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NAMES GA LIAISON TO TAKE YOUR QUESTIONSThe Transportation
Security Administration has created a new position for a general
aviation liaison, and named Juan Barnes to the post. Barnes will be
available via e-mail to address the public's concerns about security
measures that impact GA operations. AOPA says questions may be submitted to Barnes via
the e-mail address firstname.lastname@example.com. AOPA will automatically
be carbon-copied. "General aviation stakeholders are encouraged to
submit inquiries regarding TSA programs, policies and security
directives," wrote Barnes in a letter to GA stakeholders. "Your inquiry
will be reviewed, and forwarded to the appropriate office and personnel
within TSA to ensure a prompt and accurate response. Our goal is to
provide responses to inquiries within two business days." The TSA also
will address concerns in monthly teleconferences with stakeholders
beginning this Friday, March 20, at 1 p.m. AOPA said it will participate
in the teleconferences, during which TSA officials will answer questions
submitted previously by e-mail. More...
AIRCRAFT SYMPOSIUM WILL EXPLORE NEW TECHNOLOGIESThe Aero
Friedrichshafen aviation show coming up in Germany April 2-5 will
feature an E-Flight
Expo showcasing aircraft with electric motors and other alternative
propulsion systems, but if you can't make it there, another opportunity
is coming up soon on this side of the pond to catch up with all the
latest advances. The 2009 Electric Aircraft Symposium, hosted by the CAFE
Foundation, is set for Friday, April 24, in San Carlos, Calif., near San
Francisco. A new hydrogen-fuel-cell-powered two-seat aircraft from
Germany is expected to be on exhibit. Top innovators who are developing
new ways to make lithium batteries that can hold more energy and
charge faster will be in attendance. Another topic on the agenda is the
development of GA airplanes that can fly themselves. The conference will
explore "the latest technologies ... toward a green mobility solution to
our climate, energy and transportation needs," Brien Seeley, president
of the CAFE Foundation, told AVweb. Seeley also expects to
introduce the NASA Aviation Green Prize, a CAFE flight competition to
produce two-seat aircraft capable of 100+ mpg for emission-free
commuting at 100+ mph, to be determined by a 200-mile race.
EXPERT MISSING, SEARCH ON FOR CESSNA 180Officials in Montana
are searching for a Cessna 180 flown by Sparky Imeson, author of the
Mountain Flying Bible; the plane has been missing since Tuesday
afternoon. Imeson was reportedly alone aboard the airplane, and his last
known radar position was about 18 miles north of Bozeman, Mont., at
about 2:23 p.m., over the Big Belt Mountains. He had taken off from
Bozeman with a destination of Helena, about an hour's flight away. An
aerial search was conducted on Tuesday evening but no sign of the
airplane was found, and no ELT signal was received. Snow in the
mountains made it more difficult to spot the airplane, which is white
with a blue stripe, officials said. More...
VOLUNTEER GROUPS TO MEET IN APRILSince charitable
contributions have been sinking across the board, and the endowment
funds that many nonprofit groups depend on have shrunk, we expect that
the challenging economy will be a major topic of discussion at the
upcoming Air Care 2009 national conference, scheduled for
April 17-18 in Kansas City, Mo. Leaders of volunteer pilot groups from
around the nation will discuss strategies for fundraising, lobbying and
organizing. A keynote talk and discussion with Bruce Landsberg,
executive director of AOPA Air Safety Foundation, will address safety
issues affecting public benefit flying. The annual event is organized by
the Air Care Alliance, a nationwide league of humanitarian flying
organizations whose volunteer pilot members are dedicated to community
service. Volunteer pilots support missions for health care, patient
transport, disaster relief, educational experiences for youth,
environmental support and other types of public service. For more
information about the conference, or to register, click
here. More...
GIVES UP ON STRONGER CREW-REST RULESThe FAA has given up on
an effort to mandate enhanced crew-rest rules for airline pilots flying
legs over 16 hours long, according to a recent report in The Wall Street Journal. The FAA had proposed new
rules that would have allowed some pilots on such legs, which require
two crews, to work more than eight hours in a single workday as long as
they were assured extra-long rest periods before and after each
extra-long flight. But last week, the FAA said it was dropping the
proposal based on industry comments. "We remain committed to addressing
the issue of fatigue ... but believe additional data is necessary"
before new rules are imposed, the agency wrote in an e-mail to
stakeholders, the Journal reported. The new rule would have also
required some carriers to provide more sleeping areas on board. More
airlines are scheduling extra-long legs, such as a Continental Airlines
route from Newark to Hong Kong and American Airlines flights from
Chicago to Delhi. When it proposed the new rules last fall, the FAA had
cited "scientific evidence and studies" that show such long legs can
induce fatigue at levels that can impair safety. Several airlines sued
in court to block the FAA's proposal, arguing that the restrictions
would be unnecessary and ineffective. More...
TO?Older air traffic controllers can head off midair
collisions at least as well as younger controllers, using experience to
compensate for age-related declines in mental sharpness, according to a
report published this month by the American Psychological Association.
Controllers in the U.S. face a mandatory retirement age of 56, which the
report suggests should be reconsidered. "Given substantial experience,
older adults may be quite capable of performing at high levels of
proficiency on fast-paced demanding, real-world tasks," wrote Ashley
Nunes and Arthur F. Kramer, researchers at the University of Illinois.
However, while airline pilots lobbied for years to raise their mandatory
retirement age of 60, no such movement has been seen among controllers.
"Only 2 percent of all controller retirees the past three years reached
the mandatory retirement age of 56," Doug Church, spokesman for the
National Air Traffic Controllers Association, told AVweb on
Tuesday. "So it's irrelevant and foolish to raise the issue of mandatory
retirement in any discussion of this kind. Controllers in this country
are not staying to 56." Church blames hostile working conditions and pay
cuts for destroying morale and removing any incentive to stay even until
56, never mind beyond. More...
ARE THE NEW COOLTiming is everything, and VLJs are the right
product for a recession, claim, well, VLJ salesmen. Cyrus Sigari of
JetAVIVA and Randall Sanada of Jet Alliance claim the exodus from big
business jets is filling the seats of the smaller aircraft. "It is still
cool to own a VLJ," Sigari told the San Fernando Valley Business
Journal. "It is not so cool to own a $20 million, $30 million jet." But
busy execs still need to get around, and when current political
correctness doesn't allow them exclusive access to an aircraft, charters
are filling the void, Sanada said. He started Jet Alliance as a
fractional ownership business but has expanded to provide charter
service. More...
ROADABLE AIRCRAFT FLIESThe Terrafugia Transition, the
"roadable aircraft" that's attracted considerable attention at aviation
shows in the last year, flew for the first time on March 5 at
Plattsburgh, N.Y., and its makers say they've changed aviation as a
result. "This breakthrough changes the world of personal mobility.
Travel now becomes a hassle-free integrated land-air experience. It's
what aviation enthusiasts have been striving for since 1918," said Carl
Dietrich, CEO of Terrafugia. While most "flying car" concepts to date
have incorporated detachable or trailerable wings, the Transition has
electromechanical folding wings that convert the vehicle in 30 seconds.
The company says production models will meet Light Sport specifications
and be street legal. More...
