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A professional association representing top federal managers on Thursday reminded the White House that it has pledged to find a non-monetary alternative to a program rewarding high-ranking federal employees who go above and beyond in their jobs.
Specifically, the Obama administration should grant executives who would have earned the Presidential Rank Award this year a meeting and photo opportunity with President Obama and a certificate or letter signed by the president, the Senior Executives Association said. The Office of Personnel Management should list the names of the would-be winners, and should allow agencies to have their own ceremonies celebrating the exceptional performers, SEA said. Finally, the group would like assurances from the White House that the awards program will continue once the across-the-board budget cuts from sequestration end, and that this year's nominees would be eligible to receive monetary recognition once the program resumes.
Administration officials in June revealed that they were canceling the longstanding annual awards program due to the tight budget situation. Presidential Rank Award recipients typically receive a one-time bonus ranging from 20 percent to 35 percent of their salary.
The Office of Personnel Management still collected nominations for the honor, however, and an Obama administration official said in June that the White House is "focused on finding means to acknowledge excellence in non-monetary ways."
An administration official on Thursday reiterated the White House's dedication to senior executives, but did not offer any details on what an alternative awards program might look like.
"The administration remains committed to rewarding excellence in civil service," the official said in an email. "We appreciate the recommendations from the Senior Executives Association and will take their input into consideration as we work to recognize the extraordinary contributions our senior executives make to serving the public."
SEA encouraged the administration to make good on its promises, noting that the end of fiscal 2013 -- when President Obama would normally sign-off on the award winners -- is less than two weeks away.
"Implementing the association's recommendations would make clear that the president understands the importance of the career executive service to meeting the administration's program and policy agenda and values the corps' significant contributions to effectively managing the executive branch," the executives association stated.
If the White House does find a way to acknowledge this year's nominees, then SEA will host its annual black-tie dinner for the winners in the State Department's Diplomatic Reception Rooms, and will invite President Obama. The group has been hosting the banquet annually since 1986; the most recent event honored the 124 rank award recipients for 2012, the smallest pool of honorees in recent years.
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When President Obama was asked recently why he is having so much difficulty enlisting Republican support for his massive economic stimulus plan, he replied: "Old habits die hard."
He has a point. Partisan and special interest politics have deadlocked Washington for years, denying needed change. But the fact that not a single member of the GOP in the House of Representatives voted for the President's economic plan is not the only habit that needs some further examination.
So does the tired old Congressional habit of "pork barrel" spending. The bill passed by the Democrats in the House is overloaded with such items, and you don't even have to look closely to see it.
This is not money we as a nation are spending out of a government savings account. This is money we have to borrow. It adds to our already huge national debt. Therefore every penny of it ought to be spent to actually stimulate the economy and create jobs, not fulfill the pork barrel dreams of some Congressman or Senator.
That's why Nashville Democratic Congressman Jim Cooper (long a budget hawk) broke with his Tennessee Blue Dog colleagues and others in his party to vote against the bill along with ten other Democrats. Cooper cast his vote despite being an early and strong supporter of President Obama, and even though he is in a safe Democratic district. His vote does somewhat increase the possibility he might face a primary fight for re-election in 2010 from Democrats unhappy he is not supporting their new President. But I think it is unlikely this vote will defeat the Congressman, and besides, he may get a second chance to vote on this in a few weeks (more on that later). Regardless, I think Congressman Cooper did the right thing, and so did the Republicans in our House delegation, including Congressman Marsha Blackburn.
From a political point of view, I can also understand why the Democrats in our delegation voted for the measure. We are facing an economic crisis which is the most challenging since the Great Depression of the 1930s. And nobody wants to be labeled the "Herbert Hoover" of our generation (Hoover was President during the Depression), someone who did little or nothing while the economy went down the tubes.
But that's another thing that bothers me. Dating back to the stimulus plans and bailout proposals approved during the latter days of the Bush administration, it appears our national leaders are running around in Washington doing anything and everything to revive the economy, without any clear idea of what will work or be effective. In their haste to "do something", accountability for how the money is being spent has also been a casualty.
But the need for more deliberation in order to be sure what we are doing and how we are spending the stimulus money is appropriate and effective, shouldn't be an excuse for inaction. If Republicans in the Senate follow the example of their colleagues in the House, they can block any action, because the Democrats, while holding a clear majority, probably don't have the 60 votes needed to cut off debate. So it is incumbent on the Republicans to come up with their own ideas of what to do (and it needs to be more than just tax cuts, tax cuts: a policy which Democrats claim has caused many of the economic difficulties we now face). In fact, according to a story on THE TENNESSEAN's web site (1/29), a national labor group is using TV ads on local cable channels to try and get Tennessee's Senators to vote for the President's plan, saying, "We need an economic recovery plan that builds America, not more tax breaks for the rich."
