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How To Install Replace Broken Side Rear View Mirror Toyota Corolla 03-08 1AAuto.com
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Ese: hello, is this is the same process for a corolla with manual windows and on
the driver side?
Nohemi Garcia: thank you for this information......i hope i can do this...:-)
Alistair Berry: Thank you SO MUCH for this video, just replaced my busted wing mirror with a replacement from eBay with no major incident (those bolts are fricking tight though!). I shudder to think what this would have cost professionally, you guys are legends :)
Ray Sanders: I'll be doing this in the very near future.. :)
wishdoctor: Thank you for this video - perfect instruction that has helped me save my mother-in-law lots of money - that should score me a few points!
Alberto Betancourt: Thanks a lot, it was very hepfull to me
robinkhaira1: what pisses me off is that people even dislike the videos where someone is tryna help you. why is that? anyway it helped me alot thanks for the video.
thatown2: Great video i need to install a passenger side mirror on a 2007 toyota camry Le would the steps basically be the same?
fromscreen: Is there any video on how to oil the rear view mirror for Toyota axio?
ego818: nevermind, I fixed it.
ALV57: Besides the style of the mirror is there any big difference between this and the 2013 model?
ego818: On another note, please help me!!!!! My driver's side door will no longer open from the inside!!! Did I do something wrong?
ego818: Excellent video!!! Thank you so much, I'm proud to say I didn't need a mechanic thanks to you. Replaced my broken mirror by myself. I'm feeling pretty proud lol, now I just have to replace my bumper.
1A Auto Parts: @headendk You're welcome. Have a great day!
bprizze: Hi there, do I need to take off the negative from my battery?
Michael Holmes: Really appreciate this video. You just made this look way easier than I was expecting. Now I'm not dreading fixing it myself.
1A Auto Parts: @blackghost7 The mirror piece may be slightly different inside of the than the OE one on the truck. This mirror assembly should look just like the original piece. There may be a difference it the way the actual mirror piece mounts to the housing though.
jerolando: Thank You!!
Kevin Organ: WOW Amazing, it was perfect both the video and part, done in 25 minutes! Thanks for saving us a ton of money and time!
stephendeo: Thank you!!
deleriumman: Great video! Can you do a video for the 2004 Toyota Rav4? I need to replace the whole assembly. Thanks.
1A Auto Parts: You would need to replace the whole mirror. 1aauto.com 888-844-3383
HighRum13: I just saved 500 bucks not taking it to the dealership! I was able to install it in less than half an hour. Thank you so much!!
matsully: Thanks for this. This video saved me a ton of time and money. I got the part from you guys (1AAuto.com) on the cheap and did the install in about 15-20 minutes. Local parts store wanted $150+ for the mirror. There's no telling what a dealer would have charged, nevermind the labor. Thanks again!
spliffyfreeze: Thanks very much. Your video saved me a lot of time (and potential damage) from experimenting my way through the job. Toyota wanted $250 (in Canada) for this mirror for parts only! I was able to buy a mirror for $60 shipped to my door, used this video to install, and it's a job well done! Thanks a million!
MasterPhil175: Is the removal/installation the same for the driver side mirror?
caboosed69: is it pretty much the same concept with 2009-2011 models?
Tanveer Ansari: Thanks for uploading this video. It worked great on my 2004 Toyota Corolla LE. I never do any car maintenance myself but it took me all of fifteen minutes to change the side mirror.
1A Auto Parts: Thank you for your order. Have a great day! 1aauto.com 888-844-3393
painz1963: Bought my '04 Corolla mirror from 1A Auto after watching this video. Everything took under 1 hour, and I'm a complete novice. It's a perfect match and works smoother than the original. THANK YOU GUYS!!!!
Jon Jacobs: Thanks for the instructional video. I'm not much mechanically inclined and I just replaced my mirror quickly and with no parts left-over. The video helped a lot. I'm sure I'd still be working on the mirror replacement if not for the video.....As it is I'm drinking a celebratory beer!!
1A Auto Parts: @santpolenc Glad to Help!!
firefoxrainbow: Whats the cost of repainting the mirrors?
1A Auto Parts: @lovetotinker08 Thank you for checking out our Toyota Corolla side view mirror replacement video. We sell these mirrors on our website 1aauto.com with free shipping.
olno zan: thanks for help
Fernando Yanez: A putty knife is good to begin opening the panel, but I eventually had to use a flat head screw driver to dis-engage the plastic clasps that keep the panel attached to the frame of the door.
1A Auto Parts: We have an auto repair video that shows to how to repair the side view mirror on your 03-08 Toyota Corolla. Here's a link to it on our channel. Hope this helps you out. youtube.com/watch?v=Mz5yKQMb7uI&feature=plcp
skatendrum: I was wondering if it is possible to replace just the mounting part of the mirror (so that it doesn't have to be repainted). Someone snapped off my mirror downwards – it looks like they sat on it or something – so that the mirror is fine, but the mount is broken. The mount has the wire running through it and attaches to the mirror by way of a bolt, but I wasn't sure if the wire can be run through the mount... Also, this may be wishful thinking, but do you sell just the mounting part?
inkstaincomix: Thank you so much for posting this video! Just saved me a trip to the mechanic and tons of money.
1A Auto Parts: @srikrishnagamini this procedure is correct for the 03-08. Your model year may be a similar process,but might not be exact.
Christopher Lapinski: Thanks so much for posting! Just replaced my side mirror like a pro. Greatly appreciated!
A Lushius: hi, i have a 2001 toyota rav4. you said "If there's a cap on the mirror that snaps off an on, you may be able to just take it off without removing the mirror". I do have silver cap that snaps off the back of the driver side mirror. so, do i need to take the whole door panel apart?
phoenixtwo87: Thanks so much for this video. You explained this really well and made this look very easy. I will be doing this tonight with your parts, hopefully its as easy as you made it look! Thanks for the really well done video.
latinhero1818: thank you for this video. However I still have a question, is there any difference between these models and a 2012 model?
finaleditor: Thank you very much, it was very helpful for me. I liked quality of the videos.
1A Auto Parts: @magatron008 Just so you know you are asking a person who sells parts if you need to replace the mirror so of course I will say YES! :) Buy a pair while you are at it ! :) In all seriousness I can't really tell from your description whether or not you need to replace the entire assembly. If you decide you do need to replace it visit 1A Auto dot com...Thanks!!
slimdude87: excellent! thanks, guys
latinhero1818: also, what if it was just the side view mirror cover that i needed and not the whole mirror, would I still need to take apart the car door?
MrFragalax: This video probably saved me $100, thanks a bunch.
1A Auto Parts: @TheGrollu We only sell the entire assembly not just the glass piece.
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Hull Shape: Deep Vee
LOA: 47 ft 0 in
Beam: 16 ft 1 in
Dry Weight: 43200 lbs
Total Power: 1670 HP
Engine 1:
Engine Brand: MTU
Year Built: 2009
Engine Model: Series 60
Engine Type: Inboard
Engine/Fuel Type: Diesel
Location: Starboard
Engine Hours: 1312
Drive Type: Direct Drive
Engine Power: 835 HP
Engine 2:
Engine Brand: MTU
Year Built: 2009
Engine Model: Series 60
Engine Type: Inboard
Engine/Fuel Type: Diesel
Location: Port
Engine Hours: 1312
Drive Type: Direct Drive
Engine Power: 835 HP
Cruising Speed: 29 knots
Maximum Speed: 33 knots
Fresh Water Tanks: (164 Gallons)
Fuel Tanks: (981 Gallons)
Holding Tanks: (40 Gallons)
- (2) Icom VHF
- FLIR Night Vision
- (2) Furuno NavNet Black Box
- 2Kw Transducer
- KVH Trac Vision
- KVH Trac Phone
- Furuno Radar
- Sirius Satellite
- Engine Room CCTV Camera
- Cockpit CCTV Camera
- Salon CCTV Camera
Custom Upgrades
- Twin Diesel- MTU series 60
- Gulf upgrade Air Conditioning and Generator. A/C to saloon 52 000 BTU and A/C to flybridge 52 000 BTU
- Fuel filters/ water separator for engines & generator, DUAL to main engines
- Saloon Side windows- Glass non opening (fixed)
- Live bait tank in transom with pick up & circulating pump, window & bait prep station under lift up lid
- Drinking water purifier with outlet in galley
- White Hull Colour Standard
- Plexiglass enclosure to 4 sides with Plexiglass 'U' zip opening to front, and Strataglass 'U' zip opening to rear.
