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As far as personality facets go, 9 times out of 10, anything you say will be held against you in a sexual manner, but don't take my perversions seriously; I just wanted to make you chuckle.
I'm laid back, fun-loving, carefree, and I go with the flow. I get along with everyone, pretty much. It takes an awful lot to offend me, since I don't take things too seriously. I could ramble on about my life and who I am, but I think it would be more interesting if you messaged me asking the questions -YOU- want to know! Don't be afraid, I promise I don't bite and that I hit like a girl.
--Laurell K. Hamilton
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--Charlaine Harris
(Can you tell I have a thing for vampire novels yet?)
Other things:
--I don't watch TV much, but Game of Thrones, True Blood, Supernatural, The Vampire Diaries and Justified are my current loves right now.
--I love comedy, classic, and romance films.
--I love food in general, and have become a much better cook.
--It would take forever and a day to tell you all of the music but right now EDM and Chillstep has my heart. Pop will always have a special place in my life no matter how terrible it is.
--My Friends.
--My computer.
--My Cats.
--My Cellphone.
--Sweet Food.
--I'm a Pokemon master.
--I have a dangerous obsession with Hello Kitty.


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The Amazing Race International Versions > TAR Australia
Australian Season 3 CONFIRMED for 2014!
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I'm wondering if the inclusion of New Zealand teams will be to test whether the ratings are good enough on the NZ side for a NZ edition.
Nah, you're going to battle us forever.
Just watched TARAUS2 - amazing!!! Easily one of the best seasons of Amazing Race I've ever seen. I liked the CAN1 cast, and obviously a few American seasons, but wowza, BOOM! from Michelle/Jo was just so adorable, I couldn't get enough of them and Lucy/Emilia. So glad it's coming back for a third season and great that those of us in the USA can see what life from the New Zealander perspective is like!
Also, I think I stumbled across an TARAUS1 spoiler and saw who won, Edited
I don't think there are many reliable sites because 7 hates us and has decided that we don't need to rewatch a show, EVER.
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Ugh, that's awful to hear! Is it even possible to purchase the DVD of season 1? I just got a new job that I have a little play money, and wouldn't mind if that's what it came to. :) edited
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Thursday, 25 July, 2002, 08:06 GMT 09:06 UK
Ratings show 'worrying levels' for MMR
Ten areas of London have been slated in the league tables for failing to vaccinate children against mumps, measles and rubella.
In their annual league tables the government looked for the first time at the new Primary Care Trusts.
Ambulance Trusts were also rated for the first time and achieved good marks with nearly 40% of all trusts reaching the top three star grade.
But mental health campaigners have condemned ratings for mental and community health trusts, claiming the government failed to consider the patient's experience.
Government figures found worrying levels for MMR vaccination rates in 10 London boroughs.
'Herd immunity'
In Haringey the protection levels for MMR fell to just 68% and in Tower Hamlets it dipped to 70%.
GPs say vaccination levels must reach 95% if they are to create a so called "herd immunity" to protect children from outbreaks.
A spokeswoman for the BMA said: "An awful lot of London GPs have been worried about the possibility of a measles epidemic.
"Obviously there is a huge challenge to reassure parents of the safety of MMR.
"But the overwhelming consensus amongst medical professionals is that it is safe.
"Somehow we have to find a way to convince people to have their children vaccinated."
In contrast 100% of children in Kettering and 98.6% in Bromsgrove Primary Care Group were vaccinated.
Star ratings
The ratings studied a number of other key areas of service, including how many patients were able to see a GP within 48 hours; the number of teenage pregnancies and how many deaths there were from circulatory diseases.
From next year the Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) will be given star ratings, which will mean extra funds for the highest performers.
The Ambulance Service Association (ASA) said they were delighted by their trusts performance.
Richard Dimet, chief executive of the ASA, said: "The ratings announced today are a credit to ambulance staff and crews throughout England.
"However, no one is complacent and everyone in the ambulance service is committed to delivering even higher standards of care in the future."
But Health Which? criticised the ratings as "flawed and misleading" and claimed some of the services were "massaging the figures."
Four trusts failed to meet the eight minute target for category A calls and nine failed to meet the 14-19 minute targets on category A calls.
Another three were named the worst in England for failing to meet the 15 minute targets for GP urgent calls.
The Royal Berkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust was awarded three stars for meeting more than 85% of its life threatening calls within eight minutes.
But Health Which? claimed the trust had only classified 10% of its calls as life-threatening, compared to nearer 40% in other trusts.
Long waits
And the mental health charity Rethink condemned the performance measurement of mental health trusts, which they said took no consideration of the patient's views and did not take into account long waits for treatment.
Just over two thirds of community trusts, which provide mental services, were given two star ratings and four trusts got three star ratings.
Bedfordshire and Luton Community NHS and South Warwickshire Combined Care NHS Trust were given a zero rating.
But Cliff Prior, chief executive of Rethink, said: "Rethink believes it is vital that mental health trusts are measured just as rigorously as other parts of the NHS.
"But people who use mental health services will be surprised to see such positive results it is simply not the experience they have.
Marjorie Wallace, Chief Executive of mental health charity Sane, agreed.
"Sane's survey of psychiatrists and the 1,000 calls a week to our helpline paint a far gloomier picture of mental health services and highlight the absurdity of performance measures for people with enduring mental illness who need time, space and activity rather than quick turnover. "
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((Frankie Cosmos)) Band Profile and Upcoming New York City Concerts - Oh My Rockness
Written by Patrick McNamara
NYC's Frankie Cosmos is the sweetly melodic indiepop project of Greta Kline and her current crew of collaborating pals (Aaron! David! Gabriel! For now!). Kline's songs are quick and witty and should appeal to twees and people who have tattoos of birds in trees (....and to people who appreciate strong songwriting and well-crafted melodies you really want to sing along to...but that didn't rhyme).
Think maybe K Records meets Kimya Dawson meets (more recently) Palehound meets pretty harmonies meets lo-fi guitar goodness.
Though Kline is coming in at just over 19 years of age, she's already put out a bunch of songs on her own (go to her Bandcamp page and click "see more releases" if you want to test out your mad scroll down skillz). But the best years of Greta Kline's life are yet to be. Because as of this writing (1:49pm on March 3rd in the Year of the Glad), her band's "proper" debut (I do say, good chum, may I borrow your fine record label to put out my singalong songs? I do promise to make you proud, dear sport.) has been released on THIS VERY DAY by Double Double Whammy Records. It's called "Zentropy" and it's good.
"So Rockness? Tell me more about Frankie Cosmos' spacey sound!"
Whoa. Take a step back there, partner. Haven't you been paying attention? Didn't you see me describe this as "indiepop" in the first line of this profile? And that lazy K Records call out? Just because Kline calls her band Frankie Cosmos doesn't mean she's swirling and droning her way towards outer space, my brother. Quite the contrary, my ma'am. Frankie Cosmos is completely rooted in the everyday pleasures and shittiness of life here on earth.
