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BOSTON - A Mattapoisett man was sentenced today in federal court for extortion of a South Coast businessman.
Daniel A. Spooner, 54, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Patti B. Saris to two years in prison, to be followed by two years of supervised release. On Dec. 16, 2011, Spooner pleaded guilty to extortion and attempted extortion.
On several occasions during July 2011, Spooner demanded a $10,000 payment from a businessman who operates a vending machine business in Mass. Spooner told the businessman that Spooner was a "strong arm" guy for an unidentified "made member" of La Cosa Nostra in Providence, R.I., and that the $10,000 was a "protection" payment. Spooner said that if the victim failed to make the payment, the victim or his family would be harmed. Spooner threatened the victim both over the telephone and in person. On Aug. 1, 2011, during a meeting between the victim and Spooner, Spooner became upset and made further threats when the victim gave him $1,000 instead of the $10,000 payment that Spooner had demanded.
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One of his most widely-publicized feuds was his 2007-08 series of run-ins with Tony Stewart. After an on-track skirmish at Dover in 2007, Busch roared to a stop beside Stewart's car on pit road and waved hello. Busch lost 100 points, was slapped with a $100,000 fine and was put on probation until the end of the season. We assume NASCAR fined him for using unauthorized hand gestures. As if getting fined once wasn't enough, he tangled with Stewart again months later during practice for the 2008 Budweiser Shootout. Only this time, he collided with Stewart's car on pit road - not once, but three times, and blocked him from entering the garage area. Afterward, both drivers were called to the big red trailer where an argument ensued and reportedly ended with Busch accidentally running into Stewart's fist with his face.
Busch has also had issues with Jimmy Spencer, Robby Gordon, Kevin Harvick and Greg Biffle, but he seems to have cooled off a bit after the altercation with Stewart, probably so that his younger brother Kyle could take over the position of NASCAR's resident ass-hat.
As if he wasn't creating enough controversy on the track, Busch decided to try his hand at creating some off the track in 2005 when he was pulled over in Phoenix for reckless driving and suspicion of drunken driving. It is unclear as to whether Busch actually failed his field sobriety test, but by the time the press caught onto the story, it was too late. Rousch Racing suspended him for the remainder of the season, and Busch was sentenced to 50 hours of community service. This incident turned out to be a good thing for Busch, because he had asked Jack Rousch to release him so that he could replace the retiring Rusty Wallace in the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge. The Cat In The Hat initially refused, but decided to go ahead and release him after the Phoenix incident.
Busch has not fared as well with Penske Racing as he did with Roush. He has scored five wins since joining the organization in 2006, whereas he won 14 times between 2002 and 2005 with Rousch. It does appear that he is making a return to prominence in 2009 with an early win in Atlanta and by staying in the top 12 in points.
Busch married Eva Bryan in 2006 and the couple now resides in North Carolina and travels to the racetrack together each week.
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TEXAS CITY — On Dec. 10, the Houston Touchdown Club honored the top offensive, defensive and top coaches of the Houston area with their annual High School Football Awards where Texas City senior linebacker D'Vonta Hinton was named a top 10 finalist for the defensive player of the year in the Houston area.
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The 17th annual Grand Chefs Gala presented by the Fairmont Chicago, Millennium Park raised $550,000 to help support the search for a cure and recognized culinary talent in the Chicagoland area. Photo by Galdones Photography
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"You know, you never defeated us in the battlefield," said the American colonel.
The North Vietnamese colonel pondered this remark a moment. u201CThat may be so,u201D he replied, u201Cbut it is also irrelevant.u201D
~ Conversation in Hanoi in April, 1975, quoted in On Strategy, by Colonel Harry G. Summers
It is March, 2012. Aided by the harsh winter and overcast skies of Afghanistan, resistance fighters have attacked a number of American military installations, in a loosely coordinated effort being likened to the 1968 Tet offensive. Incumbent president Barack Obama, increasingly unpopular because of the escalating war in Afghanistan and Pakistan, has just eked out victory in the New Hampshire Democratic primary by only 300 votes over staunch anti-war candidate Dennis Kucinich. A much stronger candidate, Robert Kennedy Jr., also opposed to the war, has just announced that he will enter the presidential race. Private polls commissioned by the Democrats show Obama losing by a wide margin to Kennedy in the next primary. President Obama, seeing the writing on the wall, and too late regretting his decision to sanction General McChrystal's 2009 request for 40,000 more troops to bolster the 50,000 already present, resigns from the presidential race.
An impossible fantasy? The exact same scenario has already happened, in 1968. Incumbent president Lyndon Johnson won the New Hampshire primary in that year by a scant 300 votes over antiwar candidate Eugene McCarthy. Robert Kennedy entered the presidential race 4 days later. Private polls showed Johnson being handily defeated in the upcoming Wisconsin primary. Johnson, deeply unpopular because of the ongoing war in Vietnam, announced on March 31st that he would not seek reelection.
The rest of that history is well known. Kennedy was headed to being the Democratic nominee, but, tragically, was murdered the night he had won the California primary. Richard Nixon became president, and the Vietnam War would drag on for 7 more years, even after the Tet offensive had shown that the Americans, despite having 500,000 troops in Vietnam, could not win the war. Tens of thousands of additional American combat soldiers would be killed, hundreds of thousands maimed in body and soul before the last American helicopter lifted off from the embassy rooftop in Saigon in April, 1975. Nixon had resigned 8 months earlier, as much a victim of Vietnam as LBJ had been.
Reading Jonathan Schell's The Real War, a Vietnam post-mortem written in 1988, is sobering. The parallels with the current war in central Asia are uncanny. In 1968 General Westmoreland had told President Johnson that he u201Cdesperately needed reinforcements,u201D asking for 206,000 more soldiers, 108,000 of whom would be deployed in combat operations. In March, Robert McNamara, one of the chief architects of the war, had resigned as Secretary of Defense, replaced by Clark Clifford. Johnson asked Clifford to assess American chances for winning in Vietnam. Clifford asked top military officials a series of questions:
How long would d it take to succeed in Vietnam? They didn't know. How many more troops would it take? They couldn't say. Were 200,000 the answer? They weren't sure. Might they need more? Yes, they might need more. … So what was the plan to win the war? Well, the only plan was that attrition would wear out the Communists, and they would have had enough. Was there any indication that we've reached that point? No, there wasn't.
