text: Appendix to rinj.org/metoo Weinstein Accusations Set The #MeToo Campaign in Motion These are the first 75+ women accusers. Source: USAToday (Sara M Moniuszko and Cara Kelly, USA TODAY) 1. Amber Anderson, an actress known for The Riot Club, posted to Instagram on Oct. 16 that Weinstein "coerced" her into a private meeting. "He behaved inappropriately and propositioned a 'personal' relationship to further my career whilst bragging about other actresses he had 'helped' in a similar way," she wrote. "He tried to take my hand and put it in his lap which is when I managed to leave the room." 2. Lysette Anthony, an English model and actress of Husbands and Wives, told 'The Sunday Times' on Oct. 15 that Weinstein raped her in her home in the late 1980s. 3. Asia Argento, an Italian actress, model and director, told The New Yorker that in 1997 when she was 21, Weinstein asked for a massage and forcibly performed oral sex on her at a hotel in France. 4. Rosanna Arquette, 58, told The New Yorker she rebuffed an early 1990s advance from Weinstein, saying he asked for a massage while wearing only a bathrobe. She says the producer told her she was making a "big mistake" by rejecting him and claims he has made things "very difficult for (her) for years." Arquette is an actress, director and producer known for her work in Pulp Fiction and The Executioner's Song. 5. Jessica Barth, the 37-year-old actress from the Ted films, told The New Yorker Weinstein invited her to a business meeting at his Beverly Hills hotel room after the 2011 Golden Globes. Barth later recalls he had champagne waiting, and alternated between offering to cast her in a film and demanding a naked massage. She claims that when she moved toward the door to leave, Weinstein lashed out, saying that she needs to lose weight "to compete with Mila Kunis." 6. Ambra Battilana Gutierrez, an Italian model, can be heard being pressured by Weinstein in audiotapes from a New York Police Department sting in 2015. In the tapes, he seemingly admits to groping the model on the previous day. Weinstein reaches a settlement with Gutierrez, according to the Times. 7. Kate Beckinsale, 44, posted to Instagram on Oct. 12 accusing Weinstein of offering her alcohol during their first meeting when she was just 17. "I assumed it would be in a conference room which was very common," she wrote. "When I arrived, reception told me to go to his room. He opened the door in his bathrobe." Beckinsale is an English actress who has starred in Much Ado About Nothing and Pearl Harbor. 8. Juls Bindi, a massage therapist, alleged in a 20/20 interview that Weinstein masturbated in front of her while he groped her chest in 2010. She was 29 years-old at the time and says that Weinstein discussed a possible book deal with her before the incident happened. 9. Zoe Brock, a New Zealand model, told The Guardian and wrote in a 2,700-word post on Medium that Weinstein cornered her in a hotel room during the Cannes Film Festival in 1997, asking her for a massage while he was naked. The model, who was 23 at the time, says she locked herself in a bathroom to escape. 10. Cynthia Burr, now 62, told the New York Times in an interview published Oct. 30 that as a young actress in New York, she met Weinstein in a hotel lobby and he unzipped his fly and forced her to perform oral sex on him in a hallway. "It was just him and me alone," she said. "I was fearful I didn't have the wherewithal to get away." 11. Liza Campbell, a Scottish artist and writer, told The Sunday Times that Weinstein invited her to take a bath with him after meeting with him in his hotel room in 1995. 12. Marisa Coughlan, a 43-year-old actress who starred in Super Troopers, told The Hollywood Reporter on Oct. 18 that Weinstein asked her to meet at a hotel in 1999 to discuss a film role, alleging that, once she was there, he requested a massage from her. 13. Hope Exiner d'Amore worked for Weinstein's concert promotion company, Harvey and Corky Productions, in the late '70s, she told the Times. On a business trip to New York City, she says Weinstein claimed there was a mistake at the hotel and only one room was available. In the middle of the night, Exiner d'Amore, now 62, says Weinstein forcibly performed oral sex and intercourse on her. 14. Florence Darel, a 49-year-old French actress, told People on Oct. 12 that Weinstein pursued her in the mid '90s and then propositioned her in a hotel room while his wife at the time, Eve Chilton, was in the room next door. Darcel starred in The Stolen Children and Uranus. 15. Emma de Caunes, a French actress, told The New Yorker that Weinstein invited her to his hotel room in Cannes in 2010. While she takes a call from a friend, he goes into his bathroom, where she hears the shower being turned on. She later says that he came out with an erection and demanded she lie on the bed. "It was like a hunter with a wild animal," she said. "The fear turns him on." De Caunes starred in The Science of Sleep and Mr. Bean's Holiday. 16. Juliana De Paula, a former model, told the Los Angeles Times that Weinstein groped her and forced her to kiss other models in New York a decade ago. She added that when she tried to leave, he chased her around naked, and she had to fight him off with broken glass. 17. Cara Delevingne, the 25-year-old English actress and model shared in an Instagram post on Oct. 11 and in a statement to New York Magazine and Huffington Post that the movie producer attempted to kiss her in a hotel room. "As soon as we were alone he began to brag about all the actresses he had slept with and how he had made their careers and spoke about other inappropriate things of a sexual nature," she wrote. Delevingne stars in Valerian and Tulip Fever. 18. Sophie Dix, an English actress known for her role in The Advocate, told TheGuardian on Oct. 13 that she was sexually assaulted by Weinstein in the Savoy hotel in London in the '90s. 19. Lacey Dorn, a recently-graduated documentary filmmaker, told the Times she ran into Weinstein at a Halloween party at the Gramercy Park Hotel in 2011, where he grabbed between her legs, touching her buttocks and crotch through her clothes. 20. Dawn Dunning, a waitress and aspiring actress, told the Times that in 2003 Weinstein lured her to his hotel, where he waited in a bathrobe in front of what he said were contracts for his next three films -- but she could only sign them on a condition: She would have to have three-way sex with him. Dunning laughed, assuming he was joking. Weinstein grew angry, she recalls. "You'll never make it in this business," she said he told her. "This is how the business works." Dunning fled. 21. Lisa Esco, the 32-year-old S.W.A.T. actress and director, told the Washington Post and later People that Weinstein propositioned her with a kiss, and when she brushed him off, he threatened her career. 22. Alice Evans, a British actress, wrote in The Telegraph on Oct. 14 that Weinstein tried to touch and kiss her during the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. In the essay, she also claims that her rejection of Weinstein negatively impacted her and her husband's careers. Evans starred in The Christmas Card and The Vampire Diaries. 23. Lucia Evans (formally Lucia Stoller), told The New Yorker that she was approached by Weinstein at a New York club and invited to a meeting in 2004. Upon arrival, she was escorted to an office, where he both flattered her and recommended she lose weight to be on his reality show, Project Runway. "After that is when he assaulted me," Evans told the newspaper. "He forced me to perform oral sex on him. I said, over and over, 'I don't want to do this, stop, don't.' " In the end, she said, "He's a big guy. He overpowered me." 24. Angie Everhart, an actress (Take Me Home Tonight) and former model came forward on the KLOS morning show alleging Weinstein masturbated in front of her while on a boat during the Venice Film Festival. The former model and actress claims Weinstein told her, "You're a really nice girl, you shouldn't tell anybody about this." 25. Claire Forlani, an English actress (Meet Joe Black and Boys and Girls), took to Twitter on Oct. 12 to claim she dodged five different advances from Weinstein over the years. 26. Romola Garai, an English actress, told The Guardian that in 2004 during the audition process for Havana Nights, she was told to arrive at Weinstein's hotel room, alone. "He answered the door in his bathrobe," she said. "I was only 18. I felt violated by it, it has stayed very clearly in my memory." 27. Louisette Geiss, a former actress and screenwriter, said at a press conference on Oct. 10 that at the Sundance Film Festival in 2008, Weinstein invited her to his room to discuss her script, but after about 30 minutes, he returned from the bathroom in nothing but a robe with the front open. Weinstein proceeded to get in the bathtub and "just kept asking me to watch him masturbate," she said. Geiss says she moved to leave his hotel room, and Weinstein trailed her to the door, promising to introduce her to his brother, Bob, greenlight her script and give her a three-picture deal. But she had to watch him masturbate first. 28. Louise Godbold, a co-executive director of the non-profit Echo Parenting & Education, wrote in a blog post published on Oct. 9 that in the early '90s she was also a victim of Weinstein. She describes being trapped in an empty meeting room, being propositioned for a massage and being touched on her shoulders. 