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Dr. Janet L. Norwood was the first woman commissioner of the US Bureau of Labor Statistics and is Past-President of the American Statistical Association. She was the Presidential appointment to the Chair of the Advisory Council on Unemployment Compensation from 1993-96. From 1979 through 1991, Dr. Norwood was the U.S. Commissioner of Labor Statistics, responsible for the Bureau of Labor Statistics and its work in compilation, publication, and interpretation of statistics on employment and unemployment, prices, compensation, industrial relations, productivity, and economic growth. She testified monthly before the Joint Economic Committee and frequently before other Congressional Committees. In recognition of her public service, Dr. Norwood received Distinguished rank in the Senior Executive Service from President Reagan.
The School of Public Health at The University of Alabama at Birmingham is pleased to announce the creation of the Janet L. Norwood Award for outstanding achievement by a woman in the statistical sciences. The school wishes not only to recognize Dr. Norwood's achievements, but also to recognize the contribution of all women to the statistical sciences. It is noteworthy that women have been traditionally under-represented many fields of science, with the degree of under-representation greater for the quantitative sciences. This denies the field the benefit of the great contributions women are obviously capable of making to the statistical sciences. Establishing this award will help promote the active involvement of women in the statistical sciences at all levels from high school through senior faculty and scientists. The award will be part of the School's proposal to develop an integrated series of activities based locally at UAB and in the Birmingham, Alabama, area. However, we plan to structure these activities with the aims of having global impact by (1) cultivating the role of individual women who can progress to work in the statistical sciences beyond UAB; (2) serving as a demonstration project that that can be disseminated to other universities for emulation; and (3) conducting selected activities at UAB and at national scientific conferences that promote the role of women in the statistical sciences by both word and example.
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From My Collection: Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton
One of the best reasons to blog, or to write at all, is that it forces you to do a little research and maybe dig a bit deeper than you might otherwise into subject matter that interests you.
I love music and consider myself as much an expert as anyone who doesn't make a living at it. Not to be falsely modest because I play gigs around town in Toronto in a blues band and have a good working knowledge of a number of genre, but there just aren't that many hours in the day to know as much as I might like to know. So I write and pick up what I can along the way.
I don't mind getting things wrong from time to time, so, if I do, please feel free to correct me. Let's face it, most of the information I'm getting is coming from the internet, and we know how sketchy that can be. Books and liner notes provide some other stuff. Anyway, the point is that there is nothing malicious in any errors that might occur. It's just the start of a conversation if you want it to be.
As an exercise, I've decided to look through my own substantial music collection, see what's there, and maybe write a few lines about different recordings and post a relevant video more, again, as a learning exercise than anything else.
This morning I walked over to where I keep my vinyl and pulled out, completely at random, Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton. The album was released in the UK on July 22, 1966. Personnel on the record are John Mayall (vocals/piano/organ/harmonica); Eric Clapton (vocals/guitar); John McVie (bass/guitar); and Hughie Flint (drums).
(By the way, it seems that the Blues Breakers name sometimes appears as two words with a capitalized second word, and sometimes as one word. Imagine that, studio marketing departments being inconsistent).
One of the cooler things from my perspective is that a horn section was added to the recording with Alan Skidmore on tenor sax, John Almond on baritone sax and Dennis Healey on trumpet.
The Bluesbreakers was John Mayall's band, and are typically called John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers. They went through a ton of band members over the years (complete list on the wiki) with Clapton being the most famous, as a member of the group in 1965-66. He had previously been with the Yardbirds and would form Cream with Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker afterwords.
By the looks of things, this was the only album Clapton did with the Bluesbreakers.
Just because these things are never simple, Mayall used the name the Bluesbreakers from 1963 to 1967, dropped it for 15 years, and then started using it again in 1983 and has used it ever since. There appear to be just under 40 albums under that name but Mayall recorded with other configurations between 1967 to 1983, for what it's worth.
As the names suggest, the Bluesbreakers were a blues band.
The album in question here, Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton, is about as straight-ahead blues as you can get with several tunes in the pure Chicago style like Otis Rush's "All Your Love" and Freddie King's "Hide Away." Mayall wrote or arranged five of the songs. Notably, Clapton debuted as a lead vocalist on the album with Robert Johnson's "Ramblin' on My Mind."
Other offerings are: "Little Girl" (Mayall); "Another Man" (arr. Mayall); "Double Crossing Time" (Mayall/Clapton); "What'D I Say" (Charles); "Key To Love" (Mayall); "Parchman Farm" (Allison); "Have You Heard" (Mayall); "Steppin' Out" (L.C. Frazier); and "It Ain't Right" (Jacobs).
As for the legacy of the album, in 2003, it was ranked number 195 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time and has also no doubt been one of the most influential blues albums of all time.
Here's a clip of a reunion concert of some sort with Mayall and Clapton doing Hide Away.
(Cross-posted at Lippmann's Ghost.)
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I'll begin this series with one of my favourite foundations, ever.
RMK Creamy Foundation (there is also a liquid version) has a cream/gel texture and medium coverage. The first time I used this foundation, I was amazed by how easy it was to blend it (even when I totally over applied the product!) – there were no streaks AT ALL.
Once the foundation had blended into my skin, it dried, and stayed put all day, powder or no powder. It's also brilliant for hydrating the skin throughout the day – none of that weird clumping stuff going on around my dry patches.
RMK Creamy Foundation also contains SPF 15 – always a nice thing to add and I don't know – it's just a perfectly effortless foundation. It feels good on the skin, always leaving a slight glow and leaving it looking healthy.
My perfect shade is a 104 (sometimes 103 when I am lighter). It is literally the perfect shade for me. Note that RMK foundations are split into '1's and '2's so for example, 103 and 203.
The difference is that the '1's represent yellow based skin and the '2' represent pink based skin.
There aren't a whole load of shades if you are very pale or very dark though…that it a limitation to this base.
This is probably the first foundation I even finished and has to scrape the edges of (the corners of the jar make it harder than it looks!).
Colour Range:
As mentioned above, not so great if you are dark skinned or very pale. It's perfect for my NC30-35 skintone (104) as it's yellow based without being too golden so it's very natural.
For Skin Types:
All skin types – but if you are very oily perhaps the liquid version if for you. It's quite hydrating so great for dry skins too.
Like a mixture of cream and gel. Feels light once on the skin.
Medium upwards. You could apply it with a light hand for sheerer coverage but generally speaking, this foundation will cover nearly all your flaws and also redness.
Excellent – if set with some powder it will last all day.
A very glowy foundation I think, I look radiant with it on and this settles down as the wear goes on.
Main Strength:
Being so easy to blend into the skin for a flawless finish.
Main Con:
Quite expensive.
Score: 5/5
Price: £29. Expensive but it reminds me of EST and Suqqu foundation, both cost around £60 so are double the price.
Buy At: RMK counters (in selected Selfridges I believe?) and online, at Look Fantastic and ASOS.


