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I commend the Chairman for arranging this hearing and I thank him for his accommodations in scheduling it.
I want to thank and welcome each of our witnesses, particularly my old friends Lee Hamilton and Slade Gorton. And let me say that as the Commission's chair and vice chair, Governor Kean and Congressman Hamilton offered extraordinary leadership in guiding this investigation through difficult shoals and bringing the Commission to its constructive and unanimous findings and recommendations. I have heard the high praise that you and other Commissioners have had for the Commission's staff, and I join you in that praise. The Report you together have produced is an exceptional product that deserves the Nation's attention, and it deserves the Congress's prompt consideration.
Decisions Facing ALL Americans
Senator Gorton once remarked that the commissioners checked their politics at the door, and the quality of the Commission's Report bears this out. By working so effectively in a non-partisan fashion, the 9-11 Commission has given us all a chance for a fresh start in tackling the issues the Report has identified. We should not squander that chance, and we should use the Commission as our model in striving for bipartisanship in making these decisions. After all, terrorists do not attack Democrats or Republicans or Independents; when they strike, they attack all of us as Americans.
I also want to commend the tireless efforts of the families and survivors of the 9-11 attacks, who fought so hard to ensure that this Commission was established. Like the commissioners, the victims groups put partisanship aside and pushed for an open, deliberate and accountable investigation, moving us forward in a constructive manner to better protect this Nation. Members of several victims groups are here today, and I want to personally thank them and welcome them here. I also want to submit for the record the written statement of Donald Goodrich of Bennington, Vermont. Mr. Goodrich, who lost his son, Pete, is the Chairman of Families of September 11. He could not be here today, but he has come to work closely with me on victims' issues, and I want to express my deep appreciation to him.
We cannot overstate the importance of oversight. I commend the Commission for fighting for full access to documents and official testimony, and for acknowledging in its final report the importance of open government. The report stated that secrecy can harm oversight, noting that democracy's best oversight mechanism is public disclosure.
Today's hearing will focus on two areas of great significance in this Committee's oversight jurisdiction: FBI reform and border security. Both are topics that are well-known to this Committee and that have been of particular concern to me. With my home state of Vermont sharing 90 miles of our international border with Canada, I am familiar with the challenges and concerns facing us in securing our borders after September 11.
FBI On The ABCs
The attacks of 9-11 did not create the problems the Commission has identified; they simply brought them into sharp relief. As someone who comes from a law enforcement background, several of them are problems that have concerned me for some time, and I know that they have concerned others on this Committee. Addressing some of these deficiencies was my first and my highest priority when I became chairman of the Judiciary Committee just a few months before September 11.
During that summer, it was already clear that the FBI over the years had lost its way on some of the fundamentals - the ABCs, if you will - starting with Accountability; Basic tools like computers, technology and translators; and "Culture" issues, like the treatment of whistleblowers and a resistance to sharing information outside the Bureau.
We began bipartisan hearings on reforming the FBI just weeks before September 11, and a new FBI Director pledged his commitment to correcting these longstanding problems. Director Mueller has made significant progress on several fronts, but the Commission's Report strikes several familiar chords, showing that there is much ground yet to cover before we can say that the FBI is as effective as Americans need the Bureau to be in preventing and combating terrorism. We continued the hearings on FBI reform after September 11th, and we sharpened our focus on the relevance of these longstanding problems to the newly declared war on terrorism. Our inquiry constituted the most intensive FBI oversight in many years, and it generated wide-ranging, bipartisan recommendations for reform.
The Commission Report identified many of the same failures within the FBI that we had highlighted in those hearings. It recognized, as do I, that Director Mueller has already taken certain steps to solve structural problems, and that, perhaps most important, he is striving to change the culture within the Bureau. These are important steps, but as the Commission pointed out, we need to ensure that changes put into place now will survive the current leadership of the Bureau and its component parts. Past attempts at FBI reform have died on the vine through lapses in leadership and lax congressional oversight.
Inadequate FBI Tools and Technology
I want to discuss two particular areas that gravely concern me: the FBI's foreign language translation program, and its information technology systems. These are the nuts and bolts of effective law enforcement and counter-intelligence, but we know now that in the months leading up to September 11th they were in sorry shape. Three years and many millions of dollars later we need to know what progress has been made and what more remains to be done.
Our FBI witness, Maureen Baginski, said recently that she was optimistic about the status of the FBI's foreign translation program, and I hope that she can share some good news with us today. Last spring, despite claims of "near real time" translation of wiretaps, the FBI could not state with any certainty how much time passes between the time a telephone call is taped and when it is translated. Is there still a vast backlog of material needing to be translated? The FBI sought an unprecedented number of new FISA wiretaps last year; how is this impacting critical FBI resources?
The FBI's longstanding problems in mastering the computer technology that is essential to modern-day law enforcement has been another great failing. The Trilogy solution, by all accounts, has been a disaster. By now, two phases of Trilogy have been completed, and all agents at last have their own computers and can send e-mails to one another. Of course, this is hardly a noteworthy accomplishment in the information age -- especially $500 million to $600 million later.
What troubles me most, however, is that FBI agents are still trying to "connect the dots" using pencil and paper. The long-anticipated Virtual Case File System - which would at last put intelligence at the fingertips of the agents in the field -- is far behind schedule and vastly over budget. VCF should have been operational long ago, but the completion date keeps getting extended. In May, Director Mueller assured us that VCF would be deployed by the end of the year. But a month later - in June - we were told there would be further delays. By the time VCF is finally implemented, will it be "state of the art" or dreadfully outdated?
