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In my practice devoted to facial plastic surgery, the primary procedure I perform is rhinoplasty, or "nose job." The goal of this surgery is pretty straight forward- to help make the nose more attractive, assuring that it "fits" with the rest of the facial features. While often performed for purely elective cosmetic purposes, occasionally there is a history of trauma where the nose may have been fractured or 'broken' in the past.
No matter what one's cosmetic displeasure is with the nose, the nose has a primary function—to allow the unobstructed passage of air into the lungs, and humidify and filter that air. The function of the nose must never be compromised, otherwise one will have a very unhappy patient who is unable to sleep, breathe, exercise normally, and other potential lifetime problems. Nasal blockage can lead to excessive tiredness, lack of energy, and sleeping problems. The decision to have a rhinoplasty usually follows a great deal of time and thought dedicated to undergoing the procedure. Additionally, once the decision has been undertaken to have a rhinoplasty an even more important decision awaits — selecting a surgeon. Do your homework!
Rhinoplasty is more than just a pretty nose. It is a very complicated surgery where millimeters not only make the difference between a 'good' and 'poor' result but the proper techniques also insure that your breathing will not be compromised. Your surgeon should have an in-depth knowledge about not only how to change the outside cosmetic structure of the nose but also the inner nasal anatomy. Lastly, and just as important, the results of a rhinoplasty should last for a lifetime. Older rhinoplasty techniques entailed, in part, the excessive removal of the bone and cartilages of the nose to give the nose its new shape — techniques which are still implemented. Although patients are often satisfied with the immediate and short-term results of their rhinoplasty, with time they become all too concerned with the lack of longevity of the results. What good is a rhinoplasty in your late teenage years or early twenties if you seek to have it revised in your thirties or forties? We have come to learn secondary to these older techniques that the nose continues to 'heal' throughout many years. That is, the skin overlying the cartilages of the nose continues to contract, applying forces onto the cartilages. If your nose does not have a strong foundation of support, unwanted changes will result. These changes may not only compromise your cosmetic results but may affect your breathing as well years later.
As an experienced rhinoplasty surgeon, I have seen firsthand all the things that can go wrong with this challenging surgery. More importantly- much more, in fact- I have developed techniques that can assure both a short term and long run aesthetic result- a nose that not only looks good, but also "works" good.
Dr. Anthony Bared is a board certified otolaryngologist, fellowship trained in facial plastic surgery. He is in private practice, together with Dr. Jeffrey Epstein, with offices in South Miami and Aventura, and a consultation office in Tampa. He devotes his practice to the management of all problems with the nose- breathing, aesthetics, and reparative procedures.


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Bones were discovered in a cave in Germany's Neander Valley in the middle 1800s. Since then, many more "Neandertal" remains have been uncovered. The story has been told that they wore no clothes, had a very primitive culture, and hunted animals with clubs as they evolved from an ape-like to a man-like creature. But is this an accurate picture?
Theistic evolutionists and progressive creationists believe that Neandertal and similar "cavemen" lived in a time long before Adam and Eve. One progressive creationist said, "Based on both skeletal and genetic comparisons, it can be conclusively said that the Neanderthal are not related to humans nor are they an ancestor to humans."1 Biblical creationists, however, have long taught that Neandertals were fully human descendants of Noah who lived alongside other men during the post-Flood Ice Age.2 Which perspective most easily accommodates the scientific evidence?
Neandertals are usually depicted primarily as hunters, but "a new study shows they cooked and ate veggies." Fossilized Neandertal teeth from Belgium and Iraq had grain starch on them. Amanda Henry, lead author of the study, told CNN, "Neanderthals are often portrayed as very backwards or primitive….Now we are beginning to understand that they had some quite advanced technologies and behaviors."3
An earlier report described "Stone Age" grinding tools along with hundreds of starch grains in various stages of processing, from a variety of plants.4 Evidence from the field seems consistent with the idea that mankind, including those who sheltered in caves, has always enjoyed a varied diet.
So, "cavemen" did not simply hunt for meat. But did they have a simplistic culture?
Evidence of advanced communication and construction skills continues to challenge primitive portrayals of earlier peoples. One study found Stone Age carvings in a South African cave. The "270 fragments of intentionally marked ostrich eggshell" containers were made by people with "social, cultural, and cognitive underpinnings that overlap with those of modern people."5 Nearby people make and decorate eggshell carriers in the same manner to this day.
Some of the very earliest human artifacts are knives from Africa, made by heating stone to make it easier to flake into blades. A group of scientists reverse-engineered the difficult heating process, concluding, "These people were extremely smart."6 Though Neandertals were not found in association with the knives, both overlapped in time.
Bones cut by a stone knife have been dated to a time before mankind had supposedly evolved to make tools.7 Ancient humans even performed surgery, complete with antiseptics and anesthesia!8 They made colorful jewelry out of seashells, prompting Discovery News to state, "Even Neanderthals knew how to accessorize."9
And the first completed Neandertal genome "showed us things completely unexpected by evolutionary theory. First, Neandertal was fully human. Second, he is related to people living in Eurasia today. Third, Neandertals interbred with modern humans."10 This matches skeletal remains that were part modern, part Neandertal, found in Iberia.11
Each "caveman" discovery lines up with God's record on the matter. Of course Neandertals ate grains and made jewelry and complicated tools—they were fully human beings recently created in the image of God.
- Millam, J. Of Caveman and Creation. Reasons to Believe, Seattle Area Chapter January 2009 newsletter, 7.
- Morris, J. 1997. Is Neanderthal in Our Family Tree? Acts & Facts. 26 (9).
- Said, S. Study: Neanderthals cooked, ate vegetables. CNN. Posted on cnn.com December 29, 2010, accessed January 11, 2011.
- Revedin, A. et al. 2010. Thirty thousand-year-old evidence of plant food processing. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107 (44): 18815-18819.
- Texier, P-J. et al. 2010. A Howiesons Poort tradition of engraving ostrich eggshell containers dated to 60,000 years ago at Diepkloof Rock Shelter, South Africa. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107 (14): 6180-6185.
- Callaway, E. Earliest fired knives improved stone age tool kit. New Scientist. Posted on newscientist.com August 13, 2009, access August 18, 2009.
- Thomas, B. Human Tool Marks Found from 'Lucy' Era. ICR News. Posted on icr.org August 18, 2010, accessed January 31, 2011.
- Thomas, B. Surprising 'Stone-Age' Surgery Evidence Found in France. ICR News. Posted on icr.org February 4, 2010, accessed January 31, 2011.
- Viegas, J. Prehistoric Jewelry Reveals Neanderthal Fashion Sense. Discovery News. Posted on news.discovery.com January 8, 2010, accessed January 13, 2010.
- Sarfati, J. 2011. Corals, Genes, and Creation. Creation. 33 (1): 54.
- Thomas, B. Neanderthal Men Were Modern Men. ICR News. Posted on icr.org November 18, 2008, accessed January 31, 2011.
* Mr. Thomas is Science Writer at the Institute for Creation Research.
Cite this article: Thomas, B. 2011. Identifying Neandertal Man. Acts & Facts. 40 (3): 18.

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In the past, Keith Raniere and Clare Bronfman routinely retained a phalanx of attorneys to attack enemies of the NXIVM cult and put them in jail.
Now, it seems that they once again have a phalanx of lawyers – but for an opposite purpose – to keep them out of jail.
Here are the lawyers we know of so far:
- Keith Alan Raniere
- Marc Agnifilo – Brafman & Associates, P.C.
- Paul DerOhannesian II – DerOhannesian & DerOhannesian
- Danielle R. Smith – DerOhannesian & DerOhannesian
- Jacob Kaplan – Brafman & Associates, P.C.
- Teny R. Geragos – Brafman & Associates, P.C.
- Brian Poe – Fort Worth, TX
Allison Mack
- Steven G. Kobre – Kobre & Kim LLC [Kobre served as a prosecutor for the U.S. Department of Justice (as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York). Prior to that, Mr. Kobre worked as an Assistant District Attorney in the New York County District Attorney's Office.
