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Education Research International
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 697357, 13 pages
Research Article
Patterns of Beliefs, Attitudes, and Characteristics of Teachers That Influence Computer Integration
1Faculty of Education, Wilfrid Laurier University, 75 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON, Canada N2L 3C5
2Psychology Department, Wilfrid Laurier University, 75 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON, Canada N2L 3C5
Received 9 March 2012; Revised 26 September 2012; Accepted 26 September 2012
Academic Editor: Eric Z. F. Liu
Copyright © 2012 Julie Mueller and Eileen Wood. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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The New York Times has a Memorial Day article whose centerpiece is the photograph of a woman who asked that she be allowed to sleep on the floor beside the coffin of her husband, a Marine who had been killed in Iraq. The author, Lily Burana, writes,
But in this photo — the one that lives on and on online — he merely stands next to the coffin, watching over her. It is impossible to be unmoved by the juxtaposition of the eternal stone-faced warrior and the disheveled modern military wife-turned-widow, him rigid in his dress uniform, her on the floor in her blanket nest, wearing glasses and a baggy T-shirt, him nearly concealed by shadow while the pale blue light from the computer screen illuminates her like God's own grace.
I believe this photo has had such a long viral life not just because it is so honest but also because it is so modern.
The better world would have been 'eternal'. Evidence of human grief can be found as far back as the achaeological record extends. It is more than bereavement; more than loss. It is straining forward to catch what has been thrown. For we are never more aware of the weight of legacy than at a graveside.
One funeral that I remember most vividly was the one I couldn't attend. The deceased had died in Quezon province, a communist guerilla. But I did meet with his mother, a very tall and sober woman, who had retrieved his body from a small provincial funeral parlor to which the corpse had been brought. All she could say was "when I looked into the coffin, he looked so handsome."
Though we may disagree with the ideology a person may have striven for, there is in someone who goes the last yard for his sincere belief a measure of grace that we can never take from him. People knew this once; perhaps that is why pilots of the Great War saluted their foes as they fell in flames. They had passed beyond our judgment and certainly beyond our scorn.
The contrary view was expressed by MSNBC's Chris Hayes, who felt "uncomfortable" about calling the men who died in America's wars "heroes" because it conjoined their deaths to war, which was a bad thing.
I feel… uncomfortable, about the word because it seems to me that it is so rhetorically proximate to justifications for more war. Um, and, I don't want to obviously desecrate or disrespect memory of anyone that's fallen, and obviously there are individual circumstances in which there is genuine, tremendous heroism, you know, hail of gunfire, rescuing fellow soldiers, and things like that. But it seems to me that we marshal this word in a way that is problematic. But maybe I'm wrong about that.
Hayes is not so much "wrong" as irrelevant. He doesn't understand that what he thinks quite literally has no bearing on the truth of what those men did. They marched to their own drummer. The error that Hayes makes it is in thinking that his views can increase or diminish the whys and wherefores of those men's deaths. That act was a gesture entirely their own. They would have done what they did whether he believed in its validity or not; whether he cared to acknowledge it or not. Shakespeare understood whose views counted at the edge of things: those who knew what was shared. As for the rest:
Let him depart; his passport shall be made
And crowns for convoy put into his purse:
We would not die in that man's company
That fears his fellowship to die with us.
So Hayes is free to go. Neither he nor his opinions will be missed. He may return the bequest without offense. What was imparted was for people like the dead Marine's wife, rich beyond measure with a gift she would fain return. That is what Memorial Day — and its equivalents all over the world are all about — a time when we would give our thanks to those who have run too far ahead to hear.
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66 Comments, 66 Threads
1. Josh
Oh please, the NYT getting all maudlin, this kind of pap is just why Dubya didn't want pictures taken of coffins, etc. Picture might do more for me without the spectacle of the wife on an air mattress.
As for Chris Hayes, a pox on him too. However, I do share a twinge, that not every casualty in war is a "hero". Robs us of words when something really unusual comes along.
One or both want to take a look at things and have us prosecute the war MORE aggressively, to better reduce our casualties, I might better appreciate whatever points they pretend to make.
May 28, 2012 - 4:34 pm Link to this Comment -
2. Walt
Past green trees newly leaved, new green fields on either side, we marched. Distant white farmhouses, distant dogs barking nervously, cloaks against the misty Spring rain, we marched. North Africa the rumor, Zama the town. We didn't care. We marched. And sang. Sang because we were young, sang because we were immortal, sang because we were Scipio's boys.
All the silver's for Centurions
The gold is for Triarii
And all the sweet young women are
For Publius CorneliusPublius Cornelius Scipio. We would die, and they would call him Scipio Africanus. We marched, to the sea and the waiting ships.
The long swells laid many of us low, but finally, blessedly, we reached the bay and the river. Alexandria at last. We formed up on the quay, a bit unsteadily, still weak from the seasickness. Fifers leading, we marched up King Street, past capering boys and waving and cheering men and women. Braddock was but waiting on us, it was said, before pushing off for the great western forests. Fort Pitt was the rumor, and that meant a long campaign for the Forty-fourth Regiment of Foot, but that was all right, we were young and immortal. The long sea voyage and the longer campaign was a hardship on the married men, but for the rest of us women were a luxury of camp. But that was all right too, for we all loved the same woman, and her name was Brown Bess.
In the forest clearing we made camp, fires flaring into light, the smell of bacon on the cool night air. We thought of home, and of the coming days. The Cilician Gates was the rumor, then south along the coast to Aleppo, where was waiting King Muwatalli and the rest of the army. The weather, thanks to Tarhunna the Weather God, has been fair. Crown Prince Hattusili has told us the Pharaoh Ramses has left Damascus and is marching north, that the fight, when it comes, will be a hard one, for the Mizziri are accomplished warriors. We lay on our blankets, and in the growing dark came a voice, singing softly, an army song, a song a man sings when far from home and family, a song that reminds him of why it is he fights, why it is he dies. Welling up from the darkened field, the voices of the Tuhkanti regiment joined the lone voice, singing of home. Across the fields it spread, to the other regiments, sitting in the dark by their dying fires, until the night was filled with the sadness of young men thinking of mothers and sisters, wives and sweethearts, seeing their fathers in the fields, hearing the crickets and the birds and the wind in the plaintive leaves.