Despite the effort, don't look for the ads to have much impact on persuading either Senator Lamar Alexander or Senator Bob Corker. Just ask the UAW, especially about Senator Corker. J
But something that does need to happen is that President Obama needs to step up and take more ownership in this stimulus plan. As Senator Corker said the other day, there is need for "some adult supervision" from the White House on this matter. More specifically the President needs to being willing to stand up to his own Democratic leadership in both the House and Senate to put together a bill that is more on target (with much less pork) and therefore more likely to gain bi-partisan support. The Republicans have a role to play, too. They have to resist the temptation and demands from some in their base to just say just no. This has been expressed in the phrase heard recently from some talk show hosts and others that they "hope this President fails."
The situation facing this country is just way too serious for that kind of attitude. That doesn't mean accepting whatever the Democrats want to do. It means working together and finding common ground on this stimulus bill. Everyone should remember doing nothing is not an alternative. If nothing happens, and it's because Republicans blocked legislation passing in the Senate, they are likely to be the first ones to be blamed as the economy continues to worsen. Frankly, everyone on both sides of the aisle will be blamed if something effective isn't done and soon, so that should motivation for everyone to come together (although again, old habits will be hard to break).
It's likely a conference committee of both houses will be where the real action on this stimulus plan will take place. The bill being considered by the Senate is different (and even more expensive) than the one that has passed the House. So a compromise bill is likely to be in order (if the Senate can pass something and forgo a filibuster). That's when the true test will come for this brand new Congress and this brand new Obama administration.
It is still very, very early in the term for both Congress and the President. But if they can't work together to get a more suitable stimulus bill approved, "change we can believe in" will be just so many words. And the new President and the Congress may never recover to address the many other grave issues that face our nation.
Well, it has been quite a first month of 2009 in Tennessee politics, especially on Capitol Hill in Nashville.
This week on INSIDE POLITICS we assess what's happened and what it likely still to come with the help of a panel of journalists, who are experts on state government and politics.
My guests include Joe White of WPLN, Nashville Public Radio, Ken Whitehouse of NASHVILLEPOST.COM and THE NASHVILLE CITY PAPER, along with Scott Arnold of NewsChannel5.
We'll talk about the serious budget issues facing our state (will the Obama stimulus help?), the 2010 gubernatorial race now getting underway (who's the frontrunner and where are the Democrats?), and, of course, the continuing controversy surrounding Tennessee's new Speaker of the House, Kent Williams.
Williams, a second term, back-bench Republican was elected to his new post in a shocker by House Democrats. Republicans are still trying to come to grips with what to do. That's includes controversial ethics charges brought against the new Speaker by one Republican Memphis lawmaker, Brian Kelsey, concerning two-year- old sexual harassment complaints. In a unanimous (and therefore bi-partisan vote) the House Ethics Committee has dismissed the charges, saying it doesn't really have any jurisdiction in that area.
The committee's action may seem surprising and even hypocritical to some, but the political impact of this decision seems pretty clear. If the Republican House leadership ever thought these ethics issues would grow legs and create more problems for the new Speaker, they have now clearly backed off. Maybe it was a concern of what kind of tit for tat fight they might get into with Democrats who might have their own sexual harassment issues to bring up about Republican members and on and on, back and forth.
I suspect another reason this matter is not being pressed anymore by the GOP is because of the lawmaker, Susan Lynn, who filed the original complaint about being harassed on two separate occasions by Representative Williams. She has maintained all along that she wishes the matter be dealt with in a private way. While she appears to be upset that Speaker Williams now claims he did nothing wrong (after reportedly apologizing to her two years ago), she still doesn't seem to want to make this a public and a political spectacle. In fact, all the publicity and controversy that has already been created by this matter becoming public put Representative Lynn in the hospital a few days ago to deal with stress related issues. That's makes her a victim a second time and I suspect it has rallied many of her fellow female lawmakers to her side, with the underlying message to everyone else on the Hill: Let this matter go unless Representative Lynn wants to press it, which she clearly doesn't.
And now there's this final bombshell surrounding this controversy. It appears Representative Kelsey has sent a text message to the new Speaker offering to drop his ethics charges in return for being appointed a committee chair (Judiciary?). Kelsey denies any wrongdoing and calls the message a "peace offering." Democrats and the Speaker are not buying that, and clearly Kelsey has completely almost all credibility in this matter.
I hope this is not a sign of what lies ahead for the rest of the term, but right now some our lawmakers seem to be acting like they are straight out of junior high or high school.
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So was anybody really surprised when the financial disclosure report was finally released on who paid for the failed English Only Metro Charter effort?
