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- It's 2012. The technology age for all people. It's not the 60's or 80's. With I pads I phones ect. We should be able to Skype and phone call when we have our 1 hour persy time
- —Guest 900 club EHS
Not in Basic
- Going to BCT is not just hard on the person going, it's also stressful for the family they leave behind. If someone in BCT is discouraged and feeling homesick and call or text home and unload, it just adds to the stress of the spouse at home. Man up, grow up and deal with it.
- —Guest Susan
NO!!! Not at all.
- If the troops aren't trained properly they are going to have no discipline and get themselves and others killed when they go to combat. Think about. You can be happy for 3 months when they are at basic or after 12 months of not seeing them when they come home alive after a deployment. You little girls need to grow up and be women.
- —Guest Andrew (CPL USMC)
- For me, the soldiers i trained with became my new family. I rarely even thought of home. I loved every moment of basic and i couldnt believe i was getting paid to do it. I did write letters and thought that was enough communication with loved ones.
- —Guest army vet
Grow up
- I say no. For the simple fact kids now a days can't do anything with their parents. Cell phones was a no-go when I was in Basic. They need to continue to use the pay phones that are provided for them. That will limit a lot of frustration the Drills have to deal with. If they are allowed to have them and they know they have them. They will be up all night talking on the phone. And not focused on what they are there for. There for it's a no for me.
- —Guest The Soldier
Cell Phones are for Wussies.
- I do NOT support the idea of Cell Phones, If you wanna talk to your Significant other, Write them a letter or Use a Damn payphone. If you wanna call them to complain, I say grow a pair and Learn to depend on yourself. You don't need someone there to hold your hand. No one wants to hear you Complain. I'm eighteen and I'm about to enter Basic Training, Yeah I'll miss my Parents and Sister, But I don't need to call them to tell them about my day, That is What will keep me going. It might seem twisted but Its called Personal Motivation. My daddy was an Army Ranger and He had to do Pushups to Receive his Mail and His Phone Calls to/from my mama, Be lucky you don't have to do that.
- —Guest Little Ms. Reality
- All of you people need to eat some bricks and harden the "f***" up!! I agree with the people that say when you are deployed you cant contact your family etc. I agree also with the people that say "you should time your children better", if you know you are thinking about a military career, dont have kids!!!! "If" it is so hard on you that you have to call home all the time. I am 29 and single, and ready to work the hardest I ever have in my life, physically and mentally. It excites me. The idea of being away from my family and serving people is all I need to keep me going, that and my faith in God. So Im excited, and I think some of you need to really think about why you are joining and if joining the army is really the best option for you, if you are worried about how often you get to call your loved ones. When you are deployed for a year at a time, you dont get a chance to call home... stop being pussies.
- —Guest KK1983
after basic every soldier should
- No soldiers should not have phones while in basic training it is a huge distraction. I am leaving for usmc basic less than a month I am engaged an have a child 1yr old I will miss them greatly but, I know I will have that chance to contact them its all in the right time an every soldier should at least have the mindset that they will return home. They can take your phones they can take all they want thats the way it should be they kick your ass they break you down to make u unbreakable. I will be proud to be part of the few an the proud. As far as cell phones suck it up all isn't lost basic doesn't last a lifetime you will get the chance to communicate with your family before u know it. My family knows I love them a great deal they will keep that with them an so will I an to take that away u would have to kill me an basic wont kill me.
- —Guest usmc bootcamp bound
- Only if they all have to wear dresses and hold hands. Why don't we give them sick days to in case they get sore after push-ups. I think they should also have a car issued to them during bootcamp. You guys are really wanting to set them up for failure aren't you. I'm sure the enemy will let them call their mommy before they cut their head off. WAKE UP!!!
- —Guest american
Only as a reward
- Yes times have changed since I have been in, so I say yes but only on free time or as a reward to help motivate the troops
- —Guest Old Sarge
- My father served in the marines, and he wished that he could have had everything we had, and he has seen combat, he believes having a cell phone should be allowed, and i agree with him not just because i am going to the army, but because this is 2012
- —Guest -son of marine and enlisted army
This is obvious..
- Okay people, lets wake up and realize; this ISNT the 60's, 70's, or 80's. Our children are learning to lead by multi-tasking and concentrate in middle schools. Theres more to serving your country then pretending to be a modern Rambo and forgetting where you came from. Having to train former infantrymen to be "human" again is literally sad.
- —Guest USAFSF
- I agree with the Marine that said the Army needs to stop babying their recruits. My dad was a Marine and although he went to basic before I was born, he was not allowed to call is mommy every day when it was was rough it made him the Marine that he was so he could come home and be a dad afterwards to my brother and sister.
- —Guest MarineCorpsBeay
- I leave for basic in 2 weeks and i was looking forward to the full basic training experience! My dad hated basic and so should i. And all this talk about drill instructions getting in trouble for being "too hard". Come on that's the best part of basic! I hate how things have changed. I don't want basic to be easy but i guess times are changing. Its the information and technology age and some people cant live with out it. Whats next? Are they gonna let our hair grow out too!?
- —Guest Army Recruit 12
- I was able to talk to my family sometimes. And it helped me, nothing is more encouraging then hearing ur mother say u can do this!
