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National Security
When is a secret not a secret?
When government leaks sensitive national security information to the press, of course.
President Barack Obama has signed a secret order authorizing U.S. support for rebels seeking to depose Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his government, U.S. sources familiar with the matter said.
Obama's order, approved earlier this year and known as an intelligence "finding," broadly permits the CIA and other U.S. agencies to provide support that could help the rebels oust Assad.
What is it that occurs in early November? And who needs a little boost?
Oh, yeah.
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Is Iran preparing to close the Straits of Hormuz?
That's what our intel guys are saying:
U.S. government officials, citing new intelligence, said Iran has developed plans to disrupt international oil trade, including through attacks on oil platforms and tankers.
Officials said the information suggests that Iran could take action against facilities both inside and outside the Persian Gulf, even absent an overt military conflict.
The findings come as American officials closely watch Iran for its reaction to punishing international sanctions and to a drumbeat of Israeli threats to bomb Tehran's nuclear sites, while talks aimed at preventing Iran from developing nuclear weapons have slowed.
Now, of course, "developing plans" and actually executing them are entirely different things. But, as irrational as Iran can be sometimes, the development of such plans has to be taken seriously.
If you've been paying attention over the past few months, we've been creeping any number of assets closer to Iran. So obviously we believe where there is smoke we may see fire.
"Iran is very unpredictable," said a senior defense official. "We have been very clear what we as well as the international community find unacceptable."
The latest findings underscore why many military officials continue to focus on Iran as potentially the most serious U.S. national-security concern in the region, even as the crisis in Syria has deepened and other conflicts, as in Libya, have raged.
Defense officials cautioned there is no evidence that Tehran has moved assets in position to disrupt tankers or attack other sites, but stressed that Iran's intent appears clear.
Iran has a number of proxies, as we all know, none of whom have much use for the US or the rest of the Western world. What would possibly cause Iran to attempt to strike at outside targets? The belief that they could get away with it:
But U.S. officials said some Iranians believe they could escape a direct counterattack by striking at other oil facilities, including those outside the Persian Gulf, perhaps by using its elite forces or external proxies.
I'm not sure how one thinks they can escape retribution by such tactics, but it is enough to believe you can. And apparently there are some in Iran who do. That's dangerous, depending on where they sit in the decision making hierarchy.
The officials wouldn't describe the intelligence or its sources, but analysts said statements in the Iranian press and by lawmakers in Tehran suggest the possibility of more-aggressive action in the Persian Gulf as a response to the new sanctions. Iranian oil sales have dropped and prices have remained low, pinching the government.
So, we wait. And creep more assets into the area. And wait.
As an aside to all the arm-chair defense experts who claim we shouldn't be developing advanced weaponry because all our future wars are likely to be "just like Afghanistan".
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Pan-Islamist Muslim Brotherhood takes over in Libya
Yes sir, that Arab Spring is really what we all wanted, isn't it? So much so that the US and NATO helped this particular one along. In Libya:
While the elections for a 200-member National Congress is unlikely to grant a majority to any one faction, the Muslim Brotherhood and its Islamist allies are confident they can join their counterparts in Tunisia and Egypt at the helm of leadership.
Negotiations between the Muslim Brotherhood and a secular-based political movement led by former interim prime minister Mahmoud Jibril have focused on forming a post-election government as soon as the result is known.
An adviser to Mr Jibril said the former prime minister was likely to take the post of figurehead president with Mustafa Abu Shagour, currently interim deputy prime minister of the Muslim Brotherhood, taking the prime minister's slot as head of government.
The Muslim Brotherhood would dominate the ministries.
And what pan-Islamist faction is positioned in Syria along with its militant al Qaeda brothers to take the reigns there when the current government eventually falls?
Why the same Muslim Brotherhood now ascendant in Egypt, Tunisia and Libya.
All good, right?
Exactly what we expected and wanted, right?
Foreign policy success, right?
Caliphate? What Caliphate?
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There is no US national security interest in a Syrian intervention
I just wanted to make that clear as we look at the Turkish jet shoot down and the fact that Turkey has invoked chapter 4 of the NATO treaty:
That is the provision that calls on NATO member countries to "consult together whenever, in the opinion of any of them, the territorial integrity, political independence or security of any of the parties is threatened." Turkey's Islamist foreign minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, has announced that Turkey is calling for an emergency consultation of NATO members under Article 4 to consider a response to what it deems Syrian aggression.
Now the backstory, so you at least understand why this presents a possibility of NATO, and thus the US, being pulled into such an intervention (possibly willingly, I'll get to that later). It comes from Andrew McCarty at PJ Media:
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is a Sunni Islamic supremacist with longstanding ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, the world's most influential Sunni supremacist organization. The Brotherhood is leading the mujahideen (called the "opposition" or the "rebels" by the mainstream media) that seeks to oust the Assad regime in Syria — dominated by the Alawites, a minority Shiite sect. Unsurprisingly, then, Turkey's government has taken a very active role in abetting the Brotherhood's operations against the Syrian regime, which have also been joined by al-Qaeda and other Sunni militants.
On Friday, a Turkish air force jet entered Syrian air space, and Assad regime forces shot it down. Turkey claims the jet "mistakenly" cruised over Syria, and that, by the time it was taken down, it was in international air space over the Mediterranean. One need carry no brief for Assad to conclude that, given the interventionist drum–beat for no-fly zones and direct military and logistical aid to the "opposition," Syria rationally took the presence of a Turkish military aircraft in its air space as a provocation. Turkey insists it was not "spying" — that this was just an accident to which Syria overreacted. That would be a good argument if the regime were not under siege and if the Syrian and Turkish governments had not been exchanging hostile words (mostly, threats from Erdogan) for months. That, of course, is not the case.
Confused? Well don't be. This is just another chapter in the eternal war between the Sunnis and Shiites and between the religious and secular. Turkey happens to be an Islamic Sunni enclave (some want you to believe the country is "secular" but it isn't thanks to Erdogan) and Syria is ruled by a "secular" Shiite government which, by the way, is ideologically identical to Saddam's Iraq. You know, the Syrian government headed by a man this US administration labeled as "a reformer" not so long ago? Well, it's "under the bus" time for him.
Turkey and Saudi Arabia – that would be Wahhabist Saudi Arabia (Sunni) – have been arming the Syrian rebels along with who, oh yeah, the Muslim Brotherhood. And that has ended up seeing good old Al Qaeda show up on the rebel side, which apparently is fine with Turkey, Saudi Arabia and the Brotherhood.
The Obama administration, from its first days, has cozied up to the Muslim Brotherhood — both Brotherhood branches in the Middle East, and Brotherhood satellite organizations in the U.S., such as CAIR and the Islamic Society of North America. Obama has also been quietly supporting the Syrian mujahideen: coordinating with repressive Islamist governments in Turkey and Saudi Arabia to arm and train them, and reportedly dispatching the CIA to facilitate this effort. But it has thus far resisted calls for more overt participation — calls by pro-Brotherhood progressives in both parties for something along the lines of what Obama did in Libya, meaning: without congressional approval and toward the end of empowering virulently anti-Western Islamists.
There was no US interest in intervening in Libya but we did (we used R2P as the excuse and NATO as the tool). Syria, of course, would present orders of magnitudes more difficulty militarily. It is a much more sophisticated military power than was Libya.
