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Since assuming the chairmanship of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee in January 2011, the California Republican has held hundreds of hearings, made more than 700 requests for information and issued almost two dozen subpoenas.
But as The Federal Eye reports in Wednesday's Post, for every line of inquiry that led to a public hearing or legislation, administration supporters and critics alike complain privately that Issa and his staff have inquired about dozens of alleged incidents or illegalities that resulted in no follow-ups, no hearings or reports.
In a recent interview, Issa recapped his first year on the job and previewed what the panel might probe in the year ahead. Find highlights of the conversation below, edited for clarity and length:
After one year, how do you think things have gone?
We're the finger-in-the-dike committee, so when you spot leaks, waste, fraud and abuse — you don't get all the leaks — but you get enough to see that the dam needs to be plugged. We've done very well at that. We've met the standard of quality reports, quality hearings, picking from a wide array of challenges, some critical ones, both in investigations and in reform offers.
Looking forward, we have a president with all the information given — with the duplicative programs, the 47 financial learning programs and so on — he comes up with a new Cabinet department for his reform and asks us for reorganization authority after he's already decided that he's going to cobble together a bunch of agencies and make it a Cabinet position.
I guess it would make it the roughly 23rd direct report. It's very clear that gives us an opportunity to say, "Mr. President, you're right, we need reorganization. Now let's talk about authority and a process that brings real change the way the first Hoover Commission did. Something where it's profound, and it saves a lot of money and deliver product better to the American people."
So you don't like what he's proposed?
I think that it will give him the ability to say he did a reorganization, but, you know, we could look at Homeland Security — which was George W. Bush's big reorganization — and say, what did he do? Well, he moved around a lot of disparate agencies, he formed a new Cabinet position and years later we're pretty muddied. I would call it pretty close to a failure as a reorganization — I'm not talking about the men and women doing their jobs. But again, we did it post-9/11, in haste, in order to show we were doing something. And so small moves are of little value.
I've spent time talking to at least a dozen people who track your committee. Let me read you some of the things they said — sadly, they weren't willing to have me attach their names to these things, but it should give you a sense of what people think: "He has the attention of a 4-year old," one senior administration official said. "A lot of sizzle and no steak," in the words of one Republican congressional staffer. "He gets amnesia after his office writes press releases," said another GOP staffer. With so much being asked of the government, one of your own people told me that "I don't even know what the definition of an investigation is because there's so much going on around here."
I don't recognize the comments. I think there's some times that people will say things and I'd be happy to have a discussion with them on the merits, and my staff would be happy to go point-by-point.
I was sent to Congress to be a jack-of-all trades and a master of as many as I could be, and I work full-time on it. So when somebody says I have a short attention span, this is a multi-tasking business. I have 80 people who work downstairs [in his committee office] for me, plus my duties here [in his district/personal office]. I serve on multiple committees, yeah, every meeting is different.
Regarding the scope of your inquiries, several people suggested that you have every right to oversee, but the volume of requests for information sends people scurrying and leaves them hanging, because they don't hear back from the committee for months.
First of all, that's not true. I take great pride, and my committee is happy to provide you with the proof. When people do reply, we do respond. When we're satisfied, we close investigations.
This administration had no oversight under [Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.), Issa's predecessor], none. Nancy Pelosi didn't want it. ... She made the statement that every committee was going to do oversight, when in fact it didn't happen.
We try to do legitimate fact-finding. I pushed work to the seven subcommittees, which makes them less high-profile, but it lets them go and get the substance. I demand that our people recognize that when our people do investigations that we reach conclusions. With committee reports that in a factual way, with lots of footnoting, show what we've done so that in the future there's reference document that says, this was the entire cycle.
Do we send a lot of letters out? Yes. ... And when we get answers, we very quickly say we're all set, thank you very much, we're done. We close out the investigations often at the end of a response letter.
If one talks to people at the White House and in the Obama administration about you, they role their eyes, they scoff. They're afraid of you.
They don't need to be. I really meant it when I said give me good accountants, not lawyers. I'm really willing to do a lot of the work we do cooperatively whenever we get an opportunity. A number of people in the administration have been very good and very forthcoming.
Where? Who?
[Transportation Secretary] Ray LaHood — if I send a letter, he expects me to call him and tell him it's coming, and I try to honor that. The fact is, even if I'm sending it to an underling, he gives personal attention to it, he's very cooperative. He served on the Hill and he remembers it. That's what it's all about. He knows what it's like to send those letters.
You'll notice that the Department of the Defense — we've got lots of letters — but our investigations have gone reasonably well. … The fact is, we can't be their friends, and we can't be expected to tell them what they did right. Our job is not to be their cheerleaders. They have their own PR teams to tell them everything they've done right.
Has it been difficult working with this administration? Yes. By the way, I didn't have this job under Bush, but I understand that under Bush the same attitude where it had to be their idea, they had to bring it to you and they had to tell you exactly how, was part of the problem. That frustrates people in the administration whose job it is, as you know, to make the president look good, to speak for the president.
My job is to make this administration better, and I will do that. I won't speak ill of the president when he does right, and I won't speak good of him when there's something wrong.
Read the full story and share your thoughts in the comments section below.
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Further reading:
As Super Tuesday looms, GOP primary heads into potentially decisive phase
Supreme Court agrees to reconsider use of race in college admission decisions
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Split Pea And Potato Soup Recipe
Split pea and potato soup is good old fashioned comfort food. Simple to make and very nice served with some wholesome bread.
2 teaspoons olive oil
1 onion, chopped
1 cup chopped ham (optional)
1 stalk celery, chopped
8 cups soup broth (vegetable, chicken or beef, canned or tetra packs)
2 cup split peas
1 large bay leaf
black pepper, 1-2 turns of grinder
1 teaspoon sea salt
1 teaspoon cumin
2 medium sized potatoes, peeled and cubed and washed
1 carrot, chopped
Heat the oil in a large soup pot over medium heat
Add the onion and cook until translucent and tender, about 2 minutes.
Add the chopped ham cook until it has a golden brown color.
Add the celery and cook another 2 minutes.
Add the soup broth and the split peas, along with the bay leaf, pepper, salt and cumin.
Add the potatoes and carrots. Bring to a boil, then turn to simmer and cook for 40 to 60 minutes or until the peas are soft. Stir frequently to keep the solids from burning on the bottom of the pot.
Do a taste test and season with salt and pepper if needed.

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It is always a comforting feeling when there is a delicious breakfast on the Italian Kitchen Table. You wake up to the wonderful aroma that permeates the air and stimulates your taste buds and your desire to enjoy life. Included in the breakfast are healthy and stimulating ingredients. In this particular breakfast we have zucchini, eggs, onion, tomatoes, and roasted chicken. What a delicious combination of healthy foods.
3 small zucchini
1 med onion
1 med tomato diced
3 eggs scrambled
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 roasted chicken breast cut into small pieces.
Salt and pepper and seasoning to taste.
Wash and slice zucchini into thin rounds.
Peel and slice onion into thin rounds.
Wash and dice tomato.
Open and scramble eggs.
In lg sauté pan, on medium high heat, start to sauté zucchini in olive oil, until starting to brown and turn.
Add thinly sliced onion and allow to soften with heat and then fold into zucchini.
Sauté for a short while until tender and add diced tomato, folding into the mix.
Push sautéed veggies to the side of the pan and add the scrambled eggs to the center.
Allow to run through the veggies and as it cooks, scramble into the veggies.
Again, push contents of pan to the sides and add the roasted chicken.
Continue to cook until chicken is heated, and serve.
