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Surely Mr Kinleys input will be emphatically bias on this matter!
His entire background is dedicated to the insurance sector, suggesting that his appointment is a big win for insurers in this consultation.
Surely an equally prominent claimant lawyer or represeentative for the claimant sector should be given an equal input to this crucial matter.
It stinks of insurance company lobbying and ther government pandering to them- whilst forgetting that insurance companies are the biggest sellers of PI litigation claims in the industry- thereby driving the so called 'claim culture'.
Totally agree with the above. The CJC should be making neutral appointments to a committee like this, otherwise it is open to criticism. Already the insurers have managed to get the entire claimant community into a spin with its effective lobbying (take note Law Soc) which will result in access to justice being blocked for an entire swathe of society. Now they have their man drawing up the rules which we'll operate under. Farcical isn't the word for it, stitch up is.
and also, piers morgan to investigate phone hacking...
Agree completely with the first two posts. This is incredibly whiffy. The Jackson report was a poorly disguised victory for the insurers. This is blatant pandering to insurers' interests. Ignoring the role of claimant lawyers and their interests in getting paid a fair fee for the risks they assume, for a second, none of this is in the interests of the common man.
Its time people woke up and smelt the cheese.
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10/10 for insurers and bias opinion - money talks - victims continue to suffer in silence - House of Lords, Knighthoods, wow so all still here and avaliable for the right price?
Of Mr Kinley BLM states:
"Mr Kinley joined BLM in 2006 after 10 years at the Association of British Insurers, where he led policy development on topics including civil justice and liability insurance.
His role at the law firm encompasses engagement with government departments and regulators on key issues and consultations affecting the firm and its clients."
"His work here has reinforced how we help our clients and engage on the key policy issues in their sector — such as the Jackson reforms. It is important that the firm takes part fully in these debates and that it takes advantage of the changing structures allowed by the Act so we make the best use of market opportunities."
Surely his role at BLM, to "help our clients...make best use of market oportunities" creates a massive conflict? Stinks indeed!
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- By Gabriella Fuller
- Published: October 1st, 2013
Best selling author and inspirational speaker Pattie Mallette addressed Liberty University's student body during Convocation Monday, Sept. 30.
Mallette, who is perhaps best known as the mother of celebrity singer-songwriter Justin Bieber, shared her personal testimony with students, outlining the journey of faith that ultimately led her to God.
Mallette's story, which is detailed in the New York Times bestseller "Nowhere but Up," proves that despite current fame and celebrity, the young mother was no stranger to hardship and struggle. Raised in a home with an abusive father and a mother she described as "emotionally unavailable," Mallette told students about the events which eventually led her to an unplanned teen pregnancy and attempted suicide.
Despite a past shadowed by memories of abuse, neglect and addictions, Mallette credits her faith for the healing and redemption that has since redefined her life.
"Faith plays a huge role in my life," Mallette said. "I don't think that I would be able to have made it through the difficult situations in my life if it wasn't for my faith."
As an example of overcoming the discouraging "you are only" statements, which trap people in their circumstances, Mallette shared the familiar David and Goliath passage from 1 Samuel 17.
"David makes one of the greatest leaps for anyone, in my opinion," Mallette said. "He goes from 'someone should do something about this' to 'I will be the one to do something about it.'"
Mallette encouraged students to take that leap.
"We have to develop the attitude like David that says, 'I will do whatever it takes to fight against oppression and injustice,'" Mallette said. "In spite of the condescending disapproval and the sheer size of the feat ahead of him, something rose up inside him against injustice to take action."
Mallette said she has now dedicated her life to providing second chances to those in need. When asked about the impact she has had, Mallette recognized her difficult past and the story she may now share because of it as the reason for her success.
"I've been able to visit so many teenagers in different programs and projects," Mallette said. "I've met girls at the Dream Center, and I've done some visiting to the Covenant House in New York."
In addition to supporting various pregnancy centers and homeless youth shelters, Mallette has also recently launched her own foundation, Round 2, which provides resources and assistance to those in need. With her own personal experiences in shelters and on the streets, Mallette says she hopes the foundation will be a resource to adolescents and adults in distress.
Though she will always be known as Justin Bieber's mom, Mallette has proved that she, too, has a voice and a story that deserves to be told.
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Andre Dawkins: People ask me if I can still shoot, and I ask them if they can still breathe. Thats kind of the same thing.
This game was Quinn's. Austin and Mason played very well, Andre hit shots, Gbinije showed that he is going to be able to do more than expected by some, and Hairston hit some good shots, but this was Quinn's application to the PG spot.
On this board...tonight he stepped up. hopefully K will give him some more PT so he can develop his game and grow his D.
Not saying we hand him the keys, but he deserves to be in the rotation.
After a rather sluggish first half, we played much better in the 2nd half. The first half high lights were the 3s we hit to shake a pesky unc-G squad. As for the 2nd half, it looked like the Quinn Cook show. When Tyler got that 4th foul, Quinn came in and played very well offensively and defensively. Good game from Mason and Andre as well. GoDuke!
"Shout out to this clock right here that's telling us what time it is." - Dre
I expected rust, but this was malaise. Getting outhustled, big guys bringing the ball down and getting stripped, poor passing and a lot of turnovers. After exams, they are likely to come out slow, but this was worse than I expected. It took a great deal of the first half to get going, with the defense really leading the way by slowing them down and then we hit a few threes and were off to the races.
The good
Much better defense in the second half, until we really mixed some inexperienced players in. Great bench support, one might say better than the starters in some cases. Good shooting.
Quinn Cook looked really good at point, and it wasn't only his scoring. He handles the ball extremely well and has the best ball security of any of our guards. He also made very good decisions and passes out of the point.
While Miles started the game weakly, he became a defensive and rebounding force out there. I thought he had regressed during part of the first half, but one has to appreciate his defense and rebounding. Too bad there were no points though.
Michael looked good off the bench. You can see him being a help going forward. He can defend, handles well for his size and can get his shots off.
Mason was a beast out there scoring and rebounding.
Ryan started slowly but played a good game after the first 10 minutes.
Austin picked up 14 points quietly. They weren't letting him penetrate often so he went to the 3 pointer.
Dawkins also chipped in with scoring and defended well once the first part of the games blues passed.
Not so good
Mason's foul shooting
Way too many turnovers,. I was particularly surprised by Seth's propensity to turn the ball over and compound the problem with a foul.
Coming out of the game, coach K should have no issue playing Quinn at point for extended minutes and subbing Michael in as well.This team will need to come ready to play and perhaps this game can be used as a teaching moment for games to follow.
Surprised at how much holding and shoving the refs were pointedly overlooking. Ryan and his guy were yapping and banging all up and down the court. The rugby scrum for the ball in 2nd half with Miles in the center of it all was rather acrobatic. Too many of our guys were thrown to the floor after arm locks.
And I still dislike Wes Miller.
Tale of two halves for Quinn. He was shaky with the ball in the first half but got his groove on big-time in the 2nd half. The Plums especially Mason took advantage of their size advantage and Austin was a killer when everyone else was in a funk. Seth seems like he's struggling a bit with finding his role. Ryan also isn't having the sort of impact he showed early on. This was a good confidence builder game for Josh and SG too. Count me among those who are hoping QC can earn more of TT minutes going forward.
Quinn was on fire in the second half. I think he really opened some eyes today. I'm not sure he should start, but he should definitely play many minutes every game.
I think Miles needs to play more. He brings so much toughness and rebounding that are lacking. Last year we got better when he started and I think the same may happen this year.
Loved to see all the young guys out there. Go Duke!!
