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Using Taft-Hartley would annoy labor right before congressional elections. On the other hand, "Voter discontent with Bush's handling of the increasingly fragile economic recovery has begun showing up in polls, and such concerns may have outweighed the political danger to the Republican administration," said the San Francisco Chronicle. Also, Bush stepped in on the same day that a poll reported two-thirds of Americans wanted him to focus more on the economy. "Though the administration promised an unbiased examination of the lockout, Bush appeared to have made up his mind that it was hurting national security and the economy, andmerited federal intervention," said the AP. As for Taft-Hartley, it's not exactly famous for solving labor disputes. Often the 80-day cooling-off period ends, and workers simply walk out again (or get locked out again, in this case). One gets the sense, however, that fixing the dockworkers' contract isn't the point of this particular 80 days. 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I'd say no to hosting for Soffer but I could be ok with Robins. I defer to Bobby though. From: Kevin Snowden Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2016 11:33 AM To: Bobby_Schmuck@who.eop.gov; Alan Reed; Brad Marshall; Lindsey Reynolds; Dacey, Amy Cc: Rivard, Chadwick; Kaplan, Jordan; Marquez, Karina; Cox, Clayton Subject: FW: Potential POTUS Hosts Vet Hello everyone, We were asked to vet the following for potential POTUS hosts. Robert Wennett passes vet. Jackie Soffer and Craig Robins both are issues. They were passed by DNC vet committee in 2012 to attend a DWS Chef's event. They both have their own lawsuits which they ended up settling and paying large amounts, especially Jackie. Thanks, Kevin Jackie Soffer- named in lawsuits associated with family business, Turnberry Associates; dispute with Deutsche bank over Las Vegas property (in which she was not named) ended with Jackie being substituted as plaintiff; New 2016: 2013 Las Vegas lawsuit settled for $178 million; $33 million of that would come from Jackie and her brother; 2014 settled another lawsuit for $12 Million over a mortgage Craig Robins: 1) 2010 - filed lawsuit for $8m; alleged Robins had been placed on artist Dumas' blacklist, so he could no longer purchase her artwork; 2) 2008 - Robins' company, DACRA, sued for over $200k in jet hangar use charges; Robins said his partner needed to pay his own share before DACRA paid New 2016: settled lawsuit over hanger use for $2 million Jackie Soffer- named in lawsuits associated with family business, Turnberry Associates; dispute with Deutsche bank over Las Vegas property (in which she was not named) ended with Jackie being substituted as plaintiff; New 2016: 2013 Las Vegas lawsuit settled for $178 million; $33 million of that would come from Jackie and her brother; 2014 settled another lawsuit for $12 Million over a mortgage 2511 Lake Ave Miami Beach, FL 33140 DOB: 1/966 Employer/Occupation: Turnberry Developement NGP Notes: See email chain below NGP Vet History: Yes * 9/18/2012; Passed 6OK; Per VC * 9/17/2012; Issue 6OK BNS CONTRIBUTIONS: None EVENTS: Yes * 9/18/2012; DWS-Chefs for Obama LOBBYIST/DOJ FARA: No EARMARKS/TARP/ARRA: None LIENS: No JUDGMENTS: None BANKRUPTCIES: None CRIMINAL RECORDS: None LEXIS-NEXIS NEWS SEARCH: Yes New Issue: * Turnberry resolves litigation on potential urban development boundary expansion site: "Turnberry Associates has resolved litigation over a property near Doral where it hopes to expand the county's urban development boundary. Florida Asset Resolution Group, an affiliate of Fort Lauderdale-based BBX Capital (NYSE: BBX) filed a lawsuit in June against Turnberry Doral Development, Jeffrey Soffer and Jacquelyn Soffer over a $12 million mortgage that was originated by BankAtlantic. The lawsuit was not a foreclosure but sought to force the borrowers to repay the loan." (South Florida Business Journal-January 24, 2014) * Settlement appears likely in Fontainebleau Las Vegas bankruptcy case; FONTAINEBLEAU LAS VEGAS: The Soffers are on the verge of settling with creditors over the debacle once known as the Fontainebleau Las Vegas, a still-skeletal $2 billion high rise in Sin City that ranks as one of the biggest busts of the U.S. real estate crisis. A federal bankruptcy judge in Miami said Wednesday he was "inclined" to approve a $178 million settlement that would pay contractors on the failed casino tower about 25 cents on the dollar. Contractors would divvy up about $85 million for a total claims pool of $600 million, but which a creditor lawyer said would probably end up closer to $350 million once negotiations are finished. The money will be paid out to creditors and lawyers in arbitration or by court order, a process that could add another year or two onto a case that began with a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing in June 2009. Construction lenders would recoup about $89 million. "I certainly have sympathy for all of the people who have money coming to them and seem to have been waiting forever,'' Judge A. Jay Cristol told an audience about 70 lawyers (half of them participating by speaker phone) at an afternoon hearing in downtown Miami. The settlement money would come from the $93 million in sale proceeds paid by corporate raider Carl Icahn when he bought the unfinished tower out of bankruptcy in 2010; the money has been in an frozen escrow account pending the bankruptcy outcome. An additional $33 million would come from title companies that backed the project., as well as from a $50 million completion guarantee funded by Jeff Soffer and his sister, Jacquelyn. The brother-and-sister team run the family's real estate firm, Turnberry, which got its start with the creation of Aventura and now includes both the Aventura Mall and the Fontainebleau Miami Beach. The 68-story Fontainebleau Vegas is described in court papers as essentially a tear-down: valuable for its land on the north end of the Strip, but burdened by a five-year-old, unfinished tower that Icahn may demolish. While Judge Cristol said the settlement would probably meet his approval, he said he would consider written objections by a Las Vegas contractor who wanted its $1 million lawsuit against Jeff Soffer protected from the settlement. A $50 million settlement "by Mr. Soffer to get out of all the problems he is currently facing is not a large amount," said Henry Marinello, a Miami lawyer representing the Tracy and Ryder Landscape Inc., a large Nevada-based landscaping contractor. The settlement would end claims by lenders and contractors in the bankruptcy case, but the Soffers still face litigation involving the Fontainebleau Vegas. Jeff Soffer, the lead developer in both Fontainebleau projects, has blamed the Vegas debacle on Lehman Brothers cutting off funds after it collapsed in 2008, followed by some of the nation's top banks holding back about $800 million in construction funds slated for completing the project. But lenders accused Soffer and his development team at Turnberry of mismanagement and over-spending - allegations repeated by the bankruptcy trustee in a separate suit seeking damages from Soffer and his top executives. That litigation is still pending and will not be covered by the settlement. The Soffers did not attend the hearing. Jeff Soffer presided over Fontainebleau Vegas and put in $30 million cash collateral for the $50 million completion guarantee before the project started in 2007. His sister became part of the guarantee when she bought a judgment from a lender that had successfully sued to force Jeff to pay the remaining $20 million. Both Soffers claimed they should get the money back since the funds could only be used to complete a project that now had no hope of being finished. The two essentially surrendered their claims to the money as part of the settlement, said Mario Romine, general counsel for Turnberry Associates. Soneet Kapila, a Fort Lauderdale accountant appointed as bankruptcy trustee for the case, blamed the four years leading up to the a settlement on the fact that the case is one of the most complicated ever to be heard in South Florida. "When it is high-level and sophisticated litigation, there are a lot of things to resolve,'' he said. "It's the nature of it." (The Miami Herald-November 13, 2013) Previously resolved issues by DNC Vet Com * SOFFERS SETTLE DISPUTE WITH BANK OVER LAS VEGAS FONTAINEBLEAU: "Deutsche Bank Trust Co. Americas and a Soffer family partnership have apparently resolved a $20 million dispute regarding the Fontainebleau Las Vegas. Jacquelyn Soffer has been substituted as the plaintiff for Deutsche Bank in the case, which would give her the right to collect $19.9 million in principal $705,000 in interest plus attorneys fees in New York State Supreme Court. The $3 billion project was never completed. Soffer's brother, Jeffrey, was described by