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What makes a good trademark? How do you choose the right name to identify your goods or services to potential customers? That is, after all, the principal function of trademarks. It's a unique identifier that signals to potential consumers who it is that is offering a particular product or service. It's how you know to buy Crest® toothpaste or Goodyear® tires.
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they should all be charged,.... whatever happened im sure wasnt serious enough for spencer to be dead...this is very shocking, those girls seriously needed some class and education. They can continue crying to themselves because they wont last long in Jail.
righttt....well rumors already have it they already caught the stupid girl involved, cant wait for her man to be caught and see what they look like...so dumb, a couple...hope they shared all there love together because they'll never see eachother again...dumb people...i swear, R.I.P spencer, ...haters get some CLASS..murder isnt a way to solve a problem. Thanks
i am more then sure, he wasn't robbing anyone as well... he probably had a relationship with the girl and she got jealous, because everyone knows spencer was a ladie's man, He most likely left her, and she went crying to her boyfriend and etc.... Even resources show prooven fact that spencer had enough money, why would he need to rob someone? seriously guys grow up... killing someone isnt a way to handle something, really isnt... im sure the story most of you told is complete lies, because even cops say it was jealousy of a women who cheated on her boyfriend. Get with the program.
lol...you guys are too funny, dont talk about someone unless you walk in there shoes...alot of your negitivity and explaining the incidient, it's like geee...guilty much?...not even the news reports knows what happen how do you? I see the same people writing over and over, so sad...covering for whoever did this, you wont be writing much when both couples are in jail for life. Keep recieveing your laughter and thinking your cool, wishing death upon anyone is very sad. So if spencer did rob someone, why would the stupid girl even leave her door open? who does that?.... grow up people seriously, and know the job oppurtunities arent all that, and yes spencer had jobs his whole life. Rememeber this is coming from someone who wasnt a fan of him, because I had problems with him myself in my past. But as i said , killing someone isn't a way to handle duties, thats just immuturity...especially a stupid young couple whose only going to live the next couple days with eachother, because i am more then certain cops are already doing there job. Grow up seriously.
You guys are so sad with your stories... You never wish death upon anyone no matter how bad of a person is, your right karma leads you to whatever you deserve, so if he was that much of a bad person, im sure God chose him for a reason, but at the same time... who ever shot him the guy and girl are both idiots, because that wasnt a way to solve a problem. The girl that was involve shame on her, she needs to learn some CLASS... and get a job rather then selling drugs and having a "stash"... karma will lead to them to for taking a life, what a couple now there both going to end up doing life in jail... i hope they find who ever did this...and let me tell you I wasnt a fan of spencer myself for mulitple reasons...but one thing for sure, he didnt deserve to die. He's a regular human being just like all of us!
wow...prositution???... my goodness, what has WNY become!
thats very harsh, and sorry but not to defend anyone it's hard for a convict, ex con, whatever the case may to be to find a job. My question is, how do you expect to keep people from doing dirt of the streets if other people never give them a chance. A man has to do his needs to protect and put food on there families tables, maybe there should be more open jobs in giving people a chance and not by judging the person for having tattoos. Spencer never really did a sentence is in life, in fact he was about to sentenced couple weeks from now, but because of his looks, no one hired him. Im sorry but we shouldnt judge a person by what they look like, its for what they can do for a company. I speak for all in general, maybe the government should help with giving people a chance rather then helping welfare and letting people take advantage of our taxes!. My prayers go out to spencer and his family, and please leave the name calling out of this because this wasnt even gang related, and we shouldnt judge what people become if you've never walked there shoes.


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Director Michele Placido and actor Kim Rossi Stuart team up to tell the tale of notorious Italian outlaw Renato Vallanzasca, whose penchant for bold crimes, daring prison breaks, and extravagant showmanship transformed him into an underworld celebrity in the 1970s. Vallanzasca was just nine years old when he and a group of mischievous friends snuck into a local circus to free a tiger, but that fateful day marked the beginning of a spectacular criminal career. Subsequently sent to a juvenile detention facility, Vallanzasca soon rounded up a gang comprised of familiar deviants upon his release, and quickly rose through the ranks of Italy's criminal elite. With the stunning Consuelo (Valeria Solarino) by Vallanzasca's side, not even San Vittore can hold the slippery desperado. And though Vallanzasca's gang would live the high life for a while, the impulsive leader would ultimately seal his own fate when he ruthlessly killed two policemen in a Dalmine tool booth. Having made a sworn enemy out of rival gangster Francis Turatello (Francesco Scianna), Vallanzasca strives to end the rivalry after being incarcerated in Rebibbia Prison. In and out of prison in the decades that followed, Vallanzasca found his life as a fugitive drawing to a close after reconnecting with his old friend Antonella D'Agostino (Paz Vega), whom he would later wed in a civil ceremony.
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Perceptions of Academic Performance of Athletes and Non-Athletes in Relation to Career Maturity
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This study was designed to help identify the reason why student-athletes are often perceived as "dumb jocks." Participants were 132 college students, of whom 95 were women. Participants were randomly assigned to read one of four scenarios depicting a student athlete or non-athlete with high or low career maturity. Students were asked to rate the academic performance of scenario characters and were also asked to report their own career goals, likelihood of engaging in career exploration activities, and demographic information. Differences in perceived academic performance of the characters emerged based on career maturity, but not athletic participation. Self reported differences in career goals did not exist between upper and lower class students, but they did exist between those with high GPA and those with low GPA.
