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Posted on 12/20/2005 6:30:32 AM PST by The_Victor
WASHINGTON - Some Democrats say they never approved a domestic wiretapping program, undermining suggestions by President Bush and his senior advisers that the plan was fully vetted in a series of congressional briefings.
"I feel unable to fully evaluate, much less endorse, these activities," West Virginia Sen. Jay Rockefeller, the Senate Intelligence Committee's top Democrat, said in a handwritten letter to Vice President Dick Cheney in July 2003. "As you know, I am neither a technician nor an attorney."
Rockefeller is among a small group of congressional leaders who have received briefings on the administration's four-year-old program to eavesdrop without warrants on international calls and e-mails of Americans and others inside the United States with suspected ties to al-Qaida.
The government still would seek court approval to snoop on purely domestic communications, such as calls between New York and Los Angeles.
Some legal experts described the program as groundbreaking. And until the highly classified program was disclosed last week, those in Congress with concerns about the National Security Agency spying on Americans raised them only privately.
Bush, accused of acting above the law, on Monday issued a forceful defense of the program he first authorized shortly after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. His senior aides have stressed the program was narrowly targeted at individuals with a suspected link to al-Qaida or affiliated extremist groups. And Bush said it was "a shameful act" for someone to have leaked details to the media.
He bristled at the suggestion at a White House news conference that he was assuming unlimited powers.
"To say 'unchecked power' basically is ascribing some kind of dictatorial position to the president, which I strongly reject," he said angrily. "I am doing what you expect me to do, and at the same time, safeguarding the civil liberties of the country."
Despite the defense, there was a growing storm of criticism in Congress and calls for investigations, from Democrats and Republicans alike. Until the past several days, the White House had only informed Congress' top political and intelligence committee leadership about the program that Bush has reauthorized more than three dozen times.
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said he and other top aides were just now educating the American people and Congress. "The president has not authorized ... blanket surveillance of communications here in the United States," he said.
The spying uproar was the latest controversy about Bush's handling of the war on terror. It follows allegations of secret prisons in Eastern Europe and of torture and other mistreatment of detainees, and an American death toll in Iraq that has exceeded 2,150.
The eavesdropping program was operated out of the NSA, the nation's largest and perhaps most secretive spy operation. Employees there appreciate their nicknames: No Such Agency or Never Say Anything.
Decisions on what conversations to monitor are made at the Fort Meade, Md., headquarters, approved by an NSA shift supervisor and carefully recorded, said Gen. Michael Hayden, the principal deputy director of intelligence.
"The reason I emphasize that this is done at the operational level is to remove any question in your mind that this is in any way politically influenced," said Hayden, who was NSA director when the program began.
Since the program was disclosed last week by The New York Times, current and former Congress members have been liberated to weigh in.
Former Sen. Bob Graham (news, bio, voting record), D-Fla., who was part of the Intelligence Committee's leadership after the 9/11 attacks, recalled a briefing about changes in international electronic surveillance, but does not remember being told of a program snooping on individuals in the United States.
"It seemed fairly mechanical," Graham said. "It was not a major shift in policy."
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., received several briefings and raised concerns, including in a classified letter, her spokeswoman Jennifer Crider said.
Former Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle said he, too, was briefed by the White House between 2002 and 2004 but was not told key details about the scope of the program.
Daschle's successor, Sen. Harry Reid (news, bio, voting record), D-Nev., said he received a single briefing earlier this year and that important details were withheld. "We need to investigate this program and the president's legal authority to carry it out," Reid said.
Republicans, too, were skeptical.
Sen. Arlen Specter (news, bio, voting record), R-Pa., chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has promised hearings next year and said he would ask Bush's Supreme Court nominee, Samuel Alito, his views of the president's authority for spying without a warrant.
Bush said the electronic eavesdropping program lets the government move faster than the standard practice of seeking a court-authorized warrant under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. "We've got to be fast on our feet, quick to detect and prevent," the president said.
And he was cool toward investigations. "An open debate would say to the enemy, `Here is what we're going to do.' And this is an enemy which adjusts," he said.
Liberals are not to be trusted with the defense of the country.
I can't believe that even Democrats are stupid enough to think attacking Bush for this will increase their chances in the next election.
Half of the dems won't even admit getting the briefings, fools like Graham claim they don't remember. You want to trust these cowards with the national security?
John D. Rockefeller, III sure has a slow mind, doesn't he?
They think they've finally found something to impeach Bush with.
Turley on BOR last night and one of the Dem Reps hinted to just this thing yesterday.
What a bunch of losers and liars!
"I voted for it, before I voted against it."
Should reconsider which party should be called the 'Stupid Party'.
If one is functioning in the real world, and not moon-bat LaLa land, it's easy to see that this is total BS because thad they been opposed they would have leaked this 4 years ago. That they didn't do this is proof that they had no problem with it. That's the way Washington works.
They supported the wire tap before they were against the wire tap.
(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie.Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")
>> "fools like Graham claim they don't remember" <<
Isn't Graham the nut job that kept a detailed daily diary of everything he did, every day.
"Stuck on stupid."
It is amazing to me the people that we send to Congress have no knowledge of what their job is. I have heard more Congress people say "I didnt know, understand, read..." Its scary. What have we done to ourselves? God Help Us
If any of the attacks that were thwarted by this "spying" had actually gone ahead and gotten Americans killed, every one of these Dems would have been screaming that Bush did not act!
Why, again, did Bush prop up this guy against Toomey, and then not get rid of him as Judiciary chairman after the election?
My wife said last night that Americans would not be able sleep at night if people like Byrd, Reid, Pelosi, and Kerry were in charge of keeping us safe.