The problem? Well while Obama may be reluctant to intervene alone, NATO might provide a perfect excuse/vehicle. And the benefits would be fairly obvious electorally. It would "change the subject" again. It would make him a "war time" president (yes, technically he is now, but A'stan isn't "his" war so he doesn't quite get the benefit public support for his continuation in office). And he could cite "treaty obligations" as a reason without having to go to Congress.
He also has the "good experience" of Libya as a sort of enticement to try the same thing again.
Turkey and Saudi Arabia make out rather well too. They get the crusaders to fight and die in their battle all so the Islamists can eventually take the prize. The US and NATO would end up fighting to help put Al Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood in charge in Syria.
Ironic? Uh, slightly.
Point: This is not a NATO or US fight. This is something that we should stay as far from as we can.
Politics, however, will be integral to any decision made at this point, at least in the US. Domestic electoral politics. What scares me is the possibility the Obama administration may conclude it is a good idea politically to use NATO to "change the subject" and make Obama a "war time President" hoping the advantages of that situation will make the difference in November. And it wouldn't be a unilateral decision, but instead receive bi-partisan support as Sen. McCain and other GOP members have been outspoken in their desire to intervene.
Call me paranoid but I find nothing in my analysis that's at all infeasible or improbable. In fact, having watched this administration at work, I consider it to be a completely possible scenario.
Twitter: @McQandO
Obama Administration: Remember when "Top Secret" actually meant something?
On the eve of the anniversary of D-Day, it isn't difficult, given their record, to believe that if it was the Obama Administration in charge on that historic day, the Germans would have known all about it.
In recent months, operations which we should frankly know nothing about, have been leaked by this administration.
Most observers have come to the conclusion that the leaks are an attempt to paint a positive picture of Obama the Commander-in-Chief in what promises to be a bruising fight for re-election. The reason for such an attempt is the rest of the Obama record leaves much to be desired.
Here, from Peter Brooks at the NY Post, is a litany of the leaks:
It started with the Osama bin Laden takedown last May, in which operational and intelligence details found their way out of the White House Situation Room to the press in just a number of hours.
In a slap at the leakers, then- Defense Secretary Bob Gates said, "We all agreed that we would not release any operational details from the effort to take out bin Laden . . . That all fell apart on Monday — the next day."
The situation was made worse by exposing the role a Pakistani doctor played in finding bin Laden. The doc is now going to jail for 30-some years — and the crafty inoculation program meant to get Osama's DNA is blown.
Earlier this year, info escaped about the busting of the plot to put an "underwear bomber" on a US-bound aircraft by Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
While kudos go to the intel community for this fabulous counterterrorism op, it was revealed that the expected bomber was a double agent who'd penetrated AQAP. Now al Qaeda knows, too.
Then, late last week, came a news story on "Stuxnet," the tippy-top-secret US-Israel cyberassault on Iran's uranium-enrichment plant at Natanz that's been going on since the George W. Bush presidency.
It's terrific the cyberattack reportedly led to the destruction of some centrifuges used in Iran's bomb program, but now the mullahs know for sure who was behind the operation.
Moreover, dope on our highly successful drone program continues to ooze out.
All of this has led to compromising networks, having an agent (the Pakistani doctor) arrested and jailed, and blowing other operations. It has also made it clear to our allies that sharing intel with the US is a risky business, especially if the outcome could help the political career of the incumbent president.
Let's be clear here – none of this should have leaked. None of it. A fairly terse announcement of fact that Osama bin Laden was confirmed dead should have been the extent of any sort of information released. That's it.
Instead operational details that should never have seen the light of day have been routinely released. Anyone with an ounce of sense knows you never, ever talk about methods and means. Yet both have been a part of these releases.
This sort of behavior, for pure political gain, compromises our intel gathering capabilities and is likely to hurt future operations. We spend years trying to develop human intelligence networks and agents and in one fell swoop we compromise them (the double agent in Yemen and the doctor in Pakistan).
"It's a pattern that goes back two years, starting with the Times Square bomber, where somebody in the federal government, probably the FBI, leaked his name before he was captured," said Rep. Pete King, the GOP chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee.
"That's why he tried to leave the country — he knew they were on to him." Calling the episode "amateur hour" at the White House, King said: "It puts our people at risk and gives information to the enemy."
Amateurs are dangerous. Amateurs who leak classified information for political gain are even more dangerous.
It's time to stop "amateur hour at the White House."
Twitter: @McQandO
Travel day–in DC for CPAC
Sorry about the lack of posting, but have been on the road since 5am. Got into DC about 2pm and that gave me just enough time to change clothes, grab the Metro and make it over to the Rayburn building to spend about 30 minutes with House Armed Services Committee chairman Howard "Buck" McKeon. Very interesting discussion which I'll be writing up soon. Ed Morrissey from Hot Air was there as well.
I'm interested in the temperature of Conservatives this year so I'm probably going to be doing more talking/interviewing of bloggers than listening to variations on the candidate's stump speeches.
I think there'll be more insight and gold in the interviews with Conservative activists than politicians.
Oh, and apparently Occupy is going to pay CPAC a visit on Friday and Saturday so that ought to be fun.
I'm tired. So, until tomorrow.
Twitter: @McQandO
The defense budget
Here's a little fact to keep in mind when considering the current cuts to spending at DoD (and let's be clear, there is nothing wrong with appropriate cuts to defense spending), besides all the other ramifications it promises:
Defense accounts for less than 20 percent of the federal budget but already exceeds 50 percent of deficit-reduction efforts. And for every dollar the President hopes to save in domestic programs, he plans on saving $128 in defense.
And that's without the looming sequestration cuts (keep in mind, most war fighting costs are not included in the budget) of another half trillion dollars.
Or said another way, the administration has decided that it will attempt to cut spending primarily with cuts to national defense. There is no serious program afoot to cut back the myriad of other government agencies and branches. In fact, many are expanding (see EPA, IRS, etc.).
As for sequestration, Democrats are bound and determined to see it through, because, you know, national defense is less important than winning an ideological struggle.
Charles Hoskinson of POLITICO's Morning Defense reports (btw, if you don't subscribe to it, you should):
BUT REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS are still far apart on one key issue: taxes. We caught up with SASC Chairman Levin at a breakfast Thursday and he said he's counting on public pressure to push the GOP to accept new tax revenues as part of any solution – something they've so far refused to consider. Meanwhile, Levin and other Democrats won't budge on reversing sequestration except as part of a complete package. "The dam has got to be broken on revenues, and what I believe will break it is the threat of sequestration," he said.
Shorter Levin, "we're more than willing to hold national security hostage and see it gutted to get our way on taxes".
It is rather interesting approach for an administration which is hung up on everyone paying their 'fair share'. It seems that the lion's share of what it will surely tout during the upcoming campaign as serious budget cutting, will come from the one Constitutionally mandated duty it has – national defense.
As for all the programs that have a future funding liability of 200 trillion dollar?
Twitter: @McQandO
HASC Republicans: A common sense solution to sequestration and national defense
The DoD is presently working through a half trillion dollars in budget cuts mandated by Barack Obama which is going to see a much weaker military despite what any of the madly spinning politicians claim.
But the real meat axe is hanging just over the horizon in what is known as "sequestration" cuts, i.e. cuts which will be made across the board because the debit committee was unable to reach a deal on the cuts in the budget (by the way, Harry Reid, it's now been 1001 days since you, Mr. Majority Leader, passed a budget out of the Senate) for the future. That would mean an additional half trillion in cuts to DoD, the result of which, would simply be disastrous to our national security.
