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Hey kids, remember the IMF riots that occurred in poor countries as a result of IMF-imposed neo-liberalization of their economies and the havoc it wreaked on their societies? Let's have Greg Palast refresh our memories, as he wrote about Joseph Stiglitz getting the economic Nobel Prize:
"Each nation's economy is individually analyzed, then, says Stiglitz, the Bank hands every minister the same exact four-step program.
Step One is Privatization – which Stiglitz said could more accurately be called, 'Briberization.' Rather than object to the sell-offs of state industries, he said national leaders – using the World Bank's demands to silence local critics – happily flogged their electricity and water companies. "You could see their eyes widen" at the prospect of 10% commissions paid to Swiss bank accounts for simply shaving a few billion off the sale price of national assets.
And the US government knew it, charges Stiglitz, at least in the case of the biggest 'briberization' of all, the 1995 Russian sell-off. "The US Treasury view was this was great as we wanted Yeltsin re-elected. We don't care if it's a corrupt election. We want the money to go to Yeltzin" via kick-backs for his campaign.
Stiglitz is no conspiracy nutter ranting about Black Helicopters. The man was inside the game, a member of Bill Clinton's cabinet as Chairman of the President's council of economic advisors.
Most ill-making for Stiglitz is that the US-backed oligarchs stripped Russia's industrial assets, with the effect that the corruption scheme cut national output nearly in half causing depression and starvation.
After briberization, Step Two of the IMF/World Bank one-size-fits-all rescue-your-economy plan is 'Capital Market Liberalization.' In theory, capital market deregulation allows investment capital to flow in and out. Unfortunately, as in Indonesia and Brazil, the money simply flowed out and out. Stiglitz calls this the "Hot Money" cycle. Cash comes in for speculation in real estate and currency, then flees at the first whiff of trouble. A nation's reserves can drain in days, hours. And when that happens, to seduce speculators into returning a nation's own capital funds, the IMF demands these nations raise interest rates to 30%, 50% and 80%.
"The result was predictable," said Stiglitz of the Hot Money tidal waves in Asia and Latin America. Higher interest rates demolished property values, savaged industrial production and drained national treasuries.
At this point, the IMF drags the gasping nation to Step Three: Market-Based Pricing, a fancy term for raising prices on food, water and cooking gas. This leads, predictably, to Step-Three-and-a-Half: what Stiglitz calls, "The IMF riot."
The IMF riot is painfully predictable. When a nation is, "down and out, [the IMF] takes advantage and squeezes the last pound of blood out of them. They turn up the heat until, finally, the whole cauldron blows up," as when the IMF eliminated food and fuel subsidies for the poor in Indonesia in 1998. Indonesia exploded into riots, but there are other examples – the Bolivian riots over water prices last year and this February, the riots in Ecuador over the rise in cooking gas prices imposed by the World Bank. You'd almost get the impression that the riot is written into the plan.
And it is. What Stiglitz did not know is that, while in the States, BBC and The Observer obtained several documents from inside the World Bank, stamped over with those pesky warnings, "confidential," "restricted," "not to be disclosed." Let's get back to one: the "Interim Country Assistance Strategy" for Ecuador, in it the Bank several times states – with cold accuracy – that they expected their plans to spark, "social unrest," to use their bureaucratic term for a nation in flames. (…)
Now we arrive at Step Four of what the IMF and World Bank call their "poverty reduction strategy": Free Trade. This is free trade by the rules of the World Trade Organization and World Bank, Stiglitz the insider likens free trade WTO-style to the Opium Wars. "That too was about opening markets," he said. As in the 19th century, Europeans and Americans today are kicking down the barriers to sales in Asia, Latin American and Africa, while barricading our own markets against Third World agriculture."
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Unsurprisingly, this same pattern is no at work with Greece, with the same predicted deleterious effects on society, except that the riots have already started even before implementation of the shock therapy:
"The Greek crisis has justifiably been about the fiscal and economic crisis that led to the setting up of the EU-IMF bailout plan. In months to come, however, media attention will focus on the looming social crisis. In a country with a weak and ineffective welfare state, where social cohesion has been maintained through inter-generational transfers, family support and other forms of informal assistance, the austerity measures will make such forms of social solidarity all the more difficult. To take but one example, pension cuts will harm the elderly and the young alike, as the latter often depend on elderly help to secure their first mortgage or add to their savings for household purchases.
Greek unemployment levels are on the rise and could end up close to 15% by the end of the year, with predictions in the medium term being even worse. Poverty levels hovered around 20% in the good times and they will inevitably rise once the austerity measures are implemented. The so-called "€ 700 generation" of 18-24 year olds with lots of degrees and no employment prospects will from now on need to compromise with even lower starting salaries – and yet more desperation for the future. Reports suggest that the many young people are ready to emigrate en masse in search of a better future, thus depriving the country of its biggest asset.
The Greek tragedy is economic as well as social. Those responsible for it, and they have been many over many years, have managed not only to wreck the country's finances. They have also dealt a massive blow to the country's social cohesion. Let us hope that the latter will survive the tough times ahead."
And there seems to be a good chance that what happened to Greece will happen to other members of the Eurozones… maybe European leaders will then see that it was a bit of a mistake to base European integration almost exclusively in market terms rather than in social terms as, as one commenter puts it, "the social glue binding together the eurozone is weak. The strains on it will increase. And it is hard to see a happy outcome."
Or as Yves Smith, over at Naked Capitalism, puts it,
"The bailout plan shifted risk from the periphery to the core of Europe, and the core, upon examination, does not look too solid. Prepare yourself for a rough ride."
Of course, it is not going to be a rough ride for everyone. The IMF riots are mostly triggered by brutal impoverishment of the general population, especially the already poor, and by the sudden removal of the capacity to attain basic means of living (which may be access to water in Bolivia, but might be access to education or a first mortgage in Europe). Social movements and political radicalization are often part of the package.


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From Drunken Party Girl to Climate Change Activist
Paul Loeb: As Angie's involvement deepened, she found more ways to act on her newfound convictions. She brought over 100 Virginia Tech students to Power Shift, a national student climate change conference held at the University of Maryland. Angie also helped plan the entertainment, and as she looked out from the stage at 6,000 students, "felt for the first time like we really have a movement."

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After an initial meeting, talks will continue between CARTA and federal transportation officials on the best location for the long-planned rail and bus passenger terminal in North Charleston.
Both sides reported productive discussion of the issues facing the Intermodal Transportation Center.
"We are all singing from the same sheet of music," said Elliott Summey, chairman of the Charleston Area Regional Transportation Authority.
To date, the federal government has spent $9 million on the project. "Our goal is to develop a solution that will benefit Charleston's transit riders by providing a needed intermodal center while making the federal taxpayers whole in the existing and future investments in the project," said Brian Farber, Federal Transportation Administration associate administrator for communications and congressional affairs.
The planned three-story intermodal center will be the new home for CARTA , Amtrak, Greyhound and Southeastern Stages. Local leaders have bemoaned the first-impression of the area created by the condition of the Amtrak station on Gaynor Avenue and the Dorchester Road bus station.
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Spurs would like to remind you they are very good, crush Grizzlies in Game 1
May 19, 2013, 6:35 PM EDT
The San Antonio Spurs are never the "it" team. Never the sexy squad with high-flying stars casual fans gravitate toward in the postseason. The collective national will was behind Stephen Curry and Golden State last round. Then a whole lot of prognosticators — very smart, good ones — picked Memphis this round. The Grizzlies were the new hot team among the basketball cognoscenti.
The Spurs don't care.
San Antonio remains what they always were — very good, very efficient, very smart and a beautiful thing to watch if you truly love the sport of basketball.
Sunday afternoon San Antonio raced out to a 28-3 lead at home, pushed back on Memphis' big third quarter run, shut down Zach Randolph (2 points and a -28) and cruised to a 105-83 win. San Antonio now leads the series 1-0.