- —Guest Pv2


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Since the summer of 2010, Disney California Adventure has been turning Hollywood Land over to high-energy dance parties on select evenings. Originally called Glow Fest and tied to the debut of World of Color, the event quickly evolved into elecTRONica which proved more popular than the 2010 cinematic TRON sequel that inspired it.
The current version, which as been running since 2012 (aside from a brief Frozen Fun hiatus in 2015), is a Mad T Party (dubbed "Diamond Mad T Party" for the 60th anniversary) that takes stylistic cues from Tim Burton's take on Alice in Wonderland. All incarnations of this soiree center on house techno-spinning DJs (many with authentic club cred) and exclusive (read: overpriced) alcoholic beverages in collectible cups. The giant Recognizer prop and vintage video arcade that were a highlight of ElecTRONica is gone; instead, there's a 'rabbit hole' entry portal and a live band clad in garishly 'hip' garb loosely based on Wonderland characters. Weekend crowds seem to go crazy for their high-energy setlist, which includes everything from Alicia Keys and The Killers to the "Happy Unbirthday" song.
Whether you find the change an improvement or not depends largely on your love for Burton's profitable but tonally problematic pass on Alice and Co. Between the Day-Glo human slinky contorting on the side stage and the neon Nok-Hockey tables in the streets, the aesthetic resembles an over-the-top Bar Mitzvah party on acid. If you're looking to get your dance and drink on without heading out to Downtown Disney, look no further. And if you aren't, the custom carnival games and oversize armchairs may provide comfort.
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Special beverage venues open in the Mad T Party area include Drink Me, House of Cards. and Mad T Party Production Truck.
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- Animation Academy
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Manor House School, Raheny
Manor House School is a large Roman Catholic second-level all-girls school in Raheny, Dublin, Ireland, attached to a convent, and with significant sporting facilities. The school has an enrolment of around 800 (2006).
Manor House occupies a complex of red-brick buildings on the road from North Bull Island to Raheny village centre, formerly the site of a "big house," which was demolished in the early days of the school. The school site is bounded by the Santry River and Watermill Road.
The Catholic Parish of Raheny asked religious order the Poor Servants of the Mother of God to open a convent and schools in 1952, and the order, having agreed, bought Manor House in March 1952. The first element, a girls' primary school (National School), opened in 1953, and a fee-charging secondary school began with the new school year in 1956. Although the economy was on the rise, many parents could not afford the bi-annual payment.
The secondary school grew,and the school part of the complex of buildings was extended in 1964 and 1977. By contrast, the primary school was closed.
In 1967, Manor House joined the free education scheme.
The Poor Servants of the Mother of God, while remaining as trustees of the school, have reduced their role in recent decades, creating a Board of Management in 1989, on which their appointees hold four out of eight seats (the school principal attends as Board secretary but does not vote), and appointing the first lay principal in 1995.
In 2007, the school sold the most remote field of its sports grounds, and this has been developed with apartments.
This school has a reputation for excellent Leaving Certificate results and is ranked 112th in the Sunday Times list of the top 400 secondary schools in Ireland 2010.
The school also achieve in a range of sports, with the volleyball team having reached their second All-Ireland, their Gaelic and camogie teams also reaching the All-Ireland often and their hockey team reaching a Leinster Final.[citation needed].
In 2005, a Government-funded new gym hall was commenced, being opened by the Taoiseach on the 12th of February 2007.[1]
References and footnotes[edit]
- ^ Dublin, Ireland: Department of the Taoiseach: http://www.taoiseach.gov.ie/index.asp?locID=558&docID=3221
External sources[edit]
- Dublin: Garrett, Arthur; 1990: Through Countless Ages
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Coordinates: 53°22′43″N 6°10′23″W / 53.378485°N 6.173067°W


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American Military University Makes Top 20 List of Military-Friendly Colleges and Universities
Online University's Selection is the Second in as Many Years by Military Advanced Education
MAE chose its top 20 list based on each school's significance in military education, whether for number of military contracts, number of military students served, availability of financial aid and scholarship, or other "military-friendly" qualities. AMU was founded in 1991 by a former Marine Corps officer and instructor and is one of the first online universities. It focuses on meeting the unique educational needs of the military — a very mobile population with extended, irregular schedules and limited financial resources.
"We enjoy working with the military education community to help best meet the needs of service members," said
AMU continues to serve and attract military students with unique mission-related degree programs, affordable tuition, an undergraduate book grant, monthly class starts and a staff that understands the military community. Approximately 34,000 active duty, Guard, Reserve and veterans are enrolled in 73 undergraduate and graduate degree programs.
Military Advanced Education is the only publication that links soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines — and their families — with military-friendly colleges and universities. AMU's selection will be featured in the December issue of Military Advanced Education.
American Military University
American Military University is a member institution of American Public University System, which also includes American Public University and educates more than 41,000 adult learners worldwide. AMU's relevant curriculum, affordability and flexibility allows working adults to pursue degrees that will help them advance in a variety of career fields, including business, information technology, education and management. AMU also provides specialized education in homeland security, national security and emergency and disaster management. A university book grant provides textbooks at no cost for eligible undergraduate students. American Public University System is a wholly-owned subsidiary of American Public Education, Inc. (Nasdaq: APEI). For more information, please visit http://www.AmericanPublicEducation.com.
