: 09 Feb 2012)
if you actually read this it says with premium suite not that it is not getting ics, if the writers for pa would actually read something and not between the lines, it would help everybody to understand it. Thanks Alan F. to just throw an article out there to piss people off with absolutley no info at all.
27. sam_tek (Posts: 105; Member since: 18 Feb 2011)
exactly! where did it ever say anything about 4.0 not coming? and why would you assume already that premium suite's even an OS?
Beats me playa
40. 0o0blackstar0o0 (Posts: 86; Member since: 26 Oct 2011)
This could mean 2 things that PA is correct we are getting Samsung's new OS called "Premium Suite" how els will they issue this new version of Angry birds just to the Samsung Galaxy note user? through a new OS of course..
to me it looks like Samsung is advertising that its either exclusive to Galaxy note to attracted attention to it or we get it exclusively before others do to advertise the Galaxy Note also..
Remembering its still a brand new devise and not yet released in allot of major country's e.g Australia ! we get it in march around the 22nd ( I just couldn't wait and ordered one from Hong Kong lol )
Or its the name of the new Angry birds .. hmm have no idea im so confused now .
11. saeen (Posts: 20; Member since: 23 Dec 2011)
Man I can't beleive what I am reading! Why Samsung ignored their with customers with these kind of news? Why they in rush of creating clone devices & not supporting them. Value pack and now this? Ah this is disgusting.
39. 0o0blackstar0o0 (Posts: 86; Member since: 26 Oct 2011)
Dude chill this "INFO" that PA is based this artical on is a video for a game advertising 2 things a new version of angry birds and the galaxy Note .. the note is still not released in allot of country's yet like Australia! Also Australia is getting it in march so could be advertising for the 2 in one ?
12. codymws (Posts: 237; Member since: 17 Jun 2010)
Well I sure won't be buying another Samsung device again. Took long enough to get Gingerbread on the Droid Charge. Now HTC has said that the Thunderbolt (basically same specs) will be getting ICS!!!
14. chazking99 (Posts: 12; Member since: 09 Feb 2012)
I bet Alan F. is an iboy and i do mean BOY
15. squallz506 (banned) (Posts: 1075; Member since: 19 Oct 2011)
Galactic upgrade premium suite sounds like a special version of angrybirds in space to me.
17. maherk (Posts: 3746; Member since: 10 Feb 2012)
I am a proud galaxy note owner, and am not worried at all with what iphonearena just mentioned! I dont think samsung will update us about its firmware plans through a game! The writer of this silly article tried to be one of the CSI heroes and read between the lines, which he failed in. Rovio gave a hint few weeks ago that they might go with angry birds underneath the seas or maybe the galaxies, and u can tell what they were pointing at by galactic ;)
20. JGuinan007 (Posts: 684; Member since: 19 May 2011)
21. imkyle (Posts: 1073; Member since: 18 Nov 2010)
If you don't give the Note ICS after you said it would, you will have some very pissed off people.
23. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
they never said the american S3 draggin note would get it. When they announced it, the only Note in existence was the Exynos international Note.
Besides, this is a rumor, not a confirmation.
38. golgi42 (Posts: 1; Member since: 06 Mar 2012)
Actually they did say it is coming to AT&T, just not when:
43. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
touche, senior. :)
well, in that case, it came from Samsung, so you should expect the update. Again, this article is pure rumor mongering, not fact.. so who knows. But yea, if it comes from the horse's mouth, then it better happen.
51. JunitoNH (Posts: 1782; Member since: 15 Feb 2012)
Your correct, you'll get it when jellybean comes out.
22. redmd (Posts: 1268; Member since: 26 Oct 2011)
Waiting for CM9 for the Note. That is if samsung won't deliver.
24. NewForce (Posts: 3; Member since: 01 Feb 2012)
Nowaday I really hating all the speculation. "Sometimes it is hard to know what a manufacturer has in mind" If don't know, then one should shut-up instead creating more specualtion. Remember, no one owe you an answer. If don't like it, try manufacture your own device and throw all the informations to the world all the time.
25. kidtronic (Posts: 13; Member since: 29 Nov 2011)
That's a hell of a stretch.
30. ToneDef (Posts: 39; Member since: 15 Jun 2011)
I have the Value Pack on my SGS. Just went to sammobile and flashed a European build of 2.3.6. Face unlock, photo editor a-la SGS2, etc. It's all there and works really nicely. Battery life much improved. Here's a guide to doing it -http://www.theandroidsoul.com/
48. Forsaken77 (Posts: 553; Member since: 09 Jun 2011)
That's only the international version. Plus it's a "leaked" version, not a final build.
31. digicon (Posts: 121; Member since: 11 Aug 2011)
You know what this is don't you . This is Samsung showing what they think of the Google acquisition of Motorola . Samsung is conciously(and subliminally) stepping away from Android and moving to more support their own OS .
33. Venkat_5.uni (Posts: 12; Member since: 06 Jan 2012)
Guys wait.....Galaxy Note is getting ICS and there is no change in that because of the ics leaked version....the game is just a samsung's way to pump up the sales....just like Samsung did with some of the games with s2 like dead space,asphalt etc....
34. bahkata (Posts: 12; Member since: 16 Dec 2011)
sweet cheeks, stick with what you know and don't turn PA into a yellow pager. u're lucky the article is too retarded to get a law suit.
GNote's been having leaked ICS roms for quite a while now and even if it hasn't, i wonder exactly how big of an idiot you would be to think they'r not gonna update their most important device. They f*ckin payed $10 million for a single commercial of the Note on the Superbowl. Next time when you feel like satisfying ur attention complex, go to XDA and post ur horse s**t in the forums. Don't f*ck up my favorite website
35. bayhuy (Posts: 320; Member since: 23 Jun 2011)
Sorry Sammy...my next phone will be HTC....
36. dawolf (Posts: 23; Member since: 14 Oct 2011)
this is a ridiculous article, pure rumourmongering. off course ics is coming to the note.
