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It's Been 70 Years Since A Clear US Military Victory
A war machine that costs about as much as the rest of the worlds' militaries combined just doesn't win wars anymore. Why is this, and how can such an expensive public program that obviously fails to achieve its stated goals carry on unscathed?
"You must be Eddie"
The day Chris Kyle died - an account of the fateful gun range encounter between the subject of the film "American Sniper" and fellow veteran Eddie Ray Routh.
Routh has received a life sentence for killing Kyle and freind Chad Littlefield, with a jury finding his claims of PTSD to be "an excuse".
From Above
How the US Stumbled into the Drone Era [WSJ] As ubiquitous as Predators, Reapers, Global Hawks and their ilk may now seem, the U.S. actually stumbled into the drone era. Washington got into the business of using drones for counterterrorism well before 9/11—not out of any steely strategic design or master plan but out of bureaucratic frustration, bickering and a series of only half-intentional decisions.
Other than Honorable
"A Gazette investigation shows an increasing number of soldiers, including wounded combat veterans, are being kicked out of the service for misconduct, often with no benefits, as the Army downsizes after a decade of war."
"Disposable: Surge in discharges includes wounded soldiers"
"Left Behind: No break for the wounded"
"Locked Away: Army struggles with wounded soldiers"
"Disposable: Surge in discharges includes wounded soldiers"
"Left Behind: No break for the wounded"
"Locked Away: Army struggles with wounded soldiers"
"Never, ever let anybody use your gender as an excuse."
"Women get flustered under fire. They're too fragile, too emotional. They lack the ferocity required to take a life. They can't handle pain. They're a distraction, a threat to cohesion, a provocative tease to close-quartered men. These are the sort of myths you hear from people who oppose the U.S. military's evolving new rules about women in combat. But for women who have already been in combat, who have earned medals fighting alongside men, the war stories they tell don't sound a thing like myths" [more inside]
"As long as you're breathing, life is worth living."
Six years ago, US Army Captain Ivan Castro was severely wounded in a mortar attack in Iraq that left him permanently and completely blinded. Today, he's one of only three blind active duty Army officers, and the very first to serve in the US Army Special Forces. Thirteen months and 36 surgeries after the attack, Castro ran the 2007 Marine Corps Marathon in 4:14 and the Army Ten Miler in 1:25. And he's still going: In the last 15 months, he's completed 14 marathons. Why? "Because I still can. Because people need to see what's possible." [more inside]
"It begins with a knock at the door."
Final Salute. Between 2004 and 2005, "Rocky Mountain News reporter Jim Sheeler and photographer Todd Heisler spent a year with the Marines stationed at Aurora's Buckley Air Force Base who have found themselves called upon to notify families of the deaths of their sons in Iraq. In each case in this story, the families agreed to let Sheeler and Heisler chronicle their loss and grief. They wanted people to know their sons, the men and women who brought them home, and the bond of traditions more than 200 years old that unite them. Though readers are led through the story by the white-gloved hand of Maj. Steve Beck, he remains a reluctant hero. He is, he insists, only a small part of the massive mosaic that is the Marine Corps." The full story ran on Veteran's Day, 2005 and won two Pulitzer Prizes: one for Feature Photography, another for feature writing in 2006. A nice single-page version of one section: Katherine Cathey and 2nd Lt. James J. Cathey (via.) The Rocky Mountain News closed in 2009. [more inside]
Veterans and PTSD
Army vet with PTSD sought the treatment he needed by taking hostages – but got jail instead. "Fifteen months of carnage in Iraq had left the 29-year-old debilitated by post-traumatic stress disorder. But despite his doctor's urgent recommendation, the Army failed to send him to a Warrior Transition Unit for help. The best the Department of Veterans Affairs could offer was 10-minute therapy sessions — via videoconference. So, early on Labor Day morning last year, after topping off a night of drinking with a handful of sleeping pills, Quinones barged into Fort Stewart's hospital, forced his way to the third-floor psychiatric ward and held three soldiers hostage, demanding better mental health treatment." [Via] [more inside]
They always did tend towards having the snappiest uniforms
American military planners are fascinated with German/Prussian military history. Busts of Von Clauswitz adorn American military academies where On War is taught, often with the misperception that Von Clauswitz viewed war as a controllable science. Shock & Awe is just the idea of Blitzkrieg with better weapons. Endless exhortations about unit cohesion (a complex, multi-layered idea with no military definition that is nonetheless used to keep gay soldiers from openly serving) comes from admiration for the Wehrmacht, their discipline and courage on the battlefield. So too the idea of a military culture separate and more honorable than the civilians they protect, advancing the professional warrior model at the expense of the citizen-soldier model. But to quote author military/adventure author Tom Clancy, "Why do people have a fixation with the German military when they haven't won a war since 1871?"
Trying to "out-terrorize the terrorists"
Soldiers involved in the "Collateral Murder" video have come forward to tell their story. [more inside]
Women at Arms: In Their Own Words
Three female US soldiers talk about their experiences in the military. (sound starts automatically) [more inside]
Don't Ask, Don't Tell
A Gay Soldier's Husband — In the backdrop of the conservative activist Supreme Court's recent decision against hearing a challenge to the US military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, one gay American relates the difficulties he faces having a partner on active duty in Iraq. In Iraq itself, death squads continue to murder gay and lesbian Iraqis, while American occupying forces look the other way.
Jesus killed Mohammed: The crusade for a Christian military
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Friendly fire coverup
New friendly fire coverup: Army shreds files on dead soldiers. "Hours after Salon revealed evidence that two Americans were killed by a U.S. tank, not enemy fire, military officials destroyed papers on the men."