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Orthographic knowledge is one of several contributors to developing literacy skills. However, our understanding of how orthographic knowledge contributes to both spelling and reading is incomplete due to a lack of consistency in defining and measuring orthographic knowledge. The goal of the present study was to empirically test whether or not orthographic knowledge could be construed as a multi-dimensional construct that contributes to reading and spelling skill in school-aged children. Using regression analyses, the current study supports the conceptualization of orthographic knowledge as a multi-dimensional construct, consisting of both word specific and general orthographic knowledge. For school-aged children, both types of orthographic knowledge make separate and unique contributions to both reading and spelling, over and above the contributions of phonological skills. Results illustrate the importance of orthographic knowledge to developing literacy skills.
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- 2013-09-01
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Vocalist K.N. Ranganatha Sharma captivated the audience with his kritis and skilful notes.
K. N. Ranganatha Sharma's music concert at Gosri Gana Sabha, Kochi, was a masterpiece of erudition and melody.
Sharma started the concert with Muthuswami Dikshitar's kriti 'Sri Naadhaadhi Guru Guha' in Mayamalavagowla, set to Adi tala. A brief rendering of manodharma swaras embellished the kriti. Then came the rarely heard Tyagaraja kriti 'Chinna natana' in Kalanidhi, set to Adi tala. It was followed by an absorbing elaboration of Poorvikalyani that he tagged to Syama Sastri's kriti 'Ninuvine', set to mishra chappu tala. The niraval and manodhara swaras and sangatis were apt. The vocalist then quickly enlivened the audience with the Tyagaraja kriti 'Varishikhivaham' in Supradeepam.
The highlight of the concert was Sankarabharanam, which Sharma elaborated with full-throated ease but with judicious restraint. He touched all aspects of the raga with utmost precision and depth, laced with traces of Thodi. The raga was capped with a Dikshitar composition, 'Sri Kamalamibikayam' in Roopaka tala. The niraval and manodharma swaras had creative swara passages that thrilled the rasikas. Sharma was able to establish a fine rapport with the audience throughout the concert.
Idappally Ajith Kumar gave imaginative support on the violin, matching the vocalist at every step. Inspiring support was provided by A. Balakrishna Kamath on the mridangam and Pramod on the ghatam. The taniavartanam was entertaining and studded with cholkettu.
Sharma then continued the concert with ragamalika, 'Ithu thana Thillai Sthalam' in Sahana, Saveri and Behag. The chathurdasa ragamalika, 'Sri. Viswanatham' towards the end was absorbing. The concert came to an end with a thillana in Ragashree.
The occasion was the celebration of the 25th programme after the revival of the 46-year-old Sabha.
Keywords: K. N. Ranganatha Sharma, Muthuswami Dikshitar


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Eugene Domingo was 'maid' to be a star
One of the actresses the local movie audience has learned to love after almost 60 films and a great variety of character roles is Eugene Domingo.
When asked to comment on her newfound success, she laughs and says, "I was maid to be a star!"—in mock reference to one of her "signature" roles.
Indeed, the UP Theater Arts major is one of the busiest actresses this season. She has three films in the upcoming Metro Manila Film Festival—"Shake Rattle and Roll," "My House Husband" and "Enteng ng Ina Mo."
Eugene's slow but sure rise to fame has amazed even her colleagues in the industry. Boots Anson-Roa, her co-star in "Shake…" once told her: "I'm happy for you. You're no Anne Curtis, but you made it!"
But, there was a time, when, out of sheer frustration, she stopped acting for the TV-film cameras. "When I started as a bit player, talagang maghihintay ka kung kelan ka kukunan, unlike in theater where there is a schedule to follow, and walang pa-star."
Eugene went back to school and after she finished college, decided she would perform only in stage productions. But, a friend, TV director Andoy Ranay, insisted that she give TV acting a second chance—and, the next thing she knew, she was already appearing in Wenn Deramas' "Hanggang sa Dulo ng Walang Hanggan" as lead star Claudine Barretto's protective friend.
"Acting for TV was really sweeter the second time around, kasi natagpuan ko ang grupo na may respeto sa craft, kasi they also came from theater," she recalls.
After Eugene's impressive TV comeback came an offer to appear in "Tanging Ina," the launching movie of comedienne Ai-ai de las Alas, where she played Ai-Ai's best friend.
Her biggest break came via her launching movie, Joyce Bernal's "Kimi Dora," where she portrayed twins. The movie was both a critical and box office success. Eugene was ecstatic!
Eugene is happy and thankful to her followers and mentors. "Natuwa ako kasi tama 'yung timing. Handa na yung utak at katawan ko. Mature na ako nung na-launch ako. Hindi ako nasisilaw sa kasikatan."
For Eugene, everything in show business is fleeting, if not handled well. "After doing your job, you have to save, you have to invest, because yung mga award, wala nang makakaalala niyan. Naalala mo ba kung sinong nanalo last year? Baka ako na lang nakaalala na nanalo ako. And, when that happens, sana 'di ka mapi-feature sa "Wish Ko Lang," kasi wala ka nang pera! "
Two weeks ago, Eugene and others involved in "Ang Babae sa Septic Tank" were in Hollywood for the movie's screening for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for the Golden Globes. She was happy that the film was well-received. "Yung reaction nila, parang reaction din ng audience dito sa atin. Pero, realistic naman kami. 'Di man kami lulusot, we've gained a lot from the experience."
