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In coverage of President Obama's address to the United Nations General Assembly, Fox New figures complained that it took "18 minutes" for Obama to mention the Islamic State terrorist group, despite the fact that Obama referenced "terrorists in Syria and Iraq" in the opening minutes of his remarks, which centered around the threat of terrorism.
Right-wing media are claiming that President Obama's decision to target the Islamic State and Khorasan terror groups with airstrikes is a political move designed to give Democrats a boost in the 2014 midterm elections.
Right-wing outlets are claiming that the Obama administration is using the standard form for federal gun background checks to engage in "racial profiling" and to find out "who has guns" because the form asks about race and ethnicity. But the form has asked for this information since at least 2001, and identifying information is destroyed within hours of a background check being processed.
People who buy firearms from licensed dealers are required to fill out the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives' Form 4473, which is processed by the FBI-administered National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). The form asks buyers for information such as name, height, weight, date of birth, and race and ethnicity.
In a September 16 article, Washington Times reporter Kelly Riddell wrote that a 2012 revision of Form 4473 meant that "[t]he Obama administration quietly has been forcing new gun buyers to declare their race and ethnicity, a policy change that critics say provides little law enforcement value while creating the risk of privacy intrusions and racial profiling." According to Riddell, the change was made by the ATF "[w]ith little fanfare."
But the previous version of Form 4473, issued in August 2008, also asked about race and ethnicity in question 10:
The change in the 2012 revision is that race and ethnicity were separated into questions 10.a. and 10.b.:
The Times story has been touted by Fox Nation, conspiracy website WND, Newsmax, and The Week.
Fox News hosts defended the practice of catcalling, insisting women should "let men be men" and downplaying the harmful impact widespread street harassment has on women.
On the August 28 edition of Fox News' Outnumbered, hosts highlighted a New York Post opinion article that suggested women "deal with" "flattering" catcalls. Co-host Kimberly Guilfoyle defended street harassment saying, "let men be men," and, "look, men are going to be that way. What can you do?" Guest host and Fox contributor Arthur Aidala reenacted his personal signature "move" -- aiming a slow round of applause at women on the street, which one host said she'd find flattering:
A new study on school lunches casts doubt on conservative media's politicized rhetoric regarding first lady Michelle Obama's school-lunch initiative.
In January 2012, Michelle Obama and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack unveiled healthier standards for school lunches, the first effort to do so "in more than fifteen years." However, in May of this year, the new standards suffered a political backlash in Congress. The Washington Post reported that the House Appropriations Committee voted for a "Republican-backed measure" to temporarily roll back the standards in a "party-line vote [that] served as a rebuke of sorts to the first lady."
Right-wing media, who have a poor track record when it comes to talking about school meals, especially free ones, took to attacking Michelle Obama and the school lunch program itself for "plate waste" amid reports that students supposedly didn't like the new, healthier food.
However, a new study published Monday in the journal Childhood Obesity shows that students get used to the new lunches with time. According to The Boston Globe, the study found that "over time, children adapt and tolerate school lunches just as much as in the old days":
Fox News' reporting on Hillary Clinton's upcoming keynote address at a University Of Nevada, Las Vegas Foundation fundraiser falsely suggested that university funds will be taken from students to pay for Clinton's fee, which will be donated to charity. But the university's spokespeople have made clear that private donations -- not university funds -- are paying for Clinton to speak.
From the June 28 edition of Fox News' Cavuto on Business:
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After endlessly politicizing the Benghazi terror attack for the past 20 months, Fox News is doing an about face, accusing Hillary Clinton of politicizing the issue after she called out the media and politicians for exploiting the tragedy.
On May 30, Politico released an excerpt from Hillary Clinton's forthcoming book, in which the former-secretary of state wrote that she refuses to "be a part of a political slugfest on the backs of dead Americans" and denounces using Benghazi as a "political tool." Clinton also described the "regrettable amount of misinformation, speculation, and flat-out deceit by some in politics and the media" that has contributed to the politicization of the crisis.
The excerpt provoked the ire of Fox News, which has led the charge in politicizing the Benghazi attacks. In particular, the network has leveraged the Benghazi attacks in a transparent attempt to smear Clinton's credibility and tarnish her image in expectation of a 2016 presidential bid. But rather than address Clinton's attempt to call out media misinformation, Fox simply flipped the script, accusing Clinton of politicizing the tragedy.
On the May 30 edition of Fox News' Outnumbered, co-host Sandra Smith claimed that Clinton is "politicizing the issue in this book by pointing fingers at Republicans for trying to politicize it." Later that day, The Real Story host Gretchen Carlson wondered if Clinton's remarks on coverage of Benghazi in her book were merely a way to "turn the tables on the people who are asking the questions as politicizing it." Fox regular Sergeant Jessie Jane Duff followed suit on June 2, accusing Clinton of "turning this into a political bandwagon," and trying to "make it look like anybody who wants answers is a politician":
Fox News is echoing Republican attacks on healthy school food standards that come from a group receiving funding from companies that sell food to school districts.
On the May 27 edition of Fox's Outnumbered, co-host Sandra Smith defended new Republican-sponsored legislation to roll back school nutrition standards, providing waivers from standards to those schools that report a financial loss in their food programs during the previous six months. Smith attacked the healthy food initiative as a program whose "economics" is "failing," asserting that "90 percent of schools...are now reporting increased costs" and that the legislation simply takes into account the difficulties faced by school nutritionists, who she claimed "just want some flexibility because it is being forced down their throat right now":
While Smith did not disclose the source of her information, the Associated Press notes the claim that "90 percent of schools that are now reporting increased costs" and that school meal programs are losing money come from the School Nutrition Association (SNA), which describes itself as "a national, nonprofit professional organization representing more than 55,000 members who provide high-quality, low-cost meals to students across the country."
SNA receives a significant amount of funding from companies that sell food to schools. Among its "major" contributors is Schwan's Food Service, which makes pizzas and sandwiches for schools and similar operations. Other SNA donors include more companies that sell food to schools, such as ConAgra, Kellogg's, Pepsico, Coca-Cola, Domino's Pizza, and Tyson Foods.
