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CRACKER? Guernica (2016)
"Guernica" is a movie based on the infamous terror bombing of a Spanish city in the Spanish Civil War in 1937. The movie was a Spanish production that was directed by Koldo Serra. It's original title was "Gernika" which is the Spanish Basque spelling. The film attempts to tell a story about the event that inspired Pablo Picasso to paint his masterpiece. The main character is a journalist named Henry Howell who is based on George Steer. Steer was working for the London Times in covering the war and got the scoop by being the first reporter on the scene. He was the man most responsible for creating the storyline of the bombing being a terror bombing.
A title card informs the audience about the basics of the Spanish Civil War. The year is 1937 and Spain is in the midst of a struggle between Francisco Franco's fascists backed by Hitler's Germany and Mussolini's Italy versus the Loyalists supported by Stalin's USSR. Both sides establish press operations to spread propaganda favoring their side. They also suppress information favoring the opposition within their areas of control. The city of Bilbao is in Republican territory which means the press office is controlled by the Soviets. Henry Howell (James D'Arcy) is a reporter who has a problem with the press office censoring his articles. This, plus what he has witnessed, has made him a disillusioned, alcohol-swilling journalist. In other words, he is a cinematic war correspondent. He is paired with a female photojournalist named Marta (Ingrid Garcia Jonsson) who wants to "take the picture that will turn the war around". In other words, she is a modern war photographer. At one point, she goes into no man's land to get a shot at the risk of her life. Howell shakes his groggy head. Henry butts heads with a censor named Teresa (Maria Valverde). In the time-honored tradition of movie romances, their relationship will evolve. Her boss Vasyl (Jack Davenport) has the hots for her, so can you say "love triangle"? Meanwhile, the Red Baron's son Wolfram is in charge of the air campaign on behalf of Franco's forces. To balance the evil Nazi, the movie creates an evil Commie. He is blackmailing Vasyl. These threads lead to that fateful day in Guernica.
It's a bit surprising that it has taken this long to make a movie about one of the most famous events in the lead-up to WWII. Especially when you realize it would involve explosions and Nazis. You have the built-in human interest aspects and the situation would seem rife for a wartime romance. Throw in the comfortable fit into the war journalism subgenre. Unfortunately, the obviousness of the scenario results in some obvious clichés. All the main characters are stereotypes starting with the hard-drinking, disillusioned Howell. D'Arcy is capable of playing such a stock character, but no more than that. The rest of the cast is equally mediocre. It is needless to say there is no chemistry between D'Arcy and Valverde. The romantic arc is standard and predictable. Let me take you through the ballroom scene to show what I am referring to. Henry and Teresa have felt the first stirrings of cinematic romance and meet at a ball. He tells her she makes him want to be better. She says she's leaving and walks away with a tear in her eye. He goes after her. They kiss. Vasyl is watching. Foreshadowing. They find some privacy. Music swells. Fade. Next thing we see, Henry is floating on air and singing "zipadeedoodah" (figuratively). Things are really going his way. What could happen?
The lead up to the big day is lame and then the fireworks don't pay off. The CGI effects are cheesy. Even a layman can tell those are not authentic German bombers. The explosion effects are just as bad. Their main purpose is to chase our love triangle around the city. Of course, some of the destruction is also to depict the deaths of innocent civilians. Lest we forget the event this love story is set in. In fact, the only redeeming feature of the film is that it sheds some light on the first major terrorist bombing in history. Unfortunately, although there is some intercutting to von Richthofen and his Condor Legion, the movie does not put a lot of effort into the strategy that led to the bombing. A passing reference to the use of thermite bombs is the only allusion to the terror nature of the bombing. Yet, Wolfram is not the villain who executes a journalist and tortures Teresa. You come out of the movie more viscerally repulsed by the Communists than the Nazi bombers. Was this a wise script decision?
Is the movie historically accurate? In the macro sense, yes. Guernica was bombed on April 26, 1937 and people died. Then Picasso painted it. Howell is a composite of George Steer, Ernest Hemingway, and Robert Capa (the famous war photographer, who is mentioned by Marta as a role model). The movie does not make it clear that Guernica was the spiritual capital of the Basques and their separatist movement was part of the motivation for the bombing. It also does not delve into the controversy about why the city was a target. Franco had the authority to order the Condor Legion to do his bidding and most likely saw Guernica as a strategic key to his final campaign to finish off his opposition. Guernica lay athwart the road to the city of Bilboa. It is still debated whether von Richthofen was viewing the city as a military target or simply a morale-reduction tool. His several raids of bombers did not manage to hit the munitions factory, so there's that. What's less circumstantial is whether the Germans used the opportunity to test out future terror bombings like on Warsaw in 1939. The Germans did use Spain as a testing ground for weapons and tactics so this seems likely. Steer certainly thought it was terrorism and reported it as such. Then Picassso locked in that narrative. This movie reaffirms that take in a personal way. It's a shame it does not do it more competently.
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Have you seen "Hemingway and Gelhorn" it's not great but covers a lot of the back story of the Civil war, features Capa, Hemingway and the international journalists who were there. I just bought a copy of "Guernica" last week and was looking forward to watching it. Not so much now. Thanks.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks for the recommendation.Delete
Watched it. Your review is dead on.ReplyDelete
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The movie made me read about Guarnika, that is a good thing, but the romance seemed so predictable and I often laughed at parts that should have been sad. I don't know why, but it just did not work for me, but thanks for the history lesson.ReplyDeleteReplies
That is a good analysis.Delete
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WARSAW -- Margaret Christine Gore Guy, 66, died Tuesday at Duplin General Hospital in Kenansville. She was born to Margaret Miller Gore and the late Allen Wright Gore of Duplin County. She was also preceded in death by a brother, Dallas Gore and a sister, Gloria Gore.
Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Thursday at Warsaw Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Ben Burrows and the Rev. Edger Rouse officiating. Burial will follow at Devotional Gardens.
She is survived by her husband of 51 years, James L. Guy; children, Teresa Benson, Denise Ward and Dennis Guy, all of Warsaw; sister, Shelby Blanchard of Turkey and six grandchildren.
Extended family and friends will be received at the Warsaw family home.
