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PITTSBURGH, PA – For the second straight week, junior Adam Weaver has been named as the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Volleyball Player of the Week. His February 11th announcement marked the first time a Hilbert student-athlete has been honored with back-to-back accolades.
Weaver continued to lead the Hawks as he recorded 37 kills, 16 digs and 7 service aces during the United Volleyball Conference cross-over matches played in North Buffalo. His highlight performance came against Bard College, where the outside hitter earned 17 kills, 9 digs, and 3 aces all while hitting .412 in the Hawks 3-0 sweep.
The Stow, OH product is currently ranked first in the AMCC for kills (4.73), and is tied for second in service aces (36).
Hilbert (3-7) travels to Thiel College February 12th but they return home for their second showing at the Hafner February 14th when they host cross-town rival, Medaille College at 7pm.
Hilbert College, located in suburban Hamburg, N.Y., south of Buffalo, is a private four-year college founded in 1957 in the Catholic Franciscan tradition. With nearly 1,100 students, Hilbert is a dynamic Western New York college that offers career-focused majors, including one of the top criminal justice programs in the region, and more than 50 minors and concentrations. The college's engaging, student-centered campus community offers numerous leadership, internship, and service learning opportunities from which students launch successful careers while making positive changes in their communities. The Hilbert Blueprint promotes a well-rounded student experience over four years – starting with the Foundations Seminar in the freshman year, followed by Sophomore Service, Junior Symposium, and culminating with the Senior Capstone. Hilbert has expanded its academic offerings with the college's first graduate programs and new Accelerated Degree Programs geared to adult learners.
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HSN311 - Food and Nutrition Practicum
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This is a minimum 100 hours on-site training program involving skills development in the broad areas of food and nutrition with topical areas addressed in this unit involving one or more of the following: project analysis in an area of food production, marketing, innovative product formulation, quality assurance, food regulation and analysis, nutritional panel analysis, database development, food service, nutrition policy, nutrition education, community nutrition, surveys and research.
Assessment task 1: Placement preparation and application (1200 words)
Assessment task 2: Project proposal (600 words)
Assessment task 3: Placement summary report (1000 words written and 3 minute multimedia component, plus industry supervisor report)
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Examines the evolution, the nature and the causes of violent, intra-state conflict. It pays attention to assessing alternative explanations that include the fear and insecurity provoked by failing states, resource scarcity and the spread of infectious disease and/or a manipulative and self-serving leadership. It places these conflicts in the context of writings about collective violence, revolutions and genocide and asks about the contribution and the responsibility of the international community to resolving civil strife.
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COLUMBIA — A Clemson's men track athlete ran in five indoor meets after his eligibility was complete, and a women's track team member received impermissible school expenses from former program director Lawrence Johnson while training for a foreign Olympic team.
The violations were outlined in the school's report sent to the NCAA last month. The report was obtained by The Associated Press through a Freedom of Information Act Request. Other violations include a Clemson runner receiving shoes from a volunteer assistant and a prospect getting bottled water on a recruiting visit last fall. Names of the athletes were redacted in the documents.
The school's letter to the NCAA said Johnson did not promote "an atmosphere of compliance" in the men's and women's track programs. He was resigned as director on Jan. 8. Johnson did not return emails left by the AP.
School spokeswoman Libby Kehn said athletic director Dan Radakovich and other school representatives would not comment on the violations until the NCAA completes its investigation.
Clemson blacked-out the names of those athletes involved in the report released to the AP. Clemson classified the violations as secondary in nature, the less serious category of NCAA transgressions.
The school told the NCAA it received an anonymous letter last September about track and field violations and hired an outside law firm – Bond, Schnoeneck & King – to conduct an independent review of the program.
The review was completed Jan. 8, the same day as Johnson's resignation.
The inquiry found Clemson used the ineligible athlete during the 2012 indoor season, including at the Atlantic Coast Conference championships. The school said as punishment, it would dock itself one track scholarship for the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons. It also agreed to pay a $2,500 fine and revamp some procedures for tracking an athlete's eligibility.
A second violation involved an athlete who competed for a foreign Olympic team in London, yet received funds from Johnson while training with her college teammates competing at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, Ore., last year. The school said it repaid the cost of the transportation expenses, $175.60, to a Clemson area children's shelter. The athlete missed the first two indoor meets of the season before here eligibility was restored by the NCAA.
Another member of the women's team was found to have received a pair of Adidas running shoes, valued at $95, from volunteer assistant Kristi Castlin. The athlete was declared ineligible by the school and has not practiced with the team since the spring semester began.
All the violations, Clemson associate athletic director compliance services Stephanie Ellison wrote the NCAA, show that Johnson "failed to promote an atmosphere of compliance within his men's and women's track and field program."
As a result, Ellison continued in the letter, "Johnson is no longer employed by the institution."