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Stephen M. Walt, co-author of The Israel Lobby, opened his new blog on Foreign Policy's website promising to bring a realist perspective to the blogosphere. In his first post, published earlier this week, he defines the realist perspective as follows:
Realists believe that foreign policy should deal with the world as it really is, instead of being based on wishful thinking or ideological pipedreams (see under "Clinton administration"). Realists know that international politics can be a brutal business and states cannot afford to be too trusting, but we also know that states get into serious trouble by exaggerating threats or engaging in foolish foreign adventures (see under "Bush Doctrine"). Realists respect the power of nationalism and understand that other societies will resist outside interference and defend their own interests vigorously.
Well, not surprisingly, there's one country that Walt systematically excludes from the realist perspective–i.e., one state that isn't allowed to "deal with the world as it really is." Check out Walt's latest "thought experiment" on the war in Gaza:
…what if Hamas was hiding out among the civilian population of Tel Aviv, and attacking Israel from within? Would the IDF be using massive force to eradicate them? Unless you think that Palestinian and Israeli civilian lives are not equal, what justifies the current policy?
Israel is hardly unique in placing a higher value on its own citizens' lives than it places on the lives of others, and we should not forget that U.S. forces have caused plenty of civilian casualties in places like Iraq and Afghanistan. "The strong do what they can, and the weak suffer what they must." But that doesn't make it right, and there are good reasons to question whether it will even be effective in this instance.
So, in other words, Israel shouldn't operate in reality — rather, it should consider the morality of its actions against a series of fantastical hypothetical scenarios. Naturally, all of Walt's proposed scenarios end with the same conclusion: Israel acts immorally — both in reality and in the fictitious dimension that Walt has constructed for it. Indeed, Walt has yet to find a single instance in which Israel is justified — or merely acting in its self-interest — in protecting its citizens against terrorist groups through force.
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The poor socioeconomic condition in Nigeria and the inability of the leaders to create conditions necessary for higher national development after 6 years of civil rule (or democracy?), should be a concern to any person who cares about Nigeria. The concept of national development (economic, political and social) is said to bring with it valuable and positive changes that improves the living standards of the people, as it creates employment opportunities and equality of opportunity, and reduces poverty, among other things. In particular, economic development increases the efficiency of a system in the production of goods and services to meet the basic needs of the people in a society. The achievement of these objective hinges on the character and attitude (moral compass) of the leaders entrusted with the management of the society. Experts have noted that "strategic planning at a macro-level is a pre-condition for successful and long-term national development." Therefore, the focus of this article is "values education" and its implications for national development.
As it were, "values education" involves "educating for character" and for good "moral values." It is the teaching of respect and responsibility (and other values) to the citizens for good character development and for the health of the nation. As Thomas Lickona pointed out in ŌĆśEducating for Character' "respect and responsibility are the two foundational moral values" that a society should teach its citizens. Others values are honesty, fairness, tolerance, prudence, self-discipline, helpfulness, compassion, cooperation, courage (the Virtues of Aristotle) and other democratic values. However, rule of law, equality of opportunity, due process, representative government, checks and balances and democratic decision-making are "procedural values" that define democracy. All these would enable the people to create a viable humane society and to act "respectfully and responsibly." Thus taking responsibility for the things we do wrong as well as the things we do right is the way to move the society forward. Responsibility matters!
The increasing moral problems in Nigeria (corruption, greed, dishonesty, violent crime, political killings, drugs (peddling and use) and other destructive behaviors, call for ŌĆśvalues education' in the society. Presently, corruption drives and shapes social values in Nigeria, and for some individuals, the quest for ŌĆśeasy money' is a justification for breaking the laws of the land and distorting policies directed toward national development. Consequently, unnecessary display of ill-acquired wealth threatens Nigeria and its democratic political process. When the leaders and the people think of public service in instrumental way, accountability declines, and national development is adversely affected.
Nevertheless, morality would not be important to the young ones if it does not matter to adults. The youths need inspiring role models who make positive contributions to their communities because many of them that are ŌĆśethically illiterate' are growing up not knowing that corruption is socially injurious. And because of moral decadence among the youths many of them do not seem to realize that cheating (dishonesty) in public examinations, campus gang violence and prostitution are anti-social behavior. Therefore, without good moral up bringing of the youths today the nation may not produce enough good leaders to manage its affairs tomorrow.