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Marylee Hardenbergh has been an award-winning choreographer of site-specific dances for over 25 years and has been directing Movement Choirs for over 15 years. Dances have been mounted at such sites as a wastewater treatment plant in Minnesota, the bombed-out Parliament Building in Sarajevo, Bosnia and the Volga River in Russia. She created One River Mississippi, a dance performance simultaneously occurring at seven sites along the Mississippi River from the headwaters through St. Louis, Memphis and New Orleans. She is Board-Certified Dance Therapist and Certified Movement Analyst; she feels grateful to have studied directly with Irmgard Bartenieff. She is the Artistic Director of Global Site Performance; you can see more of her work at www.GlobalSitePerformance.org
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First Horse Riding Experience was had here in Strasbourg
Hooray to the existence of groupons, especially for this one. It's such a great discovery point to try some new random activities in the area. I don't know when would I have ever thought to try riding a horse. Of course, thank the most to Guillaume who knew a thing or two about this having done it when he as younger. He organized this event with me, Sebastien, and joining us on the second trip Sebastien's sister Marine. We got to go try out some horse riding lessons 2 Saturdays in a roll for 19€ per person. These lessons normally costs 30€ per each visit. We went for it this past couple of weekend. It's July 2011. The weather was sunny and couldn't be any more perfect.
Due to the common sense of a newbie rider on a horse, I couldn't bring on me a camera. Pictures included are mostly limited when my feet were on the ground walking around surveying the horse's den.
This was my first extensive visit near a horse. I had no idea what to expect. Of course, my first unreasonable 'instinct' was that I was going to get bitten, or kicked from behind one. Probably how I would die, the first ever on this ranch. I don't know. They are big, full of muscles, and freaky looking to be honest. Their big eyes suggest a lot should go on in there. Every time they move, I kept wanting to let them 'do what they want'. This kind of thought – apparently – wasn't how you should deal with horses. I was instructed to recognize their ear signs, or their natural behaviors, which rely a lot on human control and queuing. Maybe not so "natural" behaviors as exist in the wild…perse, but more like as exist in this world where horse and people co-exist, I guess.
These horses get broken in, as taming and training normally are done with many animals that live with us humans….which has gone on for centuries. Riding on one, after overcoming the disorientation normal for doing something new, there was a rush the intrigue of everything that goes into it. Started from what I see, the saddle, the thing for the rider's feet, the thing for the horse's head, mouth, … All these accessories were invented and evolved through time for to be the most effective possible. How to control a horse, to turn left or right only needed very subtle pulling movement, and the stopping by pulling on both and up high. To how their feet were feeling, how their skinny legs are able to carry so much weights. I was almost overwhelmed though I made sure I remain externally calm and collected.
All these controls are the way it is probably for knowing the nature of the animal for all these centuries. I mean, you can make a cat stop walking by pulling on it's tail, that's the same thing, right? (That's what I did to my cats). What I had the hardest time with was to get the horse to go faster by tapping my legs on her body. Well, that was the problem, I insisted on tapping when what was required was to slam my feet (back of legs for maximum strength assertion) on to her mid body. And from what I learned with my particular horse, Miss Pastel, she needed a lot more than that. It became clear that I was a bit too timid (เกรงใจ in Thai) to inconvenience the horse for my puny demands. She would have loved to run a lot more faster, probably. All that capability unfulfilled by having a newbie like me on her back who doesn't know how to make her go faster. Then my reoccurring thought drifted on how fat I am and it probably doesn't feel comfortable for the horse.. How the horse knows that I'm incompetence… How she might try funny things to let me know she doesn't want to take shit from me…. And how I'd have no way to counter that… You know, when you don't have information on something, your projections, and some insecurities come out. Great stuff.
So I learned how to (or supposed to) lift your butt up with your legs when the horse trots. This is to prevent your heavy butts on hurting the horse's spine. Okay, so my thought went immediately for this issue thinking that I'm going to damage the horse if I don't do it correctly. That sent me on an awkward forceful butt lifting. I didn't have to see it but I know it must have looked very awkward. The second lesson when I was a little less freaked out, I tried better to find to get along with the horse's rhythm. That seemed okay to prevent the possible injury. And obviously if you are going to be a dead weight on the horse as to hurt it, you'd have to be really really heavy and very sticky on their back. Geez. The bouncing is not a gentle thing. It sends you right up anyway, might as well learn to go with it correctly.. And for THAT, I want to tag this as an exercise post. Because I can think of NOTHING ELSE that gives you such a thigh exercise as much as this. Holy hell, I was quite impressed. That, and along with the slamming of the crotch that made me wonder the type of clothing designed for this. Now that I'm on the computer, I just googled and found the 'secret' underwears the pro looking people wear for cushioning the blow in this highly sensitive area of your body.. where some of peoples' souls also reside.
A little bit about this place. Haras des Bussières, is set outside of Strasbourg to the North by about a half of an hour drive. The set up was impressive with the giant barn where there was an office right in the front in the middle. Both sides were where they house the horses. To the main barn's left, there's a jumping track for those skilled riders. This field is located next to another stand alone barn in the back where we new adult students learn to make the horse go in circle slowly. The indoor riding field for the kids are located right in the center of the main barn. You can see it from the tiny office area. That was my first impression of the horse riding, with these little girls on the little horses – super cute in the uppidy class kinda way. I mean, horse riding isn't for the poor, sadly. Unless, as I discussed this with a friend, you were an indigenous Mongolian. But somehow, I hope that if I ever had kids, they will have to know how to ride a horse wherever it can be made possible. Maybe this place here. The people were extremely nice. The trainer we had was very kind and patient with us. And the best thing about this place, I think, is the more forestry trail you can take a walk on foot or on a horse. A different kind of leisure, I suppose… a beautiful place nonetheless. We will try to save some money aside to be able to go back there about once a month.
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Indie/Pop Singer-Songwriter Camille Peruto creates her music with a blend of pop, rock and alternative sounds. She has appeared on American Idol and performed for thousands live in the Philadelphia area, Nashville & LA. With a captivating stage presence, Camille has opened shows for Tim Reynolds, Anna Nalick, Tommy Conwell, Barnaby Bright, Liz Longely, Craig Bickhardt, popular British Band, "The Lightyears", Matthew Mayfield, Lily & Madeleine, and many more. Camille crowdfunded almost $20,000 in just 2 months from fans via Kickstarter to record her latest record; and then sold out two back-to-back CD Release Parties. Her new music is described as "pop with depth"; combining catchy hooks with thoughtful, enticing lyrics. Her record, along with her touring schedule, earned her a sponsorship from Larrivee Guitars in 2017. She has been featured on top Philadelphia Radio Stations such as 104.5, WMMR & WXPN. Along with her original music, Camille has a repertoire of over 500 cover songs, each performed with her own unique twists and embellishments that captivate and charm her audiences.