The Washington Post reported that the SNA, in a "dramatic change" of position, supports the Republican-backed waivers. The Post noted that White House assistant chef and nutrition policy adviser Sam Kass opposed the change, meaning that "congressional Republicans are choosing to favor corporate preferences over the recommendations of nutritionists and physicians." The food industry has previously sought to weaken food standards, according to the Post, succeeding in 2011 to change rules so that pizza with tomato sauce could be counted as a vegetable.
Fox News accused jobseekers of "laziness," hyping a survey showing more unemployed American workers becoming detached from the labor force while complaining that unemployment insurance has removed the motivation to take low-paying jobs.
On the May 22 edition of Fox News' Outnumbered, co-host Sandra Smith claimed that "part of the problem" with lingering unemployment in the United States is "laziness" on the part of unemployed workers. Smith claimed that choosing to collect unemployment insurance was evidence that potential jobseekers are "not incentivized" to accept positions that might they might refuse otherwise:
Smith used a survey from Express Employment Professionals as evidence of her claim that unemployment benefits breed "laziness," but her statements distort the actual survey findings. While 47 percent of respondents did agree with the statement "I've completely given up on looking for a job," they often cited the lack of available work as the reason for giving up hope. According to the survey results, "46 percent say there are no available jobs," and one respondent even stated, "After searching for four years and being unsuccessful, I am tired of trying."
Right-wing media are cherry-picking newly released emails from Judicial Watch to allege that the Washington D.C. office of the IRS initiated the flagging of Tea Party groups, omitting the full email chain that reveals the Cincinnati IRS office first flagged Tea Party applicants for tax-exempt status for further review.
Fox News' Outnumbered, which features four female anchors and one male guest in an hour-long show, is billed as "a news show first and foremost," but in its first week the jaw-dropping program has proven to be anything but.
Even before its debut, it was evident that Roger Ailes' brainchild would be incredibly sexist. The name Outnumbered alone announces that the show operates from the perspective of its sole male guest, who must inevitably feel outnumbered in the presence of four female hosts (never mind the fact that many of Fox's current programs, like Fox & Friends or The Five, feature more male hosts than female yet carry no such designation).
Outnumbered likewise doesn't depart from Ailes' trademark exploitation of Fox women -- immediately evident in the no-pants dress code thus far for female anchors, whose legs are on prominent display and nearly always crossed toward the male guest du jour, known to the Twittersphere as #OneLuckyGuy.
Before the program first aired, Jay Wallace, Fox's senior vice president for news, described the show as "a news show first and foremost," with "journalism at the heart."
Nearly all of Fox's purported news programs churn with an undercurrent of sexism. But with Outnumbered, the network drops the veil. It's more a parody of a news program, devoting the vast majority of the first week to decidedly non-news, fluff stories that highlight stereotypical altercations or disparities between the sexes. Rather than mention actual news stories that pertain to women's issues -- such as a new White House report on college sexual assault -- Outnumbered relayed George Clooney's groundbreaking recent engagement and a new plastic surgery that will enable women to better wear sky-high heels, stories built around gender stereotypes.
From the April 30 edition of Fox News' Outnumbered:
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Fox's newest show, Outnumbered, features a rotating cast of four female hosts, one male host, and a litany of sexist tropes.
The program premiered April 28 with female co-hosts Jedediah Bila, Harris Faulkner, Sandra Smith, Kimberly Guilfoyle and their male co-host of the day Tucker Carlson, who was honored with the Twitter hashtag #ONELUCKYGUY and described by the women as "a good enough sport to join us on day one."
When Fox announced the new show, Amanda Marcotte noted its premise: "The man will be 'outnumbered,' meaning that even though Outnumbered is supposedly a female-centric show, the male point of view is still so central that it gives the show its title." The Washington Post's Alyssa Rosenberg similarly predicted that the program would find its "heat" by highlighting opposition between men and women, essentially parodying "what conservatives often accuse feminists of wanting to do to men: overwhelm them and shout them down as a sort of rhetorical reparations for years in a subordinate position."
These predictions proved accurate. In fact, Outnumbered's set even placed the lone man at the center, surrounded on a couch by the female hosts wearing Fox's famous short skirts. The hosts kicked off the show by indulging the parody that men and women are profoundly opposed to each other, with Carlson joking at the very beginning that he was "in a defensive crouch already," because living with four women had given him experience he needed to "submit" and handle this "outnumbered" position:


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Search: Nuclear chemistry, International
Synthesis of a new element with atomic number Z=117
A paper has just been accepted (5 April 2010) for publication in Physical Review Letters.1
International team discovers element 117
A new chemical element has been added to the Periodic Table: A paper on the discovery of element 117 has been accepted for publication in Physical Review Letters.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory is part of a team that includes the Joint Institute of Nuclear Research (Dubna, Russia), the Research Institute for Advanced Reactors (Dimitrovgrad), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Vanderbilt University and the University of Nevada Las Vegas. ORNL's role included production of the berkelium-249 isotope necessary for the target, which was subjected to an extended, months-long run at the heavy ion accelerator facility at Dubna, Russia.
"Without the berkelium target, there could have been no experiment," says ORNL Director of Strategic Capabilities Jim Roberto, who is a principal author on the PRL paper and who helped initiate the experiment. The berkelium was produced at the High Flux Isotope Reactor and processed at the adjoining Radiochemical Engineering & Development Laboratory as part of the most recent campaign to produce californium-252, a radioisotope widely used in industry and medicine.
"Russia had proposed this experiment in 2004, but since we had no californium production at the time, we couldn't supply the berkelium. With the initiation of californium production in 2008, we were able to implement a collaboration," Roberto says.
Professor Joe Hamilton of Vanderbilt University (who helped establish the Joint Institute for Heavy Ion Research at ORNL) introduced Roberto to Yuri Oganessian of Russia's JINR. Five months of the Dubna JINR U400 accelerator's calcium-48 beam - one of the world's most powerful - was dedicated to the project.