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- 1. Gila County Attorney Bradley Beauchamp to Speak at Payson TEA Meeting
Please invite your friends, neighbors and business associates to hear Gila County Attorney Bradley Beauchamp speak at the next weekly Payson Tea Party meeting. The meeting will be held Tuesday, April 4 from 6:00-7:45 pm, at Tiny's Family Restaurant, 600 East Highway 260, Payson. Mr. Beauchamp will discuss the proposed National Popular Vote compacts and how it differs from our current Electoral College method of electing U.S. Presidents and Vice Presidents. You will enjoy this lively presentation followed by a Question/Answer period.Click here to read more
- 4. The Horse Camp North of Payson is OPEN!
If you have been following recent events concerning the possible conversion of the Horse Camp into an Off Highway Vehicle facility, you will be glad to know that the Horse Camp north of Payson is open! The gate is unlocked and swung wide open. There is a friendly Host at the entrance. According to Cheyenne, the host, he will be there until November. The camp offers many private campsites, with corrals, and accessible trails. So, please let your friends know. There is even an area for groups, with a nice ramada and barbeque grill.
One of the reasons given by the U.S. Forest Service for converting the Horse Camp into an OHV facility was that nobody used the facility. It was brought to the attention of Ms. Angie Elam, of the Payson Ranger District, that the reason it wasn't being used by horse people was because it was virtually impossible to access! The gate was always locked. There was no host. Reservation requests were ignored. What do you expect?.
The decision for siting OHV facilities in or near Payson has not been made by the USFS. But at least, for now, the Horse Camp has been opened and made available for horse riders.
The facility is located at the north end of Payson. From Highway 87, turn right at Houston Mesa Road. Go a few hundred yards and turn right at the first paved road.
For background information on the controversy, see the following:Click here to read more
- 5. Tonto National Forest Hearing - Monday, June 16
Please attend a Tonto National Forest Hearing to discuss Cultural Resources, Terrestrial Resources, Wildlife & Vegetation. (Think Endangered Species Act regulations and Tribal Heritage/Artifacts.) It's worth your time to attend this hearing. As Congressman Gosar stated when he was in town on June 3, the opposition is very good at sending in lots of comments. He says we need to step up and attend these meetings and make comments, or they will get their way while we, our kids, and grandkids are being driven out of our forests.
The meeting will be held on Monday, June 16, from 6:00 – 8:30 pm, at Julia Randall Elementary School, 902 W Main St., Payson.Click here to read more
- 6. Upcoming Payson Events!
Submitted by Shirley Dye
The Payson TEA Party will feature Payson Mayor Kenny Evans and Vice Mayor Michael Hughes, and possibly Gila County Supervisor Tommie Martin. They will provide information on many Payson issues, including the Home Rule Proposition and the continuation of the 1/2 cent county tax that will be on the Ballot.
The meeting will be held on Thursday, June 12, from 6:00-8:00 pm, at Tiny's Restaurant. Tiny's is located at 600 Arizona Highway 260, Payson.
There will be a Tonto National Forest Hearing to discuss Cultural Resources, Terrestrial Resources (Wildlife & Vegetation. (Think Endangered Species Act regulations and Tribal Heritage/Artifacts.) It's worth your time to attend this hearing.
The meeting will be held on Monday, June 16, from 6:00 – 8:30 pm, at Julia Randall Elementary School, 902 W Main St., Payson.
Candidate Yard signs can be placed on your property NOW and must be removed no later than 10 days after the Primary. Signs may not be placed in the 87/260 right of way but may be placed at the property line. We need to find friendly business who will allow us to place signs on their property just behind the right of way. If you know of any, please contact Shirley Dye at email@example.com.
The Gila County Republican Party has secured a Headquarters, which will open soon. It is located in the rear two story building at 719 S. Beeline Hwy, across from the Court House, south of the car wash. There will be lots of candidate signs and literature available for residents. Please watch for the Grand opening.Click here to read more
- 7. Public Meeting with Congressman Gosar June 4 and Payson OHV Proposal public comment deadline June 6
Post submitted by Mary L. Little
Payson Horseman's Association
Some very important issues are coming up that will affect citizens of Payson, Pine, Star Valley, Ox Bow Estates, Round Valley, Mesa del Caballo, Freedom Acres, Wonder Valley and numerous other subdivisions bordering these communities:
June 4, 2014: Town Hall Meeting with Congressman Gosar - Forest Health.
Time: 3:00-4:30 pm
Location: Messinger Funeral Home, 901 S. Westerly Rd., Payson.
This meeting will allow us to address Forest Health as it relates to the Payson OHV (Off Highway Vehicle) proposal and impacts to our communities. This meeting was prompted by the concerns of many citizens regarding the USDA Tonto National Forest, Payson Ranger District OHV Project Proposal, under the proposed Travel Management Plan.
June 6, 2014: Extended deadline for public comments to the USDA Tonto National Forest on the Payson OHV Project.
Send emails to: email@example.com
Subject Line to read: Payson OHV Project
What's this About?
The following highlights what the Tonto National Forest proposes:Click here to read more
- 8. UPDATE! Check out Payson Events May 21 and 22
Wednesday, May 21
UPDATE: 4:00-6:00 pm. Tonto National Forest public meeting specifically to discuss the horse camp at Highway 87 and Houston Mesa Rd. possibly being changed to an OHV (Off Highway Vehicle) track. This precedes the meeting described below.
6:00-8:30 pm. Tonto National Forest public meeting. Topics include Fire/Fuels, Forestry, Range. Julia Randall Elementary School, 902 W Main St, Payson. You might ask "To what do you attribute so much dense ladder fuel in the Tonto National Forest"? "How many roads have you closed in the Tonto National Forest and why have you closed them"? "Why are you proposing an Off Highway Vehicle (OHV) track next to a Payson subdivision and church, when there are so many other locations in the Tonto Forest that won't create noise and traffic congestion"? There are many other questions you might ask the government managers of this forest.
Thursday, May 22
9:30-11:30 am. Meet and Greet Frank Riggs Candidate for Governor. Mr. Riggs served as a Congressman from N. California for 12 years 1991-93 & 1995-1999 during the Clinton years, and has since been instrumental in developing Charter Schools in Arizona. Come hear his qualifications and vision for the Governor's office. Tiny's Restaurant, 600 Arizona Highway 260.
Thursday, May 22
6:00-8:00 pm. Payson Tea Party. The speaker is Al Melvin, candidate for Arizona Governor. Mr. Melvin is the current Arizona Senator representing LD11. Senator Melvin will present his credentials and vision for the Governor's office. Senator Melvin is a retired Captain in the Navy Reserve, and had a 40 year career in International Trade and Ocean Transportation before he was elected to the AZ Senate 6 years ago. Tiny's Restaurant, 600 Arizona Highway 260.Click here to read more
- 9. Center for Biological Diversity: Liars and Defamers
The Center for Biological Diversity is an evil organization that was proven guilty in 2005 of making "false, unfair, libelous, and defamatory statements against Jim Chilton, a Southern Arizona rancher."
Jim Chilton and his family were awarded $100,000 in actual damages and $500,000 in punitive damages. He planned to use part of the money to pay his lawsuit expenses, and donate the rest to the Arizona Cattle Growers Association to "promote truth and responsibility with respect to cattle grazing issues."
"Our opponents don't use science. They subvert science," stated Mr. Chilton. "Endangered species are just their tool to raise money and impose their anti-production philosophy." He is incensed over the lost livelihoods of tens of thousands of rural westerners: timber workers, ranchers, and miners who have lost productive well paid employment. "Too many other victims just couldn't defend themselves against relentless attacks by the CBD (Center for Biological Diversity) and Forest Guardians."
