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The most interesting rotation being talked about this spring in Baltimore may not even be on the field. During yesterdays game against the Yankees, voice of NHL 10 Gary Throne announced a plethora of replacements for the chair next to him, which was vacated by Buck Martinez this offseason.
It appears MASN will be filling the spot with former recognizable Oriole faces of the franchise from different time periods – back when the team wasn't the laughing stock of baseball.
Sitting next to Thorne for an average of a dozen games a piece will be Eddie Murray, Ben McDonald, Brady Anderson, and Mike Boddicker; Mike Flanagan was previously announced this year as the main color analyst for MASN.
Frankly, I don't care who replaces Buck because he was the WORST color guy I've ever heard/seen in my life. His voice sounded like nails running down a chalk board. Whomever decided to make him a part time analyst on ESPN should be fired (unless its the same person who decided to hire Erin Andrews – in that case, they deserve an Emmy). During this offseason when I heard he was leaving to head back to Canada (America's Hat), I was jubilant that I would no longer have to turn down the volume on my TV on account of his ramblings.
Birdland residents should respond well to the new rotation of color commentators because they come from various successful times in the franchise. Everyone who can vaguely remember the franchise's successes before someone over at MASN drove it into the ground, should appreciate seeing some of the familiar faces from years past.
Now lets get reacquainted with these Orioles greats of yester-year. Back in the days before baseball in Baltimore stunk worse than the Dundalk poo factory:
"Steady" Eddie Murray #33, 1B
Orioles Tenure: 1977-1988, 1996-1997
The great Eddie Murray is the last Baltimore Oriole who will ever wear the number 33. He is memorialized outside of Camden Yards in the shadows of the Babe Ruth statue behind the center field scoreboard. Most youngsters at the Yard may only know of Eddie Murray as that #33 statue we jump all over while daddy goes and buys the tickets, or the reason one if the seats in left field is orange. However, most Orioles fans remember the achievements worthy of getting your number retired or having a seat painted orange.
A World Series Champion, 1977 Rookie of the Year, member of the 3000 hit and 500 home run club, 3 time gold glove winner, 8 time all-star and Hall of Famer, Murray is probably one of if not the greatest first baseman to ever play the game.
Orioles fans will definitely welcome "Steady" Eddie into the broadcast booth this upcoming season.
Brady Anderson #9 CF/LF
Orioles Tenure: 1988-2001
Brady Anderson was inducted into the Orioles Hall of Fame by Cal Ripken Jr. in 2004. Anderson, a three time all-star, remains in the top ten for most of the hitting categories. Brady also can be remembered as one of only two players to ever hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases in the same season- the other… Barry Bonds. Which leads me to my next point…
How come this guy never kept his shirt on??? He was the freakin' Matthew McConaughey of the MLB. Anderson did set a club record for home runs (50) in 2006 but did it the same route that most players were doing it back in that day, THE ROIDS!!! (Allegedly)
Hopefully in the press box he'll keep his shirt on, he is 46 now and probably has some man boobies growing.
Ben McDonald #19, P
Orioles Tenure: 1989-1995
How could you forget this cajun on the mound? Ben McDonald was one of the most entertaining pitchers to watch during my childhood. As the first overall pick by the Orioles in the 1989 draft, McDonald was a fixture in Baltimore for seven seasons. Ben left the O's in 1996 as a free agent and joined the Milwaukee Brewers organization.
While in Baltimore, McDonald was definitely a great guy to watch, along with Mike Mussina. McDonald never led the major leagues in any categories but he always had a recognizable name around Baltimore during my childhood. McDonald never reached his full potential or lived up to the hype due to shoulder problems, which would force him to retire at the age of 29.
McDonald was more recognized for his work in college while eating crawfish at LSU. Ben was a member of the US Olympic team which won a gold medal the year before joining the Orioles. McDonald was also named an All-American after his collegiate career.
Mike Boddicker #52, P
Orioles Tenure: 1980-1988
There was another solid player in Baltimore to wear #52 before Ray Lewis, and his name was Mike Boddicker. This former Gold Glover, ALCS MVP, and instrumental part of the Orioles 1983 World Series Championship was a fixture in Birdland for eight years. Many people in their mid 20's may only know of Boddicker as "that guy the Orioles traded to get Brady Anderson and Curt Schilling." And Boddicker was just that, the guy they traded away to get two solid players.
Boddicker had a career 3.80 ERA and a record of 134-116. After his World Series performance, he led the AL in wins and ERA when he went 20-11 with a 2.79 ERA.
Well there you go folks, that is your new rotating color commentating team for the 2010 season. I am really looking forward to anything besides Buck Martinez but this decision from MASN will also give us some variety into different aspects of America's Past Time.
If the Orioles are planning on doing this every year, I'd like to make a case for some of these previous Orioles greats both on the field and in the press box.
Boog Powell
This guy would be great. I know he is fun to hang out with at the ball park because I always see him at his BBQ stand chatting about baseball with everyone who walks by. Boog and I also shared a beer in the club level once before and he was a nice guy. I'd really enjoy hearing a drunk Boog calling the game pitch by pitch in between each bite of his monstrous BBQ sandwich.
Mel Proctor & John Lowenstein
John Lowenstein
These guys were great! It reminds me back when the Orioles were a great team at the top of the AL and also who can't forget the voice of Cal Ripken's 2131 quest? These two on HTS were great and when I think of Baltimore baseball on TV, I think of them. I'd take them over anyone else to ever step back in that booth, even if it's a rotation of Oriole legends.
Currently Mel Proctor is living in San Diego and appears to be doing nothing. He did call games for the Nationals on MASN but didn't come back after the 2005 season (who could blame him?).
John Lowenstein is living in Vegas and hasn't been in front of the camera for quite some time. He suffered the tragic loss of his wife a few years ago. Maybe coming back to the O's for the 2011 campaign will give him something to do.
Hey, we can hope can't we. This year, though, enjoy listening to some of the great O's of the past!


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Big Papi walking tall among October legends
DETROIT -- As the gravity of an epic comeback was setting in for everyone in the Red Sox's clubhouse shortly after midnight ET on Monday, the man who owns the team pretended to wonder something.
"Do you think he's the best clutch hitter in the history of the Red Sox?" principal owner John Henry said.View Full Game Coverage
DETROIT -- As the gravity of an epic comeback was setting in for everyone in the Red Sox's clubhouse shortly after midnight ET on Monday, the man who owns the team pretended to wonder something.
"Do you think he's the best clutch hitter in the history of the Red Sox?" principal owner John Henry said.View Full Game Coverage
Henry was smiling at his own captain obvious question, because he already knew the answer.
