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Until now, US-Iraqi efforts to win the support of Sunni Arab countries have resulted largely in empty smiles and handshakes.
But when Iraq attends a third summit with its neighbors and international parties including the United Nations in Kuwait Tuesday, the US hopes to see Sunni Arabs, including Saudi Arabia, open genuine channels of cooperation with Baghdad. A key part of the US-Iraqi sales pitch: Iraq's Shiite-led government has taken on the country's powerful Shiite militias, demonstrating its willingness to crack down on sectarianism.
"Iraq is really now starting to find its footing internally, and it needs to have neighbors that are helping it to find its footing inside the Arab world," said Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice after meeting Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in Baghdad Sunday. On her way to the region Saturday, she said, "At some point the Arab states need to take yes for an answer."
The Bush administration recognizes that Iraq's political stability will require the cooperation of neighbors, perhaps even some kind of security entente, and in its waning months is more actively pushing regional diplomacy. But the neighbors may still be too busy fighting proxy wars in Iraq to think about cooperation, some analysts believe. Saudi Arabia, with one eye on Iran and suspicious of the Maliki government's pro-Tehran elements, continues to support Sunni parties and groups unhappy with the weak Shiite-dominated government.
For its part, Iran is juggling numerous objectives in Iraq, from seeing a stable but relatively weak Shiite government maintain power to taking whatever steps might help rid it of the sizable US military presence next door.
"The Arab regimes may have been relieved to see Mr. Maliki order an offensive against the Shiite militias, but they are still fearful," says Hazim al-Shameri, a professor of political science at Baghdad University. "The fact is the Sunni Arabs don't have good relations with Shiite Iran, and now they find themselves with an Iraq governed by Shiites and building close relations with Iran."
Secretary Rice has ruled out a formal meeting with her Iranian counterpart in the margins of the Kuwait summit – which will also include a sideline discussion of the political crisis in Lebanon where Iran-backed Hizbullah is pitted against US-supported forces. A similar gathering in Sharm el-Sheik a year ago included lower-level US-Iran contacts that led to meetings in Baghdad between the two countries' ambassadors.
The US nevertheless hopes to see Tehran pursue the more cooperative stance in Iraq that it appeared ready to test out a year ago. If nothing else, the Sunni neighbors should realize that the best way to offset the influence of Shiite Iran is to support the Maliki government and become more influential themselves, Washington believes.
The US is also hoping some Sunni countries will announce that they are ready to open embassies in Baghdad – though the success of such initiatives has been patchy in the past. Egypt sent an ambassador to Baghdad soon after the fall of Saddam Hussein, but he was assassinated.
Iraq, for its part, is looking for promises of debt reduction from its neighbors.
Some are hopeful that Maliki's offensive against Shiite militias – a campaign begun in late March and continuing in Basra and in Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood – will pay off among Iraq's Arab neighbors.
"The events of Basra have bought Maliki some street cred," says Patrick Clawson, deputy director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. "He can go to Kuwait and say, 'See, I'm not some Iranian toy,' whereas a year ago the Sunnis saw him strictly as an Iranian agent with Sunni blood on his hands."
In fact, part of the point of dispatching the two top US officials in Iraq – Ambassador Ryan Crocker and Commander of US forces Gen. David Petraeus – to Riyadh last week was to impress upon the Saudis the significance of Maliki's actions, both domestically and on Iraqi Shiite ties with Iran.
Still, some Iraqis say the squeamish Arab regimes have themselves to blame for Iran's unrivaled influence in Iraq. Iran has cemented economic ties with Iraq, especially in the south and in the oil sector, and is also involved in development in the Kurdish region.
"The Arabs complain that Iran is growing in its presence and importance, but the Arabs have their share of responsibility because they have left the Iraqi door open to Iran," says Hamid al-Tamimi Baghdad University's College of Political Science. "Iran has an ambassador and an embassy, Iran is making economic agreements, but they [the Sunni regimes] have not done these things. The Iranians are making friends here," he adds, "but all the while the Arabs are far away."
The Iranians are playing several games at the same time, analysts say. They want a stable Iraq, but they also want a weak Iraq that can never again threaten Iran as Saddam Hussein's Iraq did. They are arming the Shiite militias and groups fighting the Iraqi Army, but their aim may be more to build up the Shiites in the case of a return to civil war, analysts say, than to weaken the government.
"Iran's policy isn't particularly coherent," says Mr. Clawson. "They are doing things to help Maliki, but they are doing things that undermine him at the same time."
Some Iraqis say Iraq has become caught in the cross hairs of a bigger US-Iran fight. "Iraq is a battlefield between the US and Iran," says Dr. Timimi. "The Iraqis don't have an interest in this war, but there is nothing we can do to contain it; we are the weak party of the three."
But the Iranians are seen to be adjusting their approach to the US as conditions change in Iraq. A year ago they thought American political pressure at home would force a drawdown of US troops, and they were taking action to encourage that step. But having lost that immediate hope, the Iranians may be more prepared to cooperate.
Despite some optimism for the Kuwait meeting, some observers say Sunni Arab support for Iraq may remain on hold until two things happen: Iraq's Sunnis gain more political power through upcoming elections this fall and in December 2009, and conditions improve enough for large numbers of Sunni exiles to return. In the meantime, Iraq's Sunni Arab neighbors may remain preoccupied with other factors.
"The Saudis' first interest is in leveling the balance they see is now weighed towards the Shiites, and Iran," says Timimi.
Others say the Sunni Arabs are torn between supporting the US, and rejecting an American vision for the Middle East that has brought upheaval.
"These are American allies; they want to walk the American line," says Mr. Shameri. "But they also fear that the social and political upheaval Iraq is experiencing could end up affecting their regimes." Citing the example of a Shiite minority in Saudi Arabia demanding political rights, he adds, "Their own stability is their first interest."


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|Me and Tippy
I love my dog. And yes, she's MY dog.
"Do you know what YOUR dog did?" my husband always asks. YOUR dog.
"How come she's always MY dog when she's done something wrong?"
"She's always YOUR dog," is the usual response.
Just because there's an empty tuna can and a shoe in my bed does not automatically mean we need to blame the dog. Hey, it could have been a cat. My husband is always a little too eager to blame MY dog. He's a cat person. You know how they are.
I love my dog, but I will be the first to admit she's not going to win any intelligence contests. Let's just say if it was up to her to save the day, little Timmy wouldn't be getting out of that well any time soon. And while she did manage to receive her Basic Obedience Diploma my husband is convinced it was a classic case of grade inflation. What she might lack in brains she does make up for in beauty. You know how they say some people resemble their dogs? I should be so lucky. If I did I'd be tall, thin, and blond.
As far as she is concerned I am clearly the leader of the pack. My husband's theory is that it's because I picked her up from the dog rescue transport and brought her home. I SAVED her. I'm convinced it's because she hears me issuing the same series of commands to my husband and son. No! Off! Sit! Down! Out! Eat! Car! Clearly, I am in charge.
So when did my love affair with dogs begin?
I was four when I got my first dog, Tippy. She was a mutt, half beagle and half standard poodle. Of course this was back in the day when we still called them mutts. Now we have "designer dogs" (which are essentially the same thing but with a higher price tag). I remember my mom put a big cardboard box on the floor in the back seat of our station wagon for the puppy, and then she and my dad and I drove to some mysterious, pre-determined location to pick out our dog.
I don't remember the puppy place specifically, it's more of a vague recollection. I do remember the puppies though! Oh, my goodness, they were cute! There was a litter of tortoise-shell-colored, beagley-looking puppies! Puppies were everywhere, jumping and wagging their stubby little tails! I remember sitting on the floor with puppies in my lap and puppies all around me begging for attention. I played with them until my parents decided which puppy was to come home with us. I wanted them all!