Frittata: Fold chicken into veggies, spread evenly in sauté pan, pour 4/5 scrambled eggs over chicken and veggies and heat until firm.
Quiche: Fold chicken into veggies, pour 5/6 scrambled eggs into veggies and pour into a 9" pie shell baking at 350 degrees for 20/25 mins until firm.
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On the bright side of the ballot
A marathon of an election is the best thing that could have happened to Americans. After decades of mounting political apathy, the tide seems to have turned as Americans of all walks of life debate the constitutionality of recounts and ponder the legitimacy of a president without a popular mandate.
Americans no longer feel the political process to be some alien encounter that they - like automatons - are expected to validate once every so often.
Those who charge that "dragging this process on is endangering America's great democracy" are mistaken. This democracy is, in fact, being rehabilitated by the very process that cynics believe undermines it. Is it not fitting that a country that prides itself on propagating the virtues of democracy should take a refresher course on exactly what it means to express the will of the people - all the people?
Zachary Taylor Washington
The Nov. 21 editorial, "Orderly transitions of power," deploring the seemingly fuzzy process of determining who will become our next president is reactive and shortsighted.
In fact, the process by which we are determining whether George W. Bush or Al Gore won Florida is a glorious example of American democracy. Everyone is agreed that the judicial system will decide which votes count and when they count. People in many nations, including the ones cited (Peru, Mexico, Taiwan), would welcome our systems of checks and balances, specifically an independent and strong judiciary.
Let's be sanguine and very careful not to fiddle with a system of legislative, executive, and judicial restraints that is a marvel of political fairness and durability.
Scott Aiken Cincinnati
Your Nov. 21 editorial says that America should "swallow hard" before lecturing other countries on democracy. Do you believe our democracy is failing because of the recent chaos in deciding who won the election?
Everything that has happened since election day is part of the ongoing democratic process. Lawyers are going to courts, but armies are not marching through the streets. People are angry and frustrated, but no one is throwing rocks or burning buildings.
This country has survived unexpected crisis in the past and, I am sure, will survive many more. You should be celebrating our resilience, not belittling us by comparing us to tyrannical governments.
Jonah Steinhaus Los Angeles
Jakarta no green example
In his Nov. 22 opinion piece, "Cutting greenhouse gases is a two-way street," Agus Sari cites Jakarta, and begs us to believe the city's policies to be exemplary of government efforts to seek practical solutions to global warming.
I work and live in Jakarta. What I see daily are immense traffic jams.
Mr. Sari's claim that controlled ingress by cars has cut traffic by 40 percent ignores two telling facts: First, private vehicle usage has dropped since 1997 because of the prolonged economic/political crisis battering the country; and, second, vehicles denied access to the principal arteries simply navigate their way along other (now equally clogged) routes.
The model Sari cites should not be based on Jakarta, but rather, Bangkok, which has indeed seen a drop in congestion following the opening of its overhead light-rail system. Jakarta, with its nearly 9 million residents, would greatly benefit from similar light-rail mass transit - as would other metropolitan areas in the developing world.
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McIlroy during his final round in Dubai today
Rory McIlroy has won the season ending DP World Tour Championships in Dubai, meaning he takes the Race to Dubai crown and pockets over €3.1m for his weekend's work.
The 25-year-old held a narrow lead in the European PGA Tour's money list heading into the tournament in Dubai but the win has assured him the top spot on the list for the third time in four years.
McIlroy survived a dramatic lapse in concentration to end his injury-hit season in style.
After starting the final round a shot behind England's Andy Sullivan, McIlroy carded eight birdies in the first 15 holes to surge into a two-shot lead with two holes to play, only to then find the water with a terrible tee shot on the 17th.
However, the four-time major winner holed from 30 feet to salvage a bogey and take a one-shot lead up the 18th, which proved just enough to secure his fourth win of the year after Sullivan's birdie attempt narrowly missed.
A closing 66 saw McIlroy finish 21 under par at Jumeirah Golf Estates, one shot ahead of Sullivan with South African Branden Grace a distant third on 15 under.
McIlroy missed three tournaments this summer, including the defence of his Open title at St Andrews, due to an ankle injury suffered playing football with friends and needed a controversial exemption to compete in the European Tour's season finale despite not playing enough events.
Nearest rival Danny Willett felt that gave McIlroy an unfair advantage but was unable to dislodge the four-time major winner from top spot in the money list, a position he held since finishing fourth in the Masters before winning the WGC-Cadillac Match Play three weeks later.
Willett had to settle for a six-way tie for fourth on 13 under which included Italy's Francesco Molinari, who recorded a hole-in-one on the sixth in a final round of 68.
Sullivan held a one-shot lead overnight and extended it to three with birdies on the first and second as McIlroy followed a birdie on the second with a three-putt bogey on the fourth.
McIlroy bounced back in style with birdies on the fifth and sixth but Sullivan followed the four-time major winner in on each occasion to maintain his advantage as he looked to claim a fourth European Tour win of the season.
Another birdie from McIlroy on the seventh finally closed the gap and Sullivan's lead looked set to be wiped out when he bogeyed the eighth and saw his escape from a fairway bunker on the ninth catch the edge of the trap.
The 29-year-old then hit his third shot over the green but chipped in for the most unlikely of pars, much to the delight of his 30-strong personal fan club who had travelled from Nuneaton to support him this week.
McIlroy must have been wondering what he had to do to catch Sullivan after he holed from 12 feet for a birdie on the 11th, only to see his playing partner follow him in for the third time.
That scenario looked set to be repeated on the 12th when McIlroy holed from 25 feet, but Sullivan's birdie attempt narrowly missed and the pair were tied on 20 under with six holes to play.
McIlroy finally got his nose in front by pitching to three feet to birdie the par-five 14th, the first of five holes he birdied in succession to lift the title and become European number one for the first time in 2012.
And the former world number one looked in ruthless mood as he carded his eighth birdie of the day on the next to move two shots clear with just three holes to play, only to throw the £5.2million event wide open once more on the 17th.


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North Las Vegas' new mayor and former city manager have different stories when it comes to dissecting last week's big shake-up in City Hall.
The shake-up, just a few months after former state lawmaker John Lee took office as mayor, ended with City Manager Tim Hacker resigning. City Attorney Jeff Barr also resigned, although that departure was said by Lee to be long in the works.
Hacker's departure, just two years after former Mayor Shari Buck appointed him, was the bigger news.
That's because his tenure as manager of the struggling city included epic battles with police and fire unions as he sought to patch eight-figure holes in the city budget.
Lee was vague when asked about the reasons for Hacker's resignation, giving an answer that made it sound like a case of a manager drained by two years of exhausting clashes over tough decisions.
"It is almost post-traumatic stress," Lee said. "You just get worn out."
Reached Friday, Hacker, who was slightly less vague, made it sound less like a case of burnout and more like a person unwilling to deal with a micromanaging boss.
"It is really necessary for mayor and council to respect the role of manager so the manager can really take care of the back of the house," Hacker said. "It is pretty clear in our council-manager form of government those duties are pretty well laid out and set each party up for success."
Both men denied the shake-up had anything to do with displeasure among union members with Hacker's approach.
Mike Yarter, president of the North Las Vegas Police Officers Association, agreed, albeit while admitting there was no love lost between Hacker and unionized employees.
"If we had the ability to do that it would have happened a long time ago," Yarter said.
— Benjamin Spillman
New state Superintendent of Public Instruction Dale Erquiaga can say his relationship with Gov. Brian Sandoval goes way back and won't be exaggerating at all.
The two men, both now 50, met as second-graders in Northside Elementary School in Fallon. That would have been in 1969 or 1970.
