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TT with HD: Jesse Levine
HD: Hop on. And if you don't mind, I'm just going to go ahead and get the picture out of the way, is that okay with you?
JL: Sure.
HD: ... do you want to look any happier?
JL: This is about as happy as ... a typical smile ...
HD: ... maybe as happy as you can look under the circumstances?
JL: Oh, no, no.
HD: But you've had a long day, I get the impression.
JL: I have, yeah.
HD: So what are you doing this summer exactly?
JL: I am in Ann Arbor taking the LSAT. So I've just been studying, really.
HD: Okay, shall we get this [teeter totter] actually going?
JL: Let's do it.
HD: So you're studying full time for the LSAT?
JL: Yeah. I graduated in May and now I'm just studying.
HD: Did you get anything good as a graduation gift?
JL: That's a good question. I don't know, I don't think I did. But I'm not much of a gift guy.
HD: You're hard to buy for?
JL: I guess.
HD: Is that because you're really really picky about stuff?
JL: No, I wouldn't say that I'm picky. I would say that I'm content with my life. And I don't need too much to be happy.
HD: Ah, so people who know you, they know that you're basically content and know that there isn't anything in particular that you're craving.
JL: Right, I think that's probably right. I like movies. Sometimes people will get me some DVD's.
HD: Or maybe like a movie pass would be a good gift.
JL: Yeah, or songs on iTunes.
HD: Do they have a gift card program, I suppose they do?
JL: They do.
HD: So what is on your most frequently played list for your iPod then?
JL: I like Ben Folds. I like The Killers. I like Mike Jones. I like Kanye West. So I'd say like a blend of hip hop and alternative.
HD: So you said you graduated, which means that the whole Student Assembly episode is behind you?
JL: I'm done.
HD: Has the election been settled for sure? All the dust is completely settled? Nobody went to jail?
JL: Yeah, all of the dust has settled, all of the ...
HD: ... someone almost went to jail, right?
JL: I don't think that's actually true. I think it was kind of blown out of proportion. That's the best way to put it. I don't know all the details, but it seems like the website didn't even actually go down. And I'm not sure what type of penalty there even would be, if such an action were to be successful.
HD: This was not even the voting website, was it?
JL: No, it was political party website.
HD: So this was not the mechanism by which the voting was taking place, so if the party website went down, it would not have affected the elections from a material point of view?
JL: It could have had an effect if it did go down, because often political parties will direct voters to their individual websites, which then have a link to the voting website. So it could have had an effect if it did happen, but it didn't happen.
HD: But a link from a party's website that would send you to the polling website, that couldn't be constructed in such a way as to pre-fill voting options, could it?
JL: No, no. Just because they're visiting the website doesn't mean that they're definitely voting for a certain party either. So I don't know. I don't like to see people cheating, I don't even like to see the perception of people cheating. I stayed out of the election ...
HD: ... yeah, my sense was that you held yourself somewhat aloof and out of the fray. In fact, there was some minor controversy about whether you had somehow implicitly endorsed a party and therefore a whole set of election regulations needed to be applied. I don't know.
JL: Campus politics is strange sometimes. I really tried to stay out of the election process for the last two semesters, because I felt that in my role, it was more appropriate for me to stress the importance of working on policy and getting accomplishments done.
HD: So what would you point to in the way of policy or accomplishments in your tenure, something you'd put on the resume as, Here's what I accomplished, I didn't just hold the office? I assume that the lease ordinance would be on the list.
JL: Yeah, I think that was probably my top accomplishment. I was really proud of seeing that ordinance go through. It was also a really good sign that students and city council can work together on proposals that at least have the potential to make students' lives better.
HD: I watched that council meeting on television and one of the speakers was a landlord, who I thought was particularly eloquent, and don't know the historical facts of what he was saying, but his complaint was essentially that the solution was decided on before all the people who could have been a part of the solution were all at the table. So the landlords were included to see if they had a response to the language of the ordinance, and at that point they were included. But at the point where you identify a problem, that students are being taken advantage of or there's a perception of it, at that point, I guess ideally you want to see all the affected parties invited to the table. And his contention was that, Hey, you left us out, and all we get to do is respond to the proposed ordinance language, but we weren't a part of building a solution.
JL: Yeah, I would say that that characterization is not correct.
HD: So just not historically accurate then?
JL: Yeah, from the beginning, there were at least two major public fora in which students, and community members, and landlords, anyone, was really welcome to come and express their views. And throughout the process, I know that members of the council worked specifically with landlords to hammer out a compromise. I mean the actual legislation that passed in the end was a compromise between landlords and students. And it's also important to note that the university has a board called Campus Neighbors. Campus Neighbors brings together students, landlords, and the university. Landlords and students have had a dialogue about this issue through that venue as well.
HD: Besides this collaboration between council and students on the lease ordinance, any other accomplishments you'd point to?
JL: I convinced the Board of Regents to hire a new housing attorney in Student Legal Services to provide more counseling.
HD: Has that position been filled at this point?
JL: It has.
HD: Have you met the person?
JL: I have, she's great. Her name is Stephanie Chang. She's charged with analyzing some of the systematic problems that Ann Arbor students face in the housing market and finding solutions to them. Whether they be through legal solutions or through the legislative process. So she'll be doing a lot of research.
HD: So if a student is leasing a place from a landlord and a landlord is behaving unreasonably, this is a person ...
JL: ... she can be an advocate for that student.
HD: I found in my experience when I was a grad student at Indiana University that something very useful was the simple crafting of a stern letter from Student Legal Services to the landlord saying: Dave has the right to enjoy his leased premises without disturbance ... I don't remember exactly, it was some sort of legalistic language. But it basically just brought the landlord totally under control and didn't have a bit of trouble from him the rest of my time there.
JL: Exactly. I think ideally solutions can be found outside of court.
HD: I think there is a good place for stern letters in this world.
JL: I think you're right! I think you're right.
HD: A lot can be accomplished just with a stern letter from an attorney. So you want to become an attorney?
JL: I do.
HD: So you don't see getting a law degree as the necessary resume credential to do something else more exciting like running for office ...
JL: ... I think that having a law degree will give me the flexibility to work in government or in private practice.
HD: Is there any particular kind of law that you've already zeroed in on at this point?
JL: I'm interested in real-estate and housing law from a lot of the work I've done on campus. But I also have passions for improving the environment and a lot of other policy.
HD: So you're studying full time for the LSAT? How many hours a day are you putting into this?
JL: Probably about four hours. So maybe studying part time that's a better way to put it! [laugh]
HD: [laugh] Yeah, I was expecting to hear something along the lines of eight to ten hours.
JL: No, I would say, four to six hours a day.
HD: So are you taking some sort of Kaplan-esque kind of course?
JL: I'm taking a class called Test Masters. We actually just finished the class yesterday.
HD: Today's practice exam was run through them?
JL: I actually did it on my own, but I got the materials from them.
HD: Have you scored your practice exam yet?
JL: No, I haven't scored it yet. I have to do that after this.
HD: Do you have a particular goal score in mind?
JL: Yeah, I'm hoping for somewhere in the 160's.
HD: That means nothing to me, I have to say. What's the range?
JL: I'm aiming for somewhere between the 85th and 94th percentile.
HD: Okay, that I can comprehend. Is there a particular institution that you absolutely would like to get into?
JL: I have a range of schools I'm looking at and ...
HD: ... including the U of M?
JL: Sure, sure. But a lot is going to depend on my score on the exam.
HD: Is there a score below which you'd say, Oh, it's not even worth applying to the U of M?
JL: I don't know, I'd probably put in an application to U of M regardless of my score.