Adding to Johnson's woes, an economic crisis was brewing, worsened by the cost of the war. The dollar was losing value in world markets. A run on gold was beginning. How many Americans remember that the Treasury ceased trading in gold on March 14, 1968, to stop a potential run on gold reserves? The costs of the Vietnam War, estimated at $150 billion, seem paltry compared to the costs of the wars America is currently fighting. Joseph Stiglitz, former Chief Economist at the World Bank and Nobel Prize winner, has estimated the cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan at over 3 trillion dollars. As before, the US dollar is vulnerable. The Indian Central Bank has recently traded $6.7 billion of its reserves for 200 tons of gold. If China or Japan act in similar fashion, the US dollar will not be able to maintain its status as the world's reserve currency. Already elite institutions, including the Council on Foreign Relations, look to a post-dollar world. The American hegemon is teetering on the brink of an abyss.
u201CCredibilityu201D was the byword American war planners used to insist that US troops not be withdrawn from Vietnam. In July, 1965, LBJ met with senior advisors to decide how many additional troops, if any, would be sent to Southeast Asia. McGeorge Bundy, Dean Rusk and others insisted we had to stay to present a credible face to communist China and the Soviet Union. America could not be seen as a u201Cpaper tiger.u201D Undersecretary of State George Ball was the lone dissenter, giving the president an honest opinion, arguing for a tactical withdrawal.
u201CI think we all have underestimated the seriousness of this situation. It is like giving cobalt treatment to a terminal cancer case. I think a long, protracted war will disclose our weakness, not our strength.u201D
Johnson asked him,
But George, wouldn't all those countries say the Uncle Sam was a paper tiger, wouldn't we lose credibility … if we did as you have proposed? It would seem to be irreparable.
McGeorge Bundy (in Schell's words) regarded the consequences of withdrawal as so utterly u201Cdisastrousu201D that even in the absence of a promising alternative he preferred to u201Cwaffle through.u201D
As Schell noted in 1988, with Vietnam unified under communist control, and the United States and the West still intact and strong, it is hard to recall the apocalyptic importance attached by American policy-makers to winning –or, more precisely, to not losing — in Vietnam. u201CFrom the beginning to the end of the Vietnam war, the men in charge of American foreign policy were persuaded that the fall of South Vietnam was a blow that the United States, and even the West as a whole, might well not survive.u201D
Of course, after suffering 58,000 US combat deaths, we withdrew. America did not fall, and neither did the dominoes envisioned by the analysts of the military-industrial complex. In 1989, the Soviet Union collapsed, and today the United States is eager to trade with communist China, to whom we are heavily indebted.
The argument made in 2009 is that withdrawal from Afghanistan would signal to the Taliban that we are weak. The comparison between the Taliban and the Cold War-era nuclear-armed Soviet Union, possessed of a blue-water navy and large land army, is absurd on the face of it. The idea that the Taliban, or al Qaeda, or u201Cfanatic Muslims,u201D could ever destroy the United States would be laughable if it were not being used to justify expansion of another useless and endless war in Asia. Just as we misread Ho Chi Minh as being not a nationalist but under the control of a foreign communist apparat, so we fail to see that the resistance in Afghanistan is not motivated by love of the Taliban but by the hatred of indigenous peoples everywhere for foreign invaders. As Matthew Hoh's recent resignation letter has made clear, there is no organized Taliban.
The Pashtun insurgency, which is composed of multiple, seemingly infinite, local groups, is fed by what is perceived by the Pashtun people as a continued and sustained assault, going back centuries, on Pashtun land, culture, traditions and religion by internal and external enemies.
Resistance to the American presence is local and fragmented. As in Vietnam, the idea that there is some outside philosophy galvanizing and orchestrating the resistance is a fatal delusion. The Afghanis, like the Vietnamese before them, are fighting for their independence. In Afghanistan, there is not even a national liberation movement, as existed in Vietnam. It is a local effort of ancient peoples, isolated to their mountain valleys, fighting a foreign invader. Just as America failed to understand the lesson of the French experience in Vietnam, we have ignored the failure of the Soviet Union's attempted occupation of Afghanistan. We can never defeat the Afghanis, unless we are planning genocide. As in Vietnam, we will win the battles, but lose the war.
The real reason for the war are very different from those being fed the American public by the compliant media: the need for pipelines from Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan to Karachi, Pakistan, or other nearby seaports. Those pipelines can only run through Afghanistan, with Kandahar Province the prime route. Also, in the eyes of our perpetually purblind war planners, Afghanistan would also function as a Forward Operating Base for any planned strike on Iran. The recent New York Times article reporting that President Karzai's brother, a known drug kingpin, has been on the payroll of the CIA for 8 years, doesn't help with the perception that some portion of the $65 billion heroin trade is also being siphoned off by US covert operators.
The war must be prolonged, and we must have time. Time is on our side — time will be our best strategist, if we are determined to pursue our resistance to the end.
_–_Truong Chinh, Secretary General of the Communist Party of Vietnam, 1947
In The Real War Schell wrote, u201CThe endurance of the Vietnamese revolutionary forces in the face of first the French and then the American military machines is one of the most astounding and mysterious phenomena of its time. As a feat of sustained human will, it inspires awe.u201D In a war lasting over 12 years, we were unable to defeat the Vietnamese. Likewise, we cannot win in Afghanistan, even if winning only means building and defending oil and natural gas pipelines and forward operating bases. More troops, more drones, more payoffs will not change that reality. Our presence there serves only as the goad needed to rally more fighters to the resistance. As Matthew Hoh wrote,
The U.S. and NATO presence and operations in Pashtun valleys and villages, as well as Afghan army and police units that are led and composed of non-Pashtun soldiers and police, provide an occupation force against which the insurgency is justified. In both RC East and South, I have observed that the bulk of the insurgency fights not for the white banner of the Taliban, but rather against the presence of foreign soldiers and taxes imposed by an unrepresentative government in Kabul.
If we stay, thousands more Americans will die for an illusion.
Would that Johnson had listened to Clark Clifford in 1968, or George Ball in 1965. To paraphrase Schell, the power and prestige of the United States are based on more substantial stuff than our neocon warmongers would have us believe. Let us hope and pray that President Obama will understand enough of recent history to see the way clear to say no to General McChrystal's request for additional troops, to say no to the forces seeking an ever wider war in central Asia, and to begin withdrawal from that tragic land.
