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Normally, Danniver would use human subjects to test his potions. However, a few recent mishaps have meant that no one - not even the most financially desperate - are willing to take a risk on one of Danniver's concoctions. (The last person who tested Danniver's Potion of Levitation drifted up into the sky and out to space.)
With no test subjects, Danniver has been testing his potion on some beetles he found in the alley behind his workshop. The beetles have grown at an impressive rate and it appears that their large size is permanent. Furthermore, they have developed red, glowing nodules on both sides of their heads. (This could be the result of the fire giant's fiery essence manifesting itself.) Danniver has locked the dog-sized beetles in his basement, unsure of what to do with them. The beetles are hungry, possess razor sharp mandibles and have been eating the stairs. He's worried that it's only a matter of time before they escape.
|Fire Beetles (5); Armor Class: 4, Hit Dice: 1d8+2, Hit Points: 6, THAC0: 19, No. of Attacks: 1, Damage: 2d4, Alignment: Neutral, Move: 12, Morale: 12, XP Value: 35
Notes: The glowing nodules on either side of a fire beetle's head will continue to glow for 1d6 days after it is slain. They cast light in a 10' radius.
Danniver is hoping to hire some especially talented exterminators to slay the insects. Danniver is more than capable of doing the job himself, but he does not like insects and giant varieties leave him sickened and panicked. Moreover, he is currently in the midst of brewing a potion and cannot afford any distraction. If they do a thorough, discrete job, he will offer them two of his potions as payment.
Given Danniver's reputation for treating test subjects poorly, no one has yet to answer his job posting at any of the Baldur's Gate hiring halls. Nevertheless, Danniver has a few potions ready just in case. Below are descriptions of a few potions that he has on hand. He will offer two - the exterminators can choose - as payment.
Potion of Healing
Danniver's healing potions are derived from troll livers on account that the he believe a troll's regenerative abilities originate from that organ. His healing potions restore 1d6+1 hit points. However, the side effect is that the drinker's skin turns light green for 1d4 days.
Potion of Gaseous Form
Using a secret process taught to him by his master, Danniver coerces a ghost to pass through an effervescent solution. The drinker will become gaseous for 10 minutes; however, the spectral taint of the ghost will age him one year.
Potion of Barkskin
Bark from a dead treant is soaked in spring water, then distilled. The person who drinks it will enjoy an AC of 6 for 3d4 rounds as their skin develops a hard, bark-like shell. On the downside, they will grow a patches of moss on their forearms that persists for 1d4 days.
Potion of Charm Person
Danniver does not like to brew this potion, but it is popular as people are always interested in coercing others to do things against their will. The vocal chords of a harpy are minced, then simmered in the oily secretions from her inner thighs. The foul-tasting concoction allows the drinker to cast Charm Person as if they were a 5th level caster. The following day the drinker will be unable to keep himself from spewing torrents of obscenity. He will also find that his skin is rather oily and malodorous. These side effects last a single day.
Potion of Water Breathing
Scraping the slime from a merman's gills is a crucial step in brewing this potion. The drinker will be able to breathe comfortably under water for 10dd4 rounds. Afterward, the drinker will have a noticeable fish smell about their person, which lingers for 1d4 days. This results in a temporary decrease of the Charisma score by 1.
|Danniver Crinch, Male Human, Mage 9; Armor Class: 10, Hit Dice: 5d4, Hit Points: 22, THAC0: 18 (17 with dagger), No. of Attacks: 1, Damage: 1d4+1 (+1 dagger), Alignment: Chaotic Good, Move: 12
Spells: 1st: Armor, Charm Person, Mending, Sleep; 2nd: Blindness, Invisibility, Levitate; 3rd: Blink, Fly, Hold Person; 4th: Polymorph Other, Polymorph Self; 5th: Shadow Door
Strength: 10, Dexterity: 11, Constitution: 11, Intelligence: 16, Wisdom: 14, Charisma: 11
Nonweapon Proficiencies: Brewing, Cooking, Herbalism, Reading/Writing, Spellcraft
Saving Throws: Parlayzation, Poison, Death Magic: 13, Rod, Staff, Wand: 9, Petrification or Polymorph: 11, Breath Weapons: 13, Spell 10
Equipment: Spellbook, +1 dagger, potions (see above), locked cash box with 550 gp, alchemy equipment worth 2,000 gp


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|Name of the file: Scramble [Xbox 360] - Author: ANO - [XBOX360]
|Unlock Bombing Run
Destroy 30 enemies without using your forward shooting weapon.
Unlock Complete Base Level
Successfully destroy the enemy base.
Unlock Complete Level 1
Complete Level 1.
Unlock Complete Level 2
Complete Level 2.
Unlock Complete Level 3
Complete Level 3.
Unlock Complete Level 4
Complete Level 4.
Unlock Complete Level 5
Complete Level 5.
Unlock Co-op Brilliance
Obtain a score of 30,000 or more while playing an Xbox Live co-op game.
Unlock It's a Mystery
Destroy 3 or more mystery objects.
Unlock Perfection
Complete the entire game without losing any lives.
Unlock Refueling
Destroy 10 or more fuel containers on Level 1.
Unlock Sharp Shooter
Destroy 30 enemies without once dropping a bomb.

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4 Security Isses SMBs Should Watch in 2012 by Kevin Casey, Information Week
Thanksgiving's almost here, with the winter holidays close on its heels. That means a rash of overeating, last-minute shopping, and–of course–bold predictions for the coming year.
On the security front, Webroot CTO Mel Morris read his crystal ball and came up with seven predictions for 2012. It's a reasonable list, in blog form, and it's tough to take major issue with the calls. (Well, maybe his second prediction, which suggests that 2012 will be the year that security firms gain the upper hand on the bad guy–that one seems a tad self-serving.) But four of the predictions on Morris's list really apply to small and midsize businesses (SMBs).
1. Masses will migrate to cloud platforms. This prediction seems to lean a little hard on retrospect–except that Morris is talking about John and Jane Doe–not businesses. Morris tied his prediction to Apple's recent iCloud launch and said it will make online applications the public norm rather than a trend. Continued consumerization will, in turn, force IT pros to deal with cloud applications–and any inherent security concerns–whether they want to or not.
Morris isn't talking about things like Web-based email–already somewhat old-fashioned in 2011–but file sharing, storage, and a much broader range of tools. Many tech-savvy SMBs are well ahead of this curve, but there are no doubt firms that have stayed away for security or other reasons. A potential silver lining: If a broader range of cloud platforms goes mainstream, then (hopefully) there'll be more onus on vendors to invest in security–if for no other reason than the increasing cost of a breach and the ensuing PR fallout.