There are other critical areas in need of reform within the FBI. Some we learned about from the 9-11 Commission, some we learned about from our own oversight efforts and in reports by the DOJ Inspector General. But some critical problems have come to light only through the courageous voices of whistleblowers. Senator Grassley and I spend a great deal of time listening to reports from whistleblowers because we firmly believe that they may provide us with information critical to our national security. As a result of Enron and related corporate scandals, I worked with Senator Grassley and others in Congress to give broad protection to whistleblowers in the private sector, but, incredibly, Congress has not acted to protect those who come forward from the FBI to report problems that might impact our ability to prevent terrorist attacks.
The FBI Reform Act that Senator Grassley and I introduced in July 2003 is drawn from the FBI Reform Act that had been unanimously approved by this Committee a year before, only to die on the Senate floor by an anonymous hold on the other side of the aisle. It addresses several outstanding problems in the Bureau, and acting on these reforms is long overdue. Among other things, the FBI Reform Act would protect FBI whistleblowers from retaliation and greatly improve congressional oversight of the Bureau.
Striking A Balance On Border Security
The Commission's report includes sobering evidence suggesting that three years after the attacks, our borders are not nearly as secure as they should be. As a Senator from Vermont, I know how important border security issues are to my constituents and the urgency both they and I feel about acting to protect our borders.
Let me be clear: I do not believe that America's response to terrorism should be to close our borders and isolate ourselves from the world. To the contrary, it is in our national interest to have visitors from around the world have positive experiences in the United States, and to go back home to tell their friends and neighbors about the beauty of our land, the fairness of its people and the vitality of its democratic principles. It is also in our national and economic interest to promote legal immigration to our country. If we are going to have an immigration policy that embraces the world, however, we need to be smarter about the way we police our borders, and I believe the report points us in a number of intelligent directions.
First, I could not agree more with the Report's review of this Congress' pre-9-11 treatment of the Northern Border. While our Southwest border was patrolled by four Border Patrol agents for each mile of border, our border with Canada had only one agent for every 13.25 miles. Even after we had evidence that terrorists were seeking to enter the United States from Canada, Congress turned a deaf ear to the needs of the Northern Border. It was only after the September 11 attacks that Congress finally acted, approving my proposal in the USA PATRIOT Act to triple the number of Border Patrol agents, INS Inspectors, and Customs agents stationed at our border with Canada. Even then, the Administration dragged its feet implementing the language, and years more passed before the tripling was finally achieved. Now that it has, I look forward to hearing from the Commissioners what additional steps should be taken to police the Northern Border.
Second, I applaud the Commission's focus on the issue of tracking terrorist travel. The Commission believes that if we had a system in place before 9-11 that analyzed terrorists' travel strategies, we might have intercepted between four and 15 of the hijackers. Since the attacks, a terrorist travel intelligence collection and analysis program has been put in place, and I agree with the Commission's recommendation that it be expanded. I also agree that frontline personnel at our consulates and our borders should receive training in spotting suspicious patterns of travel. Agents from our Customs and Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agencies should be trained to recognize suspicious travel documents, and we should have someone with document expertise at every port of entry and consulate.
Third, we should continue to work toward "expanding our borders" by placing more U.S. personnel in overseas airports, and working with other nations to share information more freely about persons who may pose a threat. "The further away from our borders that screening occurs, the more security benefits we gain," the Commission rightly states, arguing that "at least some screening should occur before a passenger departs on a flight destined for the United States." Additionally, if countries will share their own "watch lists" with our consular officers and our inspectors, we will gain additional leads about suspicious travelers. As the Commission puts it, "[e]xchanging terrorist information with other countries, consistent with privacy requirements, along with listings of lost and stolen passports, will have immediate security benefits." Enhancing this sort of coordination and cooperation-- and securing the ability to operate in as many foreign airports as possible -- are two of the many reasons why it is essential that we have leaders who can work closely and respectfully with other countries.
Finally, I agree with the Commission's recommendations that we "should complete, as quickly as possible, a biometric entry-exit screening system, including a single system for speeding qualified travelers." Our goal should be to have a U.S. VISIT system that screens foreign travelers as thoroughly as possible in the shortest possible time. Biometric capabilities promise to enhance our security procedures, and substantial efforts are underway. We already collect biometric information as part of U.S. VISIT. In addition, the U.S. has been involved in setting international standards for biometric passports for foreign visitors as well as U.S. citizens--a process that will likely set the stage for a broader domestic biometric program. But I am concerned that the process to date for finalizing international standards has largely occurred outside of congressional and public view, in negotiations by U.S. representatives and others in the International Civil Aviation Organization. This is troubling because technology and deployment choices will determine whether we have an effective screening system that is not only secure, but also adequately protects privacy and civil liberties. There are many issues to consider and much work to be done before such a system can be deployed, and Congress should be involved and invest in this process. I recently sent several questions to DHS requesting details on its biometric screening plans and will include them in today's record. I look forward to hearing about those details.
Support All States Rather Than Pit Large Against Small
The Commission recommended that homeland security assistance be "based strictly on an assessment of risks and vulnerabilities." But the 9/11 report did not suggest any specific changes in homeland security funding formulas.
I understand the Commission's frustration with the current level of homeland security assistance. I am frustrated too. But I believe the real problem is that the Bush Administration and Congress have failed to provide enough overall funding for first responders, and as a result the states are fighting over insufficient resources. The Hart-Rudman Terrorism Task Force Report found that our nation will fall approximately $98.4 billion short of meeting critical emergency responder needs through this decade's end if current funding levels are maintained.
We should be looking to increase the funds to our nation's first responders. But instead President Bush proposed cutting $800 million to our police, fire and rescue squads in this year's budget by reducing overall first responder funding from $4.3 billion last year to only $3.5 billion this year. Shortchanging our nation's first responders will not make us a safer nation.