"We took our first communion together that year, before his family moved to Sparks," said Erquiaga, appointed last week by his old friend as the new state superintendent. He will begin his new job Aug. 26 and work out of the Department of Education's offices in Carson City and Reno.
After the meeting so many years ago, Erquiaga and Sandoval did not reconnect until both attended the University of Nevada, Reno.
After serving two years as the governor's policy director, Erquiaga left last year to move to Arizona where he could be closer to his two children. His son is preparing to move and work in Estonia and his daughter is about to graduate from Arizona State University. Erquiaga said they had a "great year together" and now can wander off a bit.
While some might question the wisdom of the governor naming an old buddy for one of the top jobs in the state, Erquiaga has more government experience than Sandoval. He has been the deputy secretary of state under then Secretary of State Dean Heller, the director of the Department of Cultural Affairs for Gov. Kenny Guinn and the government affairs director for the Clark County School District.
Other than his wife, there probably is no one Sandoval can trust more to carry out his directives than a guy who played with him on the merry-go-round during recess.
— Ed Vogel
State Sen. James Settelmeyer, R-Minden, earlier this month in Chicago was named by the American Legislative Exchange Council as one of its eight legislators of the year.
Settelmeyer, a rancher who often wears a cowboy hat, is a conservative who never supports tax increases. He is known in the Legislature for his pleasant demeanor and never becoming riled up in dealing with liberal legislators.
His family has ranched in the Carson Valley for generations. Bald eagles visit the ranch late every winter to eat the afterbirth from the family's cattle. Many people, most with cameras, gather outside the ranch fences to take photos.
Settelmeyer, 42, even spoke during the session on how one of his horses was killed by a bear, but the state Wildlife Department refused to give him a predator permit to shoot the bear.
In June, he was named the second best senator (to state Sen. Debbie Smith, D-Sparks) in the Review-Journal's poll of legislators, reporters and lobbyists.
He is the author of a new law that allows county commissions to pass ordinances that make it illegal, and levy fines, on children under age 18 who smoke. Settelmeyer testified that there are now smokers' corners outside most high schools in Nevada and children deride police when they arrive and attempt to stop them from smoking.
But he failed to push through a bill to create Republican and Democratic presidential primary elections each January during presidential election years.
The exchange council's legislator of the year award is given to lawmakers who have demonstrated a dedication to the principles of limited government, federalism, and free market principles. About one-third of state legislators belong to the organization, but critics such as former Democratic Vice President Walter Mondale maintain the organization is the creation of the Koch brothers and holds unusual influence over its legislative members in passing model legislation that it endorses.
Settelmeyer said he has had a consistent conservative voting record since he joined the Legislature in 2007. He said liberal organizations also propose model legislation, but he finds it interesting that they do not come under the same degree of attacks as the American Legislative Exchange Council.
— Ed Vogel
For some reason, Nevada legislators at each session change the names of some state agencies — and for the next several years foul up the ability of people trying to reach them.
Take the state Health Division. It's fine and easy to remember the name. Except legislators have decided to call it the Division of Public and Behavioral Health.
Nobody can seem to remember it, even reporters.
Unable to come up with the correct name, a Review-Journal Capital Bureau reporter decided to call the Department of Health and Human Services' director's office. The Division of Public and Behavioral Health falls under the control of that department.
But employees could not immediately answer the reporter's question. A clearly embarrassed woman called around and then came up with the answer.
The department wanted the new name because the agency no longer deals with just health matters, but also mental health programs.
— Ed Vogel
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If there's one kitchen skill I'd like to master, it's breadbaking. I simply enjoy watching and learning the process and really, who doesn't love the smell and taste of freshly-baked bread? I know how to make only the most basic of loaves and I am in awe of anyone who knows her sourdough and who is not confounded by starters, active yeasts and such. 🙂
In search of dinner on our second night in San Francisco, we were enticed by the wonderful smell coming from the famous Boudin Bakery. They have a shop and cafe area called Bakers Hall where one can stop for a quick meal and a cup of coffee and load up on kitchen supplies (or be sorely tempted to).
Don't you just love shop displays like these? Makes one want to be a gourmet cook, hehe.
We brought our meal to the patio looking out into Fisherman's Wharf and people-watched. (People-watching at Fisherman's Wharf is a very interesting pastime indeed.) The soup in a bread bowl that I had was absolutely delicioso.
Later, we kibitzed with other tourists in front of a huge observation window along the street and watched some of Boudin's bakers show off their skills (that's my envy speaking, haha). Here's a very short video I took, with some ambient sounds from the streets of San Francisco:
They make the shaping of loaves look so easy, argh!
I wasn't kidding when I said I am in awe of those who are good at bread baking. I'm learning (slowly) through cookbooks and once, out of exasperation, enrolled in a day-long training just to get a feel for the kneading part, hehe. Months later, I am still the sort of amateur who 'over-flours' the counter. 🙂
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HENSON, Patricia (nee Worth) of Port Dover, passed away at her home, on Monday, June 4, 2012, with her loving family at her side. Beloved wife of Jim. Devoted mother and mother-in-law of Lynne Henson and Bert Hurst of Port Dover, Joan Jones of Kingston, Diane and David Tyrrell of Hamilton and Jill McConnell of Port Dover. Dearly loved sister of Barb Worth of Port Dover and Art and Barbara Worth of Ancaster. Dear aunt of Matthew. Loving grandmother of Jessie, Adrien, Phoebe, Haprielle, Beracha (Caleb), Abbey, Hannah, Levi, Kirk and Paige. Pat will be lovingly remembered by her family and friends. Pat was an active community member and volunteer. She was a member of Norfolk's Own Needle Arts Guild, former member of the board of the Lighthouse Theatre, previous District Commissioner of Girl Guides (Burlington) and Girl Guides Cadet Leader (Port Dover). Friends are invited to meet with the family for visitation on Thursday, June 7, 2012 from 2pm to 4pm and 7 pm to 9pm and Friday from 11am to noon at THOMPSON WATERS FUNERAL HOME, 102 First Ave., Port Dover (519) 583-1530. A Service to Celebrate Pat's life will be held at St. Paul's Anglican Church (Market and St. George Sts.) on Friday, June 8, 2012 at 2pm. Reverend David Mulholland and Father Kendall Reimer officiating. For those wishing, donations to Canadian Cancer Society, Big Brothers Big Sisters or Multiple Sclerosis would be greatly appreciated. On-line donations and/or condolences can be made at www.thompsonwatersfuneralhome.ca
For more information about this obituary visit http://www.thompsonwatersfuneralhome.ca/.Filed Under: Brantford, Hamilton, Kingston, Ontario, Simcoe, Toronto


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Washington State Wire – By Erik Smith. The Washington Roundtable has given the state a second report card, and you can definitely say there's room for improvement. The state has slipped in key measures regarding education, it remains toward the bottom of the heap when it comes to transportation, and business taxes are among the highest in the country. That's according to the Roundtable's "Benchmarks for a Better Washington," a rather ambitious statistical grading project the group launched last year. But the state gets high marks in other categories. Among other things, Washington has moved into the top-ten states in the country for private sector job growth. "We clearly have some work to do," says Roundtable President and CEO Steve Mullin. The Roundtable is the state's leading business association for large private-sector employers.
The benchmarks project, now in its second year, is rather different than the "report cards" frequently issued by the associations and advocacy groups active in the state's public arena. Most of those are really a subjective assessment of whether the Legislature did right or wrong in passing or opposing legislation, and they are measured against that group's particular position. Instead, the Roundtable's benchmarks take publicly available statistical data and measure Washington's performance against the other 49 states. The idea is to show how the state is doing nationally, over time – whether it is slipping or improving.