Charles Davenport [send him mail] is a physician trapped, behind the lines, in New York.


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I've been dying my naturally auburn hair jet black for the past 10 years. Not demi but permanent color was used. I have tried bleaching, hi-lift re-color, you name it and all had only lightened my virgin roots and not the mid/end sections of my hair, and of course damaged the heck out of my hair. I decided to research some more and saw the product Color Oops. Read the reviews and decided to purchase.
Upon reading the directions, I noticed that it said for use on the most recent dye job. Well I can tell you that 10 years worth of dying was removed for me. My hair is very short so 1 box was more than enough. The kit came with everything, including cap and gloves. Was runny upon application, but thickened up during the 20 minute waiting period. Make sure to have a towl on hand or baby wipes to clean up the drips down your face, etc. I did not seem to bleach any fabric that was touched by it (my towel). The smell was not as bad as everyone says it is. It did leave my hair feeling dry however my hair was already damaged from all that previous bleaching done.
After 20 minutes, I jumped in the shower and shampooed and rinsed for another 20 minutes. Shampooed again and rinse for another few minutes. My hair is super short and thin so I shortened the time to a total of 20 minutes ( 15 + 5).
Put on a good conditioner and my hair felt super silky and no longer damaged. The color I came out with after the jet black? Was a strawberry blonde due to the bleaching I was doing. The parts that did not bleach were actually my original hair color. :) I had a few stubborn ends though (not very much) that only changed a couple of shades lighter however I used a pre-color (Ion) treatment that I got at Sally's and re-colored my hair the same night without any excess darkening (as warned in previous posts) of the hair dye I used. In fact the color came out exactly as on the box and my ends blended in.
I never thought in a million years that I would be able to strip all that black from my hair. I plan on keeping a box or two for future use. A bit expensive, but I suppose it's worth it. Nothing like it out there and beats the $300+ I was told would cost for the salon to "attempt" a color correction.
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I've been blonde for years and decided to go back closer to my natural color. I did my hair medium brown using a 'semi-permanent'. It turned nearly black, and I couldn't stand it! Tried hot oil, head and shoulders, clarifying shampoo with a mixture of baking soda in it... hardly a fade! Groan! Weep! Wail and lament! So I bit the bullet and bought this. I was terrified after reading the reviews, but figured wigs these days are awfully pretty, if worst came to worst. It was about 16 bucks Canadian - in my bad hair situation, that was a steal! i donned the gloves, mixed the bottles, and threw the runny, clear mixture in as fast as i could! O.k gals... so it doesn't smell like roses, but it's not unbearably foul either. A mild sulfurous smell at worst. After 20 mins, all was looking promising- a freaky, light orange and goldish color greeted me in the mirror,but it was all good, because i had a color ready to throw in when all was done. Heck, I was just grateful to be light again! I turned on the tunes, and set in for the 20 minute shower rinse. I had my shower comb to keep from tangling, and after 10 mins I used a clarifying shampoo, rinsed for 5 more minutes, and realized the product wasn't damaging my hair- the extensive rinsing was! So I chose to stop rinsing at 15 mins, and threw on a deep conditioning hair hair masque for a few more mins. When my hair felt out of the danger zone, I rinsed yet again and dried my hair and pruney self off. I realize I could have rinsed (starting to hate that word!) longer for lighter results, but my hair dried a nice, very light golden brown that is actually complimentary enough that I have chose not to re-color, and because I heard my hair cry 'uncle' and deep conditioned before the damage got done, it feels soft and looks great! I had really only wanted to fade the color in the first place, but for those of you that want total removal: RINSE RINSE AND RINSE SOME MORE!!
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i bought this to lift black dye out of m dark brown hair
it did nothing and there wasnt enough for my hair
but i saturated my bangs and they remained black
but i used them on hair extensions and it lifted the black out
although i used the extra conditioning my hair felt like straw
never buy again !
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Confused by my results.
First of all, I am super impressed that this stuff didnt make me look like a spotted leopard or striped tiger! I had MANY colors put onto my hair in the last 6 months. Originally I had long bright blonde hair. My natural is more strawberry blonde. Before fall, I decided to go warm, auburnish. Since then I had had reds, browns, ash, golden, etc. put in. I just could not find the right hue that worked and I was getting tired off root touch ups. So, alas I thought lets just stripped it and see what happens. I got color oops, and left it on for the 20 minutes with a cap, sitting in the warm sun. After showering, my hair was a BRIGHT peach like color--scary kind of. So I blew out my hair and WOW, it was an even Copper like blonde--not bad really. My boyfriend liked it. So I thought great I will keep it like this for awhile. However the NEXT day it was so much darker. It went to this reddish brown color, like a light auburn. I loved it, but was confused by it. How did it darken up so much overnight? Well, I am sticking with it for now. It looks pretty natural and my hair is relatively healthy and shiny. (I did lose some clumps in the shower, but thats expected with "stripping"). When my roots grow in, I may try another Oops box. I will update if I do.
PS- It did smell terrible! Like a nasty sulfur sewage dump. And it lingers, but its better than paying $$$ to a hairdresser, who would probably just screw up your hair and damage it just the same--saying this from MANY instances of experiencing terrible stylists who think they know what they are doing--its like bleach powder is their best friend and go-to. Bleach over dyed bleached hair equals MAJOR hair damage and hair loss, Oh which equals more money spent because you now need a professional haircut to cut layers in your hair.
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I Just used Color Oops tonight for the first time, and I am sooooo pissed off and angry.
I did about 2 1/2 hour or more of research before I bought it, and *most* of them seemed very positive, so I was willing to take the risk. I have bright/medium pink (magenta hair). Underneath was what blonde before it went pink, green months and month before that for almost a year and black before that.
I followed all the directions and my hair is the UGLIEST shade of medium/dark blue. If I could have know it was going to do this, I certainly wouldn't have bought it and just would have used a wee bit of bleach to get a lighter pink/blonde....Cause thats what I wanted and thats what I thought this product would do, since the color before it went magenta, was super light blonde...almost white.
The magenta I used was Punky Color, and after having it pink for 4 months with no re-dying and tons of washing with head and shoulders (which is supposed to fade color) It was only maybe a half shade lighter than when I originally dyed it.
So so mad. Hope this prevents someone else with similar hair color from making the same mistake I did. I was trying to be kinder to my hair by not bleaching it, but I really wish I could turn back time now and never NEVER have used this product. FML.
