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FORT HOOD, Texas – The Fort Hood soldier who gunned down three other military men before killing himself had an argument with colleagues in his unit before opening fire, and investigators believe his mental condition was not the "direct precipitating factor" in the shooting, authorities said Friday.
The base's commander, Lt. Gen. Mark Milley, offered those details a day after saying that Spc. Ivan Lopez's mental condition appeared to be an underlying factor in the attack.
On Friday, Milley said that an "escalating argument" precipitated the assault. He declined to discuss the cause of the argument but said investigators believe Lopez made no effort to target specific soldiers – even though at least one of the soldiers shot was involved in the dispute.
Milley would not say whether those involved were among the dead or wounded, or how many shooting victims had been a part of the argument.
"There was no premeditated targeting of an individual," he said.
Chris Grey, a spokesman for the Army's Criminal Investigation Command based in Quantico, Va., said the military has not established a "concrete motive."
And because Lopez is dead, he added, "the possibility does exist that we may never know why the alleged shooter did what he did."
The crime scene encompasses two city blocks, Grey said.
Lopez initially began firing near an intersection, then traveled to several nearby buildings, went inside and kept firing. While driving to those locations in his vehicle, he fired indiscriminately at other soldiers, Grey said.
Grey also confirmed for the first time that the military police officer who confronted Lopez exchanged words with him before firing a single round at him that apparently missed. That's when the gunman put his .45-caliber semi-automatic pistol against his head and pulled the trigger one last time.
Authorities have interviewed more than 900 people in their investigation, Grey said.
Also Friday, Lopez's father said his son had struggled with the recent deaths of his mother and grandfather and the stress of being transferred to a new base.
Lopez's father, who shares the same name, said his son was receiving medical treatment but was a peaceful family man and a hard worker.
"This is very painful for me," the elder Lopez said in the statement issued from his native Puerto Rico. He called for prayers for the dead and the 16 people who were wounded in the rampage.
"My son could not have been in his right mind," Lopez said. "He was not like that."
Wednesday's attack was the second at the base since 2009, when 13 people were killed by Army psychiatrist Nidal Hasan, who had said he was angry about being deployed to Afghanistan and wanted to protect Islamic and Taliban leaders from U.S. troops.
Lopez, an Army truck driver, did a short stint in Iraq in 2011 and told medical personnel he had suffered a traumatic brain injury. The 34-year-old was undergoing treatment for depression and anxiety while being evaluated for post-traumatic stress disorder, base officials said.
But officials said Lopez did not see any combat in Iraq and had not previously demonstrated a risk of violence. He seemed to have a clean record that showed no ties to potential terrorists. Lopez had arrived at Fort Hood in February Fort Bliss, another Texas base near the Mexico border.
A family spokesman said Thursday that Lopez was upset he was granted only a 24-hour leave to attend his mother's funeral in November. That leave was then extended to two days.
On Friday, authorities formally identified the dead as 39-year-old Daniel Ferguson, of Mulberry, Fla.; 38-year-old Carlos Lazaney-Rodriguez, of Puerto Rico; and 37-year-old Timothy Owens, of Effingham, Ill.
Six soldiers wounded in the attack remained hospitalized Friday. Ten of the 16 have been released, Milley said.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Sen. Ted Cruz visited some of the wounded at a military hospital. Cruz said he was inspired by a soldier who had suffered a bullet wound to his abdomen, but still shielded other soldiers and called 911.
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Marina Angel posted her important article, "Why Judy Norman Acted in Reasonable Self-Defense: An Abused Woman and a Sleeping Man" (forthcoming in Buffalo Women's Law Journal) on SSRN. Here is the abstract.
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The reasonable man has been replaced by the reasonable person, but that person still functions within legal doctrines conceived by men and interpreted to fit the facts of men's lives. To understand why it is sometimes reasonable for an abused woman to kill her abuser while he is asleep or otherwise incapacitated, basic criminal law doctrines do not have to be changed. They do, however, have to be applied to the facts of abused women's lives.
The issue of exit – why didn't she leave – must be explained. Concepts of time – immediate, imminent, and cyclical – must be reassessed. Discredited theories that label abused women who kill their abusers as suffering from insanity, a syndrome, or learned-helplessness, must be rejected. Only then can reasonableness under either the common law or the Model Penal Code be applied to the case of an abused woman who kills her sleeping abuser.
North Carolina v. Judy Ann Laws Norman provides the facts of one abused woman who killed a sleeping man. The overwhelming number of abused women who kill their abusers do so in normal confrontation cases. The abused woman who kills a sleeping or otherwise incapacitated abuser presents the most dramatic and challenging situation. Norman is the case which is included in most basic first year criminal law books. I hope this short essay will assist both teachers and students in their examination of woman abuse, and specifically Judy Norman's case.

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Voting for a Face
Posted by The Situationist Staff on July 6, 2008
Ann Ryman for the Arizona Republic has an interesting piece summarizing the research examining how looks influence votes. Here are a few excerpts.
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A growing body of research supports the notion that a candidate's attempts to establish himself as a powerful leader can be helped or hurt by his facial features. Appearance is not, of course, the sole factor that sways voters, but experts who have studied the link between faces and people's perceptions say we place more emphasis on looks than we think.
