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Core WebKit Classes
Understanding the object-oriented design of the core WebKit classes is fundamental to understanding how WebKit works. You can display web content in a single window by following a few simple steps. Normally, to embed web content in your application you simply create a WebView object, place it in a window, and send a load request message. However, if you want to do something more complex—for example, customize the user interface, use multiple windows, or implement any other browser-like features, such as back and forward buttons—you will want to understand better how WebKit classes work together to load and display web content.
Frame Model and View Classes
WebKit loosely follows a model-view-controller paradigm—some objects represent view-controllers that display web content, and other objects represent models that encapsulate web content.
WebView Class Reference is the core view class in WebKit. WebView objects manage interactions between WebFrameView Class Reference objects and WebFrame Class Reference objects. To embed web content in your application, you create a WebView object, attach it to a window, and ask its main frame to load a URL. The most common example of web content is a single frame containing multiple MIME types. WebKit also fully supports HTML files containing compound frames.
For example, suppose a webpage contains a frame with two children frames, as illustrated in Figure 1. To load this page, you send a request to the main frame of
aWebView, an instance of WebView. The main frame initiates a client request. While it receives the server response (that is, loads the page content), the main frame creates WebFrame objects to encapsulate the content contained in each frame element. A hierarchy of WebFrame objects is used to model an entire webpage, where the root is called the main frame.
As the content for each WebFrame object is loaded, a corresponding WebFrameView object is created to display that content. These WebFrameView objects are attached to the WebView's view hierarchy. Therefore, there is a parallel hierarchy of WebFrameView objects used to render an entire page. In this hierarchy, the WebView object is not only a controller object but also the root view. The details of the view hierarchy are not shown because they are private to the implementation of WebKit and may change in the future.
Fortunately, you do not need to create these model and view objects directly. WebKit creates these objects automatically whenever pages are loaded, either programmatically or when the user clicks a link.
Data Model and View Classes
Once the frame hierarchies are created, the actual content for each frame needs to be loaded and displayed. Since webpages can contain different MIME types, WebKit implements different models and views to display them. WebKit automatically loads and displays most of the common document types (for example, HTML, XML, plain text, images, and QuickTime movies). WebKit selects the appropriate data model and view object based on the document's MIME type. In fact, WebKit design is extensible, allowing you to create your own data models and views for specific MIME types.
Figure 2 illustrates the relationship between WebFrame, WebDataSource Class Reference, document representation, and document view objects. For each WebFrame object, there's one WebDataSource object that loads the content for that frame. For each WebDataSource object, there's one document representation object, conforming to the WebDocumentRepresentation Protocol Reference protocol, that encapsulates the data for a specific MIME type. For each documentation representation object, there's a document view object, conforming to the WebDocumentView Protocol Reference protocol, that handles the display of that data. The document view object is contained in the corresponding WebFrameView object (for example, the document view of a scroll view contained in a WebFrameView object). Again, the details of the view hierarchy are not shown because they are private to the implementation of WebKit.
Because document representation and view objects are separate, you can have multiple models and views of a MIME type, and extend WebKit by defining your own. Once a data source is committed (the first byte of data has arrived), WebKit selects an appropriate document representation and document view object based on the MIME type of the data source. WebKit already supplies the model and view objects for most of the common MIME types. If a MIME type is not supported, you can supply your own model and view objects to handle that type, and register them with the WebView class. You can even replace the default model and view objects, although that's not recommended.
Again, you do not have to create any of these objects directly—they are automatically created when a page is loaded.
Provisional vs. Committed Data Sources
When you send a request to load a webpage, you receive an asynchronous response because the request is being sent to another process on another machine over the network. Because of this, WebKit needs to handle the state of its objects between the time a request is initiated and the first byte of data arrives. When using WebKit you should be aware of the transitional state of WebKit data source objects.
In addition to requests being asynchronous, many errors can result from requesting web content over the network. For example, there can be network failures, bad URL strings, corrupted content, and no available plug-ins. Or, you may initiate a load request but find the response slow, or delayed (the content trickles in).
For example, a typical static website looks something like the one in Figure 3. Client requests, conforming to the HTTP protocol, originate at the user's web browser. These requests are sent over the network to the web server, which analyzes the request and selects the appropriate webpage to return to the client browser. This webpage is simply a text file that contains HTML markup. Using the HTML commands embedded within the file received from the web server, the browser renders the page.
In WebKit, client load requests are asynchronous. To handle the state of objects during the time a request is initiated and content arrives, WebKit creates what is called a provisional data source. The data source is provisional because it isn't known yet whether the page will load successfully. Any existing data source for a page remains valid until the provisional data source is validated. The first time a WebFrame object is loaded there's no existing data source and a blank page is displayed.
A data source becomes committed as soon as the first byte of data arrives. If the provisional data source becomes invalid due to some error, it never transitions to a committed data source. When a data source is committed, an appropriated document representation and document view is created for the WebFrame object.
Note that the default WebKit behavior does nothing if a load request fails. Therefore, you need to implement WebView delegates to handle load errors (for example, to display or log a message).
WebView Delegates
You customize the behavior of WebKit by implementing WebView delegates that intercept request and response messages, and make policy and user interface decisions. WebView uses a multiple delegate model because there are so many aspects of WebKit behavior that you can customize. And for large applications, it makes sense for different objects to handle the different sets of delegate messages. Of course, you can always implement just one delegate to handle all these areas. WebView objects have four delegates:
Frame load delegate—intercepts frame-level request and response messages to track the progress and errors that might result in loading a webpage (see the WebFrameLoadDelegate Protocol Reference informal protocol).
Resource load delegate—intercepts resource-level request and response messages to track the progress and errors that might result in loading a resource (see the WebResourceLoadDelegate Protocol Reference informal protocol).
User interface delegate—controls the opening of new windows, augments the default menu items displayed when the user clicks on elements, and makes other window and control user interface decisions (see the WebUIDelegate Protocol Reference informal protocol).
Policy delegate—modifies the policy decisions that are made when handling URLs or the data they represent (see the WebPolicyDelegate Protocol Reference informal protocol).
Because all the delegates use informal protocols, you can set the delegates and implement the delegate methods you want. If you don't implement a delegate method, WebKit uses a default implementation. For example, by default, error messages are not reported, and new windows are not opened when a link is clicked that results in a new window request. If WebKit cannot reach a URL, your application window displays the old content, which may be a blank page. You typically implement a frame load delegate to handle these types of errors.
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While Frank was wading into the trenches of the Facebook vs Linkedin wars (my personal scorecard: jobs scored through Facebook: 0, dates scored through Linkedin: 0) I was trying to to figure out what the heck is the deal with this Twitter thing. Everybody is talking about it and nobody over a certain age seems to have any idea what the fuss is all about.
Twitter is a site that lets you very easily post a brief statement of whatever you're doing at that particular moment. (my first post was "joining twitter") You can update this as often as you like and you can look at what other people are doing at that moment or what they've been doing recently. You can "follow' people to receive a feed of what they're up to on an ongoing basis. There are some tools that let you use Twitter from mobile phones and let you implant Twitter information in other sites, including Facebook. (Where, by the way, the entirely of Twitter's functionality is available in just one of the hundreds of widgets available. More of Facebook later)
I might not be explaining this very well, but please take my word for it, this is terribly, terribly, addictive and could easily soak up all the spare time in the universe. How? Why? You'll just have to try it.
By way of example, I present the Twitter profile of one Sockington. According to his (?) bio, "I am Jason Scott's Cat." As of this writing, Sockington says "Can't talk now. Too busy licking." and has 86 followers. Make that 87. At this rate, by the end of the year easily 100 people will have signed up to know what Jason's cat is doing right now.