Luckily, I wear wigs daily (cause Im trying to leave my hair alone and let it grow and get healthy)
Guess I'll just continue to do that....And be lucky I dont have a boyfriend in this country who would have to see this disgusting color on my head everyday and every night.
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First off, this product does its job. It removes your hair color. Don't expect any more from it though, It just removes your hair color completely.
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Well, i had dyed my hair black for the second time, and i didnt seem to look good in it. It has been over a mounth after i decied to use color opps, i mean it works, but i still have to dye it another color becasue the color that it leaves you looks okay, but not the best. Other wise yes it works. The smell is nasty! We had some left over, and dumped it out and it was so nasty smelling. Well of course we used a spray bottle becasue the packaging didnt have the applicatiore in it! So we used that and we had to leave the bathroom while in the process of my hair! We had the fan on and the window open! The smell is so nasty, you guys really need to change the smell!
So. This is the story girl who once had the wonderful idea to dye her golden blonde / light brown hair dark brown. Dark, DARK brown. Almost black brown. Yuck.
The dark brown hair looked terrible, and she wanted it removed as quickly as possible. She tried everything. First, she just washed it again and again with a non-color protecting shampoo. When that didn't work, she realized she would have to take more drastic action.
The girl did her research and tried out a number of home remedies that had the potential to remove hair dye. First, she tried dish detergent (yes, she was so desperate she actually put Dawn dish detergent--the same kind they use to clean animals after an oil spill--in her hair). Next she tried a concoction of baking soda and clarifying shampoo and experienced little success. She continued: hot oil treatments, Vitamin-C mixtures that sat in her hair for hours at a time, harsh dandruff and baby shampoo. Nothing worked. Even after all those treatments, her hair was only slightly less dark than before.
Fearing she would soon do permanent damage to her hair, the girl made one last ditch effort: Color Oops. The first time she used Color Opps, the girl did not distribute it evenly throughout her hair, and she did not saturate her hair completely. Mistake. The girl's hair was completely unaffected by the product.
But. The girl was desperate, so she decided to give Color Oops one more shot. This time, she used a wide toothed comb to completely saturate all of her hair. Further, she did not let her hair become tangled and matted as she rinsed (like she did the last time). This time, she combed her hair throughout the entire rinsing process, helping to coax the evil black dye from her hair. And she didn't just rinse for 20 minutes as the instructions on the box told her to. No. She rinsed for a full hour, complete with shampoos in between. And this time, this time it worked. Though her hair was still tinted with the nasty dark dye, it was, in fact, significantly lightened by the Color Oops.
But seriously, guys. If you're really desperate, Color Oops does work. However, word to the wise: the single most important step in using this product is rinsing it out. Once you think you're done rinsing, rinse some more. And if you think you're done after that, rinse more. Rinse, rinse, rinse, rinse. Oh, and comb through your hair as you rinse. Color Oops made my hair really tangly and matted, so I just kept combing as I rinsed.
Now I feel as though my hair has potential to be back to normal. I won't dye it again, but I am going to use the John Frieda Go Blonder Shampoo and Conditioner to try to continue to lighten my hair back to its original color.
After going through my whole fiasco, I bought a really nice conditioner ( the Macadamia Oil Deep Repair Masque) and it has helped my hair tons. You'll need a good conditioner after using Color Oops, and your hair deserves it after this torture!
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This stuff has saved me twice now from awful professional colors. If you read the box carefully and complete the full rinse cycle, it works perfectly. The box is clear that it will not work for very dark or solid colors. I have a strawberry blonde natural color that stylists keep turning deep brunette instead of pumping up the red. After three "fixes" I just used this instead and it worked perfectly.
It is VERY important that you complete the full rinse time. It's a looooong time to sit under the shower so just plop down in the tub and go to your happy place. Use a kitchen timer since 20 minutes feels way longer than you would "guess".
It does stink but I guess that's the price we pay for bad color :)
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I just used it last night before dinner.YES,it's smelly, but I had about 5 different dyes on my super long hair. (waist lenght). My natural hair is light brown, in the last year I dyed it
-RUBY RED (LOREAL BY FERIA) in February.
After a month I covered it with some brown shade that turned dark red.
Went to the salon and paid a friend to fix it before my wedding, I wanted Chocolate brown but she couln't get it other shade than dark auburn :(
I dyed it with herbashine DARK GOLDEN BROWN around May. Turned black for a couple weeks. Washed out a bit but the bottom half of my hair had black/dark red strikes and some strikes of a lighter shade that looked bleached.
I bought Garnier Nutrisse Hair Color: 60 Acorn - Light Natural Brown and it only grabbed to the top of my hair again and the bottom was still dark.
I decided to use COLOR OOPS that I bought a while ago but was too afraid at first. One box was enought for my long hair (straight and not so thin). I think it looks kind of cool actually but I still want a chocolate brwon so I'll let my hair rest for 2 weeks before applying HERBASHINE again.


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Revenge returned last Wednesday with an episode that concluded with the arrest of a major character, but not before he turned a gun on Emily and the divorce battle between Victoria and Conrad grew in stature and manipulation.
Are you ready to relive "Duress?" Below, TV Fanatic staff members Leigh Raines, Christine Orlando, Chandel Charles and Dan Forcella do exactly that, debating various aspects of the episode in our latest Round Table discussion...
The "Two days earlier..." angle: Pro or con?
Leigh: I liked knowing beforehand. It's the same as knowing that "Daniel" gets shot at his engagement party. I put Daniel in quotes because, at this point, who really knows. But I think this tactic definitely amps up the suspense level.
Christine: I enjoyed it. You knew Tyler was headed toward a major breakdown, but it was fun seeing how he got there and then there was the suspense about how much damage he might do before it was over.
Chandel: It just made me more curious about what led to it, which was some pretty juicy stuff!
Dan: I guess I'm the only one who has become tired of the whole "let's see how we got to this point" gimmick. I feel like the moment that Tyler walked out to the beach, following Emily with the gun, would have been much more surprising and awesome if I had no idea it was coming.
What is more entertaining, watching Emily get revenge? Or watching Tyler's attempt at revenge?
Leigh: Emily is a pro, Tyler is a completely unpredictable psychopath. We may like Emily a lot more, but Tyler still had me on the edge of my seat this week.