Here, in this video, a group of Republican House Armed Services Committee members make a pitch for a common sense solution that would absorb the need for those sequestration cuts. In short, cut the Federal workforce by 10% – but do it over time and strictly through attrition.
Someone, anyone, tell me we couldn't get along without 10% of the Federal workforce:
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Samuelson: Obama's Keystone Pipeline decision an "act of national insanity"
Robert Samuelson, writing in the Washington Post, correctly dissects the Obama decision to reject the Keystone Pipeline into its two proper constituent parts: politics and the net practical effect:
President Obama's rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico is an act of national insanity. It isn't often that a president makes a decision that has no redeeming virtues and — beyond the symbolism — won't even advance the goals of the groups that demanded it. All it tells us is that Obama is so obsessed with his reelection that, through some sort of political calculus, he believes that placating his environmental supporters will improve his chances.
Aside from the political and public relations victory, environmentalists won't get much. Stopping the pipeline won't halt the development of tar sands, to which the Canadian government is committed; therefore, there will be little effect on global-warming emissions. Indeed, Obama's decision might add to them. If Canada builds a pipeline from Alberta to the Pacific for export to Asia, moving all that oil across the ocean by tanker will create extra emissions. There will also be the risk of added spills.
The unions are in his pocket, or so this decision would seem to say. Not in his pocket and not particularly happy with him at the moment are the members of the radical environmentalist movement. He apparently thinks they're important to his re-election. This was a political move designed to shore up that constituency with the implied promise of permanent rejection of the project after he's re-elected. That's the message to them (whether it is true or not, they'll still vote for him now because they know a Republican will okay it). He most likely figures the unions will suck it up and support him and, my guess now, he'll find a bone he can throw their way sometime between now and November.
That leaves the practical effect of his rejection to the overall environmentalist goal of "reducing greenhouse gas emissions". The effect? It will likely mean even more emissions than running the pipeline through the US. As Samuelson points out the tar sands will be developed and exploited, the product will be transported through a pipeline and most likely that pipeline will now run to the west coast of Canada instead of our Gulf refineries. But unlike the trip by pipeline to the coast, there will then be an added step of transporting it by sea to China.
Great win there enviro-types.
But there's even more damage done by this decision.
Now consider how Obama's decision hurts the United States. For starters, it insults and antagonizes a strong ally; getting future Canadian cooperation on other issues will be harder. Next, it threatens a large source of relatively secure oil that, combined with new discoveries in the United States, could reduce (though not eliminate) our dependence on insecure foreign oil.
It's not "relatively secure", it is very secure. Canada is and has been our largest supplier of "foreign" oil for years. And they're both a friend and a neighbor. How more secure – other than having the tar sands within our borders – can a supply get? What we have an opportunity to do here is displace the commensurate amount of foreign oil from unfriendly and insecure sources by the amount the tar sands would yield.
Sound like good policy? Sound like a smart move? Of course it does. So why the rejection of such a seemingly common sense decision. See reason one above: politics. This is all about election year politics. The president who claims to have the best interest of all Americans at heart has just demonstrated that that claim is nonsense. He's catered to a particular election year constituency in deference to what is obviously best for the nation.
…Obama's decision forgoes all the project's jobs. There's some dispute over the magnitude. Project sponsor TransCanada claims 20,000, split between construction (13,000) and manufacturing (7,000) of everything from pumps to control equipment. Apparently, this refers to "job years," meaning one job for one year. If so, the actual number of jobs would be about half that spread over two years. Whatever the figure, it's in the thousands and thus important in a country hungering for work. And Keystone XL is precisely the sort of infrastructure project that Obama claims to favor.
What has supposedly been the focus of Obama for some time – that's right, jobs and infrastructure. His rhetoric has been all about how we need to create jobs and improve our infrastructure. Here you have a infrastructure project – an actual shovel ready one – that will provide jobs and he rejects it and, as usual, tries to shift the blame to Republicans for something he decided. The implication, of course, is he might have made a different decision if they'd have let him vote "present" until after the election. Because, you see, they've now forced him to tack this stupid decision on his less than impressive record as president – and now he'll have to run on it. As usual, the blame-shifter in chief had decided it is someone else's fault.
And in case you were wondering about the timeline on this project, it goes pretty much like this:
The State Department had spent three years evaluating Keystone and appeared ready to approve the project by year-end 2011. Then the administration, citing opposition to the pipeline's route in Nebraska, reversed course and postponed a decision to 2013 — after the election.
By the way, the supposed primary excuses for the rejection was the opposition to the pipeline mounted by Nebraska. In fact, as POLITICO reports, the White House used the Republican governor there, Dave Heineman, as cover for its decision. Heineman takes exception to that:
"I want to say I'm very disappointed," Heineman told POLITICO. "I think the president made a mistake."
"Really what he was saying in denying the permit was 'no' to American jobs and 'yes' to a greater dependence on Middle Eastern oil," he said. "We want to put America back to work."
Why is Heineman disappointed? Because there was a way in the works to let the project go ahead while negotiations were finalized that would have satisfied Heineman and the states initial objections:
He said that his Legislature and his administration were working to get the final approvals in place and that the State Department should have approved conditionally while Nebraska worked out the final route. The company seeking to build the pipeline, TransCanada, was perfectly willing to begin construction at either end and finish in Nebraska, according to Heineman.
But the unilateral president, in a fit of political pique and in full political mode, decided to dump the project … at least for now. Those ready shovels could be breaking ground today. Instead, we have to hope, if and when the decision is reversed, that it hasn't been overcome by events and Canadians aren't loading tar sand oil on Chinese ships.
Naturally the administration thinks Heineman's idea is just, well, inappropriate:
"It's the responsibility of the State Department to grant this permit, which really looks at the crossing of the international boundary. … It's important for us to look at the full pipeline and not move forward on such a major infrastructure project that will be a part of the country and the landscape for many years in pieces like that. I hadn't heard about the governor proposing this, but we don't really think that's an approach that really deals with the national interest question in an appropriate way," Assistant Secretary of State Kerri Ann Jones said on a conference call.
Right. Of course. Naturally.
What BS.
Say's the governor:
"If you're a decisive president and you want to put America back to work, you can find a way to get to yes," Heineman said about the administration's response. "That's what most governors do. So I'm just not buying that."
Yeah, neither am I. Neither are 70% of the voters.
Politics … pure and simple.
Jobs president? Don't make me laugh.
National security first? Nope, politics first.
Concerned with all Americans? Seriously?
An "act of national insanity"? Spot on.
Twitter: @McQandO
Iran, the Straits of Hormuz and "Armageddon"
Iran is supposedly being sternly warned that attempting to close the Straits of Hormuz will not be tolerated. The Iranians have put forward a bill in their Parliament which would require warships from any nation desiring to transit the Straits to get the permission of Iran first.
Of course, the Straits are considered by the rest of the world as "international waters" while the premise of the Iranians is they're national waters subject to the control of Iran.
Most experts believe that this has been precipitated by sanctions imposed on Iran by much of the world, but especially the Western powers. Closing the Straits of Hormuz would be viewed by most of them as an act of war.