Team Lioness - Female Soldiers in Combat in Iraq
Team Lioness is the name given to a group of female soliders, (and the documentary about them) who were some of the first women in modern American warfare to engage in frontline combat — something that is officially forbidden by the military. "The female support soliders were assigned to the 1st Engineer Battalion and they were recruited to accompany Marine units during raids. Originally, the female soldiers were there to search and detain any women they came upon and to guard the unit's Arabic interpreter. Over time, however, as the situation in Ramadi deteriorated, the Marine units transitioned into a more offensive role, baiting insurgents into firefights in order to draw them out. Until officers higher up the chain got spooked over the possibility of a female soldier killed in combat and quietly disbanded the unit, members of Team Lioness were often right in the thick of things, including some of the fiercest urban firefights of the Iraq War."
The Wars of John McCain
The Wars of John McCain. "John McCain believes the Vietnam War was winnable. Now he argues that an Obama administration would accept defeat in Iraq, with grave costs to American honor and national security. Is McCain's quest for victory a reflection of an antiquated pre-Vietnam mind-set? Or of a commitment to principles we abandon at our peril? Is there any war McCain thinks can't be won?"
Baghdad Nights
Baghdad nights: evaluating the US military 'surge' using nighttime light signatures (PDF). A team of UCLA geographers using satellite imagery to track the amount of light emitted in Baghdad at night found that electricity use in Sunni neighborhoods fell prior to the surge and never returned, indicating that ethnic cleansing by Shiite militias drove the Sunnis away before the surge began and was largely responsible for the subsequent decrease in violence. [Via Passport]
We regret to inform you.
In Their Boots is a new online "magazine show" about the impact of the wars on US servicemembers and their families. The latest episode features the founder of the American Widow Project, a new documentary and an organization dedicated to helping out other war widows across the country.
US Military Presence Worldwide
Mission Creep: "Bush and Rumsfeld may be history, but America's new global footprint lives on." [more inside]
Soldier's Legacy
"The blogger Andrew Sullivan linked to the Blade account and encouraged readers to complain to the Post. "I can see why outing someone who is alive and closeted is unethical," he wrote. "Inning someone who is dead and was out is a function of utterly misplaced sensitivity, rooted in well-intentioned but incontrovertible homophobia.""
A Soldier's Legacy.
Battlemind: Armor for Your Mind is a U.S. Army website designed to help, in part, families deal with deployment, including a series of cartoons and videos intended for children whose parents may be sent to or be returning from warzones. Part of the Army's Behavioral Health program, these give intriguing insight into military culture. [more inside]
Military tattoos in the age of Iraq
The Rapture is Not an Exit Strategy
"People like you are not holding up the Constitution ..." Or so said Major Freddy Welborn, Specialist Jeremy Hall's commanding officer in Tikrit. "Last month, Specialist Hall and the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, an advocacy group, filed suit in federal court in Kansas, alleging that Specialist Hall's right to be free from state endorsement of religion under the First Amendment had been violated and that he had faced retaliation for his views. In November, he was sent home early from Iraq because of threats from fellow soldiers." (NY Times)
Can you trust a television military analyst?
Television military analysts are wooed, courted, and privileged by the Pentagon. An in-depth investigative report by the New York Times uncovers logrolling, shilling, touting, back-scratching, and just plain bias on the part of the experts that television networks put on the air to talk about the war. Some of them appear to be as good as owned by the Defense Department. "The effort, which began with the buildup to the Iraq war and continues to this day, has sought to exploit ideological and military allegiances, and also a powerful financial dynamic: Most of the analysts have ties to military contractors vested in the very war policies they are asked to assess on air. Those business relationships are hardly ever disclosed to the viewers, and sometimes not even to the networks themselves."
Winter Soldier
Winter Soldier: Iraq & Afghanistan. "Like Vietnam vets did decades ago, a group of soldiers are poised to speak out about atrocities they say the U.S. committed in Iraq and Afghanistan."
Admiral Fallon
The Man Between War and Peace. "As head of U. S. Central Command, Admiral William 'Fox' Fallon is in charge of American military strategy for the most troubled parts of the world. Now, as the White House has been escalating the war of words with Iran, and seeming ever more determined to strike militarily before the end of this presidency, the admiral has urged restraint and diplomacy. Who will prevail, the president or the admiral?" [Via Think Progress.]
The Pritzker Military Library
The Pritzker Military Library, a "public institution for the study of the citizen-soldier as an essential element for the preservation of democracy." Found while doing some after-film research on Charlie Wilson's War, the site is a trove of largely non-partisan, often refreshingly candid military perspectives. Particular highlights are video and audio interviews with Jim Lovell and Congressional Medal of Honor winners.
The Saddam Sessions
Saddam's Confessions - Given Saddam Hussein's central place in the American Consciousness over the last couple decades and particularly in recent years, I found 60 minutes' interview with FBI interrogator George Piro pretty fascinating.
Charlie 1-26
Blood Brothers: 15 months of combat hell forever change the members of Charlie 1-26. Part 1: To Adhamiya and back. Part 2: 'I've seen enough. I've done enough.' Part 3: 'Not us. We're not going.' Part 4: Picking up the pieces. [Via Danger Room.]
Left of Boom - The struggle to defeat roadside bombs
Left of Boom - The struggle to defeat roadside bombs. [washpo - flash & flash video]
Military baiting, killing Iraqis
"Hey look at this shiny trinket, I think I'll pick it up and see what it---OH GOD MY FACE." A Pentagon group has encouraged some U.S. military snipers in Iraq to target suspected insurgents by scattering pieces of "bait," such as detonation cords, plastic explosives and ammunition, and then killing Iraqis who pick up the items, according to military court documents.
The killing of Jamie Dean
The killing of Jamie Dean. "Police in rural Maryland staged a military stakeout and shot a troubled Army vet. As his family plans to sue, they are asking how a soldier being treated for PTSD could be shipped to Iraq."
Kerr Magee had applied to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to call their waste an "experimental fertilizer" and just spread it over the top of the land.