Take a listen to that Frankie Cosmos album that was released ON THIS VERY DAY (now 2:17pm on March 3rd in the Year of the Adult Depend Undergarment) that I've so selflessly sourced and posted for you below. I think you'll like it. If you're just like me. But you're not just like me. You're a snowflake. I'm a snowflake. We're each different snowflakes. But when we drift together to become one we.... oh, nevermind.... things are getting way too twee up in this mug.
I like Frankie Cosmos. I love you. The end.
(ok fine Greta Kline's parents are Kevin and Phoebe Cates and I wasn't going to mention it but then I just mentioned it by mentioning that I wasn't going to mention it and I don't care because it's interesting and if it's not interesting to you that's fine you probably don't read all the way to the end of band profiles anyway so we're all winners here.)


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September 5, 2012
James Suits
(SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Sept. 7, 2012) James Suits, a student of fine arts at SUNY Empire State College, has been named the winner in the visual arts category of the State University of New York's Thayer Fellowship.
"The Thayer Fellowship and Patricia K. Ross Award allow SUNY to honor some of our most creative arts students and provide them with financial assistance to support their ongoing work," said SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher, who announced the awards ."Congratulations to both of these talented SUNY students for winning such prestigious and competitive awards."
Each year, a Thayer Fellowship in the amount of $7,000 is awarded to one student, or shared among several students, who demonstrate outstanding achievement and high professional potential in the arts. The Patricia Kerr Ross Award for $1,000 is given to a student, or shared among several students, who have demonstrated excellence, originality and promise in the arts. Both awards are intended to be a bridge between SUNY study in the arts and entry into a professional career in the arts.
"James Suits creates impressive photography and I congratulate him on winning the prestigious Thayer Fellowship," said college Acting President Meg Benke. "James is an outstanding representative of the college's talented students and I wish him continued success in his academic and artistic careers."
"I am very excited and honored to have won the Thayer award," said Suits. "This whole process has been educational and I am looking forward to continuing with my photography. I am thankful to the faculty at Empire State College who nominated me for this award and have mentored me along the way."
The Syracuse-based Suits was nominated by his primary advisor Alan Stankiewicz, and supporting material was submitted by Yvonne Murphy, associate professor of arts at the college.
High Point, New Jersey state highpoint, 2010 by James Suits
"As his mentor for the past two years I have worked closely with James, both in constructing his degree plan and in working with him on several studies in the arts and photography," says Stankiewicz. "James Suits' photography is an extension of his every day. Receiving the Thayer Fellowship will allow him to move substantially forward with several of his current projects. The work he has done through SUNY Empire State College, Central New York Center, informs his images, and we as a center celebrate his work."
"We are very proud of James," noted Nikki Shrimpton, a dean at SUNY Empire State College "We are glad that the James' talents, which we know well, are now recognized by SUNY"
Tri-state border marker of New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania, 2010 by James Suits
Suits' body of work, "360 Degrees: Landscapes in Panorama," is a collection Stankiewicz describes as "unexpected or lesser-known landscapes," featuring historic, geographical and environmental highlights.
For example, his images spotlight the highest elevation in several states, where two or three states come together, and landmarks like Stonehenge and Denali National Park.
Suits reinforces his subject by his choice of format. Many of his works are presented in a landscape format measuring anywhere from 8 inches by 6 feet to 8 inches by 34 feet.
During the college's 40th anniversary year in 2011, Suits served as the photographer for a project titled 40@40, profiling outstanding alumni. This work was also part of his nomination packet.
Suits will be recognized as the 2012 Thayer Fellowship recipient at an event at the college's Syracuse location on Oct. 24. At that time, some of his award-winning work will be displayed and he will discuss his approach to art.
The Thayer Fellowship was established in 1985-86 by the late Walter N. Thayer, chairman of Whitney Communications, New York City, in honor of his wife, Jeanne C. Thayer, a SUNY trustee from 1974 to 1984 and an active supporter of the arts. The Thayers wanted to assist SUNY's most talented young artists at the most difficult period of time for a young professional, when the struggle to make a living can overwhelm even the most dedicated individual. The fellowship helps the artist take advantage of important opportunities.
Nearly 100 applications for the awards are received each year. The applications are evaluated by a panel of experts in the various arts disciplines. The finalists are then interviewed in person by the panel, and their work is reviewed during performances, readings, screenings and exhibitions. At the end of this process, the jury panel determines the winner.
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The Silent Hill was definitely a unique series. It had a creepy atmosphere, crazy puzzles, and multiple endings (even ones about UFOs). One of the strangest things that they ever put in this series was this secret right here. After defeating the sewer monster by electrocuting the water, you normally would continue on. If you examine the water on the bridge, however, you have an option of throwing you steel pipe into the water. Hmm? Well, lets do it. Suddenly, some women appears in a still frame and asks you a few questions in a weird tone. If you answer them truthfully, she will give you a gold and silver pipe, each of which is better than the steel pipe. Why is this random event in a game like this? Who knows? Even the UFO ending cant be reached the first time through since its just thrown in as a joke, but this thing can. While it may not be much of a secret, its strange enough to make the list.
Unless you looked online or in a guide, you probably would never know Aeris had her own limit manual. Since its been awhile since Ive played this, I wont go into exact details of how to get it. Lets just say it involves doing it at a specific point in the game, requires backtracking in a specific manner, and talking to someone with a certain number of battles fought. Just to top it all off, you dont even get to use her limit for that long.
There were many things that SMB3 added to the series. There were new enemies, new power-ups, the ability to carry items, and much more. There are a few things that you can unlock in this game as well. Theres a card game opens up for every 80,000 points and a special mushroom house appears if you get enough coins on certain levels. The treasure ship is far harder to get and can only be done on odd-numbered worlds. In order to transform a hammer brother into a ship you must get a number of coins thats a multiple of 11, have a score with the tens digit equal to your multiple of 11, and finish the stage with an even number of seconds. Even when knowing all of this, it still isnt always easy to do. Good luck figuring that one out on your own.
This extremely hard game includes warps to let you advance a couple levels, but they arent exactly easy to get. The first one is actually right near the beginning of the first level. In order to get it, you have to move extremely fast by head-butting enemies, then jump onto a platform over to the right. Though anyone can do this with a little practice, the speed that it requires is still ludicrous. Besides, having a warp at the very beginning of the game is rather unique.
Im not really sure why this room was made, but its supposedly from a contest that Nintendo held a long time ago. Regardless, no one would find this room if it werent for the internet. You first need to get the Pegasus Boots. Starting at the Sanctuary, you must make your way to the hole in the castle that you fall in at the beginning of the game, but you must do this very fast. If you did it fast enough, youll be in Chris Houlihans room. There are just some rupees and a message to read, but its an interesting secret nonetheless.
Goldeneye 64 is considered one of the best first-person shooters of all time, especially when it comes to console FPS games. Not only was the single-player great, but multiplayer was a blast. Its also known for having one of the hardest cheats to unlock (That's right, cheats are secrets, too). You must beat the Facility level on 00 Agent Mode in 2:05. Not only to you have to master the games controls, but you need to memorize every step that you need to take. As if it wasnt hard enough that you need to be perfect, you also need to be lucky enough that Dr. Doak shows up in the right place. If hes not where he should be, then you have to start over. Its needless to say that no other cheat in the game is as hard as this.