It was back on Sept. 6, 2005, when Henry walked into the same home clubhouse at Fenway Park after Ortiz had hit a majestic walk-off homer against Scot Shields of the Angels and presented the slugger with a plaque inscribed, "The Greatest Clutch Hitter in the History of the Boston Red Sox, David Ortiz, #34."
At the time, it was impossible to know that Ortiz would still be creating late-game drama at the most crucial juncture of the season some eight years later.
With all due respect to the two men who have individual statues dedicated to them outside of Fenway Park -- the late Ted Williams and Carl Yastrzemski -- no player in the rich history of the club has had more big hits in October than Big Papi.
In fact, when it comes to signature hits in the late innings, it is hard to think of a player throughout the game in recent memory who has done more than Ortiz at this time of year.
"He's a legend," Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia said. "That's it."
With all due respect to Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson -- the original Mr. October -- Senor Octubre was at it again on Sunday night at Fenway Park. The Tigers were merely his latest victims.
With his team down 5-1 with two outs in the eighth, Ortiz turned on a first-pitch changeup from Joaquin Benoit and roped it into Boston's bullpen for the equalizing grand slam that set up the walk-off, 6-5 victory for the Red Sox in the ninth in Game 2 of the American League Championship Series.
The series, tied at one game apiece, shifts to Comerica Park on Tuesday for Game 3 at 4 p.m. ET on FOX.
"I'll tell you what -- the postseason is something that it can work both ways for you," Ortiz said. "It can go well, if you stay calm. Or it can go bad if you try to overdo things."
To Ortiz's teammates, one of the more interesting aspects of the slam heard around Red Sox Nation was his reaction, or lack thereof. There was no wild fist pump. No over the top high fives. Ortiz's home run trot didn't look a lot different than any of the 445 others (regular season and postseason) he has hit in his career.
"You saw last night, he didn't get that fired up about it at the end," right-hander John Lackey said. "It was almost like he expected to do it."
For most players, that would have been the signature hit of a career. With Ortiz, it simply goes on his best-of list.
"That just adds to his resume of awesomeness," Jonny Gomes said.
Consider the following moments Ortiz has provided for the Red Sox over the last decade.
In Game 4 of the 2003 ALDS, Ortiz belted a two-run double against A's closer (and future World Series-winning teammate) Keith Foulke to help the Red Sox overcome a one-run deficit. The hit sent the series back to Oakland, where Boston won a winner-take-all Game 5.
Then came October of 2004, when Ortiz was at his absolute "put his team on his back" best. He walked off the Angels, as in, sent them home for the season, with an extra-inning two-run blast in Game 3 of the ALDS at Fenway.
To this day, the Red Sox are the only team in history to overcome a 3-0 deficit in a postseason series. It probably wouldn't have happened without Ortiz, who ripped a game-ending shot into the bullpen against Paul Quantrill in Game 4 of that '04 ALCS against the Yankees.
And the next day, Ortiz completed a lengthy at-bat against Esteban Loaiza by looping one into center in the bottom of the 14th to bring home Johnny Damon and send the series back to New York.
In '08, with the Red Sox down, 7-0, after six and down, 3-1, in the ALCS to the Rays, Ortiz smashed a three-run homer to make it a 7-4 game. The Sox came back to win on J.D. Drew's walk-off hit in the ninth.
And then came the madness of Sunday night against the Tigers.
How does one player come through so many times when the pressure is at the highest point? One reason is because Ortiz wants to be in that situation.
"He genuinely likes it," Lackey said. "He likes being up there in those spots. He enjoys all the lights on him."
Then, there's the way Ortiz manages to perfectly channel his adrenaline.
"There's a calmness and presence about him in those key moments, his emotional control allows him to perform as he does," manager John Farrell said. "I think when he does something like this, he's not surprised by himself and the things he's able to achieve."
Perhaps the most underrated aspect of Ortiz as a hitter is his intelligence and preparation. Being a designated hitter helps in this respect because Ortiz has ample time to study whichever pitchers he might face throughout the course of a game and he makes sure to know all of their tendencies.
"It's a first pitch [changeup]," Will Middlebrooks said. "It's not like a heater. It's a [changeup] down and away and he hit it 400 feet, with the wind blowing in. It's stupid. It doesn't make sense. That's David Ortiz for you."
To Ortiz, who has 15 homers in the postseason, it all seems so matter-of-fact.
"I know they're not going to let me beat them with a fastball in that situation," Ortiz said. "Plus, I know that my boy, Benoit, he has a good splitter. And I take my chances in the situation. But that [changeup] was pretty much hittable. It was on the plate. And I put a good swing on it."
It was yet another October swing from Big Papi that will go down in the annals of Red Sox history.
Ian Browne is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Brownie Points, and follow him on Twitter @IanMBrowne.

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Take a step inside LSU's new state-of-the-art basketball practice facility, and one will quickly see why LSU players, coaches and administrators are beaming with excitement.
The new 58,000-square-foot facility contains a two-story lobby displaying championship trophies and memorabilia celebrating LSU's historic tradition. The walls are decorated with colorful graphics of former players Pete Maravich, Bob Pettit, Shaquille O'Neal and Seimone Augustus, and coaches Dale Brown and Sue Gunter. Adjoining the lobby are two elaborate practice gyms with regulation-size courts - one for both the men's and women's teams.
The "extraordinary" facility, as LSU System President Dr. John Lombardi called it, also contains a team locker room, team lounge, training facility, coaches' locker room, laundry facility and storage areas.
While paying tribute to LSU's illustrious past, the opening of the complex begins new eras for the men's and women's basketball programs. In a time where facilities are vitally important to the success of collegiate programs, LSU now has a basketball facility that rivals any school in the country.
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"This building gives our coaches the opportunity to acquire the talent that we need to win and compete for championships," said Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics Joe Alleva. "That is what we are all about here - striving for excellence and competing for championships."
Formerly the Director of Athletics at Duke University, Alleva especially grasps the value of the new complex.
"The facility is tremendously important for us to compete," he said. "What this building symbolizes to me is excellence and the striving for excellence."
LSU coach Trent Johnson, while not one to get too caught up in the glitz and glamour of the facility, also recognizes that the complex will provide a tremendous boost to the Men's Basketball program.
"I am not a guy that is really caught up in the facilities," said Johnson, "but this helps, obviously this helps."
With a team that is already one of the best in the country, women's basketball coach Van Chancellor appreciates the significance the building will play for the future of his program.