Depleted uranium is now understood to have many medical consequences unique to its modern application as munitions, due to its incendiary, aerosolizing behavior when pulverized. (Rosalie Bertell explains, youtube) It has become a leading candidate for the cause of Gulf War syndrome, and was associated with massive increases in cancer and birth defects in Basra. The EU has called for a moratorium on its use four times, and WHO is deeply concerned with its consequences, but the USA (with Canadian complicity) and Russia continue to use it in Iraq and elsewhere. (prev: 1 2 3 4 5)
The War as We Saw It
The War as We Saw It. A powerful op-ed about Iraq written by seven infantrymen and noncommissioned officers with the 82nd Airborne Division who will soon be heading home, it has received surprisingly little attention.
Court martialed for PTSD? "But I'm very concerned that, in a time when the Army is going out there and saying, we're trying to make sure that we provide good counseling for the troops, that, when someone has asked for help, they're potentially facing a court-martial.
Charlie Foxtrot.
Embrace the Suck. Intensive military activity creates an incubator for slang. By bringing together people from geographically diverse backgrounds, putting them into stressful circumstances, and teaching them a new language of jargon and acronym, the armed forces create fertile ground for new idioms - many of which return home in civvies when the conflicts are over. In the Civil War, World War I and World War II, in Korea and in Viet Nam, servicepeople created or popularized now-familiar terms like shoddy, hotshot, cooties, tailspin, fleabag, face time, joystick, SNAFU, FUBAR, flaky, gung ho, no sweat, flame-out, and many, many others.
Now, the GWOT brings us a new generation of 'milspeak'. Military columnist Austin Bay has published an early collection of neologisms from Gulf War II. On NPR, Bay explains what The Suck is, how to identify a fobbit, and why Marines look down on the attitude of Semper I.
Dr. Noori ... stayed home the day of the strike to prevent his workers from finding out that he knew many of the soldiers.
"I thought, 'Why don't we just raid the place?' " --the newest and only currently viable way to check up on how the billions and billions we're spending on reconstruction in Iraq is being spent--fake raids by the US military, making it seem like the recipients aren't receiving aid from us, and in fact are being targeted by us.
"I miss Iraq. I miss my gun. I miss my war."
A Soldier's Lament by Brian Mockenhaupt in Esquire, brought to you via MSN. We've seen a similar post by a Marine officer recently, but I liked the tone of this one a bit more because it does a better job of showing us the inside of a warrior's head.
Vet Kills Himself After VA Turns Him Away
Vet Kills Himself After VA Turns Him Away Marine veteran Jonathan Schulze survived the war in Iraq but almost two years after he came home, it ended up killing him, reports The Early Show co-anchor Harry Smith.
He had one of the toughest jobs in the war: taming the insurgent hotbed of Ramadi in 2004.
Rape within the US military.
The private war of women soldiers. "Last year, Col. Janis Karpinski caused a stir by publicly reporting that in 2003, three female soldiers had died of dehydration in Iraq, which can get up to 126 degrees in the summer, because they refused to drink liquids late in the day. They were afraid of being raped by male soldiers if they walked to the latrines after dark."
Confessions of an Army Torturer
Confessions of an Army Torturer "...as an army interrogator, he tortured detainees for information he admits they rarely had. Since leaving Iraq he's taken this story public, doing battle on national television against the war's architects for giving him the orders he regrets he obeyed...
Born to War
Born to War is a series of paintings of American women killed in Iraq. The combination of the increasing role of women in the American military and the blurring of lines between combat and non-combat roles in Iraq have made this the first war in which female US soldiers have died in direct combat. The focus on a smaller number of women provides a more approachable view of casualties than more general sites like Iraq Body Count and raises some interesting questions about the role of women in the US military.
2 full birds and a light bird
The helicopter that was shot down over Iraq this weekend was carrying, among other high-ranking officers, the US Army's chief medical officer for troops in Iraq.
Bill Moyers speech at West Point
Bill Moyers speech at West Point on "The Meaning of Freedom." I repeat: These are not palatable topics for soldiers about to go to war; I would like to speak of sweeter things. But freedom means we must face reality: "You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free." Free enough, surely, to think for yourselves about these breaches of contract that crudely undercut the traditions of an army of free men and women who have bound themselves voluntarily to serve the nation even unto death. Previously on MetaFilter:
after 9/11,
religion and democracy,
the environment,
right-wing media,
public broadcasting. Wikipedia.
Who do the troops support?
US Military Papers open fire on Rummy. Tomorrow, the Army Times -- and all other Military Times papers, including Navy and Air Force Times -- will run an editorial calling for Donald Rumsfeld to tender his resignation or be fired, due to his gross incompetence in handling the Iraq quagmire.
The Sandbox
The Sandbox A Doonesbury driven non-partisan non-policy community blog on the details of being human in a global war on terror.
Iraq War Deserters
Since 2000, at least 40,000 soldiers have deserted the Army--most of them as a result of the Iraq War. 50,000 deserted during Vietnam. How do we compare their statements of moral outrage with those of Siegfried Sassoon? (related)
News from the home front
Suzanne Swift, a Eugene soldier, has been arrested for refusing to return to Iraq after leave. She reports that she was sexually harassed by superiors. She was picked up at home by Homeland Security agents (according to local heresay) and held in Lane County Jail overnight, before being transferred to Fort Lewis in Washington.
More local news here.
(Disclaimer: I attempted to link a Military.com story on it, for balance, but was unable to.)
(Disclaimer: I attempted to link a Military.com story on it, for balance, but was unable to.)
What it's like to lose a son in the Iraq war.
Never Coming Home is about the families of five young men killed in Iraq. Slate presents a short documentary that focuses on the bereavement of the parents, or in one case, a brother. This portrait of grief and sacrifice is brought to life through the use of still photography and the recorded voices of family members.