I wasn't surprised, although the fact that over 90% of the funds came from an out of state organization that has been linked by some with hate groups was probably higher amount than I thought it would be.
Too bad the money from the Virginia-based group couldn't have been spent to relieve some of the half million dollar burden taxpayers had to shoulder to pay for this election.
Now we need to change the charter and state law so that charter proposals like these (by public petition) can only be placed on the ballot if 10% of the voters from the last presidential general election sign petitions, rather than the current law that allows them to be on with 10% of any general election, which sometimes can be a ridiculously small number (just a couple of thousand signatures) because some general elections just don't attract many voters. The Presidential election always brings out a big crowd and therefore will set a more appropriate standard for the community to spend the extra money it usually requires to hold elections like these, especially if it's a special election.
When this first came up several months ago, I called it the irresistible force (Metro Council's long-standing councilmanic courtesy policy on zoning matters) versus the immoveable object (the federal government).
The fight is over. The feds won...and Metro taxpayers lost big time.
It all began when a member of the Council convinced his colleagues to change the city's zoning code to prohibit a substance abuse treatment program from locating in his district. Lots of residents supported that move and the rest of the council went along under the long-honored tradition in the Council of councilmanic courtesy. That courtesy says if however a district council member wants to handle a land use issue, the rest of the Council goes along.
But the group, Teen Challenge, a Christian treatment program that was trying to establish the new treatment facility, did not go away quietly. It took the matter to court charging discrimination. And it got the U.S. Justice Department to intervene.
Now the lawsuit has been settled. According to an on-line article from THE TENNESSEAN's web site (1/29 by Bill Theobald), if the federal courts approve, Metro will have to rescind the zoning law change which prohibited the new facility (I think that may have already happened). In addition, the city (read taxpayers) must pay a $20,000 fine, plus $50,000 to participants in the program as well as train about 100 city employees who make zoning and land use decisions on the requirements of federal anti-discrimination laws.
I wonder if that training includes the 40 members of the Metro Council?
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Liberty needs to play some softball games.
Mother Nature, are you listening?
"We've played just three games. We've practiced one time outside," Raiders coach Mark Workman said. "You can only do so much in the gym."
Fundamentals are fine in the gym, but game situations? Forget it.
And that's not good for a team that has lost every key player but one from the 2011 team that finished Class AA runner-up.
"We're very young, and we got drummed (three games) in the Botetourt Bash in Virginia," Workman said. "We had a lot of errors."
Andrea Roles, the sophomore center fielder on the state tournament team, is now a senior and in her second season as the Raiders' catcher.
Workman expects big things from her, both on and off the field.
"Andrea has got to be a leader," he said. "She's started all four years and she's got a great glove and a strong arm.
"She's a smart softball player who gives everything she has."
Roles hit a home run in Virginia.
"She can hit with power or base-hit you to death," Workman said.
The Raiders' other standout is sophomore pitcher Sam Pauley, who showed great promise last season.
"Sam was our workhorse last year. She struck out over 100 batters as a freshman," Workman said. "We'll lean on her a lot."
Like most quality pitchers, Pauley worked in the offseason to improve her game.
"She's gained some speed, and her pitches have got more movement on them," Workman said. "She's also a year older, and a year of maturity means a lot to young girls."
The rest of the starting lineup includes sophomore Stacy Williams at first base, freshman Ashton Mullins at second base, senior transfer Makayla Hosaflook at shortstop, freshman Kaitlyn Hanna at third base and juniors Morgan Drennan, Savanna Caron and Stephanie Griffith at left field, center field and right field, respectively.
Top subs include sophomore catcher-first baseman Breanna Haney, sophomore utility player Makayla Farrell and senior outfielder McKenzie Pettrey.
Hosaflook, who played last year at Central High School near Woodstock, Va., is the backup pitcher. Hanna can also take the mound when needed.
Workman warns people not to try to compare this team to the 2011 squad.
"There's no comparison Those girls worked their tails off," he said. "We have to get these girls to buy into that work ethic.
"We'll struggle, but by tournament time, we'll be OK.
"If they're willing to put the work in, they can be as good as they want to be."
The Raiders are scheduled to play at Woodrow Wilson today, and will travel to Oak Hill Saturday for a 10 a.m. matchup with Oak Hill and a 2 p.m. . game with Point Pleasant.
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Down about the Roughers this football season?
Maybe Muskogee Youth Football's seventh grade white team will pick your spirits up.
It just completed the regular season in the Indian Nations Football League at 8-1. Its only loss came against an Owasso team in a early-season game in which Muskogee's starting quarterback broke his hand on the first offensive series of the contest. They recovered from that and are averaging 37 points a game while allowing 4.4.
