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- "He marries his daughters, and they give him more daughters, and on and on it goes."
- ―Eddison Tollett.
Craster is a recurring character in the second, and third seasons. He is played by guest star Robert Pugh and debuts in "The North Remembers." Craster is a member of the Free Folk and an unsavory ally of the Night's Watch.
Craster is a wildling who lives north of the Wall. He lives in a fortified homestead, rather grandly called Craster's Keep, along with his daughters and wives. When his daughters get old enough he marries them, and then incestuously fathers new children with them. At the time of the War of the Five Kings, he has nineteen wives. He is counted as an ally of the Night's Watch and allows his keep to be used as a redoubt by the Watch on their rangings northwards. However, he is also regarded as an unsavory character and his relationship with his daughters is regarded as sordid. The Night's Watch grudgingly has to tolerate this, as he is one of their few sources of information and shelter beyond the Wall.
Season 2
A Great Ranging of the Night's Watch under Lord Commander Jeor Mormont arrives at Craster's Keep. Questioned by Mormont about Benjen Stark, Craster answers he has not seen Stark for three years and has not missed him because of his attitude. The wildling asks for wine and comments that southerners make good wine. Jon Snow takes offense and retorts that they are not southerners.[1]
Craster turns his attention on Jon, compares him to his daughters and demands his name. He notes his bastard surname and reminds that anyone from south of the Wall is a southerner and that they are in the real north now. Jeor intervenes to apologize on Jon's behalf. Craster warns Jon against talking to his daughters. Jeor agrees to follow Craster's rules while they are his guests and orders Jon to sit down and keep quiet. Craster asks if they brought wine and Jeor says that they did before questioning him about the abandoned villages they have passed. Craster insists on wine before answering and Jeor sends a man to fetch a cask of Dornish wine from their supplies. Jon looks around at Craster's numerous daughter-wives on the upper level of the hall.
Craster reveals that the other wildlings have all gone to join Mance Rayder, calling him Jeor's old friend. The Lord Commander takes offense and decries Mance for breaking his vows to the Watch. Craster notes that Mance has gone from being a simple brother to the King-Beyond-the-Wall. Jeor observes that Mance has claimed that title for years but wonders what he rules. Craster holds up a finger and comments on the axe one of the officers is holding. Jeor orders the man to hand over the weapon, promising that it will be replaced on their return to Castle Black. Craster tests the weapon by cutting into the wood at his feet. He then reveals that Mance has been gathering an army and plans to march south. Jeor warns that it is a bad time to live alone in the wild and that "The cold winds are rising."[1]
Craster is unimpressed and says that his roots are sunk deep. He pulls over his daughter-wife Gilly and instructs her to tell Jeor how content they are, calling him the Lord Crow. Gilly says that they are protected by Craster and that it is better to live free than die a slave. Craster asks if Jeor is jealous of his many wives. Jeor says that they chose different paths and Craster jokes that Jeor's path has only boys on it. Craster stands and asks if they would like to stay and Jeor accepts the offer. Craster warns that he will take the hand of any man who touches his wives and threatens to gouge Jon's eyes out if he so much as looks at them.[1]
Craster carries one of his babies into the woods at night. He leaves the baby on the ground and turns back towards his keep. Craster goes back to where he left the baby and finds Jon watching a White Walker pick up the baby from the ground. Before Jon can pursue the creature, Craster knocks Jon out with a blow to the head.[2]
Craster brings Jon back to the keep with his wrists bound and face bloodied. Craster follows his captive inside and rouses the men of the Night's Watch. He tells them to get out blaming Jon for meddling and kicking his captive. Jeor and his men rise from their beds and Craster's wives watch from the rafters, Gilly among them. Craster approaches the Lord Commander and hands him Longclaw, telling him that he wants his men to leave and insisting that they make things right. Jon starts to speak, but the Lord Commander sends him outside. He asks Jon if he wants to lead someday, then tells him that first he must learn how to follow. They leave at dawn.[3]
Season 3
Craster mocks the survivors of the Battle of the Fist of the First Men when they reach his Keep. He initially wants to refuse them shelter until he notices some of them stroking their weapons. Fearful that in desperation they might try to rush him, he relents. As the black brothers warm by his hearth, Craster mocks them, admits that he's feeding his pigs better than them - as pigs are useful to him - and half-seriously suggests to his guests that they should eat Samwell. He is also annoyed by Gilly's loud wailing from birthing pains. Craster insists that the black brothers should be grateful for his generosity, and that he is such a "godly man" for doing so. Mormont tensely questions that he is a godly man, but Craster insists that he is - to the "real gods", who consume entire armies on their way to the Wall but will spare Craster for his loyalty.[4]
Tensions run high among the members of the Night's Watch. Grenn and Dolorous Edd are shoveling pig-shit, but the former rapist Rast urges them that they are not safe here and cannot trust Craster, who sacrifices his own newborn sons to the White Walkers, and there's every probability that if the White Walkers do come, he'll hand over the Night's Watch survivors to his real masters. Grenn and Edd don't want to discuss it.