HD: Well, just to help you out, I made up an LSAT question for you. This is based on a 1996 item. They may have changed the test format since then for all I know. And speaking of test format, do they not do computer adaptive testing for LSAT?
JL: Yeah, they don't do that. I think that's the GRE.
HD: Oh, well. Three hours is what it takes then?
JL: Yeah, plus they have a writing section, which is un-graded, so it's like three and a half.
HD: So the writing sample that you create is sent to the law schools along with your test scores ...
JL: Exactly.
HD: Alright, so here's the item I developed based on an actual item I found online.
JL: Okay.
HD: Children who get sick from riding a teeter totter will often develop a strong dislike for the child they were riding the teeter totter with, whether or not that child caused the sickness.
JL: Okay.
HD: This phenomenon explains why some children are especially likely to develop strong aversions to some other people. Which one of the following, if true, provides the strongest support for the explanation? Got it?
JL: Okay.
HD: A: Children are more likely than adults to ride teeter totters with people they don't like.
JL: Okay.
HD: B: Children are less likely than adults to see a connection between their happiness and their teeter tottering partner.
JL: Okay.
HD: C: Children tend to be more sensitive to ill-tempered teeter tottering partners and become sick more often than adults do. D: Children typically recover more slowly than adults do from sickness caused by teeter tottering.
JL: More quickly or slowly?
HD: More slowly.
JL: Okay.
HD: And E: Children are more likely than are adults to refuse to associate with unfamiliar people.
JL: Okay. Now I'd have to look back at the question ...
HD: ... yeah, I realize I've put you at a severe disadvantage compared to an actual ...
JL: ... but I think it's either C or D.
HD: Yeah, that's what I would have gone with. It might be C. To tell you the truth, I didn't look up the correct answer to the question I based it on. And really, the correct answer might have changed when I modified it. The original had to do with food.
JL: 'A' for effort, though! I like how you've infused teeter tottering into the LSAT. I think the LSAT could use some more teeter tottering.
HD: I think the LSAT, if not teeter tottering, could probably use some more playfulness. A great degree of acknowledgement that, Hey, you know, this is all a big a game, really.
JL: Although I will say that there is some playfulness in the exam.
HD: Really?!
JL: Yeah, in an odd way. I will just find myself just laughing at how obscure some of the questions are. It's really ridiculous.
HD: Can you think of a specific example?
JL: There was a question about whether it was a good policy to give plastic surgery to prison inmates as an incentive for good behavior.
HD: So this was an essay prompt?
JL: An essay prompt, yeah.
HD: I guess my first question would be: Who's paying?
JL: I think the state. It was really really odd.
HD: So did you weigh in for or against plastic surgery for prisoners?
JL: You know, the more I think about it, it wasn't an essay prompt. It was, I think from logical reasoning, which is a kind of question similar to the question that you had, and I think it was a bad policy.
HD: So what else is on your mind besides the LSAT's? When is the big date?
JL: Monday.
HD: This coming Monday?
JL: Yeah.
HD: You know, there was a guy from Eastern, who had his teacher certification exams coming up the day following his teeter totter ride, and he passed.
JL: Well that's good to know!
HD: So I do hope you'll let me know how the LSAT's come out so that I can affirm that the teeter totter brings good luck.
JL: I actually wanted to get in my meeting with you before the exam, because I wanted to have good karma before the exam. Because I couldn't leave town without talking to you!
HD: So after you finish the LSAT's you're headed back to ...?
JL: Actually I got a job with the Democratic Party in Minnesota.
HD: So you're going to be working out of the Twin Cities?
JL: I'm starting in St. Paul. And I'm not sure where I'm going to be after that.
HD: So what are you going to do if you discover you like that job so well that you don't really want to start law school? You ever considered that?
JL: I guess anything's possible. But I really want to go to law school.
HD: So what are you going to be doing for the Democrats?
JL: I'm going to be working on the coordinated campaign. So I'll be working on the senate campaign and probably a congressional race, too.
HD: Was that a name you just mentioned, the word before 'campaign'?
JL: Coordinated? That means that the most local races are in coordination with the federal races.
HD: That just shows how much I know about it, because I was thinking 'coordinated', hmm, that's an odd name for a candidate. [Ed. note: non-sequitur follows] You know I was thinking that my goal would be for the teeter totter to replace the scales of justice as the symbol for the legal profession.
JL: I like that. That'd be kind of cool.
HD: Anything else on your mind? Anything you wanted to make sure that you got on the record that people knew you did when you were student assembly president?
JL: There were some other things I worked on besides the housing stuff. I also had a concert, which a lot of students liked. Some people complained about it.
HD: This was ...
JL: ... Ludacris.
HD: Right, this was the one I guess people complained because it lost a bunch of money?
JL: One point that I guess was lost in the whole debate was: concerts cost money.
HD: Historically have concerts that the student government has put on, have they finished in the black?
JL: Most concerts on college campuses do not make money. That's kind of rarity.
HD: So you went to the concert?
JL: I did, I did.
HD: I noticed, though, that Ludacris didn't make your list of tunes rotating in your iPod.
JL: No, not right now. I like him, but he's not in the cycle right now.
HD: So did you actually meet him?
JL: I did.
HD: And was a function of being the guy who set it up?
JL: I was not the only guy, but I was one of the guys.
HD: So what were the mechanics of that? Did you deal directly with 'his people' as they say?
JL: No, it was really a collaborative effort between student organizations and the university. And the university did much of the negotiating. Although they negotiated on our behalf.
HD: So the university has staff people who know how to do that?
JL: Right.
HD: So they said, Okay, Jesse, show up at this time and you get to meet him?
JL: Well, it was more like I was in the right place at the right time. It was more of a chance meeting.
HD: I've been trying to figure out how in the world to get Elvis Costello onto my teeter totter, because he's coming to town, you know, next week sometime. The best suggestion I've heard so far is just to find out what hotel he's staying at and then just stalk him.
JL: [laugh] That could work. It could backfire. You never know.
HD: My challenge is that it's not just meeting him. I've got to get him all the way to my backyard.
JL: Or you could try to transplant the teeter totter. A temporary teeter totter.
HD: I've contemplated designing and constructing a mobile teeter totter. But I think that would remove a bit of the mystique.
JL: I hear you.
HD: Listen, thank you very much for coming over.
JL: Thank you!


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MR. BRYAN WHITMAN (deputy assistant secretary of Defense for Public Affairs): Well, good morning and thank you for joining us. Let me just make sure that Colonel Craparotta can hear us.
Okay, this is Bryan Whitman, at the Pentagon.
COL. CRAPAROTTA: Yes, good morning. I can hear you fine, thank you.
MR. WHITMAN: Well, thank you for joining us this afternoon and for taking some time to give us an update on your area of operations and to take some questions from the Pentagon press corps.
Today our briefer is Marine Colonel Lewis Craparotta, who is the commander of Regimental Combat Team 1. His unit began operations as part of Multinational Forces-West in January, and this is our first opportunity to talk to the colonel since he's taken responsibility in that AOR. He is speaking today from Camp Fallujah. And as is our normal format here; he's going to give you a brief overview and then take some questions.
So thank you and let me turn it over to him.
COL. CRAPAROTTA: This is a chance for me to share with you the progress being made here in al Anbar to talk a little bit about the success that the Marines, sailors and soldiers are having on the ground. So I'll just take a few minutes here to take about our mission and the accomplishments of these great men and women.
I think you're aware that RCT-1 operates in an area that stretches from the western borders of Baghdad out past the western edges of Ramadi. It's about 5,000 square miles with a population between 1.1 (million) and 1.5 million people, and it includes the cities of both Fallujah and Ramadi. Our number one priority here is protection of the population, so I'll quickly discuss security and the threat that we see to security.
