No dousing Yeddyurappa fire - deccanchronicle.com
The first major effort by the central leadership of the BJP to placate former chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa after the CBI raid on his residences made little progress with the leader continuing his tirade against Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda, on Friday, even as senoir leader Arun Jaitley put off his visit to the city as he wanted others to gauge the mood of the former chief minister.
The task of pacifying the leader was left to the man in-charge of Karnataka affairs Dharmendra Pradhan, and RSS representatives to the party, G. Satish and Santosh.
Over two rounds of discussions at BSY’s Dollar’s Colony home, hours after he inaugurated his new office, the former chief minister complained about the CM’s treatment of his supporters. Mr Pradhan has reportedly conveyed the crux of his inconclusive talks with BSY to the state party chief K S Eshwarappa when they met on Friday night.
Mr Yeddyurappa also vent his ire against senior central leaders of BJP for not keeping their word on appointing him president of the state unit of the party, on Friday.
Speaking to reporters after inaugurating his new office, Mr Yeddyurappa said, “The BJP central leaders had promised to make me party president, but failed to keep their promise. I opened my new office to hear the grievances of party workers and people, as the person at the helm of affairs ignored their grievances.”
Mr Yeddyurappa’s die-hard supporter and Harihar MLA B.P. Harish said, “So far, he has not disclosed his future political moves. The opening of new office does not mean he will quit BJP soon. After gauging public opinion during his state-wide tour, our leader will take a decision. But one thing is clear – a majority of MLAs feel that without the leadership of Mr Yeddyurappa, they cannot win in next year’s Assembly elections. So he is confident that after three months, the party MLAs will join his team.”
His supporters moved swiftly to remove photographs of Congress president in order to avoid a controversy. However, those of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, erstwhile Jan Sangh founders Shyam Prakash Mukherjee, Jagannatha Rao Joshi and former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajapayee still adorn the walls.
Interestingly, BJP patriarch L.K. Advani’s photo was missing in the new premises.
Not the one to miss an opportunity to hit the party most where it hurts most, Mr Yeddyurappa invited a BJP worker from Mysore district, belonging to the Scheduled Caste, to inaugurate his new office on a day when the state unit organized a Scheduled Caste convention in Mysore.
Even as the state party leaders headed to Mysore for the SC rally, supporters of the former CM, mostly from his hometown Shikaripur, Harihar, Chennagiri and Yelahanka, thronged his new office on 17th Cross, Malleswaram.
‘Ouster of BSY will spell doom’
Mincing no words, ministers loyal to the former chief minister told the BJP and RSS that the party will have no future without Mr B.S. Yeddyurappa and warned it against taking any action against their leader.
Mr C.M. Udasi and Basavaraj Bommai and other “loyalist” ministers told party state president K.S. Eshwarappa that the party will fade away if it initiates action against Mr Yeddyurappa. But the ministers were not sure whether they would be treated with respect once in the absence of Mr Yeddyurappa.
“If the party could ill-treat Jagadish Shettar by keeping him out of the decision-making process, do you think it would allow us to grow in the absence of Mr Yeddyurappa,” sources in the BSY camp questioned.
The BSY loyalists said they would not resign from the cabinet if the BJP evicts Mr Yeddyurappa or he walks out of the party. But they will start a rebellion remaining within the party fold.
The ministers warned that the Lingayats will not come back to the BJP if Mr Yeddyurappa walks out. “Even if the party props up someone, the Lingayats in north Karnataka will neither accept the new face nor will they condone the party for removing Mr Yeddyurappa,” they told Mr Eshwarappa.
How To Gain Referrals Through SEO - MediaPost
Practical tips and tactics to gain referrals, win customers and find new business start with building a handful of case studies, a few sites and pages to point to when potential customers want to see the company's work, suggests Rand Fishkin. He also suggests doing some pro bono work for local charities or non-profits, as well as small local startups -- but making the offer very specific -- as well as picking a specialty.
High Court allows NIA to question Sadhvi in murder case - The Hindu
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has allowed the National Investigation Agency to question Sadhvi Pragnya Thakur in connection with the murder of the former RSS pracharak, Sunil Joshi.