Deutsche Bank as being in control of the partnership and named as a defendant. Jacquelyn Soffer was not. Lenders, including bankrupt Lehman Brothers, have filed lawsuits alleging Jeff Soffer still owes hundreds of millions for personal guarantees on financing for the stalled hotel/casino/resort complex in Las Vegas, which Carl Icahn purchased for $156 million in January 2010. The Soffer family and Turnberry also have counterclaims against the Las Vegas resort's lenders. The counterclaims, which use details from an examiner's report about the collapse of Lehman, said Lehman hid its true financial condition. Jeff Soffer signed a settlement agreement with the bank in January, but the counterclaims are still pending. As part of the agreement, Deutsche Bank "assigned to [Jackie] Soffer all of its rights, title and interest in the causes of action actually asserted in this action, including the right to have judgment entered against the defendants herein." A logical question is why would a bank substitute a defendant's sister in collecting the judgement. Attempts to obtain an explanation regarding the matter from the Soffers or their spokesman, David Satterfield, were not successful by deadline. Other attorneys offered several possible reasons: Jackie Soffer might have reached a lower settlement figure with the bank. The family might have wanted to equitably share the financial impact. The switch might be part of a broader legal strategy regarding debts related to the Las Vegas resort. The judgment for Jackie Soffer was registered with the New York State Supreme Court and signed by Judge Judith Gische on Feb. 16. The Fontainebleau Las Vegas filed for bankruptcy in 2009. Jeff Soffer, lenders and others involved in the project suffered losses, but Lehman Brothers alleges Soffer still owes it for losses on certain loans." [South Florida Business Journal; March 16, 2012] * NEW YORK INVESTORS GETTING TURNBERRY'S DAVIE COMMONS: "It looks like Aventura-based Turnberry Associates is giving up control of its controversial Davie Commons project to a group of New York investors with a different plan for the property. KeyBank (NYSE: KEY) filed a foreclosure lawsuit in July against Davie Commons Holdings, Jeffrey Soffer , Jacquelyn Soffer and Turnberry Davie Commons Investors. The Soffers lead Turnberry Associates, which also owns the Fontainebleau Miami Beach. KeyBank sold that $17.4 million mortgage for an undisclosed sum to KBNP LLC, which, state records show, is controlled by Turnberry Associates and lists Jacquelyn Soffer as its managing member. KBNP then won an $18.7 million foreclosure judgment against Davie Commons that has the 152.6-acre site set for online auction March 14. New York real estate investor Gill Li said Jacquelyn Soffer has a small minority ownership in KBNP. He is among several New York investors who are partners in that company. The Soffers are cooperating in the foreclosure action. [...]" [South Florida Business Journal; February 3, 2012] * SOFFER'S SPENDING DRAWS FIRE IN SUIT: "A bitter legal fight has erupted between one of South Florida's biggest business celebrities, Jeffrey Soffer of the Turnberry companies, and Bruce Weiner , a former CEO of Turnberry Residential LP. The litigation has turned nasty, with Weiner alleging that Soffer siphoned millions of dollars from Turnberry companies for "upkeep of his baronial lifestyle." The suit is the latest in a string of legal and financial entanglements for Soffer, who was forced to abandon his largest project, the $3 billion Fontainebleau Las Vegas, in a bankruptcy. Soffer is famous for flashy spending, driving racecars and dating supermodels including Elle Macpherson . Weiner takes direct aim at those spending habits in his lawsuit. "Among the dramatic examples of Jeff Soffer's abuse ... was a multimillion-dollar 40th birthday he threw for himself that was headlined by a live performance by Prince," Weiner alleges in his complaint. Tabloids estimated the party alone cost $2 million. Soffer fired the first shot in the battle. After firing Weiner in May 2010, he alleged in Miami-Dade County Circuit Court that Weiner betrayed Turnberry by privately negotiating to provide development services to Orlando-based Starwood Vacation Ownership on its new project, the St. Regis Bal Harbor Resort. Turnberry alleged that Weiner, as CEO of Turnberry Residential, violated his fiduciary duties as an officer by forming a new company - Bal Star LLC - and arranging the Starwood deal. Turnberry alleged Weiner had the obligation to bring the St. Regis deal to them. Also named in the suit is Robert Vollrath , Turnberry's former CFO. "We've alleged that Turnberry, at this point, owns the Starwood deal," Turnberry attorney Michael Olin said. "Turnberry made these guys very wealthy people. At the end of the day, they went off on their own and took the Starwood deal for themselves. They violated all their fiduciary duties to their employer." Circuit Judge Gill Freeman rejected Turnberry's first complaint, telling attorneys it was not clear enough about the corporate structure of the Turnberry companies and what duties Weiner and Vollrath owed to them. The company is preparing to refile the suit. In the meantime, Weiner filed his own counterclaim against Turnberry, naming Soffer and his sister, Jacquelyn Soffer in the suit. Fort Lauderdale lawyer Tom Angelo is one of Weiner's attorneys. "Their filing the lawsuit necessitated Bruce filing his counterclaim," Angelo said. "Bruce felt it was very unfortunate, given the fact he was there 20 years, working with them." According to Weiner's lawsuit, he was a 5 percent owner of Turnberry Residential. The suit says he and the Soffers took out loans from Turnberry Residential when it was financed in 2004 with a $200 million loan and credit line from Prudential Real Estate Investors. Weiner's lawsuit says he repaid his loan of $4 million within the required two years. But, he alleges that Jeffrey Soffer took out $100 million and Jacquelyn Soffer took out $40 million, and that the two combined failed to repay a combined $40 million by the end of 2008. According to Weiner's suit, the Soffers then caused the company to "reclassify" the loans as distributions, without offering Weiner the same privilege. Weiner alleges he should have received 5 percent of that $40 million distribution. Weiner also alleges he is still owed money from commissions on sales at Turnberry's 1881 Rosslyn, a large luxury condominium in Arlington, Va., with views of the Washington Monument. Olin scoffed at the notion that Turnberry owes any money to Weiner. "He's out to lunch," he said of Weiner's claims. The Turnberry complaint alleges that Weiner and Vollrath were so wrapped up in their Starwood plans that they allowed costly delays at the 1881 Rosslyn project. Despite the litigation, Turnberry's website still referred to Weiner as the CEO of Turnberry Residential on Feb. 22. It calls Weiner "a driving force in the development and sales of more than 16,000 homes" and "a highly regarded real estate development, sales and marketing executive." Turnberry's media office said in an e-mail that it does not comment on litigation. Angelo said Weiner was not bound by any non-compete clause: "In fact, he had a contract as a partner that specifically allowed him to do business outside of Turnberry." Weiner's counterclaim alleges that Jacquelyn Soffer twice ordered audits of funds she and her brother received, and that the audits determined Weiner should have also received distributions. The suit does not elaborate on Jacquelyn Soffer 's motive for the audits or the results of the audits. Miami real estate consultant Lewis Goodkin said Turnberry has so far weathered the economic downturn, but the end of the current real estate crisis is proving a bitter chapter for many similar companies. "Relationships like theirs usually don't go sour until the market goes sour," Goodkin said. "That's the kind of mess that we see people get into." [South Florida Business Journal; February 25, 2011] * BANKS TARGET SOFFERS' VEGAS CENTER: "The Soffer family is facing a legal fight to retain control over one of its Las Vegas projects. Lenders are trying to foreclose on Town Square Las Vegas, the massive mixed-use retail and office project the Soffers opened in late 2007 just as the economy headed into a tailspin. Bank of Nova Scotia this week asked a New York judge in the Lehman Brothers Holdings bankruptcy case to allow it to foreclose on Town Square. The bank heads a group of lenders that made a $449 million construction loan to an affiliate of the Aventura-based Turnberry Associates headed by siblings Jeff and Jackie Soffer. Lehman is involved because it made a $72 million loan to Town Square and was supposed to provide permanent financing for the project. Bank of Nova Scotia began foreclosure proceedings last summer in Las Vegas against the Turnberry affiliate that owns Town Square. But the bank