29. Judith Godreche. At 24-years-old, the French actress (The Man in the Iron Mask) was invited to breakfast with Weinstein during the Cannes Film Festival in 1996, she tells the Times. Afterward, the mogul, who had just acquired her film Ridicule, allegedly lured her to his room, promising to talk about planning an Oscar campaign. Then he asked to give her a massage. She said no. "The next thing I know, he's pressing against me and pulling off my sweater," she recalls. She pulls away and leaves the suite. 30. Trish Goff, a former model and actress, told the Times that Weinstein allegedly groped her during a lunch meeting in 2003. "When we finally stood up to go, he really started groping me, grabbing my breasts, grabbing my face and trying to kiss me," she said. 31. Heather Graham, an actress known for her role in The Hangover films, wrote an essay for Variety on Oct. 10 describing a time in the early 2000s when Weinstein allegedly insinuated that she would need to have sex with him in order to get a role in one of his upcoming films. She was never hired for one of his films. 32. Eva Green, an actress known for Casino Royale and Weinstein Company's Sin City, told Variety that she had to push Weinstein off of her during a business meeting in Paris. 33. Larissa Gomes, an actress known for Saw VI, told the Los Angeles Times that Weinstein asked her to bare her chest while working on the Toronto set of the Miramax-produced film Get Over It about 17 years ago. Weinstein also tried to kiss her, she says. She was 21 at the time. 34. Mimi Haleyi, a former production assistant, said she met Weinstein at the 2004 premiere of The Aviator, and again at the Cannes Film Festival in 2006, where she offered to help on his productions in New York. He told her to come by his hotel. When she did, he suggested she massage him. "I felt the meeting was going nowhere and I left," Haleyi said with lawyer Gloria Allred at a press conference Oct. 24. Later in New York, Weinstein orally forced himself on her while she was on her period, she said. 35. Daryl Hannah, an actress known for Steel Magnolias and the Kill Bill films, told The New Yorker on Oct. 27 that Weinstein sexually harassed her on two different occasions in the past decade. 36. Salma Hayek accused Weinstein of sexually harassing her while working together on the 2002 film 'Frida,' in a column for The New York Times Dec. 13. She claims the list of unwanted advances from the producer included showers, oral sex, massages and more. She also alleges he threatened to kill her following one of her refusals, and verbally insulted her on set. 37. Lena Headey, 44, who plays Cersei on Game of Thrones, shared a series of tweets on Oct. 17 describing an incident in 2005 involving "some suggestive comment, a gesture" from Weinstein. Years later, she said she also experienced him asking her personal questions about her love life before asking her up to his hotel room. 38. Natasha Henstridge, 43, appeared on Megyn Kelly Today on Nov. 15 detailing an accusation of sexual assault against producer Brett Ratner. But she also accused Weinstein of inappropriate behavior. Henstridge says she was at a meeting with Weinstein in a Sundance hotel when "Suddenly, it became not anything about the job that he was trying to offer me or put me up for anymore and it became all about flirtation," she told Kelly, adding he "came on to me repeatedly." While the actress says she was able "to avoid an actual physical attack" by Weinstein she alleged "He pleasured himself in front of me." 39. Lauren Holly said on the Canadian talk show The Social on Oct. 16 that Weinstein, who she met while working on the 1996 film Beautiful Girls, acted inappropriately towards her during a meeting in his hotel room. After what appeared to be a normal business meeting, she claims Weinstein left the room before returning in a bathrobe and asking her to follow him into the bedroom. She says he then dropped the robe and took a shower. Once out of the shower he approached her naked before she fled the room. 40. Paz de la Huerta, 33, a model and actress best known for roles in Boardwalk Empire and A Walk to Remember, accused Weinstein of raping her on two separate occasions. In an interview with Vanity Fair published Nov. 2, the actress said the first alleged assault happened in October 2010 when she was 26; the second in December 2010. "I laid there feeling sick," de la Huerta told Vanity Fair. "He looked at me and said, 'I'll put you in a play.' He left and I never heard from him again." Weinstein spokeswoman Holly Baird told USA TODAY in a statement, "Any allegations of non-consensual sex are unequivocally denied by Mr. Weinstein." 41. Dominique Huett, 35, a New York-based actress, filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Oct. 24 against The Weinstein Company, alleging that Harvey Weinstein pressured her into sex at the Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills in 2010 and that his company knew about multiple allegations of sexual misconduct against him dating back to the '90s. 42. Angelina Jolie, a 42-year-old actress, filmmaker and humanitarian, told the Times that during the release of Playing By Heart, she rejected advances by Weinstein in a hotel room. She was 23 at the time. "I had a bad experience with Harvey Weinstein in my youth, and as a result, chose never to work with him again and warn others when they did," Jolie explained in an email to the newspaper. 43. Ashley Judd, 49, told the Times that during a 1997 breakfast meeting at Weinstein's hotel room in Beverly Hills, the producer propositioned her, saying he could give her a massage or she could watch him shower. She was starring in Miramax's Kiss the Girls at the time. 44. Katherine Kendall, a 48-year-old actress from Swingers, told the Times that Weinstein convinced her to stop by his apartment in 1993 when she was 23 years old. Once there, he came out of his bathroom in a robe, asking for a massage. She refused; he left the room and returned nude, she says. "He literally chased me," she told the newspaper. "He wouldn't let me pass him to get to the door." 45. Minka Kelly, a 37-year-old actress from Friday Night Lights, took to Instagram on Oct. 13, describing how Weinstein allegedly propositioned her to be his girlfriend at a meeting. 46. Heather Kerr, a 56-year-old former actress, read a statement on Oct. 20 at a press conference with attorney Gloria Allred, describing a 1989 encounter with Weinstein where he exposed himself to her and told her she had to sleep with him and other Hollywood producers in order to succeed in the industry. 47. Mia Kirshner, a 42-year-old Canadian actress (The L Word), wrote an op-ed for The Globe and Mail on Oct. 13 that alleged Weinstein harassed her in a hotel room. 48. Myleene Klass, a British singer-turned-TV-host, was propositioned by Weinstein during a film festival lunch at Cannes in 2010, according to UK's The Sun. The report claims she immediately declined his offer, telling him to "(expletive) off," and left the meeting "disgusted and angry." She was 32 at the time. 49. Ivana Lowell, a former Miramax employee and former girlfriend of Bob Weinstein, wrote in her 2010 memoir Why Not Say What Happened? that Harvey Weinstein showed up at her apartment, lay naked on her bed and asked for a massage. In an article for The Daily Mail, she recounted her experience with the movie mogul and revealed he threatened to sue her after the memoir was released. 50. Laura Madden, a London-based assistant, told the Times that Weinstein asked her for massages at hotels in Dublin and London in 1991, adding he had a way of making anyone who objected feel like an outlier. "It was so manipulative," she recalled, two decades after the original incident. 51. Natassia Malthe, 43, said Weinstein barged into her London hotel room and raped her in 2008 after she met him at the BAFTA Awards. After the rape, he masturbated in front of her, the Norwegian-born actress said in her statement at a press conference with attorney Gloria Allred on Oct. 25. 52. Brit Marling, the OA actress/writer shared in an essay for The Atlantic that Weinstein pulled the hotel room-massage act on her in 2014. "I, too, was asked if I wanted a massage, champagne, strawberries. I, too, sat in that chair paralyzed by mounting fear when he suggested we shower together," she wrote. 53. Sarah Ann Masse, a writer and actress (Awkward Exes), told Variety on Oct. 11 that Weinstein hugged her in his underwear and told her he loved her during an interview for a nanny job in 2008. 54. Ashley Matthau, a dancer who worked on Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights, which was produced by Weinstein's company, told the Times that Weinstein began hitting on her on set. He asked her to get in his car and took her to a hotel room, where she says she refused his sexual advances but he pushed her onto the bed and fondled her breasts before stripping, straddling her and masturbating on top of her. She hired an attorney from Gloria Allred's firm, but says Weinstein and his lawyer threatened to drag her through the mud if she went public, so she took a settlement. 55. Rose McGowan, 44-year-old Charmed actress, reached a previously undisclosed settlement with Weinstein in 2007 after an episode in a hotel room during the Sundance Film Festival, the Times reported in early October. In 2016, she tweeted that she was raped by a studio head in 2007, but didn't identify Weinstein at the time. 56. Katya Mtsitouridze, a Russian TV host, told The Hollywood Reporter on Oct. 19 that she was harassed by Weinstein, alleging he arranged a private meeting in 2004 during the Venice Film Festival where he greeted her in a bathrobe and suggested she give him a massage. 57. Emily Nestor, who had worked just one day as a temporary employee for the Weinstein Company in 2014, was invited to a hotel room and propositioned by Weinstein, according to the Times and New Yorker. 