I strongly believe that every state - rural or urban, small or large - has basic domestic security needs and deserves to receive Federal funds to meet those needs. After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, we worked together to try to meet the needs of all state and local first responders from both rural and urban areas. Our fire, police and rescue teams in each state in the nation deserve support in achieving the new homeland security responsibilities the Federal government demands. Indeed, the Commission recognized this fact in their report when they declared that: "We understand the contention that every state and city needs to have some minimum infrastructure for emergency response."
All states, including smaller states, have basic needs in equipping their first responders. Larger states have even greater needs. Instead of pitting large states against small states, as the Administration has done by shortchanging overall resources for first responders, the needs of both should be recognized and addressed. These funds help police, fire and rescue squads meet the new homeland security responsibilities the federal government is asking them to meet.
The Commission rightfully found that Congress must subject itself to dramatic changes to strengthen government accountability. Specifically, I acknowledge the Commission's pointed rebuke to Congress about the need to engage more proactively in its constitutional oversight function. I have always believed in open and accountable government -- including vigorous oversight -- and will continue my support of this critical function of the U.S. Congress.
The Commission has rendered to history its careful reconstruction and analysis of the events of September 11th. The Commission has given to us the task of carefully considering its recommendations, drawn from those events - recommendations that, in several ways, would help the FBI get back to mastering its ABCs. We owe our fellow citizens, and the families of those whose lives were lost or forever changed by those attacks, our full and respectful consideration of these findings and these recommendations.


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Jena and Nan Masland, both 35, join dozens of same-sex couple lining up outside the Albuquerque clerks office Tuesday in New Mexicos most populous county before officials started issuing same-sex marriage licenses.ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. More than 100 people lined up in Albuquerque Tuesday as the clerk in New Mexicos most populous county began issuing marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples.
The Bernalillo County clerk opened her office to the excited crowd at 8 a.m., and a mass wedding took place at noon in Albuquerques Civic Plaza.
Patricia Catlett and her partner of 25 years, Karen Schmiege, were the first to get their license there. Catlett, 61, is a graphic designer from Albuquerque, and Schmiege, 69, a retired librarian.
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As the couple walked out of the booth where they received their license, the crowd applauded and cheered. The two raised their hands, and the crowd responded by putting their fists in the air.
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Bernalillo County Clerk Maggie Toulouse Oliver began recognizing same-sex unions after State District Judge Alan Malott on Monday declared gay marriage legal, saying New Mexicos constitution prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
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Laura Schauer Ives, a lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico, called it monumental and said the group didnt expect such a broad decision by Malott.
The judge had been asked only to order that the state recognize, on her death certificate, a dying womans marriage Friday in Santa Fe to her longtime partner.
But after a short hearing in which neither the counties nor the state objected to the request, Malott also ruled on the broader lawsuit by that couple and five others seeking marriage licenses.
Its uncertain whether clerks in the states 30 other counties, who were not defendants in the lawsuit, will use the judges ruling as a signal that they can issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
The clerks in San Miguel and Valencia counties said Tuesday they had ordered gender-neutral forms and would begin issuing the licenses. But Assistant Attorney General Scott Fuqua said the decision wasnt binding on clerks outside Bernalillo and Santa Fe counties.
A group of Republican legislators is planning to file a lawsuit to stop clerks from issuing licenses to same-sex couples.
One of those lawmakers, Sen. William Sharer of Farmington, said it is up to the state Legislature, with the consent of the governor, to make laws not the county clerks or district judges.
It is inexplicable how a district court just today discovered a new definition of marriage in our laws, when our marriage law has not been changed in over a century, Sharer said.
Helen Taylor, 45 and Apryl Harris, 47, of Rio Rancho, didnt want to wait until the battle was played out in state courts.
The emotional couple was among the first to receive marriage licenses in Bernalillo County Tuesday. They had originally planned to get married in New York in February.