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Sean joins us with a strong background in running and racing in a wide range of distances and on varied surfaces. Over the past 12 years, he has mainly focused on trail ultramarathons (he currently has 144 ultra finishes) and has been a Montrail-sponsored runner since 2003. Sean also loves to mix it up on the pavement with quite a few marathon and shorter races each year, including cross country races.
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being in the UK i am having to rely on reviews/opinions like this to help me decide whether i am going to get an iphone or not. thanks, these really are helping us guys on the other side of the pond.
The iPhone is great. The best thing to do is wait until u get it in ur hands (or at least go see it at the Apple Store) to make a decision on whether or not u should buy it. There are alot of haters out there. Plus this article was written in PC World magazine LOL. They might be just a tad bit one sided on the argument.
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8525 is a great phone. But it is essentially a bunch of cool hardware features thrown together along with a hideous windows environment where usability certainly takes a back seat.
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UK population growth needs to be reversed
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Farmers' markets, coops and repair shops will seed the new economy
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22nd January, 2010Deutsche Bank economist Pavan Sukhdev is heading up the groundbreaking TEEB (The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity) report and doing for nature what Sir Nicholas Stern did for climate change - valuing it more...
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Louise Downing
26th February, 2009Capital Growth and British Waterways have teamed up in a bid to convert London's canals into flourishing floating vegetable gardens. more...
Goodbye to growth
Richard Heinberg
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Less is more - the move to a saner happier economy
Andrew Simms
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Carbon Trading and the limits of free-market logic
Kevin Smith
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Old-growth forests must be protected, say scientists
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Not so much 'green' as 'cabbage looking'
Molly Scott Cato
22nd March, 2007Gordon Brown's Budget was disappointing. But not just because of its economic niceties. It fails to address key issues which have become taboo amongst economists - money, debt and economic growth. Molly Scott Cato, a green economist and Senior Lecturer in Social Economy at the Cardiff School of Management, addresses all three... more...
'Build on the green-belt' says think-tank
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Paul Kingsnorth
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olive oil
onion, chopped
4 cloves
garlic, minced
1 pound
sweet potato, peeled and cubed
orange bell pepper, seeded and cubed
1 pound
cooked chicken breast, cubed
1 (28 ounce) can
diced tomatoes
2 cups
1 teaspoon
2 tablespoons
chili powder
1 teaspoon
ground cumin
1 teaspoon
dried oregano
1 teaspoon
cocoa powder
1/4 teaspoon
ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon
red pepper flakes
1 1/2 tablespoons
all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons
1 cup
frozen corn
1 (16 ounce) can
kidney beans, rinsed and drained
1/2 cup
chopped fresh cilantro
For CROCK POT: Saute onions, garlic & bell pepper in oil (+ add ~TBSP butter). After cooking ~5 minutes, stir in flour. Slowly add water while stirring till smooth. Transfer to crock pot. Add remaining ingredients. NOTE: I cut raw chicken breast into about three chunks each and added to crock pot (raw). Toward the end of cooking, I shredded the chicken with fork to make it more of a stew consistancy.
Pretty good recipe. Interesting combination of flavors. Seemed like a lot of prep work though, so I'm not sure if I'd make it again.
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We thought the stew was okay the first night. When we had leftovers for lunch the next day we were very happy to discover that it tasted much better. We will make it again and let it sit in the fridge overnight before eating it.
Super tasty. My store didn't have any sweet potatoes, only yams. And no, they are not the same thing. I think yams, which I used, are better for this dish anyway because the yams really held their shape without becoming mushy even when they softened up. Having taste compared sweet potatoes and yams in the past, I think yams have more flavor and sweet potatoes only taste exactly as they sound - like sweetened potatoes. Also, I made a slurry with the flour before adding it to the pot. I put two tbsp of flour in a small container and slowly mixed in spoonfuls of the dish's liquid until it was just diluted past the gluey stage. No clumps of flour for me. Also, I did not drain the tomatoes and I found the end consistency to be perfect. And instead of water, I added 2 cups of leftover homemade chicken soup broth (sans vegetables and egg noodles). And finally, I didn't have any cocoa powder, so I gave it a healthy squirt of chocolate syrup.
This is a wonderful easy and delicious recipe! The only small change I made was - instead of 2 cups of water, I used 2 cups of chicken broth. I will definitely make this again!
This was absolutely delicious, I did make a few changes I was in the mood for beef so i used beef stew meat and cooked it with the onion and garlic, then added the sweet potato, I also added regular potatoes and red pepper its what I had in the fridge and the rest of ingredients. I added some Red Cayenne pepper to add a little more heat and added a black lemon to add a little lemon flavor it was delicious, I think next time I make this I will through in some carrots I'm a big veggie lover, the making process was a bit tough but well worth, it I will defiantly make this again!