They host Union Silver in a first-round playoff at Indian Bowl on Thursday.
"We went from being a team nobody talked about to a team many are talking about," said Jason Medrano, the team's head coach. And if that name rings a bell, it should. Medrano is the co-offensive coordinator for the varsity squad that is 1-7 heading into Friday's season finale at Bixby.
And they're talking all right. On a league website, a rather enthusiastic mother of the Union Crimson team said, "I think they could win a 3A or below high school state championship."
That's a Union mom and yes, she was talking about now. She went on to say they will "have one heck of a high school team."
A Broken Arrow parent notes: "Saw them play at the end of the season last year in what I thought was their coming out game. I was thoroughly impressed then and I have been ever since. They have all the tools."
Then he starts sounding like the Union mom:
"They have size (if you like three or four kids over 250), they have speed (if you like five receivers that look like they run 4.2 40s) and they have a quarterback who looks like a smaller version of Brett Favre slinging it all over the field."
OK, we know how those hand-held times can sometimes vary and it's usually from the high school to the college level, and he did say "looks like they run 4.2 40s. But three or four kids over 250 in the seventh grade?
Medrano says yes. He lists Chase Gray and Bryan Perez at 6-foot-1, 260 pounds. Sammy Webster is 6-0, 300.
Looking like 4.2 isn't quite the same as running 4.2 but his mix of Karrington Ashley, D.J. Mayes, Kristan Hillmon and John Smith run anywhere from "4.6 to 4.8," said Medrano.
Jacob Medrano is his starting quarterback who, after breaking his pinky finger against Owasso, was back within two weeks.
Other players are B.J. McVay, Noah Fields, Joseph Vieira, Devin Hillmon, Colyn Farley, Jacob Kaiser, Joseph Christie, Parker Hall, Justin Jones, Johnny Webster, Nathan Coffman and Braylen Duncan.
The team not only has a good shot at an INFL title but it has also been invited to participate in the 2013 Pride Junior National Football Championship Tournament on Jan. 9-13 in Las Vegas. They're the only team from Oklahoma going and they're soliciting funds for that trip.
"For three years, this bunch was never mentioned by anyone. We won one game that first year, then four, then six last year and won our first playoff game before losing to Claremore," Medrano said. "This year they've really blossomed."
But it's the patience he learned in that 1-8 year that has helped him deal with the 1-7 job he's paid to help coach.
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And he insists, brighter days are ahead at MHS.
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The Hayashi Paper Co. went directly to author Koji Suzuki with the idea, and he agreed to pen an original story for the roll, called (of course) "Drop." The toilet paper has been on sale in Japan since 2009 where, despite costing nearly ten times what a normal roll of TP costs, the company has sold 300,000 rolls. An English translation is in the works with an eye on the international market. Try as I might, I have been unable to find the toilet paper for sale.
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Senior men's soccer player Christopher Brennan has been named the Penn College Athlete of the Week for the period ending Sept. 29. Brennan helped the Wildcats to 3-0 play recording five goals and an assist. He scored two goals each against Penn State Mont Alto and Bryn Athyn College.
This season, Brennan leads Penn College and the PSUAC with 12 goals and 25 points. Of the team's nine wins so far, he has notched three game winners.
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Writing is addictive; there is no denying that.
If you've ever caught the writing bug, you know what I mean: An idea enters your mind, and you can't dislodge until you write it down, put into a creative format that satisfies your personal guidelines and attracts the attention of others.
I've wanted to be a writer since I was a little kid. I'd read all the time as a youngster, and that habit sparked my own interest in putting words on page and creating my own worlds of adventure where good battled evil in so many ways.
I wrote my first novel while in high school, another shortly after college while working in retail management and several short stories that helped me collect an abundance of rejection slips from magazines and journals along the way.
But life then took over, and I turned my attention to work and family. There seemed no time to enjoy this wonderful pastime I thought would one day carry me to the levels of Ernest Hemingway, John Updike and Raymond Carver as one of America's great serious authors.
I found solace after leaving the retail industry and starting a career in teaching and a second in journalism. I landed a part-time job with the Press-Republican as a sports reporter in 1988, and I've been there ever since, following my dream as a writer, though far removed from the world of publishing giants.
Something happened seven, eight years ago. I can't put my finger on what exactly, but I started to write creatively again. I began a novel based on a thought I had first considered maybe four decades earlier: What would humankind do if someone came up with the secret to longevity? What if people lived not for decades but for centuries? How could civilization balance a world's population where people did not grow old and die?


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Crusaders Fall to Villanova in Consolation Game of WSF Classic
Sunday, November 16, 2003A 14-0 run midway through the second half was all that Villanova needed, as the Wildcats defeated Valparaiso 68-50 on Sunday afternoon in the Women's Sports Foundation Classic consolation game held in Eugene, Ore.