Memphis will not be rattled; they will be a much better team Tuesday night in Game 2. They have been adjustment kings this postseason — they have lost Game 1 of every series and eventually won four straight to end it.
But their adjustments are going to be a lot more difficult this time around. Plus, that Gregg Popovich guy who coaches the Spurs is pretty good at adjustments, too.
Tony Parker carved up Mike Conley, getting into the teeth of the Grizzlies defense all game on his way to 20 points on 14 shots, plus 9 assists. Kawhi Leonard had 10 points and was 4-of-5 from three. As a team, the Spurs were 14-of-29 from three and that was key to this win.
After playing the Clippers and Thunder, this was a radically different offense the Grizzlies faced — both those first two teams key off just one guy (Chris Paul and Kevin Durant). The Spurs are not like that, they are diverse and will beat you with what you give them. The Spurs often attacked at the top of the key then got into the paint, the middle of the floor, with three point shooters in the corners. The Grizzlies defenders that were supposed to rotate had an impossible choice — leave the hot shooter from three or stop the layup. They couldn't do enough of either.
(The Spurs, on the other hand, played the two big men combo of the Lakers in the first round, Dwight Howard and Pau Gasol, which helped prep them some for this series.)
Memphis did a solid job all night defensively of taking away the Spurs first options on offense, the preferred shot out of their sets, but San Antonio is better and more efficient at their second and their options than any team (Miami might want to argue that). Danny Green had 16 points, Matt Bonner hit 4-of-6 threes, and when the Spurs are doing that you're in trouble.
"We've played our bench all year long and they've probably gained a little bit of confidence through that," Popovich said in his post-game press conference (broadcast on NBA TV).
Memphis got better as the game wore on, but the Spurs found a rhythm and once the shots started falling even when Memphis started to contest it didn't matter the Spurs hit everything.
Meanwhile, Memphis could not get in a rhythm at all.
San Antonio fronted Zach Randolph in the post and Memphis reacted like they had never seen this before. Mike Conley was never comfortable and shot 5-of-12. As a team Memphis never looked comfortable.
Except for Quincy Pondexter — he came in hot off the bench in the second half with 11 third quarter points on 4-of-5 shooting that quarter (he had 17 points on the night to lead Memphis.
He helped spark a 10-0 Grizzlies third quarter run that had the San Antonio lead down to six. But then the Spurs answered with a Manu Ginobili three, a Bonner three, then a Ginobili driving layup. By the end of the third quarter the lead was 16 and most of the fourth quarter was garbage time.
Lionel Hollins and the Memphis coaching staff have a lot of work ahead of them. They have to cut off the San Antonio penetration in the paint (that collapsed the defense and left Spurs shooters alone at the arc), they have to get Zach Randolph the ball in spite of the front, they have to get some floor balance.
They have done it before in the playoffs. It's just going to be harder this time because the Spurs are very good. In case you forgot.
- logisticalvoices - May 19, 2013 at 6:55 PM
Pop: maybe the most underrated coach in NBA history
- mazblast - May 19, 2013 at 11:31 PM
He's not on a coast, he doesn't have the Zen BS or the cigar, he doesn't suck up to the media hacks, he's not big on snappy quotes or sound bites, and he believes in team ball in a league whose commissioner is concerned with marketing individuals.
Pop's a coach, not a celebrity.
- steelers4385 - May 19, 2013 at 7:08 PM
Heres the problem. Mabye the spurs beat the grizzleys and go on to face the heat. But i think the grizzleys have the better built team to stop the heat. And it sucks because i hate the heat.
- scmems07 - May 19, 2013 at 7:16 PM
I don't think pop is underrated, most analyst and basketball people consider him one of the greatest coaches of all time, and the spurs are the best team to beat the heat, solid big's, kawai can't hold LeBron, but he can give him some problems and effective, fast pg's that the heat can't handle. Plus nobody can put a game plan better than pop and nobody follows the game plan better than the spurs
- rickyspanish - May 19, 2013 at 7:30 PM
I think Popovich is rated accurately. Everyone thinks he's great.
- casualcommenter - May 19, 2013 at 7:58 PM
I don't think anybody routinely described as one of the greatest coaches in NBA history is underrated….
- logisticalvoices - May 19, 2013 at 8:10 PM
I hope you are right. I hear a lot about Phil Jackson, Pat Riley and Larry Brown being the best of this generation, but not so much about Pop.
- melkipershero - May 19, 2013 at 7:32 PM
As a Grizzlies fan it was the refs fault!! I kid I kid.
These 7 game series are all about adjustments. Hopefully we can adjust. The Spurs are amazing. Written off every year only to keep chugging along. Round 1 goes to the Spurs.
- rmo42 - May 19, 2013 at 7:58 PM
Anyone else think that foul call before the half where Manu got three shoots was crazy? Dude was NOT even close to being in the act of shooting!
This is coming from a guy that doesn't care which teams wins…that call was mind boggling.
- casualcommenter - May 19, 2013 at 8:36 PM
I disagreed with that call too. However, when one team loses by 22 points despite getting 6 more free throws than the other team (MEM had 20, San Antonio had 14), it doesn't seem worthwhile to bring up a couple of bad calls.
Better team won today – and I say that as a guy with no affiliation to either team.
- rmo42 - May 19, 2013 at 10:29 PM
Yeah, I was just bringing it up because nobody mentioned it. The Spurs were clearly the better team today and shot the Griz out of the building. It just annoys me for them to get a call THAT wrong, go back and review it and STILL not catch their mistake.
- kinggw - May 19, 2013 at 9:18 PM
Its mind boggling when you have the benefit of a slo mo replay that shows different angles, several times over. When it first happened, I thought it was a legit shooting foul. It wasnt a shooting foul, but he was fouled.
- rmo42 - May 19, 2013 at 10:27 PM
I agree completely that he was fouled, but for the 20 times that they showed the replay there was no way that they could convince me that he was in the act of shooting.
Not to mention the refs went over to the table and actually reviewed it, lol.
- coasttocoast12 - May 19, 2013 at 8:07 PM
I'm starting to think that Pop wanted T-Mac so he could say "I even gave him a ring, what more do you need?" or something..
- txnative61 - May 19, 2013 at 10:36 PM
Pops own evaluation is instructive"—-"Are you a great innovator?" "Yeah, I drafted Tim Duncan, end of story."
- chrisco716 - May 19, 2013 at 10:46 PM
Zach Randolph -28. Danny Green +28. hmmmm.
- mrlitl - May 19, 2013 at 11:10 PM
"Kawhi Leonard had 10 pts and was 4 of 5 from three." Huh? Isn't that 12 points?
- bucrightoff - May 20, 2013 at 12:47 AM
They also apparently jumped out to a 28-3 lead…
- kavika6 - May 20, 2013 at 3:25 AM
Yeah, did we see the same game? Most of the article was good though.
- funktron2x - May 20, 2013 at 1:51 AM
Parker is the most underrated player ever. And people already hold him in high esteem.
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One of the first things that you should carry along with you on a lake trip should be an underwater digital camera. This would be great as you could go diving and take quite a few fun photographs underwater. Among the underwater digital cameras the Speedo Waterproof digital camera is one of the best ones available.
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A bully beat Hector Varela in the head and chest in Nov. 2011 while the two were in class together at Hairston Middle School in Greensboro.
"I know I was in a fight, but I don't remember anything else," Varela said.
His mother Christina Green said she never knew her son was being bullied.
"Little by little he started coming out with 'well the boy did this to me and I can't tell anybody because the boy said he would kill my family,'" Green said.
Green hopes her son's story will give other kids courage to come forward as other parents a reason to check in with their kids so this doesn't happen to anyone else.
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Pair pleads guilty to murder
The 25-year-old indicted in the fatal shooting death of a Northern Vance High School student pleaded guilty to second-degree murder Monday, which carries a 31-year maximum prison sentence.