This stew has great flavor! I loved the corn and kidney beans. I added the cilantro and lime juice to my bowl and it rounded out the flavors. The recipe is a little labor intensive but well worth the effort, especially since it only takes 15 minutes to cook.
Excellent Stew with a boat load of flavor. I added about a cup of mild salsa and a teaspoon of sugar to bring out the tomato flavor. The sweet potatoes are a nice touch, and the absorb the spices. I will make this again.
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This was not the headline that the Center for Disease Control's National Center for Health Statistics gave its recent release of provisional fertility data for 2012. However, if you compare the most recent CDC data with Rosstat data on Russian births you see that, for the first time in a very long time, in 2012 Russia's birth rate actually exceeded that of the United States. This is, to put it mildly, a significant reversal from the not too distant past when the US had a birth rate that was as much as 75% higher than Russia's. As you can see, the speed and scale of the convergence is impressive
Since 2008, the Russian birth rate has increased by about 10% while the United States has slumped by about 9%. At first glance this might sound surprising: didn't Russia's economy perform abysmally during the financial crisis? Isn't their economy going straight towards a hard landing? But it's really not much of a mystery when you really think about it: Russia, and particularly its labor market, rebounded from the financial crisis very quickly. The sorts of metrics which would be a reasonable guide to family formation and births, particularly the unemployment rate and the average real wage, are at historically good levels in Russia. Essentially, Russian wages have never been higher and unemployment has never been lower. Meanwhile, in the United States, wages are stagnant and unemployment is way above its long-term trend. This sort of economic malaise has had a predictably depressive effect on fertility.
What is not particularly relevant for the discussion are the personalities of Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin: neither deserves much credit (or blame) for their respective country's performance. Fertility is notoriously immune to state interventions, and while I'm sure someone will show up in the comments and say that Russia's strong performance is solely due to the "maternal capital" program the reality is that most of the change is due to structural demographic and economic factors that are incredibly difficult to change. So Russia's relatively good performance doesn't automatically vindicate Putin and the US poor performance doesn't "prove" that Obama is awful.
It's also worth noting that Russia's birth rate will, in the not too distant future, start to decrease as the tiny cohort born during the chaos of the 1990′s comes into prime childbearing years and replaces the relatively large cohort born during the 1980′s. It's unlikely, then, that Russia's birth rate is going to exceed that of the United States for very long: there is, at most, a 4-5 year window before structural factors take over and reduce Russia's rate while bolstering that of the United States.
But I nonetheless want to highlight the enormous change in relative performance between Russia and the United States because 1) it's something that's not well recognized and 2) strongly suggests that Russia is not some bizarre and indecipherable "dying nation" but is actually dealing with a number of demographic problems that every other advanced country is also dealing with. A lot of people pointed at Russia's naturally shrinking population and basically said "what a wretched and awful place: they can't even maintain their own numbers!" The fact that the white population is now naturally shrinking in the US should hopefully make people just a little less willing to stereotype the Russians and a little more willing to honestly discuss issues of demography by engaging with hard data.
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The North and South team split the basketball games during Eastern Oklahoma State College's 41st annual Kiamichi All-Star Classic on May26 in Wilburton.
The South girls' basketball team pulled off a close 69-67 victory over the North team in the first game of the night. Miranda Schaefer of Wright City was named the South MVP for her 16 points and Katie Smith of Checotah was named the North MVP for her 15 points.
Top scorers for the South team included Kelbie Moon of Wilburton with 11 points, Darian Bradford of Colbert with 9 points and Chelsi Thomas of Antlers with 8 points. Other top scorers for the North team included Alyssa Banks of Eufaula with 14 points, and LaNaessa Grayson of Oktaha and Colleen Peterson of Poteau with 9 points each. The South girls' team was coached by Chris Gibbs and Dana House of Rattan and the North team was coached by Scott Gregory of Poteau.
The boys' basketball game was also close with an 87-83 North victory. Cody Robinson of Moss scored 21 points was named the North MVP. Nick Brown of Hugo led the South team with 23 points was named the South MVP.
Other top scorers for the North team included Seth Youngblood and Brooks Robinson of Roland with 16 points each and Nate Hamilton of Muldrow with 14 points. Top scorers for the South team included Chandler Rickey of Broken Bow with 13 points and Clark Austin of Talihina, Austin Beene of Achille and Tyler Gibson of Wister with seven points each. The North boys' team was coached by Ed Lewis of Roland and the South boys' team was coached by Chris Brown of Rattan.
The softball and baseball games for the Kiamichi All-Star Classic had to be postponed because of heavy rain in the area. A make-up date for the softball and baseball games has been set for Saturday, June 1. The softball game will start at 2 p.m., followed by the baseball game at 4 p.m.
