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WASHINGTON (AP) — David Petraeus was sneaked into the Capitol, away from photographers and television cameras, on Friday for the disgraced former CIA director's first, closed-door congressional testimony since resigning over an extramarital affair.
Petraeus, the retired four-star Army general and formerly one of the most respected U.S. military leaders, was whisked into a House Intelligence Committee hearing in a manner more suited to covert operative — through a network of underground hallways leading to a secure room.
His entrance was hidden from the dozens of cameras by Capitol Hill police barring doorways and back staircases. During previous appearances before Congress, CIA directors typically have walked through the building's front door.
The secretive arrival attested to the circus-like atmosphere of the scandal that has preoccupied Washington, even as the possibility of war looms in Israel and the U.S. government faces a market-rattling "fiscal cliff" that could imperil a still-fragile economy.
Petraeus is under investigation by the agency for possible wrongdoing, though that's not the subject of the closed-door hearings before the House and Senate intelligence committees. Petraeus was expected to field questions Friday from lawmakers about the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya.
The attack in Benghazi, which killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans, created a political firestorm; Republicans claim the White House misled the public on what led to the violence.
Lawmakers spent hours Thursday interviewing top intelligence and national security officials in trying to determine what intelligence agencies knew before, during and after the attack. They viewed security video from the consulate and surveillance footage by an unarmed CIA Predator drone that showed events in real time.
Petraeus started with the House committee, which met in a secure room several floors below the main area of the Capitol Visitors Center where tourists gather when they are visiting Congress.
"Director Petraeus went to Tripoli and interviewed many of the people involved," said the head of the Senate committee, California Democrat Dianne Feinstein.
Added Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif.: "''I'd like to get his sense of why it took as long as it did to get more accurate assessments of what took place in Benghazi."
As for Petraeus testifying after his resignation amid a sex scandal, Schiff said, "He's a tough individual and I am sure he will handle it to the best of his ability."
Petraeus has acknowledged cheating on his wife of 38 years with a woman later identified as his biographer, Paula Broadwell. The FBI began investigating the matter last summer but didn't notify the White House or Congress until after the election.
In the course of investigating the Petraeus affair, the FBI uncovered suggestive emails between Afghanistan war chief Gen. John Allen and Florida socialite Jill Kelley, both of them married. President Barack Obama has put a promotion nomination for Allen on hold.
National security officials trudged to Capitol Hill on Thursday to grapple with fallout from the sex scandal as Defense Secretary Leon Panetta asked service chiefs to review ethics training for military officers.
Lawmakers went forward with a hearing on the nomination of Gen. Joseph Dunford to replace Allen in Afghanistan. But with Allen's own future uncertain, they put off consideration of his promotion to U.S. European Command chief and NATO supreme allied commander. Allen had initially been scheduled to testify.
Administration officials met privately with lawmakers for a third straight day to explain how the Petraeus investigation was handled and explore its national security implications. Among those appearing before the House committee were Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and acting CIA Director Michael Morell.
Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger of Maryland, the committee's top Democrat, said after the hearing that he was satisfied that the FBI had behaved properly in not notifying the White House or lawmakers about the inquiry sooner, in keeping with post-Watergate rules set up to prevent interference in criminal investigations.
The CIA on Thursday opened an exploratory investigation into Petraeus' conduct. The inquiry "doesn't presuppose any particular outcome," said CIA spokesman Preston Golson. At the same time, Army officials say that, at this point, there is no appetite for recalling Petraeus to active duty to pursue any adultery charges against him.
Petraeus, in his first media interview since he resigned, told CNN that he had never given classified information to Broadwell. She has said she didn't receive such material from Petraeus.
But the FBI found a substantial number of classified documents on Broadwell's computer and in her home, according to a law enforcement official, and is investigating how she got them. That official spoke only on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to speak publicly about the case. The Army has now suspended her security clearance.
Associated Press writers Adam Goldman, Lolita C. Baldor, Pete Yost, Donna Cassata and Robert Burns contributed to this report.


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Classical music is reaping rewards for listeners and practitioners alike in the 21st century, thanks to ease of accessibility provided to concert planners and fans. Increasingly part of "classical" concerts are selections of "global music," which merits listeners for its variety and diversity, compared with works composed in ancient days when Marie Antoinette still possessed her head. The fall concert season at central Illinois venues shares those rewards bigtime.
Illinois Symphony Orchestra
On Sept. 25 Musical Director Karen Lynne Deal will raise her baton to commence her 11th and final season with the Illinois Symphony Orchestra. All ISO Springfield concerts begin at 8 p.m. at UIS Sangamon Auditorium. Violin soloist Soovin Kim will be featured that night in a totally Tchaikovsky feast for the ears, serving the Russian composer's immortal Swan Lake Suite, Violin Concerto, and 1812 Overture.
The Little Orchestra (a/k/a chamber orchestra) will "go for Baroque" when it presents Bach's Brandenburg Concertos 3, 4 and 5 Oct. 22, 7:30 p.m. at St. Agnes Church.
Nov. 13, at 8 p.m. at Sangamon Auditorium, the ISO%u2008performs works by Gade, Stravinsky and Latin American composers Ginastera and Piazzolla whose Double Concerto for Guitar and Bandoneon will feature soloists Jason Vieaux and Lidia Kaminska.
The Little Orchestra returns to St. Agnes Church starting at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 3 with their Winter Wanderings candlelight concert featuring classical string arrangements for the season and a "joyous carol sing-along."
Make your Capital City Christmas for kids and kids-at-heart complete by attending the Happy Holidays concert Dec. 19. Even Santa is taking time off during his "busy season" to be a part of this special event and promises to be on hand to sing along.
For more information: www.ilsymphony.org.
Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra
Jacksonville's symphony orchestra began on the MacMurray College campus and has grown from there. Susan Weller, president of the Jacksonville Center for the Arts, says symphony concerts take place at Illinois College's Rammelcamp Chapel. The 48th season begins Oct. 2 with the return of a local kid who did well out West. The evening is called A Virtuoso Returns and features William Lane who graduated Jacksonville High and rose to the exalted rank of principal French horn player with the Los Angeles Symphony. Director James Welch will lead the recently retired brassist and JSO in performances of Mozart's Horn Concerto No. 3 and Saint-Saens' Morceau de concert.
The Nov. 13 concert will be "classical" in the neo-classical way when JSO presents An Evening with Sinatra and Friends, featuring popular St. Louis vocalist Tom Heitman plus Carolbeth True and trio. Hits from the Sinatra Songbook are as warm and easy on the ears as they were back in the day when Sinatra reigned supreme, and the selections slated are sure to delight ears old and new.
Some folks delight in "total immersion" Christmas the way others do in NASCAR racing and chess, and the JSO will refresh and renew such citizens Dec. 4 during their annual Holiday Happening. The orchestra will be joined by the Jacksonville Symphony Chorale and the Jacksonville High School Concert Choir for a memorable romp through Christmas favorites.
Susan Weller notes that the holiday concert's format presents the light fare first with younger folks in mind. "Santa Claus visits during intermission and those who have kids can return home with them," she says. "The second half features more serious selections. It encourages families to bring their children and share that part of the season without demanding they endure equally essential and beautiful traditional music."
Tickets are available at County Market on Morton Avenue: $15. Children and students are free.
For more information: www.jaxsym.com.
Millikin-Decatur Symphony
The Millikin-Decatur Symphony Orchestra (MDSO) is a unique combination of students, faculty and "townies." The repertoire is selected by Director Dr. Michael Luxner to further the academic learning process while engaging the citizens of the Soy City with a variety of traditional and contemporary classic selections.
The season begins Sept. 6, starting at 6 p.m. in Nelson Park on the shore of Lake Decatur. The concert is geared to the family (meaning nothing too stuffy) and free.
With the exception of the December extravaganza, the rest of the 2010 concerts are held at Kirkland Fine Arts Center, starting Oct. 2 at 7:30. Highlight of the concert, which includes works by Prokofiev, Respighi and Ravel, will be the world premiere of James Romig's Percussion Concerto.
