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After a disaster in voter turnout in the 2012 elections, Republicans, conservatives, libertarians and Tea Party activists are pointing fingers at each other and blaming each other as well as Romney for the outcome of the election.
Lot of the problems with this election center on identity politics but conservatives and Republicans should have taken a better layout of the political scene and realized a major problem with messaging. From day one, the Presidential campaign should have been a referendum on Obamacare, but with candidate Romney who refused to repudiate his Massachusetts Romneycare, he amounted to allowing a child molester to baby sit your kids.
From the very beginning, the Republican Party started destroying the most credible candidates including Herman Cain, Tim Pawlenty, and Newt Gingrich. Gary Johnson, a governor was slowly pushed off the stage. Ron Paul was let in to make Romney look moderate, but in the end, Ron Paul would fail too.
But even before the Republican establishment tried to anoint Romney, the messaging had gone awry a long time ago. I won't name the conservatives sources which echoed a fatally flawed message but many conservatives were saying "Americans do not have a right to health care". You cannot win an argument by telling Americans they do not have a right. Americans do have a right to health care but they don't have the right to expect other people to pay for it. Americans have a right to buy health insurance across state lines, a right to by portable insurance which is not tied to their job, a right to tax exempt health insurance when they retired similar to when they were employed. These positive arguments simply were not made.
People respond to positive messaging and conservatives continued to get slammed by their own messaging even when the majority of Americans agreed with them. Remember all the talk about women voters? Wouldn't it be nice to say to women, you have the right to contraceptives but not the right for someone else to pay for it? This message was totally missing. It is why Akin and Mourdock got stuck in an unrelenting negative drive down among women voters. Had this message been delivered correctly to voters, people would understand and the Republican messaging would have them taking over the US Senate.
Republicans and conservatives missed out on the public's concern about health issues for many years. The proof is the many states which have legalized medical marijuana and other marijuana laws. I am not suggesting conservatives mellow out and smoke pot. However, with a huge Federal debt of 16 trillion dollars, it is stupid to spend money on Federal agents to arrest people in a state where people voted for medical marijuana to be legal.
By returning the marijuana issue back to the states, the US Federal government lessens the chance it will have to bail out the California State government. If California wants to legalize marijuana and tax it to solve it's debt problems, let them go to pot (pun intended) instead of all American taxpayers. Also, we may find growing marijuana in the United States may solve some of our immigration problems and stabilize the country of Mexico.
Many people have suggested Republicans change their stance on immigration. However, I think this is absurd. The real problem is messaging. There are Spanish speakers who are American citizens and know English well, but they spend much of their time listening to television and radio in Spanish where left wing organizations put in their ads in Spanish attacking conservatives like Rush Limbaugh. There is no conservative organization putting out counter responses in Spanish. Therefore these American citizens hear very little from active conservatives.
There is one final point fiscal conservatives need to learn from libertarians. You cannot violate the laws of economics without consequences. Work which needs to be done will drift to the workers able to do it most efficiently. We will either be shipping work to Mexico to be done, or we can accept workers from Mexico in the US to get the work done. There is no way to avoid this immutable fact. This is the reality. Businesses who discover they have illegal immigrants should be able to sponsor such immigrants to become Americans without penalty to the business or the illegal immigrant. It will keep the factory moving, give us one more hardworking taxpaying American, and eliminate much government expense in deporting and deporting again, the same people.
Finally, the public needs to be told the facts about Social Security. We are taxing American labor at 15 percent, while other people are living 25 percent or more of their adult life on Social Security. When Hostess Foods closed their doors, many blame the unions but if labor was not taxed at 15 percent, the business may be still alive today. If the Social Security tax was cut, illegal immigration may also drop.
Eventually, this system will break. Left wing pundits like Paul Krugman keep saying no to austerity measures but the US Federal government is already practicing austerity through inflation. Nobody wants to see their government check be cut from $1,000 to $800. So government inflates the money supply so the same people get their $1,000 check only to find it can buy $800 worth of goods. Ron Paul understands this and so should all Republicans.
After such reforms, Republicans will still have to find ways to break the identity politics of the fascist political left but with such reforms will be better able to do so.


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Send her to jail along with her dirtbag cousin and friends. Once they approached the couple with loaded gun they caused harm.
No bail should be allowed.
You are right its about certain form of people. Stupid people like you that hide behind hatefull posts. Find a short pier and take a long walk.
So you think he should do nothing to a child molestor that raped him?
Could charter schools be the governmerts way of slowly privitizing the school sysytem?
Condolences to the family.
White on white crime.
Police probably choked him to death while attempting to restrain him.
Police probably choked him to death while attempting to restrain him.
I believe there is plenty more to story. A 40 year old guy and three young girls in at 4:30 AM. I wonder if he was their pimp and they were his working girls.
Again another person that assumes the victim is a criminal. Maybe you know more facts that should be in the article. If you do, contact the authorities instead of posting your oneliners. That would be more helpfull.
Ok ignoramus how do you know the person under sheet was not an innocent victim?
Why is guy in the picture smiling?
Not enough time. Punishment should be more harsh for sexual assault crimes. People get more time when they steal money than for sexual assault.
Maybe you can do a better job. If so run.
Out only three months and on the way back to prison. What a waste of life and time.
Very sad, now her parents and child have to deal this this senseless loss.
Why did they put passengers name in article and not TSA worker's?
It states the 29 year old woman was pulled over in her car. So how was she described as a prostitute? She was not picked up standing on a corner.


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And the 32-year-old forward believes they can beat Colchester on the final day and leap-frog Stevenage for the remaining play-off spot.
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From the start of Saturday night's 10th Congressional District Republican Committee debate in Winchester, it was evident political jabs would be directed at several elected politicians. Two of the targets had seats on stage, 10th District Republican candidates and state Dels. Bob Marshall and Barbara Comstock, while the third holds office about 65 miles east in Washington, D.C., — President Barack Obama.
