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Ingraham Distorts Sen. Schumer's Comments To Claim He Threatened Violent Protests If Immigration Reform Fails
Alleges Schumer Implied, "Do You Want This Blood On Your Hands"
From the June 24 edition of Courtside Entertainment Group's The Laura Ingraham Show:
Laura Ingraham's Campaign Against Immigration Reform Marked By Attacks On Immigrants, Latinos
SEN. CHUCK SCHUMER (D-NY) (VIDEO CLIP): This has the potential of becoming the next major civil rights movement. I could envision in the late summer or early fall if Boehner tries to bottle the bill up or put something in without a path to citizenship, I could see a million people on the mall in Washington.
UNIDENTIFIED PROTESTERS (VIDEO CLIP): Si se puede! Si se puede! Si se puede!
LAURA INGRAHAM (host): Well and the good thing about that is Bob Corker, John Hoeven, McCain, and Graham, and Hatch, all these guys, they -- are they going to be wearing their si se puede t-shirts? Because they should be leading the march on Washington. Chuck Schumer threatening what will happen if John Boehner doesn't agree to a pathway to citizenship. Basically saying, Boehner, take this 1200 page bill, and slap your, slap your imprimatur on it, make sure a few of your Republicans support it, suspend the Hastert rule, get this thing done. We want this the law of the land. We have a lot of new Democrat voters to register, sir. I found that threat, issuing a warning, to be one of the more disturbing aspects of what happened over the last several days on this immigration deal.
You're listening to The Laura Ingraham Show, delighted you're with us, here from New York. I'll be hosting the O'Reilly Factor tonight, so make sure to tune in. We're going to have a great show. We had a terrific show on Friday. A lot of reaction to talking points memo. You'll love my talking points memo today as well. The stock market down 200 plus points. And the country is waiting to see whether the Supreme Court will tell every state in the Union that you have to adopt gay marriage. So that could be in the offing. And a lot of people predicting that John Roberts or Kennedy would write the opinion. We don't obviously have any idea yet, but we will get that to you as soon as that decision is handed down.
Also, when, when Chuck Schumer threatens to shut down Washington, that's what it is. You -- we will wreak havoc on every city. Why didn't Schumer just say that it was going to be riots like 1968, '69, where we, we burned half of Washington? He might have just said that. Don't you believe it was implicit in what Chuck Schumer said? Do you believe it was? I think it was. I think the subtext of all of this is: it's gonna get violent. Do you want this blood on your hands? Do you agree with me?


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Ryan Murphy and Dante Di Loreto to Return as Executive Producers
Along with Michael Davies and Shauna Minoprio of Embassy Row
NEW YORK - January 17, 2012 - Oxygen has picked up a second season of the critically acclaimed competition series "The Glee Project" for a summer 2012 debut. The spinoff competition series, which awards one winner a seven episode arc on "Glee," will return with Ryan Murphy and Dante Di Loreto continuing as executive producers along with series executive producers Michael Davies and Shauna Minoprio of Embassy Row. "The Glee Project" will air on Oxygen this summer with 14 contenders -- two more than season one -- additional themes and all new music. Second season casting recently wrapped up, with thousands of hopefuls auditioning online and in a multi-city casting tour. Murphy will once again join casting director Robert Ulrich, choreographer and "Glee" co-producer Zach Woodlee and vocal coach Nikki Anders in the final deliberations of each installment of the series.
"The Glee Project," whose first season galvanized "Gleeks" around the country, averaged more than one million total viewers (1.191 MM) linearly over the course of its summer run, according to Nielsen. Two lucky winners (Damian McGinty and Samuel Larsen) each won seven episode arcs at the end of the competition and two of the final four contenders (Lindsay Pearce and Alex Newell) were awarded two-episode guest starring roles in the current season of "Glee" on FOX. McGinty is currently appearing in "Glee" and Pearce recently wrapped up her guest starring stint; Larsen and Newell will feature on the series later this season.
"'The Glee Project' is a special show that has tapped into a desire in our culture to watch people go for and achieve their dreams," said Jason Klarman, President, Oxygen Media.
The series recently landed on several "Best Of" lists for 2011 and garnered attention for its social/multiplatform success, including winning a Media Vanguard Award for "Best SocialTV Mobile Engagement Innovation" and the "The Glee Project" OxygenLive finale won Outstanding Achievement in Marketing from the Interactive Media Council.
Murphy was recently honored with an Emmy(R) Award and two Golden Globes(R) for his work on "Glee." He also is co-creator and executive producer of "American Horror Story," which recently garnered Golden Globe(R) nominations in the Best Drama and Best Supporting Actress categories. Di Loreto serves as president of production for Ryan Murphy Television. He has produced original series for cable and broadcast television, and a variety of films, including the Emmy(R) award winning "Temple Grandin" and "My Lousiana Sky."
Davies, best known for bringing the Emmy(R) Award-winning series "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" to American television, is president of Embassy Row. Recent credits include "Watch What Happens Live," "The Substitute" and "The Talking Dead." Emmy(R) nominated executive producer Minoprio joined Embassy Row in October 2010 as executive producer and runs the company's Los Angeles office and operation. She has produced some of the most successful and innovative reality shows on television including "Top Chef," and "Undercover Boss."
On air Source: Nielsen Media Research; LS and L7.
About Ryan Murphy Television
Ryan Murphy Television is the creative force behind some of today's most groundbreaking television. Responsible for the Primetime Emmy(R) and Golden Globe(R) winning series "Nip/Tuck," "American Horror Story" and "Glee" which has become a cultural phenomenon, RMTV strives to bring fresh perspectives to television audiences the world over.
About Embassy Row
Embassy Row is a New York City-based global format and digital production company dedicated to developing original concepts and adapting international formats for television networks, online and wireless distribution in the U.S. and around the world. We specialize in the genres of games, comedy, reality, factual, sports and food and are pioneers in the fields of brand-supported and digital content. We are a creative company, led by hands-on producers always on the lookout for the next breakthrough idea. Since 2008, Embassy Row has been a part of the Sony Pictures Television company.
About Oxygen Media
Oxygen Media is a multiplatform lifestyle brand that delivers relevant and engaging content to young women who like to "live out loud." Oxygen is rewriting the rulebook for women's media by changing how the world sees entertainment from a young woman's point of view. Through a vast array of unconventional and original content including " The Glee Project," "Bad Girls Club," "Hair Battle Spectacular," and "Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood," the growing cable network is the premiere destination to find unique and groundbreaking unscripted programming. A social media trendsetter, Oxygen is a leading force in engaging modern young women, wherever they are, with popular, award winning features online including www.OxygenLive.com, the real time social viewing party that is also available as an app for the iPhone and iPad, as well as innovative tools shopOholic and makeOvermatic. Oxygen is available in 77 million homes, and can be found online and on mobile devices at www.oxygen.com. Follow us on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/OxygenPR. Oxygen Media is a service of NBCUniversal.

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On July 27th the final consecration rituals, known as the Maha Kumbabhishekam, were performed for the opening of the Sri Meenakshi Temple of Houston, Texas, now America's largest Hindu temple and its first Shakti temple. That day was declared "Meenakshi Temple Day," by the Mayor of the town of Pearland, the honorable Tom Reid. The event signaled the completion of the main temple building, including the shrines and sanctums - Phase II of a four-phase plan of prodigious proportions that began in 1977, when the founding members first met and discussed the idea of building such a temple. It also marked the end of seven full days of elaborate rituals, which included the installation of deities and yantras in their sanctums. Among the grandest that this country has yet seen of the glorious pageantry of Hinduism, these rites were performed by six highly skilled priests, three from India and one from each of the three cities of Pittsburgh, New York and New Orleans. The priests from India were flown in especially for the performance of these rituals. The Jagadguru Sri Shankaracharya of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam selected the auspicious date and time for the crucial ceremony, according to precise astrological calculations.