DIESEL TWIN STAR EASA CERTIFIEDThe European Aviation Safety
Agency (EASA) has certified the Diamond DA42 NG, which is powered by
Diamond's own 170-horsepower Austro diesel. The certification came less
than a year after Thielert, whose engines powered first generation Twin
Stars, became insolvent, resulting in serious maintenance issues for
DA42 owners. The EASA certification means Diamond can start delivering
Twin Stars again in Europe (it has 40 on the line) and also start
turning its attention to retrofits for existing owners who want to swap
out their Thielerts. "We are focusing our efforts to achieve the
certification of the optional upgrade of all delivered DA42s with the
Austro Engine, such that all customers can benefit from these
improvements along with comprehensive customer support for their
engines," said Diamond CEO Christian Dries. Although the EASA
certification is valid only in Europe, it should be fairly
straightforward to get it recognized everywhere else, and Dries said
Diamond is working on it. More...
AUSTRO ENGINE READYThe European Aviation Safety Agency
(EASA) has certified the Diamond DA42NG with Diamond's own Austro
engines, marking the beginning of the end of a challenging period for
the company. AVweb's Russ Niles talks with Diamond's Peter Maurer
about what the certification means to new and existing customers.
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EXEC PREDICTS UPTURN SOON; SATSAIR THRIVES"We think we're
probably close to the bottom" may not seem like the most optimistic
words about the global economy, but the upside is that the sooner we get
to the bottom, the sooner we start back up. That was the take from Roger
Whyte, Cessna's senior vice president for sales and marketing, on Monday
as he delivered two new Citation XLS+ jets to a customer. Whyte told the
Wichita Eagle that a little historical perspective
helps in keeping a positive outlook -- the bizjet business has been
through slow times in the past, he said, before it boomed in the last 10
years or so. And even with the projected decline in deliveries for the
next couple of years, the numbers aren't expected to fall below where
the industry was in 2005, he said. Meanwhile, SATSAir has found an
aviation business model that works, with record growth last year despite
a slight downturn in the fourth quarter. The South Carolina air-taxi
company operates a fleet of Cirrus SR22s, serving hundreds of airports
in the eastern U.S. "We're extremely pleased with the strong 2008
numbers and the expanded presence in the Southeastern growth corridor
that they represent," said Steve Hanvey, SATSAir president and CEO.
"2008 was a landmark year for our business concept from a financial
perspective and signals a growing acceptance of this innovative approach
to business and personal air travel." More...
THE FLY ...Persistent aviation radio problems in the Bahamas
are finally solved, AOPA said...TCM has expanded its recall of
certain piston cylinders to include an additional 300...Canada has
listed events celebrating its Centennial of Flight all this
year...An FAA memo about issues with new airspace procedures over
Denver caused alarm. More...
What's New
SAY?The TSA has appointed Juan Barnes as a liaison on
general aviation security, and he says he wants
to hear from GA pilots and others involved in the industry. What
would you tell him?Plus: Last week, we asked
AVweb readers how much they spent on flying in the past 12
months; click through to see how they answered. More...
INSIDER BLOG: NOTE TO AIR FORCE BUTT OUTThe Air Force
has gotten itself into quite a snit over the CAF's rare F-82 Twin
Mustang. It wants the airplane back. In the latest installment of our
AVweb Insider blog, Paul Bertorelli wonders why there wasn't just
one starred officer to say, "Ya know what, let's not do this. We'll look
really dumb, and, anyway, we already have a Twin Mustang in the museum."
Too bad it didn't happen that way. More...
Although AOPA and certain Cessna aircraft owners
consider the new
FAA interpretation of the definition of "current" as a good thing, I
believe that this is not the case. As a NDT inspector at a repair
station that performs "invasive" inspections of Cessna 441 and 425
aircraft, I can attest that the "invasive" inspection program has turned
up some serious issues. A partial list would include: disbonded
horizontal stabilizer structure, cracked main landing gear trunions,
cracked main landing gear trailing links, cracked cabin pressure
bulkheads, disbonded wing spar webs, cracked nose gear trunions, cracked
horizontal stabilizer attachment bulkheads, and corrosion issues that
would not normally be detected in the original inspection
There is a valid reason for performing the inspection.
While a few owners feel that it is worth the risk to save the money that
these inspections cost, most should feel that it is a potential saving
in the large investment of their safety and finances.
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AIRCRAFTNot a flying car, but a roadable
aircraft the Terrafugia Transition took flight for the first time
March 5, 2009. More...
VIDEO: AVWEB'S BLOOPER REELSo you think TV is easy? Take a look
at AVweb's hilarious blooper reel, in which the staff unmasks the
ugly side of the exciting world of web video. (And this is the G-rated
version.) More...
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AVweb's Liz Swaine highlights the features of and functions of
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"FBO of the Week" ribbon goes to Eufaula Jet Center at Weedon Field Airport
(KEUF) in Eufaula, Alabama.
AVweb reader Bill
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"wait out some ground fog" when he discovered the FBO, much to his
What a lucky break for me. Not only did I
meet some of the nicest people in aviation at the Eufaula Jet Center run
by Eric Langham, [but Eric also] took care of the airplane, helped us
keep our appointment on time, and, when we returned to the airport, my
associate and I ate lunch at one the best country buffets in the South,
right there on the airport. If your route takes you near Eufaula, I
highly recommend you take advantage of their service and hospitality. If
you are looking for a place to go, I hear the fishing is great, and, if
the airport is any example of the rest of the city's hospitality, I'm
certain you will be well taken care of. As a businessman, I know the
value of good ambassadorship, and Eufaula, Alabama has one of the best
in Eric Langham.
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TUCSON, Ariz. – Behind a high-powered offense, the Dakota Wesleyan University baseball team is finding its rhythm on its spring break trip in Tucson, Ariz. The Tigers are 7-3 with one game left to play on the trip.
Tuesday, Dakota Wesleyan (9-9) used a late comeback to beat Illinois Institute of Technology 13-9. Illinois Tech led 9-7 after six innings, but DWU scored three runs in the seventh and ninth innings to hold on for the win. Michael Lukkason had an RBI single in the seventh and the Tigers scored two runs on an error, and in the ninth Erik Nockleby had a two-run RBI and Cody Silveria had an RBI sac fly. Toby Kaplan, Lukkason and Wenande each had three hits and Tim Cusick, Nockleby and Tyler Johnson each had two. Zac Custer picked up the win after throwing 2.1 innings in relief. He gave up one run on four hits with three strikeouts. Kevin Hatcher threw the first four innings and struck out six.
Wednesday, the Tigers split a pair of games with Peru State University, which is receiving votes in the NAIA. In the first game of the day, Peru won 13-8 after scoring three runs in the third and fourth innings, two in the fifth and four in the sixth. DWU got within two, 9-7, after a three-run fifth, but gave up four runs the next inning. Wenande and Lukkason each had two hits and Cusick had a three-run triple. Lucas Schultz threw the first 2.1 innings and took the loss. He gave up four runs on three hits.
The second game of the day was all the Tigers. DWU went up 3-0 in the first inning and added seven runs in the fourth and three more in the seventh. Cusick had an RBI double, Nockleby sent in a run on a fielder's choice and Kaplan had an RBI single in the first inning. Cusick had a two-run triple, Nockleby had a two-run double and Kaplan and Silveria both sent in a run in the fourth. Alex Hinz tripled to start the seventh and scored on a single by Tyler Waddle. Lukkason and Cusick also sent in a run.
Cusick went 2-for-4 with four RBIs, Nockleby had two hits and three RBIs and Kaplan and Silveria each sent in two runs. Kyle Larson threw all seven innings and picked up the win. He scattered eight hits over seven innings and gave up one run while striking out two batters.
DWU's bats were uncharacteristically silent Thursday night when it took on Malone College. The Tigers managed seven hits but lost 12-2. The Tigers' two runs came in the seventh on an RBI single by Silveria and a sac fly by Sam Schumacher. Cusick had two of DWU's seven hits. Chris Housley threw the first five innings and took the loss. He gave up five runs on seven hits with two strikeouts. Custer and Kaysen Newman threw the final four innings.