I would characterize the enemy in our area as being neutralized. We still see occasional AQI violence in the area, and we're very watchful to ensure we don't allow a resurgence of AQI activity. Most people believe that AQI has fled al Anbar, at least for the time being, and it's our responsibility to make sure that they can't reestablish themselves back in our area.
To secure the population, we operate daily with our Iraqi partners. We spend a great deal of time with both the Iraqi police and the Iraqi army. For the most part, the Iraqi army units are operating outside the urban areas.
We've got military transition teams that live with these forces and that work with them every day.
In the urban areas, we've partnered with the Iraqi police, and by partnership, I mean we have Marines, sailors and soldiers who live with the Iraqi police in certain areas, 24 hours a day. They train together, they operate together, and they work together to improve security. The development of the Iraqi army and the Iraqi police in Anbar is the result of both the time we've invested and the relationships that have been developed. I think I could characterize it as mutual respect between our forces with the common goal of protecting the citizens. And both the army and police have some outstanding leaders here, and they've risen to the occasion and in many cases -- in almost all cases have earned the respect of the population.
As you all know, we do a little more than security, and because of the improvements in security we spend, quite frankly, a great deal of time working alongside our State Department partners assisting the Iraqis with local governance, identifying reconstruction projects for critical infrastructure, implementing rule of law and basically improving the overall quality of life for the citizens here. So I'll quickly just cover a couple other points.
First, I'll say that we're working very hard, and in many cases, we're transitioning responsibilities to the Iraqis, and they're restoring governance in their local areas. We see local governance prospering, with mayors and city councils taking on more and more responsibility daily, and they're beginning to establish links between the cities, the districts and the provincial government. These local governments, the mayors and the city council, understand their responsibilities to the citizens, and they work very hard to represent the people that they work for in their district with the provincial leadership.
In the economic area, we're working to restore small businesses. We're coordinating both minor and major reconstruction efforts. We're working side by side with the Iraqis to restore essential services. And again, in coordination with our State Department partners, we're making some investments in agriculture, restoring irrigation systems and helping to put some farmers back into the fields out here in the fertile ground along the Euphrates.
So from my perspective, we're seeing a great deal of progress being made. We believe that AQI has largely fled the area for the time being. We continue to target them whenever possible. And we've put our Iraqi partners in the lead in many areas. We're now seeing both economic and government -- governance progress, and I think, as a backdrop, I'll probably just stop here and take your questions.
MR. WHITMAN: Well, very good. We'll get started. Go ahead, Courtney.
Q Hi, Colonel. This is Courtney Kube from NBC News. Twice during the opening, you used the term "for the time being," that al Qaeda has fled or out of your area for the time being. Are you concerned about a reemergence of al Qaeda? We've heard some reports that they may be filtering back into Anbar. Can you update us on that or what exactly you meant by "for the time being"?
COL. CRAPAROTTA: Yes, Courtney. I think, by saying "the time being," what I meant was -- I don't personally believe that they're defeated. I think there's always a chance that they could come back into the area. So I can't make a guarantee, although we're working every day to make sure that that doesn't happen. So that's what I meant by "the time being."
Q How much longer, in your estimate, do you think that you'll need to have U.S. Marines, U.S. forces there in your area, to continue to hold back al Qaeda?
COL. CRAPAROTTA: Well, I wouldn't put a timeline on it, Courtney. I think as the Iraqi security forces continue to develop and continue to take the lead, you'll see less and less involvement from U.S. military. And when they tell us that they're ready, we will pull back. And somebody certainly a little bit above my pay grade will make the decision that it's time to pull out U.S. forces.
But for right now, I think, the Iraqi security forces still to some degree need our help in making sure that AQI doesn't infiltrate back in as we push them out of other areas outside of Anbar. And that's what we're going to continue to do for the time being.
Q Ken Fireman from Bloomberg News.
When you say that you don't think AQI has been defeated, what leads you to believe that? Do they still have some base of popular support in Al Anbar that would allow them sort of an entree back in?
COL. CRAPAROTTA: There is absolutely no base of popular support in Anbar. In fact, I would tell you, it's just the opposite.
If you ask the people and if you ask the Iraqi security forces, they'll tell you that there's no chance of AQI coming back to Al Anbar. They've seen too much murder and too much intimidation.
But we also know that this is a pretty smart enemy. It's an enemy that tends to come back where they started. And both Ramadi and Fallujah are key cities, or were key cities, to AQI.
So it's something that we're going to keep an eye on, just to make sure that we don't give them an opportunity to get back into Al Anbar.
Q Colonel, it's Meredith MacKenzie from Talk Radio News Service.
You mentioned the Iraqi security forces need your help in keeping AQI from coming back.
What lessons learned have the Iraqi security forces in your area gained from the recent fighting in Basra and the events that have passed with the security forces there?
COL. CRAPAROTTA: I'm sorry. I didn't get your question. Can you repeat that?
Q You mentioned that the Iraqi security forces in your area still need help in keeping AQI out.
What lessons learned have the Iraqi security forces in your area gained based on the recent fighting in Basra and some of the issues that have come up with Iraqi security forces there?
COL. CRAPAROTTA: Yeah. I still -- it's very distorted. I don't know if it's a different mike. But I missed a very important portion of your question that prevents me from answering it.
MR. WHITMAN: Let me see if I can assist with this.
The question goes to lessons learned in Basra and if the ISF in your area have taken any lessons learned from the recent fighting in Basra.
COL. CRAPAROTTA: I don't know -- well, I only know what I read about the Iraqi security forces in Basra. But I will tell you that the Iraqi security forces, both the army and police, in Al Anbar are, in my view, some of the best in this country.
We have invested a significant amount of time. I can -- for the army, the Marine Corps has put transition teams with the army. They live and work side by side with the army, and our army forces are some of the best that this country has to offer. And I would say the same thing at this point with regard to the police. We have been living and working with the police for the better part of the last year, and they have developed very, very quickly. We've still got some challenges integrating some of their logistics, but I think these are some of the best Iraqi security forces in the country, based on the training and the time we've invested in them. And I don't see a comparison, with these forces, with what I've read happened in Basra.
MR. WHITMAN: Go ahead, Andrew.
Q Colonel, this is Andrew Gray from Reuters. You've talked about al Qaeda in Iraq being largely neutralized in your area, but we did hear about a recent bomb attack in Ramadi. What can you tell us about that and what it says about the strength of AQI? Do you believe they were responsible, or was that someone else?
COL. CRAPAROTTA: Yeah, I think you're talking about the suicide vest last week in a restaurant outside of Ramadi. And we're not sure at this point whether that was AQI or whether that potentially was politically motivated.
I'm not sure what else I can offer on that, but we don't really know. It was a -- was -- the individual was a little bit younger than your hard-core AQI. So we're not really sure what the motivation was behind that attack.
Q To follow up, Colonel, when you say "politically motivated," what kind of factors might have been involved there? Can you expand a bit on that term?
COL. CRAPAROTTA: Well, I think it goes back to the tactics of murder and intimidation. And in this case there are some of different political parties that are trying to get a leg up, if you will, on one another. And if it's not AQI-related, then potentially it can be some of this political infighting, this power struggle prior to what they expect to be elections in the coming year.
Q Thank you.
MR. WHITMAN: Mike?
Q Colonel, it's Mike Mount with CNN. Sticking with this AQI theme, you said they were largely defeated, but in your opening statement you did say there was some AQI activity still. Can you maybe expand a little bit on how much you're seeing there since your arrival and just in terms of some quantification for us, and maybe a bit about who their -- or what their attacks are focused on, whether it's U.S., Sons of Iraq or Iraqi forces?