"Sincerely it is a great day for us. This is so valuable to our whole basketball team, and for all of you who have made this possible, thank you," Chancellor told the crowd at the ribbon-cutting ceremony.
While it is easy to get caught up in the glamorous aesthetics of the complex, the new structure goes far beyond simply looking nice. With each basketball team having its own practice court now, the teams will be able to practice when they choose. Before, the teams had to coordinate practice schedules, sometimes limiting the amount of practice each team received.
These benefits trickle down to the volleyball and gymnastics teams as well. With the Maravich Center Auxiliary Gym now left unoccupied by the basketball teams, the volleyball and gymnastics squads will be able to use the court during their respective seasons. With the addition of one facility, four programs benefit immensely.
The new complex is all about basketball, though.
As the basketball programs look forward to a bright future, Johnson wants to be sure to honor the outstanding past.
"Our responsibility and my responsibility is to make sure that in some way, shape or form, whether it is by putting their picture on the wall or with the graphics, that every former basketball player that has been involved with the men's program, there is a place for him here," Johnson said. "Every guy that has ever worn this jersey, I want him to be acknowledged in some way, shape or form in this practice facility."
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. . . and other truths.
This week:
My favorite came to visit. He left before I wanted to kill him 'cause he's cool like that.
My least favorite 'aunt' is also visiting. Urgh.
I mentally plotted my next scene.
I cried in church . . . again (there is just something about that place).
I went to a bookstore and bought Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Peter and the Starcatchers, Fade, The Hunger Games, A Hat Full of Sky, Graceling, and I already had Catching Fire, because I'm a ninny and accidentally bought it before the first book.
I'm really cold 'cause I ate some ice cream.
. . . and other truths.
Right up there with "Butt-faced Miscreant" in my book . . .
Personal Note: I think it's one of the coolest things in the worlds that I'm Twitter/Aspiring Writer friends with a video game developer/programmer/whatever exactly that I wouldn't understand.
I'll admit it. I'd kind of given up. Burn out was approaching nuclear levels and any time I thought of editing this book again--especially an edit this extensive, where practically the entire novel is reimagined--part of me curled up in a little ball and meweled pitiably. I avoided it. I gave myself plenty of highly plausible excuses why I hadn't made any progress, like taking on the care of two extra boys in the afternoons, bringing my total to five between the ages of two and nine (that's four sets of homework, people. Four different math assignments on any given evening!).
I rustily churned out ten, fifteen pages, not really happy with the end products, but at least being able to call it progress. Just enough to say I was working so that nagging little voice didn't get too loud when it chirped at me.
And then I got the flu. You remember my last post. You remember the drugged energy bursts. Did I mention that one of them forced me into reorganizing the entire scene index/timeline? Yes? No? Well, it did. And that, heroes and heroines, was a game changer.
Ever since, I've been editing like mad. I blew through another four scenes yesterday and today, and retweaked others I'd already been over once this time. It's insane how much everything is opening up, how every character seems to be doing exactly what I need him or her to do, and it all feels natural.
As for the title of this post, well, you may have already read this on Twitter (I was really proud of it), but today my girl, my main character and narrator (first person love, y'all!), called someone a bloated wart-sack, and that, to me, is just about as fabulous as when Rory Gilmore called Logan Huntzberger a butt-faced miscreant, which is my favorite insult in the HISTORY of insults.
Ladies and gentleman, I AM BACK!
Things I Shouldn't Do Because I'm the Size of a Twelve-Year-Old
Personal Note: I like broccoli better than any other veggie. I know, I know, I'm a radical. Also, people seem to either really love my hair or absolutely hate it, and it's kind of surprising, who's on which side of the fence.
Top of the list, give blood. You have to weigh at least one-hundred-and-ten pounds. I've never weighed that outside of being pregnant.
But just after that? Take grown up medications for anything, especially anything of the cold/allergy/sinus variety. Why? Because they make me super-loopy. If you've been one of those extremely kind of helpful people to read past drafts of the first Dionadir novel you likely know there's a scene in which Joss gets the flu hardcore, and you'll remember her mentioning something about looking for the Meaning of Life chillin' in the fridge, a side-effect of her cold medicine high. That detail is based in fact, my own life around the time I was sixteen, actually*. I'd contracted Mono (as had our entire marching band--we'd all shared the same water fountain at practices and our drum major had spread the love around, so to speak) and was having a lot of trouble sleeping because I felt so awful. The doctor I saw put me on ten milligrams of Benedryl before bed every night. Yeah . . . that was an interesting two weeks. I might as well have been dropping acid every night (something I've not actually done, but I'm guessing here) for all the psychedelic shenanigans my brain ran me through. I even remembered to write down some of my thoughts. I think my letters to my boyfriend-at-the-time, Michael, and my friends were probably hilarious and riddled with hidden meanings only a drugged version of me could interpret now.
But you want to know something even sillier? In between bouts of insanely hard sleeping (I go out like you would not believe, or maybe I just don't believe it because normally I'm the lightest of sleepers) I get this . . . I don't know, giggly burst of productive energy (hence this blog post, you know?) and STUFF GETS DONE, BUCKO!
Earlier today I finally sat myself down--after having index carded every scene in the book last night--and physically put them in a really good, sense-making, tension-holding, heart-tugging order. And now I just have to surgery those suckers into a book worth NOT putting down, because my cold-medicined brain is shooting in fourteen different directions and all of them are made of PURE WIN . . .
At least until I pass out again, dead to the world as far as everything else is concerned.
But first! I must conquer a kitchen!
*Though I still maintain my best friend describing her behavior on Robitussin and/or sleep deprivation is the funniest thing I've ever heard. Patrick Swayze and a space so thin a piece of paper wouldn't fit in it were mentioned.


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Budweiser Gets National Airtime on ABC with Groundbreaking Social Reality Show
"Bud United presents: The Big Time" will Debut in January 2012
BRUSSELS, Dec. 12, 2011 -- Budweiser's groundbreaking social reality show, Bud United presents: The Big Time, is set to debut in early 2012 on US network television, as part of a new agreement with ESPN/ABC to broadcast all of the episodes on ABC.
Cast via Budweiser's social media sites, Bud United presents: The Big Time is a social reality show that features young adults from across the globe fulfilling their dreams - from racing professional racecar drivers and suiting up for a global soccer powerhouse to pitching for a professional baseball team and taking center stage at a major music concert. Individuals from all over the world had the opportunity to be selected for the global show by submitting a casting application online.
The show will have its international television debut in the United States, where all seven episodes will air Saturdays on ABC starting January 21, 2012. Budweiser is working with international entertainment distribution company FreemantleMedia Enterprises to distribute the show globally.