2. Your smartphone will be a target. If you're placing bets, this one is easy money. Morris gives a general pat on the back to the security industry here, saying that because it has done a good job of protecting traditional endpoints, the bad guys will gold-rush the mobile frontier. "We will see an increase in Android and iPhone attacks: rogue apps, malicious links, and spyware targeted at smartphones and tablets," he said. "It's all about data, and business users and consumers alike store an abundance of highly sensitive and poorly guarded information on their mobile devices." SMBs need a mobile arm to their security plans that deals with both the devices themselves and the apps that run on them. Speaking of which…
3. Legitimate applications will be used for illegitimate activities. The cynic might say: "Duh." Just this week, Facebook–how many of your employees aren't using it?–got hit with a widespread porn attack. Morris is more concerned about the vast, growing universe of Plane Finder illustrates the vast amount of data that is at anyone's fingertips," he said.
4. Our weakest link will be strengthened. Morris has faith in humanity: He thinks we'll get smarter about security practices in 2012: "Indifference toward security will diminish." That's an interesting one for SMBs–their innate agility and leaner staff should make it easier to educate users on both the fundamentals and evolving problems. Yet SMBs–just like much larger concerns–run into problems all of the time, often as the result of human error. But it's not like this will just magically happen once the ball drops at midnight on January 1. It requires a philosophical shift–one that need not depend on a big budget. Is Morris right–will we get smarter next year? Let's hope so.


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Here we have celebrity douchebag Charlie Sheen, allegedly in disguise to sneak off for a tryst with mistress Angelina Tracy. Note the hoodie and fake mustache – Sheen, using all of the tools available to him as an actor, disguised himself so as not to be recognized. And now reports are coming in that Charlie has shaved his head to aid in future disguises. With that in mind, we thought we'd help Sheen screw around by suggesting some new disguise concepts for him to use.
Truly, he is the hero that Gotham deserves. If they couldn't ID millionaire playboy Bruce Wayne, Charlie Sheen should be fine.
Hey, look! It's Jay Leno! Let's get the hell out of here before he talks to us!
This disguise was first used in the film E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, and then adapted for use by Mary-Kate Olsen.
With Avatar 2 going into production, this disguise is perfect. And if he gets caught, he can just claim that he's Emilio Estevez piloting Sheen's Na'Vi avatar.
Nobody even cares when they see Lindsay Lohan crawling around on the streets of L.A. covered in cocaine. Life & Style won't pay a dime for those pictures. If Charlie Sheen wants to go out and get torn up, there's no better way to keep away from the cameras.
What, you think Charlie Sheen doesn't own a gimp mask? Dude was married to Denise Richards. He probably keeps one in the trunk of his car.


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Asda drops national price cap to 133.7ppl on unleaded following a cut off up to 2ppl
- New national price cap means any drivers filling up at an Asda fuel station will pay no more than – 133.7ppl on unleaded and 137.7 ppl on diesel.
From tomorrow morning (Tuesday 16th April) drivers filling up at any of Asda's 217 forecourts nationwide will benefit from the retailer's national price cap of 133.7 pence per litre on unleaded following a cut of up to 2ppl on unleaded. This follows last week's cut on Diesel to 137.7ppl.
Diesel fuel remains the same following last week's 2 ppl litre price cut with Asda's national price cap at 137.7 pence per litre which is 4 ppl cheaper than the national average diesel price.
Whilst Asda remains the only supermarket to have a national price cap when it cuts the price of fuel, ensuring drivers know what they will pay at the pump regardless of where they live, other fuel retailers are getting away with charging some drivers up to 6 pence per litre difference across their sites.
Andy Peake, petrol trading director, said: "From Tuesday, everybody filling up at an Asda fuel station will pay no more than 133.7 pence per litre for unleaded and 137.7p for diesel, unlike some of our competitors whose postcode lottery pricing means prices can vary across their forecourts by up to six pence per litre".
Savvy motorists can also check how much they will save on fuel by using Asda's petrol price comparison site powered by independent price checker www.petrolprices.com which enables drivers across the UK to find the lowest priced fuel before they fill up.
For further information contact: Asda Press Office, 0113 8262829


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Clubs: FC Metz, Newcastle United FC
• Born in Paris to Cameroonian parents, Bassong graduated from the Clairefontaine youth academy and joined Metz in 2002, making his Ligue 1 debut three years later.
• Impressive displays for Metz earned him recognition for France Under-21s – he played two friendlies for Les Espoirs in summer 2008 – and a transfer to Newcastle.
• Unable to prevent Newcastle from suffering shock relegation from the Premier League in 2008/09 but performed with credit, winning the club's player of the year vote and remained in the top flight after joining Spurs for a reported €9.5m.
• Scored on his Premier League debut for Tottenham (2-1 at home to Liverpool FC) and also, a year later, on his European bow for the Londoners (3-2 defeat in UEFA Champions League play-off first leg v BSC Young Boys).
• Chose to pursue his international career with Cameroon rather than France, making his debut against Austria on 12 August 2009 and making two appearances at the FIFA World Cup finals in South Africa the following year.
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There might be a No Gamebreaker game at Rucker against LeBron and his crew, but at the same time Allen Iverson, who used to be on your team but has now become your rival, has challenged your squad to a Trick Points contest to 500,000 points. If you decide to play against LeBron because you want him on your team, your rep will actually take a hit because you're passing on a game against one of your rivals. And this could also affect player morale.
It seems everyone has an attitude in NBA Street V3, and while there are no cinematics or close-ups to show this expression, you will be told through text when certain members of your team are unhappy or not getting along. You will occasionally even need to make a decision on the spot where you'll need to choose between players like Kobe and T-Mac because they're not getting along or one of them is upset about their playing time. It would've been cooler to see this expressed beyond mere text, but it definitely adds to the experience of the game as you can't simply play the same three in your lineup without having to deal with the consequences. And since some of the events offered in the game will only be offered once, you really need to make sure you pick the right event for your team, because you might not get another chance to play against certain players or legends.
As you get better in the Street Challenge, you'll also have an opportunity to join an NBA team and participate in the NBA Street league. This places all 30 NBA teams in a 14-game season, complete with playoffs and even a best-of-three championship. Join a team, even a team like the Bobcats or Warriors, and you'll be able to increase your rep a lot faster.
One of my main complaints about Street Challenge, though, is that you'll be playing in special games where you can only score points by dunking, and the computer runs up and shoots a three. Even if he makes it, it doesn't count, so you let him shoot, or you let him go for the layup because you know the points won't get added to his score. The CPU needs to be smarter than this. It doesn't happen too often, but often enough where you question the intelligence aspect of artificial intelligence. My other complaint is that I don't think the player morale comes into play enough. If you do a good job at juggling your roster, you won't have too many complaints or demands to be dropped from the team, taking out a major aspect of the game. With all the attitudes in the NBA, more and more players shouldn't get along, and there should be an automatic blowup if you put Kobe and Shaq on the same squad.
