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- SURGICAL INSTRUMENT PosIIIoNING DEVICE Filed Aug. 5, 195'? 2 shee'Is-sheet 2 INVENTOR., Ze/zo/ZR Maca/5kb United States Patent Giitice 3,073,310 Patented Jan. 15, 1953 3,973,310 SURGICAL INSTRUMENT POSITIONING DEVICE Zenon R. lvlocarski, 1329 Kossuth St., Bridgeport, Conn. Filed Aug. 5, 1957, Ser. No. 676,311 4 Claims. (Cl. 12S-303) The present invention relates to a device for positioning a surgical instrument and more particularly to such a device which is utilized to position theinstrument with accuracy and precision within a bone covered inaccessible location, such as a skull.
Normally in brain surgery and/or examinations, it is required to position the working end of a surgical instrument at a small location within a skull. The location is generally determinable by means'of X-ray photographs but diiiiculty in actually locating the instrument at a selected spot has heretofore been experienced. This dificulty is attributed to the prior unsatisfactory and errorful manner of correlating linear distances and angles in the X-ray photographs to movement and angularity of the device holding the instrument. In addition, the insertion of the instrument to the locality has also presented problems vbecause of the necessity of avoiding critical areas of the brain where damage would be serious or even fatal. Thus, while a safe inserting path of the instrument could be determined on the X-ray photographs, therprior devices were incapable of being set so that the instrument would accurately and precisely follow the path.
An object of the present invention is to provide a device in which a surgical instrument may be accurately positioned at the predetermined location in a skull.
A further object is to provide such a device in which the instrument may be inserted with accuracy and precision in the brain along a selected safe path.
Another object is to provide a device in which, after initially positioning the surgical instrument at the desired location, it may be subsequently repositioned at the same location quickly and easily.
in carrying out the present invention the device of the present invention is. so constructed that the position of the surgical instrument can be easily correlated to distances and angles which are measurable on X-rayphotographs. With each skull it is necessary to have a fixed reference plane from which distances and angles may be measured. An accepted plane is one which contains a line connecting the lowest points of the two eye openings (eye-eye-line) and a line connecting the lowest point of one eye and the lowest point of its associate ear opening (eye-ear line). These two lines determine a plane which is hereinafter referred to as a plane of a skull or reference plane.
The present invention provides a base which is attachable to a skull. Mounted on the base is a pair of rods extending at right angles to each other and interconnecting the base and the two rods are means which provide for setting the two rods in a plane on the persons skull which is parallel to the reference plane of the skull. Each of the rods is individually movable along its longitudinal axis and hence act as coordinates on a graph for positioning the instrument. One end of one of the two rods has attached thereto an instrument holder which is itself pivotable along two axes and longitudinally movable on the rod. The movements of the instrument holder and the rods are capable of being measured by means of indexes and graduated scales provided on relatively movable adjacent parts. Accordingly measurements on the X-ray photographs can be directly correlated to movement, both linear and angular, of the surgical instrument holder without error being introduced by the planes of the rods and skull not being parallel. In addition, the graduations, when recorded, permit a resetting of the instrument to the identical position at a later date when further treatment of the same area is. required.
Other features and advantages will hereinafter appear.
In the drawing:
FIGURE l is a plan of the surgical instrument positioning device of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an elevation of FIG. l.
FIG. 3 is a partial view taken on the line 3-3 of FIG. l.
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of FIG. l.
FIG. 5 is an elevation of the instrument holding portion of the device. v
FIG. 6 is a view taken on the line 6 6 of FIG. 5.
FIG. 7 is a section taken on the line 7-7 of FIG. 5.
FIG. 8 is an elevation showing the device fastened to a skull.
FIG. 9 is a sample record required to permit resetting the device to have the instrument again repositioned in the same location within a skull.
Referring to the drawing, FIGS. l, 2 and 8, the surgical instrument positioning device of lthe ins-tant invention is generally indicated by lthe reference numeral 10 and has a base I11. The base includes a ilat annular rring 12, though other shapes may be used instead, an-d has three downwardly extending support legs 13 secured thereto. The legs are tubular and a screw 14 passes through each leg and has a portion which projects beyond Ithe leg to be threaded into the skull to hold the base fast on the skull. Preferably the projecting ends `of the screws have self-tapping threads. As shown in FIG. 1, the legs 13 are unevenly spaced about the periphery of the ring 12 for a reason which will be hereinafter apparent. The top surface of the annular ring has indicating marks 15 `for enabling the accurate positioning of the rest of 'the device thereon. The ring 12 is capable of being attached anywhere on the skull which is capable of providing a threaded hole for the screws.
According to the present invention, the instrument holder is constructed to permit the instrument to be lirst positioned in a plane parallel to the reference plane of the skull and then to be movable along determinable coordinates within the plane. To this end, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the device 10 has a clamping member F 16 which has a groove 17 into which the annular ring 12 lits. A thumbscrew 18 threads through the clamping member for locking the clamping member to the ring 12. While the clamping member may be attached at any location on the ring, to aid in fastening it accurately at known positions, the clamping member has an index mark 19 for cooperation with indicating marks 15.
Secured to the clamping member 16 is a laterally extending arm 20 which has an aperture 21formed in its remote end portion. A post 22 has its lower end 23 positioned within the aperture 21 for pivotal movement with .respect thereto. The upper end 24 of the'post`22 is stepshaped to provide a vertical surface 24a forv cooperation with a step-shaped lower end portion 25 of a second post 26 which provides a mating vertical surf-ace 25a. A horizontal pivot shaft 27 extends through the aligned vertical surfaces of the stepped endl portions ofthe posts for enabling pivotal movement of the second post 26 with respect to the first post 22. The upper end 28 of the second post 26 has an aperture129 extending therethrough lin which is mounted a bushing 3i) having a rectangular longitudinal bore 31. Within vthe bore 31 there is slidably mounted a rst rod 32 which at one end has attached thereto a T connector 33 The connector V33 has a rectangular bore 34 extending at right angles to the axis of the rod '32; and slidably mounted within the bore 34 is a secondrodsSS.'
The two rods 32 and 35 are thus xed with respect to each other so that their longitudinal axes extend at right angles to each other and define the plane of the device which is adapted to be positioned on a skull parallel to the reference plane ofthe skull.
lt will be appreciated by the above construction that the bushing 30 permits rotation of the rods 32 and 35 about an axis which is parallel to the length of the rod 32 land transverse to the rod 35 while the pivot shaft 27 permits rotation of the rods about an axis which is parallel to the length of the rod 35 and transverse to the rod 32. Thus the two rods are always maintained perpendicular to each other and as a unit are pivotable about two axes which are Ialso perpendicular. The pivoted connection between the lower end 23 of the post 22 and the arm 2G provides for rotation of the rods and associated pivots about an axis which is perpendicular to the plane of the flat ring 12 to enable initial centering of the rods on the skull. Accordingly the plane of the two rods is capable of being adjusted parallel to the plane of the skull.
In order to accurately initially position the two rods and to enable the subsequent resetting of the position, each of the above recited three pivotal connections is provided with an arcuate scale and a cooperating index mark or pointer. To this end, the arm has a pointer 36, while attached to the lower end 23 of the post 22 is a circular plate 37 having degree graduations 38. The
pivot shaft 27 fastened to the post 22 carries a plate 39 having degree graduations 4t) while the second post 26 has an index mark 41 cooperating therewith. The bushing is rotatable with respect to the post 26 and carries a plate 42 which has degree graduations 43 while the upper end 28 of the post 26 has an index mark 44.
After the elements have been positioned, to prevent accidental or otherwise movement thereof, there is provided locking means for each of the pivots. Thus, a thumbscrew 45 extends through a -threaded bore in the arm 20 to engage and lock the lower end 23 of the post 22. The pivot shaft 27 has a projecting threaded end portion 46 on which is threaded a knob 47 which clamps the two posts 22 and 26 in the desired angular position. Additionally another thumbscrew 48 extends through a threaded bore in the upper end 28 ofthe post 26 to engage the bushing 30 and lock it in position.
