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DoD News Briefing with Col. Schweitzer from Afghanistan
Presenters: Commander, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Col. Martin Schweitzer
April 24, 2007 9:00 AM EDT
(Note: Colonel Schweitzer appears via teleconference from Afghanistan.)
BRYAN WHITMAN (deputy assistant secretary of Defense for Public Affairs): Colonel, this is Bryan Whitman at the Pentagon. Can you hear me?
COL. SCHWEITZER: Hey, Bryan. I got you loud and clear, buddy.
MR. WHITMAN: Thank you.
And are we okay technically here?
STAFF: Yes.
MR. WHITMAN: We're good to go? Okay.
Well, good morning here to the Pentagon press corps, good afternoon to you, Colonel Schweitzer. This is Colonel Martin Schweitzer. He's the commander of 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division. He and his unit, Task Force Fury, are responsible for security and stability operations in eastern Afghanistan. He's been commanding his unit in Afghanistan since January 23rd of this year, and this is his first opportunity in this forum to speak to the Pentagon press corps. And we do appreciate you taking the time to do that today.
He is speaking to us from Forward Operating Base Salerno in Khost province. And he has some opening remarks that he would like to make that help set the stage for what his unit is doing out there, what the task force is doing, and then we'll take some of your questions.
So with that, Colonel Schweitzer, let me turn it over to you.
COL. SCHWEITZER: Great. Thanks.
Good morning, and thank you for this opportunity to discuss the incredible efforts of the soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines, Afghan national security forces, and our NATO partner from Poland, as part of Combined Task Force Fury, 82nd Airborne Division. I'll begin by providing a brief overview of our operations in Afghanistan since our arrival in January of this year.
We've been conducting operations along three lines: fighting the counterinsurgency; enhancing security by assisting with the development of and partnering with the national security forces, which are their army, police and border police; and developing and expanding the influence of the government through governance, projects, construction and in some areas reconstruction.
With respect to the first area, the combined team is fighting the insurgency by first separating the enemy from the population; second, creating effects with the communities; and then, finally, ultimately transforming the environment when the threat can no longer operate within.
On security, the Afghan national security force development and partnering is currently at different levels with different units. For example, the army is much further along than the police and border police. The Army routinely takes the lead in operations, and subsequently the coalition is in a supporting role.
The border police is a new organization currently being formed and at this time not operating independently.
With respect to governance and expanding the reach of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, we are fortunate in RC East, because we work with five governors who bust their tails to govern their provinces. They have many challenges, both with providing for the needs of the people as well as their own personal safety. I can tell you that these leaders demonstrate courage every day.
With respect to our internal operations, 1508 is currently serving in Regional Command South as the theater tactical force. They currently are conducting combined operations with the national security forces and our NATO partners in the Helmand province. These operations have allowed the provincial government to gain access to a once isolated population and begin badly needed humanitarian assistance and reconstruction efforts. 2508 is conducting operations throughout the western portion of our sector, where the insurgents have attempted to establish a shadow government.
Together with the Afghan people and their security forces, the communities are looking towards its government for the future instead of the Taliban. This is a recent and significant shift in that particular province.
2321, our artillery battalion, along with the national security forces are expanding the reach of the government to the people in the eastern portion of our sector by bringing services like police, leadership, health care and education to the people of Khost. Recently, this province has been targeted by the Taliban and others who are taking desperate measures to slow the wheels of progress. They have committed crimes against the people in terms of suicide bombings, school burnings and assassinations. These desperate acts only serve to further separate the Taliban from the people and show that their true goal of ruling is by fear and intimidation.
The best example of this effect is the recent demonstration in the streets of Khost led by the village elders protesting against the Taliban suicide bombers while encouraging support for the government of Afghanistan.
The 508 Special Troops Battalion are closing the mountain passes between Khost and Gardez from the enemy, as well as conducting operations in southern Paktia, allowing the government to engage its people.
In Paktika, on the eastern portion, our 473rd Cavalry Regiment and the 10th Mountain Division's 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment are actively separating the enemy from the population. They are assisting the government and the security forces and ensuring a stronger Afghanistan by disrupting the enemy's ability to move into Paktika.
The 3rd Infantry Division's 385th Military Police Battalion is critical in providing the mentoring, coaching and training that contributes to the development of the Afghan National Police throughout RC East. Our 782nd Support Battalion is seen all over eastern Afghanistan, providing logistical support to our paratroopers. They have assisted in the expansion and reach of the government by providing humanitarian relief as well as assisting people who cannot be reached by roads due to the harsh weather and mountainous terrain.
The four PRTs are absolutely magnificent in creating effects with the population while helping develop the capacity to govern. This ad hoc group of Americans, led by great Navy and some Air Force personnel, are doing selfless work, creating long-lasting effects in Afghanistan that will enable this country to sustain itself in the long run.
Finally, the Polish Battle Group: This is an infantry battalion that's being integrated into operations in RC East. This proud formation is well-trained and led, and it's going to be a privilege to serve with them.
Before closing, I'd like to briefly highlight the invaluable contributions of the Joint IED Defeat Organizations, sometimes referred to as the Counter-IED Task Force. In spite of increased IED attacks, the number of IED effects has decreased significantly due to the efforts of this unit. Simply stated, they are saving lives every day in Afghanistan. Their contributions can best be measured in the following way: More sons and daughters will return safely to their families when this deployment is over. And this organizations can take great pride in its contribution to that metric. I'll now take your questions.
MR. WHITMAN: Well, Colonel, thank you for that overview. And we do have a few questions here, so we'll go ahead and get started.
Q Colonel, can you tell us a little bit about the type and the frequency of Iranian-style weapons that you are seeing coming across the border, and whether this is either increasing or leveling off?
COL. SCHWEITZER: Yeah, you know, frankly I think there's -- there may be even another question in that, so let me just kind of answer this in the following manner.
We've only seen a few number of specific weapons that we think are from Iranian origin. But frankly we've seen weapons that have a lot of origin from a lot of different countries since we've been here in January. And so did our predecessors, the 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division. So I -- you know, whether there's an increase or decrease, I'm not able to effectively measure that particular question.
I don't -- there's also a set of discussion points that I know is happening external on an increasing and enhanced Iranian influence and you know, how much is the Iranian government contributing to that? Look, I don't know that answer. Is there an Iranian influence? Well, we think that there is a -- that there may be an Iranian presence throughout the battle space. But is it state-sponsored? Is it state-sanctioned? I have absolutely no ability to link that together at this time.
MR. WHITMAN: Go ahead, Ken.
Q Colonel, Ken Fireman from Bloomberg News.