So, per the New York Times, a secret channel has been opened with Iran's top leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in which he has been informed the US would consider any such attempt to close the Straits as "a red line" that would provoke a response.
DoD has made the position publically official:
Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said this past weekend that the United States would "take action and reopen the strait," which could be accomplished only by military means, including minesweepers, warship escorts and potentially airstrikes. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta told troops in Texas on Thursday that the United States would not tolerate Iran's closing of the strait.
So the line is drawn. The hand is closed into a fist with a warning. Bluff or promise? Will Iran test it to see?
Here's why some think they won't:
Blocking the route for the vast majority of Iran's petroleum exports — and for its food and consumer imports — would amount to economic suicide.
"They would basically be taking a vow of poverty with themselves," said Dennis B. Ross, who until last month was one of President Obama's most influential advisers on Iran. "I don't think they're in such a mood of self sacrifice."
Of course fanatics often don't think or reason in rational terms, but Ross has a point.
Meanwhile, as the sanctions continue to bite, Iran's president is finishing up a South American swing to shore up support (and resources one supposes) for his regime from the usual suspects – Chavez, Ortega and their band of merry socialists. China is also a player in all of this, although not a particularly enthusiastic one. Iran exports 450,000 barrels a day of oil, which is now not being bought by Europe or the US. So it sees an opportunity here to up its share of that total. John Foley thinks China will fudge on sanctions, at least partially. That, of course, could extend the drama.
And while all of this is going on, Iranian nuclear scientists are blowing up pointing to some sort of effort by some nation(s) or group to slow and frustrate what everyone believes is Iran's push for nuclear weapons. That, by the way, may be part of the discussions in South America if you get my drift.
Don't know if you noticed recently, but the Doomsday Clock has added a minute, the first since 2007 when it subtracted one. We're no 4 figurative minutes from "Armageddon". Iran certainly figures in the move.
So far, the "reset" is going just swimmingly, isn't it?
Twitter: @McQandO


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Burberry seizes the moment at London Fashion Week
"The great thing about Burberry is that (Bailey) can take the traditional Burberry aesthetic and evolve it into something that is new or a trend," said Katharine Zarella, who writes for Interview and Dossier magazines.
Bailey, 39, tried to set a mood he described as light and fun, starting with a visual display of a snowstorm - as if anyone in dark gray London needed extra help in imaging inclement weather - and then using a snow machine during the finale. The audience seemed intrigued as guests in the front row reached forward to try to see what the falling flakes were made of.
The show marked another high point for Burberry, which has been expanding its global presence in fashion hubs like New York and Tokyo while keeping its London base.
The presentation came near the end of a Fashion Week that has seen several designers touch back to their English heritage, and take advantage of the international attention being directed at the fashion world because of the upcoming royal wedding between Prince William and Middleton.
"I think she's beautiful," said Bailey of the princess-to-be. "I'm a big, big fan and I'm very excited for the date and I can't wait to celebrate. We're lucky as a nation to have two wonderful ambassadors: They're young, they're good looking, they're smart - and I think they live exciting lives."
So, will he be doing THE wedding dress?
"No," said Bailey - and the guessing game about who will continues.
From punk to choral hymns, from brooding and gothic to sweet and angelic - Julien Macdonald dished up not only beautiful clothes, but an impressively dramatic performance.
A series of black dresses in intricate lace, mesh and chiffon opened the show to a punk soundtrack, which mellowed out as the clothes gradually acquired soft pastel tones of lavender, pale salmon and buttercream.
Speaking after the show, which was hosted in a dimly lit old London church, Macdonald said the story behind the collection was a rich girl who wanted to escape her life and become a rocker.
A key look was dresses with a long, transparent train in pleated chiffon that flowed out from a skirt's back slit, creating a fluid mermaid silhouette. One particularly striking example had a vest bodice with a sexy lace back and an ethereal black train that shimmered with peacock tones.
The softness of the lace and chiffon was balanced with cropped leather jackets and bulky fur coats - some dangling with what looked like fox tails.
Paul Smith stuck to his signature pinstriped suits and mannish dress coats in his new womenswear collection, dressing his models in skinny cropped pants, flat patent loafers, waistcoats and school ties.
The look was "Annie Hall" and Patti Smith-inspired, the silhouette was unapologetically androgynous, the attitude was nonchalant and urban. In fact, with those large black-framed glasses and disheveled hair, the models look much like the hipsters that roam the trendy areas of cities like London and New York.

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We did some of our furthest ranging cruising this past summer, and put on close to 800 nm (too many hours on engine, not a lot of wind and/or stiff current or tidal windows).
That has to do with the sailboat performance but mostly, like you say, with the wind or lack of it.
This year part of the season was on the Cyclades. We have been sailing there about a month in August. On that month I used about 60L of diesel sailing almost everyday between 20 and 60nm, maybe an average of 30Nm a day. I can only remember one time at a quay with electricity to charge the batteries so the Diesel went practically all for charging batteries.
I will recommend the Cyclades to all that want to sail and keep motoring to a minimum. Some experience is required because sometimes the wind is too much (4 days at anchor waiting it to blow away) and some smart navigation is needed to get away from stronger winds, but it is a delight to know that you will have wind to sail everyday and every night. I become a fan
On the other way, from Messina strait to Rome we only had a really decent sailing day, from Ponza to Rome (70Nm), but what a day, surfing at 11K with the waves directly on the transom
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India, a hub for car exports to developed markets, is seeing serious competition from Thailand as production constraints and quality issues force manufacturers to consider production of critical models in the Southeast Asian nation.
Ford India is looking at shifting production of Fiesta, and Japanese manufacturer Suzuki is planning to move production of its newly launched Celerio from India to Thailand for exporting to developed markets, according to sources.
Ford's India unit is unlikely to export company's new compact sports utility vehicle EcoSport to North American markets, whose production will be moved to unit to the US automaker's Thai plant by 2016, according to recent reports.
Experts said EcoSport and Fiesta will mainly be exported to North American markets while Celerio will be exported to Europe.
Mayuree Chaiyuthanaporn, senior analyst, IHS Automotive Asean, who tracks Thailand automotive market, said, "Manufacturers are looking at Thai plants mainly because of India production constraint coupled with the better quality production in Thailand. Reportedly, Ford EcoSport produced in Thailand provide better noise, vibration, and harshness (NVH) levels. Meanwhile, export orders are likely to utilise Thailand's capacity to its maximum."
Thailand is a production base for pickups and small cars, with total capacity expected to reach three million units by 2019, highest in Southeast Asia. The production cost in Thailand can be reduced because of economies of scale. Completely built units (CBUs) export account for around 60% (2013) of total production output, according to IHS Automotive.
According to an industry expert with wide experience in working across India and ASEAN markets, "Manufacturing of pickups and small car segments get supported by the government in a big way. Thailand has better infrastructure and technology, while it also has some challenges in terms of political instability and natural calamities. However, quality of production is very competitive as compared with India."
The country also has the highest number of suppliers among Asean countries. The Thai Board Of Investment offers both fiscal and non-tax incentives for investments. Tax sops include exemption or reduction of import duties on machinery and raw materials, and corporate income tax exemptions and reductions.
Companies like Ford India and Suzuki have capacities in Thailand as well as in India. In fact, both automakers are also in the process of building additional capacities in Gujarat. Hence, production constraint is not an issue for factories in India, experts said. However, Thailand gives logistical and supply advantages as far as exports are concerned.
