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Robert C. Smith
- For the 19th century British astrologer, see Robert Cross Smith.
|Robert C. Smith
|United States Senator
from New Hampshire
|In office
December 7, 1990 – January 3, 2003
|Preceded by
|Gordon Humphrey
|Succeeded by
|John Sununu
|Chairperson of the Senate Environment Committee
|In office
January 20, 2001 – June 6, 2001
|Preceded by
|Harry Reid
|Succeeded by
|Jim Jeffords
|In office
November 2, 1999 – January 3, 2001
|Preceded by
|John Chafee
|Succeeded by
|Harry Reid
|Chairperson of the Senate Ethics Committee
|In office
January 7, 1997 – November 2, 1999
|Preceded by
|Mitch McConnell
|Succeeded by
|Pat Roberts
|Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New Hampshire's 1st district
|In office
January 3, 1985 – December 7, 1990
|Preceded by
|Norman D'Amours
|Succeeded by
|Bill Zeliff
|Personal details
|Robert Clinton Smith
March 30, 1941
Trenton, New Jersey, U.S.
|Political party
|Republican (Before 1999; 2000–present)
Constitution (1999)
Independent (1999–2000)
|Mary Jo Hutchinson (1966–present)
|Alma mater
|Lafayette College
|Roman Catholicism
|Military service
|United States
|United States Navy
|Years of service
|1965–1967 (Active)
1962–1965, 1967–1969 (Reserve)
|Vietnam War
Robert Clinton Smith (born March 30, 1941) is an American politician who represented New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District from 1985–1990 and the United States Senate from 1990 to 2003.
First elected to the House of Representatives as a Republican in 1984, he was re-elected twice before running for the Senate in 1990, winning the open seat and assuming it early when incumbent Gordon J. Humphrey resigned. He was re-elected in 1996 and then entered the Republican primary for the 2000 presidential election. After failing to gain traction, he withdrew before the primaries began and joined the Taxpayers' Party, seeking their nomination instead. He then changed parties again, becoming an Independent before dropping out of the presidential race altogether. He then re-joined the Republican Party to become Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Smith ran for re-election in 2002 but lost the Republican primary to Congressman John E. Sununu, who won the general election. After his defeat he moved to Florida and briefly ran for the Senate from there in 2004 and in 2010 but dropped out early on in both cases after faring poorly in polls of the Republican primary. He subsequently returned to New Hampshire, where he declared his candidacy for the Republican nomination in the 2014 Senate election.
Early life[edit]
Smith was born in Trenton, New Jersey, the son of Margaret (née Eldridge) and Donald Smith.[1] He obtained a bachelor's degree from Lafayette College in 1965 and did graduate work at California State University, Long Beach. He served in the United States Navy Reserve from 1962 to 1965, and was on active duty from 1965 to 1967, including a year in Vietnam. He remained in the Navy Reserve until 1969. Smith settled in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, where he taught history and English. He also served on his local school board and got into the real estate business as owner and operator of the Yankee Pedlar brokerage.
Political career[edit]
U.S. House of Representatives[edit]
Smith relocated to New Hampshire and ran for New Hampshire's 1st congressional district in the 1982 elections. With the recession and President Reagan's unpopularity aiding Democratic candidates, Smith lost to incumbent Norman D'Amours by 55% to 45%. D'Amours did not seek re-election in 1984, unsuccessfully running for the U.S. Senate instead and Smith was elected in his place, riding Reagan's coattails to beat Democrat Dudley Dudley by 59% to 40%. A State Representative, her campaign slogan was "Dudley Dudley, Worth Repeating". Smith responded "Dudley Dudley, Liberal Liberal".[2] Smith was re-elected in 1986 and 1988 by wide margins, first beating Democrat James M. Demers 56% to 44%, then beating Democrat Joseph F. Keefe by 60% to 40%.
U.S. Senate[edit]
Smith did not run for re-election in 1990, instead running for the U.S. Senate seat that was being vacated by retiring Republican Gordon J. Humphrey, who was retiring after pledging not to serve more than two terms. His opponent was Democrat John A. Durkin, who had previously served in the Senate from 1975 to 1980. Smith beat him in a landslide, taking 65% of the vote to Durkin's 31%. Humphrey resigned in December after being elected to the New Hampshire Senate and Smith was appointed to replace him for the final two months of his term.
The Vietnam War POW/MIA issue, concerning the fate of possible missing or captured Americans in Vietnam, became Smith's major issue in Congress in 1985, partly spurred on by his growing up without knowing how his own father died in World War II. Smith helped create, and served as vice-chairman of, the 1991–1993 Senate Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs. Smith ran for re-election in 1996 and only narrowly defeated Democratic former US Representative Richard Swett, taking 49% of the vote to Swett's 46%. Smith had established himself as the most conservative Senator from the Northeast, and Bill Clinton's coattails nearly caused his defeat. On the night of the election many American media networks incorrectly projected that Swett had won.[3]
In January 1999, at Kingswood Regional High School in Wolfeboro, Smith announced that he was a candidate for the Republican nomination for President of the United States (at the time the front-runner was Texas Governor George W. Bush).[4] In July, after failing to gain any ground in the presidential race and before any primaries or caucuses had taken place, Smith announced he was leaving the Republican Party and would seek the nomination of the Taxpayers' Party. One month later, Smith left the Taxpayers Party after claiming that ideologues within the party resisted his candidacy due to his Roman Catholicism and announced as an Independent. He withdrew completely from the race in October and endorsed Bush.