Oct. 7 at 7:30, the MDSO appears on stage in Millikin Opera Theatre's 50-minute Americanized rendition of Mozart's The Magic Flute classic comedy and fun for the family.
Oct. 30 showcases the Romantic Age's only concerto for two soloists, as international stars Rachel Barton Pine and Wendy Warner join in Bach's Double Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra. Also slated are golden oldies by Weber and Brahms.
Nov. 12, 13 (7:30 p.m.) and 14 (2 p.m.), the curtain rises on the Kirkland's annual musical production The Drowsy Chaperone, "a delightful show within a show" and Broadway smash hit of the 2006-2007 season.
Dec. 12, at 8:15 and 10:45 a.m., a tradition continues as MDSO chamber orchestra teams with the musicians of Central Christian Church for the Advent Services.
For more information visit http://www.millikin.edu/music.
Springfield Classical Guitar Society
Founded in 1997, the group's 2010/2011 season is slated for a new concert venue: the sanctuary of Faith Lutheran Church at the corner of Whittier at Outer Park in Springfield. Board member Mark Pence reports that while they continue their search for a permanent location with optimum acoustic conditions for the unamplified classical instrument, the new venue comes close and also provides a cozier, more intimate setting, sure to be appreciated by the organization's regular attendees. The first and only concert slated for the 2010 "half" will be presented starting at 8 p.m. Oct. 16, featuring founder Russel Brazzel.
For more information about SCGS www.aeroknow.com/arts/classical6images.htm.
Springfield Choral
Marion van der Loo, music director and conductor of the 62-member Springfield Choral Society, now in its 40th year, says members are primed for the first of two December concerts, Saturday, Dec. 4, at 7 p.m., but they don't know where it will be. "The location is 'TBA' for now," she says. Look for an update later this fall. The second concert is set for Sunday, Dec. 5, starting at 4:30 p.m. at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Chatham. The concerts are entitled Flirting with the Twilight and will include seasonal music appropriate for the twilight months of the year. Included will be a medley of Christmas songs featuring a 16-part harmony arranged by the international music ensemble Chanticleer that promises to amaze and delight choral aficionados and touch the hearts of everyone. Tickets are $10, available at the door.
O Great Mystery! Music from the Renaissance and beyond to celebrate the season of light is the only fall concert by the smaller Prairieland Voices (23 singers), according to Ms. van der Loo, artistic director and conductor. It commences at 5:30 p.m., Dec. 19, at The Cathedral Church of St. Paul. Tickets: $10 at the door.
Decatur Choral
Based in Decatur, the community choral group Opus 24, founded in 1991, includes members from Bloomington, Taylorville and Champaign. Director Milton Scott will lead the group's fall concert Nov. 30 at 7:30 p.m. at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Decatur. He promises a cornucopia of song that includes a Scottish ballad, recent spirituals, a Renaissance piece, carols from the Oxford Book of Carols and a blazing finale, a contemporary number with six brass and auxiliary percussion. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for any student.
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Blatchford: Reviving the Paul Bernardo story is in the public's interest
It's the story that just won't go away, and more's the pity.
Most often, it's been the convicted felon Karla Homolka who has unpleasantly floated to the surface of public consciousness now and then — now with the news of her marriage (to the brother of her Montreal prison lawyer, o sweet justice!), then that she was a mother, most recently two years ago when journalist Paula Todd tracked her down to the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, where she lives with her hubby and their three youngsters.
But this time it's Homolka's ex, the serial killer and rapist Paul Bernardo, who made news this week when the Toronto Sun reported that he was planning to marry, his new bride a 30-year-old London, Ont., woman.
Mercifully, the paper didn't identify her by name, it appears out of deference to her alleged mental fragility.
She allegedly has told friends that the man she's been writing to for months is a kind, Christian fellow she believes to be innocent and that she has "wedding bands," as well as a jaunty ankle tattoo that reads "Paul's girl."
For the uninitiated, Bernardo and Homolka formed a girl killing machine back in the early 1990s.
They started off with Homolka's little sister, Tammy (she was drugged and sexually assaulted by the pair in the Homolka family home, then choked to death on her own vomit), before moving onto complete strangers (Burlington's Leslie Mahaffy, who was just 14, and Kristen French, whom the pair kidnapped off the street in St. Catharines, Ont.).
Homolka struck a controversial plea bargain and was sentenced to 12 years for her role in the three deaths; two years later, in the summer of 1995, Bernardo went on trial for two counts of first-degree murder.
He was convicted, later pleaded guilty to being the Scarborough Rapist, and was declared a dangerous offender.
That means, on top of his life sentence (with no parole for 25 years), Bernardo has also been given an indeterminate sentence.
The chances of him ever getting out of prison — he's theoretically eligible for day parole next year and full parole in 2018 — are pretty slim, which begs the question, is there a purpose, beyond the salacious aspect, of reviving this long, sad, sorry story?
It never had many good guys (the notable exceptions, the Mahaffy and French families) and almost no redemptive value, and things haven't improved in the years since.
Yet the answer is still probably, yes.
For one thing, it is instructive to remember that if Bernardo were to apply for any form of parole, the state will not have in its arsenal what lawyers always call "the best evidence" against him.
That — 52 exhibits' worth, including the notorious videotapes Bernardo and Homolka made of their sex assaults — was destroyed in December of 2001, by judge's order, at a secret burning ceremony.
The ceremony was attended only by police, prosecutors and the victims' families, and the only reason the public ever learned of it was that Donna French, Kristen's mother, wanted the many Canadians who had supported the families to know they now had some measure of peace, that the evidence of their daughter's degradation was no more.
What is left of the evidence is a written document with, on one side, a transcript of what was said on the videos and, on the other, a frame-by-frame description of what the videos depicted.
The secret incineration was an astonishing breach of the notion that justice in this country is meant to be conducted in public, and it was absolutely typical of how the state comported itself throughout.
Secondly, the Sun story offers a stark reminder of the vacuousness or wilful blindness of some women.
The one who has been writing Bernardo is repeatedly described by the paper as university-educated and "brilliant but troubled." She reportedly lost a lover recently, and a job. She would do well to understand that most of the women who encountered her new boyfriend lost much more.
Finally, let us remember that as improbable as it may be that Bernardo could actually find someone to marry, it appears there would be no automatic prohibition on it, or even on the conjugal visits that would naturally follow.
Fifteen years ago, I covered the faint-hope hearing of a convicted killer named Amina Chaudhary. She had been found guilty of first-degree murder in the strangulation death of an eight-year-old boy in 1982. The little boy, Rajesh Gupta, was the beloved nephew of a lover who had dared to jilt her.
All that was interesting enough — that she was seeking early parole, unsuccessfully as it turned out, was evidence of what a prison psychologist called Chaudhary's well-honed "sense of entitlement."
But what utterly beggared belief was that while in the hoosegow, she had met and married another convicted killer (he, rank amateur, was convicted only of second-degree murder, and was paroled in 1998) and together, while behind bars, they enjoyed the "private family visiting program."
Predictably enough, Chaudhary got pregnant — no fewer than three times — and gave birth in 1993, 1995 and 1997.
Thus is it genuinely in the public interest that Canadians know that Bernardo has found himself another girl, that there may or may not be wedding plans a-foot, and that if they were to wed, it's not a given they wouldn't get conjugal visits.
As Chaudhary once reminisced fondly while on the witness stand, "We were two people doing life sentences…"
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Mark Dalton swings his front door open with the vim and vigor of a man proud of his living quarters, like a lion inviting you into his lair.
As he opens the door — painted to match the burnt-orange trim around his windows and garage door — the security system speaks in a soft-spoken robotic tone. "Front door," it says, as Dalton ushers you in and immediately offers to give you a tour.
The proposal is so enthusiastic that even the most disinterested visitor would be foolish to turn it down.
Saying no would be like walking into a chef's kitchen and turning your nose up at his signature dish.