In the main hall, Lord Commander Mormont is checking a map in his journal, as Craster continues to crassly berate the men of the Night's Watch. Mormont says that they have to stay long enough for their wounded to recover enough to be fit to travel, but Craster waves this off, saying they've recovered as much as they ever will. Craster openly suggests that they should just kill the men who are so severely wounded that they won't be able to travel, and if Mormont is reluctant to do the deed himself, he can just leave and Craster will finish them off. Mormont declines. Another young Night's Watch man, Karl, comes in to complain that Craster is feeding them nothing but bread cut with sawdust, and he wants to know where Craster keeps his hidden larder. Meanwhile, Craster is sitting there getting quite drunk on the wine they gifted to him when they first came. Rast joins in the accusations, and Craster admits that he has winter stockpiles, but he needs those to feed his women and refuses to share them. Rast calls Craster a bastard - at which Craster becomes enraged and threatens Rast with an axe. Mormont restraints Rast, and Craster shouts that he's throwing them all out to lay down outside in the cold on their empty bellies. Craster says he will chop the hands off the next man who calls him "bastard". A tense moment of silence passes, and Mormont grabs Rast to lead him out the doorway......when Karl, firmly staring directly at Craster, matter-of-factly says that he is a bastard: a daughter-fucking, wildling bastard. Craster lunges forward at Karl in a blind rage, but he is drunk and clumsy: without flinching, Karl holds off Craster's axe with his left hand, while using his right hand to ram a dagger through Craster's throat, which goes up into the roof of his mouth.[5]
|Season Two appearances
|The North Remembers
|The Night Lands
|What is Dead May Never Die
|Garden of Bones
|The Ghost of Harrenhal
|The Old Gods and the New
|A Man Without Honor
|The Prince of Winterfell
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|Dark Wings, Dark Words
|Walk of Punishment
|And Now His Watch is Ended
|Kissed by Fire
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- "I've got no fear of what's out there. When the white cold comes, your swords and cloaks and pretty fires won't help you. Only ones left will be those alright with the gods, the real gods."
- ―Craster
In the books
In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, Craster is a powerfully built, imposing man whose strength is starting to give way to the ravages of age. He has grey hair, a drooping mouth, a flat nose, and has lost one ear to the cold. He is the son of a ranger of the Night's Watch by a wildling woman. She came to Castle Black and attempted to give Craster to the Watch when he was a child, but was driven off by the rangers instead. He is regarded as an ally - if a somewhat uncertain one - by the Watch. Unlike most wildlings, he lets them shelter in his home and gives them information. His help has saved many rangers' lives. Despite his reputation, Craster considers himself a godly and generous man.
Craster has a total of nineteen "wives", ranging from Ferny, an old woman, to younger ones like Gilly. The names of two other wives, Nella and Dyah, are mentioned in the books. Most if not all of his current wives are also his daughters.
In the TV series, Craster boasts that he has had 99 sons by his many daughter-wives; he has sacrificed all of them to the White Walkers. Gilly's son is his 100th son. The books never gave an exact number for how many sons he had.
In the book, it was not Karl but Dirk who killed Craster, by slitting his throat.
See also
- Craster at A Wiki of Ice and Fire (MAJOR spoilers from the books)


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Fish Spring National Wildlife Refuge, Utah, a key recharge area for the Basin and Range Carbonate aquifer
Groundwater assessment methodology is vital for understanding the relationship of aquifer dynamics to precipitation and to the characteristics of the land surface of the Earth. Rapid industrial development, urbanization and increase in agricultural production have led to freshwater shortages in many parts of the world. In view of increasing demand of water for various purposes such as agriculture, domestic uses and industry, a greater emphasis is being made for a planned and optimal utilization of water resources. The water resources available in the basins remain almost constant, while the demand for water continues to increase, due to the human population explosion.
Due to uneven distribution of rainfall both in time and space, the surface water resources are unevenly distributed. Also, increasing intensities of irrigation from surface water alone may result in alarming rise of the water table creating problems of water-logging and salinization, affecting crop growth adversely and rendering large areas unproductive. In extreme cases hypersaline lakes are formed, or deterioration of water quality and lake volume may lead to severe adverse consequences such as has occurred in Lake Urmia in Iran. This syndrome has generally resulted in increased emphasis on development of groundwater resources. The simultaneous development of groundwater, specially through dug wells and shallow tubewells, will lower the water table, provide vertical drainage and thus can prevent water-logging and salinization. Areas, which are already waterlogged, can also be reclaimed.
On the other hand, continuous increased withdrawals from a groundwater reservoir in excess of replenishable recharge may result in regular lowering of the water table. In such a situation, a serious problem is created resulting in drying of shallow wells and increase in pumping head for deeper wells and tubewells. This has led to emphasis on planned and optimal development of water resources. An appropriate strategy would be to develop water resources with planning based on conjunctive use of surface water and groundwater.
For a sustainable development of water resources, it is imperative to make a quantitative estimation of the available water resources. For this, the first task would be to make a realistic assessment of the surface water and groundwater resources and then plan their use in such a way that full crop water requirements are met and there is neither water-logging nor excessive lowering of groundwater table. It is necessary to maintain the groundwater reservoir in a state of dynamic equilibrium over a period of time and the water level fluctuations have to be kept within a particular range over the monsoon and non-monsoon seasons.