Friday, DWU swept a doubleheader against William Penn University. The Tigers won the first game 12-11 on a walkoff sac fly by Lukkason in the bottom of the seventh, and used more offensive power to win the second game 15-10. In the first game, William Penn took a 4-0 lead in the first inning, but DWU made it 4-3 after three innings. WPU took a 6-3 lead in the fourth, but the Tigers tied the game in the bottom of the inning. DWU took its first lead of the game with a four-run fifth, but William Penn answered with four runs in the sixth. The Tigers scored once in the sixth and seventh to hold on for the win.
Silveria went 4-for-4 with two home runs – including a two-run homer in the second inning. He also had a solo homer and two singles. Kaplan had three hits and Lukkason finished with two hits and three RBIs. Neil Nagle singled to start the seventh inning, and Jonah Johnson – pinch running for Nagle – advanced to second on a wild pitch and third on an error by the catcher before scoring on Lukkason's sac fly. Matt Mundfrom threw the first five innings and gave up seven runs on nine hits with three strikeouts. Josh Wagner threw one inning and Lucas Schultz threw the final inning and picked up the win.
In the second game of the day, DWU took control early with a six-run second inning. Nagle had a two-run double and McBreen, Wenande and Cusick each sent in a run. The Tigers added six more in the fourth thanks to a three-run homer by Kaplan, an RBI double by Nockleby and an RBI single from Kaplan. Kaplan went 4-for-4 with four RBIs to pace DWU, which had 18 hits. McBreen and Silveria each had three hits and Cusick and Wenande added two. Nick Pecha threw all seven innings to earn the win. He gave up 10 runs on 12 hits and struck out two batters.
The Tigers end their spring break trip Saturday, March 9, when they take on Minot State University in one nine-inning game at noon CDT.

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Navigating Autism
A Family Finds its Fortune in Helping Others
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The couple promptly began providing Mitchell with intensive therapy. But because there was no comprehensive center where he could receive all the services he needed, Aileen had to take Mitchell to various therapists and educators every day. "We were going from seven in the morning until seven at night for two years," she recalls. Their rigorous schedule was made even more grueling by the fact that, like many children with autism, Mitchell required little sleep, leaving Aileen to navigate many of those hectic days on only a few hours of rest.
Although he, too, faced the stress and fatigue that come with caring for a child with autism, Greg is quick to credit Aileen with Mitchell's success. "The most important thing was a mother that refused to let her son be left behind," he says.
Mitchell received everything from speech therapy to horse therapy. Ultimately, the Carrs discovered applied behavior analysis (ABA), a scientific approach to understanding behavior, first described by B.F. Skinner in the 1930s. It provides techniques for increasing positive behaviors and decreasing negative behaviors that interfere with learning. Before Mitchell reached his third birthday, the Carrs had hired home therapists Megan Dikranian and Melanie White to implement an ABA based program designed by the Lovaas Institute, established in honor of psychologist O. Ivar Lovaas, a pioneer in the research and treatment of autism. The ABA method proved so helpful to Mitchell that the Carrs now use it as the basis for their work with other children.
When Mitchell turned 3, Greg and Aileen enrolled him in a public preschool program. But within 18 months, it became apparent that the school could not support his needs. They placed him in a private school, where they not only paid for tuition but also the salary of a specialized teacher, and continued to supplement his early education with ABA-based home therapy.
Mitchell's steady advancement using ABA methods was eventually rewarded with independence and mainstreaming in a local Catholic school. He went from needing a full-time teacher devoted to helping him, to a part-time teacher and ultimately, a before-school primer that prepared him for each day's learning experience.
Today, Mitchell is an independent learner, exhibiting few outward signs of autism. In fact, at age 8, his doctor lifted his diagnosis, as he no longer met the criteria for autism. Aileen says she still notices minor differences in his behavior, but a stranger would be hard-pressed to identify him as a child with autism. It takes steady conversation and a close study of his face to uncover even the most remote symptoms. "He's definitely our miracle," Greg says.


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Friday, June 27, 2014
To the Editor:
John Brock made his final trip on Wednesday, going to his Father above.
Long-time columnist for the Georgetown Times and its sister papers, John got lots of people stirred up.
Many were stirred up with patriotism, a feeling of being among the blessed of the earth, and those who hankered after a simpler time.
Others got stirred up, stewed, and in a swivet because they didnt agree with what he had to say and thought he should just shut up.
John started his column in the Times in 1999, under then-editor Jesse Tullos.
Writing was nothing new to John. In his long and varied career he was a writer, editor, publisher, movie producer, college professor and president.
He was also a devoted and loving husband to Barbara for some 60-plus years, a dad and grandpa.
He retired a time or two from various careers, and just last month he ended his columns for this newspaper.
But John Brock never retired from being a man of God, family man, a caring man or a humble man.
He was right proud of his family, his church and of the South. He welcomed his Yankee brothers and sisters, but wasnt one to avoid serious issues facing the country, the world or his beloved South.
He stirred the pot. He shared his thoughts and ideas, and always added in enough ingredients to make us think.
Despite his laid-back ways, John was sharp. Through all his years, his columns for the Georgetown Times and for his website, he knew some folks would agree, others would not, but all would find something to think about.
Most who disagreed would find a way to share their contrary opinions in a respectable and respectful way. Some wouldnt, but John knew that by making people think his columns would help people grow.
John started his columns with the newspaper a year before I became a reporter there. He wrote for a couple of months after I retired. Along with thousands of others at First Baptist Church, in his community, and through his and his wifes many activities Ive been blessed to know John and Barbara Brock. I cherish the memories, the challenges and the life lessons.
Thank you, John Brock, for making us think, and for caring enough to give us your best.
Tommy Howard
Howard recently retired as editor of the Georgetown Times, Waccamaw Times and Inlet Outlook after 14 years.
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The push to produce the "world's most expensive" product in various alcohol categories is the catalyst for some wild ideas.
The latest has hit the $2 million (!) mark, and I'll explain it in my Thursday "Dowd On Drinks" print column in the Life•Food section of the Times Union.
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Tee - Mossimo, thrifted
Skirt - BB Dakota, Gift from Sheila
Belt - Lauren Ralph Lauren
Mu Boots - Cydwoq, ebay
Scarf - thrifted
Many, many thanks to those who have stuck with me through the years, especially while I muddled through personal style, relearning how to shop and dress myself. And thank you newcomers for stumbling upon my blog. I hope you decide to come back again. And most importantly, thank you to my friends for being awesome and hopefully ignoring my terrible shopping habits.
Should I mention these boots are new? Or did you already guess? ;P I blame eBay. These boots were an absolute steal and in near mint condition. I wanted to put them away for Christmas, but the DH said no, so I left them on my feet.
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Dear Gen3sf!
my wii 3.4u, please tell me what my system file. Thanks
Ok well all went well.... did not install the bootmii ios on the system... i know my fault... but when i got the step 5 the HBC was upside down...is that normal? and then instead of clicking on wad manager i clicked on preloader... and it did it thing... then when i tried to go back to the system menu.. it says the wii system menu files are corrupted... i know i prolly did.. but did i just brick this wii? and is there anyway to get it back to normal? and start over... again forgot to install bootmii... damn! someone please help! thanks!
@haznpapo-that error code suggests you are doing something right in the Step 3 sequence-read it through a few times, the steps can be a bit confusing. Also look at the video. You are probably just missing one of those little steps/button pushes or something. Read carefully, slow down, and it will probably come to you.