Sure Quinn had a nice game but let's keep in mind he did this vs the 300th rated squad on kenpom and his points came at a time when Duke's surge had already been made. He faced very little defensive pressure on his shots though that side-step
layup was nice.
Mason really took control of this game. Atleast 10 of his boards must have been in traffic.
I think Andre is getting overlooked a bit. He still needs work on the defensive end but on offense he's been great lately. The stroke is going and he's done a great job making the extra pass and looking inside.
"Just be you. You is Enough."
Nice to see Andre play some good ball, make some shots, as a strong 6th man. Silent G had a very sound game on both ends of the floor.
Go Duke!
(Not to bag on Tyler -- who busted his tail as usual and was the FIRST person to greet Cook when he came to the bench -- but he had three points, one assist and four fouls in 16 minutes against the 300th rated squad on kenpom.)
Side note: This was my first game in Cameron since I graduated in 2001. Nice to have my most recent game there finally be a win!
Side note 2: I talked to Austin for a bit after the game. Can't say enough about him, what a fun kid. The latest in a long line of class acts during the Krzyzewski era.
Quinn is certainly the question. I'm not sure he's the answer yet, though. So far this season, including tonight, what he's shown us is he can score. While that's a bit of a pleasant surprise, we have lots of guys who can score. If he's trying to earn time based on his scoring ability, he'll have to get in line behind Austin, Seth, and Andre. If Quinn wants to start or play big minutes, he'll have to do it with defense, and to a lesser extent by being a classic distributing PG. And so far, we haven't seen either of those things from him.
I agree his handle is smooth, but his assist rate isn't great (4.57 assist per 40 minutes) and his decision making needs some work (2 assists vs. 2 turnovers tonight). And, as many have pointed out, his defense isn't there yet.
Give the guy time. He doesn't really have to be our savior yet.
With about ten minutes to go, we had Cook, Dawkins, Gbinije, Hairston, and MP1 on the floor. Not a single starter. And the team looked pretty good. Nice to see. Hairston struggled some, but the rest looked good. Gbinije had some nice plays on both ends. I loved it when he got the defender in the air and took a shot as he got fouled, just to get to the line.
I thought Miles had a great game, even if he didn't score. He was working so hard on defense. He's having a really nice stretch of games here. Maybe this is the moment where's he putting it together.
I agree with those who caution against putting too much weight on Cook's scoring. Almost all of it came when the game was out of hand.
Nice end to the first half and a solid second half appeared to knock off the post-exam rust. Great efforts tonight expecially from Dawkins who really continues to evolve as more than just a spot up shooter. Thought Mason took another step forward showing a dominant streak in the post. Rivers did his usual thing and Quinn Cook played solid. Scoring 14 points in 18 minutes on 6-7 shooting is a big boost to his confidence. Every regular player played double digit minutes which is good, though not necessarily going to be a realistic expectation going forward as the schedule and games get tough.
Overall not a bad performance post exams. Now we all have to wait another 11 days. That is three really long breaks in a month for Duke after a brutal early schedule so I think that should help their legs, maybe not their free throw shooting though.
Anyone think it is too early to start the Wes Miller-Roy Williams line of succession talk?
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Leaves of Life - October 1
Saint John Viscount Bolingbroke born 1678.
Pierre Corneille died 1684.
Rufus Choate born 1799.
Naming it new and a little obscure,
Ignoble and unfit for lofty deeds.
All times were modern in the time of them,
And this no more than others. Do thy part
Here in the living day, as did the great
Who made old days immortal.
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He who is false to present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and will find the flaw when he may have forgotten the cause.
—Henry Ward Beecher.
For use almost can change the stamp of nature,
And master the devil, or throw him out
With wondrous potency.
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And when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house (now his windows were open in his chamber toward
—Daniel 6. 10.
Heavenly Father, help me to get away from doubt that leads to despair. Give me a vision of hope that is stayed on faith. May I be conscious and appreciative of my privileges while they come to me and make them immortal. Amen.
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text: You're Too Cheap to Fly Faster medium.com Jason Paur: And just this month an unmanned hypersonic jet reached Mach 5, averaging 3,300 miles per hour for about five minutes. That's faster than a speeding bullet fired from a high-velocity rifle, and quite possibly Superman himself. But there's a big difference between this hypersonic flight and the ever faster computers that have penetrated nearly every corner of society, and now travel everywhere in pockets and purses, and even on some people's faces. We don't get to use the really fast airplanes. We're actually flying slower than we were 50 years ago. It turns out we're just too cheap to fly faster. Sad. But true. tech airplanes air travel


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I'm out for a 10-day trip to NYC and Las Vegas, and my bag is smaller than a breadbox. Here's how to pack when you have no idea when you'll be back.
Here's the full gear list:
Ultralight Travel Gear List (Updated!)
Minimalist shoes make perfect travel shoes if you allow yourself a few months to build up strength in your feet. With no padding or cushioning, they pack down almost completely flat and weigh very little. I love my Gobi's for all of these reasons, and because I can stay comfortable and pack light without looking like a hopeless tourist. These ones are particularly durable; mine are starting to look "worn-in" but they're holding up fine everywhere.
The ultimate travel goal is to bring one pair of pants for everything. I'm pretty sold on the Prana Stretch Zion's. Stretch is subtle, but I consider it essential to long-term comfort. I spend too much time sleeping, sitting cross-legged, mounting bicycles, climbing, and hiking to bring a pair of nylon pants that don't move with me.
These dry so fast, I don't carry rain pants. They're so comfortable, I wear them in 90º heat and -18º northeast winters. The side pocket is perfect for things you don't want to lose with two zippers, and the snaps on the bottom let me roll up the cuffs at the rock gym. I can't speak highly enough of these. One flaw: the built-in belt can slip a bit, so get the right size or consider cutting it off to use the belt loops with your own belt.
I usually wear Merino wool underneath, so I only have to wash them once every few days. If this is too "camper" for your personal style, try the Ministry of Supply Aviator Pants. Not quite as comfortable, but definitely more innocuous.
This 8oz fleece is a bit hard to find, but they're likely due for a re-release next fall. 8oz is about half of what most fleeces weigh, and this fleece feels positively airy. With a raincoat, I can stay comfortable down to 30º. I like the softness, too; it's perfect for sleeping. A lack of pockets and extra features keeps weight down and prevents your outfit from looking exceptionally busy.
4. Cocoon Silk Travel Sheet and Travel Pillow
Bringing a bed with you is pretty practical when your hosts fluctuate from day to day. For just a bit of weight, I'm ready for sleeping anywhere, including airports on long layovers. I use the Cocoon travel pillow and silk travel sheet coupled with a Thermarest Prolite Sleeping Pad for a full portable bed that weighs just one pound (less weight than my shoes).
5. Food
Part of traveling on the cheap is keeping food costs down. I do this by using supermarkets. This is obviously an American spread, but you can do this virtually anywhere. Eating out constantly costs 2-3x more than buying food the old-fashioned way.
I saved a lot of money with this shopping trip (totaling around $45) because all of these foods are high-calorie and highly nutritious. This is about 4-5 days worth of food.
These are great travel shorts, which double as a bathing suit. For a weekend in 50º New York and 70º Las Vegas, these and the Zion pants complement each other perfectly. Again, I'm going with Prana here for the stretch. It's an intuitive fabric that is most comfortable for me when my itinerary includes 2-day train rides or 5-hour flights.