Hatti, beautiful Hatti,
Will I see thee once again?
Will I see the morning sun?
Will I see the evening star?
Hatti, beautiful Hatti,
I can see thee now.The last line trailed away, the last notes faded on the soft evening air, until in the distance, from the direction of the Golden Aspens, another ubati took up the song, and once again the sad voices filled the night.
Hatti, beautiful Hatti,
I can see the fields aglow,
I can see the mountain snow,
I can see thee now.We sang the final chorus, all of us, the entirety of the Kussara Division, our voices swelling on the final line. I can see thee now. The last sad notes faded into the night, and we rolled ourselves into our blankets and our thoughts, knowing that sleep will make us whole, knowing that tomorrow we'll be soldiers again.
The coast road to Aleppo was clear, the Mizzri still far to the south. Rumor was if we hurried we would reach Kadesh before the Mizziri. The sea sounded very near at hand, and through a break in the trees we could see a beach.
Curiously, the beach looked peaceful. Boats coming ashore as if on a summer outing, no machine guns, no mortars, no arty. Equipment rolling off and onto the beach, long files of men trudging up the beach to the exits, not a shot fired. It was surreal. I found the beachmaster, and he stuck out his hand. "Welcome to Okinawa," he grinned. Inland, clear in the distance, lay a range of hills.
Purple hills shimmered in the heat hazy distance, the day growing hot. The muted sounds of birdsong and insect hum swirled around us. Across the field, drawn up in battle array, waited the Carthaginians. We raised our shields, and at the order, advanced.
May 28, 2012 - 5:28 pm Link to this Comment -
3. james wilson
Clear thinking requires courage before intelligence–
Thomas SzaszMay 28, 2012 - 5:40 pm Link to this Comment -
4. sirius
Hayes is not so much "wrong" as irrelevant.
Reminds me of what Vladimar Horowitz said to his wife when she offered her opinion after one of his musical performances: "My dear, it doesn't really matter what you think."
May 28, 2012 - 5:47 pm Link to this Comment -
5. Baobo
One must respect her grieving any way she sees fit, however nothing in The Times is by accident. It is disturbing to see a newly made war widow clutching a mouse, entranced by a laptop, facing away from the dead, and on a nice comfy mattress. I don't know what the 'right' way to mourn is – she needn't jump on a funeral pyre certainly – but I suspect a photo that says, "Let's chip in and buy her an iPad!" may have more hidden meaning to it.
May 28, 2012 - 5:57 pm Link to this Comment -
6. Dennis
Like Josh, I am somewhat troubled by the use of the word "hero" in that it has in the past, perhaps, 20 years or so served largely to immumize leftists when they talk about war. They carry such a stigma concerning their treatment of veterans during the Vietnam War that it may have cost them an election in 2004. So now they spew their superficial views of war in the specific and general but always remember to pay a passing homage to the "heroes who serve." The use of the word has been so indiscriminate that like "rascist" it has lost much of its meaning.
I don't believe that everyone who joins the military is a hero or even everyone who is assigned to a combat area. The ideas of courage, bravery and heroism are to me escalating manifestations of military actions.
May 28, 2012 - 6:01 pm Link to this Comment -
7. Sherlock
I trust nothing, absolutely nothing, that I see in the New York Times.
May 28, 2012 - 6:05 pm Link to this Comment -
8. PA Cat
Wretchard says perhaps that is why pilots of the Great War saluted their foes as they fell in flames.
Here is a link to a 4-minute video (no sound, unfortunately) of the Australian Flying Corps giving the fallen Red Baron full honors (including an Anglican padre in formal vestments as well as flowers on the coffin and a gun salute) at his funeral in France in April 1918.
And since Wretchard has quoted Henry V, it seems fitting here to post a link to the portion of the 1989 film version in which Henry after Agincourt reminds the victorious Engliah not to boast "or take from God that praise which is His only," and orders "all holy rites" to be performed for the dead of both sides:
I daresay Shakespeare's lines would make Chris Hayes' head explode.
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9. Blast From the Past
Hayes is proudest of, indeed his whole value system is dependent on, his sense of his own exquisite complexity and subtlety and nuance. Hayes is a simpleton.
""Strider" I am to one fat man who lives within a day's march of foes that would freeze his heart, or lay his little town in ruin, if he were not guarded ceaselessly. Yet we would not have it otherwise. If simple folk are free from care and fear, simple they will be, and we must be secret to keep them so."
The Left have labored long and hard to make America a normal nation. No better than any other and passive in the knowledge that it has been in the opinion of the Left worse than others. They have also worked to normalize the military as part of that process. They seek to demystify it and make it a less threatening component of government and of society. That is why they have pushed so hard to remove barriers to women and gays. That is why they have enforced rigid and confrontational PC campaigns, such as SEAL and Marine prosecutions, that have bound successful officers to their standard. Many here take it for granted that the military will always remain a sanctuary where the real America remains that will help restore society after Obama passes. That is a dangerously naive view in my opinion.
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10. sirWalterRalegh
War is Good. It purges society of evil men and fallacious ideological concepts. At least for a few years.
War has many derivative good (marvelous) side effects. For example, medicine and more recently population control.
Peace is a temporary illusion of safety which always comes to a crushing end.
May 28, 2012 - 6:38 pm Link to this Comment -
11. PiltdownMan
Over at AoSHQ, there was a link to another vigil. I found this one too moving for words:
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12. Walter Sobchak
The last phase of the war of the modern world is upon us. And it is internal, intramural, civil. The war of the left versus humanity. In 2008, they thought they had at last seized the commanding heights, that the end was in sight, and they said if you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face — forever — and the face will be your face and the boot will be on our feet.