COL. CRAPAROTTA: Okay. Yes.
We've seen actually very little AQI activity. We average about two incidents a day. And when I say incidents, it includes anything from a cache find to an IED find. So it's not necessarily related to an attack.
Most of the AQI activity that we've seen here, since my arrival, we've had a few suicide vest attacks that you're probably aware of. We had a vehicle IED just about a week ago.
All those attacks have targeted Iraqi security forces, because the enemy understands that the Iraqi security forces at this point is the biggest threat to them. And the Iraqi security forces are good enough that the enemy can't overtake them.
So most of their activity is focused again on murder and intimidation, to see if they can take down or reduce the effectiveness of the Iraqi security forces. And at this time, they haven't been able to do that.
Q Colonel, Paul Krawzak, Copley News Service.
You said there are still challenges integrating logistics with the Iraqi security forces. Could you talk about what the biggest challenges are right now with the army and the police?
COL. CRAPAROTTA: I think the biggest challenge for us right now is vehicles and vehicle maintenance. In particular, I can speak to the police, where we've got vehicles that -- and we have limited capability to do maintenance. And the Iraqis have limited capability, if any capability, to get spare parts for these vehicles.
So when you're out there doing patrols and your vehicles no longer work, you can't do your job anymore. And we're working through that problem. I fact, we met just this past weekend with the provincial police leadership. But that's the type of logistical problem that we're facing right now.
I don't think we have anything that's not -- that we're not going to be able to tackle here. It's just taking a little bit of time.
Q Just to follow up, beyond logistics, are there other challenges?
COL. CRAPAROTTA: Well, there's all kinds of challenges standing up a police force. But I think for the most part, this police force in the last year has progressed a great deal. And they're very, very capable.
So there's no big challenge, no single point of failure that I can identify right now. And I see us, as I said in my opening statement, continuing to progress with these forces that we currently are operating with.
Q Hi, Colonel, it's Courtney from NBC again.
What's your estimate for how many al Qaeda fighters you have in your area -- just a ballpark?
And then also you mentioned, again back to your opening statement, just to pick it apart a little bit more, that al Qaeda in Iraq has fled for the time being.
Where exactly are they fleeing to? Where are you seeing them hiding, if that is it? Are they still in Iraq? Are they fleeing into Syria or what?
COL. CRAPAROTTA: Courtney, I could not even give you a guesstimate on the number of fighters. I could tell you that if I were to answer that question, I would tell you very, very few.
But I think that when we took Ramadi and Fallujah, they pushed the al Qaeda out of Anbar. I think some of them probably went to Baghdad and were since pushed out of Baghdad. Some of them are probably in Mosul and hopefully will be pushed out of Mosul. And if there's any left, potentially they'll come back, like I said earlier, to where they -- they'll try to come back to where they started. And that's really what we're watching out for right now as we develop the Iraqi police, just to make sure that we don't allow any resurgence of AQI in al Anbar.
Q And are you seeing any evidence yet that they are, in fact, coming back to where they started or coming back to your area?
COL. CRAPAROTTA: No. There's no evidence that they're coming back into Anbar.
MR. WHITMAN: Well, Colonel, it appears as if you've done a great job in answering the questions that we have about RC-West (sic RCT One) and I think it's evidence of -- the number of questions that we have -- how well things are going there for you right now.
So let me bring this to a close by turning it back to you and asking you if there's any thoughts that you have that perhaps we didn't touch upon or that you'd like to convey before we end this.
COL. CRAPAROTTA: Well, I think I'd just close by saying that I hope that everybody back there understands the commitment of the men and women who are over here fighting every day. They continue to do a tremendous job, and they're under some very difficult circumstances. And in all cases, they've earned both the respect and the admiration of the Iraqi people here in al Anbar.
The cooperation of the State Department and the work of the Embedded Provincial Reconstruction Team should not go unmentioned. They've enabled success in several areas for us. And we could not have had the success we've had in economics, governance and reconstruction without that partnership.
And then finally, of course, the Iraqi partners, who in many areas now are taking full control. These are brave men, brave leaders, and they see a future for this province and for this country and they work every day with that future in mind. And they're sheikhs, they're soldiers, they're policemen, they're mayors, they're city council members and each has stepped up for the people and for the future of this country.
So I think we can be proud of the progress that has been made here in al Anbar and I can tell you that we're going to continue along that path, at least for as long as I'm here.
MR. WHITMAN: Well, Colonel, thank you for your time this afternoon. And we do appreciate the update. It's very valuable for us to hear from commanders on the ground. And we hope that we can revisit with you in a few months and see how things are progressing.
COL. CRAPAROTTA: I look forward to it. And I'd invite you all to come out here and spend some time on the ground. You're welcome anytime.
MR. WHITMAN: They said they want to take you up on that offer.

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Brunswick budget, tax hike whittled, but work remains
BRUNSWICK — Like stubborn patches of snow that are slowly receding, a projected increase in the town's 2015 property tax rate may also be shrinking.
Or so town officials hope.
Interim Town Manager John Eldridge has been working to whittle down budget requests from town departments that, if granted, could have contributed to a tax rate hike of more than 8 percent.
While it's a work in progress, Eldridge discussed the 2015 fiscal year municipal budget in a Town Council workshop on April 17. A formal budget recommendation must be submitted by May 1 to town councilors, who are expected to adopt it by May 29.
"Where we're at is that we were looking at a budget in total that would have raised the tax rate 8.25 percent. At this point, we're now looking at about 4.5 percent," Eldridge said at the workshop.
But that figure doesn't take into account the impact of school spending, or the town's annual appropriation to Cumberland County.
Those amounts are significant. In the current fiscal year budget of $57.6 million, $35.6 million was for education and $1.2 million went to the county.
Like the municipal budget, the school budget is also being worked out.
The School Board is wrestling with a proposed budget that would increase the tax rate by another 4.4 percent. The board must vote on a budget by April 30, which would be submitted to the council and then to voters in a June 10 referendum.
All told, the budgets – as they stand now – would increase the tax rate by nearly 9 percent.
"That's clearly not going to be acceptable," council Chairman Benet Pols said in an interview Wednesday, noting that tax hikes in recent years have been around 6 percent.
So more budget-whittling remains.
In last week's workshop, Eldridge pointed out some drivers of a potential increase: contractual raises in salaries and benefits, a tentative restoration of some capital projects, and the absence of one-time revenue. About $290,000 was made available to the town last year when it agreed to sell a parcel of land on Thomas Point Road and the downtown Recreation Center.
The town will lose additional money because of a reduction in state revenue sharing, enacted in February. While the cut was not as severe as one originally proposed by Gov. Paul LePage, it will represent a loss of $81,000 for the town.
"Many people don't fully understand that the cause of tax rate increases is not just spending, it's the loss of revenue," Pols said.
But he acknowledged the effect of the town's spending.
"What we're faced with is the collective impact of council decisions over the past three years," Pols said. "We buy things, we build things, we fund things."
Nevertheless, Pols said he is optimistic that the town can rein in the 2015 budget to produce a tax rate comparable to that of previous years – or "hopefully less." And he credits Eldridge and town departments for pinching pennies before the council begins its deliberations on the budget.
"There was a lot of productive work done before we even saw it," he said. "I'm relieved."
The council was scheduled to hold another budget workshop on Thursday, focusing on funding for the Brunswick Downtown Association, the Curtis Memorial Library and People Plus. Workshops continue next month, after the council receives Eldridge's proposed budget. The council will hear public input at a workshop on Thursday, May 8.


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ULSTER, N.Y. (AP) - State environmental regulators are seeking public comment on plans to cleanup a contaminated former IBM site in the Hudson valley.