In the meantime, Republican Senator John Chafee of Rhode Island had died and thus the chairmanship of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works had re-opened. Smith recanted his repudiation of the Republican party, claiming it had been "a mistake" and claiming that since he had never officially changed his voting registration that he had never left the party. Smith was then elected as Chafee's successor to the chairmanship.[5]
In 2000, Smith attempted to assist the Miami-based family of Elián González after Elián was returned to his father's custody by accompanying them to the entrance of Andrews Air Force Base, where Elián was being held; they were turned away.[6]
Smith ran for re-election to a third term in 2002, but was defeated in the Republican primary by Congressman John E. Sununu, winning 45% of the vote to Sununu's 53%.[7] After his defeat, The New York Times reported that many Republicans were "relieved" that he had lost, having never forgiven him for leaving the party in 1999.[8] He subsequently moved to Sarasota, Florida to sell real estate.
Post-Congressional career[edit]
Smith ran for the U.S. Senate seat from Florida in 2004 against Mel Martinez, but dropped out after raising little money[9] and receiving less than 1% support in Republican polls. Martinez would go on to win the election.
Less than a month before the November 2004 election, Smith wrote an op-ed for the Concord Monitor in which he denounced the lack of Republican outrage over phone jamming on Election Day 2002, in which Republican operatives had jammed phone banks used by the Democrats to contact Democratic voters and get them to the polls. Smith implied that this action may have made the difference in Shaheen's narrow loss to Sununu.[10]
In December 2007, Smith endorsed Congressman Duncan Hunter of California for the Republican presidential nomination.
In January 2008, Smith began writing editorials on the web page of the Constitution Party (formerly called the U.S. Taxpayers' Party), which fueled speculation that Smith intended to seek the party's presidential nomination. The nomination went to Chuck Baldwin, a Baptist pastor.
|Wikinews has related news: Wikinews interviews former Republican U.S. Senator Bob Smith on his latest run for office
In February 2009, with Martinez having announced that he would retire from the Senate in January 2011, Smith was again considering running for the seat,[11][12] although it was also reported that he was considering a return to New Hampshire to run for the Senate seat there, especially if his old nemesis John E. Sununu (who was defeated for re-election in 2008) sought the seat.[13]
On April 9, 2009, Politico reported that Smith would seek the Republican nomination for Florida's 2010 Senate election.[14] He dropped out of the race in March 2010, after faring poorly in the polls against Governor Charlie Crist and Marco Rubio.[15]
In mid-2013 Smith expressed interest in facing Democratic incumbent Jeanne Shaheen in the 2014 Senate election.[16] In October he ruled out a run,[17] but in December announced that he had reconsidered and would be a candidate for the U.S. Senate after all. [18] He officially declared his candidacy for the Republican nomination in March 2014.[19] If Smith wins New Hampshire's 2014 U.S. Senate race he will tie Dan Coats' modern mark for the longest gap in U.S. Senate service in the direct election era (12 years).[20]
He and his wife Mary Jo have three children.
- ^ [1]
- ^ Kapochunas, Rachel (8 January 2007). "Dudley Not Redundant for Shea-Porter". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
- ^ Crabtree, Susan (December 2, 1996). "1996 Ad". Insight on the News. Retrieved 2012-04-29. "An incorrect exit poll by Voter News Service, or VNS, resulted in an early and ultimately incorrect projection of victory in New Hampshire for Democratic Senate candidate Dick Swett over Republican incumbent Sen. Robert C. Smith. "Every election night, you know, its cardiac-arrest time in some state, in some race - sometimes in several races," CBS' Dan Rather explained at 9:40 p.m. EST. "This race is as hot and tight as a too-small bathing suit on a too-long car ride back from the beach." But the network "oops" came too late for a number of newspapers that featured Swett's exit-poll victory in their early editions."
- ^ Berke, Richard L. (19 February 1999). "Native Son Says He's Running, And Few Are Happy About It". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
- ^ Alvarez, Lizette (3 November 1999). "Prodigal Smith Named Chairman of Senate Environment Panel". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
- ^ "Newsweek". 2000-05-01.
- ^ http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2002/senate.htm
- ^ Hulse, Carl (12 September 2002). "Campaign Season; G.O.P. Is Relieved At Republican's Loss". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
- ^ "Former New Hampshire senator ends bid for Florida seat". Associated Press. April 15, 2004.
- ^ Bob Smith (October 18, 2004). "Phone-jamming was an outrage; Republicans should speak out in anger". Concord Monitor.
- ^ Aaron Blake (January 29, 2009). "Former Sen. Bob Smith weighs a run ... in Florida". The Hill.
- ^ "Senator Bob Smith On Running for the Florida Senate Seat in 2010". YouTube. February 16, 2009.
- ^ Vin Gopal (2009-02-23). "The Return of Bob Smith". Politics1.com.
- ^ Glenn Thrush (2009-04-09). "Snowbird Smith Running in Florida". Politico.com.
- ^ Wallace, Jeremy (March 30, 2009). "Smith drops out of Senate race again". Political Insider. Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Retrieved May 5, 2010.
- ^ Pindell, James (23 July 2013). "Former U.S. Sen. Bob Smith not ruling out political comeback against Shaheen". WMUR. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
- ^ John DiStaso (October 9, 2013). "John DiStaso's Granite Status: Former Sen. Bob Smith will not try to return to Washington". New Hampshire Union Leader. Retrieved October 10, 2013.
- ^ http://www.wmur.com/political-scoop/fmr-us-sen-bob-smith-changes-mind-will-challenge-shaheen/-/16254890/23231770/-/brr43f/-/index.html
- ^ Cathy Burke (2014-03-05). "It's Official: Ex-Sen. Smith to Challenge Shaheen in NH". Newsmax.com.