Camille's debut album "Sparrow" (sold out), was released in 2013 - recorded at Morning Star Studios. Her sophomore album "From the Sea to the Sky" was released in 2017 - recorded at Lakehouse Studios. Both are available on all music platforms.
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"I think just about all 100+ guests wanted to know who my wedding singer was. Camille is amazing! What made the night so special was, not only her sweet, angelic voice, but also her original songs. They make you want more and people realized they weren't just listening to covers, but they were experiencing her special touch that is not so common these days. My husband and I will travel anywhere to see Camille live!"
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"Our guests were blown away by Camille's performance at a recent party. They couldn't get over her performance - choice of music, beautiful voice, so personable, flexible, willing to play requests. We can't say enough about Camille, and hope she doesn't get too popular so we can have her again for future parties! From a scheduling point of view, she was very awesome - very responsive, followed up several times, and gave me confidence she would arrive on time as agreed."
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41 Amazing Hacks to Enhance Your Camping Experience. #19 is a Must-Try!
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The third Conference of Ministers for Spatial Planning and Development was held on 7 – 8 December, 1994 in Tallinn, Estonia. The ministers agreed on a first transnational strategic document for spatial development worldwide – "Vision and Strategies around the Baltic Sea 2010. Towards a Framework for Spatial Development in the Baltic Sea Region" (VASAB 2010), that played a significant role for spatial planning and development of the whole Baltic Sea Region.
VASAB 2010 describes common principles and spatial structures of the Baltic Sea Region through the three elements: systems of cities and urban settlements ("pearls"), the interlinking infrastructure networks ("strings") and selected types of land uses in non-urban areas ("patches") that are promoted by "the system", i.e., planning institutions, rules and procedures. The VASAB 2010 includes a common vision, sets the goals and proposes the first common actions for the development of urban network of international importance, effective and sustainable links between cities, areas supporting dynamism and quality of life and functioning comprehensive spatial planning in the Baltic Sea Region.
Among many innovative approaches the VASAB 2010 is the first policy document that mentions the need for Rail Baltica corridor.
Conclusions of the Third Conference of Ministers for Spatial Planing and Development
Evaluation of implementation of the VASAB 2010 vision in the area of mobility network and energy supply
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Rivers Edge Trail is a 9.5 mile moderately trafficked out and back trail located near Great Falls, Montana that features a river. The trail is good for all skill levels and primarily used for hiking, trail running, nature trips, and birding. Dogs are also able to use this trail but must be kept on leash.
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Giant springs; Great trail for all ages. Bugs will pester you and become part of your diet really quickly.
Nice paved walking trail. Plenty of wildlife, good spot for bird watchers. Fun to see the trout. Beautiful views of the river.
Great walking trail. Fun to see the fish in the hatchery. Very high traffic and lots of wind.
Easy access and a great spot for bird watchers!! The trail runs along the Missouri River and is paved 100% of the way.
For more information go to http://thetrail.org/ or the Face Book page.
The official start of the trail is in Broadwater Bay park but, it can be accessed in many places.
There are even a few hotels along the river and the trail goes by them so, it can be a great place to unwind at the end of the day.
A lot of the trail is paved but, on the East end past Rainbow Falls it turns to dirt and is a great place to mountain bike. Take water and snacks as there are no facilities once you go past Giant Springs Park.
On the West side there is a nice view of Great Falls from West Bank part.
This is a wonderful trail to walk or bike
great trail to walk or bike on very scenic and nice


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Judge denies challenge to union 'microwave rule'
The so-called "microwave rule," which was challenged by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Coalition for a Democratic Workplace, went into effect Monday. The final rule was published in the Federal Register in December.
Long-term care providers have argued that the rule drastically quickens unions' elections process. Providers have said this gives them a shorter window of opportunity to convey the disadvantages of unionizing to their employees. The NLRB rule streamlines the unionization process and defers most eligibility determinations until after votes have been cast.
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Antonelli College Cincinnati campus now offers a shorter term Photography diploma program, which will provide students with the technical instruction required to enter a professional photography career.
Antonelli College is now offering a Diploma option to their Photography program at their downtown Cincinnati campus, located at 124 East 7th Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202. They are now accepting applications for the Photography diploma program. "We are now enrolling students for the diploma track which begins on January 5, 2015," said Edward Rito, Campus President for Cincinnati Ohio campus of Antonelli College.
Antonelli College's Photography program currently offers an Associates Degree in Applied Business, which is designed to be completed within 19-24 months. The shorter-term diploma program will allow students to complete their photography courses in as little as 10 months. The main difference between the degree and diploma curriculum is that students enrolled in the diploma program will take minimal general education courses with a strong emphasis placed on the core photography courses.
The Photography diploma program prepares students for entry-level careers in commercial advertising photography, corporate photography, portrait and wedding photography, and as digital photography technicians. This program is a foundation of the Photography A.A.B. degree program. Students completing the diploma program will be able to apply all of the diploma program's courses towards the degree program. The program also incorporates a capstone requirement of a Portfolio Presentation course, which will provide students with an opportunity to compile a comprehensive portfolio of their work, which demonstrates student proficiency in photography to future employers.
Photography Department Chair of Antonelli College, Andrea Millette professes, "It is an exciting new option at the Cincinnati campus of Antonelli College to be able to offer the Photography diploma program. As the Department Chair, I feel the Diploma program offers a very close technical second to the Associates Degree curriculum, allowing anyone who may already hold a degree from another institution to complete the technical and creative coursework and be prepared to work as a professional photographer. The diploma offering also offers the already established photographer a set of coursework to improve upon their existing skills without the need for general education courses slowing their progress. If an individual feels they are more concerned about time, they can complete the Diploma, and choose to continue on to complete the full degree after, as all classes are 100% transferrable to the Associates degree curriculum."
Those interested in applying to Antonelli College's Photography program should contact the College at the Cincinnati Main Campus at 513.241.4338 or request information on the website.


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There are some things I'll never understand.
- Grits and okra
- The relationship between physics and math
- Baby Boomer nostalgia
There are plenty of things wrong with America, and I believe that much of it can be traced back to the baby boomers' love of The Beatles. Don't get me wrong: I like John Lennon and I admire George Harrison. They are both leaders and innovators, and I'm willing to forgive the fact that they are boomer icons.