58. Connie Nielsen, a 52-year-old Danish actress (The Devil's Advocate), wrote a guest column for Variety on Oct. 24, adding her name to the list of women allegedly harassed by Weinstein, who produced her 2005 film The Great Raid. The actress claims the producer put his hand on her thigh during the opening night of the film. 59. Kadian Noble, 31, filed a civil suit on Nov. 27 in New York alleging that Harvey Weinstein summoned her to his hotel room at Cannes Film Festival in 2014 to talk about a role. He began massaging her shoulders and told the British actress to "relax." According to her civil suit, which alleges Weinstein and his company engaged in sex trafficking, the producer groped her, pulled her into a bathroom, and forced her to fondle him. 60. Lupita Nyong'o, a 34-year-old Academy Award-winning actress, penned a lengthy column in the Times on Oct. 19 recounting her experience with Weinstein. "Harvey led me into a bedroom — his bedroom — and announced that he wanted to give me a massage. I thought he was joking at first. He was not," Nyong'o wrote. She said Weinstein's advances continued later during a dinner in New York. Weinstein issued a written response via Variety the following day. "Mr. Weinstein has a different recollection of the events, but believes Lupita is a brilliant actress and a major force for the industry," the statement read. 61. Gwyneth Paltrow, 45, told the Times that before shooting Emma when she was 22, Weinstein summoned her to his suite at the Peninsula Beverly Hills hotel for a work meeting which ended with Weinstein placing his hands on her and suggesting they head to the bedroom for massages. "I was a kid, I was signed up, I was petrified," she said. 62. Samantha Panagrosso, a model, told Variety that Weinstein made unwanted sexual advances toward her during the Cannes Film Festival in 2003 while on a friend's yacht, and groped her underwater at a nearby hotel pool. 63. Zelda Perkins, a former assistant to Weinstein, broke her NDA for an interview with the Financial Times, saying she confronted the producer after being subjected to harassment on a near daily basis during the time she worked for him. At the Venice Film Festival in 1998, she told the Times, he assaulted a colleague, and the women entered a settlement agreement for approximately $330,000. 64. Vu Thu Phuong, a Vietnamese actress, came forward in a Facebook post on Oct. 12 claiming Weinstein made sexual advances towards her during a hotel room meeting in 2008, attempting to teach her how to perform in a sex scene, Vulture and The Huffington Post reported. 65. Tomi-Ann Roberts. In 1984, the then 20-year-old college junior and waitress was hoping to start an acting career. She says Weinstein, a customer, sent her scripts and asked her to meet to discuss the film. When she arrived, he was nude in the bathtub, she told The New York Times. According to the newspaper's account, he suggested she get naked as part of her audition because the character she might play would have a topless scene. Roberts recalls apologizing, excusing herself as prudish, and leaving. 66. Lisa Rose, a then-aspiring actress who worked for Miramax in London when she was 22, told BBC News that Weinstein harassed her in 1988 at the Savoy hotel. She claims Weinstein asked her for a massage and, when she declined, said "nasty things" to her. She later resigned. 67. Erika Rosenbaum, a Canadian actress (The Last Kiss), said in an interview with CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) that Weinstein held her by the back of her neck and masturbated in front of her in a hotel room during the Toronto International Film Festival in the mid-2000s. 68. Melissa Sagemiller told The Huffington Post that Weinstein harassed her when she was 24-years-old while she worked on Get Over It, which was distributed by Weinstein's Miramax. During a meeting in his hotel room, the producer allegedly refused to let her leave until she kissed him. 69. Annabella Sciorra, an actress known for her work in Reversal of Fortune and The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, told The New Yorker on Oct. 27 that Weinstein violently raped her in the early 1990s and repeatedly sexually harassed her over the next several years. 70. Léa Seydoux, 32-year-old French actress of Blue is the Warmest Colour, wrote an op-ed for The Guardian on Oct. 11 describing an interaction she had with Weinstein, which involved him inviting her to his hotel room for a drink and later lunging at her and attempting to kiss her. 71. Lauren Sivan, a New York TV reporter, says she was cornered by Weinstein in the kitchen of a restaurant in which he is an investor in 2007, according to The Huffington Post. When she avoids his kiss, he reportedly tells her to "stand there and shut up" while he masturbates and ejaculates into a nearby potted plant. 72. Chelsea Skidmore, an actress known for Leah & Chelsea Have a Sleepover, told the Washington Post that Weinstein asked her for a massage after a meeting at the Peninsula Hotel in 2013. After declining, she claims he masturbated in front of her. 73. Mira Sorvino, 50, told The New Yorker that while promoting Mighty Aphrodite at the 1995 Toronto International Film Festival, Weinstein "started massaging my shoulders, which made me very uncomfortable, and then tried to get more physical, sort of chasing me around." Weeks later, she says he evaded her doorman and showed up at the door of her New York apartment, but was able to scare him off on both occasions. 74. Tara Subkoff, a 44-year-old actress (The Cell), told Variety that Weinstein sexually harassed her in the 1990s, recounting a time when he "grabbed" her to sit on his lap. "I could feel that he had an erection," she recalled. 75. Paula Wachowiak, 62, told The Buffalo News that Weinstein exposed himself to her when she was a 24-year-old production assistant on his first film, The Burning, in 1980. Wachowiak says she left the room in tears. Later, she says, he asked, "Was seeing me naked the highlight of your internship?" 76. Paula Williams, a then-model trying to break into the movie business, told ABC 20/20 Weinstein invited her to a party in 1990 when she was 20. Once she arrived, she said he was alone and started touching her neck before quickly exposing himself to her. She says she escaped before anything else happened. 77. Sean Young, a 57-year-old actress (Blade Runner), said Weinstein exposed himself to her while on the set of the 1992 Miramax film Love Crimes, during an interview Oct. 20 on KLBJ's Dudley and Bob With Matt Show Daily Podcast. She says she "personally experienced him pulling his you-know-what out of his pants." Anonymous accusers: 78. An unidentified woman, who worked for Weinstein and told the New Yorker she was too afraid to use her name for fear of legal retaliation, said Weinstein brought her to a hotel room under professional pretext, then changed into a bathrobe and forced himself on her sexually. 79. An unnamed 38-year-old Italian actress whose accusation that Weinstein raped her in 2013 is now being investigated by Los Angeles police. 80. A former Miramax employee going by the alias Sarah Smith told The Daily Mail that Weinstein raped her in the basement of his London office in 1992. "He grabbed me and he was so big and powerful. He just ripped my clothes away and pushed me, threw me down," she said. 81. The Washington Post reported an account from 1984 on Oct. 14, in which a young crew member on Weinstein's film Playing for Keeps was reportedly asked to visit Weinstein's hotel room where he attempted to perform oral sex on her. 82. An unnamed Canadian actress from Toronto is launching a lawsuit against Weinstein, alleging the movie mogul sexually assaulted her while filming a movie in Toronto in 2000, according to the Toronto Sun and CBC News. Once alone with the actress in his suite at the Sutton Place Hotel, Weinstein allegedly asked her if she liked massages, exposed himself to her and performed oral sex on her without her consent. Once she was able to free herself, she left the hotel and told her agent. The lawsuit claims the Jane Doe returned to Weinstein's suite after he insisted there had been a misunderstanding, and once back in his room, "he threw his weight onto her and tried to stick his tongue down her throat." She was in her 20s at the time. 83. An unnamed actress filed a lawsuit against the mogul in Beverly Hills on Nov. 14, according to the Associated Press. Known only as "Jane Doe," the woman alleges Weinstein held her against her will while he masturbated in a Beverly Hills hotel room in 2015. A year later, she says, he threw her on his bed in a hotel room, started performing oral sex on her and then held her down while he masturbated on her. The suit says the woman was able to break free and flee the room. 84. An unnamed former employee filed the first civil claim in the U.K. on Nov. 23 against Weinstein and the Weinstein Co. for a series of sexual assaults. Her lawyer, Jill Greenfield, said the woman has not filed a complaint with police about the alleged incidents that occurred after the year 2000 but believes she will do so. ~ Source: USATODAY


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The FAA's granted the Terrafugia Transition roadable airplane the exemption it needs to bring us closer to our dream of flying cars.
The Terrafugia's been the best hope for a flying car since it made its maiden voyage last March. The vehicle is a two-seater plane powered by regular unleaded gas from your corner Shell station. When flown, the front propeller allows the Transition to travel at a speed of approximately 115 mph for a range of around 450 miles.