Once the parallel plane of the rods 32 and 35 has been set, the instrument has to be capable of being accurately moved within the said plane known distances to the predetermined desired position. This is accomplished according to the present invention by providing for lengthwise movement of each rod. Thus, the rod 35 has a knob 49 which is attached to a shaft 50 (see FIG. 4) to rotate a small pinion gear 51. The bottom surface of the rod 35 has a groove 52 formed therein in which a segment of a rack 53 is fastened for mating with a gear 51 so that rotation of the knob 47 will cause rotation of the pinion and hence longitudinal movement of the rack 53 and rod 35. The distance which each rod moves is, according to the present invention, measurable and known and for this purpose the rod 35 carries a linear scale 54 for cooperation with an index mark 55 on the connector 33. Similarly, the rod 32 is provided with a rack 56 positioned in a groove 57 formedin its bottom surface for cooperation with a pinion 58 rotatable by a knob 59 for longitudinally moving the rod 32. A thumbserew 6l) passes through the bushing 30 for locking the rod 32 at the selected position. Additionally the rod 32 is provided with a linear scale 61 cooperating with an index mark 62 carried by the bushing 30. A stop 63 is attached to the end of the rod 32 remote from the rod 3S to limit the movement of the rod 32 in one direction while movement in the other direction is limited by the connector 33.
While a surgical instrument 100 may be attached directly to an end of the rod 35, according to the present invention there is attached to an end of the rod 35 an arm 64 extending at right angles from the rod and parallel to the rod 32. The otherend of the arm 64 is pivotaliy connected to one leg 65 of a right-angle bracket 66 by a screw 67 threaded in a headed bushing 68. The leg 65 carries a plate 69 having degree graduations 70 which cooperate with an index mark 71 on the arm 64. A thumbscrew 72 engages the bushing 68 to lock the leg and arm at the desired angular position. The other leg 73 of the bracket 66 has pivotally mounted thereon an elongate channel member 74 having a rectangular groove75 into which a' bar 76 is slidably mounted. The channel member 74 has a shaft 77 attached thereto which passes through an aperture 7 8 in the leg 73 for providing pivotal movement therebetween, while a thumbnut 79 locks the parts in a desired position. Also attached to the channel member 74 is a plate 80 having degree graduations 8l for cooperation with an index mark 82 on the leg 73.
The bar 76 is mounted for longitudinal movement in the channel 74 and has on its underside a rack 83 and a knob 84 operates a pinion 85 for causing longitudinal movement of the bar 76. Additionally the bar 76 carries a linear scale 86 for cooperation with an index mark 87 carried by the channel 74. The surface of the bar 76 opposite the rack 83 is provided with a longitudinal extending T-shaped slot 88 for slidably holding a surgical instrument holder 89 having a longitudinal ange 90 and a screw head 91 positioned in the T slot. l The holder 89, in addition, has a locking screw 92 threaded in the holder and has its end engageable with the edge of the slot 88 to lock the holder 89 at the desired location on the bar 76 to the slot. Additionally the holder has a longitudinally extending aperture 93 adapted to slidably receive a surgical instrument 100. In the specific embodiment shown, a pointed needle or probe is shown and a pair of thumbscrews 94 lock the instrument to the holder S9. It will be apparent that other surgical instruments are intended to be utilized in addition to the needle and that the holder may have an aperture and/ or other well-known mechanical expedients which enables the clamping of the instrument thereto.
From the above structure it will be appreciated that the instrument holder 89 moves with the rods 32 and 35. In addition, the pivotal connections between the arm 64 and leg 65 provide for pivotal movement about an axis parallel to the rod 35 while the connection between leg 73 and the channel member 74 provides for a second pivotal movement of the holder 89 about an axis at right angles to the iirst. The holder 89 is capable of being adjustably set on the bar 76 while the bar is capable of being longitudinally moved.
In use, the base 11, separated from the other parts, is fastened to the skull by the self-tapping screws 14 so that the annular ring 12 preferably circumscribes the area of the skull to be pierced. The clamping member 16 with the parts which it carries is then fastened to the ring 12 and the two rods 32 and 35 are approximately positioned so that they are in a plane parallel to the plane of the skull. Then the rods are pivoted about the posts 22 and 27 so that one of the rods becomes parallel with the eye-eye line or the eye-ear line of the skull. The two pivots 67 and 77 are locked at zero which places the instrument holder at right angles to the plane of the rods. X-ray photographs are then taken forwardly and sidewise and they will show the deviation of the two rods 32 and 35 from the skull lines. The two rods are then adjusted by measuring the angular deviation in the photographs by rotating the rods about pivot 27 and bushing 30 the amount of the deviation. This aligns the plane of the rods with the plane of the skull. The photographs will also show the end of the surgical instrument and the place within the skull to be contacted. Then linear measurements are taken on the front view photograph for the sidewise distance between the end of the instrument and the selected area and on the side view for the frontal distance between the end of the instrument and the said area. The rods 32 and 35 are then longitudinally moved their respective distances by their knobs 59 and 49 respectively to position the end of the instrument 100 vertically over the location. The depth of the location is easily measured from the photographs and if the bar 76 and instrument 100 are vertical, the bar '76 can be moved inwardly the required depth which will position the end of the instrument precisely at the desired location within the skull.
It will be appreciated that by having the two rods in a plane parallel to the plane of the skull (the photographs are taken perpendicular to the skull plane), that any linear distance measured in the photographs between the instrument and the selected area is the distance that the rods should be moved to align the instrument with a point on the photographs and there will be no deviation due to linear distances along unparallel planes.
While the above describes inserting the instrument to the desired location by movement thereof perpendicular to the plane of the skull, it is generally required that the instrument be inserted at an angle in order to avoid injury to critical portions of the brain. This is easily accomplished by the device of the instant invention by using the two pivots 67 and 77 to adjust the instrument holder. The taking of the front and side X-ray photographs as mentioned above is initially done. Then the path to be traveled by the instrument is determined on the photographs and lthe angles, both front and side, are measured and set on the scales 70 and 81. The two rods are then longitudinally moved until the instrument end is on the point of the skull which corresponds to the intersection between the path of the instrument and the skull in the photographs. The instrument is then inserted the required depth by movement of the bar '76 according to the scale 86 on the bar 76.
The above relates to initially positioning the working end of an instrument at the desired location within the skull. Normally, in addition to the first positioning thereof, it is generally necessary at a later date to again position the instrument end at the same location. This is easily and quickly accomplished by the present invention without going through the initial positioning procedure above recited. With the instrument end at the desired location during the initial positioning, readings of the various scales are taken and recorded on a record sheet such as is shown in FIG. 9. Thus Base indicates the particular reading of indicating mark on the ring 12; A the reading on graduation 38; B, the reading on graduation 43; C, the reading on graduation 4t); D, the reading on graduation 70; E, the reading on graduation 81; R the reading on the linear scale of rod 32; G, the linear reading of rod 35; and I-I, the linear reading on the bar 76. Accordingly, the base is repositioned on the skull with the screws in the same holes (since they are off center the base can be mounted only in one position) and the various settings made except for the bar. Then the bar is moved the required distance to reposition the end of the instrument in the same position.
It will accordingly be appreciated that there has been illustrated and described a device which may be easily attached on a skull, which permits the location of a surgical instrument within the skull with a minimum of eliort and with accuracy and precision, and which is capable of quickly and easily being repositioned at the same location from time to time for a series of operations or treatments without requiring any X-rays or other positioning medium or measurement; the base being additionally secured to the skull by the same screws using the same holes in the skull.
Variations and modifications may be made within the scope ofthe claims and portions of the improvements may be used without others.
I claim:
1. A device for accurately positioning a surgical instrument within a skull comprising a holder for the instrument, a pair of elongate rods mounted at right angles to each other and deining a plane, means mounting the holder on 011e of the rods, a base consisting of a iiat ring and at least three legs attached thereto and extending downwardly therefrom and a threadable member projectable into the skull v:for fastening the ring thereto, a pair of pivots having axes extending at right angles to each other and connected to the other rod, and clamp means interconnecting the pivots and the base.
2. A device for accurately positioning a surgical instrument within a skull comprising a holder for the instrument, a pair of elongate rods mounted at right angles to each other and defining a plane, means mounting the holder on one of the rods, a base including a fiat ring fastenable 'to the skull, and means interconnecting the rods and the base for providing pivotal movement of the rods about a pair of axes, each axis being transverse of a rod, whereby the rods may be positioned in a plane which is parallel to the plane of the skull, said interconnecting means including a member formed with a groove into which any portion of the ring tits and having a locking screw for locking the member at the desired position on the ring.