The Crusaders held a 41-40 lead with 15:16 remaining in the game when Villanova went on its spurt, keyed by five points by Jennifer Hilgenberg and four by Jana Rediger. After Valpo closed within 11 twice, another 9-0 Wildcat run sealed the victory for Villanova.
Valpo went the final 15:16 of the game with just two field goals as the Crusaders shot just 20.8% (5-of-24) in the second half. Villanova, an NCAA Tournament Elite Eight team one year ago, shot 60% (15-of-25) during the same stanza.
Villanova (1-1) also opened the game hot from the field, making nine of its first 12 field goal attempts of the contest as the Wildcats raced out to a 27-16 lead with 7:18 remaining in the first half. The Crusaders, as they did in the opening round against Oregon, fought back. Seven straight points, capped off by a Suzie Hammel (Lafayette, Ind./Lebanon H.S.) three-pointer, cut the lead to four with 5:18 remaining.
A trey by Hilgenberg pushed the lead back to five, 31-26, before Valpo scored the final six points of the half. Katie Boone (Greenwood, Ind./Center Grove H.S.) made a pair of free throws with 2.0 seconds remaining in the half to give Valpo a 32-31 advantage at intermission.
After halftime, the Wildcats scored the first four points and eventually built a 38-34 lead with 17:20 to play. Another Hammel trey cut the lead to one, and after Jenna Stangler (St. Michael, Minn./St. Michael-Albertville H.S.) scored, Valpo had the 41-40 lead, its final of the game. Villanova went on its big run to put the game away.
Boone and Hammel tied for high point honors on the afternoon for the Brown and Gold, tallying 12 each. Boone went 5-for-5 from the free throw line, while Hammel made three triples. Meredith Baugher (Berea, Ohio/Berea H.S.) added nine points and a team-high five boards.
Rediger led Villanova with 18 points, making her first nine field goal attempts of the game and finishing 9-of-10 from the floor. She also grabbed eight boards. Hilgenberg added 14 points, including four treys, while Liad Suez tallied 12 points and dished out seven assists. Courtney Mix grabbed nine boards and dished out ten assists in the game.
Valpo shot just 30% (15-of-50) from the floor, while the Wildcats connected on 28-of-51 (54.9%) shot attempts. Villanova outrebounded the Crusaders 36-22 and held an 11-8 advantage on the offensive glass. Valpo forced 13 Villanova turnovers, while coughing the ball up just nine times, and the Crusaders made 15-of-17 (88.2%) free throws.
Valparaiso (0-2) will return to action on Friday evening when the Crusaders travel to Notre Dame for a 6 p.m. CST game against the Fighting Irish.
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I provide an unconventional take on Asian markets.
Make no mistake: America and China are on a collision course and the battleground is Asia. The China-Japan dispute has little to do with a small group of islands in the South China Sea. It's about a new world power, China, wanting to assert its authority in Asia. And it's about the U.S being threatened by China's increasing power and wanting to contain it. That's what makes the current dispute so dangerous. Even if the fight dies down, the battle for dominance in Asia between the U.S. and China will continue.
For investors, the implications from this are not only the potential for increased trade disputes between the U.S and China. But also, the likelihood of rising friction between Asian countries themselves. In fact, we're already seeing it as these countries are being forced to side with either America or China. Intra-Asian trade will be impacted too. Welcome to the new Cold War.
Asia is the new battleground
I have an abiding love for history. I put it down to a combination of great high school history teacher and a realisation that if you don't understand history, you can't possibly understand the present or the future. Anyhow, I got thinking about how we've been lucky to have lived through a remarkably peaceful period since the fall of communism in 1989.
The fall spurred much self-congratulation about how liberal democracies had won the day and communism was dead for good. Francis Fukuyama's 1992 bestseller, The End of History, reflected this sentiment:
"What we may be witnessing is not only the end of the Cold War, or the passing of a particular period of post-war history, but the end of history as such: that is, the end point of mankind's ideological evolution and the universalization of Western liberal democracy as the final form of human government."
The book was not only silly in theory but totally ignored the rise of communist China too.
Now some of you may say that we haven't lived through a peaceful period since 1989 at all. Two wars in Iraq, a war in Afghanistan, a terrorist attack on the U.S., ongoing bloodshed in Palestine, to name but a few of the fights since that time.
Not to belittle these conflicts in any way, but they were relatively small fry compared to what happened prior to 1989. The latest Iraqi war and occupation is estimated to have had around 172,000 casualties. The September 11 terrorist attacks had casualties numbering 9,000 including 3,000 dead.