- ^ Ostermeier, Eric (December /4/2013). "Bob Smith and the 12-Year Itch". Smart Politics.
External links[edit]
- Bob Smith for Senate 2010
- Portsmouth Herald — "Smith makes break, leaves GOP"
- Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
|United States House of Representatives
|Preceded by
Norman D'Amours
|Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New Hampshire's 1st congressional district
|Succeeded by
Bill Zeliff
|Party political offices
|Preceded by
Gordon Humphrey
|Republican nominee for Senator from New Hampshire
(Class 2)
1990, 1996
|Succeeded by
John Sununu
|United States Senate
|Preceded by
Gordon Humphrey
|United States Senator (Class 2) from New Hampshire
Served alongside: Warren Rudman, Judd Gregg
|Succeeded by
John Sununu
|Preceded by
Mitch McConnell
|Chairperson of the Senate Ethics Committee
|Succeeded by
Pat Roberts
|Preceded by
John Chafee
|Chairperson of the Senate Environment Committee
|Succeeded by
Harry Reid
|Preceded by
Harry Reid
|Chairperson of the Senate Environment Committee
|Succeeded by
Jim Jeffords
- 1941 births
- American military personnel of the Vietnam War
- American Roman Catholics
- Candidates in United States elections, 2004
- Candidates in United States elections, 2010
- Florida Republicans
- Lafayette College alumni
- Living people
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from New Hampshire
- New Hampshire Republicans
- People from Trenton, New Jersey
- Republican Party United States Senators
- United States Navy personnel
- United States presidential candidates, 2000
- United States Senators from New Hampshire
- Vietnam War POW/MIA issues
- New Hampshire Independents
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The Wausau Nordic Ski Club was formed in 1972 to establish, maintain and promote safe cross country skiing through projects contributing to growth and advancement of the sport.
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Here is your chance to catch up with other skiers and review your winter.
Be a part of the fun on Thursday, March 13th at Nine Mile Chalet. Start with snacks, beverages, and visiting at 5:30. Dinner begins at 6:30 followed by awards and recognitions.
The ski club bylaws require a vote for the board of directors at the spring meeting. You may nominate someone to the board by sending an email to John Beatty at email@example.com or nominate from the floor on the 13th. Elections for Board members will happen during the meeting.
After elections, scholarship awards, awards of appreciation for volunteer service, and the famous Hans Berg award will be presented. We will also report on the ski season's successes.
The ski club will provide grilled meats, beverages, plates, etc.
Members with last name A-D, please bring hor d'oeurves; E-M please bring main dish; N-R bring salads; S-Z bring dessert.
Please attend and enjoy the evening.
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Last year the Wausau Nordic Ski Club unveiled a new and updated logo. This season the Wausau Nordic Ski Club needed to order new ski hats, as our supply had been exhausted. We are excited to announce that We have partnered with Hidden Bay Graphics of Hayward, WI and this season will be offering new performance ski hats. This will include two styles, and a headband option. Be on the look out for the new hats at the2013 Ski Swap, and on sale at the Nine Mile Forest Chalet.
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In conjunction with the Alpine In conjunction with the Alpine Ski Club we will hold our ANNUAL SKI SWAP on Saturday, November 2nd at EAST GATE HALL IN MARATHON COUNTY PARK. Drop-off sale items on Friday night from 5:00-7:00 as well as Saturday morning from 7:30 to 10:00. Sale will start at 11 AM Saturday. Volunteer workers will be needed both Friday evening and Saturday. We will be using the same computer system as Alpine, so check-in & check-out will be handled jointly. Credit cards will be allowed. The WAX BENCH will continue to provide cleaning and glide waxing of your skis as well as binding changes. Bring your skis in for a preseason tune-up.
Besides the usual skis and boots, there is a selection of clothing and accessories to check out. In a capsule:
Friday, November 1st
5:00-7:00 PM Drop-off your sale items
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7:30-10:00 AM Drop-off items
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5:00-6:00 PM Pick-up Unsold items & Checks
Updates to this information can be found at: www.wausaunordic.com
We are in great need of gently used, fairly new, performance equipment for resale consider upgrading your equipment this year and let us sell your used equipment.
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Last week, the New Mexico Republican Party publicly wrongfully claimed that 28 people cast fraudulent votes in the June Democratic primary in House District 13. State Republican Party officials said a review of 92 newly registered voters in the district turned up 28 ballots that had inaccurate social security numbers and wrong birth dates. In other words, GOP officials said, this was a clear case of voter fraud.
At the center of these allegations is
According to an Associated Press report, FBI agents had met with
Two years ago,
However, it has since emerged that the organization played a major role in suppressing the votes of people who intended to cast ballots for Democrats in various states.
About a week after the 2006 midterm elections, Rogers sent Rumaldo Armijo, the Assistant U.S. Attorney in New Mexico in charge of election issues, an urgent email, claiming he received an anonymous telephone call at his law office from a male "with a slight Hispanic accent" who said he was a Bernalillo County election worker "and during the counting process this week, had "added some votes for Heather."
At the time
"He did not want to provide any information by phone, and asked that we meet,"
"After he hung up, I called our IT dept and was told we cannot trace calls/numbers. No one approached me at the
Two days after his first email to Armijo, Rogers sent him another note.
"I did not hear from any FBI agent, and would again urge the immediate investigation of the allegation," Rogers wrote in a Nov. 13, 2006 email. "I am available at and would request you forward the e-mail to the FBI agents and any additional appropriate offices or individuals."
Iglesias said "no case was ever filed as a result of Pat's "referral."
