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- Enter the Overseer's office.
- Use the Overseer's computer to access the secret tunnel.
- Open the Vault door.
- Bobby Pin (x15)
- 10mm Pistol (M)
- 10mm Rounds (M)
- BB Gun, BB Rounds (x50)
- Baseball
- Baseball Glove
- Baseball Bat
- Grognak the Barbarian
- Pre-War Baseball Cap
- Vault 101 Jumpsuit (M)
- Vault 101 Utility Jumpsuit (M)
- Vodka (M), Pencil (M)
- Shot Glass (M)
- Radroach Meat (M)
- Drinking Glass (M)
- Cup (M), Glass Pitcher (M)
- Medical Clipboard (M)
- Clipboard (M), Conductor (x2)
- Sensor Module (x2)
- Wonderglue (x2)
- Turpentine (x2)
- Scrap Metal
- Eyeglasses
- Note From Dad
- Stimpak (x4)
- Vault Lab Uniform
- Tinted Reading Glasses
- Vault 101 Security Armor (M)
- Vault 101 Security Helmet (M)
- 5mm Rounds (M)
- Pre-War Money (M)
Part 1[edit]
As soon as this mission begins, your friend Amata will stir you awake suddenly. An alarm is buzzing frantically, and your friend seems nervous. She'll tell you that things have gone wrong. The Overseer and his goons are on a rampage. They've killed Jonas, and your father James has left the Vault completely, something nobody does, and something that no one seems realistically capable to even do in the first place. Scared for your safety, your friend hands over ten Bobby Pins with which to pick locks, a 10mm Pistol to protect yourself with, and thirty-six 10mm Rounds with which to load the firearm with. Then, giving you further instructions, she thereafter heads off.
You'll hear scurrying outside of your bedroom, but you should take the time to first explore your bedroom. On your desk, you'll find your BB Gun and fifty BB Rounds, as well as a Baseball, Baseball Glove, and most importantly out of the three related items, a Baseball Bat. Also check your dresser, which will contain Grognak the Barbarian, a Pre-War Baseball Cap, two Vault 101 Jumpsuits and a Vault 101 Utility Jumpsuit. Before heading out of your bedroom, be sure to equip the baseball hat and the utility jumpsuit for some minor statistical boosts, as well as the pistol. Why? Well, the latter will be used to slay the lone security officer outside of your room that's being attacked by bugs. Make sure to aim for the head for a quick kill.
As you proceed, you'll encounter some bathrooms and more empty corridors. There's nothing of any interest in the corridors or the bathrooms, that is until you run into your old "friend" Butch. Butch is freaking out because his mother is under attack by Radroaches. You can choose to do something about it or do nothing about it; that's the inherent beauty of a game like Fallout 3. What did we choose to do? Well after giving Butch a hard time, we agreed to help his mom. As he ran back towards her, we then put a bullet in the back of his head, killing him instantly. Hey -- we haven't forgotten the abuse from our childhood. But you can choose to do whatever you want!
Approach the two rooms where Butch and his mom were staying. If you arrive in time, you can save the woman from her attackers, but we let her die. We then turned our ire on the Radroaches themselves (use a Baseball Bat for easy kills on these foes). Then, do a thorough exploration of the room to find all sorts of useless items, like Vodka and a Pencil. Grab everything, including the Radroach Meat from the slain enemies. You never know what you're going to need once you're outside, that's for sure! The same can be said for the kitchen you arrive at. After killing the Radroaches easily with the Baseball Bat and grabbing their dropped meat, you can grab everything from Glass Pitchers to Drinking Glasses to Cups. Grab it all. You can sell it later.
Part 2[edit]
As you proceed through the linear vault, following signs for the Atrium, you'll eventually come to some familiar areas. The classroom, your fathers office, the medical office and the adjoining corridors continue to lead to your ultimate destination. However, you'll run into Officer Gomez (remember him from your birthday party nine years earlier?) and the engineer named Stanley. Both will turn a blind eye to your presence because of who your father was, which should allow you to proceed unmolested. Keep in mind, however, that you can turn your gun on one of them, but be prepared to fight both of them if you do. If you're good, you won't do this, but if you're playing with an evil twist, what are a few lives?
