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John DiStaso's Granite Status: GOP 2nd District congressional hopeful Lambert announces 50 Nashua supporters
Senior Political Reporter
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 13: LAMBERT ENDORSEMENTS. Republican 2nd District U.S. House candidate Gary Lambert today announced endorsements by 50 fellow Nashua Republicans.
Included are former Mayor and Executive Councilor Bernie Streeter and state Reps. Michael McCarthy, David Murotake and Donald LeBrun.
Others supporters include activists Paul and Donna Metzger, Dennis Hogan, and Joseph Krasucki.
Lambert is the only announced Republican candidate for the seat now held by Democratic Rep. Annie Kuster.
(Earlier Granite Status reports follow.)
MONDAY, NOV. 11: THE GATSAS DRUMBEAT. After last week's Manchester mayoral election,
Ted Gatsas
instantly found himself as the unofficial GOP front-runner to challenge incumbent Democrat
Maggie Hassan
for governor next year.
Gatsas says it's too early for such speculation and that he is focused on the city budget and other local matters.
While state Democrats say he "barely staved off an underfunded challenge by
Patrick Arnold
," Gatsas' camp points to his strength among independents as the fuel for his win in a city with more Democratic than Republican registered voters.
Camp Gatsas notes that the city and state Democratic parties, along with the Obama organization, went all out for Arnold, while claiming the Republican apparatus was scarce, at best. His followers wonder to what degree the state GOP would help statewide should the mayor take on a sitting governor next year.
State GOP sources dispute that assessment, saying the party did everything Gatsas asked of it and will work hard for its nominee for governor next year, whoever that might be.
Meanwhile, many Republicans are already literally and figuratively knocking on Gatsas' door, asking him to consider it and calling him the only potentially strong challenger to Hassan out there.
TALKING TURKEY. Despite the Gatsas focus, Manchester attorney
Brad Cook
continues to weigh a run for governor.
Cook, who won't take the anti-broadbased tax pledge, tells the Status that Republicans "from the
(Walter) Peterson/(Warren) Rudman
group," have offered him money, work, and organization. He says he will make a decision, with family and friends, at Thanksgiving.
DEMOCRATS FEELING GOOD. Despite the Patrick Arnold loss in Manchester, Democrats are feeling pretty good about last Tuesday night and about future prospects.
In a memo to party leaders, NHDP communications director
Harrell Kirstein
notes the party won six of the seven contested mayoral or special elections, including a 19 percentage point victory by
Latha Mangipudi
over former House Republican Majority Leader
Pete Silva
in Nashua's Ward 8.
The party says that candidates with strong ties to the Republican State committee or national Republicans "went down in flames," including former state GOP chair Fergus Cullen in his bid for the Dover City Council and conservative Phil Greazzo and state Rep.
Will Infantine
in Manchester.
And the Democrats couldn't resist a dig at Sen. Jeanne Shaheen's favorite cash cow, former Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown.
"It also noteworthy that in Rochester and Somersworth, both Republican candidates (Brown) campaign for were embarrassingly defeated by large margins."
Dems are expecting a huge turnout this coming Saturday night at their annual
Jefferson-Jackson Dinner
in Manchester, featuring Maryland
Gov. Martin O'Malley.
The party says more than 800 tickets have been sold.
THEY LOVE SCOTT. The
"Brown for U.S. Senate"
talk continues to ramp up, but the former Bay State senator is still being coy.
The chairman and vice chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, Sens.
Jerry Moran
of Kansas and
Rob Portman
of Ohio, have reportedly urged Brown to take on
Jeanne Shaheen
At the same time, U.S. Sen.
Kelly Ayotte
was saying that "absolutely he'd be a very strong candidate."
"All good people," Brown told us in an email Friday. "I have a great relationship with all of them. They have always been supportive and I will always be supportive of them."
LISTENING TO SHAHEEN & CO.? Is
President Obama
listening to Sen. Shaheen and fellow Senate Democrats who urged him to extend the Obamacare open enrollment period past March 31?
In his NBC interview last week, Obama appeared to leave the door open a bit.
He said he was confident the HealthCare.gov website will be operating better by Nov. 30 and with the deadline not until March 31, "we've got a whole bunch of time."
"And what we'll do is continue to assess if there are roadblocks for people, we're going to clear out those roadblocks" and do "whatever it takes" to clear up the mess."
Shaheen will introduce a bill next week extending the Affordable Care Act's open enrollment period by at least two months, through at least May 31. The bill will allow Health and Human Services Secretary
Kathleen Sebelius
to use her discretion to further stretch the period "if there are ongoing problems," a Democratic aide told POLITICO.
The bill will also delay the individual mandate's enforcement mechanism, a $95 fine for individuals who do not sign for insurance, for as long as the enrollment period is extended, POLITICO reports.
"Even if the HealthCare.gov is working at the end of November, people will have still lost two months to navigate the website, shop for plans, and sign up for insurance. Senator Shaheen thinks it's wrong to penalize people because of website problems," said spokesman
Shripal Shah
on Friday. "People were promised six months to sign up and that's what they should get."
The state GOP, meanwhile, called on Shaheen to join Obama in his apology in that NBC piece regarding his many "like it-keep it" promises on Obamacare.
Shaheen's office did not respond, but the Democratic Party said Ayotte should apologize to "the thousands of New Hampshire citizens whose health care she voted to repeal" by opposing Obamacare.
Ayotte's office fired back, "It's unfortunate that the New Hampshire Democrat Party doesn't seem to think it's heartbreaking that many Granite Staters are losing their health coverage or having to pay more for it. This may be about partisanship to the Democrats, but Senator Ayotte feels badly for New Hampshire citizens who are struggling under the President's health care law."
SHAHEEN AND ISAKSON. Shaheen today will host Republican U.S. Sen.
Johnny Isakson
of Georgia to talk about their plan to reform the federal budgeting process. Both say the federal government should go to a two-year (biennial) budget.
They'll be at the Warren B. Rudman Center at the UNH School of Law at 2 p.m.
FLAT EARTH SOCIETY? Republican National Committeeman
Steve Duprey
acknowledged referring to the "far right fringe of the Tea Party" as "flat earth believers" at a state party executive committee meeting last Monday night, Nov. 4.
State Senate President
Chuck Morse
and Senate Majority Leader
Jeb Bradley
briefed that committee on their alternative plan to Medicaid expansion ahead of the opening of the special legislative session.
Most on the committee supported it, but a few didn't, we're told.
Duprey told us, "I'm not against the Tea Party. It is a movement grounded in fiscal conservatism, which I support. But it does contain some who don't believe in any government and who think anarchy should rule, and they are on the far, far fringe."
THE CHRISTIE CONNECTION. Last week the Republican State Committee hired as its new executive director one Matt Mowers, a former key staffer on New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's reelection campaign. On the same day, a New Jersey RNC "Victory" staffer who helped the Christie effort, Nathan Lamb, was hired by New Hampshire congressional candidate Dan Innis.
So if — and more likely, when — Christie makes his first pilgrimage to the first-in-the-nation primary state as a potential 2016 presidential hopeful, perhaps as the next chair of the Republican Governors Association, he'll have some friends here.
