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Last week, Jars of Clay performed at a music festival in Australia. As part of the programming of the event, the festival offered various breakout sessions and panel discussions on a host of topics that might be interesting to the festival attendees. I was invited to sit on a panel discussion about moral behavior and the church. The question we were presented was, "Does the western church's focus on moral behavior undermine the church's ability to love?"
On one side of me sat the head of a lobbying group that fought against the legalization of gay marriage in Australia. On the other side of me was a Christian street evangelist. I was immediately aware that I had not given much attention to the dialogue about gay rights. I knew it was a focal topic for many people in the church, and that it was a major issue in the growing partisanship of American politics, I just had not had the opportunity to think about it much.
During the panel discussion, the question was asked of the lobbyist, "Why not legalize gay marriage?" His response sparked my curiosity. He said that gay marriage was a slippery slope into other forms of marriage ie: polygamy, marriage to animals, etc. He also said that it was harmful to children to be forced into a situation without a father, or without a mother. He also spoke of the sanctity of the traditional marriage model and how it could be diminished.
It was a lively conversation, and in the end, I don't think we reached much of an answer to the question of moral behavior and the church. I did walk away with quite a lot to think about. I had so many questions about gay marriage. With so many angles to consider and so many layers to unfold, it was overwhelming, and so I did what most people do, I got distracted and forgot about it.
Two days later, I was on an international flight traveling back to the U.S. I should have been sleeping, but the time reversal's effect on my body kept me awake, and so I caught up on a few movies. The one that stirred my soul, more than Anchorman 2 or American Hustle was 12 Years a Slave.
The film had such incredible storytelling and superb acting that gave faces and souls to the men, women and children trapped in slavery. The thing that continued to swirl around my mind was a scene when one of the slave owners was quoting scripture to slaves. He was using the words to drive home a point about his supremacy over the slaves, and the wrath they would face if they were disobedient.
He was mis-using scripture to back up his acts of oppression toward another human. He was using scripture to back up his idea that slaves were less than human, and so should not be given the rights of humans.
I would not say that the issues of slavery, which are tied to color and race, clearly mirror the issues of gay rights. But for some reason, all the questions I had surrounding gay marriage came rushing back.
I sat on the plane and thought about the hard questions I would have to ask myself in order to find my way toward a healthy dialogue about gay rights. If gay men and women were being oppressed, not having an opinion in the matter seemed equal to the acceptance of systemic racism by way of silence. The common quote, "What is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing" came to mind.
Having grown up in the Christian church, I have observed and perpetrated many acts that originated out of fear. In my career as an artist, musician, and storyteller, I have attempted to illuminate fear-based behavior in the church.
I have attempted to provide questions that could lead to a more love based approach. This has meant taking a careful and often critical view of contemporary church behavior and culture. At times this has led me to unproductive and unfair assessments of the church culture. Other times, it has helped me navigate around unhealthy environments and practices that could have caused me to hurt people.
I wanted to figure out if I had a blind spot. Was I buying into a form of oppression?
Or does the legalization of gay marriage actually undermine traditional marriage and the biblical view of how we are called to live our lives?
So… yes, the implications and applications of answers to these hard questions are staggeringly important. And my engagement of the issue of just under 3 days left me very under equipped to answer my own questions.
So that was the background and motivation behind my latest Twitter conversation.
Why Twitter? Like most people who use it, I have found that 140 characters is incredibly limiting. I have to constantly re-sculpt and re-fashion my words. I am constantly chopping and simplifying my statements… and for that very reason, it keeps me and others from just vomiting opinions into the middle of the conversation.
I have liked the limitations because some people, me included, like to write doctoral dissertations that cannot possibly be helpful in a live and organic dialogue about an issue. The format is quick, and it is inclusive. It is also the only space I know with such a vast collection of different people with different perspectives.
Now, the draw back to Twitter as a discussion format is that it is sometimes hard to find the nuance in a persons post. And in my case, I think I'm communicating one thing, but what comes out is entirely different…. In my haste to get the next idea out, I wrote things that were unnecessarily combative.
For example, In my latest conversation on Twitter, I knew that the immediate response to questions about the gay community would be about whether gay sex was wrong or right. I do think this is a part of the issue, but I wanted to talk about other areas, and having just been on a panel discussing the ways the church's focus on moral behavior undermines its ability to love, I didn't want to get stuck on the "moral right or wrong" part and stall any ability to talk about other aspects of the issue. So I wrote:
"It is perhaps less important to know what is "right and wrong" morally speaking, than to know how to act toward those we consider "wrong."
"I don't particularly care about Scriptures stance on what is "wrong." I care more about how it says we should treat people."
In the heat of discussion, I communicated poorly and thus unintentionally wrote that I did not care about what scripture said. Thus, the tsunami hit. It was picked up by bloggers and written into editorials before I could blink. And rightly so, people were shocked and offended by my statement dismissing the value of scripture. I got it. And possibly, I got what that combination of statements warranted for response. I should've chosen my words more wisely.
I care about what scripture says. It matters.
The second round of poorly chosen words surrounded the clarity of scripture. I was trying to communicate that although we often say, "Scripture is clear about this or that," the very fact that so many people disagree or have alternate perspectives or interpretations of scripture, means that we have to move beyond simply quoting a scripture to prove our point. We have to dig into the scripture and help translate it and offer context. Simply quoting a scripture can stall out a good honest dialogue.
But what I wrote was:
"Never liked the phrase: "Scripture clearly says…(blank) about…"
Because most people read and interpret scripture wrong, I don't think scripture "clearly" states much of anything regarding morality."
Yeah…. That was definitely not my intended point. This was also met with a great amount of negative feedback.
So, that said, Twitter is a great place to share selfies and a horrible forum for discussions and a bad place to communicate under the fog of jetleg...which leads me to this:
In my questions and dialogue with people on Twitter, it became evident that the issue I had chosen to discuss was far too personal, nuanced, and deeply connected to faith and our human condition to honor the amount of wrestling that others have done on this topic. And though they were my questions and it was a dialogue provoked by me, it bled into the Jars of Clay world, and my other band mates felt people's dismay, frustration and the projection of my views and ideas back on to them. It is not theirs to shoulder.
It was a poor choice of venue on my part. I chose some of my words poorly. And I was unable to moderate the conversation in such a way that it kept everyone's views with a shared validity and civility as I had hoped. And so, I am not going to continue the conversation on that forum. I do apologize for causing such a negative stir.
In the coming days, I will begin posting some questions on my blog (www.danhaseltine.com, and even doing some interviews around this topic, as I believe there can be healthy dialogue and better understanding even if there is not shared agreement. I am dedicated to being a life long learner. With a full heart- Dan


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"We're working with Congress to prevent that."
The programs in question are the USDA Agricultural Research Service Pest and Disease Research and USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture Potato Breeding Research.
Both programs have received funding from Congress for more than two decades.
Keeling said the ARS program received $1.4 million in 2011, while the NIFA program received $1.35 million.
"Three million a year is not a ton of money, but it's a private-public partnership," said Mark Szymanski, the potato council's director of public relations.
"There's leverage of other dollars. We're talking about nearly a one-to-one match."
The ARS uses funds to partner with state governments for research initiatives that address potato diseases, pests, marketing issues and postharvest disorders.
The breeding program strives to improve the efficiency and quality of U.S. potato production.
From 1991-2006, the federal government invested $23.5 million in the breeding program, while state governments and private investments totaled $22 million.