Your brigade is, I believe, on its third recent deployment. I believe you were deployed once before to Afghanistan, and also to Iraq before this most recent deployment. Are these deployments taking any kind of toll on your brigade in terms of readiness or morale or any other issues?
COL. SCHWEITZER: Yeah, let me just clarify something that you may not have exactly accurate. We're the 4th Brigade Combat Team. We were stood up in January of `06, January 27th, and our effective date of sourcing from the Department of the Army was the 16th of June of `06. So the brigade itself has not deployed, and this is the brigade's first deployment. There are -- one of the battalions has deployed to Iraq on a four-to-six-month mission in support of a particular mission profile about a year ago.
So there's -- this brigade -- I -- you know, it's hard for me to measure, you know, what's the amount of stress on the individual soldier. I can tell you this -- that the rotations that are ongoing right now and with the increased -- the recent talk of the extensions and all this stuff, you know, I've been doing this for 22 years, and this is kind of how I look at it. The Department of the Army senior leadership has determined a 15-12 cycle -- 15 months deployed, 12 months come back home station.
I'm pretty confident that there's a lot of smart guys like Dr. Chu and other folks in the building who put a lot of rigor and analytical analysis into this thing to determine what is best for the service and what is sustainable. They've come up with 15-12; I'm absolutely confident that that's going to work and that'll manage the pressure and the stress on the force.
MR. WHITMAN: Joe.
Q Sir, this is Joe Tabet with Al Hurra. What could you tell us about the cooperation with the Pakistanian forces on the eastern side of the border?
COL. SCHWEITZER: Yeah, that's a great question, and again, I will only speak from the area that I'm operating in, the P2KGL, and that's the southeastern portion of RC East.
In my opinion, we're pretty fortunate. We run border-flagged meetings about every two weeks with the brigades from Pakistan at selected sites with the Afghan National Army brigade leadership, the Pakistan brigade leadership and the coalition forces. And over the last three months -- really, over the last eight months with the Spartan Brigade from the 10th Mountain that was here before us -- but over the last three months, we've continued to expand the communication, the coordination to create effects in the disputed border area where the enemy may be moving back and forth to take advantage of seams between the two countries.
So from my prism over the last three months, the coordination has been pretty significant, trust is starting to develop, in particular between -- with the Afghans and the Pakistan forces, and that's incredibly important in this global war on terror and the fight that's ongoing. So in short, it's been pretty effective to date, and we expect it to continue to expand.
MR. WHITMAN: Colonel, we're going to continue to move on. We have lost your picture, but we have good audio, and so we're going to continue here.
Joe, did you have -- do you want to follow up on that?
Q Yeah, if he can repeat his answer.
MR. WHITMAN: His answer, the entire answer?
Q If he can.
MR. WHITMAN: Colonel, there's a desire for you to recap that answer again, if you could.
Q (Off mike.)
COL. SCHWEITZER: Okay. Sure.
The bottom line is there's been enhanced coordination and cooperation with the forces on the other side of the border from Pakistan, and it's been executed through a series of border-flagged meetings at the brigade and battalion and company levels that has enhanced the communication and coordination to create effects against the threat that periodically attempts to operate in the seam between the two countries.
MR. WHITMAN: Very good. Appreciate that. We do have your picture back now, and so we'll continue on here too.
Go ahead, Courtney.
Q Colonel, this is Courtney Kube from NBC News. We've heard a lot about this spring offensive. We've been hearing about it for several months now. Has it begun? There's been sort of some incongruent reporting that -- whether it has begun or it has not or whether the U.S military and ISAF were offensive before the Taliban had their chance to begin the spring offensive.
And then also, can you give us sort of a status update in your area? Since the spring offensive began, are you seeing attacks going up and down and some hard statistics to back that up?
COL. SCHWEITZER: Courtney, let me see if I can answer it this way. I mean, I hope this is their spring offensive because it's not very effective. You know, I think what's occurred over the last three months, really what's occurred over the last eight months with the application of forces and the integration of the national security forces in areas where the enemy was trying to establish a sanctuary -- I think you combine that with good governance -- and the five governors in my area, going down there, getting with the population, and offering them an ultimate vision, versus just go to the Taliban or go to al Qaeda or go to Hekmatyar Haqqani. You know, those guys who just -- you know, basically they're hoodlums. But to -- instead of going to that avenue, the governors have been getting down to the people to offer them what the government can do for them.
And I give you that backdrop because their spring offensive -- we do -- we have seen an increase of some attacks. I would not categorize or qualify or call this a spring offensive, a coordinated attack or anything along those lines. It's exactly what we had predicted if the enemy was unable to command or control their forces, if the enemy was unable to properly organize. I think the Pakistan forces have something to do with that, with what's going on on their side of the border, and I think the Afghan forces, the use of the governors and partnering with the coalition forces has also created an effect that's prevented them from doing this big spring offensive that they've been touting.
There are increases -- some moderate increases in, you know, small attacks in some -- you know, catastrophic kind of events that they're trying to create, but we knew that would come with the good weather. Frankly, we're pretty convinced that the type of suicide attacks that have occurred, which are absolutely un-Afghanistan -- I mean, Afghans don't do that -- that's a real indicator to us and to the Afghan formations of the amount of desperation that the Taliban currently is incurring. They did not want to go to the suicide. They're trying to get to the hearts and minds of the people as well, and they're losing it when they start murdering the civilians, when they start murdering the kids.
So I guess that's how I'd answer it. No, we don't think this is an effective offensive. I kind of hope it is, because if that's as good as they got, we're in pretty good shape, and the Afghan national security forces are going to get to develop their capacity over time without being interrupted by this threat.
MR. WHITMAN: Go ahead.
Q And do you have any statistics to give us an idea -- I mean General Votel spoke with us last week and he mentioned -- he spoke about, you know, trends of attacks. But do you know any hard numbers, I mean numbers of attacks per week now versus a month ago or three months ago, or anything to show a trend?
COL. SCHWEITZER: Yeah, Courtney, what I'll do is -- I don't have that at my hand, but I'll have the PAO send -- my public affairs team send something back to the folks back there with some of the hard data that's at their fingertips.
But I can just generally tell you there's been a -- it's a modest increase from what we've currently been experiencing over the last three months. If I compared this time to what's occurred last April this time, I would tell you the border activities and border actions have been significantly reduced, and that's much -- in part, too, the fact that we've increased two brigades here, plus the introduction of the Polish battle group. So along the border, those activities have decreased.
We're seeing a bit of a spike on the interior, as we also had expected. It's not surprising, because as we cut off and disrupt the access back and forth between the border area, that's a lot of their C2 sourcing, so the folks that are on the interior are having to move around.