37. tward291 (Posts: 559; Member since: 14 Feb 2012)
this is why you guys should move to windows
45. Jeradiah3 (Posts: 1032; Member since: 11 Feb 2010)
Im already sold on the Galaxy Note, but to have Angry Birds Space along with it is a win-win for me!! Hopefully i can get the phone on my birthday (March 18)
46. squallz506 (banned) (Posts: 1075; Member since: 19 Oct 2011)
beware the ides of march
49. 0o0blackstar0o0 (Posts: 86; Member since: 26 Oct 2011)
Its a decent phone man .. i love it .. also you will get used to the 5,3inch screen
50. Jeradiah3 (Posts: 1032; Member since: 11 Feb 2010)
im glad that you said that!!! Cant wait to get the phone...........my fiance will be so jealous lol
52. 0o0blackstar0o0 (Posts: 86; Member since: 26 Oct 2011)
Yeah man ill never get a phone with a smaller screen ever again i did get a shock when i first opened it i came from a 4.0inch Lg optimus black i sent a pick with it next to my tooth brush to my girlfiend lol and it looked big as but it makes anything else look like a toy and so many people that iv let play with it want it even when i went to get a case/screen protector the people where like wow where did you get it !!


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The big picture remains the same: Everyone involved in the NHL lockout lost.
Owners and players flushed away $1.3 billion, the good will of fans and hockey's status as a growing sport. The league and its players' association created economic hardships for workers and businesses in all 30 cities during their four-month dispute.
"It wasn't worth it," Buffalo Sabres forward Thomas Vanek said Monday.
Even in the lamest of arguments, however, someone has to "win." The league and NHLPA each can claim various victories while finalizing their collective bargaining agreement this week.
Owners will keep more of the money that filters into their arenas. Players are guaranteed to glide into old age with a healthy bank account. Small-market teams are more likely to make a profit with increased revenue sharing. Big-ticket franchises can get rid of their contract mistakes through two amnesty buyouts.
Here's a breakdown of key components in the next CBA and how they compare to the old deal and two significant proposals made during negotiations, the NHL's "best offer" tendered Oct. 17 and the NHLPA's "agreement is imminent" pitch Dec. 6.
Hockey-related revenue
Players earned 57 percent in the last CBA, and owners opted out of the agreement and locked their doors to get that number down. It worked.
The sides' 50-50 split, mirroring recent deals made in the NFL and NBA, was inevitable.
By chopping the players' share from 57 percent to 50 percent, owners will keep more than $1.65 billion in their pockets during years three through eight of the CBA.
Winner: Owners.
Contract term limits
Famously described by Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly as "the hill we will die on," a restriction on the length of players' deals was the most hotly debated topic during negotiations. The NHL first insisted on five years. The union offered eight.
They agreed to a seven-year limit on new deals and eight if a player re-signs.
Players no longer have unlimited earning potential, and owners have stopped themselves from giving stars guaranteed contracts that last past retirement age.
Winner: Owners.
Yearly salary variance
Long-term deals had grown farcical with players like the Sabres' Christian Ehrhoff set to be paid $18 million in salary during the first two years of his deal and a total of $3 million in his final three.
It lowered cap hits, but it also knocked small-market clubs out of player quests as they have less cash on hand than rich clubs.
The NHL wanted a yearly salary variance of 5 percent.
The players managed to bump it up considerably. The sides agreed to a maximum variance of 35 percent, with no more than 50 percent difference in the highest and lowest years of a contract.
Winner: Owners.
"We went with variances from zero to something," Sabres defenseman Jordan Leopold said. "You have to look at it in that way."
Salary cap
The league's "best offer" established the cap at $59.9 million for this season, though teams could spend up to $70.2 million with transition rules. Since revenues are expected to dip or stay flat on a pro-rated scale, the cap would have remained at $60 million next season.
The players, after pushing for $67.25 million, succeeded in getting a $64.3 million cap in 2013-14. That means this summer's free agents have an additional $129 million in their potential earnings pool.
Winner: Players.
The union's last stand was to establish a quality retirement plan for all players funded by the owners. Thus, the defined pension benefit plan that a source says will be identical to baseball. Major League Baseball players who play for a decade are eligible for up to $200,000 a year when they hit 62.
Retirement funds shouldn't impact players with salaries in the millions. However, grinders who play a season or two for the league minimum could earn into the tens of thousands per year.
Winner: Players.
CBA length
The sides initially wanted the CBA to last three to five years. As lockout damage increased, both realized a promise of lasting labor peace was essential. They agreed to a 10-year deal with an opt-out after eight.
Winner: Fans.
"At the end of the day, is it a fair deal? I don't know," Leopold said. "But the fans are going to get their hockey back."
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Three seats on the board are open, with seat No. 5 being uncontested by incumbent Ron Treabess. Seat No. 3 features a race between Judy Friedman, a TCPUD board member the past four years and current board president, and the owner of the Paper Trail in Tahoe City; and Kevin Fenley, a business owner who deals in maintenance and repair of heavy equipment, and vice president of Ward Well Water Company.
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As for how the district can reduce spending without cutting services, each of the four candidates had a different suggestion.
"There's actually a couple of ways to do that, and we're already being really proactive in doing that," Friedman said. "One way of course is to build partnerships, find grants ... Right now, for example, with IT we're outsourcing our IT needs to a local company because it's been determined that we don't need a full-time staff for that. That's a big thing.
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Williams, however, said the focus should be on employment.
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Friedman said the district should take a more active role in the revitalization of the economy.
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It's that leadership role the PUD takes on behalf of the community that Williams said she supports.
"We need the leadership that they've taken on many, many, many cases … Because we don't have a city government, these are the things that fall to the people that are strong enough to do it," she said.
A questioned posed by an audience member asked if candidates thought the PUD should be involved in parks and recreation and other benefit projects such as Commons Beach.
All four candidates answered the question with an affirmative.
The candidates were asked to name the top three things wrong with the TCPUD.
"I haven't really looked into it that way," Fenley said.
Williams shared that sentiment.
However, those on the board currently — Friedman and Henrikson — did have a few suggestions on how the TCPUD could improve.
"One of the things I think (we could improve upon), and it's a double-edged sword, is that we as the PUD take on too many things," Henrikson said. "It's hard to get everything done. We just don't say no very often, and I think we need to say no a little bit more sometimes."
Friedman agreed, adding that the TCPUD also tends to be overtly responsive.
"We serve 7,000 people, and if one person emails us and says what about this, what about that, we'll drop to go and answer and research that questions because if it's important to one person, it's probably important to more than one," she said.