But Rogers continued to press his case. He took his complaints to the Bernalillo County attorney's office and called for an investigation.
However, the investigation never got off the ground because Rogers' claims could not be substantiated.
Wilson was reelected by a margin of 861 votes out of more than 211,000 ballots that were cast.
Some local New Mexico election and law enforcement officials believed Rogers' allegations that Wilson's vote tally was padded was an attempt to get federal investigators to call into question the veracity of ballots cast for Madrid while votes were being counted and the race was still up in the air.
Rogers appears to be raising the same issues again with regard to claims of voter fraud during the June Democratic primary of the Albuquerque State House District.
Furthermore, Rogers and other state GOP officials have targeted the grassroots organization Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), claiming the group has been engaged in a widespread voter registration fraud scheme in the state.
Trying to salvage his campaign, John McCain has jumped into the ACORN case, too, citing it at the third presidential debate. He declared ACORN "is now on the verge of maybe perpetrating one of the greatest frauds in voter history in this country, maybe destroying the fabric of democracy."
However, the investigations launched against ACORN have raised other concerns, especially that Republicans are flogging this issue in an effort to stir up anger, to revive McCain's campaign, and to intimidate new voters.
For its part, ACORN has insisted that its own quality control flagged many of the suspicious registration forms before they were submitted to state officials and that state laws often require outside registration groups to submit all forms regardless of obvious problems.
Independent studies also have shown that phony registrations rarely result in illegally cast ballots because there are so many other safeguards built into the system.
For instance, from October 2002 to September 2005, a total of 70 people were convicted for federal election related crimes, according to figures compiled by the New York Times last year. Only 18 of those were for ineligible voting.
According to an official at the New Mexico U.S. Attorneys office, GOP operatives pressured state officials to contact the FBI about the alleged fraudulent ballots and to probe ACORN.
On Wednesday, the website TPMMuckraker.com contacted Oliver, the Bernalillo County clerk, to follow up on her meeting with the FBI.
"Toulouse Oliver added a bit of detail to that picture. She said she had passed on redacted copies of the suspicious forms (many of which had badly mismatched information, or listed addresses that did not exist) to the offices of the District Attorney and the US Attorney in the area," TPMMuckraker reported. "When the FBI contacted her, it said it had been asked to follow up by the US Attorney' office. And the meeting between Toulouse Oliver and an FBI agent was also attended by an Assistant US Attorney.
Federal investigative guidelines strongly discourage election-related probes before ballots are cast because of the likelihood that the inquiries will become politicized and might influence the election outcomes.
"In most cases, voters should not be interviewed, or other voter-related investigation done, until after the election is over," according to the Justice Department's guidelines for election offenses as revised in May 2007 during Gonzales's tenure as Attorney General.
In a brief interview Wednesday, Iglesias, the former New Mexico U.S. Attorney who was fired as part of the White House-driven federal prosecutor purge in 2006, said he doesn't know "who lit the fire under the [New Mexico] FBI regarding alleged voter fraud."
Iglesias said he was surprised that the FBI would have agreed to investigate ACORN now and that the inquiry must have received a green light from high levels of the Justice Department.
Iglesias said that in September 2004, he set up an election fraud task force, to investigate allegations that ACORN was involved in voter registration fraud.
"The FBI in [New Mexico] was skittish when I raised the voter fraud task force that I formed back in 2004 because the SAC [Special Agent in Charge} said the FBI General Counsel said such investigations were discouraged due to the appearance of being too 'political,'" Iglesias said.
"I had to twist their arms for them to get involved and only after I assured them that no prosecutions would be filed before the election. … I wonder why the FBI went from being skittish back in 2004 to being forward leaning now. Who is pressuring them and why?"
Rogers and other GOP officials claim ACORN has turned Bernalillo County into a hotbed of voter fraud and voter registration fraud.
The allegations first surfaced in 2004, when Bernalillo County Sheriff Darren White showed up at the county clerk's office demanding to know if there were any questionable voter registrations on file.
Mary Herrera, the Bernalillo County clerk, told White that there were about 3,000 or so forms that were either incomplete or incorrectly filled out.
Bernalillo County had been the target of a massive grassroots effort by the group Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) to register voters, which paid off with about 65,000 newly registered voters.
But Sheriff White intended to challenge the integrity of some of the names on the voter registration rolls.
White seized upon the registration forms as evidence that ACORN submitted fraudulent registration forms. He held a press conference along with other Republican officials in the county to call attention to the matter.
White pushed Iglesias to crack down on Democratic-backed voter registration drives.
Iglesias established an election fraud task force in September 2004 and spent more than two months probing claims of widespread voter fraud in his state.
"After examining the evidence, and in conjunction with the Justice Department Election Crimes Unit and the FBI, I could not find any cases I could prosecute beyond a reasonable doubt," Iglesias said. "Accordingly, I did not authorize any voter fraud related prosecutions."
White was upset with Iglesias's inaction against Democratic-back voter registration drives and other criminal issues. He took his complaints about Iglesias's lack of aggressiveness to Washington.
In a little-noticed article in the Albuquerque Journal at the height of the U.S. Attorney scandal, White, who was New Mexico chairman of the Bush-Cheney 2004 campaign, confirmed that in spring 2006, he took his "complaints directly to the Department of Justice where he met with Attorney General [Alberto] Gonzales' chief of staff, Kyle Sampson and others," the Albuquerque Journal reported on April 15, 2007.
White is now campaigning for the congressional seat being vacated by Rogers' former client, Rep. Heather Wilson.
Rogers and White, the Bernalillo County Sheriff, are longtime friends. Rogers worked closely with White in 2004 to challenge the veracity of voter registrations in the county.