I think the last component to that modest increase within the interior is the fact that we've got two brigades in the battlespace. You know, we've put in an extra 5,200 soldiers out there and sailors, airmen and Marines, to get after it. And it's kind of like a contact sport, when you put more people on the field, you're going to bump into more people, and that's kind of what's happening.
MR. WHITMAN: Al, you got a four-partner for us?
Q Two or three. Colonel, this is Al Pessin from Voice of America. I wanted to ask you to expand on two things from your opening statement. One is where you talked about the shadow government that the Taliban is trying to expand in one area. Can you tell us about that and what you're doing about it?
And the other is about the Joint IED Task Force. I think you said more attacks but less effective. And I'd appreciate if you could expand on that.
And we're all dying to know what P2KGL is.
COL. SCHWEITZER: Okay. Great. The P2KGL -- and I'll take this back to front, if I can. The P2KGL is just the first letters of the initials of the provinces that we operate within. So we've got Paktika and Paktia, Lowgar and Khost and Ghazni. Those are the five areas that we operate within.
Reference the IED Task Force and its effects -- and just I'm going to ask that you bear with me on this. What I don't want to do is provide any of the specifics of the number of IED attacks the enemy has attempted versus the number that has actually been prosecuted or executed, and then subsequently what were the effects of those. I can just tell you I'm being absolutely frank and 100 percent honest that there is a significant difference between what they've attempted to do and what they've been able to do.
The enemy is also taking buck, and so when they're measuring this and we start giving numbers, they start putting it into their little calculations and figure out what they can do to ramp up and ramp down and modify. And that's why there's probably not the hard data at your hands, but we track it pretty closely. And I can just tell you this: that we're able to operate freely throughout our battle space, despite the attempts of the enemy to use those particular -- that particular tool.
And the problem is, you know, it's really frustrating. We understand; come after us. We understand that. We're the uniformed personnel, uniformed members. But the enemy's going after the civilians and the soft underbelly of the Afghan population.
We're very fortunate in Afghanistan that it is an un-Afghan-like type of tactic. And it is not accepted or received well, and it is backfiring on the enemy on their IO, and this is IO fratricide. And unfortunately they're still continuing to do it, but fortunately, you know, JIEDDO and all those great Americans are getting after it and reducing the impact of it onto all the formations, as well as the Afghan national security forces.
Reference the shadow government -- look, you know, there's this perspective that the enemy's going back and forth, and then it comes back when it's -- when they're ready to operate, you know, in the nice weather. I think we have a different look at this battle space. There is a lot of transmovement back and forth between Pakistan and Afghanistan. There's also a certain number of people that stay dormant and then when instructed, come alive and try to start influencing the government and the governance activities at the provincial and district levels.
So we'll take, you know, Ghazni, for example. That's in the western portion of the battle space that we're currently operating within. It's led by a great governor, Governor Pathan. The shadow government that they've tried to erect there out of Andar and Qarabagh and Giro, which are some districts, what we've done to counter that is, move forces in. But it's just not coalition forces, because that's a U.S. solution to an Afghan problem. The best thing that we're finding out is putting Afghan forces, Afghan government, and the U.S. forces facilitate and assist with the security.
So for example, this is how you counter what's going on in Andar, and then I'll give you the specific example that kind of says, you know, two plus two does equal four. We've put a combined team down there in Andar, which is one of the historically troubled districts. This combined team was made up of Afghan national security forces, Afghan national army and Afghan national police.
They went and they did the inner cordon and inner security. Our forces did the outer security. They then brought in the governor and the district governor. And they ran what they call a shura, and that's a meeting with all the village leaders, to identify their problems, to see if we could bring needs -- we being the Afghan community -- bring needs back down to that particular district.
So they coordinated to do all this work, and then they said, come back in another week and then we're going to -- you know, governor will come back down and show you what the solution is to your problems or how they're going to help you out. So they ran this second shura in a school, and all the village leaders as well as the surrounding districts came to this particular shura. And during the shura, the enemy, the Taliban, came and started shooting rockets at the shura. And what we had expected to see, or we thought we may have seen, is a lot of pandemonium, running, getting the kids out of there, getting all the elders out, and then there would just be ANSF and coalition forces left.
What we saw was pretty incredible. We saw that the leaders got everybody calm, took the kids, put them in the school, came back out and continued the shura. They grabbed the microphone, and they said, "That's what the Taliban's doing. It's trying to kill our kids. It's trying to hurt our future. It's trying to affect us. It's trying to prevent our government from governing."
Look, I got to tell you, there's nothing that we could have done more effectively to counter this shadow government that they're trying to get alive, to come up and operational in Ghazni.
And so that's what we're trying to do. We try to create white space between the enemy and the population, with the Afghan national security forces, by separating them. Then we try to bring the governor and the other reconstruction folks down from the PRTs. We try to get the district governors, which is the lower level, and most importantly, the village leaders that represent those families to come together and let Afghans work with Afghans to create an Afghan solution. And I got to tell you, that has been incredibly effective in the last three months.
But frankly, we'd like to take credit for it, but you got to go back to 310, which is the brigade from the 10th Mountain Division led by Colonel Mick Nicholson. He really developed this strategy, and we're just getting the privilege to continue to grow it and expand it as it matures.
MR. WHITMAN: Mike?
Q Colonel, it's Mike Mount from CNN. You mentioned that the attacks are really starting to kind of focus on the civilian population now. Are you seeing any kind of backlash at all from civilians towards the coalition and Afghan troops in terms of anger that you all are doing more, or a lack of cooperation in terms of giving you intel or anything?
COL. SCHWEITZER: Yeah. No, that's a great question. I appreciate it, and I'll tell you an answer, and I'll give you a couple examples.
The first is, we have very pleasantly found -- and are surprised with -- there's not only zero backlash towards the coalition, the ANSF, but there's a demand for the people to get more army and police personnel down in their sectors to protect them from the enemy.
Now look, that statement by itself doesn't seem very complicated. But what's so significant is, it's all these border regions that have got these tribal relationships that are along the border, are stopping to look at other members of their tribe for the answer and looking to their government for help.
We are closely associated with the government forces, and we are enjoying a significant support, we think, from the Afghan population. But it's not because we're the U.S. or we're coalition. It's because we're partnering with the Afghan national security forces, because they're out front in the execution of this. We're trying to do the outer ring, so the Afghan security forces do the contact with their Afghan people.
In three specific examples -- and I highlighted one in Andar, but I'd like to comment on what I said in the opening comment about Khost. You know, Khost is -- it's a pretty developed city in Afghanistan, and it's been a target of suicide IEDs. We think it's going to continue to be a target of IEDs for the Taliban. And you know, it's just not working for them.