The South Boys Basketball team members were: Landon Carps, Rattan; Cade Clay, Rattan; Jake Dudley, Moyers; Bryce Martin, Antlers; Clark Austin, Talihina; Austin Beene, Achille; Nick Brown, Hugo; Justus Brown, Smithville; Lane Faulkenberry, Tushka; Todd Eric Gambill, Haworth; Tyler Gibson, Wister; David Markell Henderson, Boswell; Laiton Hill, Wright City; CJ Nolan Jr., Wright City; and Chandler Rickey, Broken Bow.View more articles in:
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Professional Experience: Students are required to attend a 2 day teaching practicum.
This unit focuses on developing creative, innovative, effective arts teaching and learning environments in primary classrooms. For young people, learning in the arts through music, and the visual arts, involves the ability to communicate and interpret meaning, using the languages of the arts disciplines. They include cultural, critical, visual, spoken, written, aural, kinaesthetic, multi-modal and aesthetic ways of knowing and representing thinking. Developing literacies in the arts significantly enhance our opportunities to contribute to our communities and cultures in a world where multiple literacies are important for communication, understanding, and intellectual growth. It is a lifelong process of learning and participation that begins in the primary years of schooling. Students will engage in practical arts experiences, which will inform and develop their knowledge and skills in each arts discipline. They will have the opportunity to apply their skills in designing programs for primary classrooms. They will be encouraged to apply their skills and knowledge during school based activities and the school Professional Experience program.
Assessment 1, 1500 words, 30%. The role of he Arts in student learning: a theoretical, autobiographical or institutional narrative.
Assessment 2, 2250 words, 35%. Development of a Music module for a specific educational environment based on seminar practice.
Assessment 3, 2250 words, 35%. Development of a Visual art module for a specific educational environment based on seminar practice.
Completion and documentation of 2 days of professional development relating to the Practicum Case Study.
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Board members got together for a debriefing meeting Feb. 20 after concluding their final visit, which was to Gray Station Middle School. The visits began at Wells Primary at 8:15 a.m. Feb. 19 and finished at 3 p.m. the next day. Each school principal presented the board with a 15-minute PowerPoint overview followed by a walk-through of the school.
According to Assistant Superintendent Dr. Mike Newton, the group walked 4.9 miles over the two-day trek. The board members unanimously agreed that the visits were very productive, although they asked that the days not be consecutive next year.
School Superintendent Jim LeBrun said he would like to have more sessions with students.
"The surveys we circulated indicated that parents would like for board members to be more visible in the schools," he stated to the board. "You know you are always welcome at any school."
Chairman Ted Stone said he heard the comment that the facilities are very orderly, but the perception is not that way.
Newton assured the board members that what they saw at the schools is the way they are every day.
"When people want to relocate, they are looking at the school system. Schools still attract people to Jones County. Not that many look at performance data; we do that. Parents value a school system's climate. Is it safe? Are the facilities up to date?" LeBrun said.
Newton said teachers have become more focused.
"I understand we have to be data driven, but it is more important for teachers to be focused on students. We ask a lot of things from our teachers, and in Jones County they rise up and do a great job," he said.
LeBrun said this year he took his fourth group to the Georgia Leadership Institute for School Improvement (GLISI).
"They are walking the walk. It's impressive to go into the classrooms and see these ideas come to fruition. We've come a long way through everyone's efforts," he said. "You can go into any classroom, and the curriculum is there."
LeBrun said the theme of GLISI is 'it is all about the kids'.
"We are seeing it over and over again," he said.
The superintendent said he sees an eagerness to learn with talking to students, and Friday morning's session with the students at the Ninth Grade Academy was invaluable.
"When we look at saving money in our budget, the Ninth Grade Academy could be a place to look, but the students told us they need that extra year before going into high school. Maybe the Ninth Grade Academy isn't where we want it to be, but it is better than it was," he said.
LeBrun said one student at the academy told him it is hard to fail because of all the tutoring.
Board member Deloras Moon said she thinks members of the community would feel differently if they could see the school system the way board members have the past few days.
"If they were in our seat, and see what we see, they would raise taxes rather than reduce programs at the schools," Moon commented.
Newton told board members tools like data director software puts student information at the fingertips of teachers and administrators.
"We are doing a much better job at measuring what students are learning, and we've seen the value of instructional coaches and graduation coaches. They support the classrooms and individual students," he said.
LeBrun said nurses are also important, and it is likely school systems will lose funding for nurses and the coaches.
"It's going to come to the point that we are going to have to make tough decisions," he said.
Board member Alfred Pitts said he had chill bumps watching students interacting in Wells Primary classrooms. He said he was impressed that everything about the classrooms was about teaching.
"Posters on the walls and maps on the floors. You learn everywhere you look. They are making a lot of progress and have a lot of very good students," he said.