claims discussions have ''now broken down,'' according to court documents. Discussions on loan restructuring with the Soffers dated back to March 2009, when the construction loan went into default. Turnberry paints a different picture, saying talks about a voluntary foreclosure are ongoing and that it hopes to maintain an ownership stake in the property at the southern end of the Las Vegas Strip. ''We're still in the negotiating process,'' Jackie Soffer said. ''We're still overseeing the property. We're looking to have a positive outcome.'' This week the fight rolled over into the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy court case, as Bank of Nova Scotia argued that Lehman Brothers is not a party to the Town Square mortgage. The bank wants a judge to find that Lehman has no ''property interest'' in the mall. ''This filing is not a surprise,'' Mike Wethington, general manager of Town Square Las Vegas, said in a statement. ''The Bank of Nova Scotia filed this action in the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy case simply to protect its interest in the mall.'' The Town Square project is the second Soffer project in Las Vegas to suffer as part of the fallout from the Lehman bankruptcy in 2008. Jeff Soffer's failed Fontainebleau Las Vegas casino was sold for pennies on the dollar a year ago in bankruptcy court to corporate raider Carl Icahn." [Miami Herald; January 15, 2011] INTERNET: None Email: From: Tracie Pough Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 10:28 AM To: Laura Lopez; Jason O'Malley Cc: Ann Marie Habershaw; 'tbaker@barackobama.com'; Alan Reed; Amanda Howe; 'MHoffman@barackobama.com'; Erkkila, Mike; Nick Pancrazio; 'jbosscher@barackobama.com'; Brad MARSHALL Subject: Re: FL073 - FI - DWS - Chefs for Obama Miami 9/18/2012 6:30:00 PM We are good. From: Laura Lopez Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 10:22 AM To: Tracie Pough; Jason O'Malley Cc: Ann Marie Habershaw; 'tbaker@barackobama.com' Alan Reed; Amanda Howe; 'MHoffman@barackobama.com' Erkkila, Mike; Nick Pancrazio; 'jbosscher@barackobama.com' Brad MARSHALL Subject: RE: FL073 - FI - DWS - Chefs for Obama Miami 9/18/2012 6:30:00 PM Tracie/Jason - any objections? Thanks From: Tracie Pough Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 7:51 PM To: Brad MARSHALL; Laura Lopez Cc: Ann Marie Habershaw; 'tbaker@barackobama.com'; Alan Reed; Amanda Howe; 'MHoffman@barackobama.com'; Erkkila, Mike; Nick Pancrazio; 'jbosscher@barackobama.com' Subject: Re: FL073 - FI - DWS - Chefs for Obama Miami 9/18/2012 6:30:00 PM Adding Jason O'Malley. From: Brad MARSHALL Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 07:46 PM To: Laura Lopez Cc: Ann Marie Habershaw; Teal Baker Alan Reed; Amanda Howe; Michael Hoffman (MHoffman@barackobama.com ) Erkkila, Mike; Nick Pancrazio; jbosscher@barackobama.com Tracie Pough Subject: Re: FL073 - FI - DWS - Chefs for Obama Miami 9/18/2012 6:30:00 PM I think ok. On Sep 17, 2012, at 7:42 PM, "Laura Lopez" wrote: All, Please see three new issues for tomorrow's event. This is to get a photo with DWS. Thanks FL073 - FI - DWS - Chefs for Obama Miami 9/18/2012 6:30:00 PM 4) Jackie Soffer - named in lawsuits associated with family business, Turnberry Associates; dispute with Deutsche bank over Las Vegas property (in which she was not named) ended with Jackie being substituted as plaintiff Craig Robins: 1) 2010 - filed lawsuit for $8m; alleged Robins had been placed on artist Dumas' blacklist, so he could no longer purchase her artwork; 2) 2008 - Robins' company, DACRA, sued for over $200k in jet hangar use charges; Robins said his partner needed to pay his own share before DACRA paid New 2016: settled lawsuit over hanger use for $2 million 3841 NE 2nd Ave, Suite 400 Miami, FL 33137 DOB: 02/1963 EMPLOYER/OCCUPATION: DACRA / Owner NGP Notes: See email chain below NGP Vet History: Yes * 9/18/2012; Passed 6OK; Per DNC VC * 9/17/2012; Issue 6OK BNS * 8/15/2012; Issue; See Notes CONTRIBUTIONS: None EVENTS: Yes * 9/18/2012; DWS-Chefs for Obama LOBBYIST: None DOJ FARA: None EARMARK(S)/TARP/STIMULUS: None LIENS: None JUDGMENTS: None BANKRUPTCIES: None CRIMINAL RECORDS: None LEXIS-NEXIS/INTERNET SEARCH: New: Results of lawsuit: * Developers head back to court in jet dispute: "Prominent Miami developers Craig Robins and Ugo Colombo are slated to head back to court Friday in their six-year-old legal fight over a private jet. An attorney for Robins wants last month's $2 million judgment thrown out because of alleged juror misconduct, according to the Miami Herald. The attorney, Dennis Richard, claims three of the six jurors who sided with Colombo did not disclose their criminal records and involvement in multiple lawsuits. Colombo's attorney says the argument is meritless. Nearly four years ago, Robins' Dacra Development filed a lawsuit against Colombo's CMC Group that alleged Colombo agreed to buy half of a $22 million Bombardier Challenger - but failed to follow through on the agreement. Colombo then filed a countersuit against Dacra alleging that Robins failed to pay for his share of the aircraft's maintenance and that he purposely defaulted on the loan. The jury ruled that Dacra did not uphold its agreement to pay for maintenance, awarding Colombo and CMC $2 million in damages. The judge previously dismissed Dacra's original complaint." ( * Lawsuit Describes Art 'Blacklist' to Keep Some Collectors Away Imagine a market for highly sought-after items in which the makers and sellers work hard to ensure that the items go only to certain buyers, even if other buyers might be willing to pay more. The favored buyers are then expected not to resell the items for many years, even if the values skyrocket. Ideally, in fact, the buyers are expected to give these items away eventually, for the public good. And if the buyers don't abide by these expectations, they risk being cut off, cast out with the other unwashed wealthy who can afford to buy but have no access. At least according to Craig Robins, a prominent Miami art collector and real estate developer who filed a federal lawsuit on March 29 in Manhattan, this is a portrait of the workings of the primary market for contemporary art, which, despite the recession, remains immense and highly competitive. At its heart, the $8 million suit is a fairly ordinary contract dispute about confidentiality agreements and sales promises. But the details of the disagreement have provided a rare view into a normally very private world of high-end art selling in which membership rules, responsibilities, rewards and reprisals can be so complex and changeable that even art world veterans say they sometimes struggle to decode them. Mr. Robins asserts that he sold a painting of a dark figure by the highly praised South African-born artist Marlene Dumas through the David Zwirner Gallery in Chelsea in 2004 with an agreement that the sale remain confidential. But the gallery, which did not yet represent Ms. Dumas, told her about it, Mr. Robins claims, causing her to become angry with him because, like many artists, she prefers to see her paintings remain long term in prominent collections. Mr. Robins says that Ms. Dumas -- one of whose paintings sold for more than $6 million at Sotheby's in 2008 -- maintains an active blacklist of those she views as speculating in her work, a blacklist that, he says, he is now on (and whose existence his lawyers, who were back in court on the case this week, say they plan to prove). The suit, which claims $3 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages from the gallery, also claims that Mr. Zwirner promised to help get Mr. Robins off the blacklist and sell him choice paintings from ''Against the Wall,'' the current show of Ms. Dumas's work at Zwirner (which is now her gallery), but that this did not happen. In its legal response, the gallery has called the suit baseless, saying it had never promised choice works or confidentiality after the sale. ''By bringing suit,'' the gallery's lawyers argue, ''the wealthy Robins has literally made a federal case of not being able to buy what he wants, when he wants.'' As for the supposed blacklist, the lawyers added, as if addressing a purely philosophical problem, ''If such a list exists, and if Robins is on it, Zwirner did not put him there and cannot take him off.'' But several dealers, art advisers and collectors specializing in contemporary art said in recent interviews that with the explosion of the art market over the last several years and a sharp rise in the number of speculative buyers entering the market, those who sell art have become much more wary of collectors' motives -- and that they keep, in addition to secret waiting lists for in-demand artists, another even more secret list of buyers suspected of wanting to flip art for a quick profit. [...] Even serious collectors who are generally regarded more as keepers than as sellers complain that, in recent years, several