Comstock and Marshall are viewed by many party leaders as the two front-runners in the six-Republican field seeking the GOP nod to replace retiring U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf. The two state lawmakers have nearly 30 years of legislative experience between them — the vast majority of which come from Marshall's tenure — and Comstock is often tagged as the natural successor of the congressman she once worked for as legislative counsel.
That considered, the four lesser-known contenders were determined to implant their names, their views and talking points in the minds of the 200-person crowd at Winchester's Millbrook High School.
"We need citizen legislators. We need term limits. We don't need career politicians," said candidate Marc Savitt, a Frederick County resident and president of the National Association of Independent Housing Professionals. "This election needs to be about new ideas, not who can raise the most money."
Howie Lind, a former U.S. Navy commander and chairman of the 10th Congressional District GOP Committee, said he's "the only candidate in this race who is a non-establishment conservative who can win in November."
Lind quickly struck a harsh tone, assailing the president for what he calls Obama's "radical, leftist" agenda — a sentiment he weaved into several responses and speeches throughout the debate.
"It's time to take a stand to face up to Barack Obama and his radical agenda," he said. "He's destroying our country economically, militarily, culturally."
Rounding out the field of candidates were Stephen Hollingshead, a former advisor in the Bush administration and former chief operating officer for Americans for Prosperity, and Rob Wasinger, a former chief of staff for U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback.
Marshall, a hard-line conservative who represents portions of Prince William County and Manassas Park in the General Assembly, said 10th District conservatives need someone who "will not waver on the right to life, who will defend real marriage, who will work to end police state surveillance and our dependence on foreign oil and who has defended Virginians against Obama."
Marshall took digs at Comstock for what he views as her weak stances on abortion, same-sex marriage and the current Medicaid expansion fight.
Moreover, Marshall knocked Comstock for supporting the nomination of a gay man for a state judgeship and said she favors the sale of birth control pills over-the-counter — comments to which Comstock did not respond.
A third-term delegate, Comstock stayed largely above the fray during the discussion. She touted her pro-right to work legislation and bills she has supported that ensure competitive bidding for public infrastructure projects. These measures, she said, have saved taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars.
"I've been tested by fire. When I've had elections, I've been attacked by the Clintons, Planned Parenthood, the unions, NARAL and a motley crew of big taxers and spenders. I fought back for our conservative principles and I won," Comstock said.
Like her opponents on stage, Comstock bashed President Obama, whom she said "simply doesn't believe in American exceptionalism" and has been meek on foreign policy.
Key Republican platforms such as repealing the Affordable Care Act, shrinking government and the federal debt and establishing a select committee to investigate the 2012 Benghazi attacks were constant themes in the debate supported by every candidate. The U.S. Department of Education, Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Housing and Urban Development were a few major sects of government the candidates said should be eliminated or significantly restructured.
None of the candidates wanted cuts in federal spending to come at the expense of the military budget.
"Government has two jobs, fundamentally – build our roads, defend our country and then it needs to get out of your lives," Wasinger said. "We need to go through government and cut as much as we can."
On immigration reform, the candidates agreed securing U.S. borders needs to be step one.
Comstock said reform needs to be addressed not strictly for security reasons, but to celebrate immigrants who went through the process legally and are now proud, hard-working Americans.
"We have to continue to be open and welcoming and have a system that works so that [legal immigrants] can be rewarded for coming here and working within the system," she said.
Hollingshead pointed out that children of "illegal immigrants" are citizens of the U.S., according to the Constitution.
"I don't think anybody is saying we're going to deport parents of citizens of the U.S," he said--the only statement of the evening that drew a few boos.
Virginia's 10th Congressional District, which spans from McLean through portions of Fairfax, Loudoun, Clarke and Frederick counties, has been represented by Wolf since 1981. The GOP nominee will be selected April 26 through a firehouse primary and then square off against Democrat John Foust in the November election.


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Women's Basketball | Friday, February 15, 2013
Whitman Plays Strong Defense in Victory over Bearcats
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SALEM, ORE. -- Whitman College held Willamette University to 23.4% shooting from the field, as the Missionaries defeated the Bearcats, 75-34, on Friday, Feb. 15 at Cone Field House. Willamette hit just 11 of 47 shots during the game. Whitman shot 48.5% from the field (32 of 66), while making 16 of 33 field goals in each half.
With the win, the Missionaries improved to 19-4 on the season, 12-3 in the NWC. Whitman is not nationally ranked, but the Missionaries received points in both the WBCA Coaches Poll and the D3hoops.com Top 25 this week. Willamette moved to 2-21 overall, 2-12 in the NWC.
Whitman was led by a trio of players in double figures. Mary Madden tallied 12 points and sank 5 of 6 field goals. Sarah Anderegg and Heather Lovelace tacked on 10 points each, with Anderegg hitting 5 of 11 shots and Lovelace going 5 for 7 from the floor.
Meghan White added nine points and a game-high 10 rebounds for Whitman. The Missionaries achieved a 53-22 rebounding advantage.
Senior guard Sophie Wilson (Port Townsend, WA/Port Townsend HS) topped the Bearcats with 14 points, as she made 5 of 10 field goals, including 4 of 8 on 3-point shots. Rebecca Josephson (Jr., G, Fair Oaks, CA/Del Campo HS) contributed eight points for Willamette.
The Missionaries took charge early, scoring the first six points on their way to a 14-4 lead. Whitman extended the margin to 19 points, 25-6, when Meghan White scored on a jump shot with 11:29 left in the first half to complete an 11-0 run.
Two 3-pointers by Wilson stopped Whitman's run and began an 11-2 run by the Bearcats. Jojo DeLong (So., G, Santa Clarita, CA/Canyon HS) provided four points during the run, helping WU cut the deficit to 27-17 with 4:15 remaining in the half.
Whitman countered with eight consecutive points -- four each by White and Madden -- to take a 35-17 lead at the 2:32 mark. The Missionaries were in front 39-23 at halftime.
During the second half, the Missionaries added 36 points to their score, while holding Willamette to just 11 points. WU shot 18.2% (4 of 22) over the final 20 minutes. Meanwhile, Whitman grabbed 11 of its 20 offensive boards in the second half, and outscored the Bearcats 12-0 on second chance points during the period.