Christine: I go with Emily. I love the deviousness in which she plots and plans to take down her next victim. Tyler's mentally ill, off his meds and mean. e's fun to watch for the short term but I couldn't take a steady diet of him.
Chandel: Watching Emily get revenge, and with all the control in the world. In the end, her plans rarely fail, even though the consequences surrounding them may not turn out to her liking, i.e. the real Emily Thorne.
Dan: I agree with Christine that a little of this crazy Tyler goes a long way, but his going nuts was easily one of my favorite moments of the entire season, so I would have to argue in favor of Tyler. Emily has been so subtle as of late with her revenge that it's hard to find it as entertaining as Tyler waving a gun around at the clam bake.
Rate Emily's revenge this week on a scale of 1 to 10.
Leigh: I'd have to give it a 6. It wasn't pre-planned and I really think it was Nolan who saved the day. Mmmm... cold turkey and a hot mess. I missed Gabriel Mann!
Christine: I'll give it a 5. I was hoping to see more of a plan to take out Tyler. Instead, she was reacting to Tyler's lunacy. It was resourceful and effective but not quite as much fun. And I'm thrilled Nolan didn't get more seriously injured. He's become my favorite character and I'd hate to lose him.
Chandel: 10. Who knew the gun wasn't loaded?!
Dan: Minus points for not being planned from the beginning, but add plenty for being so brilliant. 8. I loved that she left the gun unloaded, basically saying that she knew exactly how the whole thing was going to play out. And, like Nolan said, she refrained from using her karate in order to save face. Great stuff.
What would you have gotten Daniel Grayson for his birthday?
Leigh: I would have taken Daniel on a romantic getaway for two, somewhere remote with limited cell service, away from his psychotic family. Then again... according to the preview for next week, he's certainly got that devious Grayson gene.
Christine: Oh damn. I'm really bad at gifts and what do you get a guy who can buy himself almost anything? I thought Emily's gift was thoughtful but I loved how Victoria took her idea and did it better. love watching these two women one up one another.
Chandel: Probably a gun so he could have taken down Tyler in one fell swoop, but it seems he and Jack were able to do that anyway.
Dan: I would pre-order him the first season of Revenge on Blu-Ray. Even this guy would enjoy watching all of the action going on in the Hamptons!
1 - neither pro nor con. What bothered me most is how not much came out of Tyler's hostage situation. It was a big build up for not much. 2 - Like most, Tyler's breakdown was very entertainig, but in the long run I prefer Emily's planned revenge. 3 - 8. I loved how Emily turned the whole situation in her favor, getting rid of Tyler and tying some loose ends over Frank's death. But I was a bit bothered by how all she planned it all. Unloading the gun and having Frank's wallet on her, it's like she knew what Tyler was going to do and see.
1. Split time periods are fine if done right and not overused.
2. Emily. I was already bored with Tyler.
1. Pro. It added the right amount of suspense and hooked you in if you weren't already hooked. Although who wouldn't be hooked? Plus the promo already gave us an inkling as to what was going to happen so it still would have been a "What led up to that point?" thing.
2.Emily. I just cannot tolerate Tyler in any shape or fashion.He makes me cringe.
3.Eight.It was unplanned. She had to think on her feet..and of course rely on the best character of the Series, Nolan to execute most of it.
4.A bulletproof vest.
1. 2 days ago!?
I loved they slowly got us into Tyler's psychosis, showing him being sloppy and making mistakes! Just a great way to role us into the big final( which wasn't so big at the end!).
2Emily for sure!
She knows the game! She put the gun into his hand she put everything in motion!
Tyler is very smart as well, but he didn't go all the way.
3.Rating! Everything is about ratings!
This week she was going out of her comfort zone and took Tyler down in a slight different way! I give it an eight (8)
Some true ba**s! It seems he is getting them in the next episode! Should've stop being a pretty boy and start being a man!


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Where Booking Impact! looks at the in-ring action, Making An Impact! looks at the drama that's unfolded out of the ring. Impact Wrestling delivered progression and intriguing moments that should continue to build in the weeks and months to come, should creative continue in its current direction of talent and stories. With that, let's get down to it on today's Making An Impact!
With Dixie Carter and AJ Styles bickering over contracts and the importance of AJ Styles' talents for the company, it almost seemed as if the TNA title match was playing second fiddle. Last night was the first time Bully Ray and AJ Styles directly confronted one another regarding their Bound for Glory main event match. With 2 weeks left until the biggest pay-per-view for TNA Wrestling, these two need to be at each others throats continually with no distractions. However, Dixie Carter will involve herself and hinder AJ Styles' chances in some way, especially since Hogan has left TNA. Next week's broadcast should be a reversal of roles with AJ Styles placed in a match with the defending champion causing a disruption and getting the upper hand on AJ Styles. A back and forth between the two heading into Bound for Glory is a good build and, with the addition of Dixie Carter, could lead to AJ backed into a corner he will have to fight his way out of with intensity and determination.
Impact: Feud. Bound for Glory should be a feud heavy, feud settling and feud beginning event. AJ Styles and Bully Ray's program gives the world title match a dramatic feud. Dixie Carter adds fuel to the feud, creating a high stakes Bound for Glory main event. On AJ's part via storyline, he has no contract. In reality, AJ has an extension until December, as reports are stating. His booking could lead to his final decision of whether to stay with TNA Wrestling or look elsewhere.
Velvet Sky was to face Brooke Tassmacher in a #1 Contender Match for the TNA Knockouts Championship. Before the match would begin, Lei'D Tapa makes her way to the ring in surprising fashion. Tessmacher leaves Sky alone to take a beating at the hands of the new Knockout. That beating was a statement, putting the Knockouts on notice that a new force was in TNA Wrestling.
Impact: The Knockouts Division is painfully low in talent. Not just talent, but a dominating heel performer. Brooke Tessmacher and Gail Kim, though obviously possessing the skills to get the job done day in and day out, portray characters that do not impose a dominating demeanor. They are arrogant and wrestling heavy workers that will strike you down with their words and their performance. Lei'D Tapa, if used properly, can be a truly dominating Knockout not seen since the Awesome Kong era. Her in-ring skills will still need to be tested but, if last night showed anything, it showed that she can certainly hold her own. Lei'D Tapa is a big woman with raw power and an intimidation factor that can be the starting point to rebuilding the Knockouts division for the remainder of the year and 2014. Regarding Velvet Sky, last night's program could impact her onscreen relationship with Chris Sabin in some way, though how is uncertain. The next Impact Wrestling broadcast should be interesting for the Knockouts.