What does this mean for businesses? Besides that you should seriously consider banning your employees from using it at work, not much that I can figure out. There seems to be nothing on Twitter that even smells like a business model or a way to monetize the millions of hypnotized followers they seem to have acquired. But if you can create a platform where people post information multiple times a day and check that information almost constantly, you've definitely got something of value on your hands.
Let's think a little more outside this admittedly squsihy box. Is there a place in a business setting or more importantly in b2b marketing for this kind of ultrapresence? It's nice to know which of your co-workers is online or out of the office using your IM tool or intranet application. Would it be helpful to know that at this particular instant, Janice in accounting is "working on that jerk David's unintelligible expense report?" Maybe. I'm sure there are control freak managers who would love it.
But what if you could get that kind of immediate feedback on business transactions? Like FedEx tracking but even more granular? 11:52am, your package is being crushed under 44 other packages in the back of a hot truck stuck in traffic on 128 South. 2:35pm, your payment is earning interest for the bank before its actually credited to the vendor. 3:48pm, your CRM consultant is closing out his day-trading positions.
The trouble with Twitter is that you have to actually spend the time to tell it what you're doing, which is an inherent drag on productivity. When people are busy in real life, they use Twitter less, but when they are bored at their computers, they can update it all day.
My modest proposal for business Twitter (bwitter? twib2ber? Frank, what's our budget for buying domain names?) certainly depends on information systems putting the real-time status into the system without wasting workers' time, but what's to stop people from wasting their time looking at this matrix-like feed of nanoinformation?
Will Twitter ever be more than a time-sink? Will business find a use for it? Stay tuned…


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Photoluminescence of compounds of cerium aluminates and europium aluminates dopedAuthor(s): P.C.Piña, R.L.D.González
Two ceramic aluminates luminescent doped: (M1) Ce0.93Eu0.07Al0.93Cr0.07O3 and (M2) Eu0.93Ce0.07Al0.93Cr0.07O3 have been synthesized via solid state. Results show that DRX are: fluorite structure CeO2 for M1 by due oxidation of Ce3+ at Ce4+ and perovskite structure AlEuO3 for M2. SEM shows in M1 isolated globules of approximately 1.0ìm, connected or with appearance of nanotubes and in the compound M2 globules agglomerated or geometric particles with edges rounded between 1ìm<5ìm. Analysis EDX indicates the purity of the samples. The photoluminescence spectra of the doped samples M1 and M2 is similar, the difference is the band at 725-800 present only in the M2 may that be influenced by the high concentration of europium oxide. Strong red emission centering at 613 nm is due at Eu3+ in both samples.


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Black and White Sunday #189 – Wild Mustang
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My thanks to our hosts for this blog hop Dachshund Nola and Sugar The Golden Retriever.
Unfortunately, WordPress.com doesn't allow Java script so I can't provide a direct link to the linky, but you can join here.
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Very nice. 🙂


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Active Standard: E2320 - 04(2018)
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Keywordsair quality; building; facility; facility occupants; function; humidity; indoor air; office performance; rating; rating scale; requirements; serviceability; temperature; thermal environment; ventilation;;
E2320-04 Standard Classification for Serviceability of an Office Facility for Thermal Environment and Indoor Air Conditions is one of a group of ASTM standard classifications that together constitute a method for determining user requirements and associated building serviceability. This serviceability standard focuses on an offices thermal environment. The serviceability standards were originally issued in 1995 are in need of updating because of the ways that office buildings are used, office technology, furnishings and other equipment have evolved. Furthermore, users of buildings now give greater importance to sustainability than was typical upon its original issue resulting in additional user requirements and new building features to satisfy them. There have also been lessons learned from applying this standard resulting in adjustments to the parsing of details in the scales and its graphical presentation to users that improve effectiveness and economy that need to be incorporated into the standard classifications at the same time; specifically the updating of ASHRAE standards. Finally, other standard classifications and standard practices have been established or updated, both by ASTM and other standards organizations such as ISO and IFMA/BOMA, which these classifications should take into account or reference. E2320 needs to be updated as part of keeping the entire group of standard classifications relevant and useable as well as consolidated to eliminate repetition and simplify access to information. Each revised scale deals with an individual function required by users or individual building feature that provides a level of serviceability whereas each original scale included a number of functions or features grouped together. The new format makes the typical approach to strikeout and underline text awkward for the scales themselves. For this reason, the front-end sections, with the scope, referenced documents, terminology, significant use, basis of classification, and keywords uses the standard strikeout and underline convention. However each scale to be replaced is presented in its entirety with a strikeout X through the entire graphic followed by the revised scales in their entirety, without underline. There is not a one-to-one correspondence between replaced and revised scales, so a replaced scale will typically be followed by a number of revised scales.Back to Top
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Great advertising starts with a big idea
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An advertising strategy must start off with a great idea. This idea must ensure that consumers engage with the brand in today's cluttered media environment.
This idea will help inform media selection. Many channels are open to brands, but the idea will dictate the best place for it to be brought to life. It can inform large-scale advertising campaigns, product packaging, SEO strategy, social media messaging and every output that the marketing team has to consider. All of a brand's marketing collateral is unlikely to be effective if there isn't an engaging idea for people to get behind.
The big idea is as important for small local brands as it is for large multinational ones. If people are searching for something local like 'website design Hampshire' online then they are more likely to click on a result where the copy utilises a coherent advertising strategy. A good SEO strategy, starts with a big advertising idea that has been developed to work across all media channels.
Many brands make the mistake of coming up with a great advertising idea that works well on one specific channel, such as a hilarious television commercial, that then falls flat when it comes to print, outdoor or point of sale advertising.
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Hillsborough: No charges against two former officers
No charges will be brought against two former police officers who were being investigated for their role in the aftermath of Hillsborough.Read the full story ›
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Bid to prosecute Hillsborough match commander adjourned
An application to lift a stay on the prosecution of Hillsborough match commander David Duckenfield has been adjourned.Read the full story ›
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Hillsborough families oppose lawyer award nomination
The Hillsborough Family Support Group is asking The Lawyer magazine to withdraw a barrister's award nominationRead the full story ›
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Bid to find 'the man who saved my life at Hillsborough'
A survivor of the Hillsborough Disaster appeals to find the man who he believes saved his life 27 years ago.Read the full story ›
Fighting for fairness - the MP and the Hillsborough mother demanding a change in the law to help ordinary people take on the establishment
Hillsborough campaigner Margaret Aspinall has joined forces with the MP Andy Burnham to demand a number of changes to the criminal justice system.
They want ordinary people to have the same legal funding as the police in cases where officers are involved.
Our Hillsborough correspondent Andy Bonner reports.
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MPs will be told 'ordinary people' need better rights
Hillsborough families are demanding a number of changes in the law. They want a fairer system for people who come up against the police.Read the full story ›
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Police chief to 'listen to families of Hillsborough'
The new interim chief constable of South Yorkshire Police has said he plans to listen to the families of those who died at Hillsborough.Read the full story ›
Hillsborough drama shown again on ITV tonight at 10:20pm
After a momentous week for the Hillsborough families, tonight the 1996 Jimmy McGovern film will be shown again on ITV.
The controversial drama documentary was credited with giving the impetus to the families' campaigning which finally led to a change.
Mel Barham reports:-
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Hillsborough families vindicated after 27 years
Families of the 96 Liverpool fans who died in the Hillsborough disaster have finally received justice.Read the full story ›
Lanterns for the 96 light up Liverpool city hall
Candles representing each life lost at the Hillsborough disaster have been lit at St George's Hall in Liverpool.