They also have something else in common: They were both implicated in Iglesias's firing. New Mexico's Republican Senator, Pete Domenici, had recommended Rogers to replace Iglesias as U.S. Attorney when Iglesias was fired. The DOJ report said Domenici played a major role in Iglesias's ouster.
According to a report by the Justice Department's inspector general, "Patrick Rogers, the former general counsel to the New Mexico state Republican Party and a party activist, continued [before the 2006 election] to complain about voter fraud issues in New Mexico.
"In a March 2006 e-mail forwarded to [Craig] Donsanto in the [Justice Department's] Public Integrity Section, Rogers complained about voter fraud in New Mexico and added, 'I have calls in, to the USA [U.S. Attorney] and his main assistant, but they were not much help during the ACORN fraudulent registration debacle last election."
Donsanto was the author of the updated May 2007 Federal Prosecution of Election Offenses manual that softened the warnings about investigating and prosecuting voter fraud cases before an election.
In June 2006, Rogers sent Iglesias's Executive Assistant U.S. Attorney Rumaldo Armijo an e-mail:
"The voter fraud wars continue. Any indictment of the Acorn woman would be appreciated. . . . The ACLU/Wortheim [sic] democrats will turn to the camera and suggest fraud is not an issue, because the USA would have done something by now. Carpe Diem!"
John Wertheim was then chairman of the New Mexico Democratic Party.
Iglesias said he now believes GOP claims of voter fraud have been "unique to the Bush administration."
"If voter fraud is such a problem nationally, why have there only been a handful of prosecutions in the past few years?" he said.
Rogers told The Public Record the Justice Department report on the U.S. Attorney firings "is erroneous is so many ways it is not possible to address them all."


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Midori (web browser)
Midori on Peppermint OS 3
|Christian Dywan et al.
|Initial release
|December 16, 2007[1]
|Stable release
|0.5.8 (April 3, 2014[±][2][3])
|Preview release
|none (n/a) [±]
|Development status
|Written in
|Vala, C
|Operating system
|Available in
|About 30 languages
|Web browser
|LGPL v2.1+
Midori (緑?, Japanese for green) is a lightweight[4][5] and fast [6][7] web browser. It uses the WebKit rendering engine[4] and the GTK+ 2 or GTK+ 3 interface. Midori is part of the Xfce desktop environment's Goodies component.[8] It is the default browser in elementary OS,[8] the SliTaz Linux distribution[9] and the Bodhi Linux distribution[10] as well as Trisquel Mini, SystemRescueCD, and Raspbian. It was also used by wattOS in its R5 release.[11]
- Integration with GTK+ 2[12] and GTK+ 3 support
- WebKit rendering engine[4]
- Tabs, windows and session management[12]
- Configurable web search
- User scripts and user styles support
- Bookmark management
- Customizable and extensible interface
- Extension modules can be written in C and Vala[13]
- Supports HTML5[14]
- DuckDuckGo as a default search engine[15]
- Internationalized domain names support
- Smart Bookmarks
- Extensions
- Maemo integration for mobile devices[17]
- Speed dial[9][18]
- 'Next Page' feature[19]
- Ubuntu Unity Support [19]
- Private browsing[9]
Inclusion in OS distributions[edit]
Midori is part of the standard Raspbian distribution for the Raspberry Pi ARMv6-based computer. While Dillo and NetSurf are also in the menu, Midori also features as a desktop link. Midori is also packaged with elementary OS and Bodhi Linux as their default web browser.
Standard Compliance[edit]
Acid3 Test[edit]
Midori passes the Acid3 test.[6][18]
HTML5 score[edit]
In March 2014, Midori has been reported as scoring "reasonable 405/500" on the HTML5test
See also[edit]
- Comparison of lightweight web browsers
- Comparison of web browsers
- List of web browsers
- List of web browsers for Unix and Unix-like operating systems
- ^ "midori - Midori is a lightweight web browser". Git.xfce.org. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
- ^ Midori 0.5.7. Twotoasts.de
- ^ "midori - Midori is a lightweight web browser". Git.xfce.org. Retrieved 2013-04-05.
- ^ a b c 8 of the best web browsers for Linux. TechRadar
- ^ Best Internet Browser – The Show Goes On!. PCTips 3000
- ^ a b Midori: Extremely Fast and Standards-Compliant. Tombuntu
- ^ Browsers Test: Midori vs. Firefox 3.0 vs. Opera 10 Alpha vs. Konqueror vs. Arora. Favbrowser.com
- ^ a b Midori vs Epiphany Review. Tech Drive-In
- ^ a b c Spotlight on Linux: SliTaz GNU/Linux 3.0. Linux Journal
- ^ Lightweight Bodhi 1.2 distro offers Enlightenment for the Linux masses. Midori is also used in elementary OS Luna. DesktopLinux.com
- ^ wattOS R6 Review – Go green with Linux. LinuxUser & Developer
- ^ a b c d e f Midori Web Browser. BeginLinux.com
- ^ Midori 0.2.5 Released!. OMG! Ubuntu!
- ^ Arch Linux and desktop adventures with the Raspberry Pi. greenhughes
- ^ Midori Web Browser Gets an Update, Sets DuckDuckGo as Default Search Engine. UbuntuVibes
- ^ Midori: One Of The Most Lightweight Browsers Around [Linux & Windows]. makeuseof
- ^ Maemo Browsers Comparison: MicroB, Fennec, Midori, Tear. Arantius.com
- ^ a b Midori – The Little Browser that Just Might Surprise You. Make Tech Easier
- ^ a b Web-browser Midori Adds Unity Support and Neat 'Next Page' Feature. OMG! Ubuntu!