As for how the candidates would decide upon matters brought forth to the board if elected, all emphasized they would listen and keep an open mind.
"The first thing would be to put aside my immediate thought or idea and listen and gather as much information as possible," Fenley said. "The more input you can get, I think (it'll) help to make a much better educated decision."


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Well, Laura Simpson is, and in a post on MySpace, she reveals that it is everything we could have imagined and then some.
Simpson was the American Hustle nominee's date to the Oscars on Sunday (along with JLaw's on-again boyfriend Nicholas Hoult). But you might know her as the girl in the black dress who Lawrence grabbed as she almost face-planted on the red carpet.
She uses "my freshly done Lauren Conrad up do to break her fall," Simpson says.
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Using the restroom before the awards show starts, as Jessica Biel holds the door open for her and compliments her on her dress, Simpson notes "no human being should be allowed to have her face and her body."
After Lawrence misses out on the best supporting actress award, which went to Lupita Nyong'o, the pair decide to watch the rest of the show from the greenroom, where there is pizza.
And then it was hard to move without running into a celebrity – literally. "My dress gets caught on Jennifer Garner and we awkwardly laugh and someone tries to separate us," Simpson writes.
Pregnant Kerry Washington asks if she can have the Slim Jim in Simpson's purse, and when said purse falls off her seat, "some guy" picks it up, "and I say, 'Thank you ... Channing Tatum.'"
While Lawrence works the room, Simpson is happy to just observe: "I kind of just sit there and smile creepily when someone catches me staring – shout out to Penelope Cruz."
After the show Lawrence and Simpson go backstage, where they meet Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, who "smells amazing, like nothing I've ever smelled," Simpson notes. "Eventually ask what cologne he's wearing and he tells us, 'I don't wear cologne, it's just my musk I guess.' I have to choose not to believe him because it would just be unfair to mankind."
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"At one point he looks in my direction and winks at me while dancing to 'If You Want My Body and You Think I'm Sexy' by Rod Stewart – a moment, I now realize, my whole life has been leading up to," she writes.
Next, it's on to Hollywood exec Guy Oseary's private party where celebrity stylist Rachel Zoe grabs Simpson's arm and tells her she looks "mage." "At that point I realize my night is not going to get any better," Simpson writes, so she leaves, getting home at around 3:30 a.m. "with an earring/hair headache and major Barbie feet."
"The whole experience was completely exhausting, overwhelming and surreal," Simpson says, summing up her evening. "I think what I took most away from the evening was how lovely all the women were. Actresses tend to get a bad reputation but every woman I met was lovely, witty and introduced themselves to me even though I wasn't famous – even Anne Hathaway."


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Look at that fucken dirty scrut!
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to eat like a pig
Im gunna go to the fridge and scrut.
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When the word "chav" is too commonly used, one must use the word "scrut". similar meaning but used more in disgust at the "female of this species" when they wear clown paint and think it looks good with the roots they cant afford to dye this month and the "gold" they got from a 20p turn machine, which all in all, makes them look like the slutty, minging, delusional tramps they really are.
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Noun; A low life person, usually with multiple non-running vehicles and or trash on their front lawn. Alcohol and drugs are synonymous with a "Scrut." Scruts are people with very little to no class, and are found in low-income areas.
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Scrut - (verb) to eat, especially when very hungry.
Scruts - (noun) food, especially good food.
Scruts - (noun) food, especially good food.
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To "Chow down" or eat so fast as to instill disgust in whomever is watching you.
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UNIVERSITY PARK - Heading into Monday night's game against No. 5 Indiana at the Jordan Center, Penn State coach Pat Chambers insisted his team would accept no moral victories.
As it turned out, there were no moral victories to be accepted.
Overmatched by a big, athletic frontcourt and a much quicker backcourt, the Nittany Lions were hammered, 74-51, to fall to 8-6 overall and 0-2 in the Big Ten. The Hoosiers, looking every bit the national title contender they were projected to be when they began the season No. 1 in both major polls, improved to 14-1 and 2-0.
"It's almost like they have two teams coming at you," said PSU guard Jermaine Marshall, who posted 11 points and seven rebounds. "They're a great team."
This was a mismatch from the start. In the first five minutes, Penn State made one of five shots to go along with three turnovers and a pair of offensive fouls. It translated into a 15-3 deficit.
Things got really ugly a few minutes later, when Chambers attempted to sneak a bit of rest for do-it-all guard D.J. Newbill at 12:44 of the first half - shortly before the second scheduled media timeout.
Leading 17-6 and with State's best ball-handler on the bench, IU hit the Lions with a full-court press. It translated into a 8-2 run - thanks in part to two turnovers by PSU guard Nick Colella.
The Lions were down 25-8 by the time Newbill returned to the floor with 11:14 left in the half. They would not get closer than a dozen points the rest of the way, and finished the game with 19 turnovers.
Indiana's length and speed - 7-foot All-American Cody Zeller finished with four steals in the game - was simply too much for PSU. So was its depth.
"It's not one guy; it's eight guys or nine guys," Chambers said. "That's a deep team, a very good team. There's a reason why they're top five in the country."
If there was something resembling a positive for the Lions in the blowout loss - remember, no moral victories allowed - it was that they continued to play hard long after it was clear they would lose.
State had nine offensive rebounds in the first half alone and finished with 17 in the game. It forced 17 Indiana turnovers, too. But it was not nearly enough to offset the Lions' horrid shooting (31.7 percent from the floor and 27.8 percent from the arc).
"Look, our guys played hard," Chambers said. "They tried. They competed. ... It was one of those nights a lid was on the hoop."
It was also one of those nights where the Hoosiers knew they had the win sealed up by the half (leading 44-27) and threw it into cruise control in the second period. In the game, no IU player took more than eight shots. And yet six of them took five or more shots.
Zeller was 5 of 7 from the floor and could have scored on nearly every possession had Indiana coach Tom Crean wanted that to happen. Frontcourt mate Christian Watford had 11 points in the game's first 11 minutes, but took only two shots in the second half.
IU also had 12 second-half turnovers. Penn State turned them into only four points.
"When you play a team like Indiana and you get turnovers, you have to produce points," Chambers said. "If you don't produce points, it's gonna be a long night."
For the team, at least. For the fans, it was a short night.