Listening to the members of the MSM/dem party caterwaul last night, their talking point was "the President has not made the legal case for intercepting and eavesdropping on phone calls."
To begin with, I was under the impression, and someone I am sure will correct me if I am wrong, that it is perfectly legal intercept phone calls so long as it is done abroad, ex-US. During the news conference yesterday, the President hinted that this was the case, the he authorized intercepting calls ex-US. It also seems to me that in order for the President to thoroughly defend himself, which I believe he can with the greatest of ease, he would be forced to reveal the minute details of many top secret programs still underway, thus undermining or destroying our nations intelligence gathering capabilities. The President was NOT willing to do this in the name of expediency and relied upon his war powers as CIC to justify his actions. Of course, during times of war other Presidents (named Roosevelt and Lincoln, for example) have made Bush's actions look tame, but hey, suddenly the Constitution has become a suicide note.
Nonetheless, the MSM/dem party still takes the position that the President has not made the legal case. This position presupposes two things 1) that the President has no war powers because Republican Presidents should have no powers at all; and 2) even if the President did have war powers, THIS IS NOT A WAR.
There is one group out there that disagrees with the Invasion of Iraq and thinks it is not an extension of the War on Terror, thinks that Afghanistan should have remained our main area of focus, and thinks that we were united in the War on Terror until the Iraq invasion. There is yet another group that supports the larger War on Terror, but still thinks it is time to get out of Iraq. What do both crowds have in common? They both know there is a War on. Moreover, these groups realize that prior to 9/11 we failed to connect the dots even as the attacks against American interests intensified until America itself was hit.
In the aftermath of 9/11 the democrats (hoping to slime Bush) loaded up the 9/11 commission and used it to scream the loudest that Bush had failed to connect the dots. Could anyone forget Hillary Clinton standing on the floor of the Senate blaring that "Bush knew?" Do we have such amnesia that we are unable to remember back just two weeks ago when the 9/11 members were criticizing Bush for not doing enough? Yet now he is criticized and criminalized for carrying out the very actions the 9/11 commission suggested. . . .as if there is NO WAR.
The Patriot Act killed, the Iraq War effort undermined, Intelligence leaked selectively to undermine political opponents at the expense of national security, etc. etc. These actions mean only one thing, the democrats believe that if they aren't in power, the country must not be worth saving. Better a destroyed America than one without them in power. Surely they must know that these extreme positions will win them nothing with the voters. In effect, the dems have strapped a bomb vest on themselves and become the ultimate suicide weapon for our enemies. Congrats guys, you hit rock bottom.
Bush finally got on the offensive and his poll numbers are rising. Now this. Pisses me off.
The Commander-in-Chief does not need permission from a minority in Congress to intercept communications with THE ENEMIES OF THE UNITED STATES!
Apparently he was not sufficiently concerned to follow up with any legal inquiry of his own.
"I am, however, a very wealthy trust baby with a low IQ."
Therein lies the problem.
The dems and the MSM do not get it. They want the President to follow the Marquis of Queensbury rules. Give the other fellow a sporting chance.
IMHO all lawmakers should be made to watch the footage of 9/11 at least once a month. Perhaps then they might remember what we are up against.
God bless President Bush and all the brave men and women in uniform.
He put the "anal" in anally retentive.
Well, they are stupid enough. They have attacked Bush all year long and got his approval numbers down because he did not fight back. However, he is fighting back now and their paradigm of a new Vietnam is going to be broken.
Well, they are stupid enough. They have attacked Bush all year long and got his approval numbers down because he did not fight back. However, he is fighting back now and their paradigm of a new Vietnam is going to be broken.
Well, Bob sure is changing HIS story. I guess he looked back in one of his daily diaries.
Former Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle said he, too, was briefed by the White House between 2002 and 2004 but was not told key details about the scope of the program. Daschle's successor, Sen. Harry Reid (news, bio, voting record), D-Nev., said he received a single briefing earlier this year and that important details were withheld. "We need to investigate this program and the president's legal authority to carry it out," Reid said.
Ah, how would they KNOW that they didn't get briefed on all the details if they weren't given "all the details?" What ARE the details?
No he is a damned liar, just like Harry Reid. Last Sunday Harry Reid would not answer Tim Russert's question when he asked him 3 different times if he was briefed by the White House. Senator Rockefeller's position in the Senate on the National Security Council would also ensure a complete and in depth briefing. This will blow up in the Democrats face like the mother of all bombs, MOAB. My question is has the leak crossed the line of treason?
The USA has been attacked without provocation or warning.
More than 2,000 innocent Americans perished.
And the demonRATs now want to say doing everything possible to prevent further attacks was not in the nation's best interest?
demonRATs are
scum--no...scum is a step up from a demonRAT.
Exactly!! They are using this now to detract from the success of the elections in Iraq since the "pullout now" tactic wasn't working. These hate-Bush traitors will do and say ANYTHING to undermine this president and his administration even if it compromises our national security and aids those we are at war with. They are truly despicable and their true colors are showing more than ever. I am disgusted.
Could this be what Rockefeller didn't "understand?"
They want to cry Impeachment, Impeachment until it sticks.
Yeah, and how are they going to do that? The nitwits haven't yet realized 1) They don't own the House 2) Impeachment proceedings begin there 3) The President did nothing deserving impeachment or illegal 4) The American people are once again seeing Democrats protecting terrorists over their safety.
Brilliant startegy Dems. This is the ticket to success. You would think in the polls they believe are gospel that are rising since they went down this path that they'd realize national security isn't their turf, and never will be their turf so long as they embrace Osama, Zarqawi, defeatism and disregard for our safety. All they are doing is conducting one long campaign commercial for the People on why they should remain a decreasing minority. Well, not all they are doing. They seem determined to make us unsafe in the process with their leaks. I want the leaker(s) imprisoned.