The consecration and inauguration of a new temple or re-consecration of an existing one is an event grand proportions and tremendous importance. Traditionally, it is considered a great and rare blessing to be present at a kumbabhishekam, though its rarity is now being challenged with the flurry of temples coming up around the world. This ceremony has the effect of announcing to the inner worlds that the temple is finished, saying, as it were, "Oh Gods and divine beings of the inner worlds! We have built a house for you, a vehicle for your unseen work. Please come and take up residence in it. Our physical work in complete, and our priests have purified the inner atmosphere with all of the holy and sacred rituals at their command. We offer you our love, our devotions and gifts of precious substances. Please make this your home and bless and uplift us and our children and the generations to come!"
The pre-Kumbabhishekam activities, held from June 18 to June 20, consisted of the performance of homam rituals and other special pujas, which each day lasted from 3 to 6 hours. At the homams, or yagna, rituals, the priests sat before the sacred fire and placed offerings of fruits, special woods, spices, glowers, ghee and other refined substances into the flames and chanted the Vedas, thousands-of-years-old slokas of Sanskrit, invoking the Gods and devas. These homams included the Sri Mahaganapathi Homam, the Navagraha Homam and Nakshtra Homam; and the Rudra Ekadasini Yagna, which included Rudra japam, puja and Vasordhara Homam. During the afternoon on these and the following days, various bhajan groups from the Houston area sang devotional songs, including the Shree Satya Sayi Society, the Gujarathi Samaj of Houston, the Houston Marathi Mandal, the Hindu Worship Society, the Hindu Temple Society of Greater Houston, the Hindu Temple Society of Texas and others.
Of primary importance and closely connected to the homam rituals is the blessing of the water that is used in the very peak moment of the kumbabhishekam to bathe the spires at the top of each sanctum on the outside of the temple.
On June 23rd the Kumbabhishekam ceremonies themselves were begun at 7:00 a.m. with the Sri Vighneswara Puja, the Sri Maha Ganapati Homam and other special rites. These lasted until 11:00 a.m., and more pujas and homams were performed that evening. On the 24th and 25th the rituals continued, and by the 26th, approximately 14 separate homams had been performed, and over 15 major special pujas. On the morning of the 26th, the temple's yantras and vigrahas (images of the Deities) were ceremoniously installed in the sanctum sanctorums. This major part of the consecration was called the "Yantra and Devata Prathishtai Ashtabhandhanam," a ritual presided over by the Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peeta Sivaagamani, a most highly qualified priest from South India.
Mr. G. Subramanyam explains in the Souvenir produced by the Sri Meenakshi Temple Society that "...Ashtabhandhana - the installation of the Deity in the sanctum sanctorum - takes place whenever a new vigraha of the Deity is installed or a major renovation takes place. The vigraha is fixed on a pedestal using a special adhesive made out of eight herbal ingredients. This adhesive is prepared by a select few religious leaders in India, who alone know the formula. Gold and copper plate with inscriptions of yantras and mantras is set on the pedestal, over which the vigraha is place and secured with the adhesive."
The yantra is a matrix of esoteric inscriptions engraved on a thin sheet of gold or copper, which marks for the inner world beings the locus of the temple. Occult authorities explain that the yantra appears in the second world in a larger form, and is inscriptions polarize and magnetize specific types of blessings from the Gods. It denotes, in a sense, a unique code or blueprint. Thus, we find that temples with similarly inscribed yantras have similar vibrations. Each major temple deity has its own special yantra, installed inside its sanctum. The yantra is a very important and vital element of every temple and is found even in sanctums which house no physical image of the Deity, such as the sacred Rahasyam sanctum of Chidambaram Temple, South India.
It was on the morning of the 27th that the kumbabhishekam itself was performed - the bathing of the kumbams, the spires at the top of each major sanctum. This dramatic finale of days of ritual was performed simultaneously by three teams of priests standing on scaffolding above roof level around the three ornate vimanas, silhouetted against the sky. This was then followed by the inaugural mahabhishekams and pujas to each of the deities inside the temple, and special pujas were offered for sponsorship to the devotees.
Over 2,000 people attended on this final day. The guests of honor were Mr. N. Krishnan, Indian Ambassador to the United Nations, Mrs. Krishnan, and Professor S. V. Chittababu, Vice Chancellor of Annamalai University. The event received the attention and blessings of a dozen or more dignitaries and many spiritual leaders, as published in the souvenir commemorating the auspicious occasion. Spiritual leaders present at the kumbabhishekam were Swami Chinmayananda, and His Holiness Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, accompanied by one swami disciple, Siva Ceyonswami. Also present were Maha Mandaleswari and another female swami from the Sri Sankracharya organization in Pennsylvania.
The History of the Temple
The following section is reprinted, in part, from "A Word From the Board of Trustees," from the Meenakshi Temple Society's Souvenir of the kumbabhishekam. It provides an excellent summary of the temple's growth, from a mental concept, to brick and cement.
"It was a bright October Sunday morning in 1977 when a group of some 30 Hindu families made a covenant with the Gods that they shall build a Sakti (Sri Meenakshi) temple in Houston to meet the religious and spiritual need of the present and future generations of Hindus in this country. A steering committee of those present was set up to initiate the necessary organizational procedures to pursue this objective. A constitution was written, a Board of Trustees was elected, and Sri Meenakshi Temple Society was officially launched in early 1978. Within a few weeks IRS [U.S. Internal Revenue Service] granted tax-exempt status to MTS.
"Several open-ended committees were set up in order to decentralize the society's operations and to permit maximum participation by the community. These committees were to plan, organize and implement such responsibilities as site selection, fund raising, newsletter cultural programs, landscaping, architectural and structural designs, construction, etc. Response from the community to work on these communities was simply overwhelming. Donations started trickling in slowly but steadily, and Phase I, which included the purchase of land and the construction of Sri Ganesh Temple, began. A five-acre land was purchased in Pearland, Texas, in May, 1978. Temple architect Sthapathi S.M. Ganapathy, along with Mr. Purushottam Naidu (both of the Andhra Pradesh Government, India) visited the temple site and prepared the architectural blueprints. The Ganesh Temple was built, and the installation and kumbabhishekam festivities were conducted in the month of August, 1979. Dr. K. Ramaswami performed the weekend and special pujas, and, through his coordination, volunteer families did the pujas during weekdays. With the arrival of Mr. M. Parthasarathy and his wife, pujas have been performed daily, and the temple has been kept open every day.
"With the completion of the Ganesh Temple, preparations for Phase II, which included the construction of the main temple for Sri Meenakshi; Sri Sundareswara and Sri Venkateswara, gathered momentum. Donations flowed in increasing numbers, from all over the country and from abroad. Three artisans from New York and seven from India were brought in to design and construct the main temple Sthapathi Muthiah of Tamilnadu, India, with the assistance of Madhavachari, has provided the leadership in the construction of the sanctums for the main deities. A loan of $200,000 from the State Bank of India, New York, was negotiated with a view to expedite completion of Phase II before the end of Uttarayana 1982..."
With the creation of the Ganesh Temple, a simple, 8 by 8-foot brick structure, the project was off to a stable start, for the worship had begun. As several of the ladies of the community remarked to Sri Subramuniyaswami during his visit to the temple on the day of the kumbabhishekam, Lord Ganesha had done his work in clearing the obstacles for the momentous task of building this grand temple, paving the way for the coming of His Father/Mother - Siva/Sakti.
India-West states that the first phase of the temple, "...covering the Ganesh Temple, was completed at a cost of $117,000. Phase II, the main temple, is estimated to cost $300,000...Contributions from devotees in the U.S. and overseas are generous, and total about $157,000." Fund-raising efforts are, of course, continuing, and a complete range of pujas, archanas and abhishekams are offered, which will also bring in a steady income.
Further Work - Phase III and IV
As stated in the Trustees' letter in the Souvenir, Phase I and II of the temple construction are complete, but two more phases are to come before the temple's master plan is fulfilled. The main structure is in operation, serving the community just as the small Ganesh Temple did before it, though on a smaller scale; and next, around this thriving structure is in operation, serving the community just as the small Ganesh Temple did before it, though on a smaller scale; and next, around this thriving structure, will begin the construction of the outer prakarams and the rajagopuram, the priest and guest quarters, a cultural and educational complex and, finally, beautification through landscaping. The goal for completion of these two grand phases of work is 1985.