- Custom flybridge alloy rail- 4 inches further aft, legs bent at 45 deg at bottom, extra heavy duty tube, 8 heavy duty alloy rod holders solid mounted, two cross rails 10 inches apart
- Custom stainless steel Bow rail- as per shortened east coast bow rail but in stainless steel , No mid wire, include 2x fender holders
- Flybridge ladder, flybridge grabrails and hardtop supports powdercoated white
- Custom helm chairs-helm and passenger Pompanette platinum (narrow) (helmseat only electric)
- Starboard cabin- 2 large single bunks w/ storage under, beside table with drawers in between
- Modify plexiglass clears for the custom flybridge rail and rod holders
- Boat stripe (Navy Blue), Pin stripe (Navy Blue)
- Custom soft furnishings package
- Upgraded TV in Salon 40" LED Samsung HD & 3D
- (3) Underwater lights
- Twin Diesel- MTU series 60 (615kw/835hp) inc electronic controls & quickshift gearboxes (Fresh water cooling).
- AC receptacle weather proof under console
- Autopilot with gyrocompass .
- Chain counter
- Compass, 4.75" with light
- Console aft, with comprehensive electronic engine instrumentation and vessel controls
- Courtesy Lights
- Dash cover (White)
- Depth sounder system
- Electronic engine control unit, twin lever gear & throttle
- Helm & companion chair fully adjustable (PornpanetteTournament) with footrests
- Helm chair covers x2 (white)
- Helm electronics with 12VDC feed, main circuit breaker Protected
- Lockable hatch to flybridge . Lounge seating forward
- Overhead and courtesy lights.
- Rail portside of console at helm . Rails on rear of flybridge including midrail
- Refrigerator (12V), flybridge port aft
- Safety monitoring panel for bilge pumps, sump pump, navigation lights, engine room lights and high water alarm
- Sink with drainboard and faucet (hot and cold), moulded into flybridge
- Steering wheel - Destroyer
- Storage lockers (GRP)
- Table (solid surface accented, Bright White) adjustable converts to bed
- VHF radio including aerial.
- Wrap around front windshield/deflector
Heads- Master & Starboard
- Air conditioning with reverse cycle, heat. (Split from cabins)
- Entrance to ensuite head from master stateroom
- Entrance to starboard head from stbd cabin and companionway
- Exhaust fan
- Hatch - square white with screen and blind High quality Amtico flooring (excluding shower)
- Holding tank level indicator
- Overhead and vanity lighting (DC)
- Shower stall with glass partition, frameless glass door, automatic sump pump and shower head.
- Storage locker with shelf under vanity bench top. Toilet roll holder, towel holder and accessories.
- Vacuflush toilet (fresh water)
- Vanity cabinet above sink with hinged, mirror door
- Vanity with faucet, semi recessed porcelain sink into solid surface bench top.
- Air conditioning: 4,000 BTU with reverse cycle
- Carpet with underlay
- Hatch - square white with screen and blind
- Private entrance door
- Reading and overhead lighting (DC)
- Storage cabinets outboard with positive locking hardware and gas support struts
- Storage cupboard with drawers and shelf
- Upper & lower berths (foam mattresses) with storage under lower berth
- Washing Machine/Dryer combination
Stateroom- Starboard
- Air conditioning: 12,000 BTU with reverse cycle, heat (split to stbd head)
- Bedside table with drawers
- Built in 3 drawer unit aft
- Carpet with underlay
- Double berth with innerspring mattress
- Hanging locker with cedar lining and auto lighting (DC)
- Hatch - square white with screen and blind
- Headboard upholstered
- Private entrance door
- Reading and overhead lighting (DC)
- Storage cabinets outboard with positive locking hardware and gas support struts
Master Stateroom
- Access to private ensuite with privacy lock
- Airconditioning: 10,000 BTU with reverse cycle, heat (split to ensuite)
- Carpet with underlay
- Hanging lockers (x 2), cedar lined with auto lighting
- Hatch - square white with screen and blind . Headboard – upholstered
- Hull and head linings, vinyl covered with padding . Mirror over headboard, full width
- Private entrance door
- Provisions for entertainment system located in stb hanging locker- includes AC power & an aerial connection.
- Queen walk around berth with innerspring mattress . Reading and overhead lighting (DC)
- Storage cabinets outboard with positive locking hardware and gas support struts
- Storage under berth including drawers & gas struts for easy access
- Access hatch to storage under galley floor with auto lighting
- Exhaust fan
- Garbage bin
- Grab handle at the end of the galley divide
- High quality Amtico flooring
- Lighting, overhead (DC)
- Microwave convection oven
- Overhead lockers
- Raised servery/divider to saloon in solid surface and decorative acrylic
- Recessed electric cooktop, dual element with cover and auto shutoff
- Refrigerator's and Freezers 12 x 2 Drawer units, refrigerator below, freezer above 110V
- Single lever mixer tap to galley sink
- Solid surface benchtop with stainless steel sink and cover
- Storage cabinets & drawers below and above bench
- Air conditioning; reverse cycle, 24,000 BTU (split to galley)
- Built in storage lockers to starboard with holders for glasses
- Carpet cover (removed if high quality vinyl flooring selected)
- Carpet with underlay
- Central vacuum system with accessories
- Electronics console overhead in saloon
- Fridge/lcemaker Combo
- Handrail, stainless steel, recessed into headliner
- Head lining, vinyl with padding
- High quality Arntico flooring at saloon entry door
- Lighting, overhead (DC)
- Lounge - L shape in premium leather with storage/pull out bed underneath
- Rod storage in headliner electric open & close
- Safety indicator panel for monitoring bilge pumps, high water alarms, sump pump, navigational lights & engine.room lights
- Access ladder to flybridge
- Cockpit floor reinforced with alloy plate for future game chair or table
- Cockpit hatches with heavy-duty stainless steel lock downs
and gas struts for lazarette storage and bilge access
- Cool box portside, refrigerated, top loading with lid & gas strut
- Door to Saloon - tinted tempered glass . Double action manual bilge pump for engine room
- Dual purpose box locker located starboard forward corner. Includes rubbish bin and 4 x PVC containers (bin and containers cannot be used simultaneously)
- Engine room access (lockable)
- Fair leads (x 2) rear comers
- Grab rails to assist access to side decks
- GRP moulded locker doors to storage with integral toe kicks
- Hand held shower hot & cold (Fresh water)
- Large removable fishbox, pumpout facility and 2 hatches
- Lighting - flood lights, overhead and courtesy (DC) .
