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Popular property highlights
Located in Green Valley, this hotel is within 3 mi (5 km) of Ethel M Botanical Cactus Gardens, Ethel M Chocolates Factory, and Sam Boyd Stadium. Boulder Strip is 2.9 mi (4.7 km) away.
Hotel Features
An outdoor pool, a 24-hour fitness center, and a spa tub are available at this smoke-free hotel. Free buffet breakfast and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include a 24-hour business center, coffee/tea in a common area, and a meeting room.
Room Amenities
All 101 rooms provide conveniences like refrigerators and microwaves, plus free WiFi and TVs with satellite channels. Other amenities available to guests include coffee makers, free newspapers, and free local calls.
Languages Spoken
- English
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Henderson
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
In addition to an outdoor pool, Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Henderson provides a spa tub and a 24-hour fitness center. Business-related amenities consist of a 24-hour business center and a meeting room. A complimentary breakfast is offered. This Henderson hotel also offers barbecue grills, multilingual staff, and coffee/tea in a common area. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Henderson is a smoke-free property.
- Barbecue grill(s)
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Elevator
- 24-hour front desk
- Free breakfast
- Porter/bellhop
- Express check-out
- Year Built - 2001
- Free self parking
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Outdoor pool
- Smoke-free property
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Luggage storage
- ATM/banking
- 24-hour business center
- Concierge services
- Laundry facilities
- Spa tub
- 24-hour fitness facilities
- Total number of rooms - 101
- One meeting room
- Number of floors - 3
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Multilingual staff
- Free newspapers in lobby
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry facilities
- Refrigerator
- Microwave
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Languages Spoken
- English
- Spanish
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Free WiFi
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Premium TV channels
- Free newspaper
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Access via exterior corridors
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Free local calls
- Refrigerator
- Coffee/tea maker
- Microwave
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Iron/ironing board
- Television
- Satellite TV service
- Desk
- Number of bathrooms -
- Rollaway/extra beds (free)
Where to Eat
Guests are offered a complimentary buffet breakfast.
Nearby Things to Do
An outdoor pool and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a 24-hour fitness center.
- Golfing nearby
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Wheelchair accessible path of travel
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- Wheelchair accessible parking
- In-room accessibility
- Assistive listening devices available
- Braille or raised signage
Hotel Policies
Check-in time ends at 11 PM
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Minimum check-in age is 21
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Free rollaway/extra beds!
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets stay free
- Restrictions apply
- For more information contact the property at the number on the booking confirmation
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation. Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property. The policies listed are provided by the property.
- Deposit: USD 5.00 per night
Hotel Name
- Holiday Inn Express Henderson
- Holiday Inn Express Hotel Henderson
- Express & Suites Henderson
- Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Henderson Hotel
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Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms. Guests can arrange to bring pets by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.


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The Windows 8 Release Preview download is out and available for all to install and, if you're a regular here at Pocket-lint and of the non-Mac persuasion, it's well worth doing. In fact, according to Microsoft, it's even worth doing if you run a Mac.
Now, we're not saying that Windows 8 is the best thing since sliced wafers. Indeed, according to our own Ian Morris, it's more like the worst thing since fried Vista, but don't let that put you off. What might be making you a little uncomfortable is the fact that you don't have a touchscreen computer. No, most people don't. Don't worry. The trouble is, what with Windows 8 and that added Metro interface all built with touch in mind, being stuck with a mouse can be all too much of a drag.
Help is, very literally, at hand though. You have a keyboard and one that's bursting with shortcuts, ready to get things done far quicker than either a touchscreen or a mouse could. Some are those that you might be familiar with from Windows 7 and some are entirely new, but here are a handful worth remembering to get you started on your journey of learning a new desktop OS.
Spacebar to unlock
There are a few different ways of getting through the lock screen but most of them involve dragging your mouse most of the way across your desk and off the other side if you're not using a touch PC. Instead, save yourself the bother and a few broken coffee cups by thumping the spacebar instead. It's also a wonderfully neolithic entrance to what is supposed to be a super-advanced piece of software.
Windows + L = Lock
You've unlocked with a swat of your palm, now lock back up again with hardly any more effort. As with the previous version of Windows, you'll be relieved to see that a trusty Windows + L maneouvre will take you back to the lockscreen again. It certainly beats the mystery of trying to shut your machine down.
More spacebar
Hit the spacebar on the main view of the the Metro UI and you get something resembling a taskbar popping up at the bottom of the screen. It's not really a taskbar but it does give you some controls over your live tiles which are worth customising as to your needs.
Windows + X = Start Menu
To be fair, it's not really the Start Menu that you'll know and love from Windows 7 but it's as close a thing as you're going to get. Looking more like the grey, right-click kind of options, you'll find yourself presented with control panel options, links to programs, task managers, power managers, device information and more. You know, a bit like the Start Menu but with all of the style, design and, yes, life sucked out of it.
Windows + Q = Apps
Naturally all that verve and elan from the Start Menu had to be put somewhere. Hit the Windows key and Q to find some of it. What you'll see is a massive, scrollable and very pretty Metro look at all the apps you've installed.
Windows + W = Search
The search function on the old Start Menu may have been fun but now Windows 8 is getting all contextual with search instead. Hit the Windows + W shortcut in any app or screen to bring up a search menu from the right where you can dig away to your heart's content.
Windows + Z = Context
For even more contextual information, press Windows + Z at the same time. The effect is slightly different depending on which app you're in at the time but expect tabs and address bars to pop up when browsing and other options from the top and bottom in other areas.
Windows + F4 = Close
You know this, or you certainly should. If there's two Windows shortcuts that you ever picked up, this should be the second and, yes, it still works. More to the point, it's more important than ever. Microsoft, in its infinite wisdom, has decided to dispense with that little X in the top right corner of windows that allows you to close them. In fairness, the idea is that the computer takes care of it all for you but, if you still find it unnerving that some bits and pieces might be open or running, then just hit that magic Windows + F4 combo to shut them down.
Windows + Tab = Fast Switching
Fast switching is your way to flick between open applications on Windows 8 and you can do that by either using Windows + Tab or Alt + Tab much like on Windows 7. The difference here is that the funky Aero look is lost, in the case of the former, and replaced with a dedicated bar that slides out of the left side of the screen. Fortunately, the Alt + Tab version is better on Windows 8 and cycles between full screen versions of your open applications very smoothly indeed.
Ctrl + Shift + Esc = Task Manager
Another classic from the Windows 7 days is the shortcut to the Task Manager that is Ctrl + Shift + Esc. It's not always easy to find the familiar parts of an OS that you're sure must exist when the UI has entirely changed, so it's good to know that keyboard navigation will still do you proud.
Windows + E = Computer
Feeling like you've lost control? Fear not, the Windows + E shortcut still works to snap you straight into the Computer (or what used to be My Computer) window. From there, you'll be able to get the usual proper picture of how much storage you've got left, what devices are plugged into your machine and a decent starting place for exploring your files. E is for explore.
Windows + . = Cascade
One of the sexier look and feel touches of the Metro UI on Windows 8 is the cascade effect of the application windows. Pressing Windows + . allows you to switch around and cycle through a few of the looks which maximise and marginalise certain windows to present you with a different slant on multitasking.
Windows + H = Share
With social networking and the ever-popular sharing concept in technology, Microsoft has brought a direct sharing technique and shortcut to Windows 8 and the Metro UI. Hit Windows + H on a picture or other such file and a menu slides in from the right offering to share that item on whatever compatible service apps you have installed. Sadly, when we tried it, the only option we got was Mail. Nonetheless, the instant attachment and new message produced made things very quick and easy.
Windows + C = Charms
Another of the big push features and new terms of Windows 8 is the charms. Windows + C slides them in from the right where you can access the very fundamental areas that are Search, Settings, Devices, Sharing and Start. All very key bits and pieces.
Windows + , = Invisible
Aero isn't completely dead. That little corner rectangle which offered a way of seeing through your applications all the way to the desktop is now repeated by hitting Windows + ,. It's not wildly useful but it's a nice way of sticking your head up above the clouds for a moment before diving back into your work.
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Fifteen years ago, a serial killer terrorized the nation by taking the lives of 10 women. Now that the statute of limitation has expired on the murders he committed, Lee Du-seok (played by popular TV drama star Park Si-hoo) reveals himself as the killer by publishing an autobiography describing each of the murders in detail. The handsome, well-spoken Lee seeks forgiveness under the media's watchful eye, earning him a cult following of adoring fans and instant celebrity status.