Quatrail Pair, of 666 Vance St., Henderson, accepted a deal before Judge Andrew R. Hassell in Vance County Superior Court.
He was charged with first-degree murder in connection with the December 2012 shooting of 16-year-old Deonte Malik Judkins.
Judkins was shot in the arm on the porch of 1283 Walters St., Henderson, on Dec. 11, 2012. The bullet continued into the chest through both lungs and the area of the heart, according to the autopsy.
Detectives characterized the incident as a drive-by shooting.
Pair also faced felony charges of discharging a weapon in an occupied dwelling or moving vehicle, possessing a firearm as a felon and possessing heroin with intent to manufacture, sell or deliver.
Those charges were dismissed as part of the plea deal.
Hassell sentenced Pair to a minimum of 300 months and maximum of 372 months or 25 to 31 years.
"No amount of time will bring my son back," the victim's mother, Chastity Judkins, said tearfully after the sentencing.
The judge said he hoped Pair understood the impact his actions have had on Deonte Judkins' family and the community.
"I hope you can appreciate what Mrs. Judkins has just articulated with some difficulty that because of your act of callous disregard, an innocent life and light has been extinguished and that act continues to affect the lives of that loved one around him and will for years to come," Hassell said Monday. "I hope it affects you in the right way; maybe it already has. And you have an opportunity as a 25-year-old to have several years ahead of you whether in confinement or otherwise."
Pair is also a member of the Money Gang Mob, a criminal organization linked to heroin trafficking.
In December, U.S. Judge James Dever III in Raleigh sentenced him to 30 years in prison.
Pair pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute more than 100 grams of heroin and possession of a firearm to the furtherance of drug trafficking. He was the 12th member of the criminal organization to face jail time and has the longest sentence.
He has several other cases pending for minor drug charges and traffic infractions. He's scheduled to be in court June 3.
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nope not anytime soon unless something massive on a large scale happens.
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Regulatory guidance for assignment of sole surviving son and/or daughter and exemption from duty in a hostile fire area is found in DODI 1315.18, Procedures for Military Personnel Assignments, AR 614-200, Enlisted Assignments and Utilization Management, Chapter 5, and AR 614-30, Overseas Service.
Eligibility Criteria:
A sole surviving son or daughter is the only remaining son or daughter in a family where the father, or mother (or one or more sons or daughters), served in the Armed Forces of the United States and because of hazards with such military service -
(1) Was killed
(2) Died as a result of wounds, accident, or disease.
(3) Is in a captured or missing-in-action (MIA) status.
(4) Is permanently 100 percent physically disabled (including 100 percent mental disability) as determined by the Veterans Administration or one of the military services.
Acquiring or retaining sole surviving son and/or daughter status shall not depend on the existence of any other living family member, including a sole surviving son with one or more surviving sisters or including a sole surviving daughter with one or more surviving brothers. The continued existence of a family unit shall not be required for qualifying as a sole surviving son and/or daughter.
The Soldier may qualify as a sole surviving son and/or daughter through either his or her father or mother. The parent through whom the Service member seeks to qualify does not need to be living, but the Soldier shall be the only remaining son and/or daughter, natural or adopted, of that parent.
Assignment Restrictions:
A sole surviving son and/or daughter may not be assigned to a PCS, a TDY, or duties involving actual combat with the enemy if he or she, or one of his or her parents, or spouse submits a written request for non-combat duty. On approval of such a request, a sole surviving son and/or daughter shall not be assigned to any overseas area designated as a hostile-fire or imminent-danger area nor to duties that regularly may subject him or her to combat with the enemy.
A Soldier acquiring sole surviving son and/or daughter status when serving in a hostile fire area or imminent danger area or when performing combat duties shall be reassigned from there upon approval of a request for an assignment restriction. However, this policy does not preclude assigning sole surviving sons and/or daughters to overseas areas where combat conditions are nonexistent.
Submission Procedures:
The procedures for submitting requests for sole surviving son and/or daughter status are as follows:
(1) Soldier-initiated requests will be forwarded through command channels to the Commander with general court martial convening authority (GCMCA) who will approve or disapprove the Soldier's requests. When installations are without GCMCA, commanders in the grade of rank of colonel and above are delegated this authority.
(2) Upon favorable consideration by the GCMCA, forward requests for reassignment instructions to Special Actions Branch (AHRC–EPO-A) by the most expeditious means available. The Special Actions Branch will also process assignment deletions and complete any other assignment related tasks required to reflect Soldier's sole surviving son and/or daughter status.
(3) Members of the immediate family may submit requests for sole surviving son and/or daughter status on behalf of the Soldier directly to CG, HRC-Alexandria, Special Actions Branch (AHRC-EPO-A), 2461 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, Virginia 22331-0450.
(4) All requests will include substantiating evidence and identification of all personnel involved.
Waiver of Sole Surviving Son and/or Daughter Status:
When the parent(s) or spouse of a qualified sole surviving son and/or daughter requests protective assignment for an eligible Soldier, the Soldier shall be afforded the opportunity of waiving the parental request before a final determination is made by AHRC-EPO-A.
Soldiers who have waived sole surviving son and/or daughter status may request reinstatement of that status at any time. Until the request is approved, the Soldier will be removed promptly to a "safe haven" within the combat zone until reassignment. After reinstatement of sole surviving son and/or daughter status has been approved by the GCMCA, requests for reassignment instructions will be sent to CG, HRC-Alexandria, Special Actions Branch (AHRC-EPO-A), 2461 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, Virginia 22331-0450
A Soldier who has been advised of the provisions contained in Chapter 5, AR 614-200 who then enlists, reenlists, or extends voluntarily his or her period of active duty with the U. S. Army after the date of notification of the family casualty on which the sole surviving status is based shall be considered as automatically having waived his or her rights to the protective assignment under Chapter 5, AR 614-200.
Separation policies pertaining to soldiers who become a sole surviving son or daughter after enlistment are contained in AR 635-200.
Exemption from assignment to duty in a designated hostile fire area (HFA):
Assignment to duty in a hostile-fire or imminent-danger area must be shared equitably by all similarly qualified Soldiers except as follows:
(1) If a Soldier of a family is killed or dies when serving in a designated HFA, other service members of the same family shall be exempt, on request, from serving in designated HFAs or if serving in such an area shall be reassigned from there. This exemption applies to those Soldiers determined by the Veterans Administration or a Military Service to be 100-percent physically or mentally disabled. Family members similarly shall be exempt, on request, when another family member is in a captured or missing status.
(2) Assignment of conscientious objectors shall be subject to the restrictions contained in paragraph 3-12, AR 614-200 and AR 600-43.
(3) Wounded Soldiers who have been hospitalized 30 or more days outside a hostile-fire area due to a specific hostile-fire action resulting from combat service shall not be returned to such service during the tour when wounded. Soldiers reassigned under this paragraph, may be eligible for subsequent hostile-fire area tours. Soldiers may also return voluntarily to a hostile-fire area, if medically qualified. The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to Soldiers hospitalized for injury, accident, or illness not attributable to hostile-fire action. This prevents considering cases such as self-inflicted wounds and other non-combat causes.
Submission procedures for deferment or exemption:
Requests for combat deferment or exemption may be submitted only by the Soldier, and will be forwarded to the commander exercising general courts martial convening authority (GCMCA) for approval or disapproval. Requests for deferment should be submitted within 15 days after receiving orders, assignment instructions, unit alert, or scheduled movement. Requests for combat exemptions may be submitted at any time. Soldiers submitting requests for deferment or exemption from his or her assignment should be retained in place until action on his or her application is finalized.
Upon favorable consideration by the GCMCA, forward requests for reassignment instructions to Special Actions Branch (AHRC–EPO-A) by the most expeditious means available. The Special Actions Branch will also process assignment deletions, deferments, and any other actions required to reflect the HFA assignment restriction.