These were not total wars though. The number of countries involved was far greater in World Wars I and II, as well as the Cold War. The casualties also dwarfed those of recent conflicts. For instance, casualties during World War I numbered 22.5 million. It's hard for many people to fathom these numbers and the destruction involved.
Which brings me to the present day. I can't help but thinking that we're entering a new period of rising tensions between countries. As well as a Cold War in Asia. The 2008 financial crisis and subsequent economic downturn, as well as rising food inflation, have led to the fall of several, once-considered impregnable governments in the Middle East. The installation of new governments in their place is proving problematic.
By contrast, increasing tensions in Asia have nothing to do with the economic downturn or food inflation. Instead, they've come about from the rise of China as a new world power. China is staking its claims as a world power both economically and politically, focusing particularly on its own neighbourhood, Asia. And other nations are increasingly concerned about it.
China-Japan dispute: appearances deceive
The current conflict between China and Japan is supposedly over five tiny, uninhabited islands, Senkaku or Diaoyu islands, in the South China Sea. And the abundant natural gas in the area. China has been challenging Japan's claims over the Senkaku islands and its control of them. The situation has become increasingly tense and in late January there was almost a shoot-out. Japan claims that China beamed fire control radar at a destroyer owned by the Japanese Navy - a first step to potentially firing a missile at it.
The dangers of the conflict lay with politicians on all sides wanting to prove their military credentials by appearing tougher than the one another, with little regard for the consequences. This kind of behaviour is similar to that which almost led to catastrophic consequences during the Cuban missile crisis in 1962.
Stepping back from the minutiae of the dispute though, it's ultimately about the changing balance of power in Asia.
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Early on you refer to the "rise of communist China," which combined with your "Cold War" framework would lead one to see a Red aspect as part of this dreaded looming standoff. How so? The idea isn't developed in the post. Many would see today's party simply as a domestic tool for organization and control.
Where is the New Cold War? Since when did China want to exert its authority in Asia?
The US has been trying to contain China ever since 1949, with marines stationed in Japan and South Korea, aiming to stay as the only superpower after Soviet Union's collapse. By your argument, it is China that provokes America's recent naval build-up in the West Pacific, when all this while a significant naval force already anchored in the gigantic base at Guam.
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By DANIEL SUDDEATH
Citing failed financial commitments and the need to begin planning for a new public pool and Little League baseball complex, Mayor Jeff Gahan confirmed Tuesday he will seek to end the current format and create a separate New Albany parks and recreation department.
The city and Floyd County have been at odds over funding the joint parks and recreation system for about a year. The shared agreement called for the city and county to foot the New Albany-Floyd County Parks Department's operational budget equally based on population, which has been about the same in New Albany as outside the city limits since the deal was signed in 1994.
But when including all funding, New Albany has provided about $4 million more for the department than the county since 2004, according to city records.
The county has also declined to implement a cumulative capital fund — a source which New Albany used to generate $685,625 from 2007 to 2011 for building and other expenses related to parks and recreation.
Through additional appropriations, the county did match the city's operational commitment to the department this year, as each side footed about $500,000 for the $1 million annual budget.
But the 2013 budget being considered by the Floyd County Council only calls for a $250,000 allotment for the parks next year.
Gahan said the city is planning an outdoor aquatic center and a new Little League facility, and that New Albany doesn't have "the time or the luxury" to wait on the county to honor its financial obligations to the parks department.
"Most people agree that our city has fallen behind in terms of outdoor recreational facilities for our youth," he said. "I'm certain the reason the city has found itself in this position is because of the current parks structure."
Gahan said his aim is to begin a city parks department next year, and a measure could be before the New Albany City Council as early as its next meeting Oct. 18 calling for an end to the current agreement.
County, parks board reaction
Fundamentally speaking, it doesn't make sense to separate the parks system, Floyd County Commissioners President Steve Bush said.
"I don't have a problem with [the city] being frustrated, but to split the parks, it's probably not going to be best for the residents as a whole," he said.
There's also much to be determined in terms of what a divide would mean, Bush continued.
He said it still needs to be confirmed, but he's been told the agreement requires the Southern Indiana Sports Center to be given back to its original owner if the county and city split the parks department.
The Southern Indiana Sports Center was donated to the department in 2006 by the Blue Sky Foundation, and the administrative parks offices are housed there.
NA-FC Parks Superintendent Roger Jeffers and parks board chair Scott Klink declined to comment on the situation until after they address the full board on the possible division next week.
Though the split may not be popular for the county, Bush said he would not favor filing a legal injunction against the city to halt the move.
"We're not going to get into the game of suing," he said.
The biggest park in New Albany — Sam Peden Community Park off Grant Line Road — is owned by the county. No matter what the city does, Bush said the county will support the parks, as he added he would not back selling Community Park for commercial interests.