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Most people graciously wait for that minute to say "I DO†and kiss the brides of their dreams; for me, it was mixed feelings of great exhilaration and long-sought adventure, to hold the lady of my dream and journey through time!  It was about Yuletide in the year 2008 and the atmosphere was best for any memorable event. Wow! Finally after six years of friendship and building a life together, I mustered enough excitement to walk down that aisle with "Adora.† Well, I'm sure you care to meet "Adora.†Actually that is a pet-name coined from the word "adore.†It emerged most suitable for the lady who gave my life more meaning and grace. Simply put, I guess she dropped the gold in me into the goldsmith's furnace to prepare one of the world's most treasured gems!  Adora and I met way back, in one of Nigeria's most reputable Universities, at Ibadan. She was an active member of one of the then largest campus fellowships, in the University of Ibadan (U.I). As destiny often shapes people's paths, her campus fellowship's office was newly located next door to my on-campus apartment: usually referred to as BQ (boy's quarters).  Our paths crossed on a warm afternoon, under the shades of the typical Indian almond trees which permeated the campus' BQs: you may want to think about Adam and Eve meeting in the Garden of Eden! She was visiting her fellowship's office, that memorable afternoon, and it all started with exchange of each other's harmless "hello†and "hiâ€. I immediately got attracted to her, as her personality impressed on me as a cute innocent lady who was sold-out to God; having sacrificed all the fun on campus! She was always dressed so simply: wearing absolutely no make-ups, always in skirts and wore just very moderate jewelries; if any at all.  From that moment on, my heart felt a deep need to see that she never regretted a day of her commitment to high moral standards and spiritual things: so, I offered myself as her friend who was going to be instrumental in rewarding her seeming years of sacrifice!  On Adora's mind, on the other hand, she had perceived me as shallow handsome "un-churched†lad who needed spiritual help; not knowing I was a man who loved God and was quite committed to His works too!  Thereafter, our attraction for each other grew swiftly and was epitomized by the words; "sacrifice†and "adventureâ€. I could do anything, at any time, to have her around me because her presence ignited my vision and brought me much peace: she was the most positive influence around me, through six years of friendship.  Guess what? We never did much of kissing nor caressing, not to even imagine sex; until after our wedding night!  Don't even start imagining how the "honey-moon†went because this story isn't about that explosive experience but about the much expected fruit of the effort, Ivana.  February 2009, after a DIY pregnancy strip test, our little foetus, Ivana, was confirmed on board!  My wife being pregnant, for me, was simply joy unspeakable. Like the saying goes, "your wife shall be like a fruitful vine in the very heart of your house, and your children like olive plantsâ€: what more could a Benedict demand? Thank God for His blessing!  Indeed every breed of joy needs to be "speak able†else it could be confused for null satisfaction! Adora for a moment could have thought I was not excited enough about having a baby, at the time Ivana was confirmed, until I convinced her otherwise! Perhaps she was expecting the kind of excitement we often saw on Mexican romantic soap operas? No, that was not it! We had discussed a great deal, while dating, about how many children we were trusting God to have and when we were going to start making babies.  I remembered we had planned for two lovely kids so that we could shower more than enough love and attention on them and definitely, we were not planning to geometrically increase the Nigerian populace of over 150 million people, at that time. Also, we had planned to start making babies a year after marriage because Adora was a virgin when we met and we had hoped a year of just 'knowing' each other would have made her more psychologically adapted to her new position, as a wife, before becoming a mother.  However, here was Ivana coming on barely two months into our marriage! My wife was 29 years when we got married: so after some prior medical advice gotten that it was safer for a woman to have her first baby before crossing the 30 year mark, I changed my mind about the pre-agreed one year sex-adventure before having babies. Anyway, I was now able to convince Adora that Ivana's conception was well anticipated.  Day after day, as Adora woke up, I hugged her warmly within my bosom and I pronounced blessings upon her and Ivana; our great gift from God.  We immediately registered for antenatal at one of Lagos' popular specialist hospitals. Her base line blood pressure, weight, blood level (PCV), and other medical tests, were taken and we were on appointment to visit the hospital fortnightly. Ivana's development was smooth. Tell you more; about the antenatal visits, what could be more intriguing? We definitely were the most romantic couple visiting the hospital. I wouldn't leave Adora for just a bit; I wanted to know all she was going through at the time and if it were possible, perhaps I would have borne our foetus for a few months! Just only very few months though!  Attending antenatal with Adora was not just about the quest for 'intriguing' knowledge but partly also because she could pass as being phlegmatic and I had to be her 'mouth-piece' before the doctors, to explain how she was feeling.  Our doctors admired us a lot, gave their support and did everything professionally advisable: they always comforted us knowing it was Adora's first pregnancy.  Actually, Adora didn't have much of the usual incessant nausea and mood swings that I read about, happening to some women, in some cases of first pregnancies; so for us, antenatal visits were just some other rituals we had to observe faithfully.  Talking about mandatory rituals, banking could be one hell of a job: my wife was a banker, in one of Nigeria's foremost banks!  Adora had been working as a banker, in the city of Ibadan, over two years, before we got married. Considering Ibadan being about 120km from Lagos, where our home was, we started working towards her transfer to Lagos. Fortunately, her transfer to a Lagos branch of the bank was granted, three months after our wedding.  Back here in Lagos, Nigeria, the game is termed survival of the swiftest. You really need to wake up early, to leave for the office every work-day, if you must make any impact in your organization: our day characteristically starts by 5 a.m. with the bleep of different alarms!  I often drove Adora to and from work; since I was boss of our company, I could manage my time more flexibly: she never needed a chauffeur! On the other hand, I strongly believe that the more time spent with loved ones augments bonding.  How better could a family bond when about 12 hours, of each work day, are constantly burnt at the office? Well, most people don't have better options. In some cases, they spend all their lives working to keep 'stomach' and 'soul' intact; at the expense of emotional gratification and marital bliss! For Adora, she immediately started making plans to leave the banking industry, after having Ivana.  Work for her seemed a bit stressful because she had to adapt to the new bank's branch and their modes of operation. Although our doctors always said her blood pressure was within normal levels, she had pedal-oedema (swollen feet) after work presumably because she sat for pretty long hours while working.  Our doctors never saw oedema as a big-deal but they always advised her to lift her legs while at the office to reduce the fluid deposit in her feet.  She did as the experts advised and we tried to relax a bit at night with movies after dinner before going to bed.  In some cases, when she complained about mild discomfort around her shoulder and waist, the soothing warmth of my massage would just do it for Adora!  A massive majority of people would often say "thank God it's Friday but I prefer saying "thank God it's yet another nightâ€! Nights were the best hours of every work day. You should understand what I mean. Wow! When the conditioned air from a split unit air conditioner smoothly glides over the warmth between two so in love people: hmm, thank God for nights!  Now it sure was count-down time as Ivana was growing pretty fast: she was about 34weeks old. Boy! Oh no sorry "man†I should say! The young lad of yesterday about becoming a father in just a few weeks: my' big-ups' to God because He's been faithful all along!  I remember, a cozy night, while Adora and I were still friends at the University of Ibadan. We were seated outside one of the post graduate hostels in the University of Ibadan as we talked and projected into the future.  