- William F. McGovern – Kobre & Kim LLC [McGovern previously served as a New York prosecutor, during which time he was appointed as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. He also served as a U.S. SEC branch chief. ]
- Sean S. Buckley – Kobre & Kim LLC [a former U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecutor, Buckley is a trial and investigations lawyer who defends clients in white-collar criminal matters and international government enforcement actions. Buckley serves as counsel in cross-border investigations, often involving allegations of bribery or U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations, antitrust matters or money laundering.]
- Clare Bronfman
- Dennis Burke –Ballard Spahr
- Susan R. Necheles – Hafetz & Necheles LLP
- Kathleen E. Cassidy – Hafetz & Necheles LLP
- Gedalia Stern – Hafetz & Necheles LLP
Nancy Salzman
- Michael J. Sullivan – Ashcroft Group [Sullivan formerly served as U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts and Acting Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.]
- Lauren Salzman
- Hector J. Diaz – Quarles & Brady, LLP
- James L. Burke – Quarles & Brady
- Kathy Russell
- William Fanciullo [former Assistant U.S. Attorney.]
- Prosecution
- Richard P. Donoghue – U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York
- Moira K. Penza – AUSA (Criminal Division)
- Tanya Hajjar – AUSA (Criminal Division)
- Karin K. Orenstein – AUSA (Civil Division)
The judge has ordered that as to Keith Raniere, Allison Mack, Clare Bronfman, Kathy Russell, Lauren Salzman, and Nancy Salzman:
No attorney who has appeared, or will enter an appearance on behalf of, any party in this case may commit to participating in any other trial between January 1, 2019, and April 30, 2019, without first requesting (in writing) and receiving specific permission from this court. The court will schedule motions and set a firm trial date at the September 13, 2018, status conference. Ordered by Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis on 7/25/2018. (Haddad, Andrew) (Entered: 07/25/2018)
The parties shall meet and confer regarding discovery and a motion schedule prior to the next status conference, which is scheduled for 9/13/2018 at 2:00 PM. Time is excluded under the Speedy Trial Act between 7/25/2018 and 9/13/2018, with respect to all parties present, for review of discovery and plea negotiations on consent (except Keith Raniere, who objects to the exclusion of time). Jury selection and trial is rescheduled for 1/7/2019 in Courtroom 4D South before Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis.
Note: In the case of Kathy Russell – longtime NXIVM member Karen Abney originally posted $25,000 bail for her. Later, Kathy's sisters were slated to post the bail in Abney's place. Abney worked alongside Russell and Karen Unterreiner, who some believe has flipped and is giving evidence to the US Attorney. If so, Karen is a wealth of information having been with Keith consistently since his RPI days. She helped him procure underage girls and masterminded his double [and triple] sets of books. That Kathy Russell – who took orders from Karen has been charged and not Karen – speaks volumes. Of course, Keith had always planned that Kathy should be the fall girl for the crooked books.]


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WEREWOLVES BE DAMNEDPublisher: Entangled Publishing
A Magic & Mayhem Novel
Stacey Kennedy
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A Magic & Mayhem Novel
Stacey Kennedy
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Release date: April 15, 2013Book link:
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Book Description ~*~Nexi Jones—part witch, part guardian, and wannabe kick-ass warrior—can't throw a punch or conjure the simplest magic. But that doesn't stop her from hunting the werewolves who slaughtered her human family. She'll have her revenge, but only if Kyden, the elite guardian, would get the hell out of her way.
Kyden can't decide if Nexi wants to get herself killed or if she just has no clue what she's doing. But her father made it clear: keep Nexi safe…or else. Of course, the more Nexi runs toward revenge, the more she needs Kyden's aid, and as she grows into her power and confidence, so does his desire to protect her. The only problem? She'd rather he dropped dead.
But when a vampire paints a bull's-eye on Nexi's back, she's hard-pressed to deny Kyden and the help he's offering. Even if it means getting her revenge will be a little bit harder. At least it will still be as sweet."
About the Author ~*~
Stacey Kennedy is an urban fantasy lover at heart, but she also enjoys losing herself in dark and sensual worlds. She lives in southwestern Ontario with her husband, who gave her a happily-ever-after. Together, they have two small children who can always make her smile, and who will never be allowed to read Mommy's books. If she's not plugging away at a new story, you'll find her camping, curling up with the latest flick, or obsessing over Sons of Anarchy and Game of Thrones.
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Teaser ~*~
I've found you, fur ball.
Nexi peered from behind the large oak tree and spotted the small log cabin nestled in the thick forest. The porch light cast a warm glow into the night. Fog settled over the lush grass, and the night was dark, eerie.
Stepping away from her hiding place behind the tree, she strode forward and gripped the dagger tightly in her hand. Keeping the silver blade pointed outward, she climbed the cabin's porch steps, taking each one slowly to avoid detection.
Once she arrived at the front door, she wrapped her hand around the door handle. Rich hunger for revenge burned in her veins and made her intent on one thing: to slaughter the werewolf who escaped the night of her parents' murder. Not caring what awaited her, she stormed inside, dagger pointed, ready to kill.
The simple cabin had two large brown couches near a wood-burning stove, a kitchenette behind the living room, and a quilt-covered bed resting in the back. And that was it; there were no other rooms to investigate. No secret hiding places she could see.
No damned werewolf.
She cursed, shut the front door behind her, then trotted down the steps to return to her hiding spot. On her way across the yard, she glanced at the space to the right of the tree, which looked much like a heat wave, indicating that the portal to the Otherworld remained.
In some places around the world—or the Earthworld, as supernaturals had called it—there were permanent portals to the supernatural realm. This portal had only appeared because Nexi had travelled to this cabin from the Otherworld. Once she passed through the portal again, the gateway would vanish.
Magic had its perks. Quick travel was one of them.
Nexi shook her head at how normal all this magical stuff seemed now. Just over a month ago she'd never believed in anything that went bump in the night. Now she knew all those things existed, and in fact, she was one of them.
To her horror, she had learned that her birth mother, Tillie, had been murdered by a power-hungry vampire, Lazarus. All those years ago, her birth father, Drake, had protectively decided to block Nexi's supernatural abilities. He had planned for her to live and die as a mortal. Now with her return to the Otherworld and the removal of the block on her true identity, there was no going back.
She was no longer plain, human, Nexi Jones.
She was Nexi Jones, part guardian, part witch.
Looking away from the portal and to her hiding spot until the werewolf returned, she hurried her steps. She wasn't ready to return to the Otherworld yet. Not until she had the werewolf's head as her wall ornament would she dare go home.
Just as she neared the tree, a woodsy scent that had nothing to do with the forest mixed with the citrusy aroma of aftershave. A blink of an eye later, the dagger she held was now at her throat, a hard body closed in on her back.
"You smelled lovely when you arrived." The low voice by her ear held a faint English accent. "But I never imagined you'd be so pretty."
The blade pressed into her skin, not drawing blood, but implying that if the werewolf chose, she'd be destined for the grave. "I'm…"
"Going to explain yourself." He lowered the dagger, took hold of her arm, and jerked her forward.
In a few short strides, the werewolf tossed her through the threshold of the cabin, and slammed the door behind them. He sauntered to the couch, sat down, and regarded her. "Now then, darlin'." His olive skin was stunningly flawless, and his chocolate-colored hair was spiked tall. "Why would a pretty lass like yourself plan to attack me?"
"Don't move." That charm wouldn't fool her. "Stay right where you are."
"My mouth is the only thing moving." His slanted amber eyes raked over her. "Would you like me to stop talking?"
"No." She hesitated then added, "Only your mouth can move. Nothing else. Tell me what you know."
He gave her a long look. "I'd be glad to tell you anything you'd like, love."
His kind face and soft voice wouldn't trick her. He was a werewolf. She was certain, which was another oddity.
After the block on her supernatural abilities had been lifted, she could identify a supernatural creature as if knowing the difference between a brunette and a redhead. "Tell me why you killed my family."
"That's an interesting accusation." He cocked his head, studying her with a frown. "But I think the more important question is who are you?"
She lifted her chin. "The lass who's going to cut off your furry wolf balls."
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BRUSSELS – So far, it's still a mystery.