"If they decide to make that decision and move forward, we'll sit down with the current parks board members and see what can be done," he said.
Funding issues
Floyd County Council President Ted Heavrin said the reason the current proposal is to only fund $250,000 of the parks budget next year is due to financial constraints. The expenses of murder trials, infrastructure costs and the possibility the county's budget could be cut for 2013 have left the council with some tough decisions to make, he continued.
"They don't realize how much money the county is putting out for everything," Heavrin said.
But as was the case this year, Heavrin said the council told Jeffers it would likely appropriate more money after the county budget is certified by the state, which could be in February or March.
"If we don't have to cut [the budget], we should be OK," he said.
But City Councilman Dan Coffey — who will sponsor the measure to end the joint agreement — said the county has had ample opportunity to commit and honor its funding requirements.
Coffey was one of five city council members that voted in favor of a new parks deal in April that would have required equal funding to be put in place by each entity by Oct. 1.
If the funding wasn't approved for the parks department, then the contract could be voided.
Though proponents of the agreement — which was passed by the county commissioners, county council and parks board —said it included tougher language than the existing contract, Gahan vetoed the deal. He said there was already a contract in place that called for equal funding, and that the county needed to make restitution for the past shortfalls before a new deal could be reached.
Though the council voted 5-4 to override Gahan's decision, six ballots in favor are needed to overturn a mayoral veto in New Albany.
Coffey also voted in favor of overriding the veto, but said his stance has changed due in part to the $250,000 funding commitment made by the county next year for parks. He added that he met with Bush and Gahan over the issue, and asked Bush to support a cumulative capital fund, which he did not.
"That was the final straw," Coffey said. "I could see at that point in time there was no real effort."
But Bush countered that he approached Gahan requesting negotiations to resolve the differences, but hasn't spoken with him about the matter in several months. He said both sides should meet and attempt to save the current structure of the parks department.
Bush added the county should fund the parks equally, and foot its requirement of $500,000 next year.
But Gahan said another issue is the amount of people who cast decisions on the parks. Essentially 30 people — the mayor, three county commissioners, nine city council members, seven county council members and 10 parks board members —are involved with parks issues and votes, Gahan said.
"The bureaucracy there is just too heavy," he said. "We're convinced that the current model needs to be changed."


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Since Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne, long considered one of the most eccentric and peculiar of rock stars, is looking for a lead for his second motion picture — the follow-up to 2008's low-budget film "Christmas on Mars" — he's putting a slow press on procuring the services of the talented Justin Timberlake to play the lead.
"I'm in the process of begging," Coyne told Billboard magazine. "If I'm lucky, I'll be able to wear him down in another year."
It's an interesting statement from a guy whose band has taken its sweet time carving a niche as a successful and highly acclaimed act. The Lips haven't charted a U.S. hit in nearly two decades, and even that track, 1993's "She Don't Use Jelly," is hardly representative of the Oklahoma City band's style.
Timberlake might want to come to grips with the thought — persistence is clearly one of Coyne's strengths.
The Lips will bring what's sure to be an odd-looking playlist — among the band's songs are "Free Radicals (A Hallucination of the Christmas Skeleton Pleading with a Suicide Bomber)" and "Psychiatric Explorations of the Fetus with Needles" — to Lewiston this summer for a dynamic and lavish stage show to Artpark on July 22. Tickets for the concert go on sale Friday at 10 a.m.
Q Magazine called the Lips one of "50 bands to see before you die," and with good reason. Gandy often appears in a plastic bubble, floating about while balloons, puppets and confetti grab for fans' attention.
And the band hasn't slowed down in recent years. In October, the Lips released Embryonic, then just two months later, followed with a remake of Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side of the Moon."
Flaming Lips tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday and are $42.50 for prime seating, $37.50 for other indoor sections or $25 for general admission lawn. They are available through all Tickets.com outlets including Tops Markets or the Artpark box office. Go online at online at Tickets.com or by phone at 888-223-6000.