Maruti Suzuki did not respond to queries.
A Ford India spokesperson said, "We do not comment on speculations. However, it is important to clarify that our operations around the world do not 'compete' with one another. Under the global One Ford plan, our manufacturing strategy is determined by a number of variables like logistics, cost efficiencies, geographies, etc, and is implemented to deliver the success of a single global One Ford plan."
"Export strategy is fundamental to our growing operations in India and we are well on course to establish India as our export hub and a center of excellence for small cars and low displacement engines for both domestic and exports. As part of One Ford plan, Ford is investing significantly to deliver scale and flexibility to reciprocate the increasing demand from both domestic as well as export markets. With upcoming manufacturing facility at Sanand, Gujarat, Ford India will double its manufacturing capability and significantly increase export volumes to several global markets including mature markets."
Exports from India gained momentum with Ford Figo, and have today reached new heights with Ford EcoSport being exported to mature markets like Europe, it added.
V G Ramakrishnan, managing director, South Asia at Frost & Sullivan, said, "Exports form an important strategy for most manufacturers as it helps in keeping pricing competitive for them to sell vehicles in the Indian market. Hence, no company can really ignore exports from India."
Exports of passenger vehicles from India grew 6.09% last fiscal, as per data by Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers.


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Walker's agent: Union may file grievance
SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Todd Walker's agent released a statement on Tuesday indicating that the Major League Baseball Players Association was looking into filing a grievance on Walker's behalf.
Walker was awarded $3.95 million by an arbitrator on Feb. 21, but because the Padres cut him before today's deadline he will only receive a quarter of the pay. Had Walker been on the roster today, he would have been guaranteed the full amount.
"Todd and his family are very disappointed that he was released by the Padres," agent Brian Carlin said. "He is looking forward to signing with another team and trying to win a championship. The union is looking into the release and has serious questions about the Padres' motives. Union representatives have assured us that they will do everything necessary to protect and vindicate Todd's rights."
General manager Kevin Towers indicated on Monday the decision was "absolutely not" financially related. He said Walker wasn't a "good fit" in the team's short- or long-term plans -- that he was deep on the depth chart and that Marcus Giles would have taken up most of the playing time at second base.
Walker will now reside on the waiver wire through Thursday. If he's not picked up by another major-league team, Walker will have to present a written notice of the grievance.
Greg Bouris, the director of communications for the MLBPA, deferred comment on the situation until the organization's lawyers look into the situation.
Bullpen spot for Cameron?
Kevin Cameron was given a well-earned day off Tuesday after firing two shutout innings against the Kansas City Royals on Monday night. Cameron, a Rule 5 draftee from Minnesota, is the Padres' leading candidate for the seventh and final spot in the bullpen as he continues to impress.
He has a 4.76 ERA in 11 1/3 innings this spring with 13 strikeouts. Cameron must remain on the Padres' 25-man roster all season or be offered back to Minnesota for $25,000. If the Twins don't pick him up, Cameron would be placed on waivers, but Towers expects he'd be picked up by another club.
With the exception of two bad outings, Cameron thinks he's shown well in camp because his pitches aren't altered by the dry Arizona elements.
"It's not (affected) too much because I'm coming at you a little harder," Cameron said.
Manager Bud Black likes what he sees. Both he and Towers see a potential future for Cameron as a late-innings guy.
Cameron's ability to get lefties out, they said, is going to prove resourceful if Cameron makes the squad. Black thought all decisions on roster spots would be finalized before Sunday.
"Because of his stuff and the live arm," Black said, "that plays late in the game against good big-league hitters. … He's grown up a reliever and he's pitched in save situations."
Cameron said he knew about Towers' abilities to find good relievers. And that idea had him excited about coming to San Diego.
"The Padres have a reputation of bringing good relievers in," Cameron said. "It's an honor to be competing with these guys. It's unbelievable the group they have here."


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Children who spend more than four hours a day on their mobile phone perform significantly worse on school tests than those who are limited to just 30 minutes, a Japanese government survey has found. Grade scores suffered an average 14 percentage points across all subjects while the deficit rose to over 18 points in mathematics.
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Cass Tech High School will become Detroit's first International Baccalaureate diploma program, according to Detroit Public Schools. Students in the program will engage in an extended essay writing project, take a course in critical thinking and complete programs in creativity, action and service.
Fairland Elementary students are reaping the benefits of a $40,000 Oklahoma Educational Technology Trust grant that will be used to purchase new iPad Minis for third, fourth and fifth graders. In addition, the school also received professional teacher development training valued at $25,000.
Metro Nashville Public Schools' decision not to buy new social studies textbooks when they were due to be replaced has sparked much discussion about the future of textbooks. It is evident that our leaders and educators are looking to the future and helping our students prepare for tomorrow by experimenting with and using a variety of tools to enhance the educational experience.
A popular vision of the future of education in the internet age is that teachers will become superfluous, but research suggests that the goal of students directing their own learning is still a dream and the teacher-less classroom is not as close as you think.
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Boy, 12, Accused Of Fatally Shooting His 13-year-old FriendMarch 24, 2015 at 1:09 pm by Morbid
GARLAND, TX – Police have taken a 12-year-old boy into custody for the fatal shooting of 13-year-old Matthew Cisneros, a death police initially thought was a suicide.
Back in February, police were called to a home where Cisneros was found dead from a gunshot wound with a gun lying near his body. According to Joe Harn with Garland Police, it wasn't immediately certain if the shooting was self-inflicted.
But the resulting investigation revealed Cisneros and a 12-year-old friend were playing with the gun and that the younger boy wasn't aware the gun was loaded when he pulled the trigger and fatally shot his friend.
The 12-year-old has been placed in custody and is now facing a manslaughter charge. I couldn't find any details on how the boys got possession of the gun in the first place, but Texas law is pretty clear that anyone who allows a child to gain access to a loaded firearm can be charged with criminal negligence.
A friend of the Cisneros family has setup a GoFundMe page to help with the boy's funeral expenses.…
Teen Charged With Manslaughter After Police Say She Encouraged Friend's SuicideFebruary 27, 2015 at 4:55 pm by Morbid
BOSTON, MA – Michelle Carter, 18, is facing involuntary manslaughter charges after investigators say she encouraged 18-year-old Conrad Roy to commit suicide last year.
Roy was found dead inside his truck behind a K-Mart last year. The teen had decided to kill himself and did so via carbon monoxide poisoning. After a lengthy investigation, it was revealed that Carter had "strongly influenced" Roy to kill himself.
After his body was found, police searched the teen's cell phone and found thousands of text messages between him and Carter in the days leading to his death. The text messages continued up until the moments before he died.
"It is alleged that Ms. Carter had firsthand knowledge of Roy's suicidal thoughts," the district attorney's office said. "Instead of attempting to assist him or notify his family or school officials, Ms. Carter is alleged to have strongly influenced his decision to take his own life, encouraged him to commit suicide and guided him in his engagement of activities which led to his death."
And by encouraging Roy, they mean she basically instructed him to. …
Man Killed After Hammer Flies From Another Man's Hand While Vandalizing CarNovember 3, 2014 at 10:47 am by Morbid
MESA, AZ – Brett Benavides, 42, has been charged after a hammer flew from his hand while vandalizing his girlfriends car, and fatally struck a man in the forehead.