Keeling said there is reason to hope that members of Congress will be willing to listen because researchers — and ultimately growers — in 18 states benefit from federal funding for the breeding program.
"It could make a difference in whether or not they have a research program," Keeling said of the cuts proposed by the Obama administration.
Farm bill
Those potential budget cuts are not the council's only funding issue of concern.
The 2008 farm bill will expire in September.
If Congress does not pass a 2012 farm bill prior to expiration of the current law and merely extends the 2008 farm bill, several specialty crop issues will lose baseline funding, including the Specialty Crop Research Initiative.
Keeling said that program has been worth $14.7 million to the potato industry during the past four years, providing funds to address issues such as zebra chip, acrylamide and potato virus Y.
"That's a lot of money for the potato industry," Keeling said. "That's been important for us."

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AKWESASNE — Beverly Cook is the newest chief of the St. Regis Mohawk Tribal Council after election officials dismissed challenges to the July 13 special election.
A date for a swearing-in ceremony has not been announced, but Cook will begin her three-year term shortly, according to a news release from the Tribal Council.
Four appeals were filed challenging the outcome of that special election, which had been called after an appeal was upheld of the June 1 election results for chief and sub-chief.
The unofficial vote totals on June 1 had incumbent Chief Randy Hart receiving 436 write-in votes compared to 376 for Cook, 109 for Gary Cole and 47 for Gerald Laughing.
Incumbent Sub-Chief Shelley Jacobs was also the unofficial winner on June 1, when she tallied 434 votes compared to 297 for Debra Martin, 174 for Andrew Cook and 47 for Jolene Jackson.
An investigation by the Tribal Election Board determined that there were irregularities in the June 1 voting and deemed the results null and void.
The board then ordered the special election held with the same slate of candidates on the ballot.
This time, on July 13, Beverly Cook was the top vote-getter with 477, compared to 22 votes for Cole and 451 write-in votes for Hart. Jacobs received 416 votes for sub-chief compared to 366 for Martin, 120 for Andrew Cook and 15 for Jackson.
Election officials said this week that four appeals were made to the July 13 results, and hearings were held for each appeal to be heard and weighed by Election Board members.
"Each appellant was given the opportunity to meet with the Election Board to discuss their appeal," the release said.
In a final report issued by the board, the members determined that each claim was either "wholly inaccurate" and dismissed or did not prove there was a violation of the community's voting ordinance, the release states.
The full report is available at www.srmt-nsn.gov.
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Actress Teri Hatcher welcomes us into her colorful and glamorous, but laid-back home
By Sherise Dorf
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Teri Hatcher, perhaps best known for playing Lois Lane in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, faced the same challenge most Angelenos do when looking for a suitable house in a tight market. The difficult search for something practical but pretty was complicated by her commutes between Los Angeles and New York for film and television work—including a deal to develop a new sitcom with ABC.
Hatcher chills out on the custom upholstered banquette that replaces a massive oak bar in the once-dark family room. Designer Leslie Sachs yanked down heavy drapes, and the light came through! Linen Roman shades replace them. | "I'd gone through a long period of looking, and I'd given up," she says. "In fact, I wasn't even working with a realtor anymore. But one day I was driving home from yoga, and I saw an open house sign. On a whim, I decided to look." Hatcher was immediately drawn to the layout and structure of the 1970s trilevel, which reminded her of the Brady Bunch house, with the living spaces on the first level and three of the four bedrooms on the second. "The people who built the house had lived there for 35 years," she explains, "and it was so apparent that they cared about their home. But it was very decorated—sort of heavy and dark and kind of English. It was heartbreaking [to remove this decoration], because the workmanship was wonderful, and the materials were so obviously expensive. But I wanted to be in something that felt more like me." That's why Hatcher speed-dialed interior designer Leslie Sachs, a longtime friend, whose taste and style she'd always admired. "I said, 'Can you get over here right away, because I'm about to make an offer?' " she laughs. |
Ginger silk walls, Indian silk draperies, 1940s-era chairs, and a goatskin parchment table create a bold dining space. White paint brightens the kitchen's original brick, and red lacquer updates dark, oak cabinets. | Sachs arrived on the scene, where Hatcher put her intentions on the line: "Teri said, 'Your word is going to be it. If you think I'm crazy, tell me, and I won't buy it,' " she remembers. At that point, the designer had to "shift gears, because it was very different from what I'd imagined for Teri." Sachs toured "the beautiful property, the gorgeous koi pond, the swimming pool," and the 4,000-square-foot house itself, which convinced her that the original owner had "some vision when he built it, but then lost it in the '80s." The designer could distinguish the good architectural bones of the house, even though they were cloaked in heavy window treatments, extensive oak, extraneous wainscoting and moldings, a pink carpet, and stained glass. That would all have to go. While Sachs recognized that her own ideas were "high style," she also knew her friend well. Sachs understood that, although it would be important to give Hatcher a house that was "a bit out of the ordinary," the result would also have to be toned down—"approachable and warm and suitable for her [five-year-old daughter, Emerson]. Teri is an incredibly committed mom." |
Hatcher bought the house and turned over the keys, and the designer launched into removing heavy ornamentation from a house that was essentially in good shape. "It's unusual to find a house that you don't have to gut," Sachs says. "In this case, it was all about getting rid of the extras and then choosing the right materials."
The designer "contemporized" the master bedroom with color and clean-lined furniture. Hatcher and her designer, Leslie Sachs, are longtime friends. The staircase, which Sachs designed for drama in the entry, leads up to the living room. | All over the house, she stripped the detail-heavy oak doors and stained them dark to match the newly installed ebony-stained white oak floors. She peeled away parquet floors and uncovered terrazzo—an experience she likens to "finding candy," because the terrazzo was "in great shape, which gave me such joy." Textured ceilings were resurfaced and skim-coated, as were all of the walls. In the family room, a heavy oak bar "straight out of Cheers," Sachs says, was replaced by an upholstered corner banquette for informal meals, art projects, games, and cozy conversations. Sachs let the structure influence the interior design, "yet within that dictate, I love color, texture, fabric. Here, I used an eclectic mix of period furnishings." The very grown-up living room has a dramatic ebony-stained staircase. Chinese red-lacquered cabinets and playful copper mosaic tiles have transformed a dark kitchen; Ginger silk walls updated the dining room; and various shades of calming purple paint color every bedroom. "Look at the result," says Hatcher. "It's happy and warm...I live in a house that makes me feel like I'm on vacation. It's definitely the nicest house I've ever lived in." |
Teri's Favorites
1. Hatcher loves the house's "approachable and warm style." Even the sophisticated living and dining rooms aren't off-limits to her five-year-old daughter's sleepover guests. "My friends think I'm crazy, but it's a house, not a museum," she says.
2. Cool colors jazz up every space. "Earlier in life, I'd have picked white," Hatcher says. "You tell people you're painting the kitchen red, and their jaws drop, but look at the result: It's happy...."
3. Flea markets and garage sales are Hatcher's happy hunting grounds. Among her finds: a cane-back Danish chair, Fiestaware, a black lacquer tray, Dorothy Thorpe containers, a wooden credenza.