Many in the announced crowd of 9,386 began filing out with 12:47 left in the second half and PSU down 50-31, no doubt wanting to get home in time to watch most of the BCS national championship game.
If it was of any solace to them, there didn't seem to be any moral victories for the loser of that game, either.
Game notes: Sophomore forward Ross Travis had 14 to lead the Lions but it took him a career-high 17 shots to get there. ... Newbill was frustrated by IU's pressure defense, hitting only 3 of 15 shots for eight points to go along with five turnovers. ... Watford and Zeller paced the Hoosiers with 16 and 15, respectively. They combined to make 10 of 15 field goals. ... NBA scouts from the Clippers, Rockets, Thunder and Wizards were on hand for the game. ... Next up for the Lions is a home game with Northwestern Thursday. It tips at 8 p.m. and can be seen on ESPNU.
INDIANA (14-1): Watford 5-8 3-4 16, Zeller 5-7 5-9 15, Hulls 4-6 4-5 14, Oladipo 4-6 1-2 10, Ferrell 0-5 1-2 1, Sheehey 2-6 3-4 8, Mosquera-Perea 0-0 0-2 0, Abell 2-2 2-2 7, Hollowell 0-2 3-4 3, Jurkin 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-42 22-34 74.
PENN STATE (8-6): Taylor 1-4 1-2 4, Borovnjak 2-3 1-1 5, Travis 6-17 0-1 14, Newbill 3-15 2-3 8, Marshall 5-11 0-0 11, Jack 1-2 2-2 5, Montminy 0-0 0-0 0, Colella 0-2 0-0 0, Graham 0-4 2-2 2, Ackerman 1-2 0-0 2, Wisniewski 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 19-60 8-11 51.
Halftime-Indiana 44-27. 3-Point Goals-Indiana 8-16 (Watford 3-5, Hulls 2-3, Oladipo 1-1, Abell 1-1, Sheehey 1-2, Hollowell 0-1, Ferrell 0-3), Penn St. 5-18 (Travis 2-5, Jack 1-2, Marshall 1-3, Taylor 1-3, Colella 0-2, Newbill 0-3). Fouled Out-Graham, Taylor. Rebounds-Indiana 33 (Watford 8), Penn St. 35 (Marshall 7). Assists-Indiana 14 (Oladipo 3), Penn St. 10 (Colella, Marshall, Newbill 3). Total Fouls-Indiana 18, Penn St. 25. A-9,386.


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(adj.) something true; when someone is telling a story that is factual one says NONFICTION.
synonyms: true story
synonyms: true story
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Person B: "Nonfiction."
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Term used when someone gets the shit kicked out of them.
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Ex2. You wanna get billy jacked?
Ex2. You wanna get billy jacked?
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ya man, this kid in my physics class totally billy jacked out the 2nd floor window in the middle of lecture. i think he was on pcp.
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The definition of a double barrel ass whoopin' handed by a single bad assed motherfucker to a smart assed individual or individuals when they flap their gums.
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The act of getting beyond-wasted on booze and weed and losing your mind.
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Rachael Ray is known for her outsized personality, but the TV chef and talk show host is planning an uncharacteristically quiet Christmas celebration this year.
"I'm having voice surgery on Dec. 16, so we're going to celebrate very quietly," Ray, 40, confessed at Rosie's Gala, a charity event hosted by Rosie O'Donnell on Monday night.
Though talking is big part of her job, Ray isn't worried about the surgery. "A lot of people have told me about the surgery and they say the hardest part is just being quiet," laughed Ray, who plans to carry a pencil and paper around to communicate with husband John Cusimano before she resumes taping The Rachael Ray Show in January. "I'm going to grow back the callous I had in grade school from writing."
And contrary to earlier reports, the surgery is not risky – or related to throat cancer. "It's fine, it's just a little bump," said Ray. "I need to get rid of it though."
In October, Ray's rep described the procedure as "very minor surgery to remove a benign cyst on her vocal cord."
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Murphy/Smith Dance Collective - Sound ProjectMurphy/Smith Dance Collective, formed in 2011 by Pittsburgh-based choreographers Jamie Erin Murphy and Renee Danielle Smith, explores the relationship between sound and human instinct. Sound Project illuminates how our everyday life sounds around us create environment, a source of communication and even our general feeling of safety. So what can happen when our familiar soundscape becomes distorted or even disappears?07/05/2013Time: 8:00 pmKelly-Strayhorn Theater, 5941 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
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To Donald A. Licht, the Supreme Court arguments this week on its first-ever gay marriage cases are not just about equal rights and fairness.
They're about whether he will be able to live through retirement without going broke.
The federal government refuses to recognize Licht's marriage to his late partner. That means Licht is losing out on about $2,000 a month in Social Security survivor's benefits that any similarly situated straight widow or widower would get.
"I have to take additional money out of our retirement savings every month," the 65-year-old Buffalo man said. "Down the line, that means my retirement savings will not last as long as I am alive."
It's all because gay marriages that are made in New York, or performed elsewhere but recognized by the state, mean nothing to the federal government.
Gay married couples also can't file joint federal tax returns, they can't share in the same federal health plan, and they still get hit with federal estate taxes after one of the two partners passes away.
But all that could change when the high court rules, probably in June, in the two cases it will hear this week.
While the justices could issue limited rulings with little national impact, they also could find a constitutional right to gay marriage.
Or, more narrowly, they could strike down the federal Defense of Marriage Act, which stands in the way of gays enjoying the same federal benefits as straight couples.
Those last two possibilities deeply disturb Pastor William Gillison of Mount Olive Baptist Church in Buffalo, who fears that any such ruling could spawn more court action that might end up forcing churches such as his to perform same-sex weddings that run counter to their faith.
"I can see it happening," said Gillison, whose church currently enjoys an exemption in state law that allows churches to refuse to perform such unions on religious grounds. "Once [gay marriage] is established in the law and accepted by the public one way or another, then all it takes is someone to bring a case and argue that the church's exemption is not constitutional. Will it happen? As sure as the light of day."
Much is uncertain, though, as the Supreme Court prepares to hear arguments Tuesday in a case on whether California voters could vote to ban gay marriage and on a separate case Wednesday on the Defense of Marriage Act.
