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Dear Kunalji and Pradipji: Thank you for your follow-up posts. I apologize for not having seen your posts before today; our site is not picking up articles. ****** Kunalji wrote: To make the distinction between svabhava guna and the guna in Prakrti as two separate entities is illogical. The use of svabhava guna has been used by Vaishnavas to justify castism for a very long time by tying the persistent nature of the svabhava guna to birth in a lower or higher caste. The introduction of the svabhava guna as distinct from the gunas in Prakrti are not supported by Shaivism -- What is illogical about the theory is that determinism and personal responsibility cannot be mixed. Gunas as described in Prakrti are considered necessary for Prakrti to function and no guna is considered inferior or superior to another. Indeed there is never a time when one can become free from such gunas. Vishnu himself is described as tamsik within and satvik outwardsly. So what is the purpose of the svabhava guna ? Simply to again enable a judgemental mentality by attributing responsibility for a man's karma beyond his own lifetime, perhaps beyond even Prakrti. But the flaw becomes apparent as one reads the later verses of the Gita. People who are so born of an inferior "svabhava" as opposed to a superior "svabhava" are basically damned to hell. Because once you declare someone as having an inferior "svabhava" in a deterministic world which does not allow for personal control, its a one way trip to hell. Because your "svabhava" is inferior, you will incur more and more sin and will just sink further and further on the caste/species chain. This again makes the system linear, the good guys go to heaven, the bad guys go to hell and is thus subject to all sorts of weaknesses. In other words, it sucks! Pradipji wrote: I do not think, however, that there is any mixing between determinism and personal responsibility in the Gita. When the jiva realizes God, i.e when he is no longer separated from God by his ego, the jiva will find that there is no free will for an unrealized soul. He will find that not even a leaf falls without God's consent. only realized souls like Sri Chaitanya or Sri Ramakrishna are truly free. This is because their wills have become the same as the one and only one truly free will, the Divine will. ***** Kunalji, svabhAva-guNa exists with us, it is not a matter of either vaishnava or shaiva opinion. Your questions really take us to chapter 16 of the Srimad Bhagavad Gita, about the suras and the asuras. Are the asuras created only so that they can be condemned? The answer is 'no'. First, people are not born with any God-given svabhAva, inferior or superior. God said that He does not create karmafala. svabhAva is the result of what we choose to be, a culmination of choices and circustances around us. svabhAva is our own doing. It is the result of the exercise of the so-called 'free will' that Pradipji said that is not independent of the one true free will, the Divine Will. Whether or not we will end up in a superior or inferior circumstances of birth depends on sour svabhava-guNa, especially according to the desires at the time of death. This issue is not related to casteism, but to sura or asura births. The sura are those who already have the daivI-sampatti that is independent of castes (arjuna had it, according to Sri Krishna), and the asuras did not have that. The asuras reject God's authority over creation, and consider themselves to be Lord. But God said that He is 'pralhAdaschAsmi daityAnAm' (prahlAda among daityas) among manifestations. This tells us very definitively that even Asuric birth (that is a punishment) is not a condemnation. Even in the Asuric birth, a person has the 'free-will' to choose God. Pradipji, I just want to add one thing to your post, about the relationship of free-will with Divine will. When God told Arjuna that He has already killed arjuna's enemies, he gave him a choice, to be or not to be the instrument. Implying that whether or not arjuna chose to do it, the warriors will die, if not by the instrument of arjuna, but by another instrument. Nothing gets done without the use of Divine power, but whether or not we will use the power that we can access to do someting, depends on us. With best regards, Dhruba.
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mainly its location .. it had a good location where food .. small shops .. a super market and other small stuff are available .. no free wi-fi !! + i didn't like that they couldn't arrange for a hotel car to pick me up from the airport .. they said they can only provide an expensive mercedes benz ! i only wanted a normal car for pick up .. they couldn't arrange that .. !!
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we had a good time , the staff were very good and brought us a yummy cheesecake as complementary :) and the room was very amazing ,if u like thai food , the white elephant is the best thai restaurant in bangkok : few things : there is no wi fi connection which is so strange for a marriot ?!! and the hotel restaurants close so early ,10 or 10:30 max ?!!
No cartoon network channel, no DVD, staff dont speak good English, Halal food was not highlighted or available in proper way
Hospitality of hotel staff International telephone charges were very very very expensive
The hotel was good but not wow it is below the *5 hotel The hotel is very old so the room furniture is old too the carpet is very dirty and the lobby was dark. The only good think about this hotel is the location.
the room is very comforte. poor english speaking. they dont know how to deel with booking.com.
Really nice hotel in good location.
The hotel is at excellent location; especially that we were in Bangkok mainly for shopping.. A beautiful interior which you'll find the comfort you need after a whole day of shopping.
Incredible location surrounded by great bars restaurants and clubs. Staff was friendly and very helpful. Couldn't have asked for a better place to stay.
Central location, close to Nana BTS station. Very friendly and helpful staff. The hot water from the shower wasn't as hot as I would like it to be.
Not really much: only the big size of the rooms. The cleanliness was not up to the expectations. The rate is really too high for an hotel of this nature. The photos are deceiving on the size and style of the hotel breakfast is served in the lifts hall and they charge a lot for internet in the rooms.I did trust the brand name Dusit but for nothing.
Its very convenient place...Shopping is just few steps away!
I liked all services in this hotel. Perfect. Such things they have not
Location, very near sky train which is teh easiest way to navigate Bangkok, glide above the traffic in air conditioned comfort.
i found the staff very friendly and helpful.The food was excellent and I liked the little touch of the bar in giving a free snack.
Attention to details and the excellent attention given by the staff, this was a small oasis from the frenetic Bangkok. Loud, rather headbanging music at breakfast, not a soothing start to the day! Also, and not unique to this hotel, exhorbitant internet charges.
I like the calm in the hotel and its not crowded i didn't like the breakfast as 90% of it for non-Muslims people for instance, most of food include pork.
The staff were very friendly and helpful.Location was interesting amongst busy ,bustling city streets. Guide andd car service booked through hotel was very good providing excellent and informed days exploring.