"We are absolutely delighted to partner with ESPN/ABC to bring Bud United presents: The Big Time to network television for the first time in the United States, giving viewers the opportunity to see their friends and neighbors taking their once-in-a-lifetime shot at The Big Time," said Frank Abenante, Vice President Global Brands at Anheuser-Busch InBev. "We leveraged Budweiser's unparalleled access to international sports, entertainment and lifestyle assets to make these contestants' dreams come true. We're looking forward to giving viewers the opportunity to share in these extraordinary journeys of second chances and ambitions fulfilled."
"We are particularly proud to take Budweiser to new levels, by turning current assets into branded content, brought to life with unique and exciting storytelling," said Jason Warner, Global Vice President, Budweiser. "Bud United presents: The Big Time offers fans around the world a wealth of content designed to live online, from the episodes themselves to behind the scenes content and Big Time tips from our celebrity mentors. Our agreement with ABC offers a new dimension, bringing together traditional and digital media for a richer viewing experience."
Through casting videos submitted during the summer via Budweiser's social media sites, young adult fans showcased their own stories to demonstrate their passions in areas such as basketball, baseball, soccer, racing, music, acting and cooking. Fans were then chosen to be featured in seven different episodes - with each one focusing on a set of three fans competing for their shot at The Big Time in their dream scenario, while being coached and mentored by celebrities and professionals including racing legends Kevin Harvick and Richard Childress, soccer star Alex Morgan, baseball coach Tom House and celebrity chef Hubert Keller. "These shows offer a compelling trifecta - sports, entertainment plus viewer engagement via social media," said Jason Bernstein, senior director, ESPN programming and acquisitions. "It's a unique blend of content and we're pleased Budweiser came to us with the opportunity to present it on ABC."
John Ward from Shamokin, Pennsylvania, one of three contestants featured in the soccer episode said, "There are so many people out there who were really good and for whatever reason just never had the opportunity so, to have a competition like this that not only looks at this country, but looks at the whole world, is amazing."
A creative team led by @radical.media, an Emmy and Academy Award winning global entertainment company creating some of the world's most innovative content and Evan Weinstein, Co-Executive Producer of The Amazing Race and seven-time Emmy Award winner, have partnered with Budweiser to produce the show.
Budweiser is known for being innovative in the space. In 2010, the brand introduced Bud United, a proprietary global experiential platform connecting consumers' passion points with the brand. As official sponsor of the 2010 FIFA World Cup(TM) Budweiser connected with consumers on their number one passion point - football - through Bud United: Bud House. Earlier this year, Budweiser launched Bud United presents: The Big Time to engage consumers across multiple passion points and bringing their Big Time dreams to life. Visit our content hub at www.facebook.com/BudUnited for more.
About Anheuser-Busch InBev
Anheuser-Busch InBev is a publicly traded company (Euronext: ABI) based in Leuven, Belgium, with an American Depositary Receipt secondary listing on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: BUD). It is the leading global brewer and one of the world's top five consumer products companies. A true consumer-centric, sales driven organization, AB InBev manages a portfolio of well over 200 beer brands that includes global flagship brands Budweiser(R), Stella Artois(R) and Beck's(R), fast growing multi-country brands like Leffe(R) and Hoegaarden(R), and strong "local champions" such as Bud Light(R), Skol(R), Brahma(R), Quilmes(R), Michelob(R), Harbin(R), Sedrin(R), Klinskoye(R), Sibirskaya Korona(R), Chernigivske(R), and Jupiler(R), among others. In addition, the company owns a 50 percent equity interest in the operating subsidiary of Grupo Modelo, Mexico's leading brewer and owner of the global Corona(R) brand. AB InBev's dedication to heritage and quality is rooted in brewing traditions that originate from the Den Hoorn brewery in Leuven, Belgium, dating back to 1366 and the pioneering spirit of the Anheuser & Co brewery, which traces its origins back to 1852 in St. Louis, USA. Geographically diversified with a balanced exposure to developed and developing markets, AB InBev leverages the collective strengths of its approximately 114,000 employees based in operations in 23 countries across the world. The company strives to be the Best Beer Company in a Better World. In 2010, AB InBev realized 36.3 billion US dollar revenue. For more information, please visit: www.ab-inbev.com.


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FRC head puts blame on Law Center
Family Research Council president Tony Perkins on Thursday said the shooting at the conservative Christian organization's Washington, D.C., headquarters was an act of terrorism and he accused the Southern Poverty Law Center of fostering the climate that allowed the crime to occur.
Fox News's Megyn Kelly asked Perkins whether he thought the Wednesday shooting of an unarmed security guard for the group "was an act of domestic terrorism."
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"Terrorism is designed to intimidate and to drive people back and make them feel fearful. Well, that I believe would describe what they tried to do here yesterday at the Family Research Council and by extension to traditional value supporters, Christians across the nation," Perkins said. "But I want to tell you it's not going to work. We're not going anywhere. We're more committed today than we were yesterday to defending and advancing faith, family and freedom here in our nation's capital."
( Also on POLITICO: Marriage advocate pleads for civility)
The gunman suspected of shooting the guard and shouting a political statement was charged with assault with intent to kill on Thursday, according to reports. Floyd Lee Corkins II, 28, of Virginia told the building manager, Leo Johnson, "I don't like your politics," and then shot him in the arm on Wednesday morning, The Associated Press reported. Johnson then unarmed Corkins and the suspected shooter was taken into custody.
In Corkins's backpack, investigators found ammunition and 15 Chick-fil-A sandwiches, the AP said.
Perkins — who called Johnson's actions "heroic" and said the building manager is "doing well" — said Corkins's intentions "were clearly evil and to do massive damage" at the FRC.
The FRC head noted that while he holds Corkins solely responsible for the shooting, he believes the Southern Poverty Law Center must also be held accountable for its "reckless" labeling of the FRC as a hate group.
"Corkins was responsible for the wounding of one our colleagues and one of my friends yesterday here at the Family Research Council, but I believe he was given a license by a group such as the Southern Poverty Law Center, who, as you pointed out earlier, labeled us a hate group because we defend the family and we stand for traditional, orthodox Christianity," Perkins said.


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Renault Introduces DRM For Cars
from the question-of-power dept
The problems with DRM for videos, music, ebooks and games are well known. Despite those issues for the purchasers of digital goods, companies love DRM because it gives them control over how their products are used -- something that has been much harder to achieve in the analog world. The risk is that as digital technologies begin to permeate traditional physical products, they will bring with them new forms of DRM, as this post by Karsten Gerloff about Zoe, one of Renault's electric cars, makes clear:
When you buy a Renault Zoe, the battery isn't included. Instead, you sign a rental contract for the battery with the car maker. In a Zoe owner's forum, user Franko30 reports that the contract contains a clause giving Renault the right to prevent your battery from charging at the end of the rental period. According to an article in Der Spiegel, the company may also do this when you fall behind on paying the rent for the battery.