A British oil executive gunned down in front of his wife in the Belgian capital of Brussels. Helmeted assailants escaping on a motorcycle. No arrests. A driver of a white van who has not been found. A court order for police not to reveal the details.
Was the killing of Nicholas Mockford, a 60-year-old executive for ExxonMobil, the world's largest oil company, a car-jacking gone wrong? A muffed purse-snatching? Or was it a cold-blooded professional hit for reasons yet unknown?
Mockford, a British national living in Belgium, was shot dead on Oct. 14 as he left an Italian restaurant in Neder-over-Heembeek — a village in medieval days that has since been swallowed up by the expanding capital. He died in the street as his wife cradled him in her arms and a neighbor tried to resuscitate him.
In the beginning, the investigating judge imposed an order on police preventing them from releasing any detail on the case, which police said was not unusual in a serious murder case. As a result, initial news reports were sparse. But on Thursday, authorities switched course and decided to enlist the public's help, releasing a brief description of the crime.
Mockford and his wife, Mary, left Da Marcello restaurant about 10 p.m., the report said. They crossed the street toward their car, identified by news reports as a Lexus.
When they reached the car, an assailant "threatened" Mrs. Mockford, hit her several times in the face, and tried to yank her bag away, police said.
Suddenly, a second assailant fired four shots at Mockford, who died at the scene, according to police.
On Oct. 16, the VTM television channel interviewed a neighbor who asked not to be identified.
"I heard the sound of two, well I don't know, like tack, tack," said the man, whose image was blurred. "I thought that was strange and went outside. I saw a woman lying on the sidewalk across the street. She was shouting 'Help! Help!' There was also a man lying next to a car."
The man said Mrs. Mockford mentioned a white van, so neighbors originally thought her husband had been the victim of a hit-and-run accident.
"I stayed with the man, but he stopped breathing," the neighbor said. "I resuscitated him and he came to. Then he became unconscious again and at that moment the ambulance arrived.
He said after ambulance workers had cut open the man's clothing, he saw the man "had a bullet in his chest and a bullet in his shoulder. There was also blood on his head."
Investigators have asked that the driver of the van report to police, saying it had crossed the couple's path shortly before the attack.
The assailants, who wore motorcycle helmets, initially escaped on foot but were later seen on a motorcycle, the police report said.
Mockford's family is not convinced that the motive was robbery. A British newspaper, the Daily Telegraph, quoted an unnamed relative as saying the family believed the killing had the hallmarks of a professional hit, although they could not imagine a motive.
A spokesman for ExxonMobil said Friday the company was "shocked by the very tragic death." The company, headquartered in Irving, Texas, did not immediately respond to further requests for comment.
Mockford grew up in Leicestershire in the English Midlands. He reportedly moved abroad years ago, living in Belgium and Singapore. He is believed to have worked for ExxonMobil since the 1970s and was head of marketing for interim technologies for ExxonMobil Chemicals, Europe, promoting new types of greener fuel.
He had been married to his wife, who is Belgian, for 15 years. His three adult children from his first marriage live in Britain, the Telegraph said.
Mockford was also a sailor and a golfer. A sailing team of which he was a member reportedly won a race in the English Channel last year.
And for the last seven years or so he had been a member of the Steenpoel Golf Club, a nine-hole course just outside Brussels. The club secretary, Andrew Watson, told The Associated Press that Mockford was a keen if ordinary golfer, showing up about once a week.
"Everybody at this club is completely shocked," Watson said. "He was a very easy going guy. Very polite, very pleasant."
Mockford never mentioned anything about enemies or any work-related conflicts, Watson said.
"Absolutely not!" Watson said. "He never had a bad word about anyone."
Don Melvin can be reached at — http://twitter.com/Don_Melvin.


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Algerian forces stormed a desert gas complex to free hundreds of hostages but 30, including several Westerners, were killed in the assault along with at least 11 of their Islamist captors, an Algerian security source told Reuters.
Western leaders whose compatriots were being held did little to disguise their irritation at being kept in the dark by Algeria before the raid - and over its bloody outcome. French, British and Japanese staff were among the dead, the source said.
An Irish engineer who survived said he saw four jeeps full of hostages blown up by Algerian troops whose commanders said they moved in about 30 hours after the siege began because the gunmen had demanded to be allowed to take their captives abroad.
And while a crisis has ended that posed a serious dilemma for Paris and its allies as French troops attacked the hostage-takers' al Qaeda allies in neighboring Mali, it left question marks over the ability of OPEC-member Algeria to protect vital energy resources and strained its relations with Western powers.
Two Japanese, two Britons and a French national were among at least seven foreigners killed, the source told Reuters. Eight dead hostages were Algerian. The nationalities of the rest, as well as of perhaps dozens more who escaped, were unclear. Some 600 local Algerian workers, less well guarded, survived.
Fourteen Japanese were among those still unaccounted for by the early hours of Friday, their Japanese employer said.
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has cancelled part of his trip in Southeast Asia, his first overseas trip since taking office, and is considering flying home early due to the hostage crisis, Japan's top government spokesman said on Friday.
"The action of Algerian forces was regrettable," said Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, adding Tokyo had not been informed of the operation in advance.
Americans, Norwegians, Romanians and an Austrian have also been mentioned by their governments as having been captured by the militants who called themselves the "Battalion of Blood" and had demanded France end its week-old offensive in Mali.
Underlining the view of African and Western leaders that they face a multinational insurgency across the Sahara - a conflict that prompted France to send hundreds of troops to Mali last week - the official source said only two of the 11 dead militants were Algerian, including the squad's leader.
The bodies of three Egyptians, two Tunisians, two Libyans, a Malian and a Frenchman were found, the security source said.
The group had claimed to have dozens of guerrillas on site and it was unclear whether any militants had managed to escape.
The overall commander, Algerian officials said, was Mokhtar Belmokhtar, a veteran of Afghanistan in the 1980s and Algeria's bloody civil war of the 1990s. He appears not to have been present and has now risen in stature among a host of Saharan Islamists, flush with arms and fighters from chaotic Libya, whom Western powers fear could spread violence far beyond the desert.
Algeria's government spokesman made clear the leadership in Algiers remains implacably at odds with Islamist guerrillas who remain at large in the south years after the civil war in which some 200,000 people died. Communication Minister Mohamed Said repeated their refusal ever to negotiate with hostage-takers.
"We say that in the face of terrorism, yesterday as today as tomorrow, there will be no negotiation, no blackmail, no respite in the struggle against terrorism," he told APS news agency.
British Prime Minister David Cameron, who warned people to prepare for bad news and who cancelled a major policy speech on Friday to deal with the situation, said through a spokesman that he would have liked Algeria to have consulted before the raid.
A Briton and an Algerian had also been killed on Wednesday.
The prime minister of Norway, whose state energy company Statoil runs the Tigantourine gas field with Britain's BP and Algeria's national oil company, said he too was not informed.
U.S. officials had no clear information on the fate of Americans, though a U.S. military drone had flown over the area. Washington, like its European allies, has endorsed France's move to protect the Malian capital by mounting air strikes last week and now sending 1,400 ground troops to attack Islamist rebels.
A U.S. official said on Thursday it would provide transport aircraft to help France with a mission whose vital importance, President Francois Hollande said, was demonstrated by the attack in Algeria. Some fear, however, that going on the offensive in the remote region could provoke more bloodshed closer to home.
The apparent ease with which the fighters swooped in from the dunes to take control of an important energy facility, which produces some 10 percent of the natural gas on which Algeria depends for its export income, has raised questions, over the value of security measures that are outwardly draconian.
Foreign firms were pulling non-essential staff out of the country, which has recovered stability only in recent years and whose ruling establishment, heirs to fighters who ended French rule 50 years ago, has resisted demands for reform and political freedoms of the kind that swept North Africa in the Arab Spring.
"The embarrassment for the government is great," said Azzedine Layachi, an Algerian political scientist at New York's St John's University. "The heart of Algeria's economy is in the south. where the oil and gas fields are. For this group to have attacked there, in spite of tremendous security, is remarkable."
A local man who had escaped from the facility told Reuters the militants appeared to have inside knowledge of the layout of the complex, supporting the view of security experts that their raid was long-planned, even if the Mali war provided a motive.