"You could tell what they were studying by walking down the hall," Moon agreed. "No one has to say a word. They can learn by osmosis."
Newton said the content at the schools is rigorous.
"I'm not sure if the public understands the level of curriculum," he said.
Pitts said he noticed the difference in classrooms using smartboards. He said students in those classrooms were more engaged.
"They didn't even know we were there," he said.
Newton said what board members saw at the schools was a result of professional learning.
Stone said students in one of the classrooms he visited were having a weather program that was better than watching Channel 13.
"They were including math in the process, talking about the distance weather was traveling. I hated to leave," he said.


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Superintendent of Public Instruction Glenda Ritz to kick off statewide family literacy initiative at Crooked Creek Elementary School
Friday, May 10, 2013 - 10:45am to 2:00pm
Indianapolis - Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction Glenda Ritz will kick off the Indiana Department of Education's family focused literacy initiative, "Hoosier Family of Readers." The initiative will consist of a statewide collaboration with public libraries, non-profits, faith-based organizations and companies throughout Indiana aimed at encouraging families to spend time each day reading with their children during the summer and school year. The event is open press.
10:45 AM: "Hoosier Family of Readers" Family literacy initiative kick-off. Crooked Creek Elementary School Library, 2150 Kessler Boulevard West Dr., Indianapolis. Press must enter the school through Door 1, the main office door.


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The Mission of the Franklin Phonetic Primary School is to prepare students academic skills and personal attributes that will allow them to be successful in their future college and career choices. Students will be able to perform grade appropriate tasks in all academic areas.
Reading proficiency is strongly emphasized as it is the foundational skill upon which many other academic competencies are built. The school strives to ensure that all children meet and surpass prescribed grade level expectations.
Children will learn to study, behave appropriately and value learning as they are taught in an exciting orderly classroom environment. By involving parents and including fine arts and foreign language instruction within the curriculum, the school strives to meet the needs of all students and please all families, including those who favor a more traditional approach to education.
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That videotape certainly brought back a lot of memories, as you can imagine. Sooner or later I will get close to the microphone. I'm not accustomed to sitting down.
I have just seen a tape that brought back a million memories to me. I don't want to choke up, but there was a lot of love between this old guy and two or three of the people you saw on the film. In any event, it is an emotional night for Dot Helms and me and I'm so glad that you have honored my long-time friend the distinguished Senator and the Secretary of Defense for the United States of America.
I'll not repeat what was said so well but I do want to pay my respects to my long-time friend the late Bud Nance whom I had known and admired since we grew up as little boys together in our hometown of Winter Oaks. Bud was known around the world and certainly around the Senate as "the" Admiral. But to those of us who knew and loved him all those years he was "good old Bud."
Let me tell you something about this crowd here tonight. There are a lot of "good old Buds" here who are lending a hand to those several of us who are trying to make forever available to us the miracle of America. I choke up every time I say that because I have traveled some parts of the world as so many of you have and I come back and I say why was I dissatisfied about a little thing that happened last week?
This country is the greatest country that has ever been created on the face of this world. [Applause]
Back to Bud Nance, if you will forgive me. He would cause a lot of good things to happen. I consider him the architect of the revival of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, for example. I asked Bud to lend me a hand when I became the Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee some years ago because I knew, you see, that he could and would provide strong and wise leadership. Old Bud said if you want me to try it I'll do it, and he did a splendid job.
And without hesitation, he became a strong right arm for me. He began by helping assemble the most able staff I think in the Congress of the United States. That fine team is now scattered throughout the Bush Administration and having a significant impact on America's foreign policy.
I'm proud of them, obviously, and I know Bud Nance if he were here tonight would be proud of them as well.
Bud would have enjoyed being here and seeing so many friends. I'm sure he didn't realize the hundreds of thousands who admired Bud Nance. One of them that came tonight who I don't know, I don't know where he is seated in this auditorium, Bud Nance's roommate at the Naval Academy is with us. I wonder if the Honorable Emory Widner, if I pronounced it right, will stand up and let us give him a round of applause. [Applause]
As I say, the Honorable Mr. Widner, or Widner, if I pronounced it better that way, is a distinguished Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit. And sir, because you loved Bud Nance you are welcome here.
Others included in the group of leaders is the top foreign policy advisor to the United States Senate Majority Leader. Also an Assistant Secretary of State. Also here tonight is our senior advisors in the State Department, administrative assistants and administrators in any case of the Agency for International Development, and on down the list.
Of course it's especially meaningful to me that the majority of that team are now working for our distinguished guest, the Secretary of Defense. Several of them traveled with him here today.