"Environmentalists wear people down until they can no longer function," stated a witness.
As Jim Chilton said, "Ranching is not a job. It's a culture. It's a unique western American way of life and a national cultural treasure worthy of preservation."
Dear friends of liberty, the Center for Biological Diversity is one of the many radical environmental groups that has learned how to subvert the legislative process and, between FY2009 - FY2012, fleeced American taxpayers out of over $2 million in their ESA (Endangered Species Act) lawsuits against federal agencies. It's quite a racket. See This is How Radical Environmental Groups Fleece the Taxpayer and Use the Money to Advance Their Agenda.
See also:Click here to read more
- 10. Wolf Hearings
Wolf Hearings
December 03, 2013
Special panel presentation and documentary viewing
Sponsored by: David Spady Film Veritas Research
and Americans for Prosperity
McNary Community Center/Library, Hwy 260 (aka Pine St.), McNary, AZ 12:00-2:30 pm
Come hear specialists, scientists, leaders, land stewards and other expert testimony concerning the impacts of the reintroduction of the Mexican Gray Wolf. Also, enjoy a free viewing of the documentary,
"Wolves In Government Clothing".
Film maker and AFP-California State Director David Spady
Endangered Species Act Consultant Doyel Shamley
Rancher Wink Crigler
University of Alaska Geneticist Dr. Matt Cronin
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Public Information Meeting
Hon-Dah Conference Center
777 Highway 260, Pinetop, AZ
3:30-5:00 pm
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Public HearingClick here to read more
Hon-Dah Conference Center
777 Highway 260, Pinetop, AZ
6:00-8:30 pm
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Not the first time Nvidia's slapped bigger numbers on older cards, PC Perspective reports that a bunch of the 300 series cards are reincarnated versions of previous cards.
The GeForce 310 is the same as the GeForce 210, using the GT218 core; the GeForce 315 uses the same GT216 core as the GT 220; and the GT 340 is basically a GT 240. And then there's the GT 320 and GT 330, which use the G92b core, which has roots going back to the GeForce 8800 GT (a card that debuted in 2007).
Man, those new Fermi-powered chips can't come fast enough. [PC Perspective]


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I am, as most of you know, on record as hating Bratz dolls. Loathing Bratz dolls. You know, in that railing-against-the-hyper-commercialized-hyper-sexualization-of-all-things-pertaining-to-childhood kinda way.
Which is why there may be some serious karmic payback for this:
Still Life with Skank-Ho
This weekend, WonderBaby came within inches of a Bratz Doll. Fractions of an inch. At one point, she even peered up its scrap of a miniskirt, regarded its black-mesh thong panties with disdain, and then flung it to the floor. It was gratifying, to be sure, that she rejected the thing, but still: I let her have that skanky thing in the first place.
Do I go to Sanctimonious Hypocrite Hell for that?
To be clear: I did not buy this for her. It was not a gift. It belongs to my niece, and was offered, to WonderBaby, as something to play with during our visit this weekend. And because I was exhausted from a difficult night with an off-her-schedule WonderBaby and was disinclined to play patty-cake and Whack-A-Mommy all afternoon, I acquiesced – with shrilly-voiced reservations – to the Bratz Doll.
My niece, it should be said, is a bright and lovely twelve-year old with a very keen sense of self. A bright and lovely and self-aware twelve-year old who makes no apologies for her Bratz Doll. She listened, patiently, as her older sister and her grandmother and her aunt disparaged the tarty plastic toy and its tarty clothes and its general tartiness and then said, serenely, I like her.
She went on: I like her clothes. I wouldn't wear them myself – and at this she rolled her eyes at us, the universal gesture for LIKE, DUH – but I can still like them. I think they're fun.
To this, I had no response. Oh, sure, there're a zillion things that could have been said, things about how such dolls contribute to the objectification of women, how such a sexualized toy desensitizes children to overt displays of sexuality, how such a toy might make overt displays of sexuality seem okay, yadda yadda yadda blah. But faced with a self-possessed, self-reflective twelve-year old who understands that her doll is extreme, who understands that these kinds of arguments can and will be made, over and over and over again by well-meaning mothers and grannies and aunties and other assorted nosey parkers, I was left with only this: the deafening echo of DUH. The recurring image of eyes being rolled, of lips mouthing the words yeah, and?
Because, really, from the point of view of a girl playing with such a doll, so what? It's just a doll.
My niece is, as I keep saying, a smart girl, a nice girl. The kind of girl that I hope WonderBaby grows up to be. And in defending her Bratz Doll the way that she did, she gave lie to many of my anxieties about Bratz Dolls: that they encourage girls to aspire to slutdom, that they make 'Skank-Ho' an acceptable look for the pre-teen set, that they teach children that hyper-sexuality is the norm for young women. For my niece, the Bratz Doll is just that: a doll. Not a role model, not a source of inspiration: just a doll. Kinda fun, kinda silly, no more realistic than – and not to be taken any more seriously than – a bepetticoated Holly Hobbie or a Spiderman figurine or an Olsen twin.
Of course, not every girl is as self-possessed – nor, perhaps, as bright and well-loved and confident – as my niece, and so not every girl is going to regard a Bratz Doll with the same degree of clear-sightedness. And for this reason, among others, I still think that Bratz Dolls – or, rather, the creators and marketers of Bratz Dolls – are, in their way, hell-spawn. But any instrument of evil is really only evil insofar as it is wielded as such, no? I'm prepared, now, to accept the argument that, in the hands of a bright and self-aware child, a Bratz Doll is, very possibly, no more pernicious than Smurfette. It's my responsibility to raise my child to be self-aware, not the responsibility of toy-manufacturers and toy-marketers and Toys-R-Us. And if I raise a bright, self-aware child, I needn't be so worried about what pernicious crap is being hocked in toy stores. (My concerns about the decline of Western civilization are, although related, another matter entirely; in any case, my fruitless anxieties about that decline should probably be kept, so far as possible, separate from my anxieties about matters over which I have some control.)
This is probably something that every other decent parent on the planet already knows, but it hit me this weekend with all the force of a two-ton epiphany: toys don't corrupt children – lazy, inattentive parenting corrupts children. So, as a decent and attentive and only occasionally lazy parent, I needn't get my (decidedly-not-mesh-thong) panties in such a serious twist about Bratz Dolls and their ilk. At least, that is, until WonderBaby tells me that she wants a Bratz of her own, at which point I may revisit and revise this entire argument, because I am entitled, as a mother, to reverse attitude on absolutely anything I choose.
In any case, any parent who lets her child keep a phallic object as a lovey probably shouldn't throw stones at thong-wearing dolls.
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Nyko does what Ninten-didn't with the introduction of the Nyko Wand+, a Wii remote alternative with Motion Plus support built right in.
Debuting today at CES in Las Vegas, the Nyko Wand+ features Full Motion Technology, offering the same 1:1 movement tracking capability as the regular Nintendo remote with the Wii Motion Plus add-on attached. In the official announcement, Nyko takes a subtle swipe at Nintendo for not creating an all-in-one controller of its own.