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If you enlist in the military it doesn't matter if you are an only child or not, you will deploy just like everyone else.
I think you are thinking of the Sole Surviving Son or Daughter Provision.
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You will have to register selective service.
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mom of many
you got some good answers...but plain and simple...if you don't want to do the job you would be trained to do, and ultimately training in case of war...then don't enlist.
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John Mansfield
Yes, you'll get sent to war.
The "sole surviving child" thing kick in only if all your brothers and sisters are killed in the service. This is extremely rare so don't worry about it. If you are an only child it doesn't apply as you are the sole child but not the sole surviving child.
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There is no only child exemption.
Whether in a draft or if you volunteer.
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No draft in the US. Still all volunteer in the states. You do still have to register when you turn 18.
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I don't know if they still do it without a draft in place, but the exemption you are thinking of is for the surviving son, the last male in a lineage still able to carry on the family name. For example, if you have any male cousins with the same last name as you, then that rule would not apply to you, because there are several chances to continue the name.
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I'm guessing your recruiter told you that BS lie.
In the army I knew a couple of guys whose recruiters told them something like that to get them in, like that they wouldn't be sent if they were the youngest, or the youngest son, or the only son.
Yes, you can still go to Iraq if you are an only child. That does NOT make you exempt.
The only way you can be in the military and not get deployed somewhere is if you have a medical condition that makes you non-deployable.
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Shock and Awe
Yes, you must register for the selective service and you can if there is a draft, be drafted and you can still volunteer to enlist and be sent to a hostile theater.
Here are the facts below:
Contrary to popular belief, "only sons," "the last son to carry the family name," and "sole surviving sons" must register for the draft, they can be drafted, and they can serve in combat. However, they may be entitled to a peacetime deferment if there is a military death in the immediate family.
Military Discharges
In addition to peace-time draft deferrment, the Department of Defense authorizes discharges for any son or daughter in a family in which the father or mother or one or more sons or daughters:
Have been killed in action or have died when serving in the U.S. Armed Forces from wounds, accident, or disease.
Are in a captured or missing-in-action status.
Have a permanent 100 percent Service-related disability (including 100 percent mental disability), as determined by the Veterans' Administration or one of the Military Services, and are not gainfully employed because of the disability.
Under the provisions of DOD Directive 1315.15, this is a voluntary separation procedure which must be initiated by the service member. It does not apply during times of War or National Emergency declared by Congress.
It also does not apply to commissioned officers or warrant officers unless they were involuntarily drafted into the Armed Forces (as there is currently no draft going on, that means commissioned officers and warrant officers cannot be released from service under this provision).
Additionally, service members who enlist, reenlist, or voluntarily extends his or her active duty period after having been notified of the family casualty on which the surviving status is based shall be considered as having waived his or her rights for separation as a surviving son or daughter.
A member who has waived his or her right to a separation as a surviving son or daughter may request reinstatement of that status at any time. However, a request for reinstatement shall not be granted automatically, but shall be considered on the merits of the individual case.
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Nicholas D
I am assuming you are in the US? No. The only reason you are required to register with selective services is so the if the draft IS reinstated they have a list to choose from. The draft will most likely not be reinstated unless there is a WWIII in which we take a tremendous loss.
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A question: Who, exactly would send you?? The military is volunteer, last I looked..
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i was the last male to carry my family last name and i went and i am back
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Finley Point State Park, located on Flathead Lake, offers a marina with boat slips for rent. / TRIBUNE PHOTO/ERIN MADISON
Linda Chehard and Ginny Larson meet at Wayfarers State Park, near Bigfork, once a week to knit. / TRIBUNE PHOTO/ERIN MADISON
Wayfarers State Park, near Bigfork, is the most popular of the state parks located on Flathead Lake. / TRIBUNE PHOTO/ERIN MADISON
Wayfarers State Park, on Flathead Lake near Big Fork, offers 30 campsites, including seven tent-only sites. / TRIBUNE PHOTO/ERIN MADISON
Yellow Bay State Park, located on the east shore of Flathead Lake, has a nice swimming area and boat dock. / TRIBUNE PHOTO/ERIN MADISON
BIGFORK — Editors note: Next weeks state park feature will feature the state parks on the west shore of Flathead Lake Big Arm and West Shore.
Friends Linda Chehard and Ginny Larson have a unique way of enjoying Wayfarers State Park, just outside Bigfork on the shore of Flathead Lake.
We come here and knit once a week, Chehard said.
The friends bring camp chairs and their knitting supplies, find a sunny spot on the lake shore and enjoy a view while crafting shawls, vests and scarves.
Its our tranquility for the week, Larson said.
Wayfarers State Park is one of three state parks on the east shore of Flathead Lake.
For Chehard and Larson, its the closest to their homes.
And its just pretty, Larson said on a warm day last September.
All located on the east shore of Flathead Lake, Wayfarers, Yellow Bay and Finley Point state parks each offers something unique.
They do have their own character, said Jerry Sawyer, who manages the three parks, along with Big Arm State Park, on the west shore of the lake, and Wild Horse Island State Park, in the middle.
Wayfarers is by far the most visited of the three east shore state parks, with 112,000 people coming to the park in 2012. About 24,000 people visited Yellow Bay and almost 20,000 visited Finley Point.
Wayfarers, which reopens for the season May 1, is within walking distance of downtown Bigfork. It offers 30 campsites, seven of which are walk-in, tent-only sites.
The park also has walking paths through the rocky lake shore and mature forests, and a boat ramp.
Fourteen miles south, Yellow Bay is a smaller, less developed park. It offers five tent camping sites, but is primarily a day-use park.
Its got a nice swimming beach, Sawyer said. Thats primarily the draw there.
Yellow Bay also offers a steep boat ramp, which allows boaters to access the lake, even when water levels are low in the winter months. The park is open year round.
Another 15 miles down the shore is Finley Point State Park, with 18 campsites primarily designed for RVs.
The park also offers a marina.
If you bring a boat you can rent a slip, Sawyer said.
Some of the boat slips offer electrical and water hookups for those camping on their boats.
This year Finley Point, which is closed for the season until May 1, likely will undergo a redesign with the aim of making the camping areas less crowded.
Because the sites down by the lake are so close together, we didnt feel it was very good camping, Sawyer said.
Plans call for about half of the campsites to be removed and an additional campground loop to be constructed farther from the lake.
Campsites at Finley Point and Yellow Bay can be reserved in advance through Montana State Parks online reservation system.
All three state parks become very popular as soon as the weather gets warm, Sawyer said.
It just becomes the Mecca for visitation, he said.
In the summer many people use the state park campgrounds as a home base to enjoy all that goes on in the Flathead Valley. The parks also offer an opportunity for the public to enjoy the lake.
Theres not a whole lot of public access to Flathead Lake, Sawyer said. Most of the shoreline is developed.
Reach Tribune staff writer Erin Madison at 791-1466 or emadison@greatfallstrib une.com. Follow her on Twitter @GFTrib_EMadison.


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Press Conference with Secretary Gates, Secretary Rice, Minister Lavrov, and Minister Serdyukov from Moscow, Russia
Presenters: Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, and Defense Minister Anatoliy Serdyukov
October 12, 2007
(Note: Min. Lavrov's and Min. Serdyukov's remarks are made through an interpreter.)
MIN. LAVROV: Dear colleagues, the meeting of foreign ministers and defense ministers in the forum of the so-called 2+2 was held in accordance with instruction by the two presidents. This instruction by the presidents was dictated by our joint strive to give a new quality to our strategic relationships, and in particular the questions related to military and political issues for both our countries, which have a particular responsibility for the world security and strategic partnership.
Our meeting today reaffirmed that all participants in this meeting realized this responsibility. We agreed to turn this format into a permanent one, and our American colleagues suggested that we meet in Washington in the United States in, say, half a year, and to follow up on this work.