The Lineup
I don't know if it's just a Street problem, as NFL Street had the same issue, but there are some horrible choices in terms of which NBA players made the game and which didn't. Chris Bosh isn't in the game. Forget the fact that he's one of the best young players in the NBA, he is the Toronto Raptors now without Vince, so you might as well skip playing as Toronto. Other omissions include Charles Barkley, Rick Barry (could've played with Rick, Jon, and Brent), and Oscar Robertson from the legends, not to mention Michael Jordan, who was the focus of Vol. 2, and now isn't even in the lineup of V3 due to licensing issues. It's great to see Spud Webb, Kareem, and Bernard King make the cut, though, and even Rick Mahorn is in the game. If only we could see the return of The Worm.
The Beastie Boys are hidden characters in all versions of the game, although they're so small, that they're actually not very good to play as, unless you like watching your shots get batted back in your face. The GameCube version also includes a special Nintendo team of Mario, Princess Peach, and Luigi, but I don't see how you can make a game and go after street cred, then watch Princess Peach dunk on Shaq.
Dunk Contest
One mode that has been added to the game and has been receiving a lot of hype is the new Slam Dunk Contest. In the dunk mode, you basically use the same Trick Stick air moves as you've been practicing in the game every time you bust out a Gamebreaker. There are props like tables you can stick out on the court to jump over, and you can throw a variety of alley-oops to yourself, everything from kicking the ball off of the backboard to lobbing the ball off your knee.


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Tyson is easily a top 10 HW and top 3 H2H HW
HW should rank higher overall on these lists than the lower weight classes, which matter far less.
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Who is Mike Tyson's marquee fight?
Answer that then justify it to why he deserves to be up on the list next to guys like Jersey Joe Walcott, Joe Louis, George Foreman and so on.
Then the fact he slipped out of his prime when most heavyweights generally peak, he's a what could of been kind of fighter, Larry Holmes summed him up in one he would be the destruction of himself he doesn't deserve ATG even in HW category far as I'm concerned.
This is beyond stupid. Tyson was the youngest heavyweight champion ever to this day and was the first in nearly a decade to become the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. His skills and ability were unmatched and he effectively cleaned out the division at the age of 21 after beating Spinks, the only guy left to fight. Within 3 years he became the biggest name in boxing. He's the only heavyweight to ever come out of incarceration for 4 years and win two titles.
Nothing that he's done has ever been close to being accomplished again. No one has ever ripped through the heavyweight division over night and captured its biggest prize the way Mike Tyson did.
Louis lost to past prime Schmeling and had an awful chin with had no footwork at all. He was clearly out boxed by the likes of Walcott and Charles and even the morbidly obese Tony Galento had his shinning moments against Louis. His resume is stacked full of bums that would even give him trouble from time to time.
His best trait or skill was combination punching, a category that Tyson was superior in.
Walcott has a record full of losses and Foreman was stopped in his prime by a fading Ali. Foreman had limited skills and threw wide, looping shots.
Besides Ali no one was as big of a name or a global sensation like Tyson was.
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Wayne, NJ, United States, 2009/01/28 - NBS V.o.I.C.E. / Network Billing Systems, LLC's new Fax to PC and PC to Fax (Fax access Xchange ) service puts Fax functions on your computer.
NBS, a NJ based telecom carrier, reseller and managed services provider, recently introduced a new fax to email service. The service makes it easier for small and home-based businesses to send and receive faxes. Called NBS Fax access Xchange" (or NBS F.a.X.) the system uses a web portal interface that allows users to create, send and receive fax documents from any desktop or internet-connected device. There is also a print driver option that permits the user to send a fax directly from any Windows application by choosing the NBS "FaxAgent" as the printer. Custom settings for both incoming and outgoing distribution groups can be defined, and users can organize, archive and search fax documents using a variety of message properties and filters.
Generic cover pages can be created, and custom cover pages are also available. The web portal includes applications for modifying personal settings, viewing folders (inbox, outbox, sent, etc), and managing documents. Faxes are attached as either PDF or TIF files and can be sent or received via a web portal that seamlessly integrates with all major mail client software, stated Miguel Lopez, NBS Project Coordinator. This is great for users who refuse to send anything other than a hard copy; for these customers we provide premise devices to interconnect their fax machines to the NBS F.a.X. system via the company's LAN he continued.
The company developed the service to be both economically and ecologically friendly. For those concerned about the environment, eliminating a bulky fax machine will not only help you go green, but will save you some green as well stated NBS Marketing Director Mike Salerno. With no extra phone lines to pay for and by eliminating paper, ink and other supply costs, this service improves your bottom line; and in a tough economy, any service that cuts costs and helps you do your job better should be given serious consideration he added.
An e-mail will usually get noticed more quickly than a paper fax, resulting in a quicker reply, which increases efficiency. Also, for the typical company with centrally located fax machines, confidential documents are often just spit out and left in the open for all to see stated company president Russell P. Markman. Our system eliminates that, you cant get more secure than to have documents faxed directly to your inbox he stated.
This service is provisioned using either existing fax numbers or via the assignment of new DIDs in certain local areas. NBS also offers nationwide tollfree availability. With pricing as low as $5 per user, NBS F.a.X. is ideal for businesses that want to cut costs and improve productivity, while staying environmentally friendly.
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Founded in 1984, NBS (nbsvoice.com) provides a wide variety of voice, data, and Internet services to a diverse customer base that includes residential, small business, and large corporate clients. With its own systems for electronic provisioning, customer care, and flexible billing, NBS interfaces with several major carriers including AT&T, Verizon, Qwest, Covad, Level3 and Paetec. NBS has also deployed their Voice over Internet Communications Exchange (V.o.I.C.E.), a full-featured VoIP platform which provides hosted and trunk replacement voice over IP services to wholesale, commercial, and residential customers nation-wide. These unique capabilities allow NBS to mix various services from multiple carriers and to provide unified communications and a one-stop-shop approach to all varieties of telecom solutions.
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Senior Men's Club hosts cultural presentation
The Bloomfield Township Senior Men's Club will host Robert Wilkie, vice president of Jet Support Services, at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 21 at the Township Senior Center, 4315 Andover Road, Bloomfield Township. As vice president of Business Development for his company, Mr. Wilkie has worked many years in countries throughout the world and has been recognized for his discerning observations in many diverse areas of interest. In a presentation developed especially for this club, he will focus on what he has labeled "A Contrast in Cultures and Markets of Europe, the Middle east and Asia." The cost is $6 for Bloomfield Township residents, or $8 for non-resident. To register, call 248-723-3500 or visit www.bloomfieldtwp.org/seniors.