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When her fiancé dumps her for her spoiled younger sister, glass artist Lucy picks up the pieces of her broken heart and retreats to peaceful Friday Harbor, where she meets adorable, geeky Sam Nolan who happens to be a friend of Lucy's ex. Through the new and budding relationship, Lucy is asked to reflect on love, loyalty, old patterns, mistakes, and beginnings that can be made into something new and beautiful.Rainshadow Road is the second novel in the Friday Harbor series by Lisa Kleypas.I Love Romance book discussion feature a new romance fiction title each month. Books are available at the Dole Branch Library one month before the discussion.Library book discussions are open to all who are committed to reading and talking about books.
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A birthday full of friends and food
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Tasty food and good conversation marked Barry Pearson's birthday.
LAST week I celebrated another birthday. I say celebrated as, unlike so many, the passing years bother me not a jot.
Each year has been great and none of the supposed milestones – 40, 50, 60 – have ever troubled me.
Having been out in the morning, as I drove home at lunchtime I was greeted by a balloon clad walking frame with the words "Birthday Boy Pearson" parked outside my front door. Dear friends!
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In the evening, a few suggested a beer or two in the George – great fun, an hour or two of talking total rubbish interspersed with solutions to the world's greatest problems.
Talking of friends, we appreciate just how lucky we are not to have been directly involved in wars during our lifetimes.
In saying that, my thoughts turn to the proposed commemorations of the First World War.
As is usual, Ashbourne is proposing to mark 1914 well. I believe it so important that we who "escaped" should never forget the huge sacrifices made for us. We must never forget the friendships forged in adversity and, subsequently, so many broken by those same conflicts.
Friends are so important and we have enjoyed some great birthday celebrations in various parts of the world, but our few beers at the George were good.
The following day I thought I would treat myself to lunch, so decided on the Bowling Green Inn. We have had some great meals there, several Burns Nights with traditional piper and address to the haggis. We have enjoyed lunches, dinners and snacks and all have been good.
The Bowling Green has hosted several charity quiz nights with which I have been involved, normally concluding with me wielding the gavel and again feeling the generosity of people in an auction of all sorts of good things freely donated.
The Steakhouse is busy, offering a wide choice of tender and tasty steaks. In addition, there are chicken and fish dishes, lasagne, burgers and salads. For those with a real appetite, treat yourself to a mixed grill, 32 ounces of meat served with home cut chips and peas.
There is a choice of 11 starters and sharers, three vegetarian options and several puddings to make the mouth water.
Meal deals are not confined to the chain restaurants. At the Bowling Green Steakhouse, there is a good choice of six main courses which are priced at £12 for two between noon and 5pm.
At the time of my lunchtime treat, both the lounge bar and dining room, which are nicely decorated and cosy, had been booked for a wedding reception so I ate in the bar, as did several others.
Cod and pancetta fishcake with crisp leaves followed by a delicious sirloin steak, served exactly as I had ordered it – medium rare. I enjoyed a glass of Malbec with it.
As I was leaving, the wedding guests were beginning to arrive. I envied them as I am sure that they were about to enjoy some delicious food.
Last week in the Ashbourne News Telegraph much was written of our traffic "plague".
At the Buxton Hill/North Avenue/Windmill Lane junction I saw, in the space of an hour and a quarter, several near-misses between huge trucks, although one waited for another to allow passing.
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Celebrity Apprentice contestant Richard Hatch turned himself into U.S. marshals on Monday to begin a nine-month prison sentence, according to The Providence Journal.
But Hatch, who is serving time for failing to pay taxes on his $1 million prize from the first season of Survivor, has someone on the outside who may be willing to help him.
Richard Hatch Is Going Back to Prison
Originally posted 03/12/2011 07:20PM
Things just got a whole lot worse than hearing, "You're fired."
Richard Hatch, who's currently appearing on The Celebrity Apprentice, was ordered back behind bars on Friday. He will serve a nine-month sentence for failing to pay taxes on his $1 million prize from the first season of Survivor.
The reality star previously served more than three years for tax evasion. He has been under supervised release and was supposed to re-file his taxes and pay what he owed from 2000 and 2001, but failed to do so, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Celebrity Apprentice: Did Richard Hatch Hit David Cassidy?
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Celebrity Apprentice kicked off its fourth season Sunday, and while the challenge was to make pizza, the teammates spent more time making enemies.
Star Jones took the lead among the women, and rubbed people the wrong way by letting the rest of the team do prep work in the kitchen while she focused on the graphics for their advertising.
But when the group failed to deliver pizzas for charity, and lost out on a donation worth $35,000, the sniping began.
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Rua Do Cunha or in Chinese 官也街 is a HEAVEN to foodies. Located at the town centre at Taipa Island, this narrow street and its' surroundings have lots to offer. There are many restaurants offering Chinese, Portugese, and Macanese as well as Hong Kong-style cafe delicacies. And not forgetting shops after shops selling local snacks such as the famous almond cookies, made-on-spot egg rolls, peanut nougats, meat jerkys and many many more. A place where one would not go hungry as persistent sellers will keep offering you samples of their goodies as you walk from one shop to another.
It was dinner time and we decided try one of the Chinese restaurants there and Seng Cheong Restaurant was the chosen one. Reason being, yummy pictures of their signature dishes that were displayed at the glass mirror and one of those was Crab Porridge. We had to wait for about 10 minutes before being ushered upstairs. A very typical Chinese restaurant; crowded and noisy. We were lucky to get a table all for ourselves whereas I noticed a few couples had to share a table.
Everything in the menu looked so good. I was torn between having crab porridge and crab curry, both their signature dish. I noticed every table seem to have at least one bowl of porridge (some were sharing a table, remember?) so can't go wrong right? While waiting to be served, we ordered a bottle of Macau beer to share. Priced at HKD13 (~RM5.45), it tasted more like sugar-free shandy to me; mild and tasteless.
First dish to arrive was the Deep Fried Squid (HKD60 = RM25.20) served with black vinegar. It was lightly battered, deep fried and tossed with garlic and sliced chillies. Very tasty indeed. Crunchy on the outside, soft and chewy on the inside. Slightly salty though, but goes really well with white rice.
Who could have thought a simple dish of broccoli with canned clams (HKD60 = RM25.20) would taste so good? The broccoli was boiled to perfection; green and crunchy! And the gravy that coated the broccoli was so tasty. Thumbs up!
When I saw the picture of the steamed eel (HKD216 = RM90.70) in their menu, I knew I had to order it. The portion was huge and the size of the eel was GIGANTIC! Steamed with black bean sauce, this dish was delicious. The gravy was so tasty that we practically drown our rice with it. The eel was firm, bouncy and sweet, and of course very chunky and meaty too hence not much bones to look out for. I enjoyed the chewy skin too. The whole dish was soooo PERFECT. Funny, while I was reminishing the heavenly moment, my heart ache a little and I felt like crying.
Just look at the size of the eel. Bigger than the base of a soup spoon.
Another picture of the eel.
Steamed Chicken wrapped with Lotus Leaf is one of their signature dish too. There were bits and pieces of Chinese ham, some shitake mushrooms and red dates. Very strong lotus leaf taste which I find a bit too overpowering for me. The portion is priced at HKD60 (RM25.20) for 1/2 chicken.
Stir fry clams (HKD40 = RM16.80) turned out a bit normal. It didn't manage to leave a lasting impression but probably the reason was because I was too busy attacking the eel which was served at the same time as the clams.
*Drums rolling*.....and here comes the Crab Porridge! Minimum order is one crab which is sold by weight. I cannot remember the exact price as the waiter told me the price per catty, in which I had a hard time converting into gram *shame on me, I know I know* to see if worth ordering. It wouldn't make any difference anyway cos I have made up my mind that I am going to order this even if the price is not worth it at all. The portion was big and more than enough to feed five of us. But it turned out, while Hubby was happily savouring the porridge, only my dad and I were busy attacking the crab as my in-laws were already full.