"Ang Babae sa Septic Tank" is also the country's entry in the Oscar awards' Best Foreign Film category.
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I wrote about Marcus Smart's big game against Texas for Thursday's paper.
The sophomore was superb, giving the Cowboys just what they needed from their unquestioned rudder. It was another of those will-your-team efforts we've grown so accustomed to with Smart. Look at the numbers again from the 87-74 win that confirmed Smart as the Big 12′s best player and recast him in the national player of the year race:
24 points
11 rebounds
5 assists
6 steals
1 blocked shot
And in my reporting, I may have omitted one of Smart's most impressive stats of the night:
0 turnovers. Zero.
In digging for positives from his performance, I looked in all the usual places, but somehow skimmed over the typically negative category of turnovers. Except Smart's play — "locked in," Travis Ford called it — made the turnover line on the stat sheet a major plus.
Smart commanded the game, had the ball in his hands for much of the night on OSU's offensive end and never turned it over.
That's special.
And that's what the Cowboys need from Smart the rest of the way.
Now, he may not always score so much or crash the boards so effectively or handle the ball so flawlessly. Such complete games are hard to come by. Yet for this team to be at it's best in this Michael Cobbins-less landscape, which has left OSU vulnerable, it needs Smart to play like the best player on the floor every time out, impacting games in every way and standing strongly at the ship's wheel, directing the Cowboys through rough and smooth waters alike.


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Last-minute filings will see a three-way fight for mayor and contested races in Wards 1 and 3 during the April 8 Municipal Elections.
Current Ward 1 City Councilman Steve Galliher, John Fritz and former Sedalia Mayor Allen Hawkins will all vie for the seat left open after Mayor Elaine Horn decided not to run.
Galliher and Fritz both announced their intentions to run and filed in mid-December, while Hawkins waited until just a few hours before the deadline Tuesday.
"People have been calling me a lot, saying I've done a lot for Sedalia and it was time to come back," Hawkins told the Democrat. "I brought a lot of industries to Sedalia and oversaw the airport, building the Sedalia Senior Center and the Animal Shelter. I think we've got a jobs problem here and we need to fix that, I can fix that."
In Ward 1, Susan Daniels, who previously sat on the Sedalia City Council from 2003 to 2009, will square off against challenger James Cunningham, who filed earlier this month.
"I missed the service and working with the people and city staff," Daniels said Tuesday. "I've been keeping up with the city issues and I think something that really needs to be addressed is the transparency and accountability among the council. Things like how the expenses are reported, there needs to be some changes there."
Daniels said she'd also like to see more discussion among council, because "so many issues are already decided by the time they come into a meeting. I think that's part of the reason people don't have an interest in their city government."
Ward 3 residents will have a choice between Don Meier and Terry Cockrell to fill a vacant seat left by incumbent Wiley Walter.
Filing just before deadline, Cockrell said he'd like to see major improvements to city streets and sidewalks and "having more common sense in running this city."
"I don't want to have committees running this city or staff telling us what to do," he added. "We need more jobs here, no more hamburger joints, but real jobs."
Cockrell said he'd also like to see increased funding to the Sedalia Police Department to help with the "crack down on meth, we have a huge meth and dope problem here and that needs to be taken care of."
Meier said his years working as the Sedalia Fire Department's Deputy Chief and volunteering on the Board of Public Works have given him experience working with city staff and within budgets.
Ward 2 Councilwoman Wanda Monsees and Ward 4 Councilman Tollie Rowe will run unopposed for their third and second terms, respectively. Sedalia Municipal Judge Deborah Mitchell will also run unopposed for her 10th term.
Pettis County Ambulance District
Because the Pettis County Ambulance District is a smaller entity, if there are no contested seats it is not required to hold an election, according to the Pettis County Clerk's Office.
District 2 Director Mike Layton and District 5 Director Greg Nehring are both running for three-year terms for PCAD, which officially took over ambulance services Oct. 1.
Sedalia School District 200
The Sedalia School District 200 Board of Education will once again have an uncontested race for three open seats. Three candidates have filed, and all three are current members of the board. Vice President Michael Stees, Treasurer Ken Coffelt and member Scott Gardner have filed to remain on the board for another three-year term.
City of La Monte
The City of La Monte will have two contested races during the April 8 election. In the mayor's race, incumbent Mayor Paul Wilbern will face Daniel Stratton. For Ward 1, incumbent Alderman Dan Dekyser will be running against John Comfort and Fred Armstrong. There will not be an election for Ward 2 alderman, as current Alderman David Wessel was the only candidate to file.
State Fair Community College
Three candidates have filed for two open seats on the State Fair Community College Board of Trustees. Current Secretary Kip Salmon and current member Ron Wineinger have both filed, as well as new candidate Jerry Greer.
Cole Camp R-I School District
The Cole Camp R-I School District will have a proposition on the April 8 ballot regarding a school bond. The proposition, if approved, would allow the Board of Education to borrow $3.2 million "for the purpose of providing funds to complete energy efficiency improvements including heating, ventilation and air conditioning system upgrades and window replacements; to complete safety and security system enhancements; complete other remodeling, renovation and repair improvements to the existing facilities and properties of the district."