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Whimsy, a Royal Oak consignment store that opened earlier this year, specializes in handcrafted, Michigan-made art, gifts and collectibles. It has added a new service -- upcycled gift wrapping. Now, through the end of December, all proceeds of this service will benefit Camp Mak-A-Dream, a nonprofit that sends kids impacted by cancer to camp for a much needed respite. Whimsy artists will utilize found objects and recyclable goods that include everything from old newspapers, magazines, blueprints and music sheets to electrical wires, plastic bags, buttons, cans and old clothing to create unique packages that might just be too cool to open. Some will be� create themed packages that will give a hint of what's inside. The kick-off for this fundraiser will be 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 24 during Whimsy's Holiday Open House.The store will have raffles all day long, kids crafts and holiday treats. Artist Julie Race will host a class for anyone interested in creating upcycled packages for all occasions, 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 13. The cost is $20 and includes supplies and holiday snacks. Call 248-850-8691 or visit whimsyroyaloak.com to register. Bring gifts to wrap. Whimsy is at 1800 W. 14 Mile Road, in the K&S Mall just west of Crooks Road.
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The Oakland Christian Church Love Came Down Ladies' Winter Gala will be held on Nov. 27 at the Royal Park Hotel 600 E. University Dr., Rochester. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. and dinner is at 6:30 p.m. Donations will be taken on-site for the Grace Centers of Hope.


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Ok, this is my first time to do this. I love Jason's music
and his style. I'm pretty sure my chord progression is right.
At least it sounds right. On the intro and the choruses he
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Jason Castro - The Other Side
Intro: Bm Bm Bm A
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My friends all tell me I'm a day late
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To Birthdays, anniversaries, and anything with cake.
I wanna go today don't tell me to wait,
Because I Never look both ways.
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And every now and then I think I might've
Found the words to say,
But it don't matter any way, cuz
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I'm just so afraid of heights, I gotta climb
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these mountains in my mind,
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these mountains inside.
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I gotta make make my way to the other side
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I remember the time outside your house
The words came easy, then you kissed me on the mouth.
It was so easy in the dark
Now I don't know where to start
And I've been thinking about you day and night
And every now and then I think I might've
Found just what to do
To make my way to you, cuz
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MORAGA -- For the Saint Mary's College men's basketball team, Gonzaga's status in the national polls is of little significance.
Instead, it's the No. 5
Bulldogs' position at the top of the conference standings that has Saint Mary's attention. In order to earn a third consecutive West Coast Conference regular season title, today's 8 p.m. game against their fiercest conference rival is essentially a must-win for the Gaels.
"You see it," Saint Mary's coach Randy Bennett said of Gonzaga's ranking. "We're aware of it, but we see them as the team we have to play to win the league. That's what sticks out the most when we size them up."
Added senior guard Matthew Dellavedova: "It's just a number next to their name, it doesn't really mean anything."
A win in the nationally-televised game would pull the second-place Gaels (21-4, 10-1 WCC) even with the Bulldogs (23-2, 10-0 WCC) in the loss column of the conference standings with three weeks left.
Beating Gonzaga would also be beneficial to Saint Mary's NCAA tournament resume, which needs some work.
Despite their good-looking record, the Gaels sit squarely on the bubble because their best win is against a BYU team with a RPI of 62. Saint Mary's RPI is 49.
"Every win helps and a win over a good team really helps," Bennett said. "But we have three weeks, six games, a lot can happen."
For now, the Gaels are singularly focused on defending their conference title.
While Gonzaga is considered one of the country's best by the pollsters and features the two-time WCC Player of the Month in forward Kelly Olynyk, Saint Mary's can hardly be considered an underdog in the first-place showdown.
The two squads have split their last eight meetings since 2010, and the Gaels have won nine straight games since losing 83-78 in Spokane on Jan. 10.
"We had a chance to tie it with 10 seconds to go after playing a terrible first half," Dellavedova said.
And the Gaels believe they are better now, having made defense a priority immediately after that loss. Instead of spending 30 minutes of practice time on defense, the team now spends close to an hour each day.
"It was a key point in our season," Bennett said. "If wanted to be a top team in this conference, we had to get better in one area, significantly."
Gonzaga, which is up to No. 3 in the Coaches Poll in addition to its No. 5 Associated Press ranking, will be the highest-ranked team in decades to play the Gaels in Moraga. The last time a top-five team came to town was No. 3 DePaul in 1984.


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Midland University president Ben Sasse won the Republican primary for US Senate in Nebraska. Senate Conservatives Fund president Matt Hoskins issued a statement lauding Sasse's conservative principles.
"Ben Sasse won this race because he never stopped fighting for conservative principles," said SCF Executive Director Matt Hoskins. "Ben Sasse will lead the fight to repeal Obamacare and enact reforms that give patients greater control over their own health care decisions. He will fight to stop wasteful taxpayer spending and balance the budget."
The SCF has spent a total of $1.1 million on the race, which looks to be an easy win for the Republican. Slate's Dave Weigel predicts Sasse will be the next Ted Cruz, as if that's a bad thing.
The NRSC also congratulated Sasse in a statement from Chairman Jerry Moran.
"Congratulations to Ben Sasse on his victory tonight in Nebraska. Ben is a problem solver who will be a conservative voice in our effort to repeal ObamaCare and bring much needed fiscal sanity to the Senate.
"Ben Sasse is a results-oriented leader whom I know will fight for Nebraska and be a great advocate for the Cornhusker State in the Senate. I look forward to working alongside of Ben in the Senate next year in a Republican majority."


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The two TUF alumni and former teammates on season 10 will now face off in a heavyweight showdown. Mitrione hasn't fought since he lost to Cheick Kongo at UFC 137 back in October 29, 2011. Roy Nelson fought and beat Dave Herman via KO (punches) at UFC 146 May 26, 2012. Both these fighters have great hands and should it stay on the feet it will be a great battle.
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committee chairman talks about the future of the republican party. it is live beginning at 8:30 eastern on c-span2. , freds week on "q&a" barnes discusses his life in journalism. , can youarnes remember when you first got interested in being a writer? >> i was interested in being a reporter before a writer. my dad was a great consumer of newspapers and magazines among particularly conservative magazines. he would go home and bring, the "wall street journal" everyday.
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if you like politics and journalism, that is what you do when you get out of college. that is what i did. >> where did you grow up? >> i grew up in arlington, virginia. arlington is in those days is not what it is now. now it has a lot of young people in high-rises and so on. it was all single-family homes back in the day when i was growing up in the 1950's. my dad was in the military. >> what more than anything informed your views over the years? why did you begin to think the way you do? >> mainly through my parents,
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particularly my dad. he was very conservative. he was interested in politics. very interested in world affairs, particularly he was strong, a huge fan of the chambers for one. it really all came from him. this interesting politics and conservative politics in particular.it is amazing. i didn't realize it at the time when my dad changed what he was interested in, you know, a few months later, i would change. i was going to go to west point where my dad went. you know, i could not see you with a west point education, it has opened up a lot.it is much more of a liberal arts education
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now. then it was engineering and military tactics. i had no interest in that at all and i did not want a military career. >> when did you first read "witness"? >> so many years ago. i cannot remember when, probably when i was in college and after that cold friday, and i read "witness", i think three times now.my family has not to read it. with communism having waned, it will be harder for them to do it. >> so what is the big deal?