@hungdoan-I'm not sure what you are asking. Your Wii is a 3.4U so this is the right tutorial for you if you want to softmod your Wii. You should update to 4.1 as described in Step 4:install IOS60patched, THEN run FW 4.1 updater. Then go on to Step 5B. Keep WiiConnect24 OFF during the softmod. Use a 2GB SD, not SDHC card, formatted as FAT32 on your PC. The download link for the softmod files are on Page 1. Unfortunately, due to a Google issue, we lost the ability to post the tutorial on top of each page like before-so print out the tutorial and read it carefully. Any questions after reading it, please post here the best you can-if we don;t understand your question, we can ask you. No problem-just do your best. Good Luck.
2. Corrupted sysfiles-first try is just to reinstall preloader and see if that takes care of the problem.
3. If not, let's make sure you installed IOS60patched-use Wad Manager and install that again. Now, re-run FW 4.1 updater. Remember Internet access needs to be ON, but to avoid updating to 4.2 keep WiiConnect24 OFF.
4. Now, reinstall preloader again. The error about corrupted system files should be gone, yes?
5. Because of the HBC update-preloader0.29will probably not recognize HBC as installed-update to preloader0.3 from here-install ontop of your preloader0.29:http://www.wiihacks.com/wii-custom-s...r-0-30-r3.html
well i'm stuck here but i'm calling it the night i'm trying my best.here's where i'm at can't get it to go tried actually 8 times lol i'm here: a) Go to Homebrew channel and run Trucha Bug Restorer, load IOS36, press 1, read the warnings then select 'downgrade IOS15', select to load IOS from SD card then let it do its job, keep an eye on what it is doing and make sure you select 'load from sd card' when it asks & don't get any errors. doing exactly but i'm getting error -1035
I have installed everything great and working on my 4.0 wii with bootmii as a IOS and no preloader. but on my friends after upgrading to 4.1 as per the guide it worked great till I played tiger woods 10 and restarted (not during a save) it has been bricked (only the savemiifrii left to try) but my point is what safe practices should I take with my working softmoded wii should I be taking (I'm pressing home and returning to the title screen while playing a game before I restart just in case)
Thanks mat173
gen3sf thanks for replaying... i have tried what you said and can't seem to get the system menu back... i did try uninstalling preloader but scared that if i turn off the system it wont turn back on... then i believe i would be completely bricked. as for the 4.1 updater i cannot access internet kuz i havent set this wii to my network... should i uninstall preloader and try to power off the system and power it back on in hopes to get to see the system menu again? and if i do see the system menu will HBC still be there or will i have to do the whole soft mod all over again? thank you in advance really stressing over this as it's for my friend...
Ok well just reinstalled the system menu and got that back then i installed IOS60 patched did the 4.1 updater so far so good... went to install preloader and said it moved the system menu... it brings me back to HBC and when i try to go to the system menu it just brings me back to preloader and says something about not being able to auto system menu... after that back to square 1... i am only wanting to install usbloader gx for only one game... i am going to try to install system menu v449 and see if i can get my system menu back and just install usbloader gx... please, any advice would be great thanks again!
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Just want to say thanks, this was a great tutorial. I'm new to wii modding and it was very easy to understand.
I was wondering if it's ok to update NeoGamma to R8 B15?
Thanks again


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Gunman arrested at Kern Medical Center with shotgun
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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - A crisis has been averted at a local hospital after a man stole a sheriff's shotgun and tried to get inside.
Bakersfield police say a man, identified as Dimas Rodriguez, smashed through the window of a Sheriff's vehicle in the parking lot of Kern Medical Center and stole a shotgun early Wednesday morning.
He allegedly started heading towards the entrance of the hospital when witnesses saw him and ran to tell the officers inside.
Rodriguez was then stopped, ordered to drop his weapon, and arrested.
He is being held on a second degree burglary charge and is due in court Friday.


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Nieddu, Salvatore (2012) Condizioni di conservazione dei suoli su substrati carbonatici assoggettati ad intensa pressione antropica. [Doctoral Thesis]
In Sardinia carbonate environments are present on a surface of 7.2%. In these environments there are phenomena of regression of plant cover (typically Mediterranean) and soil (Alfisol-mollisol-inceptisol-entisol). The causes of the deterioration was due to over-grazing of goats (Capra hircus) of forest cutting and more generally to human activities. The aim of the thesis has been the search for a set of indices of soil degradation and vegetation present in a basin with an area of 3,377 located in Central East Sardinia, in the resort of Cala Gonone, City of Dorgali. The research was conducted at a basin scale and detail with a scale of 8 experimental sites dimensions of 5 x 5 m. The basin scale was investigated with the CORINE Soil Erosion Risk method. It was determined the degree of danger potential and current of erosion of the soil with a scale of values ranging from 1 to 3. The High Risk (Level 3) is present on the 0.13% of the basin and is located where the vegetation is sparse and not very structured, with the aggravating circumstance of high gradients. In basin formation most common vegetable, and ecologically more stable, are the woods of holm oak (Quercus ilex L.) investigated in 8 experimental areas, both in the vegetation (mean height,% cover of soil, density and biological diversity) with subdivision into 4 layers of vegetation (tree layer, shrub layer, herbaceous layer and layer of forest regeneration), and organic matter in soil (pH, conductivity, C, CO,% SOM and humic substances). The holm-oak woods are closed formations dominated the tree layer. The forest regeneration is poor because of grazing, however, shows cyclicality. Lacking all the intermediate stages of forest regeneration and mature forest. In the experimental areas there are reports (133 statistically significant correlations with p-level ≤ 0.05 and with R> of 0.7) between the SOM and plant parameters. At present (Poor bibliography) as a general hypothesis, these relationships are due to nutritional aspect. It was concluded that, in the catchment area of Cala Gonone, you must give more attention to the loads of goats, so the effect on soil and vegetation and in particular on forest regeneration. The lack of an adequate stage of regeneration of the forest trees, in the coming decades, with the death of the forest now present, will be a big problem of soil conservation. The major actions should be aimed at containing the grazing and conversion of different plant formations high trees.
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"..Faith, Family, Friendship, Service and Fun". I believe Officer Ambrose had a great philosophy to live his life by. Now he is put to rest, has found the ultimate peace. I did not know him, but he is reflected well in those who knew and love him.
What people remember about us is how we made others feel. All of the other stuff is so irrelevant. Treat people well everyone. Treat each other well.
Perhaps Kenya is shipping their unacceptable population over here.
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Dear Don & John,
Not a fruit question, but what's with the new name?
Hi James,
As you know, we've done a few Q&A pieces on this blog, answering people's quesitons about their fruit trees, fruit shrubs, and, well, fruit. Well, turns out that there's actually a company called The Fruit Guys and because of that, we're changing the name to Fruit Q&A with Don & John. Same idea — you ask questions, we answer them — just a different name.
I do want to talk about The Fruit Guys, though. They were very nice in contacting us to let us know about their company and they care about the same stuff we do. From their site:
"The FruitGuys provides fresh seasonal fruit from local farms to thousands of American businesses, from small family-run businesses to major Fortune 500 corporations…..We consider ourselves fortunate to work with customers who share our ideals about health, the environment, and our communities. The FruitGuys launched our Farm Steward Program in April 2008 to support sustainable small family farming. We donate 88,000 pounds of fresh fruit a year (more than 7,000 pounds a month) to non-profit groups and regional food pantries nationwide, such as Somethin' Fresh. With your support, we sent over 7,000 pieces of fresh fruit to food-banks and programs for families in need over the winter holidays with our Donate-A-Crate Program."