dealers -- and highly involved artists like Ms. Dumas -- have gone overboard in their protectiveness and desire to control an artwork's destiny after it is sold. ''I think sometimes there's a fair amount of hypocrisy from some of these dealers,'' said Adam Lindemann, a longtime collector and author of a 2006 book, ''Collecting Contemporary,'' that offers advice to aspiring collectors. ''I'm not buying a can of sardines here,'' Mr. Lindemann said. ''I'm buying something that I'm in love with. But times change, and sometimes you need to sell things.'' Mr. Robins's suit -- and a similar one filed in 2004 against a New York dealer by a prominent European collector, Jean-Pierre Lehmann, who also complained of an inability to buy choice works -- are seen as evidence by some within the collecting world that the contemporary art market has become so contentious that even serious, long-term collectors are now being pushed into fights. Mr. Robins, for example, owns 29 works by Ms. Dumas, and has called her ''one of the top three artists in my collection.'' Mr. Zwirner and Ms. Dumas declined to comment about the lawsuit. Mr. Robins's lawyer, Aaron Richard Golub, also declined to comment, except to offer a general observation about dealers: ''They might say they're motivated by trying to place pieces in museums and the right collections and such, but at the end of the day it's all about profit.'' [...] [Nexis: The New York Times; 04/17/2010] * High-flying partners dispute jet payments Dacra Development Corp., headed by businessman and arts patron Craig Robins, got hit with a breach-of-contract lawsuit for allegedly failing to pay for its use of a private jet. Turnberry Management III, whose VP is developer Jeffrey Soffer, says Dacra owes $200,540.63, according to the Broward Circuit Court complaint. The Challenger 604, worth around $20 million, has a corporate owner -- UC Challenger, LLC. The partners are Robins, 45, and fellow developer Ugo Colombo, 47, president of CMC Group. The Turnberry entity manages and maintains the jet at Opa-locka Executive Airport, where the company has a private hanger for its own planes and other aircraft. ''We have tenants,'' Soffer says. On Sept. 30, Turnberry Management billed Dacra for that month's use. ''Dacra failed to pay its portion of the invoice . . .'' says the suit, filed by attorneys Alan Klugerand Steve Silverman. ''Dacra stated that it did not intend to pay the amount invoiced, and further stated that it did not intend to pay, and would not pay, any other and further amounts that came due . . .'' Turnberry Management sent Robins a notice of default. Robins shot a note back, disputing the invoice. ''The bill itself is inaccurate,'' Robins says in his letter to Turnberry Management's in-house lawyer Mario A. Romine. ''Further, Ugo is in breach of his agreement with us. We plan to collect and make sure you are paid.'' Robins' attorney, Dennis Richard, says the bill is inaccurate because some of CMC's expenses were charged to Dacra. Also, he says, Colombo had agreed to buy out Robins' interest in the jet. Colombo says there were talks, but no deal was struck. ''We were negotiating but we didn't come to an agreement,'' Colombo says. ''This was before the summer. I even forgot about it. Now he claims there was a verbal agreement for me to buy his part out. There was definitely no agreement.'' Robins declined to discuss his travels, other than to say they were for business. As for the dispute, he says: ''I'm sure we will work it out. It's silly that they filed the lawsuit.'' Robins ''has no problem paying for his use of the plane, subject to monies owed by Ugo,'' Richard adds. ''His objective is to enforce the agreement that Ugo made with him.'' Meanwhile, Turnberry Management says it has the right to ''ground the aircraft until payment in full has been received,'' even if just one party is in default. Says Colombo: ''It's a very odd situation. I got trapped in the middle of it.'' Soffer, 40, a licensed pilot, feels the same way. ''They have a dispute amongst themselves,'' he says. ''I got stuck in the middle. It's unfortunate that these two are going at it. I like both of them. I hope they settle it. I'm sure they will.'' Circuit Judge Richard Eade has the case. [Nexis: The Miami Herald; 12/07/2008] 2012 Email Chains: From: Tracie Pough Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 10:28 AM To: Laura Lopez; Jason O'Malley Cc: Ann Marie Habershaw; 'tbaker@barackobama.com'; Alan Reed; Amanda Howe; 'MHoffman@barackobama.com'; Erkkila, Mike; Nick Pancrazio; 'jbosscher@barackobama.com'; Brad MARSHALL Subject: Re: FL073 - FI - DWS - Chefs for Obama Miami 9/18/2012 6:30:00 PM We are good. From: Laura Lopez Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 10:22 AM To: Tracie Pough; Jason O'Malley Cc: Ann Marie Habershaw; 'tbaker@barackobama.com' Alan Reed; Amanda Howe; 'MHoffman@barackobama.com' Erkkila, Mike; Nick Pancrazio; 'jbosscher@barackobama.com' Brad MARSHALL Subject: RE: FL073 - FI - DWS - Chefs for Obama Miami 9/18/2012 6:30:00 PM Tracie/Jason - any objections? Thanks From: Tracie Pough Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 7:51 PM To: Brad MARSHALL; Laura Lopez Cc: Ann Marie Habershaw; 'tbaker@barackobama.com'; Alan Reed; Amanda Howe; 'MHoffman@barackobama.com'; Erkkila, Mike; Nick Pancrazio; 'jbosscher@barackobama.com' Subject: Re: FL073 - FI - DWS - Chefs for Obama Miami 9/18/2012 6:30:00 PM Adding Jason O'Malley. From: Brad MARSHALL Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 07:46 PM To: Laura Lopez Cc: Ann Marie Habershaw; Teal Baker Alan Reed; Amanda Howe; Michael Hoffman (MHoffman@barackobama.com ) Erkkila, Mike; Nick Pancrazio; jbosscher@barackobama.com Tracie Pough Subject: Re: FL073 - FI - DWS - Chefs for Obama Miami 9/18/2012 6:30:00 PM I think ok. On Sep 17, 2012, at 7:42 PM, "Laura Lopez" wrote: All, Please see three new issues for tomorrow's event. This is to get a photo with DWS. Thanks FL073 - FI - DWS - Chefs for Obama Miami 9/18/2012 6:30:00 PM New Issues 2) Craig Robins - 1) 2010 - filed lawsuit for $8m; alleged Robins had been placed on artist Dumas' blacklist, so he could no longer purchase her artwork; 2) 2008 - Robins' company, DACRA, sued for over $200k in jet hangar use charges; Robins said his partner needed to pay his own share before DACRA paid - was vetted for in-kind, please see email chain 3) Jill Tracey - Charged with grand theft in 1998 for shoplifting $330 worth of goods from Neiman Marcus, news stories about the incident; Case disposed / not prosecuted 4) Jackie Soffer - named in lawsuits associated with family business, Turnberry Associates; dispute with Deutsche bank over Las Vegas property (in which she was not named) ended with Jackie being substituted as plaintiff From: Cox, Clayton Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2016 10:30 AM To: Vet_D Cc: Marquez, Karina Subject: Potential POTUS Hosts Vet Hello- Can we please vet the following to potentially host POTUS in Miami (potentially on June 3rd): Robert Wennett (66176169) -no spouse Jackie Soffer (99900348) & Craig Robins (99871091) 2511 Lake Avenue Miami Beach, FL 33140 Thank you! -- Clayton Cox Regional Finance Director Florida, Georgia & Midwest Democratic National Committee CoxC@dnc.org Office: (202) 572-5453 Cell: (678) 595-4557 Contribute today:


Dear All, Link below is to a paper just out in the US. Could be some press coverage - as it says there is no difference between urban and rural stations for temperature over the US ! Interesting to see if the skeptics pick up on this. They are probably still going through the Vinnikov/Grody paper in Science showing MSU2 warming more than the surface, so they have a lot to look at. I reviewed Peterson's one with Chris and couldn't see anything wrong with the main message. Cheers Phil >Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 10:23:46 -0400 >From: "Thomas C Peterson" >Organization: NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC >X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) >X-Accept-Language: en >To: Phil Jones >Subject: rural/urban paper > >Hi, Phil. > >I was going to send you a copy of my rural/urban paper, but I didn't get >a .pdf before it was published. As it is 6 megs, I'll just give you the >link instead: > > > >Regards, > > Tom Prof. Phil Jones Climatic Research Unit Telephone +44 (0) 1603 592090 School of Environmental Sciences Fax +44 (0) 1603 507784 University of East Anglia Norwich Email p.jones@uea.ac.uk NR4 7TJ UK ----------------------------------------------------------------------------