3. A device for accurately positioning a surgical instrument within a skull comprising a base consisting of a flat ring having at least three tubular legs attached thereto and extending downwardly therefrom and unevenly spaced about the ring; a threadable member extending through each leg and projecting therebeyond for threading into a skull to fasten the base thereto; a clamp member formed with a groove into which any peripheral portion of the ring ts and having a locking screw for locking the member at the desired position on the ring; an arm connected to the clamp member and having an aperture; a post pivotally mounted in the aperture and having its pivot axis perpendicular to the flat plane of the ring; a second post pivotally connected to an end portion of the first leg with the pivot axis being perpendicular to the just mentioned axis; a bushing carried by the second leg and pivotally with respect thereto; a rod slidably mounted in the bushing for pivotal movement therewith and longitudinal movement with respect thereto; a T connector connected to an end of the rod and having an elongate aperture extending perpendicular to the rod; a second rod slidably mounted in the elongate 4aperture for longitudinal movement with respect thereto; an arm fastened to an end of the second rod; an L-shaped member; a pivot interconnecting one end of the arm and a leg of the L- shaped member; a channel member pivotally mounted on the other leg of the L-shaped member; a bar slidably mounted for longitudinal movement in the channel and having a longitudinal groove; and an instrument holder mounted onl the bar for adjustable positioning along the groove and for movement with the bar.
4. A device for accurately positioning a surgical instrument within a skull comprising a holder for the instrument, a pair of elongate rods mounted at right angles to each other and defining a plane, means mounting the holder on one of the rods, a base consisting of a iiat ring and at least three legs attached thereto and extending downwardly and a threadable member projectable into the skull for fastening the ring thereto, means interconnecting the rods and the base for providing pivotal movement of the rods about a pair of axes, each axis being transverse of a rod, whereby the rods may be positioned in a plane which is parallel to the plane of the skull, in which each leg is tubular, in which a thread; able member extends through each leg and projects therebeyond and in which the legs are unequally spaced about the ring, whereby the base is capable of being repositioned on the skull in the same former location.
(References on following page) 7 References Cited in the file of this patent 2,401,548 i 4 2,494,792 UNI'ljIlD STATnS PATENTS 2,775,040
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Introducing the New PAMF Blog
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Things to do this weekend: 04.02.10
Events happening in the Coastal Bend this weekend
CHEATIN: The Port Aransas Community Theater, 2327 State Highway 361, Port Aransas presents Cheatin at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. The play is directed by Connie Beane and is set in Lowakeand is intended for adult audiences. Cost: $10-$15. Other performances will be presented at 7:30 p.m. April 8-10 and April 16-17 and at 2:30 p.m. April 18. Information: 361-749-6036.
STAR PARTY: Eddie Hrncir, planetary geologist, hosts a star party with computer-guided telescope and green astronomical laser at Scuttlebutts Seafood Bar & Grill, 14254 S. Padre Island Drive (formerly Tsunami Bar) from 8 to 11 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays (weather permitting). The telescope is next to the main entrance and visitors can view Saturn and its rings, the moon and many constellations and nebulas in the sky. Free. Information: 949-6769.
CHAZ/EGGERY EXHIBITS: Urban Street artist Chaz Bojorquez will have his work on display at the Ben Bailey Art Gallery, Texas A&M University-Kingsville through April 20. Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Also The Art of Eggery exhibit will be on display through April 30 at will the John E. Conner Museum at the university. Featuring the egg artistry of San Antonio artist Janie Arteaga. Museum hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays. Free. Information: 361-593-2810.
PARKINSON SUPPORT: Parkinson Support Group meets at 10:45 a.m. Fridays for exercises led by a trained exercise therapist at Parkway Presbyterian Church, 3707 Santa Fe. Free. Information: 853-9303.
FIRST FRIDAY RECEPTION: Art Center for the Islands, 323 N. Alister St., Port Aransas will host First Friday reception from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Featuring the Island Women-Group Show with works by Judith DeShong Hall, Zulia Anderson, Kay Barnebey, Vicki Marshall, Donna Van Baalen and Zulia Gotay Anderson. The exhibit will be on display through April 30. Free. Information: 361-749-7334.
RUMMAGE SALE: The annual rummage sale is from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Al Amin Temple, 2001 Suntide Road. Information: 241-5353.
DANCE: A senior dance with music by Bud Whittington is from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Friday at the Portland Community Center, 2000 Billy G. Webb Drive, Portland. Cost: $3. Information: 852-1409.
BOXING SERIES: The 2010 Tecate Texas Boxing Series begins at 7 p.m. Saturday at the American Bank Center Arena. Featuring Jerry Belmontes and Alfonso Lopez. Seven bouts are scheduled on the card, headlined by the United States Featherweight Championship fight between Mikey Garcia Tomas Villa. Cost: $21.50-$51.50. Information: www.ticketmaster.com or 800-745-3000.
BOOK SIGNING: Author Ken Halloran will sign copies of his book Travel Tales ... An Old Retiree, His RV, His Dog, and His Woman (not necessarily in order of preference) Hit the Road from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday at Port A Pizzeria, 407 E. Ave. G., Port Aransas. Free. Information: 888-361-9473 or email@example.com
MUDDY BUDDIES: Muddy Buddies Childrens Clay Classes are from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday and also April 17 at the Art Center of Corpus Christi, 100 Shoreline Drive. Cost: $30/month; $20/drop-ins; $25/ages younger than seven with adult. Reservation required at least two days in advance. Also Simplifying hand building adult clay classes is from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday and April 17 at the center. No previous experience needed. Cost: $16; $25/clay (includes firing and glazing). Childrens oil painting class for ages 7-15 is from 10 a.m. to noon Saturdays at the center. Cost: $60/month. For reservations/information: 884-6406.
BAKE SALE: The annual P.I.E. (Padre Island Enrichment Club) bake sale is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday Realty World Island Properties,15105 S. Padre Island Drive. Also the next meeting of P.I.E. begins with social hour at 11:30 a.m. April 9 at the Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort on the beach. Cost: $13. Reservations should be made by Wednesday. Information: 361-442-3529 or email@example.com.
CENTENNIAL HOUSE: The Corpus Christi Area Heritage Society will host tours of the Centennial House, (aka The Britton/Evans House) 411 N. Upper Broadway, from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. Cost: $3/adults; $1/ages 12 and younger. Information: 882-8691.
EASTER EGGSTRAVAGANZA: Cathedral of the Palms Church, 3401 S. Alameda St., will host their annual Easter Eggstravaganza Easter Sunday at 4 p.m. at Heritage Park. Activities include an egg hunt, music and food. Also there will be door prizes and 50 bicycle giveaway. Free. Information: 853-0126.
EASTER WORSHIP: Island in the Son United Methodist Church, 15602 Highway 361, will have an 8:30 and a 10 a.m. Easter Sunday worship service. Information: 361-749-0884.
MULTIDENOMINATIONAL SERVICE: A multidenominational Easter sunrise service begins at 7 a.m. Sunday at The Rockport Beach Park Bandshell. The service, sponsored by the Aransas County Ministerial Association, begins with music provided by Rockports Gospel Force. Pastors from Presbyterian, Catholic, Baptist, Methodist and Lutheran faiths will each lead portions of the worship. Attendees are encouraged to bring lawn chairs. Free. Information: 361-729.6445.
EASTER WORSHIP/EGG HUNT: First United Methodist Church, 900 Shoreline Blvd., will host Easter worship services at 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday and a nontraditional 11 a.m. service in the fellowship hall. The Rev. Greg Hackett will preach at all services the final sermon, His Triumph from his Lenten sermon series, Who is This Man? The children of the congregation will bring flowers to adorn the processional cross. An Easter egg hunt will be held on the front lawn of the church immediately following the 11 a.m. services. The program will end with the singing of Hallelujah Chorus. Free. Information: 884-0391.
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Friday, January 3, 2014
The Lady Patriots advanced to the championship game of their division during the 2013 Carolina Invitational Tournament but had to settle for the runner-up trophy.
Fort Dorchester opened the tournament with a win over Stratford Dec. 27 and advanced to the title game with a 55-50 win over Baptist Hill Saturday. But the Lady Patriots fell 42-29 to East Hall of Georgia in the championship game for the River Division Monday.
Im proud of my team and I think we grew up some during this tournament, Fort Dorchester coach Randall Slawson said. East Hall is a very disciplined team. We played well but our inexperience showed. The big thing is we made too many turnovers.
Fort Dorchester cut the East Hall lead down to 4 late in the game, but then East Hall scored a quick 7 points off turnovers and began to pull away for good. Slawson is hoping the experience will help his team in the long run.
We have played a tough schedule early this season, Slawson said. We saw some good teams this weekend and by the time we reach region play we would have seen West Ashley twice and Goose Creek twice. We should be prepared for the second half of the season.
The Lady Green Wave and the Lady Swamp Foxes both finished in sixth place for their division at the tournament, which featured 64 teams.
The Summerville girls fell to Bullitt East of Kentucky in the opening round but bounced back with a 72-42 win over Pinewood. The Lady Green Wave then fell 84-70 to Centreville of West Virginia in the fifth-place game for the division.