Seems like a great company and we're happy to have made their acquiantence. Learn more: http://fruitguys.com.
Don & John
Hi Don & John,
I garden at Greenwood P-Patch, where we have a row of blueberries along our garden's western edge. Unfortunately, the planters did not gauge the light level correctly, and most of the trees have failed to thrive and set fruit.
We have about six bushes that look healthy. The plan eventually move them into garden plots, where they will get more light and presumably do better. I have six gardeners who have pledged to put their mud boots on and move the bushes while they are dormant.
My question concerns the remaining bushes, which are in very poor condition–stunted with yellow leaves. I've pulled out several dead bushes while weeding. How can I tell if these bushes are likely to survive? Once the other bushes are moved, it may be possible to move the sick bushes to areas in the row with more light.
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Document 2: The Reply of Senator Daniel Webster, July 11, 1832
[1] Before proceeding to the constitutional question, there are some other topics, treated in the message, which ought to be noticed. . . . Now, sir, the truth is, that the powers conferred on the bank are such, and no other, as are usually conferred on similar institutions. They constitute no monopoly, although some of them are, of necessity, and with propriety, exclusive privileges. . . .
[2] . . . Congress passed the bill, not as a bounty or a favor to the present stockholders, not to comply with any demand of right on their part, but to promote great public interest, for great public objects. Every bank must have some stockholders, . . . and if the stockholders, whoever they may be, conduct the affairs of the bank prudently, the expectation is always, of course, that they will make it profitable to themselves, as well as useful to the public. If a bank charter is not to be granted because it may be profitable, either in a small or great degree, to the stockholders, no charter can be granted. The objection lies against all banks. . . .
[3] . . . From the commencement of the Government it has been thought desirable to invite, rather than to repel, the introduction of foreign capital. Our stocks have all been open to foreign subscriptions, and the State banks, in like manner, are free to foreign ownership. Whatever State has created a debt, has been willing that foreigners should become purchasers, and desirous of it . . . . It is easy to say that there is danger to liberty, . . .in a bank open to foreign stockholders. . . . But neither reason nor experience proves any such danger. The foreign stockholder cannot be a director. He has no voice even in the choice of directors. His money is placed entirely in the management of the directors appointed by the President and Senate, and by the American stockholders. So far as there is dependence, or influence, either way, it is to the disadvantage of the foreign stockholder.
[4] . . . But if the President thinks lightly of the authority of Congress, in construing the constitution, he thinks still more lightly of the authority of the Supreme Court. He asserts a right of individual judgment on constitutional questions, which is totally inconsistent with any proper administration of the Government, or any regular execution of the laws. Social disorder, entire uncertainty in regard to individual rights and individual duties, the cessation of legal authority, confusion, the dissolution of free Government -all these are the inevitable consequences of the principles adopted by the message, whenever they shall be carried to their full extent.
[5] Hitherto it has been thought that the final decision of constitutional questions belonged to the supreme judicial tribunal. The very nature of free Government, it has been supposed, enjoins this: and our constitution, moreover, has been understood so to provide, clearly and expressly.
[6] . . . [W]hen a law has been passed by Congress, and approved by the President, it is now no longer in the power, either of the same President or his successors, to say whether the law is constitutional or not. He is not at liberty to disregard it; he is not at liberty to feel or to affect "constitutional scruples," and to sit in judgment himself on the validity of a statute of the Government, and to nullify it if he so chooses. After a law has passed through all the requisite forms; after it has received the requisite legislative sanction and the Executive approval, the question of its constitutionality then becomes a judicial question . . . . In the courts, that question may be raised, argued, and adjudged; it can be adjudged nowhere else. . . .
[7] It is to be remembered, sir, that it is the present law, it is the Act of 1816, it is the present charter of the bank, which the President pronounces to be unconstitutional. It is no bank to be created, it is no law proposed to be passed; which he denounces; it is the law now existing, passed by Congress, approved by President Madison, and sanctioned by a solemn judgment of the Supreme Court which he now declares unconstitutional, and which, of course, so far as it may depend on him, cannot be executed.
[8] If these opinions of the President be maintained, there is an end of all law and all judicial authority. Statutes are but recommendations, judgments no more than opinions. Both are equally destitute of binding force. Such a universal power as is now claimed for him, a power of judging over the laws, and over the decisions of the tribunal, is nothing else but pure despotism. If conceded to him, it makes him, at once, what Louis the Fourteenth proclaimed himself to be, when he said, "I am the State."
[9] . . . If that which Congress has enacted be not the law of the land, then the reign of law has ceased, and the reign of individual opinion has already begun . . . .
From: Register of Debates in Congress, 22nd Cong., 1st sess., 1221-1240.


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Rodolfo Borrell's U21s are back in action on Friday afternoon when they take on Manchester City at Hyde United FC, and you can watch the whole match exclusively live on LFC TV and LFC TV Online.
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Earlier this season the two teams drew 2-2 at the Kirkby Academy in an enthralling encounter when Marc Pelosi netted twice, and this promises to be another exciting clash.
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After several recent reports of teachers accused of getting rough with students, the American Federation of Teachers in New Mexico and parents are reacting.
Stephanie Ly, the President of the American Federation of Teachers in New Mexico, says it is time to start looking at ways to train teachers on how to deal with students, and get more support in schools for students like counselors and social workers.
"This is really a cry for an opportunity for us to work together to provide the professional development for staff and also the support that students need," Ly said.
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My association with Heritage goes back aways -- about 26 years, to 1977 when you were still located at Stanton Park, 5th and C Northeast.
That was a time when we neocons, of which I was a junior member, and the folks that we call paleocons made common cause to support beleaguered democracies, to beleaguer the Soviet empire, and to advocate a U.S. foreign policy of peace through strength.
The Heritage Foundation helped created the alliance of the neocons -- those of us who started our political lives as Democrats -- and the old-fashioned conservatives. It was an alliance of the profoundest type, anchored in philosophical principles. It was not tactical, it was not a political marriage of convenience.
The realignment of U.S. politics that joined William Buckley with Irving Kristol and Norman Podhoretz, that bound together the supporters of Barry Goldwater with supporters of Scoop Jackson and Hubert Humphrey, that helped change our country and the world. At home it made the conservative slice of the political spectrum a lively place -- intellectually scintillating, creative, ambitious to transform governments attractive to young people and decidedly non-starched.
Abroad, the makers of the Reagan Revolution with the Heritage Foundation as a key node in the network elevated the status of ideas as weapons in the arsenal of democracy. The Reaganites understood Realpolitik the grasped the importance of guns and money and other hard realities of world affairs, but they appreciated also the potency of the human desire for freedom.
They saw the Cold War not as a balance of power exercise between two superpowers, much less an arms race between two apes on a treadmill, but as a noble fight of Western liberal democracy against Soviet communist tyranny. They abraded conventional sensibilities by speaking of an 'evil empire' and insisting that the truly representative voices in that empire were those of Lech Walesa, Vaclav Havel, Andrei Sakharov, Anatoly Sharansky and their fellow dissidents.
This engagement in philosophical warfare, I need hardly remind folks at the Heritage Foundation, created no small controversy in the politics and diplomacy of the Western world. President Reagan's talk of democracy and good versus evil and his exhortation to tear down the Berlin Wall, though widely criticized, even ridiculed as unsophisticated and destabilizing. But it's now widely understood as having contributed importantly to the greatest strategic victory in world history -- the collapse of Soviet communism and the liberation of the peoples of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe without war.
As we develop and execute our strategy today in the war on terrorism there's much to be learned from the Reagan era about the power of ideas. With President George W. Bush having just returned from Britain, I'd like to recall the remarkable speech that President Reagan gave on June 8, 1982 to the British Parliament.