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>> he was a great writer, a beautiful writer, but he was a soviet spy, who ultimately rejected communism, embraced christianity, and felt the struggle in the world was not just between the soviet union and the united states, it was between communism and christianity. but of course he famously said he thought he was joining the losing side not the winning side, and then, of course, his famous clash with the state department official who he identified as the communist spy and all the liberal intelligence, and ultimately, now we know from evidence that it has come down in the last 30- 40 years. chambers was right. >> you talked about your christianity in your columns. why did you write about it? when did you become a christian?
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>> i became a christian, i grew up a christian. then when i went in the army when i got out of high school, i just forgot about it. i did not reject it. it had no meaning for me. i did not go to church. i did not think about it. well, then i got married and i had a couple of kids and my parents, again, my mother and father had a reawakening of their christian faith when they retired and moved to florida. it started when they moved to vero beach, florida, and they were different. i mean, i could see what happened in their lives and the
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lives of my sister and her husband and my kids and other people that i would meet, and it was really that it just was so appealing to me. christians i kept running into, probably not accidentally, but in any case, i can remember the exact day, it was right after thanksgiving in 1980 that i kneeled in my living room floor and my wife and i did and asked jesus into our lives. it has been very different since then. >> explain how it has been different. >> it has been different. i think about the world differently. i think about my job differently. you know, i used to be, i used
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to be kind of mean. i used to be -- i cared not at all what i wrote about people that it may hurt them. i try not to do that. you still have to be tough and honest, but it has particularly changed all my affairs in life. one of the great things about being in washington for me is having grown up here and being a part of a church, and you know so many people who could care less about politics. they are not involved in it. they don't read the magazine i write for "the weekly standard" >> you used to be mean? >> i was very mean. >> explain that.
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well, i drank a lot. i even smoked a little. i just had a very pessimistic view of the world, and pretty pessimistic view of other people. >> so what was the year that you became, i assumed you said, born again? what year was that? >> 1980. my wife and i both. you know, we decided. my parents prayed for us a lot and talked about their renewed faith, and people they met, they would introduce us to them. at first it had no impact at all. after awhile, it did. once my wife and i decided we would have two daughters. we have four children now. we had two little girls then.
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we would have them baptized in my parent's church in florida. we thought we were doing my parents a favor. we were doing this for them. my wife, who came from a completely unchurched background, we were on different phones. my mother asked my wife if she would like to be baptized. to my complete shock, she said yes. we went to their church, and my two daughters and my wife were all baptized. we got back to washington. we joined a church. >> back to your early career, as a writer, reporter, what was your first reporting job? how long did you just report not giving a penny? >> for a long time.
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i mean, i was a reporter for 20 years before "the new republic" magazine then starting "the weekly standard." my first job out of college, of course, i did not have a job. i wrote a bunch of newspapers in the south. i just, i did not want to go to the north. i kind of liked the south. anyway, i wrote a bunch of newspapers. one of them in charleston, south carolina, "news and courier" offered me train fare to come down and back and i leaped at it. they offered me a job at $80 a week. it was in 1965. i moved to charleston, south carolina. not a great news town as it turned out.
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anyway, charleston was not a big news town. it was not the state capitol for one thing. so after a year, i moved back to washington to go to graduate school at george washington university. i hated it. i am a grad school drop out. i dropped out pretty quickly. i got a job with "the evening star." the evening newspaper in washington was a very good newspaper that folded in 1981 you may recall. but i got, i started there as a dictationist. you know, people nowadays and journalists probably don't even know what a dictationist is. well when you work for an afternoon newspaper, reporters would be out.
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they would have to, you didn't have computers or laptops. you could type a story in and send it on. they call and would dictate off the top of their head their story and you would type it for them. then i became a local reporter and had a great time being a reporter. >> when did you start as a member of the john mclaughlin saturday group? >> well that started in 1984. i had been chosen as one of the
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three panelists in the first reagan debate. if you remember, back then, they had tried, debates were different then. >> hold on, before you tell us, we got some video of you at that '84 debate, the reagan and mondale debate. let's just watch that so you can tell the rest of us. the candidates were given a list of almost 100 qualified journalists from all the media. as moderator and on behalf of my fellow journalists, i very much regret, as does the league of women voters, that this situation has occurred. and now let us begin the debate. >> mr. mondale, you complained just now about jerry farwell and you complained about other fundamentalists in politics. correct me if i am wrong, i don't recall you ever complaining about ministers who were involved in the civil
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rights movement or the anti-vietnam war demonstrations or about black creators who have been so involved in american politics. is it all conservative that you object to? >> no, what i object to -- [applause] >> -- what i object to is someone seeking to use his faith to question the faith of another or to use that faith and seek the power of government to impose it on others. >> at that time, diane sawyer was there. you were there. it is interesting that those two men, especially mr. mondale, agreed that you and diane sawyer could be on the panel. >> yeah and jim was the other one from "the new york daily news." >> i was certainly surprised. >> i was a reporter for "the
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baltimore sun" and covered the national politics. i was also, by then, i had gotten more interested in politics, and i was writing a press column for "the american spectator" magazine. >> conservative? >> conservative. and i guess the mondale people didn't recognize that. i think my questions were very fair. i like mondale. mondale is a wonderful guy. >> you know, that whole atmosphere was different.
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there was the league of women voters. >> you have battled barbara walters. what role did she play? >> she was the moderator. they would answer a question and she would say, diane. she would move to the next one. >> what did it do for you? >> well, i got invited to be on "the mclaughlin group." that is how you originally asked about this. the next week, canon was on the way. i was on "the mclaughlin group." the truth is i knew contracting very well, bob novak is a good friend of mine. i never watched the show. in 1984 and after that, it led to, you know, being asked to be on television on other shows and ultimately becoming a regular in
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1988 on "the mclaughlin group." >> what impact did "the mclaughlin group" program have on this city? >> well, you know, mclaughlin was a genius for television. he could be a very difficult guy to get along with personally, although, i got along with him pretty well, but it was so much faster, and it was -- what it tried to get and succeeded a lot were the more candid outspoken views of people in journalism in washington and not just what they write. it was very fast moving, extremely opinionated, and you know, washington just had not seen anything quite like that. now we see a lot of that now particularly with cable news and so on, but mclaughlin group was a breakthrough and so many people, brian, over the years that have written or said or asked me about it, that somehow they believe, and i don't, but they believe that the whole dialogue in washington, politically, was changed by the
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mclaughlin group, that it became more polarized and more argumentive and so on. i don't really think so, but "the mclaughlin group" was a breakthrough. >> we have a clip again from mclaughlin. this is 1991. >> okay. all right. >> i think the united states' relationship with great britain, john major, because they have been associated with us in the battle is going to be very, very close between
and major and there is going to be an exchange between the united states and germany which did little to nothing. >> what are you saying? >> i said major and george
are going to be great friends. >> okay. >> you were right on all three accounts. what did you say? >> george
by doing so well
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in the war, which he is going to win quickly will reelect himself. he will not have a republican challenger, pat is not going to run. >> jack? >> a year from now about the time of the first caucus of the primaries, the middle east and this war will be no more than a tenth on the list of issues or concerns to americans. >> so what do you think? >> i think i was wrong twice. when i said we would not run. i said
would be reelected. pat ran.