Adora was quite reserved so I tried to help her open up better. I once told her a parable how a prince went on the quest searching for his one beloved princess who was only to be identified by him. The prince's special lady had a sacred mark of royalty which was identifiable only by the crown prince: this sacred mark of royalty was incised on the princess' tongue. So intriguing it was for the prince, after donkey long years of search, when he met this lovely lady who often talked little with gestures that hid her tongue from him, each time he came around her.  Adora asked inquisitively if the prince was finally able to identify the princess but rather than answer her straight, I softly responded by asking; "Do you think we'll get married in future or we'll just end up being friends for ever?†She paused for a bit and replied me: "friends for ever!† I had asked her one and the same question because to me marriage was actually a journey for people who wanted to be friends forever. I smiled back at her as we stared deeply into each other's eyes! Here we are, about six years after I popped that question, living happily under the same roof as a lovely couple; about to have our baby!  Sure, yet another night passed and the usual boring work day routine started running by. As my culture was, after work hours, I drove by to my love's office. Our drive back home was so much fun, as Adora and I feasted on her cold left-over pineapples. Amazingly, her feet did not look swollen and she was looking as gorgeous as ever: completely stress-free!  I usually teased her as my 'pregnant girl-friend' because to me, she didn't look differently at all from the time we were dating; the only change seemed to be her tummy which was now protruding!  Adora was more than a wife; she also was my finance manager: she structured our home financially. I remember she constrained me to save my first hundred thousand naira, way back before we got married. Of course, after then, I committed all money related issues to her.  Our company's cheques were constantly cleared at the bank she worked for. This night would not have been an exception for finance building: she tried persuading me into stopping by, on our way home, to pick up a client's cheque but like I suggested earlier, I wouldn't sacrifice my night with Adora for anything; not even a pending payment!  On getting home finally, she cuddled me on our couch as we had dinner watching the scenes of our make-sleep-night movie. I retired to our bedroom expecting much warmth from her that night while she went to have a shower.  Reminiscing on one other fad that makes nights really lovely? Dreams!  A dream is a succession of thoughts, images, sounds or emotions which the mind experiences during sleep. Some people typically dream, when they sleep, while some others claim they do not. A few people have really crazy dreams; like scary fantasies which come from the numerous activities they had during the day, before going to bed. On another side, some people really dream about things that would yet happen: you should know about popular 'Joseph-the-dreamer'. Well, whatever category you fall into; I dream!
I have had really great fantasies and realities in my dreams, in times past. Sometimes I simply see myself living extra-ordinarily, flying around town and meeting various people's needs (not exactly like the super-man character). However, most times when I really dream and remember my dreams, I see things which will definitely happen; except I find favour turning them other-wise, to suit my desire, in prayers!  Well this night was pretty remarkable or would I say scary? I seemed to be in a trance when I saw Adora walk into our room and heard her call out to me. Surely, it was not one of the numerous thoughts I had during the day that my thirty year-old Angel, pregnant with our most treasured gift from heaven, could experience any pregnancy related complication. Could I have been imagining that my joy of being a father may soon fade away?  Whatever it was, on hearing Adora's call, I sped out of our bedroom, got into the bathroom and saw Adora vomiting. Quite strange because, at first, I thought she was into her usual practice of compelling herself to vomit; to ease her system from regurgitating food. But on looking closely, this vomiting was not induced by her intentionally. So I held her carefully, wiped her face with water and helped her back to our bedroom. All she said with a bit of travail was "why me!†as we walked into our room.  Vomiting in pregnancy could be considered a normal symptom but Adora was way past 34 weeks in pregnancy so vomiting was not quite an expected symptom!  Moreover, all through her earlier trimesters of pregnancy, like I said before, she never really experienced such nausea. Could some medical expert explain this sudden occurrence of involuntary spasm, to expel food?  Well, I see the period of pregnancy to parturition, like the game of football when you neither celebrate nor let go your guards until after the last whistle has gone off!  Everything started happening so fast: she barely could talk to me when I asked how she was feeling. She tried to mutter words but the words came out like quiet babbling tongues of the Spirit which the Bible often tried to explain.  I started getting pretty scared as she was just muttering sounds. At this point, I saw myself praying in both known and "un-known†tongues, calling for my neighbors, and getting her dressed, after which we rushed her to the hospital: this was revealed to be about 11:45pm, Monday October 5, 2009.  The drive to the hospital seemed to be about 13 minutes, if this nightmare went differently, I would have said "thank God the roads were free from the usual Lagos, Nigeria trafficâ€!  My phone had never been busier within such short span. I rang my sister, as my neighbour drove us to the hospital to inform her about my ordeal. Just before I hung up, I was already dialing all the doctors I had a personal relationship with to ask if I could do any first-aid as we drove to the hospital: the best advise I got from one of my doctor friends was "don't worry, just get her to the hospital.† Soon enough, we arrived at the hospital and sought for immediate attention. Adora seemed to have gained so much weight, that I never noticed all these while until I saw three well-built young men struggling to lift her out of the car into the hospital.  Could this weight gain be genuine or is it just as a result of her unconscious state? I could remember lifting Adora and dancing all the way up the couple's podium on our wedding day. How come barely after nine months from our wedding, I and three other well-built men were struggling to lift her into the hospital?  Anyway, the medical team on duty had her blood pressure (BP) and protein levels checked as convulsion had already set in when we got to the hospital. Oh my goodness, the BP reading was said to be 190/110! How could that be possible? She's been fine all day; her BP had never been inconsistent from the normal; at least the doctors never raised any alarm. Does anyone have an idea what is going on?  I tried to relax for a moment as I monitored closely every step the doctor took: I could not entrust the life of my wife and baby to someone I had never seen all through Adora's antenatal visits.  The specialist hospital had quite a number of doctors who examined patients during antenatal but it was rather surprising that this night when the experts were mostly needed, no familiar face was on call!  I was beginning to get nervous. Persistently, I requested for a more familiar doctor to take over this emergency but the nurses assured me that this strange doctor on duty was competent enough. If you were in my shoes, what would you have done? Could there be a better option? Hmm! I settled for closely watching and praying!  One moment later, that syringe was tapped, and it was a dose of Diazepam, an anti-anxiety medication, thrust into her vein; thereafter, the doctor told me to go prepare for a C-Section by morning. I wondered what 'preparation' the doctor expected of me and why what needed to be done could not be done immediately: I started getting really agitated and requested for another doctor to handle her case. Unfortunately, there was no other doctor on duty that morning, about 12:20am, Tuesday October 6, 2009!  Have you ever been in a dream where you tried running and it just seemed your legs would not move or your strides were just too short? Well, here I was in that hospital; seeing Adora lying seemingly helpless! I persistently requested the 'specialist' hospital to get me a more familiar doctor's phone number but they just would not give any rather they assured me that the doct     |
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Close encounters of the Home Counties kind: Two 'alien aircraft' sightings in one week in 'UK's UFO hotspot'
By Charles Walford
Last updated at 4:16 PM on 17th January 2012 Article Source: LINK
They hover in close formation against the backdrop of a cloudy Kent sky.