- Self draining cockpit to the stern
- Sink with mixer tap (hot and cold), moulded into engine room access door
- Steps to side decks port & starboard
- Tackle locker fitted above cockpit cool box
- Transom door GRP opening outwards with lift up bridge
- Wash down tap (fresh water)
- Wash down tap (sea water)
• Anchor 27kg (601b), 70m (230ft) of 10mm (3/8") galvanised chain
• Anchor chain chafe plate fitted to bow sprit
• Anchor locker with rope/chain divider (offset to stbd). Access from hatches on deck
• Anchor safety strap
• Anchor winch vertical with overload protection circuit breaker, suit rope & chain, up & down foot switches & remote to helm
• Bow rail welded stainless steel (316 marine grade, highly polished) with mid safety wire including flag staff and burgee (bow flag)
• Bow roller stainless steel self-loading with secondary rope roller
• Cleats - stainless steel, 11" (x6), Bollards 12" (x2), pop-up (x2)
• Deck hatches x5 (lockable)
• Fender holders (x 4) to Bow Rail (not available with lower helm)
• Moulded non-skid gelcoat deck surfaces
• Rails port & starboard of flybridge above window for safe passage to forward deck
• Flybridge - AM/FM Stereo CD player with 4 speakers to flybridge
• For information relating to TV & DVD players, please refer to 'Saloon Layout Forward' in the Options pages
• Master stateroom - (Forward) - AM/FM/CD player including 2 speakers
• Saloon- Bose Lifestyle system, located on top of the liquior cabinet, including amplifier & sub woofer, 5 speakers in saloon and 2 speakers in cockpit
• Alternators - independent start bank and independent house
• Batteries (maintenance free) - Independent port & stbd start (total x 4), House (x2) and Genset start (x1)
• Battery banks individually isolated
• Battery chargers, automatic-70 AMP/12VDC and 20 AMP/24VDC
• Battery paralleling system for emergency engine starting
• Bonding system, to all metallic hull fittings under the water line with zinc anode including galvanic isolator
• Electrical control centre with back lighting AC/LAC thermal/magnetic circuit breakers, voltmeters, amp meter
• Engine monitoring including instrumentation, alarms and hour meters
• Engine room lighting (AC) and (DC)
• Generator - Onan 21.5 kw fresh water-cooled including sound shield, remote stop/start electronic, hour meter
• Navigation lights (international standard)
• Wiring coded, numbered & loomed
• Acoustic & thermal insulation
• Air-conditioning: Gulf upgrade Air conditioning and Generator. A/C to saloon 52 000 BTU and A/C to flybridge 52 000 BTU.
• All through hull tittings on or below the water line fitted with ball valves, all hoses double clamped
• Bilge pumps, auto & manual override x 3
• Bow thruster BHP with controls to helm/s
• Emergency rudder locking pins
• Engine hatches insulated & removable
• Engine mounts - anti vibration
• Engine room access with ladder
• Engine room flowcoated white
• Engine room lighting AC and DC
• External & internal seawater strainers for main water intakes - engines, generator & air conditioning
• Fibreglass oqualift exhaust system for engines / underwater outlet and bypass
• Fibreglass aqualift exhaust system for generator
• Fire suppression system for engine room with automatic/manual controls
• Fresh water heater - AC & heat exchange
• Fresh water system (pressurised) with dual water tanks, total capacity 620 Litres (164 US gallons)' (approx) with gauge in galley
• Fresh water tap & hose set in engine room
• Fuel lines all swaged
• Fuel shut-off valves with emergency remote to cockpit
• Fuel tank gauge at helm
• Fuel tank, GRP coated in fire retardant white, 2700 litres (712 US gallons)' (approx) with sight gauge
• Holding tank capacity 151 litres (40 US gallons)
• Hydraulic steering
• Oil change system to main engines and genset
• Propellers, nibral five blade (x2)
• Rudders — aluminium bronze (x2) with zinc anodes
• Shafts duplex stainless (x2) with dripless PSS seals
• Struts aluminium bronze
• Trim Tabs - electric interceptor type, with position indicators integrated into controls at helm
• Vacuflush sanitation system with switch at helm for overboard pump out and deck fitting for dockside pump out
• Venting dorade system for engine air intakes with mist eliminators
General Specifications
• All stainless steel exterior fastenings 316 marine grade
• All stainless steel mirror finish with ground and polished welds
• Antifouling: 2 coats epoxy undercoat, 2 coats antifoul
• Fire extinguishers, portable x 4
• Gelcoat - 1 litre, shipped on board
• Owners manual
• Hand laid, moulded fibreglass hull, cored deck and flybridge
• Independent compartments throughout hull
• lsophthalic gelcoat exterior (white)
• Solid reinforced GRP keel, chines and hull bottom
• Vinylester resin in first outer layer of hull
•Watertight collision bulkhead forward
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A: We are aware that a seismic event with explosive characteristics occurred in the vicinity of the Russian nuclear test range at Novaya Zemlya on the 16th of August. The information which we have is still under review. We've reached no conclusions at this point. We are not able to determine at this juncture whether the test was nuclear or not.
Q: What do you mean "explosive characteristics"?
A: Well, as you know, Charlie, we have the capability to determine certain events, seismic and otherwise, throughout the world and this one certainly had characteristics that at least would lead some to believe that there had been an explosion that caused the event, but the data was not certain enough that we could come to a conclusion at that point. There is still deliberation going on on this event and at this point, as I indicated, we have reached no conclusion.
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Q: What about the size of the explosion? Would it appear to have been nuclear size or can you tell that about it?
A: At this point, I don't know that I have the level of detail at hand that would indicate it was not a large explosion but it was certainly large enough that it registered on the equipment that we have in place that detects these things.
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A: Well, it's not at the test site, but we have monitoring equipment throughout the world that is being set up in connection with the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. Right now, it's a prototype system, since the treaty is not in effect, but it enables monitoring of events of this type and it is certainly one of the reasons that we are anxious for the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty to go into effect because it will give countries all over the world the ability to look into these matters with greater efficiency and to watch these kinds of events with greater transparency.
Q: Is there any kind of natural occurrence that could register this type of reaction that you know of?
A: Just off the top of my head, I would say that certainly there are earthquakes that occur and other phenomena like that, that might certainly register like this. I would think that volcanic activity, either underwater or above ground, could certainly register on this kind of equipment. So, as I say, we're still looking.
Q: But is that a volcanic area?
A: Not to my knowledge, but you just asked me the kinds of things that could be interpreted.
Q: Well, this specific registration --
A: I don't know other than earthquake activity how you might interpret the data.
Q: Mike, when you measure earthquakes that have a Richter scale. On this equipment that you're talking about, does it have a scale? And, if it does, could you give us an indication?
A: I don't have that level of detail with me. We can certainly look into it. I know that the equipment is certainly sensitive enough to pick out seismic activity at some distance, but I don't know the calibrations of it.
Q: Could you tell us how far away this device was that registered the activity?
A: No, I can't tell you the location of the monitors.
Q: Is it in Russia?
A: To my knowledge, no, it is not.
Q: (Inaudible) the monitoring equipment was set up as part of the CTBT --
A: The prototype system. Right.
Q: Right. Does this -- and it's supposed to be able to filter out such things as earthquakes.
A: I saw that in your story. I don't know if that is accurate or not, but we can look into it and see if we can provide that.
Q: But despite that, does this raise questions in your mind about whether that system will be able to detect small nuclear tests?
A: It doesn't to me. If it detected this event and it is being put into place to detect other such similar events, I think it shows that it's working real good.
Q: Could you have earthquake with explosive characteristics?
A: Well, I think you certainly could if there was some sort of volcano that was associated with it and I think frequently underwater earthquakes have that kind of --
Q: Are there any volcanic activity, any volcanos, is the area where --
A: I don't know enough about that area to be able to tell you whether that would have been a contributing factor or not.
Q: The test ban treaty is not yet in effect.
A: That's correct.
Q: Does this violate any treaty or is this simply a breaching of the pledges that the Russians have made to us?
A: If the seismic event was actually a low-level nuclear test event, then the Russians would be violating the object and the purpose of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. The Comprehensive Test Ban treaty is not yet in force, but it is due to go before congressional review some time after the Congress returns in September. Neither the United States nor Russia yet has ratified, although both countries have signed the agreement.
Q: But the Russian government has promised on several occasions that they would they not test.
A: That's right.
Q: Are there Americans stationed anywhere close to that test range?
A: Not to my knowledge.
Q: Have you been allowed access to the region? Have you requested it? Have you been allowed it?
A: Well, not to my knowledge. We are certainly in conversations with the Russians, but one of the things about the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty that is relevant in this case is that it would allow for on-site inspections.
Q: Mike?
A: Are we finished with that one?
Q: Well, one more. Do you have anything besides the size and state of that, that would lead you to believe that this was a low-level nuclear explosion?
A: Well, there are -- there are a number of types of data that are collected, atmospheric and otherwise, when such events occur, and I'm not aware of exactly what in this case was collected.
But, as we get further information, to the extent we can, we'll be glad to share it with you.
Q: Also, I'm sorry, one more. The possible detonation, if it was a nuclear detonation, would have been a below ground, not an above ground explosion; is that correct?
A: I don't -- I think it probably would have been below, but the depth at which it would have been below, I'm not sure we know at this point.