They keep doing this with their intention to be to intimidate the population, to have them stop looking at the government, to have them stop asking for the Afghan national security forces to help them, to have them say we're only doing this because the coalition's there. But the population is going: Hey, look, that makes no sense. If you don't like the coalition, hit them. Don't hit my kids, don't hit my family, don't burn my school.
It's inconsistent. So when I mentioned the previous demonstration that the Khost – (inaudible) -- have done over the last three months, but this is the second one they've done in the last six months, and that's pretty significant because, you know, look, this country's been at war for 30 years. The Taliban enjoyed a significant freedom of maneuver up till '01, '02. Now they're trying to come back in and instead of fighting ideas, which their ideas are just death and destruction, they're now really getting to a point where they're using these IEDs and they're targeting the population, they're targeting the kids, they're targeting the schools, they're targeting the medical clinics. You know, it's -- I mean, this is my second tour to Afghanistan, and it never -- I keep getting amazed how durable and commonsense bright the Afghan people are. They know this is a bad deal for them, and so they're the ones who are saying "no more."
It would be nice if, you know, we could say -- you put coalition in there and freedom would come. Here's what you do, you put a coalition force in there and you get the Afghan people to say "no more," and you get them to turn away from the threat, and you get them to turn to their government. And the great news is that word, that now "you" or "your" -- it's not "us" -- it's the Afghans doing it based upon their own decisions what they're seeing occur in the battlespace to their kids.
MR. WHITMAN: We've got time for about one more.
Go ahead, Luis.
Q Colonel, it's Luis Martinez with ABC News. You mentioned the need for Afghanistan security forces in your battlespace. Is there more -- a greater need for Afghan police than Afghan army, and if so, what is the requirement that you need? And how much longer will it take to get you what you actually need in those provinces?
COL. SCHWEITZER: Okay. That's great, and that's, you know, part one of the major lines of operation that we're working. And let me answer the last piece first on time because I know that's a hot-button issue.
I can't give you a time, it's conditions-based. And you know, that may not be as comforting to hear, but it's a fact. I'll just give a background. I was here in 2002. In 2002, there was one Kandak battalion that worked with my battalion, 3505 from the 82nd, and it was a set of unique operations that we performed together. Today, there are four corps and eight brigades. It's around 30(,000) or 35,000 soldiers in the ANA. The police and the border police, I think, make up around 60(,000) or 70,000. Don't hold me to that because I don't have the exact figures in my hands, but although that's a number, the training capacity is significantly lower than that of the army right now.
And so it's take about four years for the Afghan national army to become one of the most respected institutions in Afghanistan, which it's becoming, if it hasn't already become that, and we get that from the people. I mean that's where it really counts, because when we show up, they want -- they ask, "Where's our army? We'd like our army here."
But the police development is -- it's the focus of Task Force 82. It's one of the focuses of Task Force 82, my higher headquarters over the next year, as well as with Task Force Phoenix, and you combine security training command out of Kabul. We're putting a significant amount of effort of both training and partnering, and I want to emphasize that we're partnering because that's where you actually take what they're learning and applying it in the field, partnered and integrated in with U.S. formations.
And so that -- you know, that's what we're doing to develop that particular capacity. I know that you're really looking for me to say, okay, so how is that going to take. I can't give you that answer. I can tell you it's going to be a little while because you got to go through this whole cycle of storm-norm-form, and then be able to employ that capability in the battlespace independently.
If you're looking for some percentages, we've got the -- you know, the brigades that I get the privilege to work with -- already one of my battalions has been subordinate to a brigade operation from the Afghan National Army. We're going to be doing a series of operations here in the very near future, where my headquarters is going to be subordinate to the corps commander, and that's not just lip service. I mean, they're going to do the planning, they're going to do the rehearsals, they're going to have a mentor team not from my headquarters but from another headquarters that's assisting them as they develop this particular set of skill sets and capacities.
I got to tell you, I'd have never imagined that four years ago when I was here, never. And now I'm going to be subordinate to one of the corps here in Afghanistan for a series of operations, which I think is phenomenal. The ANP is not there yet, and the ABP is brand-new, so we've got a lot longer time with the border police than we do with the national police.
MR. WHITMAN: Well, Colonel, we have reached the end of our time. But this has been extremely useful and valuable to us, and we appreciate you taking the time this afternoon to answer our questions and to give us an overview of what your unit is doing there.
Before I bring it to an end, let me just turn it back to you in case you have any closing comments or thoughts that you'd like to make.
COL. SCHWEITZER: I do, thanks.
First of all, it's been a privilege, and I thank you for the questions, and I hope that they were helpful. If they're not, you can contact our PAO, and we'll try to give you more expanded answers. And we do owe you that one set of metrics that we'll get to you.
But finally -- look, as always, I'd like to thank two groups of people: the service members and their families. The troops can't thank them enough for their incredible daily performances of heroism, taking care of each other while assisting with providing freedom to 25 million Afghans. And they do all of this without asking for any credit. They just do it because they're great Americans and they're America's treasures.
And to their families, the family members, both mothers and fathers of each service member and their incredible spouses and kids for the contributions and sacrifices they make every day on behalf of our nation. They don't get paid; they just quietly pray for their loved ones to get the mission done and come home.
I stand in awe of both of these groups of people. Thank you.
MR. WHITMAN: Thank you, Colonel, and we hope that we'll have an opportunity to talk to you again in the not too distant future.
COL. SCHWEITZER: Thank you.
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Samantha Ronson's stepfather (he divorced her mom in 2007 after 25 years of marriage), Foreigner guitarist Mick Jones, dished on Sam's relationship with Lindsay Lohan to Howard Stern, and all but confirmed that the couple was dunzo. Mick told the radio host that Sam and Lindsay's relationship was "toxic" and that Sam has "moved on from that" – though you wouldn't know it from Lindsay's tweets.
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HURRICANE, W.V. -- The 2013-14 Pipesounds Concert Series on the Harrah Symphonic Organ will continue Friday, March 28, at Forrest Burdette Memorial United Methodist Church, 2757 Main St.
This event will feature the silent film "Spite Marriage," starring Buster Keaton. John Schwandt will provide the music on the Harrah Symphonic Organ.
The show will start at 7 p.m.
The film, made in 1929, features an unimpressive but well intending man who is given the chance to marry a popular actress, of whom he has been a hopeless fan. But what he doesn't realize is that he is being used to make the actress' old flame jealous.