According to Terrafugia, the plane can then be transitioned from aircraft into roadgoing vehicle in just 30 seconds with the same fuel source powering the front wheels of the aircraft. It can hit a speed of around 65 mph on the road and returns fuel economy of around 30 mpg.
One problem the company needed to work out was the weight classification. Terrafugia wanted the plane to be classified as a "Light Sport Aircraft" so owners would only need 20 hours of flying time in order to operate the aircraft. But to make the car roadable and pass safety standards, it needed the extra weight of crumple zones and safety equipment.
The FAA just granted an exemption for the extra 110 pounds and the Terrafugia's therefore certified to fly and be sold so long as it notifies the owners of the weight difference.
There are still a few stages to go on this journey, including crash testing and the release of a production prototype this summer. Still, we're told to expect first deliveries in the fourth-quarter of 2011. The price is $194,000 with a $10,000 deposit held in escrow should the company declare bankruptcy. (Hat tip to Goatrope and Jay!)
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Charitable Gifting with Shared Ownership Universal Life Insurance
Many individuals have realized their charitable aspirations by donating a life insurance policy to the charity of their choice. In situations where that donation is a Universal Life policy, the use of a Shared Ownership strategy could prove to be a viable investment for the donor.
Shared Ownership refers to an arrangement involving cash value life insurance policies such as Universal Life. Universal Life combines life insurance with an investment fund which grows tax deferred until the cash value is withdrawn. If the cash value is paid out at death, the growth is tax free.
Under Shared Ownership, the life insurance and the cash value would have different owners and beneficiaries and would be structured as follows: Read more


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Memories Of Grandma Silvia, And Slavery's Legacy
Memories Of Grandma Silvia, And Slavery's Legacy
When she was 16, Ellaraino met her great-grandmother, Silvia, for the first time. And Silvia had plenty of stories to tell. She described being a teenager, much like Ellaraino — and seeing the Civil War, and slavery, come to an end.
That was back in 1955, when Ella Raino's family simply called her Ella. She would later go on to become an actress and storyteller, eventually combining her names into one.
As Ellaraino recalls, her family had several reasons for sending her on a trip. For one thing, she spent a lot of time thinking about her boyfriend — maybe a bit too much.
"I was in love with Tyrone. My relationship was heating up," she tells her good friend, Baki AnNur, laughing. "And my parents knew that, so they had to take charge."
Her mother told Ellaraino that she would be spending the summer not in Los Angeles, but instead in the South, far from Tyrone.
"And that's where I was going to be introduced to my great-grandmother, Silvia," she says. "She was 106 years old. And I just did not want to spend time with a senile old woman."
When she arrived in Farmerville, La., Ellaraino first spotted her great-grandmother on the front porch of a log cabin.
"She had a slender, you know, almost frail frame," she says. "But I still found her to be regal-looking. And at night, she would tell her stories."
Those stories included descriptions of what it was like to grow up as a slave — and to adjust to life after emancipation.
"When the Civil War ended, she was my age. She was 16," Ellaraino recalls Silvia telling her. "She said, even though she had freedom, not knowing how to read and write made her feel like a jigsaw puzzle with some of the pieces missing."
When Silvia was 85, Ellaraino recalls, "she said, 'It stops here.' She got help from grown-ups, and sometimes from children. And she would study on her own" to learn how to read and write.
"And then she told me that she had something special to show me," Ellaraino says. "She went to a cedar chest at the foot of her bed, and she opened it up. And when I saw what it was, I was wondering, 'Why is she bringing me this old, tattered church fan?'
"But when she turned it over — scrawled on the back of that fan, she had printed, "Silvia." She told me that when she could spell her name, that was when she got her freedom.
"You know, she passed in 1965. But Grandma Silvia is living on, in my heart."
Audio produced for Morning Edition by Jasmyn Belcher. Recorded in partnership with KPCC.


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Offer Testing: The Best Way to Start Display Network Advertising
Google's display network is massive, encompassing more than 4 billion daily page views, 700 million monthly users, and reaching more than 80% of the online audience.
Yet, with all this inventory, many marketers fail with display marketing.
The major reasons are they either are trying to reach the incorrect goals or they don't understand how all the targeting options work.
In today's column, I'm going to walk through how to get started with display advertising so you can avoid some of the most common mistakes that cause marketers to fail with the network.
Display Keywords
Most marketers just use Google's default option for display – add some keywords and see what happens. Often, these are a list of the account's search keywords. This is a mistake.
For search, Google really cares about your match types for both positive and negative keywords. On display, Google ignores match types. They will use negative keywords to help them with the ad placement, but if you just import thousands of negatives from the search campaigns, often Google will not do a good job serving your ad. Usually, you want just a few keywords in an ad group; and there will be times you will not even use negative keywords for display, which is a cardinal sin for your search campaigns.
In the past, Google favored a theme based approach to choosing display keywords. Over the past few months, they have been giving a lot more emphasis to individual keywords. This has made it easier to take your search keywords and run them on display, but its still not a perfect system.
So, a good starting place for display keywords is to take the broader search keywords (the 2-3 word variations, not the 6 word combinations) and duplicate them in a display only campaign. If you have a few negative keywords you really want to use – feel free- but do not import your thousands of negatives into the display campaign.
Keyword Segmentation
The biggest problem with most search ad groups is that there is no granular organization between the ads and the keywords. This is just as true on display. When you are creating display ad groups, first determine the ad and landing page for each ad group. After that is determined, then use keywords that match both the ad and the landing page. If a keyword doesn't match both, it needs to be in a new ad group. This segmentation is good for both search and display.
However, if you just target your display ads based upon keywords, not matter how good the keywords are, then you might find your ad on a large variety of sites. Some might bring you good results, others will fail, but you don't really know if it's the site's traffic or the offer – your ad and landing page.
Placement Targeting
AdWords offers a lot of targeting options for display. One of them is known as placement targeting. With placement targeting, you can choose an ad placement on a site within the Google Display Network and only show ads on that particular site or ad slot.
Using placement targeting takes the guess work out of the main keyword problem: Is it the site or the offer that isn't converting?
If you use a research tool, such as doubleclick Ad Planner to find placements where your ideal customer spends time online, then you can ensure your ads are only being shown to your top prospects.
The largest issue with placement targeting is some of the best sites have a large variety of traffic and customers. Targeting NYTimes.com or About.com will lead to a tremendous amount of impressions, many of which are not valuable for your offer. With placement targeting, you can target a section of some sites, such as the business section on the New York Times; however, even that section has so many daily page views that most companies can't afford to run an ad on every page view.
Therefore, what we really want to do is to choose placements where our audience spends time, but also layer-in a keyword filter.
Flexible Targeting
This is where the real magic of display targeting comes into play. With flexible reach, you can easily combine multiple targeting methods together so that you ad is only shown when a user hits certain targeting combinations. This options is still fairly new; but it will one day be the default option.
With flexible reach, you can set your targeting so that the ad is only display if a user is on a placement you choose and the article matches your keyword selection.
With the combination of display keywords and placements, you should be certain that the placement is not the problem if you don't receive conversions – it's a hand picked placement.
If you have segmented and chosen your top keywords, then the keywords should not be the problem. However, always check this by examining the actual URLs of the pages where your ads are being shown. If they are not appropriate, then you should refine the keyword list.
So now we've taken the variables of placement and keywords out of the equation. Therefore, if the offer doesn't convert – its probably the offer.
Offer Testing
With the display network, you are not always reaching a user who is far down in the buying cycle. In some cases you will reach users far in the buy process, in other cases you will not. Therefore, you need to test your offers between hard conversion activities, such as sales, versus soft conversion activities, such as white paper download and email subscriptions, so you can find what is going to work best for your display objectives.
Please note, as you become more sophisticated with display and add additional targeting options, such as remarketing, then you may be running different offers by targeting type or placement. Before you can get to that point, you need to make sure that you can find the simplest of combinations that will allow you to attract new customers using display targeting.
The display network offers a tremendous amount of targeting options, control, and inventory. However, if you don't find an offer that works across the display network, then you will end up wasting money and come to the conclusion that the display network doesn't work.
This is rarely the case. It does happen on occasion that display advertising doesn't work for a company. However, most companies can find success with display, if they first find an offer that works.
The best way to find what offer will work is to take out the ad serving variables, such as site quality and user interest. By using flexible reach and only targeting articles that match your keywords on high quality sites, you can remove the variables. Once those are removed, what you are left with is the offer. Then, by doing some simple offer testing, you too can find success with display advertising.