Q: Presumably, if it were above ground, other systems would have picked up on much more obvious --
A: Yeah.
Q: What type of cooperation are you getting from the Russians in trying to determine what it was?
A: As I say, we're talking with them, but if you want to follow up on that one further, you ought to talk to State Department. They're the ones that actually do the talking.
Q: If it was, in fact, a test, are you concerned that this could undermine the administration's effort to get the CTBT ratified?
A: I think it will add to it because, one, it shows that the equipment works and, secondly, it indicates that we need to have the kinds of transparency that that treaty offers to us. We not only need to get ratification on the U.S. side, but we also need to get it on the Russian side.
Q: Is this display considered to be an act of bad faith by the Russians, that you know of?
A: I don't want to characterize it one way or another, because, at this point, we have not concluded as to exactly what the event was.
Yeah. Let me go -- first I should go to Bill.
Q: Thank you. Thank you, Mike. Mike, does the Department have any comment on Selig Harrison's quote saying that it was completely predictable that admission of two North Korean defectors would derail U.S. negotiations with the North Koreans, and would strengthen hard-liners in North Korea who want a confrontation with the U.S., instead of engagement? Can you comment on that?
A: That's a great question for the State Department.
Q: Any part of that even issue.
A: Bill, you really need to go to State Department on that one. Let's go to Tammy, on your --
Q: On Bosnia.
Q: The White House today says after the U.S. troops were injured, when they were hit by with two-by-fours by some Serb residents of Brcko, they said that -- the White House said that this would not be tolerated, such attacks would not be tolerated. What does that mean?
A: Well, let me just kind of go through and see if I can summarize the events as we know them right now in Brcko.
First of all, as I stand before you, the situation in Brcko is more calm than it was earlier today, although it is certainly tense, still.
What occurred very early this morning, Bosnia time, there were SFOR units which deployed into several cities in the -- in the area, one of which was Brcko.
The unrest in Brcko began a little bit later, but still around 5:00 or 6:00 in the morning, local time. There was a group of police who were moving to occupy the local civil police station and, as a result of that and other events that had been occurring, crowds started forming.
There were sirens which had signaled, evidently, to the population that they should be alerted to something that was happening, and this may have brought them out into the streets.
SFOR units had deployed at several points throughout the city. One of these points was near the Brcko bridge, and there was a confrontation which took place at that location.
The SFOR troops moved from that location to the Brcko bridge itself, and the crowd moved with them. There was more turmoil. There was the violence that you've described, which included one SFOR soldier being hit in the head by a two-by-four.
And, ultimately, there were Molotov cocktails thrown at several locations in the city, one of which was at the Brcko bridge, and they were thrown at some of the Bradley fighting vehicles, which were there at the bridge. The damage to the Bradley fighting vehicles was negligible.
As a result of this activity, the SFOR troops fired some warning shots into the air -- this, in an effort to get the crowds to disperse.
Subsequently, when the crowds did not disperse, the SFOR soldiers employed some riot control agents, and the crowd dwindled in size, although my understanding is that a crowd still remains in the vicinity, although it's not as large as it was earlier in the day.
Now, as you know, from the many times I've been up here, and from what Ken Bacon and others have said, the primary role of SFOR troops is to maintain a safe and secure environment to enable other organizations -- international organizations -- to do their job in Bosnia.
In this case, the primary international organization that was trying to do its job was the International Police Task Force -- the IPTF.
And I think that, in the last few weeks, you've probably seen a lot of reporting on the fact that the International Police Task Force has been trying to work with civil police authorities to restructure the police forces in the Republic of Srpska, and I think you know that the duly elected officials in the Republic of Srpska have been working with the International Police Task Force to accomplish this, and there was that activity which preceded some of the SFOR activity that went on today.
In other words, the IPTF had asked for the assistance of SFOR to carry out the task that it had to do some inspections of the police facilities there in Brcko. As it turns out, they were unable to carry out those, although in other locations they did that today without incident.
Q: Were the crowd control agents you were talking about there at the first, is that tear gas?
A: Do we know? Tear gas, yes.
Q: Sir, do you happen --
Q: (Inaudible) whether it was drawn --
A: Just one second, David.
Q: To follow your description of events, it sounds like the Pentagon believes that these crowds were somehow produced on demand, that this was an orchestrated reaction?
A: At this point, it appears that based on not only the siren, the fact that some of the crowds arrived in vehicles rather than on foot -- that is to say buses -- and based on the fact that the radio rhetoric at that point was pretty high, our belief is that, yes, the crowds were certainly encouraged by some sort of organization to appear on the scene.
I am not sure of the -- what the focus of their -- of their violence was, whether it went beyond the SFOR troops and also focused on elements of the duly elected government. I don't have that level of clarity from here.
Q: You said this was -- that the SFOR troops deployed because their assistance had been requested by the --
Q: IPTF. The wire services are describing it a little differently. They're saying that police loyal to Plavsic were going to take over these police stations.
A: I think that is correct, also.
Q: So basically, we had U.S. troops operating in support of police loyal to Plavsic?
A: Well, no, that is not the way I would characterize it. Although, I can -- I can see how it might be interpreted that way. But go back to the general framework agreement for peace. And if you go through what -- what in this case IFOR and SFOR are supposed to be doing to maintain a safe secure environment and also to prevent civil violence to the extent that they can.
And in this case, they were requested by the IPTF to participate in this. They had some advance knowledge of that -- this activity on the part of the -- of the duly elected government, their police forces might be taking place. And it was deemed to be prudent and certainly within the framework agreement for them to be in position to try and prevent violence.
Q: Is the same in the other towns, as well?
A: Oh, yeah.
Q: I mean, it's the same --
A: Were there other events like this? No.
Q: In other towns was -- were the sequence of events --
A: There were -- there were troops deployed in five different towns, one of which was Brcko.
Q: Because in each case --
A: Because in each case --
Q: -- police loyal to Plavsic were going to take over the police station?
A: -- because in each case the IPTF had asked that the SFOR assist them as they needed to proceed with their mission. There was -- there was as you say, advanced information that these kinds of activities by Mrs. Plavsic police units were going to take place, and that the potential for conflict was high.
And my understanding is that SFOR as part of their overall mandate to try and not only maintain a safe and secure environment but also to prevent violence. SFOR deployed these units in an effort to do that. Yeah, Joe.
Q: Mike, you have described the situation now as calm but tense. I wonder if any consideration is being given to moving up the time table for beefing up troops. We talked about the election coming up in September that we would see a slight rise. Is that time table being --
A: I have seen no indication that the deployment schedule is changing at all. A lot of the deployment is well under way, and those troops are either en route, or already deployed.
Q: Have any of the international police been withdrawn from the police station area? And has the -- have the police loyal to Plavsic maintained stations? Or have they pulled out as well?
A: Well, let me just tell you what I know about SFOR's involvement in this thing, rather than what the local police are doing, which I have absolutely no knowledge of.
SFOR, at the request of the International Police Task Force did extract -- the numbers we have are about 40 International Police Task Force officers from the IPTF police station in Brcko. This is not the Republic of Srpska's police station. This is the IPTF's police station, which they maintain there in Brcko.
They also extracted the local IPTF police chief, the guy who is in charge of those 40 men who were extracted from their police station, from the local police station, where he happened to be at the time.
Q: Yeah, Mike?
Q: Back to Tammy's question about the White House -- the interpretation of the White House statement that they won't tolerate this kind of activity. Can you address that, and perhaps, even give the rules of engagement?
A: Well, you know that the rules of engagement that exist over there for our deployed troops are robust so that when they feel that they are being threatened, they have the capability to respond appropriately. And beyond that, I don't want to get into any detail except that I think you're all aware that if they feel threatened, they're going to take steps to remove the threat.
Q: Would that include --
Q: What about the --
Q: -- what happened in the other towns?
A: The other towns, the troops deployed. The IPTF, as I understand it, did what they wanted to do and there was no violence that I am aware of that has been reported.
Q: So there was a restructuring, in other words, of the police?
A: I don't think the restructuring is done in five or 10 minutes. It is a process that the IPTF is working on, and they have people who I'm sure could inform you on what process they go through to do that.