Facial structure can play a role in how trustworthy, strong and charismatic we perceive someone to be, said Caroline Keating, a psychology professor at Colgate University who studies facial structure and perceptions of power.
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"One reason why it's so important for us to perceive our leaders as competent, credible and sincere is because that makes us feel secure," Keating said. "We identify with leaders. If leaders look confident, brave, bold and true, then we feel we can take on the world."
Keating has conducted research on people's reactions to former Presidents Reagan and Kennedy. Using digital images, she made subtle, almost undetectable changes designed to enhance or diminish their facial features and tested reactions. . . .
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There is evidence that people can often predict the election winners just by looking at faces.
Alexander Todorov, an assistant professor of psychology at Princeton University, gave people photos of unfamiliar political candidates who won and were runners-up in state governor races. He asked people to pick the most competent candidates, and they chose the winners 68 percent of the time.
Whether this reliance on snap judgments is good or bad is hard to tell, Keating said.
"What's the job of a leader? It's to move us," she said. "If you don't look sincere, then you're never going to move anybody. You're not going to instill in them the confidence and the emotional tenor you need to get them to sign onto the programs you think are important. So, when it comes to motivating people, it's all about the non-verbal."
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Have you seen Springsteen Comics?
Bruce Springsteen as Bill Watterson's Calvin? And Hobbes as The Big Man Clarence Clemons? What a fantastic idea! That's exactly the idea Soren Juhl had when he created his now iconic Calvin and Hobbes Born to Play comic featuring the beloved Calvin and Hobbes. Soren, who's a professional artist in Denmark, uses Bruce and The Big Man as his inspiration for a collection of drawings he's calling Springsteen Comics.
When Soren was 14, he was given Bruce Springsteen's Live '75-'85 Box Set as a Christmas gift. That collection of music and then the album Tunnel of Love was his first introduction to The Boss, and he's never looked back. Those songs still inspire Soren's art "I remember listening to Cadillac Ranch for the first time and I heard Bruce's counting and howling intro to the song! – and I was thinking: "Wow!!!
This is a-w-e-s-o-m-e!""
Soren's inspirations are usually Bruce's lyrics or quotes but sometimes, Soren has an image of Calvin first, and the quote comes second. Then Soren let's his creativity flow. "I knew how I would draw C & H in The Valentine comic – so the job was the find some Bruce material that would fit. I used the Bruce quote about Elvis and just replaced "king" for "tiger" and it was perfect."
Why Calvin and Hobbes rather than another cartoon? It's the love between Calvin and Hobbes, which portrays that love between Bruce and Clarence. And the size is right, Hobbes is bigger than life, just like Clarence Clemons was.
When asked if he was concerned about Bill Watterson sending lawyers his way due to copyright infringement, Soren maintained that, if Bill Watterson asked, he would remove his fan art immediately. Yet, that is exactly what this is, fan art, not copies: "I do not use Watterson's original artwork. I don't trace his artwork and every comic is created from scratch. If you compare my comics with Watterson's you can clearly see the difference. The proportions are different, the framing is different and the coloring is also different. Nobody can create C & H exactly as Watterson – and it should be that way."
In the past year, Soren has been so prolific with his Springsteen Comics that there's quite a collection of delightful work on his Springsteen Comics facebook page. Much more artwork than we would ever display here, so make sure and take a long look. If you're a Calvin and Hobbes fan like I am, you'll enjoy every minute.
Here's the full interview with Soren Juhl:
What part of the world are you from?
I'm from Denmark Scandinavia, Europe. I don't expect all people to know where this tiny country is located :)
How long have you been a Springsteen fan?
The first time I heard about Bruce was around 1987 when I was 14. A friend of my father's was a huge fan (still is) and he told me about Springsteen. He had been at the famous show at Ullevi stadium in '85 which was literally rocked to pieces. He showed me the 5 LP live box and later he gave me my first Springsteen cd "Tunnel Of Love".
What are your Springsteen experiences?
My first Springsteen concert was in 1992 at Festhalle in Frankfurt, Germany. Since then I have been to all shows in Denmark (except from one in 1993). During the latest tours I have been to a few show in Germany, Cologne (Magic tour and Wrecking Ball tour) and Berlin (Reunion tour)
At the reunion show in Copenhagen I saw Bruce outside his hotel jumping into the car heading out to the soundcheck. Clarence Clemons was looking at us outside his hotel window.
But I still haven't got the Bruce and me-photo or his signature. That's on my wish list! I hope I get the chance this time!!!
What is your art background? Are you a professional artist? Is this a hobby? What is your profession?
Yes, I'm a professional artist :). I work at a publishing company. We produce books, mostly children's books, cooking books, thrillers, graphics novels, and fiction. I do digital arts likes illustrations for apps, online games, websites, etc.
Why are Calvin and Hobbes such a good vehicle to express Bruce Springsteen's themes?
For several reasons!
It all started by a coincidence when I did the Calvin and Hobbes Born To Run cover. The idea just came to me and I knew I had something good on paper. It was the love between Calvin and Hobbes that equals the love between Clarence and Bruce. It was just a perfect match and the cartoony interpretation of the iconic Eric Meola photo made it even more funny.
Calvin is funny and Bruce is funny. Calvin thinks a lot and has a lot words on his mind – Bruce also thinks a lot and he always have some kind of story to tell us. Calvin really hates school, and Bruce surely hated school. That's why I did No Surrender.