I just want to know something very simple: Who told Paul McCartney that he is relevant? When I find the guy who encouraged McCartney to produce an album at age 65 and sell it via Starbucks, I'm going to kick that guy in the shins.
[Side note to Baby Boomers: you didn't invent sex, you weren't the first generation to experiment with drugs, and you are draining my pension plan. I'm a bitter Gen X woman who will stick you in a shabby nursing home at the first chance I get. Don't try me.]


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The Doll Hospital provides repairs, replacement parts and cleaning for American Girl dolls, according to the company's website. These services are conducted by mail through the company's offices in Middleton, Wisconsin.Continue Reading
In addition to cleaning and minor repairs, The Doll Hospital offers additional modifications to dolls, as listed on American Girl's website. Services include ear piercings and the provision of hearing aids. Any other modifications involve replacing damaged parts while keeping the rest of the original doll intact, in lieu of a full replacement. Accessories such as a hospital gown and ID bracelet are included with the doll's "hospital visit."Learn more about Dolls


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Greens will pursue minimum wage legislation: Bandt
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At a time when the world is burning, the climate deniers in the Turnbull-Abbott Government are wrecking our climate and locking us into a future dependent on coal.
We're fighting against the NEG to protect our climate. Malcolm Turnbull is trying to get the states and territories to agree to this climate cop-out during a special meeting on August 10. All we need is just one Labor premier to stand up for renewables and we can stop this climate destroying policy.
Will you sign our petition calling on the states to block the NEG?
At a critical moment for acting on climate change and the future of our planet, Malcolm Turnbull has caved in to Tony Abbott, releasing an energy policy that is worse than doing nothing and that keeps coal burning for longer.
Australia is one of the sunniest and windiest countries on earth. Renewable energy is cheap and clean. By embracing it we can save our planet and create jobs in the new economy.
Instead, the National Energy Guarantee fails in 4 key areas:
Pollution cuts in the energy sector are some of the cheapest and easiest to make, but the target set by the government is so low that it places an impossible task on other sectors of the economy like agriculture and transport.
In Australia we have gone from having world-leading climate legislation to a policy that supports dirty coal.
We only have a few weeks to stop this dodgy plan from being waved through. Help us put pressure on the state and territory leaders to block the NEG and save our climate.
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The attacks of September 11, 2001 were carried out by Islamic jihadis passionately committed to the goal of killing as many infidels as possible within the domain of the proverbial Great Satan, America. But by no means was 9/11 their first strike against the United States. Muslim terrorists already had targeted American interests on numerous prior occasions, meeting each time with a weak – and sometimes nonexistent – U.S. response. Those impotent responses greatly emboldened the jihadis and, in conjunction with several ill-advised political maneuvers by the Bill Clinton administration, made the September 11th attacks possible. An early steppingstone along the path to 9/11 was the February 26, 1993 al Qaeda attack on the World Trade Center (WTC) in New York, when a truck bomb was detonated in the WTC parking garage and left a crater six stories deep, killed six people, and injured more than a thousand. It was the first major terrorist act ever to take place on U.S. soil. The planners' intent had been to cause the 110-story tower to fall toward its counterpart and topple that structure as well, killing tens of thousands of people in the process. President Clinton warned Americans against "over-reaction" to the incident. He also vowed that there would be vengeance, but there was none. Eventually six Palestinian and Egyptian conspirators responsible for the bombing were tried in civil courts and were each sentenced to life in prison, but the mastermind, Iraqi intelligence agent Ramzi Ahmed Yousef, escaped. Nine months after the WTC bombing, al Qaeda forces in Somalia ambushed a contingent of American troops who were engaged in a humanitarian mission there, killing 18 and wounding 80. One dead U.S. soldier was dragged by his killers through the streets of the capital city, Mogadishu, in an act calculated to humiliate his comrades and his country alike. Under Clinton's leadership, America made no military response to the unprovoked carnage. Over the next two years, al Qaeda groups made unsuccessful attempts to blow up the Lincoln and Holland Tunnels and other populated targets in the United States. A scheme to hijack commercial airliners and use them as "missiles" (in a manner similar to the 9/11 attacks) was likewise thwarted in the Philippines in 1995; the architect of that plan was the aforementioned Ramzi Yousef. After this abortive plot, President Clinton assigned Vice President Al Gore to work on improving airline security in the United States. A commission was formed for this purpose, but under Gore's leadership it focused heavily on protecting the "civil liberties" of terror suspects and eschewed any form of "profiling," thereby diluting any effort to strengthen security measures.
 According to political analyst and former Clinton confidante Dick Morris, in April 1995 Clinton's White House advisers exhorted the President to "warn the public against well-intentioned donations which might foster terrorism," and to "prohibit fundraising by terrorists [most notably Hamas] and identify terrorist organizations." Clinton ignored these recommendations. FBI agents would later report that the Clinton administration had prevented them from opening either criminal or national-security cases for fear that such a course of action would be seen as government-sponsored "profiling" of Islamic charities.

 Dick Morris contends that "Clinton's failure to mobilize America to confront foreign terror after the 1993 attack [on the WTC] led directly to the 9/11 disaster.... Clinton was removed, uninvolved, and distant where the war on terror was concerned." By Clinton's own account, Monica Lewinsky -- the young White House intern with whom Clinton carried on a sexual affair -- was able to visit him privately more than a dozen times in the Oval Office. But James Woolsey, Clinton's first CIA director, says he was never able to schedule a private meeting with the President after their initial interview.

 In 1996 a pro-Clinton, American Muslim businessman named Mansoor Ijaz opened up an unofficial channel between the government of Sudan and the Clinton administration. At the time, the State Department was accusing Sudan of harboring terrorists and was describing Osama bin Laden as "the greatest single financier of terrorist projects in the world." According to Ijaz, who met with Clinton and his second-term national security adviser Sandy Berger:
"[Sudanese] President Omar Hassan Ahmed Bashir, who wanted terrorism sanctions against Sudan lifted, offered the arrest and extradition of bin Laden and detailed intelligence data about the global networks constructed by Egypt's Islamic Jihad, Iran's Hezbollah and the Palestinian Hamas. Among the members of these networks were the two hijackers who [would later pilot] commercial airliners into the World Trade Center. The silence of the Clinton administration in responding to these offers was deafening."
"[Sudanese] President Omar Hassan Ahmed Bashir, who wanted terrorism sanctions against Sudan lifted, offered the arrest and extradition of bin Laden and detailed intelligence data about the global networks constructed by Egypt's Islamic Jihad, Iran's Hezbollah and the Palestinian Hamas. Among the members of these networks were the two hijackers who [would later pilot] commercial airliners into the World Trade Center. The silence of the Clinton administration in responding to these offers was deafening."