Yummy! They call this water crabs and I wonder if it is the same with our local mud crab. However, I find the texture quite similar to flower crabs; sweet and soft. I would prefer firmer crab flesh. The texture of the porridge was smooth and mushy but sadly, I detected a very very mild burnt taste. Nevertheless, it was still a very enjoyable bowl of porridge.
Look at the colour of the porridge. Golden yellow in colour, thanks to the cholesterol laden crab roes. Yummy!
The total damage for this meal was about HKD600 (RM252) including rice, tea and 2 bottle of beer for the 5 of us. Not bad at all isn't it? There are a few other signature dishes that I would love to try and definitely I will be back!
Seng Cheong Restaurant is located at:
28 - 30 Rua Do Cunha
Taipa Island
Reachable by the following buses: 11, 15, 21, 28A 30, 33, 34 and 35
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Seng Cheong Restaurant @ Taipa, Rua Do Cunha
Rua Do Cunha or in Chinese 官也街 is a HEAVEN to foodies. Located at the town centre at Taipa Island, this narrow street and its' surroundings have lots to offer. There are many restaurants offering Chinese, Portugese, and Macanese as well as Hong Kong-style cafe delicacies. And not forgetting shops after shops selling local snacks such as the famous almond cookies, made-on-spot egg rolls, peanut nougats, meat jerkys and many many more. A place where one would not go hungry as persistent sellers will keep offering you samples of their goodies as you walk from one shop to another.
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24 comments:
- "Joe" who is constantly craving said...
hahah not bad not bad..BUT HOW DID 5 of you eat so much!??
I didnt think the eel was so huge until i saw the fillet..its as big as a fish! Alot of bones?
- Friday, June 27, 2008
- jason said...
The first eel I thought of when I saw the big piece of meat was the Moray Eel. Is that edible though? :p
- Friday, June 27, 2008
- Live2Talk said...
Thanks to you, when I go for holiday in Macau I'll know where to look for good food. Crab Porridge, wait for me :P
- Friday, June 27, 2008
- tigerfish said...
You came back from your Macau trip? That's fast. I'm so hungry now....
I did not really explore Taipa the last time. I shd have gone after you..so that I got recommendations from you.:)
- Friday, June 27, 2008
- Precious Pea said...
NJoe: We over ordered as we didn't expect portion to be that generous. So when the porridge came last, we were all very full oledi. The eel looks like fish fillet right? Not much bones...that is why i love it so much.
jason: Not too sure what type of eel this is but definitely not those common yellow eels we have here. Next time i will ask them to show me the raw ones.
live2talk: So Macau is now in your list? Do try and I just found out..HKies loves this place too!
tigerfish: If was a very short trip over the weekends. More posts to come.
- Friday, June 27, 2008
- CUMI & CIKI said...
wow to the macau beer ( i hv yet 2try) and DOUBLE wow! to the food! Man that crab looks out of this world :P
- Friday, June 27, 2008
- Raynebow said...
Nice nice...*jots down notes* Will be on my agenda if i go to Macau! Water-crabs are less meaty (more water mahh) than mud crabs, and their flesh are softer.
- Friday, June 27, 2008
- mimid3vils said...
the eel looks like the "ma yau" fish that v normally eat... so big!!
- Friday, June 27, 2008
- Precious Pea said...
cumi & ciki: I still find Tsingtao beer the best. This one is too light and tasteless. But the food saved the day! Yummy!
raynebow: Do put it in your list. Highly recommended. When going?
mimid3vils: Yalor..so big right? And that was only half an eel.
- Friday, June 27, 2008
*salute* *salute* Macau also can find good food - you're good. All the pics of the food looks yummy, even the ones you say are so-so. Ur blog shall be my food guide when I return to HK or Macau for a visit (goodness knows when that will be :p)!
- Friday, June 27, 2008
- Big Boys Oven said...
this is yummy delicious! I live the first pic, so well taken!
thank you for your the compliment on our new creation, the raspberry macaron tartelette, YES we will be having a class on this coming July. These range of tarts are really awesome, got feedback from the test-tasters!! :)
- Friday, June 27, 2008
- christine said...
the eel definetely look huge enough..and everything just seem so yummylicious..
i wonder how can that small sum of ppl eat such a big sum of food.haha
- Saturday, June 28, 2008
- Jun said...
waah... the seafood looks so good!!! i've been surviving on porridge for the last few days *sniff*
- Saturday, June 28, 2008
- Terri @ A Daily Obsession said...
u have found a good place to eat in macau, where i have not. i am so hungry, n so upset with myself for not booking a seat to macau, or even bali. now tt air fares r going up, not everybody can fly...
- Saturday, June 28, 2008
- Precious Pea said...
barbie: Actually there are lots of good eating places in Macau. I miss this place so much.
bbo: OOo..ok. I have very soft spot for berries..I shall see if I am free to join on that day.
christine: We over-ordered cos we never expect it would come in such generous portion. BUt we never waste food so no matter how also must finish everything. Hehehe. Psst..we also have big stomach mah.
jun: Aiyoo..are you feeling much better now? Take care yah.
terri: Am sure AirAsia will come out with special deal soon. Aii..i know what you mean. Taking premium airlines like MAS is such a luxury now. SO sad that I cannot even go Melb this year cos the price is way toooo high! Settled for Gold Coast via Airasia instead. :(
- Sunday, June 29, 2008
- wmw said...
What a feast! The crab porridge looks interesting.
- Sunday, June 29, 2008
- Precious Pea said...
wmw: I just could not imagine how the porridge would taste like if hairy crabs are used instead...ooo....'am fainting at the thought of it'...
- Sunday, June 29, 2008
- Jackson said...
waaa....next time i know where should i go. Actually is god to go travel with at least more than 4 person as we can order more food...
- Monday, June 30, 2008
- J2Kfm said...
RM252 for 5 pax is a steal, considering this is in Macau, not Msia, plus the amount of seafood ordered.
i can imagine the sweetness of the porridge, and the utterly delicious squids and eels.
yeah, agreed with jackson, travelling in groups=chances to try more stuff!
- Monday, June 30, 2008
- New Kid on the Blog said...
oh my... the eel and the water crab!
- Monday, June 30, 2008
- ling239 said...
the deep fried squid must be very good.....
- Tuesday, July 01, 2008
- Precious Pea said...
jackson: True...more people more food!
j2kfm: Good deal right? I find it not pricey at all lor somemore the portion at least double ofwhat we get in Malaysia.
nkotb: :) Nice hor?
ling239: Oh yes, very good indeed.
- Tuesday, July 01, 2008
I just came back from Macau 2 weeks back and I have to say that I totally agree with Precious Pea that the crab porridge is super solid!!
Other yummy stuff on Taipa Island are Bird's Nest egg tart and Pork Chop bun....looking at those pictures makes me super hungry again!
- Wednesday, November 05, 2008
- Petite:Plus said...
I'm going macau this weekend. anyone knows what time they closed? thought of going there for dinner.
- Tuesday, December 02, 2008


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A former Citadel summer camper has sued the school's attorney Mark Brandenburg for allegedly conspiring to conceal a 2007 complaint about child molester Louis "Skip" ReVille.
The lawsuit comes in the wake of the military college's release Friday of the results of an independent review on its handling of a 2007 complaint against ReVille by a former camper at its defunct summer camp. The report concluded that the school's investigation into the complaint, while well-intentioned, was insufficient because it was conducted only by Brandenburg, the school's lawyer. Brandenburg was "a single administrative staff member operating in a vacuum of policy and procedure."