You'll run into your friend in the next corridor, and she'll run away shortly thereafter. Before chasing after her, approach the shelf in the room to the side of the corridor to find a toolbox. Within, grab the Conductor, the Sensor Module, and the Wonderglue. You can also find two vials of Turpentine and some Scrap Metal nearby. After grabbing the goods, get ready to do battle with one or more security officers hostile to your presence (unlike your earlier encounter). Killing one of them will allow you to search their bodies -- you should find some Vault 101 Security Armor and a Vault 101 Security Helmet, which should be immediately equipped for a significant defensive boost. You can likely trap two of the guards down a dead end corridor, which should make for easy headshots for you. Be sure to search their bodies for more gear, but most importantly they should be carrying 10mm Rounds, which you should grab to supplement your ammo, which is likely running low by now. Also be prepared to deal with more Radroaches, remembering to not waste precious ammunition on fighting them. A blunt weapon like a Baseball Bat or one of the Police Batons you've likely found will do the job nicely.
After having to deal with three well-armed guards (or perhaps you just dodged them), the upcoming encounters will be easy for you. Make sure to use some Radroach Meat if you're in dire need of health, and then equip the Baseball Bat as you run up the stairs to the next area of the Vault. Here, you'll encounter more Radroaches, so bash them to death with the Baseball Bat and search their bodies for more of their mildly-curative meat. Then, proceed through what appears to be a computer server area (someone from behind some glass will try to give you away and blame this entire "mess" on you -- just keep running). Radroaches are all you have to worry about here. Search a body amongst the servers to find Tinted Reading Glasses. The toolbox next to him will have identical contents to the last one we found -- a Conductor, a Sensor Module and some Wonderglue.
Proceeding onward from here, you'll soon here familiar screams from your distressed friend. She's being interrogated by a guard and her father, the Overseer! Crouch down and quietly and carefully approach the doorway. Aim your gun at the head of the guard (not the Overseer) and do him in with a quick bullet to the skull. Then, take out the defenseless Overseer. Search both of their corpses for valuables. The guard will have nothing of value, but quite the contrary is true for the Overseer. On his body, you should find the Overseer's Office Key, the Overseer's Terminal Password, and three Stimpacks. With these new valuables in hand, we can continue, but not before grabbing the Pre-War Money and myriad 10mm Ammo from the lockers and desk drawers in the room. You'll also find 5 mm Rounds, but there's not much we can do with that right now.
Part 3[edit]
Continue down the hallway from where you found the Overseer. The only way you can really go is towards Jonas's office. But when you arrive, you're going to find a grizzly sight indeed. Jonas has been killed (just as your friend said he was). If you search his body, you can find some goods --Eyeglasses, a Note From Dad, a Stimpak, and a Vault Lab Uniform. Read the note from your dad, use the Stimpak if you need it, and then proceed to explore the rest of the office and its surrounding environs. Before unlocking the Overseer's office, be sure to seek out Pre-War Money from the desks near Jonas's body, as well as more stuff in his bedroom, which is near the door you need to proceed through to continue. Just check the dresser to find five Bobby Pins and more Vault 101 Jumpsuits. An adjacent bedroom contains another Overseer's Office Key if you decided not to off the Overseer before.
The Overseer's office can be found by going to Jonas's corpse and looking to the left of it. Simply approach and open the door to use the earlier-acquired key automatically. Once in the Overseer's office, the first thing you're going to want to do is examine the lockers in the corner of the room, where two Mentats, 120 10mm Rounds, three Stimpaks and another copy of the Overseer's Terminal Password in case you didn't get it earlier. With all of that acquired, you can then head to computer behind the Overseer's desk. Examine the computer to automatically use the password, opening everything the computer has to offer.