I guess it will be acceptable for me to ask these five to stand up and wave to this fine crowd of folks here tonight. If you would do that, I'll appreciate it. Will you stand? [Applause]
President George Bush the first started it, and the President George Bush took office and the first thing they committed was grand larceny. They hired every time -- both of them -- our top people on our staff of the United States Senate. I must observe in all candor that things are far better in Washington, D.C. today than I could have ever imagined, and our former coworkers are playing a significant role in that.
All of this, if you will forgive me, is a compliment and a tribute to my friend Bud Nance. You say well why is this guy engaged in such lamentations about an obviously fine man? Bud Nance and I were the same age. We were born in the same town. We were born in the same part of town. We went to grammar school and high school and all the rest of it together. And Bud had a way of teaching things. He taught some of us how to make important differences in various things. In particular, the United States government was the better because Bud Nance was a part of it in an important way.
These people whom he had taught are experts in their respective fields and Bud helped them in that as well. He was like a grandfather to them, offering sage advice that will serve them for a lifetime and he loved them as I do. They felt the same way about Bud. I have found out in recent months that there are people all over this country who miss Bud Nance and he did not gain that respect and affection and love by accident. He was a good American and he was a great American. So it is especially meaningful that Don Rumsfeld agreed to come here tonight to be the first recipient of the Admiral James Nance Medal of Freedom.
Don Rumsfeld is a patriot like few others who's tireless work on behalf of all of us is so truly remarkable. Don Rumsfeld is like that Energizer Bunny. He just keeps going and going and going. [Laughter] He was enormously helpful to me during the years when I was Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Time after time I called this man and he was not in the top position at that time, part of the time. I called on Don to come and appear before our committee as an expert witness to offset some crazy testimony that had been given by people on the other side. [Laughter] He performed splendidly every time. [Applause]
By the way, I noticed last week some time that the Secretary was in California last week speaking to the Ronald Reagan Library. And I just couldn't help thinking how proud President Reagan would have been of Don Rumsfeld as Secretary of Defense. [Applause]
You know something? As Mr. Rumsfeld addressed the assembled crowd, he sounded a lot like Ronald Reagan, and that's about the highest compliment that I can pay anybody in public because I think some of you, maybe all of you know of my devotion to Ronald Reagan and grateful for what he did for me and to me.
My friends, this man understands the miracle of America, and he has throughout his career without hesitation always unfadingly been willing to take a stand on behalf of what I like to call the miracle of America. [Applause]
I wish you could be in the den of our home sometime when Don Rumsfeld is being interviewed by the press, how he can handle it. He makes in most cases, certainly a lot of them, regret that they asked the question the way they did. [Laughter] It's a pleasure and delight to watch some of them in the press to try to twist a question so that they can get the wrong answer to the right question. They just don't get it. It can't be done.
There is no spin with this gentleman. He tells the truth. He always calls it as he sees it. And America is lucky to have him serving at such a critical time.
Therefore, ladies and gentlemen, it's a personal privilege and a high honor to present the first Admiral James W. Nance Medal of Freedom to the distinguished United States Secretary of Defense, the Honorable Donald Rumsfeld. A great American and treasured friend.
Mr. Secretary, thank you so much for understanding so well the meaning of America because America is a miraculous episode in the history of mankind.
Those of you who will present the award, if you don't want me to do it -- [Applause]
Secretary Rumsfeld: Thank you so much. Thank you.
Senator Helms, thank you so very much. What a pleasure it is to see you and Mrs. Helms. It's always a privilege to see you, and to meet your wonderful family earlier this evening. And Senator, thank you so much for your truly dedicated and courageous service to our country. [Applause]
And also I thank you for this honor which bears the name of your friend, a patriot that I knew and admired, Admiral Bud Nance.
Governor Martin, Jim, it's nice to see you, sir. It's great to be in your state. I used to live here. People don't know that. I didn't make much of a splash. It was 1942 and World War II was on. My father joined the Navy and moved to a blimp base in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. [Applause] There you go. Where I got acquainted with grits. [Laughter]
I remember I was in the fifth grade, I was ten. The teacher there wanted to put me back in the third grade. [Laughter] She said I couldn't talk Southern, and I came from a school in Chicago that wasn't teaching all the fancy stuff she was teaching, and my mother wouldn't have any of it, and she was a schoolteacher so she homeschooled me over the summer and kept me in fifth grade.
Reverend Clergy, thank you so much. Congressman Burr and Congressman Ballinger -- Is Congressman Ballinger here tonight? I thought he might be. Your leadership in Congress is appreciated at this critical time.
John Dodd, and to all the supporters of the Helms Center and the foundation here this evening, I thank you for all you do to help promote the ideals to which Senator Helms has dedicated his life -- the principles of free enterprise, representative democracy and freedom. And thank you also for that very moving tribute we heard earlier this evening for the fallen evenings of Operation Iraqi Freedom. [Applause] Our hearts and prayers go out to their families, their friends. We are all deeply in their debt.