Sadly, the ONE, turns out to be a thin skinned man of conventional intellect. Their bank account is over drawn. Europe, their model is lapsing into bankruptcy and chaos. The Middle East is on the precipice of the firs of Mount Doom. And even China, which was going to fund the party, may not be able to keep the coolies in line long enough.
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13. Akim Tamiroff
If it is any consolation to the nuanced ones, the makers of fine distinctions, it should be this: The dead don't care whether we honor them or not. It's more about us, as our identity as a nation, honoring the idea of service and sacrifice.
Here's a thought for the richly-textured thinkers: have you ever gone to a funeral of someone you didn't particularly like, or even know? If so, did you console the family or did you hold forth on the "strange ambivalence" you felt toward the departed one?
I'm just wondering.
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14. solovyov
Yes, I have been to funerals of people I did not know, and of course offered condolences to the family. Perhaps I am insufficiently textured.
I am reminded of a report that, after a terrorist bombing in Israel, Bush called to give Sharon his condolences. Not to ask about the political repercussions or to ask him for restraint in response or any of that, but simply to comfort him at the loss of his countrymen.
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15. Victor
MSNBC has reached a new low.
Good news – Australia now has enough known natural gas reserves to last 200+ years-this may well increase to 400+ years with new off shore and on shore exploration.
The LNG economy will bring the Anglosphere into economic and cultural dominance–once again
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16. Alaska Paul
I wonder if Hayes believes in anything that he would give his life for? Bottom line what is more important to you than life itself?
It is a good thing to think about your values from time to time.
The Marine in the coffin behind his widow was probably not looking for glory. He did the job he believed in and was trained to do, and he accepted the dangers that came with his job. He was one of the T-cells of our society organism that keeps the rest of us safe from the threats that are always there.
That is what the Left does not understand. The world inside the body of our society is different than that outside. We need those T-cells to be on constant patrol to watch for and destroy that which will destroy us. The Left thinks that we do not need them. Delusional thinking.
A prayer and a thought for the departed Marine and his widow on vigil. They are in our hearts this Memorial Day.
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17. toadold
Sometimes, despite its best efforts, the New York Times will print something that is not only true but relevant. Unfortunately there are those who can read but lack all understanding and are committed and bound by their own narrow and bigoted little bubble of a universe and nothing will have any effect on their commitment to vileness.
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18. herb
I read the piece. I thought it beautifully done and moving. NYT has a lot of column to fill. Sometimes something right and good gets in. Their editors are famously less than effective.
What struck me was the level and viciousness of the hatred and vituperation directed at Bush and less only in a numerical sense to Cheney in the comments. No thought to the Marine or his widow. TWANLOC, indeed.
Hayes is rightly of no consequence no matter how many dozen people see him on MSNBC. The legacy of the million or so dead American soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen of the past century renders his voice to a squeak in a hurricane.
May 28, 2012 - 8:53 pm Link to this Comment -
19. Dworkin Barimen
For perspective, here is who Hayes does consider heroes (any guesses?).
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20. herb
Somebody with knowledge pls explain a couple of issues with the manual of arms for the RAForces; The inverted carry arms before the rifle salute and the inverted rifle and arm motions after. US Forces use the same manual of arms for ceremonies as for drill.
Just curious.
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21. Subotai Bahadur
#20 herb
I am not positive, but if I remember correctly European, and European descended militaries use a position called "arms reversed" as a sign of mourning, and that was it. The arm motions could be a formalized salute akin to the kneeling hand salute in the "Queen Anne Salute".
Subotai Bahadur
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22. Baobo
@20 I was wondering why the Marine is watching casually. He must have been too tired for drill stuff. Similar questions are raised here about this award-winning photography, but I'm offended by them… it's not worth arguing about "window spacing" on Memorial Day.
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23. beverly
Time for John Stuart Mill again, I see:
"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself."
Nothing which is more important than his own personal safety. . . ."
There was a time when "men" who had such feelings were properly ashamed of them, and of themselves as contemptible, sniveling cowards, not fit to wipe the boots of real men.
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24. blackdog52
In the epilogue to "Tales of the South Pacific", James Michener writes of visiting an island where there was a military cemetary. A young serviceman was assigned to tend the place, and he told Michener that it was an honor and privilege to have that duty, because "There ain't nobody here but heroes."
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25. Charles
I attended a brief memorial at my old high school today put on by the local VFW. One young man played the bugle. Another played the bagpipes. The crowd was mostly older folks. We recited the pledge of allegiance. A local boy scout troupe plaid a wreath. An old man recited Flanders Fields
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.…………..
The crowd afterwards was invited to join the local unit of the VFW for lunch. I went to starbucks to get some work done.May 28, 2012 - 10:15 pm Link to this Comment -
26. Mark White
Perhaps the better world would have been 'eternal,' but the context of that sentence, right after the word 'modern,' makes me think that the better word would have been 'word,' not 'world.'
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27. Tarnsman
Maybe Mr. Hayes needs to reminded that he sleeps at night under the blanket of freedom that the "heroes" provide:
And that "heroes" exists on both sides of war:
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28. Baobo
I guess that Marine didn't feel like taking his hat off indoors. Sometimes they forget.
Did you know Todd Heisler won an Emmy?
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29. Vanguard of the Commentariat
@28 It appears the Marine was detailed there to be an Honor Guard. As such he was "on duty" and required to be covered.
May 29, 2012 - 1:17 am Link to this Comment -
I'm sorry but the photo strikes me as strange and most unnatural. I'm sorry for her loss but I feel she makes a bizarre contrast between the dignified honor guard, solmness of the casket and the dishevelled mess beneath.
Was she planning on getting some sleep? Why not just pull up a chair? No disrespect but it's not exactly an image of the stoical wife of the Republic. I found the image of the SEALs dog much more moving.