Mullins McLeod, an attorney who represents four former campers suing The Citadel and its president Lt. Gen. John Rosa over their handling of ReVille, filed the lawsuit in federal court Monday. He refused to comment on it Monday evening.
The suit, brought by one of ReVille's alleged victims, alleges that Brandenburg and other employees and staffers at The Citadel conspired to conceal the 2007 complaint by a teen who accused former camp counselor ReVille of watching porn and masturbating with young boys at the school's summer camp five years earlier.
The school closed the matter without notifying police, following an internal investigation that yielded no action.
ReVille, a Citadel graduate, went on to molest a number of boys. He is serving a 50-year prison term after he pleaded guilty in June to molesting 23 boys in the Charleston area.
The State Law Enforcement Division determined that there was no criminal wrongdoing on The Citadel's part.
The latest lawsuit alleges that Brandenburg, a 1990 graduate of the school, conspired to conceal the complaint to avoid the negative publicity and lawsuits that the sexual abuse of young children by a Citadel employee would bring.
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Defendants are innocent until proven guilty, true. But if the allegations against 77-year-old Burrell E. Mohler, Sr., of Independence, Missouri and four of his sons prove founded, we've got another winner. And the world is watching: news outlets in France, the U.K. and Australia have all picked up the story (not to mention CNN).
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Weirdest part: the victims say the Mohler boys told them to write down bad memories, slip the pieces of paper into glass jars and bury them so they could forget the horror.
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I found all ten shades to have a soft, smooth texture and all of them had decent to great pigmentation. The only two that has slightly less pigmentation were the first shades in each of the rows–which I'd attribute more to them being softer shades overall, and thus just not appearing as pigmented as the other eight shades. It's an interesting mix of colors, and I can definitely see several combinations just jump out at me, which is something in its favor.
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|Mischke, Angela, b. 1905.
|Papers (1908-1969) of Angela Mischke (b. 1905), a Polish American, consist of an autobiography.
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Mischke arrived at Ellis Island with her family in 1913. They settled in Chicago, Illinois, joining her father who had come to the United States five years previously. Mischke attended parochial schools through eighth grade, then, at age fourteen, left to work first as a baste puller in the tailor shop where her father worked, and then in a glove factory. She took evening business courses and had a series of office jobs, among them work for a patent-medicine manufacturer. She also worked for the Polish National Alliance until her marriage. She was active in a local Polish singing group, "Chor Warszawski," in the Holy Trinity Parish Literary Circle, and in the Holy Trinity church choir.
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text: Hi... I wrote a little shell script that upgrades OpenBSD from the snapshots with a few extras compared to a plain tar unpack :-) Theo said he would like to put it in genaral use, but that it would be useful to get some comments and more importantly: test it in some other platforms besides i386. If you are interested in testing it and/or giving me comments to improve it, please send me mail. The sample output of the script is attached to the end of this mail: this run upgraded my Ultra-2000 laptop from 20.Oct.1998 snapshot to 22.Oct.1998 snapshot (the latest snapshot I found). Juki jtv_(_at_)_hut_(_dot_)_fi ps. If someone has PMAX snapshots, I have an old decstation 5000/133 running OpenBSD 2.2 here, so I can check that. === cleaned up typescript of the sample run, upgrading my laptop: Script started on Wed Nov 25 15:36:38 1998 zoo (15:36) /usr/upgrade-22.10# ls -l zoo (15:36) /usr/upgrade-22.10# UPGRADE.OpenBSD -b /update/OpenBSD/snapshots/22.10.98/i386 This program will verify and install OpenBSD-24 snapshots. Please use '-h' option for help [ Calculating install set md5 checksums ] ==> bsd distribution checksum OK ==> comp24.tar.gz distribution checksum OK ==> game24.tar.gz distribution checksum OK ==> man24.tar.gz distribution checksum OK ==> misc24.tar.gz distribution checksum OK ==> text24.tar.gz distribution checksum OK ==> base24.tar.gz distribution checksum OK ==> etc24.tar.gz distribution checksum OK ==> xshare24.tar.gz md5 checksum not in file MD5 ==> xshare24.tar.gz has no MD5 checksum in /etc/OpenBSD24-upgrade-status ==> xbase24.tar.gz md5 checksum not in file MD5 -> xbase24.tar.gz has already been installed ==> xfont24.tar.gz md5 checksum not in file MD5 ==> xlink24.tar.gz md5 checksum not in file MD5 -> xlink24.tar.gz has already been installed ==> xserv24.tar.gz md5 checksum not in file MD5 -> xserv24.tar.gz has already been installed [ All installed file sets do not have a checksum in file MD5 ] Do you wish to continue in spite of this (y/n)? y [ Install sets are OK ] The following sets have already been installed: xbase24.tar.gz xlink24.tar.gz xserv24.tar.gz Do you wish to install only new sets(y/n)? n [ Installing all sets again ] [ Checking for dirs/files that have been changed to symlinks ] ==> MD5 is not a compressed tar file, skipped ==> bsd is not a compressed tar file, skipped ==> comp24.tar.gz ==> game24.tar.gz ==> man24.tar.gz ==> misc24.tar.gz ==> text24.tar.gz ==> base24.tar.gz ==> etc24.tar.gz Local symlink: /etc/master.passwd Local symlink: /etc/netstart Local symlink: /etc/rc Local symlink: /etc/rc.conf Local symlink: /etc/shells Local symlink: /etc/sysctl.conf Local symlink: /etc/ttys ==> xshare24.tar.gz Non-directory replaces local directory: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults Non-directory replaces local directory: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fs Non-directory replaces local directory: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/lbxproxy Non-directory replaces local directory: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/proxymngr Non-directory replaces local directory: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm Non-directory replaces local directory: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/compiled ==> xbase24.tar.gz ==> xfont24.tar.gz ==> xlink24.tar.gz ==> xserv24.tar.gz Non-directory replaces local directory: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xserver Local symlink names in /usr/upgrade-22.10/restore-links Restore local links rather than keep new files(y/n)? 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The following courses must be completed prior to the beginning of the professional phase of the program. Contact the program advisor for details regarding the core curriculum.
Area I. Written Composition (6 hours)
English Composition I, II - EH 101, 102 (6)
Area II. Humanities and Fine Arts (12 hours)
Literature1 (3)
Public Speaking - CM 101 (3)
Fine Arts elective (3)
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Precalculus Algebra - MA 105 or Finite Mathematics - MA 110 (3)
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Introduction to Psychology - PY 101 (3)
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Area V. Preprofessional, Major, and Elective Courses
Human Anatomy and Human Physiology - BY 115 (4)
Human Anatomy and Human Physiology – BY 116 (4)
Principles of Accounting I - AC 200 (3)
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Health Care Systems - AHS 330 (offered on-line) (3)
Microcomputer Applications - AHS 320 (offered on-line) (3)
1A 6-semester hour sequence either in literature or in history is required. If a second literature is chosen, it will apply as 3 of the elective hours in Area II Humanities and Fine Arts; if a second history is chosen, it will apply as 3 of the elective hours in Area IV History, Social, and Behavioral Sciences.
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The following courses, except for clinicals and internship, may be completed at UAB or by internet. Some courses in business may be transferable to meet requirements. This is a suggested full-time schedule but student can attend part-time. Contact the Program Director for additional information.