Today, 27 years on since the disaster the families of those who died will find out if their loved ones were unlawfully killed.
The jury in the Hillsborough inquests will return to court today to deliver their conclusions into the deaths of 96 fans. The jury of six women and three men will give their decisions from 11am.


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The first floor of Alumni Hall will be the entry point into the building from the Knox campus. It will house the new home for the Office of Admission and Class of 1963 Office of Financial Aid. This floor will also feature a circular seminar room, conference room, student lounge and numerous study areas.
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FX is developing "Mohicans," a limited series adaptation of James Fenimore Cooper's classic 1826 novel "The Last of the Mohicans".
Chris Crowe, who penned Michael Mann's famed 1992 film adaptation of the book starring Daniel Day-Lewis, is back to co-write the script for this with Kerry McCluggage ("Miami Vice") and Steve Beck.
This mini-series version is said to explore "America's beginnings as a nation as told through the eyes of Cooper's classic characters". Crowe and McCluggage will executive produce.
The project joins FX's quickly growing slated of upcoming limited series that include "Conquistadors," "Grand Hotel," "Sutton," "They Marched Into Sunlight" and the remakes of "Mad Dogs" and "Fargo.
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"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life".
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What a fabulous quote by Steve Jobs, so very true.
Ever since knowing we were moving to Madagascar, we have known that on Thursday September 1st there was going to be an annular eclipse and that it would cover about 90% of the surface of the sun. We have been keeping an eye on the forecast for several days, yesterday 31/08, we had torrential showers, the worrying thing was that the forecast was pretty much the same for today. When we got up at 6am, we could hear the rain. However, as the morning progressed it wasn't too bad. Cloudy but at least no rain. I went out to the football field at 11:00 am and caught the beginning of this amazing event.
A little after 12 o'clock all the kids came out from school and all met up on the football field, we all brought some food, had a picnic and all watched in amazement as the light faded gradually and the temperature dropped noticeably.


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The Reputation / The Washdown
Right. Tracking this one down was maddening. Elizabeth Elmore told me it existed, but years passed before I had any other information about it. Then, out of nowhere, Haley Buckles contacted me through the site. Suddenly, game on...this was a red vinyl promotional split 7" that was pressed for a Red Stripe beer promotion. I have no idea how few of these were made, but I do know that it was really, really tough to track down. It was actually the only record featured on this site for which I had no concrete information. Fortunately, those days are gone. Whew.
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The voyage on the Mayflower section allows students to take an interactive journey that the pilgrims experienced or they can tour the ship.
Scholastic also provides implementation plans for K-2, 3-5, and 6-12 to help teachers use these resources effectively in their instruction.
Finally, Scholastic has partnered with Plimoth Plantation to produce three video tours of Plimoth Plantation, a Wampanoag homesite, and a Pilgrim homesite. They will also be adding a Mayflower virtual fieldtrip. This is a great set of resources which will bring Thanksgiving to life in your classroom through technology.
This following video I found on History.com. It shows the Pilgrim's route they took and deconstructs the Mayflower.


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New users to TimeSolv find they are most successful with our software when they take advantage of the TimeSolv's online training for Administrators.
However, we know a lot of users want to set up TimeSolv on their own. The following information will help you in setting up your account. This document does not cover every detail of TimeSolv but instead focuses on the most important areas of the application, in particular those that should be configured immediately after opening a TimeSolv account.
Following is what you can do to get started with TimeSolv:
- Setup timekeepers and support users for your firm
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- Set up firm related terminology
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Well, yeah. The past week or so has been a tough lead-up to my tests this morning. I have to admit I was more than a little concerned about what the findings might be. A lot of this stems from how crummy I've been feeling from my stupid cold/sinus infection. The symptoms mimicked those I had at the very start of my journey two years ago. So my head was playing games with me. The other concern was about that amorphous non-specific area of my cerebellum that has been apparent the past two scans. So yeah, definitely some major scanxiety this time around.
I had no hopes that the results would be so quickly obtained. But this afternoon I went in for my monthly onc-doc appointment, and reminded the doc that I had the tests this morning. He said "well, let's see if the results are posted yet" as he logged onto his computer. The next thing I saw were his arms raised a-la-Rocky as he read the CT results. Yes, there is still some "stuff" in and around my lungs but there was no progression from the last scan 6 weeks ago. Or from the one 6 weeks before that. Once again, words like stable, unchanged, and unremarkable jumped off the screen. OK, that was extremely good news, but what about the MRI which has previously displayed that undefined something?
His arms remained in the air as he read that report next. The little 5-6mm brain fuzzy/dead fuzzy is still there but not having grown in the past 3 months. More phrases like "there is no abnormal…" and "stable" might have well been in 20 point font as they again jumped off the monitor. However, I did note the phase that contained "mucosal thickening" and wondered about that mucus thing again. Hmmm.
But overall wonderful news and I am good to go for another 6 weeks. This A-team stuff (AZD9291) is my current hero. Keep staying ahead of the wave – that is the plan.
To break the tension last weekend while we were reading the morning paper, my wife says "well, I have some good news for you." Little mopy me says, "what?"
"You're not in today's obituaries."
OK, that helped put things back into perspective. Gotta love her. And I do.
Starting the year off right. I thank all of you once again for your positive comments, thoughts and prayers. May be celebrating with some Rombauer tomorrow night. OK, OK. No maybe about it.
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Friday, December 4, 2009
Character, the sages say, is what you do when you think no one is looking.
What does Gubernatorial Candidate Tom Corbett do when he thinks no one is looking?
He accepts a campaign contribution from a political operative he claims is under investigation.
He allows a political operative ostensibly under investigation to organize a fund raiser for him.
He allows another supposed target of investigation to host another fund raiser for him.
He and his campaign manager meet privately with a politician he claims is under investigation.
He allows his taxpayer-funded state Attorney General staff to initiate and accept hundreds of calls, on state phones and on state time, to and from his campaign staff.
He allows a sitting cabinet member to ignore a subpoena.
He green-lights the disposal of computers that supposedly contain evidence in a supposed investigation.
He parks political operatives in taxpayer-funded jobs at the Office of Attorney General.
He overlooks clear evidence of wrongdoing in the office of a Republican district attorney and political ally.
He sweeps under the rug rape allegations against another Republican district attorney and political ally.
He grants someone secret immunity and subsequently ignores a mountain of evidence against the most obvious suspect in the investigation he claims to be conducting.
Now that the eyes of Pennsylvania are upon him, Corbett thinks he can paper over these sins with a little damage control.
Would he ever have conducted a real investigation of Republicans if he hadn't been publicly called out on his partisanship?
If the Tribune-Review hadn't revealed that Steve Stetler flouted a subpoena, would Corbett have continued to let it slide?
If certain bloggers hadn't raised red flags about a possible secret deal with former House Democratic Leader H. William DeWeese, would DeWeese ever have been called before the grand jury?
Would allegations against current Leader Todd Eachus ever have seen the light of day if defendant Mike Veon hadn't included them in his massive motion for dismissal in July ?
As the Magic 8-Ball says: Very doubtful.
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PA AG Thomas Corbett and his staffers are doing what under the color of law his office requires him to do, and that is not hypocrisy, criminal, or conflicts as suggested here.
No investigations were ever closed and all are still open and the OAG has been fair, balanced, and detailed.
What is more remarkable is the OAG is listening back from the Grand Jury and may hold a special session on how to continue the reforms instituted by Bill DeWeese ever since his own persona was betrayed by colleagues he relied on in the HDCC.