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Instant Slic3r [Instant]
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- Learn something new in an Instant! A short, fast, focused guide delivering immediate results
- Use Slic3r to make your printed objects the best quality possible
- Make Slic3r work for you, automating tasks and doing post processing on Slic3r output
- The book is put together in a friendly and accessible manner to help walk you through the learning and how to use the software
Book DetailsLanguage : English
eBook : 68 pages
Release Date : September 2013
Author(s) : David Michael Moore
Topics and Technologies : All Books, Instant, Open Source
Table of ContentsPreface
Instant Slic3r
- Instant Slic3r
- Getting and installing Slic3r (Must know)
- Calibrating Slic3r to your printer (Must know)
- Using Slic3r with other printer software (Should know)
- Layer height, fill settings, and perimeters in our objects (Should know)
- Print speed, cooling, support material, and more... (Should know)
- Troubleshooting your prints (Should know)
- Running Slic3r from the command line (Become an expert)
- The basics of G-code (Should know)
- Post processing with Slic3r (Become an expert)
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What you will learn from this book
- Learn what Slic3r does and how it works
- Set up and calibrate Slic3r to your printer and plastics
- Use Slic3r with different printers and software
- Understand advanced setup techniques and profiles for various printing scenarios
- Change settings to correct model issues while printing
- Run Slic3r from the command line for automation and greater control
- Read the G-Code that Slic3r outputs
- Create and use post-processing scripts to alter Slic3r's output
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One of the most critical parts of 3D printing is taking a 3D model and converting it to a format that a 3D printer can print. Slic3r is one of the best pieces of software out there. It gives great control over how an object is converted, and can save you hours upon hours of frustration by producing great prints. This book will show you how.
Instant Slic3r strives to give you a good foundation for what Slic3r can do. It offers a hands-on way to learn about how Slic3r works, and how you can use its powerful features to produce great prints. It takes you from the beginning setup, through advanced features such as post processing the G-Code that it produces. You will get a good grasp on how Slic3r works, and ways to troubleshoot your prints to make the best objects your printer can produce.
Instant Slic3r covers where to get Slic3r and how to install it on a variety of platforms, and helps lead you through the setup and tweaking your personal printer settings. The book is clearly laid out and easy to follow, but with information that even experienced users of Slic3r will find useful. You will learn how Slic3r converts your model into G-Code. Then, you will learn how to not only read that G-Code, but how you can write scripts for post-processing the output, before it is sent to the printer. You will also learn what things can go wrong with printing, and how you can use Slic3r to troubleshoot the issue and then fix it. Along with this, you will learn how to improve your printing by delving into Slic3r's expert settings.
The book is filled with examples, leading you through not only how to do things, but why they need to be done. After you are finished with this book, you will have a deeper understanding of Slic3r and 3D printing.
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Conservation Commission Chairman Margie Ives invites the public and members of town groups to attend a discussion about how to preserve Adams Pond.
The meeting is set for Dec. 13 at 7 p.m. at Derry Public Library. The public is invited to attend.
A dam at the pond is owned privately. Town councilors voted not to have the town take control of the failing structure.
Many people are concerned about what may happen to the pond if the dam is removed.
"We will put our thinking caps on to see what sorts of ideas we can come up with," Ives said, "to brainstorm possible solutions."
Ives said she is invited other groups in town to attend, including the Beaver Lake Improvement Society, Go Green Committee, Heritage Commission and anyone interested in Adams Pond.
"Just look in the history books to see the history of the pond," Ives said. "It's very interesting."
Best Sunday breakfast
First Parish Church in East Derry serves up its Best Breakfast every Sunday now through May.
The menu includes eggs any style, omelets, bacon, sausage, pancakes, beverages, home fries and muffins.
The cost is $6.50 for adults, $5.50 for children 12 and under, and seniors 62 and older. Call for information at 434-0628.
Democrats celebrate election results
The Derry Democrats hosted a victory party this week to celebrate recent election victories and thank all that helped through the busy season.
New Derry state Reps. Mary Till and Betsy Burtis join the ranks representing the Democratic Party, along with eight Republicans.
All state representatives were officially sworn into office last week.
It's not too late to get a tree
St. Mark's Lodge 44 Free and Accepted Masons continue holiday Christmas tree sales at the lodge, 58 East Broadway.
Trees are freshly cut and being sold for donations of $30 and up. Tree sales will be held until all are sold.
Derry Lions Club members also are selling trees at the Citizens Bank plaza at the corner of Tsienneto Road and Crystal Avenue.
All tree sales support the organizations' community missions and outreach projects throughout the year.
Farmers market continues for winter
The Derry Farmers Market continues through the winter every first and third Saturday now through March.
The markets are held at the Upper Village Hall, 52 East Derry Road.
Seasonal produce, handcrafted items, musical entertainment and much more are provided at the markets. Call market director Beverly Ferrante for information at 434-8974.
Giving tree needs help
The town's Giving Tree stands in the lobby of the municipal center on Manning Street and donations are still being accepted.
The Derry Community Fund and Sonshine Soup Kitchen will help distribute items to those families and individuals in need this holiday season.
There is still time to drop off items for the Soup Kitchen up through Dec. 18 or send donations to: Sonshine Soup Kitchen, 4 Crystal Avenue, Derry, 03038.
There are designated donation boxes in the lobby for the collection of items.