Also, Christie's top two strategists, Mike DuHaime and Bill Stepien, have spent much time in New Hampshire.
DuHaime managed Rudy Giuliani's campaign in 2008 and in 2004 was eastern field director for Bush-Cheney, which had him here often.
Stepien was New Hampshire political director for Bush-Cheney in 2004 and then John McCain's national field director in 2008.
Maria Comella, Christie's communication director, was Giuliani's 2008 deputy communications director and communications director for the New Hampshire Bush-Cheney 2004 campaign.
BIG NAMES FOR FRANK. Former U.S. Rep. Frank Guinta has landed two of the most powerful members of the U.S. House Republican majority at a Washington, D.C. fund-raiser Wednesday.
Majority Leader Eric Cantor and Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy will be "special guests" at a reception next week supporting Guinta's bid to return to the House next year.
The $500-a-person and $1,000-a-PAC fund-raiser will be held at the Capitol Hill Club Nov. 13.
Guinta last month had planned to have House Budget Committee Chairman and 2012 vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan appear at a fund-raiser for him in New Hampshire, but the event was cancelled because Ryan was unable to make it due to the government shutdown. Guinta's campaign said it raised $200,000 from those who had purchased tickets for the event, anyway.
Guinta, a former Manchester mayor, served in the House in 2011 and 2012 with Ryan, Cantor and McCarthy before being defeated by Democratic Rep. Carol Shea-Porter a year ago.
He now faces a GOP primary challenge from former UNH business school dean Innis.
It will be a busy fund-raising week for Guinta. Thursday, he will have a fund-raiser in Portsmouth with — yes — Scott Brown as the featured guest.
• Shaheen will have a fund-raiser for her reelection bid at the Manchester home of Paul LeBlanc and Patricia Findlen tonight. Tickets range from $75-a-person up to a top sponsorship level of $2,600.
• Conservative Republican activist Karen Testerman plans a kickoff event for her U.S. Senate campaign event at The Yard Restaurant in Manchester tomorrow night.
• Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate Jim Rubens has hired Julia Whitney as a field staffer. She has worked on Scott Brown's U.S. Senate campaign and Tim Pawlenty's presidential campaign.
(John DiStaso is senior political reporter of the New Hampshire Union Leader and New Hampshire Sunday News. He can be reached at email@example.com and followed on Twitter: @jdistaso.)


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The Phillies offered salary arbitration to three of their five free agents Wednesday with the biggest surprise being left fielder Raul Ibanez.
As expected, the team offered arbitration to pitcher Ryan Madson and shortstop Jimmy Rollins and declined arbitration offers to reliever Brad Lidge and starter Roy Oswalt.
Should Rollins sign with another team, the Phillies would be compensated with a first-round pick that would be forfeited by the signing team provided that team finished among the top 15 in baseball last season. The Phillies would also receive a compensatory pick between the first and second rounds of the draft for Rollins.
If Madson signs elsewhere, the Phillies would get a first-round pick just in front of the team that signs him provided that team finished in the top 15. That team would retain its first-round pick and select immediately after the Phillies.
Should Rollins or Madson sign with teams that finished among the bottom 15 in baseball, the Phillies would receive that team's second-round pick.
The Phillies would also receive a compensatory pick between the first and second round if Ibanez signs elsewhere. It's possible the Phillies have already ascertained that Ibanez will not accept salary arbitration. Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro said last week that the team is still considering re-signing Ibanez and using him in a reduced role with John Mayberry Jr. getting an opportunity to be the starting left fielder.
Ibanez made $12 million in the final year of his contract last season and it is unlikely the Phillies would risk going through the arbitration process with the 39-year-old outfielder.
The players have until Nov. 30 to accept or reject arbitration. If they accept, it is a binding contract and the Phillies would happily bring back Madson and Rollins on one-year deals.
The Phillies can still re-sign Lidge and Oswalt, but they will not receive any compensation if the two veteran pitchers sign elsewhere.


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WATCH: News crew rescues man being swept away by floodwater
BEAUMONT, Texas - A CNN news crew jumped in to help a man who accidentally drove into a flooded ravine in Beaumont, Texas.
The camera operator was recording as the driver, who said the ravine looked like it was a road, drove into the water and started floating down the street. The news crew on the scene jumped into action, running to help pull the man from his vehicle.
After being rescued, the man appeared in shock, but talked with the reporter live on the air saying, "I wanna thank these guys for saving my life."
Harvey made landfall for the second time Wednesday, this time threatening western Louisiana. Forecasters believe the storm will drop another five to 10 inches of rain in that area. The death toll continues to rise from the storm, Wednesday the sheriff's office confirmed another two deaths related to Harvey, bringing the total number of people killed due to the storm at 20.


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Intruder, a burglar, and attempted break-in keep Manchester police busy
May 21. 2013 1:08PM
MANCHESTER – A 66-year-old woman woke up Monday night to find a man standing in the kitchen of her 316 Merrimack Street home.
Police said Sheila Nicholas was asleep in her first-floor bedroom located off the kitchen of her home when a bright light woke her at 11:20 p.m. and she saw the man.
She yelled for him to get out of her house, and police said the man fled out the rear door, heading east in the alley to a waiting vehicle, which drove away.
Nicholas could not give a description of the vehicle, but she described the intruder as a white man, about 20 years old, 5-foot-10 to 6-feet tall with a slim build and brown hair in a buzz cut. He wore a red T-shirt and dark pants.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call police at 668-8711. Anonymous tips for cash rewards may be made through Manchester Crimeline at 624-4040 or online at manchestercrimeline.org.
A blaring car stereo led to the arrest of a driver on several charges Tuesday including possessing a controlled drug.
About noon Monday, mountain bicycle patrol officers were at Pine and Valley streets when they heard a loud stereo and saw a car driving in their direction.
They signaled for the driver to pull over. The man turned on his directional signal, indicating he was going to comply, but police said he sped off, heading north on Pine Street and then turning east on Auburn Street.
Officers radioed dispatch and a patrol supervisor quickly spotted the car parking on Auburn Street, near Union Street, and detained the driver, identified as Julius Lane, 33, of 180 Beech St., as he got out of it.
Lane was arrested for operating a motor vehicle after suspension, second offense, and possession of two grams of suspected cocaine, which police said were found on him when he was searched at the police station.
A South Willow Street restaurant was burglarized early Tuesday morning, while about 90 minutes later police discovered an attempted burglary at a downtown restaurant.
Police said a burglar alarm sounded at 12:20 a.m. at Giovanni's Roast Beef and Pizza, 379 S. Willow St.
Someone threw a large rock through a front window to enter the business and then stole cash and change from a tip jar on the counter, and more change from the office area, police said.
About 2 a.m., mountain bicycle patrol officers discovered front doors propped open with a piece of wood at 917 Elm St. The doors lead into a vestibule and two other doors for Ate Doors Down and the Peking Garden.
Police said there was fresh damage to the door frame of Ate Doors Down, an apparent attempt to burglarize the restaurant, but entry was not made.