"I feel unable to fully evaluate, much less endorse, these activities," West Virginia Sen. Jay Rockefeller, the Senate Intelligence Committee's top Democrat, said in a handwritten letter to Vice President Dick Cheney in July 2003. "As you know, I am neither a technician nor an attorney."
Bwa-ha-ha!! Good one Democrats. Bush told you all about it but you lacked the competence to understand it. And you want to be put into power? Now THERE'S a position to run on! Do I see another RNC commercial in future? Hope so!
"..War is for protecting your life, not your civil liberties.."
liberals say we don't have wars, we do police action
Jay Rockefeller is John D. Rockefeller, IV. His father, John D. Rockefeller, III, was born in 1906.
I just play one on TV....
No..no..they attacked the war, which is not stupid. Attacking Bush for wire-tapping suspected Al Qaeda or "torturing" Al Qaeda is not the same thing. It's a loser.
All we are saying, is give cancer a chance.
I just play one on TV.
I think you give them too much credit. They didn't oppose it because they didn't understand it. In fact, they still don't understand it. But they do understand politics and they think this is a political opportunity and they're going to run with it until the story dies out. I'm amazed by how often the Dems are now using incompetence as a defense.
The Rockefeller memo...
Also it is too restrictive. When the FBI wanted to search the computer of Moussari (one of the 9/11/ plotters) the FISA request was turned down as not meeting the standard of probably cause. THIS WAS BEFORE THE 9/11 ATTACK. FISA rules may be the cause of the success of the 9/11 attack.
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A Tunisian policeman was killed on Wednesday in clashes between the security forces and protesters that erupted in the capital after the assassination of an opposition leader, the interior ministry said.
"Policeman Lotfi Alzaar, 46, died on Wednesday afternoon... after sustaining a chest injury caused by rocks thrown during an operation to disperse a group of protesters in Bab El-Jazira" in central Tunis, the ministry said.
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I had a lot of free time on my hands today, so I decided to venture into the Panthers's message boards.
I found what people usually find in a sports team's fan forum... delusion (I kid, but in the thread I'm about to reference it is prevalent).
They talk about Kaep as if they watched him play every game since he started as a 49er, mentioning his problem with reads and insulting his intelligence. Of course, we know that they are just regurgitating what they heard from some talking heads in the media, but the problems are overblown--I'll admit sometimes even on NT :). The reason this irked me so much is because on NT we acknowledge successful QB's (Russel Wilson, Andrew Luck) even though they are rivals, but why all the hate for Kaep?
I'm not a football expert, but I love watching and playing, and Kaep looks pretty damn good to me, better than Cam Newton.
I know this might have fitted in the Kaepernick thread, but it really isn't about Kaepernick himself, but about other fans views of him.


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I'm on one of the first few quests where I'm supposed to make a bow, kill an animal, and cook the food. However, I can't find plant fiber anywhere to make the bow with. Where can I get some?
Some trees (which may not be present on every planet) yield plant fibre when cut down. Just use your matter manipulator.
Vines work as plant fibre. You can find those growing on cave ceilings. Cut them with the matter manipulator, too.
You can grow some yourself, which is renewable, but takes some time and requires some preparation. You'll need a few seeds (you start with those) and basic stone tools.
Wheat often drops Fiber, so farming wheat on a large scale could be a solution, assuming that you didn't manage to find one of the large flower-like trees (not available on all planets) that drop Fiber instead of Wood.
the vines you see contain them, shoot them with your laser thing at the top of them or what hangs them and you get at least 5-9 for each one.


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LONDON -- Former CART champion and Indy
500 winner Gil De Ferran has been appointed sporting director of
the under-performing BAR Formula One team.
Honda-powered BAR said on Wednesday that the 37-year-old
Brazilian would effectively be running the team at race
He starts the new role immediately and his first race with
the team will be the San Marino Grand Prix on April 24.
BAR, overall runners-up to Ferrari last season with Briton
Jenson Button and Japan's Takuma Sato, have been a
disappointment in 2005 with neither of their cars finishing any
of the three races so far.
"To progress towards our final goal of winning the world
championship we knew there was a piece of the jigsaw still
missing, which is hands-on experience of what it takes to win in
single-seater racing at the highest level," said team head
"There is no substitute for racing experience and Gil needs
little introduction.
"He has a unique talent which combines a successful career
at the wheel of a racing car with an analytical and methodical
approach outside of the cockpit."
Fry said the appointment would allow technical director
Geoff Willis to concentrate on designing and developing the race
car and himself to focus on leading the team.
"What we know Gil can do is to get the best out of the
racing team, the race engineers and the race and test drivers by
enhancing their teamwork and motivation," he said.
De Ferran won the 2003 Indianapolis 500, after which he
retired as a driver. He was winner of the North American CART
series in 2000 and 2001 for Team Penske.
De Ferran said he had first discussed joining BAR with Fry
late last year.
"This is an enormously exciting challenge for me and in
many ways a natural progression from my driving career," said De Ferran, who has been working for ABC and ESPN as a commentator the past two years. "My interest in the sport always extended beyond driving and this opportunity is the best
I could hope for.
"I first met Nick Fry many years ago through Jackie Stewart and we started having serious discussions about the team and how I could possibly make a positive contribution late last year. The talent and potential of B.A.R Honda is obvious for all to
see. So, not only is it a great honour for me to be invited to join such a prestigious organisation, but during our conversations it became clear to me that I would have no problem fitting in with all the people involved.