Lieutenant Choi (Jeong Jae-yeong) was left both physically and psychologically scarred after he failed to capture the killer. Obsessed with exacting justice, he struggles to prove that he is not simply a washed-up cop. Meanwhile, the victims' family members grow increasingly impatient with the lack of answers and secretly decide to take matters into their own hands.
Director Jeong went to the renowned Seoul Action school, and it shows. Despite the film's simple premise, based on a legal loophole, it delivers dynamite over-the-top and uptempo action scenes.
Jeong Byeong-gil (in attendance)
Park Si-hoo, Jeong Jae-yeong
Director's Bio
Jeong Byeong-gil
Jeong Byeong-gil made his directorial debut with the action documentary Action Boys (2008), about stunt men who dream of becoming action stars. Confession of Murder is Jeong's first feature film.
New York Asian Film Festival 2013
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Sanjit A. Seshia
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
and Group in Logic and the Methodology of Science
University of California, Berkeley
Contact Information
My research group develops theory and tools
to aid the construction of provably dependable and secure systems.
Our work spans
several abstraction layers, from mathematical models,
through software, to electronic and biological substrates.
A particular focus is on formal methods, which are mathematical techniques to model, design, and verify computing systems using computational proof engines. We seek to advance the state-of-the-art in automated formal methods through the following thrusts:
I have co-developed, with Edward A. Lee, an undergraduate course on Embedded Systems
(check out the website for course material including cool videos
of student projects).
We recently offered a "massive open online course" (MOOC) on Cyber-Physical Systems on the edX platform: EECS149.1x. This MOOC is the first, to our knowledge, to employ formal verification in the automatic grading system (which was designed using inductive synthesis). More information about the automatic grading software, CPSGrader, is available here. Related to this effort, in Spring 2014, I taught a graduate-level course on Formal Methods for Engineering Education.
Selected talks and further details on
research and teaching are available.
A good starting point is to browse my
recent publications.
Areas of InterestFormal Methods, Dependable Computing, Computational Logic, Computer Security, Electronic Design Automation, Embedded Systems, Program Analysis, Synthetic Biology, Theory.
PublicationsFull publications list, organized by
Selected Recent Talks:Here are videos/slides from selected recent presentations:
AffiliationsCenters/Large Projects my group participates in:
Past Research Projects(click on a project name for further details)
Descriptions of other past projects are also available.
CurrentSpring 2018: EECS 219C: Formal Methods: Specification, Verification, and Synthesis
Recent PastSpring & Fall 2017: On Sabbatical.
Fall 2016: CS 70: Discrete Mathematics and Probability Theory (co-taught with Jean Walrand)
Spring 2016: EECS 219C: Computer-Aided Verification
Fall 2015: EECS 149: Introduction to Embedded Systems
Spring 2015: EECS 219C: Computer-Aided Verification
Spring 2014: CS 294-98: Formal Methods for Engineering Education
Fall 2013:
EECS 149: Introduction to Embedded Systems (co-taught with Edward Lee)
EECS 144 & 244: Fundamental Algorithms for System Modeling, Analysis, and Optimization (co-taught with Stavros Tripakis)
Click here for the full list of courses taught.
CurrentBen Caulfield (Ph.D.) (co-advised with Stavros Tripakis)
Kevin Cheang (Ph.D.)
Ankush Desai (Ph.D.)
Tommaso Dreossi (Postdoctoral researcher)
Daniel Fremont (Ph.D.)
Shromona Ghosh (Ph.D.) (co-advised with Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli)
Mark Ho (Postdoctoral researcher) (co-mentored with Tom Griffiths on the VeHICaL project)
Edward Kim (Ph.D.) (co-advised with Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli)
Eric Kim (Ph.D.) (co-advised with Murat Arcak)
Markus Rabe (Postdoctoral researcher)
Cameron Rasmussen (M.S.)
Marcell Vazquez-Chanlatte (Ph.D.)
Graduated Students (with links to theses)Rohit Sinha (Ph.D.): Secure Computing using Certified Software and Trusted Hardware
Dorsa Sadigh (Ph.D.) (co-advised with Shankar Sastry): Safe and Interactive Autonomy: Control, Learning, and Verification
Rafael Valle (Ph.D.) (co-advised with Edmund Campion): Data Hallucination, Falsification and Validation using Generative Models and Formal Methods
Wenchao Li (Ph.D.): Specification Mining: New Formalisms, Algorithms and Applications
(M.S.): Formal Methods for Reverse Engineering Gate-Level Netlists
Dan Holcomb (Ph.D.): Formal Verification and Synthesis for Quality-of-Service in On-Chip Networks
Susmit Jha (Ph.D.): Towards Automated System Synthesis Using Sciduction
(M.S.): Reachability Analysis of Lazy Linear Hybrid Automata
Bryan Brady (Ph.D.): Automatic Term-Level Abstraction
Nishant Totla (M.S.) Oracle-Guided Heap Interpolant Synthesis
Matthew Fong (M.S.): Two Optimal Path Problems in Synthetic Biology
Garvit Juniwal (M.S.): CPSGrader: Auto-Grading and Feedback Generation for Cyber-Physical Systems Education
Wei Yang Tan (M.S.): Formal Modeling and Verification of CloudProxy
Zach Wasson (M.S.): Analyzing Data-Dependent Timing and Timing Repeatability with GameTime
Jonathan Kotker (M.S.): The Internals of GameTime: Implementation and Evaluation of a Timing Analyzer for Embedded Software
Rhishikesh Limaye (M.S.): Beaver: An SMT Solver for Quantifier-free Bit-vector Logic
"Graduated" Postdocs (reverse chronological order)Pramod Subramanyan
Yasser Shoukry (co-mentored with Paulo Tabuada and George Pappas)
Alexandre Donze
Yi-Chin Wu (co-mentored with Stephane Lafortune)
Vasu Raman (co-mentored with Richard Murray)
Indranil Saha (co-mentored with George Pappas)
Daniel Bundala
Ruediger Ehlers (co-mentored with Hadas Kress-Gazit)
A complete list of current and past students, including undergraduate advisees, and postdoctoral researchers is available in my CV.
Selected Program Committees: (recent)
Other Conference/Workshop Organization: (recent)
A complete list of professional activities is available in my CV.
Advice for students and others, compiled by Michael Ernst
My academic genealogy (courtesy the Mathematics Genealogy Project)
A partial list of "popular press" articles about research my group has contributed to:


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Marines from Wounded Warrior Regiment to Work as Pit Crew Members/
Upper Arlington, OH. (July 29th) - Veterans Empowered Through Motorsports (VETM) will assist local United States Marine Corps Veterans for this week's AMA Pro Road Racing event at Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele, UT. The Marines are assigned to their local USMC Wounded Warrior Regiment (WWR) District Injured Support Coordinator, and will be as part of the #3 MotoList.com and the #46 M.O.B. Racing Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson entries teams. Helping facilitate VETM in the veterans outreach will be Utah local veteran-owned business Lock-N-Load Java.
As a Marine veteran with multiple deployments in Iraq, Christopher McDaniel was a VETM crew member for the #46 M.O.B. Racing Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson entry at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. McDaniel had this to say to his fellow Marines selected to participate: "I think this event is great for all wounded warriors. It is uplifting, gives us a better outlook on the battles that we have faced and shows that we are appreciated for what we have done. For the Marines attending the event at Miller Motorsports Park, they should be prepared to be engaged on all levels throughout the weekend."
LTC(R) Carl Churchill, President of Lock-n-Load Java, stated, "These kinds of events are vital as we transition warriors back into the civilian sector. Not only do they allow veterans to participate in events that provide purpose and a sense of accomplishment, but they allow the community to see veterans in a positive light. With fewer citizens serving in the military and combat, these kinds of events are helpful in bridging the gap."
The WWR serves Marines who are wounded in combat, fall ill, or are injured in the line of duty. This includes active duty, reserve and veteran Marines. Whether a wounded, ill or injured Marine is assigned to the WWR or remains with their parent command, each individual Marine requires varying levels of support and care. The USMC and the WWR are there to provide that support throughout a Marine's recovery mission.
Located in Salt Lake City, Lock-n-Load Java is a veteran owned and operated company dedicated to our military, our veterans, and those who support them. They donate $1 from every order to military charities and send donated coffee to those deployed. The company was founded in 2010 by LTC(R) Carl Churchill, a combat veteran with 21 years of service as both an enlisted soldier and officer. In founding Lock-n-Load Java, Churchill committed to organizing and running the company based on the experiences that a lifetime of service leadership in the military taught him... while ensuring the fun and camaraderie he experienced in the military remained a core part of the company.
The Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson Series practice begins on Saturday.
VETM supporters are: Oxford Consulting Group, Day Ketterer, Drippin'Wet, Ellanet, Midwest Motorcyclist, Motion Pro, Optimum Print Solutions, Portfolio Creative, XR1200 Owners Group.
To learn more about VETM please visit them on the web at www.tor-vetm.orgTax-deductible contributions can be made here http://www.crowdrise.com/vetm


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A Letter to My Dog: Celebrities and Their Pen-Pal Pets
A Letter to My Dog: Celebrities and Their Pen-Pal Pets
We all talk to our dogs, but what if you could write yours a letter? Out today, the must-have book titled A Letter to My Dog features portraits of celebrities and regular folks with their furry best friends, alongside letters that range from the heartfelt to the hilarious.
Better yet, the book features our very own editor in chief, Lisa Sugar, so we've got an inside look at some of the cutest celebrity captures, including Hilary Duff, Chelsea Handler, and Michael Vartan. Click through for a sneak peek!


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Mid-April is surely one of the favorite times of the year for Republicans, Tea Party members and their covert allies, the Blue Dog Democrats. Much as they hate to pay taxes, they love the opportunity to remind hard-pressed Americans about their steep taxes and their evil consequences. One of their familiar chords is Europe as the land of high taxes and sluggish growth. The only problem with this tale is that the European experience raises a whole set of ethical and economic issues U.S. tax bashers may not want to face.
Steven Hill's recent book, "Europe's Promise," carefully examines taxation in Europe. For starters, he reminds us that measuring the level of taxation in not perfectly straightforward. Forbes Magazine compares high-tax, "miserable" Europe with the low-tax U.S. Forbes relies on the top marginal income tax rate, 52 percent in the Netherlands, for instance, with the top U.S. rate of 35 percent. But as Hill points out, the Dutch rate already includes its social security contribution.
In addition, in the U.S. there are state, local, and real estate taxes, which bring the U.S. figure close to the European. I would also add that the U.S. tendency to raise so much revenue at the state and local level often ends up disproportionately hurting poor and working-class people. States competing for businesses engage in a zero sum competition with other states via low income and corporate taxes and heavy use of sales taxes.
Discussions of tax misery also often fail to probe the question of just what is a tax. Many of us take a deep breath when we write that one large check to the state or the feds in April. How many of us, however, closely scrutinize those monthly phone, cable, cell phone, utility and Internet bills? And how about car registration and annual fees for hunting and clamming licenses? These all add up, and their impact is regressive, hitting working-class residents harder than the wealthy.
Both U.S. and European taxes, properly measured, are high, but for different reasons. Europeans fund a set of generous programs that better prepare its workers for the instabilities of a global economy. These include health care as well as pensions, broad unemployment compensation, college education and job retraining.
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The U.S. welfare state, never as comprehensive as the European even during the height of the New Deal, is even more shriveled today. Conservatives would even go after Social Security; yet the out-of-control driver of U.S. tax policy is the Pentagon and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The U.S. spends more than 4 percent of its GNP on the military, as compared to less than 2 percent in Europe. The contrast is even sharper when interest on previous war debts, expenditures on the CIA, NSA, and Homeland Security are included.
Yet even with regard to the military, the U.S. shirks one of its major social responsibilities. If one were looking for an unfunded liability that may indeed bankrupt us, those wars would be a good place to start. The U.S. is already neglecting the plight of its physically and emotionally scarred veterans of this conflict. Complete default on the services owed these men and women is far more likely than default on government bonds.
Although the U.S. and Europe do take a substantial portion of citizens' income, high taxation is seldom the game-changing political issue in Europe. I suspect that many Europeans feel they are getting value for their taxes and also have more of a sense of national if not European- wide solidarity. More democratic political systems with ample opportunity for third parties and more diverse media blunt "taxation without representation" arguments.
In addition, in the U.S., a notion of "rugged individualism" often leads to an odd willingness to pay higher private insurance premiums than the lower taxes that would support a more generous and efficient health care system for everyone. The rhetoric of war buttresses our sense of exceptionalism and go-it-alone faith. Nonetheless, when tax time rolls around, even war is an abstraction. There is all too little in most residents' day-to-day experience to connect quality of life to the taxes they pay.
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If you had any doubt we are amidst a cultural war, what with file sharing, digital rights management and the free culture revolution, the dinosaurs in suits over at Amazon.com had just decided that the Text-To-Speech option on the new Kindle 2 will be disabled if the book publisher chooses that. This means that book publishers will be able to control a right that they do not possess. Read more on this at Professor Lawrence Lessig's blog.
For us Israelis this triggers a flashback to the Anti-Mehikon: up until the 1980's the Israeli television broadcast was in black and white as the government thought this would bridge the gap between the haves and the have-nots, those who can afford to buy a color TV set, and those who cannot. As idiotic as that plan sounds today, it worked for a few years until a device was invented to restore the color bursts that were deliberetly erased at the Israeli Broadcast Authority.
All this may have sounded like fun nostalgia, if only the people of yesterday would have given up on their futile attempt at stopping the natural evolution of technologies.
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Lois Lerner's plan: fight on
Darrell Issa's committee says Lois Lerner waived her Fifth Amendment rights — but her attorney says she isn't going down without a fight.
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee voted 22-17 on Friday that the embattled IRS official voluntarily waived her rights by reading an opening statement during a hearing last month on the agency's tea party targeting scandal.
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The party-line vote paved the way for the committee to bring Lerner back to Congress and force her to answer questions from lawmakers.
( PHOTOS: 8 key players in IRS scandal story)
But in a statement a few hours later, William W. Taylor III, Lerner's attorney, said she never gave up any rights with her opening statement — and essentially called the vote meaningless.
"A party line vote does not affect anyone's constitutional rights and this one does not affect Ms. Lerner's," Taylor said in the statement.
"Her rights under the constitution are no different now than they were when she asserted them. She did not give up her right to refuse to testify by stating her innocence," Taylor said. "She had requested that she not be required to appear at all, and was forced against her will to invoke her rights in public. When she was forced to do that, she was entitled to say what she said."
( PHOTOS: 10 slams on the IRS)
The resolution before the committee said that by reading an opening statement proclaiming her innocence at the outset of a May 22 hearing, Lerner — who led the IRS division that allegedly singled out tea party groups applying for a tax exemption — relinquished her constitutional right to avoid self-incrimination.
"I believe Lois Lerner waived her Fifth Amendment protection," Issa (R-Calif.) said before the committee vote. "She made four specific denials. Those denials are at the core of the committee's investigation into this matter."
The committee hasn't yet scheduled a date to recall Lerner.
Oversight Republican staff told POLITICO they're open to pitches from Lerner's lawyer about how she might want to testify, including the idea of granting her partial immunity that would allow her to answer questions without fear that her testimony could be used against her in court.
( PHOTOS: IRS hearing on Capitol Hill)
But in an interview, Taylor told POLITICO that no decisions have been made about Lerner's next steps because Issa hasn't contacted them yet.
"I don't know that we have to decide anything," Taylor said. "They've made a decision based on an abstract issue. The question is, what are they going to do about it?"
If Lerner refuses to testify, the House could ultimately hold her in contempt. The new IRS leader, Daniel Werfel, asked Lerner to resign after her appearance before Issa's committee. When she refused, he placed her on administrative leave.
Democrats denied that Lerner waived her rights and criticized Issa for deciding that a congressional committee has authority to strip constitutional privileges from a U.S. citizen.


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Tonight, Fox's hit anthropological series Bones celebrates its milestone 100th episode and what better way to commemorate such an achievement than to reminisce with the world's greatest duo, Brennan and Booth, about their first case as they sit down with Sweets to set the record straight about his yet unpublished book about their partnership.
Not only is Bones celebrating an episodic milestone, but also breaking new ground in terms of storytelling as fans of the series will finally see what happens when Booth and Brennan contemplate taking their partnership, and relationship, to the next level.
But… will fans be happy with what results from revealing such strong emotions?
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Why waste time beating around the bush? I'll just say it… The 100th episode of Bones is one of, if not the, best episodes of the entire series.
I'm a lover of information and typically I get my fix from the episodic storylines progressing, but there's nothing, and I mean nothing, that tops expounding upon information that we already know or, in this case, presume to already know.