Tippy was a wonderful dog. Brilliant really. Thankfully, she inherited the poodle brain (Sorry beagle people, but you know what I'm talking about...) For eleven years Tippy was my best friend. We did everything together. I didn't need a leash--she stayed right by my side. We had a give and take relationship. I played ball with her, and she let me dress her up in sunglasses and a hat. I was the leader of her pack. Even with living in the city my mom always said she never worried about my being outside alone if Tippy was with me. She knew that dog would never let anything happen to me. When someone smashed a window and tried to break into our house once they never made it past the outside back door. Or when I had a bad day or was picked on by some mean bully at school I knew I could talk to her about it even if I couldn't tell my mom or my dad.
Sometimes I think the world would be a better place if people were more like dogs. Dogs don't care what you look like. They don't care what color you are or what religion you are. They don't care if you can't walk or can't see. If you feed them and love them and throw them a ball once in a while you've got a friend for life. I still miss Tippy. Even after all of these years she still has a special place in my heart.
|My Girl, Fall 2007
Now, it's time for a walk. Come here, girl!
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Google has sent out invites for a mysterious event to be held on October 29. Could this be for the launch of a new Nexus phone?
The invites themselves sport the phrase "The playground is open," seemingly in an Android search bar with the little microphone symbol to the right.
This might sound like a fairly cryptic phrase, until you realise that Google has used it before. As pointed out by Phandroid, it used the expression on its official Android blog (pictured below) during Google I/O on June 27. Its purpose: to announce Android 4.2 Jelly Bean.
That's not the only time Google used the expression "The playground is open" either. The company used it as a tagline for an ad pushing the Google Nexus 7 tablet.
So, a new version of Android and a new Google Nexus device. What on earth could Google be announcing a year after it's last Google Nexus smartphone?
Oh yes – its next Google Nexus smartphone. There have been numerous leaks over the past few weeks for the so-called LG Nexus 4 – a rather sleek new smartphone that can clearly trace its lineage to last year's Samsung Galaxy Nexus.
It's said to have a 1.5GHz quad core Snapdragon S4 CPU, a 1280 x 768 True-HD IPS screen and an 8 megapixel camera.
In fact, the new Nexus device was tipped for an October 29 launch well before these invites were sent out. It's looking like a dead cert.
One potential twist in the tale surrounds those persistent rumours earlier in the years that Google was going to allow multiple manufacturers to contribute Nexus handsets. This had seemed less likely with all the LG Nexus 4 leaks (and none from other companies), but take a look at that invite and you'll see no mention of LG.
Last year's launch invite contained Samsung branding. Hmm, mysterious.


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The Woman in Black is the third major film to be produced under the Hammer banner in the past few years (the other two being The Resident, starring Hilary Swank, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Christopher Lee, and Let Me In, the English language remake of Let the Right One In), and in a many ways it feels like the Hammer horror films of the 40s, 50s, and 60s.
Earlier this week, we had the opportunity to talk with Daniel Radcliffe about starring in The Woman in Black — out this Friday — Hammer horror movies, being skeptical about ghosts and the supernatural, and playing Allen Ginsberg in the upcoming Kill Your Darlings.
On his favorite thing about stepping back in time and into the role of Arthur Kipps, Radcliffe said:
"On a completely superficial level? The costumes. If I could wear that stuff all the time, I really would. […] When you put [one of those costumes on], it makes you stand differently – it kind of ages you slightly, actually. It's quite helpful in that effort."
Indeed, one of the most jarring things about the opening moments of The Woman in Black is seeing Daniel Radcliffe – the boy who lived, Harry Potter – in the role of father and widower. Granted, this film takes place at a point in history when young men (Radcliffe is 22-years-old) were already well on their way toward grandfatherhood. Still, it's initially difficult to break free from our preconceived notions of the actor as anything but a boy wizard, since we've known him almost exclusively as such for the past decade.
On the subject of the period of the film, Radcliffe continues:
"What's kind of great about that period is that it came […] after five thousand years of [England] being a completely pagan nation. We fell out of love with any kind of spirituality as soon as Christianity came in. [Then], in the Victorian era, [England suddenly] started to come around to the idea of spirits and demons and the notion of there being [an] afterlife."
On whether or not he was paying tribute to the Peter Cushing/Christopher Lee Hammer horror films of yore – The Woman in Black is a Hammer film – Radcliffe said:
"Absolutely. Peter Cushing was the still center of all those films around which that chaos could develop. So yes. [And if I wasn't] actually paying tribute, I was certainly aware that had this film been made in a different time, Peter Cushing would've got the part."
Cushing was, of course, later known for his role as Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars, but his most prominent work was with Hammer Film Productions – as Baron Victor Frankenstein in The Curse of Frankenstein, as Van Helsing in Dracula, as John Banning in The Mummy, and as Sherlock Holmes in The Hound of the Baskervilles, amongst others.
On the topic of Hammer Film Productions, Radcliffe continued:
"The Hammer banner is wonderful, it's a fantastic thing for […] me particularly because, having been in the British film industry all my life – if you're not working with people who actually worked the [Hammer] films, you're working with their kids. The person who did my makeup on all the Potter movies, her dad, Eddie Knight, did all the original Hammer makeup. So, growing up in the industry in the England, you're always very aware of those films and the importance they had and what they did for the industry […] in England.
"[It's also great] because we can push the horror a little more, because Hammer's there. We can have go back to old standards of creepy toys and a haunted house and all those kind of things that recur. And because it's Hammer, […] nobody questions it."
Easily one of the best things about The Woman in Black is its reliance on practical cinematic trickery and effects as opposed to CGI or digital enhancement. The film, for the most part, is a truly old-fashioned haunted house film. There are times when it feels too much like something we've seen before – the ending, for example, will likely come across as predictable – but where the scares and cinematography are concerned, its aged style is ironically a breath of fresh air.
On whether or not Radcliffe drew from the Susan Hill novel on which The Woman in Black was loosely based, he said:
"Obviously, I did read the book and, you know, [our film and the book] are very different in terms of how the story is framed. This is a very different adaptation, but also, I find some comfort in the fact that every adaptation of this book has been very different. [The story] has had to be changed in some way to fit the medium in which it's going into."
The Woman in Black has now been adapted four times — once for television in 1989 on Britain's ITV network, twice for BBC Radio in 1993 and 2004, and now by way of film. The story of the film is very, very different from the book, which utilized a much less conventional ending, and arguably a sadder one.
As for whether or not Radcliffe based his portrayal on the book version of Arthur Kipps, he said:
"It was the same when I played Harry – I go off the script. Here's the thing, if I go home and I read the book and I say, 'Oh, that's great, that's really, really good, I like that a lot,' and then I come in [on the set] the next day and I say to James [Watkins, the director], 'Can we try and put this in somewhere?' Then it will mean James will have call Jane [Goldman], the writer, and Jane will have to speak with Susan and [et cetera, et cetera]. So […] rather than cloud issues, it's best to just go off the script, on a day-to-day level."
On the biggest scare, in his opinion, of The Woman in Black, Radcliffe said:
"I think it's the hand going up to the window. When I touch the window and the face [of the Woman in Black] appears [in the reflection]. And that was one I knew was there, and it still got me. [...] Actually, when I was filming, I didn't know – you know that shot in the trailer [where I'm looking out the window and she appears behind me]? That shot, which is brilliant — I had no idea that that's what was eventually going to happen […], so when I saw the trailer for the first time, I did go [lurches backward, makes indescribable frightened noise]."
On the status of his own belief in ghosts, Radcliffe said:
"[It's] nonexistent. I don't have any belief in ghosts or the supernatural or anything like that, unfortunately."
On why his character stays in the house of the Woman in Black to do, essentially, paper work, despite the fact that there is a terrible and ghastly ghost woman in black tormenting him:
"One of the first questions I asked James was, 'Why does [Arthur] stay there?' The moment you read the first page [of the script], you know it's going to end badly. Get out of there, idiot. I had that question, too. And there's that great line where I say to somebody, 'Oh, no, it's fine, I'll just work through the night.' [Laughter.] So I said to James, 'Why does he stay in the house, what's that about?' And James said, 'Well, here's a young man who has lost his wife and he goes to this house and he suddenly starts seeing the – what he thinks is – the ghost of a dead woman. To have any kind of confirmation that that is what he is seeing would mean that he would be able to confirm the fact that there is an afterlife which means he will perhaps one day see his wife again.' So he's staying there for some kind of sense of conciliation, I suppose."
