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Civil War History Phrase of the Day – The Flying Column
Supply and logistics were a huge challenge for the Army of the Potomac and this was certainly true as General Joseph Hooker (above, 1814 – 1879) contemplated moving his massive 163,000 man army offensively against Lee near the Rappahannock in the Spring of 1863. Breaking the logistical chain was the challenge.
According to author Edward Hagerman, Quartermaster General Montgomery Meigs (below) had circulated a sketch created by Alexis Godillot of the logistical organization of a "flying column" in the French army on January 2, 1862.[i]
It was based on a concept developed in 1840 when "the French, particularly Thomas Robert Bugeaud (below, 1784-1849, Marquis de la Piconnerie, Duc d'Isly), recognized that because the Arab insurgents in North Africa had a tremendous mobility advantage over the French colonial forces, the classic style of logistics would not be effective there. To increase the mobility of his forces, Bugeaud created highly mobile independent detachments called "flying columns" by lightening greatly the logistical structure of his force. Around 1860 a study of Bugeaud's (painting below) logistical methods was written by Alexis Godillot."[ii]
The idea was this. Soldiers in a flying column carried eight days of compressed rations, including desiccated vegetables along with a blanket (no overcoat allowed). "Men were divided into squads of eight, one of whom was to carry a covered cooking kettle, another a large mess tin, another an axe, another a pick, and one a shovel. One man in each company carried the hospital knapsack. Each man carried his share of a shelter tent." [iii]
"On march 7, 1863, general headquarters of the Army of the Potomac passed down Special Order no. 85, establishing a board to make recommendations on 'the practicality and means of carrying an increased amount of rations…over the three days usually carried,' having in view 'the marching of troops without encumbrance of extra clothing or shelter tents, the use of desiccated vegetables or flour, and the carrying of fresh beef on the hoof, and the omission, in consequence, of beef or pork from the rations.'" [iv]
After some experimentation, the board recommended a workable configuration and these were "immediately implemented in preparation for an eight-day march designed to turn Lee out of his positions on the Rappahannock. Each corps, including the cavalry, was made into a flying column on the French model, with some modifications. In addition to the knapsack and haversack with blanket, the soldier carried his should arms, sixty rounds of ammunition, accouterments, and a piece of shelter tent. An extra pair of socks was allowed." Unlike the French, entrenchment tools were brought up as required by the reserve train. "The soldier carried an average load of forty-five points." [v]
According to James J. Schneider, "by 1864 Bugeaud's method of flying columns formed the core of Federal Army logistical doctrine. This triumph over the old classical system was demonstrated decisively in Grant's invasions of the South." [vi]
[i, iii, iv, v] Edward Hagerman, The American Civil War and the Origins of Modern Warfare: Ideas, Organization, and Field Command (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1988), 71-72.
[ii, vi] James J. Schneider, "VULCAN'S ANVIL: The American Civil War and the Foundations of Operational Art," June 16, 1992, online, http://cgsc.cdmhost.com/cgi-bin/showfile.exe?CISOROOT=/p4013coll11&CISOPTR=9&filename=10.pdf , accessed May 13, 2008, 44.
Photo source: Montgomery C. Meigs, Library of Congress, Rep #: LC-DIG-cwpbh-03111.
Painting of Thomas Robert Bugeaud, Wiki Commons.
Written by Rene Tyree
May 13, 2008 at 6:51 pm
Posted in American Civil War, American Military History, Civil War, Edward Hagerman, Entrenchment, Federal Army, Flying Column, Logistics, Military History, Montgomery Meigs, Rappahannock, Robert E. Lee, Soldiers, The American Civil War, U.S. Military History, Uncategorized
Tagged with Alexis Godillot, American Civil War, Bugeaud, Civil War, Federal Army, Federal Army logistical doctrine, General Hooker Edward Hagerman, Grant, Logistics, military logistics, Montgomery Meigs, Rappahannock.Lee, Robert E. Lee, the flying column, Thomas Robert Bugeaud


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Beckhams Celebrate 8 Years of Marriage
Beckhams Celebrate 8 Years of Marriage
The cuteness may just be too much. David Beckham continued his personal Tour De France, this time accompanied by his beautiful little boys. Though we have yet to see Victoria, the whole family is in Provence celebrating the couple's 8th wedding anniversary before their big move to LA. Considering how extravagant the 10th anniversary of their meeting was, I can image the Beckhams had something wonderful planned for their celebratory week. At the very least, David looked insanely smokin' back out on the bike. Is it too much to ask that he start riding with Lance every day?
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Who's That Hot Girl in the Office Depot 'Where Did You Get That?' Commercial?
So you might have seen the Office Depot 'Where Did You Get That?' commercial with girl with all of the cool gadgets. Pretty cute, right? But who is she?
It turns out that she's an actress named Rachel Woodward Hansen. She's a good ol' Mormon girl who, according to her blogspot, spent a year out in New York City before moving back to her home state. Why did she move back? Well, it was to get married, meaning she's off the market. But we can't be too mad, because the proposal was actually pretty damn pimp.
Not only does she act, but Rachel also loves to bake. She regularly posts her creations on her blogspot and even offers recipes for those wanting to recreate her stuff. Gotta love a girl who can offer epic grub.
Follow her on Instagram and her blogspot to see more of her adventures in acting and in the wild world of baking.


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A variety of activities have been scheduled for the campus community on Monday-Saturday, Jan. 16-21, in conjunction with the college's annual Civil Rights Celebration Week.
A variety of activities have been scheduled for the campus community on Monday-Saturday, Jan. 16-21, in conjunction with the college's annual Civil Rights Celebration Week.
The week honors all persons and groups who have worked toward the advancement of civil rights and social justice, and has been organized in conjunction with the national commemoration of the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, Jan. 16. Events will include screenings of the film "Better Life," the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Social Justice Luncheon, a special chapel service and the Civil Rights Commemorative March.
Admission to all of the events is free, although advance registration has concluded for the luncheon.
The week will open with the annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Luncheon on Tuesday, Jan. 17, at 11:30 a.m. in the MaasCenter auditorium. Dr. Antwi Akom, a leading expert on the green economy, climate change, and educational equity, will present the keynote address, "What the Civil Rights Movement Can Teach the Climate Justice Movement: Re-Imagining Dr. Kings Message for Today's Eco-Visionaries." Akom is an associate professor of Environmental Sociology in the Department of African American Studies at San FranciscoStateUniversity, and during 2011 has been a visiting professor at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the Environmental Energy and Technologies Division. Akom's research focuses on the links between race, environmental health, and educational equity in cities and schools as a means to generate policy and planning solutions that improve community health, economic mobility, and the teachings and practices of community leaders and decision-makers. The luncheon is sponsored by the college's Office of Multicultural Education, Herman Miller Inc., and the Black Student Union. Advance registration for the luncheon took place in December.