But what's most striking now is the vast difference between the real-world arguments put forth by people like Licht and Gillison, and the much more complex legal logic that the justices will contend with.
To Licht – who, with his partner, James D. Haynes, was one of Buffalo's gay rights pioneers four decades ago – a federal right to gay marriage is a natural extension of what this country's all about.
"The Constitution was set up to make everybody equal," said Licht, who married Haynes in Ontario in 2007, a year before his partner died. "But when benefits are denied to people just because of their sexuality, that makes them less equal than other people."
To Gillison, though, Christian doctrine is clear: Marriage is an institution made for one man and one woman, and what's more, it's the basis of family and society. Gillison doesn't like individuals or legislatures or courts tinkering with that, and he's not especially worried about the fairness issue that Licht raises.
"It's part of the cost of the decision [gay couples] have made in order to establish a relationship," he said, adding: "There will always be certain benefits in society that I'm not eligible for, either."
Far removed from that human argument, the nine justices will consider two similar but separate gay marriage cases.
First case
The first, to be argued Tuesday, is Hollingsworth v. Perry, in which the court will consider the constitutionality of Proposition 8, a referendum California voters passed in 2008 that overturned state court rulings and banned gay marriage in that state.
To supporters of gay rights, that flat-out ban is a clear violation of the Constitution's 14th Amendment, which forces states to offer all their residents equal protection under the law.
"Proposition 8 codifies the second-class status – for its own sake – of gays, lesbians, and their families," Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley wrote in a friend of the court brief, joined by her New York counterpart, Eric T. Schneiderman. "Under any standard of Equal Protection analysis, it cannot survive review."
But supporters of the ban argue that in passing Proposition 8, California voters made a rational decision to keep marriage special – and straight.
"Given both the unique capacity for reproduction and unique value of homes with a mother and father, it is reasonable for a state to treat the union of one man and one woman as having a public value that is absent from other intimate interpersonal relationships," lawyers for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops argued in asking the court to allow California's gay marriage ban to be reinstated.
Will the justices do that?
It's possible, but it is only one of a number of options.
They also could punt, ruling that the conservative backers of Proposition 8 who are bringing the case don't have the legal standing to do so.
It's also possible that they will issue a narrow decision that applies just to California, which is exactly what the appellate court did, ruling that "the people may not employ the initiative power to single out a disfavored group for unequal treatment and strip them, without a legitimate justification, of a right as important as the right to marry."
Then again, the justices could use the case to issue a sweeping ruling that gives gay people the right to marry in all 50 states.
Second case
That would be a far broader ruling than anything the court could issue in U.S. v. Windsor, the case it will hear Wednesday.
In that case, the court will consider whether to uphold a lower-court ruling that the Defense of Marriage Act violates the Fifth Amendment's clause guaranteeing U.S. citizens "due process of law" – which courts long ago defined as a federal-level guarantee of equal protection.
The equal-protection violation is obvious, Schneiderman argues in a brief on behalf of New York and several other states.
"The only coherent aim served by DOMA is to stigmatize married same-sex couples by codifying disapproval for all past or future state decisions to sanction same-sex marriage," he wrote.
But the Catholic bishops and others argue that the Constitution's equal-protection provisions apply to groups of people who are defined by their very being – such as racial minorities – rather than groups defined by their behavior.
Protecting groups based on their behavior could lead to unwanted legal outcomes, the bishops warn.
"One can substitute 'polygamists' for 'homosexuals' as that term is used in the Windsor opinion and arrive at the same conclusion" – and thereby establish protective rights for polygamists, the bishops' lawyers said in their friend of the court brief.
Yet that argument seems far afield from the ones being made on both sides in Buffalo.
A bizarre situation
Local attorney Shari Jo Reich hopes the court ends the bizarre legal situation that finds her and her wife married in New York and a handful of other states but single everywhere else.
As a result, she and her wife must fill out multiple tax returns: They file as singles on the federal level, but then must fill out a dummy federal return as a married couple so that those figures can be used to calculate their New York State tax rate.
Gay couples face such discrimination on hundreds of federal benefits, she pointed out.
"There's no question on the equal protection issue," Reich said.
But local attorney Roland Cercone said he doesn't think courts or governments should be tampering with God's definition of marriage.
He said the marriage issue could be solved simply by allowing people to name beneficiaries for the benefits that now automatically confer to those who are married.
"You don't need to redefine marriage to do that," he said.
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Just days ago, Tom Cruise was as exuberant as ever about his love for Katie Holmes, telling PEOPLE that his perfect day is "the time with Kate."
Sadly, those days appear to be over.
On Thursday, five days before Cruise's 50th birthday, Holmes, 33, filed divorce papers in New York, leaving Cruise "deeply saddened" – and their fans searching for answers.
Although the couple have faced breakup rumors ever since their whirlwind romance led to an engagement, baby and then marriage, the timing and circumstances of the breakup still came as a shock – and raised the question of whether the actor was taken by surprise.
Cruise confirmed that it was Holmes who filed papers – not him – and the brief statement from his rep spoke of the star needing privacy to "work this out."
Abrupt Change in ToneThe tone of the terse statement is a long way from his upbeat tone in interviews promoting Rock of Ages, gushing about Holmes, whom he married in November 2006 in a lavish ceremony in an Italian castle.
"She is an extraordinary person, and if you spent five minutes with her, you'd see it," he told Playboy in last month's issue. "Everything she does, she does with this beautiful creativity. She's funny and charming, and when she walks into the room, I just feel better ... What we have is very special."
But even as he continued to sing her praises, several media outlets did take note that Holmes did not join her husband at the June 8 Hollywood premiere of Rock of Ages.
Cruise explained to PEOPLE that Holmes had another commitment in China with a charity organization, leaving Cruise with their 6-year-old daughter Suri.
Also, the couple were spotted strolling together June 18 in Reykjavik, Iceland, to visit Cruise's film location. Holmes then returned without him to their home in New York, where she has been photographed on the street with Suri, the most recent sighting on Thursday – the day of the divorce filing.
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Katie's Primary ConcernThe only clue to Holmes's state of mind came from her lawyer's statement saying the actress's "primary concern" was Suri. To that end, perhaps, TMZ reports Holmes is seeking primary residential custody of their daughter.