And one last thing – Hobbes is so much bigger than Calvin – as Big Man was to Bruce.
Are their any other comics that you've considered using?
No, I haven't had any other characters in my mind. I'll keep to Calvin.
What is your process when creating one of the Springsteen Comics?
When I get an idea I instantly write it down so I won't forget it. Sometimes I write the lyrics down, sometimes I do a really rough doodle that makes no sense to others than me :)
Then I create a sketch or two. When I think the sketch is tight and all in place, I ink the art on a new piece of paper using a light board.
Finally I scan the comic and adds the text and it's ready for show time!
What inspires your work?
The lyrics mostly, but sometimes I have an image of Calvin that just need a line, a title or even a quote. I knew how I would draw C & H in The Valentine comic – so the job was the find some Bruce material that would fit. I used the Bruce quote about Elvis and just replaced "king" for "tiger" and it was perfect.
It may be one or two sentences or song titles. But also Bruce' own stories from the shows – like the one I did of We Are Alive. The Justin Bieber was inspired by my own ticket experience when I was lucky to get a ticket for inner pitch. That comic was very fun to do.
Are you concerned about Bill Watterson's lawyers breaking down your door and dragging you away in the night?
No, I'm not. But if they would ask me to shut down I'll do that right away. It has never been my intension to harm Watterson or Bruce.
What I create is fan art. I do not use Watterson's original artwork. I don't trace his artwork and every comic is created from scratch. If you compare my comics with Watterson's you can clearly see the difference. The proportions are different, the framing is different and the coloring is also different. Nobody can create C & H exactly as Watterson – and it should be that way.
Where can we find your work on the internet?
Here's some samples of my other works. These images stand out from the Springsteen comics in the way they are created on the computer using different kinds of software. But all my works are based on sketches….
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A kitchen and bath, Boomer-style
Baby Boomers are changing the meaning of retirement by starting new careers and remodeling their homes to showcase personal style as well as accommodate their needs as they age. How do you express this attitude in a kitchen and bath? Carol Schalla, senior home editor at Midwest Living® (and a Boomer herself), was given this challenge in designing just such a space for the 2008 Kitchen/Bath Industry Show in Chicago.
For starters, Carol knew what she would want. A "wow" kitchen, now that she can afford one. Design that reflects her independent lifestyle. Products that oblige her (loathe-to-admit-it) aging body without giving in to nursing-home style.
Setting a youthful tone
In the kitchen, where a U-shape area centralizes the work hub, brave style and color contrasts set a youthful tone. Carol paired faux stone, rustic beams and weathered (low-slip!) wood floors from Armstrong with sleek modern surfaces, such as KraftMaid's Venicia line of high-gloss, Lustra Thermofoil cabinets. Adding look-at-me blue walls and countertops insured the style was unconventional.
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Carol got creative with cabinetry. Opposite the work area, a wall of cabinets integrates the refrigerator and a built-in china cabinet near the dining area. Carol also built boxed display areas, wrapped the peninsula with panels and designed a TV/storage wall in the dining area.
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Carol's attention-grabbing use of color and design overshadow some of the less sexy aging-in-place necessities, but they're all there. They include a discreet, easy-to-install foot faucet that controls hot and cold water flow and the garbage disposal with a touch of a toe. Other accommodations: 46-inch-wide traffic paths for wheelchair accessibility, a Wolf induction cooktop (safe, quick-cooling heating elements and easy-to-reach touch controls) and lowered upper cabinets.
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An under-counter cabinet on wheels can move to allow sit-down chores at the peninsula. Another feature to make kitchen duties more comfortable: Long-handled cabinet hardware (instead of knobs) that makes opening drawers and cabinets easier. Kohler faucets, meanwhile, have lever controls, which are easier to grip, push and pull. The Sub-Zero refrigerator has two bottom freezer drawers, which are easier to open and, compared to one deep drawer, require less bending to find things.
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Considering how often we're in and out of kitchen cabinets, behind-the-door innovations make good sense. Interior pull-out shelving brings upper-cabinet items "down and out" within easy reach and an easy-to-see height. Tall, vertical pull-out cabinets roll it all out to you, with two-sided access.
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Different DuPont Zodiac colors and counter heights (standard 36 inches and some at 42) distinguish specific function zones. Raising the countertop 6 inches on the peninsula let us place the oven and microwave at more comfortable heights.
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A long table works for dining for two or entertaining guests.
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A white chest and tropical leaf art in the dining area reflect the decor carried throughout the kitchen.
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Brave design extends to the master bath sanctuary with unique wallpaper. Enamel-white mirrors on mirrored walls and suspended glass Kohler sinks are framed by cabinets featuring a TV, a coffeemaker and customized bath storage.
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Congress sends bill to Obama averting gov't default
Congress sent President Barack Obama drama-free legislation on Thursday raising the debt ceiling, averting a government default and putting off the next tax-and-spending clash between the White House and Republicans until later in the year.
The measure cleared the Senate on a vote of 64-34 after winning House approval late last week. It permits the Treasury to borrow above the current $16.4 trillion debt limit through May 18. The White House has said Obama will sign it.