By building the technology into the controller, the Wand + provides all the functionality Wii gamers expect, plus the versatility and convenience they deserve; no more dongles, no more custom sleeves or incompatibility with docks and other accessories not able to accommodate attached dongles.
Ouch. If I were Nintendo, I'd be a bit embarrassed.
The Wand+ also includes Nyko's Trans-Port Technology, which allows action buttons to be replicated electronically on attached accessories, as opposed to Nintendo's analogue connector.
All this for $US39.99 when the Nyko Wand+ ships this March.


text: In April, Third Rail returns to the CoHo Theatre, the site of our very first production, for Annie Baker's Obie-winning play, THE ALIENS. KJ and Jasper hold court on the back patio of the local coffee shop, trying out a new song. Enter Evan Shelmerdine, the nervous new barista, tasked with getting rid of them. Will he succeed or unwittingly become KJ and Jasper's newest project? THE ALIENS is a surprising, charming, and gentle meditation on friendship, loss, and a generation of young Americans trying to find their place in the world.


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A federal judge won't cut the prison terms for two former Navy employees and three defense contractors who pleaded guilty to their roles in a years-long bribery scheme at North Island Naval Air Station, then testified at the trial in March of two other defense contractors.
U.S. District Judge Larry A. Burns ruled Thursday that the five defendants either didn't deserve sentencing reductions they sought, or that they had already received enough of a break on their sentences for helping government investigators unravel the bribery ring and would not get more.
The ruling affects the prison sentences of former civilian contract workers Donald Vangundy and Kiet Luc, and former defense contractors John Newman, Michael Graven, and Paul Grubiss.
Each pleaded guilty in 2012 to bribery, conspiracy, wire fraud and other charges. The scheme involved the contractors giving an estimated $1 million in cash, gifts and other items to the Navy workers, often masking the bribes as legitimate purchases on work orders and falsely billing the government. They were all involved in a military aircraft maintenance program at the Coronado base.
The five testified at the trials in February of Robert Ehnow and Joanna Loehr, owners of two Poway defense contracting companies implicated in the scheme. Both were convicted and are awaiting sentencing. Prosecutors, citing the "substantial assistance" the five defendants gave for the case against Ehnow and Loehr, asked Burns last month to reduce their sentences.
Each testified at the trial, but Burns had very different views of the value of their work.
In his ruling, Burns discounted the testimony of Vangundy and Grubiss. Vangundy, who was the leader of the ring and got a 41-month sentence, "was simply not credible," Burns wrote.
On the stand, Vangundy was evasive and often said he did not know or could not recall events when asked by prosecutors. Burns said the memory failures appeared "feigned" and may have actually undercut the prosecution's case against Ehnow and Loehr.
Grubiss' testimony also was not credible, Burns said. He was called as a witness by Loehr, who tried to blame him for the bribes.
Burns noted that during Grubiss' testimony defense lawyers brought out a litany of "fibs, concoctions, exaggerations and misrepresentations" that he made, many of which were captured in recorded phone calls from prison, where he was serving his 18-month sentence.
The judge credited Newman, Graven and Luc with helpful testimony that assisted the government's case. But he noted that they had already been given credit for the information they provided to investigators at their sentencing by Burns last year.
He said their testimony did not provide anything new or useful to justify a reduction. Luc was sentenced to 30 months and Newman and Graven got 18 month sentences each.


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DALLAS — It's a site, and sight, both eerie and fascinating.
Peering through thick glass, I see a collection of scuffed boxes up against a corner window, the sniper's nest from which Lee Harvey Oswald is said to have shot President John F. Kennedy. The boxes, in the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza in Dallas, are duplicates of the originals, stacked precisely as they appear in crime scene photographs from Nov. 22, 1963.
Nearby, people look out an adjacent window onto Dealey Plaza, where two large, white Xs in the roadway mark where Kennedy was shot. Those Xs, like many other landmarks in this city, are attractions; tourists wait for a break in the traffic, then dash into the street, stand on one and quickly pose for a souvenir photo.
The Xs, like those boxes, will likely be scuffed by visitors here to mark Nov. 22, the 50th anniversary of Kennedy's assassination.
This museum is unlike any other in the United States, and maybe the world. At Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C, where President Lincoln was shot in 1865, plays and musicals are still performed. In New Delhi, a modest shrine in the garden marks where Mahatma Gandhi was killed outside his home in 1948.
The sixth floor of the former Texas School Book Depository building takes visitors back to one of the darkest days of the 20th century. Kennedy's death has become a unifying point of reference for Americans; most people of a certain age can tell you immediately where they were when they heard the news.
I was 7 years old, a second-grader in Hayward, Calif., when the older sister of a friend told me the news. I sat in disbelief. The events that weekend became the catalyst for my career in journalism and communications, and later motivated me to compile the recently published book "November 22, 1963: Reflections on the Life, Assassination, and Legacy of John F. Kennedy."
Fifty years later, I can still hear the dirges and muffled drumbeats of the funeral procession from the White House to the Capitol that Sunday afternoon. Less than an hour earlier, I had watched on live television as Jack Ruby shot accused assassin Oswald.
Those iconic images, captured on film and in photographs on display in the Sixth Floor Museum, recall the emotions that gripped America.
Exiting the elevator, I stepped onto the wooden planks of the former warehouse. The first exhibits take visitors back to the early 1960s with album covers and books such as "The Feminine Mystique," by Betty Friedan, as well as JFK campaign posters.
The video of the Kennedy-Richard Nixon debates makes it clear why Kennedy was dubbed the nation's "first television president." His confidence and charm far overshadow the gruff, serious demeanor of then-Vice President Nixon. As expected, there are images of Kennedy's inaugural speech and his declaration that "the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans," and the clarion call to "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country" that inspired countless young people to careers in public service.
Highlights of his presidency, such as the Bay of Pigs fiasco in April 1961 and the Cuban missile crisis in October 1962, demonstrate distinctions in presidential decision-making and show how Kennedy, the youngest president ever elected, grew into the job as the leader of the free world.
These engaging images led me to the next series of exhibits and the stark reminder of why I was here.
The smallest details contribute to the bigger picture. I lingered over a photocopy of Oswald's application to work at the book depository building. Nearby, there is an image of Dallas Police Chief Jesse Curry holding a news conference urging the public's cooperation during the president's visit. Less than a month earlier, the city had hosted Adlai Stevenson, America's ambassador to the United Nations, who was spat upon and accosted by Kennedy opponents.
Some of those opponents, who believed Kennedy and his administration were "soft on communism," bought a full-page advertisement in the Nov. 22 Dallas Morning News. I stopped and skimmed a framed copy of the ad headlined "WELCOME MR. KENNEDY TO DALLAS," noting that the city "rejected your philosophy and policies in 1960 and will do so again in 1964 — even more emphatically than before." Ted Dealey, the newspaper's publisher and son of the man for whom Dealey Plaza is named, was a staunch Kennedy opponent and approved the ad.
Kennedy saw the ad that morning in his hotel suite in Fort Worth. He was disgusted, remarking to his wife, Jacqueline, "Oh, you know, we're heading into nut country today."