We agreed that this mechanism will deal with the practical implementation of initiatives put forward by our two countries jointly and implemented jointly in the area of strategic stability. This primarily has to do with such areas as the prevention of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and the strengthening of appropriate regimes, fighting with nuclear terrorism, and the development of cooperation in peaceful use of nuclear energy.
We also added up one more subject to this list. It involves the universalization of the INF Treaty. As you know, this treaty limits the Russian Federation and the United States in their ability to have appropriate military systems. And since the threat of missile proliferation is growing, we agreed that we need to invite all countries, without exclusion, to engage in this regime.
And of course, within the framework of the 2+2 mechanism, we will not only implement the initiatives already put forward by our two countries, but we will also address issues on which our views diverge. And one of such issues is missile defense.
The Russian Federation, during President Putin's visit to Kennebunkport, put forward a proposal which is a constructive alternative to the deployment of the third positioning region by the United States and Europe. Today our American colleagues put forward a counterproposal which aims at finding common ground and common solutions. We will examine this proposal. Today we asked questions, we got preliminary answers to these questions, and we agreed that our experts will go on working.
And at this stage, we do not hide from our American colleagues that we now see at least two serious problems with their proposals.
The first problem is that we still diverge about the assessment of the character of missile proliferation threat against which this third positioning region is being created. And we agreed that our experts will focus on the elaboration of joint understanding of threats.
And the second problem is that we believe that, for the joint work of Russian and American experts to be efficient, the plans to deploy the third positioning region in Europe should be frozen. There is no agreement on this, but we encouraged our experts to discuss the existing divergences in a very concrete and specific way. We also agreed to continue work on the CFE Treaty.
In summer this year, we put forward our proper -- our own proposals about how to save this treaty and how to make it viable. During this visit today our American colleagues made their own proposals, and we assessed that this is a step to the right direction, but this step is insufficient. And we expressed our common willingness to work to see the situation when the adapted Treaty on Convention Forces in Europe can enter into force and how can we jointly address issues on how to make this treaty viable.
And we haven't finalized yet the work which was given to us by the instruction of the presidents in Kennebunkport to work out an arrangement which will be in force following the end of the action of the START Treaty. We realize the relevance of this treaty and the arrangement following its lapse for the strategic stability, and we agreed to actually implement the instruction given by the president to get a new one, a new version.
All in all, we marked the intensiveness of the work of our experts on all tracks, and we also focused on the importance to have a holistic approach to all aspects of strategic stability, which are on the agenda of Russian-American relations. And as I mentioned in the beginning of my speech, we agreed that this format is useful and efficient, and we agreed to develop it further.
Thank you.
SEC. RICE: Thank you very much. And thank you, Sergey, for welcoming Secretary Gates and me here to Moscow.
And thank you, Minister Serdyukov, for I think what were constructive discussions about a full range of issues on the political/military agenda, the strategic agenda between the United States and Russia.
Let me begin where Sergey left off. We have agreed that this mechanism is a useful one. We also believe that we would benefit from putting together all of the various issues of strategic policy that the United States and Russia face. We are going to work, therefore, on a strategic framework for the 2+2 to review and to hopefully finalize when we invite our Russian colleagues to Washington in the next six months or so.
Many of the elements are indeed elements on which we are already agreed in which we are implemented -- implementing, for instance, on global nuclear terror, on various elements of the safe use of civilian nuclear power. These are elements that the presidents have had very forward-leaning initiatives on, and we want to make certain that they are fully implemented.
Others, like missile defense and how to push forward the work that the presidents achieved in the Moscow Treaty on the limitation of deployed strategic nuclear warheads, remain to be agreed. But we have agreed that our experts should work very urgently. The United States did come with some new ideas that we hope are responsive to some of the concerns that Russia has had. But obviously our experts will need to work through these concepts so that we can see if we can make progress on these very important issues.
Some of the ideas on transparency and joint monitoring we would hope we could take up fairly soon; others are still to be worked. In any case, the work before us is the work to complete the task that the presidents gave to us at Kennebunkport, which is to reflect in our work on our strategic relationship the very different relationship that the United States and Russia enjoy. It is not the relationship that the United States and the Soviet Union had. And so all of our work is to be carried out in that context, the context of a relationship that is not indeed adversarial; where there are, of course, still differences from time to time, but in which there is a spirit of constructive work. Our presidents have charged us to do that. We believe that the 2+2 is a good format in which to continue that work, and we look forward to welcoming our Russian colleagues to the United States to finalize the work that our experts will undertake.
Thank you.
SEC. GATES: Secretary Rice and I welcome the opportunity to meet with President Putin and Ministers Serdyukov and Lavrov. Our talks today reflected the complex, multifaceted relationship Russia and the United States have -- a relationship with many common security interests.
We have a robust strategic agenda and many of these topics were discussed in today's meetings, and we put some new ideas on the table in several areas. I would just like to emphasize that the missile defense system being proposed in Central Europe is not directed at Russia. It would have no impact on Russia's strategic deterrent.
We remain eager to be full and open partners with Russia in missile defense. We discussed a range of proposals we hope Moscow will accept. If we succeed in working together, it would mark a major strategic shift. We are concerned about Russia's stated intention to suspend its participation in the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty. We hope the differences can be resolved. The experts will continue to try to find a way forward that other participants in CFE will find useful.
We appreciate the hospitality of the Russian government and the Russian people, and I look forward to speaking at the military academy of the general staff tomorrow.
Thank you.
MIN. SERDYUKOV: Just a couple of words.
I'd like to say that during our consultations with our American colleagues we discussed a number of issues related to the development of our strategic partnership in the security area. And we are satisfied with this format, which is 2+2. We believe that this cooperation has a great potential in it.
But the principal thing to which we do not agree today is the deployment of anti-missile defense elements, which have an anti-Russian character and which are placed in Europe. At the level of experts, we're going to continue to find common ground on this issue.
Thank you.
MODERATOR: Now questions.
Thom Shanker, New York Times.
Q Thank you very much.
To Secretaries Rice and Gates, can you please describe for us the new proposals you brought today on missile defense, in particular how you hope they will resolve Russian concerns on this topic? And will you freeze American efforts for the European sites as talks continue, as Minister Lavrov asked?
And to Minister Lavrov, is there --
INTERPRETER: I'm sorry; I can't -- (completes interpretation to Russian).
Q And Minister Lavrov, is any compromise possible with the American sites in the Czech Republic and Poland? In other words, must those sites be canceled for Russia to agree to the system?
SEC. RICE: First of all, on the issue of Poland and the Czech Republic, the United States is engaged in discussions, negotiations with our allies, and those will continue. We will work during this time to address Russian concerns about the nature of the system, about what is a not-yet-shared view of the missile threat.
We believe that we can address those concerns and we are prepared to do it. Many of the ideas that we have go to the heart of trying to address Russian concerns both about how we come to a shared understanding of the missile threat and how we give some transparency, and indeed certainty, to Russia that this is not a system that is aimed in any way at the Russian deterrent. We believe that, given the size and nature of this missile defense deployment, that it could not possibly undermine the Russian deterrent, but we want to continue to have those discussions.
SEC. GATES: There were several components to the suggestions that we made. I think the one that I'll just mention is in furtherance of transparency.
We put forward some thoughts about the presence of individuals from both sides at sites so that there was complete transparency both at -- perhaps at third sites, but also in the United States; and if there are radars and other facilities here in Russia, that there would be a presence there, too. So some of the proposals affected the transparency and sharing of information.
I would just add that we also addressed the possible concern on the Russian side that while the sites in the present design form pose no threat to Russia or its deterrent, the concern that in some future date years from now they might do so, and our willingness to work with the Russians to provide assurances and reassurances on that -- in that respect.