Todd Eachus has to answer on how the CIT Computer Data was changed and hidden under his alleged direction and some computer disc destroyed on gun ranges.
Stetler is going to testify and show how the HDCC was set up before he left and it was not illegal until after he left and it was changed, by many indicted, pleaded, and still under investigation.
The Grand Jury may even call for all the Bonuses to be paid back by all commonwealth employees of both parties.
This is my insight based upon what I read in all the Newspapers, Veon Pre-Trial Motions, and Presentments.
I am still under the belief many of these are unethical violations that can be easily corrected and reimburse, and only when some sought to hide, lie, destroy, and obstruct the investigations did real crimes occur.
Those that cooperated did the right thing, legal actions taken to protect the rights of all are not wrong, and only those that refused cooperatioon have something to worry about.
Stetler will answer the allegations before a Grand Jury, as stated by the Governor in the PPG. These are actions of someone with nothing to hie.
DeWeese did the right thing from the day he discovered things, events, and monies were hidden from him too, as admitted by former staffers of HDCC.
Eachus will have to explain how he rose to power by doing things that Veon is accused of doing, without being indicted. Eachus may very well have allegedly planned many of these actions as poited out in the Veon papers to gain power.
However, in the end, Team Casa may have to compliment Tom Corbett for being fair in this entire process and not out for glory to become Governor, but because he did the right things too in a public mess caused by arrogance, greed, and quests for power.
I hope some are not found guilty, some pleads overturned on appeal, and some charges dropped if the Grand Jury recommends Reforms long overdue.
There must be some consequences for HDC, HRC, SDC, SRC, current staffers too, and total reorganizations of all four caucuses. Such sloppy, shoddy, and outright laziness has no place in government.
Strange but True!
- December 4, 2009 at 12:28 PM
I see Steve Webb a man of character that has no immunity is testifying in the Bonusgate Trials.
Correct me if I am wrong, but did Steve Webb run Campaigns for the HDCC and Veon's Campaign?
Steve Webb is apparently doing the right thing or is he not according to Team Casa?
Thank you in advance for your answers!
- December 4, 2009 at 12:35 PM
Veon's trial is going to be hilarious - I cannot wait to see how the "I didn't do anything wrong but so did these guys" defense works out.
If Corbett charged DeWeese and Eachus because of Veon, then I imagine they will be pissed enough at Mike and Brett to testify against them at trial.
It must suck to see your defenses crumbling, your former co-workers turning against you and your own employees testifying to cover their own asses.
(Nice timed post, by the way)
- December 4, 2009 at 2:16 PM
- bobguzzardi said...
For all his hypocrisy and conflicts, there is, nevertheless, the result of Perzel in handcuffs and if DeWeese, Eachus and Stetler are added and, then, as I am told, some Senate Rs, that will cover a lot of hypocrisy.
Tim Carson and Pat Deon are names to look at.
- December 4, 2009 at 7:44 PM
"Anonymous said...Veon's trial is going to be hilarious - I cannot wait to see how the "I didn't do anything wrong but so did these guys" defense works out. If Corbett charged DeWeese and Eachus because of Veon, then I imagine they will be pissed enough at Mike and Brett to testify against them at trial. It must suck to see your defenses crumbling, your former co-workers turning against you and your own employees testifying to cover their own asses. (Nice timed post, by the way)December 4, 2009 2:16 PM"
Unlike others, I hope the Veon, Cott, and anyone else actually do not go to trial and see the charges dropped.
Although there is no question that it seems they used State Resources on elections, it is still my judgment it was not intentional, but grew out of just sloppy political customs that over time seem normal.
I believe Corbett knows this to be true, but at the same time; he has a dilemma and must follow the law especially when staffers turn you in or make complaints.
I still feel from all I read as well, that DeWeese was out of the HDCC Loop, and some of his staffers did things under his name and against his orders to watch your steps.
I say so, because you do not investigate yourself and your staffs and HDCC unless you want to know what happen.
The Ramaley Trial is the key, if it results in a conviction, no one is safe, and if acquitted, well depending on the testimony of guilty felons is not a sound foundation.
We will know in about 10 days as the Citizens of Pennsylvania that are Jurors will decide.
I do hope the Grand Jury does recommend Reforms, reimbursements of bonuses, and do not condemn Corbett on doing a job he did not want, and Team Casa does have some points on how the OAG did it job, but no one is ever perfect.
It just on B.I.G. mess and it all started under Fumo' behavior followed by LaGrotta's conduct and betrayal, and Perzel's concealment, that others copied, especially the hiring of staffers that did not follow the rules.
- December 4, 2009 at 8:38 PM
Regarding today, how could the jury every believe some fat guy that already admitted telling fairy tales to the grand jury?
- December 4, 2009 at 8:41 PM
"bobguzzardi said...For all his hypocrisy and conflicts, there is, nevertheless, the result of Perzel in handcuffs and if DeWeese, Eachus and Stetler are added and, then, as I am told, some Senate Rs, that will cover a lot of hypocrisy. Tim Carson and Pat Deon are names to look at. December 4, 2009 7:44 PM"
Nice rumors but your blogs have been proven wrong before and based on the foundations of assumptions more than facts. Moreover, your interest in being against Tom Corbett candidacy is not exactly unbiased.
I still commend you writing them, but I must disagree with them, this is tragedy of government failure, and many good people are caught up with things they never intended.
Yet, the ones that organized it must be held accountable in some way. There are still ways the Commonwealth can be made whole and others responsible held answerable without prison.
I take no pleasure in seeing these people of public service come under the cloud of corruption and wish no indictments on anyone at anytime.
Men and Women of Goodwill must stand up and change what went wrong and not be afraid to tell the truth, and do the right thing.
- December 4, 2009 at 8:45 PM
To anonymous 12:35
Not only did Steve Webb testify - he admitted to lying to the grand jury numerous times, destroying evidence and engaging in opposition research on state time. The answer of the day was "Oh I misspoke when I just said that to you"
This is not a man of character - this is a man who the OAG busted committing crimes and now must do whatever they want to keep himself out of trouble.
- December 4, 2009 at 9:28 PM
Anonymous said...I see Steve Webb a man of character that has no immunity is testifying in the Bonusgate Trials. Correct me if I am wrong, but did Steve Webb run Campaigns for the HDCC and Veon's Campaign? Steve Webb is apparently doing the right thing or is he not according to Team Casa? Thank you in advance for your answers! December 4, 2009 12:35 PM
"Defense attorney Philip Ignelzi told the jury of six men and six women that Mr. Ramaley, 34, had done nothing wrong. Mr. Ignelzi said Steve Webb, who had done work on Mr. Ramaley's 2004 campaign, will be the most important government witness and, he insisted, Mr. Webb has no credibility."
"Webb will tell you that he is an admitted perjurer. He has lied under oath before. He has broken the law. He has destroyed documents. He did opposition research on public time. To convict Sean Ramaley you will have to accept [Webb's] testimony hook, line and sinker," Mr. Ignelzi said.
- December 4, 2009 at 11:49 PM
Hey Anonymous 9:28 PM
You said...To anonymous 12:35
Not only did Steve Webb testify - he admitted to lying to the grand jury numerous times, destroying evidence and engaging in opposition research on state time. The answer of the day was "Oh I misspoke when I just said that to you"
This is not a man of character - this is a man who the OAG busted committing crimes and now must do whatever they want to keep himself out of trouble.
December 4, 2009 9:28 PM
One big question for you......ready....here it comes....
- December 4, 2009 at 11:54 PM
what a tanled webb we weave -- when we practice to deceive.