We Had a great time the staff were very helpful, the place was very conventant and the price was right None
Nice room, good bed, roof top swimming pool, nice staff. Housekeeping was not as tight/thorough as it could have been
The room was large and quiet with a comfortable bed, the breakfast buffet was excellent. I enjoyed the free high speed internet included.
Good location near Sukhunvit RD. Rooms very big and comfortable Slow in the service, not all the staff is english speaking
Very nice and big room with modern nice kitchen complete with dining set. The hotel is close to Bumungrad Hospital and have a free shuttle to the hospital Access to hotel is a small road with no pedestarian walk. I found two cockroaches in my room, so I believe hotel should improve their insect control
the food was excellent and i recommend the Thai Green Curry
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The facilities are excellent. So was the location. I had a great time.
the size of the room was very big :) everything was perfect
Wonderful large suite, spotlessly clean & great location. Try Above 11, excellent rooftop bar with great views
convenience yes, they dont have a hose near the bedeh in the bathroom
comfort and the quitness bathroom facility (there wasn't a hose for the bedeeh )
Employees are very friendly, there is a shuttle (TukTuk) service to the nearest Sky Train station; nice location near to all malls (easy to reach by skytrain). Supermarket in front of Fraser Suites; lots of dining possibilities; Rooms large and well equipped; playroom for kids; small swimming pool
Nice room, very comfortable bed, quiet location. No free internet
This was a beautiful oasis in the middle of Bangkok. Everything about my stay was sublime.
It was an enjoyable stay in what is a very large Thai house in the middle of the city. Very warm welcome, extremely healthy and tasty food, well located for buisiness district. Delightful and spacious rooms. A bit noisy in the area sometimes.
A very relaxing oasis in Bangkok
The very traditionnal and thai sophjticated touch make you feel at home in a superb and original environment Its may be too prevalently welcoming an atmosphere and insome occasion you need anonimity and indifference
Very helpfull owner who speaks English. Staff very pleasant and helpfull.Evening meal very nice and good value
the design and ambience are delightfully Thai, with staff who are helpful and happy. Overall, a wonderfully relaxing place
It was comfortable, and quiet even in the loudness of Bangkok.
location , Near hospital
Hospitalty and short steps to Bumrungrad hospital . * High and long stair to get to the labby . * Sometime noise due to reconstruction and some time due to train way.
The friendly staff and cleanliness. Felt the food for breakfast could have been better. Give one nationality special prepration and many would get enticed
Staff was friendly, lobby looked very new and well decorated. Room was old with outdated and cheap furniture. Sheets were dirty especially on the first day. Shower had either scolding hot water or cold water so I was forced to take a cold shower each morning. Not a pleasant experience. No doubt in my mind you can find better hotels in the same price range.
The location close to the American hospital is the main advantage
The room size and decor was excellent the breakfast quality was not that good
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staff was helpfel @ nice smeil of room was nastey & there was ant all over the room front resiption did not know about the reservation tell i give the the booking # and they did not agree with price i was giving from booking.com and same thing hapen to other custmers
room size and decor breakfast was poor
Friendlyness of staff, assistance with anything I needed Yes , they charged me a higher room rate then quoted, for they had given me a more exspensive room. I argued for a while with receptionist but the manager was not available and I was running late for a meet with someone.
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This movie is all sorts of awesome and I'm quite surprised that more fans of the genre don't talk about it more often. This is definitely now in my top-ten favorite Spaghetti Westerns. Here's the basic plot: A Chinese immigrant, recently arrived in America, fights to free Mexican slaves from their cruel master. And kicks all sorts of ass!
Klaus Kinski and Gordon Mitchell are top-billed, although are not in the film long, but don't let that deter you from seeing this as both of their scenes are great with Chen Lee(Shanghai Joe / Chin Hao). One thing that caught me off guard was how much gore is in the film. You got some good eyeball snatchin', fist into chestin', and some good ole' impalin'. Which probably makes this one of the top 10 goriest Spaghetti Westerns, granted it's not as gory as Cut Throats Nine, but I'm more impressed with this one than Django Kill.
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Patrick McReary aka Packie is a character in Grand Theft Auto IV. Packie is a member of the Irish Mob and the youngest brother of the McReary family. He acts as both a boss, partner, and friend in the game.
Packie McReary grew up into a life of crime, looking up to his brother Gerald throughout his childhood. With his three older brothers all corrupted criminals, Packie had no chance and soon followed in their footsteps. He became a heavy cocaine user and put together a small gang dedicated to stick-up robberies. His friends included Michael Keane and Gordon Sargent. Eventually Packie became a hired gun for the Italian Mafia, notably the Pegorino Family.
Eventually Packie was introduced to Niko Bellic through a mutual friend, cocaine dealer Elizabeta Torres. Packie and Niko became quick friends after escaping from a botched cocaine deal. Impressed, Packie called up Niko and brought him into the gang. Using tips from Ray Boccino, the duo ambushed and robbed the Triads at the Algonquin docks and boosted knock-off prescription drugs and eventually a daring raid of the Ancelotti's Colony Island warehouse and stole a bag of money off them.
One last job that took place was a well-planned bank robbery on the Bank of Liberty in Algonquin. Along with Michael, Niko and his oldest brother Derrick, Packie and the gang dressed in expensive suits and wore balaclavas. The job goes awry amidst Derrick and Packie's arguing, along with the death of Michael, but the remaining three escape through the subway and get out alive.
After the bank job, Packie continues to do family business, joining Niko on the rescue and subsequent execution of Aiden O'Malley and works under Gerry during the Gracie Ancelotti kidnapping. Packie is present during a shootout between Niko and Rodislav Bulgarin as well. Packie becomes one of Niko's closest friends, even introducing Niko to his chaste sister Katie, urging him to date her.
Although a somewhat complex character, Patrick can be viewed as having somewhat stereotypically Irish traits, including an addictive personality, specifically to alcohol and cocaine. Many of his issues may be traced to his abusive father who has passed on prior to the events of the story. Patrick reveals that his father was a raging alcoholic who caused the McReary's fall from grace. Later he will open up to Niko and reveal that both he and Gerry were almost molested by their father at a young age. He committed suicide shortly thereafter. Because of this, Patrick harbors a strong hatred for his deceased father, referring to him as a "pervert" and condemning his memory to the seventh circle of Hell on numerous occasions.