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Bo and others: Regarding the annual data: You're correct that we only use 10-year means throughout our calculations (Fig 2 shows annual values, but are not used in any calculation/conclusion). In his e-mail to me, McIntyre requested the annual data that we say are not publicly available as a footnote to Table S1. Unless anyone has another suggestion, I will reply and send him the 10-year data (which is already posted at NOAA-Paleoclimate) and explain that they were the basis for all of the calculations. He might want the annual data that the mean values were based on. I suppose we'll cross that bridge when we get to it. Darrell On Sep 6, 2009, at 5:42 AM, Bo Vinther wrote: Hi Darrell Sorry to hear that you are getting trouble for doing such a nice paper....I by the way agree completely with Peck that we should not be rushed and that a correction probably should go into Science. Anyway, let me answer the two questions you had for me: 2) Correcting ice core data for upstream effects should not be controversial (while not correcting in areas of flow should be highly controversial indeed!). Upstream correction of delta-18O was in fact already done 30 years ago for the Milcent ice core - a quick quote from Hammer et al. 1978, page 14: "The delta values are corrected for decreasing deltas up-slope at the site of formation of the individual layers" Hammer, C. U., H. B. Clausen, W. Dansgaard, N. Gundestrup, S. J. Johnsen and N. Reeh, Dating of Greenland ice cores by flow models, isotopes, volcanic debris, and continental dust, J. Glaciol., 20, 326, 1978. So upstream correction of delta data from ice cores 8using ice flow models9 has in fact been performed since the year I was born..... 5) I will suggest that we release the 1860-2000 section of the annually resolved ice core data, as these are the data that go into figure 2 in the paper. Such a limited release I can permit immediately. Releasing everything is something different and I can't see the need - as far as I rememver we are not presenting/using the 1-1859 part of the series in annual resolution anywhere in the paper - or am I wrong? Cheers........Bo Darrell Kaufman wrote: All: I received my first hate mail this AM, which helped me to realize that I shouldn't be wasting time reading the blogs. Regarding the "upside down man", as Nick's plot shows, when flipped, the Korttajarvi series has little impact on the overall reconstructions. Also, the series was not included in the calibration. Nonetheless, it's unfortunate that I flipped the Korttajarvi data. We used the density data as the temperature proxy, as recommended to me by Antii Ojala (co-author of the original work). It's weakly inversely related to organic matter content. I should have used the inverse of density as the temperature proxy. I probably got confused by the fact that the 20th century shows very high density values and I inadvertently equated that directly with temperature. This is new territory for me, but not acknowledging an error might come back to bite us. I suggest that we nip it in the bud and write a brief update showing the corrected composite (Nick's graph) and post it to RealClimate. Do you all agree? There's other criticisms that have come up by McIntyre's group: (1) We cherry-picked the tree-ring series in Eurasia. Apparently this is old ground, but do we need to address why we chose the Yamal record over the Polar Urals? Apparently, there's also a record from the Indigirka River region, which might not have been published and doesn't seem to be included in Keith's recent summary. If we overlooked any record that met our criteria, I suggest that we explain why. Keith: are you back? Can Ray or Mike provide some advise? (2) The correction for Dye-3 was criticized because the approach/rationale had not been reviewed independently on its own. Bo: has this procedure now been published anywhere? (3) We didn't publish any error analysis (e.g., leave-one-out ), but I recall that we did do some of that prior to publication. Would it be worthwhile including this in our update? The threshold-exceedence difference (O&B-style) does include a boot-strapped estimate of errors. That might suffice, but is not the record we use for the temperature calibration. (4) We selected records that showed 20th century warming. The only records that I know of that go back 1000 years that we left out were from the Gulf of Alaska that are known to be related strongly to precipitation, not temperature, and we stated this upfront. Do we want to clarify that it would be inappropriate to use a record of precip to reconstruct temperature? Or do we want to assume that precip should increase with temperature and add those records in and show that the primary signals remain? (5) McIntyre wrote to me to request the annual data series that we used to calculate the 10-year mean values (10-year means were up on the NOAA site the same AM as the paper was published). The only "non-published" data are the annual series from the ice cores (Agassiz, Dye-3, NGRIP, and Renland). We stated this in the footnote, but it does stretch our assertion that all of the data are available publicly. Bo: How do you want to proceed? Should I forward the annual data to McIntyre? Please let me -- better yet, the entire group -- know whether you think we should post a revision on RealScience, and whether we should include a reply to other criticism (1 through 5 above). I'm also thinking that I should write to Ojala and Tiljander directly to apologize for inadvertently reversing their data. Other thoughts or advise? Darrell On Sep 4, 2009, at 5:24 PM, Nick McKay wrote: The Korttajarvi record was oriented in the reconstruction in the way that McIntyre said. I took a look at the original reference - the temperature proxy we looked at is x-ray density, which the author interprets to be inversely related to temperature. We had higher values as warmer in the reconstruction, so it looks to me like we got it wrong, unless we decided to reinterpret the record which I don't remember. Darrell, does this sound right to you? This dataset is truncated at 1800, so it doesn't enter the calibration, nor does it affect the recent warming trend. The attached plot (same as before) shows the effect of re-orienting the record on the reconstruction. It doesn't change any of our major or minor interpretations of course. Nick On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 4:45 PM, Nick McKay wrote: Hi all, I haven't checked the original reference for it's interpretation, but I checked the code and we did use it in the orientation that he stated. He's also right that flipping doesn't affect any of the conclusions. Actually, flipping it makes it fit in better with the 1900-year trend. I've attached a plot of the original, and another with Korttajarvi flipped. Nick References 1. mailto:nmckay@email.arizona.edu


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Fwd: Hotel T - Key Information / Discussion points (AUSTRALIA) -- thanks for the call Steven Begin forwarded message: From: "Varanini, Jeffrey" Date: July 15, 2014 at 6:11:43 PM PDT To: "Basil-Jones, Stephen" , "Chaires, Becky (Imageworks)" Cc: "Clark, Nigel" , "ODell, Steven" , "Rhys-Jones, Libby" , "Drake, Felicity" , "Bates, Xanthe" Subject: RE: Hotel T - Key Information / Discussion points (AUSTRALIA) -- thanks for the call Stephen, Â Great talking with you, Libby and Felicity today and thanks for these notes. As we discussed, we'll go over these in more detail on this side and in the meantime, you will be receiving the script. Look forward to touching base again, after you've had some opportunity to digest. Â Sincere apologies again for being late to our call. Â All the best, Â Jeffrey Varanini Business & Franchise Development Sony Pictures Digital Productions Tel: 310-840-8378 Email: jeffrey_varanini@spe.sony.com Â From: Basil-Jones, Stephen Sent: Monday, July 14, 2014 7:38 PM To: Varanini, Jeffrey; Chaires, Becky (Imageworks) Cc: Clark, Nigel; ODell, Steven; Rhys-Jones, Libby; Drake, Felicity; Bates, Xanthe Subject: Hotel T - Key Information / Discussion points (AUSTRALIA) Â Dear Jeffrey, Becky & all, Â In advance of our call this coming Tuesday/Wednesday (our time), I thought it worthwhile circulating some key information & brief discussion points from my Australian & NZ markets with respect to the original film HOTEL T…and ….some very brief release date notes on the forthcoming HOTEL T 2. Am sure this will also save us much time on the call as well. Â Â Â HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA The original Hotel T film grossed approx. LC$12.1mil. in Australia (& NZ$2.4 million)…..it was huge hit in both markets. In Australia, approx $9.05 mill. was from 2D (75%) and $3.05 mill. from 3D (25%) on 454 prints. We released on Sept 20, 2012 along with Diary Of A Wimpy Kid and a week after Madagascar 3. Timed to capitalize on the short two week vacation period. The reasons for its' success:- 1.Original Story HOTEL T benefited from being an original story in a 'sea of sequels'. Its' concept was fun & fresh……. A hotel where the fun 'classic' monsters go for a holiday, a human 'dude' that stumbles into that hotel and a lovely story about Mavis at its' core. 2. Tweens and kids/family appeal Pic. appealed to the 'tween audience as well as children/families…and that is such a help with its commercial potential. There was a bias to young females we believe. The positioning and our marketing activity was to go for a 'tween audience, whilst not discouraging the family market, as smaller kids will always aspire to see a movie that just might be above their age bracket. 