The two mysterious bright lights were photographed on January 6 floating over Chatham.
Less than a week later four similar lights were seen over Essex, shining brightly against the dawn.
The remarkable sightings were made just 30 miles apart in an area now dubbed the country's UFO hotspot.
The first image was captured by Ernestas Griksas, 21, who was taking a picture of a cherry-picker outside his home in Chatham at around 1pm.
Unexplained: These two bright discs were seen over Chatham in Kent on January 6
When he looked at the image afterwards he saw the bright disc-shaped objects.
He told the Sun: 'There are two white discs I can't explain. I'm nowhere near a flightpath. One is slightly fainter as if it is further away or going at a different speed.'
The second sighting came last Friday at 7am when car salesman Josh Cummins spotted four bright objects in the sky as he drove to work through Loughton, in Essex.
Mr Cummins, 21, told the newspaper: 'I nearly crashed. I stopped to take this picture with my mobile. It was like the UFOs were surfing the clouds. They were there for 15 seconds then vanished.
'I wasn't a believer in UFOs but this made me think again.'
UFO fanatics will no doubt lay claim to the sightings as evidence to support their theories of alien life.
Expert Nick Pope said: 'Assuming the images are genuine, they're interesting, though the smaller objects (in the first picture) weren't seen at the time, which raises the possibility of some glitch with the camera.
'As for the large one, I'm not sure. It might be some sort of atmospheric plasma phenomenon, but it's difficult to say.
He added: 'The South-East does seem to be a hotspot at present. I'm not sure why.
'One possibility is that it's a self-fulfilling prophesy, where one media report smokes out more from the same area.
'Another is that it's a consequence of population density as there are more potential witnesses if there's anything odd in the sky.'
Both sightings were about 75 miles, as the crow flies, from Rendlesham Forest, in Suffolk, which became known as the UK's Roswell after a group of servicemen went into the forest to investigate some mysterious lights and came out convinced they had seen seen an alien spacecraft.
Meanwhile, TV presenter Chris Evans reported an unexplained sighting yesterday.
He tweeted: 'Approx 40 mins ago went out to walk the dog. Something passed overhead - alight, too low for a shooting star and then disappeared. Berkshire.'
He added: 'Looked too fast for a Chinese Lantern. Hope it was something exciting.'
Sightings of strange objects in the sky are often explained away as aircraft, reflections in camera lenses, satellites, flares and ball lightning, among other phenonmena.


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I just installed a 10" undermount sink- used to have a 8" above. Nice surprise when I figured out the drain line was too high.
I am planning on cutting open the wall to lower the drain in the main line.
Couple questions:
Currently the main drain travels 24" horizontally connected with a Tee at the 2" main line. That 2" pipe is vented to the roof. Is that vented correctly?
Can I just open that line and do the same thing lowering it to the appropriate height? Is the Tee creating a vent? Can I use a Fernco Quick Tee to make the new connection? The line is galvanized pipe.
Do I need to slop the horizontal line downward toward the main line?
I attached a photo when the wall was open. Of course now it is all drywalled and has a nice cabinet in front.
Cut the T out with enough pipe beneath and above to allow for a stub to be glued into a pvc (or abs, whatever is generally used in your area) to a sanitary T (I can never remember if that must be a sanitary T or a wye - since above is a vent, I think a sanitary T is okay), not a t like is there now, and a stub above then use nohub connectors to reattach that new assembly that you cut out. The pipe coming up from below is likely a revent from something below (maybe the laundry or a sink in the basement?). Note that, depending on what's above, once you cut the pipe, it might move. To ensure that doesn't happen, you might want to install a hanger brace.
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Responsive Designs 101 – The Future of the Web is Responsive
What is a responsive design?
What comes to your mind when you hear about responsive designs? To some of us it may seem like a design that interacts with the user/visitor of the site or perhaps a design that responds or talks. (Do they literally talk? ).
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Responsive design involves the creation of a single website that automatically adjusts to the user's needs and the device they are using.
Proliferation of responsive design started when majority of website visitors started using mobile devices to access websites. Different screen resolutions fromdifferent mobile device manufacturers urge web developers to implement responsivedesign.