Ashley Ridge opened with a loss to Butler of Kentucky but bounced back with a 47-45 win over Cheraw. The Lady Swamp Foxes then fell 33-24 to Mauldin in the fifth-place game for their division.
Pinewood also lost to Goose Creek and Union County.
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companionship, entertainment and in zoos. It also covers wild animals and animals used in research where there is a risk of them transmitting disease to other animals or to humans.
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1994 in the context of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). This Agreement is aimed at minimising the negative effects of unjustified health
barriers on international trade.
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DALLAS - The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff painted a decidedly different picture of the war on terrorism from that which residents of this Texas city are used to hearing during an appearance here Oct. 29.
WASHINGTON - In the week following the election of Hamid Karzai as president of Afghanistan, the multinational coalition and the NATO International Security Assistance Force are working with his government to rescue three election workers abducted Oct. 29, a military spokesman said today in the Afghan capital of Kabul.
WASHINGTON - Eight Marines were killed and nine others were wounded today in operations in Iraq's Al Anbar province.
WASHINGTON - The Defense Department will keep about 6,500 experienced troops on the ground through the Iraqi elections, currently scheduled for Jan. 27.
WASHINGTON - Military and civilian Pennsylvania residents living overseas today received an eight-day extension on the deadline to get their absentee ballots counted.
WASHINGTON - Until the Oct. 1, 2002, activation of U.S. Northern Command, "there was no single officer the president could put his finger on" to assign the responsibility for homeland defense and supporting civil authorities in the event of an attack, a senior U.S. military officer said here today.
WASHINGTON - A U.S. Army ordnance company removed roughly 250 tons of munitions from Iraq's Al Qaqaa weapons depot in mid-April 2003, that unit's commander said in the Pentagon today.
WASHINGTON - The assembly lines are moving 24/7 to keep up with the demand for up-armored vehicles in Iraq and for conversion kits to add extra protection to vehicles already there.
WASHINGTON - While U.S. Northern Command passed the October 2003 gate for full operational capability, "we must continue to grow and mature," said the command's deputy commander here Oct. 28.
WASHINGTON - Multinational forces have confirmed that the body of an Asian male was found in Tikrit today, according to Multinational Force Iraq officials.
WASHINGTON - Not only did Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Casey Tibbs do what he said he would do, he did it in grand style.
WASHINGTON - South Korean representatives visited the Pentagon Oct. 27 to take a look at DoD's Computer/Electronic Accommodations Program's Technology Evaluation Center.
BAGHDAD, Iraq - In an effort to move closer to self-sustainment, the Iraqi army -- with Multinational Force assistance -- has begun to stand up three transportation battalions.
WASHINGTON - The nature of war has changed, and the United States must change to meet the new threats, the Defense Department's top homeland defense civilian said here today.
WASHINGTON - The Army is converting some 5,000 military billets - mostly staff -- to civilian positions in order to free up more soldiers for other needed duties, DoD's top civilian personnel official said here Oct. 27.
WASHINGTON - Although the Joint Election Management Body won't officially certify results of the Afghan elections for a few more days, interim President Hamid Karzai appears to be the clear winner, the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan said Oct. 27.
WASHINGTON - A rocket-propelled-grenade attack on a combat patrol south of Balad, Iraq, killed a 1st Infantry Division soldier at about today, Multinational Force Iraq officials said.
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Looking at a map of Iraq, many small towns and villages dot the country -- many without roads between them marked on the map.
WASHINGTON - The top U.S. envoy for arms control called Japan's support for the war on terror, including its decision to extend logistical support for the coalition in Afghanistan and its hosting of a counter- proliferation exercise, a testament to the strong bilateral security alliance between the United States and Japan.
WASHINGTON - The chances that enemy forces moved 377 tons of heavy ordnance out of the Al Qaqaa arms facility after U.S. forces arrived in the area are nearly impossible, said Army Col. David Perkins, who commanded the American troops who took the area during major combat operations in Iraq in 2003.
FORT BELVOIR, Va. - "With Sept. 11, I really felt violated when the Pentagon was attacked. I [had] worked there for several years, and I took it personally," said Maurice Stewart, a DoD civilian employee deployed to Kuwait.
WASHINGTON - The outcome of the war against global terrorism "will determine the nature of our world for some decades to come," the U.S. military's top civilian said here today.
KIGALI, Rwanda - More than 120 active-duty and reserve airmen of the 322nd Air Expeditionary Group arrived here Oct. 23 and 24 to set up airlift operations for the African Union.
WASHINGTON - A 13th Corps Support Command soldier was killed and another injured after a suspected motorcycle-bomb attack on their convoy, military officials in Iraq reported today.
WASHINGTON - While there are hurdles to overcome, the people of Iraq are better off than they were under Saddam Hussein, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said during a radio interview Oct. 26.
WASHINGTON - A plan to realign the U.S. troop presence and consolidate U.S. bases in South Korea promises to be a win-win for all parties concerned, while ensuring "a consistent and robust deterrent capability" on the Korean Peninsula, Secretary of State Colin Powell told reporters in Seoul Oct. 26.
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi soldiers and police, and U.S. soldiers have completed their project with local leaders to facilitate a weapons buyback program to make life safer for the residents of Baghdad's Sadr City section.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - It's a classic story: a U.S. soldier took leave from his duty station in Yongsan, South Korea, to visit what he calls "the love of my life."
WASHINGTON - An improvised explosive device wounded three U.S. soldiers and an Afghan National Army soldier near Qalat, Afghanistan, early today.
CAMP TAJI, Iraq - A tiny 2-year-old boy stood silent and alone in the early morning darkness as he watched U.S. soldiers file past, one by one, to his small farmhouse located just outside Taji, Iraq.
WASHINGTON - Multinational Force Iraq and the Iraq Survey Group are examining facts and circumstances regarding when several hundred tons of explosives went missing from the former Al-Quaqaa military facility in Iraq and where they are now, defense officials said today.
WASHINGTON - The 2005 base realignment and closure initiative will be different from previous rounds in that it will directly contribute to DoD's transformation efforts, a top DoD official said here Oct. 25.
WASHINGTON - It is too early to say if units currently deployed to Iraq may be extended in their tours of duty, Pentagon officials said today.
WASHINGTON - Coalition forces launched precision strikes on a safe house in Fallujah early this morning, killing an associate of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's terrorist organization, military officials in Baghdad reported today.
BAGHDAD, Iraq - While these soldiers' battle scars may not be transparent, rest assured the war they wage has taken its toll emotionally. Despite apparently insurmountable obstacles and a history of pain and suffering, they continue to believe in their common cause.
FORWARD OPERATING BASE DUKE, Iraq - Marines from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit distributed more than $570,000 in condolence and collateral-damage-repair payments on Oct. 25 to show good will to Iraqis caught in the crossfire during fighting in Najaf in August 2003, officials with Multinational Force Iraq announced.
WASHINGTON - The Defense Department today recognized several anti-drug-education and drug-abuse-awareness programs during the kickoff of its 14th annual Red Ribbon Week observance.
WASHINGTON - The United States may change the exact positioning of its forces in the Asia-Pacific region, but remains committed to helping maintain peace and security in that part of the world, Secretary of State Colin Powell said during a whirlwind trip to Japan, China and South Korea.
WASHINGTON - Many people choose laser eye surgery because they think it will make them more attractive or save them from having to grapple to find their glasses all the time.
WASHINGTON - A U.S. military official outlined progress today on how the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is using its know-how to provide headquarters buildings, barracks and training facilities for Afghanistan's security forces.
WASHINGTON - The Iraqi government released details today on the Oct. 23 murders of 49 unarmed Iraqi soldiers on leave to visit their families.
WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Colin Powell is wrapping up an East Asia trip focused on prodding North Korea to resume talks aimed at ending its nuclear-weapons program.
WASHINGTON - One Task Force Baghdad soldier died and five others were wounded today when an improvised explosive device detonated in western Baghdad, Multinational Force Iraq officials said.
WASHINGTON - Task Force Baghdad troops conducting a cordon and search operation in central Baghdad today uncovered a large weapons cache, according to Multinational Force Iraq officials.
WASHINGTON - The British Scotland Black Watch Regiment is deploying farther north in Iraq "for a limited period of time for a limited operation," British Prime Minister Tony Blair said during a press conference today in London.
WASHINGTON - U.S. Marine jets destroyed a known enemy command and control post in Fallujah today, U.S. military officials in Iraq reported.
WASHINGTON - Multinational forces captured a "senior leader" from terrorist Abu Musab al Zarqawi's inner circle today in a raid on a safe house in Fallujah, Iraq.