The moment that made the most impact was Hulk Hogan facing Dixie Carter and announcing that he has quit TNA Wrestling. What does this mean for Carter? Though having Hulk on her side would have made her power that much stronger, Carter now has a chance to do as she pleases without Hogan standing in the way. This could be a blessing in disguise for the TNA president. As mentioned earlier in this article, Hogan has left and Dixie Carter will be a hindrance to AJ Styles' chances. AJ Styles essentially has no backup from an office level. Hogan's voluntary termination could be what gets into AJ's head, to which Dixie and Bully Ray can and will exploit. But what if Hogan quitting only fire's up AJ further? This should make for more interesting developments as we make it to Bound for Glory.
Impact: The rumors of Hulk Hogan's contract, his involvement in WWE 2K14 and this past Thursday's Impact Wrestling all intertwine, despite anything the Hogan or Bischoff camp say. This was done in the event Hogan does not resign with TNA Wrestling. If Hulk Hogan is truly gone from TNA Wrestling, or if he is closer to being gone, TNA management needs to truly begin on looking ahead into 2014. Many will say that TNA will continue to sink with Hogan gone, but this could actually be an opportunity to start fresh again. They can focus on new talents such as Ethan and Lei'd Tapa. Build them up along with re-establishing TNA mainstays such as AJ Styles, James Storm, Gail Kim, Bobby Roode and Samoa Joe. Change is painful but it is necessary to grow. Truth to be told, you don't need to fit 18,000 people into an arena to show your growth.
Give us your thoughts on the drama of Impact Wrestling and let's get the conversation going!
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China Attempting to Curb Housing Market Speculation
"China Attempting to Curb Housing Market Speculation"
By Matthew Yglesias
On a policy-relevant note, Monday morning I was part of a group of people who spoke to a Vice President at the Bank of Commerce, which is one of China's large basically state-owned banks, about various financial and economic issues and naturally the question of whether China's experiencing a housing bubble of its own came up.
He offered a couple of interesting points in response. One was that he said China's largest banks have a limited exposure to real estate, with it amounting to no more than seven percent of total assets as a regulatory manner. So even if big losses are coming, it's something the system can weather. Maybe so. More interesting, he noted that in the past couple of months the Chinese government has taken regulatory steps to try to cool things down including, most notably, requiring a 50% downpayment on any second homes. The clear intention there is to make it difficult to engage in leveraged real estate speculation, thus preventing too much in the way of mania.
I won't try to judge how effective that step will be. But it's a reminder that it's not as if it's impossible for regulators to notice that something funny's happening and then change the rules in response. It's just necessary to not have regulators possessed of an a priori belief that systemic market meltdowns are impossible. Even if Alan Greenspan sincerely believed that there was nothing but sporadic instances of "froth" in real estate markets, he still could have acted to tamp the froth down. He just chose not to.


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In September, the El Paso County Sheriff's Office and the El Paso County Constables Office put out a list of people who had warrants mostly for moving violations.
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Bunch of pussies can't take a few words didn't even swear at them how was i toxic?
Although people like this guy annoy me soooo much, it doesn't matter. The code never claims players have to always be positive or always say nice things. I mean what are we trying to do here be the thought police? Frankly I don't really wanna play this game as much knowing that if you aren't how we want you to speak and act you'll be banned. Just seems unjustified and frankly LoL isn't the only MOBA...
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Yeah i'm toxic on the forums because i'm pissed about being banned for no reason. If people get offended by being called bad and noob, why the hell are they playing an online game?
Heck there is a report that was pardoned just a few threads above mine and his behavior was 200x worse rofl
I think there were enough people who told you that in their opinion the ban was justified. It's also obvious that you are pissed and in such emotional situations we all want to get rid of the bad feelings.
But doing so on a public forum where a written word stays recorded for ages, you only get people against you and that makes it even worse.
You got banned, so perhaps you want to use that time to do some crative work away from your computer and when the temper has cooled down join the community again being a good example to others and encouraging them to follow the summoners code and be positive.
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Game of the week – String Railway. Every so often, a game is released that brings a smile to your face as soon as you see it. String Railway is one of those games, providing a unique alternative to the usual train-themed boardgames. Using pieces of string to provide a border for playing, mountains and rivers, you must connect different stations together with strong of your own colour. For 2-5 players and with games lasting only 30 minutes, this is perfect for families, those new to boardgames, or for some light relief between heavier titles. Check out Doug Adam's review of this little gem on Kulkman's Gamebox, or Tom Vasel's video review, and see why this game makes us happy.
Running Away to Join the Circus – love them or hate them, there's no denying that the circus conjures an enduring image. If you can't resist the allure of big tops, acrobats and performing animals, two games provide an opportunity to relive the golden age of circus entertainment. Coney Island is a tile-laying game in which you attempt to lure customers to the famous New York attraction. In Drum Roll, you must hire performers to create the most prestigious travelling circus in 1900s Europe. For those of you that have always found the circus (and lets be honest about it, clowns) a little more sinister, then you may find some solace in Invasion From Outer Space, in which carnival performers fight off martian attack, or the Send in the Clowns expansion for the ever-popular Zombies!!! game.
Just One Wafer-Thin Mint – as those of you who have been in to Rules recently will have noticed, that we're stuffed (full of great games that is). As Christmas approaches, we'll be bursting with an ever-wider selection of games to try and meet all your needs. We're doing everything we can to keep the shop as uncluttered as possible, but apologies if anyone has any difficulty finding things. We hope you'll all bear with us for the next few months while we look for bigger and better premises.
Return to Ravnica Games Day – hopefully everyone has recovered from the marathon Return to Ravnica pre-releases at the end of last month, and have their Ravnica-themed decks built. If so, and you'd like to test them out, we have a Return to Ravnica Games Day on Sunday 28th October.
Gaming at the Gate – its just 10 more days until our next gaming evening at the wonderful Gate in Roath. We're already planning on what games to bring, and don't forget you're welcome to bring your own games. If you'd like to arrange a game of something, don't forget to let everyone know on Facebook.