Due to Patrick's criminal lifestyle, he has seen the inside of juvenile detentions and even prison in his life but never for any protracted length of time like his older brother, Gerry. More than anything else, Patrick is portrayed as a tormented and even guilt ridden individual who feels more inclined to put on a wise-cracking facade rather than open up and relay his true feelings. After Niko becomes good enough friends with Packie, he will offer to plant car bombs for Bellic.
In an easter egg in GTA IV if you look through his head you will see a small picture of 2 skulls.
Sometimes when drunk, Packie asks Niko if he has traveled to Ireland, Niko then says that he missed it on his travels. Packie then replies "In your dreams". He also says that he has never left Liberty City and says "I'm going to Ireland Niko, I'm gonna fucking go." After this sometimes he can be heard singing the popular Irish song Danny Boy when driving in a car or walking drunk in the sidewalk.
Rockstar may have put Packie singing when drunk because of a tradition when the Irish sing when they hang out in bars.
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Brazil's President Says Whites Caused Global Crisis
Posted on Mar 27, 2009
During a joint press conference with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown in Brasilia on Thursday, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva made the startling assertion that the current worldwide economic catastrophe was caused by "white people with blue eyes." Perhaps that last detail was thrown in to graciously let brown-eyed Brown off the hook.
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By European with blue eyes and dark hair, November 21, 2010 at 9:42 am Link to this comment
1st of all - he is white (probably descendant of
By RTE, April 3, 2009 at 8:11 am Link to this comment
Lula is right…only white people could have caused this problem. Specifically, white men. After all, they invented modern banking and money in the first place. And printing, racism, planes, trains, automobiles, genocide, space stations, soap operas, ink pens, greasy fried food, snow, communism, capitalism, muskets, atomic bombs, artificial hearts, gonorrhea, penicillin, Barney Frank, Ronald Reagan, economic exploitation, Oxfam, war and post it notes.
By jack, March 31, 2009 at 7:20 am Link to this comment
Of course the comment was racist. Does it also have historic resonance? Of course. If you were to divvy up the carbon footprints on cultural lines and attribute obligations accordingly then Lula has a point.
The G20 must act courageously and decisively.
By Nancy Detroit, MI, March 30, 2009 at 2:32 pm Link to this comment
Blue eyes, baby boomers!
I have blue eyes and I'm a baby boomer.
I didn't have anything to do with this problem.
How in the heck did everyday average people get lumped into being white people who caused the problem?
What are you thinking? Let's gas up the showers, line us up and take care of the problem? Would that make it better? Then what, will it be people with another shade of skin, or specific feature who are the problem. Then will you teach them a lesson when things go wrong.
How about if we all just buy a gun and then run out into the streets and execute people we don't think deserve to live. Make it fair. Then what, after a week of killing do you think we'd be in a better place?
What is wrong with some of you? Some of you talk like you think this guy made a reasonable point.
By Nancy Detroit, MI, March 30, 2009 at 11:27 am Link to this comment
Is this a cry for attention?
What a dumb thing to say.
Racist idiot.
By Bea Moreira, March 30, 2009 at 7:32 am Link to this comment
Lula only said that so he can be seen as the defender of the minorities. He talks talks but does nothing to really change the social injustice in Brazil (and I'm Brazilian). The best thing he did was to continue the policies of his predecessor, whom he also called elitist, FHC. Lula is pretty dumb, even the people that like his policies say he's dumb.
By will carr, March 29, 2009 at 7:25 pm Link to this comment
if it were not for the white people in this world many of you third world country clowns would be starving. You morans are just jealous of America. Suck it up losers.
By JJJJJJJ, March 29, 2009 at 6:29 pm Link to this comment
Lula is a horse's ass. Who's claim to fame is that he holds famous barbecues at his residence. He has done nothing to improve Brasil.
By will carr, March 29, 2009 at 9:21 am Link to this comment
Look at he advanced countries developed by hispanics and blacks and why are they beating down the door to gain entry into the United States. This is just a jealous statement because it their minds they (blacks and hispanics) believe they are inferior. If the shoe fits wear it, amigo.
By Senator Longhorne, March 28, 2009 at 4:01 pm Link to this comment
..his comment is partly metaphor, far less blatant than that which one sees when eyeballing the US Senate. Talk about entitlement (including their government health care). This bag of assholes truly is the cause of most of the world's misery.
At least he's presiding over a Brasil in which only half of the cars have to use gasoline as fuel.
By jlaw, March 28, 2009 at 8:54 am Link to this comment
greed is a human condition. white people with blue eyes are arguably better at it. perhaps luiz you can explain the wholesale deforestation of the amazon river region. no greed their. luiz, your just another example that you dont need to intelligent to be a paid member of a government welfare system.
By damian smith, March 27, 2009 at 5:56 pm Link to this comment
Well most of the problems in the world are caused by white people. Do not get mad at the President of Brazil for telling the truth. You all need to admit that you all are some evil, hateful, greedy, nasty people. To the President of Brazil keep up the good work and keep telling the truth. Job well done Sir. Someone needs to tell the truth in this world.
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Erin Manning, Ph.D., is a philosopher, visual artist and dancer, and is currently a University Research Chair at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Concordia University, Montreal. She is also a founder and director of The Sense Lab, an interdisciplinary laboratory on research, creation and an international network focusing on intersections between philosophy and art through the sensing body in motion. Erin Manning received her Ph.D. in Political Science at the University of Hawaii (2001) and has been teaching philosophy, political theory, visual studies, cultural studies, and film theory. She is a member of the editorial board for the online journal Inflexions and the author of works on movement and ephemerality, for which she frequently collaborates with Brian Massumi. Erin Manning is author of Relationscapes: Movement, Art, Philosophy and Politics of Touch: Sense, Movement, Sovereignty. She has two forthcoming books: Always More Than One: Individuation's Dance, and, with Brian Massumi, Thought in the Act: Passages in the Ecology of Experience.More information on Professor Manning is available here.