Groundwater is a dynamic system. A complexity of factors – hydrogeological, hydrological and climatological – control groundwater occurrence and movement. The precise assessment of recharge and discharge is rather difficult, as no techniques are currently available for their direct measurements. Hence, the methods employed for groundwater resource estimation are all indirect. Groundwater, being a dynamic and replenishable resource, is generally estimated based on the component of annual recharge, which could be subjected to development by means of suitable groundwater structures.
For quantification of groundwater resources, proper understanding of the behavior and characteristics of the water-bearing rock formation known as aquifer is essential. An aquifer has two main functions: (i) to transit water (conduit function), and (ii) to store it (storage function). The groundwater resources in unconfined aquifers can be classified as static and dynamic. The static resources can be defined as the amount of groundwater available in the permeable portion of the aquifer below the zone of water level fluctuation. The dynamic resources can be defined as the amount of groundwater available in the zone of water level fluctuation. The replenishable groundwater resource is essentially a dynamic resource which is replenished annually or periodically by precipitation, irrigation return flow, canal seepage, tank seepage, influent seepage, etc.
The methodologies adopted for computing groundwater resources, are generally based on the hydrologic budget techniques. The hydrologic equation for groundwater regime is a specialized form of a water balance equation that requires quantification of the components of groundwater inflow and groundwater outflow, as well as changes in storage therein. Some of these are directly measurable, few may be determined by differences between measured volumes or rates of flow of surface water, and some require indirect methods of estimation.
Water balance techniques have been extensively used to make quantitative estimates of water resources and the impact of humans' activities on the hydrological cycle. The study of water balance requires the systematic presentation of data on the water supply and its use within a given study area for a specific period. The water balance of an area is defined by the hydrologic equation, which is basically a statement of the law of conservation of mass as applied to the hydrological cycle. With the water balance approach, it is possible to evaluate quantitatively the individual contribution of sources of water in the system, over different time periods, and to establish the degree of variation in the water regime due to changes in components of the system.
A basin-wise approach yields the best results where the groundwater basin can be characterized by prominent drainages. A thorough study of the topography, geology and aquifer conditions should be taken up. The limit of the groundwater basin is controlled not only by topography but also by the disposition, structure and permeability of rocks and the configuration of the water table.
Generally, in igneous and metamorphic rocks, the surface water and groundwater basins are coincident for all practical purposes, but marked differences may be encountered in stratified sedimentary formations. Therefore, the study area for groundwater balance study is preferably taken as a doab which is bounded on two sides by two streams and on the other two sides by other aquifers or extension of the same aquifer. Once the study area is identified, comprehensive studies can be undertaken to estimate for selected a period of time, the input and output of water, and change in storage to draw up water balance of the basin.
The estimation of groundwater balance of a region requires quantification of all individual groundwater inflows or outflows involving a groundwater system and change in groundwater storage over a given time period. The basic concept of water balance is:
- Input to the system ? outflow from the system = change in storage of the system (over a period of time)
The general methodology of computing groundwater balance consists of the following:
- Identification of significant components,
- Evaluating and quantifying individual components, and
- Presentation in the form of water balance equation.
The groundwater balance study of an area may serve the following purposes:
- As a check on whether all flow components involved in the system have been quantitatively accounted for, and what components have the greatest bearing on the problem under study.
- To calculate one unknown component of the groundwater balance equation, provided all other components are quantitatively known with sufficient accuracy.
- As a model of the hydrological processes under study, which can be used to predict the effect that changes imposed on certain components will have on the other components of groundwater system.
Groundwater Balance Equation
Considering the various inflow and outflow components in a given study area, the groundwater balance equation can be written as:
- Rr + Rc + Ri + Rt + Si + Ig = Et + Tp + Se + Og + ΔS
Rr = recharge from rainfall;
Rc = recharge from canal seepage;
Ri = recharge from field irrigation;
Rt = recharge from tanks;
Si = influent seepage from rivers;
Ig = inflow from other basins;
Et = evapotranspiration from groundwater;
Tp = draft from groundwater;
Se = effluent seepage to rivers;
Og = outflow to other basins; and
ΔS = change in groundwater storage.
Preferably, all elements of the groundwater balance equation should be computed using independent methods. However, it is not always possible to compute all individual components of the groundwater balance equation separately. Sometimes, depending on the problem, some components can be lumped, and account only for their net value in the equation.
Computations of various components usually involve errors, due to shortcomings in the estimation techniques. The groundwater balance equation therefore generally does not balance, even if all its components are computed by independent methods. The resultant discrepancy in groundwater balance is defined as a residual term in the balance equation, which includes errors in the quantitative determination of various components as well as values of the components which have not been accounted in the equation.
The water balance may be computed for any time interval. The complexity of the computation of the water balance tends to increase with increase in area. This is due to a related increase in the technical difficulty of accurately computing the numerous important water balance components.
Data Requirements for a Groundwater Balance Study
For carrying out a groundwater balance study, the following data may be required over a given time period:
Rainfall data: Monthly rainfall data of sufficient number of rain-gauge stations lying within or around the study area, along with their locations, should be available.