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You may find that it helps to talk openly and honestly with your family and friends. The healthcare professionals caring for you, who know your situation, can also be a good source of support. You can ask your doctor to put you in touch with the psychological support services at your hospital.
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Baylor University Bookstore Opens Five Spirit Shops at McLane StadiumAug. 26, 2014
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Contacts: Bruiser's Locker Room, 254-710-8011 and Elio DiStaola, Follett, 800-365-5388
WACO, Texas (Aug. 26, 2014) – Baylor University Bookstore announced today the recent opening of five new spirit shops inside the University's new $266 million McLane Stadium.
The shops carry a wide variety of green-and-gold merchandise to provide Baylor fans with new options and quick access to game day gear. Follett, operator of the Baylor Bookstore, invested in construction and partnered closely with Baylor in determining the right design and product assortment for each shop.
The Shops at McLane Stadium:
Bruiser's Locker Room, now open and located by the main entrance to McLane Stadium, will carry the largest Baylor product assortment. Serving as the main location, the store is open Monday-Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The BU Sideline Shop and BU Goal Line Shop, located behind sections 121 and 221, will offer similar assortments of Baylor merchandise and apparel including different styles of tank tops, t-shirts, sweatshirts, shorts, hats and more.
T-Shirt Express, located on the second level behind section 211, will primarily carry t-shirts and hats as well as a small selection of spirit items like foam fingers and beads.
1845, located on the suite concourse, will carry higher end apparel and accessories, such as polo shirts, button downs and ties.
Bruiser's Locker Room is the only store that will be open outside of Baylor gameday. In addition to Bruiser's, the other four stores will be open during Thursday's Traditions Rally at McLane Stadium, Friday's high school football game also at McLane Stadium and as needed or requested during events.
"The new spirit shops contribute to the bookstore and University's shared mission to continually enhance the Baylor fan experience," said Billy Nors, store manager at the Baylor Bookstore. "We're committed to supporting the Baylor Nation by delivering the products fans want, when and where they want them."
In addition, the Baylor Bookstore will operate four kiosks and two trailers located in and around McLane Stadium. In addition, all spirit apparel and merchandise is available on the bookstore's website at www.baylorshop.com.
For the latest information on Baylor Bookstore promotions and events, please visit the bookstore's website and 'Like' the bookstore's Facebook page at www.facebook.com/baylorbookstore.
About Baylor Bookstore
The Baylor Bookstore is the official on-campus bookstore of Baylor University - offering products and services for students, faculty and the surrounding community with a portion of each sale going back to the University. The Baylor Bookstore is located at 1201 S. 5th Street and is open 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. on Friday and 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. on Saturday. Also visit www.baylorshop.com for access to all bookstore products and services.
About Baylor University
Baylor University is a private Christian university and a nationally ranked research institution, classified as such with "high research activity" by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The university provides a vibrant campus community for approximately 15,000 students by blending interdisciplinary research with an international reputation for educational excellence and a faculty commitment to teaching and scholarship. Chartered in 1845 by the Republic of Texas through the efforts of Baptist pioneers, Baylor is the oldest continually operating university in Texas. Located in Waco, Baylor welcomes students from all 50 states and more than 80 countries to study a broad range of degrees among its 11 nationally recognized academic divisions.
About Follett Corporation
Since 1873, Follett has served as the trusted partner in education for students and educators at all levels of learning. Today Follett delivers physical and digital learning materials, retail services, school content and management systems to more than 70,000 early childhood, primary and secondary schools, and on more than 1,000 college campuses. Headquartered in Westchester, Illinois, Follett is a $2.7 billion privately-held company.
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By David Ingram and Aruna Viswanatha
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - While President Barack Obama considers his next move in one high-stakes legal fight to fill vacant jobs, his lawyers expect to go to court at least twice more to argue for his power to appoint when the U.S. Senate is not meeting.
Federal appeals courts in both Philadelphia and Richmond, Virginia, are likely to hear the issue of recess appointments in March, possibly during the same week.
The hearings will be an opportunity for Obama's lawyers to rebound after a blockbuster ruling on Friday, when a court in Washington, D.C., held that three recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) were invalid.
Although the three-judge ruling on Friday upturned 190 years of understanding about how a president may fill vacant jobs, it will not take effect immediately.
Under court rules, the Justice Department has 45 days to decide whether to ask the full, eight-judge Washington-based appeals court to reconsider the decision and 90 days to consider an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
A Justice Department spokeswoman had no comment on Monday.
In one of the two other cases, privately held Enterprise Rent-A-Car is questioning the appointments as part of a labor dispute with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters at an airport near Raleigh, North Carolina.
The case is scheduled to be heard in the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, based in Richmond, on March 22.
A nursing home in Newark, New Jersey - New Vista Nursing and Rehabilitation LLC - is bringing the other case as part of a nurse unionization fight with a local of the Service Employees International Union.
The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia is tentatively set to hear the issue on March 19.
Both cases have to do with the NLRB.
Once rare, recess appointments became more common in the late 1970s as a way to bypass the confirmation process, which senators have used increasingly to block a president's nominees, including the three Obama put forward for the NLRB.
The convergence of the two arguments in the same week in March led a government lawyer to express concern in a court filing because Beth Brinkmann, a senior U.S. Justice Department lawyer, is expected to argue both and wants to ensure they are a few days apart.
Rulings from the two courts would likely come weeks later, potentially adding pressure to the U.S. Supreme Court to sort out what already are divided rulings in the lower courts.
A related case, challenging the recess appointment of Richard Cordray to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, is in pre-trial motions in a Washington federal court.
The U.S. Constitution says that presidents have the authority to fill a high-level vacancy without Senate approval if the Senate is in "the recess."
With such vague language, presidents of both major U.S. parties have made increasingly liberal use of the power.
Friday's sweeping ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said that the president cannot decide on his own when the Senate is in recess and that "the recess" happens only about once a year, not whenever lawmakers break from Washington for a few weeks.
The decision directly contradicted a 2004 ruling from the federal appeals court in Atlanta.
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2013 Lexus ES 350Change Year or Vehicle
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of the 2013 Lexus ES 350. Base trim shown.
Body Type:Sedan See similar vehicles
Combined MPG:24 Combined MPG
Engine:268-hp, 3.5-liter V-6 (regular gas)
Drivetrain:Front-wheel Drive
Transmission:6-speed automatic w/OD and auto-manual
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The Good
- Exterior styling
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- Fully redesigned for 2013
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2013 Lexus ES 350 Road Test
The 2013 Lexus ES trades some substance for gimmicks with its all-new design, but it should draw interest for adventurous styling and a first-ever ES hybrid version.
Characterizing an ES has always been like trying to distinguish the flavors in oatmeal — a porcelain bowl of it from room service at the Hyatt, but oatmeal nonetheless. Lexus' best-selling sedan boasts incremental handling improvements and refined ride quality in its sixth-generation redesign, but the interior is a mixed bag, and so is my verdict.