This was the first of three occasions on which the Clinton administration was given an opportunity to seize bin Laden and chose not to do so. That choice, says Ijaz, "represents one of the most serious foreign-policy failures in American history." According to Lt. Col. Robert "Buzz" Patterson, who served in the Clinton White House, "the Clinton administration was committed to the idea that most terrorists were misunderstood, had legitimate grievances, and could be appeased." In June 1996 – one month after bin Laden had moved his base of operations from Sudan to Afghanistan – a 5,000-pound truck-bomb was detonated adjacent to the Saudi Arabian Khobar Towers housing complex, which was being used as a U.S. military barracks. Nineteen American soldiers died in the blast. Responsibility for this act of war seemed to rest with a Shiite extremist group, Saudi Hezbollah, which was supported by high-ranking officials in the Iranian government. President Clinton vowed: "The cowards who committed this murderous act must not go unpunished. Let me say again: We will pursue this. America takes care of our own." But because Clinton, at that time, was trying to thaw U.S. relations with Iran, he never followed up on his pledge. As National Review's Rich Lowry explains:
"It is difficult to warm relations with a regime at the same time as pursuing its connections to terror. So by 1998 the administration appeared prepared to forgive and forget Khobar Towers…. The administration softened the State Department warning about travel to Iran, waived sanctions against foreign oil firms doing business there, and removed it from the list of major exporters of illegal drugs…. FBI director Louis Freeh, and those around him, began to suspect that the administration didn't care that much about finding the perpetrators because if connections with Iran were established it [the administration] would be forced to take, or at least consider, action against Iran. This meant that getting to the bottom of the case would present what the administration hated most: a difficulty, a risk."
When the President's sexual affair with Lewinsky became public in January 1998, Clinton's normal inattention to national-security matters became subsumed in a general executive paralysis. In August 1998, al Qaeda terrorists blew up U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, killing 245 people and injuring at least 5,000.
 Clinton -- who at the time was preoccupied with preparing his grand jury defense vis a vis his perjury about the Lewinsky affair -- responded to the attacks in an ill-conceived and ineffectual manner. Without consulting the Joint Chiefs of Staff or his national-security advisers, the President launched cruise missiles into two Islamic countries which he identified as being allied to Osama bin Laden. One of those missiles hit and destroyed a pharmaceutical factory in Sudan. On October 12, 2000, the warship USS Cole was bombed by al Qaeda terrorists while refueling in Yemen; 17 U.S. sailors were killed and 39 were injured. This, like each of the attacks cited above, was an act of war, yet the President and his cabinet refused to recognize it as such. Instead, they framed each incident as a crime that warranted a law-enforcement response rather than military retribution. Apart from its weak response to every Islamic terror attack against the U.S. during the 1990s, the Clinton administration also hamstrung the government's intelligence services in the name of civil liberties, most notably barring the CIA and the FBI from sharing with one another any information they may have gained regarding possible terrorist plots that were in the works. This policy played a major role in permitting 9/11 to happen. For details about this policy, click here.
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NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — They never knew Dharun Ravi to say anything bad about gays — but they also never discussed it with him.
That was what seven character witnesses had to say Friday in the trial of Ravi, a former Rutgers University student accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate's intimate encounter with another man.
Ravi, now 20, is accused of using a webcam for the central crime, then using Twitter, instant messages and texts to tell friends about it. He's charged with 15 criminal counts, including bias intimidation and invasion of privacy.
His roommate, Tyler Clementi, committed suicide in September 2010, just days after the alleged spying.
Most of the men called by defense lawyers were software engineers and current or former business associates of Ravi's father. All of them said they had never known Ravi to express any anti-gay views.
But on cross-examination, they all said they had never discussed the issue with him.
"Why would that come up?" said one of the men, Anil Kappa, a business partner of Ravi's father when First Assistant Middlesex County Prosecutor Julia McCLure asked how often he had discussed homosexuality.
The men, all of whom appeared to be middle-aged, said they never followed Ravi on Twitter, or exchanged text messages or instant messages with him.
Those communication means are central to the case.
The seven men testified in a total of about one hour. Their brief appearances on the witness stand were a contrast to the prosecutor's case, in which nearly two dozen witnesses were called over 10 days.
Defense lawyers also called an investigator to testify. One, Frank DiNinno, who works for the Middlesex County prosecutor's office, was mentioned often by prosecution witnesses.
A handful of the Rutgers students who testified referred to him as "Frank," and Ravi's lawyers appeared to be trying to raise the idea that he was too friendly with the students.
On the stand Friday, Altman asked him about his many interviews with students. In each case, he asked whether the purpose of the interview was to find out whether Ravi expressed anti-gay bias.
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Filtersfast.com, the leading online retailer of air and water filters, would like to announce the Memorial Day, weeklong, 5% off all PUR filtration products promotion!
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Filtersfast.com, the leading online retailer of air and water filters, would like to announce the Memorial Day, weeklong, 5% off all PUR filtration products promotion. Filtersfast.com remains an authoritative resource for consumers regarding the importance of changing residential and commercial water and air filters on a regular basis. FiltersFast.com has teamed up with PUR to bring you this discount which will expire at midnight on May 30.
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Who lives in McManus Center?
Approximately 250 students plus 50 significant others live in McManus. That is roughly 20% of the Kellogg student body. Approximately 75% of McManus is international students and approximately 28% are first-year students.
Where is McManus Center?
Click here for a map showing the distance from Kellogg to McManus. It is roughly four (long) blocks (5 – 7 minute walk).
Are there other on-campus housing options?
Aside from McManus, Northwestern University has two additional on-campus buildings dedicated to graduate students: Engelhart Hall and Seabury. Please contact the University Residential Services at 847-491-5127 or email@example.com for additional information on either building.
Where can I live if I have kids?
McManus and Engelhart are both available to students with children. McManus features a communal playroom where resident children may play, when supervised.
How do I find a roommate?
If living in McManus, you will be assigned a roommate based on the preference criteria outlined in your application. If you would like to live with a specific person, submit their name with your application. (These requests must be mutual.)
Will I need a car?