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About the book: The movement towards inclusive education is undoubtedly an international phenomenon, and it has resulted in the development of policy initiatives impacting on schools in all nations.
This informative, wide-ranging text brings together key illustrative material from an international field. It adopts a critical perspective on policy issues, but goes beyond this by making explicit the assumptions that drive policy development. Readers will be encouraged to develop their own framework, allowing them to conduct policy analysis and evaluation within their own educational context.
Students and researchers interested in how principles of inclusive education are being translated into educational practices around the world will find this book an enlightening read.
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Frank and Joan Leone display photographs of their son, Vestal resident Robert Leone, who was arrested in March 2010. / File Photo
Months after the release of a graphic dashboard surveillance video showing his 2010 arrest at the hands of Pennsylvania State Police, a Vestal man has been released from jail.
Robert Leone, 33, was punched repeatedly, tasered at least six times, jumped on and verbally harassed by Pennsylvania state troopers at the conclusion of a 15-mile, low-speed chase through Bradford County, the video and court documents indicate.
After serving more than 2� years of a 16-to-48-month jail sentence stemming from four misdemeanor convictions at a 2010 jury trial, Leone was released last month from Bradford County jail and into parole supervision.
�Mr. Leone has been under active supervision by our Williamsport district office since Sept. 10, which means he has been living at his approved home plan since that time,� said Leo Dunn, spokesman for the state�s Board of Probation and Parole.
Leone was granted parole on March 16 � before the video of his arrest was made public � but remained incarcerated until he submitted an approved home plan to Pennsylvania officials.
None of the officers involved in Leone�s beating have faced criminal prosecution, and a Pennsylvania State Police spokeswoman declined to discuss the results of an internal investigation into the incident.
The video depicts troopers swarming around Leone after pulling him from his car at the end of the chase, and later hog-tying him and verbally threatening and harassing him in the back of a police cruiser.
In March, Leone filed a federal lawsuit against against the Pennsylvania State Police and the troopers allegedly involved in the incident. The defendants denied the allegations against them in a legal document filed in July.
The release of the video in June attracted national and international media attention, and in its wake, many in northern Pennsylvania called for an official probe into the behavior of the police involved and for Leone to be freed from incarceration. He was there on four misdemeanor charges: accident involving damage to attended vehicle; fleeing or attempting to elude an officer; simple assault; and resisting arrest.
A Press & Sun-Bulletin review of the video and nearly 500 pages of court records earlier this year indicated that troopers involved may have omitted key details about the incident from internal investigation reports. Documents show the resisting arrest charge against Leone stemmed from a broken pinkie finger suffered by an officer who punched Leone in the head.
The video also shows Leone eluded pursuing police vehicles during the lengthy chase across Bradford County. Records indicate he had 19 times the therapeutic level of amphetamines in his system when apprehended, along with a bottle of legally-prescribed Adderall.
Despite questions surrounding the incident, the involvement of the lone federal official who looked into the matter after the video was made public has ended without spurring any action.
The office of U.S. Rep. Thomas Marino, R-Lycoming, in July said it was looking into the situation at the request of the Leone family and would determine whether to ask the U.S. Department of Justice to review the incident. A statement issued Wednesday indicates that process has come to a close.
�After Mr. Leone�s family asked for assistance, our staff spoke with local, state, and federal law enforcement officials to get the status of any reviews or investigations,� Marino spokeswoman Sarah Wolf said in a written statement.
Wolf continued: �It is our understanding that, to date, no local, state, or federal law enforcement agency has chosen to pursue criminal charges against the officers, however, Mr. Leone has an ongoing federal lawsuit against those involved in the incident.�
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Axii sign
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- For the Sign's talent tree, see Axii attribute tree.
- For the Sign's talent descriptions, see Axii (character development).
The Axii Sign is a simple magical sign used by witchers. It is a mental wave that triggers a hex that causes an enemy to fight alongside the witcher. The effect can wear off over time or be broken via damage from the casting witcher.
The Witcher (PC)Edit
In the game, the Axii sign can be used to lessen the number of hostile creatures or humanoids Geralt is fighting, a way of evening the odds. The witcher's skill with the sign is developed through the allocation of talents. Note that while hexed creatures will fight alongside the witcher, their kills will not grant experience.
Mechanics Edit
- To use the Axii sign, right-click on the desired target
- Endurance is used whenever the sign is cast, if the overall level is too low, Geralt will not be able to cast the sign
Later on, visiting the Circles of Elements attributed to Axii grants Geralt the Blessing of Water.
Circles of Elements Edit
Circles of Elements dedicated to the Axii sign include:
- Gate of Water in the Swamp
- Circle of the Last Drop in the Black Tern Island
Opponents with immunity Edit
Opponents with susceptibilty Edit
- Zeugls (presumably)
Notes Edit
- In the translation by Danusia Stok, Axii Sign is called Axia. In the Polish novels, the Sign is known as Aksji.
- In the short story "A Grain of Truth", Geralt uses this Sign to calm his horse, Roach.
- The icon for Axii Sign is based on the alchemical symbol for Water.
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Edit
Axii is a charm placed on an opponent. If the charm attempt is successful, the enemy will become your ally for a short while, fighting at your side.
The process of charming an enemy will take several seconds of Geralt channeling the spell (during which he is open to being attacked), however the "target" itself is unable to act during the channeling and given enough time will ultimately submit.
When Enhanced, the Axii Sign increases damage & vitality of charmed enemies by 20/50%, depending on level. Increased levels possibly also increases the duration that enemies stay charmed - this is yet to be confirmed.
With the Fatal attraction upgrade, the sign can charm up to three foes at once.
- Axii can be used during dialogs and conversations with NPCs, in order to obtain more information or special benefits. Often it is an alternative to either "Persuasion" or "Intimidation".