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text: Latest Post: Started By: Rank: Category 2016: Obama's AmericaPersonally I'm not much into political based documentaries but this film seems to be garnering as much attention as anything Michael Moore has put out. What's your opinion on the politics of the film? The author? How the film itself was done and looks? Member CommentsOhwiseoneIts funny that all these right-wing wannabes trash Obama when the whole world hated W and his daddy Dick ! They were relieved enough that they gave Obama a nobel just for getting elected ! If the rest of the world can see the forest dispite the trees why are these republidroids so incredibly blind ? Posted 159 days ago. Kunectdots"Martial Law: Obama Confiscates National Guard Helicopters From All 50 States" h ttp://wealthydebates.c om/martial-law-obama-confiscates-national-guard-helicopters-50-states/ Posted 285 days ago. rocker"I'll agree 100% Obama is a failure as a leader for the most part." You got that right asknot! Posted 308 days ago. rockeroneill, if the left wing fibbers in the media like nbc, cbs, abc, and pmsnbc would tell the truth obamas butt would of been sent down the road kicking cans a long time ago! Those nations in the far east are asking everyone for help now so it hasn't got much to do with scientific knowledge They need more eyes in the sky ya know. Posted 308 days ago. IthinkYes, myth. Russia will love a weak impotent USA. Maybe you haven't noticed. It is Russia who is blustering, not the right. I cringe when I think of the weaklings in control of our security since obama took over. Hagle, Kerry, obama, Clinton, Holder,et al. UGH!!! Eternal climate change and golf wackos YUK Posted 309 days ago. dontunderstandWait until after the election I'll have more flexibility. Defense missile systems or what is happening in these past few weeks? Ask yourself that question. Posted 311 days ago. mythravereRussia could be a danger to us. Its all in how we play it. Start posturing and making threats plus building the military up to take them on...would it be surprising to anyone that they would not choose to like us because of that? But then again. I think a lot of the bluster on such subjects from the right is because they get off on having an adversary to go up against. Of course a lot of the rightwing politicians have defense contractor lobbyists and defense industries in their districts. Companies like that need conflict to stay in business. Posted 321 days ago. mythravereThe president is really just a head piece for this nation. I feel the reason we aren't respected is because we are a nation of hypocrites and two faced schmucks and....have you seen the government lately? Clown show anyone? All of them. Other nations see that. Posted 321 days ago. IthinkIt is not good for the security of our country when the leaders of strong foreign countries have no respect for the president of the USA. Doesn'r worry obama though. He is off to the Keys on another vacation. I do make fun of obama's policies . But they are so dangerous . it is scary, not funny. Palin is made fun of by the dems and media. At least she knows how to pronounce corps, how to spell respect, how many states we have, and that Russia is a danger to us. You probably don't know about any of thos things. Google, don't ask me to look up easily found gaffes for you. Posted 321 days ago. Kendall78"Do you have a problem with Putin doing that? Do you support Putin doing that?" Oh myth...it's ok when a Far Righty makes fun of Obama...they are American. Some Russkie could say the exact word for word insult and it would be wrong then. Posted 323 days ago. Kendall78Yeah..talking to a bunch of young people at an unimportant meeting and making a momentary comment is so hostile and demeaning.Heck, if the translator evn got it right. He stumbled early in the beginning, right where the audience chuckled. Posted 323 days ago. mythravereFor what its worth I'm just glad a Republican isn't in office. We'd probably already be at war. Posted 324 days ago. mythravereLet me interject here a moment on the aspect of Obama being made fun of. The right has made the act of making fun of Obama a sport for themselves. Do you have a problem with Putin doing that? Do you support Putin doing that? Posted 324 days ago. Ithinkh ttp://w ww.youtube.c om/watch?v=4SoH4MVkh9w "Putin makes fun of Obama and the Syrian attack on G20 " Search for sites if you want to know. h ttp://w ww.rushlimbaugh.c om/daily/2014/03/03/putin_makes_a_fool_of_obama_and_the_drive_bys_are_nervous_about_it Posted 324 days ago. IthinkThe ship itself is military equipment and we have no idea what all was on board. And Putin makes fun of obama. Weakness has no benefits. Posted 324 days ago. mythravereI will tell you this luvthesouth. I get the expres feeling that ol Putin is on the path to restoring the Soviet Union...by force if need be. That being said I wont be surprised if we find ourselves in another cold war in the not too distant future. I'm not worried though. I know for a fact we got weapons systems up our sleeves that are rather sly. One was reportedly used in the Kosovo conflict and hasn't been seen since. An EMP bomb. So who knows what else is out there. Posted 324 days ago. mythravereTrue luvthesouth. But to be honest I'm not really dismissive about the spy ship. I'm not alarmed either. Being a student of military history....things like this aren't much of surprise to me. I think a lot of what went on in the Cold War between Russia and us is below the majority of peoples radar. Take for example the cases were American aircraft were shot down by the Soviets back then. 75 airmen lost their lives in those incidents. If that didn't lead to war...well that tells me theres a lot leeway in the business between our two countries. A war between us would be ruinous to a large swath of the world. So the game is played if you know what I mean. Posted 324 days ago. Kendall78That is why I said "when" Ithink. You can keep your yellow till then. Posted 325 days ago. IthinkGosh,Kendall, I'll bet that Russian spokeswoman is almost as good as our own truthful Susan Rice. Posted 325 days ago. Post a Comment |


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TUNICA, Miss. — Paced by the consistent play of four golfers, the Lee University women's golf team will take a one-stroke lead into the final round of the Gulf South Conference Championship being held at the Tunica National (Miss.) Golf Club.
"I'm pleased with our round today," said coach John Maupin after Monday's play. "It was a solid effort from our team. We got off to a slow start, but rebounded well and turned in a good score.
"I thought we showed a lot of firepower out there, with eight birdies and three eagles," he proclaimed. "Obviously that means we were hitting some really good shots.
"By the same token, we also gave away a few easy shots and we'll look to get those back tomorrow. We will be playing with two great teams on Tuesday (West Florida and West Georgia). We are looking forward to the opportunity."
The Lady Flames tallied a 305 and hold a one-stroke margin over West Florida (306) and five strokes over West Georgia (310). Seven teams are taking part in the 36-hole event.
Sophomore Bernadette Little set the pace for Lee. As coach Maupin explained, she started slow on the front (41) but came in with a 34 and the 3-over par 75 total. One of the highlights of the day was an eagle by the lefty on the par 4, No. 5 hole. She holed out her second shot from some 130-yards out.
Freshman Cori Burns joined the eagle club by knocking in a 30-foot putt for a 3 on the par 5, No. 3 hole. Burns finished with a 4-over 76. Senior Courtney Shelton and junior Madison Alexander rounded out the Lee scores that counted. Each tallied a 77 on the 5,816-yard course.
The final eagle was registered by junior Callie Kitchens. She put a second shot within 10 feet of the cup and converted the putt for a 3. Kitchens finished the day with an 82.
Shorter's Pauline Schopp (71) is the leader in the medalist competition. Little is in a group of three tied for second. West Florida's Aimee Paterson and West Georgia's Lola Uribe Astolfi also came in at 75. Burns and West Florida's Camila Sevilano are deadlocked for fifth, while Shelton and Alexander are tied with three others for seventh.
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TUNICA, Miss. — After getting off to a slow start in an extremely fast field, the Lee men's golf team will be holding down the fourth position when the final 18 holes of the 54-hole Gulf South Conference Tournament begins Tuesday morning.
The Flames opened the first 18 of the 36 holes played on Monday at Tunica Golf and Tennis Club with a 292, which was manageable considering tourney leader Delta State opened with a 290. In fact, West Florida grabbed the early lead with a 285 and North Alabama was right behind with a 287.