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Excellent post! There are a lot of working parts involved in display advertising. Love your methodology where you remove certain variables that can cause your campaign to fail (such as targeting placements). Allowing you to concentrate on testing your offer.


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Talk:David Karle: Winning on the Ground
From WikiLeaks
Proposed Summary
This 17-page document is a series of observations and recommendations concerning the training of Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) personnel by American military instructors and soldiers, written circa mid-2005 by Staff Sergeant David Karle, Headquarters Company, 81st Infantry Brigade, Taskforce Chinook, after a year-long experience training, living, and operating with a newly created Iraqi National Guard battalion. It is labeled "For Official Use Only" but is otherwise completely free of administrative markings, which suggests that this material was not official Army-wide doctrine at the time.
A May 2007 article on townhall.com by Staff Sergeant "Dave Karle" mentions living and working with an "800 soldier Iraqi combat unit north of Baghdad" from "April 2004 to March 2005", which supports the authenticity of the document and establishes the probable authorship date.
The document begins,
- The key to Iraq lies with the people of Iraq and the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF). Effectively trained and utilized, the ISF will create a security situation that fosters progress, but this cannot happen if the ISF is viewed as a tool of the Americans or if the ISF degenerates into a corrupt band of incompetents. Unfortunately, we Americans often sabotage ourselves with our daily interactions with the Iraqis, and this situation needs to end. A deeper positive interaction between American and Iraqi forces is required.
This leak is notable for its criticism of American-Iraqi collaboration to that point, stating
- American platoons who show up to work with an Iraqi unit often totally bypass the Iraqi chain of command, do no mission planning or rehearsals with the Iraqi unit, and then pick four Iraqi soldiers at random to make sure they have enough Iraqi personnel to call it a joint mission. They do this out of ignorance of the Iraqi unit's capabilities and the fear that involving the Iraqi leadership will compromise the mission. They also fear having more Iraqis than Americans on the mission.
Much of the remainder consists of specific Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTP) advised for American soldiers training and performing joint combat missions with Iraq personnel. These are of interest not only for their literal content, but because they provide a window into what Karle felt was lacking in American-Iraqi relations at the time. Examples include,
- Use the Iraqi leadership. Make them do their job, include them in the planning, make sure they conduct pre-combat inspections (PCI)/rehearsals, do not allow lapses of discipline.
- Do not let the size of the American force dictate the size of the Iraqi force. In other words, you should be comfortable taking Iraqi troops that you have trained and worked with into combat with little regard for the force ratio of Americans to Iraqis.
- Know the composition of the force that you are taking. Know their village, tribal and religious affiliations. ... If at all possible do not have them conduct operations in their home village.
- Share the risk. do not use your Iraqis as a trip wire in the most dangerous situations without sharing that danger with them. … If Americans do not work hard to minimize the Iraqi's risks on missions and do not share the burden, the Iraqis know they are nothing more than cannon fodder and will act accordingly.
- Weed out Americans and Iraqis who cannot find common ground. Get rid of bad apples from both sides.
- Any American that works with the Iraqis directly needs to have a basic grasp of Arabic.
Equally revealing is a section called Overcoming Cultural Bias, where he discusses and challenges what he purports to be common American perceptions of Iraqis, such as "Iraqis are lazy."
- From our perspective, Iraqis are lazy. American Soldiers often display obvious contempt for the lackadaisical attitude of Iraqis.
- It is the rare American commander that treats Iraqi soldiers the same way he treats his own Soldiers, and that attitude persists down to the lowest ranks of the US Army.
- American Soldiers often treat the Iraqi soldier as if he is not pulling his weight. The well fed and equipped American solider moves from his air-conditioned (bunker, building, vehicle) out into the heat for an hour at a time with ice-cold water to drink and passes Iraqis in the intense heat with no acceptable shade, cold water, or the prospect of adequate relief from the environmental conditions. These same Iraqis travel to and from their house under hazardous conditions to work these shifts and are often placed in the most exposed positions with severe limitations on their arming posture.
Karle gives advice for countering this perception on both sides, and discusses the notions that "Iraqis are dirty and have poor hygiene" and "Iraqis are argumentative, will not cooperate, and are dishonest" in similar fashion.
Other topics include maintaining discipline in an Iraqi unit in a culturally appropriate way, discussion of tribe and family loyalties, countering of corruption in Iraqi units, the physical health of the soldiers, security with respect to infiltration of the unit by insurgents, an appropriate training curriculum, and advice concerning the execution of field (combat) missions, including pre- and post- mission actions.
--JonathanStray 19:06, 19 January 2009 (GMT)
Public Writing
What appears to be the "public" version of some of the thinking in the article, dated May 4, 2007 from Dave Karle's Town Hall column: http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DaveKarle/2007/05/04/standing_up_for_victory?page=full
Courage and Commitment
It was easily 130 degrees at 11:00 a.m. and both the American and the Iraqi soldiers were hot and tired from the hard training. An Iraqi soldier kept falling behind during the training, so finally his Iraqi squad leader pulled him over to me and started explaining in Arabic that he was in pain from an injury and asked that he sit out during a portion of the training.
Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., answers a question during the first Republican presidential primary debate of the 2008 election at the Ronald Reagan Library, Thursday, May 3, 2007, in Simi Valley, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Suspiciously, I asked him to show me this injury. As he pulled up his pant leg a fresh bullet hole appeared – he had been shot on his way to work by a gang of insurgents. The young Iraqi was afraid if he missed training he would be kicked out of the unit.
At that moment, I thought to myself, how many Americans would be willing to look him in the eye and tell him that America should withdraw because his people don't have the courage and commitment to rebuild their country?
Changing Our Strategy
I have witnessed firsthand the mistakes made on the ground in Iraq. From April 2004 to March 2005 I lived and worked with an 800 soldier Iraqi combat unit north of Baghdad. When I arrived, there was very little equipment, no vehicles, and the AK-47 ammunition was corroded and unusable. Perhaps most importantly, over a quarter of the unit was missing along with their weapons. However the joint American and Iraqi Task Force successfully changed the landscape.
We secured better ammunition and weapons, created facilities that were usable for training and living, and acquired vehicles. None of this would have been possible without American soldiers on the ground. Mentoring the Iraqis in the workings of a modern army, while challenging, was critical to the foundation of a democratic Iraq.
There is a misconception that creating the Iraqi security forces should be entirely self sustainable. It is an unrealistic view, in the near term. It takes time. By my estimation, it takes, at a minimum, the better part of a year to create a battalion.
Language and culture barriers, insufficient numbers of trainers, sub-standard or non-existent equipment, and perhaps most importantly the ongoing daily violence all added time to the process. It was very frustrating.
Change was needed, and the surge of additional troops seems like a vital step in the right direction.
John McCain is the only presidential candidate who was calling for more troops in Iraq and a change in strategy when it should have been implemented years ago. To turnaround the worsening security situation, and succeed in Iraq, we needed more forces.
We have a very long way to go, but the first stage of the surge has resulted in decreased violence in Baghdad and progress in political reconciliation. It is a small but welcomed sign of hope for Americans that believe in winning.
General Petraeus' plan of moving soldiers off the bases and into the population, living and working closely with their Iraqi counterparts will certainly help the security situation as well.
And most importantly, it will forge an even more effective mentoring relationship between American and Iraqi forces.
The Stakes
While some have argued for wholesale retreat in Iraq, Senator McCain understands that we must not leave Iraq, and the region, in disarray. John McCain understands that if we just pick up and leave Iraq it will certainly be a security problem for the United States for many generations to come.
Abandoning the Iraqis will result in chaos, genocide, and leave al Qaeda and other terrorist organizations a safe haven from which to regroup and launch future operations in the region and beyond. I know this because I've seen it with my own eyes.
There is a good option for an American victory – surge the troops, let General Petraus do his job, and support leaders like Senator McCain who to continue to do the right thing.
With today's partisan political grandstanding, John McCain has shown tremendous courage and resolve in continuing to stand up for victory in Iraq. He has been on the front lines in advocating for a more comprehensive strategy for a long time, and it is encouraging to see him choose policy over poll numbers.
John McCain has said that he would rather "lose a campaign than lose a war" and I believe Americans would rather elect victory than ensure surrender.
Dave Karle was a Staff Sergeant in Operation Iraqi Freedom from November 2003 to April 2005.


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Father Sickened By Anti-Constitutional Note From Son's School
"I am willing to give up some of my constitutional rights in order to be safer or more secure."
Steve Watson
April 12, 2013
A father was shocked to find a note in his 4th grader son's bag that indicated his teachers had instructed children at the school to accept that they should be willing to give up some Constitutional rights in order to be more safe.