"The terrorists told us at the very start that they would not hurt Muslims but were only interested in the Christians and infidels," Abdelkader, 53, said by telephone from his home in the nearby town of In Amenas. "'We will kill them,' they said."
Algiers, whose leaders have long had frosty relations with the former colonial power France and other Western countries, may have some explaining to do over its tactics in putting an end to a hostage crisis whose scale was comparable to few in recent decades bar those involving Chechen militants in Russia.
Government spokesman Said sounded unapologetic, however: "When the terrorist group insisted on leaving the facility, taking the foreign hostages with them to neighboring states, the order was issued to special units to attack the position where the terrorists were entrenched," he told state news agency APS, which said some 600 local workers were freed.
The militants said earlier they had 41 foreign hostages.
Stephen McFaul, an electrical engineer, told his family in Northern Ireland after the operation that he narrowly escaped death, first when bound and gagged by the gunmen who fastened explosives around the hostages' necks and then on Thursday when he was in a convoy of five vehicles driving across the complex.
"(The gunmen) were moving five jeeploads of hostages from one part of the compound," his brother Brian McFaul said. "At that stage, they were intercepted by the Algerian army.
"The army bombed four out of five of the trucks and four of them were destroyed ... He presumed everyone else in the other trucks was killed ... The truck my brother was in crashed and at that stage Stephen was able to make a break for his freedom."
McFaul said it was unclear whether the vehicles had been struck by missiles fired from helicopters or by ground forces.
The attack in Algeria did not stop France from pressing on with its campaign in Mali. It said on Thursday it now had 1,400 troops on the ground there, and combat was under way against the rebels that it first began targeting from the air last week.
"What is happening in Algeria justifies all the more the decision I made in the name of France to intervene in Mali in line with the U.N. charter," Hollande said on Thursday.
The French action last week came as a surprise but received widespread public international support. Neighbouring African countries planning to provide ground troops for a U.N. force by September have said they will move faster to deploy them.
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Governor Martin O'Malley finally declared their much-vaunted exchange "not glitch-free but functional for most users" in the middle of December, and yet the state's enrollment is still lagging way behind both other states and their own goals with only 18,250 residents having signed up for health insurance as of the end of last month while reports of prohibitive website errors still abound. I have no idea how even just temporarily hitching a ride on the also highly imperfect federal exchange until their own site is out of the woods would work administratively (and indeed, Maryland officials still seem to be working on figuring that out), but it sounds like they are genuinely considering the idea — which I'm guessing means they know they still have major website problems, with no definitive end in sight. Via the AP:
Rep. John Delaney, a Democrat, formally asked the state's health secretary for a specific assessment of the idea of switching to the federal health exchange while Maryland's exchange is being repaired. He wrote in a letter to Dr. Joshua Sharfstein that Maryland could make the switch in whole or in part or on a temporary basis.Delaney cited recently released data from the White House that indicated 2.1 million people have signed up for private insurance nationally, including more than 1 million through the federal marketplace. The congressman compared that to 18,257 Maryland residents who have been able to enroll, which is 12 percent of the state's goal of 150,000.
"We have fallen quite far behind the national average and we're running out of time," Delaney wrote, adding that he has heard from frustrated and concerned residents throughout his district, which stretches from Garrett County in western Maryland and includes a significant portion of Montgomery County near the nation's capital.
On Friday, Gov. Martin O'Malley said he would keep the idea of moving to the federal exchange or partnering with other states under consideration.
And that wasn't the only criticism coming their way, with a potential O'Malley successor throwing in his two cents on the irresponsible manner in which Maryland is currently directing their resources, via WaPo:
A leading Republican candidate for Maryland governor wants the state to stop spending millions of dollars marketing and promoting its problem-plagued health insurance marketplace and instead point residents directly to private insurance carriers and other options.
Harford County Executive David R. Craig (R) released a plan on Monday that calls on the administration of Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) to obtain a waiver from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to divert money away from promoting the state's health exchange and toward a "public awareness campaign informing consumers of their right to obtain health insurance directly through carriers."
"Up to $150 million dollars is going towards promoting a failing exchange, and throwing good money after bad needs to end now," Craig said in a statement. "The administration must realize that their intended solutions are only causing more problems, creating mass confusion, ruining credibility in government and harming our quality of life."
Things just get worse and worse for what was once supposed to be a model of ObamaCare excellence.


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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AMP, AZO, BHI, CELG, DDS, EMC, FRT, GNW, HAL, MYL, NOC, NYX, PNK, RTN, SNH, SBY, LUV, JBLU, MET, HIG)
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall St. research firms this Tuesday.
Ameriprise Financial Inc. (NYSE: AMP) cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
AutoZone Inc. (NYSE: AZO) cut to Underweight at Morgan Stanley.
Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI) cut to Neutral at Stern Agee.
Celgene Corp. (NASDAQ: CELG) raised to Overweight at Piper Jaffray, raised to Outperform at RBC and reiterated Buy and raised target to $95 at Argus.
Dillard's Inc. (NYSE: DDS) maintained Outperform and named Bull of the Day at Zacks.
EMC Corp. (NYSE: EMC) cut to Market Perform at William Blair.
Federal Realty Investment Trust (NYSE: FRT) cut to Market Perform at Raymond James.
Genworth Financial Inc. (NYSE: GNW) cut to Underperform at Credit Suisse.
Halliburton Co. (NYSE: HAL) cut to Neutral at J.P. Morgan.
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Mylan Inc. (NASDAQ: MYL) cut to Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley.
Northrop Grumman Corp. (NYSE: NOC) cut to Underweight at J.P. Morgan.
NYSE Euronext Inc. (NYSE: NYX) maintained Underperform and named as Bear of the Day at Zacks.
Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. (NYSE: PNK) cut to Underperform at Credit Suisse.
Raytheon Co. (NYSE: RTN) cut to Neutral at J.P. Morgan.
Senior Housing Properties Trust (NYSE: SNH) cut to Hold at Jefferies.
Silver Bay Realty Trust Corp. (NYSE: SBY) started as Outperform at Credit Suisse.
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Deutsche Bank airline trade: Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) raised to Buy from Hold at Deutsche Bank; downgrades JetBlue Airways Corp. (NASDAQ: JBLU) cut to Hold from Buy.
Credit Suisse U.S. Focus List: adding MetLife Inc. (NYSE: MET) and removing Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. (NYSE: HIG) from the Focus List.
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Ricotta Cheese Cake
2 15-oz. containers whole-milk ricotta
1 Tbsp. unsalted butter, room temperature
1 Tbsp. plus 1 cup sugar
3 Tbsp. unseasoned dry breadcrumbs
28-oz. packages cream cheese, room temperature, cut into cubes
2large eggs
2 Tbsp. salt-free matzo meal
1 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice
2 1/2 tsp. lemon zest
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1/8 tsp. kosher salt
Powdered sugar (for dusting)
8"-diameter springform pan with 2 1/2"-high sides
Put ricotta in a large fine-mesh strainer set over a bowl. Drain for 30 minutes.
Arrange rack in lower third of oven and preheat to 350°. Grease an 8" springform pan with 2 1/2"-high sides with butter. Mix 1 Tbsp. sugar and breadcrumbs in a small bowl; sprinkle over buttered pan to coat. Tap out excess crumbs.
Transfer ricotta to a processor. Purée for 15 seconds. Scrape down sides of processor; purée until smooth. Add cream cheese; purée until smooth. Add the remaining sugar and all other ingredients; purée, scraping down sides occasionally, until smooth, about 30 seconds. Scrape batter into prepared pan.
Bake cheesecake until golden brown and just set, about 1 hour 15 minutes. Transfer to a rack and let cool in pan (cake will fall slightly). Refrigerate uncovered until cool, about 3 hours. Then cover and chill overnight.
To serve, wrap a warm towel around pan to release cake. Remove pan sides. Dust with powdered sugar. Cut into wedges.
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HashTable structure serves many purposes in PHP and can be found everywhere, a good understanding of it's functionality is a preqrequisite of being a good
HashTable implemented by the engine is a standard
HashTable, that is to say, a key => value based store, where the keys are always strings, whose hashes are calculated with a built in hashing algorithm
zend_inline_hash_func(const char* key, uint length), which results in good distribution, and reasonable usage.