Thankfully, Bones delivers on both fronts by not only giving us the first true interaction between Booth, Brennan and the Jeffersonian through the use of a wonderful flashback, but also uses the momentum built through said flashback to further develop the characters in their current incarnation with a heart-wrenching scene that completely caught me off guard.
After 5 seasons, 99 episodes and 70 hours, the moment that Bones fans were waiting for occurs… TWICE! But, in completely different ways. Yes, fans get their moment of passion between Booth and Brennan in the flashback, but when it finally comes time to revisit the emotions that have been building up these past five years, there is no other way to describe what happens than to say it was truly heart-breaking.
As of now, you've either seen the episode or know everything that's going to happen in the episode, so what occurs to you isn't so much of a shock. But when I originally viewed the 100th episode of Bones a couple weeks ago, I thought that I was sitting down to a normal episode and while the flashback kiss should have tipped me off, I continued to watch unaware of what awaited me in the final moments.
When Booth finally opens his heart to Brennan wanting to take a chance on their relationship, I thought to myself, "It's finally going to happen!" Then, I see the look in her eyes and my jaw drops. As I'm waiting to hear her say the words I know are coming, all I can't think is, "Oh my God... this isn't what's supposed to happen!"
If you think watching the final scene was rough, try doing it when most of the world hasn't even seen the episode.
Other than that, having Zach back was amazing and while I don't believe he left on such good terms, the fact that he came back for the 100th episode truly made it feel like I was stepping back in time... before he decided to go all Gormogon on everyone.
Not to mention that David Boreanaz did a wonderful job directing this episode. While it's nothing new for actors to jump in the director's seat, especially on a series that they've worked on for many years, Boreanaz deserves credit for tackling such an important episode.
What did you think of the 100th episode of Bones? Was it everything hoped it would be?
How great was it to see Zach back? Do you miss having him in the lab?
What do you think about Brennan turning down Booth? How will that impact their relationship?
Is there any way a relationship between the two could work out?
Am I the only one hoping Angela and Hodgins end up together?
Be honest, did you cry?
Am I leaving things out? Sure, but c'mon… how many words do I need to use to say just how great and amazing this episode was?
Wait for it… 672, to be exact.
Watch Bones Thursday night @8pm, on FOX.
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OTTAWA - Rogers Communications says it received almost 175,000 requests for customer information from government and police agencies last year, becoming the first major Canadian service provider to divulge the extent of its data sharing with authorities.
About half of the requests in 2013 were to confirm a customer's name and address, Rogers said Thursday in a report that comes amid public pressure on Internet and phone companies to reveal details of their dealings with law enforcement.
Rogers says it responds to name and address requests — which totalled 87,856 last year — so police do not issue a warrant to the wrong person.
"When provided with a name and address we will confirm whether or not the person is a Rogers customer and when provided with a listed phone number we'll provide the name and address of a customer."
Otherwise, Rogers says, it hands over customer information only when forced by law, or in emergencies, after the request has been thoroughly vetted.
The Criminal Code, the federal privacy law for companies, and rules set out by the federal broadcast regulator govern how the communications firm shares customer data with government and law enforcement agencies.
It receives requests from agencies including the RCMP, Canadian Security Intelligence Service, Canada Border Services Agency, the Canada Revenue Agency, and provincial and municipal agencies like police forces and coroners, the report says.
Rogers received 74,415 requests in 2013 under a warrant or court order, including production orders, summons, subpoenas and search warrants issued by a judge or other judicial officer.
Such requests compel the company to provide customer information to police or other authorities or to attend court to provide testimony about customer information. Examples of information provided in these cases include account information like name and address, payment history, billing records or call records.
If it considers an order to be too broad, Rogers pushes back and, if necessary, goes to court to oppose the request, the report says.
However, it does not reveal how often that happens.
Rogers chief privacy officer Ken Engelhart said in an interview the company doesn't have the number because it hasn't tracked refusals — though he indicated it would start doing so.
"The tracking that we've been doing is for internal management purposes. It wasn't being done for transparency purposes, and so going forward we're going to need different kinds of data."
However, Engelhart called the number "significant."
"There's a lot of warrantless requests that we don't satisfy," he said.
For instance, Rogers won't hand over an unlisted phone number without a warrant.
Rogers received 9,339 requests from police last year about life-threatening situations — such as missing-persons cases. In addition, there were 711 emergency requests for assistance to police in child sexual exploitation cases.
Rogers says it does not allow agencies direct access to its customer databases, nor does it hand over metadata — the routing codes and other data about emails and calls — without a warrant.
"We only provide the information we are required to provide and this information is retrieved by our staff."
It recently emerged that nine Canadian telecommunications companies received a total of approximately 1.2 million requests from authorities for customer information annually, according to aggregate data gathered by the federal privacy commissioner in 2011.
Rogers has gone a step further by issuing the so-called transparency report on co-operation with law enforcement.
"Our customers' privacy is important to us and that is why we are issuing this report," Engelhart says in the report. "We believe more transparency is helpful and encourage the government of Canada to issue its own report on these requests."
An informal coalition — including The University of Toronto's Citizen Lab, academics and civil liberties organizations — said in March that Canadians have only a vague understanding of how, why, and how often companies have disclosed information to government agencies.
This week the coalition received an updated response from Internet provider TekSavvy Solutions — one of Rogers' smaller competitors — saying it received 52 requests from government authorities in 2012 and 2013. It made 17 disclosures related to criminal investigations and denied the remaining 35.
Christopher Parsons, a postdoctoral fellow with The Citizen Lab, said the Rogers and TekSavvy reports are "positive steps in the right direction."
He singled out TekSavvy's response as "the gold standard" for company transparency on handling of subscriber information due to the extensive detail in its report.
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A Mississauga-based developer likes Manitoba so much it's planning to spend $100 million over five years on new commercial developments in the province.
Kothari Developments Inc. got the ball rolling last year with the construction of a new six-storey Hampton Inn by Hilton Winnipeg hotel on Berry Street near Winnipeg's Richardson International Airport.
Now, less than six weeks after the hotel opened its doors, the company has embarked on its second project — a new 52-unit condominium development planned for the corner of St. Mary's Road and Van Hull Way, in south St. Vital.
Company president Anupam Kothari said construction of its Van Hull Place condo complex is expected to get underway this fall or next spring and will take about a year to complete.
Although the company needs to pre-sell at least 40 per cent of the units before the project can proceed, Kothari said that shouldn't be a problem.
He and company vice-president Nizar Mawani said the hotel and condo project will account for about $35 million of the $100 million the company plans to spend, leaving $65 million to spend over the next three years on other projects.
Those projects could include one or two more condo developments — they're looking at potential sites in Transcona and southwest Winnipeg — one or two more hotels or perhaps a small retail development.
And the company isn't limiting itself to just the Winnipeg market. It's also looking at development opportunities in Brandon, Thompson and Winkler.
"We'd love to build a new brand-name hotel in Brandon," Kothari said. "We're actively searching for land now, and if we find the right property, we'll probably start construction in the next 24 months."
They also think Thompson could use a brand-name hotel, so they're looking at potential sites there.
Although the company originally expected to build two or three new hotels in Winnipeg, Kothari said those plans are on hold until they see how the market responds to the two or three other new hotels under construction or in the works in the city.
"I believe that Winnipeg, with all of the new supply coming on... probably needs a 24-month break (from any more new hotel development)," Kothari said. "But there will be a time when they will need more rooms. So probably in two or three years we'll start looking at possibly doing another hotel here."
Although there are lots of new condos being built, Kothari and Mawani said with the ongoing economic and population growth Manitoba is enjoying, there's still room for more multi-family residential development.
They said Manitoba's diversified economy and steady growth are some of the reasons Kothari Developments expanded into the Manitoba market in 2011. But they're not the only ones.
"We wanted to diversify our portfolio. Rather than just being in Ontario, we wanted to move west into Manitoba and Saskatchewan," Mawani said. "And we decided to continue (investing) in Manitoba because Manitoba still needs more outside investment."
"It's also the fundamental strength of the market. It's the hard-working people, the friendly people and the entrepreneurial spirit here," Kothari said.
Although the company is prepared to proceed on its own new projects, Mawani said its preference would be to partner with local investors or developers who may have suitable properties or a good idea for a project, but lack the financial resources to develop it on their own.
He said the benefits of teaming up with local players is they're familiar with the market and may already have a good network of contacts here. He noted a local investor, whom he declined to name, partnered with the company on both the Hampton Inn and Van Hull Place projects.