Brian Massumi, Ph. D., is a political theorist, writer and philosopher, and is currently a professor in the Department of Communication Sciences at the University of Montréal in Quebec Canada, where he directs both the Ph. D program and the Workshop in Radical Empiricism (Atelier en empirisme radical). He is well-known for his translations of several major texts in French post-structuralist theory, including Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari's A Thousand Plateaus, Jean-François Lyotard's The Postmodern Condition, and Jacques Attali's Noise. Brian Massumi received both his Masters and Doctoral degrees in French Literature from Yale University and completed postdoctoral work at Stanford University. Brian Massumi is the author of Semblance And Event: Activist Philosophy and the Occurrent Arts, Parables for the Virtual: Movement, Affect, Sensation and A User's Guide to Capitalism and Schizophrenia: Deviations from Deleuze and Guattari. More information on Professor Massumi is available here.
Ralph James Savarese, Assoc. Professor of English at Grinnell College and a poet, essayist, and literary scholar, is a Mellon Humanities Writ Large Fellow in residency at the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences and the DIBS/FHI Neurohumanities Research Group at Duke in 2012-2013. This fall he is co- teaching in the Neurohumanities "Flaubert's Brain" course with Deborah Jenson and Nima Bassiri. He has published widely on cognitive approaches to literature and disability, with articles and forthcoming work on topics including poetry as right-hemispheric language, postcolonial neurology, and conjoined neurology. Prof. Savarese is the author of Reasonable People: A Memoir of Autism and Adoption, which Newsweek called "a real life love story and an urgent manifesto for the rights of people with neurological disabilities." With his wife, Emily Thornton Savarese, he is the co-editor of a special issue of Disability Studies Quarterly, "Autism and the Concept of Neurodiversity." The winner of the Herman Melville Society's Hennig Cohen Prize for "an outstanding contribution to Melville scholarship" and a National Endowment for the Humanities grant for his work on neuropoetics, he is working on a scholarly monograph entitled "A Dispute with Nouns: Autism, Poetry, and the Sensing Body."
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Not many Zelda fans would go so far to make handmade Zelda soap for a bathroom accessory. With that said, it is really no surprise whatsoever that some folks over at Etsy are now officially selling a Zelda hand cleansing material. Along with other fantastic-looking soaps, these are available on SmallThingsForSale's Etsy page, and come in the form of the Triforce, a Piece of Heart, various colors of Rupees, and more. So, if you're interested in cleansing your hands with the power of Din, Nayru, and Farore, this handmade product may just be fitting for you!
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It's still spring, but many parents and kids are already thinking about summer camp. If warmer weather has you thinking about lazy days and stories around the campfire, give a listen to Lisa Loeb's 2008 album, Camp Lisa, her postcard from the summer camps of her youth.
The 14th track on the album, When It Rains, makes the best of a rainy day. As she sings in the song's chorus, Those clouds are not a reason for crying, No matter what the weatherman says, Cause we can make the weather inviting, When it rains.
Rain or shine, it is clear from Camp Lisa that Loeb has fond memories of her summer camp experiences and wishes to share that experience with others, figuratively through her music and literally through The Camp Lisa Foundation. This non-profit raises funds to send underprivileged kids to camp through its partnership with Summer Camp Opportunities Provide an Edge, Inc. (S.C.O.P.E.), a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide children in need the edge to succeed in life through the summer camp experience.
Just as Camp Lisa is not Lisa Loeb's first venture into children's music (she released Catch the Moon in 2004), When It Rains is not Loeb's first foray into weather-themed songwriting. Her debut album, 1994's Tails, contained the songs Snow Day and Hurricane in addition to the smash hit, Stay (I MIssed You).
Got a weather-related tune in mind? Send it along or share it as a comment below — it might just be a future "Wednesday weather song."
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Adjusting GPA to Reflect Course Difficulty
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The computation of Graduate Point Average (GPA) incorrectly assumes that grades are comparable across courses and instructors. GPA overstates the performance of students who elect an "easier" course of study relative to those who choose a more "difficult" course of study. This paper proposes a method of adjusting GPA and applies it to data from one cohort of undergraduates at Carnegie Mellon University. Adjusted GPAs are more highly correlated with students' high school Grade Point Average and with SAT scores than are the raw GPAs or GPAs adjusted using a prominent alternative method, Item Response Theory. A survey of students finds that the new methods' estimates of relative course difficulty are consistent with students' perceptions of relative course difficulty.


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Republican Mitt Romney today tapped Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., to be his running mate.
We live blogged the Romney announcement, which was made in Norfolk, Va., against the backdrop of the USS Wisconsin.
STORY: Romney picks Ryan to be his VP
STORY: Impact of the Ryan budget
ANALYSIS: Risk and reward for Romney
Full coverage is available at USATODAY.com. Scroll down for highlights:
9:46 a.m. ET: Ryan is done and the Romney campaign anthem, Born Free, by Kid Rock is playing. The new ticket is waving to the crowd as flags are waving in the audience.
9:45 a.m. ET: Ryan says he and Romney will "have the courage to tell you the truth. I'm thrilled to be part of America's comeback team. Together we will unite America and we will get this done."
9:44 a.m. ET: Ryan is talking about the "unsustainable path" of the federal budget. "We won't duck the tough issues, we will lead," he says about the GOP ticket. "We won't blame others; we will take responsibility. And we won't replace our founding principles, we will reapply them."
9:43 a.m. ET: The crowd is chanting "USA! USA!" as Ryan discusses the founding principles of liberty, freedom, free enterprise, self-determination and "government by the consent of government."
9:41 a.m. ET: "As more Americans work hard, take risks ... more people will prosper, our communities will benefit," Ryan says. "America is more than just a place. American is an ideal. Our rights come from nature and God, not from government."
9:39 a.m. ET: "Mitt Romney and I will take the right steps in the right time to get us back on the right track," Ryan says. "I'm proud to stand with the man who understands what it takes to foster job creation in our economy ... someone who understands if you built a small business, you did build that." That's another zinger directed at Obama who has been criticized for his suggestion that small businesses needed government assistance for success.