A good raincoat can turn a 2-hour wait for a bus from a nightmare into an adventure. Being wet is no fun, and since rain is an inevitability, I simply plan for it and make it part of my trips. The Gore-Tex Menace is dead, and companies are getting more and more leeway to develop their own proprietary waterproof-breathable fabrics. Polartec NeoShell is my personal favorite; it has just a bit of stretch, a face fabric that feels like a softshell, doesn't make noise, and is ultralight (this jacket is only 11oz). I have stood in pouring rain for hours and it still won't wet through.
Plus, the price on this particular coat is right; it'll serve just as well as high-end raincoats three times the price.
A flexible water bottle weighs much less than a conventional one, and being able to fill up without paying another $2.50 for water saves a lot in the long run. I can fold this one into wallet-size so I forget I have it until it's needed.
This little bag is a great addition to my kit. It's an organizer in the pack and a camera bag outside the pack, and is low-profile enough not to attract attention. I keep my passport, camera, and notebook in here, along with a mini first-aid kit (bandages, gauze, and Aleve), a bandanna, a headlamp, and some zip ties.
Lightweight nylon at less than 5oz, this travel shirt is pretty generic- but that's not a bad thing. A simple nylon dress shirt has a lot of utility in a one-bag travel list. it's sun protection, bug protection, good-looking enough for formal events, and comfortable to wear all day.
11. Smartwool Lightweight Boxer Briefs
I've lauded Merino Wool before. I use three Merino Wool shirts and nothing but merino socks and underwear when I travel. it simplifies going several days in the same outfit- you don't necessarily need to do laundry, and when you do, everything dries quickly so you can get back out there.
These are also extremely comfortable when you're sitting for long periods of time. They're moisture-wicking, because sitting on an airplane can be a perspiring experience. I have a hard time wearing anything else, now that I've converted, so invest cautiously.
Altogether, I think my gear list for this trip totaled about 15lbs, plus the food and some water. Here's the complete list!
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Dammit, you just added ~$400 to my Amazon shopping cart.
Could you explain why you say the "Gore-tex menace"? On two levels, why do you consider them a menace, and why do you say they are now "dead"?
They are a company that relies heavily on trade secrets with their water proof breathable polymers, and has been ranked among the best places to work, in both the world and the United States, for more than a decades (with frequent top ten appearances). They don't truly market their products for the public, and have only ever worked with one polymer type, so exploration by other companies has always been possible, Gore was just better at it for quite a long time.
Why would you worry about how flat your shoes pack? Wouldn't they be on your feet?
$80 for a pair of underwear shocks me. Your gear bag may weigh less than 20 lbs but it costs over $500!
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This location is in Elizabeth City. Nearby parks include Municipal Ballpark, Charles Creek Park and Lions Club Park.
Nearby schools include P W Moore Elementary School, Northeastern High School and Glad Tidings Christian Academy.
The closest grocery stores are SoHo Organic Market, Tortilla & Tienda Diana and Food Lion of Elizabeth City.
Nearby coffee shops include Kathy's Kreations, De'Tours and Starbucks. There are seven restaurants within a 15 minute walk including Papa John's Pizza, Tony's Pizza and Andy's Pancake & Steak House.
112 Sutton Drive is near Municipal Ballpark, Charles Creek Park and Mid-Atlantic Christian University.


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Hey, I'm Cory. I'm starting med school in the fall. This is where I go to strum the sweet melodies of the internet. Feel free to ask questions, submit your favorite links, and comment! Fuckin' Lingerer(s)
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
I don't care anymore by Donny Miller
Next time I stop giving a fuck, I intend to dress in a spacesuit and ride a green shark and it will be amazing.


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When I realize that I and all of my nurse friends have the same weekday off
Thanks cnaughty for the guest submission!
Being right when the resident was wrong
…I was born in the wrong era…
I just got home from Matt's..
"Well it was kind of cold that night, she stood alone on her balcony
Yeah, she could hear the cars roll by, out on 441 like waves crashin' on the beach
And for one desperate moment there..
He crept back in her memory.
God it's so painful when something that's so close..
Is still so far out of reach." -Tom Petty
I was staring at the sky, just looking for a star..
To pray on, or wish on, or something like that.
I was having a sweet fix of a daydream of a boy whose reality I knew, was a hopeless to be had
But then the dove of hope began its downward slope and I believed for a moment that my chances were approaching to be grabbed
But as it came down near, so did a weary tear
I thought it was a bird, but it was just a paper bag
Hunger hurts, and I want him so bad, oh it kills
'Cause I know I'm a mess he don't wanna clean up
I got to fold 'cause these hands are too shaky to hold
Hunger hurts, but starving works, when it costs too much to love
And I went crazy again today, looking for a strand to climb, looking for a little hope
Baby said he couldn't stay, wouldn't put his lips to mine,
And a fail to kiss is a fail to cope
I said, 'Honey, I don't feel so good, don't feel justified
Come on put a little love here in my void,' he said
'It's all in your head,' and I said, 'So's everything'
But he didn't get it. I thought he was a man, but he was just a little boy..
Hunger hurts, and I want him so bad, oh it kills
'Cause I know I'm a mess he don't wanna clean up
I got to fold 'cause these hands are too shaky to hold
Hunger hurts, but starving works, when it costs too much to love. -Fiona Apple
Later that day I got to thinking about relationships. When a relationship ends, where does the love go? Which leads me to the question: Do we ever really move on or do we just learn to live on, without? Do we just get acclimated to living life without the one we thought was "the one"? "The One That Got Away" by Katy Perry is on repeat..
I'm a nurse! Officially! I passed my boards!
I'm so incredibly nervous. I have my state boards tomorrow. I know, instead of fucking around on tumblr, I should be studying, but I needed a break. Ah. Well, I can't wait to be a nurse!!


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Before leaving this issue, a word must be said about the government's failure to record the interrogation. Presumably, given the fact that the FBI arranged for members of its High Value Intelligence Group to travel to Boston, it could easily have arranged for electronic recording of the questions asked and the answers given. Such recordings would have provided this Court with direct evidence of Mr. Tsarnaev's condition, his demeanor, and the manner in which the questions were posed.
It is clear that government officials — who surely conferred at the highest levels about the scope and timing of the questioning, given the U.S. Attorney's televised announcement of how it would proceed — made a deliberate decision not to create such a record. Indeed, a 2006 internal FBI memorandum, cited as among the reasons not to tape a defendant's statement, explains that techniques used by investigators to question suspects 'do not always come across in recorded fashion to lay persons as proper means of obtaining information from defendants.'
The Tsarnaevs and the CIA (Part III)
Back in December it was my intention to follow-up my analysis of the brothers Tsarnaev with a third part, much of which would have focused on yet another strange passage from The Boston Globe's exhaustive five-months in the making portrait of the brothers. A portrait which was assembled with tremendous cooperation from state and federal authorities.
To a point. The passage:
Tamerlan began partying hard. Much of his time was spent smoking pot and listening to music with some of his Rindge friends. One of them, Sebastian Freddura, said that "Tim," or the "oddball Russian," as they called Tamerlan, and their pals would routinely go party on weekends at Salem State University, which Freddura attended from 2008 to 2010.
Another person who happened to be on that campus at the time was Sean Collier, the MIT police officer whom the Tsarnaev brothers are accused of murdering, and who graduated from Salem State in 2009. It is a remarkable coincidence, but the Globe uncovered no evidence that the two ever met. Investigators have indicated that the brothers apparently approached Collier at random on April 18 and shot him as they tried to take his gun. Asked if Tamerlan might have known Collier from the Salem campus or had approached him intentionally, state and federal investigators declined to comment.