"Over this last year or so, since I retired from driving, I have learned a lot, including the fact that I am a racer at heart. Although I am very excited about my new job, I leave my colleagues at ABC ESPN with a high degree of sadness. During the short time we worked together a strong and loyal bond was formed."
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In addition to an outdoor pool, Holiday Inn Monterrey Valle provides a spa tub and a 24-hour fitness center. The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. A computer station is located on site and high-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary.
This 3.5-star property offers access to a 24-hour business center and meeting rooms. Event facilities measuring 10261 square feet (923 square meters) include conference space. This business-friendly hotel also offers multilingual staff, gift shops/newsstands, and 24-hour room service. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
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OSLO Norway aims to begin a legal process in the spring that could lead to a reduction in state holdings in a number of the country's big companies, the country's trade and industry minister said on Tuesday.
Norway's center-right government, in power since October, is committed to reducing the state's role in the economy, which includes selling off part of the stakes its holds in some companies.
A government white paper would be the first step in the political process to reduce the stakes.
"I hope that we can present a white paper on (state) ownership in the spring," trade and industry minister Monica Maeland told Reuters on the sidelines of a visit to the Oslo stock exchange.
"The spring is approaching fast. But that is the plan." She declined to give further details.
The government has stakes in most big Norwegian companies, including oil firm Statoil (STL.OL), aluminum producer Norsk Hydro (NHY.OL), bank DNB (DNB.OL), fertilizer maker Yara (YAR.OL) and telecoms firm Telenor (TEL.OL).
Other smaller firms it has stakes in include fish farmer Cermaq CEQ.OL, property firm Entra ENTRA.UL and energy company StatkraftSTATKF.UL, Europe's biggest producer of renewable energy.
Separately, the minister said the current crown level, which is near a four-year low against the euro, was positive for the country's corporate sector.
"The crown level is good for Norwegian companies," she said. "It is good that the crown is weaker."
Many Norwegian companies are export-oriented, and a weak crown makes selling abroad more profitable.
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|Reviews for A Few Words
| Verdanii chapter 1 . 12/12/2009
This is really sweet
| Lonely Citadel chapter 15 . 11/26/2009
Xerography is like... Xerox printers? Well, the word elbow made me laugh. I'd like to see the word Aria. It's such a pretty word. I don't know what it could represent, though.
| PhinalPhantasy chapter 15 . 11/25/2009
130, 133, 134, 135, 136 were my favorites this time :)
let's see about a few more words. Home, Life, and Mimic.
| Xeno the Hedgehog chapter 15 . 11/23/2009
I shall now implore you to look up the lyrics to "Word Dissassociation" by Lemon Demon.
| RJJJ chapter 14 . 11/22/2009
125 - classic!
hey, have you already done 'jealousy'? anyway, enjoyable chapter yet again! can't wait til the next!
| Lonely Citadel chapter 14 . 11/11/2009
Wonderful! Is it okay if I request another word? Brain, if it hasn't been done. About how Raijin lacks one.
| PhinalPhantasy chapter 14 . 11/7/2009
Another wonderful set :)
| Xeno the Hedgehog chapter 14 . 11/1/2009
This fic keeps getting funnier.
| sissyHIYAH chapter 14 . 10/31/2009
Ha! Seifer and Raijin in a tub of ice water! Almost a Homer Simpson thing to do! Hilarious! And I knew you'd work wonders with the Trepies!
And I just love the idea of Fujin having a beautiful singing voice. Just...oh! I love it!
| Lonely Citadel chapter 13 . 10/17/2009
Aah, beautiful, as usual! I'm so happy that my words were posted! I like SeiFuu! Love! Keep it up! I do wonder what would happen if Seifer tried to confess. Probably a horrible mess. A good word might be watching. Like from a distance.
| PhinalPhantasy chapter 13 . 10/14/2009
Another great set. so hilarious.
| Prisonerksc2-303 chapter 13 . 10/9/2009
Word 106 was pretty funny and I love how you used it, perfect! Lets see, 'Waffles', 'Yoyo', and 'Heater' were my faves! They were all awesome though :). Fantastic job! Keep it up! Looking forward to more!
| Prisonerksc2-303 chapter 12 . 10/9/2009
Lovely update! Sorry it took me forever to r&r, I've been working on my ow story and I always seem to get stuck on how to end the chapter. Don't worry though, I'll always r&r your stories even if it takes a while, so please bear with my lateness :). Anyway, I really like the 'Spectacles' one, how cute! The 'Orange' one had me laughing XD. Well, they all had me laughing or smiling :). Oh and how did Seifer's jello NOT come out while Raijin's was hard as a rock? I wonder about those two XD. Poor Fujin lol. Loved it! Excellent job!
| RJJJ chapter 12 . 9/27/2009
86, 92, 98: seiferxfujin! she sure has a way with almasy, doesn't she? haha. another nice job!
i'll throw some words your way next time! :)
| PhinalPhantasy chapter 12 . 9/20/2009
:) wonderful set. 86 and 92 were hilarious. I thought 87, 88 91 and 94 were sweet. 89, 96, and 97 were funny too. 90 and 93 were just random fun.


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The Imperial Japanese military used money to cover up its use of sex slaves on the Indonesian island of Bali during World War II, according to a group of university researchers, citing a document found at the National Archives of Japan.
A Japanese chief warrant officer stationed there during the Pacific War told a Justice Ministry investigation in August 1962 that he brought about 70 women to the military brothels and about 200 more by order of his military unit, according to the document.
He also said he was given about 700,000 yen to use to appease local residents. The officer said using money worked really well and there was not one complaint related to sex slavery.
The former Japanese Navy officer also said what he feared most was the existence of these wartime brothels becoming known, according to the archive.
