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Saturday, August 17, 2013

CM Punk on Being Heel or Babyface, Total Divas Bonus Scene, Chris Jericho Does DDP Yoga

- WWE released this bonus scene from Total Divas:

- Diamond Dallas Page posted this photo of Chris Jericho doing DDP Yoga:

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Source:http://theringfannews.blogspot.com/2013/08/cm-punk-on-being-heel-or-babyface-total.html

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Friday, August 9, 2013

Gold Manipulations: GATA's Chris Powell on Suspicious Activity at the BoE & JP Morgan's Commodity Exit

  The story about "Missing 1300 Tonnes of Gold from BOE" is making its way to the mass media.  Situation for LBMA participants is getting from bad to plain desperate according to the findings by Alasdair Macleod and ZeroHedge.ZeroHedge: "Hello Scotia Mocatta, This Is JPMorgan - We Urgently Need Some Of Your Gold"The Great Gold Game of Musical Chairs has begun, ZeroHedge reports on dramatic gold shortages unveiling behind the scenes. We are putting all these pieces of the puzzle together here and the picture is becoming more and more clear - Mother of Shorts Squeeze is coming to the Gold market.Alasdair Macleod: Bullion Banks Still Stuck With Massive Short Gold Position on LBMA.Alasdair Macleod: "1300 tonnes of gold missing from the Bank of England?" GATA seeks answers."Alasdair Macleod talks with Max Keiser from 13.00 about Gold market, GOFO and questions whether "1300 tonnes of gold missing from the Bank of England?" If it is true, this gold was used to suppress the Gold price during the recent Special OP: Gold Wash Out. The record low COMEX Gold is indicating the Bear Squeeze in Gold coming to the market." Enhanced by Zemanta
Source:http://sufiy.blogspot.com/2013/08/gold-manipulations-gatas-chris-powell.html

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Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Justice Department Indicts Joe and Teresa Giudice On Charges Of Lender, Tax Fraud

Mediaite.com:Two of the stars of Bravo’s The Real Housewives of New Jersey were charged with charges of conspiring to defraud lenders and illegally obtaining mortgages and other loans on Monday. The U.S. Department of Justice’s Paul J. Fishman announced on Tuesday that Teresa Giudice and Giuseppe “Joe” Giudice were named in a 39-count indictment alleging lender and tax fraud.According to the DOJ’s announcement, the Real Housewives stars are “charged with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, bank fraud, making false statements on loan applications and bankruptcy fraud in a 39-count indictment returned today by a federal grand jury. The indictment also charges Giuseppe Giudice with failure to file tax returns for tax years 2004 through 2008, during which time he allegedly earned nearly $1 million.”The indictment alleges that the Guidices lied to a bankruptcy court, the IRS, and a variety of banks.From September 2001 through September 2008, Giuseppe and Teresa Giudice allegedly engaged in a mail and wire fraud conspiracy in which they submitted to lenders fraudulent mortgage and other loan applications and supporting documents in order to obtain mortgages and other loans. The Giudices falsely represented on loan applications and supporting documents that they were employed and/or receiving substantial salaries when, in fact, they were either not employed or not receiving such salaries.Read the full release via The Department of Justice.RELATED:  Teresa Giudice Describes ‘Difficult Day’ of Fraud Charges; Will Plead Not Guilty
Source:http://therealhousewivesblog.blogspot.com/2013/07/justice-department-indicts-joe-and.html

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Friday, July 12, 2013

And on guitar, one cool cat

Hey, remember DeAnne Smith? That funny lesbian who made that funny video about lesbian relationships and hummus and kittens manifested out of love. Well, she’s gone and captured our collective lesbian zeitgeist again by combining a nerdy love song with a ukulele, bowtie, wordplay and kitten. Yes, kitten. So, so much kitten. I feel better about just about everything now. Also, please take your pants off immediately. Just seeing if that would work. p.s. Sorry of those of you who were disappointed today’s post wasn’t about budgeting strategy to fix America’s infrastructure while carrying on multiple covert wars. Blame the kittens.
Source:http://dorothysurrenders.blogspot.com/2013/07/and-on-guitar-one-cool-cat.html

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Wednesday, June 26, 2013

After Supreme Court, Congress must move on Voting Rights Act

The Voting Rights Act has been America?s most effective tool to eradicate racial discrimination in voting. Today, a sharply divided Supreme Court has thrown the future of this critical tool in limbo by striking down a key provision. It?s now up to Congress to revive the act.