Court documents say Benavides was losing his shit in an apartment complex parking lot, using a hammer to smash in the windshield of his girlfriend's car.
At some point during Benavides' dumbassery, he lost his grip on the hammer and it went flying through the air, hitting Steven Melcher in the forehead as he stood on his porch just feet away.
Melcher was taken to the hospital for his head injury, but developed a brain bleed and fell into a coma. He was taken off life support two days later.
"It just really hurts, I feel empty," said Melcher's wife of 25 years. "All I know is I want justice," she said.
Dunno if she will get it, but police have arrested Benavides and have charged him with manslaughter.
One of the reasons why I posted this article, aside from the ridiculous way Mr.…
Man Jailed For Beating Roommate To Death In Dispute Over Fried Chicken FootFebruary 18, 2014 at 1:58 pm by Jaded
Tampa, FL — A 52-year-old man has been charged with manslaughter after admitting to police that he pummeled his roommate to death after a disagreement about a stolen chicken foot.
According to police, the fight apparently began when 56-year-old Benjamin Calderon swiped said foot from the skillet James Jugo was attending to at the moment. It was apparently then that the beating commenced.
Wait…. people eat chicken feet? I've seen them in the meat department and shit, but I didn't know people actually fried and consumed them. I thought that shit was used for voodoo and stuff. I can't imagine sticking one of those things in my mouth….
Anyway, Jugo told police he beat Calderon to death with his fists, but a witness claims to have seen him swinging a wooden cutting board. At any rate, Calderon is very much dead — the autopsy revealed he suffered internal bleeding after being hit numerous times on the face, neck and elsewhere.
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Father Attacked Suspect In DUI Crash That Killed His SonDecember 12, 2013 at 4:01 am by Jaded
Davie, FL — A grieving father, angry over the death of his son in an alleged drunk driving accident, was arrested at the courthouse Monday after attempting to knock the stupid out of the man accused in the boy's death.
On June 12, 2011, Juan Gonzalez Jr. was riding his motorcycle when he slammed into a Jeep Cherokee driven by John Powers. Police allege Powers was attempting to make a u-turn from northbound State Road 7 at Orange Drive. Gonzalez, who was traveling south, slammed on his brakes to avoid hitting the Jeep. The motorcycle skidded, slid on its side, and slammed into the Jeep. Gonzalez died from his injuries the next day.
A Davie police officer noticed the smell of alcohol on Powers' breath, and several empty beer cans were found in his vehicle. He blew a 0.15, which is nearly twice the legal limit.
Powers was ultimately charged with DUI manslaughter and manslaughter with an unlawful blood alcohol level. He pleaded not guilty Monday. The Gonzalez family was in attendance at that hearing.…
Teen Gets Probation For Drunk Driving Crash That Killed Four PeopleDecember 11, 2013 at 3:02 pm by Morbid
FORT WORTH, TX — A juvenile court judge has gotten some people upset after she sentenced 16-year-old Ethan Couch to 10 years' probation for the drunk driving crash that killed four people.
Back in June, Breanna Mitchell's SUV had a flat tire so she pulled over to the side of the road. Hollie Boyles, 52, and her daughter, Shelby Boyles, 21, lived nearby and had came out to help Mitchell. Brian Jennings, 41, was driving by and also stopped to see if he could lend a hand.
Unfortunately for all of them, 16-year-old Ethan Couch was also on the road, driving drunk. He and some of his seven passengers had stolen some beer from a Walmart hours earlier and were speeding when Couch lost control of his truck, left the road and struck Breanna's SUV.
Breanna, Hollie, Shelby and Brian were not in the road when the collision occurred, but they were all killed on impact and thrown 50 to 60 yards away. One of Couch's passengers suffered serious injuries while another remains paralyzed and only able to communicate by blinking his eyes.…
Man Charged After Woman's Body Found Inside Wooden BoxSeptember 20, 2013 at 1:54 pm by Morbid
PLATTE COUNTY, MO – Police have arrested a man after the body of 35-year-old Tangela Fisher was found stuffed inside a homemade wooden box.
The box, and its gruesome contents, were found Friday morning in a dry creek bed off East Dye Store Road. It hasn't been reported how detectives eventually identified 51-year-old Martin Lee Williams as a possible suspect, but when he was interviewed he admitted to accidentally killing Fisher while the two did drugs inside his home.
According to Williams, he prepared a syringe containing a controlled substance for both of them to use, then injected it into Fisher's arm. When Fisher became unresponsive, Williams decided not to call for help and let her die of a drug overdose.
Now the proud owner of a dead woman, Williams decided it would be in his best interest to dispose of the body. So, using a bit of ingenuity and some tools, Williams used some scrap wood and a ping-pong table to craft Fisher a coffin. Once completed, Williams placed Fisher in the box and then dumped it where it was later discovered.…
Police Officer Charged With Manslaughter After Shooting Unarmed Man 10 TimesSeptember 17, 2013 at 8:45 am by Morbid
CHARLOTTE, NC – A Charlotte Mecklenburg police officer has been charged with manslaughter within a few hours of shooting and killing an an unarmed man.
There are still some unanswered questions regarding this incident and what we do know is that Jonathan Ferrell got into a single-car accident in a wooded area early Saturday morning. The wreck was so bad that Ferrell had to crawl through the back window of the vehicle to get out.
Ferrell wandered a half mile before emerging from the wooded area into a nearby neighborhood. He went to a home and began banging "violently" on the front door. The woman inside opened the door, thinking it was her husband returning home from work. When she saw a large black man standing on her front porch, she shut the door and called 911.
What happened when police arrived on the scene is where some of the details are lacking. Camera footage taken from responding officer's patrol car show an unarmed Ferrell running towards the officers while lifting up his shirt.…
Oregon Woman Wanted For Fatal DUI Crash Found In Canada 16 Years Later After Bragging In BarJuly 22, 2013 at 12:13 pm by Morbid
LINN COUNTY, OR – A woman wanted for a DUI related death in 1997 was found in Canada after she bragged about getting away with murder inside a bar.
Police said in 1997, a then 38-year-old Jean Keating was driving drunk when she sideswiped a car driven by 65-year-old Jewel Anderson, causing her cross the center median and collide with another vehicle. Anderson was pronounced dead at the scene. Keating, as is usually the case with drunks, was not hurt.
Keating was charged with manslaughter, DUII, reckless driving and recklessly endangering another person. But while awaiting trial in March 1998, Keating's attorney informed authorities he was concerned his client had "flown the coop.". The Linn County Circuit Court issued a bench warrant for Keating's arrest and she hasn't been heard from since. Well, until now.
In early 2013 a police officer in Manitoba, Canada had followed up on a tip about a woman telling people in a bar how she had gotten away with the deadly crash in the United States.…
Strip Club Brawl Ends With Two Men Having Their Legs AmputatedMarch 12, 2013 at 2:35 pm by Morbid
Los Angeles, CA – A fight at a downtown Los Angeles strip club ended with two men losing some legs after they were pinned between two cars.
Police are investigating a fight that broke out between 40-year-old Terrence Conrad Meeks and two other men inside Sam's Hofbrau at about 3:30 a.m. Sunday.
The fight spilled out into the club's parking lot where, according to police, Meeks got behind the wheel of his white BMW and rammed his vehicle into the two men, pinning them both against their Mini Cooper.