Playing Well With Others
There is a subjective element, of course. The Roundtable chose the statistics it wanted to measure. But most would agree that they are among the key indicators of the state's economic health, Mullin argues. They measure things like quality of education, the condition of roads and bridges, and business tax burden. The report keeps it simple, by comparing against other states. The Roundtable argues that Washington ought to be one of the nation's 10-best performers in each category. So not only should it play well with others, it ought to be above average in every respect.
Mullin says the Roundtable hopes the measurements will become an element in the political debate in Olympia. "Partly because it has taken us such a long time to emerge from the 2008 downturn, we felt that Washington needed a common vision for economic vitality, and we felt the Roundtable could help by putting out what its vision was for the future and then have a vision for measuring it," Mullin said. "We went through a process of looking at all sorts of areas of measurement and decided that we really wanted to get down to a discrete few. If you have 100 benchmarks, it is sort of hard trying to come to a particular conclusion. So we went through a pretty deliberate process of narrowing it down to what our board thought were the most important ones, and we got down to 12."
So how's the state doing? For the first time, it's possible to see progress – both the positive and negative sort.
12 Key Indicators
- Washington ranks 5th in the number of patents granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. That's down slightly from last year, when it ranked fourth, but Washington is still among the top 10.
- Washington ranks 8th in private-sector job growth. That's up from 15th last year.
- Washington ranks 37th in high school graduation rates. That's down from 35th last year.
- Washington misses the mark on student math and science scores – and here a word of explanation is in order. The Roundtable is comparing performance of 8th-grade students on the National Assessment of Student Progress (NAEP), which some have called the "Nation's Report Card." On last year's tests 40 percent of students ranked "proficient" or better, putting the state in a four-way tie for 12th place. Last year, based on 2009 results, the state ranked 9th. No new data was available for science scores, so the state continues to rank 21st.
- Washington ranks 38th per capita in the number of bachelor's degrees awarded by the state's public and private higher education institutions. It has slipped from 35th.
- Washington continues to rank first in the nation for lowest electricity rates, due largely to cheap hydropower.
- Washington ranks 42nd for the lowest percentage of bridges deemed to be "functionally obsolete" – 20.3 percent – an indication of aging road infrastructure. In the percentage of roads deemed to be in "good" or "very good" condition, the state ranks 16th. Here no new statistics were available, so the rankings remain unchanged.
- Washington ranks 37th in average commute travel time – 25.3 minutes – a measure of highway congestion. Last year it ranked 39th.
- Washington ranks 36th in lowest combined state and local business tax burden. In other words, it's the 15th highest. Last year it was 37th. So it has improved one notch. The key thing, the report says, is that Washington's business tax burden is higher than in most Western states, particularly as compared to Oregon and Idaho – and it is a disincentive to employers looking to relocate.
- Washington ranks 46th in lowest unemployment insurance tax rates – in other words, the 5th highest in the country. A word of caution is appropriate here. This ranking is based on 2011 rates, and changes in the rate-setting procedure adopted by the 2011 Legislature are not reflected. National trends in unemployment insurance are likely to improve this number in future years, as many states were forced to borrow from the federal government to maintain solvency, and now must repay those loans; Washington did not. Last year Washington ranked 44th.
- Washington ranked 50th in lowest worker-compensation payouts – in other words, the very highest – up from 49th in 2011. Another word of caution here. The Roundtable is using 2009 data, the latest available, when payouts were an average $857.32 per covered worker. The national average was $448.94. Reforms adopted by the 2011 Legislature are aimed at reducing those figures, but it may take time to see results.
For more background see: www.waroundtable.com


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Chinese New Year is this Monday, January 23rd, so here's my special mani to commemorate the year of the dragon. Although red is believed to be a lucky color, I decided to go with gold and black instead. They're fierce, yet elegant, when worn together, and I thought that was appropriate for the year of the dragon.
To get this look, first paint your nails a gold color. Then tape off the section near your cuticles (nail supply stores have a special tape you can use for french/reverse french looks) and paint the rest of your nails black. For the accent nail, I used black acrylic paint and a nail art brush. I took inspiration from the Mortal Kombat logo for my dragon, but you can improvise or do something else if you want 😀
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Following modest Monday losses, investors are eyeing a possible extension of an unusual record: a 19th consecutive Tuesday gain for the Dow Jones Industrial Average. A gain by the Dow today would also avoid its first two-day losing streak in over a month, with the last one occurring April 17-18.
There are no economic reports on the calendar, but with Fed speeches increasing influencing market activity these days, the Street will be watching two slated for today. St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard speaks at 11:30 a.m. ET at a conference in Frankfurt Germany, while New York Fed President William Dudley has a speech at the Japan Society in New York at 1 p.m. ET.
Dow component Home Depot (HD) is out with its quarterly earnings this morning, with Best Buy (BBY), AutoZone (AZO), Medtronic (MDT), and Saks (SKS) also on the schedule. Intuit (INTU), NetApp (NTAP), and Analog Devices (ADI) report their quarter numbers after today's closing bell.
Urban Outfitters (URBN) is among our stocks to watch this morning, with the clothing retailer reporting first quarter profit of $0.32 per share, three cents above estimates, though revenues fell short of consensus. Urban Outfitters was able to expand its profit margins thanks to a drop in discounts.
Dell's (DELL) credit rating has been cut two notches by Standard and Poor's to BBB from A- with a negative outlook. S&P cited the computer maker's $24.4 billion transaction to take the company private, saying it would materially degrade Dell's financial risk profile.
Carnival (CCL) has cut its earnings outlook, with the cruise line operator now seeing full year profit of $1.45 - $1.65 per share, compared to current Street estimates of $1.98. Carnival points to lower pricing to attract passengers following a series of well-publicized mishaps and incidents.
Yahoo (YHOO) followed up its acquisition of blogging service Tumblr by announcing updates to its Flickr photo sharing service, unveiling a redesign and offering users one terabyte of free storage space.
Tesla (TSLA) is planning to repay a government loan this week, according to the automaker's chief executive, Elon Musk.
Vodafone (VOD) posted the largest ever quarterly drop in what's termed "organic service revenue", as investors continue to speculate on whether it will sell its 45 percent stake in Verizon Wireless.
Amazon.com (AMZN) has won a key security clearance from the U.S. government for its cloud service known as Amazon Web Services. That approval allows Amazon to expand the business by going after government agency contracts.
JPMorgan Chase (JPM) holds its annual meeting today, with most attention focused on a shareholder vote on whether to split the chairman and chief executive roles currently held by Jamie Dimon.
Sprint Nextel (S) has been granted a waiver by Japan's SoftBank which allows it to consider a $25.5 billion takeover bid from Dish Network (DISH). Sprint already has a deal in place to sell a 70 percent stake to SoftBank for $20.1 billion.
iGate (IGTE) has fired chief executive officer Phaneesh Murthy following the investigation of a sexual harassment claim. iGate is a provider of technology outsourcing services.


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RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - The board of directors at state-controlled oil company Petróleo Brasileiro SA formally elected Pedro Pullen Parente as chief executive officer, a source with direct knowledge of the situation said on Monday.
According to the source, who requested anonymity since the decision remains private, Parente will be sworn in officially on Thursday. He replaces Aldemir Bendine, who earlier in the day tendered his resignation after 15 months serving as CEO of the company known as Petrobras (PETR4.SA).
Petrobras is at the center of a massive corruption probe that has ensnared dozens of politicians and businessmen.
