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...Given the market for such pictures, could the paparazzi become a problem for the First Family? Alan Nierob, a publicist whose flashbulb-bait clients include Mel Gibson and Russell Crowe, says he can't imagine one. "There aren't going to be any long-lens shots into the White House," says Nierob. "Hello! There's a Secret Service. It's not like the girls are going to be sitting in traffic while photographers snap away...
...House Minority Leader John Boehner, who tussled with Democrats over the rules governing Congress's use of sites like YouTube and Twitter, saw the Rickroll video as an opportunity to offer some tongue-in-cheek criticism. "This is the same sort of bait-and-switch we see from House Democrats on important policy matters," wrote Boehner spokesman Michael Steel in an E-mail. "They promise something new and different, and then the same old tired, annoying stuff pops up. The American people (and the Speaker's cats) deserve better...
Some homeowners have put out poisoned blue pellets on their own - a real no-no, says Mills, since dogs, cats and small children often mistakenly eat the poison. It's much safer to get bait boxes, which are anchored in place and contain poison, which only rats can get to. Even so, it makes no sense to put out poison if you don't also tidy up your garbage, since rats will ignore baited food in favor of tastier leftovers...
...snarky tone towards the mainstream media ("Blogs are turning this notion of an elite, degreed priesthood of journalists on its head"), a tone that blogs do particularly well. But this book is so useful that this card-carrying member of the "dinosaur media" is not going to take the bait. The HuffPosters capture all of the excitement of the blogosphere, enabling the would-be blogger to take a confident step online. It does a fine job of explaining blog vocabulary (CAPTCHA; commenter; troll; vlog), as well as various means of measuring traffic (hits, page views, unique visitors). Surprisingly, the book...
...given marking kits, paid for either by the company or out of government funds. Windows and street furniture in the area are then plastered with the SmartWater logo and the local media are roped in to help wage psychological warfare on local villains - typically, police will rig out a bait car with a spray to secure a headline conviction and make it known they will routinely scan suspects arrested for any reason. Last December, police in Peterborough sent greeting cards to convicted thieves to let them know that their next crime could leave them "glowing like a Christmas tree...