Being an HTML/CSS developer, I have been coding websites using a fixed width layout that are not compatible with mobile and the result is poor. Thanks to the continuous enhancement of css3 and html5 that supports these devices nowadays. With the help of the code snippets available throughout the web, I am now able to code sites that are useful for mobile devices user. Here are few of the examples:
The @media screen is used for declaring different media devices such as mobile. While the attribute max-width: 320px tells the code to NOT display the sidebar if it detects a 320 pixel screen resolution.
The best responsive design free code that I use a lot came from this site: http://www.getskeleton.com. They provide the base css and the base structure for your website to start with. You can download the files from their site.
Get Skeleton
Skeleton's base grid is a variation of the 960 grid system. The syntax is simple and it's effective cross browser, but the awesome part is that it also has the flexibility to go mobile like a champ.
It also has a small collection of CSS files that can help you rapidly develop sites that look beautiful at any size, be it a 17" laptop screen or an iPhone. Skeleton is built on three core principles:
Responsive Grid Down to Mobile, Fast to Start and Style Agnostic. For more information about these principles, please visit their website at: http://www.getskeleton.com
One of the examples of a responsive design that uses skeleton framework is: http://www.eleventhedition.com
Why would I implement responsive design?
You should implement responsive design with your html and css codes because of its flexibility in terms of mobile screen. Since the majority of web visitors use mobile devices such as IPad, Samsung Tab, IPhone etc. using this technology could benefit both the developer and the user.
"We're just now starting to think about mobile first and desktop second for a lot of our products." -Kate Aronowitz, Design Director Facebook
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A Quick Look at Chandler
Someone on the Seattle Linux List asked about Groupware and the usual suspects were suggested. One, however, I didn't know anything about. It is called Chandler. I figured it was worth looking at.
The main thing that makes it different is its approach. One clue is the subtitle on the web page is A notebook you can organize, back up and share!. The traditional way that groupware suites work is that they are one place where you put a whole bunch of different things but each type of thing (appointment, to-do, ...) has a separate cubbyhole. That means you first think about what you have and then put it in the appropriate place.
Chandler encourages you to think about your things first, get them scribbled down and then organize them. To make this effective, of course, the organizational step needs to be logical and easy. Well, it is. They is no problem, for example, putting an existing note into multiple lists and/or multiple types of lists.
Sharing is also easy and can be done after the fact. The obvious question, of course, is what if the people I want to share things with don't run/don't want to run Chandler? Well, no problem. You get a couple of URLs for things you share. One is for read-only access and the other for read/write. Thus, you can share with anyone who has a web browser.
If this sounds interesting, I suggest you just download it and try it. It is a GUI client written in Python that seems to just work. As for sharing, there is a free to use share server (which also acts as a backup system for you) that only requires you to create a login. But, if that scares you, you can also set up your own server.
Am I convinced it is the greatest thing since sliced bread? Not yet but I might be. To me the competition is the amazing collection of tools that Google is offering. Today, Chandler does more but it is hard to say whether a year from now, Google will also do it all.
Phil Hughes
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I've been following chandler for awhile. About a year ago I ran across a book detailing the challenges and miss-steps that were met during the development of Chandler.
If I remember right the book left off at the release of version 0.6 or 0.7.
Title Dreaming in Code
Quite an interesting book for anyone interested in software development. It also did a nice job of telling the personel stories of those working within the team.
Glad to see they made a 1.0 release, it's an ambitious project.
As I continue to use Chandler I have one problem. I am trying to organize all too many things. While creating collections is clearly the first step, I am finding that I want hierarchical collections.
Specifically, I am trying to organize what I need to do and what "we" need to do for the CoolTop project. I am not trying to organize the normal sub-projects, I am doing that with TaskJuggler. But, for example, I personally am working on the pressure water system and the VSAT system (and those are just two of about 10 things).
The pressure water system has electrical stuff first to buy and then to do, a cement pad needs to be made to mount the pump, holes made in a brick wall, pipes run, ... The VSAT stuff includes getting an account problem fixed, deciding where to locate the receiver (which probably means building an enclosure), deciding where to put the wireless LAN radio, installing an antenna, getting power to the location, ... .
If I create new collections for each project I will quickly lose the ability to see the big picture. But, if I just descibe these sub-tasks within one entry for each task then I will miss the "these are all buying things in town" items even though they might be in different tasks.
This problem is not unique to Chandler--it is actually something I have been trying to solve with an assortment of tools for a long time. Chandler is not any worse at this than anything else I have tried. Maybe I am missing an obvious solution with Chandler or with something else.
Phil Hughes
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Another meeting between the Longboat Key Fire Rescue union and the town's labor attorney did nothing to bring either side closer to a contract that's suitable for both parties.
For the third meeting in a row, labor attorney Reynolds Allen, of Allen, Norton & Blue, told firefighters the town is in no position to offer them raises in the first year of a three-year contract.
And, for the third meeting in a row, firefighters voiced displeasure with that claim.
The town is offering a new three-year contract — from Oct. 1, 2009, through Sept. 20, 2012 — that denies the firefighters cost-of-living and step increases for at least the first year of the contract.
"We are, for the most part, proposing to keep the contract the same as it is," Allen said. "And the union made a counter proposal that includes $750,000 in new money over a three-year contract."
The firefighters want 5% cost-of-living allowance increases in years two and three of the contract, eligibility of wage increases and the creation of a retirement health-savings plan that allows participants to access 100% of their balance when they leave.
Allen said he went over the firefighter proposal with the Town Commission, and they found it unacceptable.
"We tried to make it clear we are not willing to spend money in the first year of this contract," Allen said.
"That position has not changed."