Kothari said the Van Hull Place development will feature 16 one-bedroom condos and 36 two-bedroom units. The condos will range in size from 600 square feet to 1,100 sq. ft., and will be priced at between $170,000 to $300,000.
He said the price, coupled with their plan to equip each unit with higher-end finishes such as stone countertops, nine-foot ceilings and stainless steel appliances, should enable the company to achieve its pre-sell target.
"The sweet spot (in the Winnipeg condo market) is $220,000 to $230,000. But if you're selling for under $300,000 in Winnipeg, you don't have a problem."
Further information about the Van Hull Place project can be found at: www.vanhullplace.ca.
Know of any newsworthy or interesting trends or developments in the local office, retail, or industrial real estate sectors? Let real estate reporter Murray McNeill know at the email address below, or at 204-697-7254.
Here's the skinny on Kothari Developments Inc.:
-- A member of Mississauga, Ont. -based Kothari Group, which is owned by the Kothari family and included two other companies -- Mercury Mortgages and Orchid Leasing.
-- The parent company started out in 1996 investing in retail developments through it's development arm, Kothari Developments.
-- In 2002, it expanded into the mortgage financing business with the launch of Mercury Mortgages, and in 2008 Kothari Developments branched out into the hotel business with the development of a Four Points Sheraton hotel in Cambridge, Ont.
-- Source: Anupam Kothari, president of Kothari Developments Inc.
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NAVARRE � As darkness fell on a cold and rainy night just north of Navarre Beach, a Ford pickup truck with a man�s body inside was retrieved from the bottom of the East River.
NAVARRE � The Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office has identified that man pulled from the East River on Monday.
Justin Diel, 39, of Navarre was killed after his Ford pickup truck went to the bottom of the river. Rescue workers, including the Santa Rosa County Sheriff�s Office dive team, spent much of Monday working to pull the truck from about 16 feet of water where visibility was less than a foot.
Sheriff�s Office spokesman Rich Aloy confirmed that a call of �a vehicle going into the water� had come into the county dispatch center at shortly after noon.
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�Somebody saw the vehicle speeding into the water,� Aloy said.
That somebody is believed to be a witness to what had happened. Aloy said the witness was removed by deputies from the scene of the incident and questioned at another location.
The truck, a larger model Ford, went in nose first, Aloy said.
By 3:30 p.m., dive team members, working in 65 degree water and against strong currents, had located the truck and attached a cable to it.
Efforts to pull the vehicle out with a conventional-sized tow truck failed a handful of times before it was decided to bring in a bigger truck.
By the time the second truck arrived, near sunset, a crowd of about 30 onlookers had gathered on the bridge over the East River to watch the rescue effort.
Two divers had to enter the water after the sun went down to reattach cables, but the second truck had no trouble dragging it off the mucky bottom.
Only after the truck was brought up, with visibility underwater having been so poor, could Aloy confirm a death had occurred.
�We have one fatality,� he said.
Although suicide was mentioned as a possible finding when the cause of death is eventually determined, that could not be confirmed until the death is thoroughly investigated.
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The Jacksonville Jaguars have found a new running back.
NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport reported Tuesday night that Toby Gerhart has signed a three-year deal worth $10.5 million with $4.5 million guaranteed, according to a source informed of the deal.
Gerhart joins the Jags after spending the past four seasons backing up Adrian Peterson with the Minnesota Vikings. Gerhart's arrival is the surest sign yet that Maurice Jones-Drew's time with the Jaguars is up.
Gerhart is unproven, but has shown flashes of ability when given the opportunity in Minnesota. Listed as one of Chris Wesseling's top 10 bargains entering free agency, Gerhart has averaged 19 touches and 99.4 yards from scrimmage in eight games relieving Peterson as the feature back.
Gerhart finished last season with 283 yards on 36 carries and a robust 7.9 yards per rush average. In 276 career carries, he's rushed for 1,305 yards and five touchdowns.
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Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Isn't It Ironic? Don't Ya Think?
Why do we choose pseudonyms? What do they give us? What kinds of anxieties can they cause? How does one manage two identities - one "real" and one invented? (Or is all identity invented, blah blah blah, but I'm not talking about that right now.)
I suppose this brought me back to thinking about how 19th century novelists like Charlotte Bronte or George Eliot (whom we still know by the pseudonym, which I think is incredibly interesting, especially since we "know" it's not a man, except for I didn't know it was a woman when I had to do a book report on The Mill on the Floss as a senior in high school and, whoa, was I surprised when I found out I wasn't reading a male author) used pseudonyms.
Why choose to take a male name?
Why choose to take a name like Dr. Crazy or Bitch, Ph.D. or New Kid or Profgrrrl or Bardiac or Anastasia, or Horace, or Scrivener?
What do the names that we choose say about us? Why do we choose them? Why do we work to protect them? What power is there in a pseudonym, and what weakness?
Many have written about bloggers who use pseudonyms as doing so out of fear. Many have also noted that many bloggers (though not all) who use pseudonyms are women.
To counter this, many who use pseudonyms (including me) have talked about doing so in order to gain a certain kind of "freedom" in their writing.
Isn't this juxtaposition of fear and freedom exactly the same juxtaposition that we see with writers like Charlotte Bronte? We have Jane and we have Bertha - the good girl with some rebellious tendencies that must be mastered and the madwoman who must remain behind closed doors. Isn't this exactly what a pseudonym offers? The ability both to be good and to be mad (or bad)?
I've written about choosing this pseudonym in terms of feminism just recently. And I know I've written, whether on this blog or my previous one about pseudonyms generally. I suppose what's interesting to me in light of my recent gaffe, in light of my recent talk, is the ways in which pseudonyms allow us to move inside of certain kinds of discourse without certain kinds of repercussions. And yet, we're never without repercussions, right? We're never, ultimately, outside of power. So why even bother?
Clearly we all get something out of the pseudonym. But what, ultimately, do we get? On the one hand there is a constant fear of detection. If one, in fact, expects that one can get away without being detected. On the other, we get a certain kind of freedom to say whatever we want. Except for that's not quite right, either, since of course, once we build an online identity, it's as constraining as a real life one. As Dr. Crazy, I can't really say anything. I can say some things. Within the confines of this persona. Yes, this persona evolved when I moved addresses. Yet, just as Dr. Realname "means" something to people, so, too, does Dr. Crazy. Is there really more "freedom" with the pseudonym? Probably not. So then why? What is the payoff? Is it just a game? Is fear of getting caught part of the fun? Or is it something else that motivates us?
I don't have the answers here. I do know that I'm careless when it comes to protecting my real life identity. I have been since I started blogging. It's never been tremendously difficult for people to figure out who I am. I cared in my former space, about this carelessness; I don't really care about it at reassignedtime.blogspot.com. Carelessness, I know, from things I do in my real life, is to some extent a part of who I am. Part of what that means is that I need to deal with the consequences of my carelessness, but it also means that I have a certain fearlessness, which doesn't really go with the "I'm not blogging under my own name" profile. So if I'm not afraid, why be Dr. Crazy? If I'm not hiding something, why bother with the facade?
Maybe this has been the question for all writers who've written pseudonymously. Or maybe it's just my question. But at the end of the day, I think that maybe all of the anxiety over naming doesn't really mean much. Maybe we all exaggerate the importance of our "real" identities, or of our "pseudonymous" identities or of both in conjunction.
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Interesting post. :) It's fun meeting the people behind the pseudonym. Reading and discovering who that person is and looking for clues to why hey chose the nic or how the person's personality emerges. Would it be as fun if we all used conventional names (though, what's the defination of conventional?)...Sue or Anne or Kevin or Steve? Hmmmm Yes! But the nics sure would be missed. (of course there are Steves' and Sues' nics etc I'm sure!)
Ah, this topic is interesting...I'm going to continue my thoughts at my blog.
Thanks Dr. Crazy!
- Nik said...
I like Joy's comment that some of the purpose behind pseudonymity is the adventure of detection.
Yesterday, when I saw the Dean Dad had linked to my blog, I was excited to be invited into the club. But then I got nervous that I'd be revealed because I'm not at all careful--in fact, I don't think I am anonymous at all. But your post made me ask "And so what if the connections are made?" What do I have to say as Otterbutt that I wouldn't say as me? At this point, even if my students discovered who I was, I wouldn't be too distressed.
- ceresina said...
"On the other, we get a certain kind of freedom to say whatever we want."