He goes on to point out the ways in which such DRM capabilities can and probably will be abused:
This means that Renault has some way of remotely controlling the battery charging process. According to the Spiegel article, the Zoe (and most or all other electric cars) collect reams of data on how you use them, and send this data off to the manufacturer without your knowledge. This data tells the company where you are going, when, and how fast, where you charge the battery, and many other things besides. We already knew that Tesla was doing this with its cars since the company's very public spat with a journalist who reviewed one of their cars for the New York Times. Seeing the same thing in a mass market manufacturer like Renault makes clear just how dangerous this trend is.
This could be the manufacturer, shutting down your car as you fall behind on the battery rent because you just lost your job, meaning that it becomes harder for you to find work. It could be the government, compelling the manufacturer to do its bidding. In his forum post, Franko30 predicts that at some point, governments may simply ask car manufacturers to block charging near controversial political events (e.g. a G8 summit), in order to prevent you from participating in demonstrations. Or it could be any random criminal out there, gaining access to this mechanism by bribing a Renault employee.
Gerloff notes that one way to avoid these problems is to choose electric cars that put the user in control, and that means those built with free software. Of course, as President of the Free Software Foundation Europe, he would say that, but he's right. The trouble is, it's hard enough buying a smartphone running entirely on free software; an electric car based on fully-hackable open code, with all that this implies for road safety, is almost certainly never going to happen.
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'Ecosystems in Life Cycle Assessment to help businesses in their decision making process', is just one of the many Knowledge Cafés taking place at the IUCN Congress, and it discussed how companies can understand the environmental performance of their products.
The Lifecycle Assessment (LCA) is used by companies to understand the environmental performance of their product throughout the full life cycle of a product, for example, from the farming of coffee beans to the moment it is poured into your cup. The LCA is mainly used to measure carbon footprint, but this tells just a small part of the story. It can also be used to assess biodiversity impacts throughout the value chain. However this is more complex, less known and still in its maturing phase.
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Jones Shares Childhood Memories Through Her Readingby Jeremy Sexton '07 • September 9, 2005 Share:
Author and assistant professor of English at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Tayari Jones, read from her novel Leaving Atlanta Thursday in Korb classroom. Jones was a guest of the Will Hays Jr. Writer Series established in 2002 and made possible through the generous donations from the Hays family and friends in memory of Will Hays.
The novel is set in Atlanta during the horrible child murders of 1979-1981 when nearly 30 children were murdered, two of which happened to be Tayari's classmates.
"I wrote this novel to make a record of how life was for those of us who were too young to understand the complicated social and political landscape of Atlanta," said the award-winning author. "It is a love letter to my generation and also an effort to remember my own childhood. It's to remind myself and my readers what it was like to have been eleven and at the mercy of the world. And despite the obvious darkness of the time period, I also wanted to remember all that is sweet about girlhood, to recall all the moments that make a person smile and feel optimistic."
Professors Jones' language and subject matter were presented with the utmost honesty and passion as she gave witness and presented a testimony that was compelling and immediately showed the reader the tension of uncertainty between being an innocent child and not knowing when that innocence can be taken away.
"The story itself is riveting, to hear the juxtaposition of evil and innocence is heart wrenching," said Patrick Myers, Professor of Latin at Wabash College. "It's problematic to hear such beautiful language that was written about such an unfortunate set of circumstances."
"The experience was crystallizing," Wes Jacks '06 said. "She has a unique voice that is potent and engaging."
Jones tells her story through the eyes of three fifth grade school children who live in a world dominated by fear and disbelief.
"I try to let the character determine the point of view of the story" said the Hurston/Wright award winner for debut fiction. "Writers get interested in filling in the gaps. They forget what is happening right in front of them. Luckily, I wasn't encouraged to write when I was younger. Fortunately, this provided a space of indifference for me. My writing belonged to me."
Tayari was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, where she spent her whole childhood with the exception of the one year she and her family spent in Nigeria, West Africa. Jones' second novel, The Untelling, was published by Warner Books in April of 2005.
As part of efforts to raise money for the victims of hurricane Katrina, Tayari is giving signed copies of her novel to those who donate to the cause. For more information, see her website: TayariJones.com.
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Top right: Jones reads from her award-winning novel.
Lower left: Ginny Hays, wife of Will Hays Jr., and Kathy Hays Fox, daughter of Will and Ginny, enjoy Thursday's reading.
On homepage: Jones signs a copy of her book for President Ford.


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North Melbourne AFL player Majak Daw was flanked by family and friends as he faced court for the first time on rape charges.
Daw, 23, is facing three counts of rape which he allegedly committed against a girl when he was aged 16 in 2007.
He was supported in court by a group of friends and family, and sat quietly throughout the brief Melbourne Magistrates Court filing hearing.
He will return to court on August 22 to face a committal mention hearing.
Daw, of Wyndham Vale, made no comment to journalists as he left court, making a quick departure in a waiting car.
He was the first Sudan-born player to reach the AFL and has played 12 games since joining North Melbourne as a rookie in 2009.
The club says it will support him and that he will remain available to play for the Kangaroos' AFL and VFL sides.
The AFL has backed the club's decision but has restricted Daw, who is one of the league's multicultural ambassadors, from making promotional appearances.
The alleged incident occurred at Altona Meadows, in Melbourne's west, in March 2007.
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text: So, I'm kind of confused. All my life I went about my business thinking that my favorite colour was blue and pretty high up on my list of least favorite colours was yellow. I don't hate yellow, I love how it looks paired with blue! But it's definitely not a colour that I'm drawn to or typically chose for myself. So how have I managed to amass such a collection of knits done in Gold? Gold is in the yellow family right? And I love it. I would even say that I'm drawn to it. When selecting a colourway for a new project Gold often ends up right at the top of my list of good options... I think it all started last fall when I bought a new pair of shoes, one thing led to another and the next thing I knew, I was a yellow person!


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Appearing Monday night on CNN's "Crossfire," the former GOP senator from Pennsylvania said Paul isn't his "leader" and that he doesn't think the Republican Party will nominate him in 2016.
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"Well first off, I don't think that will happen," Santorum responded when asked by co-host Van Jones if he would support Paul if he received the nomination. "Because the Republican Party is not a libertarian party. It is a conservative party. And it will nominate a conservative, not a libertarian."