was not reelected. to this day, pat buchanan still sits in the chair. >> right. >> and as long as we are on that. zuckerman, you know, most people don't know, he is in real
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estate. >> well, yeah, he also owned "u.s. news" and "the new york daily news", so he is in journalism, too. >> so what do you think of? you work for "the weekly standard." you started "the weekly standard." tell us that story. >> well, i worked, i worked for "the new republic" magazine before that. i left "the baltimore sun" in 1985 then on that debate had something to do with it. and so i joined, i joined the new republic which had a famous white house column every week. it was written years ago by john osborne, a brilliant column, and when i came, i took it over who went to "newsweek" to be their bureau chief. that did not work out well. >> who owned that? >> marty paris who lived in cambridge, massachusetts, taught
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at harvard, and was one of these people who was moving jewish intellectuals who was becoming more conservative, particularly on the issue of israel and foreign affairs, but also on some, but not all domestic issues, so in any case, i went to the new republic in 1985, and one of the things i discovered there was how much the reagan white house relished seeing that magazine every week. the new republic would send 30 copies or something all bundled together immediately when the copies came to washington. struck me and some other people that, well, wait a minute. this is basically a liberal magazine. it wasn't liberal on everything. isn't there a time for a weekly magazine on politics and policy from washington? i mean all of us who got together to start the magazine were from washington. we didn't want to move to new york. you had a great magazine that comes out every other week.
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we wanted to start something different, and the first guy we talked to about it was a man named rupert murdoch who agreed with us. he funded the magazine for most of the existence of the standard until a man from colorado named philip anschutz who has made a lot of money in gas and other things and also owns the los angeles kings' hockey team, so anyway, that is how we started it. >> has it ever made money? >> not to my knowledge. magazines usually don't. that is why they tend to be owned by wealthy people or organizations that can somehow, you know, lose a little bit of money and still have the pleasure and putting out a magazine that reflects, in many ways, their views. >> what does the executive editor do?
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>> well, bill kristol was the editor. i write. i mainly write, as a matter of fact. i would not want some title of staff writer, of course. i want a big title, executive editor. there is a lot of title inflation in journalism like government and every place else. so we have a meeting. i commission stories. i have story ideas and most of the actual editing of articles i read them all, but i don't do much natural editing, you know, going on-line and rewriting a story or something. >> how many people? >> well, maybe 25 including the people on the business side. >> so when you sit down, and we see the republic is now owned by a young man named chris hughes and marty paris has written a and column in "the wall street
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journal" that blasted what chris is doing. he didn't like it. >> what did you think of that? >> i was not surprised. i kind of thought that. i mean, the new republic has moved away from the old new republic. it is a magazine that has white space in it. >> i want to show you an ad that was in the publication in 2007. well let's see if you remember this ad. on the screen, "all aboard, enjoy seven days and nights on the alaskan coast with your favorite weekly standard pundits, june 16-23, 2007 special private programs and receptions." on and on. like-minded conservatives. what was the impact of that
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cruise on american politics? >> sure. well i think the discovery of sarah palin was one thing. on the cruise, we went up there in southern -- we were not up around anchorage in that part of alaska, but we were there. in juno, we were invited by the governor to have lunch at her house in the governor's mansion. i found out later, this came about because the woman who was the head of the alaska federation of republican women or whatever the title is and had told the governor's space that we were coming and, at first, she was ignored. she told them again. and then we found out we round up getting this invitation. i am not sure sarah palin was a weekly standard reader. at any case, we were invited.
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we went to her house. we all had lunch. i sat right next to her. i will have to say she was impressive. particularly on the issues that she knew a lot about, which in alaska, are energy and the environment. and so when i got back, after that, i decided i would write a story about her. i mean, i heard a little bit about her. you don't hear much about alaska politics down here, for heaven's sake. she had run against the incumbent governor, republican, had defeated in the primarily then won the election in 2006 which was not a good republican year, but alaska is a pretty republican state and she won. so there she was in 2007. so i came back.
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i interviewed a bunch of people by phone and talked to her twice. i interviewed her twice on the phone and wrote a piece for "the weekly standard" about sarah palin. it was the first piece written about her in the national magazine in the united states. i don't go around bragging that i discovered her. >> the reason i ask you about this is here's "the weekly standard" magazine. this is a recent issue. most weeks, how many pages? 36 or so. >> 36 or 40. >> when did you know that column might have had an impact, led eventually to john mccain choosing her as vice president?
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>> when i knew when her name had started popping up. >> did you find out directly? what person saw that and reacted that strongly to it? >> well, it was one person who saw it and reacted strongly was bill kristol. he started talking her up. this was back in the summer of 2008 when john mccain obviously had to pick a running mate. and bill talked about her a lot on television. >> but is it somebody like philip anschutz, he did not own it at the time. it was owned by rupert murdoch. >> did they feel the power of that thing? did you get feedback from him saying that is why i spend this money every year on that magazine?
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>> occasionally, but not on that article. sarah palin. >> well, why do people, you know, philip anschutz is the 33rd most wealthy person in the united states. why did they spend this money on these kinds of things? >> i think for different reasons. murdoch is a guy who has been in journalism his entire life. he is a content guy. who cares about content? one of the interesting things i can do with rupert murdoch. he will go through magazine and critique it.
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who reads it? you know, you find that particularly in washington, republicans read it, some democrats, but particularly at the clinton white house they were interested in getting copies of "the weekly standard." not just elected officials but consultants, strategists, people in government and so on read it. and then we have, we make sure that we have a great readership in the journalistic community in washington. i mean, about 400 copies on the weekend on sunday. they get one at home. so you have the political community, the journalistic community and the academic community. being at the new republic, i remember how, how widely read the new republic was in the academic community. of course, they did not like my stuff. i get letters saying why are you
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there? at the conservative academic community is a lot smaller, but we circulate among them, too. when you have that great readership, it helps. >> in the wikipedia site-- it talks that he possibly bought this for $1 million from rupert why did he not want to sale? i never have known why he wanted to sell. >> is that scary when he said he wants to get rid of this? was it all arranged in advance? >> we heard about it when it was announced. >> philip anschutz was about to buy it.