The town, however, is looking into a firefighter proposal that would amend the firefighter pension plan, allowing eligible participants to retire after 20 years of service at any age or 10 years of service and age 55.
Keith Tanner, a firefighter-paramedic and district vice president for the Longboat Key District of International Association of Firefighters, said decreasing the eligible retirement age from 25 years to 20 years and creating the health-savings plan will help save the town almost $700,000 over the course of the three-year contract and close to $2 million over a 10-year period.
"With this proposal, what the town will save on pension costs alone will more than adequately give us what we're asking for, and, in turn, bring us up to par to the departments in this area," Tanner said.
Allen confirmed that Finance Director Tom Kelley and the town's pension actuary are reviewing the pension proposal.
"If those numbers are correct, then we have something to talk about," Allen said.
But Allen refused to budge on raises, even after the firefighters disputed the town's current financial status.
"The town wants to decrease millage rates at the expense of $300,000 worth of raises and cost-of-living allowances," said firefighter-paramedic Jeff Bullock. "I don't see where the town likes me anymore as an employee."
Tanner agreed.
"The town has money," said Tanner, referring to the town's $4.7 million in reserves. "But the town tells us we have no money, and then the commission gets together and lowers the millage rate."
Allen, however, insinuated that the firefighters should be happy that they still have jobs and are not being forced to take a pay cut.
"The bottom line is whether the town has the money or not. It's obvious financials are not like they once were," said Allen, who pointed out that the city of Fort Myers just laid off 17 firefighters. "We are not proposing to you nearly as severe of an activity as many other communities are."
But the firefighters were concerned with the town's actions.
"All I can say is it's a slap in the face to us when the town's unreserved fund balance goes up, and the commission lowers the millage rate," Tanner said.
If the town and the union cannot agree on a contract, one side would declare an impasse, at which time a special magistrate would review both proposals and make a decision that's not legally binding, essentially bringing both sides back to the table for future negotiations.
The fire department's current contract expired May 31, which means the department continues to operate on the status quo on a month-to-month basis until a new contract is reached.
In the town's current contract, a Longboat Key firefighter paramedic's top salary is $76,643, and the entry-level salary is $51,309.
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Watch Commencement on the Web!The Graduate Commencement ceremony will be webcast at www.ustream.tv/channel/arcadia-university-2013-graduate-commencement. The webcast will begin at 5 p.m., EST on Thursday, May 17. The ceremony will be archived and available for viewing after the ceremony has ended as well.
Elaine Thompson, Ph.D., president and CEO of Lakeland Regional Health Systems in Lakeland, Fla., will address degree candidates at Arcadia University's graduate Commencement ceremony. More.
Commencement attire includes a cap, gown, hood and tassel. Academic attire must be returned after Commencement (keep the tassel) to the Great Room in the Commons.
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Commencement begins promptly at 5 p.m. Graduates are to check-in beginning at 3:00 p.m. in the Commons, Second Floor. ONLY graduates should be on the second floor of the Commons before Commencement. Please direct family and friends to seating areas.
DiplomasDiplomas for students whose degree will be conferred on May 16, 2013 can be picked up after the Commencement Ceremony in the Great Room of the Commons where academic attire is returned.
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Guests with disability parking passes will be directed to special parking areas after entering campus. Golf carts will be available to take guests to seating area if needed.
Family members and guests can arrive on campus beginning at 3:00 p.m. Weather permitting, the ceremony will be held on Haber Green (#33 on the Campus Map). In case of severe weather, the ceremony will be held in the Kuch Center Alumni Gymnasium. The decision regarding location may be made as late as the day of the ceremony. Please check www.arcadia.edu for updates.
All graduates are given three yellow tickets. These tickets will be packed inside your academic attire at the time of pick up. Yellow tickets allow indoor seating. Tickets are not needed for outdoor seating. If severe weather forces the ceremony inside, those with yellow tickets are allowed seating in the gym. Those without tickets can watch a simulcast of the ceremony in locations to be announced.
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The Clearfield Volunteer Fair & Park Board Directors, Clearfield County Fair Queen Leah Carr & her family and members of the Clearfield County Fair Queen Committee attended the 197th Pennsylvania State Fair Convention held Jan. 21-24 in Hershey.
The convention offers many educational and informational seminars and discussions as well as being the host of the 23rd Annual Pennsylvania State Fair Queen Competition.
Leah Carr was one of 53 Fair Queens vying for the State Title. All 53 contestants submitted a written essay, "What My Fair Means to Me,'; presented a speech telling people why they should come to their fair; and had a one on one interview with the Judges.
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Sinners go to: HELL. Julia Scheeres stumbles across these signs along the side of a cornfield while out biking with her adopted brother, David. It's the mid-1980s, they're sixteen years old and have just moved to rural Indiana, a landscape of cottonwood trees and trailer parks — and a racism neither of them is prepared for. While Julia is white, her close relationship with David, who is black, makes them both outcasts. At home, a distant mother — more involved with her church's missionaries than with her own children — and a violent father only compound their problems. When the day comes that high-school hormones, bullying, and a deep-seated restlessness prove too much to bear, the parents send Julia and David to the Dominican Republic — to a reform school there. In this riveting memoir, first-time author Scheeres takes us with her from the Midwest to a place beyond our imagining. Surrounded by natural beauty, the Escuela Caribe is governed by a disciplinary regime that demands its teens repent for their sins under boot-camp conditions. Julia and David's determination to make it through with heart and soul intact is told here with immediacy, candor, sparkling humor, and not a note of malice. Review:"It is Scheeres's high emotion and her tight control of her narrative within that emotion that is most striking. Her anger serves her well: it is focused, justified and without a trace of self-pity." New York Times
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