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31. chris hayes
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33. tharkun
2. Walt
Thank you, Walt.
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34. stoicheion
20. herb
I don't have the time to look it up but if memory serves me correctly the upside or barrel down position entered the manual of arms of the British army because it was a step in the reloading procedure. Before there were percussion caps, there was the flintlock.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FlintlockOne of the advantages of gunpowder weapons was how easy it was to train conscripts in their use. Reloading was a drill that became the manual of arms.
It took a few days to train someone to load and fire a musket. It took decades to learn the longbow and years to learn the pike.
The drill for a flintlock required that a small amount of powder be put in the 'pan'. That was what the spark from the flint ignited, which set off the main charge. The pan would allow the powder to get wet if it was raining, hence the 'keep your powder dry' that is still with us today.
Someone of above average intelligence developed a torch hole (the passage for the flame from the pan) that would allow powder from the main charge to enter the pan IF the musket was tilted in a certain way. The pan could be mostly covered now which helped keep the powder dry. Within a few years, the percussion cap was invented which was a superior solution. The Manual of arms was never changed. AFAIK, it has NEVER been changed. The Marine Guard does the same drill today as they did in 1812.
Some one here that pulled Embassy duty would know more about that.May 29, 2012 - 7:52 am Link to this Comment -
35. epignosis
Let's hear the opinion of Richard D. Winters, made known to many by "Band Of Brothers". "I served in a company of heroes."
He is no longer able to elucidate his remark, but perhaps we can fathom his meaning. Maybe he was refering to all those men of Company E, 2nd Battalion, 506th PIR, 101st AD, that endeavored to perform their duty regardless of the personal danger.
No doubt, faced with immediate peril, it's quite natural to be afraid, to be scared. What these people do is continue, rather than give flight in response to their fear. They remain. They stand. They fight back. Sometimes temble behind cover, but they do their duty when called upon.
It's tempting to say 'they have no choice'. Foolishness! They had a choice when they enlisted. They chose to report. They chose to not feign injury or disability.
That's what choices are being made by servicemen & women today. They put themselves in harm's way. It's quite possible to show cowardice on some occasions and heroism on others. It's a temporal act. Once done, it vanishes except for results and memory.
To present oneself for service on the field of danger is the first act of heroism.
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36. Charles
22. Baobo
Everybody gets it. You're not an American. Give it a rest.
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37. Baobo
36- That's not even close to what I've been saying. In fact it's crazy.
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38. Chemical_turk
Moved to tears.
The naked sacrifice and impact to the individual.
Any comment as to the trivality of the word "hero" is indeed sound and thunder, exposing that person for what they are, a cynic of the worst self serving kind.May 29, 2012 - 10:11 am Link to this Comment -
The photographer needed to light the subject, the widow. The room is much too dark to photograph the "sleeping" widow without a flash. If they shot it without a flash their editor would be wondering what is the object in front of the casket. Not sure if they had they "told" the woman to open her laptop or they just stumbled upon the shot. The photographer may have just "happened" upon her cruising the internet or her email and took the shot. This is what real professional photographers do…they either see the shot or set it up.
I feel for her loss and am sorry that she is grieving. However in my opinion, having been around too many professional photographers is looks too staged for me.
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40. spindok
It is a stunning photo. Thank you for posting this.
It reminded me of something I had forgotten.
When I was 7 years old my dad was in Vietnam during the Tet offensive. My mom, sister and I were in Tacoma, Washington. To communicate they wrote letters but had also invested in the latest technology. They had these small reel-to-reel tape recorders. I still remember what they looked like and the little cardboard boxes the tapes came in. They would record tapes and send them and mom would listen to them over and over. He came home.
Seeing her in the glow of her laptop where she had kept all of the special memories, photos, songs, communication, made me think of my mom so excited to get another tape in the mail.
I showed the photo to my wife this morning and explained what it was. For a few minutes we could not speak or even look at each other. Then she said "that is what I would do".
May 29, 2012 - 10:42 am Link to this Comment -
The Marine has what appears to be the white version of a Duty belt with an Eagle, globe and Anchor on the face. When assigned a post as a duty, Marine's shall remain covered The duty belt once held arms, blade or Firearm even unarmed The belt means the same, It tells others the Marine has a mission.
Marines must wear covers if they are under arms (on duty), or if a superior instructs them to do so. "Under arms" literally means carrying a weapon, although an on-duty Marine in an authority or ceremonial capacity may wear a duty belt instead, as a symbol of being on duty without carrying a gun.
Read more: Why Can't Marines Wear Covers Indoors? | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/about_4673344_cant-marines-wear-covers-indoors.html#ixzz1wHaCQheN
Baobo: please before you make a remark, even a smart ass remark check your facts and the appropriate regulations of the Branch Of the Armed forces you are seeking to slander.
"Stacking swivel, hand and bulkhead, some assembly may be required."May 29, 2012 - 11:00 am Link to this Comment -
# 22 Baobo:
At Ease is a stance taken when not at attention or parade rest. Such as standing Honor Guard for a fallen comrade, his Coffin and his loved ones. The man is NOT casually watching.Interlace your thumbs either in front or behind you and relax a little bit by separating your left foot from your right. You must stay standing. Don't move your right foot and don't make any noise.
Read more: How to Stand at Ease | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_2315587_stand-ease.html#ixzz1wHcNXSJq
Semper Fidelis
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43. Baobo
My posts are being severely misunderstood, despite being clear and reasonable.
I am un-New York Times, not unamerican. My slanders are aimed exclusively at them, not toward any Marine.
If you are going to fetishize soldiers to the point of cognitive blindness, then please go on Chris Matthews' program and have it out with your thrill-loving doppelganger. I know that I have no quarrel you, and none with our military.
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Hayes like most of his type doesn't have an honorable bone in his body.
Hayes did state once that John F. Kerry (D) Mass. senator was a war hero.