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Failure of planning to be blamed on drought
Having been born and brought up in a drought and hunger prone region, I am no stranger to stories of people, including children dying of starvation.
I have witnessed animals dying in their hundreds, sometimes in their thousands, men and women suffering from scorching sun with no water to quench their thirst. But this year, the situation has gotten out of hand.
Ethiopia, Somalia and northern Kenya is facing its worst drought in 60 years with 10 million people said to face starvation and the UN reporting this as an 'emergency situation'.
Personally I have the Kenyan government to blame, they have failed to invest in arid and semi-arid areas which has caused the regions to be perennially vulnerable to drought.
Once you are in the region you will feel the absence of infrastructure and basic services such as health and education. The limit access to national and international market has made the lands vulnerable.
Two years ago, National Drought Contingency Fund was formed to accumulate money for drought responses during good years and quickly disburse it during times of need, but this was never to happen.
Despite the presence of drought warning system, the government strategies remain gloomily wanting, therefore the country is again caught unprepared and in dire need of humanitarian crisis.
Earlier this year through its Ministry of Agriculture, the government reported that there was food stock to last for almost a year and contingency measures were put in place following drought forecasts.
Four months after the announcement, 3.5 million are facing starvation in the country begging the question where did the stock go?
As if it's not bad enough with the worst crisis of drought, famine emerge at a time when the food prices have risen to an alarming level.
On top of that, the situation is made worse by the hundreds of refugees arriving from Somalia who flee the war torn country crossing the border into Kenya in one of the biggest refugee camp which is now on the verge of collapse because of its high population.
There have been constant rivalries between the residents in North Eastern Kenya and the refugees from the camp. The residents have complained that the government of Kenya has considered them as refugees, for this reason they have been forgotten and the humanitarian organisations just cater for the refugees needs.
To reduce the constant chaos between the two groups, the humanitarian organisations also started different water projects for the community.
Although different humanitarian organisations have raised a red flag and launched international appeal campaign to help raise funds to assist drought hit population, much more still needs to be done.
The biggest setback faced by Kenya like many other African countries, is lack of forward planning and inadequate response to crises.
This should serve as a lesson to the Kenyan government and the East Africa as a whole, a contingency plan for food security should be planned given the known of drought cycle.
Urgent reviews of the food security policy and its sustainability should again be planned and anything short of this would spell a vicious cycle of more doom come next year.
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We've switched Hans to Merrick (after trying a couple of foods, then going back to RC which he finally refused to eat). Thriving on it and loves it. We are feeding the Real Texas Beef + Sweet Potato variety.
I just want to make sure I'm calculating the amount of food correctly. He is somewhere between 35-40 lbs right now. It says on the bag that for a target weight of 40 lbs you feed 2 cups/day and increase by 25% for a puppy. Which would give us 2.5 cups a day and that's basically what he eats, maybe 3 if starving. Or am I supposed to look at his FINAL target weight and use that? Seems weird to me because he'd never eat that much food at this stage.
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According to the website I looked at (chewy) its the goal weight you have to look at. So say Hans' future adult weight was 70lbs, you would feed 3 1/2 cups per day. Its approximate, so you can adjust it. So if you take out the half a cup, you would feed 1.5 cups per meal twice per day= 3 cups. It does seem like a lot of food. Is he still on three feedings per day? Or have you switched to two per day?
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OK, you're right that does seem like a lot of food. Especially because his goal weight would be more than 70 lbs based on his parents' size and what he is expected to grow to according to the breeder (more like 80-85 lbs).
I've switched to 2/day because he is going from 2 puppy visits/day while we are at work to one longer walk in the middle of the day in a couple of weeks so I am getting him used to eating twice rather than 3x.
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Syria (and Beyond) Live Coverage: The Pressure Builds On Assad
Aftermath of the shelling of the Al-Shifa hospital in Aleppo in Syria on Wednesday --- at least 15 people were killed and 20 wounded (see 1009 GMT)
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Wednesday's Syria (and Beyond) Live Coverage: Damascus Shakes as Assad Regime Wobbles
1735 GMT: Egypt. Nobel Prize winner Mohamed ElBaradei is not happy about President Morsi's orders:
Morsi today usurped all state powers & appointed himself Egypt's new pharaoh. A major blow to the revolution that cld have dire consequences
— Mohamed ElBaradei (@ElBaradei) November 22, 2012
1650 GMT: Egypt. President Morsi has issued a series of wide-ranging orders on the political and legal fronts.
Morsi has commanded the retrials of all executives and politicians of the Mubarak regime accused of "committing crimes against the Revolution". He has extended the deadline by two months for drafting of the Constitution by the Constituent Assembly, plagued by divisions. He has ruled that the Assembly and the Shura Council cannot be dissolved by a court, and he has replaced the Prosector General.
Morsi also declared that his decrees cannot be reversed by a court.
Journalist Ahmed Aboul Enein summarises critically:
#BreakingNews: President #Morsy issues constitutional decree; declares himself god. #Egypt
— Ahmed Aboul Enein (@aaboulenein) November 22, 2012
1520 GMT: Syria. Earlier we noted another insurgent victory, with the taking of a regime base near Mayadeen in Deir Ez Zor Province (see 1150 GMT) --- footage of celebrating fighters:
1450 GMT: Egypt/Lebanon. Amidst the commentary concerning Egypt's recent role in negotiating a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel, journalist Mohamad Hage Ali picks up on another dynamic - the signs a possible rapprochement between Egypt and Hezbollah. Ten days ago, the Egyptian Ambassador to Lebanon attended Hezbollah's "Martyr day" celebration. Hage Ali reports on what happened next:
Following the Egyptian attendance in Hezbollah's event, Nasrallah made a speech on developments in Gaza, praising Cairo's position, especially dispatching the Prime Minister to the strip. Yesterday, the Egyptian Ambassador to Beirut, Ashraf Hamdi, visited Hezbollah's External relations office, making a surprising statement on his country's new stance towards the Iran backed Islamist party. "The resistance is legitimate, and is subject to respect and admiration", Ashraf said, as quoted by Hezbollah's Al Nour Radio. Today, Annahar newspaper published an interview with the Egyptian ambassador, in which he said that "it is impossible to exclude Hezbollah as an influential force in Lebanese politics".