The massive effort identified a total of six atoms of element 117 and the critical reams of data that substantiate their existence.
The two-year experimental campaign began with a 250-day irradiation in HFIR, producing 22 milligrams of berkelium-249, which has a 320-day half-life. The irradiation was followed by 90 days of processing at REDC to separate and purify the berkelium. The Bk-249 target was prepared at Dimitrovgrad and then bombarded for 150 days at the Dubna facility. Lawrence Livermore, which now has been involved in the discovery of six elements with Dubna (113, 114, 115, 116, 117, and 118), contributed data analysis, and the entire team was involved in the assessment of the results.
This is the second element that ORNL has had a role in discovering, joining element 61, promethium, which was discovered at the Graphite Reactor during the Manhattan project and reported in 1946. ORNL, by way of its production of radioisotopes for research, has contributed to the discovery of a total of seven new elements.
Members of the ORNL team include the Physics Division's Krzysztof Rykaczewsi, Porter Bailey of the Nonreactor Nuclear Facilities Division, and Dennis Benker, Julie Ezold, Curtis Porter and Frank Riley of the Nuclear S&T Division. Roberto says the success of the element-117 campaign underscores the value of international collaborations in science.
"This use of ORNL isotopes and Russian accelerators is a tremendous example of the value of working together," he says. "The 117 experiment paired one of the world's leading research reactors--capable of producing the berkelium target material--with the exceptional heavy ion accelerator and detection capabilities at Dubna."
Islands of Stability
Roberto also says the experiment, in addition to discovering a new chemical element, has pushed the Periodic Table further into the neutron-rich regime for heaviest elements. "New isotopes observed in these experiments continue a trend toward higher lifetimes for increased neutron numbers, providing evidence for the proposed "island of stability" for super-heavy nuclei," he says. "Because the half-lives are getting longer, there is potential to study the chemistry of these nuclei," Roberto says. "These experiments and discoveries essentially open new frontiers of chemistry."
—Bill Cabage
The news about the claim was announced in a press release from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
- 1. Synthesis of a New Element with Atomic Number Z=117,
, Phys. Rev. Lett., Apr/2010, Volume 104, Number 14, p.142502, (2010)
Element 112 (Uub) to become Copernicium, Cp
In honour of scientist and astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543), the discovering team around Professor Sigurd Hofmann suggested the name copernicium with the element symbol Cp for the new element 112, discovered at the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung (Center for Heavy Ion Research) in Darmstadt. It was Copernicus who discovered that the Earth orbits the Sun, thus paving the way for our modern view of the world. Thirteen years ago, element 112 was discovered by an international team of scientists at the GSI accelerator facility. A few weeks ago, the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, IUPAC, officially confirmed their discovery. In around six months, IUPAC will officially endorse the new element's name. This period is set to allow the scientific community to discuss the suggested name copernicium before the IUPAC naming.
"After IUPAC officially recognized our discovery, we – that is all scientists involved in the discovery – agreed on proposing the name copernicium for the new element 112. We would like to honor an outstanding scientist, who changed our view of the world", says Sigurd Hofmann, head of the discovering team.
Copernicus was born 1473 in Torun; he died 1543 in Frombork, Poland. Working in the field of astronomy, he realized that the planets circle the Sun. His discovery refuted the then accepted belief that the Earth was the center of the universe. His finding was pivotal for the discovery of the gravitational force, which is responsible for the motion of the planets. It also led to the conclusion that the stars are incredibly far away and the universe inconceivably large, as the size and position of the stars does not change even though the Earth is moving. Furthermore, the new world view inspired by Copernicus had an impact on the human self-concept in theology and philosophy: humankind could no longer be seen as the center of the world.
With its planets revolving around the Sun on different orbits, the solar system is also a model for other physical systems. The structure of an atom is like a microcosm: its electrons orbit the atomic nucleus like the planets orbit the Sun. Exactly 112 electrons circle the atomic nucleus in an atom of the new element "copernicium".
Element 112 is the heaviest element in the periodic table, 277 times heavier than hydrogen. It is produced by a nuclear fusion, when bombarding zinc ions onto a lead target. As the element already decays after a split second, its existence can only be proved with the help of extremely fast and sensitive analysis methods. Twenty-one scientists from Germany, Finland, Russia and Slovakia have been involved in the experiments that led to the discovery of element 112.
Since 1981, GSI accelerator experiments have yielded the discovery of six chemical elements, which carry the atomic numbers 107 to 112. The discovering teams at GSI already named five of them: element 107 is called bohrium, element 108 hassium, element 109 meitnerium, element 110 darmstadtium, and element 111 is named roentgenium.
Nuclear Power Expansion in the USA
Dr. Thomas Neff, a research affiliate at the MIT (Massachussetts Institute of Technology) Center for International Studies states that limited supplies of uranium fuel for nuclear power plants may thwart the renewed and growing interest in nuclear energy in the United States and other nations.
Over the past 20 years, safety concerns and politics dampened all aspects of development of nuclear energy. No new reactors were ordered and there was investment neither in new uranium mines nor in building facilities to produce fuel for existing reactors. Instead, the nuclear industry lived off commercial and government inventories which are now nearly gone. It is stated that worldwide uranium production meets only about 65% of current reactor requirements.
A few years ago uranium inventories were being sold at US$ 10 per pound; the current price is US$ 85 per pound.
Much of the uranium used by the United States comes from mines in Australia, Canada, Namibia, and, Kazakhstan. Small amounts are mined in the western United States, but the United States is largely reliant on overseas supplies. The United States also relies for half its fuel on Russia under a "swords to ploughshares" 1991 deal. This deal is converting about 20,000 Russian nuclear weapons to fuel for U.S. nuclear power plants, but it ends in 2013, leaving a substantial supply gap for the United States.
Further, China, India, and even Russia have plans for massive deployments of nuclear power and are trying to lock up supplies from countries on which the United States has traditionally relied. As a result, the United States could be the "last one to buy, and it could pay the highest prices, if it can get uranium at all," Neff said. "The take-home message is that if we're going to increase use of nuclear power, we need massive new investments in capacity to mine uranium and facilities to process it."