One of the few things in games that I didnt do. In Metroid Fusion, there are some blocks that you cant go through unless you build up enough speed and dash through them. This requires enough ground, of course. However, there is a hidden ability called Shining that allows you to use the dash speed in places where there isnt enough room. By starting in a certain room and making your way back to the top at a specific point in the game, its possible to reach an area that would normally be closed off. Doing this is extremely frustrating since any mistake will mean that you must start all over. Whats your reward? You get a message from the makers of the game congratulating you for accomplishing such a task.
Super Mario RPG is an extremely unrated game that has been shoved aside by most people due to its plentiful competition. That doesnt stop this game from being one of the greatest and most unique RPGs out there. The truth is that I could make an entire Top 10 Secrets on this game by itself. I could talk about the Lambs Lure, the Lazy Shell, or the dream in Nimbus Land that rewards you with items, but I chose this. For those of you that were around when this game was out, you know exactly why. Grate Guy Casino was considered a myth for a long time. Several hints were scattered in the game to suggest that it was real, but finding it was still hard. Characters would mention it, you fought an enemy named Grate Guy, and a traveler kept mentioning it in his sleep when you saw him at hotels. To get there, go to Boosters Tower and play Knife Guys game until he gives you the Bright Card. Then go to the golden chomp in a pipe at Bean Valley. Jump three times in the left-most corner and a block will appear. Unlike many of the secrets on this list, this one can actual get you a few nice things. Plus, taking a break from the game to gamble a little bit can be fun.
The series of Metal Gear Solid has always been famous for secrets. Just like Super Mario RPG, it would be easy to make a list on this game alone. Whether its a method of fooling the enemy or a hidden conversation on the codec, there was plenty of stuff in the game to make sure that no two gamers got the exact same experience for at least the first time through. Not only is the secret of Psycho Mantis one of the most bizarre secrets in the history of gaming, its one of the coolest ways to defeat a boss. Psycho Mantis cant be hurt by normal means. While its possible to get a couple lucky hits in, you usually wont be able to touch him. In fact, the trick to beating him has nothing to do with timing or using the right item. To find out the trick, you must call Campbell a few times. Each time he will say something a little different until he finally figures out a way to beat Psycho Mantis. Whats the secret you say? You must switch controller slots. Thats right. The idea is that by switching the controller slot, you are thinking differently and Psycho Mantis wont be able to read your mind. Only by doing this will you finally be able to harm him. No boss in any game that Ive played had such a strange and interesting method to beating him.
This game is hailed as one of the best 2D games to date. With a huge castle, well over a hundred items, and excellent music, its no wonder this game became so popular. Not only did it carve the path for future Castlevania games, but its mix of action and RPG style continues to have an influence on games to this day. SotN was also well known for some weird secrets, the most infamous of which is the secret in the merman room. There is a room near the beginning of the game that has infinite mermen popping out, as well as a large rock. You can break the sides of the rock to make a small tunnel that allows you to move between rooms a little quicker. The way to open up the secret room requires your transformations. You must go through the tunnel in the rock as a wolf, and then go through again as a bat (or vise-versa). There is absolutely nothing in the game to indicate this. Not only can you not see that there is a hidden room from this place, but Im pretty sure that the fairy summon doesnt even point it out to you. Theres a lot of stuff in this game that you can completely miss out on, but this goes beyond anything else. This is by far the most ridiculous secret I have ever seen, which is why it gets my number one spot.
Well, I hope you enjoyed this list of crazy and strange secrets. Rather the rewards were worthless or not, theres no doubt in my mind that these are some of the most ridiculous secrets that youll ever see.
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There's nothing novel about Just Legal, a predictable legal series from Jerry Bruckheimer's remarkably successful TV factory.
Just Legal WB, Monday, 9 ET/PT * * * stars out of four
But there is something extraordinarily appealing about the show's central pair, Don Johnson and Jay Baruchel as amusingly mismatched lawyers. Baruchel (Undeclared) is David "Skip" Ross, an 18-year-old legal prodigy who can't get a job because no one wants Doogie Howser for a lawyer. Enter Grant Cooper (Johnson), a bedraggled ex-golden boy who runs a low-rent practice.
They need each other — and though they don't always understand each other, they do like each other, which gives Legal heart to go with its humor.
As the do-gooder geek, Baruchel brings enough self-aware wit to the part to keep his wide-eye know-it-all act from becoming tiring.
The pleasant surprise here, though, is Johnson, who is less conventionally "hot" than he was in Miami Vice but far more likable for the humanizing transition.
Unlike many of his peers (including ex-wife Melanie Griffith, who has a WB show of her own), Johnson looks his age and looks better for it.
Next week, Legal adds Jamie Lee Kirchner as an African-American receptionist in an episode that also addresses racism.
We can only hope that indicates WB has finally remembered that other races exist.
Legal would be better if it strengthened its cases, which are too simplistic and straightforward.
Still, Johnson and Baruchel hold your interest even when the plots don't.
That may just be enough.


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Move Over Rat Pack! Justin Timberlake and Jay-Z Look Dapper in Tuxedos (PHOTOS)
Channeling Sammy Davis Jr., Frank Sinatra and other Rat Pack legends, Jay-Z and Justin Timberlake are giving them a run for their money as they bring the sexy back as dapper gents while on set Friday.
If you thought the lyrics music video Timberlake released just yesterday was the final cut, you were surely mistaken. Photos just surfaced of the former 'N Sync-er and newest collaborator in Los Angeles filming scenes for the full music video for JT's long-awaited comeback song "Suit & Tie."
And these guys sure know how to make a tux look good.
Looking sleek in their shiny shoes, crisp white button-downs and casually untied black bow ties, the dynamic duo was snapped having a laugh before action was called. And as we all expected, Timberlake showed that he's a true gentleman as he shared his umbrella with Beyonce's hubby on the wet West Coast afternoon.
In the teaser video that was released Thursday, JT also hinted at his record release date…wait for it… March 13.
Jessica Biel's 31-year-old hubby dropped "Suit & Tie" earlier this month on MySpace, along with an open letter to his fans before releasing a sneak peek for the track's lyric video.
The multi-talented star has taken a six-year singing hiatus since he last topped the charts in 2006 with his smash album, FutureSex/LoveSounds. But now he's back and filling up his calendar — and stadium seats — with new music endeavors, including a live performance of "Suit & Tie" at DIRECTV's Super Saturday Night event in The Big Easy on Feb. 2.
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The Facts Behind Obama's Executive Privilege Claim
President Obama has invoked executive privilege to keep documents from Congress about botched Operation Fast and Furious. Just what is executive privilege, and what might happen next?
Yesterday, the Obama administration invoked executive privilege to prevent the release of certain documents to Congress related to Operation Fast and Furious, the arms-trafficking sting gone awry that came to light last year. (As we've detailed, federal agents lost track of hundreds of guns sold to suspected gun smugglers, many of which later turned up at crime scenes in Mexico).