Both teams committed 16 turnovers during the game. Whitman was credited with 11 steals, including five by Heather Johns. Wilson and Josephson each earned two steals for the Bearcats, who finished with six steals overall.
The Bearcats will play their final home game of the season on Saturday, Feb. 16 at 4 p.m. (PST) against Whitworth University. The Pirates defeated Linfield College, 69-53, on Friday.
Willamette will conclude the season on Tuesday, Feb. 19 at Linfield. Game time in McMinnville, Ore., is set for 6 p.m. (PST).
BOX SCOREWhitman College 75
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Home run celebrating 101
Sep 1, 2011, 8:25 AM EDT
My comment about the Yankees-Red Sox game in the recaps was a little grumpy this morning. But I should admit that I did at least learn something valuable watching the game. I learned what is and what is not an acceptable form of celebration following a home run.
Remember from Tuesday night's game that this — unsportsmanlike hand-clapping — is a big no-no and will get a ball thrown at your back:
Last night, in contrast, we learned that this — opening one's arms to Heaven and thanking God Almighty for smiling upon you and you alone and for bestowing His glory upon you at the expense of your adversaries — is perfectly acceptable:
Note: pay no attention to those crazy people who observe that this move could also very easily be interpreted as a player saying "Look at me, aren't I fabulous? Behold, those who witness my accomplishments! Behold and raise your voices to cheer for me!" Because that is not what he is doing. At all. Perish the thought.
Now, isn't that easy enough to remember?
- Chris Fiorentino - Sep 1, 2011 at 8:28 AM
Ortiz looks just as stupid. Why can't they all be like Varitek, who runs around the bases, touches home, doesn't make any gestures, and goes into the dugout?
- paperlions - Sep 1, 2011 at 8:37 AM
Completely, 100% totally disagree…..sorry, habit…. 😉
I meant, completely, 100% totally agree.
- itsacurse - Sep 1, 2011 at 8:35 AM
And again, I'd like to suggest that maybe it's OK to express displeasure at a perceived slight without throwing an object at somebody's body at near-lethal speeds.
- kopy - Sep 1, 2011 at 8:38 AM
Just do what Domingo Ayala does. Walk out of the box until you reach a certain point, then pop the chain and start jogging. And don't forget to pay respect. I think these actions are taught at the 2-minute mark.
- FC - Sep 1, 2011 at 8:49 AM
Wait wait wait… he flipped the bat, I thought that was a no-no. And I'm sure tossing the white bucket wouldn't help either.
- kopy - Sep 1, 2011 at 9:31 AM
I agree that flipping the bat was previously seen as distasteful, but now that Domingo Ayala has declared it to be acceptable I think it will be okay. It isn't so bad during a game when they don't have the multiple camera angles showing it repeatedly for effect.
- FC - Sep 1, 2011 at 8:58 AM
Also, the wood comment was hilarious…
- Jacob - Sep 1, 2011 at 8:56 AM
Assuming Nomar and Schilling were the ones having that conversation, I'm sure it's just coincidence that they deemed Papi's celebration acceptable and the other one not.
- paperlions - Sep 1, 2011 at 9:09 AM
No, that's not it.
What would the reaction be if any announcer stated that he thought the god-celebrations were inappropriate? Despite the fact that thanks to anyone's god presumably can be done in silence and/or private and not at home plate in view of 40,000 people and TV cameras….
- kellyb9 - Sep 1, 2011 at 9:18 AM
Call me strange, but I don't care about any celebration whether it be clapping or thanking god as long as its brief. The last thing baseball needs is elaborate end-zone dances.
- paperlions - Sep 1, 2011 at 9:24 AM
It is the hypocrisy that annoys people (mostly), not the celebrations themselves. There is no logical divide between or reason behind what is "acceptable" and what is not.
It is just more unwritten rule silliness.
I have seen a lot of runners trot across the mound this year on their way back to the dugout or on their way back to a base after a foul ball, not a single pitcher has complained.
- cleverbob - Sep 1, 2011 at 10:02 AM
Maybe he was clapping it up for God!
- Jonny 5 - Sep 1, 2011 at 9:33 AM
Thanking God for letting him hit a home run? I really don't think so. First of all God hates the AL east. It's a fact, mostly because of the long drawn out games. So I heard…..
- yankeesgameday - Sep 1, 2011 at 9:43 AM
He also clapped his hands before raising them above his head. And tell me, what would people think if a pitcher did that after striking ortiz out? Pointless conversation really I suppose.
But this is part of why the Yanks won't win this year: no pride. If cervelli git hit then ortiz must get hit for doing the exact same thing. I'm not saying hit him in the side of the head and end his career, but something in the bacl, leg or buttocks. It needed to happen last night just the way lackey did it, but they wimped out. Torrents would have drilled him in the 7th. Posada would have done it if he were catching.
They are too passive and gave not only a victory away last night, but their cajones as well.
- yankeesgameday - Sep 1, 2011 at 9:45 AM
Torre, not torrents. Edit function in '12 please.
- 1943mrmojorisin1971 - Sep 1, 2011 at 10:27 AM
I think it has to do with Cervelli's celebration being a one time thing while Ortiz does his every time. By no means am I suggesting showboating one time is a reason to get hit but showboating every time makes it ok, I'm just trying to shed some light on the (slightly flawed) logic that seems to be at work here
- daisycutter1 - Sep 1, 2011 at 11:04 AM
The only logic is IOKIYARS. That's "It's OK if you're a Red Sox." Or Sock. Or whatever the singular is.
Just look at how the media coddled Ortiz (particularly) and Manny Ramirez when they were named as being on the list of failed PED tests taken in 2003. When A-Rod was named as being on the list, it was a media feeding frenzy for weeks.
IOKIYARS. An awkward acronym to live by.