WASHINGTON - His signing of the 2005 Homeland Security Appropriations Act Oct. 18 provides the "essential resources" needed to protect the nation's skies, ports and borders, President Bush noted today during his weekly national radio address.
WASHINGTON - U.S. defense officials were aware that insurgent acts in Iraq would likely escalate after the transfer of sovereignty to an interim government -- and it has, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said here today.
WASHINGTON - Based on intelligence information, coalition forces expect an increase in violence during the holy month of Ramadan, a Multinational Force Iraq spokesman said today in a Pentagon Channel interview from Baghdad.
WASHINGTON - Marines from the 1st Marine Division are, for the second straight day, engaging several groups of insurgents on the outskirts of Fallujah, Iraq.
WASHINGTON - The State Department's removal of Iraq this week from its list of state sponsors of terrorism represents an important symbolic act and show of support for Iraq's interim government, according to Secretary of State Colin Powell.
WASHINGTON - The Defense Department is launching a vigorous public health campaign aimed at preventing the flu in those who won't qualify to get their shot this season.
BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq - Airmen here finally can have it their way, with the opening of Burger King and Pizza Hut restaurants Oct. 10.
WASHINGTON - The Defense Department issued a new procurement policy this week urging employees and military to "buy green."
WASHINGTON - Deployed or stationed overseas and still waiting for your state absentee ballot to arrive in the mail? There's no need to sweat it out any more.
WASHINGTON - Three witnesses testified today during the second day of a hearing convened to help determine whether a soldier in Iraq should be tried for murder in connection with an Iraqi civilian's death.
WASHINGTON - All deployed and deploying servicemembers and high-risk beneficiaries will be vaccinated on time this flu season, the Defense Department's chief medical officer said here Oct. 21.
WASHINGTON - A Defense Department program that provides the technology and services disabled workers need to use computers and other basic office equipment evens the employment playing field for the disabled while making it easier for managers to hire them, according to the DoD official who has run the program for the past 14 years.
WASHINGTON - An Army staff sergeant who pleaded guilty to several charges Oct. 20 stemming from detainee abuse at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison was sentenced at a court-martial in Baghdad today.
WASHINGTON - The commander of the quartermaster company from which 18 reserve soldiers refused to accompany a recent fuel supply mission in Iraq was relieved of her command today at her own request.
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Decades of dictator rule and sanctions have left a bruise on the improving Iraq, a country of 25 million still in its infancy of freedom.
WASHINGTON - An Air Force HH-60 helicopter crewmember was killed and two others were injured when their aircraft crashed during a medical evacuation mission about 11 p.m. Oct. 20 east of Shindand, Afghanistan.
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany - About 30 U.S. Air Force members from U.S. European Command arrived in Kigali, Rwanda, today to begin preparations to support a two-week airlift mission of Rwandan peacekeepers as part of the African Union expanded mission in the Darfur region of Sudan.
WASHINGTON - A visually impaired Defense Intelligence Agency employee continues to excel at her work, thanks to technology and the government's willingness to provide "reasonable accommodations."
WASHINGTON - More than 700 members of an Army Reserve training division are moving into Iraq to help train local security forces.
BAGHDAD, Iraq - To add an immediate strike-force capability to Iraq's police forces, the Ministry of Interior -- in one of the Iraqi interim government's first self-initiated security force moves since the June 28 sovereignty handover -- has begun forming six police commando battalions.
WASHINGTON - Six months after introducing its program to help severely disabled soldiers and their families tap into services available to them through the military and the Department of Veterans Affairs, the officer who oversees the program said it's sending a strong message that the military is standing by them at their time of need.
WASHINGTON - Recently held elections in Afghanistan make the point that the global war against terrorism "is going well," the Defense Department's top civilian said during an Oct. 19 radio interview.
WASHINGTON - A soldier pleaded guilty at a Baghdad court-martial today to several charges stemming from events at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
WASHINGTON - Looking forward to nationwide elections slated in January, interim Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi cited in recent remarks the "large strides" his country has made since the April 9, 2003, fall of Saddam Hussein's regime.
WASHINGTON - Though Afghanistan's Oct. 9 election represented an emphatic rejection of the Taliban and al Qaeda way of life, the violence borne of those beliefs claimed the lives of five Joint Electoral Management Body workers Oct. 20, a U.S. military spokesman said today.
WASHINGTON - U.S. forces continue to zero in on terrorist activities in the Iraqi city of Fallujah, as air strikes today destroyed four more insurgent safe houses and Marine aircraft knocked out an enemy outpost.
WASHINGTON - The idea that the United States needs to return to a military draft is "false and mischievous and, in my view, nothing better than a scare technique," Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said in a radio interview today.
WASHINGTON - DoD's top medical official said today there is no need for a contingency plan study on drafting medical personnel.
WASHINGTON - The United States is thankful for the 30 allies contributing to security in Iraq, and Americans should not measure allied contributions to the war on terror solely on the number of troops involved, the vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff told an audience in Mississippi.
BAGHDAD, Iraq - For the second time in two days, Iraqi and U.S. engineers have commissioned a new generator near the capital city.
WASHINGTON - The Afghan presidential election on Oct. 9 represented a significant milestone on the country's road to a brighter future, the U.S. general in charge of coalition forces there said.
WASHINGTON - Army Sgt. Brian Wilhelm was near Balad, Iraq, on a logistics mission in early October 2003 when his unit was ambushed by "a fairly large element" and engaged in a 31-minute firefight. He was struck by a rocket- propelled grenade through the lower left leg. The unit returned fire for about 31 minutes before Wilhelm was medically evacuated.
WASHINGTON - A new study finds the health risks from inhaling airborne particles of depleted uranium are very low.
WASHINGTON - Four Iraqi soldiers were killed and some 80 others injured today in a mortar attack on an Iraqi National Guard base in Taji, according to Multinational Force Iraq officials in Baghdad.
WASHINGTON - David Buchanan said he knew he'd get a strong response when the Dale City (Va.) Volunteer Fire Department put out the word that one of its former members now a career fireman deployed with his Army Reserve unit to Afghanistan wanted winter coats and school supplies for Afghan children.
CAMP TAJI, Iraq - A raid launched today by Company C, 3rd Battalion, 153rd Infantry Regiment of the Army's 39th Brigade Combat Team netted a suspected cell leader and recruiter for anti-Iraqi mortar teams in eastern Baghdad.
WASHINGTON - The commanding general of a group of soldiers that allegedly refused to take part in a recent convoy operation in Iraq told reporters the event was an "isolated incident."
FALLUJAH, Iraq - Troops from Multinational Force Iraq continued increased security operations Oct. 17 to isolate anti-Iraqi forces in Fallujah. Officials said the operations were designed to disrupt the enemy fighters' ability to "plan, coordinate and execute criminal acts against the Iraqi people and government."
BAGHDAD, Iraq - An improvised explosive device detonated at about 4:30 p.m. in western Baghdad today, wounding three Task Force Baghdad soldiers.
TAJI, Iraq - More than 400 57 mm rockets, 7,275 rounds of 14.5 mm anti-aircraft ammunition, and one U.S. tube-launched optically tracked wire- guided missile were just the tip of the iceberg during a recent weapons cache discovery north of Iraq.
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A new generator came on line here today, bringing enough new electricity to the energy-thirsty country to fuel more than 275,000 Iraqi homes.
WASHINGTON - Two U.S. Army pilots were killed when two cargo helicopters crashed Oct. 16 in southwest Baghdad, Iraq, Multinational Force Iraq officials reported.
BAYJI, Iraq - As part of its efforts to bolster security and the economy in northern Iraq, the 1st Infantry Division joined with civilian companies and the Army Corp of Engineers to repair the Bayji Power Plant complex here.
WASHINGTON - A Task Force Olympia soldier died Oct. 15 following a car-bomb attack on a Multinational Force Iraq convoy in east- central Mosul, military officials reported today. Meanwhile, an Iraqi informant's tip probably prevented a similar attack.
WASHINGTON - They've been gathering at Fran O'Brien's Stadium Steakhouse in the Capital Hilton here on Friday nights for a year now, but this week was different.
WASHINGTON - The International Zone training facility in Baghdad, Iraq, graduated 32 Iraqi Police Service officers from the Basic Criminal Investigation course and another 85 from the Election Security Course on Oct. 14.
WASHINGTON - The federal government's Thrift Savings Plan kicked off its 2004 "open season" today with slogans to remind members of the uniformed services and civilian government employees that they can increase their retirement coffers substantially by investing in TSP.
WASHINGTON - The National Football League will donate $250,000 to the United Service Organizations in memory of former Arizona Cardinals player and Army Ranger Cpl. Pat Tillman, the league announced at the annual USO gala here Oct. 14.