The fall-out from the failed operation has been an ongoing battle between Attorney General Eric Holder and congressional Republicans, in particular Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Issa wants documents related to the Department of Justice's investigation of the operation.
The committee voted yesterday to recommend that Holder be held in contempt of Congress for not turning over some documents. Holder says that his office has already released thousands of documents, and that the others that Issa wants are internal communications protected by executive privilege.
In the midst of all this back-and-forth, we lay out exactly what the executive privilege is, and what it means in this case.
So what is executive privilege?
The president can invoke executive privilege in order to withhold some internal executive branch communications from the other branches of government. The privilege is based on the separation of powers between the branches.
Executive privilege has been invoked since the U.S.'s early days but isn't in the Constitution. It was only in 1974, when Richard Nixon tried to prevent the release of White House tapes during the Watergate investigation, that the Supreme Court upheld its constitutionality, and set some parameters for it. The Court ruled that no claim on executive privilege is absolute, and can also be overcome if evidence is needed in a criminal trial. (For a full legal history, see this report from the Congressional Research Service.)
So what does it usually cover?
Various administrations have set their own policies as to when they can invoke the privilege. (The Washington Post has a handy timeline showing when presidents have used it.)
Bill Clinton used them a lot, 14 times during his presidency. In 1998, his attempt to keep White House aides from testifying about the Monica Lewinsky scandal was struck down, the first time since Nixon that executive privilege was overruled in court. George W. Bush invoked the privilege six times, not always successfully.
Legal challenges have established two general categories of executive privilege: presidential communications and deliberative process.
The presidential communications privilege applies to communications involving the president or his staff that immediately pertain to the president's decision-making process. The idea, according to Mark Rozell, a professor at George Mason University, and author of a book on executive privilege, is that "the president should have the right to candid advice without fear of public disclosure."
Deliberative process involves a broader scope of executive branch activity: discussions involving White House staff or within other agencies on legal or policy decisions that don't necessarily involve the president or his immediate advisers. Again, the argument is that government officials need to feel like they can talk honestly. The deliberative process privilege, Rozell says, is generally easier to challenge than a claim of presidential communications privilege.
What is Obama's view on executive privilege?
In 2007, in an interview with CNN, then-Sen. Obama criticized "a tendency on the part of [the Bush] administration to try to hide behind executive privilege every time there's something a little shaky that's taking place." During his presidential campaign, Obama said that executive privilege "generally depends on the involvement of the president and the White House," referring, presumably, to the narrower, presidential communications privilege.
Yesterday, the White House emphasized that this was the first time Obama has invoked the privilege.
So what is Holder trying to keep secret?
Holder asked Obama to invoke executive privilege over documents having to do with "the Department's deliberative process concerning how to respond to congressional and related media inquiries into that operation." In other words, Holder is saying the documents don't deal with the government's actual response to Fast and Furious.
The letter doesn't explicitly mention presidential communications. So, contrary to a few Republican congressmen's claims, the communications could be just between Justice Department officials and not include anybody at the White House itself.
What happens next?
Nobody's quite sure.
Holder could be voted in contempt of Congress by the Republican-controlled House. But if he is, it's not clear Holder would be forced to do anything. Congress could file a lawsuit against him or try to arrest or fine him to force him to comply. But that's a long shot. Disputes over executive privilege are usually settled with a compromise between the executive branch and legislatures.
In 2008, two of President Bush's advisers were held in contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with an inquiry into the firing of several U.S. attorneys by citing executive privilege. This led to a stand-off, with the attorney general telling the local U.S. attorney not to enforce the contempt citation. Eventually, more than a year later, a deal was reached with Congress and the issue was dropped.
If it did go to court, the deliberative process privilege might not hold up. In 2004, Bush asserted presidential communications privilege over Clinton administration documents relating to pardons. A court ruled that they didn't immediately involve the president and would be protected, "if at all" by the deliberative process privilege. The court then ruled that they weren't protected under that privilege — and the Pardon Attorney had to turn over more than 4,000 documents.
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Where to begin … describing Operation Fast and Furious as an "arms-trafficking sting gone awry" is really stretch. I mean, if it were a "sting" operation, why weren't arrests made? Why did the ATF agents who were surveying the smugglers repeatedly told by DOJ/ATF brass to only observe and not make arrests not only at the point of sale at the US gun stores but all the way down to the border where they went into Mexico with their contraband? Even when gun store owners were calling the ATF and reporting suspicious transactions, the ATF told the sellers not to worry, just sell them whatever they want. If this were some attempt to track guns back to the cartels, why weren't Mexican Law Enforcement Agencies in on it … don't you think it's kind of revealing that Mexican LEO's have been so up in arms about this operation? How did Holder and Co. ever expect to "track" these weapons once the left the US, if they weren't working with the Mexican authorities?
Why would the administration claim "executive privilege" on these communications when they have been saying over and over that no one outside of the Justice Department had and involvement or even knowledge of Operation Fast and Furious until congress started asking questions?
Its not a good sign that just your first paragraph is so choked full of half truths. Looks to me like you were in such a hurry to turn this into nothing more than a partisan political debate that you really didn't look to hard at any of the evidence or blatantly false claims made by Holder.
@ Mike H. Note the article is focusing on the executive privilege claim and it's history / the current administrations views. Not an investigative report into the details of Fast and Furious.
Your questions and speculation are valid, just not within the context of this article.
It is worth noting that national security has generally been regarded as the most central (though not sole) concern when it comes to claims of national security (and so probably forms the strongest basis for a claim).
What if there were in-depth but secret WH cooperation with the Mexican government, forming a plausible national security argument? Would the privilege apply?
Hi Mike H.
As Patrick Henry noted, we wanted to focus on the history and precedent for executive privilege claims. That's what all the news this week is about—not developments in the actual investigation into Fast and Furious.
"What if there were in-depth but secret WH cooperation with the Mexican government, forming a plausible national security argument? Would the privilege apply?"
It is possible for national security to apply here. AFAIK, the administration hasn't made such a claim. If they did, people would probably want at least some idea why. Executive privilege is not that well defined so, unless he was refusing to turn over documents to a court with a judge who would rule, it isn't clear how well he would need to justify such a claim. In the end, he would probably need to satisfy enough people that it didn't cause too much damage politically.
Well this is what you get when you allow your guy to exercise power then cry foul when the next batter does the same. It is unfortunate the populace doesn't apply some critical thinking and realize the party in power lays the ground work for the change in power and they will suffer the consequences.
Executive privilege is ok when it's my guy.
Too much Botox or maybe senility is finally taking its toll!
Does anyone Really want to see the inside of this czar adminastration?
Time to apply the Bush-Cheney Rule: If you'd be outraged in similar circumstances under C-Plus Augustus and Draft Deferment Dick, why aren't you outraged under Obummer and Biteme?
The notion of "Executive Privilege" was odious under the Nixon Administration and it's still odious now. It's time to start dismantling the Imperial Presidency and "Unitiary Executive."
These people should have live webcams surgically attached to their heads, so we can keep an eye on everything they do or say.
They work for us and not the other way around.