You don't really need a car in Evanston. If you live near campus, you can walk to school and to most shops. The mass transit system is close by, and it's cheap and easy to use it to get to Chicago. Two major drawbacks to having a car are that parking in Evanston can be a big hassle and cars take a beating during the winter. A car will, however, provide you more freedom to shop, explore and get away on weekend trips.
What are my chances of getting into McManus?
Current McManus residents and students who participate in a Kellogg exchange program will have priority for the building. In past years, accommodating 1Y students and many incoming 2Y students has not been a problem. However, demand for McManus is high and based on the past two years, first-year students have a roughly 50% chance of getting into the building.
Is there anything that I can do to help my chances?
As long as you submit your application by the May 1 deadline, you will be considered with everyone else who's applying. Applying earlier does not increase your chances of receiving housing in McManus.
How does the lottery work?
A staff member in Kellogg Information Systems uses her computer to generate random numbers for all applications/students. These numbers can range from 1 – 9000. We go through the housing applications and make assignments based on your number and housing preferences.
Who will be competing with me for my room?
Families receive priority for family apartments, and couples receive priority for one bedrooms. Single students can choose between the single studio, twin studio, and two bedroom with roommate options.
Are international students given special privileges?
No, though the majority of students who do apply are international. However, we think it benefits the McManus community to have a diverse mix of students, including domestic ones.


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Goodness, it seems I've gone back to being a month between postings. :(
I could say I've been pretty busy with work, but as much as it's a valid excuse, I still feel like I've neglected the blog a bit. So, I'm going to try and go back to a more frequent (and regular!) schedule.
Since I've had almost no time to work on my projects, I spent a little time going through my notebooks and game dev papers to find something interesting to talk about. And I found a list of game ideas that I really want to create. I still found them interesting and motivating, so when I do get to finish TUAH and Starlight, one of these just may be the next on the list.
Ghost Hunter (needs a better title)
Adventure, Puzzle, Single Character
Your close friend has inherited an ancient mansion, but it's come riddled with dangerous (and deadly!) ghosts. As a talented young ghost hunter, it's your job to get rid of the ghosts and send them to the Great Beyond. But is it really possible that one single mansion is the epicenter of so much ghostly activity? Or is there something more nefarious in the works?
I wanted to create a game that has a smaller scope and a more limited setting. The entire game happens in the mansion and its immediate surrounding (garden, cemetery, stables, chapel). It's loosely based on the many awesome point-and-click adventures I've played over the years - and that's my favorite game genre.
Albeon: Marigold's Story
Adventure, RPG
As the middle child of a family of 12, Marigold feels ignored and invisible to her family. After having a fight with her family, she makes a wish that she were the only child. The next morning, it comes true. But being an only child is not as great as Marigold thought, and she decides to go on a inter-dimensional quest to find her brothers and sisters.
This is a light-hearted RPG that basically deals with family dynamics and the classic question of whether the grass is really greener on the other side. It appeals to me because it's not about saving the world (though that's also fun to do from time to time), and also because this game takes place in a very elaborate world that I created a long time ago. I've got another dozen ideas for games that happen in Albeon.
In the 2649, it's illegal to be a fortune-teller or a psychic of any sort. When Cassie has a premonition that a horrible accident will destroy her school, she's torn between warning everyone and hiding her psychic talent. With the help of her childhood friend, Hayden, Cassie is going to have to make some hard choices.
There are two things that are amazing about this idea. The first is that it's futuristic. And there's a lot of really interesting concepts I'm hoping to introduce in terms of society, technology and general futuristic life. The second is that there's a really awesome artist that's making the main character portraits for me.
Out of all of these, I think Oracle is the most likely to be the next in line. But I've still got little bits of inspiration poking me to make the other two projects, too.
Do you have any preferences?


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Would you like to buy the CRM system?
Each leader and business owner shall expressly understand that the expected result, sales and earnings of the whole company depend on the employee performance quality. But how to organize the activity of each employee that he could engage and plan it independently, at the same time, that the leader could spend little time for supervision and control, and the efficiency could have the best value? This question is asked by those who leads people and aims at increase in productivity of their work. Thanks to implementing of innovative customer management system the interaction with clients can be most automated and the staff activity can be clear established. This system is named CRM today.
What is the CRM-system?
Otherwise speaking the CRM-system is a content rich program developed for marketing optimization, improving of interaction with clients and automatization of their service. This abbreviation of CRM means the application software.
This system allows to collect information on clients, store it in the database of the company and handle at any time. The person working in CRM has an opportunity to keep a huge client database, control and analyze sales, distribute the volume of work and report to the superior officer in any convenient form.
How does CRM-system work?
As aforesaid the database of clients and further work with them are built up in the system. In most cases the trade missions, call centers, analyst and marketing companies are interested in this software. One person (for example, the manager) is capable of working with the database, in which the number of clients can be up to several thousand. At the same time, the maximum information on clients' activity, types of activity, its today's relevance and prospects will be available at any time.
The CRM-system is a unique product working with which the staff optimization will be maximal! Consider for a moment, do you want increase in sales? Are you interested in the minimum control of your staff members? Would you like to possess the huge client database and information on each client? If yes, then you need CRM even today!


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I recently had the opportunity to try out LINQ for SQL beta 2 in a real world (though still small scale) enterprise solution. It's been a while since I took an early CTP for a spin, so I was excited to finally have a go.
I used the Domain Model tool integrated into VS 2008 to have tables mapped into partial classes automatically. That worked like a charm. If any of my observations apply only to the Domain Modelling tool, and not to LINQ2SQL in general, I apoligize in advance. I'm not (yet) a LINQ expert…
I'm often concerned about the restrictions that different O/R mappers impose on your freedom to keep a clean, simple and efficient class design (otherwise known as POCO / Plain Old Clr Objects). My first impressions of LINQ in this regard, are these:
1. I love the embedded query language, and the code completion is good.
2. Association properties cannot be read only, thus preventing immutable properties. Immutable classes or immutable properties are fundamental to creating a clean, domain driven design.
3. You cannot add [Attributes] to the autogenerated properties, since partial properties are not supported in C#3. So you cannot use Enterprise Library's attribute based validation framework, or some custom framework that uses attributes as the only interface. Xml serialisation can be tricky as well.
4. Autogenerated fields do not follow MS naming conventions which says fields should be camel cased. A property called Horse will have a corrensponding field named _Horse. Not critical but not very pretty either.
5. Associations require an additional property to hold the foreign key value. It can be private, but not omitted. One to many associations always have a parent property, only the child collection is optional. This forces the domain model to include something, which is not an intrinsical part of the domain: Foreign key values. They are there only to satisfy LINQ, so the domain object end up not being very Persistence Ignorant.