On Misha Handley, Daniel's real-life godson, playing Arthur Kipps' adorable young son, and whether or not he wants to be an actor as he gets older, Radcliffe said:
"I don't think he [wants to be an actor] now. He's four. He wants to be everything [and that's] changing every day. You know, he has no ambition whatsoever in this area, to my knowledge. I think he had a really good time on the film [and] I think he'd do it again, but not for any other reason than 'that got me out of school for a few days.' I mean, yeah, it was fantastic having him there. I became totally protective of him. And, like, just worried, because he was four when we filmed it. And I was hoping, the first time he stepped on set, it would be like a really nice day and he'd have a fun time – no, it was a night-shoot, it was freezing cold, we were on a train platform somewhere. He had a nice time for like the first two hours and then he was like, 'It's cold, can I go to bed now.' […] I was so obsessed with [him having a nice time] at the time that I didn't really notice that he actually gave a really nice performance and he's really sweet and good in the film.
"What was really great about it was, he didn't really know what we were doing there. It would get to the point where he'd have to say a line and he'd just not say anything. I'd give his hand a little squeeze and he'd look up at me, like, 'What?' And I said, 'Say hello, Sam.' [And he said], 'Hello, Sam.' And he'd look at me again, like, 'Happy now?' The way I kind of told it to him was, like, 'I'm playing a dad in this, so I need you to help me.' So he was just – helping Uncle Dan. And that was what he thought he was doing.'"
On the subtext of the film, Daniel Radcliffe said:
"That was one of the things I felt about it, was that [the subtext] felt unusual for the genre. ['The Woman in Black' is] unashamedly a horror film, but it's character-driven and it does have some really strong themes. For me, the film was about what happens to us if we don't move on from a loss. If we can't move on. Arthur is somebody who has been devastated by his loss and has become devastated from the world, from his son, from his life. The Woman in Black has had a terrible wrong done to her during her life and has, of course, been unable to move on from that and [was] consumed by grief and rage and has carried that desire for revenge into the afterlife with her. Then there's the fisher's marriage, which has all gone wrong. [There's] the fact that Ciaran [Hinds] is in denial [about his son's death] and Janet [McTeer, who plays Ciaran's wife], is having visions. Everybody is reacting to grief in a different way in this film.
"And if you like the kind – the 'battle' in the film, as it were, between Arthur and the Woman in Black, it's kind of a fight for closure. A fight for who can move on first. […] They're the two most extreme reactions to a death."
On whether or not he's a fan of horror films, Radcliffe said:
"I would [consider myself a fan], but I wouldn't consider myself an aficionado in any way. I'm not one of those guys that will just see a trailer and [say], 'Oh, I'm going to go see that.' […] I'm like that about some [genres], but not about horror, I've never had that [obsession] about this particular genre. Which comes, in part, from the fact that I could never cope with gore or anything like that."
On whether or not he's more comfortable acting on stage or screen:
"The audience is really easy to forget about [on stage]. The camera is not. That's what I find hard. I also find hard the broken up nature of filming, which is odd, because I've done it all my life, so it should be natural. And these, by the way, are conclusions I've come to very recently. […] On stage, I don't have to think about [the intention of the scene] because the whole story's being told in one go, and all I have to do is get on stage and listen, which is what I'm very good at. Listening, being engaged – I have no problems with. […] Whereas on film, because it's so broken up, it can sometimes mean you come back to a scene [and be] slightly unsure of what exactly you should be doing."
On what he's looking most forward to with regard to playing Allen Ginsberg in the forthcoming Kill Your Darlings, a 2013 film about murder and the great poets and writers of the beat generation:
"What's been wonderful so far is doing all the research. I've been looking into his childhood and his life and I'm reading the journals at the moment. I'm about to read the biography. It's fantastic. He's obviously an extremely interesting character. […] What's interesting about him — the more I learn about him, in his life, he was more or less the most placatory person you could ever have met. He was all about trying to keep peace and trying to keep any situation calm. His mother had a deep personality disorder, so he was at home a lot of times as a kid just watching – just trying to make sure everything was okay. […] Which is why it's intriguing that he was so confrontational in his poetry. It was like that side could never come out in any kind of actual social interaction. [I'm] mainly [looking forward to] working with the director. It's his first film. He's a young guy called John Krokidas. I think he's going to make a fantastic, fantastic movie. He's co-written it as well. He's just really super-smart."
On whether or not he has a dialect coach yet to get his non-British accent up to snuff, Radcliffe said:
"Oh, absolutely. I'm working on my New Jersey Jew at the moment."
Ben Moore blogs at Screen Rant.


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The line began to form around 8 a.m. on the corner of 18th and Broadway in Manhattan Friday. Rachel Meyer — known as "Bunny" on YouTube — was due to arrive at makeup store Tart at noon, and her biggest fans wanted to make sure they had a shot at meeting her.
Meyer, or "Bunny," as her fans call her, is a relatively well-known YouTube celebrity, vlogging under the username Grav3yardgirl. She is one of the highest-earning YouTubers, earning her an estimated $462,798 a year from her popular videos, which cover a smorgasbord of topics, like makeup and fashion and even paranormal activity.
One of her most popular videos called "I AM FLAWED (imperfections tag)" has nearly a million views, and, according to the fans we talked to, is the video that sums up why they love Bunny the most. In the video, the 26-year-old goes on a 10-minute rant about why she doesn't care that she isn't perfect.
Her other gimmick? Her "Does This Really Work?" series, where she reviews products in parody fashion, trying everything from nail art to stick-in eyelashes.
It's not scripted, and to the adult ear she might sound reminiscent of a character from popular 1990s Nickelodeon show "All That" (like SNL for kids), but moms tell me their young daughters go nuts over the videos, dissolving in laughter.
In a world where even the labeled "down-to-earth" celebs like Taylor Swift and Blake Lively are rarely, if ever, seen un-coiffed, Bunny sends a good message for young and impressionable girls, a demographic that showed up in full-force to wait in line to meet their idol Friday morning.
Sofia Cammarano, pictured below, got up at 5:30 a.m. to trek solo from Trumble, Connecticut, to Manhattan in order to be one of the first in line outside of Tart.
Cammarano, 16, said she's been watching Bunny's videos since 2011 and likes her vlogs on paranormal activity and graveyard tours the best.
Cammarano was one of six girls who were waiting at the very front of the line. She had traveled alone, but befriended (from left to right below) Kerina Nunez, 17, Naidy Calojes, 18, and Alexandria Cassella and Maggie McGarry, both 12.
The girls came prepared with signs and gifts for their idol. The heart on the sign below says "Follow us!" and gives the girls' Twitter handles.
There were cards.
And Cammarano brought her a book, "The Spoon River Anthologies."
"It's about ghosts and she loves ghosts," she explained, as if she had purchased the gift for a good friend's birthday. And in a way, she had. When we talked to Bunny fans Maddy Broderick, 15, and Sydney Caprio, 17, we learned more about what made Bunny so appealing to the young masses.
"She's cool," Broderick told us, "and she's not trying to be someone she's not. And I appreciate that. And she likes Hunter S. Thompson! Do you know how hard it is to find someone who likes Hunter S. Thompson?" (Wait until she hits 21 and heads to any bar in Williamsburg.)
"She's weird," Caprio concluded. "She's weird. And I like that."
When we asked her who the anti-Bunny was, they both thought for a minute.
"Michelle Phan, maybe," Caprio said slowly, referring another YouTube star with 6 million subscribers. Phan makes videos with titles like "Reduce Cellulite with Coffee," and "Underwater Makeup."
"I like Michelle," Broderick counteracted. "But yeah ... she's too ... polished."
Perhaps Bunny's youngest fan in attendance was 10-year-old Stella Copeland, a soft-spoken blonde from Brooklyn whose parents chaperoned her as they waited for Bunny's arrival at Tart.