In it he challenged the pessimism about the future of liberty that was common in the 1970s. "Optimism is in order," he said, "because day by day democracy is proving itself to be a 'not at all' fragile flower. The regimes planted by totalitarianism have had more than 30 years to establish their legitimacy, but none, not one regime has yet been able to risk free elections."
President Reagan recognized that democracy is not the preserve of one people or one cultural group. He said that democracy "already flourishes in countries with very different cultures and historical experiences. It would be cultural condescension or worse to say that any people preferred dictatorship to democracy."
Accordingly, President Reagan proposed a program "to foster the infrastructure of democracy, the system of a free press, unions, political parties, universities, which allows a people to choose their own way to develop their own culture, to reconcile their own differences through peaceful means."
That program grew into the National Endowment for Democracy which recently celebrated its 20th anniversary. President Bush spoke at the celebration of that anniversary a few weeks ago recalling Ronald Reagan's words as courageous and optimistic and entirely correct.
In the last few weeks in his National Endowment for Democracy speech and in his speech in London President Bush carried forward Ronald Reagan's ideas and applied them to the Middle East and the Muslim world generally. In the President's words, "The good and capable people of the Middle East all deserve responsible leadership. For too long many people in that region have been victims and subjects. They deserve to be active citizens."
As in the case of President Reagan's 1982 speech, George W. Bush's advocacy of democracy serves a number of purposes. "The advance of freedom is," President Bush says, "not only the calling of our time, it is the calling of our country."
But there's more at work here than just idealism. All free people have a practical stake in the spread of democratic institutions and the rule of law. Promoting freedom is fundamental to this Administration's policy in the Middle East, in the Muslim worked in general, and in the war on terrorism. The Bush Administration's strategy in the war on terrorism has three parts.
First, disrupting and destroying terrorist networks and infrastructure. Second, the protection of our homeland. And third is the intellectual component of creating a global anti-terrorist environment. We call this third part the battle of ideas.
Our aim in that battle is to delegitimate terrorism as an instrument of politics. This means working to change the way people think, making toleration of terrorism, let alone support for it, unacceptable for anyone who wishes to be regarded as respectable.
As President Bush's national security strategy says, people everywhere should put terrorism in the same despised category as slave trading, piracy and genocide.
President Bush alluded to this point in London last week when he noted that American "zeal" has been inspired by English examples and he cited the firm determination of the Royal Navy over the decades of the early 19th Century to find an end to trade in slaves.
If the United States and coalition partners are to succeed in changing the way the world thinks about terrorism, we'll have to ensure that terrorism is punished rather than rewarded and that state sponsors of terrorism pay a price for their activities. The Taliban and Saddam Hussein regimes have paid an especially large price.
But our efforts also have to target the recruitment and indoctrination of terrorists. No matter how successful we are at killing and capturing terrorists or intercepting their weapons or funds, we can't win the war on terrorism unless we can reduce the supply of new terrorists. So what are the circumstances that create fertile ground for the recruitment of terrorists?
I see many of the usual answers as off the mark.
Consider, for example, the phenomenon of suicide bombers -- terrorists who perform acts - attacks that they know they cannot survive. Many commentators have asserted that such terrorists don't calculate the cost and benefits of their action. Westerners commonly assume that only a person in deep despair could do such a thing.
This diagnosis implies its own solution, that the world should address what I call the root causes of terrorism -- the poverty and political hopelessness that many people imagine are the traits and motives of the suicide bombers. This diagnosis, however, doesn't correspond to our actual experience and it blinds us to the opportunities we have to confront terrorism strategically.
When we look at the records of the suicide bombers we see that many aren't drawn from the poor. Mohammed Atta, for instance, a key figure in executing the September 11 attacks, was a middle class Egyptian whose parents were able to send him to study abroad. His education meant that he could look forward to a relatively privileged life in Egypt -- hardly grounds for extreme despair.
Rather, what characterizes terrorists seems to be a strange mixture of perverse hopes. First of all, some bombers cherish a perverse form of religious hope. The promise of eternity in paradise is a tenet of many faiths. A noble incentive and consolation for millions of people. It's as typical as it is sinister that leaders of al Qaeda, Ansar al Islam, Hezbollah, Hammas, and other groups convince young people that eternity in paradise is available as a reward for murder.
Second, there is the hope of earthly glory and reward. Praise as a hero from political leaders and honor for one's parents.
Third there is the bomber's political hope. Suicide bombing is what defense analysts categorize as a form of asymmetric warfare. A means for the weak to fight against the strong. Some terrorists are motivated by their hope that it's a winning strategy.
This suggests a strategic course for us: attack the sources of these malignant hopes.
Regarding the religious hopes, many Muslim religious leaders disapprove of suicide bombing, but many have been silenced or intimidated to voice support for the terrorists. The civilized world can do more to support moderate clerics, defend them, and provide them with platforms on which to protect their religion from extremists who want to resort to hijacking.
The civilized world should also deal with political leaders who heap honor and money on the suicide bombers and their families. President Bush, speaking of suicide bombers, said "They're not martyrs. They're murderers." Other world leaders have the responsibility to reinforce this message.
Finally, as to the suicide bombers' political hope, it's important that terrorism be seen as a losing strategy. It's of strategic importance that neither in Iraq nor Afghanistan nor elsewhere will the terrorists achieve success.
In addition to batting down the perverted hope, our mission is to create the conditions in which the people of the Middle East and elsewhere in the Muslim world can cherish the aspirations of free people everywhere for liberty and an opportunity to use their talent to win a measure of prosperity for themselves and their families.
As President Bush noted, 60 years of Western nations excusing and accommodating the lack of freedom in the Middle East did nothing to make us safe because in the long run stability cannot be purchased at the expense of liberty. As long as the Middle East remains a place where freedom does not flourish, it will remain a place of stagnation, resentment and violence, ready for export.
We're now engaged in creating the conditions for freedom in both Afghanistan and Iraq. Although there's much to be said about Afghanistan, in my remaining time I will confine myself to a brief review of the situation in Iraq.
Our work in that country is guided by President Bush's idea that a successful new Iraq could serve as a model for the Arab and Muslim world of moderation, modernization, democracy, and economic well-being. A free and prosperous Iraq could provide tens of millions of people with an alternative way to think about the future, one that doesn't have to be dominated by fanaticism and tyranny.
We want to give the Iraqi people an opportunity to create a new and thriving Iraq, but we can't create it for them. The problems are many and large. We shouldn't play Pollyanna. But substantial progress has been achieved.
Iraq's National Governing Council is the most representative government Iraq has ever had and it's gaining acceptance at home and abroad. It's appointed interim Ministers who run the ministries setting budgets and making policy. Local councils and officials are beginning to exercise power, countering Iraq's history of extreme centralization.
Last week the Governing Council, working with Ambassador Jerry Bremer, announced a process and a timetable for creating a transitional government electing the members of the Constitutional Convention, drafting and ratifying a new constitution and holding elections under it to elect a permanent government for Iraq.
In addition to the National Governing Council there are over 250 Governing Councils functioning at the municipal and provincial levels throughout Iraq. This is a development of high significance, though generally under-reported.
The problem that dominates the news reports from Iraq is of course security. It's a problem that's interwoven with political and economic developments in the country but I'll offer a few comments specifically about the military dimension which, as you know, is under the responsibility of General John Abizaid, the Commander of U.S. Central Command.