Experts in ŌĆśmoral education' believe that ŌĆśmoral development' "promotes critical thinking and moral reasoning" (Garrod & Bramble, April 1977), which positively impacts national development. As noted earlier, because of greed, selfishness, dishonesty and immorality and lack of respect for the society, elections are often rigged in Nigeria, political opponents assassinated, and public schools are left to rot away. The leaders abuse their office and plunder public resources, and bastardize public policies toward national development. Some individuals and institutions with morality problems are known to have "aided and abetted frauds" during the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examination, the West African Examination Council (WAEC) and National Examination Council (NEC), leading to the frequent cancellation of results in the society. The Daily Independent of May 22, 2005 reported that in past ŌĆśnine years' about "five million" results have been cancelled.And the President has again misused his office to "extort" about N6billions? from Nigerians (as Prof. Wole Soyinka rightly noted of the library project), with the pretence of setting up a presidential library. Reports show that civil servants and state governors (and some persons of questionable character) contributed to the phony library project. Yet, the schools in the society have been without functional libraries for years and the President is not bothered. And he appears to have violated some ŌĆśconstitutional provisions' by spending some public money without legislative approval, and making unilateral changes in the 2005 budget after it had been approved by the National Assembly. A society may not develop if the leaders and followers do not posses the appropriate character to enable them get committed to democratic values and to work for socioeconomic development.
The founding fathers of American democracy had noted that "moral education" or ŌĆśvalues moral education' is "essential for the success of a democratic society." Because the people must posses the appropriate character to build a free and just society and the moral foundations to make democracy thrive in the society where it had never been cultivated. And Thomas Jefferson had noted that good character and ŌĆśloyalty to these democratic virtues must be instilled in the people at an early age.' However, the Greek philosopher, Aristotle, defined good character as ŌĆśthe life of right conduct-right conduct in relation to other persons and in relation to oneself' (Palmer 1986). Therefore, good character consists of knowing what is good, desiring what is good and doing what is good. Other attributes of a good character include respect for the rights of others, regard for the law of the land, taking responsibility for ones actions in public and private life concerning the common good. These virtues are necessary for leading a moral life of the individuals and for the health of the nation and, therefore, ŌĆśstrong personal character should manifest itself in service to organizations and communities' (Nicgorski 1987).
Nevertheless, moral education should include ŌĆśpolitical education' to enable the citizens develop critical political awareness to guide their actions. Would democracy survive in a society where rule of law and human decency is cast to the wind? Again, how would Nigeria develop without the citizens developing the critical and creative minds needed to manage its democratic system? As experts have noted, the success of any democratic system depends on the individuals' ability to analyze problems and make thoughtful decisions. Because democracy thrives on the productivity of its diverse constituency-productivity fostered by free and critical and creative thought on issues of common interest. For Nigeria to be become a truly democratic society, and for it to develop economically, the citizens must posses the appropriate character and integrity to administer the laws of the land. As William Bennett (1980) has noted, people who have good character "act truthfully, loyally, bravely, kindly, and fairly without being much tempted [or pulled] by the opposite [forces to indulge in anti-development behaviors]."
Undoubtedly, the extractive behavior of the political leaders in Nigeria has continued to drag the society behind economically, socially and politically. That seems to show that honesty, integrity, transparency, accountability, respect and responsibility have been cast to the wind! What does ŌĆśresponsibility' mean when the political leaders and their handymen ganged up to abduct Governor Chris Ngige of Anambra State and forged a letter of resignation (as the Supreme Court ruled recently)? And what does ŌĆśrespect' and ŌĆśresponsibility' tell Nigerians to do when the see someone steal public money and tell lies to damage another person's reputation? The leaders have continued to play politics with public education by denying them the resources for effective teaching and learning (human capital development) because many of them do not seem to realize the undeniable linkage between ŌĆśvalues education' and national development. They lack moral values to understand what is right and to do what is right. Workers are not paid regularly and that point to the fact that there is a decline in empathy in the society. They do not have respect for life and responsibility toward others. But how would Nigeria develop if the workers were not paid when due?
This is unacceptable! Nigeria's long-term economic and national policy goals should be placed higher than individual political interest or idiosyncrasy. To prepare for life in a modern society the citizens should be exposed to qualitative education and acquire good moral values to enable them create a humane society and to function effectively in a democratic political environment. However, the leaders should understand that ŌĆśvalues education' does not occur in a vacuum - the leaders must plan it. The challenge for the political leaders is to confront Nigeria's problems with innovative ideas and include ŌĆśvalues education' (teaching of respect and responsibility and other democratic values) in the nation's school curricula for good character development and sustainable national development.
Victor E. Dike, CEO, Center for Social Justice and Human Development (CSJHD), in Sacramento, California, is the author of Fraud or Democracy? The Presidency of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, 2003-2007 [Forthcoming 2007] and Nigeria and the Politics of Unreason: A Study of the Obasanjo Regime [London: Adonis and Abbey Publishers, November 20, 2003]
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Audition CS6 Essential Training demonstrates all of the major features of Adobe Audition and prepares sound editors to start enhancing and correcting audio—whether it's music, dialogue, or other sound effects. Author and musician Garrick Chow begins by covering how to import, record, and manage media files, from extracting audio and importing video, to creating a new multitrack session from scratch. The course then dives deep into editing, repairing, and cleaning up audio files, using the Waveform and Multitrack Editors, and the Spectral Frequency Display. It also covers how to use built-in effects, how to mix both stereo and surround audio tracks, and how to work with video projects from Premiere Pro.
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Piazza di Monte Citorio or Piazza Montecitorio is a piazza in Rome. It is named after the Monte Citorio, one of the minor hills of Rome.