The college's Chapel service on Wednesday, Jan. 18, at 10:30 a.m. in Dimnent Memorial Chapel will feature readings of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speeches. The event is sponsored by the college's multicultural student organizations and Campus Ministries.
The Civil Rights Commemorative March will take place on Wednesday, Jan. 18, from 11 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. The march, which will begin at the anchor by Graves Hall and end at the first floor rotunda of the MarthaMillerCenter for Global Communication, provides an opportunity to commemorate the sacrifices and contributions that people of all backgrounds have made for freedom and equality. The march is co-sponsored by the college's Office of Multicultural Education and multicultural student organizations.
The Social Activities Committee (SAC) will present "Better Life" on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 20 and 21, at 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. in room 102 of VanderWerf Hall. The film tells a touching story about a father's love and the lengths a parent will go to give his child the opportunities he never had. Carlos Galindo, a gardener in eastside Los Angeles, always dreamed of a better life for his wife and newborn son when he crossed the border into the United States. But when his wife left him, Carlos's only goal became to make sure his son Luis would have a better life than he had. Together, Carlos and Luis embark on a physical and spiritual journey during which they discover that family is the most important part of the American dream.
The anchor in front of Graves Hall faces College Avenue between 10th and 12th streets. The Maas Center is located at 264 Columbia Ave., on Columbia Avenue at 11th Street. The Martha Miller Center for Global Communication is located at 257 Columbia Ave., on Columbia Avenue at 10th Street. VanderWerf Hall is located at 27 Graves Place, between 10th Street and Graves Place (11th Street) and Central and College avenues.


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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
For the fourth time in five years, an Israeli movie failed to take home the award for Best Foreign Film at the Academy Awards on Sunday.
The Israeli entry, "Footnote", faced stiff competition from the Iranian film "A Separation." In fact, it came as little surprise that the Iranian film won the award after being so heavily lavished with critics' praise.
"Footnote", which tells the story of a father and son competing for the coveted Israel Prize, was also critically acclaimed, having won the award for best screenplay at the recent Cannes Film Festival.
But the overall experience certainly was not a loss. It did not escape the largely Western audience that the Israeli and Iranian directors did not shy away from sitting together on a panel discussion a day before the awards ceremony.
While Israeli Joseph Cedar and Iranian Asghar Farhadi did not speak directly to one another during the event, they did laugh at one another's jokes and there was no atmosphere of tension.
Of course, the Iranian regime was quick to declare Farhadi's taking the award as a "victory over the Zionists." Iran's gloating over winning an Oscar was a bit odd, considering that the regime in Tehran views Hollywood and the American movie industry as a den of evil.
Meanwhile in Israel, "A Separation" was entertaining packed-out movie theaters as Israelis rushed to enjoy the Iranian film that had bested their own Oscar entry.
Writing in Israel's leading entertainment magazine, Pnai Plus, film critic Yair Raveh said of "A Separation":
"It's very well acted, exceptionally well written and very moving. Ultimately, you don't think about nuclear bombs or dictators threatening world peace. You see them (Iranians) driving cars and going to the movies and they look exactly like us."
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Dec 17 is Troop Court of Honor and Christmas Party – Each patrol to do Christmas song & original Christmas skit. Bring a $5 wrapped grab bag gift and cookies. Parents and families are encouraged to attend.
Dec 20 – PLC trip to NYC, Meet at 2nd Cong Church by 7:25AM, bring a bagged lunch, cost $20, winter jacket, hat & gloves. We will return to the 2nd Cong Church for 9PM.
No PLC meeting on Dec 21 or Dec 28 and no troop meeting on Dec 24 or Dec 31
Dec 27 – Old Timer's Night Troop Meeting 7 to 9PM Program : T3 Aviation Theme, Gang Show name that tune. Patrol assignments: Scorching Skulls: Bench & chair setup , UPMA/Ramones: Table setup , Deviled Eggs & Pink Panthers: Scrapbook setup on tables , Whirling Dervishes: Opening & Closing Ceremonies , Everyone: Clean up
Jan 2-4 PLC Ski Weekend to Killington, Vermont Need to know who from the PLC is going to Killington by this Wednesday. Drivers needed. Chris Wentz to provide ski rental and lift ticket cost information or view here: http://www.killington.com/winter/plan/lift_tickets/lift_tickets_and_eticket/index.html .
Jan 7 - Art Theme Troop meeting playdoh sculpture contest (playdoh to be provided) lego buildoff (patrols need to provide lego blocks) field trip to Valley Art Gallery on Elizabeth St.
Jan 9-11 Troop Skiing weekend –We are staying at the Bassett Building and skiing at Mohawk Mountain. Mr. Laskos will have Mohawk Mtn ski information or view here: http://www.mohawkmtn.com/CMX/?page_id=66 and signup by this Wednesday.
Jan 14 – Art Theme Troop meeting Photoshop entries and patrol videos due by Sun Jan 11 PLC. photoshop- provide printed work (1 per patrol) art gallery style patrol video – (max time is 4min.) guitar hero competition – Each patrol needs to have contest to determine patrol winner
Do a good turn daily. Shovel the driveway and sidewalk for elderly neighbors or relatives.


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The USA Rice Federation has completed its government affairs staffing with the March 14 hiring of Senior Director Reece Langley and the March 2 hiring of Johnny Broussard as director for legislative affairs and communications.
"We are pleased to have concluded our search to fill these vacancies at such an important time in the congressional budgetary process," USA Rice President and CEO Stuart Proctor said.
Langley, a cotton grower from Alabama, worked nearly three years for Rep. Terry Everett (R-AL), the fourth-ranking member on the House Agriculture Committee. Langley worked through the 2002 Farm Bill and is familiar with southern commodities.
Prior to U.S. Rice, Langley was a lobbyist handling agricultural issues for the Independent Community Bankers Association. He has been participating in the Combest coalition working on the 2006 agriculture budget.
"Reece brings just the background USA Rice needs given the current budget politics and positioning for the 2007 Farm Bill," Proctor said. "He has a thorough knowledge of agriculture and government affairs issues, and he is a clear and effective communicator."
Langley took his bachelor and master of business administration degrees from Auburn University.
Broussard fills a new position that will communicate legislative updates and answer questions from USA Rice members. In this capacity, Broussard also will be active on Capitol Hill on priority issues.
"Johnny needs no introduction to much of the rice community since he has worked on rice-related government affairs issues for many years, especially with retired Sen. John Breaux (D-La.)," Proctor said.
Broussard has been a congressional staff member for more than 25 years, serving in various positions from press secretary to legislative assistant, among others. He took his bachelor's degree in French language from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
Service award
Broussard, from Crowley, La., was presented with a USA Rice Federation award for distinguished service to the U.S. rice industry at the USA Rice Outlook Conference in New Orleans in December.