WASHINGTON - Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Alan P. Dementer, a hospital corpsman, does not consider himself a hero. He says he was just "doing his job" when he treated 31 Marines wounded during an attack on their battalion command center in Iraq.
WASHINGTON - A vehicle-borne explosive device detonated on a busy city street at about 11 a.m. today, killing 10 Iraqi bystanders in the southern portion of Baghdad, according to a Multinational Force Iraq news release.
WASHINGTON - The Afghan presidential election held Oct. 9 was "a remarkable event," U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad said at the Pentagon today.
WASHINGTON - The global posture of American troops is part and parcel of the transformation of the U.S. military, said the Joint Staff's deputy director for strategy and policy.
WASHINGTON - The Defense Department has long been a leader in providing employment opportunities to people with disabilities -- but it's taken a major step forward by allowing disabled veterans to remain in the military if they want to and can continue to perform, DoD's disability program manager said here Oct. 13.
BAGHDAD, Iraq - The Iraqi Intervention Force's 1st Battalion arrested six people and seized two vehicles loaded with weapons and explosives Oct. 13 at a traffic control point here.
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Police in the northern Iraq city of Kirkuk captured seven suspected kidnappers Oct. 12 after intercepting two kidnap victims fleeing from four armed men.
WASHINGTON - Two explosions within seconds of each other rocked Baghdad's International Zone today, killing three U.S. civilians and wounding two servicemembers. Four U.S. soldiers have been killed in other incidents since Oct. 13.
WASHINGTON - "It's the long blue line and lot of prestige. But you don't go to academies just because of the prestige or what people might think of you because you went to the academy,' said Air Force Academy Cadet First Class Cindy A. Nieves. "You go to an academy because of the challenge and opportunities that it presents later on in your future."
WASHINGTON - Troops in combat zones stand to reap tax benefits from provisions in the Working Families Relief Tax Act of 2004, which President Bush signed into law Oct. 4.
KABUL, Afghanistan - with the shells of their buildings, near bombed-out tanks, minefields and leftover munitions -- are scattered over the mountainous landscape in Afghanistan. For a country that has been at war for more than 20 years, it is an all-too-familiar scene.
WASHINGTON - Looking to buy a prepaid phone card for a servicemember deployed to Southwest Asia, but confused about which one to buy?
WASHINGTON - Ramadan, the holy month of fasting for 1.2 billion Muslims worldwide, begins this weekend.
POIANA BRASOV, Romania - Most NATO-member defense ministers assembled here today agreed to examine how to integrate alliance and U.S.- coalition missions in Afghanistan and to send more military trainers to Iraq as quickly as possible.
WASHINGTON - The Defense Department is making steady progress in recruiting and hiring people with disabilities, the Pentagon's disability program manager said today during an interview with the Pentagon Channel and the American Forces Press Service.
WASHINGTON - "I take great pride in knowing that I am doing my duty as an American protecting our freedoms," Marine Corps Maj. Brent Camron Reiffer said. "I have had the opportunity to travel to multiple countries and have confirmed that while our country has some issues, it is still the best on the planet."
BAGHDAD, Iraq - The Iraqi air force's 70th Squadron will take possession of the first two SAMA CH2000 light air surveillance aircraft Oct. 29, in Basrah, as the first delivery of an addition to the force that will number eight to 16 aircraft.
FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas - "As long as you have heart, there's nothing to stop you," said Army Sgt. Joshua Forbess, one of just five soldiers who survived a fiery Black Hawk helicopter collision over Mosul, Iraq, last November.
MCLEAN, Va. - Reflecting on the times his North Vietnamese captors threatened to put him on trial and punish him for his crimes with a possible death sentence, Everett Alvarez Jr., 67, said, "There wasn't anything I could do in the prison cell we later called 'The Hanoi Hilton.' I figured, if they kill me, they kill me. What can I do?"
WASHINGTON - Money, intimacy and re-establishing their relationship as a couple and with their children are some of the challenging issues facing families when servicemembers return after months away on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan.
WASHINGTON - Deployed and deploying servicemembers are among the priority groups for receiving the flu vaccine, Defense Department officials said here today.
WASHINGTON - Improvised explosive devices killed four Task Force Baghdad soldiers Oct. 12 and today, and an operation in Mosul netted 23 suspects and foiled another bomb attack, according to 1st Cavalry Division news releases.
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Multinational Security Transition Command Iraq's continuing mission to help arm and equip Iraq's security forces has, since Oct. 1, seen the distribution of what officials described as "massive quantities" of weapons, armor and vehicles.
FORT LEE, Va. - Commissary shoppers are among the top coupon clippers in the world, but the "clipping" part may someday be history. The Defense Commissary Agency is helping customers increase their savings by making Internet coupon links available under a new section of the links page on the agency's Web site.
POIANA BRASOV, Romania - Initiatives designed to expand NATO's capabilities are helping the alliance to better confront 21st-century challenges such as global terrorism, the U.S. military's top civilian said here today.
WASHINGTON - The presidential elections in Afghanistan Oct. 9 were a "milestone" in the history of the troubled country, said a coalition spokesman in Kabul today.
POIANA BRASOV, Romania - Arriving today at this Transylvanian resort town to participate in NATO talks over the next two days, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld already knew America could count on Romania as a reliable ally.
POIANA BRASOV, Romania - Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld "feels very good about the results of today's meetings," according to U.S. Ambassador to NATO Nicholas Burns, who attended today's informal meetings of NATO defense ministers here with the defense secretary.
WASHINGTON - The Defense Department is increasingly reaching out to Hispanic organizations to get the word out about the broad range of military and civil service opportunities open to Hispanics, the Pentagon's top personnel officer told the American Forces Press Service today.
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A shipment of standard-issue police gear was distributed in the past week to Iraqi Police Service officers in Irbil.
FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas - From surgical care to physical therapy to blood supplies, the military medical system is moving its assets closer to the front lines to be more responsive to patient needs and, when possible, to return wounded troops to duty faster.
WASHINGTON - Due to its overwhelming popularity among the troops in Southwest Asia, country music star Chely Wright is about to release a new single recording, "Bumper of My SUV," about the need for Americans to continue supporting the men and women fighting the war on terror.
WASHINGTON - The Defense Department is part of a multiagency effort that resulted in today's debut of a federal government Web site devoted to financial education.
WASHINGTON - An Iraqi special weapons and tactics team, backed by elements of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, captured 10 suspects in an Oct. 10 skirmish near the south-central Iraqi city of Lutafiyah.
WASHINGTON - Iraqi security forces, supported by Marines and soldiers from the 1st Marine Division began a series of raids on seven mosques in Ramadi today.
WASHINGTON - Multinational Force Iraq struck again at the Abu Musab al-Zarqawi terrorist network today, destroying a meeting place and a safe house in separate precision attacks.
WASHINGTON - NATO capabilities are transforming, but the process will take time, said Marine Gen. James Jones in a recent interview.
BUCHAREST, Romania - Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld arrived here today to confer with senior Romanian officials before attending NATO informal defense ministerial meetings Oct. 13 and 14 in Poiana Brasov.
WASHINGTON - The Multinational Security Transition Command-Iraq and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization announced the structure of the Iraqi security forces joint training, mentoring and equipping assistance effort Oct. 8 at a press conference in Brussels, Belgium.
WASHINGTON - Two Task Force Baghdad soldiers were killed and five were wounded when rockets impacted in southern Baghdad, Iraq, about 8 a.m. today, according to a Multinational Force Iraq news release.
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Khalid Badrakhn is a businessman. Raised as a child in the Kurdish section of Iraq and educated at the United Kingdom's Aston University, he understands the two worlds in which he now lives: the one inside his air-conditioned office near Sadr City and the one of war that lies less than a mile outside of his window.
SKOPJE, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - After a whirlwind, daylong tour of Iraq, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld arrived here Oct. 10 for next-day meetings with Macedonian government and military officials.
WASHINGTON - Two car bombs detonated in eastern Baghdad, Iraq, today, killing one American soldier, according to a Multinational Force Iraq news release.
WASHINGTON - An 8th Engineer Battalion project to provide electricity to 10,000 residents of three neighborhoods in Baghdad's Zaphernia district was officially completed Oct. 2, a Multinational Force Iraq news release reported.
WASHINGTON - The Iraqi Police Service will graduate 1,137 police recruits from a police basic training course at the Jordan International Police Training Center in Amman, Jordan, Oct. 14, a Multinational Force Iraq news release said.
WASHINGTON - Smiling children shouting joyfully filled a nearby school as soldiers distributed stuffed animals, clothes, book bags and school supplies during a civil affairs mission in Al Anwar village, Iraq, Oct 9.