Things changed in the afternoon rounds. Delta shot a blistering 278 and the 568 tally is a stroke better than second place North Alabama. The Lions posted a 282 and stand at 569. West Florida had a 289 to go with its 285 and its 574 is two strokes better than Lee. The Flames put an impressive 284 on the board during the second 18 and hold a 1-stroke lead over Christian Brothers (586). A total of 10 teams are taking part on the 6,851-yard course.
"Good second round for us today," noted coach John Maupin. "It has left us in a good spot. I'm really proud of our young guys for stepping up. They came through big time. (Freshman) Shea (Sylvester) put us on his back for a stretch today. I think we got some great momentum going in the second round, and we plan on carrying that over to the final round. Tuesday should be a fun day."
Sylvester will be in fourth place when the medalist competition begins on Tuesday. He put together a 2-under 70 during the first 18, then hit high gear with a 4-under 68 during the afternoon and stands at 6-under 138.
North Alabama's Connor Godsey (66-68 - 134) is the medalist leader. West Florida's Juan Miguel Heredia is second (71-65 - 136). Reed Lindsey of Delta State is third (71-66 - 137) and holds only a 1-stroke lead over Sylvester.
Lee got 145 scores from Hunter Vest and Taylor Davis. Vest began the day with a 71 on the opening 18, but slipped to 74 during the afternoon. Davis was more consistent, as he has been over the past few weeks, with rounds of 73-72. The twosome will begin Tuesday's play tied for 12th and looking to move up.
Adam Wright turned in the fourth tally that counted in the team event. He began slow with a 78, but rebounded on the last 18 with a 2-under 70. He's tied for 18th in the field of 50 players. Senior Matt Emery will be seeking to bounce back after his 85-74 put him at 159.


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GameStop, Best Buy and Amazon all expect the game to release on Nintendo's latest console.
Allegedly leaked photos of promo materials for Ubisoft's sci-fi action game recently pointed to a "holiday 2013" Watch Dogs release date on "all home consoles".
The game is expected to appear on both current and next-gen hardware - Ubisoft Montreal producer Dominic Guay said in June 2012 that the third-person, open-world title will be released on as many platforms as possible.
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The lateral job market between law firms and corporate in-house legal departments is a tale of two cities. What law firms are finding attractive in a potential candidate can sometimes be quite the opposite from what corporate legal departments are seeking. One of the best examples is experience. While attorneys with three to five years of experience are considered "hot" commodities by law firms, the great majority of corporate legal departments give them the cold shoulder.
The sweet spot for law firms that are hiring is three to five years of experience. There are several reasons for that. First, law firm associates with three to five years of experience have the highest level of attrition. According to statistics released by The National Association for Law Placement, almost 80 percent of attorneys at large law firms no longer work there five years later. The reasons for this high rate of attrition are varied. They include disillusionment with law firm life, not "cutting it," being in a practice area that is drying up, or simply realizing making partnership is an unlikely goal. Whatever the reason might be, large firms hire significantly more associates than they plan on keeping for the long-term. Therefore, law firms are always on the lookout for talent to replenish these classes.
The other reason law firms have a strong appetite for attorneys with three to five years of experience has to do with their profitability. At this level of experience, associates can tackle more complex work with little supervision at a relatively affordable hourly rate. Whereas law firms claim to lose money on associates during their first three years of practice, they have plenty to gain once these same associates have been trained and can handle the bulk of the work partners are bringing in. They are instrumental to a law firm's profitability.
When it comes to in-house legal departments, the story is quite different. Corporate legal departments are generally not interested in attorneys with three to five years of experience. Of course, there are always exceptions that prove the rule, but what we are discussing here is the rule, not the exception. Traditionally, corporate legal department are seeking experienced attorneys, with at least ten years of experience to join their ranks. The most sought-after candidates are transactional attorneys with strong business acumen, who can get up to speed quickly, understand operations, and deliver results in a fast, practical, and efficient manner.
Corporate legal departments are not good training grounds for junior and inexperienced attorneys. Corporate legal departments expect their attorneys to have a strong depth and breadth of knowledge, work independently, and with few resources. Generally, they are seeking attorneys who have developed a solid understanding of their industry, which also comes with practice experience. Sometimes, companies advertise for less-experienced lawyers who have been practicing for five to seven years. This is typically driven by a need to hire experienced candidates, but at a reduced cost. Attorneys with five to seven years can usually deliver the type of work handled by in-house legal departments, but they are generally less expensive than their more experienced counterparts. That said, more often than not, attorneys who are more experienced than the position requires fill these same positions.
What does this mean for junior-level attorneys with three to five years of experience? It's typically best for them to hold off on their in-house search for a while. There are several reasons why they should wait. The most obvious one is demand. There simply isn't much of a demand for junior attorneys in-house. Junior attorneys need to be patient and wait before trying to make a lateral move in-house. We are not likely to see an increase in demand for junior-level attorneys in-house, even if the economy picks back up. Attorneys thinking about going in-house should focus on developing their practice skills, business sense, and industry-specific knowledge. Attorneys typically start being marketable in their fifth year, and have more available options starting in their tenth year in practice. In the meantime, cultivating skills, until the optimum time has come to begin an in-house job search, is the best way to prepare for that type of lateral move.


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CAIRO, August 18, 2013 — Violent and deadly clashes erupted again on Friday August 16, 2013 between supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi and security forces in several governorates of Egypt. The violence resulted in protest against the dispersal of the sit-ins which took place 3 days ago and left 600 civilian and security forces dead as well as 4000 injured.
On Thursday 15 August, 2013 the Islamic National Alliance organized numerous marches against the military-backed interim which they called "Friday of rage." Organizers called on marchers to leave mosques after Friday prayers and head to the centre of Cairo- Tahrir square. When they found that route blocked by army tanks, they detoured to Ramses Square, which is only 10 minutes from Tahrir. The meeting point was El Fatteh mosque where the violent clashes between the protesters and the security forces erupted and resulted in more than 100 dead and several hundreds injured.
At noon on Friday, as violence escalated and spread in different areas, some of the protesters obstructed the 6th of October Bridge, which links Cairo and Giza.
Cairo witnessed some of the worst bloodshed and chaos in its history on Friday. Ramses Square and the central Cairo area were literally transformed into a battlefield, with helicopters hovering all day. Residents heard automatic gun fire throughout the city.
Militants among the demonstrators sabotaged and torched a major building owned by one of the biggest construction companies, while other militants fired randomly on civilians.
Most shops, restaurants and banks were closed and the majority of the people were staying at home watching the news.
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While the United States and most of Western governments condemn Egypt over the violence, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia supported Egypt. He said, "I call on the honest men of Egypt and the Arab world to stand as one man with one heart in the face of the attempts to destabilise a country that is at the forefront of Arab and Muslim history."
Meanwhile, supporters of the Army and the security forces in Egypt wrote a statement on their Facebook page known as "In Love of Egypt "saying, "What is happening now in Egypt is an internal matter and we are the people of Egypt commissioned Egyptian Army and police to deal with the elimination of the terrorist group. We will not allow any state whatever to intervene in this matter. Egypt is a sovereign state."
The Muslim Brotherhood is now calling for a week of protests against the "military coup."
Interim presidency announced it will hold an international press conference on Saturday at 3 p.m. Cairo time to explain the situation.
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Breakfast Topic: So. How's it going?