He had no problems saying that now did he?May 29, 2012 - 11:23 am Link to this Comment -
45. epignosis
For what it is worth, it can be observed that several folks who post at BC use English as a 'second' language. Their posts sometimes express their thoughts just a little bit awkwardly, compared to native speakers.
This, alone, can result in misunderstanding of the intent.
Then, of course, their are those amongst us who just cannot write worth a hoot in any language.
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46. Smashmaster
I have always said the Left has no honor.
It doesn't value it, it doesn't understand it, it doesn't respect it.
Why? Because, I think, the Left doesn't at some fundamental emotional level respect truth for it's own sake.
If you don't respect the truth, it is hard to have a measure of integrity.
If you don't have integrity, you don't have honor, which is integrity made manifest.
Just my theory.
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47. JDMilw
Thanks for enlightening the less informed. You put it with much more civility than I would have.
It's easy to see some bulkhead counseling would be in order for some.
Semper Fi!
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48. Yashmak
Thank you for this fantastic Memorial Day article Wretchard.
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49. epignosis
Smash @ 46 – Why? Because, I think, the Left doesn't at some fundamental emotional level respect truth for it's own sake.
There is some kernel of significance hidding deep within this opinion. I know it has been discussed here at BC. The jellyfish mentality, sweep by the tides of life with no prefered direction, no immutable standard, no abiding principle. Just what is willed or desired as an approach or outcome. No recognition that nature or God prohibits certain conditions or outcomes. Some things cannot be made to happen however strongly they are 'willed' or desired by mankind.
As if even the law of gravity can be subordinated to the desires of the heart. Nature in all aspects can be conquered or at least brought to heel.
Why, we have evolved to such a pinnacle of knowledge and capability, the old rules just do not apply. Lay down your arms and give peace a chance. Oh yeah, we can get rid of police as well, since we have evolved beyond crime.
The data set is so enormous and their comprehension so diminuitive, they cannot discern verity.
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50. Mel
"Wounded Warriors", PTSD, or at a dinner party my host referring to service people as "damaged". It's a meme, sad-making propaganda and it's constant.
Only the Incredible Hulk is allowed heroics.May 29, 2012 - 12:51 pm Link to this Comment -
51. sanhetnik
KWB@39 The photographer may have just "happened" upon her cruising the internet…
I'm going with the available light theory here.
A lot of commenters seem to have trouble appreciating this woman's state of mind. More likely she is rereading his letters, hearing them in his voice. Maybe even watching videos he sent her. In previous wars there were letters and photographs. Now it is all on the computer.
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52. Tony
Thanks for this, Professor,
I sent this NYT article to all my friends on Memorial Day. I am always uncomfortable with the words "Happy Memorial Day."
Thank you for your always interesting comments and juxtapositions, and the frequent nobility of your words.
God bless our troops and God bless and keep their families.
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53. Yashmak
"A lot of commenters seem to have trouble appreciating this woman's state of mind. More likely she is rereading his letters, hearing them in his voice. Maybe even watching videos he sent her. . . " – sanhetnik
This was my thought as well.
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54. Tamquam
Smash @ 46 – Why? Because, I think, the Left doesn't at some fundamental emotional level respect truth for it's own sake.
Indeed it does not. The ends justify the means and the end is power, absolute and eternal.
As with all evil, Leftism carries within it the seeds of its own destruction, which has been demonstrated over and over again.
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55. Shylurk
She is lying between two worlds.Looking at what he was,lying beside what remains..Do you really think she asked for that mattress, do you think she cares…
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56. Richard Aubrey
Heroic is enlisting. You do not know, quite literally you do not know, when, how, or if your life will end before your enlistment is up, but you do know the prospect is increased considerably compared to not enlisting. But you do it anyway.
Following that, you may die heroically, or you may be blown up by a mortar while working at a DFAC in a large FOB.
The former is heroic, but so is the latter, as you wouldn't have been there if you hadn't written The Blank Check, and signed it, voluntarily.
No, Hayes does not know heroes, and, as our host says, he is irrelevant. Doesn't even know he's irrelevant.
IMO, those who spurn heroes do so because at some level they know they could never measure up to even the mildest diffulty requiring courage. So, instead of thinking of themselves as deficient, they discredit the entire concept.May 29, 2012 - 3:17 pm Link to this Comment -
57. Josh
I would not want to try to understand her pain, I cannot, and it would be too much for me, and if she finds solace in what she is doing, then God bless her.
But given what we also know about the NYTimes and their point in showing it, I get agitated at the invasion of her grief.
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58. A Dumbgrunt
I do not think much one way or the other, of the NVA trooper that 'got' me. My proximate equal perhaps.
Hayes is nothing.
"When people stop believing in God, they don't believe in nothing — they believe in anything",
GK Chesterton.May 29, 2012 - 3:54 pm Link to this Comment -
59. dla
We all die.
We all value life based on the years lived, and the service to others. War mostly effects the young. And these young are asked or forced to serve by projecting force at the direction of others. There is something about this form of indentured servitude that is tantalizing. I believe it is rightly highly esteemed.
But we all die. And for those touched by a life, there is a loss to be dealt with.
I wonder what memorial day means to a man who personally and/or whose family has never served?
Obama in 2012? Seriously? – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4nvhAZ0vr0
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60. Blast From the Past
My comment on the cyber stalking – terrorism by Kimberlin thread, the next thread, just got marked as Spam. Let us not leap into paranoia, perhaps I posted to quickly, but this gives pause. Hacking PJM to shut down dissent is the type of thing that Kimberlin's friends might try.
Here we must be careful to only advocate lawful acts and share useful information regarding legal assistance to those we believe to be falsely accused. For Wretchard, in a country with no First Amendment protection, the risk may be greater. – Reposted here, hope it gets through.
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61. jms
> If you are going to fetishize soldiers to the point of cognitive blindness
Baobo, you are missing the entire point of the article.