Available as a V-6 ES 350 or first-ever hybrid ES 300h, the ES grew longer and taller for 2013. It now hails from the Toyota Avalon's longer platform rather than the Camry, with which it traditionally shared underpinnings. At a media preview, I drove both ES drivetrains alongside the prior generation.
The Sharpest-Looking ES Yet
The front-wheel-drive ES adopts Lexus' "spindle" grille — more of a fat hourglass — up front, drawing similarities to the recently reinvented rear-drive GS sedan. It's actually a touch longer than that pricier sibling, and its creased lines stand out like no ES before. There is no ground-hugging F-Sport Package, as Lexus offers on a few other cars, but the ES needs none: It looks dynamic enough. Seventeen-inch alloy wheels are standard, with 18s optional on the ES 350.
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The ES 350's 3.5-liter V-6 moves out with a muscular exhaust note if standing on the gas. A Lexus spokesperson told me it&apo...
The 2013 Lexus ES trades some substance for gimmicks with its all-new design, but it should draw interest for adventurous styling and a first-ever ES hybrid version.
Characterizing an ES has always been like trying to distinguish the flavors in oatmeal — a porcelain bowl of it from room service at the Hyatt, but oatmeal nonetheless. Lexus' best-selling sedan boasts incremental handling improvements and refined ride quality in its sixth-generation redesign, but the interior is a mixed bag, and so is my verdict.
Available as a V-6 ES 350 or first-ever hybrid ES 300h, the ES grew longer and taller for 2013. It now hails from the Toyota Avalon's longer platform rather than the Camry, with which it traditionally shared underpinnings. At a media preview, I drove both ES drivetrains alongside the prior generation.
The Sharpest-Looking ES Yet
The front-wheel-drive ES adopts Lexus' "spindle" grille — more of a fat hourglass — up front, drawing similarities to the recently reinvented rear-drive GS sedan. It's actually a touch longer than that pricier sibling, and its creased lines stand out like no ES before. There is no ground-hugging F-Sport Package, as Lexus offers on a few other cars, but the ES needs none: It looks dynamic enough. Seventeen-inch alloy wheels are standard, with 18s optional on the ES 350.
How It Moves
The ES 350's 3.5-liter V-6 moves out with a muscular exhaust note if standing on the gas. A Lexus spokesperson told me it's a few ticks slower than the last ES — a tradeoff for better gas mileage — but crank the Lexus' Drive Mode Select to Sport mode, as opposed to Eco or Normal, and sharper accelerator progression renders an even quicker climb. Alas, the six-speed automatic transmission still suffers befuddling inconsistencies: Sometimes it kicks down a gear or two for immediate passing power; other times it hunts aimlessly for the right gear.
Sport mode reduces power-steering assist for palpably better steering feedback. The prior ES had a tendency for the wheel to snap suddenly back to center. Its successor steers more naturally, with quicker reflexes. A redesigned suspension with uprated shocks and additional bracing also has been added, but does little to quell the car's modest body roll.
Ride quality — a trademark of the previous car — remains sound. All ES models share the same suspension tuning. An adaptive suspension, which Lexus offered in two prior generations of the ES, is currently unavailable.
The ES remains front-wheel drive only with no all-wheel-drive option unlike competition from Acura, Infiniti, BMW, Audi, Cadillac and Mercedes. The Lexus GS does offer the option.
The hybrid ES 300h pairs a 2.5-liter four-cylinder with two motor-generators and a continuously variable automatic transmission for 200 combined horsepower versus the ES 350's 268 hp. At full bore, the car hustles well enough, but it lacks the passing confidence deserving of a luxury badge, and the droning, here-it-comes CVT sounds anything but refined.
Like any full hybrid, the 300h can run on electric power at low speeds for short distances; an EV mode, activated via Drive Mode Select, raises the threshold where the car transitions to engine power. Drive Mode Select blocks EV mode if the car's nickel-metal-hydride battery power is too low or if you press the gas for too much power. Stand on the pedal, even in EV mode, and the ES 300h springs to full power in moments.
Thanks to lower curb weight and better aerodynamics, EPA mileage in the ES 350 is up to 21/31 mpg city/highway, an overall improvement of about 2 mpg over the last ES. That's near the head of the luxury competition, edging out the Acura TL, Audi A4 and Infiniti G37 by 1 mpg or more. The BMW 328i and four-cylinder Lincoln MKZ eke out another 1 to 2 mpg, however. One plus: The ES runs fine on regular gasoline; several competitors recommend or require premium.
No rating for the ES 300h has been given at this time, but Lexus says it expects the combined rating to be 39 mpg. That would make it the most efficient luxury sedan on the market, though the EPA has yet to give estimates for the redesigned Lincoln MKZ Hybrid.
Roomy Cabin
The front seats have stiffer side bolsters, which became apparent alongside the prior ES. Where the prior car's front seats allowed too much sliding, these hold you in — without constraining on long-haul drives. Although it moved to the larger Avalon's platform, the ES' cabin room falls closer to that of the redesigned Camry: Total volume is 100.1 cubic feet, up 5.2 cubic feet from the last ES, which falls in line with a moonroof-equipped Camry. The biggest change comes in the backseat, which gains 4.1 inches of legroom and 0.7-inch headroom. It's roomy back there, with decent knee room and no center floor hump. Manual sunshades in the doors and a power rear shade are optional, but the rear shade requires hollering to the driver, as the deployment controls are up front only. Heated rear seats and a rear climate zone — both available in the Avalon — are unavailable.
Trunk volume in the ES 350 is 15.2 cubic feet, up 0.5 cubic feet versus the last ES. That's between the improved BMW 3 Series' 17 cubic feet and the Acura TL's surprisingly small 13.1 cubic feet. Typical of a hybrid, the ES 300h places its battery behind the rear seats, which lowers trunk volume to 12.1 cubic feet. Like the prior generation, the ES 350 gets a center pass-through but no folding backseat; the ES 300h has no opening at all. A power-closing trunk is optional.
Stop With the Gimmicks
Luxury touches include piano-black or genuine wood trim, with real bamboo in the ES 300h, and optional ambient lighting below the door and dashboard inlays. Lexus' NuLuxe faux-leather upholstery, offered in cars like the CT 200h, is standard. Last year's ES had standard leather. The NuLuxe feels synthetic, but it's softer than the often-stiff leatherette, aka vinyl, competitors serve up.
Heated and ventilated seats are optional, but the ventilation borders on useless. That's ironic since the Avalon has cooled seats that turned your chaps to ice. Similarly, the optional heated wood-and-leather steering wheel heats just the portions at 3 and 9 o'clock. Touch anywhere else and the wheel stays cold. I'm calling foul: If Chrysler can heat the wood portion of the 300's wheel, Lexus should, too.
The gimmicks continue with an optional panoramic moonroof. It's more like two small roofs separated by a massive divider, with clunky manual sunshades that short drivers won't like yanking. Others — the Hyundai Azera and Cadillac CTS — have near-continuous panoramic panels that let more light, with power sunshades to boot.