Why use executive priviledge? Because Obama not only knew, he and Holder were directly involved in it as can be proven by this press conference back in 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L54gOgJxIRQ
Namecalling aside, Steve is absolutely right. The very fact that anyone in governments considers keeping non-mission-critical secrets stands in direct opposition to a functioning democracy.
And when they demand further surveillance of us and our activities while dismissing any accountability for themselves…?
Well, let's just quote Douglas Adams that, "Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job." Feel free to substitute any office you prefer.
I'm not advocating violence, but I've been told that the ancient Athenians filled government positions by lottery among its citizens, with no right to refuse. At the end of their terms, each was brought up on trial for his actions, with fines, jail time, and execution being proportional punishments for failing to do the job or doing it poorly.
The more I think about it, the more I'd rather see these people set before a jury than watch them campaign. And I'd bet few Presidents would be willing to say, "oh, that's a secret," without a damned good reason if they knew the rest of their lives might be on the line when they leave office.
Apologies to anyone offended by my "name calling." I prefer to think of it as simply "colorful," but your mileage may definitely vary.
John has a delightful idea: choose our Executive by lot—we certainly couldn't do much worse than the collection of power-seekers and charlatans who are running this mess currently and we'd probably do a lot better if there were mandatory "truth commissions" or some other sort of review, with penalties, as they leave office.
Maybe when the US has its own Tahrir Square moment, we can come up with something like that to replace the sordid snakepit we have in place at the moment.
If you look closely at the goals of this radical 60's administration and it's Chicago thug bodyguards (AKA czars) you would realize that fast & furious is simply step one in the process of implementing Marxism in a country you want to take over; ie remove firearms from the hands of the citizenry. Yes you try to do it sub rosa, but then when whistle-blowers show up you start with the blame game (Bush did it and we just continued it) and continue with more lies (we didn't know about it but we aren't interested in finding out who did or punishing anybody for it)! You have to (reluctantly) stop it when Congress becomes aware of it if only because if any more patriotic Americans get killed using F & F assault weapons you might find a lynch mob showing up at your door. Since your original purpose, that of causing a hue and cry to get the assault weapons ban re-instated has failed (and that's what is meant by F & F being a "failed operation"), the only thing you can do now is stall until after the election and hope the true purpose of F & F does not become widely known. Because if it does, a lot of administration officials are going to be sweating out criminal indictments, not just civil actions to answer for! Because when you use the power of the government to knowingly transfer thousands of squad level firearms, including .50 caliber machine guns to enemies of the state, any rational person can foresee that those weapons will be used to kill or injure innocent people. When you turn those weapons over to the drug cartels with NO provision for tracking or retrieving them you certainly can't claim any legitimate purpose for the operation!
Watergate was a schoolyard prank compared to F & F where hundreds of innocent Mexican citizens and 2 American heroes (so far) have been killed.
Once the President claimed executive privilege Pandora's box was opened wide and will not close until justice is done. Because Obama wouldn't throw Holder under the bus we know 2 things: he ordered F & F or he participated in the coverup.
Steve from 10:52 am Friday…..your video….http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L54gOgJxIRQ says private.
We would love to see it.
@Curt Greer:
Let me paraphrase Lloyd Bentsen when I say that I lived through the 60s, I knew the 60s, the 60s were a friend of mine. Believe me, the Obama Administration is no 60s radical Administration.
I mean, really. I'm afraid you wouldn't know Marxism if it came up and piddled on your leg. Barack Obama is about as Marxist as Harpo. Do you think a "Marxist" would have bailed out the banks and given us the dog's breakfast of a health system in ACA, just to name a couple of examples? Seriously?
A Marxist would have nationalized the freaking banks, clapped the cheeseballs running them into irons, and put them on trial for the crimes against humanity that they surely have committed. Hell, a halfway decent populist would have done that. A Marxist would have given us a National Health Service _a la_ the UK or at least a Canadian-style single payer system.
The rest of the industrialized world laughs at us for the retrograde system of privatized gain and socialized risk that we laughingly call an economy.
Please. As Bill Maher, a loudmouth I am loath to quote, put it, if Obama's a Marxist, then shouldn't I have at least gotten something out of the deal?
Marxist, my fat fanny.
@Cora (and Patrick Henry): Sorry, but your respective responses to Mike H do not cut it. Your description of it as an "arms-trafficking sting gone awry" indicates that you are just one of the countless journalists who have basically ignored this story until the Holder contempt vote popped up. If you had actually dug a bit deeper in the details, or had paid attention during the more than year-long proceedings by Issa's panel, you would have already known that the operation did not "go awry." Actually, it was successful. There is already plenty of documents and testimony out there that demonstrates that. It went exactly as the DoJ planned… until Agent Terry was gunned down.
I have been impressed with what I've seen so far with ProPublica. Please, avoid the intellectual sloth that characterizes most of the MSM.
"Executive privilege" based on the desperate retreat of Sly Richard after his federal crimes and misdemeanors? HAH!!!
Obummer has met his Waterloo, if he ever really even had his own plan beyond collecting bribes and aiding and abetting in the accomplishment with escape of the Bush criminal cabal. Obummer has aggressive genocidal wars going in at least a dozen different countries of innocent people , and God has NO REASON to grant mercy on the souls of most all Americans because of it. The pope is NO EXCUSE.
Why hasn't anyone asked or wondered why Holder and the white house refuse to turn over to congress the "Fast and Furious" documents? Could it be that they are trying to protect some of our folks working drug undercover in Mexico? Sometimes the obvious escapes notice.
@Cora (& Patrick Henry) I am in agreement of Terrence & Mike H. This article doesn't cut the standard fairly. Agent Terry was gunned down and hundreds unknown Mexican citizens as a result of this messed up idea. A .50 caliber sniper rifle isn't the same thing as .22 hand gun. That is professional grade killing weapon. Its not designed for target practice. Its a killing weapon. Let the truth come out and pennies fall where they will.
Attorney General—Cabinet—two OIC investigations-no charge
Asst. Attorney General—No Charge
Secretary of Defense—Cabinet—Pardoned
Asst. Sec. Of Defense—Guilty—to Prison
Secretary of Labor—Cabinet—Not Guilty
Secretary of Interior—Cabinet—Guilty—fined
National Security Agency—Director——Cabinet—Guilty
National Security Agency—Director——Cabinet—Guilty—Pardoned
National Security Agency—Director—-Cabinet—-Resigned
Asst. Secretary of Navy——Guilty—Fined
Dep. Secretary of Air Force-Guilty—Fined
Director of CIA—Cabinet—Died during investigation
Asst. Director of CIA—Guilty—Fined
Director of HUD—Cabinet—Pled Fifth
Asst. Director of HUD—Guilty
Director of Superfund—Guilty—to Prison
Director of FAA—Guilty-Fined
Director of NASA-Guilty—Fined
Special Asst to President—Guilty
Communications Director for President—Guilty
EPA Administrator—Resigned
Asst. Secretary of State—Guilty
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Economic Development
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Haynes Johnson book "Sleepwalking"
"When The Pentagon Was For Sale"—Andy Pasztor—(awesome list of criminals)
2 books titled "Scandals"
"The Clothes Lost The Emperor"-Paul Slansky (day by day chronology of 1980's)
"Stealing From America"—
"Landslide"-Jane Mayer & Doyle McManus
Nathan Miller book states 233 were investigated
Haynes Johnson states 138 were—charged—indicted—found guilty—investigated
p.s.—Newt and Gang spent $110,000,000-(GAO number) on Hearings and Investigations on Clinton
and one—(yes 1) person working for President Clinton was Found Guilty of a Felony. Evil man took few trips to ball games , etc. No quid pro quo per OIC –Pals doing what they had done for years—take pal to events. Pled guilty for did not have finances to fight the government and Smaltzsmear. His boss fought 37 such charges and was found not guilty on each charge.