Tickets are $10 for adults, $6 for students and free for children ages 5 and under. Tickets are available at the church office.
The final show of the season will take place at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 11. The performance will be "Fanfare for the Common Man" with David F. Donathan along with a brass quintet and percussionist.
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The bayfront will take on a holiday glow when the 27th Harbor Lights Festival kicks off at 2 p.m. Saturday. The event will include a children's parade, the lighting of a 75-foot garland tree, a laser light show, a motorcade with Santa Claus, live music and a boat parade.
"It's a true kick-off to the holiday season," said Elaine Motl, festival executive director. "It gets people in the holiday spirit."
The celebration from 2 to 9 p.m. will be along Shoreline Boulevard between Lawrence and Peoples streets. About 15,000 people are expected to attend. Motorists will be diverted off Shoreline for the festivities.
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Michel is a young thug who romantically models himself on Humphrey Bogart. While driving a stolen car, Michel shoots a policeman who follows him onto a country road. Penniless and on the run from the police, he turns to his American girlfriend Patricia, a student and aspiring journalist. Patricia agrees to hide him and the two spend their time evading the police, making love and stealing cars to raise money for a trip to Italy. As the police net tightens, Michel's bravado and desperation grow...
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Ever since Viking explorer Leiv Eriksson landed on the shores of Newfoundland about a thousand years ago, the bonds between Canada and Norway have been strong. While different in size and population, the two nations share a lot when it comes to landscape, climate, natural resources and a close proximity to the North – similarities that lead to common interests in research and education.
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El Paso police are investigating the death of a 5-month-old girl found inside an SUV parked at a high school. Police spokesman Mike Baranyay says it's not immediately certain how long the baby was in the vehicle at Riverside High School when her mother found her unresponsive late Friday afternoon.
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May 11 (Bloomberg) -- German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble plans to force the country's states to define binding spending limits starting in 2014 to ensure adherence to a constitutional balanced-budget rule for the regions from 2020, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported.
The plan is part of the implementation in Germany of the so-called fiscal pact among 25 European Union governments that aims to ensure budget discipline, the German newspaper said.
Tighter budget controls would thwart plans by the government of North Rhine-Westphalia, a coalition of the Social Democrats and Greens that are in opposition at national level, to raise the budget deficit to boost economic growth, the newspaper said. The state votes on May 13.
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The Houston Dynamo and Columbus Crew meet for a second time this season in what could be a crucial contest for both clubs when they face off Saturday evening at BBVA Compass Stadium. The Dynamo are still holding onto a tie for fifth place in the Eastern Conference and the final playoff spot, after a 1-1 home draw with the Chicago Fire last weekend. The Crew find themselves in eighth place in the division after a second successive defeat last weekend, a late 2-1 loss at Toronto FC.
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Name of Product: Gas Fireplaces
Units: About 40
Manufacturer: Kingsman Fireplaces, of Canada
Hazard: Delayed ignition can cause the fireplace's propane gas to explode and break or shatter the glass door. This poses a laceration hazard to consumers nearby.
Incidents/Injuries: Kingsman Fireplaces has received two reports of fireplace glass doors breaking. No injuries have been reported.
Description: This recall involves direct vent gas fireplaces sold under the name "Skyline Marquis collection." They run on propane gas. The following model numbers are being recalled. The model number is on the rating plate located on the bottom of the fireplace near the valve control.
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Just three weeks ago, authorities found 19-year-old Bruce Jackson rifling through a garbage can in an apparent search for food. He weighed 45 pounds.
Today, according to the state's child advocate, the teen weighs 59 pounds and has gained nearly one- third of his body weight in less than a month.
Just why Bruce Jackson and his three brothers, all adopted by a Collingswood couple, were so malnourished is at the heart of a growing controversy that pits the family and its church against prosecutors and state officials.
Prosecutors said the children's bellies were distended and their ribs appeared as if they would poke through their skin. The parents, Raymond and Vanessa Jackson, have been charged with abuse and neglect.
Supporters of the couple say the children were not abused or neglected but were suffering from pre-existing health problems: fetal alcohol syndrome, gastric reflux and anorexia. They say fetal alcohol syndrome can devastate a child's growth and they cite a New Jersey addiction specialist to support their claims.
But several pediatricians and specialists in childhood intestinal disorders yesterday expressed skepticism that these conditions could have caused the children to become so emaciated. Each of the four boys, between the ages of 9 and 19, weighed less than 50 pounds. They were taken from their home Oct. 10.
The boys may indeed have had underlying medical conditions that affect weight and growth, several doctors said, but those conditions would not fully explain their severe malnourishment.
"We have children with fetal alcohol syndrome and they do grow," said Indra Taneja, an assistant professor of pediatrics at the UMDNJ -- New Jersey Medical School. "We don't have 19-year-olds who weigh 45 pounds." She said gastric reflux, which causes the contents of the stomach to return to the esophagus, could affect growth, especially in very young infants. "But we see many kids with reflux, and again, they grow quite well," she said.
At the couple's church, Come Alive New Testament Church in Medford, the view was different. The couple were cheered at a gathering Sunday.
Pastor Harry Thomas said yesterday that Bruce Jackson has physical and psychological problems. Thomas said the family has video of the teenager vomiting. A Web site created by the church accused Bruce Jackson of lying about never going to restaurants or not being allowed to watch TV. Church members said Bruce vomits because of psychological problems complicated by reflux.
"He eats and throws up. He's done these things ever since he was little," Thomas said. The Web site claims that acid reflux was rotting Bruce's teeth.
Pediatricians who have seen abused children as well as those affected by their mother's drinking and drug use said such cases can be complex, and added that commenting without examining the children can be risky.
Fetal alcohol syndrome, they said, can affect growth and cause mental retardation. Nonetheless, they said the claims of the family -- that gastric reflux, fetal alcohol syndrome and anorexia caused their extreme malnourishment -- were difficult to believe. Severe reflux can cause inflammation and scarring of the esophagus, and children may choose not to eat, causing anorexia.
"But then they would not go out in a trash can looking for food. If you have a problem eating food in the house, why go outside?" asked Soroush Azam, a pediatric gastroenterologist at Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune. She said the fact that the children gained weight in a new environment is significant.
State Child Advocate Kevin Ryan, who is investigating the case, said Bruce Jackson has gained 14 pounds since Oct. 10. The exact weights of the three other children were not available yesterday, although they too have gained weight.
Could bulimia or anorexia cause such low weights in children?
"Even children with anorexia and bulimia don't get down that low. That child (Bruce) was the weight of a 5-year-old," said Paul Sirna, a pediatrician in Verona.