If this is the first salvo in a divorce battle it would be a powerful one against Cruise, who in his PEOPLE interview spoke at length about his love of spending time with his daughter, whether at home playing games or during her visits to his film sets.
"It's so much fun. Suri is just so lovely and so much fun to be with," he said. "On weekends we do arts and crafts. With Kate, there's always dancing and singing and all that kind of stuff in the house. Now Suri has friends all over the place, so wherever we go, they're also there."
His two older children with second wife Nicole Kidman, Bella, 19, and Connor, 17, are also frequently with them, along with Cruise's nieces, nephews, his sisters and their families.
"They all love Suri," he said, adding that he and Holmes are constantly striving to be the best parents possible – staggering their work schedules so somebody could always be with Suri and making a point to spend quality family time together.
"Every day, Kate and I go: How did we do?" he said. "Kate and I look at each other like: Well, we had a good day today. We all work at it."
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Lab21 has acquired U.K. firm Myconostica, a University of Manchester spin-out focused on developing molecular diagnostics for life-threatening invasive fungal infections. Lab21 says the acquisition will expand its own infectious disease diagnostics portfolio, provide its first set of nucleic acid-based assays, and add new manufacturing capabilities for the development and production of a range of biomarker assays.
Myconostica already has three CE-marked assays, which were launched in Europe, Canada, and South Africa in 2010, and are approved to run on a range of testing platforms. The MycAssay™ Aspergillus kit is a real-time PCR assay for the detection of Aspergillus DNA in lower respiratory tract samples and serum samples. In April the firm reported research data demonstrating that the test could directly detect azole resistance in aspergillosis patients without the requirement for culturing the fungus on agar.
MycAssay Pneumocystis is a molecular-based assay for detecting the common respiratory fungal pathogen Pneumocystis jirovecii in human clinical respiratory specimens. Also in April, Myconostica reported publication of positive data from a multicenter prospective trial evaluating this PCR-based assay in comparison with non-molecular methods.
Myconostica's complementary MycXtra® kit is designed to extract and purify fungal DNA from clinical bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) and other respiratory samples, and in addition remove PCR inhibitors such as heparin and tobramycin. The firm claims that using MycXtra in combination with its MycAssay tests allows laboratories to generate fungal testing results within three hours.
The firm has in addition developed a research-use assay, MycArray™ Yeast ID, for identifying and speciating yeasts from extracted DNA samples or directly using colony PCR. The kit is designed to simultaneously detect up to 17 yeast species, can identify mixed infections, and works directly from a colony PCR or extracted DNA, generating results in about four hours.
Also based in the U.K., Lab21 provides molecular diagnostic products and services in personalized medicine to healthcare organizations, clinical laboratories, and pharmaceutical companies. The firm's clinical laboratory services operation offers specialized personalized medicine diagnostic testing services for applications in pharma development (companion diagnostics) and clinical diagnostics, including cancer mutation testing and infectious disease tests. Its diagnostic products division is focused on infectious disease testing kits for the blood banking and clinical markets. Lab 21's U.S. subsidiary operates a CLIA laboratory for the provision of diagnostic services including personalized medicine tests for oncology and virology applications. The U.S. facility will in addition offer clinical trials support.
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Lee K. Boothby was named Newfield's Chairman at the Company's Annual Meeting in May 2010. He was previously named President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Company's Board of Directors in 2009.Â
Prior to this, he was Senior Vice President - Acquisitions and Business Development. From 2002 - 2007, he was Vice President - Mid-Continent. Boothby was responsible for leading Newfield's development of the growing Woodford Shale Play in southeastern Oklahoma, along with other resource plays that have led to this division's significant growth. From 1999 - 2001, Boothby was Managing Director - Newfield Exploration Australia Ltd. and managed the Company's operations in the Timor Sea (divested in 2003) from Perth, Australia. Prior to joining Newfield in 1999, Boothby worked for Cockrell Oil Corporation, British Gas and Tenneco Oil Company. Boothby serves as a board member for ANGA (America's Natural Gas Alliance) and was past board member of OERB (Oklahoma Energy Resources Board). He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, Louisiana State University (LSU) Craft & Hawkins Department of Petroleum Engineering Advisory Committee and the Independent Petroleum Association of America.Â
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TRUCKEE, Calif. - The great debate for best ski town in North America will be taken to Facebook by POWDER Magazine this ski season with their inaugural Ski Town Throwdown. Truckee residents and devoted winter visitors have the opportunity to cast their votes and bring the much-deserved honor of best ski town to beloved Truckee.
POWDER Magazine will establish a 16-town bracket of competing U.S. towns in the resort guide of the November issue. The bracket will place select towns in competition for votes over a two-day period on Facebook. Truckee is up against Durango, Colo. from Nov. 19 to Nov. 21.
The victor will compete with the winner of Telluride v. Summit County on Dec. 3, followed by a regional final, a semifinal, and a final round.
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Four community leaders will be honored as the National Federation for Just Communities of Western New York holds its 2013 Citation Banquet at 6 p.m. March 20 in Hyatt Regency Buffalo.
The honorees include Sister Margaret Carney, president of St. Bonaventure University; attorney Kenneth P. Friedman, a partner in Hodgson Russ LLP; certified public accountant Gerard T. Mazurkiewicz, a partner in Dopkins & Co. LLP; and Surjit Singh, a retired SUNY Buffalo State chemistry professor and an interfaith community leader.
Carney, the 20th president of St. Bonaventure, was appointed to the post in 2004 and helped restore integrity to the university following the basketball recruiting scandal that forced her predecessor to resign.
She served for eight years as general superior for her community, the Sisters of St. Francis of the Providence of God, before joining the St. Bonaventure staff in 1997 and, as president, has worked to reinforce the school's role as a leading international resource for the Franciscan order.
Friedman, who is listed among the Best Lawyers in America, specializes in corporate law and leads his firm's Business Practice Area and its Corporate & Securities Practice Group. He and his wife, Amy, a founder of Tapestry Charter School, are recipients of the NCCJ Sisterhood/Brotherhood Award for their dedication to the community.
A former board chairman of the NFJC and Leadership Buffalo, he supports numerous charitable and cultural agencies. He is secretary of the Shaw Festival, vice chairman of the Buffalo History Museum and a member of the boards of trustees for Temple Beth Zion and the Jewish Community Center for Greater Buffalo.