SEC. RICE: If I could just add, these ideas were conceptual at this point. We did not attempt to get into details about how these proposals might be carried out, and so that is the purpose of the follow-on expert discussions, because we recognize that we were not in a position -- there is not time nor the level of expertise to -- to give a full discussion or full accounting of how this -- how these ideas might work.
MIN. LAVROV: On my behalf, I'd like to say that as Secretary Gates assured us and American colleagues assure us that the third positioning region does not aim against Russia. But as Mr. Gates himself recognized, there is a potential threat for us here. And we, as our president numerously said as well as other governmental representatives, will have to take some measures to neutralize this threat. We would prefer to avoid such a scenario.
And as I have pointed out in my introductory remarks, we are convinced that the principal thing is the analysis of real threats, real and existing threats. If it has to do with the protection of Europe and the United States, let's realistically look at who can threaten them.
And in our discussions today, we moved to a very specific task; that is, the need to identify the criteria of whether the threat exists or not. Our experts will follow up on this subject. And if we succeed in hammering out these criteria, it will become clear that there is no need in this third positioning region. Therefore, we have proposed and we are still proposing, for the period of this expert work, that our American colleagues freeze all their activity to set up this region.
MODERATOR: (Through interpreter.) ITAR-TASS, Alexander Khanavilov (ph).
Q (Through interpreter.) My question goes to the minister of Defense of the Russian Federation. How technical and possible is the modernization of the radar in Gabala taken into account its possible joint use together with the United States?
MIN. SERDYUKOV: As you know, American experts had a visit to the Gabala radar, and I can say that it is already ready to carry out all tasks assigned to it. But if necessary, we can modernize it -- what we initially proposed, by the way.
MODERATOR: Arshad Mohammed, Reuters.
Q Secretary Rice, turning to your meeting with President Putin this morning, did you raise with President Putin his recent suggestion that he might seek to serve as a prime minister? And given the concerns that the United States has had about the evolution of democracy in Russia and has periodically expressed, if you didn't raise or broach that subject or it did not come up, why not?
SEC. RICE: First of all, I think my record on raising issues of human rights and democratization in Russia is quite a sound one. Each time that I've been here, I've done so. And tomorrow, I will indeed speak with members of the civil society about some of the concerns we have. And I will raise and have raised on many occasions such concerns with my Russian colleagues -- indeed, sometimes in great detail. But frankly, I'm not about to join the speculation about what will happen in terms of Russian domestic politics and who might be president and who might be prime minister. I'm not doing that about the United States nor Russia.
MODERATOR: (Through interpreter.) (Name and affiliation off mike.)
Q (Through interpreter.) My question goes to the secretary of Defense of the United States. You know that in summer, when your experts visited the Gabala radar, they promised that they will analyze its capabilities, including through computer modeling. What actually -- what did this modeling show? And why can't the Gabala radar be an alternative to the third positioning region you are deploying?
SEC. GATES: Well, I'm not familiar with the technical details of the evaluation of the radar, but my understanding is that our experts came away with the feeling that the radar had some very useful characteristics that could be used. My understanding, though, is that the radar is of primary use as an early warning radar and would not be useful in terms of terminal guidance for intercepting a missile coming from that direction. But I think our overall view is that the Gabala radar could play a very useful role in this system.
MODERATOR: (Through interpreter.) The last question, from Al Arabiya.
Q (Through interpreter.) My question goes to both Minister Lavrov and Secretary Rice. In a few days, President Putin will visit Tehran for the Caspian summit. Iran has demonstrated interest in cooperation with the international community, and hopefully Tehran will do some steps to build on this cooperation. How you evaluate the present stage of the nuclear program of Iran?
MIN. LAVROV: We discussed this issue in the context of agreements reached at the six-party talks which took place in September in New York. We have a common position in terms of arrangements hammered out at this meeting. We are actively encouraging IAEA to carry on its activity to clear up the remaining unclear issues about the nuclear program of Iran.
We also support the upcoming contacts between the EU representative, Mr. Solana, and the chief of the National Security Board of Iran, Mr. Larijani. All these efforts are aimed at making Iran abide by the decision of the Governing Board of IAEA and the U.N. Security Council. In mid-November, we are expecting reports from both Mr. ElBaradei and Mr. Solana. We will examine these reports closely and we will agree on how to proceed further, including how to act within the U.N. Security Council, the capacity of which should be borne in mind if we want to achieve purposes we set before us.
So we welcome and abide by all collective arrangements. And we will carry them out in good faith, as far as Russia is concerned. We believe that this work can be much more effective if there are no parallel steps in terms of sanctions against Iran, leaving alone and periodically -- periodic sayings to use military force against Iran. These unilateral steps stick out from the agreed-upon agenda. They undermine and they impede our collective effort. And hopefully this will be taken into account in our future work.
It is important to preserve the unity of the international community and to avoid this parallel unilateral actions, and this will make Iran feel that it should maximally cooperate with IAEA and the entire international community. We need to preserve this unity of the international community to avoid any pretext by Iran that it should move less actively and less slowly because someone would anyway take unilateral steps.
And in his conversation this morning with Ms. Rice and Mr. Gates, President Putin underlined that while visiting Iran he will continue the same line -- the line which reflects the collective will of the six parties and the U.N. Security Council.
SEC. RICE: Yes, I would just add, that, in fact, we do have a way forward that we agreed in New York. It is, as Minister Lavrov said, to support the diplomacy of Javier Solana and the work of the IAEA to resolve outstanding issues. We look forward to a report in the November time frame from both. In the meantime, our political officers are working to finalize a text for a Security Council resolution should Iran not comply with the will of the international community.
I think there is no doubt that the unity of the international community has been extremely useful in showing Iran its isolation. But of course, Iran's continued defiance is concerning, and the fact that Iran is under Chapter VII resolutions means that there are those who are taking decisions based on reputational risk and investment risk to stop doing business with Iran. And it is also the case the United States does not intend to allow Iran to use the international financial system to pursue ill-gotten gains from proliferation and/or terrorism. Therefore, under American law, when we find that Iranian entities or individuals are engaging in such activities, we will sanction them.
But let me close on a point that Sergey Lavrov made. The whole purpose of this exercise that the six countries are engaged in is to convince Iran that the best way to achieve its stated goal of civil nuclear power is to engage in negotiations, to do so from the basis that is required of it in two Security Council Chapter VII resolutions and an IAEA Board of Governors resolution, and that is to suspend its enrichment and reprocessing capability, come to the negotiating table. The United States has made clear that at that point we would reverse now 28 years of American policy and engage fully in discussions with Iran and with our colleagues about anything that Iran wishes to put on the table.
So I would just close by saying I think the question is not, as I've been asked sometimes: Why will the United States not talk to Iran? The question really is: Why will Iran not talk to the United States?
Thank you.
MODERATOR: (Through interpreter.) Thank you. The press conference is over.
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Love is in the air, y'all! Things may have ended between Kieffer Delp and Teen Mom 2's Jenelle Evans, but when one door closes, another one opens.
So who has the privilege of walking through The Delp's threshold this time? While we don't have official confirmation of this lucky lady's relationship status, all signs point to a Southern belle named Tabitha who has been tweeting sweet nothings to the wayward pipe maker for the past couple of weeks.
According to her official Twitter bio, she lives in Emory, Texas with her son Ethan.
We don't have much intel on Tabitha, but there's no doubt she's falling hard for the hoodie-wearing bad boy. But Kieffer seems to have some reservations about making things official because of the distance.
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LONG BEACH, Calif. - Cal State Northridge carded an opening-round 372 and sits 15th as the second round of the Del Walker Intercollegiate was suspended due to darkness. Junior Nick Delio is tied for 35th after one round.
The completion of round two and a final round of 18 holes will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Friday.