Some of you, like me, don't yet have Wrath and are anxiously awaiting a delivery or the opening of a store that's stocking it. Many of these folks spent a little time with me, Adam, and Mike in Ustream chat last night and got to witness: a). my first experience with IRC (painful, wasn't it?) and: b). a suspiciously-penned patch note of dubious veracity confirming that Ghostcrawler hates Paladins (see above), and: c). Mike deciding to fish instead of go to Northrend. For a few minutes, anyway.
And some of you are comatose WoW Insider staffers whose articles today will be written by your household pets. I don't judge. We're all friends here.
But I am madly curious as to what everyone's up to this morning, provided they're awake enough to click options on a poll. What are you up to in the day following Wrath's release?
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The effects on the gems you find on the trainers aren't incredibly mind blowing, but the raw stats they supply is pretty impressive. Of course, this is all scaled up for level 80, so we'll probably be finding quite a bit of the crafted gear impressive as we find more of it. If you want to see what the trainers have to offer so far, check out the gallery down below.
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723 Squadron History
723 Squadron has its origins in the Royal Navy (RN) where it was part of the Pacific Fleet's Mobile Operating Naval Air Bases concept in WWII whereby bare or unoccupied airfields could be rapidly manned and equipped for use by naval aircraft temporarily disembarked for training or maintenance. 723 Squadron formed in Britain on 21 November 1944 and embarked for Australia the following month, arriving on 28 February 1945. The Squadron was stationed in Australia, mainly operating from HMS Nabbington in Nowra, for the duration of its existence before disbanding on 31 May 1946.
723 Squadron re-commissioned at Naval Air Station (NAS) Nowra on 7 April 1952 as a Fleet Requirements Unit. Commanded by LEUT Jeff Gledhill, the squadron was equipped with two Hawker Sea Fury Mark II's, a Douglas C47A Dakota, a Supermarine Type 309 Sea Otter and a Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation CA-16 Wirraway. By the end of the year, the Squadron would take on two more Sea Furies, another Wirraway and four Fairey Firefly A.S.6's representing the most eclectic collection of aircraft in the Royal Australian Navy Fleet Air Arm (RAN FAA). Its main function was a cooperation role with the Australian Joint Anti-Submarine Warfare School, such as trialling directional sonobuoys, and also provided refresher flying for pilots and aircrew not currently posted to flying squadrons.
On 11 March 1953, the Squadron took delivery of the RAN's first rotary-wing aircraft; three Bristol Sycamore HR 50 helicopters. With this new capability, 723 Squadron's responsibilities expanded to include search and rescue, rotary wing training and fleet support. LEUT Don Farquarson, RN, ran the first helicopter pilot training course in Australia, assisted by Lieutenants Gordon McPhee and Neil MacMillan. Two Sycamores later detached to HMAS Sydney for her second tour in Korean waters as search and rescue aircraft.
On 18 June 1954, 723 Squadron also took delivery of the RAN's first jet aircraft. LEUT Peter Goldrick accepted the de Havilland Sea Vampire Mk T.22 at the de Havilland workshops in Bankstown before flying the aircraft to NAS Nowra.
723 Squadron's Sycamores proved their worth as search and rescue aircraft offering civilian flood relief in February 1955 rescuing over 100 people in Dubbo, Maitland and Narrabri. However, the potential dangers of all operations were illustrated when one Sycamore was lost and two civilians killed attempting a rescue in Maitland. The helicopter, piloted by LCDR Gordon McPhee with his observer LEUT Brendan Hill, was attempting to rescue a group of men stranded on a disintegrating railway signal box. Two of the men grabbed the strop on the first pass when the helicopter lost reserve power. Aware that the men were not in the strop properly, McPhee tried to get them to the nearest high ground. Unfortunately, as the observer tried to lower the men onto a nearby bridge, they both fell and subsequently drowned. The helicopter's winch wire then tangled in a high tension power cable bringing the aircraft down. The crew were rescued eight kilometres downriver by an Army amphibious vehicle. Lieutenant-Commanders McPhee and Don Farquarson, RN, were both awarded OBEs for their efforts during the floods.
The Squadron de-commissioned on 25 October 1956 having grown considerably, taking on a number of new aircraft to meet its training and support responsibilities. Most of the Squadron's aircraft were transferred to 724 Squadron except for the Sea Furies and Fireflies which were transferred to 805 and 851 Squadrons respectively.
723 Squadron re-commissioned on 18 February 1957 flying five Sycamores and also took on two Auster J5-G Autocars and two Firefly target tugs in May 1959. While the Austers and Fireflies were used primarily for communications and target towing respectively, the Sycamores had broader responsibilities. Two were required for use in HMAS Melbourne whenever Melbourne's Carrier Air Group (CAG) was embarked and one was always being overhauled by the Civilian Repair Organisation. This left two aircraft for duties such as search and rescue, training and surveying. The Squadron would also assist the police by providing transport and photography services for tasks as varied as search and rescue operations and murder investigations. When one of the helicopters crashed in January 1958 near Coffs Harbour while on survey duties with HMAS Warrego, just one aircraft remained to perform those duties. A replacement aircraft was ordered but was not be delivered for another six months, nor had any financial provision been made for a replacement.
The FAA entered a period of uncertainty in the early 1960's with the announcement that fixed-wing naval aviation was to cease. Rotary-wing operations would remain taking on Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) duties, a role far-removed from the tasks of 723 Squadron and its comparatively rudimentary Sycamores. Consideration turned to a replacement for the Sycamores with the Westland P531 Wasp emerging as the preferred option. However, the Wasp's high performance characteristics left little room for error and made it impractical as a trainer. The Minister for the Navy, Senator John Gorton, was instead convinced to purchase the American Bell UH-1B Iroquois utility helicopter, an aircraft which became an icon of the Vietnam conflict. The first Iroquois came into service in May 1964. Meanwhile, in November 1962, 723 Squadron's fixed-wing aircraft were transferred to 724 Squadron and 723 became an all-helicopter squadron.
The Squadron began test flights of two Westland Scout AH-1s on 6 April 1963. The small Scouts were to be rotated aboard the hydrographic survey ship, HMAS Moresby, mapping Australia's coastline and waterways. The Scouts represented a vast improvement on the seaplanes and flying boats that had previously been used in this role and proved the practicality operating helicopters from small ships. They did, however, require a higher level of maintenance work than other aircraft as the abrasiveness of coral sand eroded the rotor blades as well as the engine and airframe structure.
On 10 February 1964 at 8.56pm, HMAS Melbourne, with a Sycamore of 723 Squadron embarked, collided with Voyager in one of the most tragic accidents in Australian naval history. The disaster resulted in the loss of 82 lives, all from Voyager. 723 Squadron participated in search and rescue efforts in the aftermath of the collision.
The Squadron commenced its first advanced flying training course for the new Iroquois at the end of July 1964 and soon after began helicopter conversion courses for the fleet. Almost exactly a year later, on 15 July 1965, the Squadron's last Sycamore was flown to HMAS Nirimba to be used for apprentice training. The Squadron was now equipped with five Iroquois and the two Scouts.
The courage of naval airmen was displayed on the morning 21 May 1966 when 723 Squadron scrambled two Iroquois to search for survivors from the Dredge W.D. Atlas which had capsized about 18 kilometres south-east of Jervis Bay. The pilots, Lieutenants Pat Vickers and Barrie Lovett, and their crews hovered their helicopters in 45 knot winds just a few feet over ten metre waves. Thirteen sailors lost their lives but thanks to the efforts of 723 Squadron, four others were rescued. When an officer proposed that 723 Squadron deserved an Albert Medal for saving life at sea, the suggestion was laughed out of the HMAS Albatross mess. The Navy News reported on 10 June 1966 "The pilots... do not think they are heroes, dare-devils or stuntmen. Just men doing their job."