The cabin trades last year's chrome inlays for silver plastic, and the faux-leather dashboard trim is little more than a stitched veneer, which Lexus calls a stitched slush mold. Other entry-luxury cars, including Lexus' own CT 200h, have more-convincing dashboard stitching, and Chrysler's sedan can come wrapped in genuine leather. Similar stitching to the ES adds a classy vibe to the plebeian Camry, but in the pricier Lexus, it rings cheap.
The standard stereo includes USB/iPod compatibility, a six-CD changer — this is the brand that kept a tape deck long into the iTunes era — and Bluetooth phone operation. Options include a 7-inch display that works through a center-console knob or an 8-inch navigation system that works through Lexus' second-generation Remote Touch Interface. Both systems add HD radio and Bluetooth audio streaming, which ought to be standard — and the six-CD changer dumped.
Remote Touch plays out like a computer mouse, with haptic feedback to fast-track your pointer to the on-screen options, which include a suite of smartphone-tethered applications such as Yelp, Pandora and Facebook Places via Lexus' Enform system. While the ES lacks the stunning expanse of the GS' 12.3-inch system, it's intuitive enough to work when the car is stopped. Still, I find well-sorted knob systems — like Mercedes' Comand — easier to manage on the road. Mark Levinson audio is optional in navigation-equipped cars.
Safety & Features
The ES has not been crash-tested, but Toyota engineers said they expect Top Safety Pick status from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and a harder-to-get five stars out of five overall from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Standard features include head-protecting side airbags and brake-pedal override, plus the required antilock brakes and electronic stability system. New safety options include a blind spot warning system, rear cross-traffic alert and automatic high-beam headlights. Lane departure warning — but not mitigation — is also optional. Per forthcoming federal requirements, the ES 300h has an audible warning to alert nearby pedestrians when the car is in EV mode below 12 mph.
Standard features on the ES 350 include keyless access with push-button start, dual-zone automatic climate control, a moonroof, power front seats, a USB/iPod-comparable CD stereo, Bluetooth phone operation and faux leather upholstery. Real leather, heated and ventilated seats, front and rear parking sensors, a navigation system and a panoramic moonroof are among the options.
Lexus ES in the Market
As of this writing, Toyota's luxury division has yet to price the ES, which hits dealerships later this year. But the prior-generation sedan ranged from the mid-$30,000s to the mid-$40,000s as options ballooned. No competing luxury sedan has the ES beat across the board, but others chip away at its various weaknesses.
The ES is no tarted-up Toyota; the quality gains versus a loaded Camry are apparent, and its strengths are clear. This is the sharpest-looking ES in at least three generations, and the hybrid's 39-mpg EPA combined rating should all but guarantee more interest. But too many surprise-and-delight features fall flat. Lexus needs to take a page from Audi: Ax the ventilated seats and faux-leather dashboards and invest in consistent quality instead.
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Sunday, May 10, 2009
Hello, old friend
Anyway, given it's my first proper weekend off in almost a month, I thought it about time to reacquaint myself with a distant friend - the pattern designer in me! My sketch books are filled with half baked ideas, and one concept I keep coming back to is houses. If you've been reading this blog for a long time you'd be familiar with my obsession with houses...
But I've never been able to come up with the perfect houses print for my textile range. I've had this vague idea in my mind for ages but have never been able to execute it. Until now. I'm really happy with how this has come together, and I hope you'll like it too...
Houses print... as yet unnamed...
Cushion mockup - not sure of scale...
Anyway I'd love to hear your thoughts. I'm quite open to feedback. I've been thinking about it for so long that I've probably lost perspective...
43 comments:
- Amy (badskirt) said...
I like the new design. I'm drawn to the rooftops, I like how they seem to fall into one another as my eye tumbles down the print.
Though my embroidery is shockingly bad, I want to go in with a bit of perle floss and fill lines and shingles and texture on those roofs. I like the scale you've picked for the cushions. Even before I saw your cushion picture, I pictured it just about that size!
- 11:58 am
This is really gorgeous! Not too fussy. I love the bikes. I like the colour, but think it would look good in an olive green as well.
- 12:18 pm
- 9crafty11 said...
Or how about olive green trees, if it's not too much trouble!?
I was lucky enough to meet you at the show in Brisvegas where I bought 2mtre of your bonsai fabric in natural. I'm actually am sewing a overnight bag & toiletry bag with it now, & it's lovely to sew with. I even bought the Meet Me at Mike's book, & got you to sign for me, so I was quite happy! Thanks for that!
- 12:57 pm
- Sonya said...
Know that song about houses.. how does it go?...
"Little boxes,
on the hillside,
little boxes,
made of ticky-tacky,
Little boxes,
on the hillside,
Little boxes, all the same.
There are pink ones,
and some green ones,
there are red ones,
and some yellow boxes,..
[peaters out owing to lack of confidence in the lyrics...]
Anyhoo, sharing your not-quite-sick-admiration for houses, I am delighted at the theme.
Your test-print looks great - maybe a cat or dog somewhere?
- 1:34 pm
- blogojan said...
wow.. awesome..
i really love the pattern u've made...
how u print it?
i really excited with this one..
so i can do this in indonesia..
hohoho :))
- 2:04 pm
- Anna said...
I really like it too, I like the chimneys and the trees. Was good to say hi at the Brisbane show :)
- 2:07 pm
- Wonky said...
That's gorgeous...love your fabrics but this is my new favourite...Would love it reversed in charcoal with white lines
- 3:41 pm
- kitty said...
The new design is great. I really like it's simplicity, quite japanese. I can't wait to see it in other colourways.
Congratulations on your success at the shows.
- 4:58 pm
- Ms Unreliable said...
Love it! The scalloped edges on the pitched roofs are a beautiful detail and the bicycles are the perfect finishing touch!
- 5:06 pm
- Jodie said...
These houses are great and it is nice to see the bike. Could one of the smaller roofs be coloured in or have some texture added maybe? I like Amy's idea of embroidering on it...
But seriously I know diddly squat about design.
- 5:36 pm
- mazspazz said...
Scale is good! and whoever said olive...yes!
Reminds me for some reason of Kensington Banks...the houses all cosied together like that...bikes and trees scattered here and there...would it be too corny to name it after yr hood tho?
- 5:37 pm
- Polly said...
I really like it.It reminds me of how I was brought up - with lots of family and friends nearby to look after each other. I think the bikes dotted around infer it's a happy neighbourhood. I love the colour too. And the scale. x x x
- 6:35 pm
- lupinbunny said...
The art school grad in me can't help trying to analyse the significance of having the little bikes, but not roads or cars... some petrol-free Arcadia on a cushion? :P
- 7:59 pm
- Cicada Studio said...
Charming! Your Victorian homes print has long been a favorite of mine, so I'm glad to see you're continuing the theme. The openness and the fine lines create a nice balance. Not sure I would fill in the roof with pattern as it might make heavy spots when viewed from a distance ie: if the fabric was used in a large project. I quite like the scale you've chosen, too.
- 9:01 pm
- LeeAnn said...
You nailed it! I think the scale is perfect. In fact when I saw the print I thought it would make perfect cushions for my living room and then I scrolled down a tiny bit more and walla! you made one!