The internal structure and exact operation of
HashTable is out of the scope of this document, this document serves to inform you of the API's available and how best to use them. For a more detailed picture of the HashTable see
Unless otherwise stated, these functions all return
FAILURE if the requested operation fails for any reason, otherwise
SUCCESS is returned.
It is important to remember that ordinarily
HashTableAPI functions expect key lengths to be the length of the null terminated string, including the null termination, in other words they expect
strlen(key) + 1
Below are some typedefs you should know when interacting with
HashTable. They are mostly self explanitory and will allow the
Hacker to fully understand the prototypes below properly.
typedef ulong (*hash_func_t)(const char *arKey, uint nKeyLength); /* mostly redundant */ typedef int (*compare_func_t)(const void *, const void * TSRMLS_DC); /* comparison function */ typedef void (*sort_func_t)(void *, size_t, register size_t, compare_func_t TSRMLS_DC); /* sorting function */ typedef void (*dtor_func_t)(void *pDest); /* destructor function */ typedef void (*copy_ctor_func_t)(void *pElement); /* copy constructor */ typedef void (*copy_ctor_param_func_t)(void *pElement, void *pParam); /* copy with argument constructor */ typedef int (*apply_func_t)(void *pDest TSRMLS_DC); /* apply function */ typedef int (*apply_func_arg_t)(void *pDest, void *argument TSRMLS_DC); /* apply with argument function */ typedef int (*apply_func_args_t)(void *pDest TSRMLS_DC, int num_args, va_list args, zend_hash_key *hash_key); /* apply with multiple arguments function */
int zend_hash_init(HashTable* ht, uint size, hash_func_t hash, dtor_func_t destructor, zend_bool persistent)
|Initializes the hash table to hold at least
size elements,
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zend_inline_hash_func is always used as the hashing function.
destructor may be
int zend_hash_add(HashTable* ht, const char* key, uint klen, void* data, uint dlen, void** dest)
data to the table using the specified
key, where the key is
length bytes long (and will be copied from
key to the table). If the key is set FAILURE will be returned.
int zend_hash_update(HashTable* ht, const char* key, uint klen, void* data, uint dlen, void** dest)
data to the table using the specified
key, where the key is
length bytes long (and will be copied from
key to the table). If the key has been set previously the old data has
dtor_func_t called on it and the existing data is replaced with
int zend_hash_find(HashTable* ht, const char* key, uint klen, void** data)
|searches the table for
key, setting
*data and returning SUCCESS if it is found.
zend_bool zend_hash_exists(HashTable* ht, const char* key, uint klen)
|returns positively if
key is found in
int zend_hash_del(HashTable* ht, const char* key, uint klen)
|removes the entry identified by
key from the table if found
int zend_hash_index_update(HashTable* ht, ulong index, void* data, uint dsize, void** dest)
|updates the entry at
index in
ht, with the data at
int zend_hash_index_del(HashTable* ht, ulong index)
|deletes the entry at
index from
int zend_hash_index_find(HashTable* ht, ulong index, void** data)
*data to the data identified by
index in
int zend_hash_index_exists(HashTable* ht, ulong index)
|returns positively if
index is found in
ulong zend_hash_next_free_element(HashTable* ht)
|returns the index of the next free element in
zend_hash_* functions that accept
void* data should normally cast it to
(void**) (ie,
(void**) &data)
Traversing the HashTable is often necessary, to do this you provide a pointer to a
HashTable, with an optional
HashPosition - a structure internal to the HashTable API that allows traversal not to affect the internal position of HashTable. The following traversal functions are provided, and an example usage found below.
int zend_hash_internal_pointer_reset(HashTable* ht)
|resets the internal pointer of
ht to the start
int zend_hash_internal_pointer_reset_ex(HashTable* ht, HashPosition position)
position the the start of
int zend_hash_get_current_data(HashTable* ht, void* data)
|gets the data at the current position in
data should be cast to
void**, ie:
(void**) &data
int zend_hash_get_current_data_ex(HashTable* ht, void* data, HashPosition position)
data to the data at
position in
int zend_hash_get_current_key(HashTable* ht, void* data, char**key, uint klen, ulong index, zend_bool duplicate)
klen, and
index from the key information at the current position. The possible return values HASH_KEY_IS_STRING and HASH_KEY_IS_LONG are indicative of the kind of key found at the current posision.
int zend_hash_get_current_key_ex(HashTable* ht, void* data, char**key, uint klen, ulong index, zend_bool duplicate, HashPosition position)
klen, and
index from the key information at
position. The possible return values
HASH_KEY_IS_STRING and
HASH_KEY_IS_LONG are indicative of the kind of key found at
int zend_hash_move_forward(HashTable* ht)
|moves the internal pointer of
ht to the next entry in
int zend_hash_move_forward_ex(HashTable* ht, HashPosition position)
position to the next entry in
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HashTable to be much like a normal loop, which will look something like:
HashPosition position; zval **data = NULL; for (zend_hash_internal_pointer_reset_ex(ht, &position); zend_hash_get_current_data_ex(ht, (void**) &data, &position) == SUCCESS; zend_hash_move_forward_ex(ht, &position)) { /* by now we have data set and can use Z_ macros for accessing type and variable data */ char *key = NULL; uint klen; ulong index; if (zend_hash_get_current_key_ex(ht, &key, &klen, &index, 0, &position) == HASH_KEY_IS_STRING) { /* the key is a string, key and klen will be set */ } else { /* we assume the key to be long, index will be set */ } }
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In addition to traversal, the engine provides API functions for merging, copying, and comparing HashTables. These are all concepts that the
Hacker should be familiar with. A concept possibly not in the repertoire of the
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applying, which is lamens terms is functionality of the
HashTable API allowing the
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void zend_hash_copy(HashTable *target, HashTable *source, copy_ctor_func_t pCopyConstructor, void *tmp, uint size)
|Copies the contents of
source to
tmp should be an unallocated temporary pointer of the appropriate type, used during copying.
size is the size of each element.
void zend_hash_merge(HashTable *target, HashTable *source, copy_ctor_func_t pCopyConstructor, void *tmp, uint size, zend_bool overwrite)
|Merges the contents of
source into
destination, replacing existing entries only where
overwrite is true.
void int zend_hash_sort(HashTable *ht, sort_func_t sort_func, compare_func_t compare_func, int renumber TSRMLS_DC)
renumber controls if indexes should be preserved, see the typedefs at the start of this section for more information
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Genetic background Old School Skunk x Afghani
Type Sativa: 40% Indica: 60%
Cheese is a legendary cannabis plant with origins based in the UK. This marijuana strain has its heritage from some original Skunk #1 that was rediscovered then developed by a dedicated crew of cannabis growers from London. Finally they gave birth to a skunk that was so stinky that there seemed no more fitting a name than Cheese.
Since then, the Cheese genetic has spread around the world, winning a Cannabis Cup and reaching near legendary status in the eyes of smokers while doing so. We got a hold of it, feminized it and are proud to present the Royal Cheese feminized seeds.
Royal Cheese Feminized will grow to about 1.5 metres indoors, but will stretch to over 2.5 metres out in the sun. This marijuana strain loves to drink and will grow big and strong as a result. The biggest issue encountered when growing Royal Cheese Feminized is the smell. This cannabis plant stinks so much that a carbon filter is almost essential for indoors, while everyone in the immediate radius will smell it outside.
Grown indoors, Royal Cheese will yield on average 60 grams per plant or 450-550 grams per square metre under a 600W light. Outdoors, this plant will tower above everything else and can yield over 600 grams in the correct climate (Spain, Italy, and California). It can be grown outdoors in northern Europe too, but will produce a lower quality buds than if grown indoors.
Our Royal Cheese feminized can be harvested 8 weeks after flowering to achieve the strongest flavour. Leaving it 2 weeks longer, 10 weeks, will give less flavour but will pack more of a punch with each puff or bong. Different growers enjoy different effects so it's up to you personally to experiment which is the right time for you; however, as a general rule, Cheese can be harvested at 8 weeks.