The document was found by a Kanto Gakuin University group led by Hirofumi Hayashi, a professor of modern Japanese history.
"It is important as it confirms the military's role mentioned in the Kono statement," Hayashi said, referring to an official apology over wartime sex slavery made in 1993 by then Chief Cabinet Secretary Yohei Kono.
Kono acknowledged the Japanese military's role in coercing women, mostly Koreans, to provide sex to its soldiers before and during World War II. These women are known euphemistically in Japan as "comfort women."
The document was produced as part of a Justice Ministry investigation conducted to collect information in connection with the war crime trials.


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California Hopes Washington Brings Credit Relief
Bond Offering of $7 Billion Will Now Go Forward, But Emergency Federal Loan to Pay Teachers and Police May Be Necessary
California hoped passage of the $700 billion rescue plan Friday would avert financial disaster for the most populous U.S. state, which a day earlier had called for a possible emergency federal loan. Its precarious financial position is an example of how the credit crunch has spread to states and municipalities.
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said the state is "not out of the woods yet." State Treasurer Bill Lockyer will go ahead with a planned $7 billion bond offering, but market conditions remain dire. "There are no guarantees the legislation will produce the market conditions that will permit completion" of the offering, Mr. Lockyer said in a statement.
Gov. Schwarzenegger said that if the state couldn't borrow on its own, it would again "go to the federal government and ask for help." He had sent U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson a letter Thursday warning that California might have to seek $7 billion in emergency federal loans until liquidity is restored in credit markets.
With credit frozen, California had enough cash reserves to last until Oct. 28, said Tom Dresslar, a spokesman for Mr. Lockyer. As a result, the state was prepared to seek initial loans of between $1.5 billion and $2 billion to cover expenses including payrolls for thousands of teachers, police, firefighters and other public employees. Mr. Dresslar said $7 billion in federal loans might be needed before next spring, when new state tax revenue will be flowing.
But after the U.S. House of Representatives passed a revised version of the bailout plan that was signed by President George W. Bush on Friday, California's cash situation may be eased. Mr. Dresslar said the state is hopeful "the credit paralysis will end and we'll be able to access those markets the way we normally do." He added that the U.S. Treasury has the authority to grant an emergency loan for the state and that the rescue bill reinforces those powers.
Some other U.S. states, counties and municipalities also are feeling the effects of the credit crunch. Massachusetts this week postponed a $750 million offering and suspended a separate sale of commercial paper, after the state was only able to raise $232 million of its $400 million target for short-term cash needs. North Carolina's Cumberland County planned to borrow $27 million this month and refinance another $63 million for construction projects. But the state is unlikely to move ahead because of market conditions, said a county spokeswoman.
Florida also has had to delay issuing $200 million in 30-year municipal bonds, according to the director of the state's division of bond finance. The New Mexico Finance Authority, which is tasked with providing financing sources to communities, delayed a $24 million issue last week due to a lack of interest from banks, said Chip Pierce, a partner at Western Financial Group LLC, a financial-advisory company to state and local governments.
Getting new loans for California "will depend very much on how credit markets respond to the package, and how quickly that happens," said Michael Cohen, a budget analyst at the Legislative Analyst's Office in Sacramento, Calif. The state tries to keep about $2.5 billion in reserves, but a few times during the year, when tax revenue is lowest, California has to tap credit markets for short-term cash, he said.
Other states expect the crisis to continue. State Treasurer Dean Martin of Arizona said his state isn't hugely exposed to the credit market. But that's likely to change in coming months as Arizona confronts a budget shortfall of up to $1 billion for the current fiscal year and up to $2.5 billion for the next. "We were in a very weak position going into this current crisis," Mr. Martin said. "The piggybank is empty and the credit cards are near their limits."
Arizona doesn't issue general-obligation bonds, so individual agencies are often required to essentially mortgage assets to cover shortfalls. "We can only assume they're going to have to get into the debt markets," Mr. Martin added. "They've almost completely drained the rainy-day fund just to get through last year's budget."
At the local level, "there are examples every single day of counties hitting the wall," said Jacqueline Byers, research director for the National Association of Counties, an organization that represents 3,066 counties in the U.S. She said many counties that want to borrow are locked out of the bond market because there are few investors willing to buy. The cost of issuing new bonds has soared because of higher interest rates. "It's a mess," she said.
In California, property tax revenue is falling because plummeting home prices have resulted in lower assessments, even as cities are tied up by long-term labor contracts, said Mark Moses, chief financial officer for Stockton, Calif. That makes many California cities vulnerable to insolvency, he said.
Stockton faces a $16 million to $24 million shortfall on a $200 million operating budget this year. Mr. Moses said the city is looking at cuts in police- and fire-department budgets.
California officials see the city of Vallejo, Calif., as a troubled example of the financial crisis. Last month, a federal judge granted the city Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection. Vallejo, which is located north of San Francisco, buckled under the pressure of the real-estate bust, coupled with labor contracts that had built-in salary and benefits increases for police, firefighters and retirees. The city of about 120,000 residents is the highest-profile U.S. county or municipality to seek protection from creditors since Orange County, Calif., in 1994.
Some local governments are relatively liquid because they had been hoarding cash in anticipation of dealing with the state's budget shortfall and a long period of getting no state checks. Los Angeles County, for example, has $18 billion in cash and credit it can tap.
Still, Los Angeles County Treasurer Mark J. Saladino expects the credit crunch to eventually have an effect, since mutual funds and hedge funds, typically the biggest buyers of tax-free state, county and municipal debt, are no longer as active in the market. "That's a worry," said Mr. Saladino.
On Tuesday, he was able to roll over $10 million in tax-free commercial paper for about 30 days. "I breathed a sigh of relief after that," he said.