Aaron Harvey from Florida found a note scrawled in Crayon in his son's back pack that read "I am willing to give up some of my constitutional rights in order to be safer or more secure."
When the father questioned his son on the matter, the boy told him that his teacher, Cheryl Sabb, had said the statement out loud and instructed the children in the class to write it down, following a lesson on The Bill of Rights and The Constitution.
Mr Harvey noted that he asked other children in the class, at Cedar Hills Elementary in Jacksonville, for an explanation and received the same answer.
The Story was first reported by TheBlaze, and has since gone viral online.
"Everybody has their opinions," Harvey said. "I am strongly for proper education, for the freedom of thought so you can form your own opinion and have your own free speech in the future… [but] the education is, 'when was the Constitution drafted, when was it ratified, why did this happen, why did we choose to do this…all these things, why did they particular choose those specific rights to be in our Bill of Rights.'" he added.
"I believe in our Constitution. I am a veteran, I served for six-and-a-half years proudly and I served to protect our rights," Harvey said. "Now whenever I have someone coming in and trying to pollute my child's mind with biased opinions…there's no education in that." he urged.
The statement is particularly bizarre, given that perhaps the most famous line that founding father Benjamin Franklin ever uttered was "He who would trade liberty for some temporary security, deserves neither liberty nor security."
The Blaze notes that the school are "checking into" the incident following a separate complaint from another parent. A spokesperson for the school said that they were unsure why the teacher had instructed the children to write such a statement.
It is precisely because of incidents like this that more and more parents are turning to home schooling. Indeed, constitutional expert and former Congressman Ron Paul recently announced the launch of his own home schooling program that promises to center heavily around The Constitution and how it "has been hijacked."
Steve Watson is the London based writer and editor for Alex Jones' Infowars.com, and Prisonplanet.com. He has a Masters Degree in International Relations from the School of Politics at The University of Nottingham, and a Bachelor Of Arts Degree in Literature and Creative Writing from Nottingham Trent University.
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- Features large display and simple, quick-click interface for easy one-handed operation.
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text: You Twin Cities folk will have to drive like maniacs to get here in time, but you can do it: I hear the roads are slick as glass so you can just slide all the way here. At 6pm we're doing another science for the community event, this time with Michael Ceballos talking about biology and biofuels. I'll be heading over in a little bit to set everything up — I get to be the emcee. It does mean I've got a long evening ahead of me, though, and I haven't had a nap.


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Last week at QuakeCon 09, Bethesda's Todd Howard was quoted as saying the company had "no current plans" for a fifth Elder Scrolls game. According to Bethesda, that's not what Howard said at all.
The developer's Pete Hines posted a statement on the Bethesda Blog today, clarifying Howard's comments regarding the future of the Elder Scrolls series.
That was not a direct quote from him. That was someone's interpretation of what he said. I know, I was there. At his QuakeCon talk he was asked when TESV is coming out and Todd replied, "Don't look for a new Elder Scrolls game in the near future." He also went on to say how much the franchise means to us and that it definitely will continue. He just wasn't going to provide any timeframe on "when." This should not be news to anyone that has been paying attention. Both Todd and I have said repeatedly that, of course, we're going to do another Elder Scrolls game. The last one was enormously popular. So was the one before that. You get the idea. So do we.
In other words, the fate of the series isn't in question, and it shouldn't be.
Hines goes on in his post to clarify statements Howard made about an Elder Scrolls MMO, pointing out that neither Todd nor anyone on Todd's team worked on MMOs, and when the studio that does work on them - ZeniMax Online - is ready to show what they are creating, they'll show it.
I am trying to imagine an angry Pete Hines here, and it terrifies me. Just believe the man and move on before anyone gets hurt.
Clarifying About Next Elder Scrolls game, MMO, etc. [Bethesda Blog]


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Dems: Let us air birth control panel
First, House Democratscouldn't get a woman onto the all-male panelat a contraception hearing last week.
Now, they've invited her to testify at their own unofficial hearing — and they say the Republicans won't let them televise it.
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosiis organizing a Democratic Steering and Policy Committee event on Thursday to allow Sandra Fluke, the Georgetown University law student who tried to testify at last week's House Oversight and Government Reform Committeehearing, a chance to talk about the issue.
Pelosi aides say the House recording studio has denied a request to broadcast the event, "apparently" at the behest of the Republican-controlled Committee on House Administration.
Pelosi spokesman Drew Hammill pointed to a July 2008 decision in which the committee lifted restrictions on use of the studio.
"If Chairman [Dan] Lungren has reversed this policy, he has done so in secret and not consulted with CHA Democrats," Hammill said in an email. "This leaves us only to think that the House Republican leadership is acting out yet again to silence women on the topic of women's health."
Salley Wood, a spokeswoman for Republicans on the Committee on House Administration, said the policy wasn't updated in 2008. Instead, she said the recording studio is operating under policies set in 2005.
Wood said the committee did not play a role in the decision not to broadcast this week's hearing.
Pelosi's office said this event is the first in which the studio has not covered a hearing or told Democrats that it couldn't because of other commitments.
This article first appeared on POLITICO Pro at 4:01 p.m. on February 21, 2012.


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Right now the top issues are both getting lots of attention in the Senate. One is the cybersecurity bill. It's been difficult for me to find out much about what's going on with it, and it turns out there's a reason. Sources familiar with the situation indicate to me that Harry Reid has been negotiating with Republicans in bad faith. Even Republicans who love to negotiate with Democrats, and are well known for producing major pieces of legislation with Democrats, are being stonewalled.
Lieberman-Collins is even worse than I thought, too.
Even with the changes, which Harry Reid and co. negotiated with ACLU and 'privacy' groups (not Senate Republicans, not industry, not even tech experts out there), it's actually a detriment to security. DoD is hindered in its efforts to work with industry for security, despite having great resources to bring to the table like NSA and DARPA. DHS is put in charge, so the bill essentially brings TSA to the Internet.
Guys like Ron Johnson proved you can work with a range of groups – privacy, tech, and industry – to refine bills like SECURE IT. Harry Reid has chosen not to, and is instead ramming this bill through without Committee markup, and he may even disallow Republicans to to get a chance to amend the bill at all. A bill that creates an incentive to regulate the Internet, placing a reporting burden on the executive branch only if it chooses not to regulate. And on top of that it gives a big reward to John Edwards types, creating huge opportunities to trial lawyers to start suing deep pockets when foreign attackers strike innocent businesses.
Lieberman-Collins, backed by Harry Reid and Barack Obama, reduces information sharing while increasing government mandate. Heritage opposes it, security experts criticize it, and John McCain opposes Reid's rush to action. Instead of working with Republicans, he's making this a partisan political issue as he rushes the vote.
Every Republican must vote against cloture on this. I don't expect Susan Collins to do so, as she's become an active tool of Barack Obama and Harry Reid on this, but everyone else ought to join with the range of Senators from Lisa Murkowski to McCain to Johnson, and step up to defeat a bill that threatens rather than shores up our Internet security.
A Senate committee is taking up the so badly named Marketplace Fairness Act. I know, the fairness thing is garbage. The big box retailers pushing the bill have chosen such whiny, horrible rhetoric and arguments to support this bill. But there are good reasons to support it which is why joining those looking for a fix on this are Republican Governors Nikki Haley (SC), Chris Christie (NJ), Mitch Daniels (IN), Butch Otter (ID), Paul LePage (ME), Bill Haslam (TN), Brian Sanodval (NV), Robert Bentley (AL), Terry Branstad (IA), Bob McDonnell (VA), Nathan Deal (GA), Rick Snyder (MI), and Tom Corbett (PA).
Seems to me all we're missing are Rick Scott (FL) and Bobby Jindal (LA) to have all the big Tea Party heroes behind this. That tells me there are reasonable alternatives here, such as trying to get every state to move from taxing based on the buyer's location to taxing based on the seller's location, and then creating a compact based on that. But it also tells me it's reasonable to see MFA as a path to avoiding new and higher taxes in the states that depend on sales tax.
I love your work Darrell Issa, but if Public Knowledge and EFF are joining with you, then you're doing something wrong for the cause of liberty online.
However I do agree that Issa needs more support from the right, which is why I'm hoping that Republican Study Committee efforts by Steve Scalise and Marsha Blackburn will be fruitful. I'm doing what I can to help from outside, but a decent small government, pro-liberty, pro-Constitution base inside Republican circles in the Capitol would also help. I don't want guys like Issa to have to work with Dems to do good things.