If approved, the adjusted debt service levy is estimated to remain unchanged at $0.5173 per $100 of assessed valuation of real and personal property.


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The investigation into the Fox News reporter has produced some very broad claims about what is and isn't proper conduct for journalists and sources.
Cross posted from Pruning Shears.
Earlier this week I had a brief and unproductive Twitter exchange with Libby Spencer over leaks, whistleblowers and journalists. It was prompted by this from BooMan:
We need to get our heads around the distinction between a whistleblower, who observes criminal or unethical behavior by government officials, and a criminal who leaks highly sensitive classified intelligence that burns sources and endangers our national security. Sometimes these two things can overlap, as when we learned that the NSA was conducting warrantless wiretaps in violation of current law. Bradley Manning revealed official wrongdoing, too, but he also did so with no discrimination.Libby supported this point of view, I disagreed, and it quickly became obvious we wouldn't get anything productive done 140 characters at a time. So here is the post-length treatment. The summarized version of her position (correct me if I'm wrong Libby!) is to side with the government in cases where, as BooMan writes, a leaker provides information without discrimination, or when outlets engage in irresponsible journalism.
I think the distinction between a "whistleblower" and "a criminal who leaks highly sensitive classified intelligence that burns sources and endangers our national security" is specious (though he allows that "these two things can overlap"). My whistleblower may be your criminal who leaks etc. It largely depends on whether you support the leak in question.
BooMan's post starts out looking at the recently revealed Justice Department (JD) investigation of James Rosen. Coming on the heels of the AP phone records seizure, it immediately became linked to that scandal. (That's very fortunate timing! I wonder how the WaPo managed to unearth that "newly obtained court affidavit" at such a critical moment.)
There seem to be two big differences between them, though. The first is that Rosen was more narrowly targeted than the AP was, the second is that Rosen appeared to want to force a change in US policy as part of his reporting. So at least some the details on this particular case seem to support the JD's actions.
The problem is that BooMan is not content to stay with the details of that one particular case. He moves on to some pretty troubling generalizations instead - his condemnation of indiscriminate leaking, for example.
Whistleblowers typically approach journalists in part because they want an organization with experience and resources to comb through the documents and figure out what to publish. Daniel Ellsberg indiscriminately leaked 7,000 pages to The New York Times. Do Libby and BooMan consider him a criminal?
We can debate whether WikiLeaks is a media outlet (I think it is, or at least it was at the time of its Afghan war diary coverage), but Manning's smuggled documents were published simultaneously - and with the cooperation of - The Guardian, The New York Times and Der Spiegel. Did those outlets engage in irresponsible journalism?
This debate doesn't happen in a vacuum. Those who have been on the receiving end of the surveillance state's attention tend to look at a story like Rosen's in the broader context of the government attacks on the First Amendment. If national security reporting is now fair game for government attack, there's no reason to think it will remain confined to sketchy characters like Rosen. Scoops like those from Charlie Savage and the New York Times will also presumably receive more scrutiny as well.
The American government's sordid history of deception with highly classified intelligence goes back a long way. It's somewhat astonishing to read someone uncritically pass along government claims that something endangers what BooMan calls "our"
precious bodily fluids national security given its track record. One of the most visible tools used to keep information from the public has been the state secrets privilege (SSP), which was literally founded on a lie:
Although the state secrets privilege has existed in some form since the early 19th century, its modern use, and the rules governing its invocation, derive from the landmark Supreme Court case United States v. Reynolds, 345 U.S. 1 (1953). In Reynolds, the widows of three civilians who died in the crash of a military plane in Georgia filed a wrongful death action against the government. In response to their request for the accident report, the government insisted that the report could not be disclosed because it contained information about secret military equipment that was being tested aboard the aircraft during the fatal flight. When the accident report was finally declassified in 2004, it contained no details whatsoever about secret equipment. The government's true motivation in asserting the state secrets privilege was to cover up its own negligence.Of course, we didn't find that out until fifty years later. When the government engages in objectionable and secretive behavior we only find out haphazardly. There is no mechanism that allows this stuff to make its way to the public domain. For the instances we are fortunate enough to discover, taking national security claims at face value has not been a good bet. For instance, even the judicial review in Reynolds was crucially dependent not on evidence but on earnest assurances from the executive branch (emph. added):
In the majority opinion, the court, having not seen the documents in question, relied on the Air Force affidavit to conclude that certainly there was a reasonable danger that the accident investigation report would contain references to the secret electronic equipment which was the primary concern of the mission.The SSP has remained a popular way for presidents - previous and current included - to cloak dubious activities in secrecy. Given that decades-long pattern (and the aggressive post-9/11 buildout of the surveillance state), it requires a pretty ahistoircal outlook to swallow whole the charge that James Rosen is "an aider, abettor and/or co-conspirator." We should expect more than government-furnished email excerpts, at least.
Those who defend the status quo deserve similar scrutiny. For instance, BooMan's claim that "[t]he report relied on sources in the North Korean government" is sloppy. The story cites "sources inside North Korea," not inside its government. I haven't seen any reporting that the source was an actual government official, but those who are defending the JD's actions (BooMan and see also the Mediaite story) have made that claim. Maybe that is a trivial distinction, but maybe it is something the JD is willing to have people infer.