Maybe it's that it's a different kind of freedom, to say something else? That is, we're free to say A but not B as Realperson, but as Pseudonym, we can say B -- but not A. (I thought Mortimer Brezny had a useful take on pseudonyms, in his comment on the post you linked to.)
- Hilaire said...
Dunno what to say beyond, "I love this post." Such good questions to think about.
- prefer not to say said...
You get the freedom to say whatever you want, but not the power to claim it.
In that light, psuedonymous blogging is an extraordinarily generous undertaking -- giving your thoughts to the world, and yet not getting back anything that a traditionally constructed author might give.
This allows for a meditative space in which you work to recognize what you "get back" (encouragement from your commenters, a discovery of your "own" voice -- or *A* voice at any rate, freedom to say all kinds of things we never can say in academic writing, a warm-up exercise [at least I think once New Kid OTH described this as one reward of blogging]) -- a space in which things that don't traditionally "count" as rewards get to count.
But remember -- behind namelessness isn't just fear or freedom, but also extraordinary generosity. Without a name, you don't have to keep showing up for us every day, but you still do. Without a name you could put up half-baked boring posts, but you don't.
All this talk about freedom and fear and women and powerlessness never seems to take into account the fundamental generosity of pseudonymous blogging. We can account for all the negative, self-protective factors. What we can't account for is why you keep doing this in a way that significantly benefits us.
- Dr. Virago said...
What a great post, Dr. C. And it might interest you to know, on topic, that Berube just refered to you in his latest post as the blogger *formerly* known as Dr. Crazy (perhaps because he doesn't know you've only moved, not retired). So clearly, your secret is so safe with him he didn't even know you're still Crazy after all this time! (Hee!)
And I loved Prefer Not to Say's response, too. It *is* generous, isn't it? And you're one of the most generous bloggers out there.
On that note, sorry I haven't been around in the comments lately! So much good stuff to catch up on!
- New Kid on the Hallway said...
prefer not to say's comment is really lovely - in itself a generous reading of blogging, focusing on what it brings to others instead of the fundamentally selfish reasons why I do it!
And I'll add another reason why I chose a pseudonym: to fit into a community that I wanted to join. It just seemed to me a norm of that community. (Okay, we can tell that I'm a conformist, right?)
- Dr. Crazy said...
PNTS - Thank you so much for that lovely comment. It's so funny, I don't usually think of it as being generous because I get so much out of it. But I'm so glad others get something out of it, too.
Dr. V - I actually kind of like being the blogger formerly known as Crazy - it makes me more like Prince :) But I saw that you alerted him in the comments, and that was cool of you - I'd never have done it myself.
NK - That's one of the reasons I started with a pseudonym, too! All the cool kids were doing it!
Nik said:
"I like Joy's comment that some of the purpose behind pseudonymity is the adventure of detection."
I wasn't specifically meaning detection of the real life identity in my comment. I really mean, it's fun to learn about that person. It's like making your own impression beyond the normal face to face interactions we have with people in person. It's an adventure in it's own right.
I wrote more about my own nickname/ ideas (I'm sorry, I don't know how to do the back link thing..)
Or just click on my name and follow to my blog.
grrrrr to the cut and pasting of the url above....!
- Professor Zero said...
"2. I don't want to feel like this needs to be a space on which I write only "professional" material. I know - male academics write blogs under their own names and they don't stick only to "professional" topics. But let me tell you: I've got no model for that in terms of a woman doing it, and so until I become brave enough to be a pioneer in this regard, well, I will continue to stay Crazy."
This is interesting and true, and it is why I wouldn't blog under my own name, either, even if I wanted to. I have the distinct feeling I wouldn't get away with it ... even if I didn't change my content, which is not particularly libelous or anything, at all.
- Another Damned Medievalist said...
I blog under a pseudonym so my cats don't know what I'm up to. On a more serious note, though, I've never tried to figure our who any of my pseudonymous blog colleagues are. I'm not as careful as I could be, but it just seems to me that, if a person uses a pseudonym, it's just good manners to treat that as a boundary.
P.S. I've outed myself to a couple of other bloggers, because I saw they were coming here, and a couple have done the same to me. Otherwise: the point of a pseudonym is, it's a persona. It can be fun to meet the person behind it if that happens, but what I'm interested in is the writing itself, and the writing persona, not in "figuring out who it is."
I've got commentators b****ing about the fact that I have a pseudonym and do not say exactly where I am. (Come on, most don't reveal.) They say, how can anyone take an opinion of mine, expressed on the blog, seriously, if I won't say where I really am? !!! The funny thing is that, although I don't really want everyone to know I have the blog, my MAIN reason for having the pseudonym is to develop a certain voice, NOT to talk as just me. I'm not hiding, I'm just ... developing.
- kgkgub said...
The most Irony I find in pseudonyms is the fear people use to create an outlet, and a justification of such an acquired fear. Maybe the people these people treasure the most, are the ones who know truth in its entirety of the individual, and truth can not be defined through our small conscious efforts to obtain such beyond ourselves and our own beliefs... I would say if we were to personally write an opinion in a public location under a pseudonym, it would be much easier, what's truly easy, are we making it too easy for our own personal potential?
Irony I find is the fact that as our bodies grow we find insecurity and instability in our beliefs stemmed from fear of societies inability to accept us, yet we continue to justify such and we await to one day when .."if only I wasn't such a coward". Are we purely talking from our hearts or heads? Does not ones actions remain stronger. Are we not all a bundling ball of rage, it's the humanity and humility another appreciates, because we all know it is so hard to tell the complete and utterly painful truth.
It would be a much easier to here a truth in its entirety, yet not all is easy. We can't control others, only ourselves. How much do we want to look back at and say I wish I had done it differently? I understand using a pseudonym for a means of self protection, While a logical sense of fear need be in place, we need not fret over such small issues as whether so and so, could connect such dots leading to our "true identity". If we are to write something publicly behind a keyboard is that not a sense of fear itself? Fearless is the blogger who posts so much personal information openly and willingly? Rather Naïve, trusting of a much crueler and harsher society in which ended in initial prediction of where fears be placed by those a victim to such insignificant definitions.. Why is it so difficult to hold not a definition of someone, we define everything by shallow little letters, when can we define something out of a sense of compassion instead, and fear not our own sense of compassion? We all seem to walk our own understanding of the rough and troublous road, whether anyone's is greater or lesser makes no difference to a character, it the idea behind the point. We are what we eat though and everything seems to be sour in society when we fear opinions and do not realize they are as we.
In case the point is not clear, it seems falling outside such a comfort zone enables a possibility for learning. Although the lesson may have its positives and negatives, it's a lesson all the same, maybe a progressive continuous lesson, yet a fearless and fearful lesson, we must be fearful of our previous choices, in a sense that we choose to lower our pride and question ourselves, learning. This occurs for everyone before we can act upon appropriate correction to those affected by such. To say an individual should hold fear from such a situation may be accurate, yet to assume the negatives of the individuals own situation in another public situation is an attempt to redeem a sense of lost power, and self identity behind a discovered identity.
Where is the maturity in intellect, with no regards to what the fear of time has lead us to, and a strength to over come such a heightening hurdle to such things, we continue our strife to extend? People are patterns, it takes a self conscious effort for change. Strength is not defined by other opinions, maybe a egotistic sense of strength. Strength is defined through the people who willingly choose too support us and raise our tattered hopes, acquiring a lesson of strength in belief.
Something important to consider, the irrelevant reasons of why someone would choose to consider our feelings. What's the reason? Assuming an initial impersonal stance, I do believe is fearful, yet a strong stance at that. Not a single wicked or warped person to pick the pieces of such precious thought, or to get behind deceiving wall. This must be fear.
Change is initial shock, what understanding follows such a shock, except that derived from whatever firmest of beliefs are?
Are we confined to patterns that we choose to acquire at such a young age? The age where we are taught what we believe the rest of our lives, after shock, (occurring in all our lives), which qualities do we find worthy of expressing in a public place? And if we so boldly express such an opinion to acquire a voice (strongly agree with the poster of comment subject), but why not use the voice to its complete and total ends of honesty if we have confidence in the words we write?
I aquire a voice when I write, but one I can use as a peice of thought to build off of... much as developing, yet for me to meet my ends of correct humility it must be an an honest writting.
I Appreciated this blog post, no b****ing intended, just a thought to a thought.


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This is such a great interview!! I love it. Love the convo between Dante and Heather in the beginning. hehe....
I need to catch up on this series! I loved the character interview. They're always so fun!