Dalton, the 53-year-old interior designer and founder of Chic on the Cheap, is not only contagiously passionate about his work; he lives inside it every day.
"Twenty-eight days," he says, handing over a framed photograph of what his 1,700-square-foot home used to look like before he rehabbed it for $39,300 in 28 days.
The photograph is one of several framed images on display in the Dalton abode — a 1954 ranch house in downtown Sarasota's Ringling Park neighborhood — capturing the house pre-makeover: Berber carpet, peel-and-stick tiles, plastic ceiling.
The "before" photographs are key to the tour. Without them, you cannot fully appreciate the penny-pinching panache that transformed the once-dated home of an 83-year-old woman into a livable showroom, a budding business model and the impetus behind a luxury-interior designer's thrifty rebirth.
"This set me on a whole new career path," Dalton says, gesturing in the direction of his two bedrooms and two bathrooms, all of which exude a Zen-like ambience and typify the designer's penchant for warm, dark colors, earthy browns, olive greens and slate blues. "I never ever worked on a budget with myself or with clients. I would've normally pooh-poohed it."
Now, it's his passion.
From the acrylic lamps he purchased for $65 at HomeGoods to the vessel sink he found for $150 at a pricey downtown furniture store, Dalton's home, which doubles as Chic on the Cheap's headquarters, is a cozy nest, lovingly filled with the frugal finds of a patient bargain-hunter, a role with which the designer hasn't always been comfortable.
"I was brought up a name-brand kid," Dalton says. "My mom always said, 'If you can't afford the best, don't get it.'"
A Connecticut native, the designer started his career in Sarasota 25 years ago. The residences he's worked on are so exclusive he refrains from sharing most of his clients' names, save for the few whose lavish estates have been featured in glossy magazine spreads.
His company began as Mark Dalton Inc. Aimed at attracting high-end homeowners with deep pockets and fine tastes, the business served him well for many years and even influenced many of his own decorating habits. (Dalton sank $75,000 into renovating his 900-square-foot Jefferson Avenue condominium.)
"I'll never do that again," he says of the upgrades, which cost more than the original price of the condo.
Dalton had thought he would never move out of his marble-floored bachelor pad — until he entered into a new relationship and began trolling downtown real estate for a fixer-upper with good bones.
When he came across the Ringling Park house, he vowed to renovate it on a shoestring budget. When his condo rented in just two hours on Criagslist, he realized he had no choice but to finish the project in 28 days.
"I didn't know I was on a mission," Dalton says, making his way past the breakfast nook he assembled using two $30 director's chairs, a $35 stone pedestal and a $90 glass tabletop. "Because of this house, I'm going to change the course of interior design."
Whether it was a new relationship or an economic reality check that sparked Dalton's attitude change is irrelevant. His low-budget design concept has been such a game-changer that even his most affluent clients have become Chic on the Cheap disciples.
He says his dream is to open a Chic on the Cheap office in every major city in the United States, starting with Detroit, which he describes as the perfect market — a city that's "starting fresh."
He settles into a chair in his living room and launches into the fervent affirmations of a born-again discount diva, about bringing luxury design to the masses and about his newfound love affair with HomeGoods, a subsidiary of T.J. Maxx.
Over his shoulder, a painted canvas dangles from two black belts, a clever decorating idea plucked from Dalton's own wardrobe. His world so closely resembles an HGTV reality show challenge that you almost expect to see television cameras rigged throughout the house.
"Designers as a whole have always wanted to deal with high-end clients," Dalton says. "I was just as guilty of that. In the past, I would've picked out all my pieces at Robb & Stucky and not thought twice about it. Now I shop. I shop really hard."
Contact Heidi Kurpiela at [email protected].
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- Sens. Feinstein, McCain, Levin send letter calling new film "grossly inaccurate"
- Letter adds to controversy over depiction of torture as a key to finding bin Laden, Bergen says
- Senate committee has approved 6,000-page classified report on CIA interrogations program
- Bergen says as much as possible of that report should be released to the public
Editor's note: Peter Bergen is a CNN national security analyst and author of "Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for bin Laden, from 9/11 to Abbottabad."
(CNN) -- On Wednesday, three senior U.S. senators sent Michael Lynton, the CEO of Sony Pictures, a letter about "Zero Dark Thirty," the much-discussed new movie about the hunt for Osama bin Laden, which described the film as "grossly inaccurate and misleading."
In the letter, Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein, D-California, Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin, D-Michigan, and Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, expressed their "deep disappointment" in the movie's depiction of CIA officers torturing prisoners, which "credits these detainees with providing critical lead information" about the courier who led the CIA to bin Laden's hiding place in northern Pakistan.
The senators point out that the filmmakers of "Zero Dark Thirty" open the movie with the words that it is "based on first-hand accounts of actual events." The film then goes on, the senators say, to give the clear implication "that the CIA's coercive interrogation techniques were effective in eliciting important information related to a courier for Usama Bin Laden."
Review: 'Zero Dark Thirty' is utterly gripping
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The senators write that this is not supported by the facts: "We have reviewed CIA records and know that this is incorrect."
Last week, the Senate Intelligence Committee voted to sign off on the findings of its three-year study of the CIA's detention and interrogation program, during the course of which the committee's staff reviewed more than 6 million pages of records about the program.
Based on the findings of that review, Sens. Feinstein and Levin had released a statement eight months ago that said, "The CIA did not first learn about the existence of the Usama Bin Laden courier from CIA detainees subjected to coercive interrogation techniques. Nor did the CIA discover the courier's identity from detainees subjected to coercive techniques. ... Instead, the CIA learned of the existence of the courier, his true name and location through means unrelated to the CIA detention and interrogation program."
In their letter to Sony, the three senators write, "(W)ith the release of Zero Dark Thirty, the filmmakers and your production studio are perpetuating the myth that torture is effective. ... We believe that you have an obligation to state that the role of torture in the hunt for Usama Bin Laden is not based on the facts."
Requests from Sony Pictures for comment on the senators' letter yielded a response referring to a statement that the film's director Kathryn Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal had released last week:
"This was a 10-year intelligence operation brought to the screen in a two-and-a-half-hour film. We depicted a variety of controversial practices and intelligence methods that were used in the name of finding bin Laden. The film shows that no single method was necessarily responsible for solving the manhunt, nor can any single scene taken in isolation fairly capture the totality of efforts the film dramatizes. One thing is clear: the single greatest factor in finding the world's most dangerous man was the hard work and dedication of the intelligence professionals who spent years working on this global effort. We encourage people to see the film before characterizing it."
'Zero Dark Thirty' puts U.S. interrogation back in the spotlight
"Zero Dark Thirty" does indeed show many scenes of the various forms of sleuthing at the CIA that were necessary to track down al Qaeda's leader.
But the statement from the filmmakers does not address the fact that eight months ago, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee had publicly said that based on an exhaustive investigation, there was no evidence that coercive interrogations helped lead to bin Laden's courier -- which is clearly what the film suggests, no matter what retrospective gloss the filmmakers now wish to apply to the issue.
Nor does the statement indicate if Sony plans to put a disclaimer at the beginning of "Zero Dark Thirty" explaining that the role of coercive interrogations in tracking down bin Laden that is shown in the film is not supported by the facts.
As I outlined in a piece on CNN.com 10 days ago assessing the role that coercive interrogations might have played in the hunt for bin Laden, about half an hour of the start of "Zero Dark Thirty" consists of scenes of a bloodied al Qaeda detainee strung to the ceiling with ropes who is beaten; forced to wear a dog collar while crawling around attached to a leash; stripped naked in the presence of a female CIA officer; blasted with heavy metal music so he is deprived of sleep; forced to endure multiple crude waterboardings; and locked into a coffin-like wooden crate.
These are the scenes that will linger with filmgoers, far more than the scene in the movie where two CIA analysts discuss what will prove to be a key lead to bin Laden that surfaces in an old file. Brutal interrogations, of course, make for a better movie than a discussion at the office.