While the computer's primary function right now is to open the tunnel to Vault 101's entrance, you should make sure to spend as much time with the computer as possible, examining all other options before opening the tunnel and heading on your way. You can read dossiers on a select group of people, information on earlier Vault 101-led ventures out into the Capital Wasteland, and a bit about the Vault-Tec company responsible for Vault 101's construction. After garnering as much information as you can from the archaic-looking computer, you can then activate the tunnel and head towards the entrance.
The tunnel to the entrance will have a lone Radroach in it -- avoid it completely or wipe it out with your Baseball Bat, grabbing more Radroach Meat from the corpse. Once you reach the entrance itself, approach the computer terminal and activate the door mechanism, which will open the door to the outside world. Before running out into the world, however, your friend will appear and have something to say to you based on some of your recent actions in the Vault. You'll also have to deal with two Vault 101 security guards, though both will only fight you hesitantly (be sure to kill them both anyway -- you'll want the experience gained). Then, head on outside. Congratulations -- you've reached the radioactive wasteland where a majority of Fallout 3 will take place.
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A San Francisco man was arrested Sunday on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and other felonies in connection with the shooting of a police officer and a high-speed chase that passed through four Bay Area counties.
Jeffrey Ruano, 50, of San Francisco was detained early Sunday - less than a day after San Francisco police Officer Adam Shaw was shot and wounded during a vehicle stop in the Mission District. Shaw is out of surgery and expected to recover.
The arrest happened after the chaotic shooting and manhunt Saturday. The suspect fled the Mission, and police say they later found his car in Daly City. Several streets were shut down for hours as police went door to door searching for suspects.
Later in the evening, police located and followed to the East Bay a different vehicle they believe was connected to the shooting. At 11 p.m. Saturday, California Highway Patrol officers, acting at the SFPD's request, stopped a white Mercedes-Benz sedan along Interstate 80 in Richmond, said Officer Gordon Shyy, a San Francisco police spokesman.
120 mph pursuit
The vehicle failed to stop, and officers pursued the car through Contra Costa, Solano and Alameda counties. The pursuit - which reached speeds of 120 mph - finally ended at 12:30 a.m. Sunday at a gas station at McKee Road and North 33rd Street in San Jose, and three people were detained without incident or injuries, Shyy said.
CHP Officer Daniel Hill said CHP and San Jose police helicopters helped with the chase. A spike strip disabled the car, which hobbled down an off-ramp to the gas station. San Francisco police said two women in the car were detained and interviewed, and both were released pending further investigation. Shyy said only ammunition, not a gun, was found after Ruano's arrest. But "it's still a very active and fluid investigation."
Police say the suspect's car started backing up around the time that the Mission shooting started, and that the assault with a deadly weapon charge is related to the vehicle. Ruano was also booked on suspicion of being a convicted felon in possession of ammunition, driving in excess of 100 mph and evading police officers. He also had a misdemeanor warrant for his arrest pending.
The shooting occurred around 2:45 p.m. Saturday on Florida Street between 25th and 26th streets, after police received a complaint about a suspicious car on the block, Police Chief Greg Suhr said during a media briefing Saturday at San Francisco General Hospital.
Multiple shots
Two officers in a marked police cruiser spotted the car, and one of them approached the suspect's vehicle, Suhr said. A witness reported hearing multiple shots fired from the suspect's car. The second officer saw the suspect's car back up and fired multiple shots at it, Suhr said.
While police fired shots, Shyy said authorities don't believe the injury was caused by another officer.
The officer who fired his gun found his partner suffering from a gunshot wound to his left shoulder, police said. "Ambulance right now, 1377 Florida, I've been hit!" the wounded officer yelled into the radio, according to a recording on Broadcastify.com, a website that provides radio feeds of police, fire and emergency service broadcasts.
Shaw, 28 and a six-year department veteran, was listed in serious but stable condition after surgery at the hospital.
"I spoke to the victim officer just after he got out of surgery," Suhr said Sunday. "He was in good spirits."