Land-use data and cropping patterns: Land-use data are required for estimating the evapotranspiration losses from the water table through forested area. Cropping pattern data are necessary for estimating the spatial and temporal distributions of groundwater withdrawals, if required. Monthly pan evaporation rates should also be available at few locations for estimation of consumptive use requirements of different crops.
River data: Monthly river stage and discharge data along with river cross?sections are required at few locations for estimating the river-aquifer interflows.
Canal data: Month-wise water releases into the canal and its distributories along with running days during each month are required. To account for the seepage losses through the canal system, the seepage loss test data are required in different canal reaches and distributories.
Tank data: Monthly tank gauges and water releases should be available. In addition, depth vs. area and depth vs. capacity curves should also be available for computing the evaporation and seepage losses from tanks. Field test data are required for computing infiltration capacity to be used to evaluate the recharge from depression storage.
Water table data: Monthly water table data (or at least pre?monsoon and post?monsoon data) from sufficient number of well-distributed observation wells along with their locations are required. The available data should comprise reduced level (R.L.) of water table and depth to water table.
Groundwater draft: For estimating groundwater withdrawals, the number of each type of wells operating in the area, their corresponding running hours each month and discharge are required. If a complete inventory of wells is not available, then this can be obtained by carrying out sample surveys.
Aquifer parameters: Data regarding the storage coefficient and transmissivity are required at sufficient number of locations in the study area.
Establishment of a Recharge Coefficient
A groundwater balance study is a convenient way of establishing the rainfall recharge coefficient, as well as to cross check the accuracy of the various prevalent methods for the estimation of groundwater losses and recharge from other sources. The steps to be followed are:
- Divide the year into monsoon and non?monsoon periods (where the year can be distinctly divided into these two seasons).
- Estimate all the components of the water balance equation other than rainfall recharge for monsoon period using the available hydrological and meteorological information and employing the prevalent methods for estimation.
- Substitute these estimates in the water balance equation and thus calculate the rainfall recharge and hence recharge coefficient (recharge/rainfall ratio). Compare this estimate with those given by various empirical relations valid for the area of study.
- For non?monsoon season, estimate all the components of water balance equation including the rainfall recharge which is calculated using recharge coefficient value obtained through the water balance of monsoon period. The rainfall recharge (Rr) will be of very small order in this case. A close balance between the left and right sides of the equation will indicate that the net recharge from all the sources of recharge and discharge has been quantified with a good degree of accuracy.
By quantifying all the inflow/outflow components of a groundwater system, one can determine which particular component has the most significant effect on the groundwater flow regime. Alternatively, a groundwater balance study may be used to compute one unknown component (e.g. the rainfall recharge) of the groundwater balance equation, when all other components are known. The balance study may also serve as a model of the area under study, whereby the effect of change in one component can be used to predict the effect of changes in other components of the groundwater system. In this manner, the study of groundwater balance has a significant role in planning a rational groundwater development of a region.
- Chandra, Satish and R. S. Saksena, 1975. "Water Balance Study for Estimation of Groundwater Resources", Journal of Irrigation and Power, India, October 1975, pp. 443?449.
- "Groundwater Resource Estimation Methodology ? 1997". Report of the Groundwater Resource Estimation Committee, Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India, New Delhi, June 1997.
- Karanth, K. R., 1987. "Groundwater Assessment, Development and Management", Tata McGraw?Hill Publishing Company Limited, New Delhi, pp. 576?657.
- Kumar, C. P. and P. V. Seethapathi, 2002. "Assessment of Natural Groundwater Recharge in Upper Ganga Canal Command Area", Journal of Applied Hydrology, Association of Hydrologists of India, Vol. XV, No. 4, October 2002, pp. 13-20.
- Mishra, G. C., 1993. "Current Status of Methodology for Groundwater Assessment in the Country in Different Region", National Institute of Hydrology, Technical Report No. TR?140, 1992?93, 25 p.
- Sokolov, A. A. and T. G. Chapman, 1974. "Methods for Water Balance Computations", The UNESCO Press, Paris.
- Sophocleous, Marios A., 1991. "Combining the Soilwater Balance and Water?Level Fluctuation Methods to Estimate Natural Groundwater Recharge : Practical Aspects". Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 124, pp. 229?241.


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- "He can see the relationships or connections people have to one another. For example, in a group situation he can easily pick out the leader, or sense the strength of the bond between mates or friends. He can also see where those bonds are weak."
- ―Entry on Marcus's gift[src]
Relationship identification is Marcus's power to sense relationships, or connections, between people.
Marcus uses this ability to sense the relationships of those around him, along with the intensity of the ties that bind them, allowing him to see who would die for another or turn traitor, given incentive. He also uses it to sense how someone feels about the Volturi if they refuse physical contact with Aro. He can identify lovers, friends, family, etc. through this power; and can also detect several different emotional links at the same time.
When utilizing this skill in a battlefield, Marcus is quite dangerous, as he can identify both the strong and weak links of the enemy ranks, potentially ending the battle in the most efficient way possible.
This gift is unaffected by Bella's mental shield, as he is able to read the intensity of her and Edward's relationship in New Moon.