"Failure to pass this bill will set off an unpredictable financial panic that would plunge not only the United States but much of the world back into recession," Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., said before the vote. "Every single American would feel the economic impact."
But Republican leader Mitch McConnell said in remarks on the Senate floor that "government spending is completely out of control — and it's projected to get much worse in years to come." His office issued a statement shortly after the vote saying he had opposed the legislation after Democrats torpedoed several GOP attempts to rein in spending before final passage.
The legislation reflects a switch in strategy by Republicans, whose insistence on deep spending cuts as a trade-off for a higher debt limit more than a year ago pushed the government to the brink of an unprecedented default. With polls showing their public support lagging, they now look ahead to a new season of potential showdowns, with a reshuffled batting order that moves the threat of a default to the back of a line that includes March 1 across-the-board spending cuts and the March 27 expiration of funding for most federal agencies.
The debt limit measure came with only one string attached by House Republicans, a provision that would temporarily withhold the pay of lawmakers in either house that failed to produce a budget this year.
That was designed as a prod to the Senate, where majority Democrats have failed to bring a budget to a vote in any of the past three years. This year, they say they will. Republicans say they are eager for a comparison of plans, rather than a long year spent defending one of their own.
Already, the next conflict over budget priorities is taking shape, in an environment includes a fresh report that the economy unexpectedly declined in the last quarter, and the emergence of a warning from the Pentagon's top uniformed officers that pending defense cuts could lead to a "hollow force."
Without changes, "we will have to ground aircraft, return ships to port, and stop driving combat vehicles in training," members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff wrote congressional leaders in a letter dated Jan. 14.
Obama and Democrats say they are prepared for further deficit reduction compromise, although they stress they want increased tax revenue as part of any deal.
Republicans want spending cuts only, after reluctantly swallowing $600 billion in higher taxes as part of a "fiscal cliff" compromise late last year.
To further their goals, House Republicans intend to produce a budget that balances in a decade, and are expected to vote as early as next week to demand Obama do the same.
Obama's budget is due to be made public later this month, although there is no expectation it will eliminate red ink in the next 10 years. Nor are majority Democrats in the Senate expected to do so either.
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In all, 50 Democrats, 12 Republicans and two independents voted in favor of the debt limit bill, while 33 Republicans and Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia opposed it.
In the run-up to the final vote, a proposal by Republican Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio to require dollar-for-dollar spending cuts on any future debt limit increases was cast aside, 54-44.
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Also blocked was an attempt by the Ohio Republican, who served as budget director under President George W. Bush, to guarantee that the government stay open — at reduced spending levels — even if funding expires in the future. The vote was 52-46.
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SAVANNAH, Ga. – Singer Gregg Allman was sued Wednesday along with movie producers, a railroad company and others accused of being responsible for the February death of a young camera assistant when a freight train slammed into a film crew in southeast Georgia.
The lawsuit filed in Chatham County State Court by the parents of 27-year-old Sarah Jones targets 10 individuals associated with the film 'Midnight Rider,' based on the Allman Brothers Band singer's memoir. It also goes after eight corporations including CSX Transportation, which owns the railroad tracks where the crash occurred, and Rayonier Performance Fibers, a subsidiary of forest-products manufacturer Rayonier that owns the land surrounding the crash site.
Filmmakers 'selected an unreasonably dangerous site for the filming location; failed to secure approval for filming from CSX; concealed their lack of approval from CSX from the cast and crew … and otherwise failed to take measures to protect the safety of the `Midnight Rider' cast and crew,' the lawsuit charges. It was filed on behalf of Jones' parents, Richard and Elizabeth Jones of Columbia, South Carolina.
Allman was named as a defendant in his role as an executive producer. Also included were director Randall Miller, his production company Unclaimed Freight Productions and several of Miller's assistants on the film along with companies assisting with the production.
The lawsuit says Rayonier should be held accountable for allowing the film crew onto its property. It says a company employee wrongly told the crew 'only two trains would pass by on the railroad track per day.' It says CSX did not give permission for the crew to film on its tracks, but the company knew shooting would be taking place in the area and should have taken precautions.
'Despite the fact that multiple CSX trains passed the 'Midnight Rider' cast and crew on February 20, with those individuals in view of the trains' operators, no warning was given to the subsequent train that ultimately caused Sarah's death,' the lawsuit said.
CSX spokeswoman Kristin Seay said the company had not seen the lawsuit and had no immediate comment. Miller's attorney, Donnie Dixon, said in an email he was 'unaware of any details' and did not comment further.
Russell Schweiss, Rayonier's director of corporate communications, said in an email that the company has not been served with the lawsuit and will address it through the courts.
An attorney and a publicist for Allman did not immediately return phone calls and email messages Wednesday evening.
Production on 'Midnight Rider' had just begun Feb. 20 when a freight train crossing the Altamaha River in southeast Georgia slammed into crew members shooting on the railroad bridge. Sarah Jones, a 27-year-old camera assistant from Atlanta, was killed and six other crew members were hurt.
Sheriff's investigators in rural Wayne County, where the crash occurred, say Miller's crew had permission to be on the property abutting the bridge. But investigators say CSX Railroad, which owns the train tracks, denied giving producers a permit to be on the tracks themselves. The train smashed into a metal-framed bed that the film crew had placed across the tracks.