Doctors said some rare metabolic disorders, tumors or malabsorption problems could cause a child to lose weight, but it unlikely that such rare disorders would afflict all four children. Just two were biologically related.
"If they had any of these medical disorders, they should have been in treatment," Sirna said.
One addiction specialist who is supporting the family is Lucy Mayers, a perinatal addiction specialist and nurse. She worked as a perinatal risk reduction specialist for the Central New Jersey Maternal Child Health Consortia, a program that received state funds to educate doctors about fetal alcohol syndrome.
"If a child is severely affected, their brains are small and they can definitely have all the problems these children are manifesting," she said. "I have seen a 3-year-old who is the size of a 2-week-old."
She has not met the Jackson children, but said the photographs of them published in newspapers show they have the facial characteristics of the syndrome. She said her husband is the pastor of the Elizabeth Community Church and that "I just don't think things are so cut and dried."
She said the Division of Youth and Family Services should have arranged for the children to get speech, physical and nutritional therapy. If that was not done, it's not the parents' fault, she said.
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By: Shaun Griswold, KOB.com
New Mexico opened the second half against Portland on a 9-0 run that propelled the Lobos in a rout against the Pilots 69-54 Sunday night.
Poor first half shooting (24.2% FG) left the Lobos with a trim 3-point lead at halftime.
The Lobos (6-0) also had a lethargic three point shooting night, just 2 for 19 for 10.5 percent shooting from behind the 3-point line.
Portland (2-3) had an even worse night shooting at The Pit. To start each half, it took the Pilots more than three minutes to make a field goal.
Portland's leading scorer Ryan Nicholas finished with 8 points, but he was held to just a free throw in the first half.
Although UNM didn't improve its long range shooting, the Lobos picked up their field goal shooting performance in the second half and continued to dominate from the free throw line.
New Mexico shot 29-38 from the free throw line, nearly twice the production (17-21) Portland received from the charity stripe.
Cameron Bairstow found the most success from the line. He was 9-10 and scored all of his points from the free throw line. He also had 11 rebounds.
Alex Kirk led the Lobos with a double double (14 points, 11 boards) in the contest.
Hugh Greenwood chipped in 10 points and Jamal Fenton scored 12 points for New Mexico.
Portland was led in scoring by Kevin Bailey and Korey Thieleke who scored 11 points each.
The New Mexico Lobos lead the Portland Pilots at halftime 30-27.
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The New Mexico men's basketball team looks to continue its impressive start to the season with a win at home against Portland.
Tonight's 6 p.m. tip off at The Pit will be the Lobos fifth game in nine days.
A win would cement a strong argument that the Lobos (5-0) deserve to be in the discussion among the top 25 teams in college basketball.
UNM has received votes in all top 25 polls this season.
Portland (2-2) plays in the West Coast Conference and registered wins this season against Idaho State and Portland State.
The Lobos will have to contain Portland's leading scorer and rebounder Ryan Nicholas.The 6-7 junior brings 14.3 points and 8.8. rebounds per game.
Kevin Bailey is averaging 12 points a game for the Pilots.
Kendall Williams (15.8 ppg) and Tony Snell (15.2 ppg) lead the New Mexico offense.
Center Alex Kirk has used his 7-foot frame to play big inside for the Lobos.
His 10.4 points and 7.6 rebounds per game have kept opponents from solely focusing on stopping the Lobos' four guard set.
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NEW MILFORD -- A driver escaped injury in a one-car accident that closed part of Route 7 for nearly 11 hours on Sunday, police said.
Logan Smith, 21, of Danby, Vt., lost control of his car on a curve in the vicinity of 435 Kent Road about 2 a.m. and struck a utility pole, police said.
Smith declined medical attention and the road remained closed until 2 p.m., police said.


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Publisher(s): Annie E. Casey Foundation
Author(s): Read, Tory
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Area of Focus: Low-performing Schools
Abstract: This publication presents an in-depth look at Casey's strategic early investment in the Indianapolis mayor's charter school initiative. It includes case studies of Casey's education grants to two other organizations and the co-investments these grants attracted. Casey proposed using program-related investments (PRIs) as a way to attract other resources and create a charter facilities loan fund. Catalyzed by the Foundation and the PRIs, an array of public, private, and nonprofit institutions came together to establish the loan fund.
Key Findings and/or Recommendations
+ By 2007, 16 mayor-sponsored charter schools were up and running in Indianapolis, including five of the top 10 most improved schools in the county. Almost three-quarters of students served by initiative charter schools are children of color and 67 percent are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
+ Students gained ground on or stayed even with national peers in 89 percent of subjects and grades in 2007.
+ Casey seed money attracted major co-investment in school research.
+ Casey's early investment enabled the charter initiative to develop high-quality authorizing and accountability systems that helped people in Indianapolis open charter schools that are getting results.
+ On a national level, several other mayors have expressed interest in the Indianapolis model.
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Subjects/Keywords : Low-performing schools; accountability; program-related investment; PRI; achievement gap
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ICA launches ICA First Fridays!
Art goes overtime on the first Friday of the month with guest DJs,
live performance, gallery talks, specialty cocktails, and more
(Boston, June 7, 2012) On Friday, July 6, the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston launches ICA First Fridays, a series of evening art events held on the first Friday of the month from 5-10pm. Visitors to ICA First Fridays can enjoy a range of arts programming—including live performance, guest DJs, gallery talks, tours, and more—in a lively evening atmosphere. The ICA's Water Café will offer a small plates menu and full bar, including specialty cocktails inspired by the museum's current exhibitions. Tickets for ICA First Fridays are $15 and include gallery admission; a glass of wine, beer, or soft drink; and all scheduled programming for the evening. ICA First Fridays are free for ICA members. Must be 21+.
Each Friday event will feature a different theme related to the museum's exhibitions, performances, or other happenings around Boston.
The ICA launches ICA First Fridays on July 6 with Art Stars, a star-themed celebration highlighting the museum's exhibition of stunning glass sculptures by Josiah McElheny. Upcoming ICA First Fridays include:
- Friday, July 6, 2012 (5 - 10pm)
Art Stars
Josiah McElheny's dazzling glass sculptures of starbursts and galaxies light up the galleries, while downstairs our café transforms into a stylish waterfront lounge. Enjoy exhibition-themed cocktails, then take a seat on the grandstand for some summer night star-gazing.
- Friday, August 3, 2012 (5 - 10pm)
Brazilian Street Party
Celebrate the opening of our Brazilian street art exhibition Os Gemeos with a waterfront dance party! Caipirinhas, Brazilian street food and DJs will take visitors to the heart of the artist's native São Paulo.