Reporting by Marta Nogueira; Writing by Guillermo Parra-Bernal; Editing by Sandra Maler


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From High Knob, Flag Rock and Little Stony Falls to the Grand Canyon of the South, Breaks Interstate Park and Birch Knob, the possibilities for outdoor recreation and adventure are endless. Be it hiking, biking, climbing, paddling, fishing, or camping, there's an abundance of natural beauty and wonder to explore in the Heart of Appalachia. Our friend, Brad Deel, offers a glimpse into our mountain wonderland in his latest video.
The Breaks canyon is home to many globally rare species and woodlands. It boasts beautiful scenery, unusual geology, and a robust history, yet its existence has been threatened throughout the past and it still faces an uncertain future. In addition to a world-class celebrity narrator, this film represents contributions from nearly a dozen professors from five different institutions. It features a …rich selection of music produced by talented faculty from the world renowned Blue Grass, Old Time, and Country Music program at East Tennessee State University. It showcases an array of special effects produced by an Emmy Award nominated Motion Design artist. This film has also garnered support from the likes of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, and the Virginia Tourism Corporation, among others. Like their Facebook Page @breaksfilm to keep up on screenings and other news.
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[kl-bogel] Journalist Day - Congratulations only fair! (16 photos)
Activists took off jeans at all, and urged journalists to do the same!
The purpose of the action - not only to express respect for Ukrainian journalists on the day of their professional holiday, but also remind ulcers corroding their profession. This is a dictatorship owners publications and channels, custom articles and stories, proplachennaya loyalty, that is all that combined the word "jeans". FEMEN calls on the fourth power in Ukraine is not upodobatsya the previous three and banish corruption from their profession
Activists FEMEN publicly released from jeans and urged journalists to follow their example. FEMENistki unfurled banners "Jeans worse than censorship," "How much is it?", "Do not pay and did not order", "Jeans - selling girl ',' Congratulations only fair," "Hack the truth."
"Barbosa with money, whether it's from the Ukraine, or from abroad, should not recite us proplachennye news, shaping public opinion in favor of their interests. The main threat to freedom of speech in Ukraine - it is not explicit political censorship, but a trivial "zakazuha" which omits the fourth estate to the level lackeys ", - said the leader FEMEN Anna Gutsol.
There is no major international publication or broadcaster, who did not covered the movement FEMEN, the last three years none of them have plagued the movement pricelist inform services. FEMEN encourages national journalism to take an example from Western standards of journalistic ethics and professionalism - is the main condition for the European course of Ukraine. Happy Holidays!
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1998 Mercedes-Benz E-Class from United Arab Emirates
A car to live with
Nothing serious yet, except if you consider monthly service ;)
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This is the best car ever, my first car ever was a '96 Jeep Wrangler then a MB E300 which was more than perfect.
But talking about this one '98, I'll tell you one thing I've been traveling from one country to another for the past 4 years evry 4 months "work and study" it's an 8 hours drive!! This car is THE car for traveling and every day use not to mention style ;)
IF I ever bought another car "which is gonna be, gotta be a MB" this one will always remain :)
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
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text: At 01:40 PM 11/28/96 -0800, Tim Bray wrote: >I take the body of the above discussion (enjoyable though it is) >as strong evidence that for now, XML should stay with the two modes >of addressing that it has built in: URL and ID/IDREF. Every discussion >of FPI's and UR[^L]'s that I have heard has quickly passed out of my >comprehension and into a desolate area full of ringing assertions about >document metaphysics and the eschatology of network addressing. There are simple principles at work. A URL is chosen based on where a document is located. Sometimes people want to give documents more permanent names. Within a closed system this can be done through FPIs. I suggest the following wording: "The PublicID is optional. The Literal that follows the keyword PUBLIC is called the entity's public identifier. It is a persistent name for the entity. User agents that have a mechanism for resolving persistent names may use the public identifier to locate the document. Other user agents may use the system identifier." This is a simple "hook" for people who have solved the persistent name problem within a particular system. SGML systems already support this hook, of course. When Web systems have a global resolution, we will be ready. We can register an FPI: namespace and register our documents within it. It doesn't cost us anything to allow those who use public identifiers, or who want to give it a shot to have a syntax for doing so. > XML is not here to be a partisan of hypotheses about the way advanced > document processing ought to be done in the future; its goal is to specify > a simple set of practices that (a) are comprehensible (b) are > compliant with international standards and (c) work. Within some (many!) systems, FPIs meet all of those goals. Paul Prescod


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Technology and service providers are helping their healthcare customers prepare for the looming ICD-10 code conversion deadline.
Whether healthcare firms are ready or not, the U.S. government's upcoming deadline for ICD-9 to ICD-10 conversion stands firm. On Oct. 1, 2015, healthcare providers must submit all of their claims using ICD-10 codes. With no grace period, technology and service providers are preparing their clients for the transition any way they can.
ICD-10 expands the number of claims codes from around 17,000 to more than 140,000. "The whole purpose is to get to a more granular level. That's why there are so many new codes with ICD-10," said Crystal Ewing, senior business analyst and manager of regulatory strategies for ZirMed Inc, a provider of cloud-based financial and clinical performance management offerings for healthcare based in Louisville, Ky.
Conversion to ICD-10 begins with system upgrades. "Making sure the billing or EMR [electronic medical records] system is compliant — that's the first key," Ewing said.
But that isn't where the difficulty lies: "The challenge is more in terms of practitioners wrapping their heads around the new code set. Because the transition will happen all at once, it's difficult to predict how it's going to impact their practice and workloads," said Elysha Fiabane, product innovation manager and overall ICD-10 project lead for athenahealth Inc. The company, based in Watertown, Mass., provides cloud-based services for electronic health records and other healthcare applications.
"This is not just an IT problem. This is more of a business problem. Look at it this way: The system can ingest the data, but the data has to be good. The data has to be quality," Ewing said.
She explained: The diagnosis must match the ICD procedure code, and the code must be verified and appropriately documented and billed. "There's an intervention that has to happen there, and there can be many business processes that have to change to make sure that can happen," Ewing said.
Helping coders face ICD-10 transition impact
Coders and those who bill medical claims will be most impacted. "They've been using ICD-9 for 30 years, and most of them have the codes memorized. ICD-10 is completely new, so ZirMed provides tools to help them understand what they do today and what the impact will be tomorrow," Ewing said.
This is not just an IT problem. This is more of a business problem. Crystal Ewing senior business analyst and manager of regulatory strategies, ZirMed Inc.
For example, ZirMed's analytics platform helps healthcare providers understand the payers to whom they submit the most claims and the codes they use. Ewing said this allows providers to "build critical benchmarks to understand what they're doing today so they can identify if there's going to be a problem tomorrow."