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: a building for public and especially Christian worship
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Middle English chirche, from Old English cirice, ultimately from Late Greek kyriakon, from Greek, neuter of kyriakos of the lord, from kyrios lord, master; akin to Sanskrit śūra hero, warrior
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Thank you very much. ... Last June when I spoke to you, the National Guard had just made history when it deployed the 4th [Battalion] of the 505th Infantry [Regiment], a unit made up mostly of guardsmen, to perform multinational peacekeeping duties on the Sinai Peninsula. Well, the 4th of the 505th made history a second time when they returned to the United States because they had proven the reserve component's capabilities for dealing with post-Cold war missions and playing an even greater role in our national defense. We are confident that the Guard can play this greater role in the total force because over the years in national disasters and national security threats, the Guard has proven itself ready and capable time and time again.
One of the Guard's roles today has been unfolding during the mission to bring peace to war-torn Bosnia, where the Guard is serving from the flight lines in Aviano to the supply lines in Germany and Hungary to the front lines in Bosnia itself.
Today, I want to talk to you about Bosnia, because it's very much on my mind and it's probably very much on your minds as well. Last month, I went to the Bosnia theater to see how our deployment was going. I spent the first day at our air bases in Aviano and at Vicenza in Italy. For 2½ years, NATO has conducted an operation called Deny Flight, which has prevented the warring parties in Bosnia from conducting aerial bombardments of cities. It didn't get much publicity. Most people don't understand what it did, but it saved thousands and thousands of lives because it prevented that war from degenerating into indiscriminate bombing of cities.
Deny Flight was in operation 2½ years and was challenged by the Bosnian Serbs only once. They sent four fighter bombers out and began bombing a city. Two F-16s intercepted those four, shot down all four of them, and it was never challenged after that. So that was a very successful operation.
The second major activity in Aviano was the NATO air strike force that was put in place to coerce the Serbs to move their heavy weapons out of Sarajevo and stop the ground bombardment of that city. That threat worked initially, and the weapons were silent. Prior to the institution of that threat, there were as many as a thousand shells a day being launched from the hills and mountains around Sarajevo into the city. That was stopped. But then later in '94, the Serbs began testing the limits and began challenging that exclusion. And the U.N. command, fearing Bosnian Serb reprisals against their troops on the ground, would not give the authorization for the NATO air strikes to be used effectively.
Unchecked, the Serbs continued to escalate their violations until finally they overplayed their hand when they violated the so-called safe area of Srebrenica. That violation was so egregious that even the nations with troops on the ground with the U.N. agreed at a meeting in London that it was time to use NATO air power and to use it effectively.
In fact, at that meeting in London, I made the proposal if there's any further violations, that there would be a massive air campaign -- not just a bombing or two, but an air campaign. There was another violation. The nations had agreed to that air campaign, and we had such a campaign. From Aviano and from the decks of carriers in the Adriatic, we launched one of the most effective air campaigns that we've ever had. It was over 1,000 sorties. Every target that had been designated was destroyed, and there was zero collateral damage. This was a rare instance where by combination of exclusive use of precision guided ammunitions and very strict rules of engagement we conducted this massive campaign with no damage, no damage to civilians, no collateral damage of any kind.
Quite aside from the military effectiveness of the campaign, we know now, having talked with the Bosnian Serbs and the Serbian Serbs, that they were stunned by the power and effectiveness of this campaign. And more than anything else, that's what led them to conclude that the continuing fighting was a losing proposition, and they decided to go to the peace table at Dayton. This was one of the rare examples in history of successful use of coercive diplomacy. That is, the use of military power to achieve diplomatic objectives.
On this trip, I also went to Vicenza. Vicenza is the air base near Aviano where we have the CAOC, which is the Combined Air Operations Center. This is one of the most effective air intelligence operations that has ever been put together. At the CAOC, we bring in national intelligence, tactical intelligence, synthesize it and get it to the user -- to the pilots in the air -- in a matter of seconds.
This whole operation was rejuvenated after the shoot-down of [U.S. Air Force] Capt. [Scott] O'Grady. We looked very carefully in the after-action analysis there and discovered that we had the information which could have warned off Capt. O'Grady three minutes before the missile was fired. We got it to him five minutes later, which is two minutes after the missile was fired. Five minutes is pretty good, but not good enough -- not good enough to prevent the shoot-down of that airplane.
And so at that point, we decided to completely restructure and organize air intelligence support. We had to do two things. We had to change our procedures to get the information out to the field quickly, and we had to find a way of downgrading some of the highly classified strategic intelligence which was needed by the pilot -- by the warrior. Most of those things have been done, and they are now operating quite effectively at Vicenza.
The other thing that's operating out of Vicenza is the management of the airlift operation into Bosnia. We have a massive airlift to deploy our forces and deploy our equipment into Bosnia. Everything is being coordinated out of Vicenza. I've seen the most effective logistics management that I've ever seen at Vicenza. The National Guard airplanes, Reserve airplanes, the active duty airplanes, all coming from the United States and from Germany into Bosnia. All were being managed out of Vicenza.