Another group besides Issa's Internet Defense League I'm uncertain about is the Internet Association, a new lobbying alliance including eBay, Facebook, Amazon, and Google. I fully expect this association to go along with self-serving regulatory expansions when it suits them, unfortunately.
Reason #1 to support Jim DeMint/Steve Scalise video reforms: the Retransmission Consent scheme is not a free market, period. That's why you see John Kerry largely defending the current system apart from a desire to force cable companies to say yes, which is the only way to avoid channel 'blackouts'. Kerry would take us even further from a functioning market.
ITU's WCIT is not a transparent international gathering. Barack Obama meanwhile does nothing. Not surprising given his administration's active efforts to keep the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations also secret.


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Serbian performers return to Folkmoot
The Serbian group Talija Art Co., crowd pleasers at the 2009 Folkmoot, will make a return appearance at this year's folk festival.
The group prompted standing ovations three years ago with its energetic leaps and gymnastic moves, authentic costumes and Serbian musical instruments such as the frula, which resembles a small flute.
"We enjoyed the warm hospitality, great audiences, parties and beautiful nature," said Dragan Pantelic, art director and choreographer for the troupe.
Pantelic's assistant, Simonida Stojanovic, said the premiere performance at Folkmoot was the group's first visit to the United States. He said the experience was very rewarding.
"We were greeted at the highest level. Our guides were always with us and took us to the most beautiful places of Waynesville. All people from the festival were very kind, from the janitor of the school to the director of the Folkmoot festival," said Stojanovic.
"The whole group was thrilled to have an opportunity to show our culture and customs to the people of Waynesville, and we were very glad because they enjoyed our performance and our dance. The people of Waynesville are very kind and we have nothing less than positive thoughts and memories," she said.
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Anna Stringfield of Waynesville served as a guide for the Serbian group and said they were very organized and extremely professional.
"Dragan runs a tight ship and that is very impressive, particularly since many of the performers are so young," Stringfield said.
"The group had such a great stage presence and interacted wonderfully with the crowds, "she said. "I think they definitely set a precedent and people should expect to see another great show this year."
Talija was established in 1998 in Belgrade, with a professional troupe and a children's amateur dancing school. Talija members live in Serbia and form an organization of about 200 professional dancers and musicians who travel the world sharing their culture.
Serbia is a country of 7.4 million people. Serbia shares borders with Bosnia, Croatia, Romania, Macedonia, Bulgaria and Hungary.
"We now have 25 adult couples and about 180 young dancers," Pantelic said. "For this tour we have 29 dancers, 15 to 18 years old, and four musicians," he said.
At the age of 5 or 6, performers begin practicing daily. After years of this kind of dedication, routines become like second nature. Still, performers are aware that some of the lifts and flips involved with the choreography are not without risks of injury. So, stretches are done before each show and performers are constantly aware of what is going on around them, Pantelic said.
"All our dancers are professionals. During their training, they are receiving positive support and knowledge by renowned choreographers," Stojanovic said. "Our dances are very dynamic and have a lot of acrobatics steps, but we are well trained, so we are not facing with so many injuries."
"We take care about other dancers on the stage, but it is best to not think … just do it," Pantelic added.
"The most important is to enjoy what are you doing, and to love to dance … and everything else come easy," Stojanovic said.
Talija performs dances that represent the heart of Serbia. Original Serbian folk dances are described as delicate and beautiful, while other dances are a blend of spiritual culture and traditional stylized dances. The regional folk dances of Serbia are highly influenced by other cultures such as Bulgarian folklore.
The Serbian performers rehearse for two hours twice a week, using the elements that are part of their routines, like sticks for the Vlasko dance and whips for the Kazachok dance.
"Each dance represents the culture and custom of that part of Serbia. Shumadia represents the heart of Serbia, where you can find the most beautiful and the most interesting original Serbian folk dances. The tiny and delicate steps of these dances are connected in filigreed dance which has ethnographic and historical significance interwoven with customs," Stojanovic said.
"Dances from east Serbia, where people called Vlasi used to believe that tripping could drive out the spirits of the earth, offer quick steps that represent the most interesting part of this dance," she said. "A dance from south Serbia represents the mixture of noble and oriental dancing style."
"Since we have been 500 years under the Turkish influence, you can see a lot of similarity in the costumes," Stojanovic said.
The authentic national clothing owned by Talija was acquired from people in different parts of the country or was made by artisans to resemble cultural dress. The costumes represent the district from which the dances originate. Shepherd's clothes made of sheep's wool are the costumes used for The Shepherd dances, along with walking sticks.
"We have some diligent mothers and grandmothers in different parts of Serbia who help make the costumes, and some professional tailors who preserve and fill in this rich treasury of the national clothing," Pantelic said. "We usually use summer costumes and it's much easier to dance with them. Sometimes it is too hot, but that is part of the show," he said.
Talija has been performing at the Drummonville festival in Canada and are scheduled to arrive in Haywood County on July 18. They did a long tour in Ecuador and Peru in February and March, and will continue on to Florida after Folkmoot.
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Do you want to eat healthier but you're afraid it will be too expensive? I have three easy recipes you can combine to make a wholesome meal for less than $1 per serving. And it doesn't taste like cardboard, either!
These recipes come from the More-With-Less Cookbook, a collection of Mennonite recipes with a focus on affordable but nutritious meals. It's also focused on moving away from processed foods and wisely using the world's resources. I highly recommend you buy a copy if you don't already have one. It's a very affordable cookbook ($12.15 on Amazon) and a great value!
Middle Eastern Lentil Soup
Combine in soup kettle:
1 cup lentils
4 cups water
1/2 teaspoon cumin
Cook until the lentils are soft (about 30 minutes), adding water if needed to maintain a soup consistency.
Heat in skillet:
1 tablespoon olive oil
Add and sauté just until yellow:
1 onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
Blend in:
1 tablespoon flour
Cook for a few minutes. Then add the sautéed ingredients to lentils and bring to a boil. After the soup boils, remove from the heat and stir in:
2 tablespoons lemon juice
salt and pepper to taste
Tomato Chutney
Combine in a bowl:
2 cups chopped fresh or canned tomatoes (about two medium tomatoes)
1 medium onion, chopped
3 tablespoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons vinegar
1 tablespoon sugar
salt and pepper to taste
Garnish with fresh cilantro, if available.
I hope you already know how to make steamed rice…
Fix up about 5-6 servings (1 1/4 to 1 1/2 cups dry rice).
The Meal
Serve the Middle Eastern Lentil Soup over rice and top with the Tomato Chutney. This should make about 5-6 servings. Total cost per serving? $0.80! (Assuming you drink water, of course.) You could probably add a vegetable for an additional $0.20-0.30 per serving (or less if you use fresh veggies or grow them yourself). You can easily prepare and cook this meal in about 40 minutes. (Rice is easy, and you can fix the chutney while the lentils are boiling.)
The Nutrition
Lentils are one of the healthiest foods you can eat. They're high in fiber, folate, molybdenum, manganese, iron, and vitamins B1 and B6. They've also been shown to reduce the risk of heart disease. Serving lentils with rice ensures that you get the complementary proteins you need to match the complete proteins available in meats. The lack of meat, however, means that this meal is very low in cholesterol.
Eating Healthy for Less
I plan to share additional recipes that will provide you with healthy meals at an affordable price. While this isn't a cooking blog, it is about saving money. Saving money on your food bill shouldn't come at the expense of your health. These types of recipes help you save money and eat healthier. In general, if you want to eat healthier and save money, follow these tips (from the More-With-Less Cookbook):
Eat More:
- Whole Grains- rice, wheat, barley, rye, oats, corn, and millet
- Legumes – dried beans, soybeans, dried peas, lentils, peanuts
- Vegetables and Fruits – inexpensive, locally grown, in season or homegrown and preserved
- Nuts and Seeds – inexpensive, locally grown or homegrown
Use Carefully:
- Eggs
- Milk, Cheese, Yogurt
- Seafood
- Poultry
- Meats
- Processed and Convenience Foods
- Foods Shipped Long Distances
- Foods Heavy in Refined Sugars and Saturated Fats


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Gay marriage: How Supreme Court cases could end with a whimper
A wildcard in the two landmark gay marriage cases before the Supreme Court this week is that the justices could rule on the question of 'standing,' not the core issue of whether Prop. 8 and DOMA violate the rights of same-sex couples.
Sometimes huge cases at the US Supreme Court end in a whimper rather than a bang.