9:37 a.m. ET: Some context on the Romney gaffe of introducing Ryan as the "next president." Turns out Obama did the same thing in 2008 when announcing Joe Biden during his VP announcement in Springfield, Ill., according to ABC News.
9:34 a.m. ET: "President Obama has become part of the problem and Mitt Romney is the solution," Ryan says. "We need new leadership to become part of the solution ... new leadership to restore prosperity and to restore economic growth and jobs. It is our duty to save the American dream for our children and theirs."
9:32 a.m. ET: Ryan is talking about his hometown of Janesville and his home state of Wisconsin, as he talks about how his 14 years of Congress will make a difference in a Romney administration.
9:31 a.m. ET: Ryan is speaking, sans tie. "We will restore the greatness of this country," Ryan says, as he introduces his wife and children.
9:29 a.m. ET: Romney comes back and says, "every now and then I make a mistake. But I did not make a mistake with this guy. I'll tell you now, he's gonna make a great vice president of the United States. "
9:28 am. ET: "Today is a good day for America and there are better days ahead," Romney says as he introduces Ryan. But did he say the next "president" of the United States?
9:27 a.m. ET: Huge applause for Romney's line: "We will preserve and protect Medicare ... and keep it for future generations."
9:25 a.m. ET: Romney is going through his plan for the economy, with an emphasis on the middle class. Big cheers from the crowd on his vow to achieve energy independence. "We will return work to welfare," Romney says, in an unveiled swipe at President Obama and his new welfare rules.
9:24 a.m. ET: "Paul also combines firm principles with a practical concern for getting things done. He's never been content to just curse the darkness."
9:23 a.m. ET: In a nod to social conservatives, Romney says, "Paul believes in the worth and dignity of human life."
9:22 a.m. ET "Paul Ryan works in Washington, but his beliefs remain firmly rooted in Janesville, Wis. He's a person of great steadiness whose integrity is unquestioned," Romney says.
"Paul Ryan ... doesn't demonize his opponents."
9:21 a.m. ET: Romney starts by saluting Norfolk and Virginia. "Today we take another step forward in restoring the promise of America," he says. "It's an honor to announce my running mate and the next vice president of the United States, Paul Ryan."
9:19 a.m. ET: Romney is walking down the steps of the USS Wisconsin, heading for the stage and podium. Ominous, patriotic, soaring music playing in background.
9:16 a.m. ET: Texas Gov. Rick Perry, once Romney's top rival for the GOP nomination, tweets his praise for the VP choice: "Paul Ryan, conservative budget hawk..excellent choice who will underscore MR commitment to downsize Washington and restore job creation."
9:10 a.m. ET: Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell is getting ready to introduce Romney. McDonnell, chairman of the Republican Governors Association, was also mentioned early on as a possible running mate for Romney. He's been an active campaign surrogate.
9:01 a.m. ET: CNN reporter Jim Acosta reads from an e-mail from a "top Romney adviser" saying a call was made to Ryan on Aug. 1, asking for a meeting. That's the day after Romney got back from his overseas trip to Great Britain, Israel and Poland -- a trip that Democrats criticized for missteps.
8:52 a.m. ET: CNN is reporting Romney decided on Ryan on Aug. 1.
8:43 a.m. ET: Former Virginia senator and governor George Allen is the first GOP speaker at the podium in Norfolk. He's warming up the crowd. Allen is running for his old Senate job against Tim Kaine, another former governor and ex-chairman of the Democratic Party. The Virginia race factors into which party will control the Senate.
8:39 a.m. ET: More from excerpt of Ryan's speech, about why he says he's ready to be vice president:
"I believe my record of getting things done in Congress will be a very helpful complement to Governor Romney's executive and private sector success outside Washington. I have worked closely with Republicans as well as Democrats to advance an agenda of economic growth, fiscal discipline, and job creation."
8:36 a.m. ET: Ryan appears ready to assume the role of Republican attack dog. He'll say this about President Obama's handling of the economy:
"Whatever the explanations, whatever the excuses, this is a record of failure."
8:34 a.m. ET: The Romney campaign has released excerpts of Ryan's speech. The House Budget Committee chairman is effusive with praise for the top of the GOP ticket:
"Mitt Romney is a leader with the skills, the background and the character that our country needs at a crucial time in its history. Following four years of failed leadership, the hopes of our country, which have inspired the world, are growing dim; and they need someone to revive them. Governor Romney is the man for this moment; and he and I share one commitment: we will restore the dreams and greatness of this country."
8:32 a.m. ET: The first tweet from Ryan in his new role:
I'm honored to join @MittRomney on America's Comeback Team. http://mi.tt/Romney-Ryan #RomneyRyan2012
8:30 a.m. ET: USA TODAY's Jackie Kucinich reports from the scene that Ryan will be on the Romney bus tour during the Virginia and North Carolina legs of the trip today and tomorrow.
8:25 a.m. ET: The Susan B. Anthony List, a conservative women's group, is pleased with Ryan, calling him "a longtime pro-life advocate."
"By selecting Congressman Ryan as his vice presidential running mate, Governor Romney demonstrates his commitment to protecting American women and unborn children," said Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the Susan B. Anthony List.
8:19 a.m. ET: A tweet from Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus, who also hails from Wisconsin: "Congratulations to my good friend @RepPaulRyan! A great choice, and will be an amazing Vice President. #RomneyRyan2012"
The Romney campaign has been hailing for weeks that this will be "America's Comeback Team," and that's the headline on this morning's news release. The new running mate is also reaching out via social media, with @PaulRyanVP as his new Twitter handle.
Catalina Camia leads the OnPolitics online community and has been at USA TODAY since 2005. She has been a reporter or editor covering politics and Congress for two decades, including stints at The Dallas Morning News and Congressional Quarterly. Follow her at @USATOnPolitics.
USA TODAY's Jackie Kucinich (@jfkucinich) and Fredreka Schouten (@fschouten) also contribute to the OnPolitics blog.