According to a Lebanese source with Egyptian links, a Hezbollah delegation visited Cairo, and they are looking into expanding the cooperation between both sides. Hezbollah's relations with Egypt's Moslem Brotherhood, dating back to the 1990s, will most definitely have an impact on the government's stance, future cooperation. This rapprochement will remain bounded by Cairo's international and Arab (specifically GCC) relations.
"The Egyptians are looking at gaining regional influence through supporting popular resistance group, they see an opportunity in the Syrian regime's absence, waiting to be harvested", the same source added, rephrasing recent meetings with Egyptian officials.
1432 GMT: Bahrain. Tomorrow is the anniversary of the release of the report by Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI). It documented how, in suppressing last year's popular uprisng, the Bahrain government had committed widespread human rights abuses, including torture, which "could not have happened without the knowledge of higher echelons of the command structure". The inquiry was headed by M. Cherif Bassiouni, who has spoken to Human Rights Watch in strong terms concerning the Bahrain government's failure to follow the report's recommendation. Some select quote:
A number of recommendations on accountability were either not implemented or implemented only half-heartedly. The public prosecution has yet to investigate over 300 cases of alleged torture, some involving deaths in custody, and there has been no investigation, let alone prosecution, for command responsibility, even at the immediate supervisory level, of people killed in custody as a result of torture.
You can't say that justice has been done when calling for Bahrain to be a republic gets you a life sentence and the officer who repeatedly fired on an unarmed man at close range only gets seven years.
[The Bahrain government has demonstrated] a pattern of continued prosecution of individuals solely for exercising rights protected by international human rights law, something King Hamad promised to bring to an end.
Bassiouni also described as "legally unsound" rulings which upheld convictions despite evidence that the defendant had been tortured. Referring to one case where the defendants confession was taken days after his torture, Bassioni said:
I cannot think of a more egregious and specious legal opinion – admitting that the torture occurred but ruling the confession admissible and allowing the conviction to stand," he said. "This constitutes a violation of the Convention Against Torture, to which Bahrain is a party.
1215 GMT: Syria. The Russian Foreign Ministry has expressed its opposition to Turkey's request for NATO Patriot anti-missile systems on the Syrian border.
This would...not foster stability in the region," Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said.
1150 GMT: Syria. Activists claim insurgents have taken another military base in Deir Ez Zor Province, near the border with Iraq.
The insurgents have had a series of victories in the area this month, including seizure of an airport last week.
1020 GMT: Syria. David Enders of McClatchy reports on insurgents selling oil from territory thay have taken:
"We are at the beginning of winter, and people need oil to run the bakeries and to heat their homes. The weather is very cold here," said a rebel leader here who, for security reasons, identifies himself by his nom de guerre, Abu Mohamed.>[?
...Dozens of trucks wait in line 24 hours a day to fill up at rebel-held wells, which produce a light crude that can be burned without refining, though the result is dense smoke. Some farmers insist the unrefined crude can be used to power farm equipment, though it seems primarily to be used for heat. Some of those waiting in line at one well this week said they'd been waiting for days. Along roadsides and at intersections all over the area, men could be seen reselling the oil from improvised tanker trucks and barrels loaded into the backs of pickups. Abu Mohammed said the price at which the rebels sell the oil is largely a symbolic one, and prices at the various wells in operation appeared to be about $5 a barrel, far below the world price that hovers above $80 a barrel.Syrian rebels have captured two of the three major oilfields in the country's southeastern Deir al Zour province and are extracting oil that they say is helping to support their rebellion.
1009 GMT: Syria. VICE notes yesterday's bombing of the Dar al Shifa field hospital in Aleppo, which reportedly killed 15 and wounded 20 with a probable rise in caaualties --- and points to its documentary on the work at the hsostal:
0707 GMT: Sudan. State media say security services "foiled a sabotage plot this morning aimed at bringing about security disturbances in the country led by figures from the opposition forces", arresting civilian and military figures.
Witnesses said they saw tanks and armoured vehicles moving down a major street in central Khartoum around midnight. A Reuters reporter said security appeared normal early this morning.
Sudan has been ruled by President Omar Hassan al-Bashir since he seized power in a 1989 coup.
0657 GMT: Syria. Insurgent propaganda or evidence of the chemical weapons stockpile of the Assad regime? Opposition fighters show off canisters with names like Adamsite, CN Gas, Phosgene, and Sarin:
0645 GMT: Bahrain. A court has sentenced 23 medics to three months in jail each or payment of a fine for involvement in mass protests last year.
The 23 defendants had "committed crimes and violations, breaching the law and [medical] norms," Prosecutor Abdulrahman al-Sayyed said. Five other medics have been acquitted.
The prosecutor added that the medics could pay a fine of 200 dinars (£330) to have their prison terms suspended, and had the right to appeal.
The defendants had faced misdemenour charges when they were arrested soon after the start of the pro-reform demonstrations in February 2011. Another group of 20 medics was prosecuted on felony charges and initially sentenced to up to 15 years in prison by a military court --- the terms for almost all of them have been reduced on appeal.
The latest court decision follows this week's criticism of the Bahraini regime --- from Amnesty International and from a "senior US official" --- for failure to implement reforms set out by the 2011 Bahrain Independent Commission of Enquiry (see Wednesday's Live Coverage).