Two other staff members complete the USA Rice government affairs team:
Steve Hensley, who handles regulatory issues primarily with EPA.
Administrative Assistant Emily Williams.
"Steve is doing a very capable job handling our regulatory issues," Proctor said. Williams, who joined USA Rice last fall, "has demonstrated her capability by helping us successfully conduct the Outlook Conference and the Government Affairs Conference," he said.
The other member of the Government Affairs legislative team is Ben Noble, who in his capacity as a consultant will provide additional leadership, experience and advice.
"This is a very strong team," Proctor said. "We have experience to help address our short-term needs with the budget and the farm bill, and to help us prepare for the future. We'll be strong in the House and the Senate; we'll be more efficient in our allocation of staff resources; and, we have "can do" people to address our legislative challenges."


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Maine Concerns This Week: Veterans' Memorial+Dessert and Auction
Every Sunday, Townsquare Media airs a public service program called "Maine Concerns." If you haven't checked it out, you really should! We cover everything from local charitable organizations and their events, to health tips, and more.
This week, we're covering two topics. First, I chatted with Karen Worcester of the Worcester Wreath Company about a very special event being held this Sunday in Columbia Falls. Actually, it starts in Bar Harbor, where Wreaths Across America's 'Christmas They Never Had Tree' is being moved from its former location to a new Veterans' Park in Columbia Falls. The day will culminate with a concert by Lee Greenwood, who will sing 'God Bless the USA' as the tree is lit. The concert is free to Veterans. Listen in as Karen talks about the significance of the tree.
Then, we'll talk about a fun and delicious evening planned for later this month, to benefit two very worthy organizations. Hospice of Eastern Maine helps terminally ill patients and their families deal with end of life, and Pathfinders helps children who are dealing with the loss of a loved one. EMH's Wayne Melanson will talk about the organizations and a fun evening of dessert sampling and bidding on auction items.
To hear more about both of these topics, tune in this Sunday morning for "Maine Concerns," brought to you by the Townsquare Media News Team.


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The Echocardiography Fellowship Program is a two year non-ACGME training program that involves time performing and reporting all modes of echocardiography and time doing ongoing and new clinical research.
Mission Statement
The Mass General Hospital Cardiac Ultrasound Fellowship Program is designed to train independent investigators and directors of echocardiography laboratories. The program includes the requisite clinical training required to perform, interpret and teach echocardiography at an academic level, and to engage in clinical and experimental research studies.
The clinical training program includes supervised performance by the fellow of sufficient echocardiograms to satisfy professional certification requirements for laboratory director; interpretation of routine clinical studies; and performance of transesophageal, contrast, stress echo and emergency studies. The fellow will become conversant with the latest technology and develop an integrated appreciation of cardiac pathophysiology from the combined clinical and research program. Cross modality exposure to Cardiac CT and MRI is available during this fellowship for interested individuals.
Objectives of Training
- Develop clinical expertise in the performance and interpretation of echocardiograms (transthoracic (rest and stress) and transesophageal
- Achieve level III training in echocardiography
- Develop research skills for clinical and experimental investigation with implementation and completion of a successful research plan
- Learn to effectively communicate results of investigations in echocardiography through publications and invited presentations
- Learn basics of grant writing
To apply to the Echocardiography Fellowship, the following is required:
- Completion and passing of all three USMLE steps
- ABIM board certified or board eligible
- The accepted applicant must obtain a full Massachusetts license (limited license if on visa)
- A valid ECFMG certificate for all foreign medical graduates
- Only J1 visas accepted
- For all subspecialty programs in cardiology, completion of previous cardiology fellowship training
- Level I training in echocardiography
Curriculum Components
Transthoracic Echo (TTE)
The fellow will develop expertise in all areas of transthoracic echocardiography, including 2D, M-mode, Doppler and color Doppler. This will include recent advances such as contrast imaging, harmonic imaging, tissue Doppler, strain imaging and three dimensional imaging.
Other Forms of Echocardiography
Transesophageal echo (TEE) and its particular role in the diagnosis of specific disease entities including:
- Valve pathology with particular focus on aortic and mitral valve diseases
- Aortic pathology, including aortic dissection, ulceration, hematoma (cause, location, severity and extent) and aortic trauma (transection, rupture).
- Cardiac source of embolus
- Prosthetic valve function/dysfunction
- Infective endocarditis and its complications
- Complex congenital heart disease
- Intraoperative echo
Stress echocardiography:
- Exercise and pharmacological
- The fellow will become proficient in performing and reporting stress echocardiography.
Contrast echocardiography
The fellow will become experienced in the use of contrast echocardiography for LV opacification, myocardial perfusion and as a diagnostic adjunct in patients undergoing stress echocardiography.
Core Clinical Competencies
- Transthoracic echocardiogram
- transesophageal echocardiogram
- Stress echocardiograms.
Ability to interpret:
- Transthoracic echocardiogram
- Transesophageal echocardiogram
- Stress echocardiogram
- Contrast echocardiograms
Benchmarks of Clinical Competence
Achieving level III training as outlined by the CoCATS
- Passing of National Board of Echocardiography examination
- Achieving comprehensive or transthoracic/transesophageal certification from the National Board of Echocardiography
Core Research Competencies
- Ability to design and carry out research project
- Publication results of investigation
- Ability to present and defend results of investigations
- Ability to write grant proposal
Benchmarks of Research Competence
- Complete research study
- Present abstracts at national cardiology meetings
- Publish results of work in peer reviewed journals
- Submit proposal for funding
The standard fellowship will be two years in duration.
Formal Lectures
- Introduction to Echocardiography Fellowship - Picard
- Physics and Instrumentation - Weyman
- Transesophageal Echo I - Isselbacher
- Transesophageal Echo II - Januzzi
- Exercise Echocardiography - Hung
- Dobutamine Echocardiography - Picard
- Congenital Heart Disease - King, Hung
- Statistical Methods in Echo Research - Yoerger
Selected Topics
- LV Remodeling - Picard
- MV Prolapse - Levine
- Myocardial Contrast Imaging - Picard
- Noninvasive Assessment of Valvular Lesions - Levine
- How to perform an echo, understanding instrumentation
- Bibliography of suggested readings in echocardiography
- Clinical cardiology conference - weekly clinical conference focusing on several cases. Echo fellows present and interpret appropriate echocardiographic data.
- Clinical echocardiography conference - weekly conference where fellows present important echocardiographic topics with a mix of lecture and case interpretation
- Echo lecture series (see above)
- Congenital heart disease - pediatric cardiology conference
- Back Bay Echo Society - quarterly meeting in Boston where fellows present interesting cases from Mass General Hospital
- Combined Echo-cMR-cCT conference - once per month case based conference discussing various clinical applications of the 3 noninvasive cardiac imaging modalities. Staff and fellows of all three services attend.