With the Australian and US commitment in Vietnam increasing between 1965-1967, the US made a request to Australia for helicopters and crews to provide combat support to the war effort. The RAN already had a significant presence in the region with HMAS Sydney, converted to a fast troop ship, deploying troops as early as May 1965, and a Clearance Diving Team and a destroyer operating in Vietnam from February and March 1967 respectively. On 14 July 1967, the Minister for Defence, Mr Allen Fairhall, responded to the US request by announcing that the RAN would provide 8 pilots, 4 observers, 24 maintenance personnel, 4 air crewmen and 6 support staff to serve as part of the US Army's 135th Assault Helicopter Company (AHC). This detachment would become known as the Royal Australian Navy Helicopter Flight Vietnam (RANHFV).
Pilots were drawn from existing FAA Squadrons and were officially allocated to 723 Squadron, undertaking eight weeks of training with the Squadron at NAS Nowra. The first flight formed and operational training began on 28 August 1967. Their training included troop lift, insertion and support as well as survival training, code of conduct training, small arms and colloquial language. 723 Squadron suspended all other activities to devote all possible resources to training the RANHFV. No. 5 Squadron RAAF also assisted by providing M60 door guns and mounts as well other advice and assistance and the flight completed training by conducting field exercises with the Australian Army.
Four contingents of the RANHFV served in Vietnam between 1967 and 1971 though the dangers of flying were not limited to those overseas. On 5 June 1968, three members of 723 Squadron, LEUT Peter Ward, PO D.J. Sanderson and NAMAE R.K. Smith, were lost when their Iroquois crashed over the cliff at Beecroft Head Firing Range and into the sea while on a range clearing flight. The aircraft had just landed a fourth crew member, LEUT Robert Ray, who reported the crash to NAS Nowra.
The RAN's FAA Squadrons had adopted US Navy prefixes by the turn of the decade and 723 Squadron became HT723 Squadron indicating that it was classed as a rotary-wing training unit though the prefix changed to HC at the end of 1975 indicating a rotary-wing composite unit.
HT723 Squadron's only remaining Scout (the other was written off in April 1967 when it ditched on take-off from HMAS Moresby in Wewak Harbour) disembarked from Moresby for the last time as hydrographic aircraft on 27 July 1973. It was replaced by a Bell 206B-1 Kiowa on 10 October 1973 which embarked in Moresby for the first time on 5 February the following year. The Squadron took on a second and third Kiowa in August 1974 and March 1977 respectively. They would also embark for brief periods in HMA Ships Stalwart, Sydney, Adelaide, Tobruk and Jervis Bay as light utility aircraft.
The FAA became embroiled in industrial unrest in July 1974 when the Storeman and Packers Union black-banned the RAN resulting in fuel shortages and flying restrictions. This became a serious, and even life-threatening, issue the following month when heavy rain and flooding inundated the Nowra area. The FAA, including HT723 Squadron, was called upon for disaster relief operations but the fuel shortage gave rise to concerns about whether rescue efforts would have to cease. Eventually common sense prevailed and fuel tankers began to arrive allowing personnel from NAS Nowra to rescue some 352 people. HT723 Squadron rescued about 70 people in seven sorties including a lady from Greenwell Point who had suffered three heart attacks and required urgent medical attention.
With the decommissioning of HT725 Squadron in January 1976 and HS817 Squadron re-equipping with Westland Sea King Mk 50's the following month, HC723 Squadron (as it was now known) received four Westland Wessex 31B helicopters stripped of their anti-submarine warfare equipment, for utility support. However, the Wessex was simply too big and heavy to operate from RAN Destroyers and consideration turned to a replacement. In spite of this, the Squadron detached a Wessex and an Iroquois to RAAF Base Williamtown in January 1981 to test the viability of operating the Wessex as a troop carrier aboard the new heavy landing ship HMAS Tobruk. The tests were successful and Wessex helicopters continued to operate in the RAN well into the 1980's.
On 18 August 1982, the Government announced the purchase of 18 Aerospatiale AS 350BA Squirrel light utility helicopters. Twelve would replace the RAAF's Iroquois while the remainder would be allocated to HC723 Squadron. The Squadron started operating the Squirrels in 1984.
In December 1982, HC723 Squadron began exercises for the Bass Strait Counter-Terrorism Plan, known as the National Plan, in conjunction with the Army's Special Air Service (SAS) Regiment operating from RAAF Base Sale. The Squadron was divided into two flights; 'A' Flight was made up the Squadron's entire Wessex complement (now 14 aircraft) for counter-terrorism tasks and 'B' Flight was made up of Iroquois and Kiowas for search and rescue and small ship flights. The performance of the Wessex crews was notable, achieving standards that the more sophisticated Sea Kings would find difficult to emulate in the future.
On 19 November 1983, the Wessex celebrated 21 years of service in the RAN and the occasion was marked with a flypast of RAN Wessex, Iroquois and Sea King helicopters as well RN Sea Harriers from the visiting HMS Invincible. Shortly afterwards, the National Plan suffered its only fatal accident on 4 December 1983. While on a routine flight from the Marlin Platform in Bass Strait, an HC723 Squadron Wessex crashed into the water after suffering a catastrophic transmission failure that in turn destroyed the aircraft's flying controls. Six of the aircraft's eight crew were rescued but LS Gary Macey and RAAF medical orderly Corporal J. Campbell lost their lives.
On 12 February 1984, HU816 Squadron was re-formed as an Army support unit to decrease the number of aircraft types and variety of tasks that were being performed by HC723 Squadron. The Wessex's were transferred to HU816 as were a number of personnel including LCDR Clive Mayo who assumed command of the re-formed Squadron. HC723 Squadron's aircraft complement was quickly bolstered, however, when it took delivery of its first Squirrel on 14 May 1984 (it would receive its sixth and last on 10 July) and two fixed-wing Hawker Siddeley HS748s from the recently de-commissioned VC851 Squadron on 1 September. The HS748s continued to perform electronic warfare training support and VIP transport duties for the RAN.
The Squirrels arrived in the Squadron as a civilian helicopter, not designed with maritime operations in mind. However, the RAN's new Adelaide class guided missile frigates lacked a dedicated helicopter. The Squirrels embarked in the frigates as an interim aircraft and, in spite of some early problems with fuselage cracking and corrosion, continued dedicated embarked operations until 1997.
The HS748s, as part of VC851 Squadron, had performed invaluable disaster relief operations in 1974/75 in the aftermath of Cyclone Tracy and the Tasman Bridge Disaster. In 1989, they were again called upon to provide a community service of a different kind. Following the breakdown in talks between commercial pilots and domestic airlines, the Government decided to break the pilots strike by using Defence aircraft to transport civilian passengers. Over the course of four months, HC723 Squadron's HS748 flight carried over 10 000 passengers between Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, Hobart and Launceston. Prime Minister Bob Hawke travelled to NAS Nowra to personally congratulate the crews (there were only three), and the Flight was awarded the Navy League of Australia Plaque for Aid to the Civilian Community and would later be adopted by the City of Launceston.
That year also marked the end of an era for two FAA aircraft and HC723 Squadron. On 31 May 1989, after 25 years of service, the RAN's Iroquois were de-commissioned. The Wessex also de-commissioned, finally, on 31 December after 27 years of service. The Wessex's had returned to the Squadron earlier in the year as HU 816 Squadron took delivery of the RAN's new Sikorsky S-70B-2 Seahawks.