It is only after systematic abuse by his CIA interrogators in "Zero Dark Thirty" that the al Qaeda detainee is tricked into believing that he has already given up key information, and he starts cooperating and tells them about a man known as Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti, who ultimately proves to be bin Laden's courier.
Acting CIA director Michael Morell, in a letter to CIA employees on Friday, took strong exception to this portrayal of how bin Laden was found:
"The film creates the strong impression that the enhanced interrogation techniques that were part of our former detention and interrogation program were the key to finding Bin Ladin. That impression is false. As we have said before, the truth is that multiple streams of intelligence led CIA analysts to conclude that Bin Ladin was hiding in Abbottabad. Some came from detainees subjected to enhanced techniques, but there were many other sources as well. "
"Zero Dark Thirty" opened Wednesday in New York and Los Angeles and will open nationwide in the second week in January.
Let's hope that the attention that "Zero Dark Thirty" has directed to the issue of what kind of intelligence was derived from the CIA's coercive interrogations will help to put pressure on the White House and the CIA to release to the public as much as possible of the presently classified 6,000-page report by the Senate Intelligence Committee that examines this issue.
Full disclosure: Along with other national security experts, as an unpaid adviser I screened an early cut of "Zero Dark Thirty." We advised that al Qaeda detainees held at secret CIA prison sites overseas were certainly abused, but they were not beaten to a pulp, as was presented in this early cut. Screenwriter Mark Boal told CNN as a result of this critique, some of the bloodier scenes were "toned down" in the final cut. I also saw this final cut of the film. Finally, HBO is making a theatrical release documentary which will be out in 2013 based on my book about the hunt for bin Laden entitled "Manhunt."
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Monday, March 25, 2013
MiM Mail: An unhappy Match Day
I'm looking for some words of encouragement and/or advice. Match Day was not a happy one here and I am suddenly struggling with the prospect of long distance motherhood.
As a bit of background, I am a single mom of two adolescents. We currently live in an area where my kids have a strong social and family network. The kids' dad is in the picture and while he has a spotty track record, he's good to the kids.
I applied to a moderately competitive specialty and tortured myself enough to apply in another specialty as back up. Originally, I was going to rank the local programs in my specialty followed by the local back up programs. I realized after interviewing, however, that I really really did not like my back up and it was really not for me. I decided to follow my heart and rank my specialty first all the way. I felt that I had a reasonable chance matching in my area. Well, of course you never know with the match.
Now reality is here. I'm moving. My kids' dad wants them to stay. The kids want to stay. Both sets of grandparents are here. This is their community. I am going to be working my butt off and don't have much support where I am going. The place is an hour plane ride away. My heart is so torn. I would love to take them with me but if I take a step back, I know that would be selfish - not to mention it would cause a huge custody issue.
I am constantly reliving things - should I have framed my application differently? Should I have ranked programs differently? Should I have just sucked it up and ranked my back up higher? A lot of people around me have been giving me the "I told you so" in various forms. My gut feeling is that my program actually fits me very well. It makes a lot of sense that I matched there, geography aside. Still, I can't shake how much I've sacrificed for medicine.
In the end, the match is a contract and I am going - at least for the year, if not the next several years. I have a lot of figuring out to do. Anyone else have advice or had experience in how to be a long distance mom?
Thanks very much,
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I feel like you did the right thing. If this is a career you're going to have the rest of your life, it's worth it to sacrifice a few years. I'm not as familiar with adolescents, but I'm assuming they don't need quite as much intense care as tiny children. Maybe you can skype with them daily and see them as much as possible. I mean, there are plenty of kids that age in boarding school who don't see their parents daily.ReplyDelete
Also, leaving programs is not that uncommon, so you should keep checking with the local specialty programs to see if a spot opens up.
Three years is a really long time in the life of an adolescent; you (and they) would be missing a great deal. How do they feel about you leaving? You say your ex is 'spotty'- is he reliable? A good role model? Can your kids confide in and trust him? If not, I would strongly strongly think about finding a way to stay.ReplyDelete
Yes, rehashing past decisions is fruitless- but- and I may get pilloried here- I would try to find a way not to go, or at least limit my absence to only one year. In my experience, my kids need more of my time and energy as they've entered their teens rather than less. Yes, they're more independent and it's great that they can take care of their own hygiene and clean up after themselves, but now they are dealing with some heady stuff: moral and social and ethical quandries that shape the way they see the world. They don't respond well to scheduled talks- I learn the most about my kids on the car ride to school, or when I tuck them in at night, or while I'm making a late night snack- all stuff you lose if you're not physically present.
I concur with billygoat, quite wholeheartedly. I have had friends attempt this kind of stretch and despite their many sophistications, teens are emotionally vulnerable and prone to black and white thinking. Years of resentment later, they still hang onto "you weren't here". That has ramifications for their relationship with mom, but also fuels that tendency towards angry injustice motivated acting-out.ReplyDelete
Have you spoken to admin about what options you have?
If you are absolutely hand-tied, I would suggest daily Skype calls. I have friends who were separated as a couple for 2 years and often made meals together over the phone (making the same food), watched TV together over the phone, trying to use technology not for artificial moments but for as much of the hum-drum as possible.
I face the same quandary as a single mom of two teens myself. I feel the shortness of my career already starting late in the game. But in the grand scheme, it is much much longer than the remaining years of my kids' vanishing childhood. Taking a year off to rematch next year might save you all tremendous heartache. You need supports, too, in the adolescence of your career. It's a profoundly challenging time for you, and the drain of guilt or angst about your kids can rob you of your best self making a hard job all the more frustrating. Setting yourself up to succeed is very often going to be the same thing as choices that set your kids up to succeed as well.
I feel for you. Good luck.
Oh, this just crushes my heart. What a difficult situation. I'd also suggest trying it for a year, but with every intention of coming back. Residency program switches are not so hard, and you might find that your prespective shifts a little once you are in your chosen fiels but the family is far away. My best wishes to you!!ReplyDelete
Sending well wishes and support. I agree with @billygoat and @heather. @Fizzy's idea about keeping in touch with local programs seems like a good idea. I know of people who entered into local programs midway through residency.ReplyDelete
I can see why you are torn. I would be very torn as well. My kids aren't quite into adolescence, but as a single mom, I can imagine what mental hell you are going through.ReplyDelete
You know yourself and your kids best. All adolescents have different levels of maturity. You seem to have a good gut on the program you matched into - go with it for now knowing you can always change your mind and explore other options. I know a gastroenterologist who did a fellowship away from his ex wife and kid for a year (same as you, about an hour plane ride) - he says she got very travel savvy for a young child and it was rough, even though he and his ex mended ways and are now back together practicing (she is peds) in the same city. Rely on your support in the meantime - it's good that you have it - we single moms struggle for that and tend to put everything on ourselves, to our own detriment and sometimes consequently to our kids.
I'd say play this one by ear, and try not to second guess yourself constantly during the first year. As has been said recently - guilt is a wasted emotion that is of no productive use to you or your kids. Best of luck - you are in my thoughts.
Wow, this is tough & heartbreaking. My own children are young, but remembering being a teenager, 3 years really is a long long time---particularly if you consider just how little time there is left of their childhoods. I know you feel contractually bound to your residency, but people do walk away and try again, I don't think its out of the question nor career-ending. If you really think you'd regret not at least trying it though, go for it, definitely keeping contacts with local programs and looking into transfer after a year.ReplyDelete
You absolutely did the right thing by matching into your specialty. Honestly, I think you should move with your kids. Parents relocate their kids all the time for jobs. And they do just fine. Whatever you decide, let go of your guilt and second guessing. You did the right thing. Soon your teenagers will leave home and find their own paths. You deserve to do the same for yourself.ReplyDelete
I moved away for residency and lasted a year. I saw my husband and dear puppy maybe once a month for that year. That was before little one, but I couldn't handle not being with my family. I tried to move back as a PGY2 in main specialty, but it didn't work out. So I switched specialties, and found things I love about back up plan specialty. At this point I love everything (mom, wife, Dr) about my life and am completely happy with my choice to put family ahead of career. You can be happy doing what ever you decide to do, if you chose to be happy.ReplyDelete


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COLUMBIA -- Missouri Head Coach Frank Haith could soon face serious penalties from the NCAA, resulting from his time at the University of Miami. CBS Sports released a report around 3 p.m. on Monday afternoon stating Haith is expected to be charged with unethical conduct and failure to promote an atmosphere of compliance.