Santorum ran for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012 with a mix of social conservatism and economic populism.
He was also asked whether Paul, a Republican senator from Kentucky whom some have called the GOP front-runner for 2016, is his leader.
( Also on POLITICO: Paul fuels fire for 'dragon slayer')
"Well, no, he's not my leader, I can tell you that for sure. His father and I had some disagreements during the last campaign."
During the 2012 campaign, Santorum and the elder Paul, a former congressman from Texas, had some public spats. After Ron Paul called him "very liberal," Santorum told Fox News that, "Ron Paul is disgusting."
Santorum was also asked about his comments earlier in the day on MSNBC, during which he said Republicans should support an increase in the minimum wage and that the GOP position on the issue "makes no sense." He said Monday evening that while he supports an increase, he thinks President Barack Obama and Senate Democrats are going too far in their legislation.
"I voted for minimum wage increases when I was in the House of Representatives as I did when I was in the Senate," he said. "I believe a dollar increase in the minimum wage would make sense. But that's not what the president is doing. The president is trying to push forth a living wage, trying to dramatically jack up the minimum wage to a point where it would dramatically impact the cost of labor and put people out of work. We need a more modest increase."


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Teheran's growth has Braves, righty confident
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- As encouraging as his rookie season might have been, Julio Teheran vividly remembers that 2013 ended with him recording just eight outs during the start he made in Game 3 of the National League Division Series against the Dodgers.
"It was my first postseason game," Teheran said. "I was a little excited and a little nervous. I think that has to happen, and then you learn from it. If I have another opportunity to be in the playoffs, I think that is going to help me, too, because I have the experience. I know what I have to do if I have another opportunity."
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- As encouraging as his rookie season might have been, Julio Teheran vividly remembers that 2013 ended with him recording just eight outs during the start he made in Game 3 of the National League Division Series against the Dodgers.
"It was my first postseason game," Teheran said. "I was a little excited and a little nervous. I think that has to happen, and then you learn from it. If I have another opportunity to be in the playoffs, I think that is going to help me, too, because I have the experience. I know what I have to do if I have another opportunity."
When the Braves gave Teheran a six-year, $32.4 million contract extension during the early days of Spring Training, they showed they are confident in the 23-year-old right-hander's ability to build upon the success he produced last season, when he took advantage of the opportunity to bounce back from the rough 2012 season he had with Triple-A Gwinnett.
"I've seen him grow from when he came to [big league Spring Training] for the first time," Braves pitching coach Roger McDowell said. "Where he is now, he's obviously got a different look. As we saw last year, he has that feeling like he belongs, and he's not as unsure of himself."
As the Braves watched Teheran go 14-8 with a 3.20 ERA in 30 starts last season, they gained reason to feel better about his mental resolve. The success came one year after Teheran was forced to face adversity for the first time in his career.
Teheran was heralded as one of baseball's top overall prospects after he produced 2.55 ERA while serving as one of the International League's youngest pitchers in 2011. But after returning to the same Gwinnett rotation the following season, he produced a 5.08 ERA in 26 starts.
"My whole career, I was doing good things," Teheran said. "Sometimes, you have to have bad things happen, and then you learn something new."
Teheran's struggles during his second season at Gwinnett were influenced by the fact the Braves attempted to adjust his delivery. The intention was to better prepare him for the Major League level by making the delivery more repeatable.
During the final month of the 2012 season, the Braves sent then-special assistant Dom Chiti to Gwinnett to work with Teheran, who gladly accepted the opportunity to get back to his old ways. The highly regarded prospect allowed two earned runs or fewer in three of his last four starts.
While Chiti's assistance proved valuable, Teheran credits last season's turnaround to a message he received while dining with his childhood idol Pedro Martinez. Former Braves Minor League pitching coordinator Dave Wallace, who served as Martinez's pitching coach in Boston, helped arrange the meeting while Teheran was pitching in the Dominican Winter League.
"At that time, I was thinking about my bad year," Teheran said. "[Martinez] told me if you've got something like that, you got to forget it. You can't worry about that. Just keep it day by day and just try to be the best. It helped me a lot. That is when I started changing my [focus]. I wasn't going to be worried about what people say or what they might have been thinking about my bad year."
While watching Teheran pitch in the DWL, the Braves gained a sense that he had made the necessary strides to come to Spring Training last season with a strong chance to begin 2013 as their fifth starter.
Once Teheran won the assignment, he surrendered five runs in his season debut against the Cubs, and four runs through the first two innings of his next start. But after spotting the Nationals an early 4-0 lead on April 23, the young pitcher provided a glimpse of his mental resolve by not allowing another run over the remainder of his six-inning effort.
Six days later, Teheran gave up four more runs while lasting just five innings against the Pirates. But McDowell remembers that game as the one that turned things around for Teheran.
"He didn't have a repeatable delivery, and he wasn't consistent with his pitches," McDowell said. "His mechanics were out of sorts. [Bulllpen coach Eddie Perez], myself and Julio sat down in the middle of the clubhouse there in Pittsburgh, where the video is, and we went over it and talked about it. We showed him some things I thought he needed to improve upon or needed to change. To his credit, he went out and worked before the next start on that, and he continued to work on those things. "
While making his next start amid frigid conditions at Coors Field in Denver, Teheran allowed just one run over seven innings. That marked the beginning of a torrid stretch for the young hurler, who posted a 2.81 ERA in his final 27 regular-season starts.
"At first, I felt like he didn't have the confidence, and as the season went along, he gained confidence," Braves shortstop Andrelton Simmons said. "I think he showed himself what he was capable of. We all knew. I had seen him pitch in the Minors. We knew he was capable of doing what he did."
As Teheran prepares for the upcoming season, he will be motivated by memories of his forgettable playoff start against the Dodgers last season. But he also will be comforted by the fact that he showed enough during his first full Major League season to give the Braves reason to pencil him into their rotation for at least the next six seasons.
"I know they have confidence in me," Teheran said. "I'm just trying to show them I have confidence in me, too."
Mark Bowman is a reporter for MLB.com.


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Bob takes on nerd sexism.
Then why hasn't there been a FemBob yet in your TGO series?
I agree, rock on bob! Seriously! I can't believe there are people trying to justify this... I haven't seen the clip in quesiton myself, but what the hell is this guy trying to justify?
Love the ending statement there too bob! This is why I watch your show.
Can i start with BOOM!!
Thank you bob, it might just draw you some more traffic, probably less then pc gaming is dead but still probably quite hefty. I feel i agree with pretty much everything and have nothing to add.