3. Voice-over cast not a key ! We don't feel the voice- casting was a major drawcard at all. The good thing was the voices were suited to the characters… In fact, we didn't promote the cast as such…and especially as Adam Sandler would have been a negative. If there was an exception, we'd say that Selena Gomez was a good attraction to young girls…..and if anything we pushed her/character .Â 4.The ad materials were bright, colourful & fun ! We were very vocal about making sure that they were…so that the "scary" monsters (esp. dark, menacing Dracula) did not intimidate/scare our younger audience /parents. The Elevator Standee in particular was hugely popular, with many cinemas noting that patrons were getting their photo taken next to Dracula. The Totems were easy to place in all theatres – the bright posters grabbed your attention in light boxes. Static Clings were everywhere – cinema staff were getting these materials up as they were fun/different and lighting up the foyer. The digital assets provided for the film were strong (even though we got them very late) and this was crucial to give an 'ownership' of the content with the young tech savvy kids ....hopefully materials for HOTEL T 2 time won't be as late so we can work these elements more with partners including our exhibitors. All outdoor advertising materials were terrific (bright and showing "friendly" and "happy" monsters) and improved as we got closer to the film's release (bus shelters and buses, using fabulous creative of the friendly looking monsters sitting in the buses). It was critical that the Monsters were seen as friendly as in Monsters Inc rather than say ParaNorman/Frankenweenie.. Â TV spots were also good, particularly the ones that featured the upbeat music (from the party) as once again this appealed to that 'tween audience. 5. The other wonderful characters & humour ! The comedy was wonderful…..& going by the laughs in theatres – clumsy characters, goofy zombies and fart jokes also help! Of course having so many different characters also added to the fun of the film as they all seemed to have such appeal…...Franky and The Invisisible Man proving really popular too. We think audiences have responded very well to the little chunks of unexpected humour with other characters such as things like the 'Granny' on a scooter,'Granny' at Bingo,"I did not do that"….the Flying Table scene a fun part too. 6. A great ending/the music clip The ending of any kids movie is really important and this had a musical, feel-good ending, great for word of mouth. The film was a tad slow in places but it finished on a real high . The music clip was fabulous…'Call Me Mavy' – we loved it – it was so catchy also…and added to the films appeal/marketability to young kids & 'tweens. 8. The next story ? We're unsure of what is in store for us with HOTEL T 2 but more jokes for sure…and physical, slapstick gags….. we'd need to be careful not to make it too much about Dracula. The attraction & storyline hook was about a young human dude in a monsters world & about how Mavis is growing up ….'Drac' was the perfect comedy 'foil'…but don't overuse him…..make it especially about Mavis & Johnny. We are so mindful of the Dracula character being dark & menacing….and how that is perceived by our family audience especially. "Safe scares for kids". Our films' appeal comes from the fun & colour of the other characters that balances out or indeed over-rides the darker Dracula one. Beyond the core family/very young kids audience, we think the Mavis & Johnny characters were the ones who initially drove in the young teens and the 'love story' was something the young girls seemed to grasp on to…..the 'taboo' relationship with Johnny (and his funny awkward character). The Father/daughter relationship very relatable to young girls too . The public definitely love Mavis !! All thought it was about Mavis and Johnny and Drac…& the glue between them. On a future general storyline level, a too adult oriented relationship/storyline has no fun & appeal to young 'tweens and kids ! It would probably also involve too much Adam Sandler as Drac…and we have to be careful about that…as previously mentioned. Another actor is that Sandler's voice is so strong & recognizable…& he is seen more as a risqué proposition these days…esp. to parents ….he's not as popular as he used to be…and we need to convey a safe, fun filled movie for families & teens (many also felt he had an annoying voice…sorry to advise) . Â HOTEL T 2 Â Our proposed release date is November 26, 2015 ………..designed to give us great playoff prior to Christmas and get two key weeks of summer school holidays before Christmas Day. No major kids competition and we get to secure so many end of school bookings. Our own Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2 opened in this time frame and took $13 mill. We will look to play through the January 2016 summer holidays on limited sessions. A significant swing away from 3D film choice has occurred in the family animated market…as per the USA,…with recent family films in 3D highlighting this fact…RIO 2 (only 8%) & HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON (only 10%). Â Competition: Â Hunger Games – Mockingjay Nov 19 Bond 24 – Nov 19 Hotel T 2 – Nov 26 Untitled Comedy Warner/Roadshow - Dec 10 Seth Rogen Christmas Movie – Dec 10 Star Wars 7 – Dec 17 Kung Fu Panda 3 – Dec 26 Peanuts – Jan 1 The Good Dinosaur – Jan 1 Â (Please be aware that our Spring school vacation period commences on Sept 18,2015 in the three main states of NSW/VIC/QLD and in the other states on the 25th. North America releases Sept. 25, 2015) Competition at that time is Miss Peregrines Home For Peculiar Children on Sept 10 and Dreamworks' Bureau Of Other Worldly Operations on Sept 17. Â Marketing:- We now have a known product to promote and one that was very successful here.Â BUDGET/Media spend approach – we are presently down with the same budget as the previous release ($2.1m). We'd look to skew our media spend a bit differently this time around. With the original Hotel T we had a fantastic campaign with McDonalds – including a big TV spend commencing from our opening weekend, so we were able to frontload our release budget to build to that opening. We are yet to finalise the McDonalds partnership for Hotel T2. As we are going into summer and the Christmas period, outdoor/shopping centre activity will be key, as will Digital given Grocer Buyer's (and kids/teens) are strongly focused there more than when we previously released, this would include a strong mobile campaign with creative digital assets. Â Need to get key marketing elements as early as possible so we have a better chance to lock in partnerships/associations and also exhibitor hype and support. These materials need to continue to be fun and colourful with lots of characters. So delivering an early and good 'style guide' with plenty of clear character art and Alpha Channels, gives us the ability to create character animations/integrations for exhibition and brand partner messages. Eg." Turn off your phones " It would also be a great benefit to get 20 minutes of footage well in advance at least 6 months out (like Disney & DreamWorks do), to make sure we can create top-line presentations for the film . Â It would also be good if we had an early digitalized poster for exhibitors (rather than close to release), as so many exhibitors now have digital poster boards and dropping off all other static poster boards…it also shows that we are looking slick and top quality. Â Halloween (Oct. 31) in Australia is obviously not as big as it is in the USA, but it has now become something that all the shopping centres (Target/K-Mart) push to sell product, so think this is a key element into the key launch stage of our campaign. Whereas our last release was too early for this association. We'd want another music clip for sure…. & with regard to music rights –we definitely want to make sure we have rights to use internationally in all materials eg. Tvc's etc. (which has caused hiccups before). Music plays such a key in marketing the film (a music clip is a great digital asset), however this needs to be done as early as possible to make sure we have time to build up the attention. Â Hope this all helps & look forward to chatting tomorrow. Cheers, Stephen Â Â Stephen Basil-Jones Executive Vice President Attachments: image001.jpg (10945 Bytes)