San Francisco Chronicle staff writers Peter Fimrite and Erin Allday contributed to this report. Peter Hartlaub and Henry K. Lee are San Francisco Chronicle staff writers. E-mail: email@example.com, firstname.lastname@example.com Twitter: @henryklee

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Today's not a good day for Amazon. Not only is it facing claims that the company wiped a customer's Kindle, but now several websites that use Amazon's AWS cloud-computing service for hosting, including Reddit, Coursera, Flipboard, FastCompany, Foursquare, Netflix, Pinterest, Airbnb, and more, are down as it is experiencing "degraded performance for a small number of EBS volumes in a single Availability Zone" in the N. Virginia Zone.
Problems began at 10:38 AM PDT, and Amazon reports at that time "We are currently investigating degraded performance for a small number of EBS volumes in a single Availability Zone in the US-EAST-1 Region."
Then, at 11:11 AM PDT, the company updated its Service Health Dashboard: "We can confirm degraded performance for a small number of EBS volumes in a single Availability Zone in the US-EAST-1 Region. Instances using affected EBS volumes will also experience degraded performance."
At 11:26 AM PDT, Amazon then said, "We are currently experiencing degraded performance for EBS volumes in a single Availability Zone in the US-EAST-1 Region. New launches for EBS backed instances are failing and instances using affected EBS volumes will experience degraded performance."
This is not the first time this year Amazon has had issues with AWS and EC2 hosting. Back in June, Amazon experienced a massive outage that took down dozens of companies, including Netflix - and raised questions about how reliable Amazon is as a hosting provider.
But as I mentioned in June, companies must be able to build in resiliency so if and when AWS goes down again (and it will), these websites won't be affected to the degree that sites like Reddit are currently experiencing.
Update: As of 1:02 PM PDT, Amazon reports "EC2 instances and EBS volumes outside of this availability zone are operating normally. Customers can launch replacement instances in the unaffected availability zones but may experience elevated launch latencies or receive ResourceLimitExceeded errors on their API calls, which are being issued to manage load on the system during recovery."
Update #2: At 4:42 PM PDT, Amazon updated the Health Dashboard once again: "We are continuing to restore impaired volumes and their attached instances."
While some websites, such as Reddit, were back up earlier this afternoon, others that rely on AWS are reportedly still experiencing problems.
For more, read:
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BOSTON, Mass.—Sophomore Olivia Murphy (Canton, Mass.) finished with a double-double and Katrina Edwards (Springfield, Mass.) and Andrea Suffredini (Milford, Mass.) each finished with double-digit points to lead UMass Boston to a 71-37 rout of Simmons College in their season-opener.
Murphy, the reigning Little East Conference Rookie of the Year, picked up where she left off, with 20 points on 8-of-16 shooting and 10 rebounds. The double-double marked her 11th career double-double in 25 starts.
Edwards put together a memorable debut, recording 13 points, six rebounds and two blocks in 14 minutes off the bench, while Suffredini guided the Beacons offense with 10 points and three assists, to go along with her game-high four steals.
Senior Elisa Ogawa (Yamanashi, Japan) played her first game in two seasons after missing last year due to injury and finished with an efficient stat line of four points, seven rebounds, two steals and one assist in 28 minutes.
Freshman Mallory Nelson (Topsham, Maine) added in nine points and three rebounds to help the UMass Boston bench outscore Simmons 30-17.
With the game in hand within the first few minutes of the second half, UMass Boston played every available player, with freshman Chantel Jordan (Brockton, Mass.) and Shyanne Wellington (Springfield, Mass.) each making their debuts in Beacons Blue.
UMass Boston opened the scoring just under two minutes in when Ogawa drained a jump shot and never looked back. The Beacons extended the lead to 17-4 midway through the half behind some strong shooting from Murphy and Edwards, before Simmons managed to cut the deficit to 30-19 at the half.