- 10:26 pm
- CrimsonBruin said...
Hi Lara! I like how the houses go every which way in your new print. It reminds me of M. C. Escher. Just a thought -- what if you made it more geometrical instead of hand-drawn? Glad to read Brisbane was a success!
- 11:05 pm
- mr-Yen said...
I love your orange houses and trees print!
- 5:12 am
- monda-loves said...
This is lovely - I would change a thing :o)
- 6:37 am
- monda-loves said...
oops, I meant 'I WOULDN'T change a thing'. Doh!
- 6:39 am
- JacRan said...
Lara, I love the colour choice and I love the clever way the design seems to fit together like a jigsaw puzzle, nothing is out of place. Can there be a little "Where's Wally" person peeking out from behind a random wall/window? haha. Well done.
I was also thinking it would make a cool embroidery pattern too... simple straight lines. xo
- 9:27 am
- Sandra @ Pepperberry and Co. said...
Wow! That is quite an addiction :-)
I love the new design, although it's a bit busy for my personal taste. I wouldn't hesitate to use it in projects for gifts etc, though!
Glad you enjoyed Brissie. xx
- 9:46 am
- Penny said...
It's so cute, it's like Houses & Bicycles little sibling. I like it.
- 10:24 am
- Cheeky Beaks said...
- 11:53 am
- Too Yeah said...
fantastic work lara! thought i'd comment on both your blog and your flickr about how much i love your linework!!!
- 12:49 pm
- Yana said...
i think the print is very nice! :)
- 1:11 pm
- art4friends said...
I absolutely love it!!
I want I want!
But I do love the second one along too, the orange one.
But I like this simplicity and that it could be more of a pattern as well as something "realistic"
- 1:24 pm
- madame craft said...
Loooove it! love it love it, i share your obsession with houses too i am just crazy about them, your sketches are soo cute and the print design is beutiful!!
- 1:50 pm
- RTichy said...
This is so cute! I agree with some of the other comments that having it in a blue or green would be wonderful too. All I can think of is making a table cloth or tote bag out of this!
- 2:33 pm
- Jamie said...
Love it! and all of the previous house prints above. I love that you can't really tell where it starts and where it ends. It seems like a town I could wander through for hours and never get bored.
Good luck!
- 8:48 pm
- Kristin L said...
I'm obsessed with houses too. I love your print! It reminds me a bit of the neighborhoods i lived in in Germany -- houses close together, lots of trees and bikes. Maybe you could name it "Nachbarschaft," or Neighborhood.
- 5:37 am
- Melanie O said...
I think it's fabulous!
- 5:58 am
- Thea said...
Lara, this is an amazing design. I'd love to see how it fits together as a repeat:)
- 7:13 am
- ShiriMe! said...
i've been fascinated with houses for some time now too. i used to peruse the architecture and interior design sections at the bookstore. finally got myself a book on american homes (cuz that's where i'm from of course!). and i love seeing the wide array of architectural styles, from indian pueblos to colonial homes to victorian to art deco and minimalist styles. i'm seeing a whole lotta good house eye candy for future projects.
this print is a really nice one. i actually can picture fabric being made of the image on the upper right hand corner. I think that would be a fantastic follow-up on a future house series, perhaps? it would be really neat to have a small row of house-y printed cushions.... just a thought.
- 5:52 pm
- Fancy Elastic said...
I love it... especially the little bicycle.
- 1:32 am
- Roseanna said...
Absolutely love it...want to make that cushion!
- 10:22 am
- Sarah said...
I feel like I'm not adding anything new, but I love it too! The bikes definitely sent it over the edge for me. It went from adorable to buyitrightnow.
Thanks for the inspiration!
- 1:58 am
So exciting to see a new design! I'm in love with the little bicycles propped up against the houses. The design has a total European feel to it.
I agree it would be interesting to see reversed...dark back ground with light outlines.
- 5:49 am
- Kate said...
I think it's great - you should definitely make it. I like the crowded feeling of the cottages.
- 4:38 pm
- Tania said...
Oh. My. Lordy. That there is a gorgeous print. Obviously that gem of an idea just needed to do a slow cooking stew-type thing. It's perfect.
- 9:54 pm
- rabbit and the duck said...
I think that must be the perfect fabric - love the print, and the colour. It is now top of my wish list : )
- 11:27 pm
- anna said...
Hi Lara! I just wanted to say that "tree houses" is one of my favourite patterns. Loved it when you first made it and still do!
- 9:41 am
- zofia said...
Great print Lara- I love seeing the progression of your thoughts!
- 4:00 pm
- masweylord said...
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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Nicolas Maduro announced Monday the expulsion of the top U.S. diplomat in Venezuela and two other embassy officials, alleging they conspired with "the extreme right" to sabotage the economy and power grid.
The U.S. Embassy rejected as unfounded the Venezuelan government's accusations of "a great psychological operation" against it.
Maduro made the announcement during a live TV appearance and said Charge d'Affairs Kelly Keiderling and the two others had 48 hours to leave the country.
"Out of Venezuela," the leftist leader shouted, then added in English: "Yankees go home!"
Maduro said a group of embassy officials that his government had been following for months was "dedicated to meeting with the Venezuelan extreme right, to financing it and feeding its actions to sabotage the electrical system and the Venezuela economy."
"I have proof here in my hands," he said, though he did not offer any details on the diplomats' alleged transgressions.
Foreign Minister Elias Jaua later said on state TV that a protest note had been sent to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry with proof of "a great psychological operation" by the American diplomats to "destabilize" Venezuela.
He said the expelled Americans had met with opposition and labor leaders in the southeastern state of Bolivar and with the opposition governor of Amazonas state, Liborio Guarulla. Bolivar is home to troubled state-owned foundries and Venezuela's main hydroelectric plant, while bordering Amazonas is one of just three opposition-governed states.
Expelled with Keiderling, the top embassy official in the absence of an ambassador, were consular officer David Moo and Elizabeth Hoffman, who works in the embassy's political section.
State TV showed photographs and video of the three in Bolivar and Amazonas, including visiting offices of Sumate, an electoral-monitoring group that helped organize a failed 2004 recall vote against Maduro's predecessor and political mentor, the late Hugo Chavez. Jaua accused them of working with Sumate on "the idea" of not recognizing the results of Dec. 8 national elections for mayors and city councils.
"We completely reject the Venezuelan government's allegations of U.S. government involvement in any type of conspiracy to destabilize the Venezuela government," the U.S. Embassy said in a statement.
It said the recent trip by Keiderling, Moo and Hoffman consisted of "normal diplomatic engagement," adding: "We maintain regular contacts across the Venezuelan political spectrum, including the ruling party."
Venezuela's economy looks increasingly troubled ahead of the Dec. 8 elections. Annual inflation is at more than 45 percent and the government is running short of foreign currency.
Opposition leader Henrique Capriles, in a tweet, called Monday's expulsions "pure smoke to mask that (Maduro) can't manage the country." He claims Maduro was only able to prevail over him in a close April 14 election through electoral fraud.