The Salem campus is not the only place that Tamerlan and Collier might have crossed paths. Both men were active in Somerville boxing circles. Tamerlan trained at a gym called the Somerville Boxing Club that closed several years ago. Collier provided IT assistance to a newer club called the Somerville Youth Development & Boxing Club. Some trainers and staff involved at both clubs wonder if Tamerlan ever became aware of Collier at one of the two locations.
This struck me as strange on several levels. One, that the possibility existed that Tamerlan and Collier could have crossed paths before the night of Collier's murder. Two, that authorities were not willing to talk about that possibility. And three, that the Globe included the open question at all, almost as if editors and reporters really did not know what to make of it either — and wanted other eyes on it.
But even after putting eyes and thought on it you really could not go much beyond, "Weird." Until last week.
An MIT police sergeant told a local radio station that he believes FBI agents were surveilling the Tsarnaev brothers on the night Collier was murdered. This radical change in the timeline echoes back to the October disclosure that the FBI was running some op in Cambridge that night, one which the Bureau swore had nothing to do with the bombing, to wit:
The Joint Terrorism Task Force was at M.I.T., located in Cambridge, MA, on April 18, 2013, on a matter unrelated to the Tsarnaev brothers. Additionally, the Tsarnaev brothers were never sources for the FBI nor did the FBI attempt to recruit them as sources.
There has been recent reporting relating to whether or not the FBI, Boston Police, Massachusetts State Police or other members of the Joint Terrorism Task Force knew the identities of the bombers before the shootout with the alleged marathon bombing suspects, and were conducting physical surveillance of them on April 18, 2013. These claims have been repeatedly refuted by the FBI, Boston Police, and Massachusetts State Police.
To be absolutely clear: No one was surveilling the Tsarnaevs and they were not identified until after the shootout. Any claims to the contrary are false.
But then this happens:
"The word was out regarding the suspects now. We knew how they looked like, and we knew they lived in the city of Cambridge at one point," said Clarence Henniger, a sergeant with MIT police, recalling patrolling campus that evening.
"So our alert basis was not as high because the feds were all over the city of Cambridge, to some degree, knowing that they lived there," Henniger said. "It was still not really affecting us directly in a sense. We still had this false security of MIT campus. We felt the threat here in Cambridge was gone."
This, of course, prompted more denials from the FBI yesterday.
In response, Assistant Special Agent In Charge of the Boston office, Kieran Ramsey, told Boston that Henniger is "absolutely uninformed" and that his claims are "patently false. We did not know the identities of the Tsarnaev brothers until after [Tamerlan] was fingerprinted."
Henniger, a 39-year veteran of MIT's police force, gave fuel to conspiracy theorists and bloggers when he told Northeastern University that "The word was out regarding the suspects. We knew that his house was under surveillance, and the feds were all over the city of Cambridge." However, when contacted by Boston, Henniger admitted that his information is not based in fact. "We were just assuming," Henniger said. "We had an idea that they had already put it together who they were."
Henniger, however, was correct that FBI agents were swarming around Cambridge at the time Collier was killed. Ramsey, who was the on-scene commander in Cambridge that day, confirmed that agents "were following up on leads far and wide which included following up on leads on the MIT campus. Everywhere we could, where we had a lead, we would follow-up immediately." Though he would not give specifics, Ramsey added that the leads his agents were tracking were connected to the bombings but not to the Tsarnaevs. …
Despite the FBI's strong assertions, Henniger stands by his story and says he still has lingering doubts about what the feds knew and when. "We still have questions," he says, "and to some degree I'm sure [the FBI] knew."
To that, says Ramsey, "That MIT officer could not be more wrong."
Well, well. Just what were those bombing "leads" unrelated to Tsarnaevs that brought the feds down on Cambridge? Did they have anything to do with Sean Collier? Is this what Sgt. Henninger is circumlocuting around? And is that what the feds are so intent on keeping secret?
Was Collier, in any capacity, formal or informal, at any time prior to the night he was killed, in contact with any element of the federal government and/or state joint terrorism task force elements?
We would not have to demand answers to such left-field questions if the government would just speak plainly about what it knows and what it did. Perhaps it is fear of messing up the Jahir trial, but something is fundamentally wrong with the official account of the days after the bombing. And the state seems intent on protecting its current narrative as it goes to trial. That does not bode well for the truth.
Confirmed: Wacky Biz Deals in CLT
As predicted a week ago, the local arm of North Carolina's Alcohol Law Enforcement agency was deeply involved in tipping off the FBI in the corruption case the Bureau lodged against Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon. And since Cannon's resignation, the extent of the federal investigation has begun to become apparent.
Already we have an interesting cameo in the person of NYC hotelier and self-promotion master George Dfouni. Dfouni is part of the ownership group of a Charlotte hotel that badly needed an alcohol permit. Cannon's parking company has a contract with the hotel to manage parking at the site. A hotel rep, Larry Parks, contributed $1250 to Cannon's city council campaign and, according to an ALE agent, claimed he could get the hotel's alcohol permit approved via his influence over the local alcohol licensing board.
Dfouni is cutting Parks loose on that one:
Hotel co-owner Dfouni said he knows Cannon and has met him several times, but never sought influence from him. He said he dealt with Jeff Feemster, E-Z Parking's co-president, when dealing with parking, not Cannon.
"I didn't ask for favors," he said. "What do I need the mayor for, with all due respect to the mayor?" …
Dfouni said he was surprised to hear that Parks allegedly told people he could influence the ABC. He said Parks was an architectural consultant.
"This is news to me," he said. "I'm actually surprised by this. … He was introduced to me as somebody local who knows a lot of architects. He was like a middleman between me and contractors. I really don't deal with Larry that much."
Dfouni has much better things to do, you see — like dabble with running for president of Lebanon after a whirlwind trip to Beirut, London, and Europe. But instead of running himself Dfouni, whom the Lebanese press describes as "known for his friendship with President Barack Obama," has thrown his support behind former Interior Minister Ziyad Baroud.
Dfouni, recall, became involved with the Charlotte property following the spectacular flame out of another NYC hotel magnate, Charles Dayan and his ownership group.
Charlotte is finally truly world-class.
Charlotte's Web of Corruption
As I have said previously, any honest observer of Charlotte politics and culture over the past 25 years was surprised by the federal arrest of Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon on bribery charges — but not shocked. Not given the way the city operated for decades via wink-and-nod, bait-and-switch, and insider self-dealing.
In a way, you almost feel sorry for Cannon. He was a lowly parking lot operator and as such without easy access to connected windfalls available to CLT pols who had law firms, construction companies, or other professional service cut-outs. Maybe a bribe-funded feminine hygiene product really was the best get-rich quick scheme he could come up with. But to the question of the day: What comes next?
First, let's backfill some sloppy assumptions afoot in the matter. Because the indictment sources the investigation to a tip from "local law enforcement" operating undercover in 2010, some outlets have taken that to mean Charlotte-Mecklenburg police. Not so fast.
By "local law enforcement" the feds could mean any local arm of law enforcement. And the designation of "undercover" is slippery as well. It could just mean an entity that sometimes operates undercover, so as to wall-off the source from disclosure. Also, the more you know about how law enforcement typically works in Charlotte, the less it seems like CMPD provided the initial tip.
For one, the only undercover ops I ever knew CMPD to undertake involved either drugs or prostitution. Now it is possible one of those operations stumbled on an elaborate development and permitting corruption scheme located at the GovCenter, but that suggests truly epic Sharky's Machine scale illegality that is just not reflected in the Cannon criminal complaint.