Murphy scored eight of the Beacons first 12 points out of the break to push the Beacons' lead to 42-21 and that would be as close as the Sharks would come.
UMass Boston's defense limited the Sharks to just 20.8 percent (11-for-53) shooting on the day, while shooting 29-for-59 (49.2 percent) in their season-opener. Murphy and the Beacons also dominated the rebounding category, owning a 48-31 advantage on the boards and puling down 17 total offensive rebounds.
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If you need proof that retro is the new futurism then look no further than this Brooks Colt. It's a retro throwback from 1979 but it's a more modern design than pretty much anything else Brooks sell. The shape is redolent of the period, all solid sides and snub nose and if you've got an early 80's steel framed project on the boil, this is the saddle to stick on top.
The first thing you notice is just how sturdy it looks. Brooks road saddles usually have some texture, a grooved line, a stamped logo or a few holes to leaven the leather. Not so here, it's a smooth unbroken curve from side to side, an intimidating lump that positively smirks at the idea of comfort. I'm blessed with a Brooks shaped backside so I had high hopes of breaking this Colt before it broke me.
Once smeared with the regulation layer of Proofide and left to cure overnight I fitted it and went for a spin. Now, I know the drill with setting a Brooks saddle - it's usually a case of fiddling with it over the course of a couple of rides and then simply growing old together. After a few rounds of fiddling I'd got the angle just so but I wasn't expecting the damned thing to be so unyielding. The rounded profile means that pressure is concentrated on a smaller contact area, much more so than the wider and flatter B17s and Swifts I'm used to. Not only is the shape different but without grooves the leather doesn't give as much. That should bode well for it's longevity, hopefully avoiding the dreaded Brooks Splay, but the tradeoff is that the breaking in period is longer. Even once I'd sorted the angle I still spent a good few miles shuffling awkwardly but after 100 miles the tell-tale dimples had appeared either side of the central ridge, a sure sign that my buttocks were winning the battle. Full comfort was achieved after 300 miles, longer than any previous Brooks of my acquaintance, but once broken it's proved to be an extremely comfy saddle. On a recent audax (the blisteringly cold Glastonbury 100 Miler) my bum was the only part of me that wasn't tired and aching by the end.
Bearded touring types will instantly spot the lack of bag loops but really this is a saddle designed to appeal to fashion and aesthetics as much as anything. Just look at the colours it comes in: turquoise, violet and pink, as well as the regulation black. It's a perfect match for a candy-coloured fashion fixie and the deep, smooth sides and narrow profile mean it's ideal for fast spinning single-speeders. And portly middle-aged audaxers, of course.
At a retail price of £120 it's certainly not cheap but Brooks saddles have a reputation for being a worthwhile longterm investment.
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Jessamyn demonstrated lots of cool things you can do to customize Firefox, like choosing different skins (themes), assigning icons to your favorite things ("I'm a sucker for these cute little buttons" she revealed), and changing the size of all your icons and fonts for easier reading.There are also tons of add-ons to play with.
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One of the preeminent stage and screen performers of his generation, award-winning actor James Earl Jones primarily functioned as a high-quality supporting player after a brief run in the 1970s as a leading man. But more famous than any onscreen role was his deep, resonant voice that first gave authority and menace to Darth Vader in "Star Wars" (1977), "The Empire Strikes Back" (1980) and "Return of the Jedi" (1983) - a startling achievement due to his overcoming a debilitating childhood stutter that remained with him throughout his career. Prior to his iconic voice performance in "Star Wars," he made a name for himself on the stage, especially in Shakespearean roles not normally associated with being played by African-Americans. Once his voice became famous, it was only a matter of time until his face became renowned as well, which happened after appearing in a range of movies, from John Sayles' small independent "Matewan" (1987) to "Field of Dreams" (1989) to a trio of blockbusters based on the novels of Tom Clancy, "The Hunt for Red October" (1990), "Patriot Games" (1992) and "Clear and Present Danger" (1994).