Clinical Experience
The fellow is expected to spend approximately 50% of time in clinical activities within the echo lab including performance and interpreting all modes of echocardiography. In addition, on-call responsibilities will include performance of emergency transesophageal echocardiograms and initial review of complicated transthoracic echocardiograms performed by on-call cardiovascular disease fellow.
Research Experience
Approximately 50% of the fellow's time will be spent doing clinical and/or experimental research including design, implementation and publication of new echocardiographic research.
Research Resources
- The inpatient and outpatient echocardiography laboratories with an annual volume of approximately 22,000 echocardiograms. This is a combined working space of approximately 10,000 square ft and includes all the necessary computers for data base analysis, offline review of images, image processing and analysis of studies.
- Three-dimensional echo research center with a full time senior programmer and analyst
- Cardiac Surgery/Cardiology Animal Research Center, a space with approximately 500 square foot animal laboratory and two full time technicians experienced in the creation of small and large animal models of cardiac disease, open-heart surgery and cardiopulmonary bypass.
- Cardiology Laboratory in Integrative Physiology, an area equipped with cardiac MRI system dedicated for research
- Active collaborations with Molecular Genetics, Cardiac Gene Therapy Center and Molecular Cardiology groups at the CVRC in Charlestown
- Cardiac Computer Center (Laboratory of Computer Sciences), including staff available for echo database searches
How to Apply
Positions are filled at least one year in advance, and prior cardiology fellowship training is required.
Interested applicants should send their CV, personal statement, and three letters of recommendation by e-mail to email@example.com.
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MemberMouse needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 226 designs submitted by 57 freelance designers.
MemberMouse is the flagship product of Pop Fizz Studios, a company that builds custom solutions for internet marketers. It is a Membership Site Platform built on top of WordPress and enables customers to easily create membership sites, collect recurring incoming from members, manage and protect content and a lot more.
At Pop Fizz Studios, we believe in not only delivering superior products as far as features and functionality are concerned but also pay a great deal of attention on creating pleasant user-experiences and branding.
With MemberMouse, we are targeting seasoned internet marketers who sell multiple products and run many large membership site and first time internet marketers, hobbyists and entrepreneurs who have a product or some knowledge to sell and just need one, small membership site.
All customers are interested in ease-of-use, professionalism and trust. They are looking for an established, tested and easy-to-use solution. They're also looking for a community and company branding that is fun and inviting not one that seems super rigid, uptight and stuffy.
This logo is both a mascot and the text for MemberMouse. I'd like to be able to use the mascot and text together, mascot only, text only and just the head of the mascot.
I will refer to MailChimp a lot as an example as what I'm looking for. It's pretty much exactly the kind of feeling I want to accomplish so when in doubt see what they do (http://www.mailchimp.com/about/brand-guide).
For the text logo, I'm looking for something that can stand alone and be somewhat iconic. It should be professional and a dash of fun (not over-the-top). I like the colors blue or green, whichever goes better with the mascot. When you read the details for the mascot you'll also get a better idea of how the text portion should feel.
For the mascot design, I've attached a file with details for what I'm looking for and styles that I like.
Also, this shouldn't hold too much weight, but just so you know, I will be using the logo on a site that uses this theme: http://www.woothemes.com/demo/?t=14#
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BOSTON — A man linked to a gun used to kill a university police officer days after the Boston Marathon bombing allegedly told police he smoked marijuana every day because, in his words, "my best friend was the bomber."
Stephen Silva was arrested Monday on charges of heroin trafficking and possession of a handgun with an obliterated serial number. The same gun was used to kill MIT police Officer Sean Collier during a manhunt for the bombing suspects, according to two people with knowledge of the case who spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the investigation.
Silva, 21, was a high school classmate and a close friend of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, a suspect in the April 2013 Boston Marathon bombings that killed three people and injured more than 260. Collier, 26, was ambushed several days later and shot multiple times in his car.
Silva was arrested at a subway station in Dorchester in November on marijuana charges. According to court documents, when transit police found marijuana in Silva's pocket, he allegedly said, "I smoke a lot of weed every day because my best friend was the bomber."
Silva's attorney, Jonathan Shapiro, said Tuesday evening that he had received the case only a few hours earlier.
"According to news reports, law-enforcement officials say it is the same weapon that was used ... in the MIT officer Sean Collier shooting. However, this has not been charged in the indictment," he said.
Shapiro said in a statement that he was in the process of meeting with his client and reviewing evidence in the case. He declined to comment further.
According to the indictment, Silva received the gun in or around February 2013. It said the gun "had the importer's and manufacturer's serial number removed, obliterated, and altered and had previously been shipped and transported in interstate and foreign commerce."
The indictment also alleges that Silva conspired to distribute heroin this summer in the Boston area.
At his initial court appearance on Tuesday, Silva was ordered to remain in custody and a bail hearing was scheduled for Aug. 6.
Dzhokhar's brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, was killed in a shootout with police several days after the bombings. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev escaped but was soon found, wounded and hiding in a boat dry-docked in a backyard in suburban Watertown.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has pleaded not guilty and is scheduled for trial in November. He faces the possibility of the death penalty if convicted.
Four other men have charged in the bombing investigation.
On Monday, a federal jury found Azamat Tazhayakov guilty of obstruction of justice and conspiracy for trying to protect Tsarnaev by agreeing with another friend, Dias Kadyrbayev, to get rid of a backpack and disable fireworks they took from his dorm room. Kadyrbayev is to be tried next month on the same charges.
Robel Phillipos, who is charged with lying to investigators about being in the dorm room with Kadyrbayev and Tazhayakov the night the items were taken, is to have a separate trial in September. And a friend of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Khairulluzon Matanov, is to be tried next year on charges that he lied to investigators about the extent of his friendship with Tamerlan Tsarnaev and the contact he had with both brothers in the days following the bombings.


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When Elizabeth LeFevre went into labor around midnight last Tuesday morning, the drive to the hospital was complicated by one serious problem: Interstate 25, which runs between the family's home near Cañoncito and Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center in Santa Fe, was shut down by a snowstorm.
The neonate was not in the mood to wait out the storm, however, and as contractions intensified the mother, father, the couple's three-year-old daughter, and the husband's brother loaded up in the family truck and headed out into the blizzard. Within five minutes the baby was already halfway into the world and truck turned into a mobile delivery ward.
Thankfully, dad Russell is a freshly trained nurse's assistant. Using what they had on hand — coats and shoelaces, mostly — they delivered the baby. Nineteen-inch long, six-pound-eleven-ounce Joanna Mallory LeFevre turned out to be as healthy as she was impatient, and when they finally got to the hospital doctors pronounced both mother and newborn to be in excellent condition.
We hope that when Joanna applies for her driver's license in sixteen years, her effective lack of a "home town" isn't a bureaucratic problem. After all, she was pretty much born to be on the road.