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New in store from next week – There and back again with the new Hobbit Card Game from Martin Wallace; just in time for Halloween is City of Horror; classic superhero action in Super Showdown; the new second edition of the classic deduction game The Resistance; new card games Spectrix, Array and Cubu; build the best casino in Vegas Showdown; feudal Japanese battles in the Command and Colours based Samurai Battles, and not strictly new, but new to us is Junkyard Races, which looks like a terrifically fun racing boardgame with elements of Mario Kart and Wacky Races!
CCG Releases – Return to Ravnica Event decks and TGO 2012 Collectible Tins Wave 2 will be on sale from next Friday (26th).
Recent Releases in Store Now – Dungeon! the classic D&D boardgame is back for all your dungeon-crawling entertainment (and nostalgia). Other notable recent releases include Fleet, the fishing-based card game set off the Arctic Ocean; become a virtual Colonel Tom Parker, Artie Fufkin or Simon Cowell (if you really must) in Rock Band Manager; 40-thieves-themed Ali; save the human race (with an eye on the bottom-line) in Disaster Looms!; epic galactic battles in Battle Beyond Space; highly-rated sorcery-based deathmatches in Mage Wars; rising (or more accurately, sinking) co-op star Atlantis Rising; match pirate wizards against zombie ninjas in Smash Up; don your best spandex in the new and enhanced Sentinels of the Multiverse; Glory to Rome (Black Box Edition) now at long last available and on the shelves; the high-rolling Vegas; and resource trading in the final frontier in Star Trek Catan.
Roleplaying Games – we've had a mammoth delivery of books in from the States (our roleplaying section has now extended to a new shelf!). New in and notable restocks on the shelves include: Triune; Engine Heart; Night's Black Agents (by Kenneth Hines); School Daze; Remnants; Shab-al-Hiri Roach; The One-Page Dungeon Contest 2012; Bulldogs!; Kingdom of Nothing; Aeternal Legends; Committee for the Exploration of Mysteries; Fortune's Fool; Forsooth!; Lords of Olympus; Godsend Agenda; Monsters & Other Childish Things; Cold City; Magical Land of Yeld; Happy Birthday, Robot!; Over the Edge, and one-shot taster of Cthulhu Live, Murder at Miskatonic.
Also in Stock Now – Doctor Who: The Card Game; Agricola; Descent (2nd Edition); Walnut Grove; Coney Island; Drum Roll; Leviathans; Goa; Planet Steam; Wiraqocha; Verrater (The Traitor); Siam; Twilight Imperium; Zooloretto Mini; Risk Legacy; Alcatraz: The Scapegoat; Dixit; Kingdom Builder; Village; King of Tokyo; Murder of Crows; Mage Knight; Tsuro; RoboRally; Empires of the Void; Mystery of the Abbey; Pirate's Cove; Fealty and loads, loads more.
Available to order from today - Nautilus; CEOs & Corporations expansion for Disaster Looms!; Ricochet Rock Jockeys; Shield of the Gods for Warhammer Invasion; Woe to the Living; new Wings of Glory expansions; Shadowsfall: Shadow Plane Player's Companion and Dying Earth Revivification Folio.
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
''I never thought me, of all people, would be in a movie where they'd be like, 'Okay, roll to your left -- there's a giant robot foot coming at you!''' says Paltrow. ''But I love the fact that I am." Paramount's loving that fact too, because with ''Sky Captain'' -- a $70 million-plus meld of flesh and blood and digital animation that's steeped in old- school sci-fi like ''Commando Cody'' serials and Max Fleischer ''Superman'' cartoons and directed by a rookie filmmaker -- the studio is fielding one of the fall's riskiest offerings. Fortunately, the box office prospects are bolstered by not just one Oscar winner but two, with Jolie sporting a Brit accent and an eye patch as the leader of an elite amphibious squadron (mop up that drool, fanboy!). There's also two-time Oscar nominee Law, who brings along his geek cred: Would you believe the ''Cold Mountain'' golden boy collects comic books? ''I got the film immediately,'' says Law. ''I just thought it was about time someone took us back to a science-fiction genre that's without cynicism, that's more innocent and optimistic.'' Law (also a producer) plays the titular hero, a rakish adventurer who teams with his reporter ex-girlfriend (Paltrow) to rescue his trusty sidekick (Ribisi) and some scientists from a mystery villain named Dr. Totenkopf. Conran spent 10 years developing ''Sky Captain'' -- four years alone on a six-minute test video that proved compelling enough to land him a producer (Jon Avnet), independent financing (Paramount purchased U.S. distribution rights last summer), and his cast (Paltrow committed even before seeing a script).
Shot entirely against green screen on London soundstages, ''Sky Captain'' was originally scheduled for a June release but was moved to fall at Avnet's urging. ''I begged them not to come out right before ''Spider-Man 2.'' You can't compete with that. God bless 'em for changing their minds,'' says Avnet, adding that the extra time allowed Conran and his team of 89 computer artists to fine-tune the film. After a decade-long filmmaking journey, the shy, unassuming Conran says he's not sure what to do with himself now. ''I keep thinking, 'I have to go to work tomorrow' -- but we're finished. It's going to take awhile for those withdrawals to go away," he says. ''I hope I can actually think about something else.'' WHAT'S AT STAKE Oh, only the future of the highly lucrative, big-budget, computer-generated, retro-sci-fi genre. (Sept. 17)
Boy meets girl. Girl helps boy with tennis game. Boy goes on to reach the finals of the most prestigious tennis tournament in the world. Pretty simple, right? Until it came time to make that boy and that girl look like pros in front of a camera. Dunst, fresh off shooting ''Spider-Man 2,'' showed up well prepared for the rigors of training: Her New Jersey family has always been athletic and she had long dabbled in the sport. ''I love tennis. My dad used to play with me,'' says Dunst, who portrays Lizzie, a cocky star in the Venus Williams mold. ''I liked the role reversal,'' she adds. ''My character is kind of the guy in the movie, really aggressive.''


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The Society of Biology Book Awards celebrate the best biology, biosciences and life sciences writing published the previous year. Entries are invited for 2014 in the following categories:
- Undergraduates textbook (£500); for an outstanding biology/biosciences/life sciences textbook for undergraduates.
- Postgraduates textbook (£500); for an outstanding biology/biosciences/life sciences textbook for postgraduates.
- General biology book (£500); for an accessible, engaging and informative life-sciences book written for a non-specialist audience.
Please send the completed entry form along with 5 copies of the book to Sarah Baxter, The Society of Authors, 84 Drayton Gardens, London, SW10 9SB.