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The announcement that the federal government would sell 200 million shares of General Motors back to GM for $5.5 billion and then dispose of its remaining 300 million shares by early 2014 makes a vast taxpayer loss close to a certainty. If the remaining shares sell for the same $27.50 as the initial block of 200 million shares - and GM's many headaches make a big stock surge unlikely - the hit would be $12.5 billion.
Was this worth it? If you believe the 1-million-jobs-were-saved claim, you may say yes. But that claim is based on the very dubious idea that GM would have disappeared without federal intervention. The decision by first President George W. Bush in 2008 and then President Barack Obama in 2009 to have the federal government invest in the automaker allowed GM to avoid the sort of normal bankruptcy process that would have helped it leverage a lower wage structure from the United Auto Workers, one that would have put GM on a par with most of its competitors.
Who agrees that the union made out very well from the taxpayer bailout? Stephen Rattner, the executive Obama chose to oversee the GM deal. "We should have asked the UAW to do a bit more. We did not ask any UAW member to take a cut in their pay," he said.
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Hillary Clinton has gone Hollywood.
One of the hottest political screenplays in Tinseltown is about the outgoing secretary of state, and it's by a 39-year-old newcomer writer from South Korea.
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Dubbed "Rodham," Young Il Kim's screenplay follows a 20-something Hillary Rodham as she's trying to decide between her career and boyfriend.
This is, after all, the Clintons, so the stakes are of historic proportions. Her job? The youngest attorney on the House Judiciary Committee working to impeach President Richard Nixon. Her boyfriend? Bill Clinton, who was trying to launch his political career in Arkansas.
"There's this incredible irony that she worked on the impeachment process that was used against her husband," Kim told POLITICO, referring to Bill Clinton's impeachment scandal involving former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
Kim continued: "But it's also really a journey of a woman who was torn between her personal desires and her professional ambition — both literally pulled her thousands of miles apart, because Bill did not want to leave Arkansas, and she did not want to leave Washington, D.C."
This isn't a history book. It's Hollywood. And just last month, the script came in at No. 4 on Hollywood's all-important Black List, an annual poll of nearly 300 film executives about their favorite scripts. Films that have made the list in the past: "The Social Network," "Juno" and "The King's Speech," among others.
Kim said he wrote the film in four months while in and out of New Jersey coffee shops, based off research from dozens of Clinton books. Hollywood veteran Richard Arlook sent the query letter to his executive Jason Hong, who read the script and urged Arlook to do the same. Arlook read it while in Atlanta visiting his father, who had recently retired after 50 years of working for the government.
"I just remember being at his house, and when I put the script down, I was like, 'Dad, did you know this about Hillary Clinton? Did you know that about Hillary Clinton?'" Arlook told POLITICO.
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More than 26 million people watched Sony's reveal trailer for its next-generation PS4 console last month.
The video, which can be viewed below, topped YouTube's ads leaderboard for February 2013 with five million more views than the next most popular ad, which was from Samsung Mobile USA.
The rankings are based on which advertisements YouTube users chose to watch and share with other users, rather than just the unavoidable pre-roll ads that accompany almost every video on the site.
Sony's PS4 trailer outperformed spots from car manufacturers Jeep, Ram Trucks and Chevrolet, plus Pepsi's take on current fad Harlem Shake. Many of the ads first aired during last month's Super Bowl in the US.
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What's next for conservative media?
Is conservative media's next step angling for the acceptance of the mainstream media or moving to a tighter embrace of its outsider status?
Several members of the right-leaning press gathered on Friday at CPAC for a soul-searching session on the future of the conservative media and its place in the media world at large. The debate for those working in the field, several representatives on the " Survivor: Conservative Journalism" panel told CPAC attendees, is whether to throw off the conservative label and gain more recognition from the traditional media, or to fully accept a place outside the mainstream media. Yet either way, the panelists said, conservative media's one goal mirrors that of the mainstream media: report the facts and tell the truth.