Images in the next several panels belie the photos of tragedy that museum visitors know are ahead. We see the president and the first lady, who is wearing the pink suit and matching pillbox hat, being greeted at Dallas' Love Field. They shake hands with well-wishers along a fence, then enter the Lincoln limousine with Texas Gov. John Connally and his wife, Nellie. Along the 9 1/2-mile route to the Dallas Trade Mart for the president's luncheon speech, onlookers wave flags and shout to the Kennedys. At one point, Kennedy tells the driver, Secret Service agent William Greer, to stop so he can greet a group of Catholic nuns.
The mood is celebratory.
"The people of Dallas had turned out in overwhelming numbers and had given the president a vibrant and warm welcome," Curry would write in his memoir six years later. "For a brief moment, I almost started to relax."
The next several panels show the limousine coming under gunfire in Dealey Plaza. Still photos from the film taken by clothing manufacturer Abraham Zapruder chronicle the six seconds that some believe changed history:
•The president grabbing his neck after being wounded, as Connally turns around in agony after he, too, realizes he has been hit.
• The infamous frame 313 showing blood and brain matter erupting from Kennedy's head as the fatal bullet strikes.
• Jacqueline Kennedy crawling on the trunk of the vehicle to retrieve a piece of her husband's shattered skull.
• Secret Service agent Clint Hill leaping onto the trunk to protect her as the vehicle speeds toward Parkland Memorial Hospital.
In an interview in 2012 for my JFK book, Hill told me, "Any agent would have done the same thing. I happened to be one.... None of the other agents had a chance. I did have that opportunity, but it was too late."
Hill's words — and the next exhibits — elicit "What if?" questions I have pondered hundreds of times. There is Kennedy's place setting of china from the head table at the Trade Mart and a program for a fundraising dinner scheduled that evening in Austin.
A few yards away, photographs of vigils in world capitals — Dakar, Senegal; London; Buenos Aires; Mumbai, India; Tokyo; and Bern, Switzerland — seek to illustrate the impact of Kennedy's assassination outside the United States. That aftershock is reinforced by an image of a bookshelf with some of the hundred and hundreds of books written about JFK.
Nearby is a photo of Kennedy with a quote from historian and author Daniel J. Boorstin that captures one important aspect of the legacy of the 35th president: "To those who have the misfortune to die young, history assigns the role of inspirer."
As I entered the elevator taking me down six floors and back to 2013, I pondered those words and Kennedy's life and legacy. Fifty years after his death at age 46, he still inspires young people.
Molly Kimmel, a 16-year-old Michigan girl, is one. "He was extremely good looking," she said in a note to me after reading my book about a president who died before even her parents were born. "He was the first president born in the 20th century, and he stood for a new generation of change for the 1960s. He was also extremely relatable to everyone, he was 'hip' and modern and used television and photography to capture people, which had never been seen in a presidential candidate before."
Intelligence and inspiration, it seems, manifest themselves in many ways, sometimes by influencing politics and public policy but no less so by cultivating hearts and minds.


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The New York Public Library's $300 million plan to sell its Mid-Manhattan branch and the Science, Industry and Business Library and consolidate them in a renovated main building on Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street continues to generate criticism. Opponents, hundreds of scholars and others who have signed a petition to block the plan, have said it would undermine its mission as a research center because millions of books would be moved to a storage facility in Princeton, N.J. But library officials say the move is vital to saving the two branches, would have little effect on research and would bring in more users. Should the library go forward with the plan?


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I just created a folder according to SSHFS (Ubuntu Docs)
sudo apt-get install sshfs
sudo gpasswd -a jm fuse
sshfs -o idmap=user email@example.com:/path/to/folder folder
Then I found that the folder is mounted, but I cannot write to it. The permissions seems fine
But I even tried with
chmod -R 777 ./folder
Still no go
UPDATE: It seems I can't write using NetBeans only. But it works with LeafPad for example


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If somebody asked me to name the toughest loss any Minnesota team suffered during my long newspaper career, no doubt it would be the Vikings' 17-14 loss to Dallas in a 1975 NFC divisional playoff game at Met Stadium. They lost on a "Hail Mary" 50-yard touchdown pass from Roger Staubach to Drew Pearson with 24 seconds to play.
The game film clearly showed Pearson pushed cornerback Nate Wright before catching the winning touchdown, and Pearson should have been called for offensive pass interference.
The film also definitely showed that Pearson was out of bounds making a catch on a fourth-and-16 play before the touchdown, which would have turned the ball over to the Vikings and essentially ended the game. The officials ruled Pearson was forced out by Wright and allowed the completion.
"But he was actually out of bounds anyway," said Bud Grant, then coach of the Vikings. "So on that play, the game would have been over right there. That gave them the opportunity to throw the long pass to Pearson that was clearly a push-off. Those are things that happen in our business, and if you're in it long enough, you're the victim of it, but you're also the benefactor of it in a career."
Even more devastating was the news that Vikings quarterback Fran Tarkenton's father, named Dallas, had died from a heart attack during the third quarter while watching the game on television.
"I mean, that overshadowed everything that ever happened after the game," Grant recalled. "During the game, the thing everybody remembers, of course, is Pearson's [Hail Mary] catch."
What Grant likes to remember, rather than that catch, is the great drive the Vikings made to take a 14-10 lead with 5:56 left in the game. Grant said he believed Tarkenton was at his best, converting a number of third downs on the 11-play, 70-yard drive.
"I don't know how many third downs we had, but we converted them, we got a touchdown, we went ahead and that, I think, would have been remembered more if the [Hail Mary] reception hadn't been made," Grant said.
The game is also remembered for the infamous incident after Pearson's catch, when a whiskey bottle thrown by a fan hit referee Armen Terzian in the head and knocked him unconscious.
At least they have instant replay now, as the Vikings and Cowboys meet again in an NFC divisional playoff game Sunday at the Metrodome. If they had instant replay back in 1975, the outcome would have been a different story.Harvin ready
Vikings wide receiver Percy Harvin, who was named the Associated Press offensive rookie of the year, expects the Cowboys to be a challenge.
"They're pretty tough," Harvin said. "They've got a very good team, otherwise they wouldn't be in the position they're in right now. We've just got to execute and focus on our team.
"As far as the way I approach the game, I approach it the same. I study a little bit more so I know exactly what's going on and I won't have to guess on the field. Like I said, I hope for the best."
Harvin said great players perform at their best in big games.
"This is one coming up, so I'll prepare for this game better than I have in the previous games," he said. "This offense, we're looking to stay on track and pick up from the last game."
Harvin said the week off really helped the team.
"We came out the last two practices and we looked sharp," he said. "Everybody looked like they were refreshed running around there. So we'll hopefully just study. It's all mental at this point. We're in great shape, so as long as we get the mental part, we'll be fine."Jottings
Vikings nose tackle Pat Williams believes he and Kevin Williams "are the best two tandem [defensive tackles] in the NFL. I think he's the best three technique [a tackle lining up between the offensive guard and tackle] in the league and I'm the best nose, hands down, in the league. Yeah, Kevin makes the sacks and I'll tackle the running backs. In the league, I play off him and Kevin plays off me and we just feed off each other." Pat Williams was asked if the Vikings can stop the Cowboys' great running game. "We will find out Sunday," he said.