Mazurkiewicz, a former partner in the Buffalo office of KPMG, joined Dopkins in 2004 and specializes in income tax, estate tax and succession planning.
He serves on the boards of Women & Children's Hospital, Kaleida Foundation, Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, Hilbert College and University at Buffalo Foundation. Last year, he and his wife, Barbara, received the Bishop's Medal from the Foundation of the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo.
Singh, who was born in India, has fostered a spirit of peace, diversity and interfaith dialogue since his arrival here in 1967. He was on the welcoming committee for the Dalai Lama's visit to Western New York and after the 9/11 attacks helped lead the prayer service for healing and unity.
He has been a leader in the annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Service sponsored by the NFJC and the Network of Religious Communities and speaks frequently on interfaith issues. Former president of the Amherst Diversity Commission, he was instrumental in construction of the new Sikh Temple in Niagara Falls.
Co-chairmen of this year's banquet are NFJC board members Laura A. Zaepfel, vice president for corporate affairs for Uniland Development Co.; and Peter A. Vukelic, vice president of government affairs for Try-It Distributing Co.
The NFJC has worked to combat racism and other discrimination in the area since it was founded as a branch of the National Conference of Christians and Jews in 1951. For information and tickets to the dinner, call 853-9596 or visit www.nfjcwny.org.
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Particle physics is one of the most intriguing scientific fields, probing the nature of the very makeup of the universe itself. However, over the last half decade, due to the growing economic crisis and various items such as war funding taking precedence in government budgets, the budget to help the U.S. stay leaders in the field of particle physics has been slipping.
The U.S. currently is down to only one remaining particle physics lab, the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) in Batavia, Illinois, associated with the University of Chicago and the lab was looking to be on the way out. It had started in February rolling furlough program that slashed already scarce employee pay by 12.5 percent and forced them to take periodic unpaid leave.
Now an anonymous donor has stepped in and donated $5M USD to the University of Chicago to try to alleviate these cuts and keep the lab open. Even with the extremely generous donation the lab is still in trouble. It plans to lay off 140 employees now, though it would have been an even larger number before the donation. The donation has allowed the lab to offer voluntary layoffs before the involuntary ones start.
Fermilab Director Piermaria Oddone spoke of the gift stating, "This is very unusual. It's not a building that carries a name. It's really a commitment to science and the nation and in particular to particle physics as a long-range important undertaking for our nation."
The good news has somewhat buoyed the sunken spirits of physicists at the lab. Says Consolato Gattuso, an engineering physicist at the lab, "This is definitely a weight that has been lifted. It gives us some light at the end of the tunnel."
Throughout the last five years, FermiLab's budget has been falling. The U.S. Congress's last minute budget for 2008 cut FermiLab funding from $372 million requested by the Department of Energy (DOE) to $320 million, $22 million less than the lab had received in 2007. The lab went into a state of crisis, forcing employees to take one week off unpaid every other month and work shorter hours. Further, 200 of the lab's 1950 employees were scheduled to be cut.
The U.S. is in a particle physics competition of sorts with Europe to find the legendary Higgs boson particle first. The cuts will allow Fermi's Tevatron Collider to stay operational, and continue the search. Researchers remain optimistic that Fermi may find the particle before Europe's CERN lab turns on its more powerful Large Hadron Collider this summer.
Legally, Fermilab cannot officially accept the gift, but it will allow the University of Chicago to contract employees to work in the lab. Over 50 employees have already left the lab, allowing it to scrape $1M USD in savings.
This is not the first time in recent years that the Congress has chronically underfunded the Department of Energy's physics research labs. In 2006, Congress gave the Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, New York so little money that it would have to shut down its Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. James Simons, a theoretical physicist and billionaire hedge-fund guru saved the Collider with a gift of $13M USD.
The officials at Fermi are extremely grateful for a gift, but fear it's only prolonging the inevitable. Brendan Casey, a Fermilab particle physicist states, "The grain of salt is that it really does nothing to change the uncertainty with regard to the future. So there's some relief, but the underlying tension is still there."
The U.S. government may be forced to reevaluate its spending priorities as more experimental physics labs and other science programs go under and U.S. leadership in the sciences slips. This would truly be an unfortunate loss for the country, most would agree.
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quote: That is a very short sighted view of Iraq.
quote: Last month, at a town hall meeting in New Hampshire, a crowd member asked McCain about a Bush statement that troops could stay in Iraq for 50 years."Maybe 100," McCain replied. "As long as Americans are not being injured or harmed or wounded or killed, it's fine with me and I hope it would be fine with you if we maintain a presence in a very volatile part of the world where al Qaeda is training, recruiting, equipping and motivating people every single day."
quote: I don't remember the Iraq government inviting us.
quote: Why does the US have military installations in Saudia Arabia if we have never been attacked by them either?
quote: And I plan to spank my kids regardless of what any law says.
quote: All good points. I'd add the cultural stigma against being a "nerd". Why do we idolize sports stars over scientists. You have whole generations of kids who dream of being a basketball/football/baseball/sports star. While the scientists and engineers are practically considered social rejects.
quote: How much time and energy do people waste on what star did what, which team won which game, and who's dating whom? If even a small percentage of that energy was directed at sites like this we might have more interest in funding places like the above.
quote: I'm sorry but the scientists and engineers of the world have done a lot more good for society than every sports hero and pop star combined.
quote: The other path leads to going to school for 12 years only to end up at a physics labs thats threatening to be shut down. With very little to show for it besides personal satisfaction. And thats not even a given. The stigma of the typical engineer or scientist being overworked, underpaid and seldom laid sure isn't helping matters.
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A federal judge approves sweeping subpoenas of over 20 phone numbers associated with a top national journalist organization, hunting for the source of government leaks to the press. No, this isn't a tale of Soviet Russia (or Putin-era Russia); it's the story that's breaking here in the "land of the free".
I. Big Brother is Watching the Press
In an outraged letter to
U.S. Attorney General (AG) Eric Holder
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Associated Press
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U.S. Department of Justice
(DOJ) of a potentially serious violation of freedom of the press. According to the letter from Gary Pruitt, records from 20 phone lines -- including personal phones of AP editors/columnists and AP business phone numbers in New York; Hartford, Connecticut; and Washington -- were subpoenaed in a "massive and unprecedented" attempt to monitor on the press.