However, a Division Bench of Justices Rakesh Saxena and S C Sinho on Thursday made it clear that she could be questioned only in the presence of her counsel, R. N. Singh.
Earlier, a special NIA court allowed the agency to question Ms. Thakur and submit a report last month. However, the exercise was delayed as she moved the High Court, claiming that the Madhya Pradesh police had already chargesheeted her in the case and therefore the NIA could not be allowed to do the same.
The NIA is investigating Ms. Thakur in Bhopal.
She is also being probed across border under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act for her alleged roles in bomb blasts.
The week ahead in central banking - Financial Times
Chris Giles has been the economics editor of the Financial Times since 2004. Based in London, he writes about international economic trends and the British economy. Before reporting economics for the Financial Times, he wrote editorials for the paper, reported for the BBC, worked as a regulator of the broadcasting industry and undertook research for the Institute for Fiscal Studies. RSS 
Fire Burned Near Sorrento Valley - msnbc.com
Authorities responded to a fire Friday morning on the northbound 805 near Sorrento Valley Blvd.
The fire was rapidly spreading when it started at about 11:30 a.m., according to the California Highway Patrol.
The San Diego Fire Department responded, and firefighters were able to knock down the fire within moments of arriving.
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Third teen arrested in East Wareham home invasion - Cape Cod Today
Third teen arrested in East Wareham home invasion
Faces similar charges two first two suspects including two counts of aggravated rape
WAREHAM - Wareham have arrested a third suspect in the home invasion that took place just after midnight Thursday. According to Lt. Kevin Walsh, 17-year-old Justin Gomes Jr. of 294 Main Street in Wareham was arrested around 8:30 p.m. Thursday night at his apartment.
Gomes is the third of three teens suspected in a Dana Lane home invasion in which two females and one male victim were assaulted and money and jewelry were stolen. The two female victims were also sexually assaulted, according to police.
Thursday, police rounded up the two original suspects, 18-year-old Robert Brown Jr. of Onset and 18-year-old Kendrick Williams of 7 Water Street in Wareham during two different traffic stops. After arresting Williams and Brown, police said they were still searching for one or two more suspects.
Armed with a search warrant Thursday night, police checked Gomes' apartment and found evidence related to the home invasion. Evidence was also found earlier at Williams' home on Water Street.
The three teens were held at the Wareham Police Department without bail until their arraignments on Friday in Wareham Fourth District Court.
Each suspect has been charged with armed home invasion, two counts aggravated rape, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, assault and battery, destruction of property over $250, assault in a dwelling while armed and possession of a firearm without an FID. Brown was also charged with trafficking a Class B substance (Percocet) as a result of his traffic stop.
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John Allison creates a comic cookbook in Bad Machinery - Comic Book Resources
John Allison creates a comic cookbook in Bad Machinery
I woke up this morning to a breakthrough on my RSS reader. Bad Machinery cartoonist John Allison has defined for me a new kind of comic: a cookbook comic (or would it be comic cookbook?). Although not the first to do it, Allison’s most recent Bad Machinery strip boils it down (pardon the pun) into an easy-to-digest (pardon the other pun) form.
According to Allison, this was the first of a “prospective series” about cooking that “never came to pass.” Apparently, the cooking aspect of it took more time than the cartoonist expected. The plan for the series was for it to be a weekly strip with a different member of Shelley’s family doing the cooking every month.
But this brings to mind: Why isn’t there a comic cookbook? Bryan Lee O’Malley famously included a recipe inside the pages of Scott Pilgrim, and Japan has a cornucopia of comics about food, but they only outline specific recipes in rare occasions. It’d be an inventive way to get past the sometimes droll directions cookbooks have, but it’d take a unique mind that’s good at both cartooning and explaining how to cook. If nothing else, how about a comic cookbook anthology? I’d love to read a comic by John Romita Jr. telling me how to make a mean ham sandwich.
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I also thought the Bad Machinery strip today was great. Cheap Thrills Cuisine isn’t nearly as clever, but it’s a recipe strip that’s been around a long time.
http://www.gocomics.com/cheap-thrills-cuisine