Besides, the mention of alcohol permits in the complaint should direct our attention to the local arm of the state's Alcohol Law Enforcement agency. While CMPD conducts background checks on permit applicants on behalf of city officials who then recommend up or down on permits to the county arm of the state's Alcohol Beverage Control commission — North Carolina has deliberately made the distribution and sale of alcohol as complicated as possible — it is ALE that is charged with the day-to-day enforcement of liquor laws at licensed operators. What's more, ALE does deploy plain-clothes "undercover" agents in a variety of sting ops, from underage sales to over-serving to after-hours operation.
Further, CMPD and ALE have not always had the best working relationship, with CMPD more interested in tracking down the sale of heroin and other drugs at bars and restaurants than in policing every dot of the state's arcane alcohol code. This conflict reached its zenith several years ago with ALE attempting to shut down bars in which CMPD had carefully placed informants among the kitchen staff in an attempt to get a handle on the city's rampant black tar heroin trade.
Given the division of labor and history between the two institutions, this scenario suggests itself: ALE operatives get wind of a current or prospective permit holder boasting of having an in with city officials and/or CMPD due to bribes. Without any jurisdiction to investigate such a claim, ALE must turn it over to another investigative agency. Presumably the initial allegation involved an out-of-state, multi-state current or possible permit holder, making it a federal matter.
This scenario also comports with the language in the FBI complaint stating that "other individuals" were probed prior to the investigation landing on Cannon. Had CMPD initiated the investigation, it would have done both an internal clearance of its own officers and that of any non-elected city personnel. Instead, it certainly sounds like the FBI was on the case from the start. And that suggests to me ALE called them in. We may never know.
Meanwhile, only insular, proud Charlotte could have produced a legitimately shocking follow-up to Cannon's arrest — a serial attempt at witness tampering by Charlotte City manager Ron Carlee.
…Carlee said he met with city executives Thursday morning, including those in the planning and zoning departments. He said they told him the city wasn't a "pay-to-play environment" and Carlee said Charlotte is "doing things right." …
In a news conference Thursday, Carlee tried to downplay Cannon's ability to corrupt city government, saying much of the mayor's job is ceremonial and that there are enough checks and balances to limit one person's power.
Carlee said Cannon's arrest wouldn't impact the city's quest to secure federal funding to build a streetcar or keep control of the airport.
"(The mayor) doesn't have operational responsibility for the airport or transit," Carlee said. "It can't be done by the mayor, it's done by the council. The mayor is an important position, has a bully pulpit, but he doesn't have operational control." …
The city's zoning process has several steps that would make it difficult for one person to advance a project, Carlee said.
Just brazen. If anyone asks, just say the mayor had no influence and you did things by the book.
But that is how Charlotte rolls. Has rolled. Straight into a ditch. What comes next?
More of the same.
Ibragim Todashev's Father Writes Open Letter, Releases Morgue Photos
Warning: Graphic photos. Abdul-Baki Todashev is calling for justice for his son, the Tamerlan Tsarnaev associate who was killed by the FBI in Florida.
Have to note that the apartment is tremendously small, much smaller than I expected. Essentially a single room. I am having a hard time envisioning how Todashev thought he could escape.
Four Gangbangers Really Regret Home Invasion Of Trained MMA Fighter
Interesting story in its own right, reminds us of the absurdity of the official FBI account of the Todashev incident. Multiple LEOs exited a tiny apartment in Orlando, leaving MMA expert alone with a single Special Agent.
The Tsarnaevs and the CIA (Part II)
In Part I we looked at domestic anomalies in the official account of the Tsarnaevs' activities pre-bombing. Now we turn to overseas.
The Globe duplicates reports that immediately after the Waltham murders, Tamerlan announced to friends he was going to Dagestan.
Think about this for a minute. A man who before bloody murders in his close circle of friends had casually mentioned the FBI had him on a terror-watch list, weeks after the crime says that heading to a foreign hotspot of strife is next on his to-do list.
Then Tamerlan does it. By January 2012 he is in Dagestan. How did he pay for it? An unemployed father of a young daughter, his wife working as an in-home aide to be able to afford an 800-square foot apartment, up and decamps half a world away. The Globe does not wonder about this.
Here we must conjecture that the paper was told off-the-record by US investigators that they believe Tamerlan paid for the trip with proceeds from robbing the Waltham victims — even though $5000 in cash was left in the apartment, but that the claim could not be reported. Presumably if the Globe had been told or turned up evidence that Jahar's own drug-dealing proceeds funded his brother's trip to Dagestan, the paper would have reported that. But in either case, our thesis that — at the time — the Tsarnaevs were operating under a federal halo remains intact.
More so by the simple fact that Tamerlan was allowed to go to Dagestan. Knowing what we now know about federal spying programs in the wake of Snowden documents, it is simply inconceivable that the US security state did not know that FBI-interviewee Tamerlan was on his way to a locale inflamed with Islamic radicalism.
From here the Globe narrative becomes fascinating:
Tamerlan fell in with members of the Union of the Just, a group that campaigns against human rights violations against Muslims, and is led by a third cousin on his mother's side, Magomed Kartashov. Some of its members follow a strict interpretation of Islam, and believe in the establishment of an Islamic caliphate governed by sharia religious law that would span the Caucasus. They are sharply critical of US interventions in Muslim countries, believe the US government condones the burning of Korans, and have had run-ins with Russian authorities — but they do not openly espouse violence. Tamerlan, they say, arrived with a lot of questions about Islam and wanted to learn how to better express his faith.
"He was at the beginning of his path. He was mostly a listener, a searcher, he was looking for answers," said Mukhamad Magomedov, deputy leader of the group.
Tamerlan spent a lot of time hanging with the Union of the Just members, praying with them and studying the Koran. Also, playing soccer and fooling around. Some of his new friends have pictures of Tamerlan at a Caspian Sea beach, playfully buried in the sand, and attending a wedding. They gave him a second name, Muaz, after an early Islamic scholar, a name he would later use for his YouTube account.
But if Tamerlan was hoping to fit in with Muslims in Dagestan, he did not succeed. Part of it was, yet again, his curious appearance. He wore a long shirt of the type favored by Pakistanis, according to his friends there. He combed his hair with olive oil and darkened his eyes with kohl shadow, practices followed by devout Sunnis in some cultures, but not in Dagestan. Local young Muslims wear track suits and T-shirts and are distinguishable only by their long beards.
Tamerlan's demeanor differed in other ways as well. Speaking in English-inflected Russian, he would smile broadly and chat up strangers, neither of which are common acts on the streets of Dagestan. He also made a show of giving money to beggars on the street, something rarely done by locals.
"What gave him away was his appearance," Magomedov said. "He didn't try to adapt."
Tamerlan also began praying at a mosque attended by Salafi Muslims, a strict, orthodox Sunni sect whose members, authorities believe, often aid the armed insurgency.
There, Russian authorities say, he met with members of the insurgency.
Such contact, according to Russia's Federal Security Service, known as the FSB, was Tamerlan's real motive in coming to Dagestan. The FSB account has it that Tamerlan's name came up during the interrogation of a Canadian national named William Plotnikov, who was suspected of being a member of the underground. Investigators also maintain that Plotnikov and Tamerlan communicated via an Internet site for Muslims. This version of events has it that the bombings could have been prevented had US intelligence heeded warnings the Russians sent US authorities about Tamerlan in 2011 and 2012.
Russian authorities have said that Tamerlan, possibly through Plotnikov, made contact in Dagestan with an alleged recruiter for the underground named Makhmud Mansur Nidal, who was killed in a firefight with security forces in May 2012. Plotnikov was killed in a counterterrorist raid in July, days before Tamerlan left Dagestan and returned to the United States.
The common-sense reading of this account supports the theory that a clumsy, unschooled Tamerlan was sent to Dagestan by the US security state to infiltrate radical Islamic groups — and that the Russians cleaned up behind him as he went. Then, either because his mission was over, or because he feared he was next — he bolted back to the US. And was allowed back in.