Stella's mom, Vicky, said she's seen the videos herself and thinks they're funny.
"[Bunny's videos are] good for kids. They're funny, they send a good message; she loves them," she motioned at her daughter. Stella told us all of her friends watch Bunny, often times together, but they're all at camp this summer.
Bunny, with over 3 million subscribers on YouTube, makes her money from ad revenue and seems to have unlocked the key to success: Kids love her and moms approve.
Take a look at Bunny's YouTube channel or watch one of her videos below:


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TripAdvisor, the world's largest travel site, announced on April 5 the winners of its inaugural 2011 Travelers' Choice Beaches awards. Captiva was named the eighth best beach destination in the United States.
Award winners were determined based on the most highly rated beach destinations by travelers in TripAdvisor reviews. According to TripAdvisor, Travelers' Choice winners are based on millions of real and unbiased reviews and opinions from travelers around the world.
"In addition to the outstanding beaches, these destinations also feature top-rated options for hotels, vacation rentals, attractions, and restaurants," said Barbara Messing, chief marketing officer for TripAdvisor
Beaches still remain a popular destination. According to a recent TripAdvisor survey of more than 2,100 U.S. respondents, 68 percent are planning a beach vacation in 2011. Fifty-four percent are planning a trip to a U.S. beach destination.
Captiva Erosion Prevention District commissioner Mike Mullins said, "With gas prices sky-high and the economy just in the recovery stage, beach vacations are a natural. And Captiva has everything: pristine beaches, lack of high-rise hotels and condos, lush vegetation and a laid back atmosphere."
The TraveIers' Choice Award is not the first Captiva has received. In December 2010, Travelocity named Captiva's Alison Hagerup Beach Park the #1 rated "Romantic Beach in the U.S. and Nearby." It called Captiva's sunsets "the most romantic in all America."
Traveloctiy was not the only organization that thought highly of Captiva's romantic setting. Best Beaches in the USA, the famous rankings by Dr. Stephen Leatherman (Dr. Beach) of Florida International University, rated Captiva #3 in his Best Romantic Beaches based on features such as natural beauty, privacy, good sand and water quality, and amenities such as easy access, picnic area, and places to walk along the shore
Finally, the website, www.the-best-florida-beaches.com rated Captiva among the top 10 beaches in Florida.


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MAJOR INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: 2012 - FIVB World Grand Prix. 2011 - Pan American Games (Bronze)...FIVB World Cup (Silver). 2010 – Montreux Volley Masters (Silver)…Pan American Cup (Bronze)...FIVB World Grand Prix (Gold)...Brazil Tour...FIVB World Championship (Fourth). 2009 – Pan American Cup (Fourth); FIVB World Championship Qualification Tournament – NORCECA Pool G (Gold)…FIVB World Grand Prix (Ninth)…Final Four Intercontinental Cup (Silver)...NORCECA Continental Championship (Fourth). 2008 – Pan American Cup (Fifth Place)...U.S. Olympic Team Exhibition for Volleyball Series versus Brazil...FIVB World Grand Prix (Fourth Place). 2007 – Pan American Cup (Fourth Place)…Pan American Game (Bronze Medal). 2003 – Pan American Games (Bronze Medal). 2002 – NORCECA Junior Girls Continental Championships (Silver Medal)…NORCECA Youth Girls Continental Championships (Gold Medal).
INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS: 2012 - Started two matches during FIVB World Grand Prix compiling 29 points, including a double-double with 11 points and 10 digs versus Argentina. 2011 - Led U.S. Women to the bronze medal at the Pan American Games in her first competition of the season after suffering an injury in her club season…Averaged 4.25 points and 1.13 digs per set at the Pan American Games…Scored a team-high 23 points versus Dominican Republic in Pan American Games bronze-medal match on Oct. 20, one day after recording 15 points against Cuba in the semifinal round…Played in 16 sets during FIVB World Cup, primarily as serving specialist…Started against Kenya with seven points and six digs. 2010 – Averaged 3.38 points and 1.81 digs per set in helping the U.S. to the Montreux Volley Masters silver medal…Contributed a team-high 20 points versus China in the Montreux gold-medal match, which included 17 kills on 33 attempts and just one error to go with two blocks and an ace…Started two of seven matches at Pan American Cup helping Team USA to the bronze medal…Averaged 2.31 points, 2.00 kills, 0.21 blocks and 2.00 digs per set at Pan American Cup…Tallied nine kills on 16 errorless attempts along with a block versus Trinidad & Tobago on June 20…Played in 36 sets during the FIVB World Grand Prix, helping the squad to the gold medal…Tallied 10 points versus Germany on Aug. 7 in a reserve role…Started two of four matches of Brazil Tour…Held role of serving specialist during FIVB World Championship, entering 17 sets and nine of the 11 matches. 2009 – Played in a team-high 94 sets during the 2009 season, netting a 2.49 scoring average with a .281 combined hitting efficiency on 234 total points scored (second most on team)…Started three matches and played in 19 sets of the Pan American Cup…Averaged 1.05 points and 0.53 digs per set while mainly a serving specialist in the Pan American Cup…Named Most Valuable Player and Best Spiker of the FIVB World Championship Qualification Tournament – NORCECA Pool G after leading the U.S. to the gold medal…Held a .510 attack efficiency and converted 57.7 percent of attacks into kills during the qualifying event…Averaged 4.88 points, 4.25 kills, 0.38 blocks, 0.25 aces and 1.63 digs per set in the qualification tournament…Produced 18 points versus Costa Rica on July 8 in qualification tournament final match helping U.S. to earn 2010 FIVB World Championship berth…Played in 22 of 36 sets during the FIVB World Grand Prix with four match starts…Averaged 1.68 points and 0.86 digs per set at the World Grand Prix…Contributed eight points versus Thailand on Aug. 16…Ranked second among all scorers during Final Four Intercontinental Cup in Peru after averaging 3.30 points and 2.35 digs per set…Ranked fifth in the Best Spiker category at the Final Four Cup with a 33.33 kill percent…Averaged 2.80 kills during the Final Four Cup in which USA lost to Brazil in gold-medal match…Scored in double-figures in all five matches of Final Four Cup, including 16 in a four-set win over Peru on Sept. 10 and 15 versus Dominican Republic in a three-set loss…Reached double-figure scoring in five of the six matches of the NORCECA Continental Championship as she started all six contests…Averaged 2.88 points and 1.36 digs during the NORCECA event while hitting .361…Scored 11 kills with 17 errorless attacks versus Costa Rica on Sept. 24. 2008 – Finished 15th in scoring at Pan American Cup...Averaged 3.14 points per set with set averages of 2.72 kills and 0.34 blocks...Attacked at a .304 efficiency...Started final two matches of Pan American Cup at opposite, including a 17-point match versus Venezuela in the fifth-place contest...Averaged 2.07 points and 0.36 blocks per set in three matches against Brazil during 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Exhibition for Volleyball series in Colorado Springs...Tallied 11 kills and two blocks versus Brazil on June 11 while starting all five sets...Came off bench to spark USA to five-set win over Brazil on June 13 with eight points...Played in 23 sets during the FIVB World Grand Prix with two set starts...Totaled 18 points (14 kills, four blocks) at the World Grand Prix. 2007 – Contributed 2.59 points per set during the Pan American Cup, highlighted by four double-figure point contests…Added 2.50 digs per set during the Pan American Games…Recorded 15 points against Argentina with 13 kills and two aces on June 21…Provided four aces as part of 10-point match against Costa Rica on June 22…Hit .421 with nine kills, three aces and a block for 13 points against Mexico on June 25…Averaged 3.06 points during the Pan American Games, including 2.69 kills and 0.25 blocks per set…Turned in three double-figure point matches at Pan American Games, topped by a 12-point performance against Puerto Rico on July 15. 2004 – Was one of six alternates for the 2004 USA Women's Olympic Volleyball Team. 2003 – Earned a bronze medal as the youngest member of the USA women's national training team at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic…Scored 11 points on nine kills and two blocks in the bronze-medal match as the USA defeated Brazil, 3-1, to finish the tournament with a record of 4-2…Became a starter on the right side two matches into the tournament…Finished eighth among all players at 1.44 digs per set. She also ranked fifth on the team in scoring with 43 total points (35 kills, six blocks, two aces), a number that ranked her 29th among all players in the tournament. 2002 – Earned a gold medal as a member of the USA Girl's Youth National Team at the 2002 NORCECA Youth Girls Continental Championships in Salt Lake City, Utah…The team earned an automatic berth to the 2003 FIVB Girl's Under-18 World Championships after going 5-0 and losing just one set at the NORCECA tournament…Cynthia was named Best Serve-Receiver at the NORCECA tournament…Also earned a silver medal as a member of the USA Women's Junior National Team at the 2002 NORCECA Junior Women's Continental Championships in Puerto Rico.