Vikings director of ticketing and hospitality Phil Huebner said the demand for tickets to Sunday's game with the Cowboys is the highest since the playoffs following the 2000 season. "We could have sold twice the capacity of the Metrodome," Huebner said. If the Vikings win Sunday and play host to the NFC Championship Game, tickets for that game likely would go on sale Monday.
Taylor Grant, the outstanding Eden Prairie quarterback/tight end and son of Eagles coach Mike Grant, has accepted a scholarship from the University of North Dakota. The Gophers recruited Grant but wanted him to walk on as a freshman, then try to earn a scholarship.
Jason Palermo -- son of former Gophers, Wisconsin and Notre Dame defensive line coach John Palermo, who was on the Washington Redskins staff this past season -- has joined Tim Brewster's Gophers football staff as a graduate assistant. Jason was the tight ends coach at Nebraska-Omaha this past season.
The Gophers baseball team posted a 3.21 grade-point average for the past quarter, one of the highest of any men's team on campus. Twenty-three of the 34 players on the team earned a 3.0 or better. Twenty-eight of 34 earned a 2.95 or better.
Before falling 1-0 to St. Louis on Thursday, the Wild had won four games in a row, defeating two division leaders (Chicago and Calgary) and defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh. The Wild had outscored its opponents 9-1 in the third period during the streak.
Through Thursday's games, the Wild was four points behind eighth-place Los Angeles and three behind ninth-place Detroit in the Western Conference standings. The Wild, which opened the season with only three victories in its first 12 games, is attempting to become the first NHL team since 1996-97 to make the playoffs after registering six or fewer points in its first 12 games. Anaheim (1-9-2) and Pittsburgh (3-9-0) both accomplished the feat that year.
Wild goalie Niklas Backstrom earned his 114th victory with the franchise by beating Vancouver 5-2 on Wednesday, passing Manny Fernandez (2000-07) for most wins in Wild history. Backstrom reached the mark in his 209th game; it took Fernandez 260 to reach 113. ... Wild right winger Antti Miettinen had two goals and an assist Wednesday. He also scored his fourth game-winning goal of the season, a career high.
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Hello again everyone,
For those of you that were interested or recently started The Greatest Show on Earth, by Richard Dawkins, I figured we would start a discussion on it. Any one that wants to join in and start the read is more than welcome, as well as those who have already read it. (I'm sure Nelson will have some insight for us!)
Let me know what you think! Thanks everyone!
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I'm new here, but I'd love to participate in this. I think it would greatly enhance understanding to have a nice organized and thoughtful discussion about this great book. I read it a while back, but I'd like to read it again.
It would be really nice if we could be in sync on this somehow and have dates for chapters to be completed. It might also be nice to give a little bit of time to those who have busy lives. :) Like, a chapter discussion every couple days or something instead of a bunch all at once.
Just my newbie thoughts.
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Hey Rob,
Glad to see that you're going to join us in the read. I hope the schedule we have discussed will work for you. I look forward to talking with you in the discussion.
:)) "a message", lol
I have to buy God Delusion too as I'm quite more interested in that one.
I'm sorry if this is double-posting. It's a bit confusing learning to "reply". Anyway, looking for to reading about the "show" (read scam).


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On 19 April 2013, Hashim Thaci, Kosovo's Prime Minister, struck a deal with Ivica Dacic, his Serbian counterpart at the time. The Brussels agreement on principles governing the normalization of relations between Serbia and Kosovo was widely hailed as "historic".
"The agreement today is historic and marks an important moment in the relationship between Serbia and Kosovo as well as in their relations with the European Union," said Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council. In the words of Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule this was "an historic day for Serbia-Kosovo relations, for the entire Western Balkans region and for the European Union." For High Representative Catherine Ashton, who had brokered the deal, it was "a step away from the past and, for both of them, a step closer to Europe."
In January 2014, Serbia was allowed to formally start accession talks, a crucial step on its way towards membership. But what has Kosovo gained? Five EU member states still have not recognised Kosovo as an independent state. On 28 October 2013, Kosovo was allowed to start negotiations on a Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA). Enlargement Commissioner Fule announced that "following the Lisbon Treaty, which conferred legal personality to the European Union, the Stabilisation and Association Agreement will be concluded in the form of an EU-only agreement," meaning that it will not be ratified by the EU member states. The Commission will negotiate the agreement and – after approval of the European Parliament – will sign it. Then it has to be adopted by the Council. As the decision requires unanimity, it cannot be taken for granted. In this respect it is not reassuring that the EU has imposed harsher conditions on Kosovo to obtain visa free travel than on all other West Balkan countries.
Even if we assume that Kosovo will be able to conclude an SAA, it will hit a wall right afterwards. The next step on the EU integration path is to hand in a formal application for membership. The Treaty on the European Union states that any European country may apply for membership if it respects the democratic values of the EU and is committed to promoting them. But for five EU member states Kosovo is not a country.
If the EU accepts that Kosovo can submit an application, this amounts to considering it an independent state. Such a step is unlikely to be supported by all the non-recognising EU members. If the EU, alternatively, tells Kosovo that it is not eligible to apply, it exposes openly that Kosovo has no EU perspective. This would undermine pro-European reformers among Kosovo's political elite, and thereby further slow down reform efforts. It would also reduce the EU's already weakened leverage.
Kosovo's socio-economic problems are huge. In many areas clear government policies are lacking. There is the issue of relations with Kosovo's Serbs. Kosovo cannot overcome these challenges alone. What would really help is a clear and credible EU membership perspective. But for Kosovo this perspective is far more elusive than for all other countries in the Western Balkans.
ESI has written about Kosovo since 2000. We studied deindustrialization and privatisation. We looked at decline and conflict in Mitrovica. We wrote about urban planning after 1999 in Pristina, when the town's chief urban planner, Rexhep Luci, was killed for confronting illegal construction.
We studied underdevelopment in the borderlands with Macedonia and Serbia. We worried about Kosovo's European isolation. Currently we are looking at the Kosovo education system.
Perhaps our must important report on Kosovo was Cutting the Lifeline. It was based on intensive field research on patriarchal family structures and the impact of migration in rural Kosovo. It became the basis for a documentary film in 2008. In a recent essay, Of Patriarchs and Rebels, we re-visit the topic of patriarchy and power from the perspective of two young Kosovar women.
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While Notre Dame may be the original bandwagon team, it's tough to argue with the global force of the New York Yankees. Sports fans are likely to find Yankee gear anywhere in the world, as we spotted yesterday in Germany during a match between SC Freiburg and Bayern Munich.
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David Ousted may be from Denmark, but when introduced to media on Friday at the 'Caps office it seemed he may have been listening to fellow Scandinavian DJ duo Icona Pop of Sweden and their hit single "I love it".
Those three words were frequently voiced when asked about his move to Vancouver.
"I've been here half a day and already I'm excited to go see all the rest of [the city]," said Ousted. "I had about an hour before checking into the hotel yesterday, just walking around beside the rain. I loved it."
Icona Pop - "I love it"
With a stable starting spot on a rising club in his home country, Mr. Ousted was already in a comfortable position for a goalkeeper. But the imposing Dane wanted a new challenge, and the opportunity to join a growing club in a beautiful city like Vancouver was just what he was looking for.