- December 4, 2009 at 11:54 PM
Anonymous said...
Regarding today, how could the jury every believe some fat guy that already admitted telling fairy tales to the grand jury?
December 4, 2009 8:41 PM
Brett Cott is not fat! Get it straight!
- December 4, 2009 at 11:55 PM
When will the Attorney general investigate Dilworth Paxson Law Firm that benefited for years from convicted senator Fumo's employment, rain maker, and corruption?
Can anyone at CasablancaPA tell us how much money Dilworth Paxson has contributed to Tom Corbett Campaigns as Attorney general and now Governor?
This may lead to places where Tom Corbett does not want to go, but where the truth will found.
- December 5, 2009 at 12:15 AM
Philly Newspapers file Chapter 11
By Rob Hopkins on February 23, 2009 6:02 AM
Philadelphia Newspapers LLC, publisher of the Daily News and the Inquirer, and owner of philly.com, announced today that it is voluntarily restructuring its debt under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.
The case was filed yesterday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia, by attorney Lawrence G. McMichael, of Dilworth Paxson LLP.
The company emphasized that it would continue normal operations of its newspapers, magazines and online businesses without interruption during the debt-restructuring process.
"Philadelphia Newspapers' goal is to bring its debt in line with the realities of the current economic and business conditions," said Brian Tierney, chief executive officer.
"Over the last two years, we have made significant progress in improving the quality of our journalism, building a relationship based on mutual trust and respect with our unions, making our operations among the most efficient in the industry and innovatively serving our readers and advertisers.
"This restructuring is focused solely on our debt, not our operations. Our operations are sound and profitable. We are the medium of choice in this region for advertisers and readers.
- December 5, 2009 at 12:25 AM
Mike Veon points finger at other legislative leaders:
By JIM STRINE,
The Patriot-News
July 16, 2009, 11:55PM
Lawyers for former House Democratic Whip Mike Veon added more names Thursday to their claims of selective prosecution of their client.
House Speaker Keith McCall and Majority Leader Todd Eachus were among those whose names Veon's lawyers included in a court filing in which the lawyers seek to question nearly 40 House members and staffers in their bid to get charges against Veon dismissed.
The lawyers argue that McCall, Eachus and other lawmakers have done the same things that have Veon fighting dozens of criminal charges.
Veon, a former Beaver County lawmaker who now lives in Harrisburg, faces 59 counts of theft, conspiracy and conflict of interest for what prosecutors have called systematic use of state staff and resources for his political or personal benefit.
Among the allegations is that Veon and top Democratic aides funneled public money to a once-secret bonus program to reward legislative staffers who volunteered for House campaign duty from 2004 through 2006.
Co-counsel Dan Raynak of Phoenix stressed that he is not implying criminal conduct by the legislators he seeks to question.
"The way that the system is designed, if you have to campaign and you have to do the job you are elected to ... there are going to be overlaps because neither one is confined to an 8-to-5 workday," Raynak said. "But if they're saying it's a crime, then the enforcement has to be applied equally."
In a response filing, Chief Deputy Attorney General Frank Fina repeated arguments that the selective prosecution claim cannot stand, in part because Attorney General Tom Corbett's investigation of legislative operations is still in progress.
Because of secrecy rules surrounding grand jury investigations, Fina argued, he "is not free to disclose this evidence of ongoing investigations."
But if Dauphin County President Judge Richard Lewis feels a hearing is warranted, it should be transferred to the judge supervising the grand jury, Fina said.
- December 5, 2009 at 12:36 AM
I'm concerned about members of Dilworth Paxson and Duane Morris involving themselves in the bizarre, dishonorable and unpopular effort to Move The Barnes Foundation from Merion to Philadelphia in violation of the Last Will and Testament of Dr. Barnes.
Even though our PA Legislature has now outlawed the insertion of undebated 11th hour addons to legislation, The Barnes Foundation is still clawing for their ill-gotten undebated 2002 (H.B.1213) $107mn PA Budget earmark from PA Taxpayers
They seem to care nothing for the principles of Estates and Trusts, Pennsylvania Law or Pennsylvania history or tradition.
How can anyone respect their actions in supporting this move?
Keep The Barnes in Merion. Barnesfriends.org Artjail.org
The answer lies within Rule 8.3 (c) of the Rules of Professional Conduct. You may also wish to go to the Pa. Disciplinary Board website (www.padisciplinaryboard.org) and look for the October 2008 Attorney E-Newsletter. The article "Help for the Troubled Attorney" comments on this issue. For additional assurance as to whether or not a duty to report is triggered, we (LCL) will refer a caller to an ethics expert who will give them advice (usually free).
- December 5, 2009 at 12:40 AM
In 1974, Fumo, along with three associates, was the target of a 44 count indictment for mail fraud. The four men, who included the Majority Leader of the State Senate, the head of the Democratic City Executive Committee, and the Chief Clerk of the State House were accused of helping convicted Senator Cianfrani, add 33 ghost employees to the state payroll. At the time, Fumo was an assistant to Camiel in charge of patronage.
In 1978, Fumo was convicted by a jury of 15 counts. However, a federal judge overturned the conviction in 1981 after motions by the defense to acquit.
Fumo was associated with the Philadelphia Law firm of Dilworth Paxson LLP.
On July 14, 2009, Fumo was sentenced to 55 months in prison, substantially below the sentencing guidelines of 11 to 14 years.Fumo was the ranking Democratic Member of the Senate Appropriations Committee until his federal indictment in February 2007
Fumo was assigned inmate number 62033-066 and ordered to report to Federal Correctional Institution Ashland, in Ashland, Kentucky, by August 31. According to one prison consultant who served time there, Ashland is "one of the nicer federal prisons", but as a newcomer Fumo will hold a very low position in the inmate pecking order.
- December 5, 2009 at 12:46 AM
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- December 5, 2009 at 1:01 AM
If Steve Webb is such a bad guy (admitted perjurer, did political work on state time, destroyed evidence, etc.), why is he STILL employed by the House Dems. They fired Eric Webb, who has never been charged, but still have dozens and dozens of staffers who have admitted involvement up to their eyeballs on staff. Some have gotten big promotions. When Bill DeWeese kept those staffers on, no penalty, some promotions, etc., he did the wrong thing. He never cleaned up.
- December 5, 2009 at 9:46 AM
If Corbett charges DeWeese, it will be interesting to see how he proceeds against the original defendants with nothing but evidence that came entirely from DeWeese.
- December 5, 2009 at 9:52 AM
Well, look on the bright side. Blogs will probably still exist in 15 years when you get out of jail. You will always have this to fall back on.
- December 5, 2009 at 2:53 PM
Defense attorney Philip Ignelzi of Pittsburgh urged the jury not to believe Mr. Webb, calling him "an admitted perjurer. He has lied under oath before. He has broken the law. He did opposition research [digging up dirt on political foes] while on public time, while he was on the state payroll. That is a crime. That is stealing from the commonwealth."
Mr. Ignelzi also charged that Mr. Webb had obstructed justice by "destroying documents" related to the state's corruption investigation called Bonusgate. Mr. Ignelzi said Mr. Webb removed data from his own computer "and the computers of four or five other employees. That is a crime."
- December 5, 2009 at 4:53 PM
"Anonymous said...If Steve Webb is such a bad guy (admitted perjurer, did political work on state time, destroyed evidence, etc.), why is he STILL employed by the House Dems. They fired Eric Webb, who has never been charged, but still have dozens and dozens of staffers who have admitted involvement up to their eyeballs on staff. Some have gotten big promotions. When Bill DeWeese kept those staffers on, no penalty, some promotions, etc., he did the wrong thing. He never cleaned up. December 5, 2009"
Todd Eachus took over hired a bunch of people and still no reforms, not Deweese.