What this means if the report is true is the NCAA could hand Haith a multi-year "show-cause" penalty. It would not necessarily mean that MU could not retain Haith, but show-cause penalties often cripple college coaches and severely hinder their ability to find new jobs. The most recent example is Tennessee's Bruce Pearl, who was fired by the Volunteers after NCAA sanctions and a show-cause order. He did not find another job and currently works as an analyst at ESPN. Indiana's Kelvin Sampson was also handed a show-cause penalty in 2008, and he has not returned to college coaching since.
CBS Sports says the NCAA was unable to prove the allegations from Miami booster Nevin Shapiro that Haith or his staff paid $10,000 to a family member of former player DeQuan Jones. However, the report does state Haith will be charged with unethical conduct because "the NCAA did not believe his story that payments to his assistants intended for camp money did not wind up going to repay Shapiro, who made the allegations to Yahoo Sports back in August of 2011."
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Seniors today are more motivated than ever to make brain-healthy lifestyle choices. But even normal age-related cognitive changes will have an impact as the baby boomers age, say experts.
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ARTHIST 142: Architecture Since 1900 (CEE 32G)
Art 142 is an introduction to the history of architecture since 1900 and how it has shaped and been shaped by its cultural contexts. The class also investigates the essential relationship between built form and theory during this period.
Last offered: Autumn 2018 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
ARTHIST 143A: American Architecture (AMSTUD 143A, ARTHIST 343A, CEE 32R)
A historically based understanding of what defines American architecture. What makes American architecture American, beginning with indigenous structures of pre-Columbian America. Materials, structure, and form in the changing American context. How these ideas are being transformed in today's globalized world.
Terms: Aut | Units: 4 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
Instructors: Beischer, T. (PI)
2019-2020 Autumn
4 units |
UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II |
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Section 01 |
Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP) |
| Students enrolled: 5
09/23/2019 - 12/06/2019 Tue, Thu 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM at Green Earth Sciences134 with Beischer, T. (PI)
Exam Date/Time: 2019-12-12 3:30pm - 6:30pm (Exam Schedule)
Axess Enrollment will open for students on September 1st.
Instructors: Beischer, T. (PI)
UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II |
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Section 02 |
Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP) |
| Students enrolled: 5
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Axess Enrollment will open for students on September 1st.
ARTHIST 145: Culture Wars: Art and Social Conflict in the USA, 1890-1950 (AMSTUD 145M, ARTHIST 345, FEMGEN 145)
This course examines social conflicts and political controversies in American culture through the lens of visual art and photography. We consider how visual images both reflect and participate in the social and political life of the nation and how the terms of citizenship have been represented¿and, at times, contested¿by artists throughout the first half of the 20th century. The class explores the relation between American art and the body politic by focusing on issues of poverty, war, censorship, consumerism, class identity, and racial division.
Last offered: Spring 2014 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-AmerCul, WAY-A-II, WAY-ED
ARTHIST 147: Modernism and Modernity (ARTHIST 347)
The development of modern art and visual culture in Europe and the US, beginning with Paris in the 1860s, the period of Haussmann, Baudelaire and Manet, and ending with the Bauhaus and Surrealism in the 1920s and 30s. Modernism in art, architecture and design (e.g., Gauguin, Picasso, Duchamp, Mondrian, Le Corbusier, Breuer, Dali) will be explored as a compelling dream of utopian possibilities involving multifaceted and often ambivalent, even contradictory responses to the changes brought about by industrialization, urbanization, and the rise of mass culture.
Terms: Win | Units: 4 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
Instructors: Hill, L. (PI) ; Troy, N. (PI)
2019-2020 Winter
4 units |
UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II |
Class #
Section 01 |
Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit |
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| Students enrolled: 29
01/06/2020 - 03/13/2020 Tue, Thu 10:30 AM - 11:50 AM at McMurtry Building rm 360 with Troy, N. (PI)
Instructors: Troy, N. (PI)
UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II |
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Section 02 |
Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit |
| In Person
| Students enrolled: 14 / 20
01/06/2020 - 03/13/2020 Mon 1:30 PM - 2:20 PM at McMurtry Building rm 350 with Hill, L. (PI)
Instructors: Hill, L. (PI)
UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II |
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Section 03 |
Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit |
| In Person
| Students enrolled: 12 / 20
01/06/2020 - 03/13/2020 Mon 2:30 PM - 3:20 PM at McMurtry Building rm 350 with Hill, L. (PI)
Instructors: Hill, L. (PI)
ARTHIST 151: Migration and Diaspora in American Art, 1800-Present (AMSTUD 151, ARTHIST 351, ASNAMST 151D, CSRE 151D)
This lecture course explores American art through the lens of immigration, exile, and diaspora. We will examine a wide range of work by immigrant artists and craftsmen, paying special attention to issues of race and ethnicity, assimilation, displacement, and political turmoil. Artists considered include Emmanuel Leutze, Thomas Cole, Joseph Stella, Chiura Obata, Willem de Kooning, Mona Hatoum, and Julie Mehretu, among many others. How do works of art reflect and help shape cultural and individual imaginaries of home and belonging?
Last offered: Winter 2019 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-ED
ARTHIST 152: The American West (AMSTUD 124A, ENGLISH 124, HISTORY 151, POLISCI 124A)
The American West is characterized by frontier mythology, vast distances, marked aridity, and unique political and economic characteristics. This course integrates several disciplinary perspectives into a comprehensive examination of Western North America: its history, physical geography, climate, literature, art, film, institutions, politics, demography, economy, and continuing policy challenges. Students examine themes fundamental to understanding the region: time, space, water, peoples, and boom and bust cycles.
Terms: Spr | Units: 5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-AmerCul, WAY-A-II, WAY-SI
Instructors: Cain, B. (PI) ; Fishkin, S. (PI) ; Freyberg, D. (PI) ... more instructors for ARTHIST 152 »
Instructors: Cain, B. (PI) ; Fishkin, S. (PI) ; Freyberg, D. (PI) ; Kennedy, D. (PI) ; Nemerov, A. (PI) ; Petrov, P. (TA)
2019-2020 Spring
5 units |
UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-AmerCul, WAY-A-II, WAY-SI |
Class #
Section 01 |
Grading: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory Exception |
| Students enrolled: 11
03/30/2020 - 06/03/2020 Tue, Thu 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM at 200-002 with Cain, B. (PI); Fishkin, S. (PI); Freyberg, D. (PI); Kennedy, D. (PI); Nemerov, A. (PI); Petrov, P. (TA)
Instructors: Cain, B. (PI); Fishkin, S. (PI); Freyberg, D. (PI); Kennedy, D. (PI); Nemerov, A. (PI); Petrov, P. (TA)
UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-AmerCul, WAY-A-II, WAY-SI |
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Section 02 |
Grading: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory Exception |
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ARTHIST 154: The American Civil War: A Visual History (AMSTUD 154X, ARTHIST 354)
A painting of men charging across a field, a photograph of dead bodies in a ditch, a fragment of metal, a sliver of bone, and a brass button: how do we make sense of the visual record of the American Civil War (1861-65)? From the Capitol Dome to a skeleton dug up in a highway project a hundred years after the last battle, the course will consider the strange and scattered remnants of a famous era. Drawing on the poetry of Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, and Herman Melville, the paintings of Winslow Homer, the photographs of Alexander Gardner, and the oratory of Abraham Lincoln, the course will examine what cannot be portrayed: the trauma of war.