COLLEGE HIGHLIGHTS: Three-time American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-American…Finished career at Stanford ranked ninth in career kills (1,639), sixth in digs (1,241) and ninth in service aces (115). 2008 – Selected a 2008 AVCA All-America First-Team pick after assisting Stanford to the NCAA Division I Championship title match…Earned ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA First-Team Academic All-American…Appeared in all 118 sets for Stanford while finishing second on the team with 412 kills (3.49 per set)…Finished among Pac-10 leaders in kills (7th) and points (8th)…Led team in aces (24) and finished second in digs with 358 (3.03 per set)…Named to NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team. 2007 - Selected AVCA All-America First Team after leading Stanford to a NCAA Division I runner-up finish…Ended the year with a career-best 20 double-doubles and was one of the team's top hitters with 3.99 kills per game… Named the program's first ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American since 2004…Joined Stanford's elite 1,000-kill club as just a junior. 2006 - Finished second with partner Bryn Kehoe at the Powerade Collegiate Beach Volleyball Championship in April 2007…Concluded sophomore season at Stanford in 2006-2007…Selected AVCA All-America First-Team selection in 2006 after leading the Cardinal with 463 total kills and 4.21 kills per game…Led the team with 48 service aces and was honored with all-tournament accolades at each of the Cardinal's four tournaments in 2006…Added 2.99 digs and 0.69 blocks per game on defense as a sophomore. 2005 - Missed the final 11 matches of her 2005 freshman season after suffering a season-ending anterior cruciate ligament injury… Had started all 21 matches prior to injury and led the Pac-10 in kills (297) and kills per game (4.50) up until the injury.
HIGH SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS: 2004 – Capped her amazing high school career by being named the Gatorade National High School Volleyball Player of the Year for the second-straight year…In winning the award for a second consecutive season, Barboza joins Marion Jones (1991-93), LeBron James (2002-03) and Candace Parker (2003-04) as one of only four high school athletes in any sport to win Gatorade National Player of the Year honors in back-to-back seasons. She is the first volleyball player to achieve the feat…This season, the 6-foot-1-inch outside hitter/middle blocker averaged 18.3 kills, 1.57 blocks and 2.0 aces per match for the Bruins, who were 25-7 and reached the CIF Southern Section Division I-AA semifinals…She hit an amazing .537 for the season, compiling 14 matches with an attack efficiency greater than .650 and four matches in which she hit better than .800…Her best effort of the season (.840) came in a loss against eventual state champion Mira Costa…Finished her high school career with 2,145 career kills, 349 blocks and 152 aces…Her lengthy resume includes 2004 High School Player of the Year by Volleyball Magazine, All-California Interscholastic Federation (Southern Section) Division I-AA co-MVP, and four-time first-team All-CIF recognition. 2003 – Became the first junior to be named Gatorade National High School Volleyball Player of the Year…Registered 550 kills, 46 blocks and 38 service aces, and was the only high school player to be invited to train with the U.S. National Team in preparation for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens…Also named first team All-California Interscholastic Federation (Southern Section), to the Los Angeles Times Girls Volleyball All-Star Team and a PrepVolleyball.com High School All-American. 2002 – Named National Sophomore of the Year by Student Sports magazine after leading Long Beach Wilson to a runner-up finish at the California state high school volleyball championships…Also named Player of the Year by the Los Angeles Times…Earned CIF I-AA Most Valuable Player honors in addition to first-team All-State and first-team All-Moore League…Wilson finished second at the CIF Southern Section championships. 2001 – Named National Freshman of the Year by Student Sports magazine after leading Long Beach Wilson to the CIF Southern Section championship.
PERSONAL: Born Cynthia Jane Barboza on Feb. 7, 1987, in Bellflower, Calif. …Parents are Robert and Jane Barboza…Also has a brother, David (18)…At age 18 Cynthia was the youngest member of the USA women's national volleyball training team in 2004 while pursuing a spot on the Olympic roster…While English is her first spoken language, Spanish was her first written language.
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Comcast announced Matthew Summy, 42, has been named vice president of government affairs, for the company¿s greater Chicago region. In his new role, Summy will be responsible for government and community relations and regulatory matters in the region. Previously he served as president and CEO of the Illinois Science & Technology Coalition. Summy is active in several professional and civic organizations. He also is a Northwestern University adjunct faculty member. Summy received his master¿s degree in public administration from New York University and a bachelor's degree from the University of Iowa.


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The $680 billion Defense authorization bill is expected to pass both chambers and move to President Obama's desk in the next several days.
The House and Senate Armed Services committees met on Wednesday to approve the conference report on the fiscal 2010 defense authorization bill, which boosts funding for Navy fighters and Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected vehicles and endorses the administration's request to end the F-22 Raptor fighter program, according to congressional aides.
Despite bipartisan support for many of the defense provisions in the bill, several Republicans from both committees are withholding their signatures from the conference report in opposition to the inclusion of unrelated language that extends the definition of hate crimes to include sexual orientation and gender identity.
"Many of our colleagues are unhappy [with the hate crimes language] and will not sign the conference report," Senate Armed Services Committee ranking member John McCain, R-Ariz., said at a news conference. McCain strongly opposed the language but said he will sign off on the bill.
The $680 billion authorization bill is expected to pass both chambers and move to President Obama's desk in the next several days.
The final bill authorizes funding to buy 18 Super Hornet carrier-based fighter jets for the Navy -- nine more than requested. It also includes House language that allows the Navy to pursue a multiyear purchase deal on the fighters, as well as a $108 million down payment for more Super Hornets in fiscal 2011.
In addition, the bill authorizes $6.7 billion for MRAPs -- $1.2 billion above the request to fully fund the military's requirement for the all-terrain versions now deploying to Afghanistan.
Meanwhile, the bill authorizes only $216 million of the $427 million requested to terminate the manned ground vehicle portion of the Army's Future Combat Systems, an $87 billion effort that Defense Secretary Robert Gates determined did not take into account lessons learned after eight years of war.
"Given that there are unspent fiscal 2009 funds from the FCS program, the committee believes $216 million in fiscal 2010 is sufficient to cover the termination costs," according to a summary of the agreement. The $211 million cut is smaller than the cuts proposed in both the House and Senate versions of the authorization measure.
In terms of shipbuilding, the authorization bill includes a provision that would help the Navy implement its dramatic restructuring of the Littoral Combat Ship program. At the Navy's request, it authorizes a block buy for the next 10 ships -- a contract mechanism that essentially would commit the service to buy two ships in fiscal 2010, with options for more purchases in future years.
As expected, the bill does not authorize funds for more F-22s. The House-passed bill included a $369 million down payment to buy 12 F-22s next year, but Obama and Gates persuaded lawmakers over the last several months to end the program at the 187 fighters already ordered.
After Wednesday's conference meeting, Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin, D-Mich., said he does not expect the bill's $560 million authorization for continued development of a second engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to become veto bait. The White House has said it would veto the measure if the engine program "seriously disrupts" the F-35 program.
Levin pointed out that the conference agreement authorizes funding for all 30 F-35s the administration sought for fiscal 2010. The House bill had authorized money for only 28 F-35s to pay for the second engine.