External links[edit]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Midori (web browser).


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Members of The Civil War Trust have received the most recent issue of "Hallowed Ground" (Summer 2015) and learned of the use of photography during that war to "document and distribute a horrible vision of death and destruction." It is not generally known that approximately 70 percent of all Civil War documentary photographs were shot as "stereoviews — the 19th century equivalent of 3-D."
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A basic membership costs $35. For more information write Civil War Trust, P.O. Box 17686, Baltimore, MD 21298 or visit http://www.civilwartrust.org.
"Nearly 20 percent of America's Civil War battlefields have already been destroyed — denied forever to future generations. Of those that remain, only 15 percent are protected as National parks. There is only one national organization working to save all these battlefields: The Civil War Trust."
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LONDON, Ky. - An argument over birthday balloons escalated into a fight that ended with one person in the hospital and two others facing criminal charges.
Police said Brad Freeman and Shawn Asher went to the in south-central Kentucky home of Charles Murphy and his 14-year-old son on Monday to ask about balloons that were allegedly stolen from a birthday party earlier that day.
The four began to argue and Murphy allegedly hit Asher in the head with a piece of pipe, according to a statement from the Laurel County sheriff's office.
Murphy's son, whose name was not released, picked up a baseball bat and began to hit Asher as well, the statement said.
Freeman and Asher were able to get to their car and drive away.
Asher was taken to Marymount Medical Center in London and was later flown to University of Kentucky Hospital, where he was in serious condition Tuesday afternoon, the Lexington Herald-Leader reported on its Web site.
Murphy and his son were charged with first-degree assault, the sheriff's office said.
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Scripting: Creating a databasestarted by Dave on Jul 6, 2004 — RSS Feed
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Hi everyone
Im new to web design, and new to this board, so please don't laugh at me if I sound stupid!
I'm working on a web site at the moment and had an idea. I have a database (Microsoft Access) that contains various tables of information. I was wondering if its possible to allow users of my website to search this database.
I would want them to be able to search the whole database for a piece of information, and for the database to display a 'report' of the corresponding information that it has found.
Is this kind of thing possible? If so, what technolgy does it require?
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I'm pretty sure access CAN be hooked up to the web, but I think it would likely be slow and unstable. If it were me, I'd move the access info into a sql DB and go from there.
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Thanks for the reply
How do you create an SQL database?
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Hi Dave,
Connecting to an Access database isn't any problem. Use PHP - you can learn more about it at www.php.net
Along with PHP, you need to learn some SQL statements, which instruct the database what to extract or insert, etc. You can get a SQL primer at www.w3schools.com
You also use a SQL statement to create a mySQL database. Or, if your hosting service has a mySQL feature, you can probably go to the online control panel to configure it.
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Which method is better for maintenance? Ive got to add items to the database every so often. And which it the quickest and/or easiest method?
Thanks for yoiur help
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Dave, I'm sure you figured this out by now, but incase you haven't...
Access is indeed a less than ideal choice for a high-volume website, however at least for testing purposes it should be fine and save you some cost/complexity.
PHP is a great language for web based applications however if you are looking for something simple and you already have a working Access database, there are tools in Access itself for building Active Server Pages which will quickly give you the ability to use your Access database over the web.
The biggest consideration in all of this is what you will be using for a webserver. If your server doesn't support the tool you select, be it ASP, PHP, perl, etc. you will be out of luck.
Assuming that you can host this on something that will run ASP, you might want to use the stuff built into Access to get your prototype up and running. If you have scalability issues (the best problem we can hope for right?) then it is simple enough to "upsize" the Access database to something like Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL or MySQL; again all depending on what your server can do.
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I just read that a Mayweather-Bradley fight is being negotiated behind closed doors right now. If true I think this would be a fantastic matchup! They should put the Ghost against Broner on the undercard & also have Canelo in a meaningful fight there as well. What a card!!!
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I think the chances of Tim getting to land a fight with Floyd for this May 4th is getting higher than most care to think. A few days ago, the Bob father was quoted as having said that Tim was being lined up to fight a very popular fighter, and that people would go "whoa" when the name of the popular fighter is released.
About a day later, Cameron Dunkins was quoted as having answered "yes," when asked whether Tim could be in the mix to land the Floyd fight, but added that nothing was set as at that time, and that he was going to speak on it with Bob later that day.
I read both of the above stories on Boxing Scene. Now, to the best of my knowledge, there have not been follow up news pieces from those sources on the issue, so they (the news items I paraphrased) may or may not count for much.
I can see with the several reasons already given by some in this thread and the other related thread, as to why the Bob father could possibly let the fight happen. Also, it is my own considered speculation that, on the part of Floyd, I can picture him saying something like "I don't care for no modafuka interim titlist. Bring on a real champion...that's what we do...fight real champions and annex their [WBO] belts."
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Prince George, BC - A local engineering consulting firm has been honoured for what can only be described as a mammoth undertaking, as it worked to re-open Highway 97 through the Pine Pass after a severe rain event brought down numerous mudslides and washed away large portions of the route in late June.
McElhanney Consulting Services Ltd took the top award for specialized engineering services at the 8th annual Deputy Minister's Consulting Engineers Awards at a ceremony held recently in Coquitlam. With word of the award, the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure has also attached some dollar figures to the damage - approximately $52-million dollars, after a 100-year rain event stalled over the region and damaged a total of 280 sites. (click here, for previous story)
McElhanney Consulting was directly responsible for supervising the majority of sites within the Pine Pass, where Highway 97 was completely washed out in 16 locations, alone. The company coordinated work within 60 sites and had more than 150 people working at any given time.