Q: Which are the other towns?
A: The other towns are Doboj, Derventa, Modrica, and Bijeljina.
Q: And so can you just explain what happened to those towns again, because it's not clear to me? Did the local police -- did the Plavsic Police try to take over in each case, and the SFOR provided sort of a shield?
A: I don't have that level of detail. I do know that SFOR troops deployed in each of those towns with the information that they had, which was that there might be the potential for violence. Violence did not occur. The deployment -- those units may have contributed to the absence of violence; and, to my knowledge, at this point, those town are quiet at this point.
Q: Did those U.S. troops leave SFOR troops in the four towns?
A: Yeah, in all five towns. To my knowledge, we are talking here primarily U.S. troops. Yeah, Mark?
Q: It seems like SFOR troops are getting involved in some of the internal party struggles in that country. Is this sort of a new mission for SFOR troops, and is there any threat increase to SFOR troops?
A: Well, to answer your last question first, I think you can see from the level of violence there that certainly the potential for violence against SFOR is high, but I think you also are aware that the U.S. troops and the officers who watch out for them have gone to very great lengths to ensure that their forces are protected, are very well protected. I think you've seen that they all go out in flak jackets. They have hard hats on any time they are off their post, and that continues to be the case.
Q: How can you say that they are well protected, Mike? I mean, you have got one soldier in the hospital with a concussion and eye damage and nose damage. You've got another soldier who was attacked by a two-by-four with a nail in it and has cuts in his head, and all that was done is shots were fired over people's heads and some tear gas was used, and those troops weren't protected from being injured.
A: Well, I think, Charlie, that you look at the kinds of steps that individuals take in advance to make sure the troops are well protected. You ensure that the patrols are of a size that can deal with a situation like this. You make sure that the forces are properly equipped, that they are properly trained, that they have the kinds of protective gear on that minimizes the injuries that they are subjected to.
In this particular case, we have two injuries. One of the injuries was an individual who was treated and returned to duty immediately. Another soldier is being treated at the hospitals that we have set up there so that we can do exactly what might occur in a situation like this.
I think everybody is aware that anytime you get soldiers deployed into an area where there are conflicting parties, that there is the potential for violence; and what we have done in this case is we have taken very good steps, very prudent steps, very deliberative steps that make sure that our troops enjoy the best possible protection. And I would submit to you that in this case there is every evidence that they have been protected well.
Q: Were any of the demonstrators injured in this riot there?
A: I don't have any figures on that. I think the reporters and public affairs people over at the scene can better address that one. Yeah, Tammy?
Q: Mike, you said that if SFOR soldiers feel threatened, they can take steps to remove the threat. Who is the threat from in this case, since this was apparently an orchestrated...?
A: Well, I think that, Tammy, what you have to look at, one of the things that SFOR troops go through in connection with their training is we are over there to maintain a safe and secure environment. We are not parties to a conflict. We are not involved in any kind of a war in this case. We are there to maintain a safe and secure environment. And one of the steps that we take to prepare troops who are going to be deployed in this area is to put them through the kind of training that simulates this very kind of a situation. As they prepare to deploy, they go through various scenarios that show exactly the kinds of things that you get into with civil unrest.
We are not there to make a situation worse; we are there to calm a situation. And I think that the steps that these troops took were very prudent. They fired warning shots, they finally used the riot control agents. This is indicative of the kinds of training that individuals go through who are going to be put into these situations.
Q: Given that it was apparently orchestrated, did they remove the threat? I mean, is the threat -- Brcko radio --
A: I'm not sure at this point. I'm not sure at this point we have full visibility as to the source of the threat. Yeah, Mark?
Q: But you didn't answer my last question about I seem to see that we are talking a more aggressive stance in getting involved in sort of the internal struggles of...
A: I think that there is only one duly elected president of the Republic of Srpska, and that's Mrs. Plavsic. I mean, the alternative, in my view, at least, is unthinkable. The alternative is an indicted war criminal, so there is no doubt in my mind that SFOR is always going to have to deal with the duly elected president of the various areas in which they operate, the duly elected mayors, the duly elected officials, and they do a very good job of that.
Q: Do you consider the radio broadcasts were rather invective of threat to the lives of the Americans and SFOR troops, something that you would want to take military action against or disable?
A: Well, I think we certainly have to be very aware of what is going on there, and to make sure that if this kind of activity continues in a way that results in violence, that we are in a position to do something about it, but I wouldn't want to predict what that might be. Yeah?
Q: What sort of scale are we talking about here? How many SFOR troops were present? How many riots?
A: The total number of SFOR troops that were involved was several hundred, in the neighborhood of three, 350, something like that.
Q: Which covers this one incident?
A: This was in Brcko. I don't have numbers for any of the other cities.
Q: And as for the rioters?
A: I think the numbers got up to between 800 and 1,000.
Q: Would you consider the scuffle a political march, a riot? How would you describe this?
A: I would call it civil unrest, violence against SFOR troops. It was not an event that anyone looks forward to, but certainly the training that we put our people through is such that they were prepared to deal with it.
Q: Back to the radio question, I think the Karadzic -- the Pale radio and TV are still putting out what you would consider propaganda, anti-SFOR broadcasts. How serious a problem is this? What can you do about it, and what will you do about it?
A: Well, I don't want to predict what we are going to do about it. There are a number of steps that could be taken, but I don't think at this point we want to show exactly what we might do. Just one second. Let me get --
Q: And do you know how many transmitters are now in the hands of the Plavsic factions?
A: You will have to go to the people on the ground. I don't do play-by-play on Republic of Srpska's transmitters. Yeah?
Q: If the police task force, the international police, want to undertake this kind of operation in other towns, or if --
A: Well, see, they've already done it in other towns.
Q: Will SFOR be -- if they want to do it in the future, will SFOR be helping them in the same way it has endeavored to help?
A: Well, they have been doing these restructuring activities for a long time.
Q: So this sort of thing will continue if they need to move into other locations?
A: They certainly have work in front of them on the restructuring of the police. You know, this is all part of the effort that we talked about some time ago where we had the military situation well in hand and then we had identified the specialist police forces as a potential problem, given the fact that they were actually a paramilitary organization.
Q: So this event isn't going to change what they are doing; they are going to continue to carry out this function?
A: The IPTF -- you'll want to talk to them. But certainly it appears to me that they've got more to do on this.
Q: As we move closer, as the Pentagon moves closer to the deadline for withdrawing troops, is this not a thorn in the side? Does it raise questions about how far we may not have come in bringing peace to the region?
A: Well, we certainly realize that there is a lot of work to be done in Bosnia to create the kind of environment where the country can continue and flourish in the years ahead. And that is why we want to focus on the time between now and the time that the SFOR units deploy, redeploy, next year.
We want to make sure that the country has every possible opportunity to take advantage of the entire host of the international organizations that are working towards the sole objective of putting that country on its feet again.
Q: Can't those police forces -- can you just say, have they been closed down now or is there a certain time in which they are supposed to come under the SFOR control?
A: Well, the SFOR made clear some time ago, and I believe this was in early August, that these specialist police forces would be considered as under the rubric that SFOR watches out for. In other words, they would be treated like military organizations. The civil police, which were a different organization and had a different function, which was criminal activity and that sort of thing, they were there to maintain law and order. Those civil police would fall under this International Police Task Force, and that is the division of labor.
Q: So are the people around Karadzic a legal force now or have they been declared illegal? Are they still there?
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Sure, Robin Williams made us smile, but what made him smile? Tickling an ape.
It was an encounter he called mind-altering, holding hands with a gorilla named Ko ko, famous for understanding sign language, taught by her surrogate mother, Penny Patterson.
Profiled by PBS, a cover girl on National Geographic, then in 2001, Williams asked to pay a visit.
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She took his glasses and ended up wearing them. She picked his pocket and investigated his wallet. But mostly she asked: "Tickle tickle she wants you to tickle her."
Years later, he was still using the encounter as material, but at the time of the visit, he was quiet and respectuful.
Though they only had one visit, Koko was familiar with Williams. She had recently watched a documentary he did on dolphins and she would watch "Awakenings" over and over.