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These records potentially reveal communications with confidential sources across all of the newsgathering activities undertaken by the AP during a two-month period, provide a road map to AP's newsgathering operations and disclose information about AP's activities and operations that the government has no conceivable right to know.
We regard this action by the Department of Justice as a serious interference with AP's constitutional rights to gather and report the news.
He demanded that the DOJ return all records collected and destroy all copies of them.
President Obama's Justice Department stands accused of spying on AP offices and staffers.
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The DOJ defended its actions in a statement, commenting:
We must notify the media organization in advance unless doing so would pose a substantial threat to the integrity of the investigation. Because we value the freedom of the press, we are always careful and deliberative in seeking to strike the right balance between the public interest in the free flow of information and the public interest in the fair and effective administration of our criminal laws.
The AP was not told why the records were subpoenaed, but it is aware that some of the employees whose records were subpoenaed were involved in a story in which an undisclosed government official leaked an account of a foiled May 2012 bomb plot on an aircraft flying into the U.S.
Fresh off outrage over his support of
drone death strikes on Americans
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Analysts say that the Obama administration has pushed the limits farther than any administration before it in hunting for leakers in its ranks with surveillance and subpoenas.
II. The Hunt for Leakers
In this case there has been no signal yet that the feds wiretapped the reporters in question. However, some top politicians are already questioning the Obama administration's "Big Brother" tactics.
Michael Steel, spokesperson for
Rep. John Boehner
(R-Ohio), the Speaker of the House, "The First Amendment is first for a reason. If the Obama administration is going after reporters' phone records, they better have a damned (sic) good explanation."
President Obama has been frustrated with leakers in his ranks. [Image Source: AP]
Ben Wizner, the head of the ACLU's Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, also
sounded off
against the spying, commenting:
Obtaining a broad range of telephone records in order to ferret out a government leaker is an unacceptable abuse of power. Freedom of the press is a pillar of our democracy, and that freedom often depends on confidential communications between reporters and their sources.
The development even made some members of the President's own party queasy.
Sen. Patrick Leahy
(D-Verm.) commented, "I am very troubled by these allegations and want to hear the government's explanation. The burden is always on the government when they go after private information -- especially information regarding the press or its confidential sources. I want to know more about this case, but on the face of it, I am concerned that the government may not have met that burden."
The Obama administration has dramatically
increased warrantless surveillance
in the U.S. on American citizens over the last five years in the name of fighting "crime" and "terrorism". However, it came under scrutiny this last week when it was revealed that the
U.S. Internal Revenue Service
(IRS) targeted members of the Tea Party and other pro-change groups with tax audits. It should be interesting to see how the Attorney General and President Obama justify these latest actions in weeks to come.
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U.S. military oath:
"I, (NAME), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same..."
Note that one doesn't swear to protect the U.S., but to protect its Constitution. Defense of the physical U.S. is performed simply because its continued existence protects the Constitution. Also, note the very important "allegiance" portion. Allegiance is defined as "true and faithful obedience of the subject," in this case obedience to the Constitution of the U.S.
Presidential oath:
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
Nothing nearly as direct about
to it, is there?
It has been a perceived internal threat, real or imagined, from various wars that have been interpreted to give the President wide latitude in violating the Constitution as an emergency measure. Examples like the Alien and Sedition Act, the Sedition Act of 1918, and the Japanese American interment were obvious violations of the Bill of Rights, but war gave them the appearance of legitimacy at the time. In hindsight, all of the politicians involved should have been impeached.
We are now claimed to be in an "war" with
no measurable end
. Thus, innumerable violations of the Bill of Rights have been written into law unchallenged and many more will eventually follow, year after year after year.
If you think the occasional revelations about illegal government behavior are just the tip of a gigantic iceberg, history indicates that you are most likely correct. It makes no difference whatsoever what political party is involved. They are merely different sides of the same coin, owned by everyone but the people who vote for them on most important topics (i.e., corporate owned), using hot button topics like "guns, gays, and god" to bring the ignorant faithful to the polls. On this reality, Google "Where the People Don't Rule by Fred Reed" and read what you find.
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Medivh has quite a bit to do with The Burning Legion. So, since the next expansion is rumoured to be another Burning Legion one, maybe this will tie into it somehow?
The rumor is that the Karazhan Crypt wasn't released as an easily accessible area because it would put the rating for the game up from Teen. Not sure if it's true. Could just be a place a developer made in his spare time before WoW launched. It definitely has some potential.
I hope they turn it into an instance its an awesome place
There's plenty of torture and corpses in the game right now, and the area in Twilight Highlands with the red dragons all torn apart and mutilated, strung up on hooks and chains is pretty gruesome. I guess it's "not as bad" because they're not human?
One of my favorite remaining closed zone. The place could've been anything, a questing area, a dungeon, a raid. But hopefully it'll be a huge raid in the future, it would make sense for a Burning Legion expansion.
Isn't Medivh and his mother buried in that crypt?
I would love to see a Karazhan 5-man heroic implemented; the place definitely ranks up there near the top as far as favorite raiding memories go.
Technically, those crypts aren't right underneath Karazhan, which is where the stronghold Sargeras/Medivh used actually is, so we could still see that.
who know, the fact that blizz don't have removed them during cata overhaul of all the zones may hint that their destiny isn't already write in stone, much like all the emerald dream files that still inside the client.
The devs as a whole don't care about feedback until it either costs them money or the uproar is unable to be drowned out by fingers in their ears and saying "lalalalala our ideas are amazing".
I would love the crypts to be a raid or 5man dungeon and then lower kara to be added separately as a raid. mind = blown if that happens
Just for reference this was the original Karazhan tower. It looked a lot more ominous then it does now. Although I didn't play in Vanilla, I agree this looks a lot cooler than the current one. Maybe one day they will update it and change it back. Who knows.
I read once that Karazhan was supposed to be a 40man raid back in vanilla.
-The portal from Atiesh hints at something that the developers scratched after a few months.
-I recently went back to Karazhan and some rooms indeed are way too big: The room after Curator/Netherspite room/Prince Malchezaar room are to big for a 10man raiding group.
-> Keep in mind, that is something I thought. I am not sure if that really was the case ;-)
I am hoping they leave that area alone, I would cry if they ruined Kara.