- "Marcus's gift is actually quite valuable in the hands of someone who knows how to use it. For example, imagine Marcus on the battle field. He sees the binding ties between the enemy the guard faces. He can tell who the leader is just by watching the way the others are tied to him/her. He can see how to destroy the resistance simply by picking off a few key people. He doesn't just see romantic relationships, but also ties of family and friends, loyalty and devotion. He can tell if any given person would die for another. Off the field of battle (as the Volturi rarely leave their home), Marcus's gift is valuable politically (for lack of a better word). It's an amazing gift in a diplomatic situation. Plus, when you're sitting on an empire, it's nice to be able to see when someone's loyalty starts wavering. Or if anyone is getting too fond of anyone else. Can you see the potential now? Marcus didn't get where he is with some fluff skill."
- ―Stephenie Meyer's description of Marcus's gift.
Aro found Marcus's power useful in detecting the emotional bonds of their enemies and how to use those bonds to their advantage. His power was so useful to the coven that Aro sacrificed his own sister to keep Marcus from leaving.
New Moon
In New Moon, Marcus senses the intense bond shared by Bella Swan and Edward Cullen. Aro comments that it takes a lot to surprise Marcus.
Breaking Dawn
In Breaking Dawn, Marcus uses his power to detect the bonds between the Cullens' allies and shares his information with Aro.
Similar abilities
- Eleazar can identify the type and strength of another individual's gift in close proximity, which is similar to how Marcus can sense the strength of emotional bonds.
- Edward Cullen can read the minds of those around him by simply being present.
- Jasper Hale can sense and control the emotions of those around him.


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Lately, those enemies and the associated challenges have turned up very close to home.
On the heels of corruption-related guilty pleas from former D.C. politicians and staff, Machen was appointed last week to investigate a politically laced, national security leak scandal.
Republicans and Democrats in Congress and the Obama administration determined several members of the press have obtained classified information about a range of top secret activities that could have only come from within tight circles of people connected to the U.S. national security community.
That information includes the secret list of targets to be attacked by drones – called "the Kill List" – that President Barack Obama maintains, inside details about a computer worm the U.S. and Israel built to attack Iran's nuclear facilities and details about a new al-Qaida "underwear bomb" that were so specific that an undercover U.S. intelligence asset's cover was blown.
The issue is so politically sensitive that U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder appointed Maryland U.S. Attorney Rod Rosenstein, a Republican, to accompany Machen, a Democrat, to "follow the leads wherever they take us."
Obama took exception with the allegations that the leaks were authorized.
"The notion that my White House would purposely release classified national security information is offensive. It's wrong," the president said. "And people I think need to have a better sense of how I approach this office and how the people around me here approach this office."
But a stream of Republican lawmakers, including Arizona Sens. Jon Kyl and John McCain, have expressed deep concern about the leaks and have reservations about whether Machen and Rosenstein will conduct a truly independent investigation.
Kyl raised that question during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday.
"The leaks came from, and I'm quoting now, 'participants in Situation Room meetings.' That boils it down to a very small and very specific group of people … all of whom by definition work directly with the president. We've all seen photos of the day [Osama] bin Laden was killed and the people in that room are all people we recognize."
Weeks before he was selected to investigate the leaks, Machen said in an interview that his office was "one of the go-to offices nationally for national security matters because the breadth of experience and skill of our prosecutors."
"One of the things that is unique to this office is our prosecutors come up through the local Superior Court system," Machen said. "So by the time they get to the National Security Section, they will have had 70, 80, 90 trials.
So when they're looking at a case, they're looking at it with the real world experience of building a case up. They're not just looking at the threat – they're looking at what sort of evidence they can garner together to build a case up to prove somebody's case beyond a reasonable doubt."
Both Machen and Rosenstein were contacted about their assignment, but neither had any response.
The question for many lawmakers is whether the leaks investigation is designed to protect the Obama administration, considering that both Machen and Rosenstein are appointees of the Department of Justice.
Holder defended his selections of Machen and Rosenstein and resisted calls to appoint a special counsel.
"The need is for us to operate with some degree of haste, some degree of speed and that's why I picked these two really good attorneys to handle this issue," he said.
Since taking the job as U.S. Attorney for the District, Machen has been swarmed with high-profile investigations involving everything from Somali pirates and Cuban spies to the pursuit of Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud. The majority of his cases have involved slam dunk law enforcement operations and legal proceedings with few national political agendas at play.
Locally, there was mild criticism about foot-dragging on investigations into political cases. But in early May, former D.C. Councilmember Harry Thomas Jr. was sentenced to three years in prison after admitting he diverted hundreds of thousands of dollars in city money for personal use.
Last week, former D.C. Council Chairman Kwame Brown resigned and pleaded guilty to lying about his income on bank loan applications.
Still ongoing is a federal probe into D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray's 2010 campaign, which has resulted in two guilty pleas from aides.
"I think things are good in the Washington region. The reality is that everyone has egos, but I do think people put those aside for the greater good. I've been surprised at how receptive everyone is, how respectful everyone is," Machen said in mid-April.
"People may not always agree, but you have to communicate with one another and be respectful of the other person's interest in the matter. But the bottom line is, we have a job to do and everyone has to work together."