In 2001, Koko was 30 years old and sad about the death of her companion ape named Michael. She hadn't smiled in six months until Williams tickled her fancy. Patterson says Koko knew something was amiss from listening to phone calls Monday.
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You confide in your closest friend about so many things -- career stress, worries about your child's grades, and an argument with your husband. But if you're like most women, there's one thing you would never admit to her, or to anyone else -- bladder control issues. Your problem is that lately, you have to run to the bathroom more and more -- and you don't always make it.
One out of every four women over the age of 18 experiences episodes of leaking urine involuntarily, but most of them aren't talking about it.
Reluctance to admit to overactive bladder or continence issues affects women in all age groups. "The woman who's just delivered a child and finds she isn't getting bladder control back -- she runs to pick up her copy of What to Expect When You're Expecting, and this isn't there," says Linda Brubaker, MD, professor in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Urology at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine and director of the Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery at Loyola University Health System (LUHS).
"A woman who's growing older sees men on television talking about erectile dysfunction -- but not women sharing their stories about continence," she adds.
OAB: Emotional Challenges
On average, women wait more than six years from the time they first have bladder problems until they get a diagnosis, and during that time, they face a lot of emotional challenges.
"Especially as overactive bladder and other continence problems become more severe, it can be very distressing, embarrassing, and ultimately isolating," says Ross Rames, MD, associate professor of urology at the Medical University of South Carolina, who works with MUSC's multidisciplinary Bladder and Pelvic Health Center.
As people lose control over their bladders, they tend to withdraw socially. That means missing out on things they enjoy in life, which could be anything from regular church attendance to movies, ball games, and concerts. "They won't go to events because they can't sit through them without rushing out multiple times to go to the bathroom," Rames says.
Restricting yourself that way can have an impact on your physical health as well. "Women may stop going for walks because they're afraid to be that far from the bathroom," says Brubaker. "Or they may stop playing sports -- even 'grandma soccer' with the kids -- because they're afraid of leakage accidents. So their lives become more sedentary."
OAB can also cause problems at work. "Imagine if you're a schoolteacher and you have to stand up in front of a classroom of fourth-graders for an hour or more without a break," Rames says. What if you're an executive who has to make a long presentation to colleagues -- or a physician who can't just rush out to the bathroom in the middle of surgery? In so many ways, OAB can make it difficult to do your job due to the emotional stress caused by worrying about sudden, strong urges to go.
OAB, Sleep, and Depression
Most people will agree that getting a good night of sleep can make a big difference in the day that follows. When OAB disrupts sleep, it can leave you feeling groggy from all the interruptions caused by trips to the bathroom and it can affect your overall feeling of well-being.
According to research on women with OAB by the National Association for Continence (NAFC), sleep disruption can affect a woman's sense of "normalcy" during daytime hours. Half of the women in a series of online interviews reported that their OAB includes a condition called nocturia, which is marked by multiple overnight bathroom visits. Women who made two or more nighttime bathroom trips were more likely to report they experienced depression than women who said they have OAB without nocturia.
Overactive Bladder and Sex
OAB and other bladder problems can also cause trauma in the bedroom. "There may be discomfort, or overactive bladder and urine loss during intercourse, as well," Rames says. "That gets in the way of intimate relationships." It can also leave you feeling unattractive and undesirable.
There's no rest from the emotional impact of incontinence at night, either. Many women with OAB and other continence issues have what's called "nocturia," meaning that they need to get up to use the bathroom at least twice every night -- and sometimes, much more often than that. Constant sleep interruptions can take their toll, leaving you exhausted overwhelmed.
"Even if you don't have a bladder problem it's normal to get up at least once a night to empty a full bladder," Brubaker says. "If all's going well, you wake up, go to the bathroom, go back to bed, and fall back to sleep. But the more you have to wake up, the more your sleep patterns get disturbed. And a number of people report that they begin to leak on the way to the bathroom at night, which is even more stressful and can put you at risk for falls."
Managing OAB Day to Day
What can be particularly frustrating is that even once you've found a doctor and begun treatment for OAB symptoms, they're probably not going to go away overnight -- nor is there a one-size-fits-all treatment.
"Most people have 'mixed' incontinence, meaning that they may have symptoms of both stress incontinence and urge incontinence, or overactive bladder as well," says Brubaker. "We don't have a single treatment that works on everything, so if you've got multiple symptoms from each condition, it's likely that you'll have to have more than one type of treatment."
She advises women (and men) in treatment for OAB to think of their condition as a lifelong, chronic, but manageable problem rather than something that can be treated and permanently cured. "If you developed diabetes at 40, you wouldn't take a medication and expect that you wouldn't have it anymore at 50. It's a lifetime condition. You're going to start treatment, but as you age, it will remain a challenge and may get worse," Brubaker says. "It's the same with incontinence."
Unfortunately, the continuing stigma surrounding OAB means that there aren't a lot of sources of support out there for those who struggle with the embarrassment, isolation, career challenges, depression, anxiety, frustration and sleep deprivation produced by an uncooperative bladder.
"For women, there's a huge sisterhood of silence surrounding continence," says.
One place you can go to find support and empathy is WebMD's Incontinence/OAB Community.
While you're getting emotional support, Brubaker says to make sure that you're getting medical support as well. "If you feel your life closing in around you, see a doctor. There are lots of options. You shouldn't have to be planning your life around your bladder -- your bladder should be keeping up with you."


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Carl Lee Powers, age 84, passed away on Saturday, September 21, at Bristol Regional Medical Center following a lingering illness.
He was a native of Dickenson County, Virginia, having been born on November 15, 1928, and growing up in the Hatchet Creek Community outside of Nora. He lived his entire life in the family home in which he was born.
He was a graduate of Ervinton High School. He attended Xavier University in Cincinnati then transferred to King College in Bristol, where he received his undergraduate degree. He later received his master's degree in education from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.
He was a teacher in the Dickenson County School System, having taught seventh-grade students for 35 years at Ervinton Elementary School prior to his retirement in 1999. During that period he also served as principal of the school for a period of time during the 1970s. He was a member of the Middle Branch Freewill Baptist Church.
He was a veteran of the United States Army, serving in the Korean conflict as a part of Headquarters Company, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Division from 1949 to 1952. He was a recipient of the Combat Infantry Badge, Bronze Star Medal, Korean Service Medal with five bronze stars, Good Conduct Medal, Korean Presidential Unit Citation and Distinguished Unit Emblem.
It was during his service in Korea that Carl had the unique experience of befriending a young Korean boy, Billy Kim, whom he later arranged to come to the United States, where he made his home with Carl while receiving his American education. He attended Bob Jones High School, University and Seminary in South Carolina. Billy Kim then returned to Korea as a minister and today is a well-known religious figure in Korea as well as serving as minister to one of the largest Baptist churches in Korea.
Carl loved the mountains where he lived and delighted in exploring them. He was also an avid writer of poetry and music, and was a devoted student of history, which he instilled in hundreds of Dickenson County youth who passed through his classroom. He also believed strongly in religious principles which he included in every facet of his teaching.
Survivors include one brother, Claude W. Powers (Jean), Palm Coast, Florida; two nieces, Sharon Peters (Henry Jr.), Dryden, Virginia, and Shiela Thomas (Scott), Austin, Texas; two nephews, Charles Powers (Joyce), Piney Flats, Tennessee, and Rick Powers, Bluff City, Tennessee; and several cousins.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, September 25, in the Weaver Funeral Home Chapel in Bristol with Dr. Billy Kim, Dr. Joe Kim and Dr. Bobby Griffin officiating.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 7:45 p.m. on Tuesday, September 24.
Burial will be at 4 p.m. Wednesday in the Amburgy Cemetery located on Bear Ridge Road near Nora, Virginia. Pallbearers will be family members and friends.
Online condolences may be made at www.Weaverfuneralhome.net.
Arrangements have been made with Weaver Funeral Home and Cremation Services.