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>> we heard about it then. i am not sure why he sold it. i don't know the reason why he got rid of it. we heard stories about members of his family, didn't like the magazine and so on, but i have no idea whether those were true or not. >> has philip anschutz had any involvement since he bought might sure. he comes to washington. he critiques the magazine differently from the way rupert murdoch did. he is interested in the business side.
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anschutz, he is not in it to be a big figure in washington. he is here three or four times a year, and even in the los angeles kings, is a private figure. the los angeles kings won the stanley cup last year in the national hockey league, my question was: will he actually appear with the team holding the stanley cup? because you never saw him at games or anything. he did for one picture. >> here is something called the washington examiner which is a small, i don't know how many pages every day. it is a free. >> it is pretty good.
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>> 48 pages. >> it is conservative. all conservative columnist. this showed up this town a couple of years ago. >> right. >> why would he do this? can he make money here? >> let's go to more video from 1996. you are appearing on this network asking a question of somebody you ended up writing about. >> governor
, this is fred
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barnes. >> yes, frederick. >> colin powell served your father when was president, of course, during dessert storm and so on. he will speak tomorrow at the convention. what role do you see him flaying in the campaign? might he possibly be designated as dole's secretary of state if he wins? >> would that be helpful? >> i think so. i am not so sure you would want to designate any cabinet officers prior to the election, see nothing wrong with saying that in that foreign policy matters, colin powell will be my chief adviser. i would think that would be a smart move. this is a decent fella who served this country well, and i think that would be, i mean if you are asking do i think he
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would be a great secretary of state? you bet. >> mr. barnes? >> that was good question. that was one of the better once i asked. >> what would you say today about colin powell? >> oh, well, who? george
. >> yeah. >> he would probably say the same thing. certainly there is a rift between them over foreign policy and it opened up while powell was still his secretary of state. >> twitter. fred barnes is on twitter. why? >> my son has convinced me that i have to be on twitter. don't tweet much. but i tweet occasionally.
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i tweet maybe once a week, ebbs sent for my son nicely will tweet my articles. he sends those out. >> what does he do? >> my son worked for kevin mccarthy, the republican whip in the house of representatives and was, until recently, a floor assistant, the job he loved. >> all right. twitter.
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i will read some of the twitter messages that you sent out. you a you a you november the 5th, 2012.and >> okay. >> "why romney will win." >> you can say i have been wrong in a a few times. you know, there were a lot of polls. i have always placed great stock in gallop. and the gallop got this election wrong as did some other pollsters.a >> why in this business, sticka their neck out on predictions? i mean so many are wrong.and is >> i don't know. why did i do that?
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i didn't have to do that. in other words, i was, i was wrong, i was proven wrong the next day, i think. >> october 8th, you said this in your twitter message. "the media pull out all the stops to reelect the president." did you really believe that? >> let me -- maybe they did not pull al the stops but certainly pulled out some of them. i like the way they covered the campaign. normally would you take a presidential campaign within the president is running for re-election, his word would be a big issue. they completely ignored it. the record. it was all about what he was doing in the campaign.
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romney, of course, wanted to make obama's record a part of the campaign and he was highly critical of it. the press didn't pay any attention to that. romney's record, they paid a lot of attention to, going back to his time at bain capital in particular which is why the obama campaign was trying to make the issue. they succeeded. the obama campaign did, i mean, this was, this was not a normal election. a normal re-election of a president election in 2012. because with the complicity of the press, the issue of romney and being a corporate predator and all of that had become as big or bigger an issue than obama's actual record in the first four years. >> so in reading, you get the impression you feel like you are surrounded by journalists that are all liberal? >> yeah. >> do they tell you what they
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think?. >> no, they used to when i was younger and was out covering campaigns al the time, but i certainly read them, and it has not changed. >> you know what the liberals would say when they are sitting here talking to you. >> yeah. >> the conservatives whining when they have rush limbaugh and sean hannity and a lot of other talk show hosts. they have weekly standard and the washington examiner and fox news. >> yeah. well, there is an alternative conservative media that did not used to exist. >> how has that changed this world? how has that changed this town? >> washington is a liberal town. it really has not changed washington much. more jobs for conservatives in journalism than there were.
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it has not changed that much. it these mainstream media i which is liberal. they decide what the story is. republicans controlled the senate, not the house, but rage gain has been successful in getting things through the house. immersed a whole bunch evidence to say that there had been, i called it media realignment. that the media was getting more conservative or at least less liberal and i wrote a whole piece on the cover of the new republic. >> does it matter though? >> of course it matter? >> why?
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>> look at the 2012 bam campaign. >> you never changed your views and you lived around the liberal media? what does it matter? are they all sheep following the media says? >> oh, who? >> others. >> the reporters. well, there have been some who have come out. i remember charles when he was liberal. i remember mike when he was a pollster for a liberal democratic polling firm. so some people have changed. >> i am talking about the public? >> sure. >> the public, does the public see only liberal coverage and say, yeah, that is the way i think?
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>> you don't? >> no. >> look, the public is not paying as much attention as i am and you are and those of us who are part of the political community. you know, there is what i call the political community is about probably about 10 million people. it's the people that watch c-span, they watch meet the press, they watch fox new, they want, they watch cn but they care about politics a lot. most people just get sort of what guess on in politics and washington and in journalism. >> i am looking at column you wrote in 2004. i am going to read the first couple of lines to see if you
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can tell the rest of the story. >> a few years ago michael moore who is now promoting a anti-president
movie entitled fahrenheit 9/1, announced he had gotten the goods on me. indeed hung me out to dry on my own words. it was in his first best selling book, stupid white men. moore wrote he had once been forced to listen to my comments on a tv chat group. moore said and round up by bell lowing: these kids don't even know what the iliad and the odd i have. what did the rest of the column say? do you remember? >> i don't. >> you are accused him of lying? >> yeah. >> he said he called you. >> yeah. >> did he call you?
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but he know, i thought about it later after he said he called me and i was wrong in what i had written in there. >> he said you read it. >> that is ridiculous. >> well, the third paragraph, the only problem is none of this is true. it never happened. moore is a liar. >> well, certainly not what he said i said or so on. it was not true. you know, i thought about it later. he actually may have called me. >> you don't think you said that? >> of course not, that is ridiculous. >> how often in your opinion do people lie in politics?