Putting it in Perspective
In comparison to the Meenakshi temple, there are in many major cities of the U.S. where Hindus live numerous smaller and/or less formal temples, shrines and places of worship; and Saiva Siddhanta Church has build a large, formal Siva temple on Kauai. Of its formality and size, however, the Meenakshi Temple of Houston is the third major Hindu temple to be built in the U.S. by the Indian people. The first was the Sri Venkateswara Temple of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and the second was the Maha Ganapathi Temple of Flushing, New York. More than 2,000 miles separate these two east-coast temples from Houston, but in a very real sense, the efforts to build these first two temples helped to build the third. Meenakshi Temple is thus not only a monument of religion and culture, it is a testimony, as well, to the growing spirit of unity, dedication and cooperation among the Indian people in America. In the Souvenir of the Kumbabhishekam, the Trustees offer their thanks to a host of individuals, organizations and government agencies for their service to the cause of Meenakshi Temple. They thank especially the Ganesha Temple of New York and the Hindu Temple Society of North America, and name in particular the efforts of Mr. C.V. Narasimhan and MR. A. Alagappan, officers of those two organizations who, having played major roles in the arduous task of building the New York Temple, and the subsequent task of establishing its regular operation, were able to help Houston avert some of the possible pitfalls. Of the project's extensive moral, advisory and financial support received, a considerable portion came from India. An important link was set up with the Madurai Meenakshi Temple by Chairman of the Board of Trustees of that temple, Mr. V.N.CT. Chidambaram. The Sri Venkateswara Deity was sculpted and donated by Mr. Prasad of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam. Bharathiya International Trust coordinated Indian efforts to help the temple. The Honorable Minister M.B. Ramachandran and the Government of Tamil Nadu helped the temple obtain free books and tapes for its library. The Chief Minister and the Government of Andhra Pradesh provided the services of Sthapathi Ganapathi. The Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India, and Air India, sanctioned the free transportation of the vigrahas. A Hindu temple clearly requires the gathering of countless elements of material, knowledge and skill and the proper people The necessary network of intelligent minds to facilitate these requirements became available to the Meenakshi Temple Society, and, on an international level.
In the Souvenir is found ample evidence too of the support and good wishes from U.S. government leaders for the success of the Meenakshi Temple and the Indian community, including letters from the The White House Office of Special Presidential Messages, Texas Governor William P. Clements Jr.; Congressman Mickey Leland from the 18th District, Texas; County Judge, E.E. Brewer, and Mayor Reid of Pearland. Also, as has become evident from the response among the American people in general to such presentations of Indian art, culture and religion as "Manifestations of Shiva," and the openness to the Hindu religious teachers and spiritual leaders who have been coming to the West for the past several decades (teaching, primarily, yoga), America is open and receptive to Hindu Temples and the Hindu culture, and to other Indian cultures as well. America has always shown a great tolerance for all sincere religious faiths. The Maha Ganapathi Temple in Flushing, New York, for example, has been widely accepted by the non-Indian population, and is considered a fine asset to the community.
More About the Temple
Meenakshi Temple of Houston is approximately 25 miles from downtown Houston, a fast growing techno-industrial, cosmopolitan metropolis. There are an estimates 10,000 Indian families in the Houston area, and it is to begin serving the needs of these that the temple was conceived.
The temple is an ornate structure in traditional Dravidian temple architectural style, made primarily of cement block and the shrines of brick and mortar. The temple faces East and has three major sanctums. The central sanctum houses the Goddess Meenakshi. If one stands facing Sri Meenakshi, to the right is the sanctum of Lord Venkateswara (Lord Vishnu), and to the left Sri Sundareswara (Lord Siva), represented by a beautiful Siva Lingam. Outside this Siva sanctum, to the left, is a Ganesha shrine. Already, the temple has a very powerful vibration.
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I signed up for the game and all ready forgot my password....
Hello everyone. Well it sure has been a long week so far. Seems like Thursday will never get here. As for the CBS Fantasy Game, I don't think they usually even start it until the second episode. I could be wrong, but I'm thinking that they have registration for at least a week before they start. And the CBS web page is not totally up yet. We shall see. Beachgal
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The Department of Linguistics at the University of California, San Diego welcomes you to the second American International Morphology Meeting (AIMM). AIMM was established to provide a collaborative forum for scholars working on morphological phenomena from a variety of frameworks and methodologies. Contributions concerning lesser-known languages and their relation to the development of various perspectives on morphological analysis and theory construction are highly encouraged. Student participation is welcome.
Invited Speaker:
Johanna Nichols (University of California, Berkeley)
Morphological Typology
Saturday, November 9, 2013 at 1:45 P.M.
Base properties in morphological typology
Tutorial: Analogy and language change
Adam Albright (MIT), Andrew Garrett (University of California, Berkeley)
Tutorial sessions will take place on Friday, November 8 at 1:00 and 2:00 P.M.
Please check our Program for specific details on each of the two tutorial sessions.
Themed session: Affix order
Questions relating to affix order feature prominently in morphological theory: what is the nature of the principles that underlie the surface linear arrangement of morphological constructions? How do these principles interact? Examination of these and related questions has brought together different lines of work involving both new documentation of lesser-known morphological systems and closer study of better-known languages. Research on this phenomenon has also increasingly involved new methodologies, a variety of theoretical approaches, and examination of diachronic sources for complex morphological patterns. We invite papers, from any perspective, which explore the complexity of affix ordering in specific languages, present empirical challenges for current theories, and/or seek unified explanations for the range of cross-linguistic affix ordering patterns attested to date. Papers presenting original data from lesser-studied languages are particularly encouraged.
Special event associated with AIMM2
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Universite Paris-Sorbonne
Laboratoire de Linguistique Formelle (UMR 7110)
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They're the debit cards you can buy at a drugstore or supermarket and use wherever major credit cards are accepted, even online. You don't need a bank account, since these cards are not linked to one (even though they have a Visa, MasterCard, Discover or American Express logo). There's no minimum balance required. And best of all, no credit check.
Demand for these cards is growing explosively, as people use them to stick to a budget and avoid costly bank fees. But a prepaid debit card can be more costly than you think.
"Some of them are really nickel-and-diming you worse than the banks," says Gail Hillebrand, a senior attorney at Consumers Union (publisher of Consumer Reports). "We found that you really had to poke around in the company websites to find all the fees. They're not all listed on the packaging. And they vary quite widely from card to card."
What's it like to use a prepaid card? Associated Press business reporter Candice Choi wanted to find out .
She went to a check-cashing place in her neighborhood (on Manhattan's West Side) and had her paycheck loaded onto a prepaid card. The store only had one choice, the NexisCard, which had the MasterCard logo on it.
Choi was charged at least a dollar every time she made a purchase. It was $1.50 if she used the PIN code to authorize the transaction. For cash back at the register she was dinged $1.99.
"You could really drain the value of the card very quickly especially if you are making lots of little transactions, which is what these cards are used for," Choi says.
Another concern: Choi wasn't given a cardholder agreement by the check-cashing store. She had to ask for one.
"If I wasn't looking out for this, if I wasn't a reporter writing a story about the fees, I would have just gone on using that card and racking up those transaction fees," she says.
According to the Network Branded Prepaid Card Association, $18.3 billion was loaded on to prepaid cards in 2009. That figure is predicted to top $36 billion this year and double again in 2011.
Some people have few options other than these prepaid cards. For those who are college age and younger, the cards often serve as a substitute for a credit card. New federal regulations make it harder for anyone under 21 to get a credit card.
A long list of costly fees
Last month, Consumers Union released a report based on its review of 19 different prepaid cards.
It concluded that people who use these cards face "multiple fees and other costly 'gotchas' that can quickly eat away their value."
Here are some of the fees Consumers Union found:
- Activation Fee: You may have to pay between $3 and $20 to have the card turned on. The First Vineyard card charges a whopping $39.95 activation fee.