Between the local, national and international responsibilities in his office, Machen and his deputy, Vincent Cohen, along with National Security Section Chief Gregg Maisel, as well as their respective staffs, have spent long hours wrestling with complex international cases.
In the past two years, prosecutors in the National Security Section have visited more than 25 countries in their investigations of cases.
Machen says the range of cases and their complexity cuts into his sleep. At the top of the list is the "lone wolf" terrorism phenomenon.
"That's one of the things that keeps me up at night," he said. "You oftentimes have to worry about individuals. Seems like there's never an end to the creativity of some of these organizations."
He says cooperation with national security partners is the key to successful investigations and cases against international terrorists.
Cooperation will likely be an important element in the "leaks" case, because it is saturated with political overtones and may become symbolic of Washington's political divisions.
At the end of the day, how much damage the leaks have caused is debatable.
"I'm not certain I see the leaks [about Stuxnet] as particularly damaging," says Philip Mudd, a former CIA Counterterrorism Center deputy director.
"If you look at what Iran has said, they're under little illusion about where these attacks have been coming from, and the Israelis, I think, … to say they're coy would be overstating it. They're almost coming out and saying they're responsible for this. So I think Iran has probably already attributed this to the United States."
But Mudd's view is not universal, and if the heated Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday is any indicator, the debate and investigation could be explosive.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, (R-S.C.), read a review of The New York Times writer David E. Sanger's book, "Confront and Conceal," which referred to National Security Adviser Tom Donilon as the "hero of the book, as well as the commentator of record on events," Graham said.
"Somebody at the highest level of government has been talking about programs that I think are incredibly sensitive," Graham said.
Later after an intense exchange with Holder, Graham complained that not appointing a special counsel would set a "precedent that will haunt the country and this body and future White Houses in a way that I think is very disturbing."
Graham also expressed concerns about Machen and Rosenstein's investigative intentions.
"I don't know these people from Adam's house cat," he said.
"I do know these people," Holder responded.
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The deep rooted American street basketball team which arrived in the country on Wednesday was last evening expected to play Arusha All Stars at the Sheikh Amri Abeid Stadium. The team's first game with Mwanza All Stars at CCM Kirumba was on Friday postponed because of a heavy downpour.
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Ad rates have been declining since 2008.
Just how much of a drop are we talking about? According to Nielsen data, Fox News's prime-time monthly audience fell to its lowest level in twelve years in January among the 25-to-54 demographic. Daytime Fox News programming likewise saw its lowest monthly ratings in this age cohort since June 2008. Even the network's two biggest stars, O'Reilly and Hannity, have not been immune from viewer desertion: Hannity lost close to 50 percent of his pre-election audience in the final weeks of 2012, and O'Reilly more than a quarter. The slide hasn't stopped in 2013, either. Compared with a year ago, O'Reilly's February prime-time ratings dropped 26 percent in the coveted 25-to-54 demographic, his worst performance since July 2008. Hannity's sank even further, to the lowest point in his show's history.


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IT IS UNUSUAL for a PAYING/"CIVILIAN" AUDIENCE to LAUGH at a MOVIE TRAILER (THESE DAZE, THAT's ESPECIALLY TRUE IF the MOVIE is a COMEDY!) BUT the PREVIEW for CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER, WHICH WAS on the HEAD of GREEN LANTERN, DREW MORE THAN a FEW SNICKERS.
BASED on a COMIC BOOK "SUPER HERO" SO OUT-DATED ABOUT 90% of MODERN AUDIENCES HAVE ALL BUT FORGOTTEN HE EVEN EXISTED, CAPTAIN APPARENTLY AIMS to BE a "THROWBACK MOVIE," ATTEMPTING to REPLICATE the "THRILLS and SPILLS" of 1930s MOVIE SERIALS LIKE BACK ROGERS and FLASH GORDON
BUT THERE's a REASON HOLLYWOOD NO LONGER MAKES MOVIE SERIALS -- THE BERRY CONCEPT of CLIFF-HANGER ACTION, TOO-GOOD-to-BE-TRUE HEROES and DAMSELS in NEED of RESCUE from DISTRESS IS OF LITTLE or NO INTEREST to the CORE MOVIE-GOING AUDIENCE. SO, EVEN IF the MAKERS of CAPTAIN AMERICA DID THEIR WORK PERFECTLY, THERE MAY BE NO AUDIENCE for THIS KINDA STUFF.
AND, DESPITE THEIR HAVING BEEN GIVEN a BUDGET in the $150 MILLION RANGE, the MAKERS of THIS CAPTAIN SEEM to HAVE GOTTEN ALMOST NOTHING RIGHT. THE COSTUMES LOOK RIDICULOUS, THE LEADING MAN VIOLATES GROUCHO MARX's RULE ABOUT CLEAVAGE* the VILLAIN LOOKS LIKE the VICTIM of an INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT INVOLVING HOT KETCHUP, THE SUPPOSEDLY "COOL GADGETRY" LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING OUT of CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG, and the WHOLE THING LOOKS LIKE YET ANOTHER ROTE EXERCISE in "GIVING the AUDIENCE WHAT THEY WANT."