Last offered: Winter 2015 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II
ARTHIST 155C: Abstract Expressionism: Painting/Modern/America (AMSTUD 155C)
The course will focus on American abstract painting from the 1930s to the 1960s, emphasizing the works of art at the Anderson Collection at Stanford. We will focus on looking closely at pictures by Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Willem de Kooning, and other renowned abstract painters, developing skills of speaking and writing about these works of art. We will also place these pictures in their mid-20th century context: World War II and the Cold War; Hollywood and popular culture generally; Beat literature; and locations such as New York and San Francisco.
Last offered: Spring 2019 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II
ARTHIST 156A: Warhol: Painting, Photography, Performance (ARTHIST 356A, TAPS 156A, TAPS 356A)
This course focuses on the career of Andy Warhol as a means to consider the broader history of American art and culture since 1950. It examines little-studied aspects of Warhol¿s visual production (e.g. his career as a commercial artist in the 1950s and his everyday photographs of the 1970s and 1980s) alongside his now-canonical Pop paintings of the 1960s. Warhol?s critical and scholarly reception will be scrutinized in detail, as will published interviews of and writings by the artist. Finally, we will consider Warhol¿s legacy and wide-ranging influence on American culture in the decades since his death in 1987.
Last offered: Winter 2017 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II
ARTHIST 159: American Photographs, 1839-1971: A Cultural History (AMSTUD 159X, ARTHIST 359)
This course concentrates on many important American photographers, from the era of daguerreotypes to near the end of the pre-digital era. We study photographs of the Civil War, western exploration, artistic subjects, urban and rural poverty, skyscrapers, crime, fashion, national parks, and social protest, among other topics. Among the photographers we study: Carleton Watkins, Eadweard Muybridge, Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, Garry Winogrand, and Diane Arbus. Emphasis on developing students' abilities to discuss and write about photography; to see it.
Last offered: Spring 2014 | UG Reqs: GER:EC-AmerCul, WAY-A-II
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Rushing toward their party conventions, the rival presidential campaigns are trying to invigorate core supporters while reaching out to a sliver of undecided voters who harbor doubts about President Barack Obama yet aren't sold on Republican Mitt Romney.
In the past week the campaigns have engaged in a vigorous debate over Medicare, pushing aside the economy and jobs, for the moment. Romney has charged Obama with running a campaign based on hatred, Obama has renewed a fight over Romney's tax returns, and the issue of government spending has blossomed again.
These are the August seeds that candidates are planting with fence-sitting voters even as the campaigns try to get backers excited in time for the conventions. Republicans will gather in Tampa, Fla., in a week, and Democrats will be in Charlotte, N.C., in the first days of September.
Romney's selection of Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan as a running mate gave supporters extra motivation beyond their deep-seated antipathy toward Obama. In calling out Obama as a divisive, angry campaigner, Romney stoked Republicans' dislike of the incumbent and tried to cut into an Obama advantage, his likability even among voters who take a dim view of his policies or his performance as president.
At one point, Romney urged Obama to "take your campaign of division and anger and hate back to Chicago." The Obama campaign said Romney's remarks were "unhinged."
And so it went.
Obama dug in on his populist arguments, casting Ryan as the epitome of wrong-headed budget policies that will benefit the rich over the middle class. His campaign challenged Romney to prove his assertion that he had not paid less than 13 percent in taxes over a 10-year period.
"They're asking you to pay more in your taxes, not to reduce the deficit, or grow jobs, or invest in education, but to give another $250,000 tax cut to people making $3 million a year or more," Obama said.
The tax rhetoric is a hit with the Obama faithful, but it is also designed to cast doubt among undecided voters who are seeking a reason to support Romney. Even as Romney tried to sour Obama's personal appeal, the president countered with images of marital affection as he campaigned with his wife, Michelle.
These undecided voters, called "the persuadables" by the campaigns, represent about 6 percent of the electorate, according to recent polls. About 19 percent of voters said there was a chance they could change their minds, according to a Washington Post/ABC News poll last month. That's compared with about 10 percent undecided and 25 percent who could still have changed at this point in 2008.
Romney pollster Neil Newhouse says the number of undecided voters is often larger in a presidential election without an incumbent, as in 2008. He said the burden is on Romney to win them over.
"Voters have made up their minds about Barack Obama," he said. "They are undecided about Mitt Romney."
Polls show that Republicans are more enthusiastic about the election than Democrats. Much of the GOP energy comes from a desire to defeat Obama, and some Democrats believe Obama needs to find a way to match that determination.
"One of the challenges is that the Republican base seems more motivated that the Democratic base. That's a big challenge for the president," said Doug Hattaway, a Democratic strategist who was a senior adviser to Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign in 2008.
At Romney's Boston headquarters, Ryan is seen as a running mate able to energize conservatives who may have doubted Romney's ideological passion, to articulate a fiscal message that resonates with undecided voters and to bring intangible attributes, such as making Romney himself a better candidate.
"They may be playing to their base, but this election is about persuading the middle class, working class Americans," said Obama pollster Joel Benenson.
The Obama camp has promoted Ryan's status as a leading light of the Republican Party to better link Romney to House budget proposals that Ryan wrote and that Obama has been criticizing for two years.
"We think this is a choice that we've been talking about all along," Benenson said.
Obama has begun to hit Romney hard on Medicare, tying his rival to Ryan's budget proposal to overhaul the health care plan for older people. The issue is particularly important in competitive states such as Florida, Iowa and Pennsylvania that have large elderly populations.
Seeking to drive older voters away from Romney, Obama has seized on Ryan's plan to shift future retirees into a system dominated by private insurance plans.
"The truth is, I think they know it's not a very popular idea," the president said Saturday while campaigning in New Hampshire. "You can tell that, given the fact that both of them have proposed to voucherize the Medicare system. I guess they figure the best defense is to try to go on offense."
But Romney and Ryan anticipated the Obama reaction and went after Obama's health care overhaul, which includes reductions in Medicare spending of $700 billion over 10 years. While those cuts come from health providers, not from benefits to seniors, Romney and Ryan are still portraying them as harmful to seniors.
The Romney team also says the timing of the Medicare debate benefits them.
"It's actually fortunate for us that it's being litigated in August as opposed to October," Newhouse said. "If it comes up again in October, it's not going to be new information."
The Romney campaign says calls for smaller government resonate with independent votes, particularly undecided suburban women. The GOP used the issue in 2010 when it regained control of the House. Indeed, shifting views among independents on the role of government were a big difference between the 2008 and 2010 electorates, according to exit polls.
In 2008, 43 percent of independents said government should do more to solve problems, while 49 percent said government is "doing too many things better left to businesses and individuals." In 2010, that split was 28 percent do more to 65 percent saying government is overreaching.
But some Republican strategists warn that a debate over government spending has risks. They say undecided voters are all for fiscal discipline if it's linked to economic growth, but they recoil if they perceive spending cuts as austerity measures that would affect them.
"The fiscal battle injected into the national discourse is really going to hinge on who can sell growth and who is selling austerity," said Republican pollster Wes Anderson, who is polling in several congressional districts in states that are competitive in the presidential contest.
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DGarr 7 years, 11 months ago
Tax Returns, Please. It was Ronald Reagan who said, "Trust, but Verify." Re his tax returns, Mr. Romney has said, "Trust me." OK. Now for the "Verify" part. Release the tax returns, Mr. Romney. 63% of American voters want to see them. And so do I.
goldeneagle97 7 years, 11 months ago
Something is in those returns that Romney doesn't want us to see. After all, he wouldn't be dragging his feet on this if there weren't.


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"Every tennis lover would like, someday, to play like Federer," Philippe Bouin tells Cynthia Gorney of The New York Times Magazine for this week's cover story. "But every man wants to be Rafael Nadal. Which is different."
That's the backbone of Gorney's epic, sprawling profile of Nadal — which couldn't have hit newsstands at a better time, with his withdrawing from Wimbledon on Friday, even if it's actually just a big cover-up and he's already won it.
But before you get all psyched out about reading many, many words, here's one thing to think about.
With this story, The Times Magazine — and its Play, R.I.P. — has published two of the finest long-form profiles of Nadal and Roger Federer. What's more, the authors of the profiles (Gorney, a creative writing professor, and the late David Foster Wallace, he of no further introduction), are not sportswriters but writer's writers.