WASHINGTON - Despite claims of fraud from 15 of the 16 Afghan presidential candidates, National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice is sure the results will stand, she told Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday today.
WASHINGTON - No injuries or damages to equipment were reported following an improvised-explosive-device detonation near Jalalabad, Afghanistan, on Oct. 9, according to a Combined Force Command-Afghanistan news release.
AL ASAD AIR BASE, Iraq - There likely won't be a reduction in U.S. troop strength in Iraq until after the country's national elections in January, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told a gathering of servicemembers here today.
WASHINGTON - The manhunt for Osama bin Laden continues "every day, 24 hours a day," the commander of coalition forces in Afghanistan told NBC News this week.
ABOARD THE USS JOHN F. KENNEDY - Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld was flown out today from Bahrain to this aircraft carrier patrolling the Persian Gulf to meet with sailors and to get a briefing on the situations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
WASHINGTON - U.S. soldiers from the 1st Infantry Division detained three individuals north of Samarra, Iraq, on Oct. 8, according to a Multinational Force Iraq news release. The individuals are suspected of planning a suicide bombing.
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Railroads in Iraq were a multinational construction effort long before the current restoration effort began. Railroad construction in Iraq was started in the late 1800s by imperialist Germany.
ENROUTE TO BAHRAIN - Extremists in Iraq and elsewhere envision "a Taliban-type" world where sports facilities are routinely used for murder, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told reporters Oct. 8.
WASHINGTON - America's citizen soldiers are taking an unprecedented role in the global war on terrorism, the chief of the National Guard Bureau said today.
WASHINGTON - Insurgents in Iraq today destroyed a Red Crescent building in downtown Ramadi, according to military reports from Baghdad.
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WASHINGTON - Thousands of Pentagon employees stood in line Oct. 7 to enjoy fresh-grilled bratwursts and make donations to the fund-raiser to build a Sept. 11 memorial just outside the Pentagon.
WASHINGTON - Oct. 11-15 has been designated Absentee Voting Week by the Federal Voting Assistance Program.
WASHINGTON - Despite what is predominantly reported by civilian media outlets, the number of attacks on U.S. forces in Iraq has decreased, the deputy operations director for Multinational Force Iraq said today during an interview from Baghdad.
WASHINGTON - A U.S. soldier was killed today and another wounded by an improvised explosive device, Multinational Force Iraq officials reported.
WASHINGTON - The Defense Department honored its top information and knowledge workers Oct. 7 for important contributions to the department's transformation efforts that officials say are improving operations, saving money and, in many cases, saving lives on the battlefield.
POCEK, Slovenia - Airmen from Aviano Air Base, Italy, joined forces with troops from one of NATO's newest member nations Oct. 4-7 to improve the way they rescue downed pilots.
WASHINGTON - Africa is also a front in the global war on terrorism, according to the U.S. general responsible for U.S. military operations and military-to-military ties in Africa.
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. - Daytime talk-show host Oprah Winfrey gave a baby shower for 640 expectant mothers here Sept. 20, filming a show scheduled for broadcast Oct. 11.
BALAD, Iraq - "I feel I've come full circle. I've gotten to finish what I started," said Indiana Army National Guardsman Spc. Teresa L. Morris, said of her service that started nearly 31 years ago.
WASHINGTON - The U. S. Army Reserve's 98th Division (Institutional Training) is heading to Iraq to take the lead in a historic training venture. The reserve division will speed the training of the new Iraqi army and provide command and control as part of the U.S. Army's new Foreign Army Training Assistance Command, or FA-TRAC.
WASHINGTON - The Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps all made their active duty recruiting numbers for fiscal 2004, according to DoD documents.
WASHINGTON - Insurgent attacks claimed the lives of two more U.S. soldiers, military officials in Baghdad reported today.
WASHINGTON - Coast Guard Seaman Crystal Begley likes being in the Coast Guard, but she echoes the sentiments of shipmates when she says life aboard ship has its "good and bad."
WASHINGTON - The pace of reconstruction projects is picking up in Iraq as officials make commitments for the $18.44 billion Congress allotted to the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund.
WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld is slated to attend the fall NATO informal defense ministerial meetings held this year in Poiana Brasov, Romania, a senior DoD official said here today.
WASHINGTON - The Defense Department is working to field a new vaccine designed to combat a virus that's plagued military boot camps since World War II, DoD's senior medical official reported Oct. 5.
WASHINGTON - Saddam Hussein "clearly had ambitions with respect to weapons of mass destruction," the head of the Iraq Survey Group that searched Iraq for weapons of mass destruction told the Senate Armed Services Committee Oct. 6.
BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan - Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division, including 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, deployed to Afghanistan in July 2002 to support Operation Enduring Freedom.
WASHINGTON - Hue City, 1968. Back then, this South Vietnam city was ground zero for the Tet Offensive.
WIESBADEN ARMY AIRFIELD, Germany - On a day when the 1st Armored Division officially welcomes its Operation Iraqi Freedom soldiers home, the division honored its fallen soldiers with a memorial dedication at the parade ground in front of the unit's headquarters here today.
WIESBADEN ARMY AIRFIELD, Germany - A formal military parade and a huge festival featuring food and entertainment here today officially welcomed home the soldiers of the Army's 1st Armored Division and other units that served in its Iraq task force.
WIESBADEN ARMY AIRFIELD, Germany - The deputy secretary of defense and the former commander of coalition forces based in Iraq praised the 1st Armored Division here today for its service in Iraq, which lasted three months longer than originally planned.
WASHINGTON - Described as a man of integrity and consistency, Marine Gen. Peter Pace is known for taking the tough assignments and putting duty before self. Fellow Marine Gen. James L. Jones said Pace hasn't changed much since the two met in 1970.
WASHINGTON - Three years after the coalition began combat operations against the Taliban and al Qaeda in Afghanistan, the Afghan people are just days away from a presidential election expected to be a major stabilizing effort in a lynchpin country in the war on terror.
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan - As the days tick away, edging closer to the first national elections in Afghanistan, coalition troops and U.N. elections workers are making sure that the Afghans are taking a leading role.
WASHINGTON - The most important area for transformation is the space "between our warfighters' ears," said the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan - For 17 members of the coalition serving in Afghanistan, living the "American Dream" became reality here Oct. 1 when they took the oath of citizenship.
WASHINGTON - A drop in the number of U.S. forces in Europe does not mean any lessening in U.S. commitment to the continent, the commander of U.S. European Command said today.
WASHINGTON - Afghanistan was the "head of the snake" of global terrorist activity, a petri dish that bred extremists committed to terrorizing free people around the world and that's why continued success there is so critical to the global war on terror.
WARSAW, Poland - Though it's among NATO's newest members, Poland already has emerged as one of the alliance's leading nations, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz said here today.
NAPLES, Italy - Leaders of 17 navies from West Africa, Europe and the United States met this week to discuss opportunities for cooperation and enhanced maritime security in the Gulf of Guinea region.
WARSAW, Poland - The deep fear Saddam Hussein instilled in the Iraqi people still plagues a population that knows remnants of his regime still are among them, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz said here today.
BAGHDAD, Iraq - "I was always interested in the Army, especially, the training and discipline," said Spc. Ahmad Mohamad, as he described the day he passed an Army recruiter in Puerto Rico and decided to see what he had to offer.
WASHINGTON - A multinational force convoy traveling through a Mosul neighborhood was ambushed today by insurgents who destroyed one vehicle with a car bomb and then peppered the convoy with rocket-propelled grenades and small-arms fire, officials reported.
WASHINGTON - The United States' understanding of the relationship between Saddam Hussein's Iraq and the al Qaeda terrorist network has changed over time, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Oct. 4. But, he added, U.S. officials have repeatedly said such ties did exist.
WASHINGTON - Injured servicemembers returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan will get individualized job training, counseling and re-employment services, Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao announced Oct. 4.
WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld lauded Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf as a "moderate voice in the world" and called recent actions by Syria and Iran "unhelpful" during a broad-ranging question-and- answer session following a speech in New York Oct. 4.
WASHINGTON - Citizens in the Iraqi city of Najaf continue to receive condolence and damage payments for losses they experienced during August fighting there, according to officials.
WASHINGTON - The National Reconnaissance Office serves as the nation's eyes and ears in space. And while other organizations are working to transform military intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance on the ground, the NRO is looking at that transformation with a bird's-eye view.
WASHINGTON - A U.S. grand jury indictment unsealed in a Boston court today accuses a British citizen of assisting convicted terrorist Richard Reid in a scheme to blow up airplanes and passengers.