"It's hard to imagine them vetoing an authorization bill when we don't impact the program negatively," Levin said.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday criticized Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney for proposing policies that Biden says would cut taxes for millionaires and raise them for middle-class families.
By comparison, Biden says President Barack Obama's plan asks the wealthy to pay only a little bit more in taxes. Romney's campaign has said claims by Obama's campaign about Romney's tax plan are false.
Biden told about 1,000 supporters that he doesn't understand how Romney can justify cutting taxes for the rich.
"These folks don't need these tax cuts," Biden said. "They're not even asking for tax cuts."
Biden has visited North Carolina several times as vice president, most recently to attend the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte in early September. He was scheduled to campaign later Tuesday in Asheville, N.C.
He also visited Durham last month, when he blasted Republican vice-presidential nominee Paul Ryan's proposals for Medicare and Social Security.
Campaigns for both Obama and Romney are putting a lot of effort into winning North Carolina. Obama narrowly won the state over Republican John McCain in 2008, becoming the first Democrat since 1976 to do so.
Biden was about an hour late to the rally because his flight into Charlotte was delayed by severe thunderstorms. But when he arrived, he quickly made the case for Obama's re-election.
"They talk about the Great Recession like it fell out of the sky in 2008," Biden said of GOP critics, as he laid blame for the economic collapse in part on tax cuts during the George W. Bush administration and costly wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. "What did it do? It produced the Great Recession, which absolutely eviscerated the middle class," he said.
Biden said the GOP wants to try to balance the budget by cutting spending for seniors, education and those in need.
The vice president also said he couldn't understand Romney's caught-on-video comment dismissing the 47 percent of Americans who don't pay federal income tax as people who see themselves as victims and who won't take responsibility for their lives.
"I didn't recognize the country they're talking about," Biden said. "The American people are so much better, so much stronger, take on so much more responsibility than these guys give them credit for or even begin to understand. The question I have is how could they have such a profound misunderstanding of the people of this country," he asked.
"And folks, I've got news for Congressman Ryan and Gov. Romney. America's neither dependent nor in decline and gentlemen, let me say it to you straight into the camera, it's never, never, never been a good bet to bet against the American people. Never. Never," he said.


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The U.S. Should Keep Out of Libya By RICHARD N. HAASS
A good many people across the political spectrum—including some members of the Obama administration—are pressuring the president to intervene militarily in Libya. Much of the commentary has focused on establishing a no-fly zone, but there have been calls as well for enforcing a no-drive zone, or for arming or otherwise assisting regime opponents.
Those making this case appeal to a mixture of morality and realpolitik. They argue that by intervening we will prevent the slaughter of innocents and at the same time demonstrate our willingness to make good on expressions of support for freedom and security.
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has taken the opposite position. Testifying before Congress last week, Mr. Gates pointed out that the first step in establishing a no-fly zone that would ground Libyan aircraft and helicopters would be to suppress Libyan air defenses that could threaten U.S. or allied aircraft. This would entail attacking selected targets. In other words, to establish a no-fly zone would be to go to […]


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Less than two weeks after becoming the first sitting cabinet member in American history to be held in contempt of Congress, disgraced Attorney General Eric Holder spoke in front of the highly controversial National Council of La Raza — it means "The Race" in Spanish — and issued threats against ongoing state and local efforts to control illegal immigration or enforce voter-ID requirements. He also touted an administration effort to stop deportations while promising to keep working with President Obama to pass the "Dream Act" and secure amnesty for illegal immigrants.
Despite receiving millions of dollars from taxpayers, "La Raza" is a deeply divisive outfit known for race-mongering and advancing flawed collectivist notions of Latinos and Hispanics as a monolithic bloc rather than unique individuals — bizarrely emphasizing "race" and "ethnicity," superficial and largely irrelevant characteristics, above other, more important traits. Still, Holder seemed infatuated, claiming that "our nation's struggle to overcome injustice and eliminate disparities remains far from over" and that La Raza was on the front lines of the battle.
"I want to assure you, that in the fight to protect the civil rights of all, this organization will never have a more committed partner than the United States Department of Justice," he claimed, without mentioning, of course, that he is currently abusing his likely short-lived authority as head of the Justice Department to shield himself from criminal prosecution in connection with the Obama administration's deadly "Fast and Furious" gun-running program.
"And as my colleagues and I keep working to build on this progress — and strive to take all of our efforts to a new level — know that we'll continue to rely on organizations like this one to help lead the way forward," Holder told "The Race" activists assembled in Las Vegas for a yearly conference. "Sí se puede," he concluded. It means "Yes We Can," Obama's controversial campaign slogan, in Spanish.
Throughout his speech on Saturday, Holder also boasted about his prosecutions over displays of ethnic or racial bias, as well as Justice Department efforts to bludgeon banks on their allegedly discriminatory lending terms. He also spoke proudly of a long prison sentence he secured for a racist who apparently sent threatening letters to Latino groups like "The Race," yet made no mention of the New Black Panthers who were recently caught on a conference call preparing for "race war" and "bloodshed" against white Americans simply because of their race.
Immigration, of course, was one of the most frequent topics Holder discussed; it is one of the key issues that "The Race" focuses on in its activism. The officially contemptuous Attorney General bragged, for example, about the federal government's success in striking down key parts of Arizona's SB 1070 immigration law, which he said — without any obvious trace of irony — "would have effectively criminalized unlawful status." But thanks to Holder's use of taxpayer money in his unprecedented lawsuit against the state government, the courts confirmed "the federal government's exclusive authority to regulate with regard to immigration issues," he said.
The DOJ will continue to "monitor" Arizona, but for now, the administration can also go back to pushing for amnesty. "We can all be encouraged that President Obama and other members of his administration, including me, will keep working with congressional leaders from both parties to advance critical legislation like the Dream Act and comprehensive immigration reform," Holder declared, using a term that is widely understood on both sides of the debate to mean amnesty for illegal immigrants.
Even if Congress refuses to comply, however, Obama and his Department of "Homeland Security" are already working on securing partial amnesty by executive decree, Holder boasted. "Soon, certain young people — who may have been brought to this country illegally by their parents, but who pose no risk to national security or public safety — may receive temporary relief from removal and the chance to apply for work authorization," he explained, citing executive-branch maneuvers to sidestep lawmakers that critics have slammed as "autocratic" and in "contempt" of the Constitution.
The federal crusade against Maricopa County's elected Sheriff Joe Arpaio featured prominently in Holder's speech too, with the disgraced Attorney General suggesting that local law enforcement — which has traditionally been independent of federal power — will obey the administration, or pay the price. "These policies simply have no place in responsible law enforcement, and they must not and simply will not be tolerated as long as I am attorney general of the United States," Holder declared to a round of applause, claiming that Sheriff Arpaio had somehow violated the "constitutional rights of Latinos in Maricopa County."
Despite paying lip service to the rights of various groups, however, Holder has repeatedly shown his extreme animosity toward one of the most fundamental God-given rights enshrined in the American Constitution — the unalienable right to keep and bear arms. In fact, before assuming his role as Attorney General, Holder once proposed a taxpayer-funded propaganda campaign to "brainwash" — in his words — America's youth on the subject of gun rights.
Speaking to the thousands of activists assembled for "The Race" conference, Holder also bragged about "reinvigorated partnerships with state, local, and international authorities — particularly Mexican leaders." Of course, he did not cite any constitutional authority for the controversial partnerships, instead claiming only that they were aimed at reducing forced labor and other ills in America.
"I understand that despite the transformative progress that has been made, our nation's struggle to eliminate injustice and overcome disparities continues," Holder complained in one of his repeated statements alluding to alleged institutional racism still embedded in the fabric of America. "We have further to travel on the road to equality."
According to news reports, the audience welcomed the race-mongering Attorney General with a standing ovation. Some members of the crowd reportedly shouted "I love you," too. Critics of Holder, however, slammed his alleged pandering for Latino votes. Other activists blasted La Raza itself as "racist" and said political leaders should stop associating themselves with "hate" and "ethnic supremacy."