- Monthly Fee: This could be as low as $2.95 or as high as $9.95. In most cases, that monthly fee is waived if you set up an automatic direct deposit. The popular Green Dot card won't charge its $5.95 a month fee if you load $1,000 on to the card that month or use it 30 times.
- Cash Withdrawal Fee: You can use these cards to get cash from ATMs, but in most cases you'll pay for each withdrawal, anywhere from a dollar to $2.50. The Rush card gives customers two free cash withdrawals before the $2.50 fee kicks in. The Green Dot card does not charge a fee if you use an ATM in its network.
- Balance Inquiry Fee: Expect to be charged between 45-cents and $1 to find out how much money you have left on the card.
- Customer Service: With most cards you can talk to a customer service agent for free. But if you have the BuyRight card you'll pay $1. The Exact card charges $3.95 for calling customer service.
- Non-use Fee: Some prepaid cards hit you with a dormancy fee if the card is not used for a certain period of time. After 90 days of inactivity the Exact card charges a monthly fee of $9.95. Consumers Union's Hillebrand calls that "pretty outrageous."
Some other downsides
Federal regulations spell out specific safeguards if a traditional debit card is lost or stolen and used fraudulently. If you report the problem to the bank within two business days, your liability is limited to $50. Consumer advocates point out there is no such federal protection for prepaid debit cards, although the credit card companies all promise "zero liability" protection.
"While there is voluntary fraud protection from the credit card companies, you must register the card prior to the loss," says Gerri Detweiler, personal financial advisor with Credit.com.
Kirsten Trusko, president of the National Branded Prepaid Card Association, says cardholders have nothing to worry about.
"These are bank-issued products," she says. "If your card is lost or stolen it's replaced. If somebody uses it fraudulently, you can dispute that. It's just like you or I with our own bank account."
American Express' PASS
American Express recently introduced the PASS card, its first reloadable debit card. PASS is only marketed to parents. The pitch is simple: "PASS is a safe and secure way to give teens the money they need." And since the parents get email alerts when the card is used, they "maintain control" of their child's spending.
PASS is better than most other prepaid cards I've seen. There's no activation fee, no reloading fee and the $3.95 a month membership fee is waived until October of 2011. There is a $1.50 ATM charge, which could add up very quickly if the card is used to get cash on a regular basis. But parents can block that function.
But Consumers Union insists they are not the same. Visa's zero-liability policy does not cover you if the thief uses your prepaid card at an ATM. MasterCard's policy does not cover gross negligence.
Federal law for regular debit cards does not have such exceptions.
Something else to consider: because this is a debit card, not a credit card, you don't build a credit history. If that's your goal, you'd be better off with a secured credit card from a bank or credit union.
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According to the FDIC, 17 million American adults do not have a bank account.
For them these prepaid debit cards are a godsend. They're cheaper and more convenient than constantly using a check-cashing service.
Before you choose a card, shop around. The best way is to go online and compare the price to buy the card and to use it. Some cards are significantly better than others.
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- European Tour
Jimenez faces five months out after breaking leg
European golfer Miguel Angel Jimenez faces five months of rehabilitation after breaking his leg while skiing in Spain.
Jimenez, 48, suffered the injury to his right leg in an accident while skiing in the Sierra Nevada range of Andalucia on Saturday.
The former Ryder Cup player, who won the Hong Kong Open in November, was taken to a nearby hospital and successfully underwent surgery, but is nevertheless now expected to miss much of the 2013 season.
"It will take me three, four or five months to fully recover and play again at a competitive level," said Jimenez, according to widespread reports. "I have been playing well but that's just the way it goes in life."


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Never did I think that I would hear those words escape from my mouth but the truth is, I am officially the mother of a soldier.
I had the honor of attending my oldest son's graduation from basic training in Fort Leonard Wood, MO. And I must say that it will be one of the fondest memories I possess in my life.
As a parent we raise our children in hopes that they will be successful, but for a mother of a soldier it's just a bit of a catch 22 for me. As proud as I am of him, we also live in a world of uncertainty right now.
I took my seat that morning and watched as each group of these young men and women marched their way to the stage and one by one called off their names and where they were from. And when my child came forth, I barely recognized him. He was all grown up. He had already changed.
I thought about all their family and friends in the audience who were watching and wondering if they were all having the same feelings as me. The feelings of pride, joy, love, fear, understanding, and of course uncertainty. If their whirl wind of emotions, were blowing in the same direction as mine.
I sat across from my son, dressed in his Army issued tailored blues, made just for him. And I couldn't help but think that just yesterday he was this 10 year old little boy, with no thoughts of where he would be sitting on this very day across from me.
I thought about the past year and a half and what he has overcome. That he made some bad choices but made some self discovery along the way and in the end chose the right path.
I thought about the last time I saw him and how many things were said between us. A conversation that hasn't been finished.
I also thought about my 4 other children, who are all growing up so fast, and that as soon as I blink my eyes, this person sitting across from me, will be my 4 year old. All grown up and no longer needing my undivided attention and me knowing that I did my best to give her and all of her siblings the love, life skills, and childhood memories that will give them the best wings to fly. To know that I tried to be the best mother I could…even when some days mothering required every ounce of me that I had.
Watching this ceremony and hearing of my son's stories of his journey so far, gave me a new found respect for these young men and women who take an oath to protect and serve their country. To protect some of the freedoms that so many of us take for granted. To sign on a dotted line not knowing the unpredictability that lies ahead.
Basically giving up their freedom…to ensure ours.
The last night I was there, I walked my son up the sidewalk near his barracks. I promised I wouldn't cry. I promised that I would be strong and send him on his way. I hugged him tight, told him I loved him, and then as soon as I turned to head toward's the car all those tears poured out.
I hadn't cried like that in a long time.
But it wasn't just because I am the mother of a soldier, it's because I am a mother, and for the first time since becoming a mother, I had a taste of what it was like to let go, and that before long, I would have to let go of all of them.
To Bryan,
I know your blood doesn't share my blood but I will always think of you as my son. There are so many things that you won't understand until you have children of your own.
I hope you know how proud your dad and I are of the person you have become. That you chose to be a better person, even with so many odds against you.
I hope you understand how much we love you. And how much we never stopped loving you…even when you weren't making the best of choices.
I hope you understand the reasons of why we had to make some of the choices we made. I don't regret those choices…especially if it gave you the will to prove you could make it. That you could be a better person even with the hand of cards you had been dealt.
I hope you will always know…this is your home.
PS: Never lose sight of the boy on the left. He's formed the man on the right.


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Photographer's Note
At this place, in the middle of the steppes, cows and yaks are milked in a kind of outdoor dairy
You can see the bench where sat the milker and the bucket used for milk, now empty
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siudzi (34141) 2013-06-13 12:07
Hi Maria,
A nice and peaceful scene you have seen and photographed. I like the charming light and intensive colors which make the view really eye-catching. Well done. TFS.
serp2000 (47063) 2013-06-13 12:09
Hi, Maria,
I know these places, I spent some time in Buryatia (not so far from Mongolian border) The same landscape, the same life conditions. Good presentation of Mongolia!
williewhistler (16606) 2013-06-13 12:21
Hello Maria,you have composed the shot nicely,showing the yaks resting peacefully in a most attractive landscape that is being bathed in a very pleasing light.
A lovely capture.
Regards Les.
PaulVDV (48400) 2013-06-13 12:23
Hello Maria,
This photo shows a landscape as I have imagined Mongolia would look like.
I like the contrast between the sunlit places and the parts in the shadow. Those 'black' mountains look wonderful.
Nice presentation with the cattle in the foreground.
Best regards, Paul
danos (110395) 2013-06-13 13:05
Hola Maria,
nice the view of this picturesque landscape in the middle of the steppes,with the lot of the native animals to are the eye catching of the image.I like the excellent light and colour managemtnt as the beauty of the place.