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>> sure. yeah. there all kinds of different words. they don't flatly lie that much. they exaggerate. >> you wrote a book about george
. you got kicked around by some of the media. did you read any of that? >> as little as possible. but i know it got kicked around. you know, i said when i wrote the book that i was not going to read the reviews. well i read a couple. >> did you read the washington monthly? >> i did. i ran into him after this on the train and -- he says, let me just read a little bit of it? i had not read the review. >> "bill kristol may show more
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to conservative and to the president" you can always find barnes calmly towing the administration's line. then later on he said hes the perfect
hack. >> i guess he didn't like the book. >> but you know that you have got criticized for that. >> sure, of course. i was generally in agreement with the
administration particularly on foreign policy, way was the most critical area. >> why? why were you? can you remember what it was? because you on the fox news when were you on there at night on the 6:00 show, were you almost always on the administration's side. >> i was. >> people sit out and say oh my goodness, the guess again? they say that about other
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people, too. >> why did you like the
administration? >> well, because i thought the policies were right on domestic policy not so much the spending, but on domestic policy, the tax cuts and so on. here is a clip and a little bit 8:48:58:09pm of a roast one night at the press club. well, i am flattered to be here following jack and talking about bob novak and the two people in journalism who i learned the most from and admired the most over the years. >> i spent the last few days doing the exhausting job of reading bob novak columns, going back many, many years, it was time-consuming, not very exhilarating and i discovered that bob after reading your
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columns, so many of them, i have dom the conclusion that your words will be remembered long after shakespeares are forgotten. but not until then. >> what did you the 506-page plus book was ever written in washington? it may be the best book. i can think of one better. i will get to that in a moment. because, and when we get young people, interns, and young reporters at "the weekly standard", i tell them. read bob novak's book because it will tell you are more about american politics and washington over the last 50 years than >> one of the things that he did that i had never seen before was he told you how much money. >> yeah. >> what did you think of that? i know you speak far living and
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that. and it is all based on being on television. i have never had anybody call me and say, boy, that was a great article you wrote in the standard and we want you to speak to our group in and we'll pay you such and such. it has never happened. >> is "the weekly standard" more popular during obama administration or the
administration? >> you know, it is about the same. i think. >> you didn't get a rash of news? >> a little bit. but not really that much. >> and what about your experience now with fox news? are you still doing the commentary? >> i do some but a lot less. >> why?
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>> well, that is partly the decision of fox news, but you know, going with other people. i did special report, the show that is 6:00 to 7:00 eastern time. brit hume was the host. i was there almost every night. brett comes in. he wants to have his own people. >> how far do you go back? >> high school. >> what was he like in high school? >> he, i guess, he has changed a lot. >> in what way? >> he was, he was always pretty self-confident, spoke very well. he was not particularly a great student, nor was i when we were together at the university of virginia. we both went in the same line of work.
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>> when he was here right after he retired. he talked about his relationship with jesus christ, the same thing. >> right. >> that is new that people talk about this in public? journalist talk about it? >> you must have asked. >> i did. i say, there was time when people would say i am not talking about my religious beliefs. >> well, that is not true, i think, these days among born again christians. you know? they are willing to talk about it. i have. >> i have a column from 2012 where you talk about chuck who died in 2012 back in probably
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april or something like that. you say that he wanted me to give a talk somewhere about my life as a christian while working in the secular national media. i said yes. not i had a great story to tell. you say that you believe chuck's prison ministry? there are people that looked out and said he is just the same guy he was in the administration. >> i know. >> why? >> because it went on for so long. that is why. of course, he had this reputation of being the ultimate hatchet man. but, look, one of the things, i try not to judge anybody's state of faith, but i mean, his just
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struck me over talking to him many times and what he did over many, nanny years, you know, decades, has been entirely sincere, honest, legitimate, and this was the real chuck colson. >> when people come to this town now, they always ask, what is the difference today than it was 40 years ago. you have been here forever. >> yeah. >> what is your overall analysis of the country of the town even of the religious beliefs to the country? >> well washington was a town in the '50's when you lived in arlington across the river, that is how far it went. it was quite different. what you didn't have in washington and that you do have now is this great permanent community that produces buzz all the time in town. but the lobbyist and the elected officials and the consultants and all the people that are involved in politics within way or another and the press is a big part of this, i mean, for one thing there is a lot more of
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the media here than there was 50 years ago. and so it just sort of changed the way washington operates. you have this political hum and buzz that is going on all the time and you did not used to have that. and the other thing is, brian, nobody leaves washington. you know? 40-50 years ago, a congressman would retire or move back wherever he came were. people would go back, too. you were warped in an executive administration, you would leave. nobody leaves anymore. >> more honest, less honest? >> gee, i don't know whether you could, there is more reporting about what guess on. it is more, it is more, it is certainly more transparent not all that transparent but a lot more.
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the house ways and means community used to have no public meetings back in the old days. that is where reporters like bob novak really developed their skills and source development and so on. but the washington and why is that nobody leaves? there is only one reason. money. they stay here. if you are somebody who works on capitol hill for a few years and works in the house ways and means committee and you a lawyer and you worked there five years. you can get a job making hundreds of thousands right away as a lobbyist, and not necessarily as a lobbyist, just as a reporter. >> better reporting back when we started or now? >> certainly different. but there is more of it, it is much more opinionated than it used to be, so i would say, probably not better, but you can, look, when you have internet, you have so much on television and there is just
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more information that you can get and you don't have to try that hard but if you try hard you can get an lot. >> is fred barnes going to write a memoir? >> no. >> are you going to where it anymore books at all? >> yes. >> on what? >> subjects that i am interested in that i would like to write about. you know, there is some people who have been important in 39 america over the last 400 years that have not been written about enough. i mean certainly it is not lincoln. lincoln has been written about more than anyone else or thomas jefferson. people like alexander hamilton and henry clay. >> there is one person i have not asked you about. your wife. where did you meet her? >> i met my wife in washing we were set up on blind date by
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her roommate in college, who knew friends of mine, and this might have been 1966, and we dated every night for a year and then got married in 1967. >> what did she do? >> well, she went to gw. teacher in the washington, d.c. she taught the sixth grid at school in southwest washington and she got pregnant. >> her name? >> her name is barbara. >> for a dvd copy of this program call 1-877-662-7726. for free transcripts or to give us your comments about this program, visit us at q&a. org.
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Rather than run screaming, Harry Zamora, a lieutenant with HPD, started using video cameras with night vision to document the hundreds of brilliant orbs of light floating around his house. He called a ghost hunter, who said the place was -- you guessed it -- haunted. So Zamora and wife Lesli formed an investigation team.
In no time, a TV series about the family -- Phenomena Police -- was developed. Which is why I'm in the Zamoras' home, watching the first day of filming. Production trucks, tour buses and TV equipment are everywhere. The cast sits around in director's chairs eating pizza with some of the crew. I follow the commotion to the backyard, where they're filming a scene with a couple of kids. Boooring. Some "haunted house." I knew this paranormal stuff was bogus.
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