Weaver Funeral Home, 630 Locust St., Bristol, TN 37620; 423-968-2111


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Mr Walker, on 06 December 2012 - 12:00 PM, said:
If a complete stranger came up to me and told me they had met an alien i would talk to them. I would cross examine them and find out the context, the reliablity of the witness and his/her background. If i accepted that they were sane, healthy, and honest, then I would accpet any tale they told me as probably true. It has nothing to do with god being in the mix.
This could be the same for a ghost, poltergeist, alien etc. My dad once met something he described as a yowie in the australiana bush. it errified him and the teenage friend he was with at the time. He described it clearly despite over 60 years having passed and the description matched other sightings of a similar creature in the Australian bush. I believe he and his friend saw something inexplicable and described it accurately.
It is realtively easy using questions, and reality checkers, to ascertain from a physical description and conversation whether something observed was more likely real, or an hallucination etc.
There is no scientific evidence to show God isnt real.
People see what they want to see despite atheism not being safe.
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My daughter is a graduate of SJA and her mother and I worked our full time jobs and two part time jobs to be able to afford the tuition. So I am more than a little upset.
Jail is suposed to be hard. And while we don't call them jail anymore (they are correctional instituions) I am very disappointed that ODRC and her lawyers were able to get her released early. I am not so sure that the school will ever see any of the money either.
I used to be an advocate for early release programs and for more rehabilitation. Not anymore. The system isn't fairly administered and it sure doesn't make any sense.
Once again the Democrats show why they are referred to as the party of tax and spend. Some of us in the "real" world were told we were getting pay cuts to help our companies make it through the financially difficult times. The Republicsns in COlumbus offered similar strategies for the state of Ohio. But now the Democrats.
Every plan they have offered is to either try and add more revenue or icnrease taxes. ALL state meployees should have to do what my employer did...I go an involuntary 5% pay cut. Saved jobs, saved money and saved the company.
Imagine what would happen if EVERY state worker and elected official took a similar cut. WOuld any program be in jeopardy? Not likely.
Connie THANK YOU for helping me relive some great memories. Visits to my grandmother immediatley flowed through my mind, as did the smell of CLEAN clothes. It's a memory that has lasted a long time and will beon my mind all day. THANK YOU.
Connie - I think you protest way too much over a screen name. While I clearly don't hide who I am as evidenced by my screen name, give that person a break. Chill. FOr gosh sake this is stil America and we get to speak and write about just about anything we want. What may be offensive to you just may be someone elses creativity in all its splendor. Gessh!
For starters, the deficit is the result of a budget submitted by the democratic Governor, and approved by the Democratic led Ohio House. Since then -all of them- have been looking for more money. First they raided the tobacco settlement fund, added Keno, then tried to take money from the blind fund, then decided that slots would do the trick. At NO time have I heard the Governor or the Democratic led House offer any thing to reduce the size of this budget.
The offer of a pay cut by the members of the House is a trick. It can't take effect till 2011 and even then it only last for 6 months. Those of us who work and live in the real world are facing cuts NOW.
Cut thepay of all state employees by 5% and make them pay higher premiums for their health care like we do. That will elimnate a lot of that deficit.
Rep Dolan is a "rhino" and while I respect his right to cast his vote on behalf of his constituents as he determines, the fact of the matter is that the Gov and the Dem leadership in the House have offered nothing in the way of cutting the size of our government. Instead they have always looked towards putting more money in to the budget. They even did so, with accomplices like Dolan, by denying Republican led efforts to cut the size of government from ever seeing the light of day.
It also has to be said that Rep Dolan is in the enviable position of being in a very re-electable district in 2010. So he gets no badge of honor or award for courage from me. He is part of the reason the Republicans lost big in 2006 and again in 2008.
Connie, once again, you've display your political ideology in living color along with your lack of experience (or naivety) simultaneously. In mkaing your case for paid sick days, you used quotes and data from the National Partnership for Women and Families. Full disclosure would have demanded that you tell us who they are. So, just who is this "Partnership"?
They're a "...partner with the many activists, advocates, legislators, and business leaders who support paid sick days for all workers", including ACORN , the Center for Community Change, the NAACP, UAW, UFCW, and others. In short, its an advocacy group for labor unions to advocate for paid sick days. The same "partners" who gave us wages and benefits that have crippled nearly every industry over the last quarter century by demanding higher and higher wages, more paid time off, and "cadillac" benefits that bankrupted those same industries.
So, no thank you to paid sick days for all employees. And yes to more common sense.
Finally, Connie, I too come from a "long line of Americans who were -- and in some cases still are -- underpaid and uninsured." You hold no monopoly on hard working parents and an ancestry who didn't have it as good as we do now. But I never heard those folks complained, and yes they sometimes went to work sick.
And yes, some workers don't get the benefits that other works get. The bottom line is this, when the government tries to impose a one size fits all solution on all of us it ends up hurting all of us.
Nice try hegel.....
THey call it paid time off (PTO). But for most employees and employers that includes sick time, vacation time and those pesky federal holidays (MLK Day, Independence Day, Presidents Day, Memorial Day, etc)> If the business is already closed on those days there really isnt too much flexibility for any other time off.
It does work better for full time employess who are tenured and can banl some of that time, but generally, it doesn't work.
WOMENSBUSINESSOWNER...nice post, almost on point too. While you may "think" that most of the readers missed the boat, remember that Connie is a gifted writer who believes that the more the government does -or mandates- the better. Her piece today is just another in a long line of stories written to try and persuade people of that point of view. And as is usually the case, she failed to tell us the whole story.
Her cited source in this article is a long-standing advocate tied to unions, community organizations and other left leaning groups. Talk about a vast left wing conspiracy! (LOL)
So, while I woiuld defend your right to your opinion, you are confusing facts with opinion and with choices. Your employees are fortunate to have an employer who not only cares but also can afford to make the investment in her people for the long term results. Businesses who aren't able to do so or choose not to shouldn't be vilified or called to task. It is after all their choice just as it is my choice as to who I work for.
Finally, I didn't really see a lot of whining and it sure isn't greed either. That's the story that Connie and others like her would like folks to believe. To attempt to describe others who disagree with you as not having consideration or compassion for other folks is disappointing but typical in the political rhetoric these days.
Nice column. I've been telling folks that each of my gray hairs have names...I start rambling off the names of my children and it gets a smile or two. The wrinkles, too, sometimes have names. Growing older is something we cannot really stop. But growing older and wiser truly is. Thanks for a great perspective on something that ALL of us struggle with in some form or another.
For more than a half century, the Democratic Party has controlled nealrye very county-wide office. There have been a few Republicans elected, but the fact remains that the Democratic strangle-hold on county government has existed. SOme of that has been the result of an electorate that was lazy and complacent and cast votes based on surnames and party label instead of being truly informed voters. Now more than ever, the voters have a chance for a long overdue "Do-Over".
The yelling and screaming from local Democratic office holders and party leaders, and the desperate attempt to put a competing issue on the ballot, has failed. A failure that has been decades in the making. And for some of them -particularly Cong. Fudge- to try and label Issue 6 as racist is disappointing but not suprising. Neither is the tired east v west argument that folks have tried to use which is nothing more than putting race into an issue that they can't really defend.
The Democratic Party has as good a chance to hold the majority of the seats on the new council as they do now with regards to most public offices. The difference this time, is that they are going to have to earn it. Here's hoping that good candidates emerge on BOTH sides and that the voters have real choices.
I believe that the jury is still out on whether or not the Medical Mart is a viable project and whether it will even be built. The difficulties that we are seeing with this project and the public-private "partnership" demonstrate just how flawed the project is -both in it's concept and with the way local leaders put it together.
An alternative that never got any real consideration, and one which would have seen the project already under construction, would have been to build it at the IX Center. Why?
That fact that none of our leaders seemed to know that the current convention center is in "decrepit condition" and would not be a viable location for the Medical Mart speaks volumes about how out of touch they are. The truth of the matter is that local leader keep focusing on downtown and its assets while ignoring others in the County that are equally as valuable.
The IX Center (which is owned by the City of Cleveland) had been considered, construction could already be underway. The IX Center offers a facility that is nearly ready NOW, and is in a duty-free trade zone adjacent to the airport. The addition of the Medical Mart to the facility would enhance the IX Center as a convention facility.