Dilworth Paxson is a fine Law Firm it employs Chris Casey, so cut the crap on thm too!
- December 5, 2009 at 4:56 PM
- bobguzzardi said...
the idea of having the campaign committees repay the money to government and taxpayers from their own private funds is mentioned in one of these posts. Good idea. This money was used by some for their private purposes without benefit to taxpayers or to public and without authorization. HRCC owes taxpayers $10 million and HDCC owe at least 2 million and maybe more. John Perzel has substantial assets. He got rich from government.
- December 5, 2009 at 5:56 PM
Looks like Steve Webb was a DEMOCrat after all.
He was a rat to the very people that employed him, gave him his career, and and all he did was lie about the very people that fed him, guided him, and took care of him.
How shameful, even if you did break the law, you never tell on the ones that ordered it.
- December 5, 2009 at 8:18 PM
Thank God Pennsylvania does not have gun control and we are still able to shoot out computers within the confines of the Commonwealth.
- December 5, 2009 at 8:20 PM
Casa wrote:
Would allegations against current Leader Todd Eachus ever have seen the light of day if defendant Mike Veon hadn't included them in his massive motion for dismissal in July?
How dare you, everyone knows Todd Eachus added Dilworth Paxson to the HDCC so he would not be indicted.
There is no way Eachus is going to be indicted, he is too close top same Mobster that fund Corbett's Campaigns, just check out the cross funding.
In the words, of Todd Eachus those guys at Strawberry Square, said he is going to be ok, because Chris Casey is protecting him.
- December 5, 2009 at 8:23 PM
Rumor is additional charges against Veon are coming within weeks. Should have watched how you gathered your info.
- December 5, 2009 at 8:26 PM
All the darkness in the world cannot put out one small candle.
- December 5, 2009 at 8:42 PM
All I can say is Tom Corbett must be a living dynamo if he is able to find time to arrange and attend all these fund raisers , campaign for Governor, and investigate all the corruption in Harrisburg at the same time.
- December 5, 2009 at 8:46 PM
All of the comments on Webb's character might be relevant, if there weren't 30 or so others that know for a fact that Ramaley did nothing legislative.
- December 5, 2009 at 9:03 PM
" Anonymous said...
All of the comments on Webb's character might be relevant, if there weren't 30 or so others that know for a fact that Ramaley did nothing legislative.
December 5, 2009 9:03 PM"
REALLY??? 30 or so??? You want to name some names, because it doesn't even appear that there are that many witnesses...you would think they would want to put that info out there. Besides one of the government's witnesses already said he had legitimate responsibilities.
- December 5, 2009 at 9:24 PM
To Anonymous at 9:03 pm
That's interesting since an email was introduced in court in which Steve Webb was complaining about Sean Ramaley because Sean was doing legislative work in the Beaver Falls office and not campaign work!!!
- December 5, 2009 at 9:27 PM
The anonymouse contributor who said about the judges being at the root of all this knows what they are talking about. It seems that the judges wanted a pay raise and then their pensions would go up, too. That group that takes around the pink pig to all the teapot dome parties should fly it from the state courts building to remind the taxpayers that the court system is not better than the rest of the politicians in their acts of greediness and power
- December 5, 2009 at 9:34 PM
People should be remembering that in less than two months it will be time to file petitions for the primary election. They need to stop worrying what Tom Corbett and Specter and Meehan and Schenker and Toomey and Sanatorum and the rest are doing. They should be out recruiting candidates from every office on the ballot from committee person and state committee up to the U>S> Senator. If they are going to effect the change they have to BE THE CHANGE.
- December 5, 2009 at 9:40 PM
By way of point of information: all thinly challenged humans are reminded of the travel danger due to the kidnapping that exists in certain south American villages.
- December 5, 2009 at 9:44 PM
bob buzzgardi should realize that by the time the spotlight reaches the Senate it will not just illuminate Republicans but will also include Democrats, past and present.
- December 5, 2009 at 9:48 PM
Let's get off of Brett Cott. Get it straight, did he fall off the straight and narrow? is he straight but not narrow? or is he mellow and yellow or just another fellow? Inquiring minds want to know? where is the political paparazzi?
- December 5, 2009 at 9:54 PM
Oh ye of little faith. Can you imagine the technology that will be around in 15 years. A 15 year sentence merans 4 years and three months or less and then there is time out. So many politicians have found the Lord in jail. I am certain He would probably manifest in some form to a convicted politician. Maybe they will improve on all this techno and come up with a machine that will separate time into political, government, and private time. Four years...how many carbon credit's would that translate into. I feel a Peace Prize stirring in the wings...Hallelejuh. And Frankie LaGrotta gave up the priesthood to become a hoodlum.
- December 5, 2009 at 10:11 PM
Turn out the lights
The party's over
They say that
All good things must end
Call it tonight
The party's over
And tomorrow starts
The same old thing again
- December 7, 2009 at 11:24 AM
Ramaley On Roxbury News Twitter:
Brubaker hired Stephen Webb in 03 and was his supervisor in leg research office. They liked his campaign background.
J. Brubaker is testifying about work assignments of Steve Webb. Webb is a star Bonusgate witness against Ramaley.
Brubaker unaware of any legislative work that Webb did after he was sent to Veon's office to help with Ramaley campaign.
J. Brubaker was director of research office, which prosecutors describe as a de facto campaign office.
J.Brubaker says S.Webb did campaign work while working in Veon office.
Former DeWeese Chief of Staff Mike Manzo now on stand. One of AGs star witnesses and another Bonusgate defendant.
Manzo: Veon told me to hire Ramaley as leg asst in district office because he needed income while he ran for office.
Manzo: After Ramaley won primary, Veon said 2 hire him at 1/2 pay of lawmaker cuz he was quitting job to run for office.
Manzo, I pled guilty to 9 felonies.
Veon-stay on Ramaley ass he needs to knock on more doors.
Evidence: Veon wrote email saying he would "integrate" his staff into Ramaley campaign effort.
Manzo: Veon wanted Webb to go out and help Ramaley with campaign because he had concerns about it. Manzo made it happen.
Manzo: S.Webb, who had been working on Ramaley campaign, said he was struggling financially. Said he needed $2,000.
Manzo-Veon approved Webb 2K bonus.
Veon gave it to him with memo saying it was for his legislative work on a uniform construction code.
- December 7, 2009 at 1:15 PM
Hmmmmnnn....seems like Manzo ran everything and worked with Veon more than anyone else, as based on his testimony, so it all depends how Manzo explained things to the Leadership in his own fashion, style, and views.
I can see how it is easy to come to conclusions that Manzo did things his way with Veon and all others kept in the dark on details.
This should help Todd Eachus very much! Along with Stetler!
- December 7, 2009 at 1:32 PM
I am not surprised by anything the partners of Dilworth Paxson law firm are connected with that is not on the up and up.
From someone who once saw the inner workings, I can honestly say it didn't leave a good impression on me. (and I was warned about them)
You know when an assistant's father dies and her immediate boss does not have the consideration to send a card or even have the courtesy to express sympathies to her about it, the people in charge there are less than human.
- August 6, 2010 at 10:01 AM


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This page can be viewed at http://www.historycommons.org/context.jsp?item=a091901cheneypushes
This is a scalable context timeline. It contains events related to the event September 19, 2001: Bush Directs CIA to Investigate Al-Qaeda-Hussein Link; Cheney Pushes Atta in Prague Story. You can narrow or broaden the context of this timeline by adjusting the zoom level. The lower the scale, the more relevant the items on average will be, while the higher the scale, the less relevant the items, on average, will be.