- daisycutter1 - Sep 1, 2011 at 11:01 AM
Torre would have done no such thing. He was notorious, among Yankee fans at least, for *not* retaliating. It was maddening to watch Yankees get hit again and again – and even sometimes injured – with absolutely no response/
Also, if the Yankees won't win this year – and I don't think they will – it'll be because of starting pitching.
- Kevin S. - Sep 1, 2011 at 11:25 AM
Or maybe it's just that the Yanks aren't fans of giving out free bases because they're PMSing.
- dailyrev - Sep 1, 2011 at 10:43 AM
Solution to problem: any MLB player who has a problem with how opponents celebrate success is forced to watch NBA and NFL scoring highlights. That should provide all the perspective necessary to soothe ravaged egos.
- sabathiawouldbegoodattheeighthtoo - Sep 1, 2011 at 12:25 PM
Maybe during Interleague play, an NL pitcher could throw an actual douchebag at Lackey. Even if it does not hit him, the point should still get across…
- bcopus - Sep 1, 2011 at 11:37 AM
I missed this. I fell asleep between Beckett's 0-1 and 0-2 pitch to Texiera. I woke up well rested while Beckett was still digesting that 2nd base exists, is behind him, and Gardner, whom he had allowed on base some hours earlier, was still occupying it. I lost patience as Beckett became aware that he had a glove, there was a ball that had stitches in that glove, and he was almost certainly in the position to do something with that ball using those stitches. So I turned the game off and went back to sleep.
- sabathiawouldbegoodattheeighthtoo - Sep 1, 2011 at 12:23 PM
Honestly, you would think the reactions should be reversed. That was Cervelli's 2nd homer? Yeah, he's excited. Ortiz should be able to act like he's been there before.
Hopefully AJ is able to penetrate the force field Ortiz wears to Yankee games, which has resulted in him getting hit exactly once throughout the 'rivalry.' Let's face it, AJ will probably give up a dozen runs tonight while issuing at least 6 free passes. At least one of those could have some purpose.
- vgiannotti - Sep 1, 2011 at 1:15 PM
The joke was on Lackey. He intentionally hits a batter leading off an inning, which, if I'm his manager, doesn't make me very happy. Cervelli eventually comes around to score to give the Yanks a 3-run lead at that point. I think that's called putting oneself above the team. As noted earlier, Big Papi does it every time he homers, which is 30-40 times a season. Poor Cervelli hits 2 or 3 homers a year and gets drilled for a hand clap? As for the Yanks not retaliating, what sense does it make to give Red Sox hitters free passes. Isn't that offense potent enough without the help?
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The best prescription I ever saw for stopping a spread offense was what we did to Oregon in the Rose Bowl. Arkansas was also shut down by the same approach. In neither game did we give up on getting to the quarterback. We had blitzes that worked, whether by linebackers or off the edge. the qb never knew where it was coming from, only, for sure, that it was coming. We can't give up on that approach or , dare I say it? we need Heathcote back in the booth? ungh. its killin me. If we were fast enough to do it then, we should be able to do it now. study the films, see what we did & who (what position) made it work. Part of it may be that we don't have great man coverage, which means noone free to blitze. One other point: I applaud Boren, but when he has to pick up a reciever coming across the middle, he's likely to get beat by a really fast one. It will take a while for his instincts to really get honed.
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Excellent article. However, the hurryup offense [HUO] has a few weaknesses, as does an undue commitment to it. Remember the Rosebowl -Oregon game against the Buckeyes. A decent, well conceived, defense simply kept Oregon's HUO off the field. Thus, several observations: The HUO can become gimmicky & disguise other flaws in an offense. So long as the gimmick works during the season, even the offensive coaches don't spot em. They buy into their own press clippings, exploiting one or two speed mismatches per game to run up the score. Eventually, a good defensive reader spots the mismatches & has the defense to have put on a full-scale attack, Then the HUO can't get past 3 & out. Our defense stays fresh. We sure did this to Oregon.
Another point: Watching the Florida vs Michigan bowl game a few years back. Percy Harvin was absolutely worn to a frazzel by the start of the 4th quarter. Michigan won. Too many plays on the backs of too few players will lead to 4th quarter collapse. This can happen to an offense just as well as a defense.
Another point: Sometimes the right thing to do is drop into a ball control offense. Use the clock. End the game.
I'm really enchanted with the prospect of spreading the field & finding the mismatch of the moment. I like the idea of HUO to shut down substitutions when we've got the right people on the field & they don't. Its a great tool for the tool box. But to win a game against a truly great opponent, we'll need more than one tool.
I think its safe to say what Coach Meyer said: he'll use the talent he has & get the playmakers the ball. I also think its safe to anticipate the team will keep scoring regardless of the score. If that creates hurt feelings, they might as well get used to it.
There may be times, though, when we really need to keep the other offense off the field or to run down the clock; you must have a great ball carrier for that. Urban can learn from Tressel.


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Favorite Tilamook Cheddar?
Well, I am spending much more time on the Cheese board then I ever thought I would. I have become quite the cheese fanatic all of a sudden. I love a good strong Cheddar a few current favorites are - Ford Farms Coastal Cheddar, Kerrygold Kilaree Cheddar, Kerrygold Reserve Cheddar and Dubliner. I have read a bit about Tilamook and it seems that there are a lot of fans of their aged cheeses. Are there any that you recommend?
My favorite Tillamook was one that I don't think is available any more -- they had a 5-year at the creamery. These days, once in a while you can get the 3-year at Sam's or Costco, but I haven't seen it in six months or so. it's available at the Tillamook site:
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A commenter named Tameka got me thinking with a post about what the Bible says our attitude should be toward our leaders; namely, that like them or not, we should pray for them:
1I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone— 2for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. 3This is good, and pleases God our Savior, 4who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. — 1 Timothy 2:1-4 (New International Version)
I don't think any of us, on the left or the right, has had that attitude toward a president on the other side of the aisle, and I include myself — although I will point out that when Dubya was in office, I don't recall anyone taking a gun to his town halls or praying for him to die… Still, Tameka's point seemed to be that the incivility we're seeing at the town halls, tea party protests, and even in the halls of Congress, not to mention the calls by people like "Pastor" Steven Anderson for the president to be "melted like a snail," can be called many things; but the acts of Christians is not one of them.