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( WATCH: CPAC 2013 full video coverage)
And although mainstream credibility is an important issue to consider for those in the conservative media, linking up stories and ideas with those working in the traditional press can also backfire for conservative pundits and journalists, Keith Urbahn, a former chief of staff to Donald Rumsfeld, noted.
The recent example of jumping on the bandwagon to support Bob Woodward during his dispute with the White House over the sequester shows those in the conservative media "can be just as guilty" of what Urbahn characterized as the herd mentality that drives many reporters working for traditional outlets.
"Woodward all of a sudden became a hero to conservatives for really bizarre reasons," Urbahn said during the panel discussion. "He was on Fox, he was quoted all over. But if you actually go back and look at the emails from the White House, it didn't reflect at all what Bob Woodward was telling people. … It's not helpful to elevate liberal icons like Bob Woodward, guys who have not been telling the truth or reporting things as they actually were for decades, to all of a sudden hitch our bandwagons to his."
( PHOTOS: Scenes from CPAC 2013)
However, one story the conservative media has gotten right this year, according to Daily Caller deputy editor Will Rahn, is that of New Jersey Democrat Sen. Robert Menendez.
"This is something we've stuck with from the beginning," Rahn said the website's stories about the senator's connection with a big donor and prostitution allegations. "This is a story we originally broke on our website. We stuck with it, we kept it up, and eventually the facts came out and we were proved correct."
And the allegations, Rahn said, were "proved correct" with The Washington Post report on Friday that a Miami-based federal grand jury is investigating Menendez's relationship with the donor. The Post, however, has also reported the FBI has so far found nothing to stand up to the prostitution claims so far, and also recently disclosed that an escort who appeared in a video claiming Menendez paid her for sex had made it up. The Daily Caller, however, has stated the woman in the Post's story is not one of the women they interviewed.


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An Irish government Minister has bizarrely claimed that the worst of the recession is over – as taxpayers fear even more draconian cuts in December's budget.
Transport Minister Leo Varadkar made the claim on the same day that government leader Enda Kenny warned that the reduction in the cost of Ireland's bail-out won't ease the burden on taxpayers.
Kenny has repeated earlier warnings of a severe budget in December with four billion Euro worth of cuts needed as his government looks to cut the national deficit under the conditions of the EU-IMF bail-out.
But Kenny's Fine Gael colleague Varadkar has tried to tell voters that there is now 'light at the end of the tunnel' despite the doom and gloom of those living through the worst recession in Ireland's history.
Varadkar insisted on Irish television that Ireland's future is bright and the new EU bailout deal for Greece, which triggered an interest rate cut for Irish debt, will make a huge difference to the economy.
"For the first time in three years I'm starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel," claimed Varadkar in almost Fianna Fail-esque tones reminiscent of Bertie Ahern, Brian Cowen and Brian Lenihan in their Celtic Tiger heyday.
Irish sex lives suffering badly in recession says sex therapist
Welfare payments now made to half the Irish population
Top politician calls on government to default on Ireland's national debt
Despite all the evidence to the contrary, Dublin deputy Varadkar insisted: "The economy will return to growth this year, all be it very slow growth. And the cost of the bank bailout appears to be falling.
"Instead of getting worse every month, we are starting to see things bottom out or even get a bit better. Things are actually going in the right direction for us."
In his interview with state broadcaster RTE, Varadkar also denied that Ireland's low corporation tax rates were under threat as part of the new EU deal on lower interest rates.
He also believes the billion Euro private investment in Bank of Ireland, confirmed on Monday, will ease pressure on the Irish Exchequer.
His comments came as Britain agreed to cut its emergency bail-out loans to Ireland in line with the Eurozone move.
In total, the State will now have an extra one billion Euro to divert to other areas of spending from 2012 but not in time to avoid another savage €4billion worth of cuts in the December budget.


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IHSA Football Teams Unite In Name Of Safety With Play Smart. Play Hard. Helmet Decals
August 26, 2015
The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) announced today that varsity high school football teams throughout the state will wear
Play Smart. Play Hard.
helmet decals
(shown above)
throughout the season in a show of solidarity amongst coaches and players.