From Italy, I got on a C-17 and flew into Taszar, Hungary. In Hungary we are managing the logistics for all of the equipment and personnel flowing into Bosnia. The concept that [U.S. Army] Gen. [George A.] Joulwan [supreme allied commander Europe] had was that we would take all of our forces that are in Germany and instead of moving them directly to Bosnia, we would move them to a staging area in Hungary. So we have 300 trains over a period of a month, each one with 20 or 30 freight cars, go from Germany to Taszar. We unload it, regroup, and then from Taszar we proceed by road in combat units into Bosnia. In combat units in full march with guns loaded ready for combat.
As it turned out, we did not meet any combat. We did not meet any armed resistance when we went into Bosnia. But we did not know we would not meet resistance, so we went in prepared for resistance. We will probably be criticized for having overreached on this or having had too large a force, too well-armed a force. But my judgment was the same then as my judgment is now -- that if I'm going to err, I want to err on the side of being too strong and too ready rather than the other way around.
Also, we will never know -- since we cannot rewrite history -- the extent to which the strength and the capability of that force deterred or dissuaded people from resisting. As it turns out, we have had absolutely no armed resistance in Bosnia. In fact, we're being met with full cooperation by all the parties there. And there was no question that the U.S. forces, when they entered Bosnia, were met with great respect. They came in, as I said, fully armed with flak jackets, with their helmets, with their guns at the ready position and loaded. And people paid attention to that.
Now, our reserve components have played a key role in all of these operations I've described to you. They provided significant airlift access including a large percentage of the truly tremendous C-17 capability, which is being used to airlift the supplies in there and which I used to hitchhike a ride when I went into Bosnia. They're being used in the aeromedical capability, and they provide about half of the tanker support. The reserve components continue to be crucial as we are slowly turning peace into a reality in Bosnia.
Now, we also saw reserve component forces at the logistics staging area in Taszar, Hungary. We now have 7,000 people running this logistics center. One incidental side feature of the operation in Hungary is it has built up a new relationship with the Hungarian government. We requested permission of Hungary to have a base in Hungary. Hungary's parliament met, and by a vote of 300 to 1 they agreed to let the United States use their base. And when I visited that base, I was met by the leaders of the Hungarian government, and I've never seen such a warm relationship between two countries as developed between Hungary and the United States -- all because of our use of the Taszar base.
From Taszar, I flew on to the Sarajevo Airport and then drove down to the president's residence where I met President [Alija] Izetbegovic and his cabinet. On the drive from the airport into the president's office in downtown Sarajevo, I drove through the destruction that had been wrought by years and years of shelling in this city, and I was just heartsick to see this once beautiful city in Europe reduced almost to rubble.
But as I drove through it, I also was heartened to see that this had now stopped. We drove right down sniper alley without any danger. The shelling has stopped. I had a very good meeting with the president, and when I left the meeting, I came out of the office building and there were 300 to 400 Bosnians on the other side of the street being held off by a police cordon. They wanted to see the American secretary of defense.
I had no idea what kind of reaction we would have in the crowd, but as I walked out the door, they started cheering and shouting "U-S-A, U-S-A!" And I drove my security people actually wild at that point. I left my group, crossed the street, went through the police cordon and started shaking hands and talking with the Bosnians who were there.
For me, it was the most emotional moment of the trip -- to see their gratitude. These are people who for four years have been living in this city that was subjected to continues shelling for much of that period. They now saw a prospect of peace. And there's no doubt in their minds that peace was being delivered to them by the United States. I was a symbol of the U.S. and they wanted to show their gratitude.
From Sarajevo, I flew to Tuzla, which is the headquarters of the American forces there, and met [U.S. Army Maj.] Gen. [William] Nash. We got into Black Hawks and flew over to the Sava River, landing on the Croatian side of the Sava River. This was the day after they had finished the bridge, opened the bridge.
I got out of the helicopter and walked up to the bridge and walked into Bosnia across the bridge. It was a cold, windy, muddy walk. Halfway across the bridge there were 30 or 40 American combat engineers still working on some aspects of the bridge. They were dirty, cold and tired, but very proud of what they had done.
As it turned out, one of them had just completed his first enlisted term that week and had decided to re-enlist. And so we had the re-enlistment ceremony there on the bridge. Gen. Joulwan, [U.S. Army] Gen. [John] Shalikashvili [chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff] and I swore in this soldier for four more years in the U.S. Army. And I can tell you I have never been more proud of the Army than standing there that day and swearing in this soldier in the mud and the ice and snow. He had just been through that, and he was ready for four more years of it. That tells you something about the spirit and the pride of the U.S. soldier.
I went back then to the base camp at Tuzla. I got a real taste of the flavor of this operation and the jointness of it. This base is the headquarters for Army Gen. Nash and his division, and many of the battalions are based there. But working alongside of these Army units was an Air Force unit called Red Horse. Red Horse is an engineer team that builds bases. And if you ever want to see jointness in operation, go out to Tuzla and watch these Army soldiers not only working but living in the mud and the snow and the ice, coming back after a patrol and finding that the Air Force had just completed building a tent for them with a wooden floor and a stove -- a warm, dry place to sleep that night. So this was jointness in operation, and the Air Force were the heroes of the day for the Army soldiers who were there.
Besides the jointness, this was a multinational operation. Gen. Nash ..., in addition to two American brigades, has a Nordic brigade -- 4,500 people in the Nordic brigade. That is a build-up of a battalion that had been there in the U.N. forces. They brought a knowledge of the territory and knowledge of the people -- a great asset to Gen. Nash to have that Nordic brigade there.