Which got me thinking: would any of the tenets of Jesus of Nazareth hold up in the "Obama is a Nazi/Marxist/commie/socialist" climate of today?
After all, Jesus was for a lot of things that by today's standards, as articulated by right wingers, be considered "socialist." As this Soulcast poster put it in a post titled "10 reasons Jesus was a socialist":
1. Jesus owned nothing. 2. Jesus argued for the dissolution of the family and the establishment of communes. 3. Jesus loved all people regardless of ethnicity or class. 4. Jesus revolted against the imperial government, established religion and finance capitalism (usury). 5. Jesus taught that we should act as one body, one blood. 6. Jesus taught that his kingdom (ie nation state) is in the heart and not below the feet. 7. Jesus taught that we should fight for Justice and 'turn the other cheek' to petty morality. 8. Jesus was a laborer and a teacher. 9. Jesus practiced healing and forgiveness. 10. Jesus taught that you can't be an imperialist and a disciple at the same time.
I don't know about the "dissolution of the family" bit, but I'll take his point. Jesus said and did a lot of things that would have earned him the ire of people like Newt Gingrich, Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh and the entire delegations from South Carolina and Arizona. Namely, where the right respects (and in some ways even worships) wealth, and power, while scorning the poor as "lazy" and unworthy, Jesus seemed to be for everyone they are against. Said Jesus, according to Matthew (or whoever actually wrote the book of Matthew):
Matt. 5:3. Blessed [are] the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Matt. 5:4 Blessed [are] they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
Matt. 5:5 Blessed [are] the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
Matt. 5:6 Blessed [are] they who hunger and thirst for righteousness: for they shall be filled.
Matt. 5:7 Blessed [are] the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
Matt. 5:8 Blessed [are] the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
Matt. 5:9 Blessed [are] the peacemakers: for they shall be called children of God.
Matt. 5:10 Blessed [are] they who are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Matt. 5:11 Blessed are ye, when [men] shall revile you, and persecute [you], and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. {falsely: Gr. lying}
Matt. 5:12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great [is] your reward in heaven: for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
And when confronted with the hungry, Jesus foreswore the option of letting them obtain food by their own means, through commerce:
Matthew 14:14 And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.
Mat 14:15 And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals.
Mat 14:16 But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat.
Mat 14:17 And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.
Mat 14:18 He said, Bring them hither to me.
Mat 14:19 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
Mat 14:20 And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full.
Mat 14:21 And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children.
And he preached against turning away those in need in favor of their wealthy "betters" –
"My brothers, as believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, don't show favoritism. Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in shabby clothes also comes in. If you show special attention to the man wearing fine clothes and say, 'Here's a good seat for you,' but say to the poor man, 'You stand there' or 'Sit on the floor by my feet,' have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?
Listen, my dear brothers: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised those who love him? But you have insulted the poor. Is it not the rich who are exploiting you? Are they not the ones who are dragging you into court? Are they not the ones who are slandering the noble name of him to whom you belong?
If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, 'Love your neighbor as yourself,' you are doing right. But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as lawbreakers."
—James 2:1-9 (NIV)
And recall that Jesus overturned the tables of the money changers. Aren't conservatives, for all intents and purposes, the defenders of the modern-day money changers? The right's penchant for worshiping the elite is borne out in Washington, where an "evangelical elite" is being groomed by groups like The Family, which advocate exempting this "elect" from almost all rules — financial, ethical and otherwise.
There's more to Jesus that it seems to me, would separate him from the modern right:
Jesus (but moreso Paul after Jesus' death) reached out to non-Jews, something unheard of during that time. Those who today exhibit what can only be described as Islamophobia, and literal rage against anyone they perceive as not sufficiently Christian, let alone "secular" — seems exactly the opposite of Jesus' ethic.
On war, during the Bush administration, leaders of the Christian right advocated for the invasion of Iraq (George W. Bush even claimed God told him to do it), and Pat Robertson — considered a legitimate leader of the Christian right — even advocated the assassination of Hugo Chavez. I can't imagine Jesus being for any of that. In fact, in the ultimate irony, leaders of a religion based on the worship of someone who was scourged to ribbons by Roman soldiers and then crucified — his torment lasting for hours — are the fiercest advocates of torture. All of this seems entirely inconsistent with the Jesus of the New Testament, who refused to stand up to the Romans militarily, the way his people (who were Jewish, not Christian, which I feel at pains to point out to my winger friends) thought a real Messiah would. There were, in Jesus' time, a number of "Messiahs," who came and went after being discredited by the populace for one reason or another, including a failure to overthrow the cruel Roman rulers of Israel. Jesus fell into that category, not because the Jews were bad people, as some Christian fundamentalists claim, but because he, like others, failed to deliver on that promise. When beaten and scourged, he not only refused to fight back, he prayed for his tormentors, and forgave them, something that wouldn't exactly be celebrated today, by either the right or the left.
With his lack of personal wealth (his travels were financed by friends, including a woman – Mary Magdeline,) his simple status as a carpenter, his entreaties for tradesman to leave their nets and become "fishers of men," and what has to be called a beatnik lifestyle, Jesus was in many ways an ancient hippie, or at least he would be perceived as such today. How would right wing Republicans feel about a man walking around today, owning nothing, calling on the world to care for the sick and poor and aged, eschewing war, and preaching about peace? Well if they attacked a 13-year-old for wearing a peace shirt, I think that answers the question.
It's a good question, not meant to imply that either right-wingers or Republicans are ungodly — I'm in no position to judge them on that. In fact, per another quote posted by Tameka:
1″Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
3″Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? 5You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye. — Matthew 7:1-5 (New International Version)
And I will attest that I have moments of utterly despising those on the other side, for their tactics, their disrespect for this president, their outrageous lies about him, and their cynicism in exploiting the fears of the elderly in order to advance a corporate-fueled agenda. What I'm arguing is that whatever you think of these people's beliefs, you cannot credibly claim that they have anything to do with the life or teachings of Jesus.