I would appreciate anyone correcting what I write. I try to be honest but do make errors.
Steve, I didn't mean to imply that I was offended. My experience has been that people take discussions with "colorful descriptions" less seriously. I suspect there's a lot of people out there with really good ideas that don't get any traction because they can't help using a term like "Rethuglican" as if that's somehow clever.
I'm less interested in election by lot (though you're right, it can't be worse than the Bushes, Clinton, Obama, or any of their campaign opponents—do these guys get recruited at bus stations or something?) than I am in making sure their terms are put under the microscope in the public eye. No "privilege" other than anonymity of advisors. Give them plenty of room to do their jobs, but force them to think twice when they invade a country on a flimsy pretext, irradiate and grope our privates, or sell the people out to some private company in a sweetheart deal.
"Why hasn't anyone asked or wondered why Holder and the white house refuse to turn over to congress the "Fast and Furious" documents? Could it be that they are trying to protect some of our folks working drug undercover in Mexico? Sometimes the obvious escapes notice. "
It could be that they really do think they are the victims of a fishing expedition, or it could be there are hiding something. Either motivation might lead to you invoke executive privilege.
@Clarence Swinney Thank you so much. Sometime I feel that the revisionist historians within politics and the media have clouded every mind in this country. Your comment is a great testent to ProPublica. 1) it's fact based, not editorial. 2) it's civil, not inflammatory. Thank you for presenting information as it should be. Fact based and open to consideration.
Interfering with a Federal Investigation is still a Federal Crime anyway you look at it.
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The magic circle firm scooped the mandate to act for Lehman after elbowing out Slaughter and May in January 2004 to advise the US bank on the acquisition of Meridien's senior debt from its 14-strong lending consortium.
Slaughters advised Lehman when Meridien was bought by Japanese bank Nomura International in 2001 following a seven-month auction. Lehman provided mezzanine debt for the original acquisition, while Merrill Lynch and CIBC World Markets provided just under £1bn of senior debt.
Lehman, now one of Meridien's biggest creditors, has teamed up with US investment management firm Starwood Capital to buy the group's owned and leased hotel portfolio, including the Forte Village in Sardinia.
As part of the deal, Starwood Hotels, which is unrelated to Starwood Capital, will buy the 'Le Meridien' brand and the related management and franchise business from Meridien. Starwood Hotels will also enter into management agreements for the 36 owned and leased Meridien properties to be acquired by the new Lehman/Starwood Capital 50-50 joint venture.
Freshfields finance partner David Ereira, who is leading the team advising Lehman, said the deal is interesting in that it is being done outside of any formal insolvency procedures.
Clifford Chance is acting for longstanding client Meridien on the deal, while Starwood Hotels is being advised by Sidley Austin Brown & Wood.
The deal, which is subject to approval by the boards or the internal committees of Starwood Hotels, Lehman, Starwood Partners and Meridien, is expected to be completed by the third quarter of 2005.


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Château Palmer
Classification: Third Growth (3ème Cru)
Château Palmer once belonged to the Gascq family and was part of the ancient estate of Château d'Issan. Its wines were known as Château de Gascq and were served at the court of Versailles under Louis XV. General Charles Palmer, who had served under Wellington in the English army, purchased the Château in 1814. Palmer expanded the vineyards and thanks to his influential relations "Palmer's Claret" was much sought after by London clubs, and was particularly appreciated by the future King George IV.
In 1938 several families of Bordeaux, English, and Dutch extraction (the Sichel, Mähler-Besse, Ginestet, and Miailhe families), all involved in the wine trade, united to buy Château Palmer. The descendants of the Sichel and Mähler-Besse families are still major shareholders of the Château, furthering the work done by their grandparents. Château Palmer has a loyal following and deserves a higher classification as it frequently out performs the Second Growths.
Château Palmer's vineyards span 128 acres and lie on gravely rises several metres thick in the communes of Margaux and Cantenac, overlooking the Gironde Estuary. The soil consists of brittle black lydite, white and yellow quartz, quartzite mottled with black, green or blue, and white chalcedony.
There is a saying in the Médoc that the greatest terroirs are "within sight of the river". This saying stresses the importance of the layer of gravel essential for growing quality wine grapes. The grapes grown are 47% Cabernet Sauvignon, 47% Merlot and 6% Petit Verdot. This is an unusually high percentage of Merlot and makes a soft, well rounded wine.
Wine Style
Château Palmer's wines are famous for their finesse and elegance. The subtle balance between powerful, but understated tannins and aromatic richness makes Palmer an incomparably charming wine, even when very young. The dark inky red wines yield aromas of black currant, coffee and spices. The wines are very well structured, rich and sometimes exotic and long barrel ageing is essential for Château Palmer to reflect its gravelly terroir's potential, and display volume and richness. This ageing process continues slowly for many years in the bottle.
Owner: Société Civile de Château Palmer (also own Château Desmirail)
Château Website: www.chateau-palmer.com
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The eagle was discovered in the Big Level community near O'Neal Road and King Bee Road.
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Because of its injuries, the eagle could not have flown far from where it was shot.
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Monday, October 8, 2012
Nails, Part 3
On this particular morning one of the fingernails of the hands playing was painted bright orange. In the midst of the action, one brash girl stopped so she could tell the boy who was attached to the orange fingers that it was "against the rules" for a boy to wear nail polish. She punctuated her proclamation with an authoritative, "My mom said so." Another boy chirped that his mom also said that boys were not allowed to paint their nails—only girls.
The orange-nailed boy quietly slunk away.
As the father of a boy, who on occasion likes to paint his nails, I have some strong opinions on the subject. I told the objectionable kids that everybody has different rules and just because their moms told them one thing doesn't mean it applies to everyone. It took a lot not to use phrases like "narrow minded" or worse when talking to those kids about their mothers.
The kids scattered to line up when the bell ran. I hugged the Bean, who had witnessed the whole thing, and reminded him that no matter what anyone else says it's okay for anyone to paint their nails if they want to. I then scanned the area for the orange-nailed boy. I spotted him at the front of the line and worked my way around some errant kids to get to him. I tapped him on the shoulder and when he turned around I looked him in the eye and said, "Just so you know, I think your nails are awesome."
He smiled as he went off to class.
13 comments:
- Sasha said...
I hope that one of these days you go with some of your nails painted and some not.