AdrianWrobel (1676) 2013-06-13 13:13
Heil, podoba mi siκ ten klimat w ujκciu Twoim. S³oρce i zieleρjest okey. Pozdrawiam - Adrian
mkamionka (52362) 2013-06-13 14:07
Hola Maria,
so pity that you did not show the actual milking process. People at work make a nice subject for photography. I remember when I was a child my parents were sending me to our family living in the country, they had some cows and I watched them being manually milked and I always got some fresh milk :) almost directly from the cow. These days are over in my country I guess, EU except for many benefits has largely destroyed our agriculture giving preference to rich farmers from Western Europe.
Very interesting photo and collected at a nice side light here.
Very well done,
Silvio1953 (189113) 2013-06-13 14:17
Ciao Maria, lovely composition with beautiful cows, wonderful colors, splendid light and excellent clarity, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio
lousat (119595) 2013-06-13 14:46
Hi Maria,fantastic moment whit this special light and neverending green spaces,another magic shot from there,at the top of quality as usual,i like it! Have a nice day and thanks,Luciano
Nicou (186522) 2013-06-13 19:59
quelle vue et image sueprbe avec ces vaches mongoles et quelle immensitι et ces collines noires en fond merveilleuse compo et panorama.
Bravo et amitiι
dta (95062) 2013-06-13 23:53
Ola maria ,
on a ΰ la fois ici la belle scθne de la vie rurale , et un superbe paysage mongol en arriθre plan , le tout sous une jolie lumiθre .
ikeharel (97834) 2013-06-14 4:46
Holsa Maria,
Looking around, over the vast landscape it doe's have an effect on the way people live there, when the main event of a day would be milking the herd.
Details on picture are immaculate, great DOF and clarity.
We do not see much of Mongolia on TE - so each post is a pleasure to learn about this (remote) country.
Buen fin de semana,
claudeD (47742) 2013-06-14 9:49
Hello Maria,
very fine picture from Mongolia showing this interesting rural scenery. I like the panoramic view very much. Excellent contribution to TE. Very well done.TFS.
With regards from Luxembourg
Cricri (176) 2013-06-14 11:53
Hola Maria
J'aime l'ιtendue du paysage, les montagnes en fond, un endroit paisible bien cadrer et composer
A dans 15 jours
annjackman (23019) 2013-06-15 2:21
Hello Maria,
This is a landscape that most of us will not see so thankyou for showing this very fine picture. There is lovely light with interesting shadow areas. An excellent TE post - TFS.
Kind Regards, Ann
holmertz (82068) 2013-06-15 10:21
Hello Maria,
This is a lovely pastoral scenery, looking so quiet and peaceful. The colours and light have a fantastic clarity and pureness. It hurts to think of the very hard lives these people live, especially during the winters which can be terrible.
Kind regards,
mesutilgim (114534) 2013-06-15 12:19
Hello Maria,
Amazing rural scenery in Mongolia perfect captured.
Very good pov and layout. Deep sunlight creates nice shadows.
TFS and have a nice weekend
ourania (51103) 2013-06-16 6:59
Hola Maria,
I love the naturalness of this scene and your composition from an elevated point of view that allowed you to show the vastness and beauty of the landscape. The morning light is warm, pure and delicious and so are the natural colours you have captured. The textures are strikingly real and I like very much the shadows; the distant ones are so suggestive. Congratulations and thank you!
All the best, have a lovely day,
abmdsudi (80640) 2013-06-16 8:04
Hi Maria
Another typical summer landscape of the steppes depicting the cows waiting to be milked in the early morning golden hour overlooking the sweeping feel of the pastoral scene. And all the more appealing because of it's showing the iImmaculate colour and a real pleasant composition with the little gate and the arrangement of the cows. Form this position we are able have a clear view of the woman's face just to include enough of what she is doing, the story and interest is in the face concentrating on what she is doing. A wonderful shot of rural life from remote corner of Asia. My congrats. TFS
Best regards
fabbs99 (17179) 2013-06-16 12:53
Hi Maria,
Quite a peaceful and picturesque surrounding. The cows and yaks ready to be milked.Impressive rural scene from Mongolia.The nomadic life of the Mongols is well reflected in your image.TFS.
Keep posting and sharing,
kato (11630) 2013-06-20 12:24
Hello Maria,
You're capturing well this place by a good composition and excellent tone/clarity, so it's interesting and impressive to see very pastoral scene with rich/green nature as well as a milker who have milked cows and yaks. It's tasteful and impressive in which it's loose slope and low mountain ranges with layeres, too. We can see our basic life style in here.
Kind regards,
Oceania (5202) 2013-06-24 6:30
Hi Maria,
It's interesting that the cows are in different colors. The milk from here must be organic and nutritious. Thanks for showing us this less visited place in Far East.
Zucca (8) 2013-06-27 9:05
Hello Maria,
Nice scene, with natural colors and a great depth of view. Good sharpness too ! I like the mix of light and shadow, in the background. Thanks for sharing this beautiful landscape with us !
Have a nice evening,
josepmarin (59383) 2013-07-01 11:01
Hola Maria,
la vista que nos ofreces aquν es profunda, y nos permite apreciar la grandiosidad de este paisaje Mongol.
Ademαs, las vacas y la campesina a punto de ordeρarlas, bajo una luz muy agradable, unas largas sombras, y unos tonos cαlidos, crean una atmσsfera hermosa con mucha paz.
Bello trabajo.
Un abrazo desde una calurosa (29ΊC) Barcelona,
Miguel82 (34014) 2013-09-19 3:21
Holΰ Maria, interesting to see the life of these people, previously nomad and now settled in the steppes, some buildings in the bg, a splendid landscape, the lady is milking her cattle, a remarkable rural scene from Mongolia, thanks, have a nice day
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- Copyright: Maria Ocampos (nikkitta) (17070)
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- Date Taken: 2011-06-19
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Saying Illinois does not need a "Palace of Versailles," Governor Pat Quinn on Tuesday halted new money for renovations on the Illinois Capitol building in Springfield after reports of lavish spending.
State lawmakers have been embarrassed by news reports that four new chandeliers cost $323,000 and three copper-plated doors $670,000 at a time when Illinois is billions of dollars behind in paying for basic social services such care for the elderly.
Quinn said some of the repairs made sense such as upgrading heating and cooling systems in the 19th century building. But the accoutrements were "excessive," Quinn said, when the state faces a financial crisis and lawmakers have failed to fix it.
"We don't need to have the Palace of Versailles as our state Capitol," Quinn said, referring to the French palace of kings outside Paris.
The renovations to the west wing of the Capitol building are estimated to cost $50 million. It was not clear how much money the governor had frozen, although most of the work has been completed.
Quinn, a Democrat, earlier this summer halted pay to state legislators, saying they had failed to reach agreement on reforms to the state's bloated pension system. He has come under attack for his management of the state from Bill Daley, a former chief of staff to President Barack Obama, who is challenging Quinn for the Democratic nomination for governor in 2014.
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"Breaking Dawn – Part 2," the final installment of the hugely successful "Twilight" vampire series, won't hit theaters until Nov. 16, but fans received a little something to sink their teeth into last week.
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A teaser-trailer for "Breaking Dawn – Part 2" aired before midnight screenings of "The Hunger Games," letting young audiences know what to expect from the big-screen swan song — and to remind them that, yes, they were totally obsessed about something else before Katniss Everdeen hit the big screen with her bow and arrow.
In the brief clip, Bella Swan (played by Kristen Stewart) is seen abandoning her mortal roots in order to join the ranks of the undead with her husband, Edward Cullen (portrayed by Robert Pattinson). Kind of an extreme conversion, but hey — love knows no bounds.
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Keith Muir, Vernal shop manager, discussed vehicle maintenance issues with newly hired drivers during their orientation. Drivers are an important part of the RNI preventive maintenance effort.
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Vacuum transports unload production water for processing at the collection pit next to the Glenbench maintenance shop. RNI operates six collection pits throughout its operating area.
Stainless and carbon steel truck-mounted vacuum tanks typically have an 80-barrel capacity. Most of the stainless tanks were built by Acro, and the newest carbon steel tanks are from Independent Tank Truck.