There is a Turkish brigade. They also had been there with the U.N., and they also brought a familiarity with the people and terrain which is a great value to us. And most amazingly, we have a Russian brigade. When I was there, the advanced guard of that brigade had just arrived. But as of a few days ago, the entire brigade is there, is out conducting patrols, and it's just one of Gen. Nash's brigades doing the job there.
I spent my whole career as a cold warrior and I never, never would have contemplated the possibility of having a Russian brigade working in an American division conducting a peacekeeping operation in the Balkans. But there it is. And it seems to be working very well.
I can only imagine what Gen. [Dwight D.] Eisenhower, the first SACEUR, would think if he saw a general from Russia sitting with Gen. Joulwan, today's SACEUR, at the SHAPE [Supreme Headquarters, Allied Powers Europe] compound reviewing NATO's operation plan for deployment in Bosnia. But indeed, Gen. Joulwan and [counterpart Russian commander Col.] Gen. Leontiy Shevtsov spent a week at SHAPE headquarters planning this whole operation which I saw getting started.
I spent a lot of time while I was in Bosnia talking with the intelligence people on their assessment of the mine situation. The good news is all three of the warring parties are trying to cooperate with us, providing charts where they think the mines are located and helping to clear the mines.
Before all of our units went down there, each battalion spent a couple of months specifically training for combat operations that involved mine awareness, mine location, mine removal and most importantly, mine avoidance.
I spent some time yesterday at our Advanced Research Projects Agency, reviewing some of their technology. One of the specific things I was looking at was the technologies that might be useful in this area. They're working on it, but I'm afraid the realistic assessment is that mine avoidance and detection is still a matter of training and
discipline and attention to detail. And so the training that we have done to prepare our soldiers was the best thing that we could have done in preparing our soldiers for the very real problems they're running into in Bosnia.
They've been there now for almost seven weeks and we've not had a fatality yet from a person stepping on or a vehicle going over a mine. We have had one fatality [Army Sgt. 1st Class Donald A. Dugan, Feb. 3], but it turned out it was not a mine accident. We have had four or five different mine incidents. Fortunately no one was killed in those incidents, but it's going to be a problem as long as we are in Bosnia. A way of dealing with that problem is going to be twofold: continuing to work with the warring parties for removal of mines on the one hand, and the second, very careful attention to detail, discipline, training to minimize our chance of the mine accidents.
I'm going to come now to a few conclusions about Bosnia to share with you. The first conclusion is so far, so good. I say this even as our hearts go out to the family of the American soldier who lost his life over the weekend. My second conclusion, which is suggested by that, though, is that we still have 10 tough months ahead of us and we must not get complacent.
When Gen. Shali and I talked with our soldiers over there and our commanders, we had two messages for them really. The first, keep your focus. Pay close attention to detail. And the other was, take care of each other.
My third conclusion is that this whole operation in Bosnia is going to determine the character of European security certainly for the rest of this decade and probably on into the next decade. One of the single biggest security problems at the end of the Cold War was finding the right formula for maintaining the kind of security umbrella that NATO had provided for 45 years.
We found that formula in Bosnia, where all of Europe is pulling together for peace. Not only all of the NATO countries but one -- 15 in all (we had to exclude Iceland, which does not have military forces) -- but even more non-NATO countries. Nineteen non-NATO countries are participating as well as the 15 NATO countries. The United States is leading the way, even leading the Russians.
This U.S. military performance in Bosnia demonstrates once more the capability and the effectiveness of our forces. Our equipment, our training and our people are the best in the world. This goes both for the active and for the reserve components, and our challenge is to make wise and full use of all of these assets. That means we need to involve the Guard and Reserve more deeply in the ongoing missions of our military.
You all know that last year we announced what we called the Increased Use Initiative. The goal was to find creative ways to include our reserve forces in real missions of the active duty forces, to increase their proficiency and their readiness and to make more use of your talent and capability.
One of the important benefits of this is we helped reduce the very high operational tempo rate of the active duty force. After one year, preliminary reports say, yes, we can do these things. But it's not just the reports that are saying it. More importantly, the CinCs [commanders in chiefs] are saying it, too. They are saying it by spending time, effort and money to make use of Guard and Reserve talents.
In 1995, for example, the CinCs called on reserve component personnel for 97 missions. In 1996, it will be up to 167 missions. The CinCs have pledged about $10 million to make this integration possible. However, the CinCs are assigning Guard and Reserve personnel to real-world, not make-work, missions. The Army Guard, for example, is supporting the Combat Maneuver Training Center in Hohenfels, Germany. Navy reserve engineer units are deploying to Haiti to work with the United Nations forces there. The Colorado National Guard will assume command of the 4th Space Warning Squadron, taking over for an active unit which formerly performed that job.
The Defense Department has added $25 million over the next two years to help the CinCs make more use of Guard and Reserve. I'm optimistic that if we put the total effort of our total force behind the program, it will be successful. But to make the program work, we must ensure that it achieves its intended effect of increasing the CinCs' war-fighting capability as well as the readiness of our reserves by not having unintended bad side effects, such as hurting the recruiting and retention in the reserves.