I am not a military man and obviously you are not either. To use an analogy, you and I are floating on the surface of this story like a raft on a body of water. The photographs and descriptions in this article are like compelling and interesting waves on the surface. Some bodies of water are very shallow — what you see on the surface is pretty much all there is. Other bodies of water run deep. Sometimes you can't tell from the surface.
You seem to be mocking the readers here for "fetishizing" the mysteries of a puddle without understanding that these photographs and stories rest on the surface of a deep ocean of emotion, history, honor, ritual, more.
Perhaps you can accept that what you are seeing has meaning that will forever remain beyond your experience and full understanding because you (and I) chose a different path in life. You might at least not be so foolish as to try and explain to people who've lived their lives in the deep places under the surface of this story that none of it exists and that they are fetishists, fussing about nothing.
Wretchard's article is the rare Memorial Day tribute that breaks the surface to reveal a little of what is underneath and I thank him for that.
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62. ChrisVJ
There is a change. The pendulum is swinging back.
Yesterday (Tuesday) we came through Seatac (Seattle Airport) At the immigration line the supervisor asked if there were serving members from our plane in the line up. Some stood forward and were given priority to the immigration officers. Almost everybody in the line nodded approval and smiled.
Just a little of the respect they are due.
May 30, 2012 - 11:39 am Link to this Comment -
63. Baobo
The photographs and descriptions in this article are like compelling and interesting waves on the surface.
The only "waves" are the ripples in space-time fabric that caused staggered windows to line up on a jumbo jet.
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66. Baobo
64- I am sorry I am not more sensitive with my tone at times, but I am not going to have my posts twisted into some kind of trolling. Putting aside how or whether the photos were processed, it is only right we also consider their artistry, and of course their origin as I have already emphasized.
The 7 pictures shown here are some the most vile and extreme insults to our military ever published. They are visions of (respectively): people in ovens, columns following death, a judgement in hell, of Steve Jobs as Savior in direct opposition to Christ, Colonel Kurtz himself, … and the last 2 images are of such offense for their psychology and symbolism that I refuse to comment on them.
Did you actually think this newspaper could ever honor our military in an honest manner? Half the art in being a modern artist is not in the work, but in controlling audience response. Millions of people have viewed these monstrosities and seen nothing but love and remembrance in them. To accomplish this, Todd Heisler simply took photographs, while our mind-bending media did the rest.
May 31, 2012 - 9:27 am Link to this Comment
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There were three votes on the controversial Welfare Uprating Bill last night, two of which triggered Lib Dem rebellions.
On the first, deleting Clauses 1-3 of the Bill, Andrew George, Martin Horwood, Julian Huppert, Charles Kennedy and Alan Reid voted against the Government.
In the brief Third Reading debate, LibDem Deputy Leader Simon Hughes stated that the party was 'not comfortable about this sort of Bill'.
The vote on Third Reading saw the above rebels joined by John Leech, Adrian Sanders, Sarah Teather and Mark Williams.
Abstentions and absentees included Dan Rogerson (co-sponsor of Andrew George's amendment which was due to arcane Commons protocol not put to the vote), Annette Brooke, Mike Crockart, Tim Farron, Mike Hancock, David Ward, Roger Williams, Jenny Willott and Chris Huhne.
Some who have rebelled on other votes, including Greg Mulholland and Bob Russell, supported the Government this time. Nonetheless I make this the second-biggest Lib Dem rebellion this Parliament.


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Author Randy Shaw
(Photo: Thomas Good / NLN)
Can labor organizing ever be properly described as "a discipline" — according to author Randy Shaw this is exactly what Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers accomplished. Shaw makes his argument in his latest book, Beyond The Fields, and in public appearances to promote the book.
NEW YORK — October 21 2010. On Thursday evening activist, attorney, and author Randy Shaw addressed a group of labor organizers and writers at the Brooklyn College Graduate Center for Worker Education. The topic: the legacy of Cesar Chavez and the UFW. The occasion: a tour to promote "Beyond The Fields: Cesar Chavez, The UFW, and the Struggle for Justice in the 21st Century." Shaw is an eloquent, dynamic, and thoughtful speaker and this is one book tour that anyone interested in labor history — and organizing — should not miss.
Randy Shaw is Executive Director of the Tenderloin Housing Clinic, a non-profit, tenant rights organization in San Francisco that Shaw co-founded in 1980. Shaw also edits BeyondChron.org, an alternative — to the San Francisco Chronicle — online daily newspaper. In addition, Shaw has written three well regarded books on activism. His first volume, The Activist's Handbook, is one of the top ten books in this reporter's Goodread's library: it discusses the relationship activists must maintain with elected officials (electeds must regard activists with "fear and loathing") and traces the long struggle of a strange alliance. Fighting together to keep a waste incinerator out of their Willamsburg neighborhood, Brooklyn's Hasidic community put aside a long-standing — and mutual — distrust and allied with the Latino community to take on City Hall. And prevail.
An uncompromising commitment to winning the struggle, willingness to form unlikely alliances, keeping politicians at bay, and taking the long view are themes that inform all of Shaw's work and Beyond The Fields is no exception.
Randy Shaw: The UFW was an "amazing incubator."
(Photo: Thomas Good / NLN)
Describing the work of the UFW and their legendary leader, Cesar Chavez, Shaw described how the Farm Workers redefined the labor union: tabling at colleges as a recruiting tool, winning struggles by elevating local struggles into national boycotts, digging in for long campaigns, "living off the land," providing hands-on training for organizers, demanding dedication from — and offering meaningful work to — volunteers, taking principled positions against the Vietnam War and hiring women as organizers are just some aspects of the UFW approach that separated them from their counterparts in the AFL-CIO of the Seventies.
Shaw told the gathering at Brooklyn College that the UFW was the first union to table at campuses. And the point was not simply to hand out fliers. Organizers were expected to engage in "barking" — engaging students directly in conversation. And when a student signed up as a volunteer, that recruit got a phone call that same night. The volunteers were contacted immediately and consistently, were well trained, and were put to work.