And those running a sports magazine could take yet another hint from this type of standard: Sometimes, it pays to turn your pages over to outsiders. Not all the time, mind you, but sometimes, for a fresh take. They might not know anything about sports — still, DFW did — but they can make sentences cha-cha real smooth. Or squirt a variety of juices in your face.
That's what matters most.
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REAL ESTATE- ON THE BLOCK- Did-it-themselves: In Belmont, couple redoes a cottage
Address: 1116 Montrose Ave.
Neighborhood: Belmont
Asking: $308,000
Assessment: $299,800
Year Built: 1947
Size: 1,374 fin. sq. ft. / 916 unfin. sq. ft.
Land: 0.267 acres
Agent: Owner Scott Wiley 434-760-2671
Curb Appeal: 8 out of 10
Christina and Scott Wiley don't spend all their time at their day jobs. (Nice life, huh?) That's because their secondary passion has been fixing up this house. The two Habitat Store junkies scored a beautiful Viking range there, as well as a wooden hot tub for the deck, which they fabricated themselves.
Made of ipe (pronounced "ee-pay")— a tropical hardwood that weathers well— and situated just outside the kitchen, the deck is perfect for morning brunches. The corner lot— surprisingly spacious for close-in Belmont— is high off the street, adjoins both Montrose and Monticello Avenues, and overlooks Carter Mountain in the distance.
When the Wileys bought the house (for $161,600 in 2002), it was listed as 1400 Monticello Avenue. But since they lived on the odd-numbered side of the street and the rest of the 1400s were several blocks away, the owners decided to reorient the house. They turned the old entrance into a screened-in porch, put in a gravel drive leading to a single-car garage (currently converted into a workshop), and had the place renamed 1116 Montrose. Otherwise, they worried, out-of-towners would never find them.
They couldn't do much with the faux stone exterior, but thoughtful touches are evident inside, starting with the paint. A sunny yellow in the living and dining rooms brightens up the house, nicely complementing the oak floor and stained glass panels in the dining room, which also has a white built-in china hutch.
In the kitchen (painted mushroom with white trim), a large, energy-efficient window overlooks the yard. The industrial-looking Viking range dominates, but standard modern goodies are also evident: shiny black granite countertops and other stainless steel appliances (installed in 2008).
The first of three bedrooms (in bold burgundy), just off the kitchen, currently serves as a study— the Wileys removed the door for extra space and installed a huge desk that conveys.
Solid mahogany doors in the kitchen hallway lead to the full bathroom, which is tasteful enough, but curiously located on the main level. Imagine smelling beef stew while you're sudsing up, then trudging upstairs wrapped in a towel to dress for dinner. What was the architect thinking?
The basement (which houses a half bath) covers the full footprint of the house, and an ambitious buyer could renovate part of it to add more living space. The laundry room is located here, and there's plenty of storage space with built-in shelves raised off the floor.
For energy efficiency (the house was built in the '40s, after all) the owners installed a tankless hot water heater and hooked up a humidifier to the furnace. Humid air feels warmer, the Wileys claim, meaning the thermostat can be set lower than usual and the house still feel comfortable.
The basement half bath is piped for a shower—all it needs is hardware. But with whitewashed brick walls and not much room, it's more functional than comfortable. It seems designed more for emergencies than for guests or a mother-in-law.
The final two bedrooms upstairs, like most in houses built during the first half of the twentieth century, are comfortable but not spacious. So the owners removed doors from a closet in their bedroom, and that alcove is now the bed's headspace.
Maybe tinkering with this nicely renovated house had become boring, since the owners have moved on to their next project, a house on Rose Hill Avenue. After selling the house on Montrose, the couple plan to buy a third house, live in it while they renovate Rose Hill, then fix it up later. Seems like a tough market for flipping houses, but at least it keeps this energetic couple out of the office.
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We now officially have a kindergartener and a first grader! It's crazy to look at how big they have gotten over the past year, but we are SO happy that summer is here!!
Izabel did amazingly well this year. She is reading - full on every word on every sign and every page of every book she picks up, reading. I mean obviously there are some words she gets stuck on, but for the most part she can sound them out and it has just blown us away. All of these milestones in her life have just seemed to happen overnight, and evidently reading happened the same way! At the end of the school year she was tested for her reading level and she tested end of 1st grade/beginning of second! She's also learned a lot outside of reading and math through her gifted class. She loves telling us about plants and presidents and all kinds of topics. I think the extra simulation was a great thing for her behavior this year - she may or may not have gotten in her share of trouble when she started off - and she loved every second of her experience in Kindergarten!
Her favorite parts were going to art, the field trip to the zoo, and having fun with her friends :)
Tanner has grown leaps and bounds when it comes to his speech, and unless he is trying to make funny voices - which happens more and more frequently - you can understand him about 90%+ of the time. He met all of his goals that his speech therapist set for him and she is thrilled with his progress. The preschool program provided books once a month for him to bring home and three field trips which we loved. They had bubble fest and both kids loved the preschool/kindergarten dance and field day! Tanner has done great learning his sounds and is picking up tons of sight words from his big sister. He also had an awesome teacher who we will forever love. We have been so blessed with amazing teachers that truly love our kids and we couldn't ask for anything more!
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|Sidkeong Trulku Xth Maharaja of Sikkim Pic. Source Sikkim Archives
After his return, Sidkeong was assigned the charge of Forest, Monasteries and Schools which were regarded as the three important departments. During the last phase of Maharaja Sri Panch Sir Thotub Namgyal, Sidkyong show evidence of his proficiency about the state administration. It can be said that the young lad had single handedly ran the administration of Sikkim in lieu of his father Sir Thotub Namgyal who was unable to execute the duty of a king due to poor eye sight. As an heir apparent, Sidkeong made two important covenants. One was the abolition of imprisonment as a penalty for defaults of debts and the other was the record in the Council Proceedings of the ban on settlements of plainsmen.
After the death of Maharaja Sri Panch Sir Thotub Namgyal, Sidkeong succeeded him on 10th February 1914. His contact with the Western deliberation and conviction made him a secular and liberal in his deeds. Further, Sidkeong became the first bystander from Sikkim to perceive the rapid development in the west. Possibly, he might have also desired to have a similar arrangement in his Kingdom as well. It is reflected from the access of his sister Chuni Wangmo to a modern school. On the contrary of sending the Buddhist children to monastic educational institute Sidkeong sent his sister to attend modern educational institute that itself is possibly the best illustration about his liberalism.
Being greatly engulfed in the Western ideas Sidkeong made an unsuccessful attempt to liquidate landlordism in Sikkim. This idea of the enlightened Maharaja has made him distinct from all his predecessors. In fact, it was the culmination of the western education that he received at Oxford. The lucid philosophy of Europe and America had now made Sidkeong a champion of the peasants back in his kingdom. He possibly had a superior dream to provide a better avenue of income to that brow beaten nucleus of production. But, the cogent idea of him created stern enemies among a large number of landlords. Further, his resilience of independence and forward personality strained relations with the British Political Officer Sir Charles Bell. Amid to all the qualities of an excellent ruler, the reign of Sidkeong Trulku Namgyal did not last long.
In the winters of 1914, this young and open-minded Maharaja had an attack of Jaundice. A British Physician from Calcutta (now Kolkata) was called to the palace to take care of him. "While somewhat indisposed, a British Physician from Bengal administered a heavy transfusion of brandy and put him under a number of blankets; at the same time a fire was kept beneath the bed. Death came in the hour. Thus, ended prematurely a promising career in most suspicious circumstances" (Sikkim-A Concise Chronicle P 22) But, even in such a short period of ten months, Maharaja Sidkeyong Namgyal has tried to execute a commendable job for the betterment of his subjects. As any other charming characters of History he also had to battle with the adversaries which were prevalent within his administration. Thus, the most charismatic figure of the Sikkimese history had to meet an untimed bereavement at the young age of 35.