- Friday, September 7, 2012 (5 - 10pm)
Back to School
Join us for Contemporary Art 101, a relaxed, curator-led tour of the ICA collection introducing you to today's emerging artists and art world trends.
About the ICA
An influential forum for multi-disciplinary arts, the Institute of Contemporary Art has been at the leading edge of art in Boston for 75 years. Like its iconic building on Boston's waterfront, the ICA offers new ways of engaging with the world around us. Its exhibitions and programs provide access to contemporary art, artists, and the creative process, inviting audiences of all ages and backgrounds to participate in the excitement of new art and ideas. The ICA, located at 100 Northern Avenue, is open Tuesday and Wednesday, 10 am - 5 pm; Thursday and Friday, 10 am - 9 pm; and Saturday and Sunday, 10 am - 5 pm. Admission is $15 adults, $13 seniors and $10 students, and free for members and children 17 and under. ICA Free Admission for Youth is sponsored by State Street Foundation. Free admission on ICA Free Thursday Nights, 5 - 9 pm. Free admission for families (2 adults + children 12 and under) on last Saturday of the month. For more information, call 617-478-3100 or visit our Web site at www.icaboston.org
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I have a set of seat covers that are in great shape, rear seats, pass seat..driver seat was trash
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August 3, 2015
Up until now, unemployment in Bryan-College Station had remained steady, virtually unfazed by what was happening across the state and the nation. But employment numbers out Friday morning show a sharp spike in the number of unemployed locally.
The unemployment rate for B-CS stands at 6.5% for June. Up from May's rate of 4.9% and last June's unemployment rate of 4.7%.
The lowest unemployment rate in Texas is Amarillo at 5.7% and Lubbock at 6.1% The Texas unemployment rate stands at 7.5% compared to the national rate of 9.5%
The Texas Workforce Commission says in the 7 counties that make up the Brazos Valley, there are more than 10-thousand who have lost their job this year and currently drawing unemployment.
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NORTHRIDGE, Calif. ---
The Cal State Northridge women's softball team (5-9) defeated Santa Clara 7-3 and lost 5-0 to San Jose State in its first day at the Santa Clara Broncos Invitational. Down 2-0 entering the top of the sixth, the Matadors scored six runs in the sixth and added another in the seventh to complete the comeback victory over the host Broncos.
The rally started with a leadoff single by Sydney House, who was then pinch ran for by Mia Pagano. She moved to second on a sac bunt by Tanna Bindi and advanced to third on a groundout. With two outs, Maylynn Mitchell brought Pagano home with an RBI single up the middle.
CSUN continued to create damage with two outs in the frame as the next batter, Madalyne Handy, reached on a fielding error that send Mitchell all the way to third. Abby Linnthen delivered an infield single that scored Mitchell to tie the game.
Linn then stole second and Handy came around to score on an RBI single by Korinne Randazzo. Crystal Maas drew a walk to load the bases and Mikayla Thielges emptied them with a 3-run double to left field.
Northridge tacked on an extra run in the top of the seventh. With one out, Leann Lopezand Mitchell recorded back-to-back singles and then moved into scoring position on a sac bunt by Handy. Linn then reached on an error by the shortstop to allow Lopez to come in for the Matadors' final run.
After scoring a run in the first and third, Shelly Tait(3-2) kept the Broncos' offense off the ledger until they added an inconsequential run in the seventh. She finished with four strikeouts and two earned runs in six innings of work. Pagano replaced her in the seventh and finished the game with a relatively quiet inning.
Mitchell and Handy each had two hits and seven different Matadors scored in the victory. Bindi had two sac bunts in the contest and Linn stole her third base of the season.
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The Matadors lost 5-0 to San Jose State in their first game Friday. Walks hurt Northridge throughout the contest, as the Spartans scored three runs in the first after a two-out walk loaded the bases.
The Spartans added two more runs in their half of the fifth to conclude the game's scoring. In all, SJSU drew six walks against CSUN's Crystal Maas (1-1) and all five runs were earned. Otherwise, Maas allowed only four hits and had four K's in six innings of work.
Offensively, Northridge managed just three hits and two walks in the loss.
The Matadors resume action Saturday, Feb. 23 with a pair of games. First, Northridge will square off with Idaho State at 9 a.m., followed by an 11:15 a.m. contest with Fresno State.


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Housing Wire reports on bank attorneys preparing for "showdowns" with the RMBS working group on fraud cases. Well, they have to justify their billings to their bosses, don't they? The reality of whether banks should sweat the investigation is far less clear. In fact, we have more information from a couple sources today that suggest the attorneys don't have to keep up this facade.
First you have this story on the failures of the regulators to manage the Fail Whale trades at JPMorgan Chase while they were happening, despite having access inside the bank.
Scores of federal regulators are stationed inside JPMorgan Chase's Manhattan headquarters, but none of them were assigned to the powerful unit that recently disclosed a multibillion trading loss.
Roughly 40 examiners from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and 70 staff members from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency are embedded in the nation's largest bank. They are typically assigned to the departments undertaking the greatest risks, like the structured products trading desk. Even as the chief investment office swelled in size and made increasingly large bets, regulators did not put any examiners in the unit's offices in London or New York, according to current and former regulators who spoke only on condition of anonymity.
Senior JPMorgan executives assured the bank's watchdogs after the financial crisis that the chief investment office, with hundreds of billions in investments, was not taking risks that would be a cause for concern, people briefed on the matter said. Just weeks before the trading losses became public, bank officials also dismissed the worry of a senior New York Fed examiner about the mounting size of the bets, according to current Fed officials.
In other words, the bank told their regulators not to worry about this little side office where hundreds of billions of dollars were being funneled for casino gambling, and the regulators happily obliged.
But wait, you say. We're talking about the OCC and the Federal Reserve and the New York Fed – you know, the one where JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon sits on the board of directors – traditionally the most compliant banking regulators in the government. They're not part of the RMBS working group investigation. That includes law enforcement personnel, the Securities and Exchange Commission, etc. So it's apples and oranges.
OK, let's go to the apples, then. The bankruptcy of ResCap, the mortgage unit for Ally Financial, shed some more light on the pattern of abuse by the servicer against their customers. The Federal Reserve released a letter related to the bankruptcy, detailing an accounting of mortgage servicing abuses that came out of a 2011 consent decree with Ally, which was previously known as GMAC. Take a look at these numbers, based on a sampling of the loan files: [cont'd.]
GMAC started foreclosure proceedings on 1,270 borrowers who were in some stage of the bankruptcy process, and thus should have been protected from foreclosure.