Information about the alleged April 2001 meeting in Prague between 9/11 plotter Mohamed Atta and Iraqi diplomat Ahmed Khalil Ibrahim Samir al-Ani is leaked to the Associated Press, which reports, "A US official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the United States has received information from a foreign intelligence service that Mohamed Atta, a hijacker aboard one of the planes that slammed into the World Trade Center, met earlier this year in Europe with an Iraqi intelligence agent." (Gullo 9/18/2001; Safire 11/19/2003 Sources: Unnamed US official) A long series of confirmations and refutations of this story will take place over the next several years, as some politicians try to make it a key argument to justify why the US should invade Iraq (see September 18, 2001-April 2007).
In a briefing with CIA Director George Tenet, President Bush tells Tenet, "I want to know about links between Saddam [Hussein] and al-Qaeda. The Vice President knows some things that might be helpful." He then turns to Cheney, who is participating in the meeting through a secure video link. Unusual for a vice president, Cheney's office has nearly a dozen national security staffers. Cheney tells Tenet that one of them has picked up a report that hijacker Mohamed Atta met with an Iraqi agent in Prague. This had already been reported in the press the day before (see September 18, 2001), but apparently Cheney has information about it that the CIA does not. Tenet promises to get to the bottom of it right away. (Suskind 2006, pp. 22-23) Two days later, Tenet will tell Bush that the report "just doesn't add up" (see September 21, 2001).
During President Bush's presidential daily briefing (PDB), Bush is informed that the US intelligence community has found no evidence linking Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq to the 9/11 attacks, nor any evidence of links between Hussein and al-Qaeda. The briefing has been prepared at the request of Bush, who is said to be eager to learn of any possible connection between Iraq and al-Qaeda. Yet during the briefing, he is told that the few believable reports of contact between the two were in fact attempts by Hussein to monitor the group, which he considered a threat to his secular regime. Analysts believe that at one point Hussein considered infiltrating al-Qaeda with Iraqi nationals or Iraqi intelligence operatives, so as to learn more about its inner workings. A former US administration official later will state, "What the president was told on September 21 was consistent with everything he has been told since—that the evidence [linking Iraq to 9/11] was just not there." The existence of the September 21 PDB will not be disclosed to the Senate Intelligence Committee until the summer of 2004, while the committee will be investigating whether the Bush administration misrepresented intelligence information in the period leading up to the March 2003 invasion of Iraq. As of the end of 2005, the Bush administration will still refuse to turn over the briefing, even on a classified basis, and will say nothing more about it other than the fact that it exists. (Waas 11/22/2005; MSNBC 11/22/2005; Agence France-Presse 11/23/2005; Unger 2007, pp. 217) According to journalist Ron Suskind, during the meeting, CIA Director George Tenet tells Bush about the alleged meeting hijacker Mohamed Atta had with an Iraqi agent in Prague, which has been reported in the media in recent days (see September 18, 2001). However, Tenet says: "Our Prague office is skeptical about the report. It just doesn't add up." He points out that credit card and phone records place Atta in Virginia during the time in question. (Suskind 2006, pp. 23)
A bipartisan Senate report finds that no credible evidence of any links between al-Qaeda and Saddam Hussein's government ever existed, despite repeated and insistent claims by the White House and its allies (see Early 1995), March-June 1998, (2:40 p.m.) September 11, 2001, Shortly After September 11, 2001, September 18, 2001, September 19, 2001, September 21, 2001, October 27, 2001, 2002, February 6, 2002, March 22, 2002, July 25, 2002, September 12, 2002, September 15, 2002, September 25, 2002, October 1, 2002, October 2, 2002, October 7, 2002, October 7, 2002, December 2, 2002, Mid-January 2003, January 26, 2003, January 28, 2003, January 28, 2003, February 1, 2003-February 4, 2003, February 5, 2003, February 5, 2003, February 6, 2003, February 8, 2003, February 9, 2003, February 11 or 12, 2003, February 16, 2003, March 9, 2003, March 17, 2003, March 17-18, 2003, Shortly After April 9, 2003, July 9, 2003, September 7, 2003, September 14, 2003-September 17, 2003, September 28, 2003, December 17, 2003, January 8, 2004, January 9, 2004, Early June 2004, June 14, 2004, June 15, 2004, June 15, 2004, October 4, 2004, May 2005, October 2005, (2006), January 31, 2006, March 29, 2006, and September 10, 2006). Panel Democrats say that the White House knew the intelligence surrounding its claims of such links was flawed and unreliable.
Tenet Admitted to Giving in to Pressure - They note that in July former CIA Director George Tenet told the panel that the White House pressured him to support its arguments and that he agreed despite the findings of his own analysts. "Tenet admitted to the Intelligence Committee that the policymakers wanted him to 'say something about not being inconsistent with what the president had said,'" says Intelligence Committee member Carl Levin (D-MI). Such compliance was, in hindsight, "the wrong thing to do," Tenet added, according to Levin. "Well, it was much more than that," Levin says. "It was a shocking abdication of a CIA director's duty not to act as a shill for any administration or its policy." Tenet also admitted that he erred in issuing a statement after President Bush's October 7, 2002 speech saying that Bush's claims were consistent with CIA findings (see October 7, 2002).
Republicans Say Report Just 'Election-Year Politicking' - Republican committee members insist that there is little new information about prewar intelligence or claims about Iraq's links to terrorism. Ranking committee member Pat Roberts (R-KS) accuses Levin and other Democrats of trying to "use the committee… insisting that they were deliberately duped into supporting the overthrow of Saddam Hussein's regime.… That is simply not true, and I believe the American people are smart enough to recognize election-year politicking when they see it." Democrats retort that the report speaks for itself.
Impeachment Not Warranted - However, committee Democrats such as John Rockefeller (D-WV) say that the report does not prove any criminal behavior from Bush or his top officials, and say that impeachment of Bush or anyone else is not warranted.
Hussein Opposed to US Policies - An FBI summary quoted in the report shows Hussein acknowledging that his government had met with al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, but denying any collusion. Hussein said he opposed only US policies, and added that "if he wanted to cooperate with the enemies of the US, he would have allied with North Korea or China," according to the FBI summary.