Despite the crescendo of anticipation surrounding the looming showdown over same-sex marriage at the high court this week, it is possible the justices could decide the controversial cases without ever reaching the core issue of whether Proposition 8 in California and the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) violate the rights of same-sex couples.
Before the justices can take up those fundamental questions, they must first agree that the parties before them have the necessary legal standing to argue the cases, and that the court, itself, has jurisdiction to decide them.
It is a unique feature of the litigation in the Prop. 8 and DOMA cases that the government officials who are charged with the responsibility of defending the constitutionality of challenged laws have opted in both cases not to do so.
In the DOMA case, President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder decided to stop defending the federal statute in court after concluding that it was unconstitutional. But the administration agreed to continue enforcing DOMA until a definitive ruling in the courts. DOMA bars same-sex spouses from receiving more than 1,100 federal marriage benefits available to opposite-sex spouses.
Similarly, the governor and attorney general of California declined to defend the constitutionality of Proposition 8, the 2008 ballot initiative banning gay marriage in that state. Nonetheless, California officials continued to enforce the constitutional amendment by refusing to issue any new marriage licenses to same-sex couples until a final court ruling on the issue.
There is no question about the legal standing of same-sex couples to file lawsuits complaining that they are being treated as second-class citizens under DOMA and Proposition 8.
There is also no question about the legal standing of the president and attorney general to defend the constitutionality of DOMA in the courts, or the legal standing of the California governor and attorney general to defend Prop. 8 in the courts.
The question hanging over the DOMA and Prop. 8 cases is whether someone else can take up the defense of DOMA or Prop. 8 when government officials decline to do so.
Although it might seem little more than a legal technicality, the issue of who has standing to litigate in federal court is a significant matter. The Constitution limits the courts' jurisdiction to actual "cases" or "controversies."
US judges are not permitted to preside over debates or mere policy disputes. Instead, would-be litigants must demonstrate that they have a genuine stake in the dispute that can be redressed by the court.
On the other hand, if no one else can take up the defense of certain challenged measures, it would seem to afford government officials an opportunity to game the system to undermine duly-enacted laws with which they personally disagree.
In both cases, DOMA and Prop. 8, interested parties intervened to defend the measures.
In the DOMA case, a group of Republican leaders of the House of Representatives decided to defend the constitutionality of the 1996 federal marriage law, which passed 85 to 14 in the Senate and 342 to 67 in the House, and was signed by then-President Bill Clinton.
In the Proposition 8 case, organizers of the 2008 ballot initiative entered the case to argue in defense of the state constitutional amendment that passed 52 percent to 48 percent and was endorsed by seven million California voters.
The so-called "standing" question arising in both the DOMA and Prop. 8 cases is whether the parties that intervened in the litigation in place of government officials have an interest in the case sufficient enough to trigger standing under the high court's precedents.
In 1987, the justices upheld an effort by New Jersey legislators to defend a law when executive branch officials in the state refused to do so. What is unclear in the context of DOMA is whether standing must be sought by the full Congress (both House and Senate) or just the House of Representatives, as in the DOMA case.
A second question raised by the justices themselves is whether the actions of the Obama administration in the DOMA case undermined the executive branch's own legal standing in the case.
That question relates to the fact that the Obama administration didn't simply refuse to defend DOMA in court. Government lawyers presented arguments that mirrored those of the plaintiff – that DOMA should be struck down as unconstitutional. In essence, both sides of what is supposed to be an adversarial proceeding were advocating the same result.
That is not a "case" as required by the Constitution.
That's where the House leadership comes in. Their lawyer presented the kind of argument that normally would be presented by the government – defending the constitutionality of the challenged statute. So the case was adversarial, but only if the House leadership's participation is credited with the status of a full party to the dispute.
The Obama administration rejects this view. Justice Department lawyers insist that for purposes of establishing standing, the underlying "case" is a simple tax dispute between the United States and the plaintiff, Edith Windsor, who is seeking a $363,000 estate tax refund. Since the US government has still not cut a refund check for Windsor, the US still retains standing, government lawyers say.
As if this situation wasn't complex enough, the high court has asked yet another lawyer, Harvard Law Professor Vicki Jackson, to argue the standing issue before the court from a perspective independent of any other parties. She maintains in her brief that neither the House Republican leadership nor the US government have standing to appeal the DOMA case.
If a majority of justices agree, it would mean that the court would lack the necessary jurisdiction to hear the appeal and decide whether DOMA is constitutional or not.
A similar "standing" issue arises in the Prop. 8 case, and many legal analysts say it is even thornier than in the DOMA case.
When California officials declined to defend the constitutionality of the ballot initiative, the trial judge allowed Prop. 8 organizers to defend the measure.
After the judge declared Prop. 8 unconstitutional, lawyers for the Prop. 8 organizers filed an appeal to the Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals.
The appeals court questioned whether the Prop. 8 organizers had the necessary legal standing to appeal. The appeals judges cited a 1997 Supreme Court decision in which the court expressed "grave doubt" about whether proponents of a ballot initiative would have standing to defend its constitutionality.
The Ninth Circuit panel in the Prop. 8 case referred the issue to the California Supreme Court. That court ruled that when state officials refuse to defend a challenged ballot initiative, California law empowers the official proponents of a voter-approved initiative to stand in the shoes of government officials for purposes of defending the constitutionality of the initiative.
Opponents of Prop. 8 are urging the Supreme Court to reject the view of California's high court and rule that the Prop. 8 organizers lack standing. If the high court agrees, the Ninth Circuit decision would be vacated and the case would end, with the justices bowing out of the controversy without ever addressing the broader constitutional issues.
The Prop. 8 case, Hollingsworth v. Perry (12-144), is set for oral argument on Tuesday morning. The DOMA case, US v. Windsor (12-307), will be heard Wednesday morning.
A decision is expected by late June.


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The Verizon iPhone is here and it's a beautiful thing. Well, it's actually the same old thing with a slightly modified antenna. It's been reworked for Verizon's CDMA network, but will it fix the iPhone 4's death grip issue? Updated
Check it out: the original AT&T iPhone 4's antenna notches have been shuffled. Instead of three (two on the bottom corners, one on top by the headphone jack), there are now four—one at each corner. The Verizon's extra notch appears at the top left, and the headphone jack notch has slid down to just above the mute button at top left. There's no MicroSIM card slot built into the antenna, either.
NYT says Apple's Tim Cook confirmed that the antenna design had to be optimized for the phone's new CDMA guts, which justifies a slight design modification.
But what's unclear is if the new four-notch design will alleviate the death grip issues which plagued the AT&T iPhone 4 upon its arrival. If you'll recall, users were quick to notice that squeezing the iPhone 4 tightly—especially so that the antenna notch on the lower left corner of the phone was bridged—caused a rapid and significant decrease in signal. It turns out that such is the case with a lot of smartphones, but the permitter antenna design of the iPhone 4 seemed to exacerbate the problem.
Update: The first death grip tests reports are coming in. Here's what people are finding.
Ars contributor Chris Foresman reported that bridging the remaining gap on the Verizon iPhone (using the "death grip," he says) did not result in any kind of CDMA signal attenuation. He also placed a call while death gripping and said that there was no noticeable signal loss.
Over at PCMag, Sascha Segan writes:
Sitting at the demo bar, I managed to knock one bar off of the phone's signal indicator by tightly gripping the phone with both hands, covering all four antenna marks. Just covering the bottom of the phone didn't do it. But the demo room has excellent signal, and attenuation problems really show themselves in fringe signal areas. It'll take a real lab test to see how much Apple has improved the antenna here.
Segan's absolutely right—we won't know for sure that the Verizon iPhone has fixed the death grip issue until the phones end up in the hands of users themselves, especially users in locations that don't have perfect signal strength. The hands-on room at the Verizon event is likely aglow with signal-booster bandwidth, and as we know, the death grip claims its victims most quickly and cleanly in areas with medium to poor signal. Still, of the tests that are being conducted at the event, none have witnessed much signal attenuation to speak of.
We put our hand in the standard "death grip" location, making sure that we covered up all of the right spots, and held onto the device for up to a minute. When we started the test, the device was at four bars. It should be noted that full service is represented on the iPhone 4 with 5 bars. So, the test started with only four bars being shown. As we held the device, and we timed it at a minute, we watched as only one bar disappeared.
We then put our fingers over certain points on the device. Making sure to cover up the "new" top portion of the antenna, and we still couldn't reproduce the "death grip" symptoms that plagued the initial launch of the iPhone 4. You can check out the images from our test below, but it looks like Verizon's confidence in the iPhone 4 on their network seem to be pretty sound.
We'll keep updating this post as further tests are conducted.