"Communities throughout Illinois rally around their high schools every night of the week," said IHSA Executive Director Marty Hickman. "This is a chance to unite statewide at a time when high school sports, and especially high school football, are under significant scrutiny."
Play Smart. Play Hard.
is a player safety initiative the IHSA unveiled last May aimed at empowering student-athletes, parents, coaches and fans to educate themselves on player safety issues and the steps that have been taken in Illinois to protect student-athletes.
"Illinois has been on par with or ahead of the curve on nearly every player-safety issue over the past decade-plus," said Hickman. "Collaboratively, the IHSA, top medical experts, high school coaches, the state legislature and the NFHS have all worked together in the best interest of student-athlete safety. We began the
Play Smart. Play Hard.
campaign to spotlight the many efforts that have been taken without unnecessary fanfare."
In a letter enclosed with the decals to head football coaches, the IHSA has asked coaches to talk with their players about what the decals represent.
"About 99% of the schools competing in IHSA football this fall won't win a state championship and over half won't even make the playoffs," said Hickman. "Yet, our experiences have shown us that irrespective of how many games a team wins this year, or any year for that matter, coaches have the safety and well-being of their players ahead of all else. They believe the game is going to make their players better students now and better citizens later in life."
Football coaches from all over the state have reacted positively to displaying a physical symbol of the solidarity that currently exists among teams. A few select quotes are provided below:
Scott Baum, Niles West High School Head Coach:
"The Niles West Football Program will proudly display the "Play Hard. Play Smart." decals on our helmets this season. Like all the decals we wear on our helmets, the "Play Hard, Play Smart." decals will have important meaning to our program. These decals represent the work our coaches, players and the IHSA have done to keep the game of football safe for our student-athletes. In a time where people are trying to chase people away from our sport, the work the IHSA has done for our student-athletes safety is greatly appreciated."
Roy Gully, Springfield High School Head Coach:
"There is no doubt in my mind that the IHSA is going above and beyond what is necessary to keep our kids safe. The protocols and rules that have been implemented over the past few years have made the sport of football the safest it has ever been in its history. I stand in solidarity with the IHSA and support them as a coach. I also stand with the IHSA as a parent because my son happens to be a freshman playing football this season."
Zontavius Johnson, North Lawndale College Prep High School Head Coach (Chicago):
"The North Lawndale College Prep football coaching staff and players stand firmly with the IHSA and our fellow teams throughout the state. Our commitment as coaches is to making the game we all love safe for all student athletes."
Jason Newburger, Burlington Central High School Head Coach:
"As we move into a new generation of football coaches, I think that the ways in which we have decided, as a group, to make the game safer will allow even more athletes to enjoy the benefits of football. I believe that the perception of football, from the outside looking in, is much different than the way players and families of players view football with the new measures we have taken to make the game safer. As the groups of players that were in youth football programs when physical and educational initiatives such as "heads up tackling" and "Play Smart. Play Hard." were put in place start to come through the high schools, the game of football will never be safer. Coaches have pooled resources to find the best way to get their teams prepared utilizing the least amount of full contact tackling each week, and the on-field product and excitement on Friday nights haven't missed a beat. With these new measures, and a countless numbers of energetic, caring coaches, there are communities all across Illinois whose numbers and excitement level for football are increasing rapidly after a small dip in recent years. As a head football coach in an incredible community, I feel very fortunate that I get to impact the lives of 100 of our hardest-working student-athletes on a daily basis. With these continued measures across the country and in Illinois, that number should only grow."
Joe Ryan, Sycamore High School Head Coach:
"Player safety has always been our top priority. The Play Smart. Play Hard. program reinforces this to our students, parents and our community. This will also help to emphasize how important it is to educate everyone involved with high school athletics. Not only do we support the IHSA 100% percent with this program, we applaud them for being a national leader in player safety for all sports."
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