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The so-called Iranian sex tape scandal involves the public outcry and judicial proceedings against Zahra Amir Ebrahimi, an actress who appeared in the soap opera Nargess, and an associate producer, accused of appearing together in an explicit sex tape, allegedly filmed for private consumption with a camcorder, a serious crime under Iranian law.[1] The actress denies that the tape is of her, while the film producer reportedly has claimed that it is him.[2][3][4] The scandal virtually ended the actress's career; she was banned from Iranian films in 2006.[5]
The case served as a catalyst to prompt the lower house of the Parliament of Iran to pass a bill making the production of sexually explicit media, even for private consumption, an offense punishable by death.[6]
The tape[edit]
The tape graphically depicts twenty minutes of sex between a woman and a man in a small room with a narrow bed.[2] The man who admitted to his role in the tape is an assistant film producer who was engaged to an Iranian soap opera actress at the time, whom he claimed is the woman in the tape. Neither of the suspects were named by the Islamic Republic News Agency, the state-run news agency in Tehran.[7] The man was referred to in the Iranian media as "Mr. X".[8] The actress denied that the woman in the film is her, and accused her ex-fiancé of releasing a pornographic film featuring himself and a lookalike to damage her career.[9]
The tape was reportedly made in 2004, although it only came to prominence in early 2006. It has seen wide distribution on DVD and over the internet in Iran. [10] An estimated 100,000 copies are in circulation,[8] grossing $4 million, a record in the history of the Iranian film industry.[11] The assistant film producer appearing in the tape has said that he accidentally forgot to delete the footage from his hard drive when he sold his laptop.[3][2]
The tape and the publicity surrounding it caused a massive scandal in Iran, such that Iran's fundamentalist clerics have labeled it a "national shame".[2] Tehran's hardline chief prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi has even intervened, ordering a special investigation.[7] Iranian politician Ghorbanali Dorri-Najafabadi also became involved, demanding Ebrahimi (but not Mr. X) be stoned to death.[2] Ebrahimi was interrogated at length by the Iranian authorities,[11][9] but was never charged with any crime.[8] While Narges was on hiatus while the scandal broke, producers of two films in which Ebrahimi starred were advised by Iranian authorities not to release the films while the investigation was ongoing.[11] As of 2010, these films still had not been released. One of them, Journey to Hidalou was reviewed for compliance with Islamic law by Javad Shamaqdari, Iran's deputy culture minister for film. He said that the film was a good one, but could not be released with Ebrahimi in it, and suggested that her scenes be re-shot with a different actress. The film's director, Mojataba Raei, has reportedly refused to re-shoot Ebrahimi's scenes.[5] Shamaqdari suggested it would take a religious fatwa to approve Ebrahimi's films for release.[12][13]
For a time Ebrahimi was rumored to have attempted suicide because of all the negative media attention after her police interrogation. The worry that something may have happened to her grew worse when she was forbidden from speaking in public by the Iranian authorities.[11] To quell the rumor, she ultimately made a statement to the ILNA news agency: "I just want to tell my country's people that I am alive. I should think of Iranian women's strength and defend the respect of the girls and women of my nation."[14] Even months and years after the scandal first broke, the case became a cultural touchstone in Iran, much in the same way the O. J. Simpson murder case had been in the United States, acting as a lightning rod for people to talk about changing attitudes toward sexuality and state authority in private life.[11] While the response of the conservative government was one of outrage, many Iranians viewed the scandal coolly, and were reluctant to place blame on the woman in the tape.[9]
Ebrahimi flatly denies that she is the woman in the tape. In an interview with the Guardian UK, she said, "I watched the film after I heard about the fuss from colleagues and the girl in it is not me. I admit there are some similarities to the character I played in Narges. It is possible to use studio make-up to have a person look like me. I have some knowledge of montage techniques and I know you can create a new face by distorting the features of another person."[8]
In December 2006, eight people were arrested as part of the official investigation.[2] The man in the tape, "Mr. X", who was believed to have been the one to disseminate it to the public, albeit accidentally, initially fled the country, taking up residence in Armenia. After Iranian investigators requested he be arrested,[14] the man was apprehended and extradited shortly afterwards.[8][6] He was reported to have claimed that he and the woman in the film were temporarily married at the time. Under the precepts of Shi'a Islam, sex during temporary marriage is permitted. Nevertheless, "Mr. X" was tried and imprisoned.[5] The legal fate of the others arrested in this investigation, whether they were eventually exonerated or not, went unreported in the news media.[2]
While Ebrahimi was banned from appearing in films or on television, no formal charges were ever filed against her. An Iranian judiciary official was quoted as saying: "It depends on finding out whether she had a deliberate role in the case ... If so, it is going to be dealt with as a case of corruption and prostitution."[10] Some legal experts believed Ebrahimi's denial would have been enough to avoid a guilty verdict had she been tried. Under Iranian law, film and video footage must be supported by additional evidence or a confession.[8] Ebrahimi has stated that she fears her career in the Iranian entertainment industry may be over.[2] If the actress (or another woman) were to have been charged and convicted, the punishment could have been severe. A woman found guilty of having sex outside marriage can face a penalty of up to 99 lashes with a leather strap.[11][8]
While the west in the 21st century has been fairly inundated with such news, this was widely acknowledged by western news sources to have been the first celebrity sex tape scandal in Iran.[8] Inside Iran, however, people claim that there have been others before this, but that this is the first one that was publicly acknowledged, and the first time the legal authorities decided to do something about it.[9]
Subsequent legislation[edit]
In June 2007, the Parliament of Iran voted overwhelmingly in support of a bill that could make the production of and participation in pornographic media an offense punishable by death. To become law, the bill still required the approval of Iran's Guardian Council. In 2009, news outlets began reporting the arrest of suspects under this law, so presumably it has been approved.[15] The bill's drafting is widely believed to be a direct response to this sex tape scandal.[6][16][17][18][19][20]
- ^ May 2007. Sex, Iranian Style. Playboy.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Bednarz, D. (2006.) Iranian Soap Star Swept up in Video Scandal. Der Spiegel. Retrieved December 26, 2006.
- ^ a b December 2006. "Tehran XXX". Vice Magazine. Retrieved December 26, 2006.
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Further reading[edit]
- "Zahra Amir Ebrahimi talks with the BBC about the video which almost cost her life" at Iranian.com, January 2, 2010.


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This week may mark the first time that the title of the #1 album also approximates what the artist blurts out when he is told his first-week sales number. Kanye West's Yeezus enters The Billboard 200 at #1, with first-week sales of 327K. It's West's first studio album to sell fewer than 400K copies in its first week. The tally is down significantly from West's last solo album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, which sold 496K in its first week in November 2010 (at the start of the holiday shopping season).
West's album sold just 30K more copies than J. Cole's sophomore album, Born Sinner, which debuts at #2 this week with first-week sales of 297K. This is West's narrowest margin of victory to date. It's the first time he has debuted at #1 with less than a 120K sales lead over #2.
West's tally is just 9K ahead of what Justin Timberlake's The 20/20 Experience sold in its second week in March (after selling 968K in its first week). West's total is 17K behind what Taylor Swift's Red sold in its second week in November 2012 (after blowing through 1,208,000 copies in its first week).
The initial first-week sales projection for Yeezus was 500K, but it was scaled back to about 370K the day after the album went on sale. By Friday, it was scaled back again to about 335K. It came in a little below that.
West's characteristic bravado helped set up expectations for the album that would be hard to meet. "Man, I'm the Number One living and breathing rock star," he said in a recent profile with W. (He was explaining how he came to write "I Am A God," a track on the new album.)
He compared himself to Axl Rose, Jim Morrison and Jimi Hendrix. That comparison is apt. West has rock-star attitude to burn. Note that he didn't say "I'm the Number One living and breathing record seller." He's a big seller, but he's no Swift or Timberlake, to say nothing of Adele.
In the W interview, West seems aware of the benefits and costs of his ego. "On one end, I try to scale it back," he said. "Because I don't want to close any of the doors needed to create the best product possible. But my ego is my drug. My drug is, 'I'm better than all you other mother*******. Kiss my ***!'"