Mined uranium comes in several forms, or isotopes. For starting a nuclear chain reaction in a reactor, the only important isotope is uranium-235, which accounts for only 7 out of 1000 atoms in the mined product. To fuel a nuclear reactor, the concentration of uranium-235 must be 40 to 50 out of 1000 atoms. This is done by separating isotopes in an enrichment plant to achieve the higher concentration, but there is not enough processing capacity worldwide to enrich all the uranium required.
Element 112 (copernicium, ununbium)
The new element 112 discovered by GSI has been officially recognized and will be named by the Darmstadt group in due course. Their suggestion should be made public over this summer.
The element 112, discovered at the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung (Centre for Heavy Ion Research) in Darmstadt, has been officially recognized as a new element by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC). IUPAC confirmed the recognition of element 112 in an official letter to the head of the discovering team, Professor Sigurd Hofmann. The letter furthermore asks the discoverers to propose a name for the new element. Their suggestion will be submitted within the next weeks. In about 6 months, after the proposed name has been thoroughly assessed by IUPAC, the element will receive its official name. The new element is approximately 277 times heavier than hydrogen, making it the heaviest element in the periodic table.
"We are delighted that now the sixth element – and thus all of the elements discovered at GSI during the past 30 years – has been officially recognized. During the next few weeks, the scientists of the discovering team will deliberate on a name for the new element", says Sigurd Hofmann. 21 scientists from Germany, Finland, Russia and Slovakia were involved in the experiments around the discovery of the new element 112.
Since 1981, GSI accelerator experiments have yielded the discovery of six chemical elements, which carry the atomic numbers 107 to 112. GSI has already named their officially recognized elements 107 to 111: element 107 is called Bohrium, element 108 Hassium, element 109 Meitnerium, element 110 Darmstadtium, and element 111 is named Roentgenium.

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Paris run for singer 'touched by charity'
Posted: August 09, 2014|
A 30-YEAR-OLD singer and hairdresser is to put his best fund-raising foot forward after being inspired by a charity founder.
Ryan Joseph, of Station Street, Hatton, broke down in tears when he heard Maria Hanson's speech about her charity Me & Dee and her own struggles and has decided to do everything he can to help – which will include running the Paris Marathon.
He said: "I was booked to sing at her fund-raising ball and she did a wonderful speech about the work she did on The Secret Millionaire and everything she has been through because she is so poorly. The charity relies purely on donations and any fund-raising and everyone is a volunteer.
"It broke my heart and really touched me so I want to do everything I can to help."
He became involved in running the Paris Marathon as Mr Joseph's brother runs local running club Thunder Runners.
He said: "I am not the most active of people but I thought I would give it a go, and then my sister-in-law signed me up to run the Paris Marathon as a 30th birthday present. I didn't have a reason not to do it then.
"I haven't run more than 10 miles before so I need to build up stamina, and will be running in the Silverstone half marathon.
Mr Joseph has not set himself a fund-raising target and hopes to raise whatever he can for Me & Dee, which now provides seaside holidays for families with seriously ill children. It also provides 'comfort packs' for hospitals which include overnight items for patients and their families who have been immediately sent to hospital following a diagnosis.
He said: "Maria and I have grown really close since I met her."
Anyone who would like to sponsor Mr Joseph can do so by visiting his fund-raising page www.justgiving.com/ryan-joseph


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Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, July/August 1995, pgs. 74-75, 106
Book Reviews
The USS Liberty: Dissenting History vs. Official History
By John Borne, Ph.D., Reconsideration Press, 1995, 318 pp., footnotes, extended bibliography. List: $18; AET: $13.95.
Reviewed by James M. Ennes, Jr.
Soon after Assault on the Liberty was first released by Random House in 1980, I began to hear from readers urging me to write a sequel. The new book, they said, should describe all the incredible obstacles, lost orders, harassment, chicanery and just plain dirty tricks that supporters of Israel had used to frustrate sales of the book and to prevent survivors from telling the story.
I resisted those appeals. Having told my story and having seen the result, I had no illusions that a second book would have any better chance of breaking through the resistance. To illustrate, I cited superb books by Don Neff, Paul Findley, Stephen Green, Jim Abourezk and others, all frustrated in the marketplace and rarely displayed in stores. "No," I said, "no such book could ever overcome the resistance."
Now a new author has done the job that I was too timid or too disheartened to do, and has done a better job of it than I could ever have hoped. John Edgar Borne, an adjunct professor of history at Baruch and Pace Colleges in New York City, chose the USS Liberty as his topic of study toward the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in History at New York University. Specifically, he chose to study the differences between the "official" version of the USS Liberty story and the very different version told by the surviving crewmen.
"What," Borne asks, "really happened? Is it possible to know? Why were crew members not protected from attack as they had been promised? How in a free society does a government present as fact a version of history that differs markedly from that reported by eyewitnesses? How is the dissenting version squelched? How can the silenced group overcome the tactics of a powerful and motivated government? Where is the press while these things are happening?"
These questions and more were the subject of Dr. Borne's meticulous study. The resulting doctoral thesis, now attractively typeset and printed in traditional book form, tells the story in persuasive, gut-wrenching detail.
Following a brief description of the attack and the world political climate at the time, Borne reviews the actions at home. These include Lyndon Johnson's order to recall aircraft sent to the ship's aid, apparently because he feared "embarrassing an ally" by allowing American pilots to drive off the attacking Israeli aircraft. Other actions include the many appeals for Congress to look the other way because any public review of the facts would only serve the interests of "anti-Semites."
Borne reviews the peculiar performance of the Navy Court of Inquiry, ordered in writing to probe "all aspects" of the attack, yet privately instructed to restrict the inquiry to the performance and training of the crew and the adequacy of communications.
"Diplomatic and political" considerations were to be left to Congress and the Department of State, both of which chose to look the other way. Therefore, left unexamined was the key question of whether the attack was deliberate.