WASHINGTON - The enemies of freedom "cannot defeat the coalition in a conventional war on any battlefield," Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said in New York today. So they use weapons of terror and chaos.
WASHINGTON - A team of experts is looking into whether a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel may have located a hydrogen bomb missing off the coast of Georgia since 1958.
WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Oct. 3 he's "surprised" that the coalition has not found weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, but remains convinced that going to war was the right thing.
WASHINGTON - Coalition forces captured 16 enemy insurgents Oct. 3 during a daylong battle near the Afghan city of Spin Buldak, according to officials.
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Troops from the 425th Civil Affairs Battalion, attached to the 1st Cavalry Division, visited children in a local community recently to drop off new soccer balls.
BAGHDAD, Iraq - While Iraqi police applicants lined up outside Camp Hawk for screening Oct. 3, the newly deployed soldiers of the 414th Civil Affairs Battalion from Utica, N.Y., got the chance to experience their area of operations and learn more about the people of Baghdad.
UMM QASR, Iraq - The Iraqi Coastal Defense Force took official responsibility for protecting the country's coastline Sept. 30 at a ribbon-cutting and pass-in-review ceremony at the port of Umm Qasr.
WASHINGTON - A car bomb exploded at a checkpoint outside the "Green Zone" in Baghdad today, while another blast rocked a downtown hotel area, officials reported.
WASHINGTON - Multinational Force Iraq troops launched another precision strike in Fallujah, Iraq, early this morning, this one against a building on the city's outskirts where anti-Iraqi forces with ties to the Abu Musab al-Zarqawi terrorist network were moving weapons, officials reported today.
WASHINGTON - Despite escalated violence in Iraq that is likely to continue through the elections in January, the coalition remains committed to doing whatever it takes to ensure that terrorists don't find a safe haven in Iraq, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Oct. 2 on Fox News Channel.
WASHINGTON - The key to winning the war in Iraq is to support the Iraqis as they take on responsibility for their own future, and the international community is increasingly doing just that, National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice said today.
WASHINGTON - Soldiers from the Republic of Korea assumed operational authority for the northeastern province of Irbil, Iraq, Oct. 1, Multinational Force Iraq officials reported.
WASHINGTON - A new logistics training facility that gives soldiers and units the technical help they need to use the Army's automated logistics systems in theater officially opened at Logistics Support Area Anaconda, in Balad, Iraq, Oct. 1.
WASHINGTON - Multinational Force Iraq troops continued progress in ridding Fallujah, Iraq, of foreign terrorists and their supporters, further reducing the Zarqawi network's capability today with a precision strike on a training facility on the city's outskirts, officials at the Combined Press Information Center in Baghdad reported.
WASHINGTON - No injuries were reported today following separate attacks Oct. 1 near Orgun-e, Afghanistan -- the detonation of an improvised explosive device in a mosque and an ambush on a coalition convoy, according to Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan officials.
FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas - The best medical skills, honed at the most renowned medical schools, won't do much good in combat if the provider doesn't survive to use them.
NIJRAB DISTRICT, Afghanistan - Villagers gathered to watch as the first stones were laid for the new road here during a groundbreaking ceremony Sept. 16.
WASHINGTON - Officials are gearing up to begin the first hearings to determine if enemy-combatant detainees held at Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are still a threat or can be released to their home countries.
WASHINGTON - "I wanted to be a part of that honor (and) tradition and a part of young people who wanted to serve their country, work together and cared for each other so much," said Midshipman First Class Maia Molina-Schaefer about her impression of the U.S. Naval Academy.
WASHINGTON - America's ability to track and intercept potential terrorists before they can enter the country to do harm is "much improved" since the 9/11 attacks, a senior Homeland Security Department official said here Sept. 30.
FARAH PROVINCE, Afghanistan - Leadership from the coalition, the U.S. Embassy, the Afghan national government and Farah province gathered at the site of the Farah provincial reconstruction team for its official opening Sept. 15.
WASHINGTON - About 1,000 Iraqi Army and National Guard troops backed up by U.S. 1st Infantry Division soldiers deployed into Samarra early today to eliminate a troublesome insurgent presence there.
WASHINGTON - Elizabeth Johnston of Longview, Wash., didn't mean any disrespect to her father by keeping his cremated remains on a closet shelf for almost 10 years. She just didn't know what to do with them.
WASHINGTON - Decisions to be made next week at a senior leadership summit are expected to have a sweeping impact on the Defense Department's sexual assault prevention and response efforts, according to the task force commander charged with turning the group's recommendations into DoD- wide policies.
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Even as a young man, WILLIAM BURROUGHS (1914-97) looked like a member of the raincoat brigade, his apparent respectability ceding to a suggestion of limitless vice if you stared long enough. He sounded like W. C. Fields' accountant nephew from Babbittville, and he had a fine way with maxims that instantly sounded like old saws: "No one owns life, but anyone who can pick up a frying pan owns death." In essence, he wrote three books. Junky (1953), which is succeeded by Queer (published 1985), is a sterling piece of pulp, artificial-paradises division. The continuous stream of Naked Lunch (1959), The Soft Machine (1961), Nova Express (1964), The Ticket That Exploded (1962), and innumerable chapbooks and broadsides, concluding with The Wild Boys (1971) is his summit, a recombinant petri dish of hallucinations and cut-ups and jokes and asides that can be read upside-down or backwards to much the same effect. The message is: You are the host of a virus; the virus is life; you are fucked. His Cities of the Red Night trilogy (1981-87) attempts to graft the pulp style of Junky etc. onto the substance of Naked Lunch etc., but it fails in the same way as a cast-of-thousands movie. And he excelled as an actor; the act was seamless and permanent.
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Arriving at the best exposure for a photo is part science and part art. In Foundations of Photography: Exposure, Ben Long helps photographers expand their artistic options by giving them a deep understanding of shutter speed, aperture, ISO, and all other critical exposure practices. This course covers the basic exposure controls provided by all digital SLR cameras, as well as most advanced point-and-shoot models. Learn how to master a camera's metering modes, how to use exposure compensation and bracketing, and much more. By the end of the course, you'll know how to develop an "exposure strategy" that will allow you to effectively employ your exposure knowledge in any shooting situation.
So, shutter speed is a pretty intuitive thing to get. It's a little bit easier to understand than aperture, because it's just kind of make sense. You take a faster shutter speeds. You're getting a narrower slice of time. You're freezing more motion. Nevertheless, you need to practice with it. You've learned the concept of shutter speed. You've learned how to control it with shutter priority. Now it's time to go out and give it a try, because it can take a while to learn to get your camera set properly, simply going to pay attention to shutter speed, and particularly if you want to start doing some trickier thing--like trying to blur motion, trying to pan to blur backgrounds-- you need to practice that stuff.
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Mr. William England I—
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Born: circa 1749
Died: ?
William England I has 10 children listed here: Betty England • Eli England • George England I • George England II • Mary England I • Mary England II • Samuel England • Sarah England • Susannah England • William England II
William England I ,buried Feb 9,1812, age 63, so born ca1749, Uplyme.
William England I, (Senior,) married Mary Fowler, Oct 2,1770, Uplyme, which, though barely a mile from Lyme Regis, was in Devon, rather than Dorset. They had ten children, of whom only six survived infancy. All were baptised in Uplyme except Susannah:
- Betty England chr. Apr 20,1772
- Samuel England chr. Jan 1, 1775
- William England chr. Jul 6, 1777
- Susannah England chr. Apr 11, 1779. Lyme Regis
- George England chr. Feb 8, 1781 buried Feb 25, 1781
- George England II chr. Mar 29,1782
- Mary England chr Mar 7, 1784 buried Apr 21, 1785
- Sarah England buried Jan 29, 1785
- Mary England II chr. Oct 22, 1786 buried May 15, 1788
- Eli England chr Mar 8, 1789
Mary Fowler was born Feb 11, 1745, Uplyme, daughter of Richard and Mary, née Marger.
William England II was born in Uplyme, but domiciled (your phrase) in Lyme Regis, as he was married there and had his family, and died there.He had at least 4 children, though traces of the intervening period have not been established, but he had a daughter Ophelia Jane, born Feb 24, baptDec 17.1817.Lyme.
Ophelia Jane England married Charles Westlake,.a Wesleyan Methodist Minister, Sep Q., 1838, Axminster. They had three children who survived, and a fourth, James Pulman, who died an infant
- Ophelia Jane Westlake, b. Dec Q.,1840. Leek.
- Ann Stanton Westlake, b. Mar Q., 1842, Stockport..
- James Pulman Westlake, Sep 14, 1843, died aged 3 weeks
- Henry Westlake, b.S ep Q.,.1846, Salford.


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