The problem with all this cloak and dagger stuff is that ordinary citizens cannot reliably inform themselves on the issue. The quick way to choose whom to believe is to pick the side you like better. But after that first snap decision, it helps to look at the various parties' credibility. This may be where Libby and I part company, because I have become so distrustful of government snooping and deception that I no longer believe its national security claims without some sort of independent corroboration. She still seems willing to. Maybe that makes me cynical or her gullible; who knows.
What I do know is that we are now in the twelfth year of a war that we are told encompasses the entire globe and that by definition will never end. And war corrupts democracy: It prevents citizens from becoming educated on one of the most important issues a nation can engage in. It turns political opponents into traitors and adversarial reporting into treason. Those who push back on a wartime president are endangering (our) national security. Those who question the wisdom of our policies are giving aid and comfort to the enemy. War does not, to put it mildly, promote a culture of free and open inquiry in the country that wages it. In an environment like that, I'll err on the side of skepticism.
UPDATE: Libby responds here.


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A beautiful, haunting novel from the author of the multi-award-winning The Red Shoe. Set in 1967, and imbued with the atmosphere and psychological intrigue of Picnic at Hanging Rock.
There were only eleven of them, like eleven sisters all the same age in a large family. Because it was such a very small class, they had a very small classroom, which was perched at the very top of the school - up four flights of stairs, up in the high sky, like a colony of little birds nesting on a cliff. 'Today, girls,' said Miss Renshaw, 'we shall go out into the beautiful Gardens and think about death.'In the Gardens they meet a poet. What follows is inexplicable, shocking, a scandal. What really happened that day? Is 'the truth' as elusive as it seems? And do the little girls know more than they are letting on?A haunting and unforgettable novel from a multi-award-winning author.The Golden Day is the sort of book that churns something up deep inside the reader; it will be as hard for an adult to forget as for the young people age 12 and older for whom it is intended. Meghan Cox Gurdhon, "Behind Closed Doors" in The Wall Street Journal Sunday August 11 2013.
Winner, Lucks Award for Children's Literature, 2012Commended, Davitt Awards for Australian Women?s Crime Writing, 2012Short-listed, CBCA Book of the Year Award, Older Readers, 2012Short-listed, QLD Premier's Literary Awards, Young Adult Book, 2011Short-listed, Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature, Young Adult Fiction Award, 2012Short-listed, NSW Premier's Literary Awards, 2012
Ursula Dubosarsky is widely regarded as one of the most talented and original writers in Australia today. She is the author of many outstanding books, both for young adults and for children, and has won numerous awards for excellence. In 2007 The Red Shoe won the Queensland Premiers Award, the NSW State Literary Award -Young Adult, and was an Honour Book in the CBC Book of the Year Award for Older Readers. Ursula has a PhD in English literature from Macquarie University, and lives in Sydney with her family.
Listen to Ursula Dubosarsky discussing The Golden Day on ABC Radio National's The Book Show


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Best ICTWS Professional Poster Award Goes to MBISubmitted by idfg-mlucid on March 11, 2015 - 11:07pm
Tonight we were awarded the best professional poster award at the Idaho Chapter of the Wildlife Society Annual Meeting in Pocatello.
The world is changing fast and natural resource managers are facing a new age. Gone are the days when the wildlife manager's only job was tracking harvest rates and setting next years big game season. Today's wildlife manger is faced with issues our predecessors may never have imagined. Urban development, changes in the power grid, and climate change are just some of the issues that make a natural resource managers head spin.
Will a new subdivision leave enough room for songbirds to nest? How will a new wind turbine affect bat migration? What's a sustainable way we can maintain tree harvest while leaving a buffer zone for snails to adapt to climate change? Should fishers be listed as an endangered species or should we open a trapping season?
These are the types of questions that come across our desks at IDFG every day. Sometimes we know the answer, but all too often we just don't have the data we need to make an informed decision. It's not unusual for us to only have a vague idea about the status of the population in question and, in some cases, it's been decades since the species in question has even been documented to occur in Idaho.
How can we be expected to make the best decisions for species conservation and land management if we don't even know if the species is present on the landscape?
With the exception of game and some endangered species, there's not a lot of money available for inventory and monitoring of species. Correctly identifying specimens and cataloguing species occurrence data is highly specialized work. Protocols to conduct field surveys for different species tend to occur at different times of the year and are highly specialized as well.
The challenges to getting the data we need to make informed natural resource management decisions are intimidating, but not insurmountable. It would be easy to throw up our hands and say, 'it's too hard and it can't be done'.
EASY isn't what MBI is after. Instead of seeing obstacles, MBI seizes opportunity.