General Abizaid is an intelligent and tough-minded commander who knows the region, has analyzed various elements that compose the enemy forces, and has devised an aggressive strategy to defeat them. The strategy includes offensive pressure, precise, and relentless to capture or kill enemy leaders and fighters, to disrupt and defeat their operation, to cut off their sources of supply and support, and to extract and exploit intelligence. We're applying new technology to counter the enemy's improvised bombs, mortars and other weapons. Our forces are adapting continually to counter enemy tactics.
Our enemies in Iraq are not numerous and not popular -- only a small portion of the Iraqi population has any desire to seek the return of Ba'athist tyranny or the establishment of a government of extremist Jihadists. But our enemies are well financed, well armed, and motivated by the recognition that the success of Iraqi democratic political reconstruction will end or severely damage their several causes. No one should underestimate the difficulty of our mission but no one should doubt that the U.S.-led coalition will succeed.
Our strategy aims to put the Iraqis in a position to run their own lives, manage their own government, and provide for their own security and to leave as soon as they've done so.
Thus we have a dual message to convey to the Iraqi people.
First, that we in the coalition will stay the course. We'll see the job through until Iraq is well launched on the path to freedom and prosperity.
Second, we have no ambition to rule the Iraqis and intend to hand their country back to them as soon as we can.
Fundamental to our strategy is getting more Iraqis trained and equipped to provide the security for their own country. We're creating a new force, the Civil Defense Corps, which will perform combined operations with U.S. and coalition forces. We're also rebuilding the Iraqi police force which disintegrated as the old regime collapsed. Retraining will also be necessary. The old Iraqi police force was not a capable institution. The real work of law enforcement -- if one can call it that -- under the old regime was done by the now disbanded Internal Security Services using means that have no place in a free Iraq.
Even as the new Iraqi security forces are being trained, they can take over some tasks such as fixed site security. Highly skilled U.S. troops are not needed for such missions. U.S. troops can more efficiently be kept in reserve to provide a quick reaction force that can deal with situations that go beyond the Iraqi forces' ability.
As more Iraqis function in the various security forces they will improve the coalition's intelligence which is the key to dealing with former regime loyalists and terrorists. Knowledge of the terrain, of the society and of the language are all advantages that an indigenous force will have over any outside force, no matter how well-trained or technologically advanced.
Although we're on the right tracks in Afghanistan and Iraq there is no doubt that we still face difficulties in both countries. But it bears recalling that in 1982 when President Reagan gave the London speech from which I quoted earlier, we also faced difficult, even frightening national security problems and bitter controversy over the prudence of our policies and their chances for success.
Now when we look back 20 years the Cold War's successful conclusion appears not just brilliant but inevitable. Indeed many Americans across the political spectrum now recall the Cold War with nostalgia as a time when the nature of the enemy was clear and our key foreign policy choices were obvious. But as this audience knows, it was nothing of the sort. There were intense debates and doubts about the course President Reagan took in those years, especially what was criticized as his moralistic approach in confronting the Soviet Empire.
I believe that 20 years from now President Bush's strategy, the actions in the war on terrorism that I've been discussing and other issues that I haven't mentioned such as the transformation of our alliance structure, the transformation of our military forces, will also appear excellent, inevitable, and perhaps even obvious. We'll look back at them with pride and satisfaction, knowing that the United States rose to the challenge of the defense of our freedom with skill, moral clarity, determination and success.
Thank you.
Q: I'm Bob Hershey with District Society of Professional Engineers. You noted the threat of suicide bombers. I wonder what's being done to minimize the destruction caused by threats such as vehicles of having laminated tempered glass and appropriate structures as opposed to closing off streets which I think has been shown to have been the fact in Pakistan and [inaudible] infrastructures, so that nobody in the structures [inaudible] Pennsylvania Avenue where [inaudible]. [Inaudible] looking into this in areas and seeing where it is practical.
Feith: I'm not going to comment specifically on operational ideas that our forces have for dealing with the problem, but I can assure you that a great deal of thought is being given to technology and what our military calls the tactics, techniques and procedures for dealing with suicide bombers and the improvised explosive devices and the mortars, RPGs, the full range of weapons that we're coming up against in Iraq.
Q: [Inaudible] in Korea. Several days ago Mr. Rumsfeld visited South Korea and he quoted that the South Korean government is only sending 3,000 soldiers to guard Iraq and that the United States is very disappointed with that, that the number is too small. Today the Washington Times reported that the United States is planning to withdraw soldiers in Korea and send them to Iraq. Is there any comment for that?
Feith: I haven't seen the Washington Times report that you mentioned.
Our approach since the war on terrorism started has been to work with the numerous countries that have offered to assist and participate in the coalition on the basis on which they feel comfortable. And we have a good and flexible set of coalitions because we respect the countries that are participating with us.
Different countries have different circumstances, different constraints on them. There are some countries that are comfortable contributing forces of different types. Some have limited their participation in various ways. Some are providing funds rather than forces. Some provided different types of help to us during the war, whether it was access basing and overflight or other types of assistance or intelligence-sharing. We are not engaged in the practice of grading our allies and our friends. And they do what they're comfortable doing. We're happy for the support that they provide, and we have numerous and strong coalition, a better coalition as a result.
I think that's all I want to say on that subject. But we have very good relations with the Republic of Korea and they will make the contribution that they feel comfortable with.
Q: Frances Johnson of International Property Rights Working Group. Are you asking the Iraqi people outside the power structure who are under the rule of law, are we asking them what are their hopes and desires? Do they have similar desires to our Americans who fought in our revolution? American soldiers, patriots, that fought, they though they could have a piece of land in their name, and they could have power over that land. Pioneers that went west wouldn't have gone out there to fight against the [inaudible] plantation owners. They thought they would have the freedom over their little piece of property [inaudible] as a base for business. Are we looking at property rights for individuals or all Iraqis – it takes a regime, it takes work, but are we looking at that part of the equation as a definition of economic freedom?
Feith: We are looking at the protection of private property rights. It's why we understood now, around the world, that private property rights are one of the key protections of the freedom of people wherever they're living. I think that's understood.
At the same time, however, I would say that we have to be careful about analogies and careful about applying our own national experience in too automatic a fashion to people who have a different history and a different culture and different ideas.
One of the interesting things I believe about President Bush's entire approach to promoting freedom is that he recognizes that human nature has certain universal attributes and the desire for freedom is one of them. At the same time he has great respect for the differences that exist among countries and is not attempting a cookie-cutter approach to governance and believes that you really have to allow people to make their own decisions based on their own culture and their own views.
That's a long answer to your question that I could have answered just by saying yes, but I want to be clear that there's a lot of careful thinking going on in our work in Afghanistan and Iraq and elsewhere to make sure that we are showing due regard to both the universal aspects and the particular aspects of people's interests and programs for their own country.
Q: [Inaudible] recently Sir there have been some reports that read that the Department of Defense is looking at training a peacekeeping force or post-conflict operation force a brigade or even a division sized force [inaudible]. I'm wondering how far along are in that process and might that be a reality [inaudible]? I wonder if you'd care to comment on that?
Feith: The famous Donald Rumsfeld memorandum that was leaked some weeks ago asked questions about "Are we organized as a department and as a government to deal with the war on terrorism and the various challenges we face in the future?"
One aspect of the answer to that question is that we need to address the question of how we handle what are called stability operations or peace operations. There is a lot of thinking being done about the way we organize for that, the way we train people. A lot of the thinking is preliminary and I think some of the press reports that I've seen about it suggest that it's a lot more definite and a lot farther along than I think it is. But it is a topic that is worth giving a lot of consideration to because the function is an important one.