And that goes double for people like "Pastor" Anderson, whose scatalogical ravings are about as Biblical as a ham sandwich. Jesus, it should be pointed out, never prayed for a single Roman to be melted like a snail.


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This contemporary wooden storage chest is a modern interpretation of a traditional blanket chest / window seat. Made from hardwoods such as birch and poplar, and modeled to real world measurements, it would fit comfortably into any modern home interior scene.
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Business and Information Technology Mission Statement
The undergraduate program in Business and Information Technology (ITB) prepares students for roles that require the ability to understand, communicate and contribute to the business value of technology applications and processes. The program combines courses in business with those in computer science.
Business and Information Technology Major Learning Objectives
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BARCELONA, Spain--Samsung's next flagship smartphone will play a key role in Visa's mobile payment ambitions.
The two companies unveiled a partnership today in which Samsung would incorporate Visa's PayWave mobile payment applet in its future devices, as well as use Visa to make it easier for customers to tie their Samsung phones to a financial institution and Visa account.
While not referenced specifically, the upcoming Galaxy S4 will be the flagship product for Visa's program, according to a person familiar with the partnership.
Samsung will be part of the Visa Ready Partner Program, which was announced Friday. The program is designed to speed the approval and licensing of Visa-endorsed payment systems on different devices, including smartphones.
Samsung is expected to unveil the Galaxy S4 in mid-March , although the company hasn't confirmed any launch dates.There are expected to be nearly 2 billion devices that ship with NFC by 2017, according to ABI Research. In addition to Samsung, Visa also announced that mobile commerce hardware provider Roam would also join the Visa Ready Partner Program and build equipment that would work with Visa's mobile payment system. The products would bear the Visa Ready symbol. Under the partnership, Roam would get application programming interfaces and software development kits that would connect its equipment to Visa payment gateways, allowing small and large merchants to easily process transactions. Mobile payments is expected to be a big theme at this year's Mobile World Congress conference. MasterCard earlier announced its MasterPass digital payment service.


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Spiro's UK tour...
Tickets are still available for their remaining live dates in Bury (29th March), Bristol (31st March), and Basingstoke (1st April).
Portico Quartet remix competition winners
After careful deliberation, squeezing many listening hours into a busy tour schedule, Portico Quartet have selected the winners for their Steepless remix competition.
The winners are as follows:
Winner - Capac
2nd Place - Kinlaw
3rd Place - Crookes View
Portico Quartet also give special shout outs to Marouette, Spine Static, Alphabets Heaven, MON:STEREO for their efforts too.
Thanks to everyone for taking part, we've all had great fun listening to the remixes as they have been coming in. Keep your eyes peeled for future remix competitions on the RWR SoundCloud page.
- Listen to all of the submitted remixes
- Listen to the original track 'Steepless'
- Official Portico Quartet Soundcloud page
24 Bit Dub
If you want to give your ears and speakers a super high quality treat you can now access Dub Me Tender through B&W's Society of Sound. Join the music club dedicated to delivering music of outstanding quality and download 14 tracks of full dub remixes of album tracks by Dub Colossus.
"The shimmering Ethiojazz elements remain......but Dub Colossus mastermind Dubulah applies heavy one-drop pressure to hypnotic effect." (Metro UK)
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JuJu and Dub Colossus nominated for Songlines Music Awards
We are delighted to announce that JuJu (Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara) have been nominated in the Best Group category in the Songlines Music Awards 2012 for their album 'In Trance' and Dub Colossus have been nominated in the Cross-Cultural Collaboration category for their album 'Addis Through the Looking Glass'.
The nominees were chosen by public vote, and the Songlines Awards Jury will select the winner from each category, with the results announced in the June issue of the magazine.
These awards showcase the year's outstanding CD releases from all over the world - good luck to both JuJu and Dub Colossus!
Portico Quartet live on BBC 6 Music
As BBC 6 Music Celebrates 10 Years on the digital airwaves, Huey invited Portico Quartet and Cornelia (featured on their track Steepless) to play live in the studio.
Available to listen to until the 18th March.
Propermusic.com Podcast 25: Spiro
Episode 25 of Propermusic.com's weekly series of podcasts, produced and hosted by award-winning broadcaster Trevor Dann, is available now for free streaming and download through iTunes and SoundCloud.
Genre-defying Bristol band Spiro join Trevor Dann in the studio to talk about their latest album Kaleidophonica (Real World) before they set off on tour. Featuring tracks from the new release, Spiro discuss their complex instrumental arrangements and the thrill of performing live.
Portico Quartet - UK Tour Continues
Following sell out dates in London (York Hall) and Brighton (Komedia) Portico Quartet take their new sound out live. If you missed these outstanding shows there is still time to catch them in the UK elsewhere.
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... Where on earth will they go next?"
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New Portico Quartet single out now
Portico Quartet's new single from their recently released self-titled album is out now.
The single features two heavy-weighted club tracks from LV (Hyperdub, Hemlock) and Will Ward (Circle Traps).
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Charlie Winston's 'Running Still' released in Germany Today
Charlie Winston fans in Germany can now purchase Charlie's second album 'Running Still'. Watch a recent interview with Charlie talking about the album on TV Total's website.
Charlie is currently on a major European tour. You can see a full list of dates where he is playing and book ticket from the link below.
Stream Dub Colossus' album 'Addis Through The Looking Glass' in full
You can now stream Dub Colossus' 2011 album 'Addis Through The Looking Glass' in full on the Real World Records SoundCloud.
'Addis Through The Looking Glass' + 'In a Town Called Addis' are currently on offer in our shop. For a limited time you are able to purchase both CDs for £10 (inc. delivery).
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How to Establish Breastfeeding Breaks for Nursing Mothers
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The Fair Labor Standards Act requires employers to provide "reasonable" break time for an employee to express breast milk for her nursing child for one year after the child's birth each time the employee has the need to do so. The statute also requires employers to provide a place to express breast milk, other than a bathroom, that is shielded from view and free from intrusion from coworkers and the public. +29 U.S.C. § 207(r)(1).