The U.S. Republican congressman Marco Rubio of Florida said he was not surprised by the expulsions and predicted looming chaos for Venezuela that would be "sad" for its people.
The oil-rich OPEC member country has been plagued by worsening power outages since 2010. The opposition blames neglect and poor maintenance, while alleging mismanagement and corruption at struggling state-owned aluminum, iron and bauxite foundries in Bolivar.
Maduro blames sabotage by the "extreme right" for the blackouts and food shortages, but has provided no evidence. Like Chavez, he has a history of making unsubstantiated accusations against the United States and his political opponents.
Last week, Maduro said he had canceled a planned trip to New York to address the U.N. General Assembly due to an unspecified U.S. plot.
Since his election, Maduro has claimed five attempts to assassinate him have been foiled. In no instance did he provide evidence.
Venezuela and the United States have been without ambassadors since 2010, when Chavez refused to accept a newly named U.S. ambassador.
The last time Venezuela expelled U.S. diplomats was on March 5, when it ejected two military attaches for allegedly trying to destabilize the nation. That move came several hours before Maduro announced that Chavez had died of cancer.
Chavez governed Venezuela for 14 years, solidifying control of all branches of government as he won solid backing from the poor with generous social spending and blamed the United States for an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow him in 2002.
In recent years, however, Venezuela's woes have been compounded by corruption, rampant violent crime, worsening power outages and increasing shortages of foods and medicines.
At the same time, Maduro's government has been accused by international human rights and press freedom groups of cracking down on free speech and independent media political activity.
Associated Press writers Frank Bajak in Lima, Peru, and Luis Alonso Lugo in Washington contributed to this report.


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Phytoplankton are the photosynthetic microbes living in the surface ocean that perform the critical ecological role of converting sunlight into biologically useful energy. Polar phytoplankton living at high latitudes face a basic challenge that their lower latitude counterparts do not, in that phytoplankton at high latitudes experience extended periods of no sunlight each year during winter. Although polar phytoplankton do not hibernate per se they do adopt special strategies that allow them to survive the dark winter months and yet still be poised to jumpstart photosynthesis and growth with the onset of light in the spring. Our ecological understanding of how different phytoplankton cope with winter darkness in the Arctic and Antarctic remains very poor. We know little about which species stay suspended in the water column in wintertime, or how the abundances of these survivors vary spatially in polar seas. We also have almost no direct observations of the metabolic state of these overwintering species, and thus no basis for predicting which species, if any, will respond first or fastest to the restoration of daylight in spring. If current trends in Arctic climate continue, the reduction and thinning of seasonal sea ice will dramatically advance the timing when light levels under-ice begin to increase in the spring. How this will affect the seasonal start of photosynthesis and production in phytoplankton assemblages, as snow and ice cover decrease in spring, remains unclear.The experiments needed to assess overwintering strategies in polar phytoplankton require ships, yet the few icebreakers capable of conducting meaningful science in polar winter are almost never deployed then. With WHOI leadership, an unprecedented winter expedition on the US Coast Guard Cutter Healy has now been secured which, when combined with prior ARI-supported advances in examining polar phytoplankton assemblages, presents an unmatched opportunity to assess overwintering phytoplankton in the Arctic. Proposed here is a plan to use this cruise opportunity to conduct the first -ever broad scale mapping of overwintering phytoplankton distributions in the Bering and Chukchi Seas, utilizing the seagoing Imaging FlowCytobot (IFCB) instrument developed in a federal grant that leveraged prior ARI support. With this automated approach it is now possible to measure directly the very low numbers of phytoplankton that remain in Arctic waters during winter. A complementary cell staining technique will be used to discriminate the degree of dormancy in these overwintering populations. With a platform like Healy it is also possible to conduct the critical grow-out incubations on natural winter phytoplankton assemblages, to determine which species will respond first or fastest to the onset of light in spring. These three research threads will provide the much needed observations for determining which phytoplankton species are present, alive, and active in Arctic winter, and which ones are best poised to conduct photosynthesis come spring. Given the uniqueness and scientific originality of this winter Arctic cruise, this proposal also includes real-time outreach efforts to increase the visibility of WHOI Arctic research and leadership in the context of this expedition.


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One man who lost his son when the Taliban in Afghanistan shot down a U.S. Chinook helicopter in 2011 that was carrying 17 Navy SEALS, five SEAL support personnel, 5 national guardsmen, and 3 Air Force members says he has high hopes that a review of the incident by Congress will provide answers for family members who have accused the Obama administration of putting political ends over the safety of their loves ones.
The helicopter was shot down just three months after Vice President Joe Biden revealed that SEAL Team Six carried out the operation in Pakistan that killed terror leader Osama bin Laden in May 2011. Fifteen members of SEAL Team Six were among the 30 Americans killed in the Chinook incident.
In an interview with WND today, Doug Hamburger, whose son, Patrick, was lost that day in August 2011, said: "It looks like people finally are realizing there was a big part of this story that has been missing. We don't really know what those answers are going to be."
His comments came after members of Congress said they would look into the controversy that has developed over the worst single-day loss of life for the U.S. in Afghanistan.
Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, is among those demanding answers.
Hamburger said he believes the nation's rules of engagement for military operations overseas need to be reevaluated.
He told WND the federal government provided only partial information about what happened to the service members. When family members started asking additional questions, they were told to drop it.
He said he believes American soldiers are sent into harm's way, then ordered not to take reasonable precautions.
"We're not allowing our warriors to protect themselves and take care of their missions," he told WND. "My son, Patrick, trained with his Army aviation unit for two years – they always preached safety. It was all about safety, making sure they could get Special Forces into battle and out of battle. But you go over there, and the rules of engagement throw out safety. That's the tragedy."
Hamburger is part of a lawsuit brought by Freedom Watch's Larry Klayman. Other plaintiffs are Charles Strange and Sidh Douangdara.
Defendants in the case are Biden and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, who are accused of disclosing classified information about the team's success in Pakistan and putting a "target on the backs" of the SEALs and their families.
"Predictably, the Taliban retaliated by blasting the helicopter out of the air and killing all on board," FreedomWatch said in its announcement about the case.
Also named as defendants are the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and Islamist Afghan President Hamid Karzai, "who is alleged to have tipped the Taliban off about the coordinates of the Extortion 17 operation, the helicopter that was blasted out of the sky carrying our nation's heroes," FreedomWatch said.
Klayman, who said reports have confirmed Iran pays a bounty of $1,000 to the Taliban for each American soldier killed, is a former U.S. Justice Department prosecutor.
"It is hypocritical and outrageous that while the Obama Justice Department can criminally charge Edward Snowden for allegedly disclosing classified national security information and wage an international manhunt for his arrest, Biden and Panetta get off scot-free for their callous, cynical, opportunistic illegal release of the identity of SEAL Team VI in the bin Laden killing – allegedly orchestrated to boost President Obama's and Vice President Biden's re-election prospects in the months leading up to the 2012 November 6 election," Klayman said.