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The Australian debut of Google's latest smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, is less than a week away. Vodafone and Optus have both announced that the phone will be available this Friday (16 December) on a range of pricing plans.
Both telcos have promised pre-Christmas delivery for customers who order the Samsung Galaxy Nexus online before 16 December.
Vodafone, who was first out the door with the announcement, will sell the Galaxy Nexus on a variety of 12 and 24 month contracts, starting with a $29 cap over 12 months (plus $35 monthly handset repayments). Other plans include a $65 Infinite plan over 24 months (plus $10 monthly handset repayments) and a $59 cap over 24 months (plus $5 monthly handset repayments).
For a full list of Samsung Galaxy Nexus plans, visit the Vodafone website.
Optus also announced its pricing plans for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus today. The phone will be available on $29, $49, $59 and $79 cap plans over a 24 month contract (plus monthly handset repayments of $16, $8, $5 and zero, respectively.)
For a full list of Samsung Galaxy Nexus plans, visit the Optus web site.
Buy outright
If you're not an Optus/Vodafone customer or aren't looking to renew your contract, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus can also be purchased outright from Kogan and Mobicity. The online specialists are asking $789 and $749 for the device, respectively.
The Galaxy Nexus (not to be confused with the companies' previous Google Nexus S) is a 4.65in smartphone that comes with the latest Android operating system; 4.0 (AKA Ice Cream Sandwich).
It boasts a Super AMOLED Plus display (1280x720 pixels), a 5-megapixel rear-facing camera and a 1.2GHz dual-core processor. Other highlights include NFC, Full HD video capture, a 100,000:1 contrast ratio, 1GB of RAM and between 16- and 32GB of inbuilt storage.
See also:
First impressions: Samsung Galaxy Nexus with Android 4.0
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Hitoshi Harada <umi(dot)tanuki(at)gmail(dot)com> writes: > 2010/9/15 Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>: >> Why is it so difficult to do this correctly? > Because INSERT INTO ... (SELECT|VALUES) is already a collection of > kludge (as comments say). It was possible to parse the two WITHs > separately, but it results in ambiguous naming issue; > parseWithClause() asserts there's only one WITH clause in the Stmt and > detects duplicated CTE name in it. Well, I would think that the no-duplication rule applies to each WITH list separately, not both together. If you do something like with t1 as (select * from foo) select * from (with t2 as (select * from foo) select * from t1, t2) ss; there's no expectation that the WITH clauses can't both define the same name. regards, tom lane
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October 4, 2010
Photo, left to right: Cynthia Ward, (SUNY Empire State College), Alan Davis (SUNY Empire State College), Lisette Nieves (Year Up), William Lehman (Year Up)
(SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Oct. 4, 2010) SUNY Empire State College and Year Up New York have partnered in an innovative program that paves the way for Year Up New York students to enter the college with advanced standing. The students will be enrolled in individualized degree programs they custom design with personal guidance from a faculty mentor.
A ceremony to sign and celebrate the partnership agreement was held Thursday, Sept. 30 in Year Up New York's offices in New York City. SUNY Empire State College President Alan R. Davis and Founding Executive Director of Year Up New York Lisette Nieves were present for the event.
"We are privileged to work with Year Up New York, an organization with national stature and local success," Davis said. "The college's commitment to educate underserved populations, particularly adults who are balancing work and family responsibilities with study, is well aligned with Year Up New York's support for individuals who are dedicated to overcoming obstacles to achievement. We are pleased to join in the effort to advance these individuals through enrichment and education and to remove barriers to their study. Together with Year Up New York, the college will be proactive in its effort to plug some of the leaks in the education pipeline."
Year Up is a nonprofit organization established in 2000 with a mission to close the "opportunity divide" by preparing urban young adults with the skills, experience and support that will empower them to reach their potential in professional careers and higher education. On their paths to viable economic self-sufficiency, Year Up participants -- who are recruited from high schools and community-based organizations -- develop marketable job skills in internships at major companies, receive stipends, are supported and guided by educators, and earn college credit through Pace University through portfolio-based prior learning assessment.
To facilitate students' transition into an associate or bachelor's degree program, SUNY Empire State College accepts Pace prior-learning assessment credits for transfer. Additionally, on request, Empire State College assesses incoming students' prior college-level learning through work and life experience and grants credit toward the degree for it, when appropriate.
"Year Up New York is proud to partner with SUNY Empire State College to expand educational options and to help close the opportunity divide for the young adults in our city," said Nieves, who is also a mayoral appointee to the 14-member Panel for Educational Policy of the NYC Department of Education. "'Strive to Learn' is one of Year Up's six core values, so a formal relationship with the college makes great sense for both organizations. Preparing young adults for the 21st-century workplace means ever-closer integration of experiential learning through internships with classroom preparation and analysis. Year Up New York and Empire State College share the mission of making education accessible and directly relevant to adults from all social and economic circumstances. We also share an unswerving belief in the remarkable talents and aspirations of the young adults in New York's cities."
"Pace University has been the Year Up academic partner since Year Up's inception in New York City, approximately five years ago. Our goal has always been to provide educational opportunities to Year UP graduates," said Dr. David Sachs, associate dean and professor, Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems. "Empire State College has a fine reputation, and we look forward to working closely with them in the years to come. This should provide more Year Up students with more educational opportunities, which has always been our goal."
Dean of the Empire State College's New York City Metropolitan Center Cynthia L. Ward added: "We are honored to provide a pathway to higher education for the young adults served by Year Up New York. SUNY Empire State College provides an affordable and flexible opportunity for these motivated young adults to combine success at work with college study. Especially important is the college's ability to recognize learning achieved in Year Up New York's outstanding academic program and internship experiences so that each supports the other."
Also attending for Year Up were Sid Ross, director of academics; William Lehman, national site director, Daniel Rabuzzi, senior director of operations and strategic planning; other organization officials; and several students. SUNY Empire State College was additionally represented by Christopher Rolley, recruitment and outreach specialist, Metro Center.
It is expected that 10 Year Up New York students will be served by SUNY Empire State College in the coming year.