—Pui-Wing Tam, Philip Shishkin, Dionne Searcey, Alex Frangos and Ana Campoy contributed to this article.
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#15324 closed (fixed)
memcached cache backend creating new connection for every action
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r15005 introduced a problem for MemcachedCache caches: every call to any cache method which accesses the cache (add, get, set, delete, get_many, incr, decr, set_many, delete_many, clear and even close!) opens a brand-new connection to memcached via the self._lib.Client(...) call now hidden in self._cache. I think this is a major problem for busy sites who are aggressively caching: our site was brought down when we upgraded to 1.3_beta_1, as it very quickly exceeded the memcached concurrency limit.
I've attached a patch including a minimal test case.
I ran the tests against django trunk r15560, with python_memcached-1.44-py2.6.egg and python 2.6.5.
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comment:2 Changed 5 years ago by russellm
There's a slight problem with the patch as presented -- I can't get the test case to fail (using python-memcached-1.45). I suspect this may have something to do with the internals of python-memcache, and its own internal connection reuse policies.
However, there is a clear behavioral difference between Django 1.2 and trunk with regards to connection creation, and fixing the problem is fairly trivial, so I'm willing to take this as an untested feature. If anyone manages to find a way to test this in a consistent way, I'm happy to apply the patch post-facto.
comment:3 Changed 5 years ago by russellm
- Resolution set to fixed
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Steven Sanders is wanted for Aggravated Burglary. Investigators say Sanders went to the victim's home and kicked the rear kitchen door in. Then entered the residence and grabbed the victim's right arm and twisted the victim's hand and took the victim cell phone. He then left out the front door. Steven Sanders is a male black, 32 years old, 5'9" tall and 175 lbs. His criminal history includes Forgery and multiple traffic charges. Steven was last known to live in the 3200 block of Pebble Brook Lane in the Northbrook area. If you see Steven, please call Crimestoppers at (513) 352-3040, or text "CinTip + your message" to 274637.


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ALBUQUERQUE (AP) - The number of women and minorities practice law in New Mexico has increased by 4 percent in the last decade, according to a recent study by the State Bar of New Mexico.
Both minority and female attorneys, however, continue to make less money than white, male lawyers, the report shows.
Female attorneys make roughly the same income - between $48,000 to $59,000 - regardless of their ethnicity. White non-Hispanic male attorneys make about $91,000 a year, while Hispanic male attorneys make about $10,000 less.
The legal profession has made progress in opening its doors, said Arturo Jaramillo, a member of the task force that compiled the study.
Increasing numbers of minorities are enrolling in law school, not only in New Mexico but throughout the nation, he said.
"We don't consider it outstanding, but things are moving in the right direction," Jaramillo said.
In addition, New Mexico Bar Association statistics show a pattern of more lawyers leaving large firms and starting new, small firms.
"Today we have more law firms than we did but they're smaller than they were 20 years ago," said Richard Kraft, former president of the bar association.
The number of sole practitioner firms in New Mexico grew by more than 10 percent between 1989 and 1999, a period that saw a corresponding drop in firms with more than 20 lawyers.
Last year, 42.2 percent of a New Mexico lawyers were sole practitioners, compared with 30.5 in 1989.
One reason: More experienced lawyers at larger firms end up spending time managing the business instead of practicing law, Jaramillo said.
Kraft attributes much of the change to a shift in the way lawyers and their clients approach the business. Years ago, he said, a young lawyer entering a firm expected to stay there for most of his career and clients were more loyal to a particular practice.
When lawyers break away these days, Kraft said their clients are likely to jump ship as well, making it easier to start a new practice.
The State Bar survey, which was released in December, also showed the total number of attorneys in New Mexico increased slightly during the survey period, from 6,568 in 1989 to 6,664 last year.
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I like the board, but would guess the Niners have a little different order... mainly lowering the value of lineman. Boards are set with so many "other" variables, one of them being investments in position groups. With the rookie wage scale, its not as big of a problem, but at the same time we have 3 niner 1st round picks on the line. Not saying Baalke would ignore a great lineman that falls to us, but his board may put more of an emphasis on other positions like WR or CB based off of team needs as well as draft depth. If Konz and Hill/AJ are both at #30, Baalke could look at the draft depth, take the WR and target someone like that Kent St. Center in the 3rd.
It could happen, but it's just hard to see an organization having/wanting 4 first round picks on the O-line, especially with the 4th being an interior lineman.


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I have had numerous cases where there's a form with a hidden input field pre-populated to determine the email notification recipient, or something similar to that. The problem arises when the code for the form suddenly becomes <input type="hidden" name="recipient" value="<span class="mh-email"... and so on (therefore totally breaking the form).
I see there's code that looks to see if an email is hyperlinked, but it would be tremendously helpful if the same would be done for if an email is within an input tag.
I was using remove_filter for various situations to get around this in the past, but the newest version's object-oriented functions makes remove_filter not able to disable this on a per-case scenario. I've had to disable mailhide entirely to resolve this in the meantime, but I'd love to get back to using this plugin's full set of capabilities.


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The recent sad events in cities across the country cannot pass without comment from this museum.
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The first of several. XD Well this is problematic. Games or animation. I do not have time to finish all, maybe, only three ja, ja, ja, XP...
did you ever finish the Naruto and kingdom hearts ones?? they look so good!
kingdom hearts....just wow
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amazing , I love your style
wow for KH is ver very very coool *-* and smash
The kingdom hearts looks really awesome, my vote is for kingdom hearts
That Arcanine OwO
I saw you're Smash Bros one and after seeing that, I would like to see Kingdom Hearts and Attack On Titan. Great job on Marth and Link, can't wait for Smash Bros 4!