First Year
AHS 405 Human Resources Management in HCO (4)
HIM 405 Clinical Information I (3)
HIM 415 Introduction to Health Information Management (3)
HIM 416 Health Data Concepts (3)
AHS 318 Law for Health Care Professions (3)
AHS 435 Survey of Clinical/Administrative Information Systems (3)
HIM 410 Clinical Information II (3)
HIM 440 ICD-9-CM Coding (4)
AHS 416 Financial Management in Health Care Org (3)
HIM 425 Epidemiology and Applied Statistics in Health Care Organizations (3)
HIM 430 Clinical Experience I (1)
HIM 458 Clinical Terminologies and Vocabularies (2)
HIM 460 Coding and Classification Systems (3)
Second Year
HIM 431 Clinical Experience II (1)
HIM 443 Information Resource Management (3)
HIM 450 Clinical Research Methods (3)
HIM 455 Reimbursement/Regulatory Requirements for Health Information Management (3)
HIM 465 Clinical Evaluation and Outcomes Research (3)
HIM 470 Data Management (3)
HIM 480 Internship (6)
HIM 481 Issues in Health Information Management (3)


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So...for health reasons I have to steer clear of dairy, sugar and wheat (the 3 tastiest things!!!!). I'm actually doing OK as far as breakfast, lunch & dinner, but I have a MASSIVE sweet tooth, and I love to bake.
Does anyone have some really good vegan dessert recipes that even my meat & potatoes boyfriend will love? I like agave nectar, almond milk, etc. so no worries there...one more difficulty - no soy if possible (at least not too much)...Thanks!
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Most drivers would be pleased to earn a top-10 finish in the most important race of the season, and even more so if it was that driver's best finish ever in the series.
That is exactly what Danica Patrick achieved in Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Daytona 500. Add to that her being the first female driver to win the Daytona pole and the first to lead laps at Daytona, and it sounds like the Sprint Cup rookie had quite a day.
Yet, when she stepped from her car after finishing eighth, even her most media-savvy acting job couldn't hide the disappointment oozing out of her. Patrick worked hard to find the positives, but she looked heartbroken.
"I would imagine that pretty much anyone would kick themselves and say, 'What could I have, should have, done to give myself that opportunity to win?'" Patrick told NASCAR.com.
"I kept thinking about that [how to win] the whole time," she elaborated on ESPN. "You spend a lot of time thinking about what you're going to do when that opportunity comes—it's just tough to tell. I kept asking [my spotter] what looked like it was working. You needed a hole, you needed people to help you out."
"You know, I had a little bit of help here today, here and there," she continued, trying to strike a positive note. "I felt like if I were to dive low, I had a feeling I was going to get freight-trained."
In fact, it was because she didn't dive low that she got freight-trained—passed by a long line of cars that wouldn't let her in.
Patrick, who drives the No. 10 GoDaddy Chevrolet for Stewart-Haas Racing, ran in the top five through most of the 200-lap race, leading five laps and returning to the front quickly after every pit stop. She was third entering the final lap of the race and had every reason to think she would at least finish on the podium, if not win.
Luck and inexperience worked against her. Driving in only her second Sprint Cup race at Daytona, and in a brand-new car, which no team fully understood, Patrick couldn't concoct a plan to get around the two cars ahead of her, and her team couldn't help her either.
"I was thinking in the car, 'How am I going to do this?' I didn't know what to do exactly," she explained to NASCAR.com.
Instead, two veterans—Dale Earnhardt Jr., who has been in the series since 1999, and Mark Martin, who started in 1981—teamed up to pass Patrick and the second-place driver, Greg Biffle. The rest of the field followed this pair. Patrick and Biffle were bypassed, Biffle finishing sixth and Patrick eighth.
Had Patrick pushed Biffle as Martin had pushed Earnhardt, NASCAR might have crowned its first female race winner and Daytona 500 winner. Instead, the sport's newest favorite driver learned a harsh lesson.
"I feel like maybe that's just my inexperience," she told NASCAR.com. "Maybe that's me not thinking hard enough, I don't know, [not] getting creative enough. I'm not sure. I definitely was a little uncertain [of] how I was going to be able to do it. I think Dale [Earnhardt Jr.] did a nice job and shows what happens when you plan it out, you drop back, get that momentum, and you're able to go to the front."
"You know, I think he taught me something, and I'm sure I'll watch the race and there will be other scenarios out there that I'll see that can teach me, too," she concluded.
Patrick has been a racing sensation since breaking into the IndyCar series in 2005 with a fourth-place finish in the Indy 500. She only won one race in her seven-year IndyCar career but was a huge fan favorite, credited with attracting both male and female fans to the struggling series.
Patrick started in NASCAR in 2010, with six races in the second-tier Nationwide Series; her best finish was 19th spot. She ran the full Nationwide season in 2011, scoring a fourth-place finish at Phoenix. In 2012, she ran nationwide, plus 10 races in the premier Sprint Cup series. Her best results were an eighth-place finish in Nationwide and a 17th in Sprint Cup.
2013 is the 30-year-old former Formula car driver's first full season in Sprint Cup, and she has started off in outstanding fashion, capturing the pole at Daytona for "The Great American Race," the Daytona 500—the first woman to do so.
Daytona offered Patrick her best chance for a win; a superspeedway track, where cars drive flat-out all the way around, suited her skill set. Her best IndyCar finishes were on ovals, particularly high-banked, flat-out ovals like Homestead or Texas. Most people feel she lacks the car control necessary to excel at more challenging tracks like Phoenix, where the Sprint Cup series races on March 3.
Still, Patrick did have that fourth at Phoenix in Nationwide in 2011. Perhaps the popular rookie will finally get a finish that doesn't disappoint her next Sunday.
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Army Communities of Excellence awards are given yearly to Army installations
for their efforts to provide services and support to soldiers, civilian
workers, retirees and family members. Recipients receive cash awards in
varying amounts, which they can use to further improve their communities.
The top National Guard winner in the competition was the state of Utah. Top
honors for the Army Reserve went to the 377th Theater Army Area Command in New
Orleans, La. The Tulsa Engineer District in Oklahoma was the winner of the
Special Category award.
Active Army installations that won other top awards in the program were Camp
Zama, Japan; Fort Shafter, Hawaii; Fort McCoy, Wis.; Redstone Arsenal, Ala.;
and Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. Other major Army Reserve awardees were the
95th Division in Oklahoma City, Okla., and the 121st Army Reserve Command in
Birmingham, Ala.
Runners-up in the Active Army competition were Fort Leavenworth, Kan.; Fort
Sill, Okla.; Fort Wainwright, Alaska; Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands;
Tobyhanna Army Depot, Pa.; and Yongsan, Korea. National Guard runners-up were
Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, and North Carolina. Army Reserve runners-up were
the 75th Division in Houston, Texas; the 96th Army Reserve Command at Fort
Douglas, Utah; and the 122nd Army Reserve Command at Little Rock, Ark.
Named "Most Improved" were Fort Eustis, Va.; Hohenfels, Germany; and the
Wyoming National Guard. "Rookies of the Year" for the Guard and Reserve,
respectively, are North Dakota and the 120th Army Reserve Command in Fort
Jackson, S.C. Attached is a complete list of all winners, runners-up, and
honorable mentions.
The Army Communities of Excellence winners were selected by an 11-member team
of evaluators who specialize in such categories as morale, welfare and
public works and housing; logistics; military and civilian personnel; and
resource management.
Awards for the Army Communities of Excellence will be presented by General
Gordon R. Sullivan, Chief of Staff of the Army, at a Pentagon ceremony on May
11, 1995.
The Defense Department's Commander-in-Chief Award, accompanied by a trophy and
a Defense Department Installation of Excellence flag, will be presented to Maj.
Gen. Hendrix on May 12, 1995, at the Pentagon.
For more information, contact Ms. Martha Rudd, Installations and Environment
Team, Public Communications Division, Army Public Affairs, at (703) 697-7591.