"The unvarnished truth is that the group is a radical ethnic nationalist outfit that abuses your tax dollars and milks PC politics to undermine our sovereignty," wrote conservative pundit Michelle Malkin in a piece outlining "The Race" group's controversial political positions. "The fringe is the center. The center is the fringe. Viva La Raza."
Despite its reputation as an intensely controversial organization, La Raza continues to reap millions in taxpayer funds while regularly hosting prominent speakers both in and out of government. On Tuesday, Vice President Joe Biden is set to give a speech at the annual four-day conference as well. And George W. Bush's former Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez — now serving as a co-chair on Mitt Romney's "Hispanic" steering committee — will also be participating in "The Race" gathering.
"We understand La Raza's speaker lineup is too full to accommodate Secretary Gutierrez, but should they find time in their schedule, he will of course be on hand to address the crowd and explain why President Obama's failed policies have kept Hispanic unemployment at 11 percent nationally," Romney's Nevada campaign spokesman Mason Harrison was quoted as saying.
While not much was said or reported about Holder's current legal troubles in reports about his speech, the controversial Attorney General is currently under massive pressure to resign, be fired, or even be prosecuted — and the elephant in the room was looming large. Meanwhile, under his now-tainted leadership, the Justice Department continues to defy lawful subpoenas and obstruct congressional investigations into a gun-trafficking program that put weapons in the hands of Mexican drug cartels and killed hundreds of Mexicans, as well as a DEA scheme to launder narcotics profits first exposed last year.
Of course, bipartisan pressure to rein in DOJ abuses and lawlessness under Holder is still building. But among La Raza race activists, at least, the stink of the attorney general's dubious legacy as the first ever sitting cabinet member to be held in contempt of Congress was barely noticeable.
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Earlier photo: Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at the League of United Latin American Citizens National Convention, June 28, 2012, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.: AP Images


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This chapter describes the access control list (ACL) files and their syntax. ACL files are text files containing lists that define who can access resources stored on Web Server. By default, Web Server uses one ACL file that contains the access list. You can, however, create multiple ACL files and reference them in the obj.conf file.
After installation, a default access control list is written to the default.acl file in the instance_dir/config directory. You can change access control rules by editing this file or by creating additional ACL files.
When you make changes to ACL files, you must restart or reconfigure the server for the changes to take effect. For information on reconfiguring the server without restarting, see Dynamic Reconfiguration.
This chapter contains the following sections:
If you create ACL files, you must reference them in server.xml using the acl-file element. Because the acl-file element can appear as a child element of both server and virtual-server elements, you can create ACL files that apply to the entire server or only to specific virtual servers. For more information, see acl-file.
If you have named ACLs, you can reference them in the obj.conf file. You can do this in the PathCheck directive using the check-acl function. The line has the following syntax:
PathCheck fn="check-acl" acl="aclname"
where aclname is a unique name of the ACL as it appears in an ACL file.
For example, you can add the following lines to your obj.conf file if you want to restrict access to a directory using the ACL named testacl:
<Object ppath="/var/htdocs/test/*"> PathCheck fn="check-acl" acl="testacl" </Object>
In the above example, the first line is the object that states which server resource to restrict access to. The second line is the PathCheck directive that uses the check-acl function to bind the named ACL testacl to the object in which the directive appears. For more information, see check-acl.
The testacl ACL can be defined in any ACL file referenced in server.xml.
All ACL files must follow a specific format and syntax. The ACL file is a text file containing one or more ACLs. All ACL files must begin with the version number they use. There can be only one version line and it can appear after any comment line. Web Server uses version 3.0. For example:
version 3.0;
You can include comments in the file by beginning the comment line with the # sign.
Each ACL in the file begins with a statement that defines its type. ACLs can follow one of the three types:
Path ACLs specify an absolute path to the resource they affect.
URI ACLs specify a directory or file relative to the server's document root.
Named ACLs specify a name that is referenced in the obj.conf file. Web Server comes with a default named resource that allows read access to all users and write access to users in the LDAP directory. Even though you can create a named ACL from the Web Server user interface, you must manually reference the named ACLs with resources in the obj.conf file.
Path and URI ACLs can include a wildcard at the end of the entry, for example: /a/b/*. Wildcards placed anywhere except at the end of the entry will not work.
The type line begins with the letters acl and includes the type information in double-quotation marks followed by a semicolon. Each type information for all ACLs must be a unique name even among different ACL files. The following lines are examples of several different types of ACLs:
acl "default"; ... acl "path=C:/docs/mydocs/"; ... acl "uri=/mydocs/"; ...
After you define the type of ACL, you can have one or more statements that define the method used with the ACL (authentication statements) and the users and computers who are allowed or denied access (authorization statements). The following sections describe the syntax for these statements.
This section includes the following topics:
Input strings can contain the following characters:
letters a through z
numbers 0 through 9
period (.) and underscore (_)
If you use any other characters, add double-quotation marks around the characters. A single statement can be placed on its own line, and terminated with a semicolon. Multiple statements are placed within braces. A list of items must be separated by commas and enclosed in double-quotation marks.
ACLs can optionally specify the authentication method that the server must use when processing the ACL. There are three methods:
The basic and digest methods require users to enter a user name and password before accessing a resource. The ssl method requires the user to have a client certificate. The Web Server must have the encryption turned on, and the user's certificate issuer must be in the list of trusted certificate authorities (CAs) to be authenticated.
By default, the server uses the basic method for any ACL that does not specify a method. If you use the digest method, the server's authentication database must be able to handle digest authentication. Authentication databases are configured in server.xml with the auth-db element. For more information, see auth-db.
Each authenticate line must specify the attribute (users, groups, or both users and groups) that the server authenticates. The following authentication statement, which appears after the ACL type line, specifies basic authentication with users matched to individual users in the database or directory:
authenticate (user) { method = "basic"; };
The following example uses ssl as the authentication method for users and groups:
authenticate (user, group) { method = "ssl"; };
The following example allows any user whose user name begins with sales:
authenticate (user)
allow (all)
user = sales*
If the last line is changed to group = sales, then the ACL will fail because the group attribute is not authenticated.
Each ACL entry can include one or more authorization statements. Authorization statements specify who is allowed or denied access to a server resource. Use the following syntax to write authorization statements:
allow|deny [absolute] (right[,right...]) attribute expression;
Start each line with either allow or deny. Because of the hierarchy rules, it is usually a good practice to deny access to everyone in the first rule and then specifically allow access for users, groups, or computers in subsequent rules. That is, if you allow anyone access to a directory called /my_stuff, and you have a subdirectory /my_stuff/personal that allows access to a few users, the access control on the subdirectory will not work because anyone allowed access to the /my_stuff directory will also be allowed access to the /my_stuff/personal directory. To prevent this, create a rule for the subdirectory that first denies access to anyone and then allows it for the few users who need access.
In some cases, if you set the default ACL to deny access to everyone, your other ACL rules do not need a deny all rule.
The following line denies access to everyone:
deny (all) user = "anyone";
ACLs have a hierarchy that depends on the resource. For example, if the server receives a request for the document (URI) /my_stuff/web/presentation.html, the server builds a list of ACLs that apply for this URI. The server first adds ACLs listed in check-acl statement of its obj.conf file. Then the server appends matching URI and PATH ACLs.
The server processes this list in the same order. Unless absolute ACL statements are present, all statements are evaluated in order. If an absolute allow or absolute deny statement evaluates to true, the server stops processing and accepts this result.