Year Up's mission is to close the Opportunity Divide by providing low-income young adults with the skills, experience, and support that will empower them to reach their potential through professional careers and higher education. Year Up achieves this mission through a high support, high expectation model that combines marketable job skills, stipends, internships, college credit, a behavior management system and several levels of support to place these young adults on a viable path to economic self-sufficiency. Year Up currently serves more than 1,000 students a year at sites in Atlanta, Baltimore (College Based Pilot Program), Boston, Chicago, New York, Providence, San Francisco Bay Area, and the National Capital Region, and will be opening in Puget Sound in the year ahead. To date, 84 percent of graduates have been placed into positions within four months of graduation earning an average salary of $30,000 per year or have enrolled in full-time higher education. To learn more, visit www.yearup.org.
SUNY Empire State College was established in 1971 to offer adult learners the opportunity to earn associate, bachelor's and master's degrees from the State University of New York by removing barriers to their education. Students learn through independent studies, online courses, seminars and residencies, and are encouraged and assisted to balance career, family and civic commitments with academic study. They also may earn credit for prior college-level learning from work and life experience. SUNY Empire State College serves more than 20,000 students worldwide with 34 locations in New York state and online. For more information, visit www.esc.edu.
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Hello, I think that I want to get indulged in development. Have gone through the code a bit, Unable to understand so might need some help over there. I hope I will recieve help. What version should I start from? I guess postgresql 9.1 alpha would be good. Please suggest some other dev version (if they are in progress) if you think I should start off with. My main work concerns the planner and executor. Thanks a lot. -Vaibhav
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Northern insurance firm Ricksons has profited from diversification, with a 23 per cent turnover rise to £13m.
The increase was driven primarily through the success of the firm's commercial teams, which now account for around 50 per cent of Ricksons' turnover compared with 10 per cent just five years ago. The firm's average profit per equity partner hit £220,000 this year.
Managing partner Anthony Hughes said the firm's young employment, private client and family departments had generated much of the growth. Commercial work was up by 43 per cent.
Ricksons' core insurance business also grew, partly due to the new insurance fraud team led by former Silverbeck Rymer partner James Pinder.
Hughes said the firm would assess the opportunities offered by the Legal Services Bill.


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|Rediff India Abroad Home | All the sections
Gujarat: 2 LeT militants arrested
September 19, 2006 09:25 IST
With the arrest of two suspected Lashkar-e-Tayiba militants, Gujarat Crime Branch police claimed on Tuesday to have unearthed a conspiracy of the outfit to spread its tentacles across various states.
Several jehadi documents and CDs on Gujarat riots have been seized from them, police said in a statement.
Acting on a tip-off, police nabbed the two at a guesthouse in Kalupur area of Ahmedabad. While one of them, Iliyas Memon, is from Shah Alam area in the old city, Khalid is said to be from Jammu and Kashmir.
Police also said there could be a possible link between the Mumbai blasts, arms recovery in Aurangabad, the Ahmedabad station blast and the arrests in Delhi.
They said two agents -- Imran and Wasir Kashmiri -- had been inciting young men from Gujarat to go for training in Kashmir.
Police claimed that 20 such men are already back in Gujarat after their training and could strike at any moment on LeT orders.
Imran and Kashmiri had also sent Illiyas for training in January this year. They had first met him at the Tadkeswar madrassa, where they studied together for eight years.
In fact, Imran had taken Illiyas from Vadodara to Kolkata with an intention to cross over to Bangladesh, but they could not succeed.
During their stay in Kolkata, they were in touch with their Pakistani and Bangladeshi counterparts.
They had been circulating CDs on the Gujarat riots and those containing jehadi speeches among Muslim youths; they had also been arranging passports to send them to Bangladesh, police said.
Now the LeT network could have spread to Anand, Kheda, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Bharuch, Godhra, Surat, Bhopal, Aurangabad, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Patna and cities in Jammu and Kashmir, the statement said.


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4. Juan Carlos Ferrero
Evidence of Ferrero's improvement is the fact that he goes into the new season with a world ranking of four.
Titles in Monaco and Hong Kong last year helped the Spaniard establish himself among the game's elite, as did a runners-up spot at the French Open.
Certainly Ferrero is most comfortable on clay and rarely ventures even into mid-court, let alone approaches the net.
But his indoor performances were much improved at the end of last year, culminating with an epic five-set defeat to Lleyton Hewitt at the ATP Masters Cup.
Ferrero's record against the top five players is good and he can be expected to feature strongly in Grand Slams this year, although he has yet to figure at Melbourne Park.
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Subject: [VT-CEM] A Look-up Request
Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2001 19:39:12 EDT
Hi List Mom and fellow subscribers:
I hope that someone can help me with this.
My fifth great-grandfather, Elisha Turner, lived in Hartland VT for much of
his life.
Sometime between 1800 and 1808, he and his family removed to Windsor VT where
he died sometime before 16 June 1808 and was presumably buried there. His
wife, Betsey (Patterson) Turner, returned to live to Hartland VT by 1812,
died sometime after 1820, and is presumably buried in Windsor VT next to her
I figure that any information concerning death dates, birth dates, birth
places, age at death, etc. could be the one vital clue I could use to scale
this 25 year old brick wall of mine.
I am wondering if anyone who lives in Windsor VT, or who is at least familiar
with it's burial grounds, would assist me in locating the gravesites of the
above mentioned individuals, along with whatever information there is on the
gravemarkers (if any).
Any help GREATLY appreciated.
Rick Turner in MA, list son.
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Dr. Khoo and his staff are amazing, so amazing that I have switched my insurance 3 times to be able to continue to see him. I have seen other neurosurgeons but I would neverlet them open me up. Dr.Khoo and staff all have the kindest empathy for their patients. When you are facing a lide time of spinal problems you want to know that your doctor & his staff will help you to get through all of the bumpy roads you are headed down. Dr.Khoo has always made me feel like I was the most important patient he had when in fact I knew he had 100s but when you are in his office you are the most important at that time. Which just makes your whole ordeal that much better.