0555 GMT: Syria. With a ceasefire declared in Gaza after a week of fighting, the attention of the world's media may return to the longer and bloodier war nearby in Syria.
If so, they will find a conflict which has changed in its dynamics. Insurgents have moved from control of a large portion of the country to expansion and pressure on the regime's cities. Aleppo is already locked in a stalemate, four months after insurgents entered, and now opposition fighters are threatening to put a ring around Damascus. Attacks on regime bases over the last week have further diminished its capability to launch an assault to push back the insurgents, from the air as well as on the ground.
On the political front, the opposition moved from its success in gaining recognition --- notably from the European Union, Britain, France, Italy, Turkey, and Arab States --- to an appeal for financial support. At an international conference in Dubai on Wednesday, the head of the Syrian National Council --- one of the group within the new "umbrella" National Coalition --- called for a "Marshall Plan" of $60 billion for the post-Assad Syria.
George Sabra said the aid should not wait for the fall of President Assad: "What can be described as an economic 'Marshall Plan for Syria' cannot be delayed until the current regime fully collapses. It must be initiated immediately". He called for the "Arab and international business community's support" of "fully or almost completely" liberated zones in Syria's northern cities of Aleppo, Idlib and Tal Abyad.
"The regime is in the stage of decline and will not last long," he asserted.


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Qantas boss Alan Joyce is spot on when he says the $252 million loss reported by the battered icon is ''unacceptable'' and ''unsustainable''. Shareholders think so too, with the share price plunging after the company released its results.
It begs the question why some of these things hadn't been thought of before it got to this.
As for the 22,000 members of its full-time workforce who are now staring down the barrel of 5000 job losses and wage freezes, there is a lot of raw emotion that could easily burst into industrial disruptions.
Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce has failed to outline full details of a wider strategic review of the airline. Photo: Jim Rice
The problem is that Joyce is yet to outline all the details of a strategic review, as was expected on Thursday. Will its frequent flyer business be floated? What other assets might be sold besides the terminals? And how will unions and the Abbott government react?
The pilots' association issued a media release with strong words: ''Qantas management has today outlined a demolition job, but failed to follow through with a strategy for how it will grow the business and serve the national interest.''
The Abbott government is yet to announce its plans, despite the Qantas share price jumping late last year amid speculation that it was looking at changing the Qantas Sale Act and providing a government-backed guarantee to the airline to borrow debt more cheaply using the government's AAA credit rating.
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The government was waiting to see Joyce's plans to ''modernise'' workplace practices and how it planned to get out of its hole. But it seems Prime Minister Tony Abbott might now be going cold on the debt guarantee which, if given, would have a negative effect on Virgin and regional airline Regional Express. In Parliament on Thursday, Abbott said ''what we do for one business, in fairness, we have to make available to all businesses''.
No doubt Qantas faces many challenges, but what's new? Former chief executive Geoff Dixon famously coined the phrase ''constant shock syndrome'' to describe the airline and its battles, including severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, the Asian crisis, fuel price explosions, the World Trade Centre terrorist attack and the rise of low cost carriers.
But the problem is that Joyce - and the board - seem to blame everything but the company for the mess it is in. And many of the problems are self inflicted. The blame game includes intense competitor capacity from international airlines, record fuel prices, a ''distortion'' in the domestic market due to the emergence of Virgin Australia and high labour costs.
The $252 million loss has long been anticipated, as has the size of the cost cutting. What we now know is how the company plans to reduce its fleet and aircraft types, cut capital expenditure, reconfigure the business for efficiency and stop growing its Jetstar Asian business. It raises the question why some of these things hadn't been thought of before it got to this.
To put it into perspective, the Jetstar Group reported a loss of $16 million for the six months to December 31, compared with a profit in the previous corresponding period of $128 million. Jetstar's domestic business makes a profit, which suggests the rest has been a big drain on the group. A sensible strategy might have been to curb spending in its Jetstar Asian operations much earlier.
But the root of the problem is overcapacity and Qantas is a big part of that problem. It has been flinging more and more capacity at the domestic market to maintain its 65 per cent line-in-the-sand market share against rival Virgin Australia. In its announcement on Thursday, it said it will continue to lift capacity in the domestic market from 1.4 per cent in the first half to between 3 and 4 per cent in the second half of the financial year despite yields and revenue falling.
This kind of consultant-type thinking on market share while the business goes to the dogs goes a long way to explaining why the domestic Qantas business shrank in profits from $218 million in the first half of 2013 to $57 million in the first half of 2014. If he stopped putting capacity onto the market, profits would rise - and rise fast.
Joyce talks long and hard about an unfair playing field and cites Virgin's three big foreign-backed shareholders who recently injected hundreds of millions of dollars in equity. He says he doesn't want people to think Qantas has done nothing while the world has changed. That may be so, but he needed to do much more and stop the capacity war.


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To satisfy the above requirements and conditions religion must be placed within a category of human phenomena that manifests itself in a manner with features illustrative of the characteristics listed above. After placing religion in such a category it is necessary to distinguish it from other members of that category. What is the genus and what is the species that identifies religion uniquely? VALUATION is the genus and the distinguishing characteristics of religion that separate it from other forms of valuation are intensity and comprehensiveness. Religion is the most intensive and comprehensive method of valuing that is experienced by humankind. Religion is a way of valuing that is most comprehensively and intensively experienced. (This definition is from Frederick Ferre in his Basic Modern Philosophy of Religion.) This definition is both ideal and actual. It enables us to both understand and explain religious phenomena better. It enables us to understand how it is distinguished from other types of human experiences. It enables us to understand better how it relates to other forms of life or language games. Organized religion is an institutionalized way of valuing that is comprehensive and intensive. As cultus it involves ritual and practices as aids to emotions and expressions of the valuation. As doctrinus it involves ideational elements that enable the comprehensive inclusion of the valuation. People participate in religion in different ways. People are religious to different degrees. People have a religion in different manners:
This definition and this view of religion includes all the religions that have been traditionally thought of as religions and it excludes phenomena such as magic, art, and science from being considered as candidates for the title of religion. It has the power to discriminate among phenomena. When religion is seen as a form of valuing and the most intensive and comprehensive form of valuing at that, then it is possible to understand why scientific findings and philosophical criticisms do not necessarily disturb its adherents. Religion is about valuing and not about reasoning or about truth! This explains why the following is true of religion:
Think again of the ideas of
Paul Tillich that faith is the state of being ultimately concerned and how
the word ultimately reflects what is most intensely valued.