"I wanted to try to go abroad and play in other places than Denmark, and this was the place that had all the right features for me, both on and off the field," said Ousted when introduced to the media on Friday.
It was a move initiated by another Scandinavian.
"I know Marius [Rovde], the ['Caps] goalkeeping coach scouted me," explained the blonde-haired shotstopper. "They contacted my agent, we talked a little bit, and I quickly found out that this was the right place for me."
He comes to Canada with the right mindset, fully aware that there are three other fully capable goalkeepers to compete with.
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The Global Research Council annual meeting in Berlin, Germany was the setting for announcing two new research partnerships between the National Science Foundation (NSF) and its sister agencies in Ireland and the Netherlands through Graduate Research Opportunities Worldwide (GROW). GROW is a coordinated effort that enhances international collaborative research opportunities for NSF Graduate Research Fellows. There are currently GROW agreements between NSF and science agencies in 12 countries.
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GROW was first announced in Dec. 2012, at the 60th anniversary celebration of the Graduate Research Fellowship Program, NSF's flagship program for graduate students in the science and engineering fields within NSF's mission.
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Huguette Clark with one of her dolls.
NEW YORK — The nurses, doctors, hospital, attorney and accountant for the reclusive heiress Huguette Clark coerced or influenced her to give them more than $44 million in gifts, the executor of her estate claimed in a remarkable legal petition filed Tuesday in Manhattan. The executor asked the court to order all the money to be repaid.
The executor doesn't deny that Clark authorized nearly all of these gifts, relentlessly writing hundreds of checks in her own steady hand until her eyesight gave out at the age of 102.
The accusations were vigorously denied by Clark's attorney, whose representative said, "To suggest that these gifts were not from Mrs. Clark's generous heart is to denigrate the person who gave these gifts, as well as the recipients who cared for her with their love."
The most-favored object of Clark's generosity was her registered nurse, Hadassah Peri, an immigrant from the Philippines who had been randomly assigned in 1991 by a home healthcare agency. For 20 years Peri was the daytime private nurse, working 12-hour shifts, five or six days a week, taking care of Clark's health, her hygiene and her purchases of dolls at auctions. She was paid at an annual salary of $131,040. In addition, she and her family received $31 million in gifts, including the money to buy five homes, jewelry, dolls and a Stradivarius violin (though not Clark's best Stradivarius).
Another $6.3 million, including a $6 million painting by Manet, was given to Beth Israel Medical Center, which allowed Clark to live in the hospital although she was quite healthy for most of her last two decades.
Clark's two physicians and their families received gifts of $3.1 million.
The night nurse and her family got $1.1 million.
The accountant, $375,000.
The attorney, just $60,000 — in addition to $1,850,000 given after the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, for a security system for the attorney's daughter's Israeli community on the West Bank.
All of these amounts were gifts on top of salaries.
If the judge in Surrogate's Court agrees with the executor, all will have to be repaid.
The legal petition filed late Tuesday afternoon, available here from NBCNews.com, is an attempt to claw back into the estate millions that the executor claims was bled away by undue influence or fraud.
Update: On Wednesday the executor filed another petition, accusing Clark's attorney of malpractice and breaches of fiduciary duty, possibly opening the door for some of the claims to be covered by professional liability insurance policies. The executor asks the court to require the attorney and his law firm to return all legal fees paid by Clark from 1997 until her death.
Huguette (pronounced "oo-GET") Marcelle Clark, born in Paris in 1906, inherited her fortune from William A. Clark, a U.S. senator from Montana who was among the richest men of the Gilded Age, a copper miner, a banker, a builder of railroads, and founder of the city of Las Vegas.
His youngest daughter attracted the attention of NBC News in 2009 because of her vacant but well-manicured mansions and questions about the management of her money. She lived her last 20 years in spartan hospital rooms in New York City, dying in May 2011 just weeks before her 105th birthday. (The archive of Clark stories, photos and videos is at http://clark.msnbc.com/.)
'Virtually no visitors'
The executor's petition draws a picture of a woman isolated and controlled by others from 1991, when she was admitted to Doctors Hospital, until 2011, when she died at Beth Israel Medical Center, One of her former attorneys represented her for 20 years without meeting her face to face, instead talking to her on the phone and through a closed door.
"Mrs. Clark had virtually no visitors other than persons who were on her payroll," wrote Peter S. Schram, outside counsel for the Public Administrator of New York County. That official, Ethel J. Griffin, was appointed by the court as the temporary executor of the Clark estate after questions were raised about the actions of Clark's attorney and accountant, whom Clark had named as executors.
"Mrs. Clark," Schram wrote, "was completely dependent for her physical and emotional needs on a small group of individuals, who were her only contacts with the world outside of her hospital room."
The executor claims that this close circle of caregivers exerted undue influence and control over Clark, making her unable to make free and intelligent decisions. The executor claims that the attorney and accountant never fully informed Clark of the tax ramifications of her gift-giving. The executor also says that Clark suffered from various unspecified "physical and mental infirmities," and by 2009, at age 102, she was suffering from severe loss of sight and hearing along with episodes of "hallucinations and confusion."
Those claims will be countered by documents showing that Clark, while a recluse who saw few visitors, was never diagnosed with any mental illness, paid close attention to her financial affairs through the years, and rebuffed or ignored the advice of attorneys and accountants, even as they warned her that the gifts were making her cash poor, running up a tab of millions in unpaid gift taxes.
The petition's claims were rejected by Clark's attorney, Wallace Bock, whose own attorney issued a statement.
The filing by the executor "reflects a total disloyalty and lack of fiduciary care to Mrs. Clark," attorney John D. Dadakis of the firm of Holland & Knight said in a written statement to NBC News. "Our client, Wallace Bock, has honored Mrs. Clark's wishes during his career and handled her affairs with the utmost duty of loyalty to her. Mrs. Clark understood each and every gift she made, and they were made with the love that she had for those who were close to her.
"To suggest that these gifts were not from Mrs. Clark's generous heart is to denigrate the person who gave these gifts, as well as the recipients who cared for her with their love," Dadakis wrote. "All of the records reflect that Mrs. Clark actively enjoyed her generosity and fully understood what she was giving. Mr. Bock will vigorously defend the acts of Mrs. Clark and we fully expect that the record will prove that all the gifts of Mrs. Clark were made by her, being fully aware of what she was doing."
Hadassah Peri has not spoken publicly about Clark, but a press agent issued a statement on her behalf in June after she was named in the will: "I saw Madame Clark virtually every day for the 20 years. I was her private duty nurse but also her close friend. I knew her as a kind and generous person, with whom I shared many wonderful moments and whom I loved very much. I am profoundly sad at her passing, awed at the generosity she has shown me and my family, and eternally grateful. Just as Madame Clark demonstrated kindness toward others in her actions, so, too, will I and my family devote a substantial portion of this bequest toward making the world a better place for all people."
All the parties named in the court papers have until Aug. 8 to respond in Surrogate's Court.
The gifts claimed by the executor as not valid include the following:
- $17,117,326.03 given by Clark to the nurse, Peri, in more than 200 personal checks written by Clark from 1991 to 2001.