Producers suspended work on the movie indefinitely the following week. Actor William Hurt, who was to star as Allman and was at the scene of the crash, later issued a statement saying he informed producers he would no longer work on the film.
Authorities have yet to decide whether to file criminal charges in the case. Allman, meanwhile, sued Miller and his production company to win back the film rights to his life story. The singer dropped the lawsuit last week after he and the director reached an agreement out of court. Attorneys on both sides declined to reveal the terms.
Jones' parents told The Associated Press in an interview April 10 that the film's producers needlessly put workers at risk the day their daughter was killed. They said they hired attorneys to help them hold someone accountable.
'They did so many wrong things on so many levels, it's just unbelievable,' Richard Jones said. 'This should not have happened. It's senseless.'
During a court hearing in Allman's lawsuit, Miller said his assistants were in charge of location permits and safety precautions. He bristled at any suggestion that he had been cavalier about the crew's safety.
'I was in the middle of the track and I almost died,' Miller said.
Allman's attorney said during the same hearing that the singer was distressed by the crash and his reputation had been harmed by his association with the project.


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We're honored to have Michael Busch dissecting the latest WikiLeaks document dump for Focal Points. This is the twenty-eighth in the series.
A series of US cables WikiLeaked during the closing weeks of 2010 paint a discouraging portrait of the political economy in Bulgaria. In particular, the cables highlight the dispiriting degree to which organized crime has come to dominate the country, and the increasing frustration experienced by the country's European neighbors with Bulgaria's half-measure to combat mafia influence over society.
Crime's grip over Bulgarian society is hardly news. Writing a decade ago, Robert Kaplan described the evolution of the country's tradition of organized crime. Discussing former satellite states of Soviet Russia, Kaplan notes that
By the 1980s, communist parties had evolved largely into large-scale mafias which, when the system collapsed, simply divided into smaller mafias that purchased politicians in all those new and weak democracies…Nowhere, however, were such phenomena so transparent as in Bulgaria when I visited in 1998…Bulgarian crime has no centuries-old tradition like Italy's, or even one of heroic thieves and warrior clans as in Russia, Serbia, or Albania. Nor is there the colorful ethnic ingredient here that distinguishes criminal circles in the Caucasus, particularly in Georgia and Chechnya, with their family mafias and highwaymen. The Bulgarian groupings essentially are the result of the transition from communist totalitarianism to parliamentary democracy.
But the cables released this past month reveal just how bad the mafias have headlocked the country's economic and political development. The first cable, dating from 2005, plainly states that
The strength and immunity from the law of organized crime (OC) groups is arguably the most serious problem in Bulgaria today…OC groups range from local street thugs involved in extortion to sophisticated international narcotic dealers and money launderers. An estimated 118 organized crime groups were operating in Bulgaria at the end of 2004…though many of these groups are relatively small and the landscape is dominated by a handful of big players. Organized crime continues to be pervasive in many spheres of Bulgarian life, despite domestic and international efforts to combat it. To date, not a single major OC figure has been punished by the Bulgarian legal system, despite an on-going series of OC-related assassinations.
The scale and scope of mafia activity in Bulgaria is staggering.
OC groups are known to be involved in narcotics trafficking, prostitution, extortion and racketeering, various financial crimes, car theft, and trafficking in stolen automobiles. Human trafficking for sexual exploitation, counterfeiting, and debit and credit card fraud also are some of the most common criminal activities engaged in by Bulgarian organized crime. Crime groups involved in human trafficking are extremely mobile, and victims are often sold or traded amongst various groups. Many groups use a host of legitimate businesses domestically and abroad to launder the proceeds of their illegal activities. Several well-known businessmen linked to organized crime have parlayed their wealth into ownership of sports teams, property developments, and financial institutions. (An organized crime activity that received special attention due to its growth in 2004 was VAT (value-added tax) fraud. The Ministry of Finance estimated that VAT fraud cost the Bulgarian treasury over $700 million in losses annually.)
The seizure of Bulgaria's political institutions by mafia groups, however, offers the most alarming evidence of Bulgaria's troubles.
Organized crime has a corrupting influence on all Bulgarian institutions, including the government, parliament and judiciary. In an attempt to maintain their influence regardless of who is in power, OC figures donate to all the major political parties. As these figures have expanded into legitimate businesses, they have attempted — with some success — to buy their way into the corridors of power. During the 2001 general elections, a number of influential "businessmen," including XXXXXXXXXXXX and XXXXXXXXXXXX, heavily financed and otherwise supported the XXXXXXXXXXXX campaign.
Below the level of the national government and the leadership of the major political parties, OC owns a number of municipalities and individual members of parliament. This direct participation in politics — as opposed to bribery — is a relatively new development for Bulgarian OC. XXXXXXXXXX Similarly in the regional center of XXXXXXXXXXX, OC figures control the municipal council and the mayor's office. Nearly identical scenarios have played out in half a dozen smaller towns and villages across Bulgaria.
The problems with organized crime in Bulgaria have exacerbated Sofia's relationship with Brussels, as a cable dating from mid-2009 and released this past week makes clear. Discussing the relationship between the European Commission and the Bulgarian government, the cable relates that a confidential source
told us that the Commission feels they have "tried everything" to make the Bulgarians reform their judicial system, but concluded "how do you make them reform when they do not want to?" The government's defensive arrogance — and lack of political will — is intensifying enlargement fatigue in Brussels.