Borne then describes events during the several years immediately following the attack, a period in which the government's official version went publicly unchallenged. It was only after publication of Assault on the Liberty by a major publisher in 1980 that the survivors were able to present their "dissenting history" to the public.
In his book Dr. Borne examines numerous incidents that occurred as the crew presented its "dissenting history" in the 1980s. The efforts of the village of Grafton, Wisconsin, to honor the crew with a town library named in the ship's honor, and the resulting storm of protest from nearby Jewish organizations, is but one of several fascinating stories. He describes the crew's contacts with a former Israeli pilot and an Israeli major who claims to have observed the attack from the war room. Both claims are supported by retired U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Dwight Porter and were fully reported in major newspapers by syndicated columnists Evans and Novak. Yet no member of Congress was willing to meet with the pilot or showed the slightest interest in the powerful new evidence.
Borne reviews the roles played by several individual members of Congress, including the rare courage of Senator Adlai Stevenson III, which some feel subsequently cost him the governorship of Illinois. He reviews the roles played by newspapers, television and radio personalities.
He also examines in detail the many "official versions" of the attack presented by the Israeli government, few of which agree with the eyewitness accounts of survivors or even with one another. And finally Borne answers several key questions: Can we ever know what really happened to the USS Liberty? Who is lying and who is not? Is it possible for a small group of eyewitnesses to make a convincing public case that disagrees with the official story presented by a powerful government?
Borne believes that it is possible, and that to a very large extent the USS Liberty crew has done exactly that. His book stands as a powerful statement, not just in support of the story told by survivors, but as an indictment of the press.
The first real clue that the press was being manipulated may have come a week after the attack when Liberty's Engineer Officer, Lieutenant George Golden, told Colin Frost of Reuter's News Service that a massive cover-up was underway. Frost's story ran in hundreds of major newspapers, but it failed to cause a single reporter to ask a single hard question or to make any serious effort to find and report the truth. Thirteen more years passed before the facts behind the cover-up became widely known.
Borne's carefully documented study of government manipulation, foreign influence and press naîveté should be required reading in every journalism school in America. It should be studied in newsrooms everywhere. It should be on the desk of every media executive and every government official. It should serve as a reminder to every journalist that for every "official history" there may be an even more compelling "dissenting history" and that it is the reporter's job to find and report the difference.
James Ennes retired from the Navy in 1978 as a lieutenant commander after 27 years of enlisted and commissioned service. He was a lieutenant on the bridge of the USS Liberty on the day of the attack. His book on the subject, Assault on the Liberty(Random House, 1980), is a "Notable Naval Book" selection of the U.S. Naval Institute and was "editor's choice" when reviewed in the Washington Post.


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Happy homecoming for South
David Kittinger booted a 26-yard field goal with 4.5 seconds left as the Wolfpack edged the Sharks, 16-13
FORT MYERS - South Fort Myers had blown Friday night's Class 4A-District 15 home matchup against Gulf Coast.
The 13-0 lead? Long gone. That run-stuffing defense? Full of holes. Momentum? You've got to be kidding.
Yet there was the Wolfpack, the second-year program rebounding from a one-win first season under coach Grant Redhead, lining up with purpose although stuck on their own 35 with just 48 ticks left.
Zach Brindise started with an in-stride rope to Steven Crawford on the right sideline for 36 yards. A Brindise run for six yards was followed by his pass to Mike Clark on the left side for 15 more. A Jimmy Jean bull of one yard set up David Kittinger, who nailed the 26-yard game-winning field goal with 4.5 seconds left, giving South Fort Myers a 16-13 win in front of a boisterous homecoming crowd in Wolfpack Stadium.
No problem.
"I'll put my money on David any day," Redhead said.
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It was an improbable ending to a strange game that left South Fort Myers at 4-1, 1-1 in district play.
"This was huge," Redhead said. "You can't go 0-2 in the district and have any shot at postseason play."
Kittinger not only nailed field goals of 29, 22 and 26 yards, but his punt pinned the Sharks on their 7-yard line on their last possession.
"I've never had a kid on any ballclub I've coached on any level as consistent as David," Redhead said.
South Fort Myers controlled this early, grounding out 85 first-half rushing yards and holding Gulf Coast (1-4, 1-1) at bay.
The Wolfpack struck first with a 48-yard drive that followed a fumble recovery by Loiseau Virginior. First play, Justin Vega scooted for 13 yards. Four snaps later, Jean turned a fourth-and-3 into a 25-yard romp, thanks to a massive hole opened by his offensive line and hard churning, the kind that left Jean without his helmet after the run. Next play, Jean bulled in from the right side for 7-0 with 54 seconds left in the first quarter.
Kittinger's earlier field goals — 29- and 22-yarders — gave South Fort Myers a 13-0 lead at intermission.
The Sharks sprang early in the second half. Anthony Pittingolo sprinted 56 yards on the third quarter's second play. The point-after attempt was blocked but Horace Berklin coughed up the kick off. Matt Milk pounced on the loose ball, give Gulf Coast possession at the South Fort Myers 19. Two runs by Pittingolo had the Sharks at the 2, but on third down, a bad exchange led to another fumble and the Wolfpack recovered.
Pittigolo kept coming, his 44-yard zig-zagging take of a lateral to the right notching this at 13-all with 6:48 left in the third quarter.
The key stat, as far as Gulf Coast coach Frank Tudryn was concerned was his team's fumbles. Seven times the Sharks coughed up the ball, losing it five of those.
"It killed us, turning the ball over the way we did," Tudryn said. "But I thought we battled back from adversity, which was good to see."
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GC — Pitingolo 56 run (kick blocked)
GC — Pitingolo 44 run (Nascimento kick)
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Rushing — GC: Pitingolo 17-158; SFM: Jean 21-93
Passing — GC: Pruce 11-18-0; SFM: Brindise 10-16-0.
Receiving — GC: Meneley 6-58; SFM: Simmons 4-59.
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The 19th Spawn Series, Dark Ages Spawn: The Samurai Wars, will actually be the third new Spawn action figure line released in 2001, the first two being Series 17 R3 (resculpted, repainted, revisited, January release) and the incredibly detailed and articulated Series 18: Interlink 6 (late February).