MBI is a forward looking group of partners that is dedicated to providing a comprehensive data set of occurrence data for a variety of wildlife species in the Idaho Panhandle and adjoining mountain ranges. We inventory a variety of taxa groups including amphibians, beetles, forest carnivores, slugs, and snails. Our main focus is inventory of 20 Species of Greatest Conservation Need listed in State Wildlife Action Plans (SWAP):
|Wood Frog
|Rana sylvatica
|CDA Salamander
|Plethodon idahoensis
|Northern Leopard Frog
|Rana pipiens
|Tiger Salamander
|Ambystoma tigrinum
|Western Toad
|Anaxyrus boreas
|GASTROPODS (slugs & snails)
|An Oregonian
|Cryptomastix mullani blandi
|Fir Pinwheel
|Radiodiscus abietum
|Humped Coin
|Polygyrella polygyrella
|Kingston Oregonian
|Cryptomastix sanburni
|Lyre Mantleslug
|Udosarx hyrata
|Magnum Mantleslug
|Magnipelta mycophaga
|Pale Jumping Slug
|Hemphillia camelus
|Sheathed Slug
|Zacoleus idahoensis
|Thinlip Tightcoil
|Pristiloma idahoense
|Blue-grey Taildropper
|Prophysaon coeruleum
|Smoky Taildropper
|Prophysaon coeruleum
|Martes pennanti
|Lynx canadensis
|Gulo gulo
Because both Idaho and Washington have committed to including climate change in the next SWAP revision we are taking the innovative approach of co-locating climate monitoring stations with SGCN survey plots. This micro-climate data will provide a baseline of climatic regimes necessary for management of different suites of species.
North Idaho and northeastern Washington are working landscapes. They are not national parks or wilderness areas. They are places where people live, work, and play. Our goal is to provide standardized information for a suite of species so that we can continue to hike, hunt, log, plant, ride, ski, watch wildlife, and just enjoy the land we love. Our goal is to develop a data set that will help us use our land without abusing our land.
MBI's strong partnerships and contributors have enabled a massive survey effort from 2010-11. In each yellow and purple 5x5 km cell MBI co-located a climate monitoring station with a summer survey for beetles, gastropods, and forest carnivores. In each purple cell, MBI has established a winter forest carnivore monitoring bait station.
|Partner Organizations
|Funding Organizations
|British Columbia Ministry of the Environment
|Colville National Forest
|Bureau of Land Management
|Idaho Panhandle National Forest
|Coeur d'Alene Tribe
|Laughing Dog Brewery
|Colville National Forest
|Oregon Zoo Future for Wildlife Grants Program
|Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness
|US Fish and Wildlife Service
|Idaho Conservation League
|USFS Rocky Moutain Research Station
|Idaho Department of Fish and Game
|Zoo Boise Conservation Fund
|Idaho Panhandle National Forest
|Kalispel Tribe
|Selkirk Outdoor Leadership and Education
|Seepanee Ecological Consulting
|University of Idaho (amphibians & beetles)
|USFS Air Temperature Project
|USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station
|Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
|Vital Ground
Tonight we were awarded the best professional poster award at the Idaho Chapter of the Wildlife Society Annual Meeting in Pocatello.
During the summers of 2013 and 2014 we conducted pond breeding amphibian surveys in 783 of our 5x5 km survey cells. Unfortunately, ponds turned out to be harder to find than we expected in rainy north Idaho and only 424 of the sites we visited hoping to do a pond survey actually turned out to be ponds.
Last fall we wrapped up project field work and we've been so busy this winter working on the huge dataset we collected we haven't had a spare moment to update the website!
Magnum Mantleslug (Magnipelta mycophaga). One of our 20 target Species of Greatest Conservation Need. (Photo courtesy Doug Albertson)
The Idaho Point-headed Grasshopper (Acrolophitus pulchellus) was found in eastern Idaho for the first time in 17 years. In 2010, IDFG Wildlife Diversity Biologist Beth Waterbury led an effort to search for the species which had not been found since 1993. Efforts of other researchers in 2002 and 2003 failed to document the species leading to speculation that it may be extinct. Undaunted, Waterbury and her team set out to the field in 2010 and captured 55 individuals of this species from 13 localities.
Earn some extra cash helping us with the final leaf litter sorting push. The work will be from November 10-14 in Coeur d' Alene.
Apply directly to Humanix Coeur d' Alene. (208) 664-8958
Going on a Snail Search! (#1677)
Last Updated: 2014-10-29
Job Ref #: 1677
Location: Coeur d'Alene, ID
Status: Position Available
Type: Temporary
Salary: $10 hr plus a completion bonus!
Big news, we have exceeded our federal match requirement for our Competitive State Wildlife Grant just 2 years into the 3 year grant! Thanks to the contributions of over a dozen partners, some hard core wildlife biology interns, and hundreds of citizen naturalists we have exceeded our $702,290 non-federal match requirement by $66,581.
Download the full match report here.
Thanks to Teresa O' Connor for putting together a great article about MBI on page 4 of the Organization of Wildlife Planners September newsletter.
Download a map displaying preliminary results of the 498 forest carnivore bait stations the MBI colaborative ran from 2010-14.
Job Announcement: Wildlife Diversity Technician, Idaho Fish and Game, $12.31 per hour
Two interns are needed June through August to assist with monitoring and research of wolves in the Idaho Panhandle. Interns will assist in the following activities: maintaining remote cameras, collecting scat samples for DNA analysis, and monitoring radio-collared wolves via ground telemetry. Interns will work 10 days on/4 days off and will be provided a field vehicle, remote housing (running water, but no cell service or internet), and a food stipend of $500/month.


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CEC has 34 projects nationwide, including six in Massachusetts. The Adams project is among its larger arrays, although it has a combined presence in Uxbridge of 3 MW. Its largest appears to be a 1.8 MW facility in Colorado.