By Myrna P?rez,?Op-ed contributor / June 25, 2013

Voting rights activists gather in front of the Supreme Court this February as the court heard arguments in the Shelby County v. Holder case on the Voting Rights Act. Op-ed contributor Myrna P?rez writes: 'It is fair to question whether congressional dysfunction will stall a legislative response to today?s ruling. But on an issue as important as the fundamental right to vote, advocates remain confident America?s leaders can come together in a bipartisan way.'

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For nearly five decades, the Voting Rights Act has been America?s most effective tool to eradicate racial discrimination in voting. Today, a sharply divided Supreme Court has thrown the future of this critical tool in limbo by striking down a key provision of the act. It?s now up to Congress to revive the act.

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The court upheld the act?s core ? known as Section 5 ? that requires jurisdictions with a history of racial discrimination in voting to gain federal approval before changing their voting laws. But it struck down the formula that determines which jurisdictions are covered by Section 5, which as a practical matter means they do not require pre-approval at this time.

The majority held that the formula was based on old data, but it dismissed in essentially one paragraph the vast record Congress considered ? about 15,000 ? which supported its conclusion that certain jurisdictions needed to be targeted

In light of the Supreme Court?s second-guessing of Congress, lawmakers must act in a decisive and bipartisan way ? as they did when reauthorizing the law in 2006 ? to protect voting rights of countless Americans and ensure that elections remain free, fair, and accessible.

In effect, Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act blocks discrimination before it occurs. This landmark law was passed in 1965, but there is ample proof it is still critically important today. States across the country introduced a wave of voting restrictions since the beginning of 2011. With the help of Section 5, citizens, courts, and the Department of Justice were able to stop changes in voting laws that were discriminatory. For example, Section 5 blocked Texas?s strict voter ID law and its redistricting plans. It also helped drastically improve South Carolina?s voter ID law by expanding the ?reasonable impediment? exception to allow citizens without an ID to vote.

Without a robust mechanism like Section 5 to block and deter discriminatory voting changes, voting rights advocates will need to be even more vigilant. After this decision, states and localities may attempt to revive blocked laws or implement changes that have been passed but not yet submitted for federal approval. For example, Texas?s attorney general said today his state?s strict voter ID law, which was blocked by a court because of the discriminatory effect it will have on minority voters, can now go into effect.

Further, some jurisdictions may seek to enact new restrictive laws or try to put in place blocked changes that, despite not being in effect, technically remain on the books. For instance, a 2007 Texas provision, which limits eligibility for a position of supervisor of a water district to landowners that are registered to vote, is still on the books.

The court?s decision does not mean states or other jurisdictions are free to enact racially discriminatory measures, and voting rights advocates will work tirelessly to push back against laws that are discriminatory. But, we have lost an important and effective tool. Congress must act swiftly to put a new coverage formula in place to avoid the fallout that may result from today?s decision.

In 2006, Congress voted nearly unanimously to reauthorize the Voting Rights Act for another 25 years. The vote ? 98-0 in the Senate and 390-33 in the House ? came after more than 20 hearings and thousands of pages of evidence showing the continued need for the critical provision of federal approval. Since then, the Justice Department has formally blocked 31 voting changes and Section 5 has deterred countless more.

It is fair to question whether congressional dysfunction will stall a legislative response to today?s ruling. But on an issue as important as the fundamental right to vote, advocates remain confident America?s leaders can come together in a bipartisan way. They must.

?Myrna P?rez is deputy director of the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at New York Univeristy School of Law.