Delio paced the Matadors after one round with a (+1) 71 which left him tied for 35th. Senior Casey Piper is tied for 45th at (+2) 72, Davis Kirkland is tied for 72nd at (+5) 75, Chris Russo is tied for 82nd at (+6) 76, Jeff Freund is tied for 90th at (+8) 78 and Matt Saporin is tied for 94th at (+9) 79.
Two-time defending Del Walker champion Colorado State and Saint Mary's share the lead of 16 teams as both the Rams and Gaels fired an eight-under 342 to hold a two-stroke lead over third place Oregon (344).
Scott Clayton of UC Riverside sizzled with a seven-under 63 as he sits on top of the leader board with a one-stroke lead over Daniel Cone of Saint Mary's with a 64.
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Kind, supportive and positive
My three year old and one year old really thrived with Margaret and her team. I was made to feel as though my boys (then 2.5 and 6 months) were the most fascinating children ever born, a sentiment I am sure I shared with every other parent! I know my eldest was a trial at times but the team were never anything but supportive, and helped me to put into context my child's behaviour against all of the other children they had cared for. It didn't seem so bad after all. The team are very well qualified and there isn't much they couldn't give advice on.
Over the course of the year that we were with Greenacres, my boys made a lot of friends, had a lot of fun and drew a lot of pictures! Play is a nice combination of structured and free-form, with different activities planned for each day. It is interesting to see a tableau being laid out the evening before for the next day's "shopkeepers" or "hotel" scene!
I wouldn't hesitate to recommend the team at Greenacres. Had we not moved away, I have no doubt that we would have remained with them until both boys were at school.
Reviewed by Lucy James on Jun 08 2014
In 2005, Sue flung open the door on the first visit and gave us both a big hug. 7 years and two children later, we leave for the last time. Your 'give a hug when needed' policy and liberal outdoor play areas was idyllic for our future children. From the home made healthy lunches to the individual attention that is paid to each child, it is obvious that great diligence and preparation is given to the running of your nursery. We highly recommend Greenacres as a place of warmth, security & learning
Reviewed by Rod Rodrigo on Oct 05 2012
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Both of my children have had the pleasure of attending Greenacres over the past seven years. I had no qualms about my daughter starting as I knew my son had had such a great time there.
The owner is excellent. She hires wonderful, caring staff who stay - there isn't a quick turnover so you get to know each member of staff and they get to know your child, plus you and your family.
The nursery is accommodating, homely, educational, stimulating. Both my children have thrived there.
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Greenacres is a bungalow on a country road near Deanshanger. The atmosphere is relaxed, I always feel I can ask a question at any time. Staff are caring and professional. Children eat quite a wide range of food and drink. Toys are set up on a theme each day eg a shop, a hotel and parents sometimes come in and talk about their jobs. Staff are very safety conscious.
We haven't potty trained yet so can't comment on bathroom facilities.
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DURHAM, N.C. - The NC State men's tennis team dropped its regular season finale at No. 10 Duke, 7-0, on Sunday afternoon at the Ambler Tennis Stadium.
The Wolfpack (13-9, 6-4 ACC) found itself in an early 1-0 deficit after the Blue Devils (21-4, 9-1 ACC) won all three doubles matches to claim the doubles point. Duke's 17th-ranked pair of Michael Redlicki and Jason Tahir collected the first win in doubles as they edged State's Robbie Mudge and Thomas Weigel, 8-5, at the No. 2 spot in the lineup. Duke clinched the doubles point when the 60th-ranked tandem of Chris Mengel and Fred Saba defeated the Pack's Beck Bond and Austin Powell, 8-5, at the three spot in the lineup.
The matchup at the top spot in the doubles lineup featured a couple of ranked teams. Duke's Henrique Cunha and Raphael Hemmeler are ranked No. 2 in the doubles poll, while State's Dave Thomson and Sean Weber are No. 12. The two teams battled throughout the match, but Cunha and Hemmeler emerged victorious, 8-5.
In singles play, the Devils' fifth-ranked Cunha defeated Mudge, 6-1, 6-0, at the top spot in the lineup, while the Pack's Weber came up short against 70th-ranked Hemmeler, 6-3, 6-2. At No. 2 singles, Duke's Saba outlasted Powell, 6-3, 6-2, and Redlicki, ranked 47th in the singles poll, topped State's Thomson, 7-6 (5), 6-4.
Duke's Mengel won his match at the five spot in the lineup against Weigel, 7-5, 6-4. In the final match of the day, State's Bond came up short against Tahir, 6-3, 5-7, 1-0 (6)
NC State will now await the announcement of the tournament pairings for the ACC Championship starting Thursday, April 25, at the Cary (N.C.) Tennis Park.
Tennis Match Results
#10 Duke 7, #38 NC State 0
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Order of finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (1,5,2,3,4)


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Are you afraid of zombies? Well, stop being afraid, because Pentagon has a plan to save you. No, seriously.
Everything you need to know about the U.S. military's defense strategy to protect humanity from the walking dead.
The U.S. military has always been the one place in government with a plan, forever in preparation mode and ready to yank a blueprint off the shelf for almost any contingency. Need a response for a Russian nuclear missile launch? Check. Have to rescue a U.S. ambassador kidnapped by drug lords? Yup, check, got that covered. How about a detailed strategy for surviving a zombie apocalypse? As it turns out, check.
Incredibly, the Defense Department has a response if zombies attacked and the armed forces had to eradicate flesh-eating walkers in order to "preserve the sanctity of human life" among all the "non-zombie humans."
Buried on the military's secret computer network is an unclassified document, obtained by Foreign Policy, called "CONOP 8888." It's a zombie survival plan, a how-to guide for military planners trying to isolate the threat from a menu of the undead -- from chicken zombies to vegetarian zombies and even "evil magic zombies" -- and destroy them.
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Got it about equal.
Left side got 56, right side got 44.
Feels to be too simple for this kind of buggery though. I mean, it takes about 30 seconds to finish this. Test are entertaining, but they really could be way more extensive.
Alright, I can't believe I am posting on this fucking thread, but apparently I have to, since we already have this thread and it matches my current purposes. Well, I may as well add some quality here.
Tim Roth and Garry Oldman one time went really wild with writing messages to each other
Apparently, they wrote messages to each other on their bodies. Here's how it went:
In a magazine interview, Gary Oldman was asked to name certain people who he thought to be attractive, and among others he mentioned Tim Roth. (They were in some good movies together and were good friends)
Tim Roth heard about that and wrote on himself (not sure where, no photos available. Arm or a head, they say) "G. O. I think you're sexy". And provided that as a picture for one magazine.
Garry Oldman replied from the cover of the "Premiere" magazine, may 1994 edition. We have those pictures.
Tim Roth thought about that for a while, after which he made another photo for April 1995 issue of Detour. This is it:
Their messages-exchange ended rather weirdly with another guy joining in. In the September 1995 issue of Bikini magazine, Eric Stoltz can be found... well, here's a picture for you, really, it says it all.
After that the messages stopped. Or maybe they just decided on another method.
Hey there. By now you may be well into the open beta... Or not. But anyways, wildstar dev team finally released the proper promotional video on... raids!
Now, I already covered the awesomeness of dungeons in this game. But here is exactly the thing I am going in this game for. This is the thing that will make weaklings cry and raidleaders ragequit. This is what I hope will be the ultimate challenge for my personal skill of running the fuck around and killing stuff! This... well, fuck it, just watch the AoE layouts in this video!
Hello, one and all! Some time ago I made this thread with 3 very good movies. Now, obviously, there are a lot more thoughtful films out there, so I decided to make another list of three movies. This list has movies that explore the idea of untimely death and spending the time before you die the best way you can.
What I noticed when I looked over these three movies - they all deal with two people. I guess, that's a simple enough story decision. It's not interesting and not fun at all to see a person dying alone. But when you have a pair of people, talking, arguing, supporting each other.. yeah, that works way better. The characters need each other to express their thoughts to somebody, see. And I guess having more than two is really not needed for these kinds of films.