Other Portions of Report - Other sections of the report find that no evidence existed to support claims that Iraq was reconstituting its nuclear program (see February 7, 2001, February 12, 2001, November 14, 2001, May 2002-September 2002, September 9, 2002, January 9, 2003, March 8, 2003, May 25, 2003, and May 30, 2003), had possessed biological weapons in 2003 (see 2002, 2002-March 2003, Mid-January 2002, March 22, 2002, August 2002, September 2002, September 24, 2002, December 2002, End of December 2002, January 9, 2003, and March 7, 2003), used the Salman Pak facility to train Islamist terrorists (see September 8, 2006), or that Iraqi officials met with 9/11 hijacker Mohamed Atta in the months before the 9/11 attacks (see September 8-10, 2006). The report also finds that the White House relied heavily on false intelligence from Ahmed Chalabi and the Iraqi National Congress (see After August 2, 1989, (1994), January 1996, November 6-8, 2001, Between February 12, 2002 and March 31, 2002, Between February 12, 2002 and March 31, 2002, Summer 2002, and June 26, 2002). (Senate Intelligence Committee 9/8/2006 ; Associated Press 9/9/2006)
In a speech at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy in Washington, outgoing President Bush discusses his decision to invade Iraq. "It is true, as I have said many times, that Saddam Hussein was not connected to the 9/11 attacks," he says. "But the decision to remove Saddam from power cannot be viewed in isolation from 9/11. In a world where terrorists armed with box cutters had just killed nearly 3,000 people, America had to decide whether we could tolerate a sworn enemy that acted belligerently, that supported terror, and that intelligence agencies around the world believed had weapons of mass destruction. It was clear to me, to members of both political parties, and to many leaders around the world that after 9/11, this was a risk we could not afford to take. So we went back to the UN Security Council, which unanimously passed Resolution 1441 calling on Saddam Hussein to disclose, disarm, or face serious consequences (see November 8, 2002). With this resolution, we offered Saddam Hussein a final chance to comply with the demands of the world. When he refused to resolve the issue peacefully, we acted with a coalition of nations to protect our people and liberated 25 million Iraqis." Amanda Terkel, a writer for the liberal website Think Progress, notes that all of Bush's acknowledgments that Iraq had no connections to 9/11 came after the war began; in the months prior to the invasion, Bush and his top officials strove to create the impression that Hussein had close links to al-Qaeda and the 9/11 planners (see (Between 10:30 a.m. and 12:00 p.m.) September 11, 2001, Shortly After September 11, 2001, Shortly After September 11, 2001, After September 11, 2001, Mid-September, 2001, September 17, 2001, September 19, 2001, September 20, 2001, September 28, 2001, November 6-8, 2001, December 9, 2001, 2002-March 2003, March 19, 2002, June 21, 2002, July 25, 2002, August 2002, August 20, 2002, September 12, 2002, September 16, 2002, September 21, 2002, September 25, 2002, September 26, 2002, September 27, 2002, September 28, 2002, October 7, 2002, October 7, 2002, October 15, 2002, December 2, 2002, December 12, 2002, January 26, 2003, January 28, 2003, Early February 2003, February 5, 2003, (2:30 a.m.-9:00 a.m.) February 5, 2003, February 5, 2003, February 6, 2003, February 11 or 12, 2003, and February 17, 2003). Terkel writes, "Bush still embraces his pre-war lies, as he admitted in his Saban address today, because without them, the public wouldn't have supported his case for war." (Carney 12/5/2008; Terkel 12/5/2008)
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice tells PBS's Charlie Rose that "no one" in the White House ever asserted that Saddam Hussein had any connections to 9/11. Rose says, "But you didn't believe [the Hussein regime] had anything to do with 9/11." Rice replies: "No. No one was arguing that Saddam Hussein somehow had something to do with 9/11.… I was certainly not. The president was certainly not.… That's right. We were not arguing that." Rice refuses to answer Rose's question asking if former Vice President Dick Cheney ever tried to make the connection. In reality, former President Bush and his top officials, including Cheney and Rice, worked diligently to reinforce a connection between Iraq and 9/11 in the public mind before the March 2003 invasion (see (Between 10:30 a.m. and 12:00 p.m.) September 11, 2001, Shortly After September 11, 2001, Shortly After September 11, 2001, After September 11, 2001, Mid-September, 2001, September 17, 2001, September 19, 2001, September 20, 2001, September 28, 2001, November 6-8, 2001, December 9, 2001, 2002-March 2003, March 19, 2002, June 21, 2002, July 25, 2002, August 2002, August 20, 2002, September 12, 2002, September 16, 2002, September 21, 2002, September 25, 2002, September 26, 2002, September 27, 2002, September 28, 2002, October 7, 2002, October 7, 2002, October 15, 2002, December 2, 2002, December 12, 2002, January 26, 2003, January 28, 2003, Early February 2003, February 5, 2003, (2:30 a.m.-9:00 a.m.) February 5, 2003, February 5, 2003, February 6, 2003, February 11 or 12, 2003, and February 17, 2003). (Khanna 3/19/2009)
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The number tributes left in front of George Michael's home in London grows by day. Among them is a tribute paid for his help and support for Kosovo refugees, left in front of his Highgate home, North London.
"Your talent was matched by your charitable instinct."
"In memory of your support for Kosovo refugees when it mattered."
"R.I.P George Michael." It reads.
The legendary singer, who died on 25 December, donated in 1999 £500.000 for Kosovo refugees. He also took part that year in a charity concert in Wembley organized by NetAid in support of refugees from Kosovo and Sudan.
Since his sudden death at the age of 53, a number of charitable acts and donations made by the singer, often anonymously, have been revealed to the public.
Childline, a charity that works with vulnerable children has revealed to the media that the star had given the royalties from his 1996 number one single "Jesus to a child" and had for years made many donations to the charity.
He had also supported over many years Macmillan Cancer Support and Terrence Higgins Trust and made a donation of £50,000 to a woman for IVF treatment after she appeared in TV show and spoke about her struggle with fertility.
In 1997 George Michael held a special free concert in North London for NHS nurses as a way of thanking them for the care for his mother who had died from cancer.
Following his donation in 1999 for Kosovo refugees and the decision to take part in the charity concert in Wembley, George Michael had told media that he wanted the public in the UK to understand that they still urgently need help as people were returning with no homes or jobs to see them through the harsh winter.
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Decorating Your Dorm Room On A Budget
Posted on April 3, 2018 in Home Improvements
The first time you enter your dorm room is the day you begin college. At first glance, you know that your dorm room will need huge changes. The previous person would have left their old beer bottles and patches all over the wall. You're someone that cannot stand an untidy and dull space. This is a time that you realize that you need to bring some changes into the dorm room that you're entitled to. But as you realize this, you will know that refurbishing everything would cost you a fortune. But fret not, you can always use the old frames and dirty pencil holders and change it into something new and beautiful. Here's a quick guide for all those looking to change their dorm rooms into something beautiful.
Arrange the furniture'sThe first thing you would is to arrange the furniture in the room. Make more space around the room. Keep only a few things like the bed, a table and bedside cupboard. Don't cramp around the room too much. Simplicity will always make the room spacious and nice.
Add touches Your room will feel empty without the homely touches. A carpet is enough to make your room look like a million dollar. You can always fine cheap outdoor rugs for your budget and add it to the room. A photo frame of the family or a memoir is enough to keep the room alive. Look for old things around the room. An old cup can be reused with some washi tap or paint as a pencil holder. You can paste a nice mural picture on an old tray to fit the ambience of the room.
Define your style Nothing can be better than defining your personality in the room. You can lay out yourself using the decorations from the thrift store or using old cardboard boxes. A nice wrapping paper and a cardboard can make a great temporary headboard for your boring bed. Hang up your scarves as curtains for the windows and add a little fairy lights to compliment the things around the room. Your style is always the best style for your dorm room.
Make your appliances fancy Your boring dull fridge can be turned into a new leaf with some spray paint and paintings. Put up some of your favorite pictures as fridge magnets. Re paint your brown table into something new. Don't worry about the labor costs. You can do these all by yourself or with the help of your room mate.
DIY everythingIf you find yourself in a fix after buying carpets from a https://fantasticrugs.com.au/collections/flatweave for your dorm room and other things like a microwave, a fridge and not have enough cash to decorate your room. You can always DIY everything that you have in the room. Interestingly, there's always something that you can use to collaborate with your ideas. A simple flat stone painted, added with some glitter can give your bathroom a great spa themed look.Once you've decorated your room with these simple few guidelines, you will know that you don't need to a lot of cash to turn your dorm room into something magical. Fairy lights wrapped in your vibrant scarves can give enough bright hue that your room deserves. So, go ahead and enjoy you first day at the college without having worries about your dorm.