Went thru multiple surgeries and surgeons, but only Dr. Khoo, who is knowledgable to my rare situation, helped me through this long journey. Now I'm able to walk again, and I'm totally off narcotics. Thank you Dr. Khoo. Even though your waiting room takes longer than most, but the patience is worth it.
This man has saved my life. He has operated on 3 members of my family. I had a doctor who wanted to dos surgery that would have paralized me. Dr. Khoo has done 4 surgeries on me & not from mistakes he madebut because of a heritary illness that I have. His bedside manner was wonderful andi have never trusted a doctor or felt as well taken cats of by staff as I have at Dr. Khoo's office. In my book, I would NEVER let someone else operate on me. He is a always been cutting edge and he has made it possible for me to be a mom who could at least be semi active with my children and I am able to take care of my family most days. Since he has come into my families life he has added truly to the quality of it.Its even to a place were my kids don't want me to see any other surgeon they love him and so do I. I could never express enough thanks to him and his entire staff.
Dr. Khoo is an outstanding surgeon and a kind & caring person. He performed two complex spinal surgeries (#4 & 5 of 6) on me and did 4 on my adult daughter. We LOVE Dr. Khoo & his staff. He is a genius & inventor. A pioneer in "minimaly invasive" spinal surgery.
Some people blame their doctors for their condition. I do not. I spent years in pain prior to a surgery performed by Dr. Khoo. He saw me, reviewed my films, explained the proposed resolution, and performed the surgery efficiently and effectively. His staff is awesome and always courteous. Is my pain completely gone? No. But, it went from excruciating, to irritating and I consider that a success. Its clear to me that my spine has more than one problem, and possibly more surgeries will be required. I would go back to Dr. Khoo for my next surgery if its required.
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Mitch Bullen and Stephanie Morton have upset their more vaunted rivals to win Friday night's sprint titles at the Australian track cycling championships in Sydney.
London Paralympic gold medallist Morton usurped London Olympian Kaarle McCulloch to record her maiden individual national title in straight heats.
"You sit down with your coach and you have all the plans and goals, and when you tick them off it's just great," she said at the Dunc Gray Velodrome.
"Coming from the Olympic Para-cyclist program, I was used to the pressure of racing and the expectation to win gold medals.
"It seems like yesterday I was in London with the Paras, I haven't had time to stop and think."
Since London, Morton's star has been on the rise with the Adelaide cyclist claiming keirin gold at the 2013 Oceania track championships, and silver in the sprint behind McCulloch.
At Mexico's UCI Track World Cup in late January, Morton partnered McCulloch to win the women's team sprint.
In the men's sprint, NSW's Bullen stunned London Olympian Matthew Glaetzer in straight heats to claim his maiden individual national title.
"I honestly can't describe this feeling, this is probably the happiest day of my life," Bullen said.
A bold move from Bullen paid off in the second heat, with the 21-year-old diving under a fast-moving Glaetzer inside the final 200m to take the sprinters lane.
Bullen's elation was slightly delayed as commissaries reviewed the footage, but his move was given the all clear to give him a 2-0 victory.
Having been disqualified in the men's sprint in the previous two championships, Bullen revealed he was "sweating on that decision a fair bit."
"Since I came into the senior ranks, I have really struggled with getting the rules down pat, but this year I came here a lot more focused and relaxed," he said.
Melissa Hoskins led Western Australia to their sixth consecutive 3000m women's team pursuit national title, teaming with Isabella King and Kelsey Robson to defeat Tasmania.
South Australia's Luke Davison added the scratch race title to his resume, while Annette Edmondson claimed the 25km women's points race.


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Just last week in the US a five-car crash near Monroe, Washington, with a dozen people injured, had the police arrest a woman driving under the influence of marijuana.
And the 12 people should actually see themselves as the lucky ones, as a new study made by the Columbia University sees the research finding that over the 2000-2010 decade the number of deaths in car crashes linked to marijuana consumption had a three fold increase.
The Colombia researchers studied the toxicological investigations of more than 24,000 car deaths, with the conclusion that marijuana had a role in 12% of them. The new study comes in line with a 2010 research by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration finding that one in eight high school seniors drove at least once under the influence of the drug. Also, further federal data shows that almost 50% of drivers that lost their lives in a car crash and was found to have consumed marijuana were aged below 25.
The new study, but also others pending from the NHTSA and the National Institute on Drug Abuse, comes as concerns are raised towards the new federal approach, supported by president Barack Obama, towards the use of the drug, which saw for example in 2013 the Colorado and Washington states approving the public use of marijuana.


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Girls Stopped for Shoplifting Had Fetus in Bag: Cops
(NEWSER) – A security guard on the lookout for shoplifters at a Manhattan Victoria's Secret ended up making the most gruesome of finds yesterday afternoon: what appeared to be a fetus in a plastic bag, police say. The New York Daily Newsreports that the guard spotted two 17-year-old girls swiping underwear and called police; a strong odor was observed, and the remains were found. Tiona Rodriguez reportedly told police she had had a miscarriage the previous day, but didn't know what to do with the remains; she was hospitalized.
It wasn't clear whether the fetus was alive or dead when delivered. One source tells the Daily News Rodriguez was 6.5 months along, but another describes her as "nearly full-term." The medical examiner's office is performing an autopsy on the apparent human remains, reports the AP, and the girls have been charged with petit larceny and criminal possession of stolen property. Police are searching both their homes. The Daily News adds that Rodriguez made this Facebook post on Wednesday: "These Cramps, SON."
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In December 1974, a front-page story in the New York Times revealed the explosive details of years of illegal domestic operations by the Central Intelligence Agency including political surveillance, eavesdropping, and detention. These revelations shocked the public and led to investigations by a presidential commission and committees in both houses of Congress. Investigators soon discovered that the CIA abuses were described in a top-secret document that Agency insiders dubbed the "Family Jewels." That document became ground zero for a political firestorm that lasted more than a year. John Prados, a Senior Fellow of the National Security Archive in Washington, DC, recounts the secret operations that constituted the "Jewels," shows that the abuses have since been replicated by the intelligence agencies at the global level, and exposes the strenuous efforts – by the Agency, the Executive Branch, and even presidents —to evade accountability.
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