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Comrade Bill, Your possible new duties will be revealed to you in due time. Speaking at the next rally is certainly something we would like to see you do. Also I meant what I said about Angela, she see's it as Duty (and it is), but the Party Leadership see's a few different kinds of people. The people that always catch my attention are the ones that go out of their way to push a little harder and do a little extra in all they do. Be it saving up to attend our events, being the first one at roll call, picking up after events, simply volunteering for extra duties/work, or like in Angela case (or some of our elderly guys), getting out there even when it is physically difficult. Ok, I gotta cut it short, too much too do, too little time. Thanks again for all you do. 88 Commander Schoep From: William Herring To: Subject: Next rallyDate: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 13:25:54 -0400 Sir-Just wanted to thank you and the NSM for once again giving us the opportunity to contribute to our race and nation. Angela was insistant on going so I really couldn't tell her no. She was very happy and a little embaressed by your compliment on your e-mail. (Shes modest, and doesn't feel that her showing up in Omaha was anything special-just doing her duty, in her own words.) In any event, she thanks you. I have been pondering your order to prepare a speech for our next rally. I will certainly follow your instructions and put together something special, I am a little nervous, but I think I speak well when the occasion demands and it and I will not let you down. I spoke at length with St. Sergeant Wilson at the after-party. I am very pleased that my utter committment to this organization has been recognized. I don't much care one way or another about zooming up the ranks, my only concern is serving this movement to the best of my abilities. I would happily remain in the NSM for the next twenty years as a Private as long as I can be a part of making history, which is what we are doing. I was very flattered in your request and your faith in me that I will not be a disaster and make an ass of myself and embaress my comrades at the next rally by being mediocre or not making any sense when I deliver my little speech. I have been given an order and it will be carried out. To reiterate my talk with St Sergeant Wilson, he mentioned that there may be more responsibility coming my way in regards to my position in the party. He was not specific, but whatever HQ decides concerning myself and how I may be most effectively utilized in the NSM, I will accept whatever reponsibilities I am given and will carry them out with the utmost seriousness and dedication. Any job that benefits the organization, no matter how "small",is just as important as any other. See you on the frontlies Commander. Hail Victory! Discover the new Windows Vista Learn more! A place for moms to take a break!


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X-Sender: mem6u@multiproxy.evsc.virginia.edu X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.1.1.1 Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2005 16:04:57 -0500 To: Phil Jones , rbradley@geo.umass.edu, tom crowley , tom crowley , mhughes@ltrr.arizona.edu, rbradley@geo.umass.edu, Keith Briffa , Caspar Ammann From: "Michael E. Mann" Subject: Fwd: Re: FW: "hockey stock" methodology misleading X-UEA-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-UEA-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-UEA-MailScanner-SpamScore: s sorry, forgot to attach the paper... mike Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2005 15:54:15 -0500 To: Phil Jones , rbradley@geo.umass.edu, Tom Crowley, Tom Crowley, mhughes@ltrr.arizona.edu, rbradley@geo.umass.edu, Keith Briffa From: "Michael E. Mann" Subject: Fwd: Re: FW: "hockey stock" methodology misleading Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2005 15:52:53 -0500 To: Andy Revkin From: "Michael E. Mann" Subject: Re: FW: "hockey stock" methodology misleading Hi Andy, The McIntyre and McKitrick paper is pure scientific fraud. I think you'll find this reinforced by just about any legitimate scientist in our field you discuss this with. Please see the RealClimate response: [1] and also: [2] The Moberg et al paper is at least real science. But there are some real problems with it (you'll want to followup w/ people like Phil Jones for a 2nd opinion). While the paper actually reinforces the main conclusion of previous studies (it also finds the late 20th century to be the warmest period of the past two millennia), it challenges various reconstructions using tree-ring information (which includes us, but several others such as Jones et al, Crowley, etc). I'm pretty sure, by the way, that a very similar version of the paper was rejected previously by Science. A number of us are therefore very surprised that Nature is publishing it, given a number of serious problems: Their method for combining frequencies is problematic and untested: A. they only use a handful of records, so there is a potentially large sampling bias. B. worse, they use different records for high-frequencies and low-frequencies, so the bias isn't even the same--the reconstruction is apples and oranges. C. The wavelet method is problematic. We have found in our own work that you cannot simply combine the content in different at like frequencies, because different proxies have different signal vs. noise characteristics at different frequencies--for some records, there century-scale variability is likely to be pure noise. They end up therfore weighting noise as much as signal. For some of the records used, there are real age model problems. The timescale isn't known to better than +/- a couple hundred years in several cases. So when they average these records together, the century-scale variability is likely to be nonsense. D. They didn't do statistical verification. This is absolutely essential for such reconstructions (see e.g. the recent Cook et al and Luterbacher et al papers in Science). They should have validated their reconstruction against long-instrumental records, as we and many others have. Without having done so, there is no reason to believe the reconstruction has any reliability. This is a major problem w/ the paper. It is complicated by the fact that they don't produce a pattern, but just a hemispheric mean--that makes it difficult to do a long-term verification. But they don't attempt any sort of verification at all! There are some decades known to be warm from the available instrumental records (1730s, some in the 16th century) which the Moberg reconstruction completely misses--the reconstruction gives the impression that all years are cold between 1500 and 1750. The reconstruction would almost certainly fail cross-validation against long instrumental records. If so, it is an unreliable estimate of past changes. We're surprised the Nature Reviewers didn't catch this. E. They also didn't validate their method against a model (where I believe it would likely fail). We have done so w/ our own "hybrid frequency-domain" method that combines information separately at low and high-frequencies, but taking into account the problem mentioned above. This is described in: Rutherford, S., Mann, M.E., Osborn, T.J., Bradley, R.S., Briffa, K.R., Hughes, M.K., Jones, P.D., [3]Proxy-based Northern Hemisphere Surface Temperature Reconstructions: Sensitivity to Methodology, Predictor Network, Target Season and Target Domain, Journal of Climate, in press (2005). In work that is provisionally accepted in "Journal of Climate" (draft attached), we show that our method gives the correct history using noisy "pseudoproxy" records derived from a climate model simulation with large past changes in radiative forcing. Moberg et al have not tested their method in such a manner. F. They argue selectively for favorable comparison w/ other work: (1) Esper et al: when authors rescaled the reconstruction using the full instrumental record (Cook et al, 2004), they found it to be far more similar to Mann et al, Crowley and Lowery, Jones et al, and the roughly dozen or so other empirical and model estimates consistent w/ it. Several studies, moreover [see e.g.: Shindell, D.T., Schmidt, G.A., Mann, M.E., Faluvegi, G., [4]Dynamic winter climate response to large tropical volcanic eruptions since 1600, Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, D05104, doi: 10.1029/2003JD004151, 2004.] show that extratropical, land-only summer temperatures, which Esper et al emphasises, are likely to biased towards greater variability--so its an apples and oranges comparison anyway. (2) von Storch et al: There are some well known problems here: (a) their forcing is way too large (Foukal at al in Science a couple months back indicates maybe 5 times too large), DKMI uses same model, more conventional forcings, and get half the amplitude and another paper submitted recently by the Belgium modeling group suggests that some severe spin-up/initialization problems give the large