It wouldn't be fair to compare West's first-week sales to those of, say, 2005's Late Registration or 2007's Graduation, for two reasons. Veteran artists' sales tend to taper off over time. And sales are down industry-wide compared to when those albums were released. But it is fair to compare it to West's recent albums, especially My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, which was released less than three years ago. Some will argue that West's relationship with tabloid mainstay Kim Kardashian may have turned off some of his fans. It's even conceivable that the timing of the birth of their baby North West hurt his sales (since baby news supplanted album headlines in the critical news cycle the week of launch). That, frankly, feels like a reach. It kept West's name at the forefront, which is usually the objective when you're releasing a major film or album.
Despite the disappointing debut, it would be unfair to paint Yeezus as a stiff. Consider these facts:
The total for Yeezus is the third greatest one-week sales tally so far this year, behind The 20/20 Experience and Daft Punk's Random Access Memories (339K).
West's tally is the greatest for a hip-hop album since Drake's Take Care bowed with sales of 631K in November 2011.
Yeezus is West's sixth #1 album on The Billboard 200, which is more than any other artist who has made his or her recording debut in this century. West's first album, The College Dropout, was released in 2004. Runners-up among artists who have debuted in this century, with five #1 albums each, are Linkin Park (debut: 2000), Alicia Keys (2001) and Justin Bieber (2009).
Only two other hip-hop artists have amassed six or more #1 albums. Jay-Z leads with 12 (counting a 2011 collabo with West). Eminem is tied with West with six #1 albums. Three hip-hop stars trail with five #1 albums each: 2Pac, Nas and DMX. (Nas' total doesn't include a 1997 album with The Firm. Each of the four members was identified on the album cover, but their names weren't part of the artist billing.)
Yeezus also debuts at #1 in the U.K. It's West's second album (following 2007's Graduation) to reach #1 in both the U.S. and the U.K. West is only the second rap artist to amass two or more "transatlantic #1 albums." Six of Eminem's albums have reached #1 in both countries.
Yeezus sold 186K digital copies which puts it at #1 on Top Digital Albums. Cole's album sold 158K digital copies. This marks the first time in digital history that two albums have each sold 150K digital copies in one week. (Until June 2008, no albums had sold 150K digital copies in one week.)
This marks the first time that rap albums have debuted in the top two spots since November 2010, when West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy and Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday debuted at #1 and #2. (Incidentally, that was West's previous closest chart victory. He led Minaj by 121K copies that week.)
This week marks the fourth time that West has won a first-week sales battle with another rapper. It also happened in 2005 when Late Registration debuted at #1 and Tony Yayo's Thoughts Of A Predicate Felon debuted at #2, and, most famously, in 2007 when Graduation debuted at #1 and 50 Cent's Curtis debuted at #2.
J. Cole's first-week tally (297K) marks a healthy increase from his debut album, Cole World: The Sideline Story, which sold 217K in its first week in October 2011 (when it opened at #1). J. Cole's album would have ranked #1 in all but four weeks so far this year. The only other albums (besides West's) to top 297K in weekly sales in 2013 are Justin Timberlake's The 20/20 Experience (twice) and Daft Punk's Random Access Memories (once).
Mac Miller's sophomore album, Watching Movies With The Sound Off, debuts at #3 with first-week-sales of 102K. This marks the first time since November 2006 that three hip-hop albums have debuted with sales of 100K or more. That Thanksgiving week saw the release of Jay-Z's Kingdom Come (680K), Snoop Dogg's Tha Blue Carpet Treatment (264K) and 2Pac's Pac's Life (159K).
Watching Movies With The Sound Off (is it just me or does the title sound like the answer to a Wheel Of Fortune puzzle?) is Miller's second top 10 album. Blue Slide Park debuted at #1 in November 2011 (with first-week sales of 144K). Incidentally, Miller is the youngest artist in this week's top 10. He's four months younger than Hunter Hayes. (Both are 21, but around here we count months.)
Kelly Rowland's fourth studio album, Talk A Good Game, debuts at #4. It's her third top 10 album (not counting four top 10 albums with Destiny's Child.)
Hunter Hayes' Hunter Hayes vaults from #80 to #7 in its 71st week, thanks to the release of a deluxe version of the album. This is its first week in the top 10. The album debuted at #18 in October 2011, hit an initial peak of #17 in February of this year (after the Grammys) and reaches this new peak this week. The album also jumps to #1 for the first time on Top Country Albums, where it displaces another red-hot debut album, Florida Georgia Line's Here's To The Good Times.
Justin Timberlake's The 20/20 Experience, which drops from #3 to #9, becomes the first album to sell 2 million copies in 2013. The album has sold more than twice as many copies as its two chief rivals, Bruno Mars' Unorthodox Jukebox (963K copies sold in 2013) and Mumford & Sons' Babel (873K sold in 2013).
"Blurred Lines" by Robin Thicke featuring T.I. + Pharrell holds at #1 on Hot Digital Songs for the fourth week (424K). That's the biggest one-week sales tally for any song since the week ending Dec. 30 (when sales traditionally swell). That week, Taylor Swift's "I Knew You Were Trouble." sold 582K copies and Bruno Mars' "Locked Out Of Heaven" sold 497K copies. Will "Blurred Lines" also hold at #1 for the third week on the Hot 100? Count on it. But you'll find out for sure out later today when we post Chart Watch: Songs.
Here's the low-down on this week's top 10 albums.
The Top Five: Kanye West's Yeezus debuts at #1 (327K). It's his seventh top 10 album…J. Cole's Born Sinner debuts at #2 (297K). It's his second top 10 album…Mac Miller's Watching Movies With The Sound Off debuts at #3 (102K). It's his second top 10 album…Kelly Rowland's Talk A Good Game debuts at #4 (68K). It's her third top solo 10 album…Black Sabbath's 13 drops from #1 to #5 in its second week (46K).
The Second Five: Daft Punk's Random Access Memories drops from #2 to #6 in its fifth week (40K). It has been in the top 10 the entire time…Hunter Hayes' Hunter Hayes vaults from #80 to #7 in its 71st week (40K). This is its first week in the top 10. It's his first top 10 album… Florida Georgia Line's Here's To The Good Times drops from #5 to #8 in its 29th week (33K). This is its fourth week in the top 10…Justin Timberlake's The 20/20 Experience drops from #3 to #9 in its 14th week (32K). It has been in the top 10 the entire time…Imagine Dragons' Night Visions rebounds from #11 to #10 in its 42nd week (26K). This is its 11th week in the top 10.
Six albums drop out of the top 10 this week. Big Time Rush's 24/Seven drops from #4 to #37. Darius Rucker's True Believers drops from #6 to #13. Blake Shelton's Based On A True Story… drops from #7 to #12. Goo Goo Dolls' Magnetic plummets from #8 to #67. The Man Of Steel soundtrack drops from #9 to #29. The Lonely Island's The Wack Album drops from #10 to #46.
Sigur Ros' seventh studio album, Kveikur, debuts at #14. It's the Icelandic group's third album in a row to make the top 15…OneRepublic's Native rebounds from #111 to #16 in its 13th week in the wake of the group's appearance on the finale of The Voice…Falling In Reverse's second studio album, Fashionably Late, debuts at #17. It's the group's second album in a row to make the top 20…Danielle Bradbery's The Complete Season 4 Collection debuts at #19. Bradbery was the Season 4 winner on The Voice.
The Great Gatsby: Music From Baz Luhrmann's Film drops from #24 to #28 in its seventh week. It returns to #1 on Top Soundtracks. It's been #1 for six of its seven weeks.
Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band's 2011 compilation Ultimate Hits: Rock And Roll Never Forgets jumps from #38 to #30 in its 61st week on the chart. It's #1 on Top Catalog Albums for the second week.