Yet the Globe takes pains to shoot down its own reporting which supports this theory. Instead of ruminating on what this series of events suggests, the paper calls the timeline's veracity into question:
But several observers have raised doubts about the FSB version. They say it would have been difficult, if not impossible, for Tamerlan to have met with members of the underground without drawing attention. And if the FSB already suspected Tamerlan of seeking such contacts, they would ordinarily have been watching him very closely, said Andrei Soldatov, a leading Russian analyst of the FSB.
"Knowing of Tamerlan's suspicious contacts in Dagestan in 2012 and having suspected him as early as 2011, it is unclear what prevented the FSB from seizing him when he was leaving Russia," Soldatov said.
Andrei Soldatov is an interesting choice to question this narrative. Soldatov is an implacable foe of Russian security services, no doubt. Pre-Snowden Soldatov warned of Russia's cyberwar capabilities, but post-Snowden flipped to downplaying the threat posed by the NSA doing the exact same thing.
And in April, Soldatov penned a column for the The Moscow Times that was an odd split-the-difference account of the Boston bombing which accused the FSB of doing nothing in response to Tamerlan's trip to Dagestan — without mentioning the Islamic radicals who were dropping dead as Tamerlan tried to meet them!
The column concluded with:
But for some reason, the FBI did not pick up on any of these signals and failed to place the Tsarnaev brothers under close surveillance during the two years before they committed the Boston attack. Hopefully, the U.S. investigation into the FBI's failures will shed more light on why it dropped the ball.
Oh, well. For some reason.
But back to Soldatov's assertion that the FSB account of events in Dagestan is suspect because the Russians did not pick up Tamerlan. Here is what Soldatov told the NYT about the Ryan Fogle incident in May 2013, involving a US embassy employee caught in an apparent FSB spy sting:
Had the Russians viewed Mr. Fogle as a serious threat, Mr. Soldatov and other intelligence experts said, they most likely would have stepped back and let his apparent recruitment effort continue, and perhaps even led him to believe that he had successfully enlisted a double agent, pocketing the money while trying to learn more about the Americans' interests.
Here in the case of Fogle, Soldatov argues that serious threats are not picked up by the FSB, but are given run to gather additional intelligence — and presumably roll up threatening networks. Or, precisely what it appears the FSB did in response to Tamerlan's Dagestan adventure the year prior.
But impeaching Soldatov's indictment of the FSB account of Tamerlan is not enough to show that US security services knew about and to some extent directed Tamerlan's movements during his Dagestan excursion. The following passage comes very close, however:
If US investigators suspected that Tamerlan had actually met with insurgents, Magomedov and other members of the Union of the Just said, they never brought it up when they interviewed Tamerlan's friends in Dagestan in June. The friends said they were never asked about Nidal or Plotnikov. This claim is supported by a three-hour recording of an interview by two FBI agents with one of Tamerlan's friends in June, which the Globe was able to listen to. The names never come up.
Perhaps the names did not come up because the US already knew who Tamerlan had met with — and why. And asking about these meetings may have spun out in uncontrollable and unwanted ways. With this credulous sidestep the Globe pushes the theory that the Tsarnaevs were a wholly disconnected and domestic phenomenon — a theory that is totally at odds with the American state's de facto stance in its Global War on Terror.
Virtually everything the US security state does today is based on the theory that there exists a global conspiracy to do harm to American citizens. Yet when confronted with the reality of a deadly attack on US soil, the official narrative becomes – with a big assist from the Globe — just a couple of misfit brothers out to do bad. Pay no attention to that trip to Dagestan — we didn't even ask questions about potential radical associates there — might as well have been an interview session in Omaha or Detroit.
What would make these guys go bad? We have no idea.
Here is an idea.
Following the FSB tip-off, the FBI interviewed Tamerlan in January 2011. In addition, a deep probe of his online activities was doubtless undertaken. His family's financial struggles would have been noted, as well as his high-performing high school student younger brother who, unlike Tamerlan possessed a green card. Although both brothers had been granted asylum in the US, they had different immigration status. Tamerlan still traveled on his Russian passport and would renew it during his trip to Dagestan, making him potentially a valuable asset going forward. Jahar, on the other hand, would be granted his citizenship in September 2012, making the brothers a very flexible yet vulnerable combo in terms of intelligence potential.
Both brothers applied for citizenship, Tamerlan doing so shortly after he returned from Dagestan and almost immediately after Jahar got his application approved after a standard Department of Homeland Security background check – and interesting flurry of activity to say the least. However, DHS flagged Tamerlan's application for precisely that FBI interview with him in January 2011 that found him to be no threat. Tamerlan was in limbo. And perhaps feeling double-crossed.
If he had undertaken the trip to Dagestan at the behest of federal operatives, with the implication being that his US citizenship would be his reward upon his return, Tamerlan would be furious over this turn of events. Perhaps more so if it was relayed to him that his federal contacts wanted him to make another foray overseas, with his freshly renewed Russian passport providing the means.
By November 2012 Tamerlan was making himself known by loudly denouncing the West in Muslim circles in Cambridge. Perhaps these outbursts were an honest reflection of his feelings – or an attempt to generate sufficient backstory for another foreign adventure. Meanwhile, Jahar was failing out of school and not even his drug profits could keep him from falling thousands of dollars in debt, putting him squarely in the category of desperate as well. The consensus reportage is that by February 2013 the brothers had started down their bomb plot path.
The key period then becomes December 2012 into January 2013. Were the two Chechen brothers presented with final recruitment offer – or demand – from US security services? Conversely, were they simply ignored – all contact dropped after Tamerlan's return from his Dagestan misadventure in August 2012, with a final snub being the arrest of their sister Bella in New Jersey on marijuana distribution charges – in December 2012?
Jahar's trial might begin to answer some of these questions. But the first step is knowing the definitive history of the House of Tsarnaev has yet to be written.
Post-Script will examine some other odd aspects of the official account, which taken together, do not seem to point in any particular direction, but suggest much is still being kept secret by government officials.
The Tsarnaevs and the CIA (Part I)
Last weekend The Boston Globe published an exhaustive and definitive backgrounder on the Tsarnaev brothers. Unfortunately, instead of dispelling the notion that one or both of the brothers had been in heretofore unknown contact with elements of the US national security state prior to the Boston bombing, the detailed reporting of "The Fall of the House of Tsarnaev" only makes it seem more likely that the Tsarnaevs were indeed targets for recruitment by US intelligence.
At the outset, let me be clear that I am not making a "false flag" claim. Such a thing strikes me as offensively stupid given the available evidence. What I am suggesting is that the official narrative is full of massive gaps that can only be satisfactorily explained by either gross incompetence — or the existence of an embarrassing prior relationship between the Tsarnaevs and the federal government that federal officials are actively trying to keep secret.
Central to the lingering mystery around the Tsarnaevs is the September 2011 triple murder in Waltham, Mass. that Tamerlan Tsarnaev was posthumously tied to by federal prosecutors. Friends of the victims have reported a strange reluctance on the part of local police to interview Tsarnaev in connection with the killings in the immediate aftermath of the crime, despite prompts from them to explore him as a suspect. Oddly, the new Globe account does not mention this, despite being the source of some of the reporting on this fact.
Instead what the Globe gives us is this:
Prosecutors, in a recent court filing, said that a friend of Tamerlan had implicated him even more directly, though they offered little detail about what his role or motive might have been. The friend, Ibrahim Todashev, was shot dead by the FBI in Florida in May. Nothing else has been revealed to date, or turned up during the Globe examination of the case, to associate Tamerlan, at this time, with violent crime or drug dealers. It is a black hole in his biography.