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Its Valentines Day!
Do you know what that means?
Thats right!
Its time to light up your life with some eTextile love!
Last year was the STABBY Valentine - a no sew and all glow eTextile love note.
2011 was the Sparkle LED TuTu partnership with Gala Darling
and this year............
I created a PUNCHY instructable.
Make a badge for your coat or a pillow for your love.
Maybe it becomes a handbag or a quilt?
Whatever you make please post a photo and share the eTextile Love!
Now come over here Kitty.
I'm gonna light you up!
Step 1: Supplies
Conductive thread - less than 15 ohms/foot resistance
20mm Battery Holder - sewable
3V Coin Cell Battery - CR2032
2 LEDs - 1.8 mm red
White cotton
White Felt
Black embroidery floss
Red embroidery floss
Chenille size 24 hand sewing needle
Hello Kitty Image
Red Marker
Black Marker
Step 2: Design the Electronic Circuit
Using the Red Marker draw the location for the positive trace.
This will connect the positive terminal of the battery holder to the positive lead of both LEDs
Using the Black Marker draw the location for two separate negative traces.
One trace will connect the negative terminal of the battery holder to top of Hello Kitty's nose.
The second trace will connect the negative leads of both LEDs.
Step 3: Trace Hello Kitty to your Fabric
Using a disappearing marker or pencil trace Hello Kitty on to your fashion fabric.
Step 4: Sew the Electronic Traces
Where the positive and negative traces intersect insert a piece of felt to act as a bridge separating electrical current and preventing a short circuit.
Leave about 12 inches of conductive thread at the ends. You will use this tail to hand sew the hardware in place.
Step 5: Introduce Hello Kitty to Electronics
Pin the two layers together.


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Labor Day, Every Day
September 6, 2011 § 4 Comments
Labor Day began as I have come to believe all summer days should begin: Chores, followed by a dip in the pond. Run, jump, splash, and float back the shore to clamber out, laughing and cleansed of the night's slumber. Rye watches from the bank, saying the water is too cold, but the rest of us take the leap, and emerge feeling as new as the morning.
What follows is not much different than any other day. The rain is hard for a while, so we clean the house, which has been sorely neglected over the past weeks and months of summer. I do not particularly enjoy living in a messy home, but I also do not particularly enjoy spending time indoors when it could be spent out. Penny feels the same, if not more so, and therefore our house is perpetually cluttered and dusty, and no more so than during the months of April through October. I have almost come to accept it, although I admit there are times when it feels oppressive. But not oppressive enough to tilt the balance of my efforts toward the interior of these walls. Still, for the next few days at least, the mess has been vanquished.
Later, with the rain still coming, we head back outside to move brush from the shores of the pond, then to pick blueberries, then to plant our autumn salads in the greenhouse, then to split firewood, and so on. I do not mind working in the rain, not once I've warmed to the task before me and sweat has risen on my brow and back to mix with the water from the sky. It's a good feeling, to be alive in the elements: The sound of the rain hitting the leaves above me and the ground below, the chill that gathers along my spine if I stop work for more than a minute or two. Even the mild discomfort of my clothing weighted by water. All are reminders of my humble place in this world, and for some reason, I am comforted by these sort of things.
My need for physical work seems to grow more urgent as I grow older. Sometimes this concerns me, because of the near certainty that I will someday be rendered unable to do such work. Hopefully, this will come via the force of aging, but I cannot discount the possibility of accident. There is no shortage of risk in so many of my daily tasks. Chainsaw, tractor, falling trees: The trifecta of rural tragedy. I try to keep that in mind but of course from time to time, or even more often, I forget. Still, it is a risk I gladly accept, because of course the alternative is riskier still. My body and spirit cannot seem to tolerate inactivity, although at times it seems crucial that they learn to do so, in lockstep with the inevitable decline of my physical being.
For now, however, I can revel in my capacity for muscle-driven work, which has actually increased over the past decade. I am nearly 40 and I am stronger now than I was 10 years ago, or even five. Credit this to the slow unwinding of my writing career, still a necessary and valued piece of my life, but which does little to satisfy the need to feel my body and mind at work upon the land. To have this need, and to be able to fulfill it, is one of the greatest blessing of my life, and I try not to take it for granted.
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My great-uncle Jasper was 96 when he died in a tractor accident. He was alert for about an hour after the tractor turned over and one of his last statements was "Gosh darn it, Dovie (his 94 year old wife), I would have like to have gotten the upper field turned over before I left".
His brother, Mac, died 2 years later at the young age of 88 when one of his great-grandsons dropped a tree the wrong way. *His* last words were "I should have gotten around to the younger generation and taught them how to handle a chainsaw."
These two wonderful gentlemen died doing the things they loved, in accidents, yes, but after years of lovingly tending mountain land in Georgia and raising strong, healthy families.
You and I should be so lucky.
Labor on, Ben
There's a quote out there somewhere attributed to George Bernard Shaw, words to the effect that the body was created to be used, not saved "for good", and that he hoped when his time came that he would have used his body up through active living and hard work.
Really liked this post. It made me reflect on some of the lodestars in my own life; my grandfather who did similar work to what you talk about until he was nearly 90 and my father (78) and uncle (74) who still yield their chainsaws with nearly the same vigor I remember when I was 10 or 11 and reluctantly went along (wasn't given a choice) to yard wood, pick potatoes, and learn the value of hard, physical work. I'm now grateful for those lessons this trio imparted.
I'm now 49, in the best shape of my life, mainly because of some positive changes I've made, health wise, but also because I don't shy away from the physical labor required to maintain my five acres, albeit considerably less than your manse, but still allowing opportunities to use the muscles I still have.