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Brett Oberholtzer threw seven shutout innings, and L.J. Hoes scored twice to lead the Houston Astros to a 2-0 win over the Boston Red Sox on Monday.
Oberholtzer (2-0) allowed four hits while walking two and striking out two. In his first two career starts, Oberholtzer has thrown 14 scoreless innings, allowing seven hits.
Hoes and Jonathan Villar each had two hits for the Astros, who snapped a four-game losing streak.
Houston took a 1-0 lead in the fifth. Hoes led off with a single and stole second and scored on a single by Robbie Grossman.
The Astros added a run in the seventh to make it 2-0.
Hoes led off the inning with a double and scored on a suicide squeeze bunt by Brandon Barnes off Junichi Tazawa.
The Red Sox, who lost for the second time in their past seven games, put runners on the corners with two outs in the eighth after a David Ortiz bloop single off Wesley Wright advanced Jacoby Ellsbury to third, but Josh Fields struck out Mike Napoli to end the inning.
Fields struck out the side in the ninth for his first save of the season.
Oberholtzer did not allow a hit until Dustin Pedroia's single in the fourth. He was caught stealing to end the inning.
Stephen Drew laced a two-out double to right in the fifth but was left stranded.
Boston threatened in the sixth with a two-out single by Pedroia and a walk to Ortiz, but Oberholtzer got a groundout by Napoli to second to end the inning.
The Red Sox threatened again in the seventh as Jonny Gomes led off with a double and moved to third on a Jarrod Saltalamacchia flyout to right. Oberholtzer got out of the jam by striking out Drew and Brandon Snyder to end the inning.
Boston starter John Lackey appeared to have rolled his left ankle to end the second inning, coming off the mound for a soft chopper hit by Matt Dominguez. Lackey threw to first for the third out and hobbled off the field with a trainer and coach but came back out for the third inning.
Lackey (7-9) allowed two runs and eight hits with two walks and 10 strikeouts in six innings. Lackey has lost three straight decisions.
NOTES: Red Sox OF Shane Victorino was selected AL Player of the Week Monday for the week of July 29-August 4. ... Red Sox OF Daniel Nava will miss the three-game series against the Astros after being placed on paternity leave Monday for the birth of his daughter, Faith, who was born Monday. Boston recalled RHP Brandon Workman from Triple-A Pawtucket to take Nava's spot on the roster. ... Houston minor league pitcher LHP Sergio Escalona was suspended 50 games Monday for violating Major League Baseball's Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. Escalona was pitching at Double-A Corpus Christi. ... Jordan Lyles starts for Houston against Boston's Steven Wright in the second game of the series on Tuesday.


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BERLIN — Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman said Friday that she had been informed of the arrest of a German man who, according to media reports, is an intelligence service employee accused of spying for the United States.
Federal prosecutors said a 31-year-old German man was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of spying for foreign intelligence services. They did not identify the suspect or the intelligence services.
"The chancellor was also informed of this case yesterday," Merkel spokesman Steffen Seibert told reporters in Berlin.
He declined to comment on reports by Der Spiegel magazine and the daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung that the man worked for Germany's foreign intelligence service, known by its German acronym BND.
The newspapers, which didn't identify their sources, said the man was suspected of passing on information about a German parliamentary committee investigating the activities of U.S. and other intelligence agencies in Germany.
Seibert said committee members had also been informed of the arrest.
"I will have to leave the conclusions to you," he said.
Reports that the National Security Agency spied on German citizens, including on Merkel's cellphone, have caused friction between Berlin and Washington since they were first published last year, based on documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.
Martina Renner, a member of the opposition Left Party on the parliamentary panel, said the case indicated that anyone who examined Snowden's revelations in detail was subject to scrutiny by U.S. intelligence agencies.
Her panel heard testimony on Thursday from two former NSA employees, Thomas Drake and William Binney.
"If the media reports (about the case) are confirmed then there can't just be a legal response, there also has to be a political response," she said.
In his testimony, Drake claimed cooperation between the NSA and BND greatly increased after the 9/11 terror attacks in the United States. He described the BND as an "appendage" of the NSA.
Seibert said Merkel discussed "foreign policy matters" in a telephone conversation with President Barack Obama late Thursday. He said the conversation focused on Ukraine but wouldn't say whether the arrest was discussed.
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Stephen Colbert mocked Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's interest in Costco on Monday night's "Colbert Report."
If you were an Iranian looking for fun at the United Nations this week, a trip to Costco might not have been the first stop on your itinerary. Fortunately for Stephen Colbert, however, the approximately 140-person entourage of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad spent their free time focused on buying hair care products in bulk.
Colbert was outraged at the presence of the Iranians at the Harlem Costco, though likely not as enraged as those shoppers who were expecting a sleepy midweek shopping experience and instead found a hoard of tourists clogging the shampoo aisle.
"They are seeking to split the atom, and now they can prevent split ends. How could Obama let this happen?" Colbert said.
He also noted that allowing the delegation to shop undercuts the whole point of sanctions, which is to prevent Iran from importing key products.
"We'll never cripple their regime with economic isolation now that they have their own 200-pound boxes of economy size Advil, bulk bins of Nutter Butter and great shrink-wrapped rafts of shrimp Cup-O-Noodles," Colbert said. "They'll be able to hide their nuclear facilities inside their giant discarded barrels of Kirkland cole slaw.
"'Don't worry,' you say, 'they don't have enriched uranium yet.' Well, you know what else Costco sells? Yellow cake. A five-pound box (of cake mix) for $10.85. For $10.85, if you don't make nukes you're losing money. These maniacs may deny the Holocaust, but we have just laid the ground for a Holo-Costco," he added
Good thing Colbert apparently didn't know that the delegation reportedly hit the Payless and Walgreens stores as well.
'Let's get ready to humble!'
Jon Stewart had some fun on "The Daily Show" poking fun at the efforts to downplay expectations heading into the first presidential debate. To hear both his staffers and the talking heads pontificate, it seems like each candidate will consider it a success if they manage to go the whole 90 minutes without throwing up on the audience from sheer terror.
Well, except for New Jersey governor Chris Christie, who went on TV and announced: "Here's the good news for the Republicans. We've got a candidate who's going to do extremely well Wednesday night!" He went on to declare Wednesday a game-changer that would witness Romney seize control of the election, a bar considerably higher than the one most of the party had set.
That was confusing to Stewart … for a moment.
"What are you doing Christie?! If Romney fails to meet those expectations, he's going to lose the general election creating chaos in the Republican Party, leaving an opening in 2016 – ohhhhhhhh," Stewart said.
The debate jokes were a preview to his interview with Arnold Schwarzenegger. The former governor of California who went through some well-publicized trouble in his personal life a year ago had to be wondering how far he'd fallen, from being in charge of the largest (and arguably most dysfunctional) state in the country to sitting across from Stewart listening to multiple "if you could only go back in time and change things" jokes.