Hello, ive never read any of theses books,But i would love to
Love the books! I haven't read the last one yet, it's definitely on my list! Can't wait to see what you do with the characters next. :)
miarizzo at gmail dot com
Thanks so much for your comments, Clary, Meggerfly, LorettaLynn, and Mizz Rizz. Glad you enjoyed the interview!
Wonderful interview Adrian and nice to see the boys behaving themselves *cough cough* Heather always great to hear from you.
They are right though about New Orleans and the French Quarter just a little warning the drinks are all alcohol so you may do a little stumbling and watch out for the guys that walk up to you and try kissing you.
Please do not enter me in the contest I have all of Adrian's books.
Oh, please tell me this giveaway is open internationally! :)
Heh, Dante and Heather sound like a really 'sweet' couple! LOL Would love to read their story.
cris_mv at hotmail dot com
Loved this interview and as much as I LOVE Dante and Heather I must say.......Von is soooooooo getting my attention!!! Love this book series-it just keeps getting better :)
Great interview!!
I have not read any of this series yet. But I would like too!
Maria, yes, the contest is open internationally. My apology for forgetting to mention that!
Thanks so much, Annette!! HUGS!
*shakes head, laughing* gotta love those two boys...but they keep us all on our toes and we love you, adrian, for bringing them both to us...and heather, hats off to you, hon...and stop by sometime for a drink, you know you're always welcome *winks*
and i too have all the books, some even in triplicate *grins* love you hon!
Love the interview! But especially the drop in with Von. I just love that nomad. ::sigh:
Don't include me in the contest! I have all the books and think EVERYONE should read them!
Gotta love Dante and Heather always, but throw in a little Von...it gets a little spicier!
Congrats Adrian your writing is like a fine wine it only gets better as you go! Looking forward to the next in this series & Black Heart Loa. Ok so we all know what book I am waiting for...Lucien.
~ Heather
VON! *tackles and squishes* I am so glad your here! I just love you! You rock! Great interview by the way! *smiles and bats eyelashes at Von*
Great interview! Look forward to reading the series.
My computer is suffering from a bad case of the hickups, so I don't know it my comment posted or not.
Sigh I really love the accents and I absolutely love settings in New Orleans. Not sure who I like more Dante or Von.
That was a fun interview, especially when Von popped in.
I think Von just might steal me away from Dante!!!!
I loved it truly. I think Dante and Heather are perfect for each other. I really love the way they talk to each other, me and my friends talk the same way minus the accents.
I love these character interviews. Will there be a spin off series of other characters?
Just leaving my love for y'all, Dante, Heather,Von, and Adrian!!!
Big hugs forever!!!
Kerstin :)=
I never laughed so hard with an interview!! LOL
Oh, my.... a man speaking french and murder... how much hotter can he get? LOL
He's totally my favorite 'hero' type... bad boy on the outside, somehow soft on the inside. And tattoos+piercings+singer+accent!!! GAH! (faints)
Thank you for making it international. :)
kah_cherub at hotmail dot com
Adrian your series really sounds good. I can't wait to read it. What other series have your wrote? Do you have any suggestions for someone who would like to write a book? Please enter me in contest. email@example.com
Big thanks to Conn, DB, and Heather! All three of you are awesome and I really appreciate the support!
Dante and Von send kisses (and, yes, Heather's okay with that. LOL)
Hellions rule!!
Keep the bar open, Conn!
Adrian- This looks like a wonderful series. I've heard so many great things about it. I'm looking so forward to reading it.
Heather, thanks! I hope to do a prequel series on Lucien featuring his time in Gehenna, his adventures throughout time up until he meets Dante's mother and we find out where he was the first 18 years of Dante's life.
Debbie, Von says: Oof! Hey, doll! Good to see you and you look damned fine batting those eyelashes. *winks*
Thanks so much, Monica!
BHLMistress, No worries, you can play with both. ;)
Thanks so much for your support!
Patricia Lynne,
Glad you enjoyed the interview. Von just buffed his nails against his shirt and said: "Just keeping it real, darlin'."
I loved the interview and I'd love to win one of the Maker's Song books. I have several in the series, but still need some of them (and Black Dust Mambo).
Barbed1951 at aol dot com
Glad you enjoyed the interview, BookJunkie!
Hi Wade2121,
I'd like to do a book about Von at some point and I think it'd take several to tell Lucien's story (given that he's Fallen), but otherwise, no spinoff series planned. At this point anyway. :)
Big hugs back, Kerstin! Thanks for dropping by!
Glad you enjoyed the interview, Karla! And, yeah, I love a man who speaks Cajun too! ;)
Thanks so much! I hope you enjoy the books once you pick them up.
I also have the Cajun Hoodoo series (Black Dust Mambo and Black Heart Loa) about a fiery hoodoo apprentice in the Louisiana bayous.
The most important suggestion I can make as far as writing goes is: Sit down and write a story and finish it. Write every day, even if it is only for half an hour. And always follow your heart. Write what YOU would like to read.
Best wishes!
So glad you enjoyed the interview, Barbara! Thanks for dropping by!
The interview was fun and I really enjoyed the laid back Dante & Heather & Von too:-)
I don't remember how I found your books, but I'm so glad I did. I can't wait to see what happens next. I feel like I'm right there with Heather & Dante. Thank you for such a great series.
gsryley (at) gmail dot com
Great interview! Always love hearing from Dante & Heather and most of all Von *grins*
Really enjoyed EIB and waiting very impatiently for the next book - so get back to writing Adrian! LOL
This was a really fun interview to read. Sadly I haven't started reading these books yet (they have been sitting on my shelves for what feel like forever) but I;m really looking forward to them as soon as I find some spare time.
Thanks for the giveaway!
whitewolfreads AT gmail DOT com
Great interview! I just bought a copy of A Rush of Wings and I can't wait to get into the series.
elainareads AT aol DOT com
What a great interview, put a big smile on my face. Such a great read, really enjoyed the song by the way. Can Von pull off eyeliner though? Can't have a mustache and eyeliner, too much to focus on LOL! Thanks for the giveaway, would loved a signed copy of one of these. So amazing.
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What a fun interview! :) I haven't started this series yet, but I can't wait until I do! Awesome giveaway!
brilliant dot love at hotmail dot com
Loved the interview. My question is, if this series were made into a film version, who do you see playing the main characters?
No I am definitely NOT going to buy this book !
However I shall keep an eye out for Dante and Heather's book about the lives and loves of that lovable character Adrian Phoenix. Pity she is only a fictional character.
Carol T
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I must admit I haven't read any of your books yet. Thanks for the chance to win a copy!
spamscape [at] gmail [dot] com
Have read all of Club Hell with Dante and Heather and friends.
Love them. Talk about exciting! Have not begun the Dark Mambo series yet. Would like to check it out.
Just wanted to stop in and show my love for Adrian , Dante , Von and heather .. I know I'm a bit late it's been a busy weekend. Love the interview as always adrian you rock!
Do not need to entered in the contest just wanted to support you guys..
Awesome interview! Loved hearing from Dante, Heather, and Von. Quite intrigued about hearing more about Lucien also. Love your style Adrian!
Forgot to leave e-mail...
Thanks so much for your comments and support, everyone! I truly appreciate it and I'm glad y'all enjoyed the interview. :)
mbreakfield: I think unknowns would have to play the roles. I can't think of any current actors who would fit the bill. ;)
Great Interview! I love these things! I'm going to link back to you from my blog on my review for this book - Wish I owned it :)
Awesome interview! I love Dante and the gang... especially Von!
Great interview. Im still catching up. Looking forward to reading more though.
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Currently Rasmussen Reports has Mitt Romney leading President Obama 47%-43% among likely voters, while Gallup has Obama's approval/disapproval at 43/49 and Romney leading Obama 47%-45%. So evidently Obama's partial immigration amnesty wasn't the political master stroke that many in the media called it. Today it was Romney's turn to make his case to Hispanics, before the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials in Orlando. Romney's approach was, I think, smart. Rather than pandering to Hispanics as an interest group, he included them in the message he is taking to all voters:
Three and a half years [after President Obama took office], over 23 million Americans are out of work, underemployed or have just quit looking for work. At a time when we should be gaining momentum, we're losing it. Job growth has slowed and this week, we learned that the number of job openings has fallen again.
Hispanics have been hit disproportionately hard. While national unemployment is still above 8%, Hispanic unemployment is at 11%.
The middle class has been crushed under President Obama. More Americans are living in poverty today than at any point in history. Over two million more Hispanics are living in poverty today than the day President Obama took office.