Now we're celebrating the 15th Anniversary of this Center, I'm told, and as Senator Helms indicated I did speak at the Reagan Library last week so it's fitting to be with you, Senator Helms, to honor another great pillar of the modern conservative movement. [Applause]
And I'm told it's also your 82nd birthday. Is that right? [Applause] He says, as Ronald Reagan would have called it, it's the 53rd anniversary of your 29th birthday. [Laughter]
Well as a fellow old timer, I must admit that I'm disappointed you decided to take early retirement. We miss you and we miss your courageous leadership. [Applause] And we also miss you because you're a gentleman, a true gentleman. [Applause] That civility that you brought to public life is something that benefits all of us.
Senator Helms, you spoke very generously about me this evening and it may surprise some of you to know that back in 1975, in fact I've been confirmed for the Senate I think four or five times for different things over the past I don't know, 40 years or 50 years, something like that. I've only had two votes cast against me, and this gentleman was one of them. [Laughter]
I was confirmed 98 to 2 for Secretary of Defense in 1974 or '75, whenever it was. And I searched for the reason why. Why would that man do that? And I was relieved to learn that his vote was really not against me but it was a protest against the removal of my predecessor -- my good friend and his good friend Jim Schlesinger, who is still a good friend to this day. I must say that the Senator was not far off the mark because I had argued with the President that I thought he ought to keep Schlesinger in there as well because I thought he was doing a good job.
In his floor speech Senator Helms declared that if President Ford felt he needed to replace one of his top two members of his Cabinet he should have fired the other one, Henry Kissinger. [Laughter] Of course Senator Helms and Henry Kissinger later went on to become very good friends and allies on a full range of issues, as I know, as have I.
A reporter once asked about the transformation in that relationship and Henry said, "It's true that there have been periods when Chairman Helms did not speak about me with the same admiration that my mother feels." [Laughter]
Now I'm highly honored to be the first recipient of this Admiral Nance Medal of Freedom. Bud Nance and I shared something in common in addition to our respect for Senator Helms. In the 1950s we were both flight instructors down at Pensacola in the Navy, although Bud left a few years before I arrived. He brought courage and dedication to his every assignment. Over six decades from the day he entered the Naval Academy to his service at Iwo Jima, Korea, Vietnam, to the day he passed on while still serving the Foreign Relations Committee, he served his country to his last breath.
And as Senator Helms indicated, I am indebted to him every day that I go to my post in the Pentagon because he's the one, along with the Senator, who recruited so many of these fine young men and women who now serve in the Pentagon and serve our country with such wonderful distinction. They were the folks that were introduced earlier this evening.
Others are serving in other portions of the Administration, as was mentioned. Each is talented in their own right, but more, they were Helms-trained and they learned a great deal substantively but they also learned a great deal personally by seeing first hand the remarkable leadership in the Foreign Relations Committee.
I should add that I was with our Senator's mutual friend, Vice President Dick Cheney this afternoon for some time just before coming here and he wanted to express his respect for you and his good wishes on your birthday as well. [Applause]
Under the Senator's leadership the committee was a force to be reckoned with. It seemed that every time I turned around Senator Helms was blocking some bad idea or taking a good idea and making it better.
Some of his critics, as you may recall, called him "Senator No." And it wasn't a compliment. But Senator Helms wore that moniker as a badge of honor, and indeed it was.
What's also true but much less recognized it seems to me are the bipartisan efforts that he championed and the legislation that he passed by large majorities, bipartisan majorities, during his time as Chairman.
Bill Safire, the columnist for the New York Times, wrote about him at the height of his tenure at the committee, he said, "Jesse Helms -- bete'-noir of knee-jerk liberals, scourge of the U.N. boondoggling, darling of rock-ribbed reactionaries -- is turning out to be the most effective bi-partisan Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee since Arthur Vandenberg. Let's see if he gets the credit for statesmanship that he deserve from the striped pants establishment." [Applause]
His power lay in his clarity of vision, his courage of his conviction, which gave him a certain imperviousness to media criticism. Our mutual friend Bill Buckley has said of him, "Other than Ronald Reagan, Jesse Helms is the only man in the world who really doesn't care what The New York Times says about him." [Laughter]
That gave him enormous power, particularly in Washington. He answered only to his conscience and his Creator and he was willing to take a stand and he was willing to take the heat, and we're fortunate that Senator Helms did so.
He also had a talent that was a lot like Ronald Reagan's where he could look out beyond the immediate and look out to the horizon and beyond and anticipate problems well before they actually were upon us. Anticipate them at a time when something could still be done about them.
For example, he warned of the danger of rogue judges and prosecutors that could one day use international law to launch politicized prosecutions of American citizens, soldiers and officials. And he was right. It's already happening.