Source: http://rss.csmonitor.com/~r/feeds/csm/~3/xQ6aBT4l0g8/After-Supreme-Court-Congress-must-move-on-Voting-Rights-Act

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Source:http://rosealiza52.blogspot.com/2013/06/after-supreme-court-congress-must-move.html

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Tuesday, June 25, 2013

On Probation: The Dangers of Assuming a “General Rule”


Source:http://thelegalwatchdog.blogspot.com/2013/06/on-probation-dangers-of-assuming.html

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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

J. Cole Freestyles on Hot 97′s ‘Funkmaster Flex Show’


Source:http://soul88.blogspot.com/2013/06/j-cole-freestyles-on-hot-97s-funkmaster.html

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Monday, June 17, 2013

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Sunday, June 16, 2013

Boston Bruins on Paper: A long distance relationship

Corey Crawford has a problem, or shall we say that he is about to.You see, the young Chicago Blackhawks goalie is about to enter into a long distance relationship that most therapists will contend is not good for him - not that he's a bad guy or a pushover, but when the object of your focus starts firing vulcanized rubber disks at you, it's time to reassess the situation.Dennis Seidenberg wouldn't mind starting one, the German Hammer is all about starting abusive long distance relationships with goalies.  So is Andrew Ference.  Adam McQuaid has had recent success finding paydirt while Johnny Boychuck and rookie Torey Krug and are dogs that will smack on anything......and let's not forget about Zdeno Chara, the big, surprisingly agile Czech with the sizzling snap shot.Though the Boston Bruins defensemen are known as physical head-bangers, it is their combined offensive skills that set them apart from the rest of professional hockey and what makes them so dangerous from anywhere in the attacking zone - or from anywhere on the ice for that matter.It is a familiar sight, seeing one of the Bruins' blue liners wind up from the top of the circle and fire a rocket towards the goal, and one has to marvel at their accuracy - and if the goalie is able to turn their shots away, the offensive philosophy dictates that everyone else crashes the net, creating a scrum.Crawford has a sensational goals against average of 1.74 and a save percentage of .935 but, as is almost always the case in sports, the stats don't tell his entire story.  Take away the beating that Chicago put on the overmatched Minnesota Wild in the first round, and Crawford has given up 2.20 goals per game and has let two or more pucks get past him in eight of their last twelve games and has a record of 8-4 in that span.By contrast, Boston Netminder Tuukka Rask struggled in the first round against the Maple Leafs, giving up 18 goals in seven games and was hearing the chants for back up goalie Anton Khudobin, but quieted those voices by turning in and 8-1 record since - the only blemish and overtime loss in New York to the Rangers - allowing two or more goals just three times for a 1.40 goals against average.So with goaltenders expected to get stronger and have their teams' backs the deeper they get into the playoffs, Crawford appears to be headed in the wrong direction - which is definitely cause for concern against Boston, a team that has scored more goals in the tournament than any other.The Blackhawks will try to offset the imbalance with some decent defensemen of their own, though they are nowhere near as deep on the blue line as the Bruins.Duncan Keith - he of the "accidental" retaliatory high-stick to the face of Los Angeles Kings forward Jeff Carter for which he was suspended - and Brent Seabrook are top shelf defenders on the first pairing, while Niklas Hjalmarsson and Johnny Oduya team up for the second.  The third pairing of defensemen have seen their minutes decrease steadily in the playoffs, Nick Leddy and Michal Rozsival contributing disappointing efforts......all of which has to have the all four lines of the Bruins salivating.  The top line of David Krejci, Nathan Horton and Milan Lucic has been phenomenal, all logging double digits in points and Krejci proving himself to be a legitimate superstar with his scoring prowess and stellar two-way play - which is also the calling card for Patrice Bergeron on the second line. He and Brad Marchand have hooked up for scintillating game winners in the past two series......but it is the early April pickup Jaromir Jagr that the Blackhawks must be concerned with.  He is a master on the forecheck and has unrivaled puck handling skills and, if history tells us anything about the 41 year old legend, he is due for a major scoring breakout.Tyler Seguin has been invisible for Boston in the playoffs, but he anchors a deceptively dangerous third line while Daniel Paille, Chris Kelly and tough guy Shawn Thornton are master disruptors on the Bruins' energy line.  So deep are the Bruins on offense that 10 of their 12 forwards have three or more points in the post season.Where the Bruins fall short, but not by much, is on the power play - and like the Blackhawks, Boston has struggled to get anything going with the man advantage, and the fact that Chicago had the best penalty kill in the western conference this season shouldn't give Bruins' fans much hope for a breakthrough.  On the bright side, with Jagr seeming to be hitting his stride, that could easily take a turn for the better.So, Corey Crawford has a big problem, along with the rest of his Blackhawk teammates, as the Bruins play with the style of a mean counter-puncher, absorbing their opponent's best shot, then returning the favor with brutal defense feeding into offensive opportunities.There's nothing fancy about what the Bruins do.  There's no trickery, no real grace or subtlties.  They win faceoffs, win battles on the boards and pepper the opposing goalie with a barrage of shots.The Bruins are bullies and can wear a team down with brute force, and unless Chicago coach Joel Quenneville can find some way to stem the tide, his charges are going to get abused by the bigger, more physical offensive-minded Boston defensemen......and there should be a parade in Boston in the next couple of weeks, say within 5 or 6 games, as the Bruins dump the Blackhawks like a bad habit.After all, isn't that how most long distance relationships end?
Source:http://beantownbrutes.blogspot.com/2013/06/boston-bruins-on-paper-long-distance.html