All right — what can account for this black hole? More precisely, what can account for police disinterest in a person of interest, as described by the victims' friends, in the wake of a brutal murder, then the implication of Tamerlan's involvement in that crime in the most bizarre circumstances imaginable (a complete mystery in its own right), and then the complete absence of additional information on the subject despite a five-month investigation by a dedicated group of reporters?
If Tamerlan had been ID'd by the FBI and/or the CIA as a potential counter-terror asset following the FBI's interview of him and his supposed placement on a "terror watch" list earlier in 2011, we would have an answer that fits all these circumstances.
Local police would have been waved off from Tamerlan as either a confidential informant in place or a potential one for the feds. In short, the FBI would have indicated that Tamerlan is "good" by some informal means, an absolutely routine practice in an American law enforcement system heavily dependent on informants for convictions. Waltham investigators, in turn, would have welcomed information that removed another name from their investigative hopper, particularly if the victims' friends had unilaterally dropped that name on their desks.
This supposition requires no speculation on Tamerlan's level of involvement in the murders — if any. We merely must understand that had he been an asset or a potential one, the federal security apparatus would have moved to protect him after the murders.
But after the Boston bombings and Tamerlan's death, the needs of state actors would have flipped vis-a-vis Tamerlan. Then it would be expedient to blame the Waltham murders on Tamerlan, particularly if federal officials had waved locals off of him and the feds believed that he might have had some knowledge of the crime, if not involvement. If as a federal official you can source Tamerlan's connection to a friend you are threatening with deportation, that can work to hide your embarrassing association. However, whether the alleged connection to those murders can withstand the death of that friend at the hands of an alleged FBI agent, remains to be seen. Presumably that is why the FBI has gone completely dark on the Todashev incident after seven months of promising a full account.
And once that lightning bolt strikes during an interrogation in Orlando, the next move is obvious: sanitation. Clean up everything around the Waltham case with interviews, threats, deportations, threats of deportations, plea deals — whatever it takes. Create a black hole around the topic for anyone who comes looking.
However, these events can also be explained by serial incompetence, not exactly unheard of in the world of government work. Does anything else illuminated by the Globe's report suggest that the Tsarnaev brothers were operating with federal forbearance?
From the Globe's account of the younger brother's life in 2011 and early 2012:
Such confrontations with local and campus police were hardly rare. Friends said such close calls happened as often as twice a month over issues such as speeding, raucous partying, and possession of alcohol or drugs.
With Jahar as the designated spokesman with police, however, they never got into trouble, according to several friends.
"He's articulate. He can look like a privileged white kid from the west," said a longtime friend, referring to the more-affluent west side of Cambridge compared to the more working-class east side where Jahar lived.
Steve said Jahar was similarly spared punishment after he got into a physical altercation at an upper-class dorm party at UMass Dartmouth, which sent the male victim to the hospital for treatment. He said Jahar was questioned by someone at the school, but never got written up. Indeed, campus officials told the Globe Jahar had a clean record with them.
And despite his daring driving habits, Jahar was only cited once, in 2011, for ignoring a traffic sign. He later went to a Cambridge court to appeal the ticket. The official waived the $20 fine and checked the box for "NR" — meaning "not responsible." A college kid headed for trouble, bigger trouble than anyone could imagine, he was never held to account. If he acted at times like he never would be, he had reason.
And with that florid language the Globe walks away from exploring exactly why Dzhokhar Tsarnaev behaved like he was untouchable. This after documenting a couple years Jahar spent not just using drugs, but dealing drugs out in the open, funding a lavish lifestyle, and seeming to friends to be without a care in the world. And he got away with it because he was a handsome, Western-looking guy? Or because his big brother — and possibly Jahar himself — were viewed as potential intelligence assets by federal authorities?
Still, we have to admit that Jahar's legal Teflon, like Tamerlan's invisibility after the Waltham murders, could also be the product of overworked and incompetent law enforcement. However, it is a third confounding response to the Brothers Tsarnaev on the part of security officials in the US — this time twined with a curious reaction from Russia — that I believe tips the scales to strongly suggest that the US government did more than close the book on Tamerlan as a possible terrorist in 2011.
We will examine that aspect of the story in Part II.
Dead Boston marathon suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev tied to 2011 killings
Of course that is not the real headline. The news is that the feds do not want to release any investigative info they have on those '11 murders in Waltham, Mass. Why? Might it show that local police were steered away Tsarnaev as a suspect by federal authorities? Residents have said that local police certainly ignored their stated concerns about Tsarnaev after the murders. In short, would we discover evidence that Tsarnaev was in contact with elements of the national security state and possibly was being recruited to become a CIA asset?


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I have to imagine that if Will Smith actually sees Jaden's tweets, he has a Hank Hill moment every time….
'dangit Jaden!'
'muttering butterflies?'
'That boy ain't right.'
If you eat anything, you're 'on a diet.' Just to clear that up. That's what the word means. Whatever you eat, that's your diet.
|Billy Corgan
I'm sure all of you guys have heard about the wonderful miss Cassidy Campbell who won Homecoming Queen at her school in California. Once again a moment that should have been celebrated is now being ridiculed and degraded by the ignorance and hatred in our 'fellow people'. This is absolutely sick and disgusting. The amount of HATRED that this girl is getting is simply ASTOUNDING and it needs to stop. This girl is a human being, just like EVERYONE ELSE, and the fact that she has to go through ANY of this blatant hatred and corruption makes me sick to my stomach. And of course she's not the only one either. Thousands of trans* people have to go through this EVERY SINGLE DAY. It infuriates me how people think that it's OKAY and even RIGHT to degrade someone like that. Goddamn it people, get your head out of your asses and start acting like human beings.
and again we see that the greatest insult to the human race is, in fact, the majority of the human race. Isn't it sad that so many people in the United States are so terribly worried about their freedoms, but at the same time have the amazing audacity to judge others based on their genitals or the gender they identify with or any personal decisions made associated with these? Let me put it another way…. if you feel personally offended or outraged to the point that you have to voice your opinion about another human beings sex, gender or transition you are a punk bitch. Whether you're a religious nut who thinks themselves so very righteous that you can pass judgement or you're an uptight, repressed prude - your real problem is you're scared of dealing with things you don't understand and you're too much of a bitch to just admit that and deal with it anyway.
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I finished baking my Korean-Portuguese-Mongolian baby. Posting some photos from the stay at the hospital on Flickr, and eventually I'll have some stories to share about my time in the maternity ward. For now, I'm keeping busy making sure that I keep the baby human alive and happy. Agii's tremendously good with her - better than I am, considering he can't produce anything nutritious from his nipples. The baby has her middle name, but won't get her Mongolian first name until February. You can call her "Terra" until then.
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I've had Verizon DSL using a Westell 6100 in bridge mode for ages without any problems at all. Recently I needed to change my Verizon Internet password and unfortunately for forgot to change it in my Netgear router behind the 6100. There must have been a brief disconnect of the DSL service and the router was unable to sign back in.Even though I was receiving a DSL signal the router said that there was no Internet connection so I couldn't change my password. I reset the 6100 to stock (took it out of bridge), hooked up directly to the modem and was able to sign on to Verizon without the router and was able to browse.Great, now I can just put the modem back into bridge mode and reconnect my router. Ummmmmm, not so fast. The modem would now not hold bridge mode. Whatever I did it would not get out of PPPoE. I know how to do it and have done several times. It would not work.I called Verizon Tech Support and we walked through the same steps I'd already done. Nothing. They decided that I needed a new modem and are sending me one out.Any ideas as to why the 6100 would not accept bridge mode just out of the blue. Makes no sense to me. Just curious.