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Mr. Ball-Hog Yes, Kobe can be a ball-hog but hasn't he proven that he can finish around any defender and make big shots when the team needs him to? As team captain, the team relies on his leadership game in and game out. Seasons ago, his teammates wouldn't help with pulling their load and Kobe was left to shoot more to fill in their gaps. This season is different, every Laker is playing much better and it seems that they are helping on the offensive. Kobe is the teams leading assists man with 5 assists per game. He's currently ranked 6th (SG) in the league in assists and is quickly moving closer to a career high average with 214 assists already. He's averaging 10+ assists in the last 4 games. Might I also add that his ppg average is lower than past years at 26.8 ppg. He is finding the open man and the open man is finishing. Kobe may be a ball-hog at times but I see Kobe passing the ball more this season because Bynum is healthy and playing well, Kobe's Mini Me, Ariza has been given more minutes (deservingly so) and overall his teammates are playing with greater confidence than before.
Mr. Cry-Baby Sure Kobe has helped the economy with his stock purchase in Kleenex but who hasn't shed a tear or two. I know I have. I cry every time I watch the ending to Jerry Maguire. Does this make me a cry-baby? Actually, I guess it does, but that's not the point here. It's evident that the Lakers organization does react to Kobe's tears in a positive way. They picked up Pau Gasol. They have successfully removed his deep rooted tear ducts with a much deeper rooted team. Did Kobe cry after losing to the Celtics in the NBA Finals last season? No, he collected himself, made the Olympic squad in the off season and regained the gold medal for the U.S.A. He then worked out with the team after Beijing, regrouped and made his presence felt early in the season with a 33-8 start.
Mr. Arrogant Yes, Kobe has a chip on his shoulder but why not? Doesn't he deserve to? MVP of last season, Olympic Gold Medalist, 3 time NBA Champion, he has proven to his fans that he can overcome any obstacle on and off the court. He is after all human. Yes, he screwed up big in Colorado, yes, that didn't help his image but afterwards he moved in the only direction he could, forward. The spoiled relationship with Shaq was an unfortunate episode in the Lakers Dynasty but it was bound to happen sooner or later. One spotlight isn't big enough for two stars as it appeared. Kobe is leading his team this season to the best start they've had in years. Only Orlando shares the top record. Kobe's leadership has ignited the team and his teammates are responding in a major way. Kobe, arrogant? Yes, justifiably so. An overbearing pride that is leading his team into another championship season.
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Lincoln, NE (Sports Network) - D.J. Richardson scored a career-high 30 points
as the Illinois Fighting Illini made easy work of the Nebraska Cornhuskers,
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East Price Hill, Walnut Hills Picked For 2014 NEP
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Mayor John Cranley and Interim City Manager Scott Stiles stood with community leaders from East Price Hill and Walnut Hills on Wednesday, Jan. 29th to announce that the 2014 Neighborhood Enhancement Program (NEP) is coming to those neighborhoods.
These will be the 17th and 18th communities to participate in the NEP.
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Each area of the two neighborhoods in the 2014 Neighborhood Enhancement Program were identified through an analysis of building code violations, vacant buildings, disorder and drug calls for police service and drug arrests, as well as incidences of graffiti, junk autos, litter and weeds.
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- Alicia Spinnet: "It's just so unfair. I mean, what about Crabbe and that Bludger he hit after the whistle had been blown? Has she banned him?"
- Ginny Weasley: "No. He just got lines. I heard Montague laughing about it at dinner."
- — Alicia complains about Harry, Fred and Georges' Quidditch ban.[src]
A Whistle is an instrument which produces sound from a stream of forced air. It is used by a Quidditch referee to signal the start of a game, fouls, time-outs and ends a game.
There existed a spell to turn a whistle into a pocket-watch.


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| User:Ciencia Al Poder
Archived talk page mesages: Archive 1 | Archive 2
Hola. Soy nuevo en este wiki. Specialbeamkamehameha 01:26, December 29, 2011 (UTC)
Por que eliminaste wikidex en ingles???
The Categories Problem
Sorry...I always have a problem with categories. I apologize. It won't happen again. :) -Pinklilac 07:53, February 26, 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for taking care of that troll! :D SuperSaiyanGoatee
Much appreciated.. ChaosVoid 11:36, March 17, 2012 (UTC)
- Btw, seeing as you're online at the moment, could you delete this and this? They're lower quality duplicates of images that another admin uploaded. I've replaced the pages they were on with the original high quality images, so you just need to delete it. — ChaosVoid 11:51,3/17/2012
Moveset template
I'm actually the one who made the zapdos gen I learnset page. Lol. I was just wondering about the movessetalt template because it has the separation for whether or not the move is learned in different games, and also lacks the special/physical category. I guess I'll just keep using the regular one then. But, another question, since it's a gen I learnset, should I leave the category section blank?
FireIsMy Passion 16:49, March 17, 2012 (UTC)
- Another Idea that comes to mind is: Wouldn't it be relatively simple to make another template that says leveling instead of hms/tms? That way you have a gen I and II moveset template that can differentiate between the learning of moves at different rates depending on game, and so that it lacks the physical/special category?
- FireIsMy Passion 16:54, March 17, 2012 (UTC)
- Ok thanks. I'll do that.