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A convoy of RN Industries vacuum transports arrives at a natural gas rig site in Utah's Uinta Basin. RNI's 200-vacuum-truck fleet hauls fresh water to the drilling rigs and removes production water for processing at designated, licensed facilities.
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The latest edition of "This Week In Space" is out!
Hello and Welcome. This week we have everything from NASA creating vomit in a lab to fire and smoke, and let's cut right to those flames you want to see…
FIRE and smoke blasted out of the most powerful solid rocket motor designed for flight – a 5 segment solid rocket booster. This was a NASA and ATK test in Promontory Utah. It was a 75 million dollar test of a rocket that President Obama wants cancelled. This five segment motor was built to power the Ares I rocket meant to fly crews to space. This one blasted out a 600 foot long flame that was 5600 degrees and can generate up to 3.6 million pounds of thrust.
We LOVE an excuse to show catchy video anytime here at TWIS – and NASA just gave us two good reasons. The agency selected two companies for experimental space vehicle test flights…Armadillo Aerospace and Masten Space Systems and awarded them a total of about half a million dollars. The awards will be used by the two companies to test their systems near the edge of space. That's considered to be the area between 65 thousand and 350 thousand feet. The CRuSR awards will fund two flights this fall and one this winter of Armadillo's Super-Mod vehicle from Spaceport America in New Mexico. The first two flights will be to an altitude of approximately nine miles and the third to approximately 25 miles. A Masten Space Systems' vehicle will make four flights this winter from the Mojave Spaceport in California. Two flights will reach an altitude of approximately three miles and two others will be to approximately 18 miles.
All good things must come to an end – and that was the case Monday for NASA's ICESat spacecraft, which fell to Earth in a controlled re-entry over the Barents Sea. The spacecraft weighed about a ton, and NASA expected about 200 pounds of debris to survive the fiery plunge to the surface. Launched back in 2003, ICESat was an Earth Observing satellite designed to measure the thickness of both land and sea ice – as well as vegetation, clouds and atmospheric aerosols. Its laser instrument stopped working last year, and controllers fired on-board thrusters over the summer to adjust its orbit and bring it down in a safe and controlled fashion. And here's a cool twist – NASA farmed out the planning work on the final maneuvers to students at the University of Colorado Boulder. It was a great project for them, and it saved some tax dollars too. ICESat 2 is on the books to launch in 2015.
As long as we are de-orbiting things…Tuesday was trash day up on the International Space Station. In space it is a little more complicated than pushing the big green bin out to the curb. As you know, the station gets regular shipment of supplies via unmanned Russian Progress vehicles. Once the station crew members unpack all the cargo, they start packing trash back in. When it is full, the Progress undocks and Russian ground controllers eventually deorbit it and it burns up over the Pacific Ocean. The station crew waved bye-bye to Progress 38 in time to start preps for the arrival of Progress 39, set to launch from Kazakstan on September 8 and dock at the station two days later. Also on the ISS, astronauts were keeping an eye on hurricane Earl from 218 miles up…talk about a birds-eye view. And one more piece of station news before we move on. NASA crew assignments for Expedition 34 and 35. The headline: in March 2013, Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield will assume command of the ISS – making him the first Canadian commander. Way to go, Chris, 'eh?
The NASA family bid farewell this week to astronaut Bill Lenoir, who died at age 71 of head injuries sustained in bicycle accident. Lenoir was a "scientist-astronaut" selected in 1967, and he waited a full 15 years to make his one and only flight. In the shuttle program, he is a man of many firsts. He flew on the first "operational" shuttle mission, STS-5. The previous four were considered test flights. He and Joseph Allen were the first mission specialists to fly on the shuttle. He was the first flight engineer to assist the Commander and pilot during a launch on the flight deck. He switched seats with Allen for the return home, and so he was the first astronaut to ride back to earth on the middeck. He and his crewmates deployed the first commercial shuttle payloads into orbit – two communications satellites. And he and Allen were supposed to conduct the first spacewalks from the shuttle – but space sickness and suit malfunctions scuttled that plan. Lenoir went on serve three years as Associate Administrator for Space Flight.
Check out this super-cool visualization of the solar system that shows the location of asteroids over time as we earthlings discovered them. Here's what our situational awareness was in the year 1980. But let's skip ahead a bit. Discoveries really took off around the year 2000 or so. The ones in red are so-called Earth crossing asteroids – need to keep a particularly close eye on those. It's like Yogi Berra said – you can see a lot by just observing. Another interesting asteroid tidbit this week. There's been a lot of buzz in recent months about a possible manned mission to an asteroid, perhaps sometime in the 2020's. Well, opportunities to do that may not be as plentiful as you might think. We can't go to any just any old asteroid – we would need to choose one that's got to be zipping through space at the right speed, its got to be spinning just right, viewable by ground-based telescopes, and reachable using a heavy-lift rocket that will presumably be developed between now and then. When you put all that up on the scale, you know how many suitable asteroid candidates there are for a manned mission in the 2020's? According to the NASA Near Earth Object Office: Two. Of course, we may discover others. Which would be great. It's always nice to have options.
Here's a new view of a mysterious Martian crater, compliments of the European Space Agency's Mars Express spacecraft. It's called "Orcus Patera," and scientists are not sure how it formed. A leading theory: it's an impact crater from a small object that hit at a shallow angle.
From Mars to Mercury. NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft has been executing flybys of our solar system's inner-most planet for the past couple of years, and is preparing to pull into orbit around Mercury next March for a year-long science mission. Here's a MESSENGER image looking back at Earth snapped about 3 months ago, during its closest approach to the Sun. Check out the moon. Is that cool or what?
If you want to keep on top of missions like MESSENGER, NASA has a new iPad out called NASA App HD, free at the App Store. Among other new features, you can stream NASA TV live…and view images like that one we just showed you from MESSENGER in high resolution. Also, NASA has started putting more of its image archives up on Flickr. You'll find a lot of new imagery up there, but also a fair amount of historical material too. Point your browser to our web site for a link. That's spaceflightnow.com/twis
Here's a story that really stinks. NASA is creating vomit in a lab. Really. So why does the space program need vomit? Here's what researcher Nikki Williams at the Johnson Space Center told roving reporter and astronaut Mike Massimino.
We need to put all the trash you'd have on a space mission on that trash bag. That includes potentially vomit, diapers. It sounds like a baby place.
So it's for a new trash bag test. There is a vomit recipe from medical research that NASA based their formula on. Fake vomit …eg…kinda makes me want to …(gags) nevermind…I'll be ok. If you want to see more of NASA's vomit research – come on you know you want to, head to our page spaceflightnow.com/twis.
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|Dua for Day 10
Allah humaj alni fihi minal
Reported by Jundub bin `Abdullah (RA): The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said, "Once someone said: `By Allah! Allah will not forgive such and such (a person).' Thereupon Allah, the Exalted and the Glorious, said: `Who is he who takes an oath in My Name that I will not grant pardon to so-and-so? I have granted pardon to so-and-so and rendered your good deeds fruitless.''' [Muslim]


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Huge amusement at Raedwald Towers at the efforts of the naughty so-and-sos who have 'hacked' Harry Harman's official blog; no doubt she will now complain that her new £10k 'communications allowance' isn't nearly enough to prevent such malicious fun ...
Anyhow, her 'official' resignation letter to the one-eyed thief is worth preserving in full as I can't imagine even Labour will let the spoofed site stay up much longer;
Rt. Hon.Gordon Brown M.P.
Leader of the Labour Party/Prime Miniser
House of Commons
25 April 2008
I have been a member of the Labour Party for over 30 years, and have served for 26 years in the Parliamentary Party, in a variety of backbench and front bench roles. This has usually been a great pleasure, and always a great privilege. It is therefore with much sadness that I write you this letter. But you are entitled to know the truth.
Under your leadership the Labour Party appears to me to have ceased collectively to believe in anything, or to stand for anything. It has no bedrock. It exists on shifting sands. A sense of mission has been replaced by a PR agenda.