But Schwarzenegger did have something to say about political infighting, not surprising considering his think-tank at USC is looking to end that as well as climate change and other easy-to-solve problems.
"I saw this first-hand in Sacramento -- a lot of good ideas that people put on the table can't always get done because of the politics," he said. "We were able to accomplish a lot by bringing the parties together, but there were other things that were much more difficult, and it was a real eye opener. I said we've got to cut down our spending by $5 billion and they said 'hell no, because people need those programs and services. We're not going to have welfare reform.'"
That experience should make dealing with the book promotion circuit child's play.
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During Thursday's Republican presidential debate hosted by Fox News and Google, moderators looked to anti-immigrant group the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) to ask the first question on immigration. Nearly 20,000 questions were reportedly submitted on a variety of topics, but for immigration, Fox chose one by FAIR spokeswoman Kristen Williamson. From the debate:
WILLIAMSON: Struggling U.S. workers continue to compete with millions of illegal aliens. Do you support legislation to require all employers to use E-Verify in order to insure that the people that they hire are actually legally authorized to work in the U.S., and will you impose penalties against employers who continue to hire illegal workers?
FAIR is an anti-immigrant organization considered a "hate group" by the Southern Poverty Law Center. It not only has a history of using extreme, violent, and offensive language directed at undocumented immigrants, but it has extremist ties as well.
The second and last question about immigration submitted by a viewer that Fox chose asked: "Are you going to exert an effort to stop the abuse of U.S. citizens by illegals?"
It's hardly surprising Fox would choose a question on immigration from an extremist group in light of the negative tone it has set in framing the immigration debate. Moreover, considering Fox has a history of advocating for the error-prone and potentially racist E-Verify program, it's also not shocking that the network chose a question that advanced the common anti-immigrant sentiment that undocumented immigrants "compete" with "struggling U.S. workers" -- a sentiment that is simply misplaced.
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by Rob Cox, Sept 09, 2011
5 swimming pool workout exercises you can do in 10 minutes
In a recent survey on pool use, on our facebook page (not very scientific, I know), we found that pool owners listed Fitness as a less important benefit to them in the use of their pool. Fun and Relaxation topped the survey results, but good 'ol pool exercise or pool workouts, got barely a mention.
So, America - it's time to use our pools more wisely. We're not getting any slimmer, as a nation - so let's vow to use our pools to increase our health, with quick, cardio pool workouts that will show you almost instant results.
Growing up in pools, in Florida and California, we had fitness come naturally as kids. Games, Dives, Races, or just horsing around kept us skinny and toned.
Try these pool exercises below or develop your own personal pool workout. It's easy to isolate certain areas of the body, and enjoy the benefits with a low-impact pool exercise workout.
1. Water Jogging: As shown in the picture above, used with a floatation belt. Using a pool exercise belt is not mandatory, but without it, in deep water, you are not really jogging, you are treading water. If you are using a pool exercise belt, run in place, with slightly exaggerated movements, without your feet touching the pool floor.
2. Water Running: This is done without the aid of a floatation belt or vest in water that is mid-torso deep. Run sprints across the shallow end of the pool, with high knees and exaggerated movement of the arms and torso. Squatting slightly to bring the water up to the shoulder adds some challenge. Wearing ankle weights adds even more.
3. Egg Beater: This is a modified way of treading water used by water polo players. At a casual speed, it gives a gentle workout to nearly all parts of the body. It can be done in place, or you can move around the pool, in a forward or backwards (or sideways) location. At a high speed, the egg beater kick brings you up out of the water, and good water polo players (like I used to be) can lunge out of the water to waist level. One eggbeater workout drill I remember was to hold a water polo ball on our heads while using the eggbeater kick - for 10 mins (seemed like 10 hours). This can be a difficult skill to master - more about how to do the eggbeater kick here.
4. Pool Roman Chair: Using two balls, a pool tube or kickboards, or some way to support your arms and shoulders. Lift the legs to waist level and return. Add a twist to give a workout to obliques and those love handles. This pool exercise can also be done in a prone position, with legs forward or backwards.
5. Jump and Dig: This pool workout is in chest high water or deeper, with feet at shoulder width apart. Submerge yourself to a squat on the pool floor. Jump up to crest the surface, take a deep breath (done right, this is also a great breathing exercise) and with cupped hands, rapidly bring both arms to the surface. This will force you back to the bottom. Repeat, repeatedly - allowing arms to move up and down (digging the water) as you Jump off the bottom.
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The Brewers were counting on Mat Gamel to help fill the offensive void left by Prince Fielder's departure following the 2011 season. Now Milwaukee will be without the first baseman for the second straight year.
Gamel tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee for the second time in less than a year and will miss the season. The 27-year-old was lost for the 2012 season after just 21 games.
Gamel's knee checked out fine in late January in Milwaukee and again during a spring training physical on Feb. 12. But Gamel reinjured the knee Saturday during the Brewers' first full-squad workout, and an MRI Sunday revealed the extent of the injury.
''It really surprised me because there was no really major event that happened that you would have thought that would have been that serious,'' manager Ron Roenicke said. ''I figured, 'OK, he tweaks it.' Coming back after a rehab you figure it is not always going to go smooth. I figured a couple of days and he'd be back on the field.''
Gamel has been restricted to 106 games in the majors since his debut in 2008, mostly because of injuries, including a torn muscle in his right shoulder in March 2010 and a strained right oblique in February 2011. He was expected to be the Brewers' first baseman in 2012 coming off a season in which he hit .310 with 28 home runs and 96 RBIs in Triple A.
Corey Hart, who moved to first base after Gamel's injury last year, is on crutches after right knee surgery Jan. 25 and is expected to be out 3-4 months. Roenicke said candidates to play first until Hart returns include shortstop Alex Gonzalez and Hunter Morris, the Brewers' minor league player of the year last season at Double A.
Milwaukee might also be in play for Mike Carp, the first baseman/outfielder who was designated for assignment by the Mariners last week.
Lat strain slows Garza
Cubs righthander Matt Garza will undergo tests to determine the severity of the lat strain he sustained while pitching batting practice Sunday. The Cubs called it a ''mild strain'' but general manager Jed Hoyer said Monday that Garza will undergo an MRI and receive a ''rest period.'' Garza went 5-7 with a 3.91 ERA last year. He made his final start on July 21, when he left a game in St. Louis because of a stress reaction in his elbow . . . The Cubs traded outfielder Tony Campana to the Diamondbacks for two 17-year-old pitchers. Campana was designated for assignment last week.