6. Even non lazy loadable associations are wrapped in an EntityRef
7. The same goes for collections, which are always of a specific type, EntityCollection
8. Objects that are constructed within a query are tracked automatically. It took me a while to realize why too many rows were being inserted in the database: I had created some of them to be temporary, but LINQ tracked them all and found them to be transient, therefore inserting them into the database.
9. In order for tracking to work, your classes must implement INotifyPropertyChange. Yet another restriction on my classes. They started out pretty POCO, but it all adds up to a very non-POCO feel.
Conclusion: That's all for the first day with LINQ 2 SQL. Possibly, more issues will surface along the way, without doubt. These first issues are worth being aware of, as O/R mappers can make your life easier (particularly in small scale projects.) And a lot more difficult (typically in larger projects.)


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We now have a Facebook page. Visit it for what we're doing, announcements and chit-chat.
We offer staged payments for those who can't afford to buy a nihonto outright. See our Terms of Business for details. We also have a 14 day returns policy on all items, starting from the moment that you recieve the goods. This is twice as long as is required by law.
Though we no longer stock Hanwei swords, we can get hold of them if asked; we recently supplied a customer with an Oni katana, which is otherwise almost unavailable in the UK.
We aim to make this the best site on the web for anything to do with Japanese swords. We sell the best quality sword supplies, including urushi and samekawa, and the best reproduction sword fittings available. You will not find any cheap imitations here that will wear out in next to no time flat. If a tsuka-ito or sageo says 'silk', then you can take it that it is top quality Japanese silk woven in Japan according to traditional patterns specifically for use with swords or armour, not a cheaper alternative. If it says 'silver', then it is silver of a quality that, by UK law, should be hallmarked in the UK.
We are prepared to ship swords anywhere and have legally delivered to most countries. If you are interested in buying a sword but can't find the one you want here, or are unsure of exactly what you want, contact me and let me know your budget. If you want to be on my mailing list and get first refusal on new swords, click the link on the menu to the left. If you want a sword made for you, ask. If you want a sword for martial arts, talk to us. Finally, if you can't afford the sword you want in one go, we accept part payments (see Terms & Conditions).
Alternatively, if you need antique fittings and don't see what you want, ask and we'll see if we can find them for you. If you want unique modern tosogu, we can commission a set. If you need a sword restored, whether it is polishing or repairs to the urushi, we can do the work to museum quality. We work with some of the best craftsmen available; some are Japanese-trained and do museum restorations, whilst others have had their work exhibited in Japanese museums .
There are some jobs are almost impossible to get done outside Japan. Some jobs are very expensive if you have to go to Japan. Some jobs are hard to get done to the same high standard outside Japan.
We can do them. Just click on here to see what we can do.
And if there is anything that we haven't covered, just ask. We have an extensive network of contacts and would be only too glad to enquire for you. We've had sageo woven to a customer's requirements before now. If you want to visit, let me know and we'll put the kettle on in time for your arrival. That includes anyone interested in our Ebay sales. The internet is a very convenient medium for buying and selling, but it is always nice for customers to have the opportunity, if they wish, to meet the person that they are dealing with at a real address and view the actual item they are interested in.
Finally, and for the benefit of UK customers, every sword here is exempt from the ban on samurai swords. This ban excludes antiques, genuine Japanese swords made after 1954, swords used for re-enactment, swords used by bona fide martial artists, swords intended for educational or religious purposes, or swords made by 'traditional means'. In effect, this means that the only swords that are banned are wallhangers. Again for the benefit of UK customers, you have to be over 18 to buy any of the swords on this site.
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It's the APIs, stupid!
One way to make lots of money is to create and control a popular platform. But sometimes it's possible to control a platform without creating it, often by creating an abstraction layer to unify previously disparate APIs.
Such is Google's soon-to-be-announced "Open Social" initiative, covered today by Business Week, O'Reilly, Wired, and the WSJ.
The idea that the Google APIs will provide commonality (and thus direct network effects) by combining a range of 2nd tier social networking sites, including Friendster, LinkedIn and Google's own Orkut. Noticeably absent are the US market leaders, MySpace and Facebook. (This confirms the point I made a few years back that shared or common APIs are always a strategy of losers trying to catch winners).
As Business Week reported:
If the plan is successful, Google could bring its leverage to bear on the social networking market and potentially slow the momentum of high-flying Facebook. "This is an open version of what Facebook has done," says Marc Andreessen, a co-founder of Ning, which provides tools for building social networks. Andreessen was the founder of Netscape Communications in the '90s. ...Today was also the day that Google's march to world domination reached another milestone with a $700+ stock price and a $220 billion market cap that left America's largest banks in the rear view mirror. Only four US companies have a larger market cap: Exxon Mobile, GE, Microsoft and AT&T.
For Google, OpenSocial is the first step in a plan to hit back at Facebook and Google's chief rival, Microsoft (MSFT), which on Oct. 25 announced a $240 million investment in Facebook (BusinessWeek.com, 10/25/07), beating out Google for a stake in the fast-growing company, now worth an estimated $15 billion.
A pretty good week for a company that still has yet to announce its major platform initiative of 2007 (the gPhone).


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Blake Lively channels Veronica Lake at the premiere of Savages.
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Perfume ads are always so dramatic. A mysterious glance, a glittering city scape, and then the product name whispered, deep and low, right at the end. The new clip for Gucci's Premiere fragrance follows this format perfectly, but the fact that it's directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, who also directed Drive, pretty much means the drama factor is increased about a billion-fold. We saw the director on set with Blake Lively last month, and now we're finally seeing the result! Are those the opening notes of M83's "Midnight City" we hear? They are! And so the drama is taken up even further, brought to an apex when the camera takes in a gilt haired staring out the window of a majestic and oddly familiar Los Angeles cityscape. Why is it familiar? Well, it's the same iconic view seen in such films as The Big Lebowski and Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle. All of the elements certainly come together to create an over the top effect, and Blake's old Hollywood, classic beauty makes us think the fragrance might be one of those new takes on old scents situations, which we're typically pretty fond of. Watch the clip after the jump.
Wearing an iridescent gold gown and her hair in sleek waves, Lively is every bit the silver screen goddess. The actress also struts her stuff in front of a giant fan on a desert movie set for a frame or two, wearing a deep navy gown that's a nice break from all the gold and black. See for yourselves here:
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As Florida heads toward a hotly contested governor's race in November, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder warned Gov. Rick Scott that the feds are "carefully monitoring" voter access in the state.