GMAC carried out foreclosure sales on 1,577 borrowers who were awaiting a decision about a loan modification. This is known as "dual tracking" and is one of the biggest complaints of homeowners and their advocates.
The mortgage servicer hired a law firm that was subsequently "delisted" to process 30,235 foreclosures. The names of the firms are redacted, but presumably include several of those accused of forging documents as part of the robo-signing scandal.
The mortgage servicer denied 50,030 borrowers for a government-run Home Affordable Modification Program, and then offered no alternative modification.
This review covered roughly 230,000 borrowers who were in some stage of foreclosure in 2009 or 2010. The overlap in these numbers is not revealed here, but you're talking about a significant number of borrowers dealt with harshly by the system.
These numbers formed the OCC-led "foreclosure review" process, which has thus far exacted absolutely no price on the banks – the fines were literally folded into the larger foreclosure fraud settlement. In February of this year, with pretty much the same information in hand, most of the federal regulators working on the task force, primarily the Justice Department and state Attorneys General, came to the above-mentioned generous settlement with the five leading banks, the details of which I've gone over on multiple occasions.
So I would say that the banks can rest easy, turn over documents – as Wells Fargo did recently – and maybe even play hardball with their own lawyers on their salaries. Because the regulators have been sufficiently de-fanged that the banks are in little danger of accountability.


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If Rebecca Black were a cute male hipster beach bum, would she be Yung Jake? What is this guy's music video for "It's Alright," in which he video chats with an indifferent chick and then seemingly pines after her on the beach and maybe at a candy store? In watching this video several times, I've come to several possible conclusions:
- "It's Alright" is a tongue-in-cheek, internet savvy comedything (a la Das Racist and Odd Future) that could only exist in the age of constant overcommunication
- "It's Alright" is a weirdly misdirected attempt at humor, resulting in something neither funny nor compelling
- "It's Alright" is compelling, but I honestly don't know why
- Maybe because Yung Jake is pretty cute?
- I'm having a stroke while blogging
Hats of to this guy, Yung Jake. With a YouTube channel and a personal blog, he's managed to confuse me so much that I need to cleanse the palette with a puppy-eating-a-cucumber video. Internet, you can be so cruel.
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MEMPHIS — Police in Memphis say a man put a puppy into a dishwasher and ran the machine.
The Commercial Appeal (http://bit.ly/1aQeDvk ) reported police charged 27-year-old Marcus Curry with aggravated abuse to animals. He is held in lieu of $40,000 bond.
Curry denied to police that he put the puppy in the dishwasher, but acknowledged putting the dog into a bag and throwing it into a trash bin.
A witness, however, told investigators Curry said he put the dog in the dishwasher, but left it there "too long." Another witness saw the animal in the dishwasher and said when Curry took it out, the puppy was not moving.
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Being, in the tradition of my favorite kinetic sculptor, Jean Tinguely, a bricoleur, the plan was to use objects I found around the house to make something useful. So, with an afternoon, a plank of wood and a couple of bits from Ikea I had lying around, I went to work. The chain, nuts & bolts I sourced from a local hardware store.
Step 1: What I used...
- 2x IKEA GRUNDTAL Rail, 20 3/4"
- 4x Screw Eyelet, 5/16-18
- 4x Bolt Eyelet, 1/4-20
- 4x Nylock Nut, 1/4-20
- 10ft. Light Duty Chain
Step 2: Pre-Drilling and Mounting the Rails
I got started by assembling the rails, checking the length of the screws I had lying around for length (to ensure I wouldn't punch all the way through my plank) and marked them off.
As you can see, I predrilled the holes with my drill press and prepped them for the next step.
Step 3: The hanging eyelets
Because the eyelets were closed, I put them one by one in the vise and bent them open so that I could hang the whole business from the lengths of chain.
After that was complete, I screwed the GRUNDTAL rails into the plank, completing the pot rack.
Step 4: The Chains
this is gorgeous!
Been looking to make one of these. Except only a slimmer version. Do need one. Great instructable though.
Wow....useful one for every home :)
Nice idea and straight implementation. Will show to my wife: she need something similar. (And thank you for commenting my project BTW).
Good one - I used a similar method. I used 2 old timber bedrails (beautiful close grained coachwood) and a length of 1" dowel to create the rack. Butchers hooks chains and magnetic knife racks came from the local hardware shop.
The missus was rapt.
Very awesome. The gif at the end is a nice touch. I've been thinking about making one for the last year now so thanks for putting a fire under my butt.
Thanks! As one often hears, "necessity is the mother of invention".
LUV THIS!!! make more things please...!
You make it look so easy! thanks for sharing!


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Twenty children killed; no responsible gun control law on the books. I am now a single-issue voter.
If our legislators do not pass significant gun-control laws now, then I will vote against them in the next election. No excuse is acceptable. Either a comprehensive law is passed or others will have an opportunity to get my vote. Any lawmaker who can't make this happen will no longer be worthy of consideration.


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President-to-be of merged university visits Valley
By Aaron Nelsen : May 16, 2014 : Updated: May 16, 2014 10:10pm
Photo By courtesyGuy Bailey said the blending of two existing schools is going well.
EDINGURG — Guy Bailey, the soon-to-be president of the still-forming University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, visited with faculty, staff and students Friday to allay concerns and answer questions about the new institution.
"You know that saying, 'What happens in Vegas,'" Bailey said. "What we do here, if we do it right, will be going all over the world."
Hundreds turned out to hear Bailey speak in Edinburg for the first time since being named the lone finalist in April. The regional university, to open in August 2015, will be a merger of the University of Texas Pan American and the University of Texas Brownsville and have up to 29,000 students. It also will include a medical school.
Bailey fielded questions about the logistics of transitioning from several disparate institutions spread across the region into a single university.
Bailey offered mostly broad-stroke responses but stressed that UTRGV would not be about eliminating programs; rather the mission is to foster ambitious research and innovation, noting that technology will help unite the university but won't solve all problems.
William W. Sokoloff, an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at UTPA, hoped to hear Bailey's vision for the university.
"There's a fair amount of anxiety on campus on all levels," Sokoloff said. "His answers were articulate and knowledgable, but somewhat general."
Bailey is a former president of Texas Tech University and the University of Alabama. He also has held several positions at the University of Texas at San Antonio, including provost.
Bailey was selected from a group of four finalists, among them UTPA President Robert Nelsen. Nelsen recently announced that he would be stepping down as president on Aug. 31. UT System Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa said Nelsen will remain at the university as a tenured faculty member.


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Packed with his own productions and enough energy to split an atom, one listen is all you'll need to see why the young Bristol-based producer is being tipped for massive things this year...
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