- October 8, 2012 at 4:15 PM
- Daddy Geek Boy said...
@Sasha...That's a great idea!
- October 8, 2012 at 4:17 PM
- BloggerFather said...
Good that you found the balance there, because if it were me, these kids would have gone back home with some new information about their parents.
- October 8, 2012 at 4:18 PM
- Sasha said...
Glad you like it. Good luck.
- October 8, 2012 at 4:20 PM
- Daddy Geek Boy said...
@Blogger Father...Tough not to, but I'd completely lose an audience with those kids had I done that.
- October 8, 2012 at 4:27 PM
- Ashley said...
Today life is so different, especially in LA. I don't see what the problem with nail polish is. When you are that young how are you supposed to know that it is viewed as a feminine fashion trend? I'm sure by junior high all of these kids will have other things on their minds and won't be thinking about what interests them today.
Good for you!
- October 8, 2012 at 5:44 PM
- Daddy Geek Boy said...
@Ashley...When you're not young you're not supposed to know what's "boy" or "girl". Kids get taught that. Just like they get taught to notice (and sometimes hate) differences. Kids are a clean slate that we dirty up with our stuff.
- October 9, 2012 at 7:41 AM
- OneZenMom said...
Just so you know ... I think you're awesome. :)
- October 12, 2012 at 10:33 AM
As someone who is currently pregnant with her first child - a son who we are currently calling "Ripley" - I am so happy you did that! It doesn't have to be about shaming the other kids or their parents, but saying something thoughtful about the situation and validating the poor little boy being picked on definitely helps and maybe gets the kids thinking for themselves about stuff like this. Also, growing up, I knew a bunch of dudes who painted their nails (some because they like the look, some because they played guitar, etc.) and I thought it was awesome! I can only hope that when Ripley chooses for himself what he wants to do with his appearance that we will have instilled enough confidence in him and given him enough support so that when comments like that happen, and I know they will happen, it won't bother him.
- October 12, 2012 at 11:01 AM
- Daddy Geek Boy said...
@Jill...Congrats on the rugrat to be! I totally dig the name (though that may be the movie nerd in me). And thanks for checking out the blog.
- October 12, 2012 at 11:18 AM
You know you changed that boy's life, right? So glad he was called out then and not during kids-only recess. How different his identity might be.
- October 16, 2012 at 4:52 PM
- Daddy Geek Boy said...
@Jilly...I don't think I changed his life. But maybe, maybe, hopefully I nudged him a little.
- October 16, 2012 at 4:59 PM
- Unknown said...
@Daddy Geek Boy - Thank you! And thank you for getting the "Alien" reference. You would be surprised how many people don't (they think it is "Believe it or not" related).
I actually wore a Xenomorph shirt to my 12 week ultrasound. Confused the heck out of the sonogram tech, but my husband and I thought it was funny.
- October 20, 2012 at 2:17 PM


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U.S. Has Third Greatest Income Inequality
"In a 20-year study of its member countries, the [Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development] found inequality had increased in 27 of its 30 members as top earners' incomes soared while others' stagnated.
The United States has the highest inequality and poverty rates in the OECD after Mexico and Turkey, and the gap has increased rapidly since 2000, the report said. France, meanwhile, has seen inequalities fall in the past 20 years as poorer workers are better paid.
Rising inequality threatens social mobility - children doing better than their parents, the poor improving their lot through hard work - which is lower in countries like the U.S., Great Britain and Italy, where inequality is high, than countries with less inequality such as Denmark, Sweden and Australia, the report said.
Wealthy households are not only widening the gap with the poor, but in countries such as the U.S., Canada and Germany they are also leaving middle-income earners further behind, with potentially ominous consequences if the global financial crisis sparks a long recession."


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Keyte confirmed that agreement had been reached last Friday with 'a number of amendments to legal wording along the way' causing delays.
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See Franklin's comments on chemistry above.
Penn State football coach James Franklin holds a psychology degree from East Stroudsburg University. But since taking over the helm of the Nittany Lion program in January, Franklin has been more focused on another subject - chemistry.
In a press conference before appearing at the Central Pennsylvania Chapter of the National Football Foundation banquet in State College Sunday, Franklin spoke candidly about leading a program that has been through two high-profile coaching changes in the last three years.
Hall of Famer Joe Paterno was fired shortly after the Sandusky scandal broke in November of 2011, and died two months later. He was replaced by Bill O'Brien, who bolted for the NFL's Houston Texans after only two seasons in Happy Valley.
Franklin understands the sort of impact such changes have had on his players.
A lot of 'em, especially the seniors, they came here to play for Joe, Franklin said. And then Joe leaves and there's hurt feelings associated with that. Then Billy comes in. Then Billy leaves and there's hurt feelings.
The players had a little bit of a wall up when we first got here, which is natural, he added. But for us to get where we want to go, they have to let us in. They can't do it by themselves and we (as coaches) can't do it by ourselves. We've got to do it together.
From Franklin's perspective, the chemistry among the players has been great all along. He attributes that at least in part to everything they've endured. Besides the scandal and coaching changes, PSU was also hit with harsh NCAA sanctions in the summer of 2012.
I explain it a lot like a family, Franklin said. The reason your family is so tight is because you've been through adversity after adversity after adversity. Every time you go through one of those things and make it out, you become stronger. That's what we're trying to do.
Penn State began spring practice March 17 and has held four sessions to date. Because the NCAA limits the amount of time coaches can spend with players in the off-season, the ability of the new staff to work hands on with the athletes has been vital to the chemistry-building process.
You need as much time with them as possible, Franklin said. Now that we're out on the field and being able to spend a lot of time with them in meetings and those type of things, it's been great.
The coaches have also spent as much time as possible with the players away from the field. But there have been challenges there. Franklin, for example, is living at a local hotel until he can find a house for himself and his family. So his proclivity for inviting players over for dinner won't work just yet.
It doesn't make a whole lot of sense for me to bring 35 guys over to the Residence Inn, he said with a smile. It doesn't have the same type of feel.
Instead, there have been team gatherings at local restaurants.
Franklin was quick to note, however, that none of the chemistry building involves the kid-glove treatment for players. This is especially true on the field, where the coach insists he and his assistants must be true to themselves because the players would see through it if they were not.
I'm a psycho, Franklin said. I coach hard, our entire coaching staff coaches hard. But there's a way to do that. We can coach people hard and push people hard and be really demanding if you love them hard, as well. If they do something good, I'm screaming and going crazy. If they do something bad, I'm screaming and going crazy. That's just kind of who I am and my personality.


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Reinhart, you realize, believes that the failure of the SRB machines is the chief danger to the war effort.
He waved impatiently toward the massed banks of SRB machines.
And meanwhile, the SRB machines were silent, showing nothing at all.
The SRB machines whirred, the visible combination disappearing.
Ive drawn up the data for the SRB machines, giving a date of completion.
The data given to the SRB machines contained that information.
Reinhart and his kind have made such things as the SRB machines into gods.
I havent had an opportunity to feed the additional data to the SRB machines.
Ive already informed the SRB machines that the variable man has been destroyed.