- $5 million paid to Peri, funded by a line of credit from JPMorgan because Clark had insufficient liquid assets. The executor acknowledges that the attorney, Bock, had a signed authorization from Clark for this payment and nearly all the others listed here, and by 2009 she had signed over to him a document called a durable power of attorney, giving him authority over certain financial affairs.
- $3,883,685.78 given to Peri to purchase five homes: a co-op apartment on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, two condos on the Upper East Side, a house in the borough of Brooklyn, and a vacation home in Ocean, N.J., as disclosed by NBC News in 2010.
- $1,935,200 in other tangible gifts to Peri, including 84 pieces of jewelry worth $667,300, a doll worth $64,400; a Stradivarius violin worth $1.2 million (not Clark's $6 million Strad, which was sold); and three harpsichords worth $3,500.
- $60,000 in a check written by Clark's attorney in 2009 to Peri.
- $3.4 million to Peri's family, including $1,503,813 to her husband, Daniel Peri, $706,550 to her son David, $628,250 to her son Abraham, and $632,450 to her daughter, Guela.
- $685,000 given to Clark's licensed practical nurse on the night shift, Geraldine Coffey, who also worked from 1991 to 2011 at an annual salary of $131,040.
- $358,327 to help Coffey buy two condo apartments on the Upper East Side.
- $85,554 for tuition of Coffey's children.
- $30,000 given to Coffey by the attorney.
- $10,000 given to Erlinda Ysit, a licensed practical nurse for Clark for seven years.
- $6 million Manet painting sold to benefit Beth Israel Medical Center, which allowed Clark to live in the hospital, even though for most of her two-decade stay "there was no medical need." This gift, and $295,000 in other gifts, was made on top of the $300,000 to $400,000 a year she paid to the hospital to live there. "At no time did Beth Israel, its staff, or any other physician or expert conduct a neurological examination or psychological examination of Mrs. Clark or otherwise ensure that she possessed the capacity required to make a gift to Beth Israel," Schram wrote.
- $500,000 given to the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. The executor did not yet ask for this money to be returned, but asked for the court to order an inquiry.
- $1,168,000 given to Dr. Jack Rudick, one of her physicians, and his wife, Irene Rudick.
- $1 million lent by Clark to Dr. Rudick, on which he made no payments, and which she forgave.
- $667,951 given to Dr. Henry Singman, her primary treating physician for 20 years.
- $33,857 paid by attorney Bock to cover Singman's professional liability insurance premiums. (Not authorized in writing by Clark, the executor said.)
- $200,000 paid to Singman's family.
- $1,850,000 paid to an Israeli community on the West Bank where the family of attorney Bock lives. Documents show that Bock asked Clark in 2000 if she wanted to contribute to a security system. The total amount to be raised was $1,850,000, and Clark wrote in that amount, agreeing to pay the entire cost. Only five days earlier, according to the court records, Bock and accountant Irving Kamsler had written letters to Clark, warning that her gifts were out of hand, that she would owe $12.5 million in gift taxes, and that she might have to sell assets to raise cash. The executor accuses Bock of failing to remind her, when he solicited the gift benefiting his family, of this earlier warning about her financial situation, as well as failing to advise her of the right to seek independent counsel, nor arranging a medical evaluation to confirm that she had sufficient capacity to make the gift.
- A $60,000 check written by Bock to himself in December 2009. Bock testified at his deposition in March that this check was authorized by a letter signed by Clark a month earlier. That letter was prepared by Bock, who gave $48,000 of the gift to his law firm, in line with his partnership agreement. The executor wants that money back as well, claiming that Clark never intended to make any gift to Collier, Halpern, Newberg, Nolletti & Bock.
- $375,000 in checks written by Clark to Kamsler, a felon and registered sex offender, from 2000 to 2008, on top of his monthly salary, and a $60,000 check written by Bock to Kamsler in 2009, authorized by a letter from Clark. (Bock at the same time wrote checks to nurses, doctors and others, mostly in line with payments that she had made previously.)
Other gifts are not being challenged by the executor. For example, Clark gave $10 million in 2000 to her friend Suzanne Pierre, now deceased, but Pierre might not be considered to have a confidential or fiduciary relationship with Clark.
Update: An attorney for Kamsler, the accountant, issued a statement on Wednesday: "Mr. Kamsler provided dedicated service to Mrs. Clark, a very private person, for over 30 years," said the statement by attorney Marci Goldstein Kokalas of the firm Lazare Potter & Giacovas. "Unfortunately, the Public Administrator has misconstrued Mrs. Clark's generosity and made unfair allegations that have, yet again, brought her affairs to public scrutiny. The instant action dishonors Mrs. Clark's memory by casting a shadow on the gifts she bestowed throughout her life to those she cared for and trusted. Mr. Kamsler is confident the facts will reveal that Mrs. Clark always acted of her own volition and free from the influence of others."
Criminal investigation
Originally the executors of the Clark estate were Clark's attorney and accountant, but the court revoked the accountant's authority, and suspended the attorney from his role, leaving only the public official to manage the estate. The judge, Surrogate Kristin Booth Glen, acted after the public administrator's attorney revealed that Kamsler failed to file gift tax returns from 1997 through 2003, and falsely claimed on later returns that all taxes had been paid, leaving Clark owing millions in gift taxes plus interest and possible penalties. (See the earlier story.)
Though a criminal investigation was launched in August 2010 into the handling of Clark's finances by Bock and Kamsler, no one has been charged. Both men have maintained that they did nothing more than carry out the wishes of a woman who wanted to protect her privacy. The investigation continues by the Elder Abuse Unit of the New York County District Attorney's Office. The investigation was prompted in part by reports by NBC News about the sale of property owned by Clark, including a Stradivarius violin and a Renoir painting.
To direct her $400 million fortune, at age 98 the heiress signed two wills.
The first will favored the relatives from her father's first marriage. They were not named: The will left the money to the "intestate distributees," legal language for the people who would inherit her money if she died without a will. (Clark had been married only briefly, and had no children.) And the will gave $5 million to the nurse, Peri.
Just six weeks passed before she signed a new will, cutting out the family, which claims that this will was the product of fraud. The new document leaves the largest share of her money to a museum for her art collection in her oceanfront estate in Santa Barbara, Calif. Millions more (an estimated $27 million after taxes) and a doll collection will go to Peri, and lesser amounts to a godchild, the hospital, and doctor, as well as $500,000 each to the attorney and accountant. (See the earlier story and read the documents: A twist: Heiress Huguette Clark signed two wills.)
The $400 million heavyweight battle over the wills is about to begin, with the $44 million in gifts providing the preliminary bout.
Clark's jewelry collection sold in April for $18.3 million. That money will be held by the estate during the contest over the wills. Her three apartments overlooking Central Park and Fifth Avenue, a total of 15,000 square feet, are on the market for $55 million; one of the three has found a buyer. Her country estate in New Canaan, Conn., is for sale for $17 million. Her $100 million estate in Santa Barbara, which the Clarks had not visited for half a century, is being carefully maintained, awaiting the court's decision on the will's plan for an art museum.
A twist: If the executor is successful in recovering for the estate millions from the nurse, doctor, hospital, attorney and accountant, and if the second of Clark's written wills is the one to be upheld, those same millions can then be paid out to the beneficiaries, including the nurse, doctor, hospital, attorney and accountant.
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