They all looks amazing,
But if i had to pick i would say kingdom hearts, marth vs link, and the madera and obito.
But if i had to pick i would say kingdom hearts, marth vs link, and the madera and obito.
Kingdom hearts looks epic!
Super smash. 3votes
kingdom heart 1 vote
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naruto 1
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Wow this amazing and Marth!!!!! Wow so cool!!!!!Your style is so awesome keep up the great art works!!! ^^
thank for you words, my friend... (super smash, third vote)
Ah these are epic! Attack on Titan, Dragon Ball Z, Pokemon(Arcanine in general), Kingdom Hearts, Link and Marth, some of my many favorites! Very cool piece!
Game. All day long.
WOAH!! Aww man! That Marth and Link one 0,0 It's all just so gorgeous! I wish you could finish that one and the Kingdom Hearts one.
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Not sure what his political leanings were, lots of secrecy involved in that one and still is.<quoted text>
Was Lee Harvey Oswald an extreme leftist from Hollywood - killing the Democrat president John F. Kennedy in Dallas?
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#11137 Aug 1, 2012
Since: Dec 06
#11138 Aug 1, 2012
It's a big thing going on now with the restaurant Chik-Fila. The straights are backing them up and the gay people are going in and kissing and basically making an ass out of themselves because it will just make the straights more determined to eat there.
There's a video from the Leftist Hollywood actor John Goodman that is portraying Colonel Sanders of Kentucky Fried Chicken. Pro-homosexual video and very sick.
You say the American society is sick, I agree. It's up to others to get it right, not the Leftist Hollywood sickos.
Since: Dec 06
#11139 Aug 1, 2012
There's a lot of conspiracy theorys. I studied most of them if not all. The one that really sticks to me is where Vice President Johnson had Kennedy killed because Kennedy wanted to pull out of Vietnam and Johnson had a lot of money invested in the war.
We will probably really never know what happened.
Like the rumor Kennedy had Marilyn Monroe killed because she was going to expose him on things that were corrupt.
Since: Dec 06
#11140 Aug 2, 2012
I was right on Chic-Fila. People for traditional marriage showed up in huge crowds to support the restaurant's views increasing profits. The homosexuals stayed away although a plan for a homosexual kiss-in at restaurant, perhaps a fudge packing.
Since: Dec 06
#11141 Aug 2, 2012
All the homosexuals in Boston had to do was keep quiet about Chic-Fila coming to there city.....They raise hell because the restaurant refuses to bend over and get reamed in ass by them.
Spread like wildfire on the supporters of traditional marriage going to Chic-Fila, maybe Obama will take notice.
Since: Dec 06
#11142 Aug 2, 2012
There's even talk about Chic-Fila in my small town, everybody is talking about it.
Latest scandal of homosexual activity was on the Sandusky man raping all those boys at the college.
Since: Dec 06
#11143 Aug 2, 2012
and SNJ, why are you Leftists in your country determined to abolish our guns and try to make everybody homosexual? What's your and your kind's true motive? We fall you will too unless you love China or the Muslims.
Since: Dec 06
#11144 Aug 3, 2012
I didn't know there was a Chic-Fila in the next town over for me. There's still a huge crowd there according to the local paper as of yesteray in support of traditional marriage.
Noticed Kentucky Fried Chicken here in my town is empty as far as customers. John Goodman messed up on that video, people seen a lot of sickness in it.
People are saying they don't want to eat at a place that has a lot of turd packers.
They say it was really gross and an appetizer turn off to watch video and see a chicken leg go in and out of some brown gravy.
Since: Dec 06
#11145 Aug 3, 2012
Our beloved Leftist Government has been saying for the last three years that 90 percent of the Americans believe that homosexual activity is normal.
Some type of brain washing here, especially from the Socialist crowd in Hollywood who produces our movies.
I think that is why the gays were bold on this one over the Chic-Fila but the straights came out in huge crowds in support of being straight.
Politics-------we fall and maybe the Muslims take over and they will execute the gays, Iran is an example.
But first before we fall all guns must be abolished.
Since: Dec 06
#11146 Aug 3, 2012
Again----a huge backlash over the Chic-Fila----just proves the Leftists are not too smart.
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#11147 Aug 6, 2012
Rocky! Hey, Rocky!!! Are you there? Is that you ?!?
No, can't be.....I'll be back some other time.
Since: Dec 06
#11148 Aug 10, 2012
Just voiced my opinion, didn't mean any harm. You voiced your opinion many of a time and I just shrugged it off and debated.
If you don't come back.....take care.
#11149 Aug 16, 2012
Rocky - I have enjoyed exchanging posts with you for so long and I do realize, enjoy and appreciate that we have different opinions on various matters. And I enjoy your jokes and sense of humour.That is all interesting and and worth the time and more than that to me. However, please read that specific post of yours once more - try to do it pretending honestly that you are sitting
in my chair - and imagine what you would feel being faced with those accusations - because that is what they are.
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#11150 Aug 26, 2012
And -I miss you more the less.
Let's get the ant-piss behind us and get onward-ok?
There is so much in this world to get together on that we should not allow those things parting us rule the waves....ok?
Since: Dec 06
#11151 Aug 27, 2012
Okie-Dokie. Been extremely busy, have a major roof we are working on, should be done tomorrow. Hurricane Issac or whatever it's called will effect our weather here.
We have a new dog now, somebody dropped off a pup, I think it is a boxer and bird dog. He's grown quite a bit and is going to make a good inside guard dog.