The UFW gave fledgling organizers something that transcended good training and opportunities to grow — according to Shaw the UFW gave young activists "Something meaningful to do with their lives." As a result young organizers were willing to work for $5 a week, to "live off the land," to travel, to start a union office from scratch, to recruit a staff and organizers and to fundraise to support the organizing work. Shaw said that this sort of immersion training made the UFW an "amazing incubator" that produced very talented organizers — organizers who left the UFW but never left the movement. Many UFW trained organizers went on to work in UNITEHERE and other unions and to involve themselves in a variety of social justice causes. In effect, Chavez and the farm workers built a social movement. And they did this by turning labor organizing into what Shaw termed "a real discipline." UFW-trained organizers could, and did, build unions and movements literally from nothing.
In the last three decades UFW alumni went on to organize coffee boycotts against the brutal government in El Salvador — with its death squads funded by U.S. tax dollars, to fight agribusiness — and win, to challenge the notion that pesticides didn't harm the environment, and to stand up for immigrant rights.
The eventual decline of the UFW in the Seventies and Eighties should not be seen as the sole indicator of its effectiveness, Shaw said. Cesar Chavez became very difficult to work with, possibly due to emotional issues, and drove out most of the UFW's top talent, according to Shaw. But, Shaw notes, the UFW must be assessed, not by its current membership numbers, but by its legacy.
And what a legacy it is.
In its heyday, the UFW was alone in hiring women — and making them officers. Shaw told a story of a 15-year-old woman who became a "boycott captain" — before she was old enough to drive a car.
In 1968, Chavez aggressively recruited organizers and used his recruits for voter outreach — providing a model that was adapted and adopted by Obama in in 2008.
The UFW pushed organized labor to change its position on immigrants. In 2000, the AFL-CIO dropped its long-held anti-immigrant stance and began representing undocumented workers.
A number of great organizers still working today got their start in the UFW – and the training they received served them well. Consequently, the diminished state of the UFW today is no measure of the union's greatness. Its profound and long-lasting impact on the labor movement is the best quantifier of its success.
As Randy Shaw said, "You have to look at the big picture of what the legacy of the UFW is."
One means of having a look at that big picture is to read Beyond The Fields. It is packed with great labor history, analysis — and near and dear to the hearts of organizers and activists: ideas. Many of the fascinating stories contained in the book could not be presented in a brief presentation.
For example: Cesar Chavez was an admirer of Mohandas K. Gandhi.
Cesar Chavez studied Mahatma Gandhi. And applied what he learned. In 1968, a UFW grape strike was faltering and some union members advocated violence against strikebreakers. Chavez responded by delivering a 90 minute talk on nonviolence and an announcement that he was going on a spiritual fast until the UFW affirmed its commitment to nonviolence.
Randy Shaw: "The initial reaction to Chavez's decision to fast was mixed. Some of the more secular and radical UFW volunteers, who included those most critical of Chavez's strategy of nonviolence, disdained the religious imagery of the fast. Saul Alinsky, whose Industrial Areas Foundation had employed Chavez as an organizer in the 1950s, told Chavez that his fast was 'embarrassing' to the IAF. Labor officials were reportedly incensed about the fast. Unions were accustomed to 'beating up scabs' as the best strategy for deterring strikebreakers, yet Chavez was ignoring this and instead engaging in what they perceived as a religious act."
[ p. 85, Beyond The Fields ]
Bobby Kennedy was on hand when Chavez ended his fast — 25 days later — and famously offered the labor leader a piece of bread.
Reading Beyond The Fields, it becomes clear that there is much to learn from the successes and the failures of the UFW.
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In a question and answer segment following his presentation, Shaw commented at length on the problem of how unions and other progressive organizations fail to deal effectively with dissent. Unfortunately, in many unions, any dissent is viewed with suspicion and the dissenter is regarded as not being a "team player." This stifling of dissent and initiative is forcing organizers out at a time when they are most needed.
"When you have to be that homogenous you also then lose people who don't want to be part of those organizations," Shaw said.
Given that many unions once profited by borrowing a page or two from the UFW's playbook now might be an excellent time for labor people to take a look at the rich history of that organization.


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Californias debt crisisThursday, January 9th, 2014 Issue 02, Volume 18.
Among the problems impacting California cities are the huge debt obligations owed to CalPERS, the states public employees retirement system. For example, Stockton, one of the bankrupt cities, is paying CalPERS roughly $29 million a year, in addition to payments being made to other creditors. Despite passage of a so-called "balanced" budget last June, a report by the California Taxpayers Association placed state and local debt at an astounding $443 billion, which amounts to $11,600 for every man, woman and child in the state. Mac Taylor, the legislatures budget analyst, recently reported that Californias structural budget deficit has disappeared. While this is good news, the report is based on a shaky economic recovery and temporary taxes. It also ignores Californias huge future debt obligations. As we enter 2014, we should remember that all state programs are based on tax revenues generated by private-sector economic activity. Future state and local spending must be reined in so that the debt burden we have accumulated over the last decades can be addressed along with massive unfunded mandates and liabilities that threaten future prosperity. Only then can we truly begin to celebrate Californias return from the brink of fiscal insolvency. By Calif. State Assemblymember Marie Waldron (R-75th District) 5 comments
Until this state deals with its cumbersome regulations, record taxes, hostility to resource development and supports closing the border and promotes ethnically blind assimilation rather than serial amnesties and ethnic chauvinism we will continue to have the nations worst schools, worst infrastructure, worst business climate, and highest exoduses, as California plods on, coasting on the fumes of what nature and our ancestors so generously bequeathed to us. California is a broken, tired idea.
Pensions for the Retired State employees....and will continue to because the LA and Orange County are currently heavily Union - thus, pensions for all the employed still joining the unions everyday... as the salaries continue to go up.. as will our taxes to pay for them. Pro-non-union-thankfully San Diego County dilegently fights in PLA agreements.