For the first 25 years of my time in the House, in common I imagine with the great majority of my colleagues, it never occurred to me to leave the Party, whatever its current vicissitudes. Ties of familiarity, of friendship, and above all of commitment to constituency supporters are for all of us very strong and incredibly difficult to break. But they cannot be the basis for living a lie – for continuing in an organisation when one no longer has respect for its leadership or understanding of its aims. I have come to that appreciation slowly and painfully and as a result of many things, some of which are set out below.
The first horrible realisation that I might not be able to continue came last year. My initial reaction was to suppress it.
You had come to office as Leader of the Party committed to break a solemn agreement we had with the country to give them a referendum on the European Consitution, now known cunningly as the Lisbon Treaty. For seven months you vacillated, and during that time we had several conversations. It was quite clear to me that you had no qualms in principle about tearing up this agreement, and that it was only the balance of prevailing political pressures which led you ultimately to stop short of doing so i.e You are a wimp, Gordo!
You also broke your promise to let me be Deputy Prime Minister and run the Deputy Leadership elections unopposed, just like you.
Of course I knew that you had put yourself in a position such that if you gave the referendum you would be breaking other promises you had given to colleagues, and on which many of them had counted in voting for you at the leadership election where of course you were the only contestant. But that I fear only made the position worse. The trouble with trying to face both ways is that you are likely to lose everybody's confidence.
Aside from the rather significant issues of principle involved, you have of course paid a practical price for your easy promises. You are the first Prime Minister of this country to be completely upstaged on his recent visit to America, by his holiness the pope, who by all accounts is a doddery old man. Up to, and very much including,Tony Blair, your superior predecessor.
I have never done business with people who deliberately break contracts, and I knew last year that if you did not give the European Referendum, or make me Deputy Prime Minister I could no longer remain in a party under your leadership.
In fact you held back and I tried to put this ugly incident out of my mind and carry on. But the last year has been a series of shocks and disappointments. You have displayed to the full both the vacuity and the cynicism of your favourite slogan "When I wake up every morning, something or other".
One day in January, I think a Wednesday or Thursday, you and Alistair Darling discovered that David Cameron was to make a speech on your disgraceful 10p tax cut. You wished toavoid the hassle. So without any consultation with anyone – experts, think tanks, the industry, even the Shadow Cabinet – you announced a visit to the US, which was so cack-handed you managed to be upstaged by His Holiness. The PR pressures had overridden any considerations of economic rationality or national interest, or even what would have been to others normal businesslike prudence.
Equally it seems that your hasty rejection of Fidel Castro as a Hero of the Left nuclear energy as a "last resort" was also driven by your PR imperatives rather than by other considerations. Many colleagues hope that that will be the subject of your next u-turn.
You regularly (I think on a pre-arranged PR grid or timetable) make apparent policy statements which are then revealed to have no intended content at all. They appear to be made merely to strike a pose, to contribute to an image.
You thus sometimes treat important subjects with the utmost frivolity. Examples are "Britishness", "Anti-Terrorism", most recently, mass promotion of people who are not even Labour Party Members like Digby Jones to the government (In view of your complete failure to consult with anyone, within the Party or outside it, on many of the matters I have touched on, or on many others, the latter was perhaps intended as a joke).
Of course I could go on – but I'm tired.
Believe it or not I have no personal animus against you. You have always been perfectly courteous in our dealings. You are intelligent and charming. As you know, however, I never supported you for the leadership of the Party – even when, after my preferred candidate (Myself) chickened out as she didn't think she had a snowball's chance in hell of winning. It was blindingly obvious that you were going to win. Although you have many positive qualities you have three, dithering, dourness and a terrible habit of picking your nose in public which in my view ought to exclude you from the position of national leadership to which you currently hold and which it is the presumed purpose of the Conservative Party to achieve.
Believing that as I do, I clearly cannot honestly remain in the Party. I do not intend to leave public life. On the contrary I am looking forward to joining another party with which I have found increasingly I am naturally in agreement and which has just acquired a leader I have always greatly admired, who I believe is entirely straightforward, goodlooking and who has a towering record, and a clear vision for the future of our country which I fully share.
Because my constituents, to whose interests of course I remain devoted, are entitled to know the full background, I am releasing this letter to the press.
Statement to press
"The more I thought about it the more I realised that the only logical and honest thing to do was both to leave the Labour Party and join the Conservative Party, with which I have found myself in practice regularly in agreement."


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Wardevil was one of the first current-generation games to ever be shown off. That was back in 2005. Back when it could still be called an upcoming game. Now? We can call it a cancelled game.
London-based studio Ignition has finally pulled the plug on the ambitious title, which over the space of five years has gone from game to game + movie to, well, nothing.
While the game's cancellation won't kill off Ignition, the developer has had to shed around 30 staff following Wardevil's binning. Interestingly, Developer reports that Ignition CEO Vijay Chadha has gone AWOL, with "many staff, possibly all of them, unaware of his whereabouts" after a three month absence.
Guess he couldn't bear to go down with his ship!
Five-year WarDevil project cancelled [Develop]


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Yanks continue pursuing Cano as reports swirl
NEW YORK -- As Robinson Cano winged it to the West Coast to talk with the Mariners, Yankees managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner said that his club has not quit on the idea of retaining the All-Star second baseman.
ESPN Deportes reported on Thursday that the Mariners were willing to offer a contract of as much as 10 years and $230 million to $240 million for the 31-year-old Cano. That would far exceed the Yankees' offer to Cano, believed to have been seven years at $160 million to $170 million.
NEW YORK -- As Robinson Cano winged it to the West Coast to talk with the Mariners, Yankees managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner said that his club has not quit on the idea of retaining the All-Star second baseman.
ESPN Deportes reported on Thursday that the Mariners were willing to offer a contract of as much as 10 years and $230 million to $240 million for the 31-year-old Cano. That would far exceed the Yankees' offer to Cano, believed to have been seven years at $160 million to $170 million.
By Friday morning, however, the talks between Cano and the Mariners reportedly had broken down. The New York Daily News reported that when Cano and his representatives met with Seattle on Thursday, an eight-year, $200 million deal was on the table with assurances that the Mariners would go to nine years and $225 million if Cano agreed to sign with them. But then Jay-Z, the head of the Roc Nation Sports outfit to which Cano is linked, demanded 10 years and $252 million.
That ended the meeting and the talks, the Daily News reported Friday morning, though Ken Rosenthal of MLB Network and FoxSports.com reported soon after that a source told him that discussions remain alive.
Meanwhile, in New York on Thursday ...
"Look, we're still talking," Steinbrenner said at Yankee Stadium, where the club was introducing new catcher Brian McCann. "Nobody has given up. We're still talking, but obviously we're a decent distance apart. We're just going to have to see, day by day. That's all we can do."
Cano's representative at CAA Sports, Brodie Van Wagenen, met with a contingent of Yankees officials that included team president Randy Levine and general manager Brian Cashman before the Thanksgiving holiday.
Cashman said that he has also talked with Jay-Z, including an in-person meeting at Jay-Z's Manhattan office. But with a gap of nearly $100 million remaining between the sides, discussions stalled.
True to their word, the Yankees have advanced on other business, including signing McCann to a five-year, $85 million deal and reaching an agreement on a seven-year, $153 million pact with outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury.
"We're not waiting for Robbie. Robbie is not waiting for us," Cashman said. "We're out there trying to sign players. We've been trying to sign him as well, but we have a lot of needs. Obviously I know McCann would love to have Robbie as a teammate, and we would love to have Robbie as a Yankee.
"But at the same time, there's a lot of guys we'd like to have in here as well and there's a lot of needs we have to fill. We're aggressively trying to pursue a number of players and we have offers out for a number of players."
Steinbrenner said that if Cano signs elsewhere, the Yankees would have to fill that hole. They have touched base with free agent Omar Infante and recently agreed to sign veteran Kelly Johnson. It is possible they could also explore a trade for the Reds' Brandon Phillips, but they'd prefer to keep Cano.