Home values have plunged, our national debt is at record levels and families are buried under higher prices for food and gasoline.
And yet our President says the private sector is doing fine. This is more than a policy failure; it is a moral failure. …
Tomorrow, President Obama will speak here, for the first time since his last campaign. He may admit that he hasn't kept every promise. And he'll probably say that, even though you aren't better off today than you were four years ago, things could be worse. He'll imply that you really don't have an alternative. He's taking your vote for granted.
I've come here today with a simple message: You do have an alternative. Your vote should be respected. And your voice is more important now than ever before.
This November, we'll make a choice. We can continue along the path we're on – or we can choose a better way.
Instead of continuing with the policies of the last three and a half years, we can revitalize our free-enterprise economy. We can lead the world in what we invent and build and create. And let me make this very clear—this is the only way we can strengthen the middle class. And this is the only way we can create sustained prosperity. Raising taxes to grow government does not grow the middle class.
Today, I am asking you to join me because, while we may not agree on everything, we share the same goal, the same vision, and the same belief in American greatness that draws so many to our shores. Liberty's torch can burn just as brightly for future generations of immigrants as it has burned for immigrants past.
We know our kids can't succeed if they're trapped in failing schools. That's why, as President, I will give the parents of every low-income and special-needs student the chance to choose where their child goes to school. When it comes to education, a choice for every parent means a chance for every child.
An effective immigration system can also strengthen our economy, as it has since the nation's founding.
Unfortunately, despite his promises, President Obama has failed to address immigration reform.
For two years, this President had huge majorities in the House and Senate – he was free to pursue any policy he pleased. But he did nothing to advance a permanent fix for our broken immigration system. Instead, he failed to act until facing a tough re-election and trying to secure your vote.
Last week, the President finally offered a temporary measure that he seems to think will be just enough to get him through the election. After three and a half years of putting every issue from loan guarantees for his donors to Cash For Clunkers before immigration, now the President has been seized by an overwhelming need to do what he could have done on Day One. I think you deserve better.
Some people have asked if I will let stand the President's executive action. The answer is that I will put in place my own long-term solution that will replace and supersede the President's temporary measure.
As President, I won't settle for a stop-gap measure. I will work with Republicans and Democrats to find a long-term solution. I will prioritize measures that strengthen legal immigration and make it easier. And I will address the problem of illegal immigration in a civil but resolute manner. We may not always agree, but when I make a promise to you, I will keep it.
Let me speak to a few principles that will guide me.
As I have said many times, it is critical that we redouble our efforts to secure the borders. That means both preventing illegal border crossings and making it harder to illegally overstay a visa. We should field enough border patrol agents, complete a high-tech fence, and implement an improved exit verification system.
Our immigration system should help promote strong families, not keep them apart. Our nation benefits when moms and dads and their kids are all living together under the same roof. But, today, too many families are caught in a broken system that costs them time and money and entangles them in red tape. For those seeking to come to America the right way, that kind of bureaucratic nightmare has to end. And we can do this with just a few common-sense reforms.
As President, I will reallocate Green Cards to those seeking to keep their families under one roof. We will exempt from caps the spouses and minor children of legal permanent residents. And we will eliminate other forms of bureaucratic red tape that keep families from being together.
Immigration reform is not just a moral imperative, but an economic necessity as well. Immigrants with advanced degrees start companies, create jobs, and drive innovation at a high rate. Immigrants founded or cofounded nearly half of our 50 top venture-backed companies. They are nearly 30 percent more likely to start a business. And that kind of risk taking is something we need more than ever because new business starts are now at a 30-year low.
I will work with states and employers to update our temporary worker visa program so that it meets our economic needs.
And if you get an advanced degree here, we want you to stay here – so we will staple a green card to your diploma. We want the best and brightest to enrich the nation through the jobs and technologies they will help create.
We also have a strong tradition in this country of honoring immigrants who join our military and put their lives on the line to keep this country safe. Since September 11, 2001, the United States has naturalized almost 75,000 members of the Armed Forces. Too many of these patriots died on distant battlefields for our freedom before receiving full citizenship here in the country they called "home."
As President, I will stand for a path to legal status for anyone who is willing to stand up and defend this great nation through military service. Those who have risked their lives in defense of America have earned the right to make their life in America.
But improving access to legal immigration is only one part of the equation. We must also make legal immigration more attractive than illegal immigration, so that people are rewarded for waiting patiently in line. That's why my administration will establish a strong employment verification system so that every business can know with confidence that the people it hires are legally eligible for employment.
I'm a receptive audience, of course, but that strikes me as a pretty effective pitch.


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Belgium — Kristin Armstrong turned in another strong result for her USA National Team at the Women's Tour of Flanders Sunday, riding her Felt F1 to a second-place finish. Armstrong conquered the steep cobblestone climbs of the 127.4km race through northern Belgium, repeating her second-place finish here in 2008.
"It makes me feel good," said Armstrong, who rides for the Exergy2012 team and has her sights set on the 2012 London Olympics. "I have to come in strong to show that I can race in Europe. This is just one more step towards selection."
The race was marked by a number of early attacks on the legendary climbs that were lined with screaming fans. Armstrong's teammate Carmen Small McNellis was first to strike on the decisive Kwaremont climb, setting up Armstrong to make her move. When she did, only German Judith Arndt could respond. The two broke away and fought it out at the finish, where Armstrong took a strong second place.


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Lord Krishna or Shri Krishna is most often worshipped in the forms of:
- Bal Krishna (An infant)
- Gopala (A mischievous young boy)
- Vasudeva (A human-being evolved to the stage of God-hood)
- Yogeshwar (One who has realized the Ultimate Self)
Describing the different forms Lord Krishna is worshipped in, Param Pujya Dadashri said, "Some have labeled Him 'The One with a flute'; some call Him 'The One with Gopis.' But Lord Krishna cannot be fully understood that way."
Beyond the above-mentioned forms, Param Pujya Dadashri explained that Lord Krishna was a manifested God living in continuous awareness and an exalted Self-realized stage; He was a Vasudeva Narayan, a Yogeshwar, and one of the 64 Shalaka Purusha (one with super-human abilities and achievements).
Have a look at below 360 degree panoramic view of Lord Krishna who is on the right side of the Temple:
The Essence of the Bhagavad Gita
As Arjun's guide on the Mahabharata battlefield, it was Lord Krishna's duty to address his (Arjun's) despondency. In order to do so, the Lord began by revealing His true, divine Self:
"Arjun, you have known Me for a long time, yet you haven't known Me in the true sense. What you see before you is My physical body, not the true Self. I am separate from this body. I am Atma (the Self)."
"Material" and "Packing"
Param Pujya Dadashri elaborated that, "Lord Krishna said, 'The 'material' within is precisely what I am - that actually is Krishna.' You will find what you are searching for if you recognize Him (beyond the "packing" of the body). The entire inner intent of Shri Krishna is contained within these two words (material and packing)."
Using the subject of death to further illustrate this, Param Pujya Dadashri explained that what departs at the time of death is the inner "material" (Atma, or the Self), and what remains behind is the discarded "packing" of the body. While Lord Krishna's "packing" was of Vasudeva Narayan, there are infinite varieties of packing for the living beings of the world – plant-forms, animal-forms, the human-form, etc.
Remain in the Awareness of the Self Within All
Guiding further, Lord Krishna enlightened Arjun with the knowledge of the Self existing within Him, and within all living beings – including those he (Arjun) must now face in battle.
"Just as I am Atma (the Self), you too are Atma. The brothers, uncles, teachers, and friends whom you are facing in the battle are also Atma."
Shri Krishna continued, "Arjun, this battle is your karmic destiny, and you must carry it out with the awareness of the Atma within all. If you remain in this awareness and fight the war, you will not bind any new karma and your remaining karmas will exhaust. This will lead to ultimate salvation."


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Emails Offer New Details on IRS Targeting
Documents Suggest Lower-Level Workers Were Behind Scrutiny of Conservative Groups; Head of Unit Refuses to Testify
WASHINGTON—Emails and other documents released Wednesday suggest the Internal Revenue Service's procedures used to target conservative groups for added scrutiny were developed by lower-level employees.
Republican lawmakers seized on the emails—written in 2011 about decisions made in 2010—as evidence that they were kept in the dark about the practice far too long. The Treasury Department inspector general's office overseeing the IRS received the internal emails in July 2012, but didn't issue a report condemning the practice...