Instead, local leaders were more loyal to the idea of building a new building downtown to reward private interests. Most Clevelanders already knew that the old convention center is in bad shape; and most folks in the county know that the IX is a ready-made convention facility.
Once again, failed leadership is putting a good concept at risk.
Wow! Another shot from the left. In the House, Republicans offered an alternative (HB25) that would have save millions without a need for the tax increase. The Dem controlled House has let that bill sit in committee without a hearing since February.
Why? Because the only solutions offered by the Democratic Governor and the Democratic-led House has been to ask for more revenue, not cuts.
The people are hurting. Many of us who still have jobs have been asked to take pay cuts -real pay cuts now, not one planned for 2011.
No state employees are seeing the same kinds of hardships that their fellow Ohioans are and state agencies continue to grow and swell.
Enough is enough! Cut the spending -everywhere! That's right, everywhere!
As the Senate debates the bill passed by the House here's hoping it does the responsible thing and pass on it. That's right, pass.
The gimmick that is the Sykes bill-and it is nothing more than that- does not address the real problem which is spending. The pay cut is a farse. It is a feel good notion meant to mislead the voters. State law prevents a real pay cut in the present and even if it passes it will only last for six months -in 2011.
The Republicans in the House offered a plan to reorganize government (HB25) and that bill has been bottled up in Committee by the Democrats since February. Instead of looking at finding ways to cut the size of government, the Democrats continue to look for more money. First it was Keno, then it was taking money from the tobacco settlement fund, then the blind fund, then it was slots, and now it is all about a tax increase.
For most Ohioans who have seen theire own deficit, they are faced with making real spending cuts now. Their State leaders should do the same. So here's hoping the Senate says NO to tax increases and pushes back on the Democrat led House (and ultimately the Governor) to reduce the size of the budget.
It isn't a potshot to blame the Governor for the budget mess. It also wouldn't be responsible to just go along with a plan to increase revenue without making real and meaningful cuts in the budget. Ohioans have had to make cuts to their household budgets, Ohio leaders should do the same.
Connie - by your own admision this is about gender. Unfortunately, abuse, isn't just against women. As you well know, it can be perpetrated against men, women, children, the elderly. All forms of abuse are something we should be concerned about and be engaged in efforts to stop it.
What happened in this case could and has happened elsewhere so it isn't unique to Cleveland. As a result, I can understand your frustrtion with the situation. Here's hoping that all of us are frustrated enough that we will become more involved in our communities and become willing to get involved instesd of sitting on the sidelines.
If just one person had gone to the police sooner, or made a call, or done something, it might have been far less than 11 victims.
Ms. Schultz - please get the facts straight.
(1) The Stupak amendment isn't a stunt. The Hyde Amendment, passed in 1976, bars the use of federal funds to pay for abortions through funds allocated by the annual appropriations bill for Health and Human Services. So, to my way of thinking any bill that would include a provision that otherwise pays for abortions with federal funds would be illegal.
(2)Women's health issues have trumped men's health issues for years. How? Cancer is a disease that affects both men and women, young and old, but the focus sure is on breast cancer isn't it. Why don't we just decide that the fight is with the cancer instead of dividing us even further witht he different types and trying to suggest and focus funding on only one type?
(3) Folks who are pro-life are not extremists. The majority of Americans have time and again said that they do not like and do not support abortion. Further, they also do not think that abortion on demand should be a part of any health care bill.
(4) This is NOT a health care reform bill. That's the name given to it my politicians who seek to get approval from their constituents for a bill that is largely designed to do nothing more than creat the largest dependent constituency since Medicare and Medicaid.
(5) Finally, and most importantly, you have once again mis-stated (as most women advocates for abortion do) what this debate is truly about. An abortion is a medical procedure that should be done as a result of a doctor and his patient deciding whether or not it needs to be done. Period. And, if that patient is a minor child her parents should be the one's who decide along with the doctor.
However, the politicalization of this medical procedure has set forth a very set of perverse laws and rules, all under the guise of protecting a women's right to choose. Here are some examples: (a) My teenage duaghter can't get her ear's pierced without my consent. Hell she can't even get a dental x-ray without my consent. But she could get an abortion without it; (2) If a man and a women are in a relationship and the woman get's pregnant and the man wanted to own up to his responsibility in the matter, ONLY the woman gets to decide whether or not the baby lives or dies; (3) If a married woman wants an abortion she alone makes that decision. But if a husband wants to get a vasectomy he needs the consent of his wife.
In short, abortion is a very destructive and very perverse medical procedure that kills. The fact that our government and our Courts protect that kind of procedure saddens me. It doesn't make me any more radical than anyone else and I surely shouldn't be ridiculed for my belief. To me, it's not a women's rights issue it a human rights issue.
Mr. Suddes - I know you to generally be fair, despite a tinge of liberal bias, so I was a little but disappointed with your comments.
For starters, there is no monopoly in Columbus on blame. However, the Governor submiited an out of balance budget and left it up to legislators to "fix" things. Since then, the solutions offered byt he Governor included taking money from the tobacco settlement fund; adding Keno; taking money from the blind fund; pushing slots; and now raising taxes. In other words, finding more revenue instead of looking for real and meaningful cuts in spending.
A Republican proposal (HB25) offered in Fenruary would hve been a good start to a remake of state government, but it couldn't even get a hearing until November -after the Democrat controlled House passed a bill to raise taxes.
So while Ohioans continue to struggle with less and make real and genuuine cuts to their own budgets their state government should be forced to do the same.
By the way -the tax break you mention is a federal issue. I don't begrudge anyone using the tax code to their advantage. If that is available to a legislator they should tax advantage of it.
Connie fortunately I am not the product of a broken marriage or borken home so I have no personal perspective to what you wrote about. I do, however, see the pain in the face of parents (and their children) this time of year when they"share" time with one another as a result of a forced divorced settlement. Thanks for adding more perspective on this subject for me -and others- who don't have such first hand knowledge.
Lets see if I have this right. The Governor submits a budget that is out of balance and then asks the legislature to find him more money. And he further asks them to retroactivelytax Ohioans as part of this scheme.
That's right a retroactive tax increase. Merry X-mas!
Now, if you are truly sick and tired of the double cross and the same old same old vote all of the incumbents who voted for this tax increase out of office. All of them!
Again you show you political bias.
The Governor mismanaged the budget from the get go. He has done nothing to reduce spending and instead has continued to lok for more money. First it was Keno. Then he went after the Tobacco Settlement Fund. Then it was taking money from the blind fund. Then it was slots.
Now his solution is to retroactively increase taxes of Ohioans. The very Ohioans who are suffering from record high unemployment. He got help from his accomplices in the Ohio House.
The Republicans has been asking for changes that would cut the deficit. HB25 which was introduced in February didn't even get a reading until November!
When Ohioans face a budget defici or shortfall -as many of us have. We cut our spending. We don't have the luxury of a retroactive increase in revenue. If a business tried such a trick the AG's office would come down so hard on them it wouldn't be funny. And we're supposed to somehow look at this act as courageous? Not here.
Partidan politics aside -yes I am a Republican- the Governor owns the budget. He also owns the lack of effort by his Administraiton to find real and meaningful cuts. So let the debate begin.
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(Memphis) A 14-year-old girl was shot in the leg after someone fired nearly two dozen shots into her Whitehaven home.
It happened late last night in the 5100 block of Haleville.
Police aren't saying what led up to the shooting and are still looking for the people responsible.
Neighbors said they were tired of the violence.
"This is the third time," said Boyd.
Isiah Boyd said it was the third shooting on the street in about two years.
He showed us an old bullet hole in his mother's carport.
"My momma's house was shot. Her car was shot up right there. I had a four-door Dodge Dakota that was shot up. It's getting old," said Boyd.
Boyd said it's a symptom of a bigger problem in the city that no one seems to want to do anything about.
"It's ridiculous, you know and we have a church on every corner, we have all these associations, but people don't get it. These fools don't mind dying," said Boyd.
In fact, he said there seems to be little regard for human life anymore and that has to stop.
Police say they are looking for a gold Grand Marquis in connection to this shooting.
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