"It would make a big difference," Steinbrenner said. "Robbie is one of the best players in baseball, no doubt about it. He's been a great player and he's been a great Yankee. We're going to keep plugging away until it either happens or it doesn't."
Steinbrenner said that he would hope Cano's representatives would give the Yankees a chance to match any offer Cano received.
"I would hope, given the history and given that he came up through this organization, that would be the case," Steinbrenner said. "These are good guys that he's got. I can't answer that, only they can, but I would think so and hope so."
However, Cashman was not so certain that the Yankees would be extended that courtesy.
"There's no understandings that, 'Hey, we'll come back in the end,' or anything like that," Cashman said.
Yankees manager Joe Girardi said that he has not had a chance to speak with Cano, but he understands the very real possibility that Cano may not appear on any of the lineup cards Girardi fills out in 2014.
"Whenever someone enters free agency, you have to think about the possibility that they may not be here," Girardi said. "And I know our club has negotiated very hard with Robinson Cano, and has made fair offers to Robinson Cano.
"I can't tell you what's going to happen. Robbie's been a great player here since he arrived in May of 2005. But I've always said, it takes two to tango."
It was a little more than two weeks ago that both Cashman and Levine voiced comments to the effect that the highest bidder would likely secure Cano's services. More and more, it sounds like the Yankees are uncertain they will have Cano's highest offer on the table at the end of the process.
"At the end of the day, we will have or have put forward already offers that we are very comfortable with -- and higher than where we thought we would be to try to retain him," Cashman said. "At some point, based on all the information he receives, he'll make decisions for him and his family. All I can tell you is, I hope it's us. I can't guarantee it."
Bryan Hoch is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @bryanhoch and read his MLBlog, Bombers Beat.


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How to Knit a Colorful Scarf
Worked at a very fine gauge, this slip-stitch scarf takes advantage of the yarn's softness, in addition to highlighting its magical color changes. As you knit, watch the colors shift and change throughout both skeins. The geometric tessellations of this slip-stitch pattern trick the eye, while the drape of the fabric delights the touch.
Size: Finished measurements: 9″ wide × 34-1⁄2″ long
Yarn: Fingering-weight yarn (shown: Crystal Palace Yarns Sausalito, 80% superwash merino/20% nylon, 198 yd.)
MC: #8306 Firebird (reds), 2 balls
CC: #8307 French Roast (grays), 2 balls
Gauge: 42 sts and 73 rows = 4″ in patt st
Needles: Size 1 (2.25mm) needles, or size needed to achieve gauge
Notions: Tapestry needle
With about 18 rows to the inch, this scarf grows very slowly as you work. The finished result is worthy of your patience.
Work the lower edge.
With MC, CO 80 sts. Work in garter st for 10 rows.
Work the body.
Rep Rows 1–16 of noir chart until scarf measures 34″, or desired length.
Work the upper edge.
Break MC and weave in end. Cont with CC only, work 10 rows in garter st. BO.
Work the side bands.
With MC, pick up and knit 324 sts along one edge of scarf. Work 10 rows in garter st. BO.
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Handpainted and lettered map of your wedding location is just the detail to get your guests talking! These fancy little creations are custom made for each event. Whether you want traditional, modern, romantic, vintage or rustic, this map will exude the very style of your wedding and get your guests pumped up for a one of a kind experience that is your wedding!
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ASHEVILLE NC – On Saturday, September 28, Buncombe County Parks and Recreation Services will host the 6th Annual Tails and Trails 5K Adventure Run. The run starts at 9:30 a.m. and is open to adults, children and dogs of all ages. Put your paws to the pavement and come join us for this unique fun run.
The run will take place on the Buncombe County Sports Park track. Advance registration is available by mail. The mail-in registration forms can be found online at buncombecounty.org/parks or call for a form. Registration will be available through the day of the race. Register by September 13th to receive an event T-Shirt. Check in and late registration begins at 9:00 a.m. The cost is $20 for adults and $10 for children ages 4 – 12 and 2 cans of Dog Food, which will be donated to the Asheville Humane Society. A portion of the proceeds from the event will be donated to Asheville Humane Society.
Dogs must remain on leashes at all times. The Buncombe County Sports Park is located in Candler.
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Undecided Dems key on Syria
Democratic lawmakers are confronting an unpleasant reality: It will be up to them to support military strikes in Syria if they want to save President Barack Obama from a dramatic defeat in Congress.
It's a big ask.
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Take Tulsi Gabbard, a Hawaii Democrat who doesn't yet know how she'll vote on the measure. Gabbard worries about the unintended consequences of a strike in the Middle Eastern nation, which is riven by a complex civil war.
"If this authorization is approved and this limited strike occurs as the president has presented, there are a number of things outside of our control that could occur, which could potentially further obligate us into something within Syria and the region," Gabbard told POLITICO Friday morning after leaving a classified briefing.
( WATCH: Timeline of Syria crisis response)
If Obama hopes for victory in Congress, he must gain the support of undecided Democrats like Gabbard, who served in the military in Iraq and remains active in the National Guard. Democrats are expected to shoulder a Senate vote, if it's successful. Few rank-and-file Democrats have taken the step of publicly expressing their support for Obama and his Syria mission, even though Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) predicts the legislation will ultimately pass the Senate.
And the House simply cannot pass — at this time — a use-of-force measure without support from the vast majority of the House Democratic Caucus. A vote in the House is expected in the "next two weeks," Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) wrote in a memo to colleagues Friday.
Many Democrats remain in a defensive crouch leaning no, and several House members and senators are publicly stating their opposition. But a president who ran on an anti-war platform endorsing action in Syria may actually help the administration's case, said Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), a key Obama ally who remains undecided.
( Also on POLITICO: Syria: It's not about the oil)
"I think that may be to his advantage. That he in the past has taken the stance he has taken on war, because I think people will say: 'Okay, here's somebody who has had this stance for a long time and now he's saying because of these particular circumstances, I believe that we must do this,'" Cummings said.
And other House Democrats want to ensure Congress is playing a major role in the ongoing debate over whether to strike Syria in response to the Assad regime's alleged use of chemical weapons.
"The one thing I would say is that the president should understand … that Congress's role in matters of war and peace is not just an advisory role," said Rep. Rush Holt (D-N.J.), who is leaning against military action in Syria.
( PHOTOS: Syria: Where politicians stand)
Obama and his lieutenants have engaged in a "flood the zone" approach, contacting as many as one-third of lawmakers individually over the congressional recess and holding several classified briefings on the Hill. Senior administration officials will address the whole House on Monday evening, while White House chief of staff Denis McDonough, who remains highly popular among lawmakers, will meet with the House Democratic Caucus on Tuesday morning. National Security Adviser Susan Rice is meeting with the Congressional Black Caucus on Monday and a full Senate briefing is planned for Monday evening.
Several Democrats said Senate leadership is not yet actively drumming up support for Syria, leaving much of heavy lifting to the Obama administration. For some, the White House's approach is working.
One of those Senate leaders, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), said Friday that he will support authorization of military action, calling the resolution in the Senate "clear, limited and specific."
( See POLITICO's full Syria coverage)
"To me, there is enough evidence that there has been a chemical weapons attack, that it was authorized by the regime and I believe that we have to demonstrate that you can't do that. So I'm leaning in that direction," said Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.), adding that he wanted to make sure the final resolution was narrow enough.
Undecided Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) said he trusted the administration's intelligence and its approach. But he said he needed to look at all the evidence himself before he could take the leap into the Syrian conflict.
"I trust Barack Obama. I trust Joe Biden. I trust John Kerry. There's a need to verify, and I'm going through that verification process. It includes briefings, it includes actually reading top secret information," Carper said.
( Also on POLITICO: Harry Reid predicts Syria Senate win)
Thus far, Senate and House Democratic leaders that support a strike have been reluctant to publicly twist members' arms to support the resolution. On Friday, Reid cast action overseas as a moral imperative given the horrors of gas attacks and predicted the legislation will ultimately pass the Senate.
"We lost tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of people during World War One with gas," Reid said. "If this doesn't call for a response, I don't know what does."