Well, anyways. Let's get to the movies themselves:
Knockin' on Heaven's Door (1997)
The trailer is very long here, but I couldn't find a shorter version in English because the movie is German. And it's absolutely brilliant. Oh, and I am not sure how good the English translation for this is, but I hope it is as good as the Russian one because Russian translation for this movie is one of those rare cases when Russian translation is actually damn great.
The story is about two terminally ill people - Martin Brest (Til Schweiger) and Rudi Wurlitzer (Jan Josef Liefers). They both only have a few days to live, they meet at the hospital, they get wasted and decide to go see the ocean. The twist is, they accidentally steal a car that was used by a pair of very dumb criminals to transport a whole lot of money to their boss. So now they try to get to the ocean and have some fun along the way while running away from police and gangsters alike. While spending all that criminal money.
Obviously, this is the first movie I saw exploring this theme, and it had quite an impact. There is never a dull moment. There are nicely paced melancholy scenes in-between extremely entertaining action. Naturally, as it is with movies like that, it is quite sad, really. But you are supposed to feel sad after watching it, so it's okay. Oh, and the two mobsters chasing the main heroes are hilarious. Also, Rutger Hauer makes a short appearance.
The Bucket List (2007)
This is somewhat similar to the previous one. Edward (Jack Nicholson) is a rich man who owns hospitals, and when he is diagnosed with terminal illness, he has to share a room with another terminally ill patient - Carter (Morgan Freeman) who is just a mechanic but has a mind like a walking encyclopaedia. They don't like each other at all at first, but eventually Carter shares the idea of a "bucket list" - the list of all the things you want to do before you kick the bucket. Edward likes the idea and decides to provide the means for it. And off they go, not only having a time of their lives, but also learning something about themselves.
Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman. Do I even have to say more? Well, yes, I do, but obviously, those actors give one hell of a performance. Now, in this movie they both have not a few days, but some months till they die, so they have more time for a mental change and, while the movie shows some nice stuff they do, it's much more focused on the mental side of it. What they talk about, how they change their views based on what they learn off each other. Obviously, not much is going on outside these two characters, but with these actors - yes, they can pull this off and keep the story interesting. And educational too in some places.
Stand Up Guys (2012)
This movie is, for a change, not about a terminally ill person. Val (Al Pacino) just got out from the jail after doing a really long time for a work gone bad. He is met by Doc (Christopher Walken) who was his old partner in that crime. Doc obviously wants to help his old pal to celebrate his release, but there is just one problem. During that work gone bad, Val accidentally shot the son of their old boss Claphands, and that guy still holds a grudge. So, even though Val never ratted out on his pals, Claphands wants him dead by morning. And he wants Val's best friend Doc to do it. And the thing is, Val pretty much knows this, so he knows that he doesn't really have any time left.
Once again, great cast here. Pacino and Walken, and Alan Arkin also joins them for a short time. The whole aim of the movie is really not on the death that is very near, because at first it's not even talked about. Val gets out, him and Doc have some great time, visiting bars, hookers and old people house, stealing car and viagra. But the further they go, the more obvious the truth is. So, this one starts as a criminal buddies movie and end up being quite deep while still maintaining that relaxed attitude. And this time the aim is not just on characters but on all the wild things they do in just one night. There's a lot of action and not that many of the melancholy scenes in comparison, but those scenes are made just right. Also, this is probably the one movie out of these three that has the most optimistic ending of them all.
Well, there you go. Three great movies, and you would do yourself a favour by watching them if you haven't yet. So watch them!
I hate you all and this thread has no use other than people stroking each other. We already have enough of that with the goddamned rabu badges.
You know, it's really interesting to see how things are getting twisted around in what we have for news these days.
Now the official position the government takes about what happened in Odessa is pretty much "terrorists attacked peaceful pro-Ukraine marchers, then ran away, hid in the administrative building and burned themselves because Putin told them so". I am really not even joking here, that's how retarded things are. Oh, and now, as part of investigation into who was responsible, they go around catching pro-Russian protests leaders and blaming the one mayor candidate that is actually the one against the current government.
You know, I won't say that Ukraine suddenly became proper fascistic country this week. No, that happened earlier, I guess. But it is now so blatantly obvious and the things they make up are so stupid... Hell, we finally have hangings, which I expected about two months ago.
While Odessa was expecting more violence on 9th of May which is a Victory Day celebration, we didn't really have none. However, exactly on the 9th, Mariupol (a city in the east part of the country) had fights between federalization supporters and Ukrainian militia. And I do say 'militia' because that's who they use in what they call 'anti-terrorist operation' - right-sector volunteers. Army is pretty much on support, at least is was in Mariupol - blocking entrances to the city and providing other support. And pretty much angry armed civilians were the ones fighting. And those militia people - they shoot at people with no weapons trying to record them on video. You know, to not let proper evidence get out.
So, Mariupol had gunfights, and the thing is, some part of Mariupol police went against the 'government'. They refused to follow orders and clear the police building, so... they were burned in it. Yes, Odessa event kinda repeated in that City - the building was burned, and people jumped from the windows trying to escape fire and died. Not even just people, but members of police who refused to cooperate with the current government. That's apparently what we get here today instead of resignation.
And you may wonder where are the hangings. Well, after the building was taken and the chief of police was taken away somewhere. Obviously, half a day later the burning was blamed on Russian terrorists, because every killing or accident is now blamed on those imaginary people exactly half a day after. And now the chief of police was found. Hanged. And right away is was blamed on the separatists. Yeah... I don't think I have to remind you that the building was taken by pro-Ukraine militia.
So that's what we have right now.
Another interesting highlight is that today Donetsk and Lugansk regions are having the referendum. Which, obviously, is already considered to be not legitimate by the current non-legitimate government. Oh, and by US.
Results are expected to be in in about... I don't know, 8 or 10 hours, I guess. But the guy I know who actually lives in Donetsk atm says that a lot of people came to vote. Really, a whole damn lot. Now, I am not sure what the results of the voting would be. I am not even sure if that will amount to anything. But that's exactly why the military operation is conducted there right now - to not allow the referendum. And apparently it is happening still.
Actually, I can't say much more about this. I guess, more stuff will be knows after the results will be announced and we will see the world's proper reaction to it.
And a bit of the local news. Today two people who got seriously wounded during May 2nd died in hospitals in Odessa. One of them was a person I knew from another site for more than 12 years now. He was there in the centre of the city, he participated in the fights and he got a bullet in his stomach for that. For 8 days he was in a come and doctors were unable to save him.
It was damn stupid, what he did. But he was a good man, I never heard anything bad about him during all 12 years, and it is a sad news that he died.
Those two people rise the number of people killed in the events of May 2nd in my city to 48 people.
Btw, how many submissions are there now?
Ah, this makes me feel all warm inside. Back in the day I tried to make staff make proper goddamn reports on code changes, features and the like. So, that's one more thing to scratch of the list of things I am constantly frustrated about.
You may want to sticky it for a few days so it would not go down and more people would see it. Or maybe just link it though announcements.


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Wii U software sales are at a staggeringly low level in the United Kingdom, according to sales data shared by NeoGAF.
Only 34,000 units were sold throughout January, seeing the console claw a meagre 1.6 per cent market share.
Such figures also include Nintendo Land copies that are bundled with the Wii U Premium Set, casting an even darker shadow over the console's current performance at retail.
Even PS Vita, which is continuing to face its own struggle at retail ahead of its first year anniversary, saw software sales of 46,000 units with a 2.2 per cent market share.
Alex Seedhouse+ Alex's early adoration for Nintendo began with a Yellow Game Boy and a copy of Donkey Kong Land. This developed over the years, later peaking when he hid in his room to play The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time one Christmas. Nowadays, his enthusiasm is shared through Nintendo Insider, a place in which he can document his thoughts regarding the big N.
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