as Ultimate Concern" by Paul Tillich
Summary by Meghan Ramsay
According to Tillich, "faith is the state of
being ultimately concerned." The Ultimate Concern is that which demands
complete surrender of the person who faithfully accepts the Ultimate.
Additionally, faith in and surrender to the Ultimate promises total
completion regardless of what must be sacrificed in the name of faith.
Tillich argues that faith is a task for the believer's complete being—for
instance, it is an act of both the conscious and the unconscious. He
refers to faith as a "total and centered act of the personal self, the act
of unconditional, infinite and ultimate concern." Tillich then goes on to
examine the sources for faith. He asserts that faith arises out of man's
awareness that he is a part of the infinite yet he is not the owner of
this infinity. Additionally, he points out that God cannot be an object
of faith without also being the subject of man's faith. God, asserts
Tillich, is present as the subject and object of ultimate faith while at
the same time is transcendent beyond both subject and object. Tillich
warns that there are finite things that claim infinity, such as the nation
or state. However, unlike God, believers can approach such finite things
with "ordinary knowledge." Since God is infinite and ultimate and faith
in God is the ultimate concern, Tillich asserts that only symbolic
language is sufficient to express faith and God. Thus, he outlines the
definition of the term "symbol." Like signs, symbols refer to that which
is beyond themselves. For instance, a stop sign points to the command to
stop the movement of a vehicle. Similarly letters refer to sounds and
meanings. However, unlike signs, symbols play a part in that which they
represent and cannot be easily replaced. For instance, a country's flag
not only represents the nation that it stands for but also is an active
participant in portraying the country's "power and dignity." Thus, it
cannot simply be replaced unless the character of the nation itself is
also changed. Tillich also asserts that symbols allow us to experience
other levels of reality that are normally off limits to us. For instance
art creates a symbol for a plane that we cannot move toward by science
alone. Additionally, symbols open aspects of our souls which allow us to
experience awareness of ourselves that we were not conscious of prior to
experiencing the symbol (such as the depths that we can reach by listening
to the "melodies and rhythms in music"). Another characteristic of a
symbol is that it cannot be manufactured. Symbols arise from the
unconscious and must be accepted on that level before conscious
acceptance. Finally, since symbols cannot be intentionally produced, they
come about and cease to exist in due time. In essence, they are borne out
of a need and they perish when they no longer generate a reaction within
the group that originally used them for expressive purposes.
Tillich then goes on to assert that anything
that achieves ultimate concern for man is elevated to the status of god.
However, when things like a nation or success become elevated to the level
of ultimacy, they are merely false or idolatrous symbols of ultimate
concern. Tillich also discusses that myths are an integral part of our
ultimate concern. While a myth must be recognized as a myth (much like
how a symbol must be recognized as a symbol), Tillich argues that any
attempt to remove the mythological from our consciousness will be
unsuccessful because myths signify a collection of symbols which stand for
our ultimate concern. One might be able to replace one myth with another,
but s/he could never completely remove mythology from human
consciousness. In fact, Tillich argues that even a "broken myth," one
which has been proven to be understood as a myth and has not been removed
from or replaced within consciousness, cannot be replaced with a
scientific substitute because myths are the symbolic language of faith.
However, Tillich also warns that one cannot simply accept myths as literal
truths because they then loose their symbolic meaning and rob God of his
standing as the ultimate.
Tillich, Paul.
Dynamics of Faith.
HarperCollins, 1957. There
are other sources that serve as the object of faith for humans.
People can have faith in science and in their family. But there are
few other sources for value. People need to have faith and meaning
and value in order to orient themselves to life in this world.
Religion is a phenomena that arises out of that need. Religious
people are willing to live according to and at times to die for what they
most value. Religion is the primary form in which that valuation is
expressed and transmitted from one generation to the next. It
provides for a foundation for a moral order and in past times it has
supplied answers to many questions of great importance. Science may
now serve many people as a better source of answers for many of those
questions but it does not serve as a source of value.
is likely to continue for some time as a popular and important feature of
human culture. As more people come to have a better understanding of
the nature of religion there will be a more intelligent and penetrating
questioning of religious phenomena. Philosophy serves to provide a
methodology for that activity. |
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Holiday Shop & Sip
When | November 29, 2012 - 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
Where | (National Hellenic Museum) 333 S Halsted St., Chicago, Illinois 60661 |
Transit | Walking distance from the CTA Blue Line at UIC-Halsted, and CTA Bus Route 8 – Halsted. |
Parking | Privately managed parking lots are available within walking distance of the Museum. |
Cost | Free with Museum Admission. |
Join us for our first annual Holiday Shop & Sip featuring one-of-a-kind gifts made by talented artisans.
The event will feature jewelry, art, holiday pastries, handbags and more. Enjoy a relaxing evening of shopping, wine, and hors d'oeuvres.
The event is $10 and includes admission to the Museum. The event is free for Museum Members.
Chicago TV & Radio Personality Jane Monzures will be the guest artisan.
In Time Out Chicago's This Week in Chicago,
Holiday Shop and Sip was named one of three
holiday markets you must attend!
Chocolates by Maria
Frank Glapa – FMG Designs
In Spirit Designs
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