My pickup truck developed a bad oil leak after 178,000 miles. Took me all day Sunday to track down where it was coming from. Very difficult to track down when engine is jammed packed under hood. Oil was coming from valve cover gasket, lucky an easy fix. Trimmed a tree out back because I thought I was going to have to pull engine out and replace seals. Hate these small vehicles but they do get good gas mileage. Sensors all over that truck. Miss the days when vehicles were much simpler to work on. Cam shaft sensor, crank sensor, oil pressure sensor, water sensor and on and on.
Since: Dec 06
#11152 Aug 27, 2012
and I wasn't pissed....I was debating.I guess I worded it wrong.
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#11153 Aug 29, 2012
One of my cars is a 1993 Mercedes sedan (W124) E220. 325000 km by now. Works like a clock. I love it. Last week, however, a part (I don't find the name of it in English) at the back wheel broke, no propulsion suddenly. Thought it was the gear box that said good night. Got out of the road to a parking lot, but had to push it myself an extra yard. That killed a muscle in my leg - so I have another 3-5 weeks limping. Leg is black, red, yellow from anckle to knee. walking like I am crippled. Got the car repaired quickly though - and enjoying being behind it's wheel again.
Saw on TV tonight that Isaac has already hit NOLA. Do you expect it to proceed further up in hitting your part of Tennessy - or has it hit you already?
Take care in any case !!
Since: Dec 06
#11154 Aug 30, 2012
The weather has been extremely nice here but noticed the shifting breeze.
Let's us both try to stay out of politics. There was a huge fight last night on Facebook. Somebody who is Liberal asked my personal opinion on an issue and I told the person what I thought about it. Sooooo a lot of Conservatives and Liberals jumped in cussing each other out. Sad....these are childhood friends. On Facebook everybody needs to stay out of politics...quickest way to end a friendship. The Conservatives and the Liberals hate each other. But since I'm moderate Conservative I like to pick on both sides.
Anyways, write back and let's talk about happy things. The Facebook last night kind of shook me up and probably not going back to it.
Since: Dec 06
#11155 Aug 30, 2012
It's aggavating on some people. The other worker I work with went out and spent $1000.00 on a fishing boat. Ok, fine and dandy---but he won't buy a vaccuum cleaner or a carpet shampooer because he says he can borrow mine. Ok.
I don't lend nothing out unless I know the person will buy me a new carpet shampooer if the event it burns up like my last one did when I loaned it out.
Sooooo SNJ, am I an asshole for not loaning the vaccuum cleaner and carpet shampooer out when he could have bought his own instead of boat?
Boat is luxury and the other items is a neccessity especially when kids in house.
I have a lot of problems with people like this here.
Everything I've loaned out in past either came back broke or it magically disappeared, everything.
Since: Dec 06
#11156 Aug 30, 2012
I think my sister has about a 1993 Mercedes Benz, somewhere in that year. It's a two seater with the top that comes off. Sharp ride. Is your steering wheel the same side like ours?
I thought I was going to have to pull engine out of truck....engine would be hanging in tree and thought I was going to have to push truck backwards away from engine and possibly get hurt in process.
But so far engine has not leaked....tightened the screws up on valve cover and did a really good scrub down on engine and transmission yesterday to get blown oil off of it. Engine is runs like new on 178,000 miles...just need some work like putting a new clutch in.
I changed my oil and oil filter every 3000 to 4000 miles ever since I bought it new and babied the engine, never been raced.
Somebody in California says there is no need to change oil EVER. Stupid man.....the reason I believe the oil turns black is because the detergent in oil that cleans the engine done did it's job and the detergent molecules is saturated with impurities and can no longer clean from what I studied on oil.
Also the oil molecules that are shaped like tiny balls somewhat flatten out causing friction on very old oil.
Anyways, people say I'm stupid on changing oil all the time but their cars knock and rattle and smoke whereas mine don't do that.
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It made the news recently when Virginia State Sen. Creigh Deeds was stabbed numerous times by his 24-year-old son, Gus, who then killed himself. Less than 24 hours before the family tragedy occurred, Gus had been turned away from a hospital in Virginia because there were no psychiatric beds available. Sadly, what happened to the Creigh family is not an isolated incident. Hospitals across our country have eliminated psychiatric beds to the point where 95 percent of the nation's public psychiatric beds have disappeared. As a result, many families with loved ones experiencing psychiatric crisis are left without the treatment they need.
The reason for hospitalization is twofold: to provide appropriate treatment to the individual in crisis and to protect the community from the risk of possible violent acts. While an individual who receives appropriate treatment has no greater risk of committing violent acts than the general public, the risk of violent behavior for an untreated person is significantly elevated. Denied appropriate treatment, people in crisis or with chronic severe mental illness cycle in and out of our hospital emergency rooms, our jails and prisons and our homeless shelters. Prisons and jails have three times more seriously mentally ill people than do our psychiatric hospitals. This is a spectacularly costly and inefficient system!
New York State Office of Mental Health is in the process of determining how mental health services are to be delivered in the future. We must hold the state accountable to make sure that the new system is carefully and wisely crafted, taking into account the needs of the families that will be affected. The new plan must include timely and appropriate treatment for our family members experiencing mental illness, including hospitalization when necessary, or else we will continue to experience escalating violence, suicides and the resultant suffering and waste of human life.
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Is it possible to use a windows 7 professorial/ultimate as a cheap server? Install IIS and have 40-50 users connected to a tcp service.
We have a customer that dont want to buy a windows server licens and want to use a "normal" windows 7 computer as a server. Will there be any problems with that? Our service that they will use is a TCP service that they connect to though a desktop klient. They will also be using IIS for downloading files. Our service will use SQLExpress as DB
From a quick google i saw something about a limit on concurrent connection. Is that a problem or does that only apply to remote access, which they dont need.