When you say "reset the 6100 to stock (took it out of bridge)" does that mean you reset it to factory defaults or just took it out of bridge mode?
My comment was redundant. I'm sorry. I depressed the reset button on the back of the 6100 for several seconds.
Understand. Maybe this will be helpful to you:»Verizon Online DSL FAQ »How do I use a router with the Westell 6100?
Another option might be to leave the modem in PPPoE mode and configure the router appropriately which is the way I use my 6100 and router. My 6100 works in either PPoE or bridge mode, and I've no idea why yours no longer works in brider mode.
Thanks so much. All straight now as Verizon sent me a new modem and all is well.


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Summary: Think you know all there is to know about your iPad? Think again! Here are 10 little-known and extremely awesome iPad tips and tricks that will help you make even more of your beloved device!
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Think you know all there is to know about your iPad? Think again! In this gallery, I will show you some little-known tricks and tips that will get you even more excited about using your iPad. Show these tricks off to friends and family with iPads and leave them astounded in the wake of your awesomeness!
Before we get started, there are a couple of things you need to know:
1: These tricks will only work with iPads that are running iOS 5. If yours isn't, then just know that it's free and easy to install; however, you will need to back up your device beforehand. Simply plug your iPad up to your Mac/PC, run iTunes, then follow the instructions provided!
2: The reason you need iOS 5 is because much of what I cover is only capable in iOS 5. If you have iOS 5 installed (or when you do install it), you need to go ahead and enable multitasking gestures. To do this, simply tap the Settings app, then General, then make sure Multitasking Gestures is set to ON (as pictured above). If it's not, swipe it on! This will allow you to do things like swipe up with four fingers to reveal a multitasking bar, etc. More on that as you proceed through the gallery.
And with that said, let's get started!
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Take a screen shot
This is perhaps the most awesome trick I have to share. Have you ever achieved a top score in a game, experienced a glitch in an app, or encountered some other scenario where you thought to yourself, "Man, I wish I could somehow take a picture of this!" Well, now you'll be able to do just that. Here's how:
Press and hold the on/off button on the upper right-hand side of the iPad, then press the home button. Conversely, you could hold the home button and then press the on/off button to achieve the same result. That's it! You should see your screen go white and, depending on what you have running, hear a sound like you've just taken a picture.
To note, I used this functionality to take every picture you see in this gallery!
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Hiding App Store purchases
If you have a need to hide specific apps that you've purchased in the App Store, it's as simple as a swipe and tap. Here's how:
Open the App Store, click Purchased (at the bottom, amongst Featured, Genius, Top Charts, etc.), find the app you want to hide, swipe either left or right over it, then the greyed-out Installed button will be replaced by a red button that says Hide (as pictured above). Simply tap Hide, then exit the App Store. Give it a minute, then re-open the App Store, return to your Purchased apps section and you will see that the app is now gone!
To unhide them, simply sign into your Apple ID (bottom left-hand side of the App Store), then when viewing your Apple ID, tap on Hidden Purchases under iTunes in the Cloud. Give it time to sync and you should be all set up.
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Sheryl Connelly is something like a walking TED talk (and indeed, she recently gave one). As Ford's in-house futurist, it's her job to keep her eye on the big picture—to examine trends, to think flexibly, and to imagine possibilities as much as decades away. Since being named one of Fast Company's Most Creative People earlier this year, Connelly has begun developing a "futuring" curriculum at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business. And this week, she released Ford's second annual trend book, tackling themes she projects will be relevant for the next two years—on topics like the "joy of missing out" and a reconsideration of nostalgia.
These NASA concept drawings are a big part of why I'm a sci-fi geek today.
The concepts look like America's post-WWII suburban settlements popped LSD, as if every manicured bush is humming the national anthem while it soars through the galaxy on a psychedelic rainbow. Today, we're convincing millionaires to book a glorified bus trip into the closest edge of space. In the 1970s, the same efforts could have leased them a two-bed, two-bath condo in the stars, complete with integrated Hi-Fi.
"The government is in the process of liberalizing the rules concerning the commercial use of drones because they are so useful in police work, real estate, the movie industry, and other fields. It will probably take one of these drones smacking into an airliner or photographing Angela Jolie in the nude before there is a reaction."
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A new report asking experts what disasters they're afraid of has enough in it to make you hide under the bed. Bad news for optimists: The experts think global catastrophe is more likely than ever.
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Lamb Update
Our lamb crop has not increased yet (still two ewes to go) but our babies are growing up before our eyes.
The big news is that our tiny preemie Daphne is nursing on her own!
She has come a very, very long way from barely being able to stand on her own and nurse from a bottle. Now that she is understanding where her food is really coming from we are staying away more so that she bonds better with her real mommy. She still baas and comes running when she sees me.
My nickname for Daphne is "Fuzzbutt". I love my little Fuzzbutt and she likes to be snuggled. Who couldn't love that?!? She is just such a tiny little thing and loves to follow me around the pen.
Kate loves to get in the pen with the babies. Look how big half-sister Elizabeth ("Lizzie") is compared to Daphne! Lizzie is only 2 days older than Daphne. Lizzie is very vigorous for her age and thinks she is very grown up already.
Of course all of the lambs (there are 10 so far) are growing fast. It's been very hot this week so they spend a lot of time napping. Sometimes they are mostly in a big pile and other times they are spread out with their siblings.
The lambs are also practicing to be big sheep already. Here is firstborn Natalie pretending to eat hay with momma Nell. Nell's girls are just enormous!
…and now it's time for us to go out and feed little Lizzie her bedtime meal (mommy Jacklyn is still only somewhat cooperative). Have a great weekend!


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It has been a topic of much discussion, the liquid metal based LMX CPU cooler from Danamics. With actual liquid metal inside a heatpipe loop, which is circulated by a electromagnetic pump creating flow inside the CPU cooler, touching the aluminum heat fins which are armed with two fans to quickly and easily get rid of heat. Stuff from the future? Hmm, nope... we test the real thing. Read article
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For the sake of memories, San Diegans come to the San Diego de Acala mission near the river south of Friars Road to learn the traditions that lasted the years California's first mission stayed open to the locals made good by the vows of the Catholic faith. Shelter for the local mission stories seen in gift shop books, the mission Father Junipero Serra originally settled on Presidio Hill keeps open the rooms the stories today grow.
The faithful stop inside the doors to hear the honest settlements the chur4cch parish agreed on to last the years since the mid 1700s, and, buy a book they can sit down with, and see, in pictures, the mission's age. Just one simple mission left among the California missions that took in the visitors looking for serendipity.
Saturdays, at 10 am, 12 noon, and 2 pm, in the peaceful sanctuary, the church marries the baptized practicing Catholics. Kind help for the San Diegans bound in union by love, those the County Courthouse gave a valid marriage license that makes them safe while they walk down a 100 foot aisle, still stands the test of time.
Staff at the mission made a basilica by Pope Paul never forget the faithful join together in a life long marriage commitment. "Marriage by its very nature is a most serious and sacred commitment."
Mission work does a lot of good in San Diego. Good words, now that field work cultivating wheat and corn no longer gives those at work the work in life, make hearts whole.
The sounds at the Mission San Diego, as the place is commonly known, never go away. July, five bells, again, ring to celebrate Serra's lasting work at the mission. The Festival of the Bells keeps the clock moving ahead.
OPen doors at the mission one turn off Rancho Mission Road, take in the sure at heart for the day.
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