One way to protect the Guard and Reserve recruitment and retention is by doing what we can to protect the quality of life of the reserve component. We can provide more support and outreach to Guard and Reserve families when their head of the household is on deployment. And we can also give employers better warning when we send their employees on deployment, and give employers a voice in our Guard and Reserve policies. Debbie Lee [assistant secretary of defense for reserve affairs] told you more about these and other quality of life initiatives for the reserve components. They are critical to making our Increased Use Initiative a real success.
I'm going to wrap up now by telling you that in case you did not know it, I do believe in a strong Guard and Reserve, and I believe in taking care of our citizen-soldiers, their families as well, who serve our country.
Gen. Omar Bradley once said our military forces are a team, a team that's in the game to win. And each player on that team must be an All-American. Every member of today's Total Force -- the active forces, the reserves, the National Guard, their families and their employers -- is an All-American. The National Guard and its leadership are doing an All-American job at home, around the nation, and wherever our country sends them.
I am proud of your work, and I am proud to be your secretary of defense. Thank you very much.
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Man Pleads to Arlington Hospital Rape — A former Virginia Hospital Center employee has pleaded guilty to the rape of a 37-year-old woman at the hospital. The victim was at the hospital to receive a CT scan after falling and hitting her head while drunk. The rapist, 30-year-old Roy Anthony Jones, will be sentenced in October and could spend up to 18 years in prison. [Washington Post]
Construction Permits Filed for Office Tower — JBG Cos. has already filed for construction permits for the new CEB Tower office building in Rosslyn. The 31-story tower is part of JBG's Central Place project, which also includes a residential tower which is currently under construction. [Washington Business Journal]
Arlington Powerball Winner Claims Prize — Arlington resident Tim Dudgeon has come forward as the winner of a $1 million Powerball prize. Dudgeon bought the ticket at Mia's Market and Deli at 1607 S. Glebe Road. The store received a $10,000 bonus from the lottery for selling the ticket. [WJLA]
Vihstadt Pushes for Greater Contract Oversight — After a $7 million streetcar contract was able to bypass a County Board approval process on a technicality, Board member John Vihstadt wants to require all capital improvement contracts valued at $1 million or above to receive Board approval. County Manager Barbara Donnellan is evaluating the proposal. [InsideNova]
Arlington Celebrates Public Art Milestone — Arlington County is celebrating "30 years of Public Art placemaking in our community." The multi-month celebration will kick off Aug. 1 on Dark Star Park Day, held at 1655 Fort Myer Drive in Rosslyn. [Arlington County]
A tiny grocery store at the corner of S. Glebe Road and Walter Reed Drive has sold a winning $1 million Powerball ticket.
Mia's Market and Deli (1607 S. Glebe Road) sold one of three $1 million winning Powerball tickets nationwide for the July 16 drawing. The lucky winner matched all five numbers — 5-15-18-26-32 — but not the Powerball, 35.
The winner has 180 days to claim the prize.
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The lucky Arlington resident who matched five numbers in the Nov. 28 Powerball drawing officially claimed her $1 million prize on Friday.
Joanna Wallace (left) matched five numbers but didn't match the Powerball, which would given her a share of the $587 million jackpot. She was one of four $1 million winners in Virginia from the record-setting jackpot drawing.
Wallace purchased her ticket at the 7-Eleven store at 5267 Lee Highway, using the Easy Pick option to randomly select the numbers on her ticket, according to the Virginia Lottery. The store received a $10,000 bonus for selling the ticket.
Virginia Lottery Executive Director Paula Otto presented Wallace with a check for $1,000,004.00 at the store on Friday.
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Someone is $1 million richer this morning after buying a winning Powerball ticket in Arlington.
The ticket for last night's drawing was sold at the 7-Eleven store at 5267 Lee Highway, according to the Virginia Lottery. The lucky winner matched the first five numbers, but not the Powerball. (The winning combination was 5-16-22-23-29 with a Powerball of 6.)
The Arlington winner was one of four $1 million winners in Virginia. The other million dollar tickets were sold in Daleville, Harrisonburg and Richmond. Fifteen $10,000 tickets were also sold in Virginia.
The biggest winner in Virginia was the Commonwealth, which generated $13.3 million in profit from Powerball tickets sold in advance of the Wednesday drawing. That money will be used to benefit K-12 public schools.
The record-setting Powerball jackpot of $587.5 million will be split between two winning tickets in Arizona and Missouri.
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One lucky Arlington man has a lot to celebrate, after winning $100,000 in the Virginia Lottery Cash 5 game — for the second time in three months.
Joseph Sylvester won the top prize for matching all five numbers in the daily drawing on July 3. He had done the same thing exactly three months earlier, on April 3.
Once he realized he had won again, Sylvester wasn't fazed by the prospect of holding the big check in front of all those cameras.
"Gotta get my picture taken again," Sylvester said. "The second time is a little more routine."
Sylvester bought his latest winning ticket at the 7-Eleven at 1500 South Fern Street. He allowed the computer to randomly select the numbers on his ticket — 11, 15, 19, 26 and 27. The chances of a person winning the top prize of $100,000 are one in 278,256.