The smoke from Cheese is quite simply fantastic. Carrying such a strong, pungent aroma which follows through with a good flavour is one thing. But what makes this marijuana strain so enjoyable is the sheer strength of the stone that you get from every hit of the joint or bong. This combination of stinky smell and knockout stone has ensured that Cheese will be around for a long time to come.
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In 1987, God reportedly told David Barton, a one-time science teacher at a fundamentalist Christian school that grew out of a church started by his own parents, that he was "to search the library and find the date that prayer had been prohibited in public schools [and] obtain a record of national SAT scores … spanning several decades." Predictably, the result of Barton's unscientific study was to find a "correlation" between theallegedbanning of prayer and a decrease in SAT scores, as well as increases in everything from alcohol consumption to crimes rates across the nation. 1
Since the publication of his book, "America: To Pray Or Not To Pray?," Barton has been on a mission to uncover "America's forgotten history and heroes, with an emphasis on the moral, religious, and constitutional foundation on which America was built." 2 Styling himself a historian and "expert" on the "original intent of our Founding Fathers in the areas of faith and family, 3 Barton's skewed "scholarship" on the Christian history of the United States has been widely embraced by right-wing leaders from James Dobson and Jerry Falwell to Senators Bill Frist and Sam Brownback – Sen. Frist once praised Barton for his "detailed research into the religious heritage of our nation"4 while Sen. Brownback statedthat Barton's "research provides the philosophical underpinning for a lot of the Republican effort in the country today — bringing God back into the public square."5
Barton has also participated in events hosted by the Texas Restoration Project, a right-wing movement affiliated with the "Patriot Pastors" network6 and, in 2005, was named by Time Magazine as one of the "25 most influential evangelicals in America."7 Despite the fact that his educational background is limited to a "Bachelor of Arts degree from Oral Roberts University and an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from Pensacola Christian College" 3 in 2004, Barton was tapped by the Republican National Committee to bring his brand of pseudo-history to evangelical pastors around the country 9 as part of the Republican effort to mobilize the Right in support of President Bush. For his part, Barton has long been waging his own deceptive efforts to generate African American support for the GOP.
Whereas people like James Dobson and Pat Robertson are well-known right-wing figures, Barton operates mostly under the national media's radar, speaking to small groups of activists all over the country and churning out an array of resources that provide the pseudo-historical foundation for much of the right-wing agenda on everything from reigning in "judicial activism" and impeaching judges to defending the phrase "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance and decrying homosexuals in the military.
The Right's Favorite Pseudo-Historian
Through his organization, Wallbuilders, Barton peddles a wide array of videos, books and other resources designed to "introduce the current generation of Americans to an uncensored view of America's religious and political history."10
Despite Barton's lack of academic credentials and his shoddy scholarship, he has managed to create an important niche by traveling around the country and all over the world telling audiences that the Founding Fathers were evangelical Christians just like them, and intended to create a nation of, by, and for Christians.
Not surprisingly, Barton's history has been eagerly embraced by the Right. The Eagle Forum has cited Barton's work on impeachment11 and, in 2004, nearly 100 members of Concerned Women for America gathered at the US Capitol where they met "their legislators and [gave] them each a copy of David Barton's video, Foundations of American Government."12 Focus on the Family calls Barton a "nationally renowned American history scholar"13 and peddles his work on its website. Barton also appeared, via video, at the Family Research Council's "Justice Sunday III" event, where he reinforced the theme Christians are under attack by the court system and had his pseudo-history praised by Rev. Jerry Falwell, who stated "We need to come back to what the founding fathers and David Barton were just telling us about. We are a nation under God." 14
While Barton's work is praised by the Right, it is refuted by actual historians such as Richard Pierard of Indiana State University who notes that Barton's assertion that the Founding Fathers were evangelicals is "ridiculous" considering that the term "evangelical" didn't even come into use until the end of the 19th century and that Barton's attempt to "take a later definition and impose it" on the Founding Fathers is a "historical anachronism." 15
In 2005, Derek Davis, the director of the JM Dawson Institute of Church-State Studies at Baylor University, said of Barton: "He's not a trained historian. He can be very convincing to an uninitiated audience. He's intelligent. He's well-spoken. But a lot of what he presents is a distortion of the truth … [H]e assumes that because [the Founding Fathers] were religious, our government should be, too." 5
Academic historians, according to the New York Times, give Barton's work at best a "B minus," noting that while the historical facts he cites are more or less accurate, his biased interpretation of them is not.17 The Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty said that Barton's work is "laced with exaggerations, half-truths and misstatements of fact" 18 and the Texas Freedom Network calls him "a pseudo-intellectual fraud whose twisted interpretations of history are little more than propaganda." 19
Such dim views of Barton's work are based on repeated instances in which Barton cites quotes attributed to Founding Fathers that appear to support the right-wing view that the current model of separation of church and state was not at all what the Framers intended, only to have those quotes turn out to be unverifiable, if not utterly false.
Barton claims to have sold millions of copies of his books, tapes, and video and it has been reported that his video "America's Godly Heritage" sold 100,000 copies at $20 a piece in the first three years.20 In this video, Barton claimed that the phrase "wall of separation between church and state" originated in a speech made by Thomas Jefferson made in 1801. Barton also claimed that Jefferson went on to say that "That wall is a one directional wall. It keeps the government from running the church but it makes sure that Christian principles will always stay in government." 21
Such a claim would be powerful, provided it was true. The only problem was that Barton was wrong on all accounts:the phrase regarding church and state came out of an 1802 letter Jefferson wrote to the Danbury Baptist Association and the letter says absolutely nothing about keeping "Christian principles" in the government.
The quote was quietly dropped in a subsequent edition of the video and Barton now insists that he never made such a claim. When the Texas Monthly's Blakesleequestioned Barton about it, Barton stated that he had been misquoted, but Blakeslee tracked down a copy of the video that contained the quote in question and noted that "Barton [had] carefully fixed this mistake [in the later version of the video], so it's not something he could have forgotten."22
But this is not the only time Barton has been forced to backtrack from his claims.21 In 1995, Wallbuilders issued a statement identifying more than a dozen "Unconfirmed Quotations" that Barton had attributed to the Founding Fathers that could not be verified or were false. 24
Even though Barton was forced to publicly retract several statements, the false information had already been entered into the public domain where it continues to propagate unchallenged. As Blakeslee notes, "In a perverse way, however, the 'unconfirmed quotes' incident served to demonstrate just how pervasive Barton's ideas had quietly become. Barton published his retraction ten years ago, yet the fraudulent Madison quote still pops up like a bad penny all over the Internet."22
Barton specializes in uncovering the "lost history" of America, a history that Barton claims shows that the Founding Fathers intended to create a government "firmly rooted in biblical principles." But to do so, he relies on the writings of obscure figures such as Francis Hopkins and Benjamin Rush while ignoring or disputing the conventionally accepted history regarding the views of men such as Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and James Madison. As Blakeslee correctly notes, it is "the big picture that Barton's books deliberately ignore: that the views on religion and government of figures like Benjamin Rush fell into obscurity not because of some conspiracy but because they failed to carry the day."22
In 1995, Republican Senator Arlen Specter wrote in the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy that many of Barton's arguments "range from the technical to the absurd" and that they "proceed from flawed and highly selective readings of both text and history." Specter went on to state that Barton's "pseudoscholarship would hardly be worth discussing, let alone disproving, were it not for the fact that it is taken so very seriously by so many people."27
Yet many on the Right take Barton's work "so very seriously," including the Republican National Committee. While historians, and Barton's own history, have made clear that his work is unreliable at best, right-wing leaders and the RNC are less interested in its accuracy than in its political usefulness.
In fact, the RNC seems primarily interested in spreading Barton's pseudo-history as widely as it could, which is not surprising since Barton's main goal seems to be to convince his audience that America was designed to be a Christian nation and that all good Christians must vote Republican.