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BOSTON, MA - In a major address at PV America, which annually brings together solar manufacturers, installers and service providers to discuss new technologies, innovations, research and policy that is driving the $13.5 billion a year U.S. photovoltaic (PV) industry, Massachusetts Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs Matthew A. Beaton drew cheers when he announced that Gov. Charlie Baker and his administration are supportive of efforts to expand the use of solar across the Commonwealth.
SEIA Welcomes Pennsylvania Governor's Solar Initiatives
WASHINGTON, DC - As part of his administration's 2015-2016 fiscal year budget, Gov. Tom Wolf is asking the state legislature to provide $50 million to relaunch the popular Pennsylvania Sunshine Solar Program. Rhone Resch, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), said the program will help to create new jobs and expand the use of clean, affordable solar energy across the Keystone State.
New York PSC Stays New Net Metering Rules
WASHINGTON, DC - After the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) announced that renewable energy development companies and utilities in the Empire State will have more time to transition from existing net metering rules, in order to ensure a more "fair and reasonable" process, Rhone Resch, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), applauded the PSC's responsiveness to concerns voiced by the solar industry, stakeholders and environmenta
SEIA Applauds Decision to Veto Anti-Solar Bill in West Virginia
West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin has vetoed legislation, HB 2201, which could have jeopardized the future of rooftop solar in the state by rewriting West Virginia's net-metering policies. In announcing his decision, the Governor said the bill contained technical errors.
SEIA Urges West Virginia Governor to Veto Legislation
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Calling it "unfair to families, businesses and churches," the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) is urging West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin to veto HB 2201, which could jeopardize the future of rooftop solar in the state by rewriting West Virginia's net-metering policies. Rhone Resch, SEIA president and CEO, said the legislation needs to be revised before becoming law:
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SunEdison And Flextronics Expand Partnership To Manufacture Solar Modules for North American Market
Flextronics announced that it has been selected to partner with SunEdison to manufacture its solar modules—this time, in Mexico. Flextronics will begin the full volume manufacturing in the first quarter of calendar 2015 at its manufacturing facility in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
Sun Valley Solar Solutions Powers Phoenix Housing for Veterans and Homeless
Largest Arizona-based solar energy company partners with Catholic Charities Community Services of Arizona to bring affordable, green housing to veterans and homeless families.
Nautilus Solar Launches Integrated Asset Management Division
Nautilus Solar Energy, LLC announced the formal launch of an integrated solar asset management division, Nautilus Integrated Solar Asset Management Solutions. The division takes an integrated approach to managing solar photovoltaic (PV) projects, bringing construction, operations and maintenance (O&M) and financial asset management services together under one roof.
SunPower's Large MV solar array project nearing completion
SunPower's 137-acre Fort Churchill Solar Project on the south side of Sierra Way near the NV Energy Fort Churchill power plant in north Mason Valley is reportedly nearing completion.
August 14, 2003, was a dark day in U.S. history – in a lot of different ways.
It started off as a quiet Thursday. Then a single tree limb in Ohio came crashing down, touching off a power outage which cascaded across eight states and parts of Canada, leaving 50 million Americans in the Northeast in the dark. Commuters were stranded. Businesses closed. People sweltered in the heat. And the U.S. economy took a huge beating, losing an estimated $10 billion.
I'm looking forward to speaking at Senator Reid's National Clean Energy Summit next week in Las Vegas. I'll be on the "21st Century Energy Market" panel where we'll address what can be done to make the grid friendlier to renewables while ensuring long-term access to affordable and reliable electricity.
For the first time in decades, Congress appears serious about tackling the issue of comprehensive tax reform. But for the solar industry, there's a real risk is that some members of Congress will try to eliminate all renewable energy tax credits in order to reduce corporate tax rates--and that could roll back the tremendous progress solar has made in recent years.
This week, the Solar Energy Industries Association joined other renewable energy advocates, businesses, and environmental groups to urge the Colorado Public Utilities Commission to reject a new proposal from Xcel Energy that would discourage net-metered solar energy growth in its territory.
Following months of behind-the-scenes maneuvering, it appears the Senate will begin debate soon on critically important legislation which could help American consumers, businesses and the federal government to save hundreds of millions of dollars each year by using less energy. And using less energy gives us a big leg up in the fight against climate change.
Like thick smog hanging stubbornly overhead, many of the arguments against President Obama's climate change policy are stagnant, potentially dangerous and pose a serious, long-term threat to America's future.
The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) is historically one of the greatest catalysts of technological innovation. Through its procurement power alone it has the ability to transform markets.
Someone once said: "Your vocation in life is where your greatest joy meets the world's greatest need." Without question, the pilots of Solar Impulse, Dr. Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg, are living proof of that. These two great adventurers made solar and aviation history last weekend when Solar Impulse touched down at New York's JFK Airport.
As we celebrate the 4th of July holiday, Americans everywhere will take a moment to remember the men and women who have made freedom possible.
From an environmental perspective, few things in the future threaten our freedom more than climate change. Leaving a world void of hope and bankrupt of resources would be as oppressive as any tyranny.
Today, I testified before the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing & Trade on behalf of the American workers and businesses in the U.S. solar industry about India's restrictive and unfair trade practices.


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