Sylvester hasn't said yet what he'll do with his new winnings. He used the money he won in April to pay bills and buy a new truck.
Elizabeth Abraham, a second grade teacher at Arlington Science Focus School, was the surprise recipient of a Virginia Lottery "Super Teacher" award at a school-wide assembly yesterday.
Students, faculty, PTA representatives, school board members, Superintendent Dr. Patrick Murphy, and Del. Patrick Hope — along with Abraham's husband and two children — were on hand when Abraham was told she was the first of eight teachers statewide who will receive the award this year.
Abraham will receive a $2,000 cash prize from the lottery, as well as $2,000 classroom supply credit.
"Beth's commitment to students of all levels is unmistakable," said Arlington Science Focus School PTA President Noah Simon. "Whether it is the differentiated guided reading groups she established or her firm yet supportive classroom management style, her students develop and keep the will to learn and excel."
Simon also noted that Abraham has been working beyond her contract hours to help an at-risk student "whose behavior has not only improved, but is serving as an example classmates can follow."
Funds raised by the Virginia Lottery provided more than $430 million last year for Virginia public schools, representing about 8 percent of state funding for public education.
Photo courtesy Frank Bellavia/Arlington Public Schools
Arlington Woman Hits Lotto — An Arlington woman who won $1 million playing the Mega Millions game is expected to pick up her prize today. So far, the new millionaire's identity is unknown. More from WTOP.
Arlington Schools to Get iPads — Arlington school officials are using a state grant to buy about 70 iPads. Meant to increase participation in a state "Beyond Textbooks" program, the grant will provide iPads to a fourth-grade social studies class at Drew Elementary and two world history classes at Washington-Lee High School. More from the Washington Examiner.
League of Women Voters to Hold Referendum Discussion — In the wake of this year's unsuccessful attempt to change Arlington's form of government by referendum, the League of Women Voters is holding a panel discussion entitled "Citizens Making Change in Arlington: How Does the Referendum Process Work, and Does It Work Well?" The talk is taking place at the Arlington Career Center main hall (816 S. Walter Reed Drive) from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.
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Cabell schools fare well at state tennis tournament
CHARLESTON -- On championship Saturday at the West Virginia State Tennis Tournament, both Huntington and Cabell Midland left the Kanawha City Community Center Tennis Courts with something to celebrate.
Huntington's Ross Evans and Darius Hadi led the Huntington boys to a second-place finish after winning a state title at No. 1 doubles and Cabell Midland's Bethany Law won a title at No. 2 singles following a straight-set win. On the girls' side, Huntington and Cabell Midland finished tied for third with nine points.
Evans and Hadi had the revenge factor working in their favor and used it early and often to knock off George Washington's Chris Pratt and Cameron Harmon, 6-1, 6-3. Pratt had defeated Evans in the singles' semifinals, so Evans was happy with his Saturday outcome.
"I came in wanting to do everything I can to win the match for us," Evans said. "After losing singles, it adds a little bit of revenge to that."
For Evans and Hadi, both players get to play to their forehand side, a rarity for doubles partners. Hadi said that they are a natural fit for the doubles court.
"You've got a righty and a lefty together, forehand on forehand," Hadi said. "You've also got a tall person at the net and a short person with a serve. That's all you need."
To win a state title though takes more. It takes a group playing its best tennis during the postseason. Huntington boys coach Bruce Senior said that's exactly what he got out of his doubles' tandem.
"It was the best they've played all year. Ross was a man at the net," Senior said. "For my first state champions, I couldn't ask for a better pair."
The Huntington duo celebrated along with Law, whose journey back from a preseason injury was completed with Saturday's 6-4, 6-3 win over Jefferson's Christina Hammond.
The match held tight early with Hammond holding a 4-3 advantage in the first set, but Law came back and won the final three games to capture the first set.
Law, who made the championship match at No. 1 singles in 2007, seized the momentum from her first-set triumph and methodically forced Hammond into several unforced errors to take the title.
"It's a relief. I feel like I proved myself today," Law said. "I just wanted to take advantage of being in the same spot again as last year. You have to go out and play every match like it's your best."
Law's win concluded a highly-successful week for the Knights, who finished tied with Huntington for third with nine points despite only having two girls -- Law and Stephanie Fox -- in the state tournament.
Law and Fox combined to finish 6-1 in seven singles matches. Fox fell in the No. 1 singles final to Parkersburg's Alex Bush 6-0, 6-2 in one of the day's first matches.
Huntington's girls had strong showings throughout the week with finalists at the No. 3 singles and No. 2 doubles positions. Sarah Cummings fell in No. 3 singles to George Washington's Cathy Liu, 6-1, 6-3 and the duo of Cummings and Allie Steel fell to Parkersburg's Lakin Whitlatch and Goldie Preston 7-5, 6-3 at No. 2 doubles.
Parkersburg's doubles win over Cummings and Steel clinched the girls' team title for the Big Reds, who tied George Washington with 13 points, but won the tiebreaker based on competitors in the championship round.
George Washington ran away with the boys' title with 16 points, eight ahead of Huntington.
In Class AA/A, Charleston Catholic swept the boys' and girls' team titles. Huntington St. Joseph's boys finished with four points, tying for fourth with Logan and Petersburg.
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