Woah... i'm not really familiar with the fighting game community but... is sexism really such a big problem there? That's disturbing. Now, i never really got to see any sort of misoginy in any gaming community (probably because i only frequent sites with such a great and tolerant community such as The Escapist... aww) but if that's an issue, well, it really shouldn't be. I have no idea why anyone should have any sort of aversion to women, it doesn't make sense and we should be smarter than that.
So glad to see this brought up. The sexism a lot of girls in nerd culture face is horrific - mostly because it's still pretty dominated by socially awkward beta males who've built up a seething resentment towards the women who never talked to them. But yeah, the childish, churlish, socially reactionary "boys' club" mentality needs stomping out hard.
This is probably the most pissed off I've ever heard movie bob sound; I don't blame him, either, as I've said the exact same thing on more than one occasion over the last few years. I remember calling some friends out on throwing the word rape around more casually than I was comfortable with and they looked at me like I grew a second head.
Seriously, nerd culture based sexism is something I would seriously like to see go away. Forever.
Ummm are Dick Wolves still cool?
Other than that, fuck those pigs.
This seems like a good week to shame self-righteous assholes about their opinions of women.
...and continuing with "Heavy Week" on the Escapist...
Very well spoken, Bob. This should be viewed by practically everyone on the internet.
Ok I must of been under some rock since I never heard of Aris constrosity let alone the whole Cross Assult show.
I agree, I am sick of all these guys posting pictures of female celebs in their videos and leering over them or only mentioning them in relation to their attraction and not their acting talents or intelligence or anything.
You'd be surprised.
I play a lot of UMVC3, and my name is Ashley, a predominately female name in 'Merica.
The amount of crap I get from guys who think I'm a girl is astounding, especially when I whoop their arses.
OT: Hey Bob, whose awesome? You're awesome.
Gotta say, as someone who plays a lot of fighting games, I'm kinda offended that some idiot thinks that a) the community has sexual harassment as one of it's founding principles and b) that that's a good thing.
Thanks for making us look like assholes, Bakhtanian... Dumbass.
I tip my hat to you, sir.
Seriously, thank you. I don't always agree with you (such as your historically based argument for justifying double standards regarding race; I feel that true equality can only be brought by acts of true equality, not retribution for previous acts), but you construct your arguments well. And I truly appreciate it when you apply that ability to arguments I agree with and/or something that HAS to be said.
And I hate to admit it, but I've had my own way of shrugging off sexism and other intolerance within Geek culture: By saying "Ugh, but I'm not that kind of geek. I'm better than they are. They just won't get anywhere with their lives."
Wanna know what else is considered acceptable in the community?
Not allowing newcomers to play as if letting them play will make everyone else in the FGC's Battle Royale collar explode.
Stay classy, FGC, stay classy.
I tend to avoid and criticize pro-gaming, and this is one of the major reasons for doing so. With the rare exception, the personality of most "Professional Gamers" can be summed up in the term douchebag.
These are the same kind of people that tend to get thrown out of team sports, precisely because no one wants to be playing with them, because they either make the rest of the team look bad by proxy, or end up blaming the team for their failure.
In overall classlessness, this is like when Tom Brady's wife blamed the rest of the Patriots team for her husband not winning the Super Bowl this year.
Just because it's common doesn't mean it's any less wrong
This was the best episode in a while. Pretty much everything that needs saying about nerd culture is here. Just replace 'women' with any other subject matter and its pretty much 100% interchangeable.
Although, in defense of the 'Why are we even talking about this?' argument, I don't think that necessarily means people don't want to admit that these problems exist, more just 'Why is it my responsibility to tell these assholes to grow up? Why can't I just be free to not be associated with them?'
Bob, while we may not see eye to eye on different subject, I am fully, 100% backing you on this subject.
Do... do you really want to see a female version of Bob?
Amen to that, one of the reasons why I often tend to avoid multiplayer gaming (and I'm not even a girl). I can't help but be slightly ashamed to be a geek/gamer whenever I hear about this.
On another note, wasn't there a thread here about a week ago about that specific incident?
I love you, Movie Bob! I have not really commented on anything in a while but this forced me to come back and say what a great job you do in general, even when I disagree with your premise. (in this case, I do not)
Jesus, I had heard a little about this, but wasn't aware of the whole kerfuffle. Bakhtanian sounds like he's trying to be the representative for /v/ - his justification for his own misogynist behaviour is laughably horrendous. It makes me wonder if the problem of sexism isn't circulated and even exacerbated by peer pressure in a heavily male-dominated culture. We need more people who are willing to stand up and challenge the attitude, even if everyone else in the room is an Aris clone.
Great video, Bob - needed saying.
I find it funny how they used Starcraft as a bad thing. What's bad about it? From most competitions I've seen they tend to get along pretty well, even when they cheese the hell out of each other.
It's a good thing these guys put themselves out though. That way you can smack some of that BS down, which they need to do some more.
Great video Bob, I was really quite annoyed when I heard this story the other week, and I completely agree with your points here. Especially about free speech. I've never understood why people think the right to free speech means they're allowed to be an arsehole to people without consequence.
Getting "ragged on" in general happens all the time in the FGC. The issue is that these guys grew up in the arcade, where they were surrounded by peers and able to say these things to each other with little more repercussion than getting beat in the next match.
UltraDavid, someone who could be considered a leader in the fighting game community, did a fantastic write-up that touched on this topic on shoryuken.com. True, the main topic is fighting games as esports, but the argument for why this sort of thing happens in the fighting game community is pretty well explained. It's LONG AS HELL and can be found here.
I've met Aris. He's a decent guy. I've also been to fighting game tournaments before they got as big as they are now. Racism, sexism, homophobia, and general dickish behaviour does go on. To be blunt, it is currently part of the culture, because of where it originated. But there are those who recognize that this needs to change, and the changes are happening. The FGC has some growing to do, and not all of it is going to be painless.
Overall, I like your points. There are certainly some points I dont see eye to eye on, mostly because realistically they won't change or aren't something that bad in the first place For example: you will not stop people from saying 'you got raped' in games. It sucks that it wont happen, but its just like people saying 'thats gay' for something stupid. And, for both cases, I dont see it as a swipe against rape victims or homosexuals, its just a word that has a stigma attached to it (which is unfortunate for 'gay', but not everyone is tolerant) thats used in conjunction with something not so pleasant. Is it bad? Yes. Does it tear us down as a culture? Yes. Will it change? Unfortunately, no.