Series 19 is Spawn drawing inspiration from Japanese legend. Samurai Wars at first will feature six super-detailed and articulated figures from a feudal Japanese time period. What's more, this line re-creates the entire Hellspawn mythos, but in a different era and locale. In response to fan demand, the packaging will include background on each character and how it relates to the larger story. Just prior to the line's release in Summer 2001, a complete section of Spawn.com will be devoted to the entire Samurai Wars mythos, to give the complete story of the characters and how they interact.
For now, here's a photo of the Spawn figure from the Series 19: The Samurai Wars line. The rest of the line will be shown in the Toy Fair kickoff on Spawn.com, beginning Feb. 12. And keep your browser pointed toward this site to be the first to hear about possible surprises associated with Series 19 later in the year.


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Science in the News, January 2002 -- Smallpox, a deadly, highly contagious disease caused by the variola virus, has been known throughout recorded history, and likely first infected human beings over 10,000 years ago. Smallpox epidemics recurred several times between 1350 BC (when the first recorded smallpox epidemic swept over the world in the wake of the Egyptian-Hittite war) and 1980 (when the World Health Organization declared that the scourge of smallpox had been conquered for good).
However, according to a former scientist in the Soviet Union?s biological weapons program, that country produced large quantities of the smallpox virus throughout the 1980s. As with other biological weapons, smallpox was to be deployed on the tips of missiles. Now, smallpox potentially represents the most deadly bioterrorism possibility.
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?Smallpox: The Triumph over the Most Terrible of the Ministers of Death? A fascinating article, originally published in Annals of Internal Medicine now posted by the American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine, about the history of humanity?s battle with smallpox and the medical effort to overcome the disease.
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Potential title rival Lewis Hamilton made the surprise claim about Webber's future in an interview with Australian newspapers, but Webber maintains that the thought of quitting has yet to enter his head.
"I've no intention at all of retiring, give or take whatever season I have," he said in response to the Briton's belief that a successful 2010 could the catalyst for stepping down. "That's Lewis's opinion and he's free to have that – I don't have a big problem with what he's said."


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The Sweetwater Hooks were the second place team in the Major League and began play at a District 5 tournament in Abilene on Saturday.
Pictured are, kneeling from left, D'Marcus Garrett, Rylan Hayes, Daiman Atkins, Jesse Morales, Nick Cantu, Reese Hayes; standing, coach Melisa Presley, Justen Gomez, coach Stephen Presley, Jeremiah Martinez, Andrew Medina, Sam Spaulding, coach Eli Cunningham.
There once was a king captured by the Roman army. They took the king with his family to stand before the Roman general to receive the sentence of death. The king fell on his face before the general and said, "You may do with me what you will, but spare my wife and children!" The Roman general was so moved by the plea that he released them all.Â
Later, the king asked his wife about some of the things they had seen while in the Roman general's chamber. She said, "I didn't see anything. My eyes were only on the man who was willing to die for me."Â
Come deep into the Amazon Rainforest as the kids go on expedition with the One True God at Avondale Baptist Church's Club VBS: Jungle Jaunt.
Avondale Baptist Church invites all children age five years through grade five for their annual Club VBS. The kids will jaunt through adventure-filled Bible stories, create cool rainforest crafts, enjoy rainforest rations and ride the recreation rapids.
The Nolan County Board of Realtors was very excited at the number of applicants who applied for their $500 college scholarship. This scholarship was made available to all of the graduating high school seniors in Nolan County, planning to further their education. The NCBR scholarship committee was also very impressed with the number of applicants that were qualified to receive this award. It was a very difficult job for the selection committee.
Sweetwater ISD (Independent School District) students were honored at a recent meeting of the SISD Board of Trustees for various achievements. Resolutions were presented to students, teachers and administrators, recognizing the accomplishments within the district.
Shown are (from left to right) Makenna Milner, Rylan Hayes, Caden Von Atzigen, Collin Stafford and Reese Hayes, members of the Destination Imagination team that qualified for state. Not pictured is team member Michelle Zapata.
The team, led by teacher Kayla Scott, was recognized during the meeting for their accomplishment.
National Financial Literacy Month is recognized in the United States in April, so in an effort to support healthy financial habits, Texas National Bank held an essay contest for eighth graders throughout Nolan County. In response to the first annual contest, Texas National Bank received 52 essays each addressing the topic, "Discuss three steps people can take to begin building wealth regardless of the size of their income."
Funeral services for Betty Elouise Alderson, 84, of Sweetwater, will be at 10 a.m. on Monday, June 3, 2013, at Trinity Baptist Church with Rev. Ward Hayes officiating. Interment will follow at Garden of Memories cemetery under the direction of McCoy Funeral Home.
Visitation will be from 3-6 p.m. on Sunday, June 2, 2013, at McCoy Funeral Home.
Alderson died Thursday, May 30, 3013, at her home.
Three graduating all-district senior players from Sweetwater High School — Shawn Campbell, Cole Maxwell and Sean Morrow — and coach Roland Herrera are on the East team for a Class 3A all-star baseball game Sunday.
The game, which is one of three all-star games on Sunday held by the Greater West Texas Baseball Coach-es Association, will begin at 2:30 p.m. at Lubbock Cooper High School's Pirate Field in Woodrow.
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Bangs defeated Wall, 14-4, in six innings Thursday at Sweetwater's Sportsman's Park in Game 1 of the teams' best-of-3 Region I-2A championship series.
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The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles wants all vehicles on the road to be properly registered. While this rule requires an additional step for farm vehicle owners, it is important to ensure that only eligible farm vehicles pay the reduced fee.
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COLUMBIA - Gov. Nikki Haley's Democratic challenger says South Carolina should "pause" in defending against a legal challenge to the state's gay marriage ban, and a Republican state Senate leader also says he believes the end of the ban is inevitable.
Sen. Vincent Sheheen said in a written statement the state should wait for the nation's highest court to rule.