Meeks continued accelerating, pushing the Mini Cooper into the side of the building. An act that police say was no accident. "He rammed his vehicle into them with malicious intent," Lt. Lee McMillion said.
Both victims – ages 24 and 57 – were taken to the hospital, where one had both of his legs amputated above the knee, and the other had his right leg amputated above the knee. They are both listed in critical but stable condition. Luckily, they will live to enjoy future lap dances.…
Strip Club To Pay $10.5 Million After Drunk Man Killed Woman With Monster TruckFebruary 21, 2013 at 2:48 pm by Morbid
Dallas, TX – Back in 2011 we reported on Eric Crutchfield, the drunk man who ran over and killed Kasey McKenzie in a strip club parking lot with his "monster truck." The other day, a jury ruled that the strip club bears 70 percent of the blame and awarded the McKenzie's family $10.5 million.
For those of you unaware of the original story, 23-year-old Kasey McKenzie was walking in the parking lot of the Spearmint Rhino when she stepped in front of 27-year-old Eric Crutchfield's dumbass truck. The truck in question was an F-250 that had been lifted so high, Crutchfield must be hung like a Ken doll. Crutchfield didn't see McKenzie and ended up killing her after running her over with his front and rear tire.
According to reports, patrons had to chase down Crutchfield, who had a blood alcohol level twice the legal limit, who wasn't even aware he had just flattened a human being with his rolling cock extension. Crutchfield would later be found guilty of manslaughter and is currently serving a nine-year prison sentence.…
Man Charged With Six Counts Of DUI Manslaughter After Crash Kills His Five KidsJanuary 2, 2013 at 10:06 am by Morbid
PHILADELPHIA, MS.- Neshoba County Sheriff Tommy Waddell says Duane John, 34, has been charged with six felony counts of DUI manslaughter after a crash this weekend that killed an adult and his five children.
Authorities say John was drunk when the Dodge Durango he was driving went off the road, down an embankment, and into a rain-swollen creek shortly after midnight Saturday. Also in the SUV were five of John's children along with three other adults. No one was wearing their seat belts.
Aside from John, only two other people survived the crash; Deanna Jim, who is the children's mother, and Dale Chickaway. Killed were Dasyanna John, 9; Duane John, 8; Bobby John, 7; Quinton John, 4; Kekaimeas John, 18 months; and Chickaway's wife, Dianne Lewis Chickaway, 37.
Waddel said that all of the deceased were still inside the vehicle at the time of their recovery, and that he believes they all drowned.
Duane John was charged after being released from the Neshoba County General Hospital where he'd been hospitalized for hypothermia and water inhalation.…
Parents Of Boy Responsible For Fatal Crash Facing Jail For Letting Him DriveNovember 26, 2012 at 8:36 am by PaganOne
Malverne, NY – The parents of a 17-year-old boy who crashed his car and killed four of his friends back in October are now being charged with unlicensed operation of a vehicle for allowing him to drive without a valid driver's license.
On October 8th, 17 year old Joseph Beer was driving with his four 17-18 year old friends as passengers. Around 3:40 am, he was doing about 110 mph when he lost control of his vehicle on a stretch of road called "Dead Man's Curve." The car flew into the woods and split in two after hitting a tree. Chris Khan, Peter Kanhai and Darian Ramnarine, all 18, and Neal Rajapa, 17, were all killed in the crash, none of whome were wearing their seatbelt. Joseph was wearing a seat belt and survived.
He is now facing 25 years in prison after being charged with driving while intoxicated, aggravated vehicular homicide, vehicular manslaughter in the first degree, four counts of manslaughter in the second degree, and a whole host of other charges that are just different configurations of the words manslaughter, degree and reckless. …
Man Kills Friend With A Sucker Punch To The FaceAugust 19, 2012 at 12:28 am by Morbid
OCALA, FL — A teenager has been charged with manslaughter after he he killed his friend with a sucker punch to the face.
According to reports, 19-year-old Matthew Gunter was in a Walmart when he received a call from someone who is probably feeling like shit right now. The person called to inform Gunter that his friend, 23-year-old Travis Henshaw, was sleeping with his girlfriend.
Angry, Gunter left the store and drove to a home where Henshaw was staying. Witnesses say Gunter confronted Henshaw by delivering a sucker punch to Hensaw's face. As a result, Henshaw's brain ping-ponged around in his skull after his head head hit the side of a door and then a concrete floor.
While Henshaw was on the ground, Gunter stood over him and asked why he slept with his "old lady." After Gunter fled the scene, witnesses say Henshaw began suffering a seizure. He was rushed to the hospital suffering serious brain injuries and placed on life support. On Thursday morning he was pronounced dead.…
Woman Gets Prison Time For Killing Son With Meth-Laced Breast MilkMarch 22, 2012 at 9:58 am by Morbid
Eureka, CA – Maggie Wortman, 27, was sentenced to six years in prison for the death of her 6-week-old son, who died from ingesting meth from her breast milk.
When paramedics arrived at Wortman's residence on November 21, 2010, Michael Acosta III was found in full rigor mortis. An autopsy report would later reveal the infant died of methamphetamine toxicity. Officials would claim the baby had ingested the meth through Wortman's breast milk.
Court documents state Wortman tested positive for methamphetamine while six months pregnant and even admitted that, even though she was breastfeeding, she smoked meth "a couple of times a week" for three weeks before the infant's death. Wortman's then 19-month-old daughter would also test positive for meth and subsequently be taken into the custody of child protective services.
Wortman would eventually plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter but only because she thought she would get out of doing any time behind bars. But because she was already on felony probation for running a drug house at the time of her son's death, she was ineligible for the probation she thought she would receive for admitting guilt.…
Boys, 12 and 13, Killed Friend With Rifle Then Hid Her Body In TrashMarch 6, 2012 at 9:05 am by Morbid
BALTIMORE, MD — A 13-year-old girl was found shot to death in an alley, buried under a pile of trash, and now two of her young friends have been charged with killing her.
Police say on Saturday night, 13-year-old Monae Turnage was inside a home with two boys, ages 12 and 13, playing with a .22 caliber rifle. The gun fired and Monae was killed by a shot to her chest.
Police say the two boys panicked and dragged Monae into a nearby alley then hid her body under some bags of trash. Afterwards, one of the boys called Monae's mother to tell her that she was on her way home. When he called a second time to see if she had gotten there, Monae's mother became suspicious.
When she still had not arrived home by 1 a.m. Sunday, her family called police and started searching for her. Monae's brother would eventually see her leg sticking out from trash in an alley directly behind the house she had been visiting that night.…
Police: Woman Jumped To Her Death Fleeing From Angry HusbandFebruary 16, 2012 at 12:30 pm by Morbid
DOUGLAS, MA — Police say a woman jumped to her death from a second-floor window while trying to get away from her raging husband and now he's been charged with manslaughter.
Last Thursday night, 44-year-old Lisa Stilkey and her husband, 40-year-old Alan Stilkey, got into a heated argument. During part of this argument, Lisa was on the phone her son who said he heard Alan yelling, "When you get off the phone, I'm going to kill you."
A short time after this phone call, Lisa threw a pillow out a second-story window and then followed behind it. It was not a smooth landing. She suffered severe injuries from the fall and was pronounced dead at the hospital the next day.
Alan, an arm wrestling champion, has been charged with manslaughter, assault and battery and threat to commit a crime. He has pleaded not guilty.