Part of the reason things will never change is because as a community, we are fractured. We all belong to the same community, but a large portion (mostly on the younger side, but there are quite a few naive older people) don't act like they are part of the community. They don't care about the community as a whole, standards we'd like to uphold, or making the medium better. They're just there cause its the cool thing to do, explosions are cool, or for sheer, mind melting entertainment. Thats never going away either.
I was kind of disappointed in this episode though. When I read that you would be taking on the sexism in nerd culture, I thought this would be more indepth. Maybe even delve into why, as a culture, Gamers and the Internet demean women to the point of objects because we fear their presence in a place we dominate. Or perhaps go into other issues. I just thought it would be deeper, and it really enticed me to see what you would have to say on this.
It was a great episode, don't get me wrong. I just wish it had more meat on it. I LOVE your funny/odd episodes Bob, but I like these serious ones just as much. I'm probably not the only one either, just keep that in mind.
I don't dig out this clip often, but when I do...
It's because the Starcraft community and FGC are diametrically opposed. When people talk about making fighting games into an esport, they always say things like "why can't you be more like those Starcraft guys" and that makes the members of the FGC feel marginalized. They fought (no pun) to get where they are with, really, little to no outside help. The FGC is really homegrown, and when you have that much devoted into something, people coming in to mess with that feels deeply wrong, and they get very territorial.
I feel the need to point to this article again to better illustrate that point, because I'm just not as well versed in the finer details as others.
Thank you for that rant Bob!
I can't say how disgusted I felt when I first heard this bit of news; as someone who likes fighting games I really don't want to be associated with this kind of BS.
I agree. Sexism or racism isn't defined by how you think so much as by your actions. I think if you make sexist jokes which cause women discomfort and grief then you are, by definition, sexist. Whether you think of yourself as sexist or not is a different story. Mediocre bad guys almost never think of themselves as bad guys.
On a different note: Its interesting to see how this matches up with your political correctness video. Its not that they are incompatible by any means. Its just that watching those two videos gives a sense of the sometimes narrow region in between being an ass and being politically incorrect.
Thank you, Bob. This may be your best episode to date, and I agree wholeheartedly with you!
I could not agree with this more more. Good on yah Bob.
Why should they? If entry into the gaming community is defined as playing video games why should they care about anything except playing the games they want to play.
Somehow, I think this attitude inside of the community is what's causing so many games to include unnecessary cheesecake fan service, unfortunate subtexts and crude stereotypes.
I presume that if those attitudes didn't exist, I wouldn't be as nervous and anxious over a game like Extreme Beach Volleyball.
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FBI Director James Comey just held a press conference detailing the FBI's findings during its investigation of Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server. The findings are irrefutably ugly.
The FBI, "painstakingly" reassembling emails scattered to the digital wind by device abandonment, multiple server upgrades, lawyers' brute-force attempts to separate personal emails from work-related emails, and a general lack of professionalism across the board, found that Clinton's private email server contained :
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As noted above, Clinton's lawyers made several efforts to delete "personal" emails, but they did so by using searches and header info, rather than actually reading the emails' content. The FBI did read the content of what it could recover, finding it likely that some work-related emails vanished during these purges. It also discovered Clinton hired some smart lawyers: "lawyers cleaned their devices in such a way as to preclude complete forensic recovery."
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The FBI's final conclusion is damning, but only in terms of harsh words, not actual punishment. Clinton and her staff "knew or should have known" a private email server was "no way to properly handle classified email" -- especially when housed on private server with "no full-time staff" or anything approaching the level of service one would equate with email services like Gmail. Comey also noted that Clinton used her personal domain "extensively" outside of the US, needlessly exposing sensitive information in the "presence of hostile actors."
James Comey also took a little time to bash her agency, stating that the FBI found the "security culture" of the State Department to be "lacking."
But for anyone who was hoping this would result in criminal charges, the FBI has nothing in the way of good news. Comey says it's not the FBI's call to pursue prosecution, but stated that "no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case" against Clinton, despite her repeated careless handling of sensitive info via her barely-competent private email service.
Final call, according to Comey: Clinton, staffers may be subject to security or administrative sanctions, but "no [criminal] charges are appropriate" in this case.
Clinton walks. The FBI has determined there was no malice in her actions. Being stupid and dishonest is no crime, at least not as far as the FBI is willing to push it. The DOJ has the final call, but it's highly unlikely it will override the FBI's recommendation. The decision is one that people in Clinton's position are far more likely to receive. Others lower on the political ladder -- or, god forbid, just average voting Americans -- are far less likely to receive this much deference from the nation's top prosecutors.
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Robert Libke, 41, was shot in the head when he confronted an armed man with a history of domestic disputes
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OREGON CITY, Ore. — Police said Monday that they believe an 88-year-old man set fire to his house, fatally shot a volunteer reserve police officer and then was killed by a SWAT team.
The Oregon City police officer, Robert Libke, 41, was taken to a Portland hospital after the confrontation Sunday. Police disclosed Monday that he had died.
Authorities identified the suspected gunman as Lawrence Cambra, who was one of two residents of the burned home. A woman who also lives there was uninjured, said Sgt. Dan Kraus of the Clackamas County sheriff's office.
Investigators are still trying to determine a motive, but they don't believe the fire was intentionally set to lure police into an ambush, Kraus said.
The Oregonian reported that Cambra has a history of domestic disputes.
Police and firefighters were dispatched to Cambra's home after reports that it was burning. The reports said a man on the scene had a handgun.
Libke and a regular deputy were first on the scene. Police say Cambra confronted Libke and then shot him. Officers surrounded the area, and neighbors and firefighters were evacuated.
Josh Wenzel, who lives across the street, told The Oregonian that he saw smoke billowing from his neighbor's house about 1 p.m. He saw the home's resident, an older man whose name he didn't know, go back in. Wenzel said he went to the man's house to try to find him, but didn't get far before a chunk of ceiling fell and the carpet caught fire.
Wenzel saw him come out of the garage, his hair singed and his white T-shirt black with soot.
"He didn't seem to be in his right mind," Wenzel said. "He wasn't frantic or worried."
He saw the man had a gun and sprinted away. He later saw an officer, with his gun at his side, yelling at the man to drop his weapon. Wenzel heard a shot and saw blood spurt from Libke's forehead.
Libke is one of about 10 reserve officers who volunteer to augment regular staffing levels for the Oregon City police. Reserve officers complete an Interagency Police Academy in Clackamas County.
Neighbors told The Oregonian that Libke's wife was pregnant. They said he started a neighborhood watch group in his Southeast Portland neighborhood.
"Oh my God, my heart's just breaking," neighbor Ed Neuman said. "He's a good man. I'm just going to pray for him and his wife."
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