RNC Bankrolls Barton's Outreach to African Americans and Hispanics
In late 2003, the Republican National Committee boasted that it had "hosted six meetings since September with pastors from both the African-American and Hispanic communities in Atlanta, Ga.; Washington, D.C.; and Tupelo and Jackson, Miss" where Barton "spoke about the 'Role of Christians and Pastors in Civil Society." He was described as the "founder and president of WallBuilders, a national, pro-family organization.'"28 His presentation was presumably based on a Wallbuilders DVD entitled "The Role of Pastors & Christians in Civil Government," a program that encourages "Christians to reengage in civil stewardship from a Biblical viewpoint." 29 All told, Barton reportedly spoke at some 100 RNC-sponsored events, while addressing approximately 300 more on his own30 with the RNC paying Barton nearly $16,000 and paying Wallbuilders Presentations nearly $25,000.31
The fact that Barton's "scholarship" was exploited as part of the RNC's efforts to reach out to African American pastors and voters running up to the presidential election is especially notable considering the historically manipulated contents of his 2006 DVD "Setting the Record Straight: American History in Black & White."
Though the program is billed as an attempt to recognize "the forgotten heroes and untold stories from our rich African American political history,"32 it is, in reality, a 90-minute effort to portray the Democratic Party as responsible for every problem that has ever plagued the African American community in America and imply that the Republican Party is the antidote. Barton's website proudly claims that he "is currently breaking ground in the African-American community with his presentations" based on this DVD.
Throughout the program, Barton presents a staggeringly slanted, openly partisan, and tellingly incomplete view of American history. Barton focuses on the Democratic Party's historical support for slavery and Jim Crow, but completely ignores the transformation of American politics brought about by the civil rights movement. Barton, of course, never mentions that the rise of the modern Republican Party was built on a "southern strategy" of embracing and exploiting the resentments of racist southern Democrats who joined the Republican Party after Democratic President Lyndon Baines Johnson pushed and signed landmark civil rights and voting rights legislation.
One-Sided History
The program is dedicated to laying out the ways in which the Democratic Party of old was responsible for everything from slavery and segregation to lynchings and the birth of the Ku Klux Klan, all the while insinuating that the Party continues to hold such views to this day. [Watch the Barton video re lynchings and Ku Klux Klan.]
For example, Barton claims that Democrats hailed the Dred Scott decision because it affirmed "their belief that it was proper to have slavery and hold African Americans in bondage." He then takes it a step further, making a direct comparison between this decision and modern Democrats' support of reproductive choice for women, claiming "Democrats have largely taken that same position in unborn human life, that an unborn human is really just disposable property to do with as one wishes. African Americans were the victims of this disposable property ideology a century and a half ago, and still are today … For over a century and a half, Democrats have wrongly argued that some human life is merely disposable personal property and black Americans have suffered most under this philosophy." [Watch the video comparing Dred Scott and abortion.]
Barton's discussion of the Dred Scott decision is indicative of his intentional misuse and misinterpretation of history, in that he repeatedly attempts to equate the very differently configured Democratic Party's early opposition to civil rights and equality to contemporary Democratic practices and views which are radically different in these areas. [Watch the Barton video re Scott.decision.]
In the Scott case, the Supreme Court ruled that Scott and other African Americans "are not included, and were not intended to be included, under the word 'citizens' in the Constitution, and can therefore claim none of the rights and privileges which that instrument provides for and secures to citizens of the United States."33
Of course, though Barton not surprisingly fails to explain it, the judicial philosophy that the Supreme Court adhered to in the Scott case is strikingly similar to the judicial philosophy the GOP and those on the Right demand of judges today, i.e., fealty to the Constitution's "original intent."
The author of Dred Scott decision explained it thusly:
[The Constitution] must be construed now as it was understood at the time of its adoption. It is not only the same in words, but the same in meaning, and delegates the same powers to the Government, and reserves and secures the same rights and privileges to the citizen; and as long as it continues to exist in its present form, it speaks not only in the same words, but with the same meaning and intent with which it spoke when it came from the hands of its framers, and was voted on and adopted by the people of the United States. Any other rule of construction would abrogate the judicial character of this court, and make it the mere reflex of the popular opinion or passion of the day.34
This is exactly the judicial philosophy that the Right constantly argues judges should haveand it is the view currently embraced by the likes of Justices Scalia and Thomas – both Republican appointees.
Later, just as he did with the Dred Scott decision, Barton sets up his discussion of the Brown vs. Board of Education to be staggeringly misleading, allowing him to equate southern opposition to integration to current Democratic opposition to school vouchers, claiming that "Democratic leaders long stood in the doorway of schoolhouses and told black children 'we don't want you in here to get the good education that our children are getting.' Today, as many black children have become mired in urban schools that are often failing or deteriorating, Democrats are once again standing in the doorway … for a century and a half, Democrats have often taken wrong positions on educational opportunity for black Americans." [Watch the Barton video equating opposition to vouchers with segregation.]
Barton carefully covers nearly one hundred years of American history, missing no opportunity to highlight historical mistreatment of African Americans and laying all of the blame squarely on the Democratic Party, but conveniently stops his historical account with the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Barton contrasts the Republican Party's efforts to take steps "toward ending slavery and achieving full civil rights for black Americans," with efforts by pro-slavery opponents to pass "atrocious Democratic" laws that stymied or reversed these efforts. [Watch the Barton video re Democratic support for pro-slavery laws.]
Elsewhere, Barton highlights an 1865 sermon delivered by an African American minister following passage of the 13th Amendment outlawing slavery and notes that Democrats in the House of Representatives did not join in inviting the Rev. Henry Highland Garnet to address the chamber. Again, Barton attempts to establish a connection between this 140 year-old incident and the Democratic Party of today, claiming that it is no different from "Democratic opposition to traditional public religious expressions and activities that they still demonstrate even in the most recent years." [Watch the Barton video claiming Democrats are still hostile to religion.]
When it comes to the issue of paying reparations for slavery, Barton suggests that "given the political history of African Americans, it might be much more appropriate that those demands for reparations were made to the Democrat Party rather than to the federal government."
These attacks on Democrats' historical actions continue until Barton reaches the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, when his history suddenly stops. [Watch the video.]
The End of Republican History
Barton primarily credits "strong support of Republicans" for passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and 1965 Voting Rights Act, but then all but ignores the political transformation that has taken place over the last forty years. Having been so eager to recount every historical Democratic disgrace, Barton falls silent when it comes to mentioning the split that emerged within the Democratic Party in the 1960s between the growing number who embraced the civil rights movement and those who continued to oppose it. Barton does not mention that President Johnson risked his career and his party's future to do the right thing, nor does he mention that racist and segregationist southern Democrats left the party and were welcomed by the national Republican Party as part of its "Southern Strategy" to building power. Nor, of course, does he mention a particularly shameful modern-era example of that strategy – presidential candidate Ronald Reagan launching his 1980 bid for the presidency with a visit to Philadelphia, Mississippi to declare his support for states' rights – with no mention of the town's notoriety as the place where civil rights workers were murdered and townspeople jeered federal investigators.35
Even an amateur historian like Barton shouldn't be able to ignore that sordid history. In fact it's so well documented that even RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman once openly acknowledgedin the context of his efforts to recruit African Americans into the Party. Mehlman gave an apology of sorts, saying "By the '70s and into the '80s and '90s, the Democratic Party solidified its gains in the African American community, and we Republicans did not effectively reach out. Some Republicans gave up on winning the African American vote, looking the other way or trying to benefit politically from racial polarization. I am here today as the Republican chairman to tell you we were wrong." 36
This admission has not prevented Mehlman from using Barton-like sound bites to selectively re-tell only the positive "history" of the Republican Party and African Americans in an attempt to unconvincingly portray the GOP as the historical "home" of African Americans.
Even President Bush acknowledged that whatever prestige the Republican Party once had with African Americans has been squandered, telling the NAACP on July 20, 2006 that he understands why "many African Americans distrust my political party" and that he considers it "a tragedy that the party of Abraham Lincoln let go of its historic ties with the African American community. For too long my party wrote off the African American vote, and many African Americans wrote off the Republican Party" – admissions which were met with rousing applause from the audience. 37
Peddling Dishonesty for Political Gain
Barton's historical narrative conveniently stopped in the mid-1960's, freeing him from addressing the uncomfortable truth that his beloved Republican Party successfully courted away from the Democratic Party, particularly in the South, the very people he had dedicated an entire DVD to vilifying.