Minister Blair Lekstrom says the recognition for McElhanney is well-deserved. "I have lived in the Peace Country all of my life and have never before seen this magnitude of devastation to our highways."
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McElhanney's Prince George Branch Manager, Bill Cheung, says the road recovery has been a collaborative effort involving not only local employees, but those from the company's offices in Kamloops, Campbell River, Terrace, Calgary, and Surrey. He credits the two Project Superintendents, Marcus Barber and Ken Schoenfelder, with doing a tremendous job 'out in the field' supervising all the equipment involved in repairing the damage. And says the work could not be done without the help of quite a few other companies, including GeoNorth Engineering and DWB Consulting, both of Prince George, and Northwest Hydraulics Consultants of North Vancouver.
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The US Women took care of business against the Chinese as they beat them 12-1 in their first round robin game of the Olympics. Jenny Potter scored a hat trick while Meghan Duggan scored two goals and Angela Ruggerio, Kelli Stack, Lisa Chesson, Jocelyne Lamoureaux, Molly Engstrom, Natalie Darwitz, and Julie Chu all score one goal. The Chinese goal came with 2:21 left in the third period on the power play. Fengling Jin scored that goal.
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Aplastic anemia is believed to be caused by the patient's immune system attacking the bone marrow. It slows down the production of blood cells. In some cases, aplastic anemia is a temporary side effect of a medication. It can be reversed if exposure to the cause is stopped.
The cause of aplastic anemia is sometimes unknown.
After you are diagnosed with aplastic anemia, you may need additional tests to determine the cause.
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Talk with your doctor about the best treatment plan for you. Treatment for aplastic anemia varies according to severity and cause.
Blood transfusions provide your body with the blood cells that your bone marrow has stopped producing. This is not a cure. It helps relieve symptoms.
These drugs change or slow your immune system to keep it from damaging your bone marrow cells. This gives your bone marrow time to recover and begin producing blood cells again. The drugs used are antithymocyte globulin (ATG) and cyclosporine. They are sometimes used along with steroids to reduce side effects. This treatment often requires a short stay in the hospital.
The replacement of diseased bone marrow with healthy bone marrow is the best treatment option for some with severe aplastic anemia. You will need a donor whose bone marrow matches your own as closely as possible.
Your aplastic anemia may be mild to moderate. It may also be caused by exposure to radiation, chemicals, or medications. Your doctor may choose to monitor your condition if the cause of the aplastic anemia is stopped. This approach can be enough to restore normal bone marrow function.
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Most cases of aplastic anemia cannot be prevented. Limiting exposure to certain environmental toxins can reduce your risk of developing the disease. Environmental toxins include those found in gasoline, paint, oil and coal emissions, and industrial solvents.
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The installation is in a 20' x 22' indoor spa area. I used 24" x 24" white Ceilume Petal Ceiling Tiles and HG-Grid Vinyl Suspension System from Acoustic Ceiling Products. For the edge pieces, I used painted drywall. I selected Ceilume tiles and the HG-Grid system because of the humidity in the spa area. The grid system was slightly more difficult to install than a metal system since the pieces did not snap together as easily as metal and the plastic was much more flexible and harder to keep in place. The tiles dropped right in without a problem. The only problem I had was that I did not realize that the Petal tiles are directional so I had completed a section before noticing that the tiles should be oriented in a specific pattern. Attached are some photos of the installation, the spot over the spa is a fan/vent. Please let me know if you post them to your website. Thanks.
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5:30am Wednesday 22nd January 2014 in News By Beren Cross , @BerenCross
PLANS to build a biomass plant in Cheney Manor are on the verge of collapse after Pure Green withdrew its application for an environmental permit with the Environment Agency.
Coun Des Moffatt (Lab, Rodbourne Cheney), who has led opposition to the plans from the start, has said this is a positive step forward for the hundreds of residents against the building of the plant.
A spokesperson for the Environment Agency said yesterday: "I can confirm that the application submitted by Pure Green to the Environment Agency on August 19, 2013, for a waste wood and biomass boiler at Cheney Manor, was formally withdrawn by the applicant on December 17, 2013.
"The withdrawal of this application does not prevent the operator from applying again."
The UK offshoot of Hippofan, a European specialist in animal bedding, lodged plans to build the biomass plant at Cheney Manor Industrial Estate with Swindon Council in April last year.
The plans have been at the centre of a number of large public gatherings, including a residents' meeting, a planning committee and a council meeting.
Under the proposals, the company wants to produce around 50,000 tonnes of animal bedding plus energy at its plant which would see the construction of two chimneys up to 30 metres high.
Despite the withdrawal of the application with the Environment Agency, the plans are not yet dead and buried, with a planning application still awaiting a decision from Swindon Council.
Geoff Fynes, the agent assigned to the application by Pure Green, said: "As far as I am aware the application is still live and under consideration."
Mr Fynes also said the last time he received instruction from Peter Vandeputte, Pure Green's lead on the application, was during a meeting with planners shortly before Christmas.
A decision on this planning matter was deferred in August, and would not be considered until Pure Green began a series of consultations with the public, which have yet to take place.
Agents representing the applicants have shown no inclination to begin consultations when asked by the council's officers for an update on the planning application.
"People need licences to operate and pollute the air, everywhere in the country," said Coun Moffatt. "They have withdrawn the application with the Environment Agency, which is significant.
"The other thing is that it still needs to go to planning. If they got planning permission they could still go back to the Environment Agency and open up another application."