Jeter back on field
Derek Jeter took part in most of the team drills during the Yankees' first full-squad workout in Tampa, including on-field batting practice for the first time since undergoing ankle surgery last October. The 38-year-old captain, who has been hitting in an indoor cage, also took part in a 25-minute defensive session at shortstop. ''It felt good,'' said Jeter, who didn't take part in agility or running drills. Jeter has said he will be in the lineup for Opening Day against the Red Sox on April 1, but he is likely 2-3 weeks away from making his exhibition debut . . . Diamondbacks righthander Brandon McCarthy threw a live batting practice session, the first time he's faced batters since being struck in the head by a line drive Sept. 5 while pitching for Oakland . . . A person with knowledge of the deal told the AP the Pirates are planning to extend the contract of third-year manager Clint Hurdle through the 2014 season with a club option for 2015. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because a formal announcement is expected on Wednesday . . . Marlins first baseman Casey Kotchman received four stitches to close a cut on his left ring finger after running into a pop-up machine during infield drills. Kotchman signed a minor league contract with Miami on Friday . . . Rangers prospect Jurickson Profar has decided against playing for the Netherlands in the World Baseball Classic. The infielder, who turns 20 on Wednesday, has a chance to earn a spot on the Rangers' 25-man roster . . . Roger Clemens was at Astros camp in Kissimmee, Fla., as a special instructor. Regarding his exclusion from the Baseball Hall of Fame after falling well short in his first year on the ballot, Clemens said, ''I'm not going to lose any sleep over it. If [voters] feel I deserve to be there, then I deserve to be there. If they feel I don't, then that's OK, too.''


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Configuring Abe to work with Litecoin using MySQL
Abe is a cryptocurrency block explorer for Bitcoin and any other related chain.
- Install python
- Install pycrypto to prevent ImportError: No module named Crypto.Hash.SHA256
- Install python-mysqldb (e.g. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/454854/no-module-named-mysqldb) to prevent ImportError: No module named MySQLdb
- Create a new MySQL database named abe.
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datadir += [{ "dirname" : "/path/to/.litecoin", "chain": "Litecoin", "code3": "LTC", "address_version": "u0030", "magic": "u00fbu00c0u00b6u00db" }]
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- Configure Abe to start by scanning: python -m Abe.abe --config abe.conf --rescan. You should get a whole lot of block_tx xxx xxx and commits.
- You should now be able to connect to Abe via http://localhost:12345.
Setting up Litecoin mining on Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS
- I followed this guide mainly, with some help from my comment and this guide and this guide.
- I had to install the Linux beta drivers (13.3 Beta 3) from ATI to get things to work.
- If you installed the server package, you need to have an X server. The easiest way to set this up is to install a desktop manager (Gnome) along with a minimal X: sudo apt-get install xorg gdm
- After installing new drivers, execute sudo aticonfig --adapter=all --initial -f and restart.
#!/bin/sh export DISPLAY=:0 export GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT=100 export GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS=1 cd /home/<username>/cgminer ./cgminer --scrypt -o my.stratum.server:17001 -u username -p password -w 256 --thread-concurrency 12404 -I 18 --lookup-gap 2 --auto-fan 2>/home/<username>/cgminer.log
#!/bin/bash DEFAULT_DELAY=0 if [ "x$1" = "x" -o "x$1" = "xnone" ]; then DELAY=$DEFAULT_DELAY else DELAY=$1 fi sleep $DELAY sudo su -c "screen -dmS cgm /home/<username>/mine.sh"
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chown root:root mine.sh mine-launcher.sh chmod a+x mine.sh mine-launcher.sh
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Cracked.com is awesome, huh, guys? They manage to put together the craziest, most obscure facts in totally digestible listicles that are funny AND informative. Have you ever wondered how they're able to gather such amazing, unheard-of info? THEY JUST...
Cracked.com is awesome, huh, guys? They manage to put together the craziest, most obscure facts in totally digestible listicles that are funny AND informative. Have you ever wondered how they're able to gather such amazing, unheard of info? THEY JUST MAKE SHIT UP, that's how.
Earlier, someone linked me to a Cracked post from a few days ago called "5 Depressing Realities Behind Popular Reality TV Shows," which, as I write this, has been viewed over 1.2 million times.
It contained something that I knew to be untrue. So I decided to go through and check the other "facts" in the post. Here's what I found:
Cracked.com's claim:
"First season winner Ryan Benson lost a total of 130 pounds... Who wouldn't be motivated by that? We'll tell you who wouldn't be motivated—anyone who has met Ryan Benson in real life. Benson's current weight is around 300 pounds, which is just 30 pounds less than what he weighed at the start of The Biggest Loser. Benson isn't an anomaly—almost every Biggest Loser winner has gained back a chunk of the weight he or she lost on the show...The unfortunate truth is that people on The Biggest Loser don't do anything but train for the entirety of the season... They aren't doing anything except training, under constant supervision, for however many weeks production lasts.Once the show is over, they go back to their normal 9-to-5 lives, which typically do not include controlled diet and exercise. They cannot possibly continue a weight loss program as intense as the one on the show."
The truth:
Winners who have put the weight back on:
Ryan Benson—Season 1 (source)
Matt Hoover—Season 2 (source)
Erik Chopin—Season 3 (source... but don't click on this video. It is the most annoying video in the world.)
Winners who have successfully kept the weight off:
Bill Germanakos—Season 4 (source)
Ali Vincent—Season 5 (source)
Michelle Aguilar—Season 6 (source)
Helen Phillips—Season 7 (source)
Danny Cahill—Season 8 (source)
Michael Ventrella—Season 9 (source)
Patrick House—Season 10 (source)
Olivia Ward—Season 11 (source)
John Rhode—Season 12 (source)
Jeremy Britt—Season 13 (source)
So, of the 13 people who have won The Biggest Loser, ten of them seem to have been able to keep the weight off. About one-fourth weren't able to. A figure that was referred to by the Cracked writer as "almost every single Biggest Loser winner."
Cracked.com's claim:
"Ramsay's technique of bellowing profanity like a Nazi born from a Vidal Sassoon explosion magically rescues the restaurant from the brink of financial collapse and restores its profitability. His work complete, he floats away on the breeze like Mary Poppins to find another ailing eatery in need... Oddly enough, restaurateurs who are terrible at running a business don't suddenly become J.D. Rockefeller just because a Scottish man shouts at them and gives them a new menu their cooks can't even read. In actuality, only about a third of the restaurants Ramsay "rescues" actually manage to stay open once he leaves them in a haze of scowls and belittlement, and the number drops as time goes on. For instance, in the first two seasons of the show (2007 to 2009), Ramsay rescued 21 restaurants. Only two are still open."
The truth:
According to this website, which is the website Cracked cited in their OWN FUCKING ARTICLE, there have been 69 restaurants featured on Kitchen Nightmares. Of those, 36 have closed and 33 have remained open. So, about half of them have stayed open.
Cracked, in their post, refers to this 33/69 number as both "about a third" and "almost every restaurant." Which, obviously, isn't quite right.