Unable to continue to saddle the Democratic Party with his spurious history, and unwilling to acknowledge the massive political transformation undergone by both major parties in the last four decades, Barton concludes by telling his audience that African Americans cannot be bound blindly to one party or the other, but must cast their votes based on the "standard of biblical righteousness … the principles of Christianity … and an awareness that voters will answer to God for their vote."There can be no doubt about just which party Barton intends his viewers to support. [Watch video.]
The Republican Party is also doing all it can to win support from African Americans, anything, that is short of embracing public policies that would address the economic and social needs of African Americans.For example, in 2004, the House Republican Conference launched the Joseph H. Rainey Congressional Scholars Program, named for the first African American elected to Congress. The program was "designed to foster a greater appreciation of the important role African Americans played in shaping the U.S. House of Representatives"38 and provides college students with internships in House offices with members such as Katherine Harris and Chris Chocola. In addition, the inaugural class also "received a lecture on the history of black politics from David Barton." The program must have been effective, as one of the scholars gushed "I basically was ignorant about Republicans. The history that comes from African-Americans was fascinating to me." 39
Wallbuilders annually hosts "Pastors' Briefings" which brings ministers to Washington D.C. "for exclusive briefing sessions with some of the top Christian Senators and Representatives … serving in Congress. The Members brief pastors on a variety of issues related to Biblical values and share their hearts regarding their personal faith and its application in public office. Additionally, the Members impart practical information for pastors to carry home and implement in their communities and congregations." As an added bonus, Barton personally leads a "Spiritual Heritage Tour of the U. S. Capitol" which is "hosted by a Member of Congress."40 While some of the briefings are open to "pastors and ministers from a variety of denominations," others are reserved for "African American Pastors only."41
Beyond his one-sided rhetoric, Barton is personally active in the Republican Party, having served as vice-chairman of the Texas Republican Party from 1998 until 2006 42 and "Benkiser to Lead Texas GOP Again," The Austin American-Statesman, June 4, 2006] and his daughter currently works for the Texas Republican Party where she is in charge of minority outreach.43 Furthermore, Barton has ties to several high-ranking Republican members, such as former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, with whom he once collaborated on a proposed "religious freedom amendment." Barton is also a self-described expert on impeachment and traveled to Washington DC to speak with members of Congress on the topic in 1998 during the impeachment proceedings directed at then-President Clinton.44 Barton has even been instrumental in shaping the nature of the displays to be housed in the visitors center being built for the US Capital, reportedly drafting a 20-page memo that was distributed by Rep. DeLay opposing the "secular" nature of the proposed exhibits.45
With the RNC proclaiming that "bringing African Americans back to the Party of Lincoln" is its "central priority," 46 it's not hard to see why party leaders would hire Barton to spread his bogus and biased "history" far and wide. GOP strategists have pinned their hopes on the use of political "wedges" to peel a percentage of relatively conservative churchgoing African Americans away from their traditional political allies in the Democratic Party. Barton's deceptive demonization of Democrats fits nicely with Republican leaders' demonization of gay men and lesbians, immigrants, and advocates for public education and church-state separation. "Divide and conquer" is a time-tested political strategy, of course, but it doesn't have much to do with the American ideals of liberty and justice that Dr. Martin Luther King mobilized to change the course of American history.
- Nate Blakeslee, "King of the Christocrats," Texas Monthly, September 2006 and Rob Boston, "Sects, Lies and Videotape," Church & State, Volume 46, No. 4, April 1993, pp 8-12. ↩
- Wallbuilders.com, "About Us," ↩
- Wallbuilders.com, "David Barton Biography" ↩
- Mark Preston, "Judicial Critic to Lead Frist Tour," Roll Call, April 7, 2005 ↩
- Chris Vaughn, "A man with a message; Self-taught historian's work on church-state issues rouses GOP," Fort Worth Star-Telegram, May 22, 2005 ↩
- Texas Freedom Network Education Foundation, "The Anatomy of Power: Texas and the Religious Right in 2006," p.16 ↩
- "The 25 Most Influential Evangelicals in America," Time Magazine, February 7, 2005 ↩
- Wallbuilders.com, "David Barton Biography" ↩
- Deborah Caldwell, "David Barton & the 'Myth' of Church-State Separation," Beliefnet.com ↩
- Wallbuilders.com, "About Us" ↩
- "It's Time to Hold Federal Judges Accountable," The Phyllis Schlafly Report, Eagle Forum, March 1997 ↩
- Haven Howard, "Videos Given to State Legislators," Concerned Women for America, 4/27/04 ↩
- David Barton, "The Decalogue: Foundation of American Law," Editor's Note, Citizen Magazine, November 2003 ↩
- Family Research Council, "Justice Sunday III Simulcast Transcript" ↩
- Rob Boston, "Sects, Lies and Videotape," Church & State, Volume 46, No. 4, April 1993, pp 8-12. ↩
- Chris Vaughn, "A man with a message; Self-taught historian's work on church-state issues rouses GOP," Fort Worth Star-Telegram, May 22, 2005 ↩
- David Kirkpatrick, "The Faith Factor; Putting God Back Into American History," The New York Times, February 27, 2005 ↩
- J. Brent Walker, "A Critique of David Barton's Views on Church and State," Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, April 2005 ↩
- Texas Freedom Network Education Foundation, "The Anatomy of Power: Texas and the Religious Right in 2006," p.19 ↩
- Nate Blakeslee, "King of the Christocrats," Texas Monthly, September 2006 and Ted Gest, "Dueling Tapes," UN News and World Report, November 22, 1993 ↩
- Rob Boston, "Sects, Lies and Videotape," Church & State, Volume 46, No. 4, April 1993, pp 8-12 ↩
- Nate Blakeslee, "King of the Christocrats," Texas Monthly, September 2006 ↩
- Rob Boston, "Sects, Lies and Videotape," Church & State, Volume 46, No. 4, April 1993, pp 8-12 ↩
- David Barton, "Unconfirmed Quotations," Wallbuilders.com ↩
- Nate Blakeslee, "King of the Christocrats," Texas Monthly, September 2006 ↩
- Nate Blakeslee, "King of the Christocrats," Texas Monthly, September 2006 ↩
- Arlen Specter, "Defending the Wall: Maintaining Chruch/State Separation in America," The Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy," Spring 1995, Vol. 18, Issue 2 ↩
- Republican National Committee, "GOP, Pastors Discuss Issues, Civic Duty," Rising Tide, Winter 2003 ↩
- Wallbuilders.com ↩
- "Christian Soldiers," National Journal, December 4, 2004 ↩
- The Center for Responsive Politics, Republican Party Expenditures (2004 Election Cycle), OpenSecrets.org ↩
- David Barton, "God: Missing in Action from American History," Wallbuilders.com ↩
- Dred Scott v. Sanford, 60 U.S. 393 (1856) ↩
- Ibid ↩
- "The Reagan Legacy," The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer, February 6, 2001 ↩
- Mike Allen, "RNC Chief to Say It Was 'Wrong' to Exploit Racial Conflict for Votes," The Washington Post, July 14, 2005 ↩
- Transcript, "President Bush Addresses NAACP Annual Convention," White House, July 20, 2006 ↩
- "The Joseph H. Rainey Congressional Scholars Program," House Republican Conference, February 2005 ↩
- Lauren Legard, "Scholarly Research: Rainey Program Participants Study First Black Members of Congress," Roll Call, March 8, 2004 ↩
- Wallbuilders.com, "Congressional Pastor's Briefing" ↩
- Wallbuilders.com, "Congressional Pastor's Briefing," 2006 Dates ↩
- Republican Party of Texas, "History of the Republican Party of Texas," [link ↩
- Nate Blakeslee, "King of the Christocrats," Texas Monthly, September 2006 ↩
- Chris Vaughn, "A man with a message; Self-taught historian's work on church-state issues rouses GOP," Fort Worth Star-Telegram, May 22, 2005 ↩
- Gail Russell Chaddock, "Bible's profile at the Capitol touches a chord," The Christian Science Monitor, May 4, 2006 ↩
- GOP.com, "African American Team," Republican National Committee ↩


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