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Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Get Followers on Tumblr

Recently I was assigned some task on Tumblr. And for achieving the desired goal, perquisite was to create a good number for follower on Tumblr. I did very detail research on web to see the methods for growing follower’s base on Tumblr. I also tried some experiment and gradually I got success. In this post I will share all those steps, methods and tools I used to increase my follower on Tumblr. I have divided all these methods in two category, first one is all those standard methods which one should follow to increase follower in traditional way, these methods give results in long time but this is the only method to get relevant followers and the second method is some tools which give instant follower but most of these won’t be your target audience but as these people followed by large number of followers they give very good visibility to your Tumblr blog. Before starting with those methods lets first understand what Tumblr is exactly.  Tumblr is one of the world’s most used blogging website. Tumblr is world’s 32nd most used website and also one of the easiest blogging sites. Users can easily post content in form of text, audio, video, link and picture. One of the best feature of Tumblr is this is free from advertisement. Here users can follow other user’s blog; also they can like and repost their blogs as well.  In comparison to any other site communities on Tumblr are more active also Tumblr is very easy to navigate.As any other media platform or social media site require audience to publish their content so the Tumblr is, in Tumblr’s terminology these audience called follower. People follow blogs they find interesting for themselves. But how would a blogger can increase follower, there are many methods/steps are available for that. Traditional methods:First let’s talk about the traditional methods we use for most of the social networking sites. These methods always help to gain audience and these can be used for any media platform. There are some advantages and disadvantages of these methods. Advantages are these methods always work; these methods always create relevant target audience, increase reputation of publisher. And disadvantages are these methods are very slow, it takes years to create good audience base through these methods, and these methods take lot of hard work.Post tagging: This is just a method to categorize your blog/post. It helps to reach your blog to relevant/targeted audience. Tagged posts are more searchable in comparison to untagged posts. Always try to tag your posts with relevant tags it should not be case that you are tagging entertainment related post with business.Re-blog posts: When someone re-blog a post it reaches to everyone on Tumblr which create a very good visibility for posts.Like posts: Liking a post shows that you are active and social to interact with your followers who in turn help you to increase visibility of your posts as well.Quality content: On whichever platform you use, content is the only key to get good number audience if your content is not good no one going to read your post second time, so for getting regular visitors it’s very important to post quality content. Always try to keep your posts unique and always post good content.Follow other people: Start following people who have blogs similar to you, these people in return will follow you back most of the time.Ask your friends to follow you: You must be available one other social networking sites as well like on face book, twitter, LinkedIn, Google plus etc. Ask your friend from these websites to follow your Tumblr blog as well.Post pictures: Pictures are more catching in comparison to words. People star reacting fast to pictures. There is also very old saying “A picture is worth a thousand words”.Frequency: If you want to grow your network on any website it’s important to regularly visit that websites. So, keep visit your Tumblr account frequently and also try to post something.Tools:Other than traditional methods there are some tools, which can also be used to get instant follower in short time. One of the biggest disadvantages of these methods is this only help in increasing number it not give the direct relevant audience.Mainly these methods consist promotional forums, where you can promote your Tumblr blog, below are the list of some promotional website. You just need to register there and you’ll be shown in there active community and from there other active members can start following you.Tumblr FollowerInfinite FollowerFollower BlastTumblr PlusOther than above promotional forum there are some small companies who increase your follower and charges some amount for that. To get a list of these sites you can do Google.All above methods help me a lot in gaining a lot of followers and I hope these will help you as well :-) 
Source:http://technobeatss.blogspot.com/2013/05/get-followers-on-tumblr.html