Cracked.com's claim:
"Sure, the show's producers may cover all the construction costs, but the lucky homeowners are left on their own to figure out how in the name of Warren Buffett's gilded butt hairs they're going to cover the utility bills and property taxes that have skyrocketed as a result of their extreme home makeover.One family, which had a new home specifically designed to help their developmentally challenged son, was forced to put the house on the market after just a little over a year because they simply couldn't afford what it cost in both time and money to maintain a palatial four-bedroom estate while trying to raise three children, one of whom has special needs... Another couple fell behind on the $405,000 loan they had to take out just to keep their utilities connected in the million-dollar mansion built for them by the show... and were forced to sell the house and auction off most of its contents."
The truth:
There have been about 200 families who have been given new homes by Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.
What the Cracked author fails to mention is that Endemol USA, the production company who makes the show, does several things behind the scenes to stop the families from being lumped with large tax and utility bills, including exploiting legal loopholes, providing them with energy-efficient heating systems, and setting up a fund to cover the costs of maintaining their new, larger homes.
Though there are multiple stories online suggesting that the families featured on the show have trouble keeping up with the payments on their new homes, they all seem to point to the same ten cases:
-The Hebert Family, whose home was foreclosed on after they took out a loan against it (source).
-The Holmes Family, whose home was almost foreclosed on before a lawyer stepped in and saved it pro bono (source).
-The Cerda Family, who sold their home after struggling to keep up with bill payments (source).
-The SImpson Family, who sold their home as their "family dynamic changed" (source).
-The Hassall Family, who sold their home after struggling to keep up with bills. (source).
-The Okvath Family, who sold their home after taking out a loan against it to keep up with bills (source).
-The Harper Family, who lost their home to foreclosure after "mismanaging donated funds" (source).
-The Harvey Family, who lost their home to foreclosure after taking out a second mortgage (source).
-The Wofford Family, who almost lost their home but were able to keep it with help from the local community (source).
-The Marrerro family, who briefly tried to sell their house after struggling with bills. (source).
It's debatable just how "depressing" (to use Cracked's word) some of these stories are, as they're essentially stories about struggling families being given gigantic, free houses to sell at a profit. But that's beside the point, which is that the families listed above make up about 5 percent of the people who have appeared on the show. To run that under the headline "The People on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Can't Afford to Keep Their Homes" would be like me writing an article called "Every Single Contestant on Celebrity Apprentice Is Gary Busey."
Cracked.com's claim:
"(Oprah) gave away 276 brand new cars to members of her studio audience... Unfortunately, receiving a luxury item as a prize on a television show doesn't exempt you from having to pay the accompanying taxes... Which is the precise situation faced by everyone who has ever been given a car by Oprah Winfrey."
The truth: this is half true.
Oprah has done two car giveaways, one in 2004 and one in 2010. The recipients of Oprah's free cars in 2004 did have to pay $7,000 in taxes on the "free" cars, and there was a huge backlash. As a result of this, when she gave away cars in 2010, Volkswagen paid the taxes.
So, it's incorrect for them to say "Oprah makes people pay for their free cars," as she no longer does. A more accurate statement would have been, "Oprah once made people pay for their free cars." It's also incorrect for them to say that paying the taxes is "the precise situation faced by everyone who has ever been given a car by Oprah Winfrey." A more accurate statement would have been "this is the precise situation faced by about half of the people who have ever been given cars by Oprah Winfrey."
The author of the post also claims that "Oprah's official comment" on the whole car taxes thing was, "and why should I have paid for them....?" What a cunt! I can't believe O would say that. Oh wait, never mind, that's bullshit, too. Here's the quote they took out of context;
"For all the people who say, 'Oh, you didn't personally pay for the cars yourself,' which I heard, I say, 'Well, I could have, and what difference does it make, if they get the cars? And why should I have paid for them if Pontiac was willing to do so?'"
She wasn't talking about the car taxes at all, she was talking about the cars themselves. Which is totally different.
Cracked.com's claim:
"Originally the show's producers intended to delve into the background of each locker featured on Storage Wars, but unsurprisingly, all the information they uncovered was pure, unmitigated misery. The reason these abandoned treasures are abandoned is that the original owners of the units failed to make their rent payments. This is because they could no longer afford them due to unemployment, homelessness (hence putting all their belongings in a storage locker), divorce, or illness, or because they had freaking died and were therefore no longer able to pay. But don't worry, because according to former Storage Warrior Dave Hester, the show is all rigged anyway. Hester claims that all of the valuable items found inside the lockers are actually planted there by the show's producers... He also insists that all of the auctions are staged, meaning every 'bidding war' you witness on the show is actually entirely scripted."
The truth:
Sure, this one actually sounds about right. But isn't all reality TV staged and exploitative? Whatever, they can have this one.
To conclude:
Obviously, this throws EVERYTHING that appears on Cracked.com into question. And I will never be able to read their website in good faith again. How will I know if the countries listed on their "5 Most Secretly Badass Countries" list really are the most badass? Or if the comebacks on their "5 Wittiest Comebacks in the History of Trash Talk" are, in fact, the wittiest? I guess I'll just have to start getting my information elsewhere.


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A man in a southwest Ohio Wal-Mart store waved a rifle at customers, including children, and was fatally shot by police when he wouldn't drop the weapon, according to police and a recorded 911 call from a witness.
Authorities say a customer also died after suffering a medical problem during the evacuation of the store Tuesday. Police identified her as Angela Williams, 37, of Fairborn.
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Police identified the man shot Tuesday night at a Wal-Mart in the Dayton suburb of Beavercreek as 22-year-old John Crawford of Cincinnati. He died at a hospital.
It's unclear why he had the weapon in the store. A statement from police didn't address Crawford's motives or provide further details about him. No phone was listed for Crawford at the address police had for him.
Beavercreek police said initial investigations indicate the officers responded appropriately. State investigators will review the shooting.
A man who witnessed the scene told a 911 dispatcher that a man with a rifle was near the pet supplies section and appeared to be loading the firearm.
"There is a gentleman walking around with a gun in the store. ... He's, like, pointing it at people," the witness said. Later in the call, sounds like gunshots can be heard, followed by someone screaming for people to leave.
Wal-Mart spokeswoman Brooke Buchanan said by email Wednesday that the company is working with investigators and is "deeply saddened about the loss of life."


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Equinix Announces Sale of its Honolulu IBX Center
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Originally acquired by Equinix from Pihana Pacific in 2002, the existing Honolulu center and staff will be managed by DR Fortress, a Hawaiian based operator of managed collocation facilities. The company is locally led by former Equinix personnel who will provide seamless continuity of all Equinix service offerings to the existing customers of the Honolulu IBX, including the Internet peering exchange. Additionally, DR Fortress is planning to develop a series of localized service offerings and increase the capacity of the center in order to meet the growth demands of customers.
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