A part from a good son and a great ruler, Sidkeong was a polyglot as well. He was well versed in many languages like Chinese, English, Hindi, Nepali, Lepcha and Tibetan. It is to be noted here that in 1903 Sidkeong led the Sikkimese representatives at the Delhi Durbar of Lord Curzon which eventually broke the political isolation of the Himalayan Kingdom. In 1911, Shree Panch Maharaj Kumar Sidkeong Trulku Namgyal was conferred the covetous Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE) by the British Indian Government. In 1913, he was granted the honorary title of Lieutenant. After his accession to the throne of Sikkim in 1914 he take pleasure in the title of Lieutenant His Highness Shree Panch Sidkeong Trulku Namgyal, Maharaja Chogyal of Sikkim, CIE.


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text: [View source↑] [History↑] Sorting order: last modified first newest threads first oldest threads firstContentsThread titleRepliesLast modified Plasma/FAQ919:33, 30 September 2010 Amarok pages111:14, 26 September 2010 "Chatty" pages - hard to mark up 311:31, 23 September 2010 Chihuahua012:56, 6 September 2010 UserBase problem discussion016:49, 28 June 2010 Russian Translator016:46, 28 June 2010 First page Previous page Next page Last page Plasma/FAQHistory SummarizePlasma/FAQ is a redirect which always points to the latest version, so it's best not to use the link with the version number. MoreHistory View source Link toannew 14:57, 29 September 2010 Sure. So, what to do if user is on 4.4 (4.3, 4.5 soon (hey, Plasma developers, where are you?), etc.) and wants to be instructed how to add a widget on his panel? ;) Parent MoreHistory View source Link toYurchor 15:05, 29 September 2010 On every Plasma/FAQ/whatever page there is an info box directing to the earlier versions :-) Parent MoreHistory View source Link toannew 15:22, 29 September 2010 Not really... :-) Parent MoreHistory View source Link toYurchor 15:29, 29 September 2010 Yes, really. 4.4 says For older versions you can turn to the KDE 4.3 specific page, theKDE 4.2 specific page, the KDE 4.1 specific page or the KDE 4.0 one 4.3 says For older versions you can turn to the KDE 4.2 specific page, KDE 4.1 specific page or the KDE 4.0 one and so on. And they are all links. Parent MoreHistory View source Link toannew 17:19, 29 September 2010 The only page with these links is Plasma/FAQ. Aliasing of Plasma/FAQ with Plasma/FAQ/4.4 (4.3, 4.5, etc.) breaks all links on the translated versions (via Special:myLanguage). Subpages, like Plasma/FAQ/4.4/Configuration, have no aliases at all. What is the solution for linking if we not use "/4.x/" in links? ;) Parent MoreHistory View source Link toYurchor 17:30, 29 September 2010 I'm not sure that I'm understanding the problem but while looking at it, I did note that the Plasma/FAQ/4.4 (which is what the user is actually reading) didn't have Special:myLanguage at all, so I've fixed that. Plasma/FAQ itself only contains the redirect to the latest version, and the redirect has to be changed when a new version is made. Apart from that, all the links have /4.x in them. I would have thought that between that and the myLanguage thing it would work. If it doesn't, can you explain a bit more about what actually happens? Thanks Parent MoreHistory View source Link toannew 17:53, 29 September 2010 Consider the following examples: 1. Plasma/FAQ#How does Plasma work? links to the English page. Special:MyLanguage/Plasma/FAQ#How does Plasma work? in any locale you will also be linked to the English page (broken localized links). 2. Plasma/FAQ/4.4/Configuration is valid page that can be linked, e.g. Plasma/FAQ/4.4/Configuration#Can_I_move_the_applets_on_the_panel.3F On the other hand Plasma/FAQ/Configuration#Can_I_move_the_applets_on_the_panel.3F points to nowhere (broken subpages). :'( Parent MoreHistory View source Link toYurchor 18:06, 29 September 2010 Plasma/FAQ has only one purpose - to direct anyone searching to the latest version. It doesn't have any content, any sections, any subpages, so I'm surprised that even your first example works. I wouldn't have expected any links to be formulated against Plasma/FAQ at all - but against the versioned links (after all, the reader doesn't actually see that part of the link anyway). Now at last I understand where we started from :-) Yes, you are correct, I made a mistake there. Sorry about that, but I really did need to understand what you were pointing out. Parent MoreHistory View source Link toannew 18:27, 29 September 2010Show 1 reply Amarok pagesHistory SummarizeI did not do the original markup and I'd never looked at these pages. It looks as though they were done at the time that Siebrand thought we should tie down the translation to the nth degree. I've edited Amarok/QuickStartGuide, which should fix both your problem with images and my problem with section editing not working. Please let me know asap if it's now OK - if so I'll carry on with the others. If you want any other changes, I can do those at the same time. MoreHistory View source Link toannew 10:59, 26 September 2010 Much better for me now, but... (oh, those curses from the other translators... ) Parent MoreHistory View source Link toYurchor 11:14, 26 September 2010 "Chatty" pages - hard to mark up History SummarizeSome pages have a chatty style that is difficult to mark up. Sometimes I am marking features as menuchoices, when they are not exactly so. I don't know whether this is the best approach, or not, so I'd appreciate advice. Examples of such are the KOffice pages, KWord, KSpread, KPresenter etc.. MoreHistory View source Link toannew 10:52, 22 September 2010 imho, these pages are by no means documentation, rather advertisement pages. Hence, there is no sense to use the same markup. Much more easily to use common wiki markup (quotes for emphasis, bold, etc.) for these pages. Parent MoreHistory View source Link toYurchor 11:14, 22 September 2010 OK, I'll go through the KOffice pages and change those. If you meet similar inappropriate stuff, please change them and accept my apologies for the extra work. Your description "rather advertisement pages" is, of course, exactly what they were in the first place, when UserBase was conceived as a showcase for apps, rather than as a place for documentation. Parent MoreHistory View source Link toannew 11:18, 22 September 2010 A discussion which started from the same place: Talk:Translation_Workflow#Use_of_menuchoice_tag_421. I'd like your input, please. Parent MoreHistory View source Link toannew 11:31, 23 September 2010 ChihuahuaHistory SummarizeWe are close to moving UserBase to the new Chihuahua theme. There are some big advantages with Chihuahua, not the least being the ability to adapt to screen space, both large screens and small, hand-held ones. Much of the work I've been doing lately has been to prepare pages for the switch. As always, with something new, there are likely to be issues that we are not aware of until it is in more general use, so I'm approaching all who have made significant contribution in the last seven days, asking for help. I'd like you to change your User Preferences to use Chihuahua, as soon as possible. The plan at the moment is that if at the end of this week we have no show-stopper issues we will make Chihuahua the default theme for UserBase, probably next weekend. There is a public Etherpad at http://webteam.notes.kde.jefferai.org/14? - please add any notes, comments, issues there. It's also helpful if you say "Hi" in the chat window, because that ties a comment colour to your name, so I know who to approach if more discussion is needed. Thanks for the help. MoreHistory View source Link toannew 12:56, 6 September 2010 UserBase problem discussionHistory SummarizeSiebrand fixed markup on Applications/ and similar catalogue pages. They are now correct, but have caused a lot of work. I think it's avoidable, and doesn't pay off enough. Could you please join the discussion on http://userbase.kde.org/Talk:Translation_Workflow where I'm just about to add my reasoning. Your perspective would be valuable. MoreHistory View source Link toannew 16:49, 28 June 2010 Russian TranslatorHistory SummarizeJulia Vladimirov, username Julia, has asked to be added to Translators to help with Russian translation. I've added her to the group and asked her to contact you. --annew 14:33, 28 June 2010 (CEST) MoreHistory View source Link toannew 16:46, 28 June 2010 First page Previous page Next page Last page Retrieved from "https://userbase.kde.org/index.php?title=User_talk:Yurchor&oldid=33861#Russian_Translator_10" This page was last edited on 28 June 2010, at 16:46. Content is available under Creative Commons License SA 4.0 unless otherwise noted.