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Monday, April 29, 2013

My letter to the editor on Dwight Howard and the Lakers

Yeah, they spelled my name "Freeman" but at least they published my letter and the point I was making...See here.My letter:Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was traded to the Lakers in 1975. He did not win a championship until Magic Johnson showed up in the 1979-80 season.Shaq signed with the Lakers in 1996. He did not win a title until he and Kobe Bryant learned to play together, and with a fast and young team around them, until 2000. And yes, kudos to Phil Jackson for bringing them together.Howard has been more than worth the efforts and price to have him, and the Lakers should be saying to him, we will build this team around you.A little patience would help everyone in the Lakers' organization and among the sportswriters at the L.A. Times.
Source:http://mitchellfreedman.blogspot.com/2013/04/my-letter-to-editor-on-dwight-howard.html

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Saturday, April 20, 2013

Richard Clarke: China's Cyberassault on America

Longtime public servant and cyber security advocate Richard Clarke has penned a rousing call to arms regarding the state of America's cyber security stance and the growing threats posed by Chinese cyber excursions.

Clarke, who served as an advisor on national security issues for three administrations, likens the current level of threat to critical networks posed by Chinese state-sponsored hacking to those of tangible physical threats of a more conventional nature.

"What would we do if we discovered that Chinese explosives had been laid throughout our national electrical system? The public would demand a government response. If, however, the explosive is a digital bomb that could do even more damage, our response is apparently muted—especially from our government," Clarke writes.

Clarke says that high ranking U.S. government officials are more than aware of the escalation of Chinese hacking operations aimed at stealing the corporate intellectual property and trade secrets that fundamentally fuel our economy and ensure future prosperity.

"Senior U.S. officials know well that the government of China is systematically attacking the computer networks of the U.S. government and American corporations. Beijing is successfully stealing research and development, software source code, manufacturing know-how and government plans. In a global competition among knowledge-based economies, Chinese cyberoperations are eroding America's advantage," Clarke warns.

Recent reports link Chinese hackers to a multitude of operations directed at government and private enterprise targets, including:

Energy Companies Hit by "Night Dragon" Attacks Spear-fishing Against U.S. Diplomats Chinese Cyber Spies Target U.K Government Systems Canadian Treasury and Finance Systems Hacked DDoS Attacks on South Korea Microsoft MHTML Bug Exploits Chinese Hackers Lift Microsoft Windows Source Code USCC Report Details Chinese Cyber Espionage

The largest and perhaps most damaging operation in recent years were the Aurora attacks which targeted an unknown number of large firms, including Adobe, Northrop Grumman, Dow Chemical, Morgan Stanley, and most famously Google.

"Aurora wasn't an isolated event. This month Google renewed its charge against China, noting that the Gmail accounts of senior U.S. officials had been compromised from a server in China. The targeting of specific U.S. officials is not something that a mere hacker gang could do," said Clarke.

Clarke also gives a strong indication the he believes China was ultimately behind the network intrusion at EMC's security division RSA. The attack is believed to have been orchestrated on order to compromise RSA's SeucrID product, which is used to prevent unauthorized access to netowrk systems, and is used by the government, military, financial, enterprise, healthcare and insurance companies.

"Recently the computer-security company RSA (a division of EMC) was penetrated by an intrusion which appears to have stolen the secret sauce behind the company's SecureID. That system is widely used to protect critical computer networks. And this month, the largest U.S. defense contractor, Lockheed, was subject to cyberespionage, apparently by someone using the stolen RSA data. Cyber criminals don't hack defense contractors—they go after banks and credit cards. Despite Beijing's public denials, this attack and many others have all the hallmarks of Chinese government operations," Clarke asserts.

Clarke saves his harshest condemnation for U.S. government officials for the lack of leadership being displayed in regards to mitigating and combating cybersecurity threats, and urges lawmakers to step up efforts to secure America's cyber defensive posture.

"Congress hasn't passed a single piece of significant cybersecurity legislation. When the Chinese deny senior U.S. officials' claims (made in private) that Beijing is stealing terabytes of data in the U.S., Congress should not leave the American people in doubt," Clarke stated.

Clarke is the author of the widely acclaimed book Cyber War, which was published in 2010.

Source:  http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304259304576373391101828876.html

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