Bruno Mars' 2010 debut album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans, rebounds from #94 to #50 in its 140th week. The album tops the 2 million mark in U.S. sales this week. Mars' current album, Unorthodox Jukebox, is on track to equal that success. The album, which rebounds from #19 to #11 in 28th week, has sold 1,443,000 copies. Jukebox this week tops 500K in digital sales. Doo-Wops has sold 640K digital copies.
Paul McCartney & Wings' Rockshow is #1 on Top Music Videos for the second week.
Monsters University was #1 at the box-office over the weekend.
Coming Attractions: Wale's The Gifted is expected to debut at #1 next week with first-week sales in the 140K range. Skillet's Rise will open at #4 (50K). August Burns Red's Rescue & Restore will debut around #8 (24K). India.Arie's Songversation will probably debut around #11 (23K). Also due: Amon Amarth's Deceiver Of The Gods, Bret Michaels' Jammin' With Friends and Jane's Addiction's Live In NYC.
Chart Milestone: Black Sabbath's 13, last week's #1 album on The Billboard 200, was the 1,000th album to reach #1 since Billboard introduced its now world-famous chart (as a top 10 listing) in March 1945. To mark the occasion, here's a list of a few "mosts" associated with the chart.
Most #1 albums: The Beatles (19).
Individual with the most #1 albums: Paul McCartney (26). This grand total consists of 19 Beatles albums, five with Wings and two by himself.
Individual with the most posthumous #1 albums: John Lennon (five). Lennon has topped the chart since his murder in 1980 with Double Fantasy (with Yoko Ono) and four Beatles compilations.
Most #1 albums by a male solo artist: Jay-Z (12). Also: Most #1 albums by an American artist, most by an African American artist, most by a rap artist.
Most #1 albums by a female artist: Barbra Streisand (nine).
Most #1 albums by a duo: Simon & Garfunkel and Sugarland (three each).
Most #1 albums by a country artist: Garth Brooks (eight).
Most #1 albums by a hard rock artist: Led Zeppelin (seven).
Most #1 albums by a teen-aged artist: Justin Bieber (five).
Most #1 albums by an instrumental act: Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass (five).
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Victim From Hernandez Case Laid To Rest
Boston – Loved ones of Odin Lloyd joined together at a Boston church Saturday for the 27-year-old's funeral.
A wake and funeral were held at the Church of the Holy Spirit in Mattapan.
Former teammates of the semi-pro football player could be seen outside the church on River Street donning their Boston Bandits jerseys.
Lloyd's aunt has described her nephew as a well-liked man, who loved football and his family.
The 27-year-old Dorchester resident's body was found in an industrial park in North Attleboro on June 17. Investigators say he was shot several times, including twice in the chest. His funeral was held 24 hours after Bristol County District Attorney Sam Sutter said he believes all three men in the car with Lloyd on the morning of his murder are in custody.
Former Patriots TE Aaron Hernandez has been charged with murder in Lloyd's death.
Lloyd's sister said her brother often hung out with Hernandez and admired him. She said Lloyd even dated the sister of Hernandez's girlfriend for a time.
Investigators allege on the morning of his death, Lloyd text messaged a family member asking if they saw who he was with after being picked up at his home in Boston. When they didn't respond he said, "NFL." His last text said, "Just so you know." During Hernandez's bail hearing Thursday, a Bristol County prosecutor said about two minutes after Lloyd sent his final texts, workers near the industrial park heard gunshots.
Hernandez's attorneys called the evidence against their client circumstantial during the 23-year-old's arraignment Wednesday. He is being held without bail at the Bristol County House of Corrections.
A second man, 27-year-old Carlos Ortiz of Bristol, Conn., was arraigned Friday for carrying a firearm without a license in North Attleboro on the morning of Lloyd's death.
Another man, 41-year-old Ernest Wallace, turned himself in to law enforcement in Miramar, Fla. Friday after North Attleboro and Mass. State Police released a wanted poster seeking his arrest. The poster said Wallace is wanted for accessory after the fact of murder in Lloyd's death.
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HOUSTON — Dwight Howard looms over the Houston Rockets' arena these days. A massive picture of him adorns Toyota Center's entrance off Polk Street and La Branch Street. Another photo of him decorates the arena's parking garage.
But on Wednesday night, he didn't play large on offense against his former team, the Orlando Magic.
Nik Vucevic can take much of the credit for that.
If a preseason exhibition can serve as a measuring stick for a player, Wednesday's matchup was that kind of night for Vucevic. It offered a chance to evaluate his low-post defense against one of the sport's most physical, most athletic centers. Vucevic played effective defense against Howard in the one half Howard played in the Rockets' 108-104 win.
"I love it," Magic coach Jacque Vaughn said. "He's got a bruise on his arm and underneath his eye a little bit. That means he came to play. You should go home every night with some sort of scar or scab or a Band-Aid. [It means] you came to play. He got a couple of bruises, and I love seeing it."
Howard finished with eight points on 2-of-6 shooting from the field, and one of those baskets occurred on a fastbreak dunk off a lob from James Harden.
Vucevic, 22, exceeded all expectations last season, finishing second in the NBA in rebounding, but he often struggled to protect the rim. Some centers outmuscled him, and the Magic wanted him to improve his overall strength, explosiveness and lateral quickness during the offseason.
He showed progress against the Rockets (3-1). Vucevic held his ground against Howard, and Vucevic also altered some of Howard's shots.
Vucevic set a tone early. He blocked Howard's opening shot of the game, and he also fronted Howard well, denying the Rockets easy entry passes into deep low-post possession, where Howard is most effective.
"It tells me I can go against the best players in this league," Vucevic said.
"I think I held my own pretty well. I think I limited him pretty well. Obviously, it wasn't easy. It took a lot of energy to do it, but it showed me that I can do it. I've got to keep building myself, keep going and keep working. When I go against the best guys, it's only going to make me better."
Howard still possesses a limited array of low-post moves, so any defender must match Howard's muscle with muscle.
Vucevic tried to do that Wednesday.
Vucevic finished with six points on 3-of-7 shooting and seven rebounds.
Howard and Harden played only the first half, and Howard may have felt tired from the Rockets' recent trip to the Philippines and Taiwan.
Vucevic committed three personal fouls in the half, but the third foul was called late, well after Howard missed a short shot attempt.
"I like playing him," Howard said. "I think he's a good young guy. He has a lot of talent. He just has to play. It takes time. I'm looking forward to our matchup again. I'm pretty sure by then I'll be in better shape, and he'll be ready to play."
Wednesday's matchup featured none of the acrimony and tension of the Magic's two matchups last season against Howard and the Los Angeles Lakers.
Jameer Nelson was the only former teammate of Howard's to play Wednesday for the Magic (1-3).
Nelson and Howard had a highly publicized rift last season, stemming at least in part from Howard's attempts to convince the Magic to upgrade at the point guard position before and during the 2011-12 season.
But Nelson and Howard talked on at least three occasions Wednesday night — once at the scorer's table midway through the second quarter, as halftime wound down and after the final buzzer.
Victor Oladipo finished with nine points on 3-of-12 shooting. He had three assists and just one turnover.
Oladipo played alongside Nelson for several minutes, the first time they have been paired together this preseason.
Vaughn liked Oladipo's on-ball pressure defensively and Oladipo's activity in transition.
"I want him to be more aggressive, attack the rim even more," Vaughn said. "I want him to think 'aggressive' from the time he laces up his shoes in the morning until the time he takes them off at nighttime."
Oladipo had been a primary star in Orlando's first three exhibitions.
On Wednesday, Vucevic likely made the strongest impression.
The young center passed an important test.
His bruises and the ice bag strapped to his right arm indicated that.
"That's part of the job," he said.
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