If there is more than one ACL that matches, the server uses the last statement that matches. However, if you use an absolute statement, the server stops looking for other matches and uses the ACL containing the absolute statement. If you have two absolute statements for the same resource, the server uses the first one in the file and stops looking for other resources that match.
version 3.0; acl "default"; authenticate (user, group) { prompt = "Sun Java System Web Server"; }; allow (read, execute, info) user = "anyone"; allow (list, write, delete) user = "all"; acl "uri=/my_stuff/web/presentation.html"; deny (all) user = "anyone"; allow (all) user = "user1";
Attribute expressions define who is allowed or denied access based on their user name, group name, host name, or IP address. The following are examples of allowing access to different users or computers:
user = "anyone"
user = "smith*"
group = "sales"
dns = "*.sun.com"
dns = "*.sun.com,*.mozilla.com"
ip = "198.*"
ciphers = "rc4"
ssl = "on"
You can also restrict access to your server by time of day (based on the local time on the server) by using the timeofday attribute. For example, you can use the timeofday attribute to restrict access to certain users during specific hours.
Use 24-hour time to specify times. For example, use 0400 to specify 4:00 a.m. or 2230 for 10:30 p.m.
The following example restricts access to a group of users called guests between 8:00 a.m. and 4:59 p.m.:
allow (read)
(group="guests") and (timeofday<0800 or timeofday=1700);
You can also restrict access by day of the week. Use the following three-letter abbreviations to specify days: Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, and Sat.
The following statement allows access for users in the premium group any day and any time. Users in the discount group get access all day on weekends and on weekdays, any time except 8 a.m. to 4:59 p.m.
allow (read) (group="discount" and dayofweek="Sat,Sun") or (group="discount" and (dayofweek="mon,tue,wed,thu,fri" and(timeofday<0800 or timeofday=1700)))or (group="premium");
You can use various operators in an expression. Parentheses delineate the operator order of precedence. With user, group, dns, and ip, you can use the following operators:
With timeofday and dayofweek, you can use:
After installation, the instance_dirconfig/default.acl file provides default settings for the server. When editing an ACL file, you can make changes in the default file, then deploy the changes. You can also create additional ACL files.
A sample default.acl file is as follows:
version 3.0; acl "default"; authenticate (user, group) { prompt = "Sun Java System Web Server"; }; allow (read, execute, info) user = "anyone"; allow (list, write, delete) user = "all"; acl "es-internal"; allow (read, execute, info) user = "anyone"; deny (list, write, delete) user = "anyone";
The above access control rules allow anyone to read resources on the server but restrict listing, writing, and deleting resources to authenticated users.


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The Residential Green and Energy Efficient Addendum is a form used to standardize the reporting of high performance house features from green certifications to incentives offered. The Addendum can be downloaded in a PDF format from the Appraisal Institute's Website. It is seems there is much confusion on who should be completing the Addendum, why they should complete it and what they should do with it once completed. The following will provide some answers to the three "Ws".
Who should complete the Addendum? Since the Addendum is a checklist or organized documentation of the high-performance house features, it only seems logical that the person with the most knowledge of the features be the one to complete. This list would include the builder, homeowner, third party certifier, agent, or appraiser. The person completing the Addendum should include their name, title, and date completed in the appropriate section. When the appraiser receives the Addendum, the appraiser should review the document and agree or disagree with the information provided based on a property inspection and supporting documents. The appraiser may choose to complete their own Addendum based on additional information they gathered when researching or inspecting the subject property. For instance, if the Addendum shows the property is an ENERGY STAR® Home when it is not but does have ENERGY STAR® appliances and windows, the appraiser would revise the Addendum to remove the ENERGY STAR® Home checkbox.
Why should the Addendum be completed? The Addendum details energy and green description features. It assists the appraiser and sales agent in identifying comparable sales to assist in listing or valuing the property. The current residential appraisal form 1004 used by mortgage lending clients does not address high-performance features. Therefore, they are often omitted or placed in a narrative paragraph in the text addendum that is often overlooked.
The Addendum has numerous uses that include an owner's list of high-performance features (a brag list), supplement to a listing, communication tool for builders, special alert to the lender or appraisal management company, and appraisal Addendum.
Consider the mortgage underwriter that works with a checklist of items to review on the appraisal form with limited time to review the report. If the high performance features are not standardized, they are often overlooked. When the features are not prominent in the report using standardized language, the underwriter might reject premiums or adjustments for high performance features. Underwriters often work under production quotas and a report that is not concisely written with some degree of standardization results in a rejection of adjustments for high performance features. Alternatively, it might result in a call to the appraiser to provide further documentation to allow the underwriter to understand the features and basis for the support. Think how much easier it is to read and understand a document when it is organized and uses checkboxes to describe features. If the appraiser includes the Addendum with the 1004, it quickly alerts the underwriter that this is not the standard property and deserves a closer review.
What should be done with the Addendum once it is completed? Provide the completed Addendum to the lender, appraiser, owner, and sales agent to be used in the appraisal ordering and appraisal development process or in marketing the property. When the lender or appraisal management company receives the Addendum, they realize it will take an appraiser with competency in this area not the next appraiser on the rotation list. This is important to the lender and ordering department because lenders that fall under the Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs) have a higher standard than USPAP. They require appraiser competency prior to accepting the assignment. This means the appraiser chosen to do the assignment should have taken appropriate high-performance valuation educational classes and has experience in this property type prior to accepting an appraisal assignment of a high-performance house. Therefore, this Addendum can be a great tool for them to use in identifying high-performance properties.
Attach the Addendum to the MLS. It becomes a great tool for appraisers and buyers to gain knowledge of what is behind the walls of the house and special construction features that result in a house that performs higher than a code-built house. When the Addendum is attached to the MLS, the appraisers will review the Addendum in selecting comparable sales for the property they are appraising. If an appraiser had a completed Addendum on every high-performance house used as comparable sales, it would leave little question on the comparability of the data. It would also result in a more accurate valuation of the property.
Builders nationwide are using the Addendum to complement their specifications and communicate to the appraiser that this house is high performing. Retrofit contractors are completing the form on existing housing and presenting it to homeowners and the lender when a mortgage is involved. Homeowners living in high performance houses are completing the Addendum and using it for marketing the details of the property and for the appraiser when they refinance. Addendum success stories are being touted everyday.
Download a copy of the "AI Residential Green and Energy Efficient Addendum" and make it a part of your property file. Homeowners should keep a copy of the Addendum with the important papers such as the survey, deed, mortgage instrument, and insurance policy. The Addendum provides a history of the special features that may come in handy for years to come. If you make additions or do a retrofit on an existing home, use the Addendum at the time of the improvements to record the details. You might be glad you did when it comes time to refinance or sell the property.
If you have any questions on the Addendum, you may contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Glad to hear you enjoyed the article. The AI Res. Green & Energy Eff. Addendum can be used for proposed or existing properties. If the property is proposed construction, be sure to note the ratings are preliminary and subject to a final verification upon completion. In the energy section comment area, state the current envelope rating for a code-built home so the reader can understand the subject's rating compared to code.
Thank you for a clear outline of this very important subject.
I'm hoping you can answer this question.
Can the Green Addendum be used when performing a pre-construction valuation?
This is a very well written and informative article, and it is especially nice to hear from an appraiser with the SRA designation. I hope it encourages more use of the addendum.
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The Women In International Security (WIIS) and Georgetown University, in cooperation with the Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, sponsored a conference, "Stabilization and Post-Conflict Operations: The Role of the Military," on November 17, 2004. Over 80 people participated in the conference conducted at Georgetown University. For areas of geographical emphasis, the conference sponsors selected the Middle East and Africa. The Middle East was an obvious choice, based on current interest in ongoing stability operations. Africa is recognized widely as a location with potential for similar activity, and the United States and Europe have invested effort in preparing African militaries to respond.
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Genetic Link between Autism, Schizophrenia, Other Disorders Found
(NEW YORK) -- Mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and autism may have a genetic link, according to a new study out Wednesday.
A new study, published in the Lancet, compared the genes of 33,000 people with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depression, autism or attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, along with almost 28,000 controls. The results showed that the disorders shared genetic traits.
Researchers looked for differences among single building blocks of DNA, and found that areas of the genome that identified with the five psychiatric disorders studied.
The discovery may make it possible to diagnose mental illnesses based on biology instead of relying on behavioral symptoms, which can be harder to define.
Several of the genes identified are related to calcium-channel function, which translate messages between nerve cells into biological responses and aid in emotional processing.
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