With respect to a commission report on Bulgaria's efforts to combat the influence of crime in the country, the cable notes
The Bulgarian government — especially PG Velchev and European Minister Passy — are lobbying heavily for a positive monitoring report, magnifying modest progress. The government keeps presenting the Commission a list of on-going high profile organized crime and corruption court cases (the number has grown from 30 to 52 over the last two and a half years) as "successes." Incredibly, several of the "success" cases have been suspended. Several other cases, against notorious shady businessmen Angel Khristov and Plamen Galev AKA the Galevi brothers, and others can hardly be called successes as these defendants gained immunity by running for parliament. XXXXXXXXXXXX said the team found this "loophole" quite disturbing, along with how some Bulgarian officials vehemently defend the law that permits this phenomenon. Along with the "Galevization" of politics (referring to the Galevi brothers election campaign), Brussels is also concerned with vote buying and general election fraud.
The cable concludes with the observation that their EU source's
frustration with the Bulgarian government's lame and insincere reform efforts was striking. It appears to be spreading in Brussels where at least the working level appears to be feeling "buyer's remorse" over letting Bulgaria and Romania into the club too early. According to reliable contacts, Brussels Eurocrats have dubbed enlargement fatigue the "Bulgarian Break," further tarnishing Bulgaria's bad image within the EU.
Not only have crime groups infiltrated Bulgaria's highest political institutions, but they have also effectively destroyed the country's national pastime, according to a cable released this week that dates from January 2010.
Since the fall of Communism, Bulgarian soccer has become a symbol of organized crime's corrupt influence on important institutions. Bulgarian soccer clubs are widely believed to be directly or indirectly controlled by organized crime figures who use their teams as way to legitimize themselves, launder money, and make a fast buck. Despite rampant rumors of match fixing, money laundering, and tax evasion, there have been few arrests or successful prosecutions. As a result, the public has lost faith in the legitimacy of the league as evidenced by the drop in television ratings and match attendance. Recent scandals involving the most popular teams and the mass firing of the referee selection commission for a second consecutive year have deepened the public's disgust.
It isn't only that the teams are controlled by the mafias; the games themselves are often rigged.
Long-standing allegations of match fixing have probably done the most to damage Bulgarian soccer's reputation. According to the sports editor of the daily "Trud," Vladimir Pamukov, and sports journalist, Krum Savov, the most common match fixing schemes are bribing referees and paying off players on the opposing club to insure a team loses by a certain score. They argue that thanks to organized crime influences and economic disparity between the teams, match fixing has become an extremely common practice. This has caused many Bulgarians to view the outcomes of soccer matches like Americans view the predetermined outcomes of professional wrestling.
It's no wonder, then—given the country's hopelessly corrupt political institutions, suffering economy, and fraudulent football leagues—that Bulgaria ranks dead last on a global happiness survey, according to the Economist, as the saddest place on earth.


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if you have been following along since the beginning of the countdown you know I mentioned I have some fun prizes in store. So I am going to kick off the fun today...make sure you read through to find out how you can WIN.
You may have noticed that I have a theme going on here. My absolute favourite colour is green so I am absolutely delighted by PTI's addition of Spring Moss. I hope you are too.
Candle Centre Piece
Candles are so elegant so it makes sense to use as or with your centre piece. Again, my goal for this release is to show you EASY ways to make your own wedding ensembles. The total time to make this project was 10 minutes and that is being generous! And you know what's even better than that? The project cost $1.25 CAD to make. If you add the base tray and the flowers it costs $4.50 CAD.
Step 1
Begin by stamping the large oval on a piece of white tissue paper in spring moss, followed by Wedding Day in black and August 8, 2008 in black too. Note: You only want to stamp on white tissue paper for a white candle.
Step 2
Cut out the image as close as possible.
Step 3
Glue the tissue paper to the candle.
Step 4
Wrap a piece of wax paper around the candle as tightly as possible and heat until the image darkens. Peel back slowly and ensure all areas have melted into the candle.
Tip: When heating do not apply heat directly over top of the image (the wax will run). Rather, heat evenly in a back and forth movement over the entire stamped surface.Step 5
Attach ribbon at the bottom.
paper: Stampers Select White Cardstock by Papertrey Ink
ink: Black Palette, Perfect Match Spring Moss by PTI
stamps: Wedding Day (Urban Design) by Papertrey Ink
accessories: Spring Moss Satin Ribbon by Papertrey Ink, prima flowers
tools: scissors
misc: tissue paper
Personalized Wedding Favour
Again, the key to making your wedding favours is making the task quickly reproducible with the least amount of steps.
Step 1
Cut a piece of cardstock into a square 7.25x7.25 and stamp randomnly. I am showcasing white and spring moss but I also added black at the last minute which is not shown in this photo.
Step 2
Next, I turned the cardstock square to form a diamond and folded the right side of the paper across centre (try and avoid creasing). Repeat with the left side forming a cone. Then I adhered the left side (to secure) with double sided sticky tape.
Step 2
Then I filled the cone (I put pebbles to show you the depth etc) but you can put candies, flower seeds, flower bulbs etc of your choice. At this point I folded the tip over the opening (again avoid creasing paper).