On 2 August 1990, Iraqi armed forces invaded the neighbouring kingdom of Kuwait and eight days later, the Australian Government announced that HMA Ships Darwin, Adelaide and Success were to be deployed to the Gulf of Oman in Operation 'Damask', the Australian component of Operation 'Desert Shield'. HC723 Squadron embarked a Squirrel in each of the ships. As part of the deployment, the Squirrels received extensive operational modifications including GPS navigation, radar warning equipment, night vision devices and thermal imagers. This first detachment had no electronic detection or counter-measure equipment and were armed only with machine guns. The first task force arrived in the Gulf of Oman early in September. HMA Ships Sydney and Brisbane ('Damask II') would relieve Darwin and Adelaide in early December while HMAS Westralia relieved Success on Australia Day 1991. Brisbane and Westralia did not have Squirrels embarked though the Squirrel embarked in Sydney was generally used for surface search and utility tasks.
On 17 January 1991, Operation 'Desert Storm', the final assault to push Iraqi forces out of Kuwait, commenced. HC723 Squadron's Squirrel continued to perform a range of tasks including mine search, combat search and rescue, and early warning of any potential threat arising from Iran. By 26 February 1991, the war was over and the Australian ships left the Gulf on 22 March. The Aviation contingent provided by HC723 and HS816 Squadrons had contributed significantly to the RAN's capacity to perform in a combat situation.
HC723 Squadron's responsibilities in the Middle East did not come to an end, however, and the Squadron continued to operate in the Gulf and North Red Sea for the next five years (Operations 'Damask III-VIII') enforcing United Nations Security Council sanctions against Iraq. The Squadron also maintained its training and fleet support duties at NAS Nowra and regular detachments in other RAN ships while the HS748s were heavily involved in exercises and trials during the 1990s such as trials for the Rapier surface-to-air missile systems.
This period in HC723 Squadron's history was particularly busy and it was a great credit to the Squadron's maintenance personnel that a high level of serviceability was maintained. On 6 April 1992, the Squadron's Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Commander Vincenzo Di Pietro, said "The Squadron has put in a high rate of effort this month which could not have been achieved without the dedicated and professional maintenance effort."
The Squadron celebrated its 40th anniversary on 7 April 1992 with a flypast of all three of its aircraft types (Squirrels, Kiowas and HS748s) and a families' day at NAS Nowra. Just two days later the Squadron participated in a flypast in Sydney to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Battle of the Coral Sea and the 60th anniversary of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
In 1997 the RAN dropped the prefixes that had been attached to FAA Squadrons for the past 25 years and HC723 Squadron reverted back to 723 Squadron. In the same year, the Squirrels ceased dedicated embarked operations and they were replaced aboard the RAN's frigates by the Seahawks of 816 Squadron.
The Squadron made history in January 1999 when it was joined by the RAN's first female pilot. Sub Lieutenant Natalee McDougall was one of six to graduate from the Australian Defence Academy's helicopter training facility on 13 November 1998 after 17 months of intensive classroom and practical training at RAAF Base Fairbairn.
During September 1999, a 723 Squadron Squirrel was again embarked at sea, this time in HMAS Anzac as part of the Navy's contingent for Operation 'Warden', the Australian response to the East Timor crisis. The aircraft was involved in surface search operations.
The final vestiges of naval fixed-wing aviation came to an end in the year 2000 when 723 Squadron's HS748s were finally de-commissioned after more than a quarter of a century of service. The HS748 flight conducted its last sortie on 9 June and departed NAS Nowra for the final time on 26 June, officially de-commissioning on 30 June, flying to RAAF Base Sale for disposal. Later that year, in October, the Kiowas were transferred to the Army after 23 years of service in the FAA, most significantly in embarked operations aboard the hydrographic survey ship, HMAS Moresby.
In 2002, 723 Squadron celebrated 50 years of service and today, its primary focus is on training. At 723 Squadron all RAN pilots, observers and aircrew undertake conversion training from fixed wing to rotary wing aircraft, in preparation for further training in operational helicopters.
Date | Event |
01/1945 | Formed as a RN Squadron |
31/05/1946 | Disbanded |
07/04/1952 | Re-formed at NAS Nowra as a Fleet Requirements Unit with a variety of aircraft |
11/03/1953 | Takes delivery of the RAN's first rotary-wing aircraft, three Bristol Sycamore HR 50 helicopters |
27/10/1953 | A detachment departs Australia for HMAS Sydney's second tour in Korea |
04/05/1954 | HMAS Sydney's second tour in Korea ends |
18/06/1954 | Takes delivery of the RAN's first jet aircraft, a de Havilland Sea Vampire Mk T.22 |
25/10/1956 | De-commissioned at NAS Nowra |
18/02/1957 | Re-commissioned at NAS Nowra flying Sycamores, Auster J5-G Autocars and Fireflies |
11/1962 | 723 Squadron becomes an all-helicopter squadron |
18/04/1963 | Takes delivery of first Westland Scout helicopters |
10/02/1964 | HMAS Voyager disaster. 723 Squadron assists in search and rescue efforts |
20/05/1964 | Takes delivery of the RAN's first Iroquois helicopter |
15/07/1965 | Sycamores de-commissioned |
28/08/1967 | First RANHFV formed |
27/07/1973 | Scouts de-commissioned |
10/10/1973 | Takes delivery of the first Kiowa helicopter |
01/1976 | Receives Westland Wessex helicopters from the de-commissioning HT725 Squadron |
11/1982 | Exercises for the 'National Plan' begins |
14/05/1984 | Takes delivery of first Squirrel helicopter |
01/09/1984 | Receives HS748 fixed-wing aircraft from the de-commissioning VC851 Squadron |
31/05/1989 | Iroquois de-commissioned |
08/1989 | Airline pilots strike sees HS748 Flight carrying over 10 000 civilian passengers over four months |
31/12/1989 | Wessex de-commissioned |
02/08/1990 | Iraq invades Kuwait signalling the beginning of the first Gulf War. HC723 Squadron embarks aircraft aboard RAN ships in the Gulf until 1996 |
01/1999 | First female RAN pilot joins 723 Squadron |
09/1999 | A Squirrel embarks in HMAS Anzac for Operation 'Warden' in East Timor |
30/06/2000 | HS748s de-commissioned |
10/2000 | Kiowas de-commissioned |
Commanding Officers
Assumed Command | Commanding Officer |
07/04/1952 | Lieutenant Commander J.A. Gledhill, DSC |
27/04/1953 | Lieutenant Commander G.A. Beange, DSC |
18/05/1953 | Lieutenant Commander D.C. Johns |
07/09/1953 | Lieutenant Commander J.B.G. Campbell, DFC |
23/05/1955 | Lieutenant Commander C.M.A. Wheatley |
18/02/1957 | Lieutenant Commander J.R.N. Salthouse |
01/07/1957 | Lieutenant Commander G. McPhee, OBE |
24/07/1959 | Lieutenant Commander J.R.N. Salthouse |
27/11/1960 | Lieutenant Commander J.A. O'Farrell |
06/06/1962 | Lieutenant Commander A. Ignatieff |
11/09/1962 | Lieutenant Commander J.A. O'Farrell |
19/08/1963 | Lieutenant Commander K.A. Douglas |
13/12/1963 | Lieutenant Commander J.A. O'Farrell |
17/09/1964 | Lieutenant Commander D.J. Orr |
06/10/1965 | Lieutenant Commander P.J. Vickers |
25/10/1965 | Lieutenant Commander G. McPhee, OBE |
27/03/1967 | Lieutenant Commander N. Ralph |
05/06/1967 | Lieutenant Commander S.B.E. Courtier |