He entered the lift and ascended to the SRB room, curious to see if there had been any change in the machines reading.


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A fundraiser who underwent life-saving surgery when he was just three has been inspired to raise money for the British Heart Foundation.
Jordan Graham, aged 25, had an operation on his aorta, the largest artery in the body, and still has his heart scanned once a year.
Mr Graham, a civil engineer, of Highfield Road, Farnworth, has teamed up with friends to host a club night at La Spatule M & L in Bradshawgate on Saturday.
The six-strong group are hoping to raise £1,000 for the British Heart Foundation (BHF).
They are encouraging visitors to wear red on the night in support of the charity and between 200 and 300 people are expected to attend.
Mr Graham said: "I'm very excited about it — it should be a big event. We hope everybody has a great time and raises plenty of money for a good cause.
"I will always be greatful to the British Heart Foundation. If it wasn't for them and the invaluable research they do to help doctors everywhere, I might not have been here today."
This is not the first Mr Graham has raised money for the BHF.
He took part in the 192-mile Coast to Coast walk in 2008, raising £2,000.
His girlfriend, Naomi Masters, aged 22, also of Highfield Road, said: "It was Jordan's story that inspired me to help organise this event. I'm really proud of him.
"He's put so much time and effort to helping others. I've been really happy with the response we've had and I'm looking forward to it."
The fundraising night is being held from 9pm until 5am at La Spatule and is for over-18s only. It will feature a host of DJs and a raffle.
All money raised from profits, donations and raffle ticket sales will go to BHF as part of its Ramp Up The Red campaign. Entry is £5 on the door. To find out more, visit the "Big red heart attack" group page on Facebook.


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After cracking WEP on my styles of AP's I began to wonder about what/if the people on the network could easily see what I was doing so I began to investigate. Note: during this testing I had a severe blinding flash of the obvious. When generating traffic to obtain those precious IVs you are sending a large amount of ARP broadcast packets to the AP and seeing as how most APs are on the same subnet as the rest of the network you are in fact sending all of that broadcast data to everyone on the network. If you would like to duplicate this start attacking an AP and setup a Wireshark session on a client computer (wow look at those thousands of ARP broadcast packet way to be stealthy LOL).
I wanted to bring this to everyones attention to make sure that they know they are in plain daylight while trying this attack and second to all of those net-admins out there to be aware that if you are seeing a lot of that type of traffic and have APs you may want to audit the air.
The only attack vector that I used that did not generate all of the Look at Me! packets on the network was the Chop-Chop attack. Unfortunately I am unable to use the fragmentation attack (dang Broadcom).
Can anyone verify Chop-Chop and fragmentation as being a bit more on the quite side?


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Curiosity's 'driver team' will face challenging trip to Martian mountain
Speaking to an audience in Taipei Sunday, Yen Jeng, the only Taiwanese on Curiosity's "driver team," talked about what it is like to drive NASA's $2.5 billion rover.
Referring to himself as a "taxi driver," Yen told the audience that he and his colleagues spend approximately 10 hours each day preparing for Curiosity's next move before transmitting their instructions to the rover.
During an interview with The Central News Agency, Yen said that the rover moves an average of 50-60 meters per day. "Its furthest record was 140 meters a day," Yen told CNA.
Yens also told CNA that the best moment of the Curiosity mission so far was seeing the first photo of the rover's landing. Yen admitted that taking a photo of the rover was exceedingly difficult.
Given that the rover was traveling at a high speed, Yen said it was "not easy" for the snapshot to be taken.
"It meant that our landing model was accurate, to know its trajectory," he said. This is just one example of a maneuver that he and his team spent countless hours practicing and perfecting before passing the instructions on to the rover.
Yen's description of what it is like to drive the rover comes as Curiosity prepares for a rather-busy New Year. According to The Associated Press, Curiosity will set off toward a Martian mountain in 2013. Curiosity's current schedule shows the rover taking off for Mount Sharp in mid-February.
"We'll probably be ready to hit the pedal to the metal and give the keys back to the rover drivers," mission chief scientist John Grotzinger told The AP in a recent interview.
Curiosity's trip to Mount Sharp will be an important one, as much is expected of the rover. The AP notes that the mountain, which towers three miles above the center of Gale Crater, has some interesting layers of rock that scientists are excited to explore. The rover's trip to Mount Sharp is all part of NASA's quest to determine whether Curiosity's landing site ever had the right environmental conditions to support life.
Yen and his "driver team" will have to be on top of their game when they maneuver Curiosity toward the mountain.
"We'll need to be pretty careful," project manager Richard Cook told The AP. "We may find terrain that we're not comfortable driving in, and we'll have to spend time driving around stuff."
Yen told CNA that reaching and exploring Mount Sharp will give scientists a better understanding of Mars' geological history.
Being a part of the rover's "driver team" has been an honor, according to Yen.
According to a NASA press release, Curiosity recently took a self-portrait using its Mars Hand Lens Imager camera. The rover held the MAHLI camera in more than 50 positions in 24 hours to create a single scene combining all the images, putting together a full-color portrait of the rover itself.
You can view a new version of Curiosity's self-portrait here.


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Israeli rescue services say seven people were killed when a train smashed into a minibus that ignored signals and crossed the tracks in the south of the country.
Rescue services say a pregnant woman and two children were among the dead. Nobody aboard the train was hurt.
Giora Weiss, the train driver told Israeli media he saw the driver of the minibus talking to passengers sitting behind him before the collision Thursday evening.
He said he hit the brakes but it was too late.
"I saw the eyes of one of the passengers and it was horrible," he told reporters.


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NH e-Court Project Public Forum
Session 2
Administrative Office of the Courts
Welcome by Chief Justice Linda Stewart Dalianis
January 9, 2012 - Members of the legal community, state officials and agency representatives, law enforcement and members of the public are invited to offer their input on the results of discussions on six key NH e-Court policy issues:
Project manager Peter Caradonna will also discuss the master plan for the NH e-Court project which will be posted on the NH e-Court website prior to the January 19 public forum. Check out the website at http://www.courts.state.nh.us/nh-e-court-project/index.htm.
Ongoing feedback on the NH e-Court project as it is developed is essential to the project's ultimate success. The first public forum on November 2 provided us with valuable ideas from the people who will be using NH e-Court in the future. We need your continued input. Please join us on January 19!


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LEDApple's Hanbyul astounded the public after he revealed he was fluent in four different languages.
On February 4th, MBC's 'Quiz To Change The World' aired a new episode with LEDApple's Hanbyul and Kyumin, who guested alongside other stars like Hwang Hae Young, Byun Ki Soo, and Sung Jinwoo.
MC Park Mi Sun introduced Hanbyul by stating that he was born in Australia and was fluent in several languages.
Hanbyul explained that because he was born overseas, he learned both English and Korean. The idol was able to pick up French and Latin later.
Hanbyul also revealed that he's a student of dentistry and that he's taking some time off school. His parents allowed him to audition as a singer after he got accepted into the program.
LEDApple is currently promoting their latest album, 'Time is Up'.
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