Step 3
Now that the main wedding favour is complete I added the final touches. I stamped the flourished circle and cut it out using the nestabilities circle. I punched out Sara and Thomas with the 1 1/4th inch circle punch and adhered it to the centre of the circle with a pop dot.
I also decided to test out Lisa's FAB tutorial and stamp the decorative square image directly onto the twill ribbon to keep with the flourish theme.
Lastly, I formed the ribbon into a loop and placed it onto the wedding favour using a glue dot and secured the label to ribbon with a few pop dots.
Another variation of the flourished circle. I know how some people are LOVING the 08.08.08 date!
paper: Stampers Select White Cardstock by Papertrey Ink, Spring Moss Cardstock by Papertrey Ink
ink: Black Palette, Perfect Match Spring Moss by PTI, Whisper White by SU!
stamps: Wedding Day (Urban Design) by Papertrey Ink
accessories: Spring Moss Twill Ribbon by Papertrey Ink,
tools: scissors, Circle die from Nestabilities by Spellbinders, 1 1/4th inch Circle Punch by EK Success
Have you made it this far? Well this is just the beginning of fun. I have two BIG prizes to award leading up to the release. I sure hope you can make it to the release party too. So what's up for grabs today? How about one of those GORGEOUS perfect match Spring Moss ink pads. Afterall green is my fav colour. How do you win? You can answer one of the following questions: 1) When are you getting married/or your sibling/friend/daughter/son etc? 2) What would you like to see for tomorrow's tutorial? 3) If you are getting married on 08/08/08 PLEASE tell me *wink* ...if you can't answer any of those questions just leave me a comment letting me know which of the two tutorials you liked today. Trust me when I say you WANT to leave a comment in the next few days. All I can say is it is to your benefit *smiles*
Make sure you stop by Candice's blog to see her new sneak peaks--her set looks adorable. She finally received it and is revved up to show you all the goods too.
Have a terrific day! Don't forget to check back again tomorrow.


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Following Belcher shooting, Costas commentary sparks debate
Costas referenced column by Jason Whitlock
NEW YORK — Bob Costas' "Sunday Night Football" halftime commentary supporting gun control sparked a Fox News Channel debate Monday on whether NBC should fire him and a Twitter storm involving Ted Nugent, Rosie O'Donnell, Herman Cain and many more.
The NBC sportscaster, who frequently delivers commentary at halftime of the weekly NFL showcase, addressed the weekend's murder-suicide involving Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher.
Costas said that the shooting has invoked the "mindless sports cliche" that "something like this really puts it all in perspective."
"Please," he said. "Those who need tragedies to continually recalibrate their sense of proportion about sports would seem to have little hope of ever truly achieving perspective."
He then paraphrased and quoted extensively from a piece by Fox Sports columnist Jason Whitlock.
After praising the column, Costas said: "In the coming days, Jovan Belcher's actions and their possible connection to football will be analyzed. Who knows? But here, wrote Jason Whitlock, is what I believe. If Jovan Belcher didn't possess a gun, he and Kasandra Perkins would both be alive today."
Belcher shot and killed Perkins, the mother of his 3-month-old daughter, on Saturday morning, then drove to Arrowhead Stadium and committed suicide in the parking lot of the team's practice facility.
Quickly, Costas' comments renewed one of society's most contentious debates, made more intense by people who believe that a football halftime show wasn't the right place for Costas to be speaking on the issue.
"You tune in for a football game and end up listening to Bob Costas spewing sanctimonious dreck," tweeted Herman Cain, the former GOP presidential candidate.
Above a headline "Advocacy Gone Awry?" the hosts of Fox's morning show "Fox & Friends" read letters from viewers criticizing Costas' stance. On Megyn Kelly's afternoon show, there was a debate on whether Costas should be fired.
Rock star and gun advocate Nugent was quick to criticize via Twitter: "Hey Bob Costas we all kno (sic) that obesity is a direct result of the proliferation of spoons and forks. Get a clue."
Former talk show host Rosie O'Donnell, however, tweeted "way to go, Bob Costas." His former NBC colleague, Keith Olbermann, observed it was "amazing that all those ripping my friend Bob Costas would, had he taken opposing view, be defending him for using the 1st."
There was no immediate comment on Monday from NBC Sports or from Costas.


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Cops: Boston must stay in place amid terror hunt
WATERTOWN, Mass. (AP) – Boston's police commissioner says all of Boston must stay in their homes as the search for the surviving suspect in the marathon bombings continues.
Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis made the announcement Friday morning, after a long night of violence that left the other suspect dead.
The suspects were identified to The Associated Press as coming from the Russian region near Chechnya, which has been plagued by an Islamic insurgency stemming from separatist wars.
A law enforcement intelligence bulletin obtained by the AP identified the surviving suspect as Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, 19, of Cambridge, Mass.
The two men are suspected of killing a Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer on campus in Cambridge late Thursday, then stealing a car at gunpoint and later releasing its driver unharmed.
The suspects' clashes with police began only a few hours after the FBI released photos and videos of the two young men, who were seen carrying backpacks as they mingled among revelers at Monday's Boston Marathon. The bombings on Monday killed three people and wounded more than 180 others, and authorities revealed the images to enlist the public's help finding the suspects.