Police Say Woman Was Huffing Before Crashing Into BuildingJanuary 16, 2012 at 7:35 am by kniption
Kinston, NC – According to police, Krystal Jones, 24, was preoccupied by her huffing when she drove her car into a building in Kinston, North Carolina.
The building – which had reportedly been a pet store – was being renovated to become a church. More 'renovation' is now needed, as Jones squarely smashed it all to hell.
Jones was jailed on a $1,000 bond and, at last report, was still in custody. Police charged her with careless and reckless driving, driving left of the center line and inhaling toxic vapors.
The 'driving left of the center line' thing may seem like grasping. It turns out that some grasping was necessary as, North Carolina authorities say, she can not be charged with DWI because the physiological artifacts of huffing dissipate too quickly for impairment to be established post-incident.
It is unfortunate that – apparently – driving through a freakin' building isn't a crime…
That said, the fact of the matter is that this incident turned out comparatively well. This case comes on the heals of a couple of more tragic cases.…


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Judge: State funding for education falls short
Granbury School Superintendent James Largent agrees with a district judge's landmark decision that Texas' system to fund public education violates the state constitution by not giving enough money and failing to distribute the money in a fair way.
It could force the Legislature to overhaul the way it pays for education.
"I think the judge (John Dietz) ruled by saying what most educators have been saying for years: The Legislature is not funding schools at a level that can achieve what they expect," Largent said. "The last legislative session gave public schools more mandates, much more difficult tests and a call to make all our students "college-ready," yet they cut funding for education $5.4 billion. That is simply incredible to me and it makes absolutely no sense."
Attorneys representing about 600 school districts argued that the way Texas funds its schools is "woefully inadequate and hopelessly broken."
School districts and taxpayers shouldn't expect change any time soon, according to the Austin American-Statesman.
"An appeal to the Texas Supreme Court is certain, and that process could take a year or more," the paper said. "The all-Republican high court might not be as receptive to the school districts' arguments as was Dietz, a Travis County Democrat."
The Granbury superintendent said the judge's ruling should tell lawmakers that if Texas wants to compete with the world in education, then it should provide adequate funding.
"He (the judge) made mention that it would take an additional $2,000 per student (or about $11 billion) to meet what the Legislature is expecting from us, but he will release a full-written ruling where we hope he will be very descriptive of what needs to happen regarding funding," Largent said. "Until we see that, we can only speculate what his final ruling will detail."
Changes, if any, probably would occur much later, Largent said.
"I don't think it will impact us much in the immediate future, other than not being able to restore many of the cuts we had to make," Largent said. "I believe that, unfortunately, the Legislature will wait until the Supreme Court rules on the case before they do anything regarding school funding. That will likely take up to two years. So, in the meantime, we will remain in the same system we have now, even though the judge's ruling was very clear that public schools need more funding to meet the expectation the legislators have for us."
Tolar School Superintendent Bruce Gibbs agreed with Largent.
"I am very pleased with Judge Dietz's decision," Gibbs said. "His ruling was no surprise to school districts, we all knew that state funding was not equal or adequate, and state of Texas has reduced the funding to schools districts at the same time they have increased accountability standards."
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(grammar) A word that indicates an action, event, or state.
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A word that indicates an action or state; it commonly serves as part of the predicate in a sentence.
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Elizabeth Laime and the Lessons Learned From Podcasting
Elizabeth Laime knows all too well that all good things must totally come to an end. Her flagship podcast, Totally Laime, is winding down its five-year run with a final flurry of episodes, the last of which will drop on January 23rd. It's shaping up to be a fond farewell that won't leave fans of Laime and her cohost/husband, Andy Rosen, completely empty handed, considering that a mini-empire of Totally spinoff podcasts are still going strong. We talked to Laime about how luck, laziness and low expectations can somehow be the perfect recipe for success.
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ZANA Network, the world's largest contract portal and business development resource for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) worldwide, today announced an industry-defining partnership portal to help companies expand and build business relationships and partnerships locally, nationally and globally. The ZANA Network partnering platform is the largest of its kind worldwide, enabling members to easily search for and evaluate partners across town or across the globe. Moreover, ZANA Network provides access to receivables insurance, credit reports and a rating system to mitigate the risk of doing business with potential partners.
"Companies around the world want to do business with U.S. firms because American companies are seen as the inventors and risk takers. ZANA Network makes it easy for U.S.-based SMEs to build partnerships locally and internationally that can boost revenue. Hard times call for creative approaches to expand a company's growth, such as entering new international markets, building synergies to create greater exposure, or getting the scalability needed to qualify for larger government contracts," said Howard Keating, CEO, ZANA Network. "Small businesses come to ZANA Network because we help them find partnering prospects easily, enabling them to make the business deals that help get them out of the slump."
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HP's fiscal 4Q to close the books on dismal year
Monday - 11/19/2012, 3:23pm EST
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Hewlett-Packard's fourth-quarter earnings will provide the latest snapshot of a technology pioneer struggling to regain its edge as its personal computers and printers lose their appeal in a market tilting toward smartphones and tablets.
WHAT TO WATCH FOR: The results, due out before the stock market opens Tuesday, will close the books on a miserable year for the company, which is based in Palo Alto, Calif. The latest reporting period spanning from August through October will likely mark the fifth consecutive quarter that HP's revenue has declined from the previous year.
The slump has deepened since HP hired Meg Whitman as its CEO nearly 14 months ago. Whitman so far has focused on cutting jobs and reorganizing the company's structure while repeatedly telling analysts and investors that it will take several years before the turnaround is complete.
Investors are getting tired of waiting. HP's stock has been trading at its lowest levels in a decade. Since Whitman became CEO, the company's stock price has sunk by about 40 percent. The shares gained 45 cents to $13.30 in Monday's late afternoon trading.
Whitman, who previously had a successful stint as CEO of eBay Inc., has maintained that she inherited a bloated, poorly managed company that hasn't been innovating quickly enough in any of its divisions, which span from PCs and printers to software and data storage.
All signs suggest HP lost more ground in the latest quarter. Two different research reports concluded HP lost more PC market share in the quarter, with one study asserting that Lenovo Group Ltd. had supplanted PC as the world's top seller of PCs. In another indication that the quarter was likely a rocky one, HP rival Dell Inc. last week reported its revenue and earnings shrunk as consumers and businesses embraced less expensive mobile devices for their computing needs.
HP and Dell share many of the same problems, raising the likelihood that their quarterly results will be similarly disappointing.
At least the fourth quarter shouldn't be as bad as the third quarter when HP sustained an $8.9 billion loss, mostly because of a charge to account for the diminished value of Electronic Data Systems, a technology consulting service acquired for $13 billion in 2008.
WHY IT MATTERS: Despite its struggles, Hewlett-Packard Co. remains a Silicon Valley icon and a major employer through the world. It is also one of the 30 companies in the Dow Jones industrial average, so its performance sways the widely watched barometer and affects perceptions about the overall health of the stock market.
WHAT'S EXPECTED: After subtracting certain accounting charges, analysts polled by FactSet predict the company will earn $1.14 per share on revenue of $30.5 billion.
LAST YEAR'S QUARTER: HP earned $239 million, or 12 cents per share, on revenue of $32.1 billion. If not for certain accounting charges, HP would have earned $1.17 per share last year.
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