- FireIsMy Passion 17:03, March 17, 2012 (UTC)
Delete this please, it's a duplicate of this. Thanks! — ChaosVoid 03:25,3/18/2012
Sorry, Still A Bit Of A Newbie :( 126.96.36.199 19:54, March 18, 2012 (UTC)
Is adding pictures against the rules too? Or can I do that
hi what do u do with ur awaed points?
how do you add the little box like on crimsonavy user page?
ok thanks but one last thing how do you edit your signature?
i guess so thx for all your help i may be asking more cause this is my first day on this wiki
are adminstrators well what are they?
Weigh in
Hi Ciencia, could you please weigh in on my promotion request here? If you can, it's much appreciated. Thanks! — ChaosVoid 10:24,4/24/2012
Im new please help.
Excuse me sorry to bother you, but can you please explain to me what do i have to do in the make a pokemon thing. You see im new on this wiki and well, dont know barely anything. Please reply Avatar Aangs reincarnation 01:54, May 21, 2012 (UTC) adios :D
How come on tthe pages on this wiki, it links to the Spanish wiki, but I don't see the link to the Spanish wiki. I am in source mode. Yugimuto1 Talk 334 edits 21:25,7/29/2012
I know, but I don't see it in the oasis section, even though there is the link to the wiki page. The prefix I mean. Yugimuto1 Talk 334 edits 10:55,7/30/2012
I don't mean there, I mean when you edit in source mode. Yugimuto1 Talk 334 edits 20:24,7/30/2012
Which one? Yugimuto1 Talk 334 edits 20:36,7/30/2012
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sunbunman wrote:I predict samurai dude getting nerfed anyways, or else there's gonna be tons of fun with him and rasam SS/shecas/etc in out of sphere uses like with current geissoul
Let's hope so, but then again Assassin should read like this: "Send an enemy unit of equal or lesser cost to the unit you sent to the grave." and since that has yet to happen, it looks like Falkow will have 1 more instakill to abuse. Personally, I'm also disgusted by Explosive Wyvern's existence. It's the equivalent of 1-hitting a pokemon your opponent hasn't even used yet, without using up your attack for the turn mind you. Aquas does make good point about the damage(anyone notice Dilate has an upgraded Bringer open?), the problem being it's invalidated by return/send's continued existence which is exponentially stronger. Burn can only kill a creature once at a time if its hp is low enough, while these kill a creature thrice over regardless of health.


text: Four hours southeast of Albuquerque, in the eastern plains of New Mexico, a small university is using videoconferencing technology to extend its reach past its isolated location. Eastern New Mexico University (ENMU) is in Portales, a rural town near the Texas border that's rich with ancient history. Since it opened in 1934, ENMU has welcomed a culturally diverse student body and strives to make higher education accessible to non-traditional students, no matter where they happen to live. To that end, ENMU is breaking new ground by enhancing its distance education offerings with lecture capture technology that brings the professor to the student. ENMU currently offers seven online Bachelor's degrees and 14 online Master's degrees, and is turning many of its classes into hybrid offerings that combine traditional online classes with embedded videos of archived lectures. Lecture capture allows ENMU to offer both synchronous (live) and asynchronous (on-demand) online classes. "Distance education is integral to the university. For a lot of schools, distance education is to increase numbers, but here, because of our rural location and the students we serve are scattered in sparsely populated areas, it's not an option to commute to a college campus. If we want to fulfill our mission as a regional university, we have to reach these people," says Dr. Mary Ayala, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) at ENMU. She has served as dean of the largest college on campus for seven years. At ENMU, online classes and classroom-based classes are both the norm, intermingled in a student's course credits as equals. Unlike other established state and regional universities, ENMU has a long history of using technology to offer fully accredited degrees. "Our university is kind of remote, so we've been doing distance education in one form of another for decades [to reach] non-traditional students who're raising children, working full time or for those who just can't drive four hours to take a class," says Ayala. Almost every one of ENMU's 6,000 students takes at least one course in the CLAS, which covers general education areas like math, literature, history and languages. "Almost all of the students end up taking on online class in their career," says Ayala, even if they're not enrolled in an online degree. "There are many reasons — a course conflict or the only class that has space may be a distance ed class." Before 2011, ENMU offered distance education through interactive instructional television (ITV), which provided a two-way synchronous audiovisual connection between professors and students. Although it allowed students to create a rapport, it required them to report to a specific site at a specific time — that classroom just didn't happen to be on the main ENMU classroom — and no longer provided enough flexibility for today's non-traditional students to complete their education. ENMU is a Federally designated Hispanic-Serving Institution and a member of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities. In addition, in October 2010 it received a $3 million Title V PPOHA (Promoting Post-Baccalaureate Opportunities for Hispanic Americans) grant from the U.S. Department of Education to enhance Hispanic students' access to grad school. A major component of the five-year grant was to expand and improve its online grad-level offerings, so ENMU invested in Sonic Foundry's Mediasite lecture capture technology. The PPOHA grant funded the purchase of four Mediasite recorders with accessories that support live classroom instruction and webcasting with streaming audio, video and content capture to post online. Read more here.


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