Pure Green's planning application continues to sit on the council's system, pending a final decision. While Pure Green continues to delay any consultation action, the clock is ticking according, to Coun Moffatt, who said these matters are not allowed to fester and skew the council's performance figures.
"The whole thing stands in limbo until they do consult or the council tries to dispose of the application. The longer it sits there it damages the council's performance targets."
Terri Jones, 60, a self-employed confectioner of Bruce Street, said: "This is fabulous news.
"This sends a message, loud and clear, to Forward Swindon, and the business they attract to Cheney Manor Industrial Estate.
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Through a comparative approach, students explore the ecology of each of Ecuador's four distinct ecological regions: the Andes, the coast, the Amazon, and the Galápagos Islands. In each area, students analyze major plant and animal adaptations, the uses of natural resources, and current environmental issues. During field trips, students apply biological and ecological techniques such as quadrants and transects, engage in biological monitoring for plants and animals, and learn to conduct population studies, water and soils analysis, and other techniques. As part of the course, students visit several sites, including Galápagos National Park, Santa Lucia Cloud Forest Reserve, Yunguilla Community, and La Hesperia Reserve. All coursework is conducted in Spanish.
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ANAHEIM -- Garret Anderson's ongoing problems with conjunctivitis in his right eye finally took him out of the lineup on Sunday after the second inning of Game 3 of the American League Division Series at Angel Stadium.Anderson, who played through the first two games in Boston even though the eye was half-closed, lined out in his first at-bat to end the first inning against Curt Schilling. Anderson went to the left-field line to field Mike Lowell's double in the top of the second inning and made a throw to third. After Jered Weaver pitched out of a two-on, none-out jam, Anderson came to the dugout and apparently concluded he could not see well enough to continue.
"It was my decision," Anderson said of calling it a day. "I couldn't react in the outfield the way I needed to. I don't offer any excuses. [We] take responsibility that they beat us. That's the bottom line."
Anderson had gamely tried to provide his team much-needed muscle in the heart of the order, but a half-closed right eye isn't an optimal condition for a hitter studying 96 mph fastballs and sharp-breaking offspeed stuff in a playoff series.Rookie Reggie Willits, who played center field in Game 1 in Boston, took Anderson's place in left.
The Angels' biggest threat came in the third inning, after Weaver had left runners at second and third by retiring three hitters in a row, striking out Jason Varitek and Coco Crisp.
Singles by Juan Rivera and Cabrera and a walk to Vladimir Guerrero loaded the bases with two outs. This brought up Anderson's spot, now occupied by Willits. He fouled out on a nice running catch by Varitek.Anderson was 2-for-8 coming into the series, getting a pair of hits in Game 2 after going 0-for-4 with two strikeouts against Josh Beckett in the opener. "I want to play, be out there," said Anderson, whose booming second-half bat helped drive the Angels to their third AL West title in four seasons after he recovered from a hip flexor tear. "It sounds like an excuse to me, and I don't want make excuses."
The Angels already were without their center fielder, Gary Matthews Jr., who was forced out of the series with tendinitis in his left knee.Right fielder Guerrero also was in subpar condition, having taken a fastball from Red Sox reliever Manny Delcarmen behind his left shoulder in the seventh inning of Game 2. Guerrero was forced out of that game an inning later, but he was in the lineup on Sunday after undergoing treatment on Saturday.
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Villa Vista Bella in Montecito
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Enjoying spectacular views overlooking the azure blue Santa Barbara Harbor and the Channel Islands, Villa Vista Bella is set in an area of outstanding natural beauty that sits on top of a mountain in the exclusive village of Montecito, California.
Villa Vista Bella – Classic Tuscan Estate in the Montecito Foothills
At the end of a private lane is an impeccable Tuscan Villa nestled in the foothills of Montecito. This brand-new home (completed in 2010) was designed to take full advantage of the beautiful ocean, island and mountain views. From the rushing waterfalls and ponds you pass as you enter the property, to the commanding views from the veranda and infinity pool area, this property provides tranquil ambiance in grand style. The Mediterranean influence is evident in every detail of this notable property. A custom stone staircase from the motor court leads to the ten-foot-high arched iron and glass front door entry. Curved lines, Italian marble, hand painted frescos, and custom tile work all combine to create an authentic Tuscan experience.
Sweeping views from the elegant living room become the backdrop for the upstairs living space. The living room boasts soaring ceilings, a robust fireplace, and a unique floor of inlaid Italian Nosiette tumbled marble and distressed Brazilian walnut hardwood. While relaxing on the leather sofa, enjoy the coastal view which melds into the waters of the heated pool. The loggia off the living room is a focal point of this property. It offers stone patios, wisteria draped pergolas, specimen palm trees, and curved lawns which surround the pool and spa. Montecito's mild coastal climate affords year-round outdoor enjoyment; making this outdoor oasis the favored place to truly enjoy your vacation. The gourmet kitchen offers ease and convenience for family meals and entertaining. It has new professional-quality appliances, a prep sink, an Advantium microwave convection oven, and a spectacular double oven Thermador range. Adjacent to the kitchen is the family room with wet bar, casual dining table, 50" flat screen TV and fireplace. It promises to be a comfortable gathering place for everyone; complete with games and books. Glass doors lead you from the family room to the covered outdoor loggia. This large area has spectacular mountain and ocean views, and will be a favorite place to enjoy meals or just relax at the end of the day as you take in the spectacular evening sunsets.
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Karen Bell 213-400-8511
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Villa Amenities:
Sleeping for 8-9
Master Suite with Custom Fresco
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Waterfall and Ponds on 3 acres
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High season May 15 - September 15 = $1275/night
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