I will never in my life understand California voters. I thought the late 1970`s would still be remembered, guess not. Remember when Brown and the rest of the rock n roll set were running things, Brown created most of the nonsense that plaguing California today. California voters are the KING of the misinformed.
I hope that Assemblywomen Waldron reads the responses posted here. One area that she should also consider discussing is what the California Legislature is doing to curb the overwhelming regulatory mentality that is driving large employers and corporations out of the state to other more business friendly states like Texas and Nevada All we ever seem to hear from Sacramento is about new laws/regs that choke our economy and increase the burden on the taxpayers that are finding it increasingly difficult to live in this state. Please speak to this issue in the next communication we see.
The problem is that California has exorbitant built-in costs unlike any other state and, in politically correct fashion, usually tries to keep mum about them. We are home to about a quarter of the nations illegal immigrants, most from poorer areas of Latin America, California has public schools that enroll millions whose first language is not English. Someday, the infusion of young, motivated new Californians may prove a fiscal plus, but for the foreseeable future, illegal immigration translates into years of soaring healthcare, housing, transportation, education and law-enforcement costs and billions of much-needed dollars lost from the state economy each year in remittances to Latin America.
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Wasn't it last Christmas that Target refused to let the Salvation Army ring their bells in front of their stores?
Dick Forrey of the VietnamVeterans Association wrote.
'Recently we asked the local TARGET store to be a proud
Sponsor of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall during our
Spring recognition event.
We received the following reply
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Then something is really wrong at this TARGET store. We were
Not asking for thousands of dollars, not even hundreds, just
A small sponsorship for a memorial remembrance.
As a follow-up, I E-mailed the TARGET U.S.Corporate
Headquarters and their response was the same.
That's their
National policy.
Then I looked into the company further.
They will not allow
The Marines to collect for 'Toys for Tots' at any of their
Stores. And during the recent Iraq deployment, they would
Not allow families of employees who were called up for
Active duty to continue their insurance coverage while
They were on military service. Then as I dig further,
Is a French-owned corporation.
Now, I'm thinking again. If TARGET cannot support American Veterans, then why should my family and I support their
Stores by spending our hard earned American dollars!
Have their profits sent to France ..
Without the American
Vets, where would France be today?
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My wife has been boycotting Target stores since the 1st Gulf War...remember they(France) wouldn't support us? Thats when people here started with American Fries and all that good stuff..
I can witness my wife has never stepped into a Target store since!!
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Which verifies what I have believed all along. Half of what you read online is hearsay. I don't know if I believe the Snoops thing either. If we boycotted everything we were told too, we would have no place to spend our money. All it takes is for one person to get ****ed and here go the rumors.
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A top Chinese banker said Beijing is "fully prepared" for a currency war as he urged the world to abide by a consensus reached by the G20 to avert confrontation, state media reported on Saturday.
Yi Gang, deputy governor of China's central bank, issued the call after G20 finance ministers last month moved to calm fears of a looming war on the currency markets at a meeting in Moscow.
Those fears have largely been fuelled by the recent steep decline in the Japanese yen, which critics have accused Tokyo of manipulating to give its manufacturers a competitive edge in key export markets over Asian rivals.
Yi said a currency war could be avoided if major countries observed the G20 consensus that monetary policy should primarily serve as a tool for domestic economy, the Xinhua report said.
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[3] China slams US currency manipulation claims: http://www.prisonplanet.com/china-slams-us-currency-manipulation-claims.html
[4] China Invented Every Single Major Form of Currency – Metal Coins, Paper Money and Fiat Currency – And Seized Gold Six Centuries Before FDR: http://www.prisonplanet.com/china-invented-every-single.html
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State Representative Tommy Thompson filed the bill on January 8th and it has been amended by HCS. This legislation will require 48 hours of education within two years after a person receives a real estate sales license; and does not affect current licensees. Increased education helps protect the public and better ensure real estate licensees maintain an acceptable level of industry knowledge throughout their career. Here is the current status timeline:
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With the migratory season seeming to have started 20 days in advance, bird-watchers have already spotted Ruddy Turn Stones and Spotted Red Shanks, two rare species.
Bird watchers and ornithologists are surprised by the early arrival of migratory birds to various water bodies in and around Chennai.
K. Gnanaskandan, member of the Madras Naturalists' Society (MNS), said the members have sighted 29 species so far since July end. Normally, the migratory season starts from mid-September. This time the season has begun nearly 20 days in advance, he said.
Of the 29 species two of them were very important. One was the Ruddy Turn Stone, which has been sighted after several yeas. Another bird, Spotted Red Shank, has been sighted, which is not very common, he said. Adyar estuary, Pallikaranai marshland, backwaters in Kelambakkam and Mudaliarkuppam were some of the areas where the migratory birds were sighted, he said.
Every year the members record sighting of 75 species of birds during the migratory season, which begins mid-September and peaks in October. These winged visitors stay till April, Mr Gnanaskandan said. During middle of last month, the MNS members have recorded the sighting of 200 flamingos in the backwaters of Kelambakkam. Most of them were juveniles, the members observed.
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The MNS is also planning to organise regular nature walks for nature lovers. Recently during the Madras Week celebrations, the Society organised a visit to Pallikaranai marshland wherein nearly 50 persons participated. The participants were showed nearly 30 species of birds during the visit, Mr Gnanaskandan said.
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(Atlantic) The Atlantic/CAM Trojan wrestling team will return to the mat with a tournament at Des Moines, Lincoln on Saturday. The team is 6-5 in duals at the break and has placed 2nd in all three tournaments they have attended.
Coach Tim Duff says the team has been going through two-a-day practices throughout this week.
The tournament at DM, Lincoln will provide the squad with a lot of good competition.
Coach Duff says a few of the team's seniors are off to very good starts to the year.
The complete interview with Atlantic/CAM wrestling coach can be found under our Podcast Page. Click on Atlantic Sports Saturday.