The deadline for entries is Wednesday 30 April.
For further information about the Society of Biology Book Awards, email Sarah Baxter or telephone 0207 373 6642.
Undergraduate textbook category:
Dr David Slingsby
David was Chair of Education of the British Ecological Society for 9 years and is currently editor of the Journal of Biological Education, a senior biology A level examiner, and a tutor with the OU on three modules (evolution, ecosystems and human biology). He has over 30 years' experience as a biology teacher.
Dr Clare Miller
Clare is a senior lecturer in microbiology at the University of Lincoln where her research involves utilising a range of biophysical techniques to study interactions between antimicrobial agents and bacterial cells. She is also interested in the dissemination of microbiological information through traditional and social media. Before working in Higher Education she was a teacher and continues to work as a senior GCSE science examiner.
Professor Jenny Morton
Jenny is Professor of Neurobiology at the University of Cambridge. She is based in the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience where she works on Huntington's disease. She is particularly interested in sleep and circadian disorder, as well as cognitive decline in neurodegenerative diseases. She is Director of Studies in Medicine and Veterinary Medicine at Newnham College, Cambridge, where she also teaches pharmacology to undergraduates.
Postgraduate textbook catergory:
Ian Carter
Ian Carter followed a zoology degree from Durham University with several years' research experience in Brunei and Sarawak looking at rainforests, and then a PGCE at Cambridge University. He is a Fellow of the Galton Institute, which is involved in human genetics research. He has been chief examiner for S level, principal examiner for A level, a question setter for AEA papers and chief examiner for the Government KS3 Science papers. He continues to contribute articles to The Biologist and The Journal of Biological Education and is currently associate editor of the School Science Review.
Dr Sue Howarth
Sue is a senior lecturer in secondary science education at the University of Worcester. Before working in Higher Education she was a teacher and won the Society's Teacher of the Year Award. She is on the Publications Committee of the Association for Science Education, and on the Editorial Board of The Biologist.
Dr Ian Turner
Ian is a senior lecturer in biology and forensic science and a learning and teaching advisor at the University of Derby. He is chair of the Derbyshire Branch of the British Science Association and sits on the general committee. He is passionate about higher education, innovative teaching and assessment and science communication.
General Biology Book Judges:
Dr Lewis Dartnell
Lewis is a UK Space Agency research fellow based at the University of Leicester. His field is astrobiology and the search for life beyond Earth; his research focuses on the planet Mars, and how long hardy microbial life, or signs of its past existence, might persist in the cosmic radiation of the martian surface. Lewis also holds an STFC Science in Society fellowship and speaks regularly at schools and science festivals, as well as freelance writing for newspapers and magazines. He has published three books: Life in the Universe: A Beginner's Guide, My Tourist Guide to the Solar System and Beyond and The Knowledge: How to Rebuild our World from Scratch. See: www.lewisdartnell.com
Dr William Marshall
William has recently retired as clinical director of pathology and consultant clinical biochemist at The London Clinic, a leading London independent hospital. He is author of the standard UK undergraduate and postgraduate textbooks in clinical biochemistry and has contributed to and edited several books for the Association for Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine.
Martin Redfern
Martin has spent the last 25 years producing the BBC Radio Science Unit. He has extensive writing experience for magazines and newspapers and won the 2005 Association of British Science Writers Science Writers' Award.
Connie St Louis
Connie is a freelance broadcaster, journalist, writer and scientist. She is director of City University London's Science Journalism MA. Connie is a recipient of the prestigious Joseph Rowntree Journalist Fellowship to write a book based on her acclaimed two-part Radio 4 documentary series Raising Ham.
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The rookery, part of the Audubon bird sanctuaries on High Island, is a hot spot for birders. Pink and white wings flurry back and forth. The air is filled with a cacophony of animalistic sounds. Every year, egrets, herons, ibis, cormorants and roseate spoonbill flock to the trees on top a small island within a lake in order to attract a mate, build a nest and raise chicks.
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Bing Warns Shoppers: Don't Get Scroogled This Holiday Season
REDMOND, Wash., Nov. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Bing, Microsoft Corp.'s search engine, today is launching a national campaign to highlight Bing's commitment to honest search results and to help explain to consumers the risks of Google Shopping's newly announced "pay-to-rank" practice, in which the shopping search results customers see are not true search results such as they see elsewhere on Google; they are actually ads that are ranked, in part, by who pays the most. More information on these practices is available at http://www.scroogled.com.
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Instead of showing you the most relevant shopping search results for the latest coffee maker you're looking to buy mom, Google's new redesigned shopping vertical now decides what to show you — and how prominently to display what product offers they show — based partially on how much a merchant selling the product has paid Google. Merchants can literally pay to improve their chances to display their product offers higher than others inside of Google's shopping "search," even if it's not necessarily better or cheaper. That's not right, it's not transparent, it's not what you expect from search, and it's not how we at Bing think search engines should help consumers get the best prices and selection when shopping. Consumers are urged to visit http://www.scroogled.com to learn more about how to avoid getting "Scroogled," a term used by Bing to describe Google's new practice that leaves people with fewer choices and potentially higher prices.Today, Bing is also renewing its commitment to the old rules — honoring our side of the bargain with shoppers by delivering better, more objectively ranked search results. We won't let who pays us for ads or other services affect what you see in your shopping search results. Search results are one thing; ads are another.
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Ceglia v. Zuckerberg et al
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK -----------------------------------PAUL D. CEGLIA, Plaintiff, v. MARK ELLIOT ZUCKERBERG and FACEBOOK, INC., Defendants. ------------------------------------ x : : : : : : : : : x Civil Action No. 1:10-cv-00569RJA CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify, under penalty of perjury pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746, that on this 14th day of October, 2011, I caused the following documents to be filed with the Clerk of the District Court using its CM/ECF system, which would then electronically notify all counsel of record in this case: Defendants' Notice of Third Motion to Compel and for Other Relief; Defendants' Memorandum of Law in Support of Their Third Motion to Compel and for Other Relief; the Declaration of Alexander H. Southwell, Esq.; the Declaration of Michael F. McGowan; the Declaration of Gerald M. LaPorte; and accompanying exhibits. Dated: New York, New York October 14, 2011 /s/ Orin Snyder Orin Snyder GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP 200 Park Avenue, 37th Floor New York, NY 10166-0193 (212) 351-4000 Attorneys for Defendants Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook, Inc.