"The U.S. Supreme Court will ultimately decide this issue," said Sheheen, D-Camden, adding that his personal opposition to gay marriage has not changed. "When that decision is given, we must come together and abide by the law of the land."
Sheheen, who is challenging Haley for a second time in November, issued his statement days after a federal appeals court ruled Virginia's same-sex marriage ban is unconstitutional. The Carolinas are in the same judicial circuit as Virginia.
Within hours of Monday's ruling, North Carolina's attorney general said it would be "futile" for his office to continue defending that state's ban.
However, South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson said his office will continue defending state law. Haley quickly agreed.
On Wednesday, South Carolina Equality and the American Civil Liberties Union of South Carolina called on Wilson to drop his defense and asked people to sign a petition that says "marriage discrimination in South Carolina is indefensible."
Haley's spokesman, Doug Mayer, said Friday her position has not wavered.
"The governor is charged with defending and executing the laws and constitution of South Carolina, and she will continue to do just that at every turn," he said.
South Carolina legislators passed a law banning same-sex marriage in 1996. A decade later, 78 percent of voters approved making the ban part of the state constitution. Both Haley, then a House member, and Sheheen voted in 2005 to put that question to voters and, in 2007, to ratify the amendment.
The Sheheen campaign had said Monday that he would monitor the court proceedings, following the 4th Circuit ruling. On Thursday, Sheheen said the state should "pause in the legal battles" and await a decision by the nation's highest court.
Petition candidate Tom Ervin took a stronger stance, saying government does not belong in the bedroom and further action wastes taxpayers' money.
"My personal faith affirms that marriage is between a man and a woman but under our Constitution, people in this country are afforded equal protection under our laws," he said Tuesday. "This means that anyone should be free to marry the person they love."
Election officials certified last month that Ervin had collected more than the 10,000 signatures of registered voters required to get on the ballot. The former legislator and judge said Friday he voted for the constitutional amendment in 2006 but to pursue any appeal now is pointless.
Meanwhile, state Senate Judiciary Chairman Larry Martin said public acceptance of gay marriage in South Carolina and the rest of the nation has increased exponentially in the last decade, and he thinks it's "just a matter of time" before same-sex couples can marry in South Carolina.
Still, he agrees with Wilson's stance.
"It's not the attorney general's prerogative to decide which part of the constitution he'll defend or not defend," said Martin, R-Pickens. "He might not do it as aggressively. I think all of us understand that our prospects don't look good."
Prior rulings make it an equal protection issue, he said.
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond is the second federal appellate court to overturn gay marriage bans, after the Denver circuit, and is the first to affect the South. It was one of more than 20 legal decisions around the country favoring gay marriage proponents since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down part of the Defense of Marriage Act last year.
"How I personally believe from a religious conviction will not change but the fact of the matter is, the policy definitely will change," Martin said. "If we lose in court, we're going to comply, though I still won't approve."
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Lady Hilltoppers thump Shelby
Pesky defense and consistent scoring paved the way for the R-S Central Lady Hilltoppers to claim a 58-34 win over Shelby Friday night at home.
"Games like this allow us to work on things that we may not have the luxury of working on against a stronger team," said Central head coach Darius Fuller. "This benefits us down the road. "
The Lady Hilltoppers used three Shelby turnovers in the first minute to jump out to a 6-0 lead.
"Early on we were working on different presses and I liked what I saw," Fuller said.
Central's attack cooled off as Fuller inserted his bench for the last half of the first quarter. Shelby took advantage and trailed just 14-10 heading into the second quarter.
Central opened the second quarter on a 9-2 to get back to a comfortable 23-12 lead with four minutes left in the half.
Shelby managed just five points in the quarter as the Hilltoppers took a 27-15 lead into the break.
Another big run inflated the Hilltopper lead to 21 points early in the third quarter. By the time the third quarter ended the Lady Hilltopeprs were on their way to a blowout with a 44-17 lead.
Christian Godlock dominated the defensive end for Central while Alyssia Watkins, Tia Bristol ad Te'ja Twitty continued to put the ball in the basket.
The Hilltopper reserves entered with less than three minutes left and helped Central cruise to a 58–34 victory.
"We want to continue to play hard. If you start to play soft then someone gets hurt," Fuller said about the lopsided final score. "You don't want to disrespect the game and your opponent by thinking you have it won."
Bristol led the Hilltoppers with 16 points while Twitty added 12 points and 13 rebounds. Watkins filled the stat sheet with an unconventional double-double consisting of 14 points and 10 steals.
Central returns to the court Friday, Jan. 18 when they travel to Burns. Tipoff is set for 6 p.m.


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A native of Loveland, Colorado, Gloria L. Velásquez is an internationally known poet and fiction writer. She is the author of a bilingual collection of poetry entitled, I Used to Be a Superwoman Superwoman Chicana and the creator of the Roosevelt High School Series which to date includes five novels which feature adolescents of different ethnic backgrounds: Juanita Fights the School Board (1994); Maya's Divided World (1995); Tommy Stands Alone (1995); and Rina's Family Secret (1998), and Ankiza (2000). Venturing into the music world, the new Superwoman Chicana CD which features poetry and music is available from Arte Público Press.
A major voice in Chicano/a Literature, Velásquez is included in the 1997 anthology, Literatura Chicana, 1965-1995, edited by David Foster and Manuel Hernández. Her poetry also appears in a major textbook, Sendas Literarias, alongside the work of three of Latin America's most famous authors: Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Alfonsina Storni and Antonia Darder. The 1997 anthology, Latina and Latino Voices in Literature for Teenagers and Children, devotes an entire chapter to Velásquez's life and development as a writer. A literary biography of her has been included in the new volume of Something about the Author (SATA).