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Saturday, December 8, 2007
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CONYERS - It was a tale of two distinctly different second halves Friday night for the Salem basketball teams.In the girls game, the Lady Seminoles (3-3) relied on the inside duo of Courtney Hurt and Ariel Wynter in the second half to end a three-game slide with a 61-55 decision over Dacula. In the nightcap, the Salem boys (3-3) missed seven free throws in the fourth quarter and scored only 23 points in the second half as the Falcons held on for a 58-55 victory. Trailing 21-18 at halftime, the Lady Seminoles made one small adjustment that made all the difference in the second half. In the second half, Salem made a concentrated effort to get the ball inside to Hurt, a senior, and Wynter, a sophomore. "I went in at halftime and I convinced them if they would get the ball in the paint, they won't stop us," Salem girls coach Bill Roberts said. "Hurt had nine points in the first half, and then had 21 points in the second half. You know you're not going to beat that. We had to adjust because they played a box-and-one on her (Hurt) in the first half. "You have to say something about Ariel, too, because she came up big for us (in the second half). Every time she gets on the floor, she's getting better and better. That helps us out a lot." Hurt scored 21 of her game-high 30 points in the second half, including 15 in the third quarter as the Lady Seminoles took a 38-34 lead into the fourth quarter. In the final period, Wynter scored six of her 10 points as Salem continued to collect dividends on its size advantage inside. "We looked more like ourselves in the second half," Roberts said. "It's the best we've looked in a couple of weeks." Hurt and Wynter also dominated the boards, combining for 22 boards (Hurt 12 and Wynter 10). Jasmine Patrick added nine points for the Lady Seminoles. In the boys game, Salem raced out to a 18-10 lead in the first quarter thanks to seven points and five rebounds from senior center Zach Roddenberry. But Dacula closed the second quarter with a 15-7 run to slice Salem's advantage down to 32-30 by halftime. In the second half, the Falcons slowed down the tempo and took control of the game when Clay Wages hit a pair of 3-point bombs near the end of the third quarter, giving his team a 42-40 lead. In the fourth quarter, the Seminoles cut their deficit to one - twice - on three-point plays by Julius Giles and Darius Ferguson. But Dacula nailed 10 of 11 free throws in the fourth quarter to salt away the victory. On the other hand, Salem missed seven of its 15 free throws in the final period. "I told the guys I felt like we did a lot of the right things down the stretch, but we missed some free throws that we've been hitting," Salem boys coach Darren Wilkins said. "We've been shooting over 70 percent all season, and, in the last three games, 78 and above. As we keep going on, we'll get those." Ferguson paced Salem with 16 points, while Roddenberry finished the game with 13 points, 13 rebounds and four blocked shots. Jeff Gillespie can be reached at email@example.com.
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Cyclist dies after collision in Folkestone
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A CYCLIST who was flown to a London hospital after falling from his bike in Folkestone at the weekend has died.
Officers from the Serious Collision Investigation Unit are investigating the circumstances around the collision on Saturday, January 12.
The cyclist, a 61-year-old man, was travelling down Dover Hill, Folkestone, at around 12.20pm when he became unseated from his bicycle.
He was flown to a London hospital with serious injuries but later died.
Officers are keen to hear from anyone who may have seen the incident or who may have seen the male before the incident travelling from the Dover direction.
The bicycle was distinctive in that that was a large bundle on the back of it.
Anyone with information is asked to call the SCIU witness information line on 01622 798538.


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By Gerry J. GilmoreAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, July 12, 2004 It's likely time to reduce the number of American troops in Bosnia-Herzegovina, a senior U.S. military officer told members of Congress here today.
"I think that the conditions are right, now, to downsize" the U.S. military presence in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Army Maj. Gen. Virgil Packett, commander of the Stabilization Force in Bosnia-Herzegovina, told the U.S. House Armed Services Committee.
Up to 60,000 U.S. troops were deployed to Bosnia-Herzegovina in the mid-1990s as part of a NATO mission to stabilize the region following a bloody civil war. Today, about 900 American troops, Packett noted, are pulling security duty in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
The Dayton Peace Accords, initiated in November 1995 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, provided the framework for cessation of warfare in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
At the recent NATO summit at Istanbul, Turkey, leaders agreed to end the alliance's nine-year mission in Bosnia-Herzegovina and transfer security responsibilities to the European Union by the end of this year.
Packett acknowledged "significant challenges" remain ahead in that part of the Balkans, such as the removal of land mines and capturing and trying alleged war criminals.
Yet, before any troop cuts are made, "we need an incubation period," the two- star general pointed out, "to make sure that this level is, in fact, OK, to make sure that it's going to allow us to meet our objectives, and to ensure we have the right level of force" as the end of the year approaches.
"But," Packett reiterated, "I think the conditions are right to downsize."
Packett didn't offer what numbers of U.S. troops, if any, would remain in Bosnia-Herzegovina after force reductions.


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I am obsessed with eating well's recipes. This one was middle of the road, however. Granted, I used ground turkey instead of beef and didn't have taco sauce so I used pico de gallo. I also added two diced summer squashes. I probably won't make this again.
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The Pan Asia Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery is an international non-profit medical society incorporated under the Federal laws of Canada. Its members are dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the advancement of plastic and reconstructive surgery of the head, face and neck. Membership is open to all physicians and surgeons who are certified by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, or its equivalent governing body within countries located in East Asia, including without limitation, Australia, the People's Republic of China, the Republic of India, the Republic of Indonesia, the Republic of Korea, the Republic of Singapore, and the Kingdom of Thailand (collectively "Asia"), and who have had training and experience in plastic surgery of this region. Any appropriately qualified physician and surgeon in the world can join this truly international association.
The Academy was formed to stimulate scientific advancement in the field of facial plastic surgery and to improve the skills of those active in this practice. A prime purpose of the Academy is to foster interest in residents and other young surgeons in this type of regional specialty practice. Interaction of specialists involved in this area, such as Otolaryngologists - Head and Neck Surgeons, Ophthalmologists, Oral Maxillofacial Surgeons, General Plastic Surgeons, and Dermatologists will be encouraged. The Academy will continue to stimulate study and research in the field of facial plastic and reconstructive surgery and its related basic sciences.
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