"I am deeply disturbed that during your tenure, your state has repeatedly added barriers to voting and restricted access to the polls," Holder wrote in a July 21 letter to Scott.
Holder recapped changes in state election law during Scott's tenure, as well as the state's attempt to purge noncitizen voters from the rolls, disenfranchisement of felons and a dispute about where voters can return absentee ballots in Pinellas County.
When the Tampa Bay Times blogged about the letter Aug. 1, Scott's campaign dismissed Holder's letter as a "bizarre attempt to help Charlie Crist" — Scott's likely Democratic opponent in November and an ally of President Barack Obama.
Holder and Scott's campaign made some dueling claims about the state's early-voting law.
Holder wrote that changes in state law made in 2011 "significantly narrowed the early voting window" and that a federal three-judge panel concluded it threatened a "dramatic reduction in a form of voting disproportionately used by African-Americans."
Holder wrote: "Accordingly, the court refused to approve reduced early voting hours with respect to the five counties in Florida covered by the preclearance provision in the Voting Rights Act."
That led the Scott campaign to point the finger at Holder for allowing the 2011 early-voting law to be implemented: "In fact, Attorney General Eric Holder's own Justice Department precleared the voting changes in the 2011 law that governed the 2012 general election in Florida," Scott campaign manager Melissa Sellers wrote.
At a campaign event in St. Petersburg on the same day, Scott made a similar claim:
"In 2011, we changed our voting laws, and they were precleared by the Justice Department. . . ."
Since Scott, a Republican, is on the ballot this year, we decided to fact-check his statement that the Justice Department approved the early-voting changes.
On first blush, the claims from Holder and Scott sound like they are in conflict: A federal court refused to allow the reduction in the early-voting schedule, but Holder signed off on the changes. We found that Scott left out some important steps along the way to implementing that law.
In 2011, the GOP-led Legislature passed HB 1355, which reduced the number of days of early voting to eight from 14, among other election changes. The law, signed by Scott, allowed county supervisors of elections to offer between 48 hours and 96 hours of early voting over eight days.
Republican supporters at the time said that the changes in the law would better protect the state's voting system against fraud. Democrats said the changes were an attempt to suppress voter turnout.
Because of past discrimination, five counties in Florida — Hillsborough, Monroe, Collier, Hardee and Hendry — were subject to a section of the federal Voting Rights Act that required any voting-law changes to be pre-cleared by the federal government. (Pre-cleared simply means approved in advance.)
Holder signaled early on that he intended to challenge Florida's new early-voting law. In a speech in Texas in December 2011, Holder said: "We're also examining a number of changes that Florida has made to its electoral process, including changes governing third-party voter registration organizations, as well as changes to early-voting procedures, including the number of days in the early-voting period."
The state decided to seek pre-clearance from a three-judge federal panel in Washington instead of Holder's Justice Department. The department weighed in anyway, telling the court that the state had failed to prove it was protecting minorities from discrimination.
On Aug. 16, 2012, the federal court panel sided with the Justice Department and refused to approve Florida's early-voting changes. The court said the state failed to prove that minority voters would not be harmed if the five counties held the minimum number of early-voting hours.
But the panel gave the state a path to get federal approval: The state could submit a plan showing a commitment to offer the maximum number of early-voting hours in those counties.
The Scott administration quickly filed a plan with the federal court seeking approval for 96 hours of early voting in the five counties.
On Sept. 5, Holder filed a motion saying that his department did not object to that plan.
The state submitted its plan to Holder the next day, and about a week later the Justice Department signed off on it.
That November, Florida saw long lines in the 2012 presidential legislation. In 2013, the Legislature passed HB 7013, which expanded early voting to a minimum of 64 hours over eight days and a maximum of 168 hours over 14 days. Later that summer, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the requirement for jurisdictions to seek pre-clearance.
But in his letter to Scott, Holder seemed to put the state on notice that his department still had powers to enforce other provisions of the Voting Rights Act.
"Whenever warranted by the facts and the law, we will not hesitate to use all tools and legal authorities at our disposal to fight against racial discrimination, to stand against disenfranchisement and to safeguard the right of every eligible American to cast a ballot," Holder wrote.
Our ruling
Scott and his campaign said Florida's 2011 voting changes were pre-cleared by the Holder's Justice Department.
That statement ignores the fact that the department signed off only on the state's plan after the state agreed to offer the maximum number of early-voting hours in some counties to satisfy a court ruling. So approval came only after the state committed to offering the maximum number of hours in places that had a history of discrimination.
Scott's statement leaves out important details that led to Holder's Department signing off on Florida's election plan. We rate his claim Half True.


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Kim Kardashian Keeps 90% of Profits from 'Charity' Auction
Being in the limelight means cultivating a public image. Fortunately for charities, nothing looks better on a celebrity than a good cause. Many celebs give themselves fully to an important issue, but others simply use charitable work for good PR. Case and point: Kim Kardashian's auctions on eBay Giving Works.
The Kardashian sister has been auctioning off her personal items for years. Dresses, purses, and even cars. While many celebrities like Miley Cyrus, Sienna Miller and Charlie Sheen donate 100% of their auction proceeds to charity, Kim only donates the minimum 10%. That means of the $3500 she recently sold her Herve Leger dress for, she pocketed $3150 (give or take with eBay fees) while charity only got $350.
It's true that on her ebay page it only says, "A portion of the proceeds benefit the Dream Foundation." But as Fox points out, her tagline for her auctions is as follows: "Charity Auction Supporting the Dream Foundation."
While some of the funds do go to charity, this seems more like a source of income for Kardashian, who is already reported to be worth around $35 million. A great deal of funds have probably been made for charity over the years, but that number is dwarfed by the amount she has made for herself.
What do you think? Is she being deceptive? Or, good for her for donating anything at all?


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From remarks made by President Richard W. Fisher of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas before the Dallas and Fort Worth chapters of Financial Executives International:
"If you remove the job-creating machine of Texas from the U.S. economy, the nation has experienced job destruction that has occurred over the past 12 years in the middle-income quartiles."
Translation: without Texas providing growth – the only real growth – America would have experienced a second Great Depression. Without Conservative economic policies, without Republican leadership, America would have suffered even more than it has under the misguided and inept leadership of President Obama and the Democrat party. Texas is the only thing preventing America from going under.