"This underscores how the nation's 'leaders' in Washington are not held to the same standards as are other citizens. It therefore falls upon the families of Navy SEAL Team VI and special ops servicemen to seek justice in the civil courts, as Biden and Panetta are 'not above the law.' The hard reality is that Biden and Panetta are alive 'feasting' on their 'political notoriety,' power, and wealth, while the brave heroes who gave their lives for our nation's security are dead, thanks to them!"
The case seeks $200 million in damages.
Klayman told WND that among the suspicious circumstances that need explanation is the fact that seven Afghan service members had been scheduled on the helicopter flight with the Americans but were switched out for others at the last second.
And how did someone know the coordinates of the helicopter?
And where did the weaponry come from?
"It's all suspicious [to the families]," Klayman said. "There are no answers to these questions."
He said it's apparent that the U.S. is putting "Muslim interests ahead of our own," which raises another long list of questions.
The complaint charges that after the successful military raid in Pakistan, "defendants Biden and Panetta, acting on behalf of President Obama and themselves for political purposes leading up to and to further their prospects in the 2012 presidential election, purposefully and publicly disclosed that SEAL Team Six was responsible for conducting the successful raid on Osama bin Laden's compound, thereby making members of Seal Team Six and other special operations servicemen a target for retaliatory attacks."
Earlier, WND reported that Strange, father of slain SEAL support specialist Michael Strange, told talk-host Michael Savage he believes the U.S. government sent his son and his colleagues to their deaths.
Now, prompted by the concerns expressed by family members, Chaffetz said his subcommittee on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is investigating the crash.


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CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel says he believes the "fog will lift" in the negotiations surrounding a $300 million renovation of Wrigley Field as an April 1 deadline came and went.
The mayor offered little insight Monday into talks between the Ricketts family, which owns the Cubs and Wrigley, and city officials.
"I believe there will be a time in which the fog will lift in the negotiations and people will see what's in front of them as a victory," Emanuel said. "I believe when all the parties have something to say, they'll say it."
The Ricketts family set Monday's deadline, but there was no word on an agreement by early afternoon. The Associated Press left a message with a family spokesman as well as 44th Ward Alderman Tom Tunney, whose district includes Wrigley Field.
Earlier this year, Cubs owner Tom Ricketts said his family was willing to foot the bill for the five-year project, but only if long-standing restrictions on night games and advertising were lifted. Because of its location in a residential neighborhood, the Cubs are limited to 30 home night games a season and the team can't play night games on Friday or Saturday.
They're also the only major league team that faces advertising limitations, because of the 99-year-old stadium's status as a historic landmark. It's the oldest ballpark in the majors behind Fenway in Boston.
The Ricketts want to remove the restrictions to bring in more revenue to help offset the renovation costs and said an April 1 deal was needed so work could begin by the end of the 2013 season.
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Six homes were built on Copper Lane between 1949 – 1950 to house faculty for the new Geophysical Institute.
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 29, 2012) – For the first time in program history, the ETSU volleyball team will play in the NCAA Tournament when the Bucs take on No. 16 seed Kentucky in the first round of the single-elimination tournament on Friday night. Game time is set for 7:30 p.m., inside Memorial Coliseum.
ETSU returns to the court for the first time since defeating North Florida 13 days ago to capture the Atlantic Sun Tournament title in Nashville.
The Bucs enter the NCAA Tournament on a three-match winning streak and have won 11 of their last 15 matches en route to posting an overall record of 23-12.
The winner of the ETSU/Kentucky match will take on the winner of the Ohio State/Notre Dame match on Saturday night at 7 p.m., for the right to advance to the West Lafayette Regional next weekend.
Thirteen days ago the Blue and Gold made history as ETSU earned the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament by outlasting North Florida in a five-set thriller (25-23, 26-24, 18-25, 22-25, 15-12) back on Nov. 17 in the conference championship match. After winning the first two sets against the Ospreys, the Bucs looked like they were going to cruise to the tournament title. Unfortunately, the Ospreys mounted a furious rally by taking the third and fourth sets; however, with its back against the wall ETSU rose to the challenge to hold off the UNF comeback. The Blue and Gold stormed out to a 6-0 surge in the decisive fifth set, and after having UNF cut the deficit to two, freshman Khadijah Wiley (Columbus, Ga.) sent the Buccaneer faithful into pandemonium when her seventh kill of the contest marked the final point of the match, giving ETSU its first tournament title since winning the 1992 Southern Conference Championship. For the match, UNF was plus-8 in kills, 67-59, plus-three in assists, 59-56, and plus-12 in digs, 71-59, but ETSU went to its top weapon in the fifth set to pull out the win. The Bucs – who out-blocked the Ospreys 15.5 to 13.0 – finished with four stuffs in the final frame. The Bucs also had one more service ace than UNF, 4-3, along with one less service error, 6-5, in the match.
Kentucky (20-10) received one of the top 16 seeds in the tournament as the Wildcats were penciled in at No. 16 … the Wildcats finished third in the SEC East, and like the Bucs, have won their last three matches after sweeping Auburn and Missouri, while taking down Georgia in four ... Kentucky – who has won 10 of its last 13 matches – was ranked as high as No. 10 in the AVCA Top 25 Coaches Poll this season … this marks the eighth straight trip to the NCAA Tournament for the Wildcats and the fourth time in the last five years Kentucky is hosting … as a team, the Wildcats rank in the top-50 nationally in hitting percentage (33rd, .252), aces per set (44th, 1.42), and blocks per set (45th, 2.53) … individually, senior setter Christine Hartmann ranks 43rd in the country in assists per set (10.93) and junior middle blocker Alexandra Morgan's .348 attack percentage ranks 65th nationally.
ETSU vs. THE LEXINGTON POD
Of the three opponents in the Lexington pod, the Bucs have only faced one of the teams as ETSU is 0-1 lifetime against Kentucky ... the Bucs and Wildcats played in the Mortar Board Premier Tournament back on Sept. 17, 2004 in West Lafayette, Ind. ... Kentucky swept the Blue and Gold (26-30, 21-30, 27-30) in that match ... meanwhile, ETSU has never faced Ohio State or Notre Dame.
Friday's match will be video streamed free of charge on UKAthletics.com, while live stats will be provided through Gametracker by also visiting UKAthletics.com or by clicking the link above. Twitter updates will also be available by following @ETSUAthletics.
ETSU fans wanting to receive Buccaneer news, score updates, in-game promotions and much more sent to their mobile device can do so by signing up for "Buc Updates." Click here to sign up today!
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The Miami Heat say LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Ray Allen won't play Friday night against the NBA-worst Charlotte Bobcats, but that Mario Chalmers has been upgraded to a game-time decision.
Chalmers participated in the team's Friday morning shoot-around practice.
The Heat can afford to rest their stars after locking up the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference.
Allen is the latest injury for Miami after tweaking his right ankle when he fell over a cameraman during the fourth quarter of Tuesday night's game against the Knicks.
James and Wade have missed the last two games, while Chalmers has sat out the last three.
James is battling tightness in his right hamstring. Wade is nursing several minor injuries in his leg and Chalmers is recovering from a sprained ankle.


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