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President Barack Obama makes a statement in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, May 30, 2014, following his meeting with Veterans Affairs Secretary Shinseki. The president said that Shinseki is resigning amid widespread troubles with veterans' health care. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki resigned Friday in a personal meeting with President Barack Obama, shortly after publicly apologizing for deep problems plaguing the agency's health care system that Obama called "totally unacceptable."
Obama said he accepted the retired four-star general's resignation "with considerable regret" during an Oval Office meeting. Shinseki had been facing mounting calls to step down from lawmakers in both parties since a scathing internal report out Wednesday found broad and deep-seated problems in the sprawling health care system, which provides medical care to about 6.5 million veterans annually.
Obama said Shinseki had served with honor, but the secretary told him the agency needs new leadership and he doesn't want to be a distraction. "I agree. We don't have time for distractions. We need to fix the problem," Obama said.
The president named Sloan D. Gibson, currently the deputy VA secretary, to run the department on an interim basis while he searches for another secretary. The president said he met with Gibson after accepting the resignation from Shinseki, who has overseen the VA since the start of Obama's presidency.
A career banker, Gibson has held the No. 2 post at the department since February of this year. He came to the department after serving as president and chief executive officer of the USO, a nonprofit organization that provides programs and services to U.S. troops and their families, and after a 20-year career in banking.
Gibson is the son of an Army Air Corpsman who served in World War II and grandson of a World War I Army Infantryman.
Obama said an audit submitted by Shinseki shows that the problems are not limited to a few facilities but to many across the country. "It is totally unacceptable," Obama said. "Our vets deserve the best; they've earned it."
Obama said Shinseki had begun the process of firing people and had canceled performance bonuses. The president said it would be up to the Justice Department to determine whether there was any criminal wrongdoing at the VA.
In a speech earlier Friday to a veterans group, Shinseki said the problems outlined in the report were "totally unacceptable" and a "breach of trust" that he found indefensible. He announced he would take a series of steps to respond, including ousting senior officials at the troubled Phoenix health care facility, the initial focus of the investigation.
He concurred with the report's conclusion that the problems extended throughout the VA's 1,700 health care facilities nationwide, and said that "I was too trusting of some" in the VA system.
The VA has a goal of trying to give patients an appointment within 14 days of when they first seek care. Treatment delays — and irregularities in recording patient waiting times — have been documented in numerous reports from government and outside organizations for years and have been well-known to VA officials, member of Congress and veteran service organizations.
But the controversy now swirling around the VA stems from allegations that employees were keeping a secret waiting list at the Phoenix hospital — and that up to 40 patients may have died while awaiting care. A preliminary VA inspector general probe into the allegations found systemic falsification of appointment records at Phoenix and other locations but has not made a determination on whether any deaths are related to the delays.
The agency has been struggling to keep up with a huge demand for its services — some 9 million enrolled now compared to 8 million in 2008. The influx comes from returning Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, aging Vietnam War vets who now have more health problems, a move by Congress to expand the number of those eligible for care and the migration of veterans to the VA during the last recession after they lost their jobs or switched to the VA when their private insurance became more expensive.
Shinseki said the last several weeks have been "challenging" but that his agency takes caring for veterans seriously.
"I can't explain the lack of integrity," he told a homeless veterans group. "I will not defend it, because it is not defensible." The beleaguered Cabinet official received a standing ovation and loud applause.
An inspector general's report found that about 1,700 veterans in need of care were "at risk of being lost or forgotten" after being kept off an official waiting list.
The report confirmed earlier allegations of excessive waiting times for care in Phoenix, with an average 115-day wait for a first appointment for those on the waiting list — nearly five times as long as the 24-day average the hospital had reported.
"This situation can be fixed," Shinseki told an audience of several hundred people from around the nation who have been working with the VA on helping homeless veterans. "Leadership and integrity problems can and must be fixed — and now."
He said the government would not give any performance bonuses this year, would use all authorities it has against those "who instigated or tolerated" the falsification of wait time records and that performance on achieving wait time targets will no longer be considered in employee job reviews. He also asked Congress to support a bill by Rep. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., which would give the department more authority to remove senior government employees who are in leadership positions.
The House has passed a similar bill that would give the VA more ability to fire up to 450 senior executives at the agency.
Even as he said he agreed it was best for Shinseki to go, Obama sought to shield the outgoing secretary from being labeled a failure or accused of doing wrong by veterans. He credited Shinseki with reducing veteran homelessness, improving care for women and making progress on veterans' education and mental health treatment.
"I want to reiterate, he is a very good man," Obama said. "He's a good person who's done exemplary work on our behalf."
Associated Press Writer Donna Cassata contributed to this story.
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Should the government be able to dictate where the dead are buried? Can a town, which regulates a cemetery, tell the cemetery owners that they will be persecuted by the government if someone accused of terrorism is buried in the town's sacred soil? Does it make sense to be protesting a funeral home because someone is according dignity to the dead? I'm finding the whole issue to be pretty bizarre–the idea of a funeral home driving around looking for a place to dump reminds me of the Islip Garbage Barge incident of 1987, or maybe Charlie trapped forever beneath the streets of Boston on the MTA. Except that there is supposed to be some concept of human dignity here, and I'm wondering if Linsky would support digging up all criminals buried in Natick, to preserve the integrity of the community.