Q: Peter Busey, National Defense University. I had a conversation this morning with [inaudible] in which he said the reason he and others are so vociferous in their dislike of the Administration is that when you came into office you simply did not, and I'm quoting them, quoting, you simply did not care about terrorism. [Inaudible] the 9-11 commission. And if you look at Mr. [inaudible]'s web site [inaudible], it's filled with this kind of derogatory comments about this Administration. Often charges are untrue, but when left out in the ether and not answered they take on the attributes of urban myth.
I was wondering if you could address this. It's a very serious issue and I think it's central to the criticisms of organizations such as his that are out there.
Feith: It's not true. The Administration understood that terrorism represented a serious problem from the beginning, from before 9-11. Our strategic documents in the Department of Defense, the Quadrennial Defense Review, the Defense Planning Guidance, dealt with the threat of terrorism, the dangers of asymmetric warfare as it's called, and I just don't think that one can make the case, I don't think one can prove the case that is being asserted. I think in fact we could prove the contrary. So I think it's an unfair charge.
Q: Ghopal Ratnam, Defense News. When President Bush was in London I think he was asked the question about future force strength of [inaudible] troops in Iraq and he suggests that maybe that's not [inaudible] yet.
I'm wondering if you can say anything at all about it. I think [inaudible] coming out of the Pentagon. I'm wondering if there is any review of what the force structure will be beyond 2004?
Feith: That's an interesting question because implied in the question is the idea that we can sit here on whatever the date is, November 24th, and tell you what our force strength is going to be one month, three months, six months from now. And this has nothing to do with events on the ground and how things might change. And the fact is, we are looking at a security problem of certain dimensions and we have three categories of forces to deal with that problem. We have the U.S. forces, we have the Iraqi forces, and we have the other coalition forces.
The number, the total number of forces and the types of forces that we need to deal with the problems will depend on how the problems evolves and there's no way that we can know that now. We have the strategy, we have plans that build into them the flexibility to adapt and change, and what the President was saying was I really think simply the common sense point that we cannot say that what we're going to need to address the problem can be determined absent knowing exactly what the nature of the problem is and as it changes as it evolves over the months.
That's true with the issue of troop level, it's true with every other aspect of our current work. I think an enormous amount has been written about post-war planning that ignores the point that I'm making now. Post-war planning is not about predicting specific things that are going to happen six months or a year from now and then building detailed plans based on your prediction. Post-war planning is about setting up the general planning guidelines that will allow you to adapt and handle, adapt to and handle whatever circumstances arise. And nobody can be confident that you can predict the future. That's the essence of the exercise, is to recognize that you can't predict the future, and as I like to put it, you have to plan to be surprised.
I'm glad you asked the question because it's really important that people see clearly how important setting up a strategy and a set of plans that are adaptable is to being able to handle real world situations.
Q: [Inaudible] a question on Taiwan. Oh, Jing Wei, Phoenix TV for Hong Kong. The plan for surprise part. You might have noticed the heated up situation around the Taiwan Straights. Does the Pentagon have a conflict prevention plan if Mr. [inaudible] once again goes down the road of promoting independence of Taiwan, and should there be a conflict, how much would the Pentagon intervene so it's not a big surprise?
Feith: The whole U.S. government has thoughts and plans to keep that part of the world stable and out of war. And we have our established policies that are very well known and we think that there's no reason for anybody to be heading off in a direction that is going to be increasing the dangers of war.
Moderator: I think we have time for one last question here.
Q: Pam Hess, UPI. I was interested in your comments on discouraging, or encouraging the Muslim clerics. One of the things that was in Secretary Rumsfeld's memo was you have to be able to provide the foundation to encourage moderate forms of Islam. I'm wondering if you can tell us what's been done along that front. And also could you talk in general about the problem with Saudi Arabia. That has been one of the places that has been identified as a hotbed or creation of terrorists.
Feith: The Saudi question first. There have been as you know, some recent quite terrible terrorist attacks in Saudi Arabia. I think that many officials in the Saudi government are a heightened sensitivity to the terrorist problem. It's an important basis for our cooperation on counter-terrorist work.
On the issue of the moderate voices within the Arab world, we are frequently said by critics around the world to have put ourselves as Americans at odds with the Muslim world in the War on Terrorism. However many times we answer this I think it still bears repeating because it's such an important point. The battle of ideas in the Global War on Terrorism is largely a fight within the world of Islam, between the extremists and people in the Muslim world who oppose them. We look at ourselves as being allied with millions of Muslims - who we believe are a clear, overwhelming majority – who do not want to come under the rule of fanatics and extremists.
We have an interest in the voices of the moderates, the people who do not want their religion stolen away from them by extremists like Osama bin Laden. We have an interest in seeing amplified the voices of those moderates. It's not necessarily for us to do, but there are people in the world of Islam who are unhappy with the situation and want to save their religion from extremism. It's important that the many people who have a moderate view and have a way forward for their people that promises a lot more than self-destruction – that those people have the means to get their message out and to be effective and to help educate people properly rather than teaching young people to blow themselves up and kill innocent people while they're doing it.


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House finishes its plan for 2014 spendingBy PETER HIRSCHFELD
Vermont Press Bureau | March 27,2013MONTPELIER The House Committee on Appropriations has put the final touches on a fiscal year 2014 spending plan that reins in some of the new spending proposals unveiled earlier this year by Gov. Peter Shumlin.
By a 7-4 margin, the committee voted along party lines Monday in approving a general fund budget that shaves more than $15 million from the version presented by Shumlin in January. House Speaker Shap Smith said Tuesday that while lawmakers saw merit in the Democratic governors proposals, they dont believe taxpayers have the capacity to fund them.
Shumlins budget raised general fund spending by 5.8 percent; the House plan would result in an increase of 4.7 percent.
We shared many of the same goals the governor had with regard to the investments that were made, Smith said. But we had concerns with regard both to revenue sources and to the amount of spending in the budget.
Casualties of the House budget scissors include renewable energy subsidies, which had been slated to get $5 million from Shumlin but would see only $1 million in the House plan. The House also eliminated entirely the $6 million Shumlin had allocated for thermal-efficiency programs.
By far the most significant cut came in the area of child-care subsidies for low-income parents, to which Shumlin had appropriated $17 million. The House plan would invest only $3.3 million in new child-care supports.
The House budget also sets aside a $7 million reserve to backfill potential reductions in federal aid.
The Houses distaste for, and distrust in, Shumlins revenue proposals helped fuel the discrepancies in spending levels. Shumlin wants to use a tax on break-open tickets that he says would generate $17 million annually. Smith, however, said fiscal analysts for the Legislature studied the proposal and determined it would raise only about a third that amount.
(Shumlin) taxed break-open tickets and gambled that they would result in a balanced budget, Smith said. And we just werent willing to take that bet.
Smith said the House also rejected the governors other primary revenue source, which came from reducing $17 million from an earned-income tax credit that offers tax credits and cash payments to low-wage workers.
We believe that we should not actually ask 40,000 lower-income working Vermonters to support additional programs in the state of Vermont, Smith said. We think that should be a shared burden for all Vermonters.
Smith said that while attention will focus on differences between the legislative and executive branches, they are actually in agreement on the vast majority of the $1.36 billion general fund proposal. The House, for instance, has given its blessing to a controversial plan that would impose a five-year lifetime cap on a welfare program called Reach Up.
The House has altered the governors proposal so as to give affected families a grace period, a move that eliminates any cost-saving benefits from the fiscal year 2014 budget.
Smith said the Legislatures plan also includes heightened supports for people who stay on Reach Up for years at a time. He said the Reach Up program is designed to help people find work, and that if they cant secure employment after five years, then perhaps the program isnt working for them.
The budget heads to the House floor for debate later this week.
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