Gloria Velásquez has been the recipient of numerous awards. In 1996, she was featured during Hispanic Heritage Month on KTLA, Los Angeles. Velásquez was also selected for inclusion in Who's Who Among Hispanic Americans, 1994-1995. She has similarly been included in Chicano Writers: Second Series, Dictionary of Literary Biography, edited by Francisco Lomelí and Carl Shirley. Velásquez also received the 11th Chicano Literary Prize in the Short Story from the University of California at Irvine, 1985. At Stanford University, she was awarded the Premier and Deuxième Prix in poetry (1979) from the Dept. of French and Italian. Velásquez was also featured in the May 1996 issue of the Stanford Alumni Magazine. In 1989, Velásquez became the first Chicana to be inducted into the University of Northern Colorado's Hall of Fame for her achievements in creative writing. In addition, the Special Collections department at Stanford University has recently archived materials surrounding her literary production under the title "The Gloria Velásquez Papers."
In the Modern Languages and Literatures Department, at Cal Poly State University, Velásquez teaches Spanish language courses as well as Latin American and Chicano/a Literature courses in Spanish. In addition, Velásquez has developed a course on Chicano/a Culture (HUM 310 ) which she teaches in English in the Humanities Program. As an associate faculty member in Ethnic Studies, Velásquez teaches a course on Chicano/a Culture in the American Cultural Images series (ES 323).
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It's a tragedy for some, an opportunity for others — like skaters.
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Down goes Grant! Down goes Williams!
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The slide comes in at an incredible 82 meters in length and is on the top of a mountain with a commanding view of western Kyushu's coastal plain. Watch me scream like a little girl, and have the best slide ride of my life. I haven't had this much fun since my first trip to 6-flags in Illinois. The journey to the end of the slide was not with out its dangers. I dodge trees, try not to smash into the sides, and deal with severe vibration that caused me to lose feeling in my rump.


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July 31, 2015
It's a celebration of moms on Saturday, May 5th in Bryan.
Gloria Kennard and friends with Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church are hosting a pre-Mother's Day celebration in honor of moms of all ages.
The free event featured fellowship and food at the church located at 2224 East Martin Luther King Jr. Street in Bryan.
"One thing that we have to remember is that the outcome of this season that we find ourselves in is no different than the outcome of the season that God brought us through last year. Jesus Christ is the same," said Ruby Harris, a minister with New Life World Outreach Christian Center.
The event is happening a little earlier than the actual day we honor mom.
This year Mother's Day is on May 13th.
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- Gender: Male
- Familiarity: I've used it once or twice and have initial impressions
I bought this jacket for my wife because she needed a good solid jacket that she could go snowshoeing in but then still look classy, and this jacket definitely delivers. Right out of the box the jacket is much different than your standard soft shell. The outer material is very very flexible, almost feels and moves like a sweatshirt. The zippers and pockets seem pretty sturdy and the thick fleece on the inside was actually much thinner than we were expecting. It's almost like a short shag carpet, but it actually does a great job keeping her warm. The DWR coating seems to do its job, she's been in a few drizzles and the water beads and then rolls off.
There are a few big flags with it though, the main one being the huge "made in china" tag on the inside. This would actually be a huge deal breaker for me if I had ordered this jacket, but my wife seems willing to give it a go. It's not as though it seems like a shoddily sewn jacket, but Chinese produced goods never seem to hold up nearly as well as American made, and to shell out hundreds of dollars for a jacket it better hold up.If it wasn't for arc'teryx's fantastic warranty I would have sent it back regardless of what my wife thinks. We do plan on putting this jacket to the test if anything just to see how their Chinese produced goods hold up. Also the sizing is a tad off, at first we ordered the medium, and while it fit around the waist, the arms were almost ridiculously short. We bumped up to a large and the sleeves were ok but she had a lot of room in the waist (she's 5'9" 155).
All in all a decent jacket, we'll just see how it holds up to a little wear and tear
Perhaps you should suspend your hate for everything made in China and actually evaluate the garment on it's merits.
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International Building Exhibition (IBA): Urban Redevelopment Saxony-Anhalt (East Germany) 2010Within the framework of the IBA Urban Redevelopment 2010, town planners, architects, citizens and political and administrative representatives put innovative urban development tools to the test in 19 cities affected by demographic change. In doing so, all the cities address issues of specific relevance to them and develop their own unique profiles. While this does not cap the decline, it turns it to the positive with the aid of small, streamlined structures: Less is Future.The Response to Demographic Change in Saxony-AnhaltThe demographic change presents specific social challenges and already impacts on politics, the economy and culture. Alongside growth regions, there will always be areas where population decline prevails, despite every endeavor. This coexistence is also evident in the cities; at the same time, structural reform is progressing in industry and the service society.
The Depart Foundation and the Istituto Svizzero di Roma (ISR) presentWHAT EVER HAPPENED TO ITALIAN ARCHITECTURE?CRITICAL POSITIONS ON THE PAST, THE PRESENT, AND THE FUTUREA symposium at the Istituto Svizzero di Roma, October 15–16, 2010,curated by Reto GeiserThe first installment in a series of planned biennial symposia that aim to explore the productive intersections and overlaps between art, architecture, and design, this two-day symposium will bring together emerging and established voices to discuss the current state of Italian architecture.As explained by the oraganizers: In the second half of the twentieth century, such singular figures as Aldo Rossi, Vittorio Gregotti, and Manfredo Tafuri, or collaborative practices such as Archizoom and Superstudio, not only shaped the architectural culture within Italy, but also took a prominent position on the stage of international discourse. Italian architecture gradually disappeared from the limelight as commercially driven forms of building replaced politically motivated manifestos and bold architectural visions in the advent of postmodernism. How has Italian architecture since developed? What does Italian architecture mean today? What is the background against which architecture is currently produced in Italy?
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Meet Kristin
Meet Kristin.
Kristin Padilla
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"We have over 100 active clubs and organizations on campus. You'll discover that you can make a real difference at Albion."
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Can't-miss Albion activities:
"Take a walk through the equestrian center and Whitehouse Nature Center; the trails are beautiful in the fall."
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"Step out of your comfort zone. Visit small and large schools, and meet as many students as you can."
On the sidelines. Go Brits! Her husband is a football coach.
The first thing she tells a prospective student about: Internships and job-shadow experiences with alumni.
Her dream destination: Thailand.
A favorite Albion tradition: Paddling the Kalamazoo River.
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