03/07/1967 | Lieutenant Commander G. McPhee, OBE |
16/12/1969 | Lieutenant Commander G.R. Rohrsheim, DSC |
03/11/1970 | Lieutenant Commander D.D. Farthing, DSC |
10/07/1972 | Lieutenant Commander W.S. Lowe, MBE |
03/11/1972 | Lieutenant Commander I.M. Speedy, DSC |
21/09/1973 | Lieutenant Commander B.C. Crawford, DSC |
01/12/1974 | Lieutenant Commander J.C. Buchanan, DSC |
26/01/1976 | Lieutenant Commander B.J. Boettcher |
12/04/1977 | Lieutenant Commander J.M. Leak |
20/10/1978 | Lieutenant Commander C.F. Daley |
23/06/1980 | Lieutenant Commander V.T. Battese |
19/10/1981 | Lieutenant Commander M.A. Perrott |
11/10/1983 | Lieutenant Commander M.J. Lehan |
17/02/1984 | Lieutenant Commander C.F. George |
10/01/1986 | Lieutenant Commander R.J. Luxton |
04/12/1987 | Lieutenant Commander P.J. Cannell |
08/12/1989 | Lieutenant Commander P.J. Machin |
24/01/1992 | Lieutenant Commander V.E.B. Di Pietro |
01/01/1994 | Commander V.E.B. Di Pietro |
15/04/1994 | Lieutenant Commander A.F.E. Di Pietro |
01/01/1996 | Commander A.F.E. Di Pietro |
01/01/1996 | Lieutenant Commander M.T. Jerrett |
01/01/1998 | Commander M.T. Jerrett |
30/11/1998 | Lieutenant Commander S.G. Elms |
01/01/1999 | Commander S.G. Elms |
20/11/2000 | Lieutenant Commander S.A. Harwood |
31/12/2002 | Commander S.A. Harwood |
14/05/2003 | Lieutenant Commander A.M. Whittaker |
29/04/2005 | Lieutenant Commander N.M.D. Gunn |
Further Reading
- Australian Naval Aviation Museum, Flying Stations: A Story of Australian Naval Aviation, Allen & Unwin, St Leonards, 1998
- Eather, Steve, Flying Squadrons of the Australian Defence Force, Aerospace Publications, Canberra, 1995
- Gillett, Ross, Wings Across the Sea, Aerospace Publications, Canberra, 1988
- Perryman, John and Brett Mitchell, Australia's Navy in Vietnam, Topmill Pty Ltd, Silverwater NSW, 2007


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This past winter I bought some indian pink plants via mail order,
along with other stuff. (Spigelia marilandica). Apparently this plant, unlike most everything else I have, is late in breaking dormancy--or mine are dead. Anyone grow this and know when it typically emerges? Todd |
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hey todd----mine have not shown yet either. they are 3 or 4 years old. have patience, something most of us gardeners don't have much of. wayne |
Thanks for the info. Wayne. It is hard to wait for the soil to warm up enough for some plants to do their thing. Todd |
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The sixth edition of Sauti Za Busara [Sounds Of Wisdom] will take place in Zanzibar during February 12-17.
The main aim of the Festival is to bring people together in celebration of the wealth and diversity of Swahili music. Every year the festival features more than 40 groups, including 30 from East Africa and 10 from other parts of Africa and beyond. This year, the festival is especially keen to encourage more applications from Ethiopia and Horn of Africa, Southern Africa as well as more traditional music groups from East Africa.
Please note that without receiving your application and at least one recent recording, the festival selection committee will not be able to consider your participation when it meets at the beginning of September 2008.
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Assuming your group is selected and that it is possible to find sponsors for international flights, the festival will cover costs for local travel, accommodation and meals in Zanzibar, a modest performance fee - and a magical and unforgettable experience is guaranteed!              "Festivals bring people together, help invigorate young people's interest in local culture, help the artists themselves to meet and learn from each other, and promote a new kind of culturally conscious tourism for Tanzania" -Yusuf Mahmoud, Festival Director
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Call of Cthulhu LCG | Published 19 March 2010 |
The moving object was almost of human size, and entirely devoid of clothing. It was absolutely hairless, and its tawny-looking back seemed subtly squamous in the dim, ghoulish light. Around the shoulders it was rather speckled and brownish, and the head was very curiously flat. As it looked up to hiss at me I saw that the beady little black eyes were damnably anthropoid, but I could not bear to study them long.
- H. P. Lovecraft and Zealia Bishop, The Curse of Yig
The Cthulhu faction, much like the being that gives the faction its name, is big, powerful and destructive... but also biding it's time and slow to wake up. The sleeper and his minions aim for the mid to long game advantage, wearing others down by continually wrecking everything and hoping to stick around long enough to make the best of the more resource-intensive cards.
At the center of this faction are the Deep Ones, the middle tier of horrors that fill the ranks between the Cultists and the Ancient Ones that support Cthulhu in his plot to regain control of the planet. Deep Ones have their 'thing' in that almost all of them have two combat icons and an arcane icon. Only a few deviate from these 'Innsmouth Icons' format: The oddly amphibious Julia Brown (The Path to Y'Ha-ntlhei, F107) who can be argued to be too freshly evolved to have the arcane icon (but has the double combat and double terror to boot) and the 'lieutenants of Cthulhu' Father Dagon (Core Set, F42) and Mother Hydra (Secrets of Arkham, F25) who are so ancient and beyond the humble sea-dwellers that they don't even have the Deep One subtype anymore, forming the final bridge to the upper echelon of this faction: The Ancient Ones themselves.
The challenge is to survive that long. Other factions have a much quicker start and for the green team it's hard to stabilize after the initial rush. The Deep Ones, setting a decent defense with their combat and the wounding ability of their Ravager of the Deep (Core Set, F46) have very little terror for a monster faction. Shadowed Reef (Core Set, F55) does help a little, but there is a void that needs filling here. The amphibians now have found reinforcements from a reptilian race that bring a new kind of Terror.
Brood of Yig (Whispers in the Dark, F4) is the first of a race of serpents that brings a new focus on terror icons to the Cthulhu faction. Not only does it join with Keeper of the Golden Path (Core Set, F43) in enabling an early Pulled Under (Core Set, F57) but the brood also showcases their 'thing' -The ability of serpents to warp terror icons and consume these to activate their abilities. Yig's brood can change these to combat icons just in case Deep Ones alone don't cut it. Their faction can fuel this ability by bringing on more terror with the zero-cost Touched by the Sleeper (Core Set, F60) making them flexible enough to deal with almost any early threat. The low-level brood is still bound to the three-action soft cap, limited by the number of available domains, although stronger serpents may not be restrained by this. The mass of tentacles on the left side of a character is now more intimidating, as it slithers into something far more insidious.
Don't be alarmed though, friends of Fish! The Esoteric Order of Dagon and their smelly half-gods of the sea aren't being replaced by these fang-faced fiends. Although Cthulhu is probing his feelers in a new direction, the gilled devils are still growing in numbers, complemented by this new iconic-in-more-ways-than-one race for more well-rounded deck building.
Special thanks to Marius Hartland, who provided this week's Call of Cthulhu spotlight.
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