century-scale swings in the model--these are not reproducible. (3) Boreholes: They argue that Boreholes are "physical measurements" but many papers in the published literature have detailed the various biases in using continental ground surface temperature to estimate past surface air temperature changes--changing snow cover gives rise to a potentially huge bias (see e.g. : Mann, M.E., Schmidt, G.A., [5]Ground vs. Surface Air Temperature Trends: Implications for Borehole Surface Temperature Reconstructions,Geophysical Research Letters, 30 (12), 1607, doi: 10.1029/2003GL017170, 2003). Methods that try to correct for this give smaller amplitude changes from borehole temperatures: Mann, M.E., Rutherford, S., Bradley, R.S., Hughes, M.K., Keimig, F.T., [6]Optimal Surface Temperature Reconstructions using Terrestrial Borehole Data, Journal of Geophysical Research, 108 (D7), 4203, doi: 10.1029/2002JD002532, 2003] [[7]Correction(Rutherford and Mann, 2004)] Most reconstructions and model estimates still *sandwich" the Mann et al reconstruction. See e.g. figure 5 in: Jones, P.D., Mann, M.E., [8]Climate Over Past Millennia, Reviews of Geophysics, 42, RG2002, doi: 10.1029/2003RG000143, 2004. Ironically, MM say our 15th century is too cold, while Moberg et al say its too warm. Hmmm.... To recap, I hope you don't mention MM at all. It really doesn't deserve any additional publicity. Moberg et al is more deserving of discussion, but, as outlined above, there are some real problems w/ it. I have reason to believe that Nature's own commentary by Schiermeier will actually be somewhat critical of it. I'm travelling and largely unavailable until monday. If you need to talk, you can possibly reach me at 434-227-6969 over the weekend. I hope this is of some help. Literally got to run now... mike At 02:14 PM 2/4/2005, Andy Revkin wrote: Hi all, There is a fascinating paper coming in Nature next week (Moberg of Stockholm Univ., et al) that uses mix of sediment and tree ring data to get a new view of last 2,000 years. Very warped hockeystick shaft (centuries-scale variability very large) but still pronounced 'unusual' 1990's blade. i'd like your reaction/thoughts for story i'll write for next thursday's Times. also, is there anything about the GRL paper forthcoming from Mc & Mc that warrants a response? I can send you the Nature paper as pdf if you agree not to redistribute it (you know the embargo rules). that ok? thanks for getting in touch! andy ______________________________________________________________ Professor Michael E. Mann Department of Environmental Sciences, Clark Hall University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 22903 _______________________________________________________________________ e-mail: mann@virginia.edu Phone: (434) 924-7770 FAX: (434) 982-2137 [9] ______________________________________________________________ Professor Michael E. Mann Department of Environmental Sciences, Clark Hall University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 22903 _______________________________________________________________________ e-mail: mann@virginia.edu Phone: (434) 924-7770 FAX: (434) 982-2137 [10] ______________________________________________________________ Professor Michael E. Mann Department of Environmental Sciences, Clark Hall University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 22903 _______________________________________________________________________ e-mail: mann@virginia.edu Phone: (434) 924-7770 FAX: (434) 982-2137 [11] -- Professor Keith Briffa, Climatic Research Unit University of East Anglia Norwich, NR4 7TJ, U.K. Phone: +44-1603-593909 Fax: +44-1603-507784 [12] References 1.  2.  3.  4. ftp://holocene.evsc.virginia.edu/pub/mann/Shindelletal-jgr04.pdf 5. ftp://holocene.evsc.virginia.edu/pub/mann/gissgst03.pdf 6. ftp://holocene.evsc.virginia.edu/pub/mann/borehole-jgr03.pdf 7.  8. ftp://holocene.evsc.virginia.edu/pub/mann/JonesMannROG04.pdf 9.  10.  11.  12.


Confirmed by the OC GOP he won't be there. You scared him off, Walter. From: Garcia, Walter Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 3:55 PM To: Comm_D Subject: RE: EVENT UPDATE: RNC Chairman in OC tomorrow -- might not be happening after all Well now......LAT hit got placed regardless! Hooray! As Claire mentioned, he's going to be there in spirit still. Orange County Democrats to GOP: Bring it on By SEEMA MEHTA , LOS ANGELES TIMES As national Republicans leaders prepare to open a training office in Orange County on Wednesday, Democrats are responding by noting that the one-time GOP stronghold is no longer the bastion of California conservatism it once was. Republicans still hold an 8-point advantage over Democrats in the percentage of registered voters in the county, but that lead is about one-third what it was in 1992. And since Donald Trump became a force in the presidential contest, twice as many Democrats have registered to vote than Republicans, according to the Democratic Party of Orange County. "Although our local party has worked hard to make significant inroads with targeted registration programs the past several years, the truth is, Donald Trump has become our best marketing tool," said party Chairman Henry Vandermeir. "He's insulted pretty much every constituency in this county, which has helped drive Democratic registration to new highs." Vandermeir made the comments on the eve of the opening of a Republican Leadership Initiative office in Stanton. The initiative was formed in 2015 to recruit and train field staffers to supplement party get-out-the-vote efforts in key states and has so far trained nearly 3,000 fellows. From: Garcia, Walter Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 10:02 PM To: Comm_D Subject: EVENT UPDATE: RNC Chairman in OC tomorrow -- might not be happening after all Just got off phone with CA reporter, who said that OC GOP Chairman told him Priebus' trip to OC was no longer happening. Will look to get additional confirmation.


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And sanders acknowledged it was premature in their letter. They were looking to reverse an interpretation that the state party had taken and publicized regarding their delegate allocation system months before. Graham M. Wilson (202) 679-3482 On May 18, 2016, at 4:02 PM, "Patrice Taylor" > wrote: Yes… They raised a concern with regards to the way the NV Party was planning to allocate their National Convention delegates, which is up to the discretion of the state party as long as they comply with the Rules. The National Convention delegates were elected at the May 14th State Convention. We responded and said that our Rules provide for a process for implementation challenges that happens after the alleged harm has occurred. And that raising this question when the event hasn't even occurred is 'unripe' which the request also recognized. We provided the steps that are required to properly file a challenge, which are also provided in the NV Delegate Plan, and said that the RBC would review any challenge properly filed. The reporters assessment is correct but the issue was about national convention delegate allocation and nothing more. From: Miranda, Luis Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2016 3:32 PM To: Patrice Taylor; Federico, Courtney Subject: FW: Question on Nevada Any truth to this? Luis Miranda, Communications Director Democratic National Committee 202-863-8148 – MirandaL@dnc.org - @MiraLuisDC From: Daniel Strauss Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2016 3:31 PM To: Paustenbach, Mark; Miranda, Luis Subject: Question on Nevada Hi guys So I wanted to ask you something I was told: that the Sanders campaign sent the DNC rules and bylaws committee some kind of email or complaint about the Nevada Democratic Party ahead of the primary charging that the party wasn't following the state rules for the convention. This happened before the convention, I'm told, and didn't really merit any action since the convention hadn't happened yet. You guys know anything about that? Daniel Strauss Politico reporter Desk: 703-672-2725 Cell: 571-255-0819 dstrauss@politico.com ________________________________ NOTICE: This communication may contain privileged or other confidential information. If you have received it in error, please advise the sender by reply email and immediately delete the message and any attachments without copying or disclosing the contents. Thank you.


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Kentucky/Oregon results, Nevada convention, party unity. Happy to come to the DNC or go wherever would be most convenient. We can keep it relatively quick - 10 minutes? Thank you so much. It's for my piece tonight for CBS Evening News and I'll do a second piece for CBS This Morning. We can also post in its entirety on the web and air chunks on radio and CBSN. Thank you - Nancy (202) 839-2374


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