Just weeks after Operation Iraqi Freedom lawsuits were filed in Belgian courts using that country's "universal jurisdiction" law charging President Bush and Vice President Cheney and General Tom Franks and a number of us with alleged war crimes in Iraq.
Senator Helms saw that danger that was posed by the International Criminal Court that would be a permanent forum for such politicized attacks and he held the Court in check for nearly four years. And his legislation -- the American Service Members Protection Act -- is now the law of the land and it is a valuable tool in helping to defend American citizens from politicized prosecution. [Applause]
And our President George W. Bush took the Senator's advice, and when he came into office he revoked the U.S. signature on the International Criminal Court treaty.
Jesse Helms stopped the effort to conclude a new ABM agreement with Russia as well, and in so doing he helped clear the way for President Bush to withdraw from the ABM treaty. And Senator, as you know, we can now report that our withdrawal from the treaty did not spark a global arms race as was predicted by all the naysayers, and we're now on the track to begin deploying the first rudimentary defenses sometime next year if the tests continue to go well.
Take the United Nations. Now I've lived a long time but I never imagined that I would live to see the time when Senator Helms would walk into the U.N. Security Council chamber, take a seat at the Security Council table, explain to the assembled members the reforms they would need to implement if they wanted American taxpayers' dollars. Nor did I ever imagine that the folks at the U.N. would actually listen to him and do what he asked, but they did.
But perhaps the most distinctive aspect of his leadership was his belief in freedom and his insistence that America's founding ideals must also be the foundation of America's engagement in this world.
That belief in freedom led him to champion the Iraqi Liberation Act, a law that made regime change in Iraq U.S. policy back in I believe 1998.
Senator, President Bush has followed your leadership and changed the regime in Iraq. [Applause]
Senator Helms' belief in freedom is what made him such a tireless advocate of captive nations trapped behind the Iron Curtain by bringing the newly-liberated nations of Eastern and Central Europe into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
There are many other examples one could cite, but let me conclude with a story I believe that captures Senator Helms' career. Some of you may know how it begins. I suspect that very few are aware of how it actually ended.
Back in 1985 a Soviet ship docked in New Orleans. A Ukrainian sailor named Miroslav Medvid jumped into the Mississippi River seeking political asylum. Twice he jumped ship, and twice he was returned by border patrols to the ship. The Soviets insisted he had fallen overboard. Twice. [Laughter]
Senator Helms didn't buy it.
Now the incident could not have come at a worse time. It was really just days before President Reagan was to hold his first meeting with Mikhail Gorbachev in Geneva. But for Senator Helms, one man's freedom was more important than a superpower summit. He tried to block the ship's departure by issuing a subpoena for the sailor to appear, if you can believe it, before the Senate Agriculture Committee -- [Laughter] -- which he then chaired. [Laughter] And he delivered the subpoena, I'm told, I can't vouch for all of this. Some of this is folklore, maybe, but he had the subpoena delivered by having one of his aides stuff it into a carton of cigarettes, walk up the ship's gangplank, where the unwitting captain accepted it as a gift of North Carolina's finest tobacco. [Laughter]
Now eventually the State Department determined it really had no legal basis to hold the ship and it was forced to allow the ship to set sail for the Soviet Union with the Ukrainian sailor aboard. He was not heard from again until, and here's the ending you may not know, I'm told that 15 years later this man came to Washington to visit the man who fought so hard for his freedom -- Senator Jesse Helms.
Yes, he told Senator Helms, he'd been trying to escape. He'd not fallen overboard twice. That was the reason he joined the Merchant Marine in the first place. When he was returned to the Soviet Union he said he was incarcerated in some sort of a mental hospital for the criminally insane. The KGB tried to drug him. He said a sympathetic nurse saved him by injecting some of the drugs into the mattress rather than into him.
Eventually he was released and today he's a parish priest in his native village in Ukraine. In the course of 50 interrogations, he told Senator Helms, "the KGB didn't fulfill its desire about what they wanted to do with me. They were afraid of something," he said, "and now I know what they were afraid of," he told Senator Helms. The KGB was afraid of Jesse Helms. [Applause]
Don't you love a man with that kind of conviction? [Applause] That's a legacy to be proud of.
Now Senator, you did not succeed in rescuing the man in 1985, but you've often said that "the Lord doesn't require us to succeed. He just expects us to try."
Well Senator, over three decades of public service you have tried, and you have tried mightily. And I would say well more than often you have succeeded. Today America is a safer place and freedom is more secure here and across the globe because of you and your courage.
I'm indebted to you, I'm indebted to your friend Bud Nance as well for all you've done for the country, and I say that even though you voted against me. [Laughter and Applause]
We miss you. The President of the United States misses you in Washington. The American people miss you in Washington. But we thank you.
God bless you, and happy birthday, and God bless you all.
Thank you very much.


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